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Evening star., 1925-06-26

bear" influence dominates and the
price range is low the seat quotations
fall.
Just now Wall Street Is the scene
of remarkable activity in all lines
of securities. 1t is a buying market.
Investors are seeking to purchase
stocks in large blocks for the sake Of
present or prospectively higher divi.
dends. Spectators are looking for
chances to take advantage Of the
steady rise to win profits by buying
and selling. There is q generally per-
vading feeling Of confidence that the
range of stock prices will continue
upward for some time.
The meas sure OF stock exchange pro-
ceedings lies in the record Of transac-
tions. This present market Is the most
active for some years. From January
to date this year there have been in
round numbers 100000. 900 sales, as
against 1876, ,e00. 900 in 1922, 127 200, geo
in 1923 and 110, ,000, 900 In 1924. 1t is
noteworthy that this increase has been
In both railroad securities and indus
trials. The heaviest percentage OF in
crease has been in the non n-transporta-
ton line Of securities.
In short, the country is prosperous
and is confident that prosperity will
continue. There is no money strin-
gency. The people are earning largely
and spending freely. There is no feel
ing Of apprehension, causing hoard
ing. The President breaches and prac-
tees economy in Government in order
to secure release from excessive taxa
tion. The public is putting its money
to work in the mills and factories and
railroads, buying securities to supply
the capital needed for continued and
enlarged operations. Wall Street is
merely the index Of this confidence
and thrift.
Evening star., 1925-06-26
Muzzey's History
Condemned on Text.

To the Editor Of The Star:
In your issue OF June 22 there is a
letter written under the hadline "Muz-
Zey Is Defended" The author signs
himself Barry Thavis.
/ have not had an opportunity to
read Muzzey's History, but l have
heard considerable said both for and
against II. l had about concluded that
perhaps the history was not as bad as
made out. However, if the two quo
tations given by Mr.. Thavis correctly
indicate the attitude of mind of the
author. then / am utterly opposed to
MuZzey's History.
He says in one place: "Muzzey.
when speaking of the Revolutionary
War, writes: Thousands Of people in
the colonies could agree with noted
lawyer of Massachusetts, that the Rev
olut1on was causeless, w9nton and
wicked rebellion Later, in speak
ing of Garffeld's assassin, Charles
Guiteau. he says that Muzzey wrote:
L committed it, he tGuiteam said,
to rid the country of a traitor,
1t is an axiom in. the teaching of
children that they should never be
told anything wrong. Ii you want a
child to speak perfect English, speak
to it always IN perfect English and il
will know no different. OF course,
there were many people In the col
onies during the Revolution that la
vored England, but why quote phrases
and ideas of people whom time has
proven to. be utterly wrong? Why, in
the case of Guiteau quote the words
of an outcast assassin who was either
a fool or q brute for whom no doom
was too terrible? If all Of the bad
things in the world were quoted we
would have nothing but unmention-
able crimes and unmentionable
thoughts to make up our literature
There is entirely too much of this
method of damning our patriots and
great men OF the past by trying to
prove some disagreeable thing about
as that put into the mouth Of Guiteau
the wanton murderer Of a great Presi-
dent Of the United States
You do not teach virtue by telling
all the terrible stories of dirty things
done by those who are impure.
Mr.. Thavis closes his letter with the
sentence: Il as a student of Muzzey
appeal to you, give us a text filled
with truth that we may better assume
the most noble ambition of our lives
becoming a citizen of the United
States" If his words are true, then
he is foreign born and is not yet a
citizen. Gould any worse criticism be
made Of Muzzey's History than that
those who may become citizens of the
United States are filled by it with the
dark side of things, darkness caused
by the vicious, by the traitors or by
the murderers of the past? Nobility
of thought was never achieved by fill
ing ones head with unclean thoughts
or unmentionable deeds.
AMOS A. FRIES,
Major General, u. s. Army.
Evening star., 1925-06-26
A Plan to Check Speed
And Motor Crimes
To the Editor Of The Star.

To the Editor Of The Star:
Day by day press dispatches tell OF
fatal automobile accidents all over the
United States. The automobile bank
and pay roll bandits occupy consider
able space on the front page OF our
newspapers, and the bootlegger is ac-
corded glaring headlines, the latter
two being in large measure the
criminals that have brought crime
wave In the wake of their nefarious
business and have dragged the good
name OF communities, counties, States
and the United States down with
crime record unequaled anywhere in
the world
The good and law-abiding citizens of
criminal element, but seem to grope in
vain for remedy. Right here per-
NIT a suggestion that will bring force
to law and order, protect the thought
less against themselves, and bring re-
lief and security to all the people:
j. TO curb the brainless speeder a
law. national in scope, should be en-
acted that would restrict the manufac-
lures of automobiles to q gear of not
over possible maximum OF IS miles
per hour for general public-used auto
mobiles. Such limitation would pro-
tect the driver and passengers In auto
mobiles.
2. With the speed limitations in the
manufacture Of automobiles the bank
bandits and bootleggers would be un-
able to make their getaway and es-
cape arrest.
3. That automobiles should be spe-
cially manufactured for the law-en-
forcement officers, sheriffs, police and
special officers only, with speed capa-
bilities as at present. With such a
law 1t is obvious that the criminal
element would be seriously handicap.
ped. Smoke screens would avail them
nothing, and they would go out of
business or could be put out of busi-
ness, because all could be overtaken
and arrested. This law should con-
tain provision making possession of
an automobile capable of greater
speed than So miles an hour a misde-
meanor punishable with a five-year
sentence in a penitentiary.
OF course. the cry will go up about
personal liberty" but we now have
laws with penalty against carrying
concealed weapons, etc. The law Ell.
forcing low gears on automobiles
would protect the innocent public, the
careful driver, and would likewise pro
tect those who would otherwise be
reckless and a danger to all automo.
bilists on the public highways. 1t
| should also be borne in mind that rum
row laughed to scorn all efforts to
| stop liquor imports in New York Har.
Dor and other points on the Atlantic
| seaboard, but when Uncle Sam put
! into service boats with sufficient speed
! to overtake the rum boats they de
| cided to quit business. The same
| thing will happen il law is enacted
| compelling low gears for the automo
| bile used by the general public and
| high-powered cars to be operated by
officers of the law only.
| JOHN B. DICKMAN
Evening star., 1925-06-26

of the staff of eight American eco.
nomic experts who accompanied the
American members of the commission
to Paris. Mr.. Dawes later held Mr..
Young IS power of attorney during the
period the latter was agent for repa
ration payments in Germany. The
book is a fat volume of more than
500 pages and is destined to become
the ofhcial record Of the scheme for
stabilizing postwar Europe.
Senator Borah has abandoned his
plans to go abroad this Summer,
either to Europe or to South America,
and will tour his native West instead
First he will renew home ties in Idaho
ana then go to the coast for a series
OF public addresses on topics Of the
day. No man in the United States
with the possible exception of the
PRESIDENT, gets a mail bag like Borah.
His correspondence from the plain
people of the country he finds to be
both International and inspirational
1t gives him far better line on pub.
lie opinion. he says, than editorials in
metropolitan newspapers.
X X
Rudolph Forster, executive clerk AT
the White House, comes about as near
being acting President of the United
states in Washinst as any man still
left in the deserted Capital. No Presi.
dent ever had a tithe of the experience
at the White House that Forster.
had. There isn't rope he doesn't
know. Forster has been at the elbow
of all of our Presidents including and
since Mckinley-a record of % year.
of uninterrupted service Keepine
state secrets is his speciality,
One Of the amba ssadoriaI n,,,ms
that President Coolidge will dispense
next Winter, II the Senate ratifies the
Lausanne treaty with Turkey. is the
ambassadorship to Angora. Although
the capital of the new Turkey is the
worlds jumping-of place, in point OF
prfmitiveness. there's already a lively
scramble to be the American envoy
there. Henry Lane Wilson of India mn
10 an active aspirant for the post. and
has the backing of Senator Watson
Wilson was American Ambassador to
Mexico in the hectic years between
1909 and 1918, having just previously
been named Ambassador at Constant.
nople. but later transferred to Mexico
City by President Taft He has had
long experience in diplomacy, having
served as Minister to Greece. ChiIe
and Belgium. Though IS, Mr.. Wilson
still feels the urge ands the CAPACITY
to be OF service to his country in for.
eign parts.
tCopyriRht 1881
Evening star., 1925-06-26

British and French reports as cor
rect, there would seem to have been
no aggressive actions by Foreigners
or foreign troops. 1t would, indeed,
have been folly without warrant for
the alien forces to commit aggres-
sions. There is no disposition on the
part of the British or French govern
ments to precipitate a crisis similar
to that of the Boxer rebellion Of 1900.
The true cause Of these tragedies
lies clearly elsewhere than In any ag-
gressive actions by the British or
French forces. 1t is indicated by Il
line In one of tho late dispatches,
which states that the procession Of
students involved in the affair Of
Tuesday was headed by Russian.
Evening star., 1925-06-26
A Wall Street Record.

S., A seat on the New York Stock Ex-
change has just been sold for s116 900,
the highest price ever paid for such a
commodity. This sale was closely ac-
rompanied by two others, in which the
prices paid for seats were s112, 900 and
-sf14 ,0oo. The highest price previously
paid was $115,00o, in 1920, when the
stock market was in it's great post
caJSar boom.
sss75 This record payment for the privi-
sfege of operating directly on the ex-
change is regarded as an indication of
sSgeneral expectation that the present
period Of activity in the stock market
will continue for some time to come.
teExchange seats are at a premium
when the trading is active and prices
are high ana sseadfast. When the
Evening star., 1925-06-26
The Canton Tragedy.

direct conflict of statement oc-
ours in the case Of the tragedy at
Canton on Tuesday. when a process
sion of students on the Bund opened
an attack upon the foreign settlement
and British and French troops re-
turned the fire. with the result of
100 casualties among the Chinese.
The Chinese civil governor of Canton,
i'm an official note to the British con-
sui general, placed the blame for the
shooting entirely upon the foreigners,
claiming that the procession had been
orderly and had shown no sign of
hostility when the soldiers and police
in the British concession opened fire,
being followed by troops in the
French concession, while Portuguese
gunboat fired heavy guns into the
crowd on the Bund. The British
consul general has replied, placing ali
responsibility for the deaths upon the
Chinese authorities, asserting that the
first shots were fired by the march
ers, that the British and later the
French troops only fired in defense,
and that the Portuguese gunboat took
no part in the affair.
1t has been the practice Of the
Chinese authorities from the begin
ming of the present troubles to blame
the foreigners as aggressors. Elab.
crate, fantastical explanations have
been given of some OF the demon.
strations and outrages. plainly to
arouse anti.foreigner feeling. So Tar
as known, and accepting the official
Evening star., 1925-06-26

either in the United States or in the
world, than the Highland orchard in
southwestern. Arkansas.
Q. Please give formula for Govern
ment whitewash.-A. s. Fl.
A. Slake half a bushel of unSlaked
lime with boiling water, keeping it
covered during the process. Strain It
and add peck of salt, dissolved in
warm water; three pounds OF ground
! rice put in boiling water and boil TO a
, thin paste; half a pound of powdered
Spanish whiting and pound of clear
| glue. dissolved in warm water; mix
these we'll together and let the mXi-
| ture stand for several days. Keep the
wash thus prepared in kettle or
portable furnace, and when used put
| it on hot possible with painters
or whitewaSh brushes.
| Q. How slowly can an airplane travel
| and remain in the air--H. ID.
A. This depends upon the plane.
Roughly, it would be from 40 to so
miles per hour. The lowest air speed
/ is that speed just above the stallina
point The. staHing point is at the
point where the air lift on the wingt
is less than the weight of the airplane,
| practically little above taking OF
speed which is 40 to so miles pee
| hour.
| @. What is the best known cross,
| town street in the world?-H. E.
| A. Forty-second street, New York
City, is the most famous. This Fall
will mark the Tooth anniversary of itt
official existence.
@. How does popped corn compara
in food value with other corn prod.
ucts?-G. l.. c.
A. One pound of popped corn has
practically the same food value as a
pound of dry corn meal or hominy.
Q. What should chameleons be fed?
Do they drink water?-J. Is.
/ A. When live flies are not available
lchameleons should be fed sugar, fruits.
moistened candies and meal worms.
Water should be given once day. A
tchameleon should be kept in a large
wooden box in which is placed small
amount of dry sand and some dry
grass.
fFredertc !. Hdskin is the name Of
the man ,cho ons0ers more questions
than any other person IN, the Icorfd
He is employed By this paper 10
handle the inquiries of our readers
and you are inrited TO call upon him
as 1reeIy ana as otten as you please.
ASK anything that is q matter Of fact
aud the authority tniU be quoted you.
This information bureau. 1rhich he
heads, is maintained in Washington
because Of the great 1realth of nfor-
nation obtained there The arerd0e
indiridHdl has no conception Of the
eEtent of this tremendous dccUmuId-
ton of data nor of the channels
through nhich it is reached. There
| 10 chnruc fnr fbis sl-
trhat you trdnt. sign your tuH name
and address aud inclose , cents ia
stamps for return postage. Address
The star Information Bureau. Frederic
j. Huskin, director, TtCenty- FIRST and
C. streets northtceSt.I
Evening star., 1925-06-26
More Capital for Hylan.

Now comes Controller Craig of
Greater New York to add to the po-
litical excitement and charges that
Mayor Hylan, in his address to the
heads of city departments the other
day, demanding that they support him
for denomination and reelection under
pain of loss Of position, has violated
ject to trial and removal. The con-
troller writes letter to the district
attorney and sends q copy to, tho
governor. reminding the latter that
he has the power OF removal. The
mayor counters with the comment
that the controller-there is an old
feud between them-is ''rAnting
again" and that he is inspired by
the same wicked traction interests
that are trying to get the people Of
them.
Mayor Hylan would probably vel
come an attack along this line. He
reiishes the role of a target. He
makes capital out of every shot aimed
in his direction. He has a formula
for every charge and accusation by
which he turns them all to this credit.
He shouts: These are the lies and
the wicked wiles of the highbinders
from whom 1 am defending the people
of New York" He has adopted Mira.
beau's war cry: "Audacity, again
audacity, and always audacity-'
Sometimes audacity wins, regardless
of other matters. 1t is now being
put to a test in New York, and the
next few months will determine the
result.
Evening star., 1925-06-26

few years a perfect carpet of them Is
formed, adding their fragrance to the
woods of the Far North. Perhaps not
one tree will result from all those
thousands-but what does Nature
care?
There are billions Of fish eggs laid
in the oceans, rivers. lakes, each
their millions Of fish. Most Of the
eggs never become fish, being eaten
or otherwise lost to the eternal pur-
pose.
Yet Mother Nature never seems to
shed q tear, as far as the records of
man show, over these, her lost Off
spring. She does not bemoan the
fact that there is a large brown spot
appearing in the prairie: she goes
ahead and spreads her green carpet
where she can.
In various ways and at devious
times Nature makes a full garden,
keeping her eye constantly on the
plan as q whole. That seems to be
her entire care, not only one plant, or
any single blossom.
So, il we, little creators in way,
hope to go at the business after the
fashion of the master gardener. we
must lose large part OF our regard
for the individual plants, or results.
and devote our attention to the grand
picture, the final result, the garden as
whole.
If the grass does not hook as well
tonight as 1t did yesterday, do not
worry about it.
Grass has q fine knack of coming
out all right, especially If it be given
it's full quota Of water.
1t is the camel of plants. being
n IT,. NJ
Living in a great and capable city,
every day, so that whereas nearby
farms may be burnt up by the
drought, our small gardens thrive
through 1t all.
This is u boon and every gardener,
no matter how amateurish he may
be, must appreciate it. for without
water-one of the necessary condi-
tions of plant growth. with few ex-
ceptions-he would have no garden
at all.
II the sweet peas begin to get
brown at the ground about this time
do not worry about them and do
not try to bring them along" sum
mer is all too short for such cod
ding.
Take down the stakes, tear the
vines from their supports and pull
them out by the roots, after the earth
has been soaked in order to make
the uprooting process easier.
Then take Zinnia seedlings and
transplant them to the ground for
merly occupied by the Sweet Peas, sc
that in another month there will be
fresh bright flowers to gladden. the
eyes and hearts of spectators.
Do not lament the passing of the
flowers, but determine next time to
plant the seed in the Fall, so that
the vines may make deep-root growth
| by Spring. thus rendering them
selves capable of standing the Sum
mer heat.
Do not too anxiously scan trans
planted plants. worrying over the
fact that they wilt tremendously for
day or two. Keep them we'll COW
cred from the sun during the time
and they will come out all right
If they do not. yank them up. and
| try again. Summer is too short tc
monkey with them! Similarly, do moi
have a duck fit," as the saying is
| every time you spot a new bug or
a plant.
One of the interesting bugs in my
garden l call the peppermint bug, be-
cause he is bright pink. striped
with symmetrical lines of silver. He
| lives on a Hibiscus, which will no,
suffer from his gay presence, 1 am
sure.
Evening star., 1925-06-26
Indianapolis Plan Not
Like That of Capital

To the Editor Of The Star:
Mr.. Haskin is in error when he
says in his answers to questions that
Indianapolis was laid out on plans
similar to that of Washington. There
Is no more resemblance between the
two plans than between that of Prov.
idence, r. l., and that Of Richmond,
Va.
The original site of Indiana polls
covers exactly one mile square, bound
ed by North, East. South and West
streets. The streets are ali absolute
ly straight, intersectins each other at
right angles, and each l mile long.
They divide the city into blocks each
a perfect square. There are no jog
offs in Indianapolis as in Washington.
and the blocks are all uniform size
and shape and not irregular as in
Washington.
In the exact middle of the mile
square, both ways, is street, the
intersection of the two being the ex-
act center of the mile square. At that
point is q circle, like Thomas Circle
in Washington. In that circle is the
only resemblance between the plans
of the two cities. At equal distances
from this center of the city four dag.
onal streets or avenues run in straight
line to the four corners of the mile
square. AS I have said, every street
is perfectly straight and runs in q
correct line according to the compass.
The plan of Indianapolis was the
work of Christopher Harrison, the
first Lieutenant Governor of the State,
and whose remains now lie short
distance from Annapolis, Md. As he
gave it himself, the inspiration of the
plan came from st. Johns descrip.
ton of the New Jerusalem, "a city
four square" There was a romance
in the life Of Christopher Harrison
that is worth telling. He was the first
lover Of Dotty p1ttoeson Of Baltimore.
When she turned him down and mar.
Evening star., 1925-06-26
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

O. What proportion Of air is there
to gas in an automobile cylinder in
propelling the vehicle?-k. S. II.
A. An authority on automobiles
says that the proportion of air to
gasoline is 300 or 400 to l. In
other words, for an example, the pro-
portions would be q thimbleful of
gasoline to an ash can of air.
O. What size in American number
ing is a shoe which is numbered AZ
G.. A. G..
A. A shoe numbered AZ in Paris
point corresponds to an in this
country.
Q. How long do crabs remain soft
shelled ?"-L. s.
A. The shells begin to harden as
soon as the old shells are shed. The
crabs should be served as soft-shell
crabs az soon as possible, although
several days will elapse before the
shells have hardened to a marked de-
gree.
Q. Is there an American actor who
was made Officer d'Academic du Thea
tire Franchise ?-J. A. G.
A. This honor was accorded to
James K. Hackett during his recent
tour of France.
O. What is the name of the poem
which begins THE sun stepped down
from his golden throne e?"-D. h.
A. This is the opening line of The
Star and the Water Lily, by Long.
fellow.
@. What acid do you put on tree
! stump to bring out the rings so they
can be counted?-L. l.. b.
A The Forest Service says that it
has not heard Of the use of acid for
the purpose of calculating the age
rings of a tree; however, by taking
sandpaper and sandpapering the
stump thoroughly to smooth surface
| and using a magnifying glass you can
see the age rings clearly enough to
| determine the age Of the tree.
@. What material can be used as
an insulator between two magnetic
points,. T. w.
A. There is no known insulator for
| magnetism.
@. Did England offer a bounty tc
men who would fight against the
| colonies?-S. f..
| A She offered f10. Congress
gave the Continental Army small
grants of land and money. but il
| 1880 affairs came to such a pass thai
Gen. Washington offered $500 to re
tain each of his veterans. and wher
/ the Army disbanded in 1888, he in
| duced Congress to give the officers five
years pay.
| @. Is it the freezing or thawins
process which causes pipes to burst
r. NJ. d.
A. The Bureau of Standards say.
| that it Is the freezing process. Th'
bursting is due to the expansion th'
water undergoes when changing int
ice.
@. Where is the largest peach orch
ard?-O. w. II.
A. The Bureau of Plant Industr,
knows of no larger peach orchard
Evening star., 1925-06-26

Two Secretaries of State, Mr..
BRYAN and Mr.. Colby. are interested IN
the debate on evolution. Ex-Secretary
Hughes and present Secretary Kellogg
show a disinclination to take part in q
controversy which does not relate IN
any practical way to the economic
interests of the country.