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Evening star., 1925-09-24
Luther Burbank Eulogized
As He Prepared to Retire

truth. Burbank has done virtually
as much for plant science as has Edi-
son for electrical science. The world
needs men of such public spirit
What is TO be the future of the
great work so long carried on by
Luther Burbank" asks the San Fra n
cisco Bulletin, which thus answers
the question: THE Caesars. the Ma
poleons, the Edisons, the Burbanks
are sui generis. Their achievements
may be conserved, their example may
be transmitted into inspiration, but
their powers are individual and may
not be bequeathed. The intuttivelv
ingenious mind, the rare powers ot
vision, the experience in noting and
appraising variations. the skill in
separating and combining-these pow
ers may not he passed on by any
trick of ma gic.'
The measure of success achieved
by this modest and patient wonder
worker" the New York Evening Post
concludes. lis indicated by the scramble
among the universities all over the
country to win the inheritance Of the
Burbank gardens while the san
Bernardino Sun expresses the hope
that 'the kindly botanist will live and
carry on his work for many years
more" though it recognizes that he
must lay it down in the course OF
time. and this movement 10 perpetu-
ate it is both timely and admirable
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privilege OF having around

customary privilege OF having around
him on official occasions no one Of
lower rank than colonel. The holders
OF that title thus often ~outranked
their illustrious forebears. who fought
with Stonewal Jackson and starved
at Point Lookout.
These colonels, too, have been un.
moved by any temporary discontinue
tion of dress uniforms applying TO the
States armed forces. They have
stuck to- dark blue, with vari-colored
facings and aiguelettes and other
trimmings of brightest gold. Their
visibility has been high and spritins
even on the cloudiest days. At eve
ming functions they put the newest
creations of debutante and matron in
the shade. 1t is proba bly, all for the
best and in step with the times, but
no khaki-clad. putteed "whippersnap p.
pers.' be their Sam Browne belts
ever 80 glistening, can quite take
their place. They will be missed and,
worse luck. the example Of one of the
oldest, proudest and most aristocra tic
of the forty eight States will proba bly,
be followed eventually by all the rest.
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ever. and undoubtedly his presence on

ever, and undoubtedly his presence on
the Washington team gave it Just the
quality necessary for the upward
climb that finally landed it on top.
Day after day this veteran OF the
diamond has been playing his best.
and a good best it has been. Steady
as a rock, never fiustered, making his
errors along with others, but without
discoura cement or Decentralization, a
dangerous man to opposing pitchers
in emergencies, always shrewd in his
swift analysis of q critical situation
gifted with an uncanny, instructive
knowledge Of the plans of the opposi
ton, and, moreover. capable Of an
extra ordinary speed in defensive play.
Peckinpaugh has made the Washing
ton infield one of the fastest and most
effective in base ball history. He has
inspired his associates with confidence
and thus has contributed greatly and
directly to the morale OF the team,
which is the winning element.
So, hail to Roger Peckinpaugh, vet
eran of the game and worthy winner
Of the highest individual honors of the
season of 1925. a credit to the sport
and mainstay of the World Cham
pfOns,
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Roger Peckinpaugh.

The base ball writer's. the men who
daily watch the games from the press
boxes Of the ball parks of the Amer.
ican League, have voted, in accord
ance with an annual custom for the
most valuable member of his team.
BY margin of four points Roger
Peckinpaugh of the Washington club
was declared the. winner. 1t is appro-
pirate that his nearest competitor for
This honor should be a member of the
Philadelphia team, which for long
>. time during the present season led
the league and has today still math-
ematical possibility for winning the
league championship, though a most
remote one. Last year Walter John
son, also of Washington, gained the
verdict, and it is doubly appropriate
that this years award should be given
to another veteran Of the champion
team.
Roger Peckinpaugh is well worthy
of this honor that has come to him so
late in his professional base ball ca
reer. He has been now lin the big
game" for fifteen years, for thirteen
of which he has been regularly in the
major league. For most of that time
he has been rated as a star per.
former; for all Of it he has been de-
pendable, earnest and intelligent in
his work
When Peckinpaugh came to the
Washington team in 1921 many
thought that he was through He
had been shifted from the New York
club on a deal that included Boston
and landed him Immediately in the
Washington ranks. There were some
skeptics here who saw in this transac.
tion only another acquisition of a
slipping" player. Washington had
in the past secured the services of
many veteran in the decline of his
base ball capacity. and this. to doubt
ere, looked like another case Of get
,tinE . slipper On the contrary
Peckinpaugh pedSed to be as good as
Evening star., 1925-09-24
French Debt Negotiation.

France and America today are
meeting about the conference table to
adjust the war debt. The French
debt commission is headed by Joseph
CaiilauI, minister of finance. and that
OF the United States by Andrew Mel
Ion. Secretary of the Trea sury. re
sarded as two of the most astute and
able financiers of the day. The con-
ference, however. is a meeting Of rep
resentatives of two great nations
eager to settle in an honorable and
fafr way obligations growing out Of
the war and postwar periods And
so II should be regarded rather than
as a clashing of financial experts.
each seeking to obtain some advan-
tage over his adversary.
The ability of debtor TO pay. hon
estly set forth, must necessarily gov
ern to a great extent in debt settle
ments. The ability of France to meet
the debt of almost s4,5OO. .o0o, 900 TO the
United States will be given full con-
sideration in the funding arrange
ments which it is expected will be
successfully completed here
From the point Of view of France,
her ability to pay TO the United States
four and a half billion dollars is init
mately connected with what France
herself will receive from Germany as
reparations, what she will receive
from her other creditors, and also
with what France must pay TO Great
Britain. her former ally and creditor
to the tune of about $4,000 ,0O0, 900.
: But it is not expected that NJ. Gail
lauX will make the error of seeking to
weave into the negotiations with the
United States the German repara tions
or Frances tentative agreement on
the British debt. The American atti-
tude has been from the first that the
war debts due this country are to be
con sidered separately and apart from
German reparations and the debt set
Elements made by it's creditors with
other nations. Suggestions that these
matters should be considered together
have invariably been frowned upon
by the executive and legislative
branches of the Government of the
United States.
The debt conference opens with ex-
pressions of the utmost good will on
both sides of the conference board,
and the hope expressed that a speedy
settlement will be reached. In this
both the French and American peo-
pies may be expected to join. Eco
nomic sta bility has waited on the
final adjustment of these huge war
debts, and economic stability is the
sine qua non in the restoration Of
prosperity in the world.
--S-D40-S--
Evening star., 1925-09-24
Carolinas Claim Jackson.

Where was Andrew Jackson. sew
enth President of the United States.
born into this world? Two sovereign
States claim the distinction and honor
of having welcomed the hero of New
! Orleans and patron saint of democ-
racy into this vale of tears. and they
are renewing their claims in such
manner as to attract much attention.
In North Carolina they are quite posi-
tive that "Old Hickory" first saw the
light in a cabin mile and half from
the border of South Carolina, and
South Carolina is equally insistent
that his mother had crossed the bor-
der on her way TO her new home in
that State.
This controversy over Jackson's
birthplace is not unlike Banuuo's 8
ghost. II refuses to be laid. and Just
about the time it is thought to be dead
issue it bobS up again and RACES more
violently than ever. just what is TO
be gained through the discussion Is
not at all apparent. Certainly the life
and distinguished career Of the sew
enth President was in no way affected.
But the pride OF two States is involved
gravely in the contention whether or
| not his mother had reached the con.
| fines Of South Carolina, where at the
home Of Mrs. Margare, Mckemy, her
sister, she gave birth to the baby who
was to become her most illustrious
son. While South Carolina and North
Carolina are fighting over the disputed
| birthplace. Tennessee is secure in her
fame as his home. and democracy is
| equally secure in its assumption Of his
| guidance as the patron saint of the
party which has for so long been as a
thorn in the side of the Republicans.
And, after all, what difference does
it make? 1t Is his deeds and the prin.
ciples he stood for, and not at all the
| place where he was born, that really
counts and upon which Jackson's fame
rests in such seemingly permanent ~
curity.-Houston Chronicle.
Evening star., 1925-09-24
The Vicious Circle.
From the Canton Repository
The way of it: The more traffic. the
more rules: the more rules, the more
violations thereof

not seeking political control, but only
pacific ration'-whatever that
meant with administrative. eco
nomic, financial and military reforms -
France extended the entente cor
dale. with boundary agreements, to
Spain in 1904, and the complete power
Of France seemed confirmed. There
Is no more outstanding modern ex-
ample Of imperialism than Frances
exercise OF authority in Morocco.
based upon a loan Of about $4,000, 600
to Sultan later deposed. 1t is in de-
tense Of that imperialism that a score
or so of American soldiers of for
tune" are now risking not only their
own lives, but the involvement of
their own country, In defiance Of
American law.
There never is war which does
not attract soldiers Of fortune. When
1t seemed probable that the United
States would be forced into hostilities
with Mexico, such adventures f1ocked
to our camps from all parts of the
world. In one instance, soldiers who
had fought on opposite sides in the
Anglo-Bo War in Africa found
themselves side by side in America
against the Mexicans.
In the present case Col. Sweeny,
who commands the Americans in
Africa, has fine record as soldier
in the A. E. F.. but there is doubt as
to the spirit Of his Americanism, for
he had lived in Paris since 1909, and
Immediately after discharge from the
American Army he returned to Paris,
with the reported statement that he
expected to remain there the rest of
his life. 1t is officially contradicted
that he or his associates are wea ring
American Army insignia.
tCopyriTht. 1928. by Paul V. Collins.)
Evening star., 1925-09-24
Encouraging Commercial Aviation.

| Testimony by Postmaster General
Presidents aviation board favors Gov
ernment aid in the development of
commercial aviation in this country.
The Postmaster General holds that
would be served by permitting private
enterprise to take over all CONNER
I cial aviation. and to that end il is
| now the policy of the department TO
| place contracts for carrying the mails
through the air with companies rather
| than maintain the service directly
| The Secretary of Commerce advocates
the creation of a bureau of civil avia.
tion which will render to the air serv-
ice the same assistance that the Gov
! ernment has given TO navigation.
! The question of Government aid in
the development of commercial avia-
ton is quite distinct from the major
| issue before the commission relative
to the consolida ton of the Govern
ments aircraft work under a unified
direction. Strictly. this matter is not
involved in the present inquiry.
though it is we'll that it has been
| brought forward. There should be no
controversy over the matter. Indeed,
| the action of the Post Office Depart
ment in opening the flying mail serv-
| ice to private enterprise has settled
| the question affirmatively. Secretary
Hoover's recommendation Of an air
craft bureau to encourage and assist
in the development OF commercial
aviation will probably be laid before
| Congress formally.
The United States witnessed the
| first heavier-than-ai flights. Amer
| cans were the pioneers in practical
aviation. Yet this country is back
| ward now in putting the airplane TO
commercial use. 1t is commonplace
expression that some day the airplane
will be the common carrier for the
people. But little progress has been
made toward that end. Plane makers
have been producing machines chiefly
| for racing, exhibition and sightseeing
uses. Save for Henry Ford's shop
service" flying route between Detroit
and Chicago there is no actual, regu-
lar, commercial plane service in this
| country. Had the United States ad-
Sanced in this matter along with
some Of the European countries there
would today be regular passenger
aerial service between the large cities,
with scheduled daily flights and sus-
| tanning patronage.
Government aid in this matter will
not take the form of subsidy. Secre-
tary Hoover's idea is that it should
take the form of advice and technical
! information. The Postmaster General
| finds a practical means of encoura ge-
ment in the placing of the air mail
service in private hands. Surely the
time has come when by one means or
another this newly developed vehicle,
the speediest of all, will be put into
daily practical use.
Evening star., 1925-09-24
BACKGROUND OF EVENTS
BY PAUL y. COLLINS.

! issue writs for the arrest of the
Americans, but If Abd-el-krim. with
| his armies of tens of thousands, can
not capture them, how effective would
| a writ be in the same undertaking !
| President Painleve of France is re-
| ported to have declared that the avi-
| ators are not a part of the French
army, but are free to act upon their
own initiative. So. there is no
/ chance to open diplomatic negotia :
| tions with France for their arrest,
even if France were less inclined to
| point to the record of Lafayette and
associates and ask what Gen. Wash
| ington would have done in case
Louis XVIAhad demanded their ar
! rest.
In view of the fact that the COM
manding officer of any military unit
, exercises full military authority and
| discipline over every camp follower
/ as truly as over his soldiers, the
| point raised by Mr.. Painleve is not
| considered important, by military
critics.
l. How does the action of these
Americans differ from that of La
faSette when he volunteered to aid
1.-THE American co1onists against the
British? In his case, there was
French enmity against Britain. and
! sincere sympathy with the oppressed
! and struggling Americans fighting
for liberty. In the case of the Riffs
ostensibly fighting against the Mo-
roccan Sultan, but in reality against
the French who control and sup
port the Sultan, it has not been
conceded by Christians that the Moor
has a grievance, paralleling that OF
the American revolutionists. Whether
Christians are unbiased judges of the
rights of semi barbarian MosIems to
rule their own country, may be
questioned.
But, beyond all such question. our
Army officers say the incentive OF
these soldiers of fortune fighting in
the Foreign Legion is not that which
actuated Lafayette or American
volunteers in the French Foreign
Legion. fighting the Germans before
American entered the war. but tha,
it Is love of adventure, alone. which
now actuates the flyers. They care
nothing, say the officers. for the
rights or merits of the African war
That differs radically from the spiri,
of volunteers In the American Army
during the World War, few of whom
entered merely for adventure. and
still fewer, today after their actual
experience In war, would be so actu
dteu 10 Te-enter, apart from motives
of defense of liberty and justice.
X
The origin Of the French power be
hind the Sultans throne rests in q
loan OF money, which the predecessor
OF the present Sultan borrowed In
1894 to reorganize an army defeated
by the Riffs under Raisuli. Prior. to
that loan France had been at wal
with the Sultan. In 1904 France ano
Great Britain made an agreement
whereby France conceded to Grea,
Britain a free hand in Egypt an6
Great Britain granted France the
same imperial favor as to Morocco
In neither case We're the Egyptians
OF the Moroccans consulted in thai
parceling.
Germany at first acquiesced ir
Frances control in Morocco. knowing
the entente cordiale between her an6
Great Britain; but when Frances
} other ally. Russia, met defeat in Man
churia, Germany reconsidered hel
4 compliance with Frances increased
prestige until assured that France was
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. H4SkIN.

left Fast Fortune, Scotlan on july
2. 1919 and arrived AT Long lsland.
New York, July g, 1919. The Los
Angeles left Berlin on october IL
1924. and arrived at Lakehurst. y.
j., October Is, 1924
@ What is The latest estimate OF
the popula ton Of the United States?
-. w. NJ.
A. Continental United States. 49,
1873 .720: including possessions, I26'-
.132.31S.
O. TO whom do The Wild horses
of the West belong -. :. i.
A. The Forest Service SAYS that e
the wild horses are unbra nded not
having owners. These horses eat
forage and are very detrimentsl 10
young stock: therefore. it is necessary
for the service to employ men 10
round them up and sell them at auc-
ton. II takes great deal OF time
and is general nuisance TO the For
est Service.
q. What is dew worm -. II
a. 1t is the British term for earth
worm.
@. Was there a tribe Of Indians
known as ''Doegs &c. o. J.
A. There are meager references
to variants of the word in the his
| tory of the Indian MS who dwelt in Nir-
ginia and Maryland. The Smithson-
| ian Institution says that Early in
| the 18th century all the Amerindisn n
! tribes of Virginia and Maryland We're
! ethnically disrupted and dispersed
| from their habitats. Bloody raids
upon them by northern hostile India II
| tribes and by their whilom white
| friends and allies soon left their
Z r.. III
( occupation. Not least Of these dis
| ruptive forces was the orgs nized kid
! naping Of the natives for the slave
! trade. so. in the later decades or
/ that century. il became the ahit
( to apply this name Toags or Dogs
! 10 the fugitive remnants Of number
| Of tribes who were dispensing in all
directions TO escape if possible. de-
struction by their white and India n
despoilers: such. for example. were
the Susquehanna, the Nanticoke and
| the Piscataway. Such, briefly. is
our present knowledge of the long
extinct 'Toag,' later Dogs
Q. Was Greb heavier than Mickev
Walker when they fought in New
York in July2-A. s. A
A. Harry Greh was taller heavier
and had a longer reach. Greb-AEe.
%; weight. 16O: height. feet S1z
inches: reach. 10 inches. Walker
Age, a: weight. $50; height. feet 612
iinches: reach. 6712 inches. Greb de-
I feated Walker in II rounds.
Q. When did Charles Taze Russell
def. h.
A. de died on board a. train at
Pampa. Tex. November J. 1916. He
was an independent minister. author
and lecturer, and president of the In
ternational Bible Students Associa-
tion.
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Evening star., 1925-09-24
Fewer Virginia Colonels.

There is movement afoot to dimin-
ish the supply of Southern colonels.
H. F. Byrd, Democratic nominee for
governor and. therefore, governor
elect of Virginia, declares that busi.
ness methods in government make
necessary the threa tening of one Of
the Oldest institutions in the Old Do
minion-that gold braided platoon of
holders Of the honorary rank of colo
mel on the governors staff. He has
expressed himself as in favor of a
group Of more practical aides-de-camp
recruited from the National Guard or
the Officers' Reserve Corps. group to
be much smaller than that of the
thirty now and for years heretofore
customarily chosen by the chief exec
utive, and to be appointed with no
change in existing rank.
This will be a blow to the military
or semi-military aristocracy of Vir.
ginia, for it must be remembered that
in many parts Of that great neighbor-
ing Commonwealth the titles Of COLO
mel, general, major, and. even cap.
tain-there never seem to have beer
any lieutenants-are hereditary, like
the Russian title of prince"
For years after the close of the
Civil War the adult male population
of Virginia along with other Southern
States, seemed to consist largely OF
men bearing military titles. almost all
Of which were genuine. These per
sisted a long time, for their hardy
possessors, having survived the cam
paigns with Marse Robert, did not die
off for trifies. The Spanish War
brought out new supply of han
dies" to names, as did the World War
but perhaps the steadiest modern
source Of rank was the governor Z
Evening star., 1925-09-24
Arlington Mansion
Not a Lee Shrine
To the Editor OF The Star

To the Editor OF The Star:
Appreciating the recognition OF
Gen Robert Z. Lee as the world re-
nowned and peerless leader OF the
Confederacy by Congress, when In its
closing hours n bill was passed au-
thorizing the restoration of Arlington
mansion to its original stately beauty
prior to 1861. with the design that IT
become Lee shrine" your attention
is called to the following facts:
First. the United Daughters of the
Confederacy have the most appropri-
ate Lee shrine" at Lexington, Va,
in the little chapel where Gen. Lee.
being president of the college, had
morning prayers daily with the stu
dents of Washington and Lee College.
now university. and in which his
mausoleum is seen.
Gen, r. E Lees military genius
was only part of his noble char
acter. hence as the president OF
Washington and Lee his precepts
and examples were an inspiration not
only to the minds, but to the hearts
and morals of his students. thus add
ing luster to the Lexington, Va.
shrine incompatible elsewhere.
owned by Gen. r. E. Lee, but was
willed to his wife by her father, G.
w. P.2Custis. as the following extract
from his will shows: Il give and be
queath to my dearly beloved dauSh-
ter, Mary Custis Lee, my Arlington
house estate. containing TOO acres.
more or less His will further states
that at her death Arlington was to
belong to her eldest son, G. w. Custis
Lee. Therefore, in no sense did or
could it be the property of Gen.
Robert E. Lee, a fact that probably
is not generally known.
Lee chapel and it's mausoleum at
Lexington, Va, have a prominent
place in Southern history and are an
nualIy attracting many thousands OF
visitors from all parts of the world.
The Virginia United Daughters of the
Confederacy are the special custodi-
ans which they deem a great honor.
1t seems, therefore. that Arlington.
with it's United States military and
naval cemetery holding the dust of so
many thousands who strove against
the cause that Gen. Lee upheld. could
not be a suitable place, for Lee
shrine. MRS. JOHN MASON.
Leeshurg, Va.