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Evening star., 1926-05-23
The Polish Revolution.

Despite what purport to be uncen.
Sored dispatches from Warsaw, com.
ing by way of Germany, the situation
m Poland continues to be obscure.
1t still is not clear how serious the
lighting has been. or, in fact, why
there has been any fighting at all. 1t
appears that a group Of army off.
GERS. dissatisfied for some cause or
another, prevailed upon the veteran
Marshal Pilsudski to head a revolt
and by a coup d'etat to overthrow the
Witos government. The world does
not know what griefs they had,
alas. that made them do it," but the
world sincerely hopes that the revolu.
lion does not mark the collapse Of or.
derby government and the ushering in
of a period Of chaos in the affairs of
Poland.
Neither Poland nor the rest Of Eu.
rope is in any position to endure this
early breakdown Of the Polish ex.
pertinent which was launched with
such high hopes by the peacemakers
at Versailles. All the world. at least
All the world except those nations
n!Ch were immediate losers. ap
: plauded the sentiment which prompt.
ed recreation of Poland as nation
Atier more thARA-centurX Of bondage
Evening star., 1926-05-23
CONTINUING PERSONALITY.

st. John. rr:16: "Jesus sdith unto
her, Mary. She turned herself, and
saith unto him. Rdbboni: Which is to
sag Master"
Names come to identify to us GER
tain personalities. In the Nfntimacies
of life we address one another by
our Christian names. This practice
Is largely limited to those who come
within the restricted area of close
friendship. There is circumstance
in which the identification by name
plays a conspicuous part in connec-
ton with the resurrection of Christ.
Mary, who, on one occasion, had been
brought to Him by stern critics with
the request that He condemn her
Tor her sin. had been the recipient
of His gracious and tender considera-
ton. He had saved her from her
unrelenting judges and after absolv-
ing her from her guilt had sent her
forth to sin no more" His gracious
and chivalrous ministry to her had
so attached her TO Him that she
came at length to occupy con-
splcuous place in the brief annal of
His life. With a devotion that was
unique she had followed Him through
all the tragic days leading up to His
cruclhxion and had now come to
tils tomD In the early morning hours,
there to pay her silent tribute to
one who had redeemed her. The
visit to the stomb was marked by
strange circumstances. Seeing that ii
was open and that the sacred body
mad been removed, she came to stand
before one whom she supposed to
be the gardener. Bewildered by her
great grief, she addressed Him, saying.
Sir. If thou hast borne Him hence
tell me where thou hast laid Him"
There was no, evident Identification
or the risen Christ. She had seen
Him die upon the cross. She could
not discern in the figure that stood
before her the risen Master. Jesus.
noting her confusion. saith unto her.
Mary" The very Identification OF
her by name thrilled her and in an
instant revealed to her consciousness
her risen Lord. With a cry she ad
dressed Him. 'Rabboni," which is to
say. Master"
There Is something singularly ten.
der and deeply significant in the
incident. Here. as in all his contacts
with men and women, Christ discloses
that sympathetic understanding ana
depth Of tenderness that was so com.
Evening star., 1926-05-23
Goldstrom's Progress.

The one-man race around the world
will be watched by a great many per-
sons and reports Of the racers prog
ress will make good reading. 1t may
furnish some thrills and win cause
many anxious persons to read maps
of distant parts Of the world and ex-
pand their knowledge of geography.
John Goldstrom is out to break the
round-the-world record of IS days, II
hours and some minutes. made by
John Henry Mears in 1918. Today he
is one thousand and odd miles north.
east Of New York and on his third
day out. That puts him three fifths
over his course to Plymouth, Eng
land. lie will fly from Plymouth and
across the south Of England to Croy-
don, where he plans to catch the reg
ular passenger airplane to Berlin over
Amsterdam. It is to be flight from
Berlin to Moscow. There begins the
long air voyage out of eastern Eu.
rope and across the width of Asia.
From Moscow, near the 56th parallel
Of latitude, Goldstrom's course will be
east by south to Yokohama near the
35th parallel of latitude. He would
pass over southwest Siberia. cross
the Great Alta Mountains, Mongolia
and western China and no doubt fly
over the Yellow Sea, the Chosen Pen
insula and the Sea Of Japan to Yoko.
hama. There he will take ship to the
west coast of the United States and
cross this country by airplane to New
York.
There is not much doubt that Gold
strom will beat Mears' record made
in 1913 We are faster people than
then and airplanes may be a bit more
dependable. We may all live till
round.the world races become o. pop
ular sport and contestants carrying
the flags Of their country will rush
over continents and seas. Most Of us
remember the siX-day walking match
es and the day bicycle races. but
round.the.worldr races will make those
sports seem ancient Perhaps the
time will come when Washington will
crowd the Capitol Plaza or Potomac
Park to watch the take-off of inter
national world-round races. AS the
last entrant disappears over the Ben
ming Bridge in his eastward flight the
crowd will go home to lunch and then
back to Potomac Park to greet the
world.round racers as they come over
the Arlington hills.
That sport may come to seem lit
tie slow and we will have longer races
in which one circuit of the earth will
be called a lap. We may gather in
Potomac Park and on the roofs to
watch the rivals go by. To see them
pass we shall be fitted with glasses
with faster lenses than used in any
camera today. We will cheer as the
signal flashes from the timekeeper's
stand far up in the sky. CLOUD
Buster representing the sovereign
State Of Columbia, leads by one lap.
but Sky Sprinter. representing the
Republic of Great Britain. is only
$4,000 miles behind and coming fast"
Evening star., 1926-05-23
Eighty Thousand Dollars
From 40 Acres.
From the Admission Star.

From the Admission Star.
Strawberries, that can be grown as
successfully in Alabama as in Missis-
sippi. are proving 81 money ma king
crop in Lauderdale County, Miss. ac.
cording to a report from Meridian.
This season. the Meridian report
says. 20 carloads Of strawberries al.
ready have been shipped from Lauder
dale County by the Strawberry Grow
ers' Association, and twenty-five car.
loads more are in sight for shipment.
The president Of the Strawberry
Growers Association, j. G.. Hobgood.
is quoted as saying the members of
the association will realize $50. 900
from their berries this year, most of
the berries selling thus far at s6 a
crate. The entire crop was raised on
140 acres.
To what other crop could 140 acres
be planted to bring the farmers $50
900? Five hundred and seventy-one
dollars is a pretty good income from
an acre Of ground. Another thing
noticed in the strawberry report from
Mississippi is the way In which the
berries are marketed. The Straw.
berry Growers Association looks after
the shipping and marketing Of the
berries. Here is cooperative selling
in practical way. and it evidently is
paying. as cooperative selling always
does when handled in a business-like
manner.
Evening star., 1926-05-23
PROTECTING SUCKERS
BY FREDERIC J. H4SKIN.

Why should important money-and to
the sharpers $4,000 or more is al
| ways termed important money"--be
permitted to remain in the hands of
such a boob?
SO great have become the annual
losses OF American gullibles through
stock frauds of one kind and another
that Secretary of the Treasury Andrew
j. Mellon has been moved to advocate
the enactment of Il Federal law which
Will check or put an end to such
operations, and Mr.. Mellon is recog.
niZed throughout the world as finan-
cial genius at whose feet all men may
we'll sit and learn.
One of the most important prob
lens confronting this country Is the
prevention of the sale of fraudulent
securities he says. THE State gov
ernmentS are doing what they can to
combat this evil. The Federal Gov
ernment itself is exercising the full
power Of it's regulatory orga nizations
to lessen the perpetuation of frauds
through the mails. In spite of all this,
more than five hundred million dol.
lars. II is estimated. is lost each year,
largely by small investors. In many
| instances this could have been pre-
vented il the investing public had
been impressed with the necessity for
| investigating the security or asking
the opinion of some competent ad-
WISER"
Secretary Mellon Is of the opinion
that the situation could be met most
simply ana adequately by q law un-
der which such securities as appear
to be fraudulent could be brought to
the attention of the Federal Depart
ment of Justice through proceedings
t1~ r.nA, <~cr yVsn-
Attorney General could then he au-
thorized to investigate such securities
and if he found evidence of fraud. TO
issue summary order forbidding
their further sale. under heavy pen-
alties
Such a law. says the head of the
Treasury Department. would not in
terfere with the flow of legitimate in.
vestments or the prompt sale of Sc
curities. which is so essential in the
investment business. The great ma
jority of investment bankers are hon.
est and scrupulous men who investi-
gate with extreme care every issue
sponsored by them. Only a small
number are actuated by a desire to
defraud and in trying to protect the
public we must not .harass and inter.
fere too much with" legitimate opera
tions.
"The investment banker plays an
important part in the country's de-
velopment. 1t is for his protection.
as we'll as the public's, that a sound
| national policy should be established
whereby the sale Of fraudulent Secu-
rites can be prevented"
Mr.. Mellon also suggests an educa-
ton campaign that will inform the
public constantly as to the folly of
investment without investigation.
However. he and other conservative
leaders in the financial world realize
the difficulty of teaching those who
are not blind, but will not see. and
who are not dumb, but will not learn.
Evening star., 1926-05-23
EVERYDAY RELIGION
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES Z. FREEMAN, ID. D., ILL., D.,
Bishop Of WashingOn.

pletely characteristic Of Him. Ills
passion for individual souls marks
His entire ministry. We may never
forget that the greatest utterances,
in the main, that fell from His lips,
and indeed His greatest revelations
of His purpose. were made to 1ndl-
viduals, and frequently in the most
obscure places. The incident OF HIS
revelation Of Himself to Mary has
a parallel in the incident Of His later
revelation to His doubling disciple,
Thomas.
After His resurrection He was as
solicitous concerning those who had
been his companions as He had been
in the tragic years of His ministry
No single chronicle in the world :
literature has so focused the nina
of mankind as that which concerns
the incidents and events surrounding
His resurrection. While 1t has its
profound teaching for all men, there
il that in it that has u distinct bear
ing upon the more intimate and
immediate things of our individual
lives. There is natural yearning
III the human heart for the persist
ence of identity. We think of one
another In terms Of personality. We
identify one another by those marks
or characteristics that are peculiar
to each one Of us. We cannot con
ceive of continuing life apart from
those things that mark and dis
tinguish life here.
There is that in the resurrected
life of Christ. as, indeed, there is that
in His teaching, that warrants us
in believing that those Identification
marks that distinguish us here and
now shall continue in the future.
Apart from this conception we can
not conceive of immortality. Tn
known to her at all, He addressed her
tenderly by her name. Mary beheld
in the one whom she had mistaken
for the gardener her risen Savior.
In one of His great parallels, in
which He described Himself as the
Good Shepherd. He declared that "He
calleth His sheep by name In all
His teachings before and after His
resurrection He emphasized the value
Of individual worth. BY implication
at least He suggested the unfailing
continuance Of that which marks and
distinguishes our personality. To
hold to such a belief Is indispensable
to our peace and happiness. It Is
only such a belief that can adequately
and satisfactorily interpret to our con-
seriousness the meaning of life beyond
the grave.
Evening star., 1926-05-23
rice.Tixing Scotched.

Defeat in the House Friday Of The
HauRen farm relief bill probably viii
| put an end, at least for the present
session, to agitation for legislation IN
volving Government price-fxing fol
agricultural products. 1t Is. true thai
the Senate has vet to disclose its at
titude toward the various theories In
volved in bills looking to solution
of the crop surplus problem, but the
assumption has been that the Senate
would follow the House lead. at least
to the extent Of permitting the House
to take the responsibility of killing OIL
q program to which there has de-
veloped such strong opposition as had
arisen against the Haugen bill.
There were three features Of the
IIaugen bill at which criticism was
chiefly aimed. The first was price de-
termination by a Government agency
the second was an equalization fee by
which it was proposed to distribute
export losses among all producers OF
a given commodity, and the third was
an outright subsidy from the Federal
Treasury to meet export losses before
the equalization fee became operative.
This subsidy. originally proposed to be
s375. 900. 900. was reduced to $1'5.0OO,-
900 before the Haugen bill came to
vote, but it was the principle IN
volved. not the sum of money, that
was the basis Of objection.
With the Haugen bill defeated by a
decisive vote. the way now is clear to
press for sound and constructive farm
relief legislation. There are at hand
ready for consideration. the Tincher
and the Capper.Aswell bills. the for
mer having the support OF Secretary
Iardine and many of the conservative
farm organization leaders Of the coun-
try, particularly OF the responsible
heads of cooperative organizations.
It is true the Tincher bill provides for
an appropriation OF $100,000,OoO from
the Federal Treasury to be available
in the form Of leans to cooperative
aSSOClaLlOIlS W dSoAoI AAA eAAN
marketing Of farm crops, but It is con
templated that such loans eventually
would be repaid. The money would be
secured by what would amount to sec
ond mortgages on produce In storage
or transit. It probably is true that
such mortgages would not be looked
upon as good banking security
otherwise there would be no need OF
Government loans-but at least the
nrinciple of an outright subsidy Is
avoided. And the Government has
made other loans on doubtful security,
some to foreign governments and
others to domestic enterprises such as
reclamation projects.
Defeat Of the Haugen bill in the
House Friday was signal triumph
for Secretary Jardine of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, who. despite tre-
mendous pressure brought to bear
upon him, has stood firmly against
the principles involved in the defeated
measure. He has been as eager as
any one to give the farmer relief, but
has held persistently that unsound
legislation would be worse for the
farmer than no legislation at all. He
now is ready to get behind a con
structive program and use his best eff
forts to make it effective.
Evening star., 1926-05-23
George Wharton Pepper.

One Of the tragedies Of politics was
the defeat at the polls Of Senator
George Wharton Pepper, seeking re-
nomination to the Senate. The senior
Senator from Pennsylvania, recog-
nized as one Of the leaders of the
American bar before he was appointed
to the Senate to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of the late SEN
| ator Penrose. has been one of the
most hardworking and efficient men,
| bers of the Senate during his four
years Of service. No man in the Sen
ate today is better qualified for men,
bership in the upper house Of Con-
eress than Senator Pepper. In edu-
cation, in character and ability Sen
ator Pepper ranks high. He has the
liking and respect Of his colleagues,
| with whom he has been personally
popular, and his going from the Sen
ate chamber will be sincerely re-
GREETED.
Having accepted u call to public
service, Senator Pepper put his shoul.
der to the wheel and gave that service
to the full. The legislative work Of
the Senate by no means consists in
making speeches, popular belief to
the contrary Notwithstanding. The
work in committee. familiarizing one
with legislative procedure, the work
of drafting in proper form legislative
proposals, is the work which puts the
heaviest burden on Senator. If he
is willing to be q wheel horse. SEN
| ator Pepper gave his attention to
that Kind Of work. although he fire.
| quently took his full share of the de
bate in the Senate.
Senator rcppel y retirement from
the Senate next year will be regret
ted particularly by the citizens of the
National Capital. During his service
Evening star., 1926-05-23
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

Shortly before the Republican ma
tional convention of 1876. charge
ri, was brought in Congress
Ihe Blame against James G.. Blaine.
Inor;r,, one of the leading candi
dates for the presidential
nomination. regarding his connection
with the Little Rock and Fort Smith
Railroad Co. of Arkansas. A sub
committee was appointed by the
House judiciary committee to invest
gate the matter. In The star of MaI
-. 1876. is the following account Of
the first session of the subcommittee
mfr. Harrison of Indianapolis was
first sworn. He testified that at q
meeting of the board of directors o.
the Union Pacific Railroad COMPANY
Mr.. Rollins. the secretary and treas
urer Of the company. had asked hin,
not TO press an examination as I"
how the bonds of the Arkansas road
were acquired by the company. for
the reason that ii would involve MI.
Blaine and injure his chances for re
election to Congress. He stated that
the interview printed as having been
had with him by a representative OF
the Indianapolis Sentinel was correct.
''Mr. Millard, government direc-
tor of the road. corroborated Harrison
but said his understanding to Rollins
objection to the investigation was that
it would involve a prominent man anu
that Mr.. Blaines name was not men
toned.
"Hon. James r. Wilson. another
government director. testified that he
had never told Horace White Of the
Chicago Tribune. or anybody else. that
Mr.. Blaine had ever made any state
ment with reference to the matter
other than that made by him publicly
from his seat i'll the House of Repre-
sentatives.
IF. III. Rollins. the treasurer of the
company. said that he had heard th?.
Blaine would be involved by an in
vestigation because he had heard from
some source. which he could not now
remember, that he would be. He de
MED, however. that he drew Mr.. Harri-
son aside to make the statement, be
cause the room was O. small one, and
he could not we'll have done so. lie
also denied that he told Mr. Harrison
that Blaine would be injured in his
congressional election by an investi-
CATION and for the reason that he
could not have done so because Mr..
Blaine, had been triumphantly elected
in his district three days before the
meeting of the board of directors took
place.
''Mr. Rollins further testified that
to satisfy his own mind in relation
to the hearsay that Mr.. Blaine would
be involved by an examination Of the
matter. he made a thorough examina-
tion of the books of the company, and
every other source calculated to con
f1rm or dispel the charge, and he
long since became satisfied that the
rumor was a mistake. and that MIR.
Blaine had nothing to do with the
transaction. in the most remote or
indirect manner. Witness was long
since of the opinion that the charge
was a cruel slander on Mr.. Blaine"
Evening star., 1926-05-23

Special Correspondence of The sunday Star
ESTEY ALLEY. May 23.-Jacl
Spratt. we'll known alley cat. caught
his first bird yesterday. after three
wears spent stalking robins. blue
birds. sparrows. humming-brds and
butterflies. 10 say nothing of mud
turtle.
The event came unexpectedly. as
most great turns in life do, following
a Siesta spent by Mr.. Spratt on a
rustic bench in his back yard. 1t was
the same bench, the same yard and
the same sun of the past three
years-but not the same sparrow.
The quarry, in an insulting manner,
turned it's back upon j. Spratt, which
was more than an honest cat could
tolerate. Who could blame him?
He went forward in his best man
ner, displaying the most sterling tech
nique in creeping ever seen in this
vicinity. Not Il blade of grass ratified
he. while edging forward past the
honeysuckle vine. His style was
beautifully cramped as he rounded the
dwarf nasturtiums.
Now or never, his eloquent tail
seemed to say.
X j: x x
This writer is pleased to report that
the bird was member of the English
sparrow family. This point has been
settled beyond all dispute, so that
lovers of bluebirds, robins and other
ornamental and useful birds may rest
easy.
For all too many years, now. the
sparrowS have been making some
thing of nuisance of themselves. in
various parts of Washington. so that
even the fire department has had to
affor fbpoo y-if n hose.
It will be- realized, therefore. that
Jack Spratt merely followed in the
trail of the civic authorities. and no
doubt deserves vote of thanks, his
friends say.
But we left the interesting fellow
waggling his hind quarters prepara-
tory to the spring. His head was low
in the grass, his green eyes shining
like comets. his white breast gleam-
ing like cake of soap. his symmetri.
cal body poised as if on the brink Of
nothing.
The sparrow, intent on a conversa-
ton it was having with pert young
miss, did not see the hand of doom
that held itself suspended for an in
slant over it's head.
There was O. flash of stripes. whisk
of whiskers and white paw struck
the sparrow to the earth. to rise no
more. If there are friends of spar
rows reading here, let them weep now.
for it was not exactly pleasant
sight.
4 X y
We, who had championed the right
of every cat to catch at least one
bird, failed to get any kick what
ever out of the proceeding. The mys-
terry and sorrow of death is the same,
in immortal essence, whether it in
wolves a sparrow or a man.
Yet no man may justly blame the
cat nature. when. men have carried
on organized murder for thousands of
years, eliminating in 'the greatest
thing of it's kind" after 1000 years of
Christianity.
There was no sorrow i'm Jacks eyes
as he brought the bird into the living
room, fOr our admiration. Only pride
sfone in their depth The little
lambs play. they know no better, they
are only one times one,
So, when he carried the dead bird
to the KITCHEN. dropped it on the
Evening star., 1926-05-23
The Worlds Richest Man,
From the New York World.

From the New York World
Such is the paradox of our Ameri.
can scheme Of things that the richest
man we ever produced was unaware,
at the time he was in possession of
his wealth, how rich he was. This
sounds strange, yet it is a fact. Leon
idas Merritt, who has just died, at
one time held title to ore lands i'm the
West which have already yielded dig.
gings worth $4,000. 100000. But at the
time he owned them he had no idea
what they were worth: until he lost
them in the panic of 1898 they looked
like so many mountains to him, and
II was not until they were developed
under other ownership that he real
lied what ii Croesus he once had been.
Well. thus the irony of human kind.
Until he h6d to leave e. Adam had no
idea Eha4 z pleasant place Eden was
Evening star., 1926-05-23
SHOOTING STARS.
BY pHILANDER JOHNSON.

June.
When June comes a.smiling and birds
are beguiling
The day that goes drifting along.
The hour that was weary, the thought
that was deary,
Give way to the sunshine and song.
The work and the worry, the hap.
hazard hurry.
Grow gently and steadily less.
Forgetful of sorrow. we wait for the
morrow
And VOW this old worlds a success.
The delicate flower that waits for
the shower
Shows faith in the future sublime.
The bee finds the honey. nor bothers
with money,
Yet feels we'll repaid for his time.
We creatures Of Reason distrust every
season.
We timidly srope and we guess
When June comes in beauty with
generous duty.
We know the old worlds a success.