Evening star., 1925-09-18
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

auspices, the magnificent Interior De
partment building was erected. \
large portrait of Lincoln, evidently for
inspiration purposes. is suspended
above DR.. Works desk. -
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All doubt as to whether President
Coolidge viii be in close touch with
the aircraft inquiry is abolished hv
the election OF Dwight ". Morrow as
chairman of the board. Mr.. Morrow
comes about as near being Calvin
Coolidge's bosom friend as anybody
alive. There's only years difference
in their ages. They got their bachelor
of art degrees together at Amherst
in 1895. 1t was Morrow who. 80 years
ago. in class vote picked Coolidge
as the '95 man who would go farthesr
in the world he and his college mates
were about to enter Frank ".
political father-confessor7 for the bet
ter part Of a generation. But Dwight ,
Morrow has been Mr.. Coolidse's friend :
of the sort that only college com
radeships create and cherish.
Edwin E. Slosson, editor of Science
Service and author of half A dozen
popular works on scientific subiects.
tells this observer that the theory Of
"a fat earth is making astounding
progress through the gullible Amer
lean universe. Its archpriest is DR..
Wilbur G. Voliva. successor of DIR.
Dowie as general overseer" of the
Christian Catholic Church" at Zion
City, Ill. Zion City operates high
powered broadcasting station and fiat
earth doctrine is propagated vigor-
ously over its radio wave length. DR..
Slosson, who makes his headquarters
at the Academy of Sciences in Wash
ington. visited Colorado during the
Summer There he heard of d school
board that refused to. vote funds for
globes for the teaching of geography.
The members tune in on Zion City
and have come to the conclusion that
the earth is not round.
One of America S really remarka bic
public servants, Rear Admiral Mark
L. Bristol. American high commits
sioner TO Turkey. is now in Washing
ton acquainting the Government with
Near Eastern conditions. He has been
on duty at Constantinople uninterrupt-
edly since January, 1919. This Is his
first visit to the United States in that
long interval. Soon after the armi-
stice Bristol was placed in charge OF
American naval forces at the Golden
Horn, and seven or eight months later
became high commissioner. with the
rank of an ambassador. He has been
ia forceful figure throughout the in
tervening crises in Turkish affairs,
and is now an eminent authority on
Near Eastern questions. At times, in
addition to being an admiral and an
ambassador, Bristol has been the rep
reSentative of the United States Ship
ping Board, the American Red Cross,
the Near East Relief and four or five
other agencies, official and private. He
expects to be on leave in this country
until next Winter. One OF our ennis
sarjes at Lausanne, the Senate will
probablyvwan TO hear from Admiral
Bristol when the Turkish treaty is up.
The Cherokee. Creek, Chickasaw,
Choctaw and Seminole Indians are the
next thing Uncle Sam intends TO in
Civilized Tribes" Of Oklahoma. The
board of Indian commissioners has
been asked by the Secretary of the In
terror to look them over. The inquiry,
which will begin at Muskogee on Oc-
tober T. is the result of a number Of
communications presented to President
Coolidge by the Oklahoma Senators.
These communications contain certain
aff1rmations regarding the administra.
ton of Indian affairs by Commissioned
Charles H. Burke and the superintend-
ent of the Five Civilized Tribes
Shade E. Wallen. The Indian board
members who will visit Oklahoma in.
clude the chairman, George Vaux. jr.,
of Philadelphia; Maj. Frank Knox OF
New Hampshire and Malcolm McDow-
ell. secretary. They expect TO spend
seven weeks on their inquiry.
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