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The Winslow mail., 1925-04-10
Mightiest Armada in Naval History of the
United States Prepares to Attack Hawaii
in Great Test of Nations Military Strength

closely approximating war condI-
tions as possible. When ships are
assumed to be put out Of action
they will be forced by the umpires
to hoist a Sunk" flag, and coast
defenses will be silenced when they
are Judged to be outranged or their
defenders overcome by superior
numbers.
The chief umpires will be Ad-
miral r. E. CoontZ, commander in
chief of the United States fleet, and
Major General John L. Hines, chief
of staff, United States army. Capt.
William H. Stanley, United States
navy, will be the senior umpire
blue" and Brig.-Gen. Leroy Ell
tinge, United States army, senior
umpire "black.'
The prize for which the war
game will be fought, the Hawaiian
islands, is recognized by all mill
tary authorities as the absolute
key to the Pacific So long as the
United States retains Hawaii, the
Pacific coast states of the main
land are almost immune from at
tack, and the American fleet oper-
ating from the Oahu base is prac
tically master of the Central Pa
cific But any hostile force which
can take Hawaii could Immediately
threaten California, Oregon and
Washington with invasion, it is
said.
"At a speed of fifteen knots,
which is we'll within the capabili-
ties of a modern fleet, an enemy
departing from Honolulu could ar
rive off any United States port
from San Diego to Sitka in six to
seven days." according to a high
naval authority. Lying as they do
in or near all trade routes across
the North Pacific and between the
United States and Australia, an
enemy in occupation of the Ha-
waiian islands would be favOrably
placed to intercept effectually all
these trade routes"
| If occasion arose to send the
American fleet to protect the Phil
! ippines, it would be necessary for
it to refuel at Hawaii, which is
directly on the line of advance and
2,100 miles nearer Manila than is
San Francisco. There is no secure
harbor other than Honolulu and
Pearl Harbor in that part of the
Pacific which could accommodate
any considerable part of the United
States fleet.
The fleet which will attempt to
take" Hawaii in the six weeks of
war games will be the mightiest
armada which the United States
! has ever sent to sea- Twelve of the
! most powerful dreadnoughts, with
an aggregate displacement of 1885,
200 tons, will lead three full bat
tie divisions of cruisers, destroyers,
submarines and auxiliary craft
On July / about half of the fleet
will begin the trip to Melbourne,
Wellington, Sydney and Auckland,
and the remainder will return to
the United States. The Australian
division will sail for home the last
of August.
The Winslow mail., 1925-04-10
A Leatherstocking
of the Mormons
By GEORGE H. CROSBY Jr.

When you get down to the basic
why's of the Mormon settlement of
Arizona, you can not get around
Jacob Hamblin. You know that
Brigham Young-and those who
study history deeply admit that
that man was right in about all he
did, except in establishing the prac-
tlce OF polygamy, and then they
give their heads negative twists
The Winslow mail., 1925-04-10

Rev. Thomas Berry Of Milwau-
kee, Wis, has the distinction of
being the only Catholic priest
scoutmaster of the American boy
scouts in the country. I Father
Berry is a great favOrite with the
scouts in Milwaukee.
Evening star., 1925-09-20
ROUTINE. CHIEF CAUSE OF WAR,
HAS CLUTCH ON WHOLE WORLD
1t Finds Hereditary Enemy for Each Nation, and
Teaches People to Hate and Arm and Keep
Chips on Their Shoulders.

sions, etc, and 1857 for all other
functions of government.
In this relatively small but really
large sum Saint Routine assigns to
general law enforcement 64 cents; to
A cents: development of agriculture,
81 cents; study and promotion Of the
fisheries, 4 cents: science and re-
search, 80 cents; public health, Al
cents; immigration and naturalization.
15 cents; highways and public build
ings, $5.74. These figures are COM
piled by the Budget Bureau, and each
one of these relatively insignificant
with as many more of vital impor-
tance. But as Saint Routine does not
have values in her mind, they count
for nothing as against security from
foes" chiefly of her own creating.
The way for a nation to avoid "in-
vasion" is to deal fairly with other
nations. "A civil tongue in the for
eign Office counts for more than a
dozen battleships." And the way to
remove misundersta ndings is to talk
them over, not to write caustic OIL
abusive letters, as is the more FIRE.
Quent custom.
Whatever the valuation of the eco
nomic and biological soundness of Mr.
Bryan, he had a heart above the
clutches of Saint Routine. He wrote
once to Japan the finest sentence In
the whole history of diplomacy. When
asked If q certain decision was a
finality. he replied: There is no final
word among friends
Copyright 1920
Evening star., 1925-09-20
Much Red Tape Attends
Buying French Smokes

Tobacco in France Is controlled by a
state monopoly. The government i'm.
ports ready-made cigars and cigarettes
from various countries and sells them
wholesale or retail. AS a rule one buys
cigarettes in a "bistro" Uhe French
name for a saloon), but any one desir.
ing q high-grade cigar or cigarette
must go to a government retail shop
and line up in a cue of customers. A
very official looking official asks each
customer what he wants and when the
brand Is named looks in a catalogue
let's his eyes wander along the wall
where thousands Of packages Of cigar.
cites are piled and fetches what has
been asked for. But customer who
tries to get it from him he stabs with
a glance of his Official eye and orders
him peremptorily to 'tattendez" (wait).
He then enters the name of the manu-
facturer and the price of the cigarettes
in a book that looks much like ships
logbook, fills out a slip and hands it
and the customer over to another Off.
cial. This man carefully examines the
customer, the slip and then the box OF
cigarettes and its slip, compares the
prices and exchanges the customer g
to proceed to the right. There be.
nevolent woman official informs the
buyer of the price Of the cigarettes
When the purchaser produces the
money she hands out a green slip and
orders the weary buyer to the next
counter, where the cigarettes are de
Iivered by another officiai. naturally
after Q careful examination of the
green slip.
Evening star., 1925-09-20
RELIC In MUSEUM RECALLS
DE SOTO QUEST FOR GOLD

the stone since the year 1892 was
three centuries before the expedition
by De Soto. The figures, therefore,
are supposed to have some other sig.
nificance, which has not yet been
made clear.
The Alabama stone, 1t is supposed
was used as a marker by De Soto,
who, to give it secure resting place
placed it at the foot of the fortifica-
ton, where it was found three CEN
turies later.
Built by De Soto and His Men.
Presumably the fortification, or
earthwork, was built by De Soto and
his men as a security against Indians,
who bitterly fought the fortune-seek-
ing expedition, attacking it at every
turn.
The Alabama stone is supposed to
have been placed at Tuscaloosa Falls
some Is months before De Soto, push
ing wearily yet hopefully ahead,
reached the Mississippi River. the first
white man to see that mighty stream.
De Soto's party arrived at the bank
of the Mississippi just below the site
where Memphis Tenn, many years
later, was established.
1t was in June, 1912, that De Soto,
discouraged over his failure to find
the riches he had set his heart upon,
and about to abandon his enterprise,
sickened and died, his comrades plac-
ing his body in the hollow trunk of
a tree and weighing 1t down so that
it sank, this so that the Indians would
not know the expeditionists had lost
their leader. His former comrades In
adventure, still pursuing the lure of
gold, reached a Spanish settlement In
Mexico late in 1912 and soon after
ward abandoned their search.
Evening star., 1925-09-20
DIRECT ATTEMPT BY GERMANY
TO NULLIFY TREATY CHARGED

most conducive to the peace of Eu-
rope? At the same moment, speaking
in Vienna, DIR. Albert Bushnell Hart
approvingly reports that Austrian
opinion strongly favors the union.
Counting on the spineless sentimen-
tality of many well meaning persons
and on the natural observation of
events in the memory of man by the
tide of time, Germany hopes to undo
what was gained for perms nent peace
by the treaty.
No Time for TempOrizing.
Any one in touch with European
opinion knows that Germany will not
succeed in her ill-timed plan. The
danger lies not in any chance of sue
cess, but in the continental discord
that the proposition will arouse. Here
is a chance for Great Britain to make
herself felt and to strengthen the
bonds of the allies which she has done
so much to loosen. She cannot too
quickly enter into pourparlers with
other nations to nip in the bud this
futile ambition of Germany. From
what I learned during the past Sum-
mer in Belgium and France, I am
convinced that those countries, and at
least Italy, Poland and the little en-
tente, may be counted on to oppose
the suggestion. 1t Is time Tor them
to say frankly that 1t must not be.
To temporize with the situation would
be to invite another war.
Copyright. 1925.) -.
Evening star., 1925-09-20
RED ACTIVITIES RAMPANT
NOW in UNITED STATES
Propaganda Directed by Moscow Being
Spread Among Workers, Young
BOYS and the COlored Race.

spect. On the contrary, they are ag
gravated. The Borah committee has
never made report. 1t has been
understood by all concerned that the
proofs submitted by Secretary Hughes
were conclusive beyond all question
He had stacks Of additional material
to submit, but the committee appeared
to be satisfied that he had proved his
case.
Branching Out.
Since then the American reds have
branched out in a variety of new di-
rections. These include:
/. Creation Is as many indi-
vidual factories and other industrial
establishments as possible or So
called cells of Communism. These
consist sometimes of only four or
five Reds. who pursue the boring
from-within policy among their
fellow workers. The idea is grad
ually to communiZe plant, and
eventually the trade union in a
given branch of industry. Chicago
headquarters claims that nearly 200
Of these nucleus units We're formed
last year.
2. Formation of Communist or
CARNATIONS among young people.
especially boys, in the guise of
sports clubs.
g. Organization of newly arrived
aliens into Communist racial groups
for the purpose of counteracting
AmericaniZation work.
4. Special efforts to undermine
loyalty of the American colored
element. There is reason to be-
lieve that Moscow has far-reaching
plans In this respect. ~,
Fought by Labor.
The American Federation of Labor
continues. under the presidency of
William Green. the policy of Samuel
Gompers in combating Communist
maneuvers among American workers.
There are likely to be some stirring
revelations of red activities when the
annual meeting of the federation is
making a particular drive among the
hordes Of foreign workingmen in the
United States. The American party is
subdivided into so-called federations
or sections of nationalities. There are
Finnish, Polish, Hungarian, Lithua
nian, Austrian, italian and other sec.
tions. Each one of these racial fedora
tions has it's own newspaper, pub
lished IN the foreign language in ques-
ton. The central official organ of
the Communists is a daily newspaper
printed in English, called the Daily
Worker, of Chicago. A monthly or.
gan. the Workers Monthly, is also
published in English. All of the Com
munist Journals specialize in vitupera-
tive attacks on capitalism and on the
"capitalistic government" of the Unit
ed States. and openly preach the doc
trine of the world revolution. They
lndulged in violent abuse of President
Coolidge and Secretary Hughes at the
time of the Count karolyi incident
and are expected to be equally ex-
plosive over the Saklatvala affair.
Some day when a little OF the inside
history of the Karolyi episode can be
revealed. there will be disclosed GER
tain things that impelled Secretary
kellogg unhesitatingly to enforce the
law against Communist immigrants in
the case of Shapurji Saklatvala, NJ. r.
Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1925-09-20
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

- OMMUNIST activities in the
United States are more ram
pant and aggressive thar
~ ever. They continue to be
directed and controlled by the
Communist internationale at Moscow
the political organization of the Rus
sian Soviet government. 1t is be
cause the Communists are crusading
more brazenly for world revolution
In this country than at any previous
period that the Coolidge administra.
ton has determined to use every legal
weapon at It's command to stifie red
propaganda.
That Is the underlying explanation
OF Secretary kelloSg's action in bar
ring the entry of Shapurji Saklatvala,
the Communist member of the Brit
tsh House of Commons. who desired
TO attend the conference of the In
terparliamentary Union at Washing
ton. 1t is the view of the admins
tration that men like Saklatvala are
firebrands who would only add fuel
to a flame which this Government
considers to be highly dangerous and
which 1t is bending every effort to
extinguish.
Orders From Moscow.
The general public has little con-
ception Of the boldness and system.
= attic nature Of the Communist move
ment in the United States. 1t is
modelled in every respect, down to
the smallest detail, upon the Com
munfst fnternationale in Russia. The
headquarters of the American Com
munist party at Chicago regularly
asks for and receives orders from
Moscow. This Summer there was a
serious split in the American organi-
zation over A question of policy One
faction wanted to launch a vigorous
campaign among the farmers Of the
United States, with a view to incor-
porating them bodily within the Com
munist party. Another faction IA
vored the organization of a separate
party to be known as the Workers
Peasant party. American Commun-
lists representing the rival groups
went to Moscow, argued their case
before the internationale autocrats, and
later received n decision which had
all the force Of a Supreme Court de-
cree. 1t was to the effect that for
the present it would be better not to
attempt anything in the nature of a
separate Communist rganiZation
among American farmers, but to seek
to league them with the general
Communist party. A copy of the de-
cree is in the hands of the United
States Government.
1t was in January, 1924, that Sec
retary Hughes was called upon by a
subcommittee of the foreign relations
committee of the Senate to sustain
his contention that Communist propa-
ganda in America made it impossible
to recognize Soviet Russia. Sena-
tor Borah was chairman OF the sub
committee. The other members were
Senators Lenroot. Pepper, Swanson
and Pittman. Mr.. Hughes and his
assistants in the State Department
let down upon the Senators a barrage
OF evidence that the country Is honey
combed with red intrigue. This
writer is authorized to say that con-
ditions as reported to the Senate 20
months ago have abated in no re-
Evening star., 1925-09-20
Many Precedents for Young La Toilette
In Aspiring to Fathers Senate Seat

theirs closed. In one case of father and son serv-
ice in the Senate, both the ia ther and the son
sat in the Senate at the same time though one
represented the State of Wisconsin, and the other
the State of Iowa. Gen. Henry Dodge, the IA
ther. was elected one of the first Senators from
Wisconsin In 1848. His son, Gen. Augustus C.
Dodge, elected of the first Senators
from Iowa In the same year. The latter was
the first Senator of the United States who was
born west Of the Mississippi River The elder
Dodge remained Senator until 1857, and the son
until 1855, when he was appointed United states
Minister to Spain by President Pierce. Both
father and son were Democrats.
In the Senate it is now constituted. three
the Upper House before them, Senator Thomas
Francis Bayard of Delaware: Senator Frederick
Hale of Maine and Senator Guy d. Con- of West
Virginia The record of the Ba yard family in the
Senate is unique. More than a century ago. in
1904. the first Bayard took his seat as Senator
from Delaware. The present senator ia ther. who
WAS also Thomas Francis Bayard, his grand
father and great grandfather both of whom
were named James Ashton Bayard his great.
great grandfather Richard Bassett Bayard,
and his great uncle, Richard Henry Bayard.
were all Senators. This an ancestral senatorial
line. indeed.
Senator Hale succeeded distinguished ia
ther in the Senate, although the succession was
interrupted by a Democratic Senator, Charles
F. johnson. Senator Frederick Hale was elect
ed in 1916 He now holds the chairma nship of the
Senate committee on naval affairs as did his
father before him. Senator Goffs father served
in the Senate only a few years ago, Senator
also from West Virginia.
X X y
Going little farther back. the Camerons, IA
ther and son, represented Pennsylvania in the
Senate for 3S years. Simon Cameron, the IA
ther, became Senator in 1S45 filling vacancy
caused by the resignation of James Buchanan.
During the Lincoln administration he became
Secretary of War and organized the Union
forces for service in the field. Early in 1862,
he sent to Russia Minister and when
he returned to this country he again
elected Senator serving until 1877, when he
resigned His son. James Donald Cameron, fol-
lowed closely in his fathers footsteps. He was
president of a railroad when he was appointed
by President Grant Secretary of War. On the
resignation of his rather from the Senate, he
was elected to the vacancy and served for 10
years.
Nebraska affords another case of father and
son service in the Senate, although the service
was separated by many years. Phineas War
rem Hitchcock was Republican Senator from
that State, from 1871 to 1877. His son, Gilbert
NJ. Hitchcock, elected to the Senate in
1911, as Democrat and served for two terms,
leading the fight for the ratification of the
Evening star., 1925-09-20
BY HARDEN COLFAX.

Write down this month as the big
gest September the man behind the
counter ever had and you can't go
wrong-such is the consensus of re-
turns the country over concerning the
condition of retail trade throughout
the United States. 1t Is reflected In
preliminary reports to governmental
agencies here gathering such data
and Is forecast by the impressive fig
ures already gathered covering Au-
gust.
Day by day, the retail business o
the country is climbing. Evidence
accumulates that the Nation is on its
way to a new prosperity record that
will be reached. in all likelihood, be-
fore the snow flies. Here are some of
the straws in the wind:
Sales Show Increase.
Sales of 52S retail department
clothing and other large stores
throughout the United States. tab
ulated by the Federal Reserve Board
show a Z per cent increase last month
over sales in August, 1924.
Sales of the two largest mail order
concerns are now running to almost
$500, 900 a day. August sales ran to
$28 900, 900. as compared with less
than $24 .000. 900 during August, 1924.
Sales of the leading 10-cent stores
in August ran to $50, 900 900. as com
pared with sales totaling $27 900. .000
in August year ago.
New life insurance policies taken
Evening star., 1925-09-20

" once In the United States were two
points OF attack particularly stressed
Il In the campaign to defeat Robert M. La
Toilette. jr., in the primaries for the
line of attack proved of the slightest avail. Nor
is there reason why such arguments should
ceed. where the office is elective and not ap-
pointive.
The first quarter of the twentieth century
has been called the young mans day." A
fore, could scarcely be regarded as a shock.
Also young men have come to the fore in
American political history long years ago.
Alexander Hamilton and Henry CLAW were no.
table examples. Clay. who born in 1777,
was elected Senator from Kentucky, in 1906,
when he was still only 20 years old. although
must have attained the age of 80 years, and
member Of the House. %. A President of
the United States need be no more than s5 by
the provision of the Constitution, although
none of the Presidents far chosen has ap-
preached closely this youthful age.
When Henry Clay was first elected Senator,
like the younger La Toilette. he chosen to
fill out an unexpired term, Senator Adair hav-
ing resigned. Clay previous to this election, had
served In the State Legislature, but had held
other public Office. After the term to which
he had been elected in the Senate expired-as it
in the State Legislature, and in 1910 he was
again elected to fill another vacancy in the SEN
ate of the United States. serving for only
year. When he entered the House OF Represent
atves soon afterward, he became Speaker al
most Immediately. So much for young
of long ago.
Family succession in political office. provided
the voters satisfied, Is not open to criticism.
Supposedly the voters choose the man wom-
an they desire to serve them. under the system
in vogue here. The younger La Toilette, dur
ing the campaign for the primaries. was re-
ferred to by some Of his opponents as the
Grown prince" If he attained the office of
Senator through appointment, and not by the
ballot. such characterization might have been
more fitting. The of the Elkins family of
West Virginia, for example, was much more
open to such criticism Stephen B. Elkins
Senator from West Virginia from 1895 until he
died still in office. in 1911. His son, Davis
Elkins, was appointed by the governor to fill
his fathers unexpired term. Several years later.
during his service as ajor in the American
expedtionary force. in France. Davis Elkins
was nominated and elected Senator by the
people of his State His term of Office expired
last March.
There have been other instances where sons
succeeded fathers in the Senate-some of them
immediately-and others who have been elect
ed Senator years after the service of the IA