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Evening star., 1926-01-15
SECRECY SHR0UDS
/ FATE OF BANDITS
Mexican War Department
Silent on Disposition of
I Train Robbers.
By the Associated Press.

MEXICO CITY, January 15.-The
war departments mystifying policy of
silence respecting the pursuit by fed
eral troops of the bandits who muir
1ered many passengers, trainmen and
soards on the Guadala jara- Mexico
lily train Saturday night continues.
lhere are two lines of speculation
on THIS policy, first, that the bandits
nave made their escape and the au-
thorlties are reluctant 10 admit 1t, and,
that the army is awaiting justification
Tor the strong announcements that the
outlaws had been annihiiated. which
apparently was made prematurely.
The day after the federal troops
we're ordered out to pursue the ban
dits the government announced that
an unknown number Of the outlaws
mad been killed in a tight with the
troops and that eight others had been
capt ured and executed Later this
announcement was somewhat modified
unutfiCially.
Evening star., 1926-01-15
Bank Robbers Fail
To Heed Lecture
On Folly of Act
By the Associated Press.

DES MONIES, Iowa, January Is.
"A lecture on the folly of bank
robbery, delivered by a young
woman clerk. did not deter four
men who took $500 from the Con.
tinental Trust and Savings Bank
yesterday.
You aren't going to get any
where by holding up this bank,
Mrs. Kathryn Anderson, stenog-
rapher, told the robbers as they
herded her and other employees
into a back room.
This is just small bank, get
ting well under way. It's a nice
bank and 1t won't do you any good
TO hold 1t up. Bank-robbing never
did anybody any good"
The robbers didn't argue; they
just took the money.
Under the new pension scheme II
England all widows with at least one
legitimate child is automatically en-
titled to a pension of 10 shillings &
week.
Evening star., 1926-01-15
WATSON-PARKER BILL
: PASSAGE ADVOCATED
Carriers and Employees Repre-
sentatives Urge Railroad Labor
Measures Enactment.

BY the Associated Press.
Passage of the Watson.Parker rail-
road labor bill was urged yesterday
before the Senate interstate COM
Evening star., 1926-01-15

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Evening star., 1926-04-11
A Bully Baronet.

The Star recently published O. photo
graph Of Sir Thomas Upton standing
by a display OF the cups and other
trophies which his various yachts have
won over a period Of thirty years.
'All the cups except the one he de-
sires most" was the accompanying
caption. These prizes, rare examples
Of the silversmith's art. of every con.
ceivable shape and size, including siZ-
able replicas Of briggs and galleons,
one lacking, the one for which he
might be tempted to trade all the
others, is the old silver cup without
any bottom, to win which the schooner
America walked away from all her
British competitors back in 1851
and which has reposed on the
western shore OF the Atlantic ever
since.
The United States has for decades
been in the habit of slapping itself on
the hack that 1t can build faster
sailing schooners, cutters and sloops
than can the British. Its inhabitants
have watched with SNUG satisfaction
the numerous and always-failing ef-
forts to wrest away this trophy. In
fact, it has been said that they have
become to a certain extent perhaps
bit offensive in their attitude.
Some day some foreign yachtsman
will get that ancient piece OF silver
ware and this frank question seems
In order: Is there any person now liv-
ing or likely to live in the future whom
America would rather see lift it than
Sir Thomas Johnstone Upton. K. c.
V. O.. sportsman and sport par ex-
cellence? For many years he has
proved himself about as good loser
as the world contains. Undoubtedly
he would prove just as good winner.
Competition. meaning thereby success
full and even competition, Is the life
of sport as It is Of trade. Any one
sided contest. If too long persistent,
pals. A defensive game is interest
ing: an offensive one Is enthralling,
and the United States might be all
the better for q necessary change, II
not OF tactics, at least OF attitude. AT
the risk Of being mentally, II not legal
ly, indicted the writer OF this discus
sion confesses to a sneaking hope that
he may live to see the genial Irish
man, born the year before its transfer,
photographed with the America cup in
the very center Of his treasures.
Evening star., 1926-04-11
Flights Toward the Pole.

A record in Arctic exploration was
made when Capt. George III. Wilkins
and his pilot airplaned 14o miles from
Point Barrow toward the Pole, re-
turned and landed at Fairbanks, a
distance inland from the
Arctic coast Of Alaska. Capt. Wilkins
flew to a point seventy miles farther
north Of Alaska than had been touched
before. In 1918 the ship Karluk, in
command Of Capt. Robert II. Bartlett,
sailed seventy miles poleward from
Point Barrow and was stopped by ice.
A large part of the earth between
Alaska and the North Pole Is marked
on late maps as "unexplored region" +"
and the mapmakers have set 1t down
as sea, for from Point Barrow across
the Pole region and down the Atlantic
between Greenland and Sweden the
Melyille.Brya cask drifted in the
years 189s.1s05.
Capt. wilkins few at the height of
1000 feet and saw no land. 1t is COM
puted that from that height he could
see seventy miles beyond the north
point of his flight and no land was Wis
ible. The flight Is not of great imper-
tance, though il shows. II 1t were nee
essary to show il, the capacity of the
airplane for Arctic flying and gives Il
promise that the wilkins expedition
may cross the Pole this Spring OF
next Summer and make wide obserya.
Evening star., 1926-04-11

tions of the polar region. If land is
found. Capt. wilkins will claim 1t In
the name of the United States.
Americans will not become excited
over this far prospect Of acquiring ter
ritory, though it may be recalled that
only a few years ago Alaska and
Siberia We're thought Of no value. We
will probably have much Arctic ex-
ploration news this Spring and Sum
mer. The airplane and the dirigible
will be used by all the exploring
parties. In addition to the wilkins
expedition from Alaska, Roald Amund-
sen, with Lincoln Ellsworth and Col
Nobili, will attempt to reach the North
Pole by flying in the airship Norge
from Spitzbergen to the Pole and from
the Pole to Alaska. The Byrd Arctic
expedition has left the United States
for Norway, and Lieut.. Comdr. Rich
ard e. Byrd will seek to make the
flight from Spitzbergen to the Pole
and back.
Evening star., 1926-04-11

just taken in hand as disturbers Of the
peace. But all that is forgiven now
In the light Of the nineteenth amend.
mert. whereas the present dispute
arises under the eighteenth.
Really, however, some restraint
must be put upon the sign writer's who
seek legislation through pictorial and
large.lettered propaganda. Else would
the streets Of the Capital be choked
with huge vans and trundling tokens
OF public opinion" Every session
brings to this city swarms of advo-
Gates Of this and that particular bit
Of lawmaking. Every ono OF these
advocates Of some sort OF q change
would be willing to spend part Of his
fund for paint and cotton and for
transportation. The highways. espe-
cially those leading to the Capitol.
would be festive, to be sure, but
scarcely comfortable or safe for the
ordinary uses to which streets are put.
The trouble is that those who under
take to put this sort Of thing over here
do not take the trouble to ascertain
what may be and what may not be
done under the local rules. 1t would
save time and trouble and much dis
tress Of mind IL they were to find out
just what the local customs are. Some
other cities may permit promiscuous
display Of all sorts Of nanifestos. may
invite the parading Of propagandists,
without the formalfty Of permit. The
local rules are liberal, but they must
be considered.
Perhaps too much stress is laid,
after all, upon picturesque methods
Of persuasion. The spectacle OF
truckload Of supposed paper votes for
a more liberal enforcement law does
not necessarily signify that the people
of this country demand a change. And
legislators, especially in campaign
year. are not likely to be swayed by a
truck into a path Of prob
able political peril.
Evening star., 1926-04-11
Appreciating Washington.

For a great many years one OF the
favorite pastimes Of the American peo-
pie has been the ridiculing OF Wash
ington. And some distinguished for
eigners who have come to this coun-
try have contributed their causttc COM
nlents to the disparagement OF the
National Capital. Lack OF apprecia'
ton of the real qualities Of this city
and Of understanding OF the diff1cul'
ties that have been encountered by its
developers. due in large measure TO
their disfranchisement, has led to most
of this criticism. In recent years.
however, Washington has been visited
by great numbers of people. coming
individually and in squads. sometimes
In large throngs. Especially in the
Spring it is now the Mecca OF Amer
leans. and, best Of all, of young Amer
leans, who have been given these trips
as rewards for excellence In school
work. To count them would have
been a great task. but it is assured
that during the past decade fully
million of these tourists" have come
here, solely for the purpose Of seeing
the Capital. And they have all gone
back home greatly pleased with their
experience, and with a vivid sense OF
the attractions and the significance Of
Washington.
That they have carried home and
spread among their fellow townsmen
satisfactory impressions Of the Cap
,tal is evidenced by occasional news
paper comments, strildngly contrast
ing with those Of earlier times. An
example is at hand in an editorial
printed recently in the Enquirer and
Evening News Of Battle Creek, Mich,
which is reproduced today elsewhere
on this page. Referring TO the dis
position Of our people, grown callous,
to speak critically, even cynically, OF
many things. this paper rightly says
that deep in our consciences we have
a soberer, more respectful feeling"
Those who come to Washington ex-
pecting to find q typical American
city, hunarning with industry, its at
mosphere murky with the smoke OF
factories, its streets jammed with
heavily laden trucks Of commerce, will
be disappointed. Those who come with
some idea Of what u Capital should
be. a city Of dignity and comparative
u,,iet, Of beautiful setting and Of strik.
ing architecture, will be delighted.
Those who come at this season OF
the year, when distinctive customs
are In evidence, such as the Easter
festival of the children, will witness a
sight that is hot to be seen anywhere
else. It was this spectacle that par
ticularly impressed the Battle Creek
newspaper. And its correspondent, or
informant, had not seen the cherry
blossoms.
Washington Is glad to find that Its
distinctive character Is being more
fully appreciated. 1t wishes that the
numbers Of its visitors, whatever the
season Of the year, may greatly in'
crease.
Evening star., 1926-04-11
EVERYDAY RELIGION
BY THE RIGHT REV JAMES E. FREEMAN D. D, LID,
Bishop OF Washington

just as there are places that by rea-
son Of associations are more halioWed.
This. however, does not mean that
we shall regard the daily tasks and
occupations OF life as 50 commonplace
and ordinary that they lose their
sanctity. The more sacred we can
make things commonplace the more
efficient, yes, and the more appeal
ing. they become. A little book tnat
fascinated us. entitled. Hiram Goi1 4
Religion" suggests what we nave IN
mind. Hiram Golf was humble and
obscure shoemaker. 1t was his prac-
tice to describe himself as shoe
maker by the grace of God" AS ne
drove the pegs into the soles OF the
shoes he mended. he was wont 70 say
There, that peg will stay, for have
put my religion in It." A homely way
Of stating a great truth, but 1t has
much merit in 1t. What q different
situation we would find In the world
Of everyday service IL men and women
did their tasks with consciousness
that they were to be made worthy OF
the approval of Him who plans all life
and sees 1t in its relation part to part!
The worlds masterpieces In lltera'
ture. art and music have been pro-
duced by men and women who put
|
the skill Of the hand or even the
genius of the brain but the purpose
that lies behind and directs the work
that finally counts. Moses. a shep.
herd. pursuing his days work was
arrested on the open highway by a
flaming bush and pausing to note the
phenomenon he received q call from
God to become the liberator OF race.
Too few of us look for God on the
open highway. We seem to think
Him confined within restricted areas.
Tennyson declared that every com
mon bush was ahame with God. Re
garding life in It's higher and nobler
aspects, we shall come at length to
see 1t in it's true character, the char
acter in which the Master of men
painted 1t, which, after all, Is the high
est conception Of 1t the world has ever
known.
We need not bid for c!oistered cell.
Our neighbor and our work. farewell;
Room to deny ourselves. road
That brings us daily nearer COD
Evening star., 1926-04-11
Signs, Rules and Propapanda.

Pity the sorrows OF the wet prom.
ngandist who, going to the trouble Of
having a large truck all lolled up with
- big sign, found himself afoul Of the
local police regulations and SO delayed
in getting his exhibit up to the Capitol
that he missed connections! That was
tne tragedy of yesterday which stands
out beyond all other misfortunes Of
humanity. The rule is designed to
prohibit advertising signs on vehicles.
Query: Does 1t apply TO the advertise
rnent Of public sentiment? Further
query: Who is to determine whether
the displayed sentiment is that OF the
public?
Washington has witnessed some
queer things in the way Of outdoor
lobbying for legislation. Memory runs
back to the days OF Jacob Coxey and
his army" marching to the Capital
are men and--well, they came from
out somewhere in Ohio. There were
signs galore on that occasion. Later
Carl Brown, erstwhile Coxey's first
lieutenant-or was he a brigadier un-
der the generalissimo?-unde O.
bit on his own, dressed up as Lib
erty" in bed sheet, stood up in q
-ruck in the neighborhood Of the Peace
Monument. and apostrophizing the
efflgy on the Dome, regardless Of the
TACT that the lady's back was turned
TO him. agonized and died--in drama,
though not In fact.
Later memories revive Of the days
Of the militant suffragists, with their
banners and painted slogans, march
ing TO and fro near the White House.
They were not vehicles" go they
were not arrcstable under that rule
that was invGxed today. They were
Evening star., 1926-04-11
MEN AND AFFAIRS
BY ROBERT T. SMALL.

sympathy has gone out in the direc
ton of the White House.
During his testimony before the spe
cial Senate committee tnvestigatlnS
the Tariff Commission Prof. Alfred =
Dennis of Maryland. Democratic mem
ber Of the tariff body. gave the probcr>
a little talk on the old.time religion.
II was brought up, gentlemen" he
said, ''as a Southern conservative, ~
the faith or creed or belief in hell,
calomel and the Democratic party.
That Is quite a combination, re
marked Senator Robinson of Arkar
sas, Democratic leader of the Senate
and chairman OF the committee.
"Wel, since I've been on the Tarin
Commission" replied Prof. Dennis, y
want to reafiirm my belief In he'll
calomel and the Democratic part!
That is an old religion, an old Inedi
cine and an old theology"
Some of the old-time bartenders Of
Washington--and there are still q fevg
left In various occupations--have be
come somewhat excited over all the
tumult on Capitol Hill about the
wet" and dry" question. The over
optimistic few among the "wets" who
seem to think the United States is or
the verge of going back TO the saloon
and ali its appurtenanceS have beer
painting roSeate pictures to tho Ole
barkeeps.
But the latter shake their heads
Said one of them:
II would not go back to tending bar
ever, unless the Government Itself
distributed the liquor and printed an
analysis of the contents Of every boz
tie. / would not want to take
chance with the awful stuff that goes
under the name of whisky and Sir
these days and times
All of which goes 10 show that the
old-time bartender had q heart and q
regard for his customers, even If b.
rarely. If ever, partook of his owl
decoctions.
Word comes from London that the
English, who import all their moo
ern dances from America, have az
cepted the Charleston as a fixture anG
are taking advanced engineering steps
to protect the old buildings of thc
world metropolis from disintegration
under the pounding of the rhythmil
steps.
At the Savoy Hotel. for instance,
the floor of the main dancing hall Is
now supported on compressed air
cylinders. 1t used to be on springs,
but when the Charleston came To
town the springs were found insui
ficient for the jarring and the pneu
| matte underpinning was suggested
and adopted. Some of the larger
dance halls Of America may have 10
follow suit.
(Copyrisht. 1920
Evening star., 1926-04-11

other and even moro complicated
questions Of law involved in radio
broadcasting. The Ownership" OF
news, already q delicate question of
law, has found an added complication
in the distribution of news by radio,
and the difficulty In protecting radio
dispatches, which may be picked up
by many receivers. An example has
arisen in the present year in respect
to the numerous expeditions starting
or about to start for the North Pole.
Some of these expeditions have sold
their news rights to Syndicates or
groups of newspapers. and special
writer's for these owners of the news
rights accompany the expeditions.
The explorers. however, are in every
instance planning to make reports by
radio, and there Is probably no way
that radio reports from them can be
held as exclusive property Of the own
erS Of the news rights in every In
stance. The dispatches Of the special
writer's can, Of course, be protected.
but facts once put on the air cannot
easily be protected or kept the prop
erty OF any one.
Arctic Expeditions Affected.
The newspapers and syndicates
which are financing writer's to accom-.
pany the Arctic expeditions recognize
this, and in most cases expect the
basic news of the expeditions to be
public property. but aim to protect
the complete accounts and details for
publication by those who have paid
for the news gathering. The Amund-
sen-Ellsworth attempt to fly to the
Pole last year involved complications
about the news rights, several jour.
nalists who went to northern Nor
wegian points at considerable expense
being denied information, and in one
case denied the right to land at the
camp Of the expedition.
These incidents give some indica.
ton OF what might happen II the own
erS Of ball park sought to control
the right to news of a game. Such q
thing Is unlikely in the case of base
ball, but for most big public events
there is already competition among
radio companies as to who shall have
the broadcasting privileges.
New Rights" Created.
Thus the invention of radio has ere.
ated a whole new series OF rights" of
which the legal status is not fixed.
When Congress has solved the com.
posers' problem it will probably have
plenty of other problems of the air to
consider. There is at present a gen.
eral tendency in Congress to think
first Of the rights" OF the receiving
public and to maintain, SO far as can
be done in fairness, sort Of freedom
OF the air." Each new development
and invention complicates the prob
lem, and the lawmakers are inclined
to be conservative and to do no more
tnan insure every one concerned
against injustice, so far as possible.
AS even the composers royalty pro.
lection would put a considerable add.
ed burden Of work on the Patent OF.
fice, Congress has an additional rea-
son for not wishing to involve the
Government in any more radio control
work than may be absolutely neces-
sary.
Evening star., 1926-04-11
More Than National Capital.

From the Battle Creek Enquirer and Evening
News.
There are times when as a people
we grow callous, but II is doubted
whether we ever entirely forget. We
may seem Indifferent, but we are not
wholly unappreciative.
Particularly Is this so Of the Ma.
tional Government and ourselves and
our relation to it. We speak critically,
even cynically-but deep in our con-
sciences we have a sobeler, more re-
spectful feeling.
Take the case Of the city of Wash.
ington and its capacity as a National
Capital. A good many short, sharp
things have been said about Wash
ington. and 1t Is the fashion for the
outlander from points west Of AL
bany. N. T., to sneer few we'll Sc
lected sneers at the idea Of having
a Capital Of the Nation located so
far East and South, where the soil
Is thin and red and the atmosphere
heavy and humid, and the hookworm
makes day after tomorrow the most
attractive time for doing what ought
to be done today.
There has been a lot Of peppery talk
about making a new Capital some.
where where the ozone supply is
larger, ana pep IS more OF CcInfnOQ.
ity, and where the afternoon nap is
not a fixed institution.
Well. we talk lot Of things just
to be talking.
At Washington, D. c.. our some
times lightly valued Capital, they had
an egg.rolling on the lawn Of the
White House yesterday.
You get the picture-a velvety slope
Of grass. and children rolling eggs and
folks standing around looking on.
A public opinion that has been slosf-
ing through icy goo up to the tops of
its galoshes, and that has been able
to roll nothing more comforting than
look Of anguish over its lawn. looks
toward Washington, d. c., with some
thing like reverence, and would take
off its hat in salute If 1t weren't for
the fear Of catching three kinds OF
pneumonia from the north wind.
They have q green. dry lawn in
Washington. d. c., and little children
go out in April and roll eggs on it.
It's more than a National Capital.
OF such is the Kingdom OF Heaven