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Evening star., 1926-06-18
DIES FROM POISON.

Edward ]. Turner, AZ years old.
~! Twelfth street southeast. died
at George Washington University
Hospital early today as a result OF
having swallowed quantity Of
poison while alone in his home yes
terday.
Is He was found by his son in law,
Policeman T. d. Bacon Of the sixth
precinct, when Bacon returned home
in the afternoon. ~
Coroner Nevitt was told that Tur-
ner was In nervous condition yes
terday and possibly took the poison
by mistake, the bottle being where
other bottles also were kept
Evening star., 1926-06-18
COBB TO TAKE OATH.
Colored Judge Will Assume Office
Next Monday.

Justice George c. Aukam Of the
Municipal Court will administer the
oath of Office to James A. Cobb, negro
attorney, recently appointed by Presi-
dent Coolidge as judge.
The ceremonies will take place Mon
dav' between and 10 am. in the
courtroom where he will serve, 321
John Marshall place.
Cobb will occupy the place made
vacant by the death of Judge Terrell.
Evening star., 1926-06-18
YOUTH HELD IN ATTACK.
Truck Driver, 21, Accused of Ill.
Treating Child Of S.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FREDERICK, Md, June 1s.-Perry
Grove, Il years old. is held in jail here
without bond on a charge of attempted
criminal assault on a 57year-old girl,
the daughter of the late Millard F.
Rice, formerly a member. of the Mary
land State Legislature.
Grove. who Is married, Is said to
have lured the child from her home
in Frederick and to have taken her
into the country In a truck. She re-
turned two hours later with her cloth
ing badly torn and severely bruised.
. Grove declares he was drunk, and
recalls nothing Of the incident.
Evening star., 1926-06-18
u. S. Ship Is Grounded.

BIZERTA, Tunis. June Is P.-
The American steamer Storm King,
from New York and Philadelphia.
went ashore yesterday off Cape Negre
with a cargo of 5000 tons of grain.
gasoline and other commodities. II is
expected that the vessel will be saved
as good weather prevails. and a pow
erful tug is on her way from Almeris.
Spain, to give assistance, n
Evening star., 1926-06-18
NO NEWS OF STEAMER.
Ships Rush to Place Where the
Leicester Struck Iceberg.

ST. JOHNS. Newfoundland. June
tS (R.-Word was lacking this
morning as to the fate Of the British
steamer Leicester. which late last
night reported that she was strug-
Cling for this port with, her forward
deck almost awash after striking an
iceberg. Several steamers are on the
way to the position she last gave
about IS miles east of the Funk
Islands.
The Leicester was outward bouna
from Montreal with grain for the
United Kingdom and struck the ice
soon after passing through the
Straits of Belle Isle.
Evening star., 1926-10-21

Homes for workmen to be construct
ed in Medillin, Colombia, will cost
1920 each.
Evening star., 1926-10-21
.12O,O)O,O(O HOURS
LOST IN WALK-OUT
British Strike Now Almost
Entirely Financed by Rus
sian Subscriptions.
BY JOHN GCNTHER.

By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
LONDON, October 21.-To date
more than 100 900 900 working hours
have been lost by the tragic coal
strike, now in isS tWenty-ffth week
Of bitter lighting.
The situation remains depressingly
unchanged, with the owners unwilling
ment has given up attempts to medi-
ate and the great body of miners ap'
parently ID willing to stick it out to
the starvation point.
Since the miners federation de
clared war" last week, and has moved
headquarters to the midlandS for a
new and intensive campaign, the
dribbling back to work Of the miners
has been lessened. Nevertheless, more
than 10000 men are in the pits.
The strike may be said now to be
financed almost entirely by Russia.
Advices from Moscow say that Boil
shevist collectors are touring the
Russian villages to enforce the levy
on the peasants. Millions of rubles
have come to Nottinghamshire.
Leicestershire, Durham, Wales and
Derby from the remote hinterland
beyond Moscow
It is said that the defeat of the
TrotskyZinoviev minority has not af
fected the flow of this wealth. The
Stahling government is more popular
with the British labor party than the
former group.
tCopyright. 1925. by Chicago Daily News Co. J
Evening star., 1926-10-21
KOSCIUSZKO'S NATIVITY.
Born in Lithuania, Not Poland,
Newspaper Publisher Says.

Kosciuszko was not a Pole, but a
Lithuanian, r. B. Brands of Brook
lyn, n. Y, publisher of a Lithuanian
newspaper in that city, declared to-
day. The patriot. who was given the
commission of a colonel in George
Washington's Army $50 years ago
Monday, was honored on that date at
exercises held in Memorial Cont
mental Hail.
Throughout the exercises. Mr..
Brands said, no mention was made
Of the fact that Kosciuszko was born
in Lithuania and claimed that
country as his native land, but he
frequently was referred to as a Pole.
He added that a leading encyclopedia
is authority for the statement that
he was born in Lithuania of poor
parentage
Oppressed by Polish rule. accord :
ing to Mr.. Brands, the young
KosciusZko, like many other Lithu-
anians, sought education and military
training which could only be obtained
at Warsaw, the capital of Poland.
SO he entered the Polish army, the
Lithuanian newspaper man con-
tinued, and fought with distinction,
although always recognizing Lithu-
ania as his native land.
Mr.. Brands said he has visited
several prominent persons here who
took part i'll the commemorative eX-
ercises and explained to them his
belief of the nationality of Kosciuszko.
Homes for workmen to be construct
cd in Medillin, Colombia, will cost
1920 each.
Evening star., 1926-10-21
WAR MEMORIAL HALL
WILL BE DEDICATED
Ceremony at Virginia Polytechnic
Institute Arranged for
Saturday.

RICHMOND, Va, October 21.--Vir-
ginia Polytechnic Institutes $350,ooO
war memorial hall and the huge sta.
dium, which will be a part of the plant
for physical education work, will be
dedicated at Blacksburg Saturday.
DR.. Julian A. Burrus, president of
the institution, has practically COM
pleted plans for the event which will
be followed by the annual V. P. l.
University of Virginia foot ball classic
The war memorial will be dedicated
to the memory of "a Virginia Polytech-
mic Institute boys who paid the su-
prenle sacrifice in the World War and
AZ per cent of the entire enrolment
who entered the service from the in
stitution. The names of those who
served in the World War from the in
stitution will be written on the walls
Of the building.
Evening star., 1926-10-21
|. NJ. OSBORNE DIES +.
IN NEW YORK AT 68
Prison Reformer Also Was
Active in Political and
Civic Affairs.
Ns the Associated Press.


AUBURN, n. Y, October 21.--
Thomas Mott Osborne. noted for his
activities in behalf of prison reform,
o. dead.
Stricken on the street by heart
disease last night, he was identified
1t an undertaker's through a little
metal check with the name, Tom
Brown, engraved upon it, which Mr..
Osborne received when he voluntarily
entered Auburn Prison as a prisoner
to study the actual life of convicts.
His experience at Auburn suggested
many reforms. some of which he had
an opportunity to put into effect as
warden Of Sing Sing Prison, and
later at the Naval Prison at Ports
mouth. n. H. Of which he had charge
during the war. While Mr.. Osborne
won his chief note in formation of
the mutual welfare leagues for con-
victs and his other activities for the
prison population, he was also active
In political and civic affairs.
An independent Democrat in poll
tics, he served as mayor of Auburn
and was once candidate for lieuten-
ant governor. He was for many
years owner and publisher of the
Auburn Citizen.
He was in his sixty eighth year.
Mr.. Osborne's survivors are his
sons, David NJ. Charles D.. Lithgow
and Robert Osborne Of Auburn. and
his sister, Mrs. ]. J. Storrow of
Boston. His wife, who was Agnes
Devens Of Cambridge, Mass, died 80
years ago.
Evening star., 1926-10-21
SIX MADE COLONELS.
Fries, Shockley, Rhoads, Gilchrist
LYster and Bispham Raised.

Six lieutenant colonies in the Army
yesterday were promoted to the grade
of colonel. They are Lieut.. Col Claude
S. Fries. Infantry, on recruiting duty
In this city, and the following named
officers of the Medical Corps: Lieut.
Col. NJ. A. w. Shockley, at Ell Paso,
Tex; Lieut.. Col. Thomas l.. Rhoads
at New York; Lieut.. Col Harry l.
Gilchrist, at Edgewood Arsenal, Md.
Lieut.. Col William J. L. Lyster, a,
Cambridge, Mass, and Lieut.. Col. Will
liam N. Bispham, in the Panama
Canal Zone.
Maj. Harold c. Fiske, Corps of En-
gineers. at Chattanooga. Tenn, has
been promoted to the grade OF lieu
tenant colonel.
Evening star., 1926-10-21
HENS EGGS HELD AGENCY
FOR SPREAD OF DISEASE
University Professor Says Avian
tuberculosis Is Transferable
to Human Beings.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
COLUMBUS. Ohio, October 21.-
Just as bovine tuberculosis is transfer.
able to humans. through milk and
meat, so is avian tuberculosis transfer
able to humans through hens eggs,
the second annual Lake Conference OF
the Eradication Of tuberculosis in
Live Stock was told.
Proofs of the transmission OF tuber-
cular germs to eggs have been found,
DR.. Robert Graham of the University
of Illinois department of animal path
ology and HYGIENE said.
Other speakers in the closing ses-
sion of the two-day conference today
urged "tuberculosis-free farms in
stead of merely ''tuberculosis-free
herds and fiocks"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-09

with the least to say has the most
auditors.
The real reason, however, seems {,
be that preachers do not discuss PFC
teal issues enough. They are boy
discussing metaphysical subjects tat
do not touch their congregation.
People arc hungry for preaching q
much now as they ever were. But !
is the preaching that tells them how =,
live, how to make practical what Of
conscience they possess.
People do not decline to go u
church because they do not like preach
ing, but because Of the quality Of
preaching which they find in th'
church.
If the preachers would get down Ia
brass tacks and tell the people what to
do and bow to live. they would have
better success than in describing Ia
them the imaginary bliss or torment Of
the future life, which is problematical
TO say the least.
Dean Inge says that the golden age
of the pulpit is over, but that careful
training and diligent application on
the part Of the ministers will have its
fruition, as in any other profession.
Copyright. 1896. by The Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-09
Quality of Sermons
By DIR. FRANK CRANE

The Rev. ". Il. Inge, Dean Of st.
Pauls in London, recently wrote about
the empty pews in the Church Of Eng
land. He says it is due to the stand
ard of preaching, which is very low
in the Church of England. Those
preachers do not study the art of ora
tory eloquence, as the non Conformists
do.
There are several causes for this.
The Catholic and Anglican clergy with
a few notable exceptions disparagc
preaching. They take the ground
that the ritual Is the most important
part Of the service and the sermon
comes second.
According to them a preacher is in
his position TO tell what the church
tells, and the Bible, and not to give
his own opinions.
Empty pews, however, are not con-
fined to the Episcopal church. One
can find them also in non-Conformist
churches.
Many reasons have been given for
them. DIR. Lyman Abbott and Edward
Box took the ground that it was lack
Of ability in the preachers. 1t is hard
to realize, as oftentimes the preacher
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-09
Body and Mind
By ROYAL s. Copeland

This is the age Of salesmanship. The
successful man is the one who can sell
himself or the product be represents.
1t takes a lot Of character TO resist
the modern salesman. He is so plaus-
ible and convincing that it is hard to
say no.
Have you ever thought what q fac
tor health is, both in selling and in
buying: The vital, magnetic, COM
polling appeal Of the salesman may be
damaged By day Of bad health. What
he could do today when he is well and
radiant, be might not do tomorrow
when he is "off his feed
The prospective purchaser, too, IS
influenced by his own state Of health.
He may have the stomachache and Be
50 grouchy be couldn't be sold gold dol
lars for 30 cents apiece. Then again
b. may be 50 miserable that he vii.
say yes just to get rid Of the salesman.
There is no doubt that many deci-
sions are made by business men and
others in accordance with how they
feel at the time. The mind is suffi-
GENTLY controlled by the body that the
decision Of one day might have been
reversed on another.
This means that cold logic does not
determine everything. In sense, the
physical body is capable Of revising
the usual operations Of the mind. 1t
is only in health that the conclusions
reached can be fully trusted.
Men Of affairs, teachers, doctors,
chauffeurs, everybody in place Of re-
sponsibility, must court health, BE-
cause good judgment and good health
are twins. They run together. The
mental operations are not 10 BE- fully
trusted If the body is wrscked with
pain, the digestive system out Of order
and blood pressure too high, the kid
ney elimination disturbed, or the liver
clogged. Any real impairment Of the
health, particularly If it is an acute
and unaccustomed trouble, may have
an important bearing upon the mental
machinery.
II is well to POSTPONE great and vital
personal decisions until a day when
the mind works clearly. The absence
Of the symptoms OF temporary I'll
health will favor clear brain activity
and sound judgment in matters Of i'm
portance.
II you would be a great salesman,
you must possess q normally function
ing body. II you would be a wise
purchaser, you must have health. For
all concerned, then, men are 10 be
trusted for craftsmanship and TO deal
with craftsmanship only on condition
that they are in their normal health.
Copyright. 1895. by Newspaper
Feature Service, Incl
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-09
Are Men Afraid?

THE two unfailing topics of conversation are
weather and women.
Both are changeable, are always with US, and
nothing can be done about them.
Of late, only by producing cyclone breaking a
twenty-five year record has the weather been able
squeeze into the limeght at all.
The latest statement the interesting subject Of
femninity is that the is defeating her ends
by making men afraid of her.
"An overwhelming fear Of women lies deep in the
soul of man." says the speaker "a woman) land the
aggressveness of the modern woman scares him half to
DEATH
Perhaps this is the real for the masculine plea
for return Of the modest woman Of yesterday
And again, perhaps it isn't.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-09

This has always been a favorite
saying Of mine: ut might be worse
there's something to be thankful
for"
The other day upon bathing beach
/ fell and sprained a finger on my
left hand. How lucky it was not
my writing hand!
One breaks leg. Very well, thank
God one did not break both! Your
house burns over your head-but you
didn't burn with it, happily.
You will say it is hard to make
your mind work that way. Possibly.
But We are all such creatures Of habit
that by constantly training yourself
to the optimistic view, you can ac-
complish wonders.
This excellent theory works SPLEEN
didly in everyday circumstances You
have q disagrceable mother-in-law. But
what luck that your father-in-law is
Il kind man, or that you have not TO
live with Mother-in-Law always, or
that she goes to bed early, or that
she likes jam sandwiches and is
amiable on the days when they ap-
pear upon the table!
Keep searching for the good side
Of things, even in mishaps, trials and
misfortunes. 1t will become n habit.
Suppose your husband SHORES.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-09
.Life's Hurdles
BY L. E. Bisch

Pity for our fellow men and women
is one thing. Self pity quite another!
Self pity means admission Of defeat.
It shows flight instead Of fight.
1t stands for cowardice.
1t insults self respect.
Self pity is cringing.
1t is begging.
Most Of all. self pity kills initia-
tive!
Yet self pity IS very common all
ment.
Men, women and even children are
prone to it.
We must never forget that no in
diyidual can go through life without
setbacks.
When life hits il usually hits with
a telling blow.
But suppose we all stopped at the
first blow and wept, what would be-
come Of the whole structure Of civil
ization?
Realize defeat, don't sidctrack its
recognition. but do not let it over
wbelm you as you invariably do IL you
begin to pity yourself.
Take heart, pluck up courage, find
out why you got the worst Of it IN
the struggle.
Then Immediately take the proper
steps to prevent the same thing ever
happening again.
Learn from the lessons Of life but
never succumb to them.
Every time a person pities himself
he shuts the door Of hope.
If nc does it habitually he bolts the
door and seals t tightly shut.
II you happen to be Of the self-pity.
ing kind make up your mind at once
to give the habit no quarter until
you have routed It out Of your sys'
ten. out Of your character, forever.
Constantly watch your reactions IA
uafayorable circumstances.
Be on the lookout for signs Of weak.
ness. depression, fear and discourage
ment.
Counteract yoIr timidity By reading
heroic novels. by studying the biog'
raphies Of great men, by feastine
your mind on stories Of gigantic &C
complishment.
Think lofty. inspiring thoughts u
sou would defeat self pity.
And physical proves can help too
Go in for exercises in which larg'
muscle groups are brought into play
Take up combative sports like box
ing, fencing or wre,tling.
Make yourself brave phyidcally a
well as mentally.
Then self pity will quickly take Il
its heels.
Copyright. 1895. Premier synd., Inc.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-09
Two Good Slogans

r London war hero was awarded first prize in a
contest to find new safety first slogan.
'Life is short; don't make it shorter" was his
winning contribution.
variation of this slogan might we'll be adopted by
labor and capital
Eight million, three hundred thousand working
days-equa to twenty-five thousand seven hundred and
sixtyseven years-were lost in 1924 in Great Britain
and ireland in labor troubles.
producing days are short; don't make them
shorter" would be appropriate.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-09
Queens Counsel
By MARIE, QUEEN OF ROUMANIA.
1t Might Be Worse.

Thank heaven you do not hear him
when you are asleep! You miss your
train, but heigh-ho. luckily your box
Tin America, your "trunk'') did not
60 on without you.
One Of your children squints, but
all of them have straight legs-and
one was born on a Sunday, and that's
the luckiest thing possible!
knew a poor old woman who, &C.
cording to our ideas led q very miser,
able life. l used to visit her. She
was full Of rheumatism, could not see
out Of one eye and had only two
teeth left in her head. All her children
had died before her. she was left
quite alone.
When / asked how she was, sh,
would reply:
"Ob, very well, thank you-an
what luck. From my bed can eac
day see the sun, rise with the one ey
God has left me!' A
Better q disposition like that tina
all the wealth and fame upon earth
But dispositions can be pruned an
trained like gardens and once you &c
interested in the cultivation Of or
timism assure you it becomes q
good a game as crossword puzzles.
Copyright. 1928, By Famous Features
Syndicate, Inc.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-09

OF all the habits of the human race
none is quite so idiotic as smoking. 1t
is an acquired habit, not a natural one.
Children are not born with desire to
smoke. They acquire the habit
through seeing others smoke.
And they do not acquire it easily.
They have to work to acquire it. Near
~ every smoker remembers his first
cigar or cigarette. The memory is
rarely happy one.
Once acquired. however. the habit
is rather a pleasant one. 1t is purely
a mechanical habit. You smoke and
YOU become nervous. Then you smoke
in order to allay your nervousness.
Your tense nerves relax with the first
whiff. There's where the pleasure
lies.
The writer smokes. So there is no
bias in these remarks. The writer
always feels like u fool when he
smokes. So that's that.
The dean Of the Boston University
College Of Practical Arts and Let
ters-whatever that means-sent n
QUESTIONABLE 10 the parents of $40
students. asking them whether they
wanted their daughters 10 smoke. He
received $50 answers in the mega
tive. These parents were opposed 20
girls smoking and they gave their rea-
sons. The comical part Of it is that
they gave $50 reasons.
Some thought it was unhealthy.
Some thought it was immodest. Some
thought it was immoral. Some
thought it was irreligious. The usual
lot Of stupid thinking and sentimental
ity which you always get when you
send out a questionable. No one per
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-09
FIGURES OF SPEECH
"Lydian Mood"

-Lydian," as used sometimes by
writers who are fond Of classical al
lusions, is the opposite Of Spartan
that is, it means, soft and effeminate,
while Spartan means bold, hardy,
adventurous.
Lydia was an ancient country OF
Western Asia Minor whose people
were noted for their wealth and lux
ury. hence the adjective "LydiaD," as
defined above. "Lydion mood means
soft, easy, forgiving, rather than stern
and harsh. Lydia was, however, an
important country in very olden times,
and under its king Alyattes, about
GOO B. G.. It became a great maritime
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-09
Commercial Morality

A REMARKABLE example of commercial morality
~ comes out of the city that nourished the legend
4 = of Honest Abe Lincoln. Members of the Bum
family of that city paying 100000 to the creditors
and the heirs of the creditors of their father highly
respected private banker who must have known
Lincoln WE'LL he caught in the panic of 1873. Real
estate turned into his bank for debts The real
estate could be sold for only II per cent of the debts
He legally discharged from all obligation to pay the
rest in 1873
But his sons and his grandsons have dine well.
They several prosperous manufacturing plants in
Illinois. They paying that remaining 20 per
with interest at per cent per for forysx
years That of course makes their payments the prac-
teal equivalents of the total deposit in their
fathers bank when it closed Prosperous they are,
it is fine tribute to their sturdy that they share
their prosperity with those who shared their fathers
adversely.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-09
Something to Think About
Smoking.
By BRUNO LESSING

son could have waded through those
$50 reasons without losing his Owl.
How can an intelligent head OF
college send out such a crazy ques-
ton to the parents of his students!
What difference does it make what
parents think? IL the parents were
properly equipped 10 train their daugh-
ters there would be no need Of send
ing them TO college.
in the training Of the young the
teachers must accept the responsible
ity and not attempt to shoulder It
upon parents. If parents were consult
ed az TO whether their daughters
should be taught the English or the
Continental or the Italian pronuncia-
ton of Latin, you might just as Well
give up teaching girls Latin.
Whether or not smoking is bad for
girls is purely a matter for skilled
physicians to determine. They are the
only ones to he consulted.
There is nothing immodcst in smek-
ing. There are many wicked women
who do not smoke. There is nothing
immoral in n girls smoking. ~ 1t
does her harm she is merely foolish.
Not necessarily bad. Smoking has
nothing whatever to do with wicked
ness. 1t is only a question OF its be-
ing harmful or not.
There are, unfortunately, many ell
DERBY crabs who are making capital or
seeking rotoriety by deploring those
habits Of the younger generation which
differ from their own habits when
they were young.
The girls Of today who smoke arc
OK. So are those who do not smoke.
That's that.
Copyright, 1896. King Features syn.' Inc