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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-19
FOUR STATES OPPOSE
WATER DIVERSION SUIT
Missouri, Kentucky, Louisiana and
Tennessee Ask Dismissal of Ac-
ton Against Chicago.

The attorneys general of Missouri,
Tennessee, Kentucky and Louisiana
filed in the Supreme Court yesterday a
Joint brief in support of their motion
to dismiss the suit instituted by Wis
consin. Ohio, Pennsylvania and Min
neSota to prevent the diversion of wa
ter from Lake Michigan by the Chica-
go sanitary district.
The Mississippi Valley States con-
tended that when the sanitary district
case brought by the Federal Govern
ment was decided by the Supreme
Court the court had held that permits
sion from the Secretary Of War would
make diversion legal. This permits
sion. the States asserted, had been OBJ
tanned March 3 last and any attempt
on the part of the Lake States to
question this was equivalent to ask
ing the court to usurp the powers and
functions which 1t had held to be
vested in Congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-19
STUDENTS ASK JURY
IN SNOWFALL CASE
Assault Charge Against Four Cath
Ollie University Boys to Be
Heard in March.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

special Dispatch TO The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md. February 10
Four students of the Catholic Uni
versity. at Brookland, charged with
assault and battery in connection
with a SNOWFALL fight at Forest Glen
last Saturday, asked trial by jury
when their cases We're c died in Po-
lice Court here this mo- ming They
were released under $500 bond each
for appearance at the March term
of the C'ccuit Court, when a jury will
be impa ieled to hear the evidence.
All Kelly, a painter. was struck by
a SNOWFALL, and as result Of his
protest, it is alleged, he and William
Miles, postmaster at Forest Glen,
We're attacked. On a Washington
bound train shortly after the disturb
ance John ]. White. John Y. Regain,
Sylvester Blake and Arthur Flour
ence were arrested charged with the
assault, and brought to Rockville,
where they We're released on bail for
appearance today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-19
PLAN TRIP TO PARIS.
Legion Officials Study Transports

American Legion plans for trans
porting thousands of legionnaires to
Paris for its convention in September,
1927, were gone over at a conference
yesterday between Director Hines of
the Veterans Bureau and John J.
Wicker, il, of Richmond, director of
transportation for the so-called sec
ond American expeditionary force"
Mr.. Wicker estimated that more
than 10000 unofficial applications
were on hand for transportation ar
engagements and that several hundred
were arriving daily. He explained the
legion planned to solve the French
transportation problem by having the
legionnaires cross in 20 or more cabin
liners, sailing from half dozen
American ports and arriving at four
or five French ports. thus distribut-
Ing the load over there"
At the famous battle of Agincourt
In 1415 Henry V of England COM
pletely destroyed the French army.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-19
CONFINEMENT
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-19
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Of crepe chine and sports Jersey these smart
models with their tailored trnness. Only the coorsa
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Evening star., 1926-04-20

War and as a symbol Of the reunion
Of the North and South States. The
years passed and memories Of the
Civil War grew dim and were over
laid by memories Of other wars. The
reunion Of the North and South be-
came such a commonplace that only
a few orators used it as a theme.
The Memorial Bridge idea languished
or fiourished by turns. Then came
time when the reclaimed marshes
Of the Potomac became one of the
much.traveled and much-visited parts
of the city and when hundreds Of
acres of new graves were made at
Arlington. The building Of roads. re.
building Of old roads and their dedi.
cation as memorial highways added
sentimental interest to the proposed
bridge and added very much to it as
a practical measure.
Evening star., 1926-04-20
Forest Week.

This is American Forest week, and
it's observance will be marked by a
number of meetings. Some of those
in Washington have been and will be
held under the joint auspices of the
Washington public schools and the
United States Forest Service. At
each meeting the school children will
be addressed by some one who is
acquainted with trees and who un-
derstands the important relation be-
tween trees and people.
The perpetuation of forests and in
crease in the area given to food and
timber trees is an economic question
of high significance. 1t is clear that
progress has been made during a
quarter of a century in conserving
forests and replanting denuded for
est land, but reforestation has not
caught up with forest destruction
and the demand for forest products
is still making inroads on forests.
The problem of forest loss by fire is
being grappled. but statistics show
enormous loss year by year from for.
est fires. Even in small wood tracts
in the closely settled East. Spring
and Autumn fires attributed to In
different campers and smokers cause
Evening star., 1926-04-20
The Age Of Directors.

Annual meetings Of the stockhold.
ers of great corporations are seldom
marked by lively incidents. They are
usually somewhat perfunctory ses
sions. with the reading of reports, the
presentation Of statistics and the un'
exciting balloting for directors by
shareholders present or by proxy. But
the latest meeting of the United States
Steel Corporation. one Of the greatest
in the world, departed somewhat from
this placid procedure and developed a
query regarding the age of the board
of directors, which may mark move
ment for the retirement Of some of the
elders and their replacement by
younger men. There was some expec-
tation Of an increased dividend, and 1t
may be that disappointment on this
score, caused by the announcement of
no change, inspired one of the stock.
holders to remark:
Isn't the United States Steel Corpo-
ration in danger Of being outclassed
by other corporations headed by
younger men? Isn't it possible that
the directing heads of the United
States Steel Corporation are too old,
in view of the staid and solid policies
OF the management?
Inquiry developed the fact that the
aggregate age Of the fifteen directors
of this corporation is S54 years, or an
average of sixty-three and a small
fraction OF years each. The senior
member is eighty-six years Of age, the
head Of the corporation Is seventy
nine. and the others range down from
seventy-four to forty-eight. This baby
member of the board is the son Of the
eldest.
In the matter of corporation man.
agement length Of years Is usually
regarded as an asset rather than a
liability. Conservatism Is a charac-
teristic Of age. In every large organi-
zation there is a perennial conflict be-
tween the younger and the elder
minds, and as rule the mean Is one
of reasonable progress and safe ad-
vancement. The institution that is
governed wholly and exclusively by
either the slowness of conservative
age or the speed Of youth is headed
for trouble. In the corporation in
question, which has had a remarkably
successful career, 1t would seem that
the average of sixty-three years is
rated as safe and sound and suffi.
ciently progressive.
Evening star., 1926-04-20
The Memorial Bridge.

R,ilding the Memorial Bridge has
begun and dredges are cutting into Co
lumbia Island from the river and max
ing ready for constructing one OF aout'
ments. Cofferdams will be sunk to hold
the river out of the excavation, and
the estimate Is that the diggers will go
ffty feet through the mud, sand. gravel
deposits Of the centuries, to reach the
rock that underlies this region and
on which the abutments and piers
NJ the bridge will rest. When the ex-
cayators reach the rock they may
continue to dig and blast, for the
unper rock may not be as hard as
needed.
ON the river and the Washington
and Virginia shores is being assem-
bled equipment for building the bridge
and in a few days the work of put
ting down the cofferdams and digging
through the river bed for a founda-
ton for the piers will begin. For
months the bridge builders will work
below the bottom of the river and be-
tween the bottom and the surface of
the river. After several months, per-
haps within year, the granite piers
will rise above the river and our
people will mark the progress on the
bridge from week to week. When
the piers rise high and the spans
take shape people will begin to read
and talk of the coming dedication of
the bridge. Historians will tell how
long ago it was that Washingtonians
and a few members Of Congress began
to talk of the desirability Of a me-
mortal bridge between the Capital and
Virginia and a smooth carriage road
to Arlington.
When the Memorial Bridge idea
was conceived, it was as a memorial
% the men who served in the Civil
Evening star., 1926-04-20

large property destruction and the
property destroyed is of the kind
which takes years to replace even
when effort Is made to replace 1t.
1t is desirable to devote a short
season every year to telling people,
especially young people. about the
need which the country has for trees
and to telling people about the habits
and needs of the trees. Perhaps in
every audience addressed by tree
advocate is a boy or girl who re-
solves to study trees. Thus tens of
thousands of tree partisans may be
brought into being every year. This
Will help trees and the human race
and 1t will also help the youth in
whom interest in trees is developed.
The trees are an interest ling subject
and If a man becomes interested in
any phase Of nature 1t IL probable
that he will dc, good to nis own mind.
In order to make observo tions and
comparisons, which. as a general
thing, improves ones understanding,
a man does not have to travel far.
Trees for him to work on are near
home, just as interesting as any far
off trees.
In the Washington region scores
of genera and species of trees are
growing. It is a job needing Il good
deal of mental exercise and de-
termination to learn the names of
these trees. the vulgar and scientific
names, and to identify them by leaf
or seed or by their bark and habit.
To recognize each Of the twenty CIR
twentyod oaks, the several kinds
Of pine and the different forms of
birch and beech takes longer than to
write about 1t. Ignorance of such
things Is so dense that many men
do not know the leaf of white oak.
red oak or black oak. They excuse
themselves on the plea that it IS not
useful knowledge. A man often holds
that the only useful knowledge is
that which he has acquired or which
concerns his own job or business.
Evening star., 1926-04-20
The Convention CITY.

More than sixty-two thousand
visitors have been brought to Wash
ington by the local convention bu-
reau since its inception eleven
months ago, according to q report
just issued. 1t has cost approx
mately $4,000 for the organization
and promotion work and 1t Is esti-
mated that q sum in excess of
So, 900. 900 will have been spent here by
the visitors when the last of the
conventions now booked by the bu-
reau for the near future ends its ses-
sions.
It has long been the ideal Of civic
organizations In Washington that the
National Capital should become the
foremost convention city of the
world. This goal is slowly but surely
being reached. Visitors by the thou
sands and tens of thousands are
streaming into this city. More thou
sands are contemplating the trip,
either in personally conducted tours
or individually, and all this tends to
boost the Nations Capital as a con-
vention city, because each visitor
carries back to his home town an
impression of Washington, the beau
tiful.
Washington has ample facilities to
entertain and house almost any num-
Der of tourists. 1t Is used to big
things and does things in a big way
It's hotels are as good as, if not better
than, those Of any comparable city, it's
parks are models for the entire United
States, and its buildings and shrines
are rich in historic interest. In addi-
ton to these it is the home of the
President and the seat Of the Govern
ment. What better, more interesting
or more instructive attractions Can
be offered by any other city?
Evening star., 1926-04-20
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

These two structures form the chleI
reliance OF the eyes against the inlm-
cal goal throwing of their opponents
| modern dust and dirt.
There Is still an inner guard, now
ever, the tear ducts, which, In most
eyes, are able to flood the sensitive
surfaces and wash out, after brlef
time, the unwanted object.
Those who are unfortunate enough
to possess eye sockets of more open
character and thin or practically no
lashes must use their intelligences to
| save their eyes.
Such persons must always remem-
| ber, upon a windy day, to keep the
eyes somewhat closed. They should
assume a mysterious look, brought
about by the closing of the eyes until
| just able to see.
Above all, such readers must never
allow themselves, in such q SITUATION,
to be induced to suddenly open their
eyes very wide, not even 10 looh at
yonder pretty lady.
One moment of such unwariness Is
enough to give the lurking grain OF
dust opportunity to dart into his eye,
| whence 1t will be dislodged with
difficulty. such will be the sensitiVlty,
9 cases out of 10. of his inner eye
structure.
So much for foreign bodies. Other
dangers to which eyes are commonly
| subject include reading too small
| type, sitting in poor light and TOO
persistent use.
The use of small type in any form
of printing is to be deplored. Usages
which writer's are not always able 10
counteract often bring their work be-
fore the public in a form hard to read.
In selecting books, everything else
being equal, the volume with the
largest type should always be chosen
Especially is small print on a semi
opaque paper iniquitous. Headaches
often result from its perusal.
Sitting in a poorly lit room at night
Is hard on the eyes even when one is
not reading. because the eyes are on
a strain in the mere act Of looking
around, although the fact may not be
consciously realized.
Too persistent doing of fancy work
by the ladies Is trying on the eyes
and should be varied by other pur
suits, although we cannot recommend
smoking as an alternative.
For the easy relief of the common
types of eye troubles, including over
night reddening and soreness. there is
no remedy In the world equal to plain
hot water.
Simply close the eye. dip up hand
full of warm water. to begin with. and
splash 1t on to the closed eye. opening
the lids from time to time. Keep this
up for some minutes, gradually al
lowing more hot water to pour into
the bowl.
The object is to get the water as
hot as the tissues can legitimately
| stand, but at the same time not tC
allow it to become hot enough to scald
the eyelids. This is an important
point, and should not be overlooked.
A treatment such as described
every half hour in severe cases, and
three or four times day in less
troublesome, will often avert trip
to the oculist.
Always finish up by a generous
splashing of cold water. This treat
ment is suggested here as the result
of long experience.
Evening star., 1926-04-20
Public Curiosity Aroused
AS to Philippine Situation

ate's curiosity. Senator Pat Iiarri-
son introduced a joint resolution
calling for a probe by a joint con-
gressional committee. If the United
States is going to turn the Philip
pines, or any part of them, over to
the rubber industry. the Senate
wants to know something about it.
Which is reasonable enough"
X +
The Philadelphia Public Ledger Gn-
dependent). on the other hand. in
quireS: Does Senator Harrison eX-
pect to put a joint congressional COM
mittee ON the trail of every emissary
from the White House who may go
forth to gather information for the
President? Or does he merely hope
to make little trouble?" The Akron
Beacon Journal Republican) contends
that ANY partisan effort to read a
political mystery into the proposed
mission to the Philippines is politics
pure and simple" The Waterloo
Tribune independent Republican, sug-
geSts that perhaps the President
would prefer that rubber for American
use be grown under the American
flag" and further asserts that "Amer-
leans interested in growing their own
rubber would also prefer the presence
of the American flag in their develop
ment work" Discussing 1.-The eco
nomic value Of the Philippine Islands, "
the Glendale News independently de-
clares, "If these islands can be made
to produce part of the supply of rub
Der and coffee used in the United
States, and the prosperity of the Fill
pinOS can be increased in the process.
all parties concerned would be bene-
fited."
X * ~
It is the presence of rubber in the
situation that causes some papers to
fear that the truth may be stretched
little to fit in with the ambitions of
these who would develop rubber
plantations in the islands. Whether
it would be of greater economic value
to the United States to continue the
existing status of the Philippines or
to change it by working toward the
establishment of an Independent and
free state ought not to be consid-
ered," affirrns the Miami Daily News
Democratic). declaring further that
'the essential question as 1t appears
to unprecedented Americans is whether
or not the Filipinos are ready for
| freedom" Says the San Bernardino
Sun independent Republican,, Pres
ident Coolidge about a year ago plain.
ly told the independista junta that
their failure to cooperate with Gov.
Gen. Wood in good government of
the islands, under the constituted
authority, was evidence of incapacity
| for self government and was un-
favorably impressing the American
people"
X X *
Referring to the possibility of eff
forts being made to convince the Fill.
pinos that it might prove desirable
| for the islands to retain their Ameri-
| can ties, both on economic and pro
| tective grounds" the Newark News
independently declares, I'VE cannot
force them to forego the independ.
ence solemnly pledged without writ.
ing ourselves a promise-breaking ma.
tion"-an opinion in which many
papers concur, among them the Buff
| falo Evening News Republican)
| which says. when the Filipinos are
ready for independence, the United
| States should be ready to grant it to
| them"
Evening star., 1926-04-20
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

Q. What Is the largest price paid on
a horse race?-T. r. 9.
A. The highest money brought in
on a 81 ticket of which we find record
was by Wishing Ring, at Latonia In
June. 1912. He paid $1,000 to 81.
Q. Is ethyl gas more volatile than
ordinary gasoline?-I. j. H.
A. 1t is not more volatile but has
less tendency to detonate or knock.
This property is contributed by the
tetra.ethyl lead.
O. Is there ever q rainbow at night
due to moonlight?-J. Med.
A. The so-called lu1 mar rainbow, or
moon rainbow, Is well known, though
no. very frequently seen. owing to
the relatively feeble light Of the moon.
Q. Does all tobacco contain the
same amount Of nicotine?-D. Il. H.
A. The percentage of nicotine varies
with the kind Of tobacco and with the
district In which It is grown. Our
domestic "cabbage-leaf" brand con-
tains from "a to per cent of nico-
tine. This is on the authority of the
United States Department of Agri-
culture. The French department of
agriculture states that it finds % to
10.5 gr. in tobacco examined by their
experts.
@. Please give the names of the
various colleges that make up oxford
University.-M. K.
A. They are All Souls. Balliol,
Brasenose, Christ Church. Corpus
Christi. Exeter, Jesus, Keble. Lincoln.
Magdalen, Merton, Newton, Oriel,
Pembroke, Queens, st. Johns, Trinity.
University and Wadham.
Q. Why did the United States send
troops to Siberia during the World
War? / was a member Of the expedi-
ton. but have never known why
was there.-W. A. II.
A. The report of the Secretary of
War says that in the Summer of 1918
the Czechoslovakian armies operating
in Siberia were threatened with de-
struction by hostile forces apparently
organized by and often largely com.
posed of enemy prisoners Of war. II
was Of importance to the Government
of the United States that assistance
be rendered and Russia aided to re
gain control of her own affairs and
| own territory. AS Japan and the
United States were the only two divi
Evening star., 1926-04-20
Citizenship and the Vote.

With citizenship in America is not
a private enterprise but public func
ton" as his text, President Coolidge
has appealed to the women Of the
United States, through one "of their
largest and most representative or
ganizations. more fully to exercise the
first function of citizenship. the elec-
toral franchise. In addressing the
Daughters of the American Revolu
ton last night, the President urged
upon them the importance of taking
a leading part in arousing public SEN
timent to the peril that arises when
the average citizen fails to vote.
Once the United States led the world
in getting out the vote" Today 1t
lags behind many other nations in
participation in national elections.
Only about ne-half of the qualified
voters in this counry go to the polls.
In 1920 out of 27.000,000 votes cast
only thirty-seven per cent were those
OF women. newly enfranchised by con-
stitutional amendment. The President
said:
If the people fail TO vote a govern
ment will not be developed which is
their government. The whole system
Of American Government rests on the
ballot box. Unless citizens perform
their duties there, such a system OF
government is doomed to failure.
The lethargy of the qualified voters
at election time has been often noted
and the evils, actual and potential, of
this indifference to the highest duty
of citizenship have been clearly shown.
Appeals to the people to discharge
this duty have not yet aroused them
to the point of registering their wishes
at the polls. Some participate only
in primaries, ignoring the elec-
tions that follow. Many do not even
vote at the primaries. In communities
that are rated as politically "one'
sided" where a single party has a
large predominance, only a small per
centase of the possible vote Is cast
making the "one-sidedness" even great
er. Rarely does the final voting equal
the registration, and the registration
is never complete.
No enactment of law can compel
electors to exercise the suffrage. Laws
have been proposed to punish recre-
ant voters by taking away their bal
lots. for a time. They have not been
favored and their enactment is not to
be expected, in this country.
The Daughters of the American
Revolution do not as an organization
participate in politics. They are ALL
however-save those who reside in the
District of Columbia-voters, and, as
such, it is their duty, as patriotic cit
izens, to exercise the franchise, in
whatever States they live, what
ever the political conditions there
in. however unequal the parties, how
ever hopeless may be the minority
They are maintaining in their organ
ization the principle upon which the
American Republic was founded. They
are striving to influence all American
women, and all American men as WELL
to higher patriotism in daily life. They
should now, in giving full heed to
President Coolidge's words. make as
one of the foremost precepts Of their
creed of citizenship the slogan, ITO
vote is the first duty of citizenship;
to abstain from voting is to fail in the
maintenance Of that for which the
Revolution was fought and won by
the founders of the Republic"