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Evening star., 1925-03-01
Picking of President Ebert's Successor
Badly Complicated Problem for Germany

chance OF election, but he probably is
too old, being II.
What is really needed is a genuine
Monarchist who is not yet known
prominently as such. and who is ac-
ceptable to the Catholic Center party.
1t is hoped that such man will be
found in the ranks of the south Ger
man nobility The name might be
Count Toerring or Count Lerchenfeld.
At any rate, 1t is great luck for the
republic that the Monarchists lack at
the moment any outstanding figure.
The Republicans have no such figure,
for the Center Catholics and Social
Democrats and Democrats could not
| unite today on any one name.
Such man as the historian,
Meinecke, or the electrical magnate,
Siemens, could not get a majority;
Herr Marx, that much touted Catholic
Democrat, who was chancellor a few
months ago and who now is striving
to create a Prussian cabinet, is pushed
| forward in vain. He is too clumsy,
especially in his choice of aides, and
| even the support of his own party in
Rhenish Westphalia, his home, now is
| doubtful. Besides, he is co-author
| with Ebert of the Ruhr industrial
| indemnity, which is criticized among
| the electorate as a crime against the
state.
Thus, no likely candidate yet ap-
pears. The decision lies with party
| intrigues, not with an honest desire to
| choose a man who would dignity
Germany by his uprightness and
nobility. The result will again de-
pend on the Center party. backed by
the Vatican, and possibly will not be
of great Importance abroad.
Two things at least are certain:
| Nobody can be elected who has given
| reason for severe censure, even under
| the empire, since July, 1914, and the
new president, whether of the Right
or the Left. as the Bolshevik Zinoviev
recently said Of Ebert, cannot remain
! in office a day longer than Gen. Won
| Seeckt wishes.
| Perhaps these two facts will ex-
plain why the German public today
| Is much more interested in the six
| day races, the Barmat scandal
women's evening dress and bobbed
| hair than 1t is in the presidential
| elections.
Copyright, 1922
Evening star., 1925-03-01
BY ARTHUR CAPPER,
Leader of the Farm Bloc.

If other evidence of the timeliness
of the Presid recommendation
to Congress urging legislation con-
formable to the suggestions of the
commission of experts appointed to
study farm economies and to recommend
scientific marketing measures were lack
ing. recent spectacular developments
in the Chicago wheat pit would am
ply supply it. AS a result OF teW
days speculative operations, the price
of wheat scared to an altitude estab-
fishing the highest peace-time price
for the staple in half a century.
At once arose loud Il toldyou-
so" chorus, declaring the need for
careful overhauliing of the machfn-
cry of farm marketing to be a myth
and picturing the wheat farmer as a
Croesus gorged with the golden har-
vest of So wheat. That is not true
picture.
Slight Benefit TO Farmers.
According TO the Kansas Depart
ment of Agriculture, by the time
wheat scared to So in Chicago there
was but a scant 25,000,00 bushels of
the States total crop of 155, 600, ,00O
bushels yet in the hands of the far
mer, and that largely his store OF
seed. The Chicago Post adds testt-
mony that tells the true story. In
six days, says the Post, sales OF
speculative bushels equaled the en-
tire American crop of real wheat
and the supply of wheat actually in
the market was sold five times over.
This did not profit the grower, and
It may mean that the consumer must
pay a higher price for his loaf of
bread.
Here is graphic evidence of some
OF the reasons for the wide price
spread between producer and con-
sumner The Presidents farm pro-
gyam proposes more nearly to close
this spread by setting UP a pro-
ducers market organization that will
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especially that of Faust" this season
are of a high order. They have won
the pledge from Otto H. Kahn, one
Of the most generous patrons of
music in the United States, of sup
port for the Washington company.
Auditoriums Provided.
The huge new Auditorium, seating
5000 people, offers ample opportunity
for performance. not only of opera,
but of concert and organ recital.
Mrs. Frances Shurtleff Coolidge has
given to the United States 100000 for
the construction of a specially de-
signed hall for the playing of cham
ber music, which is to be built at the
Library of Congress. This delightful
form of music has failed to occupy
United States, as suitable auditoriums
have been lacking.
The proposed curriculum of the con-
servatory would include not only train
ing in music, but also in such related
subjects as foreign languages, history
and literature as might be essential
to the proper development of the
musician. In this phase of the work,
the problems would be greatly
simplified, for in this city are numer-
Gus universities which at the start or
permanently. as the regents might
decide, could take care of this portion
of the training.
Chances for Self-HeIp.
Opportunities for students to sup
port themselves while working could
be found here and this fact, connected
with the free tuition proposed for
talented musicians who might fail to
develop their talent without financial
aid, would give to the country
hundreds of artists who might never
take up their studies otherwise.
Back of the plan are the American
Federation of Musicians. National
Council of Women. American Fedora
ton of Labor, Pen Women of America,
the Rotary Club, Federation of
Women's Clubs and numerous smaller
organizations.
The weight of their support to-
gether with the growing realization
of the need of q national conserva-
tory which would protect the student
from the faker and fraud and would
provide at low cost. the best of train
ing. is believed by Senator Fletcher
to assure that favorable action will
be taken in the next Congress on
this proposal.
Evening star., 1925-03-01
Shows How Coolidge Program
Would Benefit Wheat Farmers

cut out wastes, lost motion and
gamblers harvests.
The price of wheat improved last
Autumn. The economic reason for this
was a shortage in the worlds wheat
crop AS a result of this improved
price, the best the grower has obtained
since "def1ation''. and forced liquidation
of farm obligations had sand -bagged the
farmers markets, sales of real wheat
from the thresher to the elevator prac-
tically doubled like sales the year be-
fore.
Market figures show that by Novent-
Der /. last year, farmers had sold 310,-
900, 900 bushels, while on November I,
1923, wheat sales were but 100, 900, 900
bushels
LOSSES Through Early Selling.
This may have resulted from pres
sures of debt, or the lure OF dollar wheat
or it may have been in some measure
due to the fable that dollar wheat was
but Republican campaign strategy and
that after election the market would
collapse In any event, the wheat
farmer sold by far the greater portion
of his last years wheat before Novem-
ber /, and received between a dollar and
dollar and a quarter for it. To be
sure this price and an unprecedentedly
large per acre yield made the crop
profitable, but legitimate market in
creases, due to pressure OF world de-
mand, during the so days between No
vember l and the new year, were such
that the wheat farmer, according to
Julius Barnes, merchant exporter, lost
just about $400, 900. 900 by early selling.
That is to say legitimate increases in
price would have profited the farmer
that sum had he put his wheat on the
market in such quantities as the mar
ket demanded between threshing sea-
son and the end of the year, rather
than dumping II before the first Of
November. The Presidents farm pro-
gram contemplates a marketing system
that will permit such orderly market
ing.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1925-03-01
The Cure-All Evil.

Of idleness, dissipation and unfair
ness.
x x 4 y
The Cure-AII Evil.
A new magazine has been well
coined because it departs from old
standards, and smashes a good many
literary idols.
But 1t has made one mistake; 1t
defends drugs and declares Henry
Ford is an ignoramus because he be-
lieves enlightened physicians are
abandoning them.
1t is not the ignorant who denounce
drugs. Hundreds of the most in
telligent men in the medical pro-
fession have gone SO far as to say
every dose of medicine is mistake.
A long time >ago Benjamin Frank
lin, admittedly a wise man, wrote:
Beware of young doctors"
1t IS young doctors who believe
most in drugs and surgical operations
and commercialiZe the medical pro-
fession.
This new magazine has been inn
posed on by young doctor; no old
and intelligent one would have ad-
yised it to say what 1t has said in
the interest of drugs.
I do not say medical men nre not
valuable, or that an intelligent medi-
| cal man should not be called in case
| of serious Illness. A mechanic vino
| has worked long on automobiles
| knows most about them, of course.
| Likewise, when mans physical
| machinery is not functioning prop
| erly, he should see a dependable
| medical man. Usually the remedy is
| simple; occasionally a major opera
! tion is necessary; occasionally drug.
| intelligently administered may help.
| There should not be fewer doctors,
/ but more intelligent and honest ones.
| Too many give unnecessary medicine
| and perform unnecessary operations,
precisely as bad automobile
mechanic, given free rein on an ex-
pensive machine, may ruin It.
| Beyond question people are taking
| too many drugs, and depending too
much on them. 1t is the cure-ail
| idea that is harming us most.
| Religion is another cure-all. 1t is
| offered as a remedy just before
man is hanged. To say that a man
so bad he is hanged VIII go straight
| to Paradise if he repeats certain
formulas is as foolish as taking medl-.
| cine through the stomach for an in
| growing toenail; a remedy 1 have
| known a doctor to administer.
| This Henry Ford, denounced as an
| ignoramus, is actually a man of un-
usual intelligence. He has lately
built a hospital in his home town
with regulations SO sensible that they
should be universally adopted.
A capable medical board is in
charge of the institution, and one
of his rules is this: No outside doctor
may send a patient to the hospital
and perform an operation without the
| consent of the medical board. And
| this consent is given only when
members of the board, admittedly ex
perts, decide an operation is advis-
| able.
This will be accepted in the not
distant future as a real advance in
medical science. Doctors in any
town will tell you of cruel, bungling,
| unnecessary surgical operations and
fees charged for them that are out
| rageous.
| l personally know of this case: a
young doctor operated on a woman
for tumor.
She had no tumor: he removed a
healthy child.
This would have been impossible in
| Henry Ford's hospital, or any other
operated by his plan.
Copyright, 1929
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board of regents composed of the
President of the United States, Presi-
dent of the Senate, Speaker of the
House of Repre- resentatives and the
chairman of the Senate committee on
education and labor and the chairman
of the Houce committee on education.
This board of regents would be en-
powered to select a director general of
the conservatory and a board Of di-
rectors, consisting of Is members
holding Office for five years, the terms
of three expiring each year. Under
the provisions of the Fletcher bill
$4,000 would be appropriated for use
at the time of enactment of the bill
in formulating detailed plans, a report
on which should be made within six
months.
With the details all prepared, a
drive would be made by those back
ing the proposition for gifts by pri-
vate citizens to provide a large en-
dowment sum, sufficient to provide for
the free tuition of 500 pupils. When
this sum should be raised, Congress
would be asked to provide buildings
for the conservatory, and from that
point on 1t should be elf-sustaining.
Other Branches to Follow.
It Is believed that 1000 pupils would
be taken care of at the conservatory
TO be located in this city half of
whom should be paying students.
When further gifts should reach a
total to warrant it, branches of the
conservatory would be established in
other cities we'll situated to best serve
the greatest number.
The training of band officers for the
Army and Navy has been found prac-
ticable at the miniature conservatories
in this city conducted by the two
service departm The Oldest of
the bands. the Marine Band, through
tradition and years of training, is ac-
cepted generally throughout the coun-
try as one of the leading musical or
ganizations in America from the point
OF view of artistry. If this success
has been attained by the training re-
ceived here, supporters of the plan
for a conservatory ask why similar
success could not be attained in every
line of music.
Struggling along for a number of
years with growing success, the
Washington Opera Co. has risen to
the point where. its performances and
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Religion and Health.

st. John, vii.2S. II have made man
every whit whole"
IIH o our religious convictions
ss or what we commonly
call our religious faith
~ have any direct bearing
upon our physical con-
dttion?"
This question has been asked with
large insistence during recent years.
Coue, the distinguished Frenchman,
bases his theory of health upon the
ancient word, LAS man thinketh in
his heart, so is he Other modern
cults stress the relation that relig-
ious belief bears to the things of
health. Many volumes have been
written bearing upon this important
matter, and some, ! think, have large
merit.
When we trace the question back
to the teachings of Jesus, 1t seems
clearly evident that He taught that
what a man believed affected not
only his mental, but his physical life.
A very considerable portion of His
ministry was spent in healing the
bodies of men and women. In the in
cident from which our text is taken
He was dealing with one who had
suffered a physical impairment for a
long period. The man in question
had lam by pool that, py tradltlon,
had misaculous powers. Legend had
it that periodically an angel stirred
he surface of the waters and that
whoever stepped first into the pool at
these recurring periods was made
whole. Seeing the pathetic situation
of the man, Jesus had healed him,
and in doing so had incurred the Bit
ter criticism of the religious leaders
X < !; x
1t is only one of the instances
wherein He reckoned with physical
Ills. In practically every instance
dressed the one afflicted, "Canst thou
believer" Or again, "As thou hast be-
lieved, so be it done unto thee" The
fact that we now and again meet
with instances of those who through
long years have suffered from some
physical malady, and this in the face
of a strong faith, is not sufficient evil
dence that religious belief has no re-
lation to physical health. Our obser-
walton and our personal experience
lead US to believe that consistent
life of faith in the supremacy and
power of Jesus Christ bears nightly
upon mental and physical life, as, in
deed, it bears upon hfe's whole atif-
tude and outlook.
Many of US were brought up to
think of religion as philosophy that
was unrelated to the more practical
and immediate concerns of life. 1t
was not uncommon for us to hear in
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of time And ii views both proba-
bilities without undue alarm. In fact,
IL sees them as inescapable conse-
quences of obvious facts. 1t looks
to the collapse of Bolshevism in the
end; it hopes that in Germany there
will be a similar decline of ag-
gressive nationalism. Beyond all
else 1t hopes to avoid, both for itself
and for France, the adoption of poll
cies which may give fresh impetus
to two vigorous national reintegra-
tfons, which it accepts as foreor-
dained.
AS to the rest of Europe the Brit
sish view is less precise and British
Interest less general. There is the
same conviction that much of the
frontier drawing in the Danubian
region is wholly provisional and tenn
porary: that, for example, revisions
in favor of Hungary are almost as
sured, but it does not feel that these
need threaten the general peace of
the Continent unless they are COM
bined with the unsettled problems of
Russia and Germany.
But, again, you must perceive the
characteristic working of the British
mind, its fundamental quarrel with
the protocol, as calculated to freeze
the existing frontiers in the east of
Europe and leave no possible method
of revision save that of war, while
committing Britain and all member
nations of the league in advance to
make war to oppose all revisions.
Which, after all, is not only a very
human state of mind, but recalls with
surprising exactitude the American
objection to the covenant of the
league in the first instance.
Explosions Held Possible.
AS to Italy-and Spain as well-the
British recognize the enduring posi-
bility of explosions which may have very
grave domestic consequences, but they
do not regard either situation as carry
ing any menace to the general situation.
Whether Mussolini will fall or be able to
effect a transition from revolutionary
to a constitutional status is a matter
Evening star., 1925-03-01
The Story the Week Has Told

bers and which is the answer of the
adherents of the republic and the
Weimar constitution to the sundry
bellicose and more or less belligerent
monarchist organizations, held its
first anniversary celebration, a mon
ster one at Magdeburg, the other day.
The report OF the Inter-allied Mill
tary Control Commission in Germany
declares that the most valuable in
formation obtained by the commits
Evening star., 1925-03-01

ting into effect of the proposal would
immensely increase British interest
in German fulfillment.
\ X X
Germany.-Presiden Ebert of Ger
many is dead from peritonitis, fol-
lowing an operation for appendicitis.
The League of Black, Red and Gold
(the colors of the German republic).
which is said to have 100000 mem
Evening star., 1925-03-01

The oft-suggested candidacy of the
former crown prince would certainly
be blunder, and the suggestion of
Capt Eckener, who took the Zeppelin
ZR-S to America, is a joke. Prince
Won Buelow would have the best
Evening star., 1925-03-01

known well enough, despite his lee
lures celebrating his own Skagerrak
victories.
Doubtless the clever Nationalists
will hesitate to provoke antagonism
both at home and abroad by selecting
an unmistakable militarist.
Evening star., 1925-03-01
RY HENRY w. BUM.

BY HENRY W. BC Nm.
.HE following is a brief sum-
mary Of the most important
events of the world for the
seven days ended February
2S:
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the man who makes a failure because
of idleness, dissipation and unfair
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st. John, vii.23 II have made a man
every whit whole"
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Move for Great Music Center
In Capital Is Gaining Support

Continued from First Page.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-10-09
BOULDER DEDICATED

BU United Press
CONNERSVILLE, Ind, Oct. "a
large boulder dedicated to the
War soldiers buried
in Fayette' County has been placed
in the Dale cemetery here by the
local chapter of the Daughters of
the American Revolution.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-10-09
PROSPERITY OF
ROADS ON RISE
Records Being Smashed
Every Week.
Times WASHINGTON bureau.
I222 Ae1n XnrE 4 roa,m.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.-Rail-
roads continue toward unprecedented
prosperity. Present conditions con-
tinuing, the roads are in position
to earn more revenue from freight
iii 1925 than any previous year.
AT teh end of July, freight rev.
enue was more than $50 100000 be-
hind the 1923 figure for the cor,
responding period. Since then,
however, the roads have been crash
ing records as fast as they en-
counter them. For eight consec-
utive weeks freight loadings ex-
ceded the m1llion-car mark. During
the week ending Aug. 20 a total of
1,124,436 cars were loaded, the
greatest freight week ever recorded.
And the very next week tn roads
reported almost as great a figure.
The result of this sudden boom is
that the railroads at the end of
September had loaded S5,627,S52 cars
since the beginning ofthe year, ex-
ceeding the 1923 record by 482,917
cars.
While revenues are soaring, rail
road operating expenses are declin.
ing. Top operating figure was
1884 1887 in 1920 IN 1923 1t had
declined to $4.999, 3S3,3SS and is ex-
pected to go still lower this year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-10-09
JAILED; SEEKS DAMAGES
Man Alleges He Was UnIawfuIIy
Kept in City Prison.

Suit for $4,000 damages because
he was wrongfully and unlawfully
kept in city prison, was filed in
Superior Court Five today bv
Robert c. McCray against Emma
Gunterman.
McCray charged he was kept in
Jail several hours following his
arrest Jan. 6, after which he was
acquitted In city court.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-10-09
CITY LOSING AIR ROUTE
Indianapolis Must Petition for Re.
advertisement of Bids.


Blu Times Special
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.-Indian.
apolis business men should submit
a petition at once for the readver-
tisement of the Chicago to Birming
ham air mail route, through In
dianapolis, officials Of the postoffice
department said today, following
announcement Of Postmaster Gen.
eral Harry S. New that no award
would be made on the one bid sub
mitted. If Cleveland submits a
petition first for a route from Cleve-
land to Birmingham it probably will
be accepted and later opened for
bids, it was said.
Indianapolis has been asking for
the air route, but unless immediate
action is taken, the new route may
not include Indianapolis.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-11-28
A LITTLE TALK ON THRIFT
By s. ". Straus, President
American Society for Thrift.

Efficiency is one Of the watch
words Of American business. We
occupy the position Of world leader
ship in business resourcefulness and
system. The American business
man gets things done with an alert
ness not duplicated anywhere else
In one respect. however. We could
learn a lesson in efficiency from
Europe This is IN the loss Of life
and property through fire What
We gain by business efficiency We
are losing to quite an extent by care
lessness ia the matter Of fires Space
here does not permit as thorough a
discussion Of this subject as might
prove Of value but a comparison be
tween conditions in London and in
New York may be taken as typical
Of the situation in the United States
and in Europe
In 1924, according to the best
available information, there were
only IS serious fires in the city Of
London, 3,810 slight ones and 974
so-called chimney fires" The total
estimated property lost was S911,-
997. the total number Of fires being
less than 5000, while in New York
City during the same period there
were 22,63l fires which destroyed
property worth s18,684.835.
These figures indicate the sup
eriority Of fire prevention effort in
Europe as compared with conditions
in the United States.
Here our fire losses amount to
about 10 per cent Of the total
amount Of money expended in build
ing activities
Most fires occur through careless
ness and the only way this element
can be eliminated is by education
The business men Of America
could with profit spend in thrift edu-
cation a small percentage Of the
money lost in fires.
Our amazing fire losses testify to
the greater need Of this phase Of
thrift education