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Evening star., 1925-06-02
Taxation Without Representation,

A situation has developed in Cook
County. H., which may have an i'm.
portant bearing upon the collection of
Federal taxes. The Cook County COM
missioners have resolved not to pay
the States portion Of taxes collected
by the county because the Illinois
Legislatures for several sessions have
declined to redistrict the State to meet
population changes. The constitution
of the State stipulates that the AS
sembly after each Federal census shall
take steps to bring about redistrict.
since the last two Federal censuses.
The refusal of the Board OF Commits
sioners to pay taxes to the State is
based upon the principle Of mo taxa
tion without representation"
The Federal Constitution requires
that the United States shall be reds
tricted' for purposes of national repre-
sentation every 10 years, and to
this end decennial census is to be
taken. There has been no redistricting
for nearly Is years. The present ap-
portionment, on which the size of the
House of Representatives is estab-
lished, was made after the census of
1910. Following the census Of 1920 no
reapportionment law was enacted, and
there is no present prospect of such
an enactment. 1t Is known that great
changes have taken place in the dis
tribution of population. The present
Nevertheless tax enactments have been
made by Congress so constituted as
virtually not to represent the people.
If the contention Of the Cook County
commissioners is valid, then there is
ground for the claim that Federal
taxes imposed by a Congress which
does not proportionately represent the
people are likewise invalid. 1t Is not
to be expected that such a claim will
be set up by any taxpayer or group of
taxpayers. Yet the possibility consti-
tutes potential embarrassment. and
this case points clearly to the need of
early action by Congress to correct
this present fault in the law and to
the necessity of strict observance of
the Constitution hereafter In the reap
portionment of congressional districts
based upon the decennial enumera.
tions.
Meanwhile, the plight of the Cook
County taxpayers is viewed with bitter
amusement by the people of Washing.
ton, who are taxed without repre-.
sentation," and whose situation is even
less bearable than is that Of the Illinois
residents who, though not redistrfcted
according to the State constitution.
nevertheless are represented in some
manner at Springfield. No reappor.
tionment under the Federal census can
give the District representation in
Congress. 1t will require an amend.
ment to the Constitution, followed by
legislative action, to do that. While
waiting for that act of justice. the
people Of Washington continue to pay
their Federal as we'll as their local
taxes Loyalty, though not happily.
Evening star., 1925-06-02

on account of accidents resulting from
these defects.
The National Capital has been called
one of the worst lighted cities in the
world" One of the strongest argu-
ments for the accuracy of this state
the few cities In which motorists are
not only allowed to use their bright
est automobile headlights but are. re.
quired to use them on all streets on
which objects 200 feet in advance. are
not readily visible.
A city illuminated by moving auto
mobile lights is certainly a poor ex-
ample of modern progress and civili-
zation. 1t is nothing but subter-
fuge for the evasion of obvious duties
which it is incumbent on a city gov
ernment to perform.
This is a deplorable condition. Wash
ington should be the best lighted city
instead of one Of the worst. Bright
headlights on automobiles should be
for use on country roads, where there
is no other illumination, and in small
towns, but not in the Nations Capital.
Now that the local government is
reminded, by the damages which it
will be forced to pay. that it is its duty
to provide we'll lighted and we'll paved
streets, it should bring strong pressure
on Congress to get immediate action.
The action of the court is a convincing
argument that delay will prove costly,
not only in damage suits, but in
human life.
Evening star., 1925-06-02
The Debt Negotiations.

Indication is plainly given that the
United States will not conduct the
conferences or negotiations for the
payment OF debts which are owing to
it by foreign governments elsewhere
than in this country. The suggestion
is made that the American Debt Com
mission go abroad to confer with rep
resentatives of the debtor governments
there. This, it Is pointed out, is i'm
practicable as well as undesirable.
Three Of the members of the commits.
sion are cabinet officers, heads of de-
partments, whose protracted absence
from Washington would be a serious
disadvantage. Moreover, ii is not the
policy of this Government to consider
the foreign debts in conjunction with
the European war settlements. Nego.
tiations in Europe would inescapably
be affected by such considerat tions.
The United States does not wish to
go abroad as a collector. 1t has asked
its debtors to come forward with pro-
posals for payment. This is the proper
place for them to talk business. AL
ready Belgium has indicated it's inten-
ton to send a commission here for this
purpose. Doubtless other nations will
do the same. 1t is far more dignified
for the United States to receive these
delegations here than to meet them
abroad, even on neutral ground. The
negotiations for the loans were made
in Washington, and In Washington
should be held the meetings for their
liquidation.
Evening star., 1925-06-02
Hot Weather.

News of Summer heat comes from
many parts of the country. There
may not be any particular encour-
agemeEt to Washington people in
this, but it reminds them that Sum-
mer still has power to make the
is not always the hottest place. 1t is
not easy to make Summer conform
to every ones conception of what
genial June weather should be. Peo-
pie are willing to have the weather
warm up that men may take off their
coats and suspenders, that cherries
may turn red, peaches put on a
blushing tint and blackberries pros
per, but they protest when Summer
goes to such extremes as to interfere
with work and make palm leaf fans
and goblets of ice water almost use
less. The hottest day of the year"
and nearly hottest day of the year"
reports come from New York. Chi
cago, Pittsburgh and many other
places, and our own kiosk on the
Avenue gives out some unusual sta
tistics Washingtonians, however, do
not need confirmation from the kiosk
BY other means they learned that
Yesterday was warm and that today
is not cool. A strange report from
Rock Springs, Wyo.,. says: Eight
inches of snow fell in the South Pass
section. near Rock Springs, yester-
day. Fishermen returning from that
section brought word of the fall of
snow There are some persons who
do not regard fishermen as a reliable
Evening star., 1925-06-02
Our Badly Lighted Streets

The decision yesterday of the Court
OF Appeals, which affirmed the find
ings of jsTy awarding $4,5OO dam
ages against the District of Columbia
government for an automobile acci-
dent caused by poorly Illuminated
streets, demonstrates clearly that the
local government is responsible for
mishaps due to inadequate street H.
Elimination.
With previous decision handed
down in which damages were awarded
for an accident because of irregulari-
ties in the pavement the District gov
ernment is brought face to face with
the fact that it Will be required to i'm.
prove conditions Or pay heavy claims
Evening star., 1925-06-02
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN

Q. When was the American Auto
mobile Association organiZed?-A.
j. NJ.
A. 1t had it's inception at Chicago
in March, 1902.
Q. I sent a check for income tax.
The check vas cashed but l did not
receive a receipt, Should | have
once. NJ. K.
A. A Cancelled check is "A receipt
in itself. The Internal Revenue Blu
reau does not consider 1t necessary to
give receipts for income tax paid by
check.
@. What name is given to a mon
ument or tomb which does not mark
the resting place of the dead?-C.
c. T.
A. Such an empty tomb is called a
cenotaph. Formerly cenotaphs were
usually erected in memory Of those
lost at sea or in battle when the
bodies were not recovered.
Q. How many Ambassadors and
Ministers do we have?-W s. j.
A, The United States sends either
Ambassadors or Ministers TO 55 coun
tries.
Q. Is Mime. Curie nving?-R. G.
A. Nine. Curie, the discoyerer OF
radium, is still living.
Q. When did one Of the children
of the royal family Of England die?-
j. G. r.
A. Prince John, the youngest sor
| of King George and Queen Mary
died on January IS, 1919.
| @. What is done with the Original
| drawing of patent?-H. G. D.
| A. 1t is stored away among the
| other records in the Patent Office
| after the grant Of the patent. For
inspection by inventors and attorneys
| engaged in making Investigations q
I printed copy is placed in the classi
! fed sets that are kept on the shelves
| IN the search room at the Patent OF
| fee.
Q. Which contains more British
thermal units, gasoline or kerosene
Il. 4. II.
A. The Bureau Of Mines says that
/ gasoline has a higher b. I. u. value
per pound than kerosene.
Q. Are potatoes and onions in the
| same class?-B. J. il.
A They do not belong TO the same
| CLASS. 1OldlOeS are lubSIS anu tilIDllS
are bulbous plants.
q. Are Treasury savings certifi
Gates still for sale?-T. B.
| A. Treasury savings certificate
were withdrawn from sale July Is
| 1924. They are not transferable lanC
are payable only to the owner NAMED
thereon except in case Of death or dis
ability of the owner and in sucl
cases will be payable and may be re
| issued as provided for.
Q. To what countries does tn
United States export steel?-G. r.
A. The amount OF steel exports Il
1929 was 1909 .14l long tons. We shi,
steel to countries all over the world
| Our best customers are Canada, ia
pan, Cuba, United Kingdom, Mexico
China. Brazil, Australia, Philippine
Islands and Chile.
Q. About how long ago was tn
organ introduced for church use int
England, Germany and France
G. E. r.
A. In a monograph on the histor,
of the organ it says: In 1000 tn
organ was improved by Pope Sylyes
ter. and in this century we find or
gans used in the churches in Erfurt
Magdeburg and Halberstadt, in East
ern Germany, and about the sam
Evening star., 1925-06-02

Minnegerode of reviewing the Jack.
sons with a jaundiced eye"
Paint me as I am is a quotation
from Oliver Cromwell with which the
New Orleans Tribune illuminates its
comment. jackson was great enough
TO make 1t wise and right that he
should be known as he was" con.
cludes the Tribune. His wife be.
comes far more interesting and like
able if shown as Minnegerode shows
her than IL she remained unknown or
forgotten save as an empty name -
me st. Louis Post-Dispatch remarks
that surely to have Cromwell. warts
and all, is better than to have Crorn.
well bedizened to look like Apollo
Belvidere," and the Post Dispatch is
impelled to believe that jackson him.
self would probably be amused at
being called a rufflan." That paper
holds that "a hundred such articles
could not dim Old Hickory's glory or
lessen the affection that we feel to-
ward him, or the admiration that he
evokes"
The Hartford Courant adds its tes.
timony that "the average reader Of
the article found himself admiring
this devoted wife who lived to see her
husband elected President of the
United states, but who did not live to
see MIN take the oath of Office" The
quincy Whig.Journal views the mat
ter in the light of the conditions of
the times and calls attention to the
fact that webster was notorious for
his drinking habits The American
pioneers, 1t says, had little of what
we call culture" OF Mrs. Jackson.
| the Whig-Journa1 asserts she was
probably as good as her cotempora.
, ,, ries."
! A protest against trying to "prove
| that Old Hickory was q molIycoddle''
| is made by the Kansas City Star.
| I'VE suppose" continues the star.
''we shall hear next he was a pacifist
and that his only imprecation was
| BY Ginger The Aberdeen World
conceoes that most biographers agree
| with Minnegerode, but continues:
yet jackson was the first American
President to leave office more popular
than when he entered 1t. The com.
| mon people believed in him and ap-
| proved him despite his sharp temper
| and his combative disposition. He
was a genuine representative of de.
| mocracy."
AS throwing further light on the
matter the savannah Press declares:
| Andrew jackson, who is represented
! In some histories as a sot and u horse
| racer, once was presented a. silver
| medal by the Temperance Society of
America. His name was attached to
a certificate urging temperance, with
John Quincy Adams and James Madi.
son."
Evening star., 1925-06-02

The world admires a brave and de.
termined man. 1t is not the North
Pole that the public is so much inter.
ested III as the adventures and per.
sonahty Of the explorer.
Evening star., 1925-06-02

1t will be some time before the scien-
lists bring the Einstein theory to a
state Of popular comprehension. When
this is done it will be time to hold an
argument over whether it is in strict
accord with a literal Interpretation of
Genesis
Evening star., 1925-06-02

The Langley flying machine at first
caused laugh. Now it creates a con-
troversy. Orville Wright is insistent
in his demand that where SO important
an object Of interest is concerned the
rule hands off" ought to be strictly
enforced.
Evening star., 1925-06-02
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
BeIattd Energy,

BeIated Energy.
A town for years may plug along
In easy and half hearted style,
While not 4 man in all the throns
Has one idea that's worth while.
And when some one with patient sense
Strikes out and does not deign to
shirk,
There comes a general shout immense
To tell him how to do the work.
Evening star., 1925-06-02

source of information and perhaps
feel that the faculty for exaggeration
is so developed in them that these
Wyoming fishermen may have en-
larged a few flakes into an eight-inch
snowfall
Evening star., 1925-06-02

Henry Ford keeps out of airships.
refusing to jeopardize even to a slight
degree the most valuable official in his
large and growing business.
Evening star., 1925-06-02
Serving Uncle Sam.

OCT Wiz CIICIC Ddfl.
so you really want a Government
situation?" said Senator Sorghum.
Certainly replied the young man.
us there anything unusual in that?"
mot a thing. What I am trying to
understand is why so many people are
so anxious to work for limited salaries,
with no place to park their fiivvers.'
Evening star., 1925-06-02

Interest in draft dodgers has faded
out. Indignation has not yet subsidized
quite far enough for Grover Bergdoll
to let his present residence be con-
spicuously known.
Evening star., 1925-06-02
Old Associations.

They say the Garden of Eden was
in the Atlantic Ocean and that it was
submerged"
Il think Of that" replied Miss Cay
enne. Whenever l go to the shore
imagine / see modern Eve in the
waves and a sea serpent swimming in
the distance"
Evening star., 1925-06-02

ITO knolc Uhere to fnd infor1d a
ton on subject is. according to BOS-
lreH, as true Enorledge as 10 bnor
the subject itself. Perhaps 'Bour drop
Of ink falling on thought tciH make
a thousand think" submit your per
pIering questions to The star Infor-
nation Bureau. Frederic J. HdskiH
director. Ttceuty-irst and e streets
northwest. send 2-ceHt stamp foF
direct rsply.J
Evening star., 1925-06-02

Europe has a right to feel certain
satisfaction in recalling that America
gave no serious thought to economy
while the expense Of the World War
was mounting.
Evening star., 1925-06-02

Stocks that have receded a little
take another rise as reminder to the
lamb that he cannot turn the road to
fortune into a one-way street.
Evening star., 1925-06-02

The District of Columbia has reason
to feel proud Of the abundance of ex-
cellent material from which to select a
Commissioner.
Evening star., 1925-06-02

A child movie star is already slated
by his parents and managers to ap-
pear as Hamlet. There is still work
for the 8. P. C. A.
Evening star., 1925-06-02

time they were introduced for church
use in England and France.
@. Who wrote the first history Of
the Revolution?-D. NJ.
A. This distinction is claimed for
Mrs. Mercy Warren of Plymouth.
Her history was written when she
was II.
Q. Who was Jack Jouett2-N. K.
A lie was a Virginia hero VIII"
overheard d plot to capture Thomas
jefferson at Monticello. The tavern
keeper, Jouett. covered q miles in An
hour and three quarters. His warn
ing made 1t possible for jefferson 10
escape Tarleton's troopers who had
| been sent out to surprise the House
of Burgesses in Charlottesville and to
capture the author of the Declaration
of Independence. The legislators also
escaped.
Q. In what way do diseased aden-
| oids affect the health?-W. w. D.
! A. Physicians say that adenoids
affect the voice. alter the facial eX
! give rise TO night terrors, cause
| chronic NASAL catarrh and other
germ diseases.
Q. Do the President and the Vice
| President have Offices in the Cap
itol?-H. l..
A. The Vice Presidents office is in
the Capitol. There is also room
/ called the Presidents room. It is for
the use of the President of the United
| States on his visits TO the Capitol. 1t
| is decorated with portraits of Presi-
dent Washington and his first cabi-
net, Knox, Randolph and Osgood.
| There is also d bronze bust of McKin-
/ ley The Executive Office is in the
White House grounds.
Q. How long have people played
I tennis2-T. II.
/ A SO far back as 1427 we hear "f
a famous female player Of tennis, one
! Margot, who played both forehanded
and backhanded very powerfully, very
cunningly and very cleverly, as any
! man could" The expression fore
: handed" and "backhanded" have their
historic value, for they seem To indi-
cate that rackets were introduced
into the game before 1927.
@. What is the origin Of the ex
preston "Oyez" m =.
4. "Oyez' was the expression for
merly employed by court officers OF
GTleTS III dIlIlyuIAIIl- lIt tpFIiill- "a
court 1t was introduced into Eng
land by the Normans, together with
other legal expressions and forms. In
the United. States the English trans
lation, hear We" i still employed by
most court criers in announcing the
opening of court.
Q. 1t has been stated that the Ga
thedral of st. John the Divine on
Morningside Heights, New York City
will be the largest house of worship
in the world. Is this correct
K. o. II.
A. The Cathedral Of st. John the
Divine, if finished according TO the
design at present approved. will be
exceeded in size only by the Cathe-
drals of Seville, Spain, and st. Peter
Of Rome.
Evening star., 1925-06-02

Germany's attention is again to be
called to the fact that there is a very
influential disarmament movement
abroad in the world.
Evening star., 1925-06-02
Dawn of Cooperation.
President Coolidge.

Presiuent COOIdge.
When 1t was discovered that two
people could together roll a heavier
stone than could be done by one alone
that was the beginning OF cooper
alton.
Evening star., 1925-06-02

A Government victory in oil suits
conveys the assurance that high-class
legal talent is not monopolized by pri.
vate interests.
Evening star., 1925-06-02
Ne DiscOurageme

'Since they have thrown your lit
erary improprieties off the news
stands how are you going to get them
before the public?"
That's easy. I'll have 'em drama
TIED
Evening star., 1925-06-02
Expressive Language.

From the Boston Transcript
Senator Capper says the Senate
rules are archaic, intolerable and in.
defensible." Vice President Dawes
could not have used language more
expressive of the fact.
Evening star., 1925-06-02

Inquiries as to Summer hotel rates
will reveal no evidence along the coast
of a sentiment to the effect that rentals
are too high.
Evening star., 1925-06-02
Our Civilization.

From the Baltimore Sun.
God made the country Picnic
parties leave the evidence of civili-
Zation.
Evening star., 1925-06-02

Jud Tunkins says press agents used
to be satisfied with jewel robberies.
Now they're kidnapping the actors.
Evening star., 1925-06-02
Latest Variation.

The lines upon the paving drawn
Attract my eyes, with mystic charm
And when, perchance. astray I've gone
Their warning fills me with alarm.
Perplexity brings many frown.
New burrows gather on my brow;
For, as 1 journey through the town
The maps a cross-street puzzle now.
Evening star., 1925-06-02

"Foh de sake Of peace in dis settle
ment," said Uncle Eben, "I's glad dat
along wifi synthetic gin we got de
safety razor"
Evening star., 1925-06-02
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Evening star., 1925-06-02

Q. In what way do diseased aden-
oids affect the health W. D.
A. Physicians say that adenOids
affect the voice. alter the facial eX-
preston, cause earache and deafness,
give rise TO night terrors. cause
chronic NASAL catarrh and other
germ diseases
Evening star., 1925-06-02

time they were introduced for churc
use in England and France.
Evening star., 1925-06-02

@. Who wrote the first history Of
the Revolution?-D NJ.
A. This distinction is claimed for
Mrs. Mercy Warren of Plymouth.
Her history was written when she
was H.
Putnam patriot., 1925-04-10

State vs. Victoria Semeneshen; Keep. ing with intent to sell and sale of intoxicating liquors.
Putnam patriot., 1925-04-10
GOLDEN BED" FINE
 De MILE SOCIAL SATIRE

What happens to people when they step on acknowledged laws, demon strated from the masculine side by Rod La Rocque in "The Command ments," now has it's feminine explana- tion in Cecil E. De Miles newest Par amount picture, "The Golden Bed - screen play by Jeanie Macpherson from Wallace Irwin's novel which also ran serially in Pictorial Review maga- zine.
 As Flora Lee Peake of ''The Golden Bed" Lillian Rich. the newest De Mile find" surges tempestuously through love affairs with four men. a brilliant, fiirtatious blonde meteor, sat urated with family pride--and totally needless of those fundamentals which keep less comet-like individuals from eventual disaster.
 Flora Lee Peake and Rod La Roeque us Admah Holtz, ''poor white trash, !" risen to wealth, and Vera Reynolds, younger daughter of the aristocratic house of Peake, have the principal roles in this colorful De Mile social satire. Others featured in the all-star cast are Warner Baxter, Theodore Kossoff and Julia Faye. Playing in support are Henry Walthall, Robert Edeson, Robert Cain, Jacqueline Wells, Mary Jane Irving, Don Marion and Charles Clary.
 Quite line-upl
 ''The Golden Bed" will be shown at the Bradley Theatre Tuesday and Wednesday.
Putnam patriot., 1925-04-10
VETERAN OFFICIAL RE1iREs
Edward 5. Carpenter Lived In Put.
 nam Back In '61

Edward S. Carpenter of Danielson is soon to retire from active public life in that borough. He is about to vol untarily retire as town tax collector He has been in public service close Co sixty years.
 When q young man Mr. Carpenter. who is now S7 years of age. lived for a time iu Putnam. He was born in the town ef Thompson. February 2. iS3s. At the age of sixteen be went Co Worcester te learn the machinists trade. Two years later he returned to Thompson, where he learned shoe making and for time was engaged iH that businss in Putnam. He went to Dauielsou. then Daniels0nviile, in 1862, and has lived there ever since.
 In 1866 Mir Carpenter became a member of the Masonic order and for forty-one years has been tyler of Nor iah Lodge No. l5. A. F. X A M, Warren Chapter. R. A. M.. and Mont gomcry Council, R. & $. Nj. He is also affiliated with Columbian Command cry in Norwich and has been sentinel of Danielson Chapter. 0. E. S.. since it's inception about fifteen years ago.
 Mir. Carpenter carries his years ex- ceedingly well and is about town every day. He Is very keen and still much interested in public affairs, but he has earned the rest from official duties which he has decided to take.