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Evening star., 1925-05-12
Public Opinion Changed
Little by Wheeler Verdict

justice in the United States" The
Syracuse Herald independently. be
lieves that whether the Department
of Justice will now prosecute this sec
ond and Independent case remains TO
be SEEN" The Herald adds: 1T will
be likely to de so only in the event
that it has a more plausible and bet
ter fortified ground for procedure
than was revealed in the Montana
prosecution"
The proceedings relating to this
case before a senatorial committee are
aSsailed by the Cincinnati Times-Star
Republican), as a mock trial." and
the Times-Star continues: The mock
trials and the use of senatorial power
in behalf of Senator Wheeler merely
availed to raise a presumption of guilt.
But a Montana petit jury has said that
the fees Senator Wheeler received
We're for practice in the State courts
and not for practice before the In
terror Department. SO be it. 1t is
too bad that Senator Wheeler did not
approach the bar of justice with an
eagerness that would have been com
patible with the finding of the jury
The st. Paul Pioneer Press Gnde-
pendant Republican, takes this posi-
ton: 1.-The jury decided that Senator
Wheeler was not guilty of an illegal
appearance before a Government de
partment. But this verdict does not
affect the main question in which the
public is interested, and that is the
ethics of the things which Senator
Wheeler undeniably did do
x X x X
The Baltimore Sun independently.
however, quotes press reports of the
ri in TO- nf
Walsh's statement that on the evi-
dence submitted a Jail bird would not
have been convicted. The prosecu
ton gets no support from the To
peka Capital Republican) which
points out: THE prompt acquittal of
Wheeler by the jury following his eX
oneratibn by the Borah committee
bears out the general opinion that the
Government had a poor case 1t
would be a calamity if the Govern
ment appeared more diligent in prose
cution of Wheeler, as a side issue of
the Teapot Dome matter, than in fol-
lowing up the case against Fall, Do
heny and Sinclair The Charlotte
Observer Democratic) also emphasizes
this in the statement: There were
cotemporary cases OF much more
moment to the public than was that
against the Senator, at it's worst, and
e
Government to finish with these to
the end that it may have, a clean
slate
1.-The Senator is to be congratu-
lated" says the Manchester Union
independent Republican,, ION the re
suit, and the public at large will be
satisfied that the legal processes have
been followed" The Indianapolis
News independently suggests that
perhaps 1t is not improper to say that
the judge who tried the case is a
Republican; the trial, as far as is pos
sible to judge, seems to have been
conducted with fairness
Discussing the belief that Senator
Wheeler has been a victim of perse-
cution the Hartford Times Gndepend-
ent Democratic) declares that "when
men find it plausible to believe that
they may not raise their voices
against corruption. in high places
without risking framed prosecutions
and prosecutions, Democratic govern.
nent is indeed sick"
Evening star., 1925-05-12
The Dollar Bill.

Americans are using money so fast
that a dollar bill wears out in eight
months, while before the Great War
1t would last IA or Is months before
being replaced with new bill by the
Treasury. These figures were brought
out in a statement that the Bureau Of
Engraving and Printing must be run
at capacity to meet the Nations need
for paper money, and that the demand
for new bills to retire worn-out bills
has never been so great and is increas.
ing
The dollar bill is called on to do
more work than its predecessor, and
II is likely that the FIVE, ten and TWEEN
ty dollar bills are working faster
than before. Not many years ago
spect and concern by conservative
citizens. They did not part with it
without consideration and some bar.
gaining. AS a rule they did not part
with it willingly. Some persons tried
to make dollar bill last a long time
and some successful citizens did make
it last a long time. When the average
sort of young man came into posses
sion of a dollar bill he postponed as
long as he could the changing of il
for three quarters and five nickels. He
feit an interest in the preservation OF
the dollar bill. Usually it was KEEP,
neatly folded in a pocketbook.
The dollar bill now leads a faster
gayer life. There are not so many con
servative citizens as there once were
to guard a dollar bill and protect i,
against being spent. The average
young man thinks nothing of break
ing I'D q dollar bill and spends Il
Evening star., 1925-05-12
for his landlord to nav his first

for his landlord to pay his first
months rent.
These are two typical cases of aliens
who have grasped their opportunities
in this country and have amassed
great fortunes. The record of such in.
stances Is long one In every case
industry. sagacity and persistence
have been the causes of success. These
men found in the United States their
chances for improving their condition.
They adapted quickly to the new en-
vironment, reached forth with wisdom
and succeeded. Other men born here,
with just the same opportunities,
failed meanwhile, just as other men,
likewise born here, succeeded. Amer
lea is the land Of opportunity for those
who recognize and improve It.
Evening star., 1925-05-12
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Memory has a strange way of open
ing doors into the past, presenting
vistas adown which one gazes with
JOY or regret. according. to factors
long forgotten.
Looking at one of the first roses OF
Spring, 1 suddenly realized that 1 was
once again attending the Brookland
rose show, held in the Summer OF
1914.
Instead of that one rose saw vases
blooms, gorgeous specimens of the
queen of flowers" grown by rose
culturists of that community.
Memory had opened one of her
doors, you see, and allowed me tC
peek again at my first real experience
with roses. Before that roses haG
been but flowers to me and nothing
more. Thereafter they were to be
something more.
Peter Bell was the original fellow tc
whom a primrose on the rivers brink
was merely a primrose and nothing
more. Yet each of us, as we jour
ney through this mysterious life. is q
Peter Bell.
Inc WOrlu is 50 lull VI 81
things-,and we speak only of the
worth.while-that no man finds II
possible to fully grasp everything with
which he comes in contact.
A friend who has experienced 6
great book tries to interest US in it
and, although we are graciously po
lite, we show him plainly that we are
not vet ripe for that experience. 1r
our time we, too. will know that book
and love 1t.
So flowers, with most people, are ac
cepted as pretty things of decorative
value, without any real sense OF re
gard. 1t is only now and then we
are permitted to enter into the sou
Of a flower.
Perhaps it is the lilac. whose per
fume conjures up for us the magic oi
loves first moments. Mayhap 1t is
the hollyhock, whose bold flowers ex
pand into picture OF little boy
playing on a gravel pile with other
children in a town far away.
Maybe it is the rose!
Ones first communion with th'
queen of flowers" is sacred, and We
will no more try to enter into II
For of all the flowers, there is none
lust like the rose. Not that Other
buds and blossoms lack charm.
Recently, in a Washington store
there rested upon a counter a huge
basket of pink roses and pink gladi'
oil. These were, of course, forced
blooms, gorgeous things of the flor
lists fancy.
1t was difficult to determine which
flower was the prettiest. Each rose
was perfect, each gladiolus perfec'
ton. For a particular reason thu
"glads' held my attention; 1t was my
first experience with. them at theil
best.
Our humble dooryard last year hat
several "glads"-but not like these
They were a revelation, leaving on,
astounded at their pale pink perfec'
ton, wondering if they were Ameri
ca, or Panama, or Alice Tiplady, OF
what named Gladiolus.
Our garden this Summer will SCI
their like, If we are lucky.
The rose, however. remains In al
it's strange beauty the true queen o
flowers. One never sees a perfec
bud and blossom on one of thei
somewhat ugly bushes without mar.
yelling at the strange, unknown in
telligence that has evolved them IL
the midst of this old world.
What purpose has the rose?
Must things have purposes?
l doubt it. Some who, always lool
for reasons for things often fail Il
find them, cudgeling their brain!
over their failures, when all the time
Evening star., 1925-05-12

Public opinion does not seem to
have been affected greatly one way or
the other by the jury acquital of
Senator Wheeler of Montana of the
charge of illegally appearing before
a Federal Government department on
behalf of a home State client. The re-
suit was not surprising. 1t is pointed
to as the expected vindication by the
large section of the press which firm
ly believes political motives inspired
the prosecution. Other papers Ques-
ton the completeness Of the vindica-
ton and some suggest awaiting trial
of the indictment by District of
Columbia grand jury for different
offense.
Doubtless former Attorney General
Stone, whose uprightness no one can
question" says the Springfield Re
publican independently, was con-
vinced that the evidence which the de-
partment had in reserve warranted
carrying the case to trial, but 1t is
now shown to have been evidence
that a jury would not accept. The
administration pursuit of the Sena-
tor through the agency of the Depart
ment of Justice may not be fairly
condemned as indicative, but the
prosecution promises to be unfor-
tunate for the administrations pres
t1ge and TO strengthen w neeler
standing with the public"
On the other hand, the Chicago
Daily News independently, contends
that only prejudiced partisans will
assert that the Federal Department
of Justice was not warranted in in
sisting that a jury be afforded an op-
portunity to pass upon the evidence
in the case" The Daily News con-
tinues: Harlan F. Stone could not
have known the legal worth and the
credibility of the various items of
testimony that had been gathered be-
fore his appointment. 1t was his duty
to demand a trial and in so doing he
really did Mr. Wheeler a great serv-
ice. Senator Wheeler has Attorney
General Stone to thank for that vindi-
cation"
Possibly If the blind goddess that
furnishes the figurehead for the De-
partment of Justice has not lost the
capacity to blush remarks the
Knoxville Sentinel independent
Democratic) ''she mad suggest to her
ministers that this capacity for prose
cution they have developed against
the Montana Senator contrasts so
pointedly with the Government fail
ure or inability to bring Fall and Sin
clair and Doheny to trial for alleged
bribery and conspiracy that to spare
her blushfng they desist from their
shameful course"
Attention is called by the New York
Times independent Democratic) to
the second case against the Senator
brought in the District of Columbia.
"His indictment by a Washington
grand jury" as pointed out by the
Times, was for an entirely different
offense, as alleged. The charge was
that he and others had entered into
conspiracy to obtain lands from the
United States by fraud. Obviously,
this was a much more serious crime,
IL committed, than the one of which
the Montana jury acquitted him.
Being a resolute shampion of publici-
ty for all other public men under
charges, he cannot really wish to have
the indictment quashed on the ground
of mere legal scruples. He ought to
demand his day in court, so as to
emerge once more a shining proof of
the purity of the administration of
Evening star., 1925-05-12
Borah's World Court View.

Senator Borah has clearly presented
his position and, it may be supposed
the position of others, in opposition
to the adherence of the United States
TO the World Court, unless there be
vital changes in the statute creating
the court. In an address last night In
Boston, the chairman of the Senate
foreign relations committee charac-
terized the World Court as at present
no more nor less than department
of justice of the League of Nations,
dominated in the end by the politics Of
the foreign Offices of Europe.
D.. If Senator Borah Is correct in his
construction of the statute creating
the World Court; then adherence by
the United States to this court would
constitute a kind of back door entry
into the league and it's affairs. The
United States has declined to enter
the league. Furthermore, the league
tional political campaigns, and twice
its supporters have been defeated.
The league was not the only issue in
those campaigns, but it did not prove
to be a winning issue for it's sup
porters.
The argument against American en-
try into the World Court as now con-
stituted presented by Senator Borah
is made after close study; 1t
avoids sentiment in the main and
sticks to the legal aspect of such ac-
ton by the United States. He has
analyzed the statute creating the
court. and painted it's intimate con-
nection with the league. The league
he regards as political, and it's domi-
nation of the court makes the chief
influence of that tribunal political.
Reservations proposed by support
ers of our entry into the World
Court, Senator Borah holds, would
amount to nothing. They would still
leave the fundamental law creating
the court intact. The court would
still continue to function as an ad-
visory body of the league and, with
the United States taking part in such
an advisory body, the United States
would become as surely involved in
European politics as if it were a
member of the league itself.
An element in this country is ia
vorable to the entry of the United
States into the league itself 1t has
always been so. 1t is not a matter
of wonderment, therefore, that this
element should lightly regard the
warning of Senator Borah. But the
country generally has been with
Senator Borah in his opposition to
entry of the United States into the
will weigh carefully the arguments
now advanced by him against ad-
herence to the World Court as at pres
ent constituted.
AS chairman of the Senate foreign
relations committee, Mr.. Boran will
be a dominating figure in the consid-
Grafton of the World Court protocol,
which the Senate has agreed to take
up next December. He makes q sug-
gestion that supporters of q World
Court might do well to weigh care
fully the amendment of the statute
creating the court. Particularly in
teresting is the plain inference to be
drawn from Mr.. Borahs words that
he would be entirely willing to have
the United States enter the present
court, provided the statute were
changed so as to make it entirely
independent of the league or any
other political association of nations
Evening star., 1925-05-12

The theory that human ills can be
cured by Government was deprecated
by Secretary Of Commerce Hoover be.
fore the advertising clubs assembled
in Texas. His reminder is sapient and
timely. 1t appears impossible at pres.
ent to conserve the interests of the
populace without calling in the as
sistance of few grand juries.
Evening star., 1925-05-12
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The Rum Fleet Approaches

Lie ndil Clcct AppfOdcHcS.
Those rum-running ships over there
in the deep
Have caused us such care that we
scarcely can sleep.
And now comes a wall from the Chesa.
peake Bay,
They are coming this way! They are
coming this way,''
From terrapin long we have learned
to refrain.
1t might call for sherry, and even
champagne.
Resigned to our fate they will not let
us stay.
They are coming this way! They are
coming this way.
They'll show no respect unto title
and rank.
They'll grin as they make Purse and
Pride walk the plank.
We must shudder and wait and turn
pale as we say,
They are coming this way. They are
coming this way"'
Evening star., 1925-05-12

France intends to pay her debt to
America. This expenditure will not
merely cancel an obligation, but will,
considering good will as an asset prob
ably represent one of the best invest.
ments France ever made.
Evening star., 1925-05-12

The value of economy depends on
how te- word is defined. Economy as
a view to future returns is beneficial
Interpreted as an excuse for indolent
parsimony, the word is entitled to no
respect or confidence.
Evening star., 1925-05-12

Trotsky will re.enter Russian poll
tics. His experiment is bold one The
two names "Lenin" and "Trotsky''
were linked together with potent
Significance. "Trotsky'' by itself must
establish a meaning OF it's own.
Evening star., 1925-05-12

Germany and France have an old
quarrel in which the remainder of the
world is gradually ceasing to take
an interest.
Evening star., 1925-05-12

prohibition movement in Germany
is finding unexpected encouragement.
The "fatherland" in its perplexities is
showing a willingness to try anything
once.
Evening star., 1925-05-12
Demonstrating 4 Principle.

What do you think of the election
of Hindenburg?"
1T was remarkab BILE demonstra-
tion," answered Senator Sorghum.
"Hindenburg's name was the best
known in the list. and his election
again calls attention to the fact that
advertising pays
Evening star., 1925-05-12

Julia Marlowe says she is going to
retire from the stage. This is her privi-
lege. regardless Of the sincere wish
of an admiring public.
Evening star., 1925-05-12
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All Other States.
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The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
10 the use for republication of all news dls-
patches credited to IL or not otherwise cred
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published herein. All rights OF puhilcatlon
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Evening star., 1925-05-12

The Hohenzollern family may feel
elated over the election of Hindenburg,
but they are not SO indiscreet as to
obtrude themselves into the spotlight
Evening star., 1925-05-12

Feminine controversies long since
got past any rivalries as to who should
be queen of the May.
Evening star., 1925-05-12
As the Farmer Sees II.

The same old custom still we see
AS folks in protest join.
Some people get the sympathy
While others get the coin.
Evening star., 1925-05-12

Jud Tunkins says his wife, who has
a weak stomach, isn't receiving any
callers, owing to the fact that she is
learning to smoke cigarettes.
Evening star., 1925-05-12
Shifting the Play.

Crimson Gulch has become a very
sedate settlement"
1--WE have changed the game" an
swered Cactus Joe. 'All the fellers
that used to be faro dalers has become
realtors"
Evening star., 1925-05-12
Important Considerable

important consideration.
When any project is proposed,
From Art to Rapid Transit,
The query'is at once disclosed:
Who's going to finance it?"
If any future war is planned,
Some governments may chance it.
But, solemnly, we here demand,
Who's going to finance it?
Evening star., 1925-05-12
NEW ENGLAND HIGHWAYS AND
BYWAYS. Thomas D. Murphy.
L. c. Page & Co

BYWAYS. Thomas D. Murphy.
L. c. Page & Co.
You have a choice here. On the
one hand, by way of motor, YOU
may transform this book into actual
experience. On the other hand, YOU
are permitted to sit under a shady
tree, or other where of ease and com
fort, in a vicarious enjoyment of do
ing" New England over a good sys-
tenn OF motor roads. A choice of the
former places in hand full informa-
ton for making the trip. There is
the general plan, prime essential Of
every'undertaking. Within this, point
by point, there is information on every
possible aspect of this kind Of travel
the season, the roads, the best hours
of the day, good places to stop named
and described, as we'll as the frank
and proper naming of places that do
not come in the category of good. I"
Only a single drawback to the use of
this admirable guide, as a guide. 1t
Is far too fine book to take out in
the weather, to subject to the COM
mon vicisSitudeS of this particular
| kind of experience. A book Of most
impressive front and bearing, entirely
| remote from the familiar implications
OF tourist camps and picnic grounds
and the usual rough-and.tumble of
motoring. IL IS the second choice,
clearly, that gives Mr.. Murphy's book
it's proper setting and use. A big book,
hnely made in every particular. Espe-
| ctally Is it admirable in it's illustra-
tions. More than 20 of these repro
auctions in color of paintings by we'll
| known artists, as many more half
tones of high illustrative value both
from the side of historic allusion and
| from that Of the natural beauty of the
region.
This second choice secures, also, the
| sense of leisure that Is wanting in the
Journey itself. To cover New England
IN one month constitutes an unbroken
| hurry call, notwithstanding the pres
ent speed Of the rolling wheel. Read.
| ing, one pursues the way in happy
ease, lettering as he pleases, lingering
under the invitation of some specially
inviting circumstance Reading, one
stays long with the places along the
| lcoast-Gloucester, Newburyport, Mar.
blehead. New Bedford-retasting old
| tales OF seafaring men, and cities up
built out of their adventures, and Of
those same cities adjusting themselves
to a new time. without loss of their
best savors. A new taste of maritime
New England comes out of this motor.
ing story. But, whether one takes the
first or the second choice, there Is
in both cases the fine purpose of the
author to encourage Americans to see
fAmerica,
Evening star., 1925-05-12
Oualif1ed for GOyernment Service

QudIIMed IOT government service.
Can you pass civil service exam
ination?''
''1'll say I can. And, in addition to
that, / know all the parking regula-
TONS
Evening star., 1925-05-12

"Whut 1 wants to know" said Uncle
Eben, lis whut de North Pole is
g'ineter be good for when somebody
sho' mum discovers it fob kesps."
Evening star., 1925-05-12

1T you haze a question you todnt
Gnstcercd send it to The Star Tnfornld
tion Bureau, Frederic j. Hdskin, di
rector, Tlcenty-frst aud C streets
northwest. The only charge for this
serUice is 2 cents in stamps for return
nOStnOe /
Evening star., 1925-05-12

Q. Is Hamlet" written entirely in
blank verse?-W. H.
A. In the main. Hamlet" is so
written. The exceptions are the scenes
in which Hamlet feigns insanity,
those in which he converses with
Rosencrans and Guildenstein, with
the actors and with Osric and the
scene with the grave diggers. All
these are in prose
Evening star., 1925-05-12

@. Will olive oil boil?--E. j. L.
A. Culinary oils, such as olive Oil
will not boil, neither will they ignite;
When the oil becomes too hot 1t Will
throw off smoke and decompose.
Evening star., 1925-05-12

Q. What was the old name for
Kansas City?-H. II.
A. The original name was Wyan-
dotte
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-09-30
NAME TOURIST PARK BABY
AFTER THE TOWN OF LAUREL

A man, evidently a tourist,
called hurriedIy at the home Of q
Laurel doctor recently. "COme
quickly, doctor, you r needed at
the tourist park" he said.
The doctor, a veteran Of many
unusual experiences, grabbed his bag
and departed for the scene. At 1880
in the evening, he OBLIGATED at the
birth Of a lusty baby girl.
The imprOVised hospital was a
tent, similar to many thousands used
by automobile tourists throughout
the land, and this was the home Of
the baby girl and her mother until
they were ready to take the road.
What shall we name herr" asked
the proud father.
Name her for the town In which
she was born" replied the doctor.
"And what town Is thisl"
Thus It came about that upon
learning where they had stopped the
little girl was named Laurel Mae.
The parents T Mr.. and MRS. @
A.. Norton Of Wisconsin, and were ~
their way 60 California when th,
journey was suddenly interrupted
There are three other children ia th'
family.