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FOR SALE-MISCELLANEOUS.
DOGS. PETS. ETC.

UUtIS. PETS. TIN.
BOSTON Observation-Disclosures male. II
months: been raised with children. C0lum
bia 5O3a-J. after pm. 2o--
PONIES T61 saddle horses (3), gentle for
sale cheap VIM. Barr. Arlington Beach
Stables 2S'
AQUATIC PLANTS FOR .AQUARIUMS;
Plenty of them. No interruption account OF
weather Better engage some now for
Winter trade No increase in price. G. l..
Snider Box 1850 Pa. Ave. Sta.
BOSTON TERRIERS: Just right age for
Christmas presents: 3 mos: pedigreed. 6O3
Eve
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FOR SATE-AUTOMOBILES.

AUBURN TOURING; just overhauled, by
owner at a cost far exceeding the selling rg
price: ready to go and stay put. walk ~
roo r st
Evening star., 1926-11-27

AUTO DRIVING LESSONS RY EXPERT
pnced instructor. District Service Supnly
Co. 400 18th st. NV. E. PAPE. Frank.
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RADIO AND EQUIPMENT.

KADIO AND EWtTPNIFNE.
BROWNING DRAKE SET. complete guaran-
teed distance getter: cost S115; sell 500:
demonstration. $500 14th st. NV. after. 6
RADTO-Five-tu tube. built-in. loud speaker.
Ozark model sacrifice for quick cash sale;
Call main S775. Branch 81. between
and II
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RrAvmv CULTURE FULL COURSE. $50:
narcelli-,s nermanent waving. maniclirinR;
etc Omen TO g.. MARTINS. 18th and
r1 nj 4021
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CADILLACs. 1918 to 1925. Better than
he best "cheaper than the eheapest" HeGan
iimousines: four V-63s Sis to 67s in MANY
body types. See us first and saye many 9 hun, n
rewarded with genuine satisfaction. Abso-
lutely PAINLESS terms with your car ,,a as part ar;
best in really fine used cars. 1882 Conn
ave Main 2OS0.
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FORD SEDAN. 1924; f1rst-class condition:
4 new tires: 5000: must be seen To- be
apnreciated Phone Adams LIS. 2Se
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PAPERHANGING-who house. $50; 5
rooms and 2-story hall: No. 2 grade, includ-
ing polychroms, Fall prices. Ad. 1926.
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CLOTHING-Will call in my. unlettered au-
tomoble city Or suburbs and pay YOU high
discarded clothing of all descriptions. Ad-
dress gss postal or nhope 7 vii call w. Rice,
, 1926-11-05

s. Colonial Cornell Bill No. Is.
Introduction Of and 1st discussion on
Colonial Council Bill No IL, draft
Of Ordinance proposed by Bird 40
pointed Member (Abramson), pro-
viding for tha sum of Frcs, 100000
from the Colonial Treasury. for the
purpose Of drilling three wells in the
vicinity of Work and Rest Land
and other arid areas in that vicinity.
Colonial Council Office, St. Croix. No
yember 3, 1926.
A. E. STAKEMANN,
Chairman.
, 1926-11-05

budget for the fiscal year from July
l, 1926 to June 30. 1927, with addi-
tional money bills and amendments.
Z. Colonial sCouncil Bill No. II.
Continuation of discussion on Colo
NAL Council Bill No. IL. Resolution
proposed by 3rd Member for Fred
eriksted Country District (Andersen)
providing for the removal Of export
duty on sugar shipped from the Vir-
gin Islands to the United States or
any Of its possessions
Colonial CounciI3Ofice, St. Croix, No
vember 2, 1926.
A. E. STAKEMANN,
Chairman
, 1926-11-05
Order Of The Day
for the Third Ordinary Meeting
of the Colonial Council of St. Croix
for the fiscal year 1926--1927, Sixth
Council, Second Session., Monday,
November 8, 1926, at one o'clock
p. m.

[. Election of 4 men 1.-TWO for Christian
sted and two for Frederiksted) to
serve on the Tax Commission for the
present year and to assist with the
assessment of taxes for the year
1926.
2. Colonial Council Bill No l.
Bird discussion on Colonial Council
Bill No. /, draft Of Ordinance, pro-
posed by Government, to amend Sec
ton 5, Chapter l, Title l, of the
Code Of Laws for the Municipality of
St. Croix.
3, Colonial Council Bill No. 3,
End Discussion on Colonial Council
Bill No. 8, draft of Ordinance, pro-
posed by Government, declaring and
setting aside the island known as
Buck Island" as a Game Preserve,
with Committee Report.
A.. Colonial Council Bill No. g,
End discussion on Colonial Council
Bill No. 9, Additional Money Bill to
the Budget, proposed by Govern
ment, providing for annual pension
to Hans Hansen Former Police Ser
geant).
5 Colonial Council Bill mo. II.
Introduction of and 1st discussion on
Colonial Council Bill No. II, draft
of Additional Money Bill to.the Bud
get, providing for repairs to public
buildings, etc. Proposed by Govern
ment.
6. Colonial Council Bill No. Z.
Continuation of Ist discussion on
Colonial Council Bill No. Z, draft of
, 1926-11-05

Entered as Second-cLq88 matter May
26rb 1917 at the Post Office at Christian
3ted, ST. CrOjr. V. /, of the u, S. A. IN
der the Act0 March 3, 1879.
, 1926-11-05

THE ST CROIX AVIS
printed and published daily (Sundays
and Holidays ercepted) By G. Jobap8en at
the A0iS Office.
TERNS:-5O cents monthly IN advance.
2 cents per single copy.
Evening star., 1926-12-05
Radio Legislation.

Recommendation for enactment Of an
emergency radio measure prohibiting
further issuance Of broadca sting H.
eenses and control Of the industry by
two separate commissions working ae
O Joint body have been made to Con.
sress by the national radio co-ordinat.
ing committee. which met in Washing.
ten on Friday. In making the recon-.
mendation the committee urged that
prompt action be taken inasmuch as
further delay will create condition
70 which remedies will be dihicult to
apply with success.
Since the court ruling last year in
Chicago which held that the Depart
zsent af conmsrcs coNd not snfosos
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having their hats on. any more than
she would consider II an insult to ride
on a street car or railroad train In
similar circumsta noes. Men, on their
part. always want TO he polite. but
don't want to appear foolish. There
fore. if one man removes his hat In a
business elevator. practically all or the
other men will follow suit.
The custom of hat removing pre-
walls more in the South and Far West
than in the East or Middle West.
Therefore. II Is largely a matter to he
dealt with sectionally. although moet
women everywhere will admit their
sisters In New York are on the right
track.
Elevators in hotels and apartment
houses are a triie more difficult tn
deal with. In business elevators
meetings are entirely casual and fleet
ing. In hotel and apartment eleve-
tors men and women meet more es
friends and neighbors, and here the
courtesy Of removing the hat would
seem to he just az appropriate as re-
moving 1t in the drawing room.
1t seems a pity that the traditions.
customs and conditions of the heavy
weight championship Of the world
should have forced Gene Tunney to
the variety stage. A picture Of feline
grace and poise In the prize ring. the
champion distinctly is a fish out of
water behind the vaudeville footlights.
He is not an actor. His natural in
stincts are all against parading his
title for purposes of that sort. Put
prize fight ma nagerS are prize fight
ma ma gers and will he TO the end of
the world. When vaudeville comhi
nation offered Tunney and his man
ayers 81 900 week the managers ar
gued the champion into accepting the
bid-because II meant easy money for
them. Prize fight ma gers always
are getting easy money. The fighter
has to stand the gaff.
Gene Tunney has been thrown onto
the stage without adequate prepara-
tion and without an adequate act. He
is Intelligent. agreeable and easy to
look upon and could have adapted
himself to an intelligent skit or sketch.
But he has just been pushed into the
freezing waters of the profession"
and told to sink or swim.
1t is difficult for any one to conceive
of the champion being arrested for
the mild little boxing exhibition which
closes the act. 1t would he easy to
think of an arrest being made for the
easy to see that Tunney will be glad
when the theatrical ngagement Is
ended. He is more at home in the
ring.
Those who think Of the packed and
iammed suhways of New York as ro-
tential danger spots to life md limb
have just been given some interesting
figures to ponder.
During the first nine months of this
year 739 persons were killed on the
streets of New York City. OF this
number 2aa were children under Is
years Of age.
During the same nine months the
subways carried s30a24,S27 passen-
gers without the loss Of single life.
Subway travel may make YOU feel
like a canned sardine at times. but II
is safer to go under the streets than
on them.
(CopyriEht 1A2SD
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INDIANS AND THEIR OIL MONEY
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

may be shown by one or two exam
pies. One Indian youth who had run
through thousands Of dollars In
very short time recently received
newspaper publicity as the owner of
nine automobiles. He was not en-.
titled to quite that. What happened
was that he bought a car on credit,
traded 1t in for more expensive car
on an additional credit, and repeated
that operation until he had nine cars
within A brief period, for none of
which had he paid and on all of which
he owed varying amounts.
Obviously It was not necessary for
this Indian to go through transa ctions
of that kind and to that number in
order to get an automobile that was
sufficient for his needs and In keeping
with his financial status. Nine deal
ers or salesmen. however, got a. profit
out of the sale Of a car to him. A
ruling made November backed by
the law Of 1925 will put a stop to this
sort Of thing.
Indians have At this time approx
mately $22 900 900 of tribal funds and
S34 .O00. 900 Of individual funds in the
Federal Treasury and on deposit in
$50 banks that pay interest, averag
ing 4 per cent. In addition. $31 800
WV USlDHRIHE W 1IltlIN ltItIdl lJtlit US
has been invested in Government Sc
curities which are held for safe
keeping by the Treasury Department,
the interest being paid to the Indians
semi-a annually.
Much has been heard of the exploit
ing Of Indians by whites-the famous
transaction in which Indians were
traded out of Manhattan Island for
S24 worth of rum and beads. for in
stan"e-but who has ever heard of
Indians exploiting Indians?
Consider. then. this transaction: The
wonderfully rich oil lands of the
Osages were purchased by the Osages
from the Cherokees in 1883 at price
of $1.25 per acre.
At the time Of this sale. 1t lis said
the Cherokees thought they had made
a f1ne bargain. Probably the Indians
who sold Manhattan Island thought
as we'll Of their transaction at the
time they made It!
Evening star., 1926-12-05

sioner to the citizens, whose repre-.
sentatives were assembled for the
ceremony of induction. Col. Bell, act,
Ing as chairman for the occasion.
noted the fact that Washington is on
the eve of q remarkable develop
ment. The next few years will be
marked by long advances toward the
ideal of Capital making. The purely
municipal problems will become more
difficult and the constructive projects
will demand constant attention on
the part of the administrators.
However the work at the District
building may be divided, upon each
Of the three Commissioners rests an
ever easing responsibility. Each
Of the local government. Together
they act as board Of governors, and
upon their capacity for administra-
ton in detail and for cooperation In
concerted decision depends the well
fare of the community.
The District has been generally
fortunate In the selection Of It's Com
missioners. Under the organic act Of
1873 the civilian members of the
board must be bona fide residents Of
the Capital. living here and having
claimed residence nowhere else for at
least three years prior to appoint
ment. This has insured the choice
of men fully acquainted with the
people and with the problems OF local
1t has prevented the
utilization of these offices as patron
age. 1t has given the District the
best government of any American
1t was gratifying forecast for the
new commissioners administration
that the ceremony of his induction
into office was attended by a large
representation of the District citizen
ship. He has made his bow in the
spirit of service and he will find his
fellow Washingtonians heartily sup
porting him in his work.
Evening star., 1926-12-05

wave-length and hour assignments on
broadcasting stations the situation in
the ether has been chaotic. Stations
have "pirated" the wave lengths and
hours Of rivals or have picked the
number Of meters best suited to them
regardless of the interference to other
broadcasters and to listeners.
The progress of a $500, 900 900 ma
tional industry has been menaced,
$.soo. 10000 investment by the pub
lie has been placed in jeopardy. TO-.
100000 listeners-in have been disap.
pointed and the owners Of more than
500 broadcasting stations have either
infringed the rights of others or bad
their rights infringed upon.
Two bills have been introduced In
Congress for the control of radio. The
White bill in the House provides for
supervision by the Department of
casting before the adverse court de-
cision. The Dill bill in the Senate seeks
to vest the power Of control in a sepa
rate commission. So far, the House
and Senate conferees have been un-
able to reach an agreement on the
marked differences between the two
measures.
The recommendation Of the radio
co-ordinating committee attempts to
reconcile the terms of the House and
Senate bills by the appointment of two
commissions and in the meantime to
stop further interference to broadcast.
ing by prohibiting issuance of new
licenses.
1t Is apparent that prompt action
must be taken by Congress to clear
the ether. Broadcasting and receiving
furnish entertainment, education and
news to large proportion Of the popu-
lation OF the United States and public
patience will not stand for evasion or
delay by the legislative body.
Whether there are two commissions
or one, whether the Department of
Commerce Commission or a separate
commission is in control, there must
be a regulatory body to supervise
broadcasting. The longer present con.
ditions exist, the more drastic will
have to be the remedy, and as there
appears to be no logical reason for de-
lay, Congress should at once take ac-
ton on this important subject.
Evening star., 1926-12-05
MEN AND AFFAIRS
BY ROBERT T. SMALL.

The somewhat interesting PROPOSE
tion that a man can be kept in Jail for
life because of inability to pay a Fed
eral court fine has been brought for.
ward in the case Of Jap Muma. the
newspaper man who was involved
with Tex Rickard and others in the H.
legal transportation of moving pic
lures Of the Dempsey Carpenter prize
fight in Jersey City some Ave years
ago.
An adverse decision on an appeal
by Muma has just been handed down
in Philadelphia by the Circuit Court
OF Appeals, and Muma has been
thrown back on the mercy OF the trial
Judge, who has ordered him to Jail.
Muma. who got less out OF the film
deal than any Of the others involved.
In the only one threatened with the
"hoOsegow" for the rest Of his natural
life. The others paid their $1,000 fines.
Muma has said he can't pay his, and
those who know him hest are willing
to take oath that he Is correct.
The interesting part of the case Is
the IA that. in pronouncing the 81 900
fine, Judge Bodine of the District Fed
eral Court gave no alternative jail SEN
tence and. 1t Is claimed. did not order
the confinement of any Of the defend
ANUS uHti lHe iHcS SHouiu NC ScI'
tied.
Unfortunately the Circuit Court of
Appeals did not pass upon any of
these vital points. 1t simply threw
Muma out of court on the ground that
he did not make his application for a
writ of mandamu to compel the grant
ing of writ OF habeas corpus within
the required three months OF the en-
try of the decree.
On this purely technical point of the
law, therefore, 1t would seem that the
estimable Mr.. Muma may have to
spend the rest of his life in Jail. The
more or less sacred writ Of haheas
corpus was his last resort, and 1t has
been denied him because he didn't ap-
ply in time. The law sometimes Is a
wondrous q nd dreadful thing.
Muma is a man employed on n COM
paratively small salary, which pre-
s,lmahly would stop the moment he
have no means Of paying his way out.
He has not been accustomed to hard
labor, either-far from it-and prob
ably couldn't earn much on that rat
ing within the prison walls. SO. how
could any one tell when the 81 900
fine was atoned for?
The long debated question as to
when man should remove his hat in
an elevator and when he need not do
so may be solved by the ladies', who
are the cause of the masculine dilem-
ma in the first place. Women engaged
in business in New York have let 1t
emphatically he known that they nei-
ther expect nor want men to remove
their hats in the elevators of office
buildings simply because women hap
pen to he passengers with them. The
more advanced business women Of to-
day are endeavoring to remove every
barrier which they consider a handi-
cap to them because of their sex.
They have noticed the reluctance with
which some men have DOTTED their
chapeaux and prefer that they leave
them on.
The modern business woman is ask
ing no favors. All she wants Is a fair
field. She does not consider 1t an in
suit to ride in an elevator with men
Evening star., 1926-12-05
EVERYDAY RELIGION
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, d. d. LID,
BishOp of Vnshin

those enduring principles that govern
us in our relationships one with an
other. We are addressing ourselves
too much today to what has peen
termed a youth movement" The
conviction seems to obtain that the
whole problem of our time grows out
of the unregulated and unrestralned
habits and practices of our young peo'
pie. Is there not urgent need to look
beyond the effects disclosed In modern
social life and to discover the causes
that lie behind and produce them?
Any fair or equitable diagnosis of our
present conditions. domestic and So
cial. must inevitably lead us to the
conclusion that what has happened
In our world today is the direct re-
suit of loose home conditions. and. In
many instances, A. neglected Or aban-
doned parental control. II we have
a revolt Of youth" Is 1t not due to
the surrender of the solemn onllga-
tions and responsibilities of parent
hood? The repeal of reticence' is,
by no means A. marked characteristic
that inheres in the youth movement;
it reaches far back into the life OF the
home itself. An undisciplined and
unregulated home means ultimately
an undisciplined and unregulated SO.
cial life and practice. Fathers ana
mothers seem to lack the moral cour-
age, as we'll as the moral conviction.
to withstand and rebuke habits and
pra ctices that are wholly inimical to
the development of high ideals and
strong character.
We are told that all postwar pc
riods have been characterized by
moral laxity and that our present
sitlla ton is the inevitable and logical
result Of four years of strife. Be that
as 1t may, we are now far enough re-
moved from the war to begin to set
our homes in order. If the war was
fought to preserve institutions that
our Christian civilization has called
into being, then the defense Of these
institutions is imperatively demanded
today
There must he some system of
ethics some code of morals. that we
commonly recognize as indispensable
to the maintenance Of wholesome do
mestic and social relationships. To
deny such a system or code means to
precipitate a situation in our social
and domestic life that must imperil,
not only the home as an institution,
but every other agency that contrib
,ltes to our happiness and prosperity.
The time has come when those who
believe that the teachings of Jesus
Christ concern the most vital things
Of our life must dare to adhere to
them and practice them. cost what
it may. To disregard Christian obi
cations, or to view them lightly, in
such a critical time As the present
means to invite disaster to those in
stitutions that we cherish and hold as
the most sacred in our life.
Evening star., 1926-12-05

indispensable to the security of the
Nation is the maintenance. unim-
paired. of the integrity Of the home
Anything that concerns 1t affects for
good or Ill every aspect Of our life,
corporate and Individual. The causes
that have led up to the decline and
fall OF strong nations have had their
genesis In a weakened and impaired
homo life. Beyond all else the home
Ia a nations first line of defense. 1t
matters little how strong it may be
In material values. in a broad culture.
or In an environment that witnesses
TO luxury and social refinements, If
1t Is lacking in the strong things Of
moral character It ultimately dis.
closes its weakness and touches with
deadening and paralyzing influence
the larger concerns of our corporate e
life.
II morale Is the indispensable req
ulsite OF the army. 1t is more COM
pletely the indispensable requisite of
the home. The text above quoted Is
taken from an ancient writer; it is a
work given to a people who had prop
erly learned to recognize the values
OF domestic and home life. Their
leader was seeking to give them coun-
sci that concerned their largest Sc
cur1ty and peace; he was admonish
Ing them that they should display over
the portals Of their homes the evil
dences OF their allegiance to God.
Such a demonstration of the law that
governed their household would indi-
cate to the world without what those
within the home believed to be their
highest and holiest obligation. In
fine, this declaration was to he n
badge of responsibility and mark
ofs characte that all the world might
see and understand
We recall seeing on an old timbered
house In Chester. England, the quaint
legend. Gods providence, Is mine In
heritance." While we are not given
today to displaying to the world our
deeper convictions concerning what
we hold to be fundamental to our
moral and spiritual life, there is In
creasing need that we should dare to
affirm what we hold to be essential
to the security of the home. The
very fact that we are witnessing the
breaking down of old and tested con-
ventions and that greater freedom of
action is dema nded in our domestic
and social relationships makes an
affirmation OF fundamental principles
that are Indispensable to our security
imperative.
We are being told today that Gus
tom determines the course of our
action. 1t will he sorry day when
custom comes to take the place Of