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SKIES AT QUETTA
CALLED CLEAREST
Possible Location of National
Geographic Smithsonian
Observatory Praised.

Quetta, in Baluchistan. near which
1t IS probable that a new solar OBJ
servatory will be established by the
National Geographic Society and the
smithsonian Institution, is familiar
as name-to readers Of kipling and
workers of crossword puzzles, but
probably means little TO most Ameri-
cans The city and its region. recently
visited by DR.. {. G. Abbot assistant
secretary of the Smithsonian Institu.
ton. are the subjects OF bulletin from
the headquarters of the National Geo
graphic Society
"Quetta exists primarily for mill
tary purposes says the bulletin. but
the Pax Britannica that has been sub
stituted for the lawlessness and
banditry of former days has made an
important civil community and trad
ing center of 1t as we'll Baluchistan
Is India s. fortress to the East, and
Quetta is its donjon keep. The Brit
fsh have been in control OF the place
since 1877. and since 1883 have held 1T
under perpetual lease from its old
ruler, the picturesquely named Wall Of
Kalat.
when the British went in Quetta
was only a little group of mud huts
SUI ANuIiuCu Wy uiIHcdIlHy DldluS tElHI
were virtually swamps. Drainage and
sa anitati have made the place over
Now Quetta has q population OF about
80 600 and the once swampy loWlands
furnish a setting for villas and farm
houses surrounded by orchards and
planted groves.
Mud Gives Way to Iron.
Tile outstanding feature of Quetta
still, however, is the cantonment
where six or eight regiments of Brit
ish and Indian troops are quartered
This extensive post is to the north on
relatively high ground, while the civil
town Is to the south on a lower level
Mud in the form of sun.dried brick
is still a most important building ma
terial In the town, though not to the
extent that is was two decades ago.
Then mud-brick domes formed many
of the roofs and were considered safe
because of Quetta's sCant rainfall
(about 10 inches annually. But there
came an unusually wet spring and
most of Quetta's buildings melted
away. Since then many iron roofs
less picturesque, but bette" insurance
against weather vagarieS-have sur
mounted the mud walls OF the town.
THE permeation of Quetta by Brit
iSh, or perhaps more broadly by west
ern, influence is a phenomenon that
cannot be escaped by any one who has
known the town over series of years
The standard Of living rises before his
eyes. Tea, a little while ago Il marked
luxury. is becoming a common bever-
age. Leather footwear has displaced
Evening star., 1926-04-11

The difference in the color of bricks
is due mainly TO the varieties of clay
used in their making. The clay con
tains iron and the color of the brick
depends almost entirely upon the
proportion of iron present. Clays
containing less than | or. IL per
cent of iron change in the kiln TO
various shades of cream color and
buff, while those containing more
than per cent of iron range in
color from yellowish fawn to dark
Evening star., 1926-04-11
DR.. WILEY TO SPEAK.
Expert Will Address Columbia
Heights Community Class.

Dr. Harvey w. Wiley, pure food
and drug expert, will deliver an ad-
dress on "The Science of Long Liv-
ing" before the reducing and weight
prevention class of the Columbia
Heights Community Center in the
auditorium of the Wilson Normal
School tomorrow night at o'clock
DIR. Wiley's address will be the last
of series of 10 lectures in q general
instruction course conducted by DR..
Lyman +. Kebler. The public has
been invited.
Mrs. I. T.. Kebler. community sec
retary of the Columbia Heights Cen
ter, announces that the gymnasium
class. featuring reducing exercises,
that was held in connection with the
weight-prevention instruction class
will be continued throughout the sea
son.
The largest single orange grove in
the world iS In South Africa
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SPLICING OF CABLE
IS THRILLING TASK
Labor of Ship Often Heart
rending When Storms De-.
Stroy Work of Days.
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, February 23.-Stretch.
ing out and away like a tiny thread
OF life itself, the transatlantic cable
from Cape Cod to Brest usually con
meets the Old World with the New.
Frelghted with n essages of vital i'm
portance TO man. this slender bridge
$500 miles long lies deeply buried in
the eternal darkness of the sea. There
1t whispers its messag ges of life, love,
death and destruction to the unsym-
pathetic waves.
But sometimes it breaks.
w hen this happens there is much
concern in the offices of the French
Gable Company-a breathless suspense
while delicate instruments are loCat-
ing the break. Often it is near the
middle of the ocean. and when the
break is located the cable repair ship
Edouard Jeramec is despatched to the
scene
$50 Miles of Cables.
a marine oddity. the Jeramec is one
of the finest cable ships af1oat Huge
tanks below decks house $50 miles OF
deep sea cables. Graphing hooks of
all descriptions, weighted to sink them
three miles below the surface. are
slowed properly away. Buoys to mark
the ends of cable when located are
lashed on deck. Powerful winches
fore and aft, are ready to reel in or
out the heavy strands.
1t is heartbreaking work. this 10
eating the broken ends of a deep sea
cable, Capt. Julien LeMartelu and his
crew Will assure any one. In Europe
and America cable transmission is
hindered while the Jeramec steams
slowly back and forth cropping about
the ocean floor. Howling winds and
lashinE seas must be disregarded.
Huge lights transform night into day
and the work continues.
Often the cable is located and the
business of bringing it to the surface,
a matter of s hours work, is begun.
And often it almost reaches the deck
of the ship only 10 break again. and
slide mockingly back to its resting
place in the mud and slime of the bot
tom.
Storms Upset Work.
Storms, too, add their fury to set AT
naught the work of the So sailors who
man the Jeramec. A notable instance
of this occurred last June. The cable
had broken and the Jeramec had
fished both ends from the bottom off
Hatteras, the Atlantic Cape of
Storms" Chief Splicer Yves Michel
was working rapidly on the final
splice, and the crew were congratu
lating each other on having completed
their task in 40 days.
The congratulations came too soon,
however. Out OF a clear sky came a,
hurricane. The ship was thrown vio-
lentIy on her beam ends. The cable
had to be abandoned. and the Jeramac
raced before the gale. 1t lasted 20
minutes, but was of such force that
the topmasts We're torn out of the
ship, and her wireless aerial sent spin
ming to leeward. where it trailed Graz
ily oversize and tangled in the twin
propellers. Repairs were made, and
the Jeramac returned to Hatteras to
begin anew.
Evening star., 1926-04-11

Office work is the vocation in which
women stand the best chance of mar
riage, according TO a recent survey.
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BOOKS RECEIVED

THE INTERNATIONAL LABOR
ORG A Study Of
Labor and Capital in Cooperation.
BY Paul Perigord. Phi. D.. with an
introduction by Henry NJ. Robin.
son. LII. D. New York: Il. Apple.
ton e. Co.
WHITE WATER: A Novel. BY Rob.
ert f. Pinkerton. Chicago: Reilly
& Lee Co.
OKLAHOMA; A Novel BY Courtney
Ryley Cooper. Boston: Little,
Brown & Co.
EDUCATING FOR RESPONSIBLE
ITY: The Dalton Laboratory Plan
in a Secondary School. BY Mem
bers Of the Faculty of the South
Philadelphia High School for Girls,
New York: The Macmillan Co.
A CHILD is BORN; A Romance. BY
Raymonde Machard. Translated
from the French by Madeleine
Boyd. New York: Cosmopolitan
Book Corporation.
CAN WE THEN BELIEVE? Sum-
mary Of volumes on ''Reconstruc-
ton of Belief" and reply to criti-
cisms BY Charles Gore, D. D.. etc.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
REVUES: A Book OF Short Sketches.
Edited by Kenyon Nicholson, Co
lumbia University; preface by
Florenz Ziegfeld. New York: D.
Appleton e. Co.
HIST ORY'S MOST FAMOUS
WORDS: When. Where. Why and
by Whom Were Used Great Say.
ings That Have Passed Into Com
mon Speech BY Mrs. Chetwood
Smith. Illustrated from Famous
Paintings Boston: Lothrop, Lee
Shepard Go.
New York; Minton. Balch & Co.
JARNEGAN. BY Jim Tully. author
of "Beggars of Life" New York:
Albert & Charles Boni.
THE NEW LEADERSHIP IN IN
DUSTRY. BY Sam A. Lewisohn,
vice president Miami Copper Co.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co.
MASTER MAN HUNTERS. BY
Joseph Gollomb. author OF The
Girl in the Fog New York: The
Macaulay Co.
ELOPE If YOU MUST. BY T.. J.
Rath. author Of The Brains OF the
Family" etc, New York: G. How
ard Watt.
DOROTHY DIN-HER BOOK; Every.
OaN f16lD lOI' COplS.
New York: Funk & Wagn1lls Co.
THE TRAITOR: Being the Untam.
pered with. Unrevised Account Of
the Trial and All That Led to 1t.
BY Harry X. Thaw. Philadelphia
Dorrance & Co.
ONE OF THE FAMILY: A Comedy
in Three Acts. BY Kenneth Webb.
New York: D. Appleton & Co.
CONGRESS- An Explanation. BY
Robert Lee Representative OF
the thirteenth district OF Massa.
chusetts Cambridge: Harvard
University Press.
TIN WEDDING. BY Margaret
Leech. New York: Boni & Live
right.
THE LEFT LADY. BY Margaret
Turnbull. Chicago: The Reilly &
Lee Co.
THE CELESTIAL CITY. BY Baron
ess Orczy. New York: George II.
Doran Co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-19
All Races Admitted
To Lions Clubs in u. S.

Hawaiis influence for international
harmony was shown uniquely at the
annual convention Of the Lions Clubs
in San Francisco recently when the
word white" was voted out of the
membership clause Of their constitu.
ton, thus opening the door to per.
sons Of all races. Some time before a
Lions Club organizer looked over the
field and decided that the best open.
ing for the Lions in Hawaii would be
as an inter.racial organization. Such a
club was formed. After 1t was well
under way. one of It's new members
raised the point that II he should 60 to
the mainland. he would not be admit.
ted at a Lions Club meeting, as he
was partly OF Hawaiian blood and
might be classed as a non.white. This
started the campaign which culni.
mated in the dropping Of the requisite
Of white" race. Now the Lions all
over the United States are setting foot
on new international membership
EXPANSION.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-19
CLUBWOMEN OF THE NATION
National Woman Christian Union Con-
vene in Los Aneeles-Mrs Sherman Federation Head Dis
cusses Women in Potics-Womans Party Notes.

by sentiment in forming their con
victions, Mrs. Sherman was most ex'
plicit:
THE sob stuff of today is beins
put over by men," she asserted. The
political candidate who pleads elo-
quently for a modification of the Vol
stead act. so that our dear ch"dreN
will not be killed off by the quality OF
the stuff manufactured TO-DAY " tnat
they may not fall into the relentiesS
clutches Of the unprincipled bootleg
ger. makes no impression upon IN"
average clubwoman. who understands
the mental, moral and economic
waste Of intemperance. The only re
action to his eloquence is contempt Tor
mis- rather cheap manner OF express
ing his own desires
Mrs Sherman has just returned tn
Washington after spending the Sum
mer at her home in Colorado She viii
remain here through the Winter. max
ing her home at the federation head
quarters on y street
i So
AIRS. ROSE V. S. BERRY. chair
AVA man of the arts division OF the
General Federation of Women ClupS'
is in charge of exhibits in the rlnc
Arts Building at the Sesquicentennisl
ing the months of September, Dc
tober and November. according I"
word received from Philadelphia
A COMMITTEE OF three from the
~ National Woman's Party is attend
ing the sessions of the League OF Ma
tions for the purpose of observing
especiallv the action of the various
committees under the League dealing
in politics affecting women.
Miss Sybil Jane Moore of Washing
ton state. Miss Anne Martin of y"
vada and Miss Doris Stevens or Ne"
York are the three representative
who are sitting in on the sessions a.
Geneva. and who. together with Lazy
Rhondda's representatives. sent fror'
England's six point group. Miss Ninl'
fred Hobby and Miss Vera Britain.
are using their influence constantly
TO counteract any tendencies toward
anti-feminist measures
Problems of nationality concern the
feminists in particular. They are
urging the committee OF experts OF
international law to recognize the
progressive tendency in modern legis
lation in some countries toward al
lowing woman to retain her citizen
ship or the same terms as men. Con
troversy which arose at session OF
the passport conference called by the
Council OF the League Of Nations In
Geneva is another matter in which
the women are vitality interested. Ac-
cording to their reports sent back to
headquarters. the head OF the fam
lily may travel alone with a family
passport. but the wife cannot use the
same even though she have her chill
dren with her. unless he is alons
This is a discrimination which the
feminists claim to be totally unfair
and "smacking of the ancient view
of the common law that husband and
wife are one--the husband being the
one
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Senate Control by
g. o. P. Hazarded
Continued from First Pase)

they now possess. 1t is expected that
Blaine. wet. will be elected to the
Senate in Wisconsin in place of Len.
root, VINO has been a. dry; that Ware
Will win in Pennsylvania, taking the
place of Senator Pepper, who has been
regarded as a dry and strong for law
enforcement
In Missouri Representative Harry
Halves. the Democratic nominee, is a
wet. and Senator Williams, his Re
publican opponent, is held to be sat
tsfactory to the vets, though not so
moist as Halves. In MARYLAND Sena
tor Weller has trimmed Representa-.
tive Hill for the Republican nomina-
ton, but the drys, although they
supported Weller. can take little con.
ISOLATION from this. since the Associa.
ton Opposed to the Prohibition
Amendment gave it's Endorsement to
Weller as we'll as to Hill. Tydings.
the Democratic nominee for the Sen
ate in Maryland. is wet.
Unless the Republican nominee from
the third Maryland district should
step aside and permit Representative
John Philip Hill to make the race in
his place. the House is due to lose it's
most outstanding wet figure. On the
other hand, Representative Upshaw.
militant dry from Georgia, has been
defeated for denomination. Steele
who defeated Upshaw, is also a drv
however.
Court Wins and Loses.
The World Court has had both de.
Ieats ana victories in the senatorial
primaries. Outstanding among the
World Courters who were defeated
Tor denomination were Senator Nc.
Cummins Of Iowa. Senator Lenroot
OF Wisconsin, who led the fight for
American adherence to the court in
the Senate. and Senator Pepper Of
Pennsylvania. Senator GoodinE recant
ed on the subject Of the World Court
before he was renominated in Idaho.
Senator Moses of New Hampshire.
Senator Williams Of Missouri. Sena
tors Watson and Robinson OF India ma
are among the opponents Of the court
who have been successfully renomi-
mated.
On the other hand, Senator Short.
ridge OF California, supporter Of the
court, won his fight for denomination
against candidates who denounced
the court. Senator Jones Of Wash.
ington, Senator George of Georgia and
Senator Smith Of South Carolina are
among the others who won renomina
ton against candidates who sought
to make the World Court an issue.
The anti.court strength In the Sen
ate, will, 1t appears. be increased. but
the Senate will still be strongly pro.
court even with these changes.
The most outstanding setback which
the ku klux Khan met I'm the pri-
maries was the defeat of Senator Rice
w. Means of Colorado, who was
elected two years ago as a Khan can.
didate. and who was defeated last
Tuesday by an anti-klan candidate,
Charles ". Waterman.
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IDA GILBERT MYERS.

RAINBOW COUNTRIES OF CEN
TRIAL AMERICA. BY Wallace
Thompson, author OF 1.-THE People
Of Mexico" etc. New York: E. P.
! Dutton & Co.
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made behind closed doors. between
foreign ofrces he is seeing a bargain
ratified after the interests-the self.
lsh Interested the great powers
have been satisfied. and the small
powers whose support is required.
have obtained their "pourboire" The
relation OF France to the little entente.
OF Poland to France, all the realities
OF European politics. national and
International. which are known to
all European observers. escape his
notice. He goes away having accept
ed at face value something which
has far other implications and sig
nificance.
Fate Of Disarmament.
The utter. complete and. for the time
being, final collapse Of the disarma.
ment conference held under the aus
pices OF the League is perhaps a
clear evidence of the reality as con-
trasted with the appearance Of League
influence. In conference there was
nothing representing the League:
there were only representatives of
various nations which had selfish, pc.
culiarly personal views on the sub
ject. 1t came to nothing, could come
to nothing, for precisely this fact.
Before Germany entered the League
IL was ClcdT CIlhL dS All agency OF
the victorious powers alone 1t could
not have even European scope. To
get Germany in it was necessary to
uncover an almost fantastic amount
OF what we are accustomed to call
the methods and measures Of "old-
fashioned diplomacy" In reality, the
great powers which defeated Germany
first made a bargain with her for
European reorganiZat ton, then they
. hrYt hn "A n,tfh
of the protesting League. In March
the League resisted, in September it
surrendered to the steam roller. But
one must see losses q 3 well as gains
in the result achieved.
In view of what has lately happened
is there a new reason for American
entrance? I cannot see 1t. The League
now becomes instantly the center Of
a vast number Of European disputes
disputes over the Saar, over Rhine
land occupation. over the Danzig cor
ridor, Austrian union with Germany,
over the claims OF both Italy and
Germany for colonies. over the rights
Of protection of Heaven alone knows
how many minorities. 1t Is the battle
ground OF rival Italian and French
political campaigns for the Danubian
and Mediterranean areas. 1t is the
scene of the certain struggle OF Ger
many 10 regain III Europe d position
commensurate with her real great
ness. not certainly by war, but by
diplomacy.
Settled by Bargaining.
With all these questions. which are
to be the main problems Of the
| League for the next decade. what con-
ceivable concern have we? They will
be settled by bargains. by trading
within and without the League. They
do not involve questions of war and
| peace, because there is no will for
war in Europe. But If we enter them
we shall certainly find very shortly
| that the result will be the arrival Of
| reasons why we should undertake
! European responsibilities and resign
| European claims, or we shall invite
the same sort of flaming hostility
| Wilson drew when he interviewed
against the Italian leaders in the
matter Of Fiume.
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Syndicate
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THE PUBLIC LIBRARY

Recent accessions at the Public Ii
brary and lists of recommended read d.
ing will appear in this column each
Sunday. The following books may be
found in the industrial division.
Advertising.
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AROUND THE CITY
By MAMIE LANCASTER.

IN n ANY men Of many minds"
- HN you know the old say
Two friends motored
together to Benedict for
a week end Of fishing and then con.
tinued the trip down as far as Point
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Forty-six miners perish in gas en-
plosion in mine At CIyner (Pa.l No.
/ mine Of Clarified Bituminons
CoaI Corporation
sMaa Ferguson Is showed under
by red-haired Dan Moody, member
Of the Electrical Workers Union, IN
the raa-off. Texas primary FOR The
Democratic nomination fon governor
This assured Moody's eleetion.
Nicaragua's tyrannical govern
ment protests % the League Of Ma
lions that Mexico has been helping
Nicaraguan revoluf ionists, seeking
thus to secure League approval Of the
ChamorrO regime. which came into
office by coup d.tat Of most subtle
character.
Dry officers close 210 wine shops
in New York City.
Dispute between blacksmiths and
tunnel and subway workers ever tool
lressers has been settled By agree
ment.
Reports of 20 railroads show ; 80
per cent gain in income for July.
Their total aggregate net-is $685.
$40, compared with $59.620, 046 re-
ported in July last year. Gross reye-
nue. Of these roads for July was
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$50 .s8 ga
Comm6adsr JoAn Hcee hero Of
TIE sen Francisco. HaeiaI' light IS
killed BY fan II land plaat Phila-
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q. F. Of + executive eoil ends
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turns to United States VIII report
prepared FOR Detroit convention OPEN
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Six hundred members Of New York
Times chapel of Typegraphieal Union
No. 6 present. Adalnh s. oehs with
silver composing stick, sui5ahi7 en-
eraxad opa bearing nictnFes a three
buildings he newspapers has occurred,
The occasion being soth anniversary
of ownership Of the Times b Mr..
Oehs.
Ernst Viarkoetter, German, zHims
English Chanel = g henre e min-
utes, heating 81 records. q day Of
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United States marines land Il Mic
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the dictator. chamorro.
Textile workers il territory center
ing at Pawtucket, Z. /, on strike;
strikebreakerz reported being inport-
ed at Woonsocket.
Newton p. Baker says hs Is for
calling home the war debts fer de-
layed Obsequies.
3. & Q. Railroad. unable longer to
use Pennsylvania Roads tunnel into
New York City. adopts bus system,
operating fro mits Jersey City ter
minal to downtown New York points.
New regulations allow total tips of
so cents q day for travelling repre-
sentatives.