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Evening star., 1925-09-04
George Washington's Birthplace.

n1 Search for the site of the first
.isWashington home on the farm on
which George Washington was born
is to be made. A published account
S$ays there is doubt that George
Washington was born in the house
the site of which is marked by a fine
monument built by the United States
in 1896. In a news story in The
= Star, it is said 1.-The Acting Secre-
tary of War today issued a license to
the Wakefield National Memorial AS
Isolation to make excavations within
the Federal Government reservation
at Wakefield, Va, for the purpose of
locating definitely the site of the
house in which George Washington
sNvas born and the site of John Wash
:. .ibston's original house" It is also
9 said that "in applying for the permit
the president of the association said
-llc has good reason to believe that the
monument erected on the reservation
by direction of Congress to mark the
birthplace of George Washington is
actually located on the site of an
outhouse and not on the site of the
main bnilding in which Washington
was born
IF there is doubt that George Wash
ington was borr IN a house close to
the. junction of the Potomac River
5 A1fd jPopes Creek, in Westmoreland
County, Va, and that the national
monument stands on the site of that
sfBouse, the doubt must have recently
arisen. There has long been the be-
lief that an earlier Washington house
stood near Bridges Creek, which is
mile and half above Popes Creek
fand the inference is that it was the
house which the immigrant John
washington built on the land be-
tween 1652-S. Many years ago signs
were noted that a house once stood
nearer Bridges than Popes Creek, and
that it was nearer the Washington
family burial ground than the house
I'm which George Washington was
Evening star., 1925-09-04
A Discarded Sentiment

How oft L remember a song of my
childhood
Whose soft, simple cadence would
tenderIy swell,
Enhancing the delicate charm of the
wildwood,
The Old oaken Bucket That Hangs
In the Well"
No more do the waters come sparkling 9
and splashing
To cool us when weary we turn to
repose.
scientist chap with his instruments
flashing
Has brought once happy career
to a close.
There were things from bullfrog
down to a bacillus
Disporting themselves in the crys-
ta1ine flow.
Invisible monsters stood ready to
kill us,
Whose names were too long for
layman to know.
With brickbats and brush it is Gov
cred completely.
And all that remains the old story
to tell
Is the village quartet that stin warhles
so sweetly
About the old bucket that hung In
the we'll. pc
Evening star., 1925-09-04

something happened that had never
happened before. The big dog went
under the wheels, and lay there, while
the little dog barked furiously from
the pavement.
A crowd collected around the
stricken canine. up to whom ran
the little dog, whining, nosing his
| fallen friend.
dogs owner and the two of them
carried the big dog away to see what
could be done for him.
The crowd. as crowds WILL re.
| NAMED TO discuss the accident All
| this time the little dog kept running
| to and fro, anxiously barking up
| into the faces of those present.
AS each new passerby came along
| the little fellow would leave the
group and run up to the newcomer,
barking loudly. as If saying. Say
mister, my buddy. has been run over,
| Come tover here and they will tell
you about it,"
No sooner was this passerby added
to the crowd than the dog would run
| out again to seek fresh persons to
acquaint with the fate of his pal.
1t seemed almost as il he wanted
TO tell them about it all himself.
Each new person was thus greeted,
and thus induced to inquire the cause
| of the commotion, which had all died
| down. with the exception of the
racket kept up by the little dog.
Down town. on one of the old
streets that once was strictly resfden-
tial. but today is becoming converted
TO business uses. ! saw a boy and
AAe eta eli de h,r 81 n
The old front yard of this old
house, still residential, despite the
business quarters going up around
IL. was shady and looked cool, despite
the general heat OF the day.
The boy. who was about 10 years
old, put his arm around the black
dog, and leaned forward to whisper
something in his ear.
AS IL understanding everything, the
big fellow listened gravely. then de
liberately nodded his head up and
down, In perfect gesture of affirma.
tion, or agreement.
II was a pleasing sight.
And ] contrasted it with the treat
ment meted out 10 many dogs. dogs
poorly fed, allowed to go without
water, never cleaned of their fieas,
chained and kicked around.
Yes. such conditions do prevail
but ] spare readers the details. There
has been many a fine dog sent away
to execution by those who did not
care for IL.
The trouble lies in the fact that
the dog has become tradition. II
is quite the thing" you know. to
say that. all boys love dogs, or that
a boy loves a dog, but, as a simple
matter of fact, all boys do not love
dogs: some boys love dog only
absi ractly.
Parents buy Johnny a dog, and
ever ybody, including Johnny. is quite
plea sed at the spectacle of Rover 8
fidelity to his master.
But Johnny. not being at heart a
real dog lover, soon grows tired of
Rover 1t is too much trouble 10
feed him, too much bother TO see
that his pan is always filled with
water, much too much trouble 10
exercise him-after the novelty has
worn of.
All too often the parents them
selves care nothing for dogs. either
between child and parents the dog
is in bad way.
The great dog tradition is one
thing and a genuine love for dogs
decidedly another. Parents ought 10
look TO it that the son is fond OF
the particular dog purchased for him.
To love dogs Theoretically Is moi
| the same as TO love one dog ac-
tually.
Ask any dog.
Evening star., 1925-09-04
Frances Debt Commission

A distin guished commission has
been named by the French cabinet to
come to Washington and negotiate a
settlement of the $4,000, 900, 900 debt
owed the United States by the govern
ment of France. 1t is headed by NJ
Caillaux, the French finance minister.
and consists of leaders in both houses
Of Parliament and Of financial experts
recognized for their great ability. The
commission will be in Washington by
the end of the present month, and
after six years the question of funding
the French debt will be taken up for
the first time with some prospect Of a
successful outcome.
But it is impossible to overlook the
announcement from Paris yesterday
that the cabinet, at the same time it
appointed the commission, also ap-
proved NJ. Caillauxs proposal for a
-gentleman's offer" to the United
States Government. 1t will be recalled
that when NJ. Caillaux went to London
to confer with Winston Churchill on
the debt to Great Britain he an.
nouneed that he proposed to make a
'gentlemans offer" Whatever the
label on the offer made by Caillaux to
Churchill, the tentative agreement
they arrived at was lacking in several
respects OF squaring with what gentle
men generally conceive to be straight.
forward dealing. In the first place,
gentlemen are assumed to be sincere.
and they do not pass the buck
The London agreement is not sincere.
and its chief purpose seems to be to
pass the buck to the United States.
If NJ. Caillaux and his commission
are coming TO Washington to make an
honest effort to reach an agreement
on terms for funding the long.overdue
debt, they will find the American Debt
funding Commission in generous
and friendly state of mind. But if
they are coming here with any notion
that they have hog tied" the Amer
lean commission by the so-called Lon
don settlement they will have a rude
awakening. There is a very wide
spread impression in this country that
what Messrs. Churchill and Caillaux
really sought at London was to place
the United States in a position where
we would have either to sacrifice a
large part of our just claims or stand
before the world as a grasping and
hard hearted creditor. The Caillaux
commission. by it's attitude, will either
confirm or dissipate that impression.
All Americans hope that they have
a wrong idea about the London agree
ment and that France really desires
to reach a fair and businesslike ad.
justment Of the debt question. All
Americans know that their Govern.
ment is ready TO be fair, even gener-
GUS, with France, if such is made pos
sible by a reciprocal spirit of fairness
on the part of the French commits.
sioners. But If the French are not
animated by such spirit, If they are
coming here merely to stall, as they
stalled in London, the American peo-
pie feel that they can abide the conse-
quences. 1t is desirable that the
French debt should be funded on a
basis fair to both countries, but such
funding is not in any way essential to
this country. If France can afford to
continue in default, America certainly
can afford to have her do so.
Evening star., 1925-09-04
Shenandoah and the Storm.

srf A grave doubt has arisen as to the
wisdom of sending the Shenandoah on
her fatal trip from Lakehurst across
the Middle Western States. There
was, in the first place. no specific oc'
- casion for the voyage or for the par
Z ticular time chosen. She was dis.
patched for what may be plainly de-
scribed as a publicity purpose, to
arouse popular interest in the avia-
ton branch of the naval service. She
had been thoroughly tested in every
condition, was known to be capable of
fight, was proved to be strong enough
ITO Withstand normal stresses Of at
; mosphere. The only conceivable prac-
tical end which her fight could attain
was the further training of an already
competent crew.
Some hours before the start of the
flight u weather condition developed
szin the Middle Northwest which indi-
.-1cated the possibility, even the prob.
, ability, of severe electrical storms.
i9aSuch storms had prevailed in the
Dakotas and Minnesota before the
Shenandoah left her mooring mast.
= Storms Of that nature are not merely
local sporadic disturbances, but are
: part of a general condition conducive
to such disturbances anywhere within
fairly well defined belt. There was
more than a remote chance of meet
ing a violent storm in the course OF
the fight.
If the great gas-bag airship is of
r. any value whatever in point of mill
fsstary service it must be capable of
2 -withstanding any stress of weather,
= however severe or sudden in develop
Il ment. In time of war it, cannot care.
fully select its time and it's conditions
for duty. Battles, on land or sea, are
not confined to fair weather. If the
Shenandoah was sent out with full
knowledge that it might encounter a
violent storm, in order that it might
I be tested against such an assault, the
experiment brought it's definite proof
IL it was not dispatched with such
knowledge and with such a purpose
the demonstration was sufficient, re-
gardless of design.
If lighter -than-air ships are to be
f-7Ised in the military or the naval serv-
ice as part of the national defense
equipment they must be made strong
saenough to withstand the severest con-
ditions of the atmosphere. Otherwise
the Government must conduct its
3 aviation work upon a more definitely
= dependable basis OF meteorological fore
casts. Inquiry into the present trag-
edy may lead to some determination
las to the precise relationship between
q the flying branch of the Government
and its weather observations II is in
: dictated by the circumstances at pres
2 ent known about the fatal fight of
1.-THE Shenandoah that either not suf-
Efficient information was at the disposal
of the officials who ordered the flight
at that particular hour, or that if it
hrwas available to the officials they were
not sufficiently guided by it. For GER
atainly the Shenandoah went out from
rI4akehurst into the maelstrom of the
air as though seeking a supreme test
which it was unable to withstand
Evening star., 1925-09-04
ARTICLE v.

Through the length and breadth oi
American industry the fixed idea pre-
walls today that there is too much
government in business. Too many
regulations that serve mainly tC
harass the regulated, too many re
strictive laws, too much expense IT
reporting to various forms of gov
ernment, too many public job hold
ers, too much suspicion on govern
ment's part of business and too many
narrow minded, little politicians sit
ting in broad chairs made for states
men.
Right or wrong, so runs the indus
trial and commercial indictment ol
American government, read by thi'
correspondent hr numerous replies tc
his question, Flow can we attain q
greater degree of prosperity? The
indictment has not been drawn BY
any particular or especial Industry
the thought seems common to many
men in many industries. They argue
that government itself is acting a:
brake on the prosperity 1t seeks tc
promote.
Take, for instance, the views oi
r, IL. Gross of Boston, millionaire
copper and coal magnate. AS presi
dent of the New River Co., operat
ing 10 great producing companies In
West Virginia, Mr.. Gross says:
"one of the needs of big business
such as copper and coal, is more
friendly attitude on the part of the
Government in the Interpretation OF
the Sherman law.
Take the coal and copper business
| venture to say that no companies
excepting those highly favored by
natural conditions, are operating on
a profitable basis. The great ma
jority of operators in both coal ano
copper are producing at loss. Nc
one is being benefited except con
sumers and employees; owners are
losing money.
Now it would seem to me that the
Government authorities ought to be
Just as anxious to help the operators
at times when they are not making
money as to help the public when
the operators have a chance to make
unusual profits.
Whenever coal operators have an
opportunity to make substantial
profits we are called to Washington
and told that we must limit out
prices. which, of course. gives coal to
the public and to the big industries
using coal at less than the demand
would warrant.
This being true, Snould not tHe
good OFFICES of the Government be
used in times like the present to
assist the operators in at least making
enough money to give a fair return
on capital required to carry on the
business?"
Would Modify Trust Laws.
Endorsement of Mr.. Gross attitude
is contained in response from Z
J. Welsh, secretary and general man
ager of the Conneaut Shovel Co.
Conneaut, Ohio, who says: II believ'
the best way out is the modification
of trust laws to the extent of en-,
abling competitors to get togethe
and stabilize their, industries, which
at the present time is apparentl,
illegal. Surely only a very few iso
lated and very radical people woult
care to have any producer running
his business at a loss or even at sucl
a small profit that any slight reversa
might cause bankruptcy. A reason
able profit is due every producer a.
truly as reasonable wage is du'
the employe."
Once more the same note is sound
ed and again from the coal industry
Says l.. S. Evans, president of thu
Eastern Coal and Export Corpora tion
Richmond. Va: -s''t~ szaa 49,
1T is my opinion that the chic
Evening star., 1925-09-04

The discovery not far from An.
napolis Of half-acre plant for the
manufacture of illicit whisky indicates
operations on a larger scale than
those relating to the crock of home
brew behind the kitchen stove
Evening star., 1925-09-04

Treasury officials aver that the cost
OF preparing the income tax lists for
publication is far greater than any
possible increase of revenue through
publicity. Something like using fancy
goldfish as bait for sunfish.
Evening star., 1925-09-04

Gov. Al Smith uses the short and
ugly word in his campaign against
the denomination of Mayor Hylan in
a manner to endear him to the den
izens of New York's sidewalks, famed
in song.
Evening star., 1925-09-04

The striking coal miner may be tax.
ing ''hard-earned rest from labor,
but there is no real vacation for the
consumer, who will pay for the holi-
day.
Evening star., 1925-09-04
Wrong Kind of Disciplipe.

Wrong Kind of Discipline.
NO" said the base ball nager.
II will not recommend a married man
for the position Of umpire"
"Why?" inquired the applicant
Being married hurts his capacity
for quick decisions. 1t gets him out. Of
the habit Of having the last word"
Evening star., 1925-09-04

Joseph Caillaux will appear I'm per-
son" in Washington this month in the
leading role in the Partisan version of
that sterling old melodrama, Raising
the Mort tgage."
Evening star., 1925-09-04

Men who appear in public with con-
tented smiles on their faces are either
those who have their Winters coal in
the bins or those who have secured
their world series tickets.
Evening star., 1925-09-04
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Evening star., 1925-09-04
Home, Stayers.

From the Memphis Commercial Appeal
You can appreciate the great change
IN the last hundred and fifty years
when you remember that on his mid
night ride Paul Revere found most of
the folks at home.
Evening star., 1925-09-04

This observer knew the pre-war
Germany that weathered years OF
heart breaking experiences in Der-
fecting the dirigible airship. They
were marked by a merciless series of
fatalities like that which has just
overtaken the Shenandoah. The Ger
mans realized, as the American people
unquestionably do, that these blows OF
fate are the price mankind must pay
for progress in such adventurous
realms as aviation. 1t would be a
rash prophet who would opine that
because the PN-9 has been lost in the
Pacific and three of our. airships des-
troyed with heavy loss of life, there
will be no more courageous young
Americans prepared to risk their all
for Uncle Sans future in the air.
In washington this week 1t is COM
mon to hear officers of the Army and
Navy say that ships and railroads
exacted a heavy toll before reaching
their present state of protection, and
that the science of airmanship cannot
expect to be an exception to the rule.
If President Coolidge. with the Pms
and Shenandoah fresh in the public
mind, were to call for 100 600 volun-
teers for the United States air force,
probably 500 900 would answer the
summons. OF such stuff, it is COM
forting to think, young America Is
made.
x 4 =
David H. Blair. commissioner of
internal revenue. is ready to lend his
full influence in favor of repeal of the
publicity provision of the income tax
law. His opinion is that sit is not
worth a cent" Mr.. Blair's collectors
in the revenue districts throughout
the country have not yet had time to
report their experiences in throwing
the 1924 returns open without stint.
but the commissioners conviction is
that the public is vastly less interested
in the figures this year than they
were a year ago. On one score Mr..
Blair holds very positive views. That
is, that the game of trotting out the
figures for general inspection is not
worth the candle in the form of the
revenue benefits the proponents of
publicity expected.
Young Bob" La Folette's friends
in Washington receive rosy reports
of the progress of his campaign to
fill his fathers shoes. Outside help
is to be given him during the clos
ing stages of the primary fight. Sem
atcr Henrik Shipstead. Farm Labor,
of Minnesota. who worshiped the
late Senator La Toilette with filial
devotion, is expected to take the
stump in Wisconsin for@"Y Young Bob. y
SO is Representative Fiorello H.
La, Guardia, Republican, of New York,
who espoused the Progressive cause
in 1924: La FelIette's managers also
have assurance that Senator Burton
II. Wheeler. Democrat. of Montana
will come into the State and SPELL
bind for the son of Wheeler's run
ming mate in the late presidential
campaign. The Wisconsin politicians
who were loyal to the elder La Fol-
lette are working hard for the
Grown Prince" Representative John
M. Nelson Gov. John j. Blaine and
Attorney General Herman l.. Ekern
all have their coats off and their
sleeves rolled up in Young Bob's"
cause.
y ~ II
Contracts are about to he signed
at the State Department for the con-
struction of the new 81 ,0a0,0G0 Amer
fcan enfbassy~at Toxic. An American
. t,tf t. Ta< -
Evening star., 1925-09-04

Traffic Director Eldridge has not
gone 50 far as to insist that Stop"
painted on the pavements at certain
places about town applies to the fire
engines.
Evening star., 1925-09-04

So little has been heard from Gen.
Dawes lately about the Senate rules
that suspicion grows that the soporific
quality of the vice presidency is be-
ginning to work
Evening star., 1925-09-04

Washington's base ball club is do
ing its best to keep the State of Penn
sylvania from see-sawing in a world
series.
Evening star., 1925-09-04

Publication of income tax payments
at least gives the family something to
figure on evenings in an attempt to
compute the revenues Of neighbors
who may be mentioned.
Evening star., 1925-09-04

An airplane lost in the Pacific
Ocean seems to be as hard to find as
the traditional needle in a haystack.
Evening star., 1925-09-04
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

ably be intrusted with the work of
drawing plans for the most magnifi-
cent diplomatic establishment the
United States has ever reared on for
eign soil The site will be that on
which the American embassy stood
before destroyed by earthquake and
fire two years ago this month. Al
the back of that plot of ground the
Japanese government has placed at
the disposal of the United States
hill on the slope of which will he
built the ambassadorial residence.
The hill commands a splendid view of
the entire City of Toxic, and our
future embassy is destined to become
one of the landmarks of Nippon's
capital The construction through
out will be of reinforced concrete.
with a view to making the building
proof against both earthquake and
fire. 1t is meant TO be evidence of
Americas equally enduring belief in
the maintenance of peace with Japan.
The letter &C" because of its
prominence in the Presidents name.
has always been associated with the
life and times of Calvin Coolidge. II
was Senator George H. Moses of New
Hampshire, who said that the G.. O.
L. > pIlnClpdl asset III 1874 WAS JDe
calm and cautious Christian char
| acter of Calvin Coolidge" The forth
coming European debt negotiations
in Washington will be dominated by
names that begin with "C"-Coolidge.
Caillaux, Churchill and Congress. New
England's. religious regard for the
sanctity of honest debts is now we'll
understood in European capitals, and
the statemen who are coming to set
| IL E..In
are up against in the Nermonter from
Massachusetts.
Something like popular education in
the mysteries of cooperative market
ing win be provided when Aaron Sa-
piro, young Western agricultural econ
omist, hales Henry Ford into court at
Detroit in Forthcoming libel proceed
fnGs. The trial will be held later in
the year. Sapiro, who was accused
in the Dearborn Independent of con
spring with fellow Jews to exploit
the American farmer through cooper
atiVe organizations. expects 10 put on
the witness stand in his defense
authorities like Frank o. Lowden Of
Illinois, president of several national
farming associations. and Senator Ar
thur Capper OF Kansas leader of the
genius. Former Gov. William E. Sweet
of Colorado may also testify for SR-
piro, who helped Sweet put co-opera-
tive marketing laws into, force in
Colorado. Sapiros friends say he is
anxious to place Mr.. Ford in the wit
ness box and cross examine him on
the intricacies of the farmers market
ing problems.
**
One of the foremost United States
Senators from the South is reported
to have mopped up fortune-not in
F'lorida-in real estate speculation in
his own State during the Summer.
Four months ago he started out TO
earn enough on the chautauqua plat
form during the recess TO make both
ends meet during the congressional
season in Washington practice in
which he has regularly INDUCED since
he arrived on Capitol Hill. The
statesman-plutocrat in question has
just notified his friends that those
days are over. and that his address.
till further notice. is Easy street.
Evening star., 1925-09-04
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHnANpER JOHNSON
A philapthronisf's

A Philanthropist's Discovery.
Men are suspicious, for a fact.
When gratitude you seek to gain
BY an unselfish, kindly act
They rise and ask you. What.
your game?"