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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-02-18
SAYS Moguls ThWart WI g People

under department OF national
defense. To entrust air power -
the Army and Navy Is to strange
it before it has found its voice.
Several measures are now %.
fore the Congress Of the United
States to consolidate our Organizat
ton Tor defense under Secretary
of National Defense. with sub-secs
retaries FOR our air forces. our lnn0
forces and our sea forces. In tniD
way. the overhead and useless OK
penditures being made BY the pres
8ef1t Army and Navy win be cut
down. The responsibility for the
defense Of the air. the defense Ok
the sea and the defense Of the
land will be definitely fixed on
specific individuals instead Of be-
ing divided, as i the case e pre-
sent
Unificatfon Essential
when these forces land, air and
water need to act together.
specific commander can b put iIi
charge of the whole. thereby irnrr-
ing unity 81 command and endeayor
The bills before Congress- 70
hiring these things about are the
most important in our constructive
legfslafion at this time. they &C.
serve the support Of all the people.
We need 3 single Department q
National Defense and under a an
air force. an army and navy.
tSouVriRht. 1926. BY The heAA
Syndicates Inc
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This new force alone may bring
about q decision In war. The mere
threat 81 air power win make q.
state that Is deficient In this arm
hesitate . long time before joining
combat.
Just Holds the Ground
Next, the Army, which holds the
country itself against domestic vio.
lence IN times Of great emergency.
provides Tor the orderly function
ing Of the country's military power,
and as last resort fights the
opposing army. 1T can hold the
ground. but without the assistance
OF air power, It is helpless.
Third, the Naval weapons which
is entrusted with the holding Of
the sea lanes OF communicate ton
from the water itself. Its great
DEVELOPMENT in the future unQues-
tionabIy win be in the submarine,
because the surface ship Is 10 ex-'
posed TO attack by aircraft from
above and by submarines from
underneath that it has lost It's for
mer position. Navies alone, ex-
cent against iHlsuriar states depend
ing on food brought from outside,
cannot bring about q decision in
war.
May Consolidate Forces
A modern state, IL It wishes to
exist must coordinate and use as
3 team its air power, It's laud
power and its sea power. These
should be hitched up as one team
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task Of coRstructive program for
anything outside their own work
is to defeat the new project at the
outset--for they cling to q system
of past ages. which does not take
into account the great develop.
m1erfs which have occurred within
the last fifty years.
How Wars terminate
Now. let us see what the ele
ments involved In war consist Of:
To begin with, a dispute arisea
between nations. which cannot be
settled through the ordinary chan.
nels of international intercourse.
Each considers that its very life Is
at stake, and is unwilling to con-
cede q point to the other. Things
come to standstill -neither ma
ton will bulge: and the next step
il resort to physical force, that
ID, actual fighting between the
people OF the two states concerned.
SO long have we thought Of war
as q contest between armies or
navies. that we have grown to con-
slider these as the only agencies by
which to impose our will on q
hostile people. We have thought 1t.
necessary to destroy an opposing
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tlnicIIy that there was no chance
to effect q quick decision.
The only means Of ending the
war was the continued killing Of
human beings until one side or the
other grew SO weak that it could no
longer keep up the struggle. Il
was the last exemplificati0n Of the
cannon-f fodder wars OF the past. The
superior command was poWerless To
bring about q decision.
Aircraft Made Bow
Aircraft made their first ap-
pearance In this contest AZ mill.
tary weapons and It was their
influence in no small measure that
caused the Central Empires to first
question the adyisabillty Of further
continuing the struggle. They saw
1t to be inevitable with the pas
sage Of time that this new weapon
would become 50 powerful as to
paralyze easily their nerve cenEers.
and their ignominious defeat would
result. They stopped before this
became a reality.
Air forces now are infinitely more
powerful than they were years
ago when the European war took
place, and they are constantly
growing In efficiency as the days
go by.
A modern state. therefore. has
three principal weapons--the air
weapon, which flies over both the
Army and Navy and attacks the
nerve centers Of the hostile state.
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arny IN the field before we could
dictate terms to our antagonist.
But why was this the case? Sims
ply because the hostile army GOV.
cred with its flesh and blood the
nerve centers of the enemy state
that Is, the seat of government,
the manufacturing establishments
where the supplies were produced
that supported the armies, the agri-
cultural centers from which II drew
It's food and the railway systems
which distributed tt.
Aim at Nations Heart
Months and years OF the killing Of
men and the impoverishment Of the
hostile nation resulted. All our In
cursions against these armed forces
were merely to break down this
barrier and get at the vital spot. to
strike decisive blow at the very
heart OF the nations activities.
Look at our own civil warthe
armies fought for four years be.
tween washington and Richmond, d
distance OF about two hundred miles.
Hundreds OF thousands OF men were
sacrificed. When finally the bull
wark was pierced, and the whole
Southern part of the United States
laid waste and devastated, and the
ability Of the people to repair the
damage destroyed, a surrender was
obtained and a decision effected.
With modern air power the city
of Richmond could have been de-
stroyed within two hours after an
air force left washington, and in
stead OF the civil war being a mat
ter OF years, ii would have been
decided in e. comparatively few days
by air power.
1t may be suggested that both
contestants would have had air
power. Such being the case. the
contest in the air would involve
comparatively few persons actually
exposed and the total number Of
lives lost would be few. They
would be measured by the hundreds
instead of by the hundreds of thou
sands The total drain on the ma
tional wealth would be much less
than for the maintenance OF armies
for the protracted periods necessary
to wear down a hostile arrny's re-
sistance, and for other tremendous
OUTLAWS required in a long, drawn
out struggle.
In the European war. we had q
decided reversiOn to warfare Of the
barbarian ages. 1t really was not
a war, it was a siege. There was
a continuous line from the Atlantic
Ocean to the frontier of Switzer-
land. Men We're piled in there so
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value. OF course, we can assure
them of our love and friendship by
the spoken or written word, but
that alone will not suffice To knit
US so closely together If in the
words OF the poet we can say,
Speak to him Thou for He hears,
and spirit with spirit can meet;
Closer is He than hearing and
nearer than hands and feet no
one could estimate the vAIue of
that to humanity.
Now. a few words regarding
mediurnship. / put a medium in
this city to a test. / have a lady
friend back in Canton, Ohio. i
went to this medium and inquired
about her, and without any prompt
ing she repeated the very words my
friend used when / talked with her
last. / also noted that while the
medium was talking she took on
the same facial expression and
spoke in the same tone of Voice that
my friend did when i talked with
her last. Can any of your writer's
explain this? II so, : would like
to hear from you.
ROSS e. BLACK
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creased understanding as to their
methods, and of modern inventions,
such as radio biography, the au-
tomobile and armored tanks, and
the submarine. Above all, covering
both land and water, aircraft for
the firsct time In history appeared
In a decisive role.
Able TO Sink Ships
Had aircraft not appeared and
yentions alone probably would not
have changed the general role or
armies on land and of navies on
the water. but as aircraft are able
to sink any surface warship ex-
posed to their attack, they de-
cidedly changed operations over the
water.
/. Az they can fly straight over
armies to the nerve centers OF q
country and destroy its means Of
making war, in the form Of fac
tories. storehouses. lines of com
munication. and centers OF habita-
ton and production, a totally new
aspect is given to the whole ques-
ton OF National defense.
No longer are armies and navies
alone CADAO4C III dCGA0AttS 0S " 10
the measures which should be taken
for National defense. Air power
holds as great actual value to the
country, and gives promise Of much
greater prospective value than
armies and navies.
Elements of War
Each time the question Of the.
reorganization OF our National de-
Tense has been raised, the army
andanavy have been severely taken
to task for their conduct OF avia.
ton; and yet each time they have
heen allowed to sit as judges as
to what should be done. OF course
they have decided adversely, with
the result that no change has taken
place in our aeronautical develop.
ment.
1t must be distinctly held in
mind that the Army and Navy are
the creatures of the people-they
are only agencies Of the people for
insuring national security. The
people, then, and not armies and
navies. are the judges OF what oul
National defense should be.
The evidence of armies and
navies as experts in their particu-
lar line manifestly should be list
ened to; but to leave to them the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-02-18
Mellon Refuses Comment

The Italian government is con
sidering the establishment of air
mail services to Spain, Austria,
Greece and Turkey.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-02-18
]. H. WoRLAND.
Quotes From Tent Maker

Quotes From Tent Maker
Open Forum:
"oh, threats Of He'll and hopes OF
Paradise!
One thing at least is certain, this
life flies:
One thing is certain and the rest
is lies,
The flower that once has blown for
ever dies"
So said Omar, the poet. Such is
my attitude toward life, and | arm
satisfied to lay it down forever with
no hope Of life beyond the grave.
Nevertheless, take a keen interest
in certain phases of psychic
phenomena-namely mental teIe-
pathy. am interested for this
reason: If it be possible to send
kindly, helpful, and sympathetic
thoughts to our friends or loved
ones in their trouble and distress.
feel that would be of unestimabIe
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-23
Bringing the Turkey TO Market

f =
About four weeks before Thanks
giving there is hustle around tbs
packing plants in the turkey coun
try. The whitewasfl brush is busy
Turkey pens are made tight
Engineers try valves and bolts and
test out the refrigerating ma
chinery and pull the last OF the
summer heat out of the chilling
room. Buyers comb the territory
for marketable birds. Prices are
q universal topic.
what & change the years and
che dsr1a Y,5s Of the market have
wrought! Throughout the turkey
co,futrv the oId-tin1e sheds and
haphazard buildings have been re
placed by weIl-fenced runs in which
the live birds are kept, large, light
picking rooms, and artificially cool.
ed chill rooms and packing rooms,
The refrigerating machinery must
be adequate to do the work, rooms
well insulated to keep out atncs-
pheric heat, and the whole plant
sanitary. Often within fifteen min
utes from the time the bird is
taken from the pen he is picked
''bonneted." and with fifty or more
OF his fellows hanging head down
on metal rack in the chill room.
While science has done much to
help the packer of poultry, the
consumers in most OF our larger
cities and much OF the countryside
are directly indebted to refrigsra-
ton for Thanksgiving turkeys
Only by a quick chilling to about
30 degrees Fahrenheit can freshness
be maintained for the length OF
time required to ship turkeys over
the wide turkeyless territory,
The modern refrigerated packing
room consigns its meat boxes or
barrels of almost frozen turkeys to
the modern refrigerator car that
the trip to market may be safely
accomplished. Every care is taken
TO maintain schedules or even 20
speed up these turkey trains. The
sTurkey Special" out OF Kentucky
has among trains reputation all
its own. This train, with whistles
blowing and bells ringing and q
9reat crowd to bid her godspeed,
leaves the State just in time 20
reach Thanksgiving market on the
Eastern Eeaboard. 1t runs on g.
special schedule and has the right
OF way over all except passenger
traffic. Thus goes to its end the
lordly flock az BELTS noble birds.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-23
TIME TO BAKE
FRUIT CAKE
sugar and spice
And all tIiat's nice"

According to the nursery rhyme
| that's what little girls are made Of
But it is also q good. although very
brief. recipe for fruit cake. From
now on along many residence streets
one win get whiffs Of the spice
that will so into the pre-holiday
baking. because everybody knows
that a fruit cake tastes all the bet
ter for being given q chance to
! ''ripen."
English Fruit Cake.
Cream three.fonrths pound but
ter. or substitute. with one-half
pound Of sugar; add four well.bcat.
en- eggs, alternately with three
fourths pound OF flour in which is
sifted two teaspoons baking powder,
half teaspoon Of salt, one tea
spoon mixed spices cinnamon,
spices and nutmeg). Beat this mix
ture for fully ten minutes, adding
a small glass Of rich fruit juice
(the original, recipe called for
brandy, so do not use more than
four tablespoons of juice)
Have ready one-quarter pound Of
raisins, seeded and chopped; one
quarter pound Of seedless raisins,
one-quarter pound candied cherries.
same amount Of chopped nuts and
the same amount of mixed candied
orange, lemon peel and citron. Now
you may either dredge with flour
and add to cake, also grated rird Of
q lemon and an orange mixed thor.
oughly, or all the fruit and nuts
may be added to the creamed but
ter-sugar-egg mixture. mixed well,
and then add the flour.
Bake very slowly for three to
three and a half hours in a mod
crate oven.
Cheaper Fruit Cake
Cream one-half cup shortening,
add one unbeaten egg, two table,
spoons ground chocolate lunmeltedl,
two scant cups applesauce to which
one and one-fourth teaspoons soda
has been added, one-half teaspoon
ground nutmeg, one level teaspoon
ground cloves, one teaspoon CHINA
mon, pinch of salt and one tea
spoon of vanilla.
In another dish mix one cup
broken walnuts, one large cup cur.
rants or seedless raisins, one large
cup seeded raisii1s and two ana one
half cups flour. Add this to the
first mixture. Grease and line pan
with creased paper, then pour in
dough, baking one and one-half
hours in slow oven.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-23
Meat Dressing

During the war it was learned
what delicious meat dressings were
made by using all or part corn
bread in place OF white bread. but
more recently 1t has been found
that cooked whole wheat cereal used
with bread not only economies by
saving the cereal. but actually i'm
proves the dressing. Use what you
happen to have OF the cereal, up to
a quantity equal to the bread used
After moistening the bread, mix it
and the cereal with the wire
potato masher. and then season as
usual with onion. salt. pepper, sage,
butter or dripping. etc. This dress
ing was liked 30 well that. the
cereal was sometimes cooked Just
for the dressing when none was
left from breakfast.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-23
Three Holiday
Pies
PurnplEin re

PEEL and remove the seeds from
4 pumpkin Of fine grain. Cut into
pieces and steam until tender. Drain
and mash through sieve. You may
use canned pumpkin, which Is very
good ard much easier 70 use. To
two cupfuIs or pumpkin add three
eea.yolks. one cupfuI brown sugar.
one-fourth teaspoonful salt, one
half teaspoonful grated nutmeg,
one-half teaspoonful ginger, one
eighth teaspoonful each ground
cloves and allspice and one.fourth
teaspoonkul cinnamon. nix we'll to-
gether. then add three cupfuls Of
gcaIded milk. Last Of all. fold IN
the stiffly-beaten egg.Whites. Line
q pie plate with pastry, coat with
white OF egg, and d pour In the
pumpkin mixture. Bake ten min
utes at $50 degrees f.; reduce the
heat 10 325 degrees r. and con-
tinue baking for thirty minutes.
Squash may be used instead Of
pumpkin in this recipe.
Squash Pie
70 one cupful Of cooked squash
which has been put through a sieve.
or one -cupful of canned squash,
add one cupful OF cream and three
1ourths cupfui Of sugar, either
white or brown. Beat three eggs
slightly and add to the squash ana
cream mixture with three table
spoonfuls vanilla, one-llalf tea
spoonful each of ginger, nutmeg
and salt, and one-fourth teaspoon
fu1 mace. Line a pie plate with
pastry. Brush the pastry with
white of egg and sprinkle lightly
with bread crumbs. Pour in the
squash mixture. Bake for ten min
utes at $50 degrees F.; reduce the
Temperature 10 325 degrees e.. and
continue baking thirty minutes.
This pie is delicious spread with
honey and topped with whipped
cream.
Cranberry Pie
Wash and cut in half two cup
fuls OF cranberries. Add three.
fourths cupful sugar, one table.
spoonful crystallized ginger, chopped
fine. Cut one-half cupful maraschino
cherries in quarters and add to the
cranberries with two tablespoonful
cornstarch and one-fourth teaspoon.
full salt. Mix well and add one
half cupfuI water. Line pie plate
with pastry and pour in the Gran
berry mixture. Dot with butter
Arrange thin strips of pastry in
lattice effect on top of the pie and
bake at $50 degrees r. for forty
/, minutes.
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To Bake Meat

A cheaper cut OF round steak or
flank steak should be baked and
not broiled, as it is listed among
the tough cuts of meats. The steak
NAV be baked plain at 350 degrees
F.. for one and one-half hours.
Pound a little flour, butter and
seasonings into the steak before
baking, 1t is greatly improved by
the addition of onions. celery, to-
matoes and carrots, and baked in
4 casserole at $50 degrees r. for
two and orfe-haIf to three hours.
Evening star., 1926-10-29

Modern Fur Storage Vaults insure
the safety of furs valued in the hun
dred thousands every year. (Seventh
noor.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-02
EVERYMAN'S
INVESTMENTS
BY GEORGE T. HUGHES.
Depreciation i'm Currency.

In the two preceding articles of this
series attention was directed to the
risk of q change in the value of
money, whether because Of a depre-
citation in the gold value Of a. national
currency, such as happened in Ger
many with the mark and in France
with the franc, or because Of a general
advance or decline in the purchasing
power of gold itself. 1t was shown
that the man who boarded money in
any form did not remove this risk by
refusing to invest in securities.
Let us now see how this hazard af-
fects the buyer of stocks. bonds or
real estate. Take up the bonds first.
All the corporation to which you loan
money promises to do is to pay 1t
back when the bond natures, plus
interest at an agreed upon rate mean.
time. If the value of the money, In
which the interest or principal is paid.
changes that is your affair. The cor
poratton' doesn't take this risk; you do.
It is just the same with the savings
bank or the insurance company. You
can draw your money out of the bank
at any time you wish, but there is no
guarantee that you will be able TO
buy as much with 1t when you take
1t out as you could have bought with
the same sum when you put II in.
Perhaps you can buy more' IL so.
you are fortunate, but in any case it
Is none of the banks business. The
insurance company writes a policy on
Jour life and your widow will collect
the full amount thereof. but whether
she can invest 1t at the time she gets
It to as good advantage as now is her
lookout. In other words, these inGti-
tutions redeem their obligations in dol
lars, not in buying power. The cor
poration pays the bond the same way.
There is no way an investor can
avoid this risk, small perhaps but real,
If he takes any of these forms of say.
ing. Do not get the idea that this
possibility of a. change in the value
of the dollar always works out to the
disadvantage of the investor. II
doesn't. Sometimes it works TO his
advantage. Can this risk be insured
against, 1t can to degree. and the
method shall discuss In the next
article
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-02
COTTON REGA|NS
OPENING LOSSES
Apprehension Over Weather
in Southwest Brings in
a Little Buying.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. August 2.--The cot
ton market opened steady today at
unchanged prices to a decline Of six
points under a renewal of the realtz-
ing movement which developed after
the advances Of last week and which
was probably promoted by talk OF
better weather In the Western belt.
December sold off to 1851 and March
to 1885 at the opening, but the mar
ket was steadied by covering at these
figures, while apprehensions of re-
neWed showers In the Southwest prob
ABLY brought In little fresh buying.
Prices rallied to 17.71 for Deem
Der and 1898 for March, with the
active months showing net gains of
three to six points by the end of the
first half hour. a private report pub
lished this morning made the condi-
ton of the crop 66.5. compared with
1875 month ago. and placed the indi-
Gated yields at 14,193 900 bales.
New Orleans Quotations.
NEW ORLEANS, August R.-
Cotton futures opened steady. Octo-
Der. 1853: December. 1884: January,
1850 bid March, 1871: May, 1916
bid. The market was steady today,
with first trades showing gains of j
To points. the improvement being
due to the large consumption total by
Secretary Hester and TO rain in the
Eastern belt October traded at 1910
and December at 1855. and then
eased off on the continuance of favor
able weather In the West. October
dropping to 1875 and December to
17.45. The market soon rallied, re-
covering to points of the loss.
Secretary Hester made the total world
consumption of world cotton last sea-
son 15165,000 bales, the largest on
record. and the carry-over. $4,000
bales. Southern cotton consumption
was 4,77S,926 bales.
The New Orleans figures estimating
the worlds consumption of American
cotton last season Is, l65, 900 bales and
a carryover $500 900 bales attracted
some bullish comment and probably
promoted the early buying. After sell
ing up to 1913 for December and 1874
for March contracts, or about 4 to
points net higher, however, the mar
ket eased under renewed realizing and
liquidation by early buyers who may
have been disappointed by the failure
of the official forecast to show show
ers in the Southwest. Otherwise sell
ing was restricted by the outlook for
continued showers in the Eastern belt
and prices held within a point or two
of Saturdays closing figures at mid
day.