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The Washington times., 1926-05-15

CALIFORNIA REAL ESTATE
Bln Jones, who halls from THAT dear
west coast,
10 his friends In the EfbSt would
often boast
OF the fortunes made In fthe Golden
State,
BY guys who dabbled IN real estate.
One day some playful earthquake
shocks
Shook all the seals Offs the old Seal
Rocks.
0uOth Bill: 'HThat'e the country, as
sure as fate,
Tor brisk little movements In real
estate"
ROY fMcGREGoR.
The Washington times., 1926-05-15
"News Briefs"


TAKEN FROM TODAY'S
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The above wants and offers
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now.
The Washington times., 1926-05-15
New Alien Law Protest

Al meeting to protest against
measures now pending in Congress,
which would require the registra-
ton of foreign-born citizens at
stated intervals, will be held at
o'clock tomorrow night at the Play
house, 1924 N St N. w.
The Washington times., 1926-05-15
COME ON, voLsTEAD

Old King Colo was Q merry soul
But was an ignorant sort Of gink;
He didn't know there was q N0rth
Pole
And cared only for his drink.
what's the color Of the P0le, anyhow
Red, blue, white. green or fawn3
VIII b0O&leggerS take charge Of &c,
And begin to sell told Virginia
eawn9"
evil
And keep &c out Of liquors. NAV.
Rash forward Volste0d and others
And extend to it your celebrated
law. ARIZONA IKE.
The Washington times., 1926-05-15
THE MEAN OLD THING

An old maid named Miss KObb
Wsnt to barber shop for . bob;
The barber, who was cHusty and old,
Sang, ssStlver threads among the
gold"
And she never gave him another Job.
GINGER jim.
The Washington times., 1926-05-15

Sleeping sickness can be
cured, 1t Is nosU stated.
Apartment house dsOeI Lers
learned that long ago 9Dhen
sG1ophone practice became
so widespread.
JINXY I'm.
The Washington times., 1926-05-15

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ahtud
Star is al
The Washington times., 1926-05-15
BURE AUCRACY IS SCORED IN COOLIDGE SPEEC
hyBlulPRlcE
re uSPH OFFICE

WASHINRIUN'S QUUTA UF
HICKS AND DUMBBELLS
Constant Reader" again as
serts that there are more hicks
and dumbbells in the District
than in any other place in the
world. He admits that we have
many smart people here. He
winds up by asserting that
"human nature is getting worse"
We don't want you to get blue
about this. We print the asser-
ton in the hope that the hicks
and dumbbells will behave them
selves.
The Washington times., 1926-05-15

There is talk q + a sGrdine
trust. The street TGiltOGys
of Washington a LreGdy haze
KATYDID.
The Washington times., 1926-05-15

EARLY COURTHOUSE AT WILLIAMSBURG, VA.
WILLIAMSBURG IS oldest with history
e long as story By Cab Here in 1776 the British
flag lower and independence declared
The Washington times., 1926-05-15
PRESIDENT COOLIDGE DELIVERING
SPEECH

WILLIAMSBURG, VA, is celebrating
the sesqui-centenniaI anniversary Of first
American independence move at famous GUS
tom house.
The Washington times., 1926-05-15
NoTELEss WASHINGTON

The National Capital the United States
except Boston, which its skyline by limiting the height q
It's the only municipality large or small nas
TO protect It's citizens with the right Of suffrage
Evening star., 1926-01-17
Difficult to See How United States
Could Enter Into Pact to Cut Army

213,ooo men. and it was decreased in 1922 TO
1872 900 men and at present numbers about
11S.000. AS q matter OF fact. the enlisted
strength of the Regular Army Is smaller now
than It was in 1917, when we entered the
World War. At that time the Army had been
recruited up largely because of the threatening
trouble with Mexico. So. too, the officer per
sonnel OF the Army has been reduced first to
13, 900 and then to IL 900.
The Regular Army Of the United States has
at least two functions. One is to aid In the
national defense against a foreign enemy and
the other is to defend the Government Of the
United States and uphold tho Constitution II
danger threatens from within. At present the
Army numbers little more than one man to
each 1000 population, In q country whose
size Is enormous The Army necessarily is
scattered over this large area and also in the
various possessions of this country, including
the Philippines, Hawaii and Alaska. 1t is said
on reliable authority that it would not be pos
sible to mobilize a thousand men Of the Regu-
lar Army In the National Capital itself under
five or six hours no matter what the emer
gency might be. The same thing IS true of
many Of the great cities of the country. To
cut the Army still further. it IS contended,
would be the height Of unwisdon, regarding
the matter merely a domestic question and
without regard to the requirements for national
defense against a foreign enemy.
Roughly speaking, there 100 900 officers
and men Of the Regular Army in continental
Hawaii. less than 5000 IN the Panama Canal
Zone and some 900 $4,000 in the Philip
pines. The forces in the Philippines are largely
native troops, the Phappine Scouts. Men
who have made study of the situation con
tend that for adequate defense Of the great
canal which means much to the United
States in the event OF war, the number Of
troops maintained there IL entirely insufficient.
Hawaii, regarded as the main base in the Pa
cifc Ocean, they say, should have at least one
war-strength division.
A third function of the Regular Army OF the
United States is TO aid in the training of the
organized reserves. the National Guard, the
citizens military training camps the students
at colleges where they have military training
This duty requires very considerable num-
Der OF officers and men at all times.
comparison of the land armies Of the
United States with those Of other great ma
tons Of the world IS OF much interest in view
Of the coming conference. Not only IS the
numerical strength of the American Army less
in comparison to that of the armies of Great
Britain, Japan, France and Italy, but America
Great Britain and France, notwithstanding the
vast wealth Of this Nation. The appropria-
tions for the armies Of these five nations in
1924 were as follows: The British Empire
1866 .40s; Japan. $9S,5o0.o00 the United
States $257.274.76S; France, $178. .3os.13s; Italy
$117.333.0e1. The population Of the mother
countries in each instance Is as follows: Great
Britain, 44.zoo,ooo; Japan, 5s,sooooo United
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States liz, 900 900; France 1850, ,o00 and Ivy
100000. The numerical strength OF tho
active armies of these nations Is esrln1a1eo do
follows: Great Britain. exclusive OF lndia ana
other possessions, with g. few except,ofs'
l52,626; Japan, 10000; the United STATES
l30,O ,OOO France 6s5 ,459; Italy. 22o,sss. THESE
the figures for the active armies. Ihere
also the organized reserves, which In the
United States include the National GUARD, re-
serve officers, etc.
In this country there is voluntary service. as
we'll as in Great Britain. But in the other
countries military service is compulsory, and
the trained men, therefore, run into the NIL
lions the years go by.
Americas part at the proposed conference
land ornaments therefore, can only be at
best sympathetic 1t LIS not believed that under
the favorable circumsta noes the other
great nations Of the world would agree to limit
their land ar1naments to degree that the
United States has already attained. However,
If there is to be maximum limit ratio ar
rangement among the powers, the United
States will perforce have to take into consider
alton the actual needs which may arise in the
future, both with regard TO the domestic, or
police, duty for the National Government and
for any possible aggression from without
The military system Of a nation, which Is de-
Yeloped either on the basis of voluntary enlist
compulsory military service, has
considerable bearing the expenses attached
to the maintenance Of standing army. The
largest single item in the military eXpendt-
lures of the United States, for example, is the
pay Of the personnel. If the minimum base
pay OF the lowest grade In the armies of tho
United States Great Britain France, Italy and
Japan-the nations embraced in the naval lin
ttation treaty negotiated at the Washington
conference-it Is found the American and the
British soldier receives much higher pay than
the man in the armies of the other three coun-
tries, where military service Is compulsory.
X x r
In making comparison of the military
budgets of the various nations this discrepancy
In the pay of the personnel. due to the differ
ent systems, must be taken into account.
The base minimum pay per day Of the SOL
diers Of the Ave countries to which reference
has been made Is follows: United States
$40: Great Britain. $50; Japan, So63; Italy,
$.017, and France, SOP. The pay per day of
the American soldier would be sufficient to
pay So French soldiers for a day Al Italian
soldiers, or II japanese soldiers.
Furthermore. it costs more TO feed the
United States soldier than it does TO feed the
soldiers of the other countries. Annual sub
sistence for a soldier of these countries is
estimated follows: United States, s12s57:
Great Britain s94.5S; Japan, $50 "a; Italy.
s53.44, and France. $50.15.
The military budgets for these nations II the
men We're paid and fed Oh the same scale as
the American soldier, would be vastly IN
creased. as may be readily understood from
these figures. France would lead them all
including the United States, with a budse. OF
sss2.53o721.
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Recent Eruption of Mount Vesuvius
Was Prophesied Several Months Ago

The recently reported activity OF
Mount Nesuvius, which may be only
The prelude to q really important erup-
ton. was prophesied several months
ago by DIR. y. Malladra, noted Italian
volcanologist, according to DR.. Henry
s. Washington of the Geophysical
Laboratry Of the Carnegie Institution.
Il was In Rome last Summer when
q. report Of Vesuv1us eruption ex-
cited the city," said DR.. Washington.
Ell wired to DR.. Malladra, who said
that IL was only rumor, as such re-
ports frequently are, but invited me
70 oorne down to Naples and go out
for a look at the mountain anyhow.
''He showed me a place on the side
of the volcano where in his opinion
the next outbreak was due to come;
and from what | can tell from reports
that have reached me the new lava
aow's seem 70 have broken out at
This spot"
yesuvius Is no stranger TO DR..
Washington. He has visited 1t every
wear or two for long period. and
took part TN a special study Of Its
last great eruption, which took-place
in 1905.
f.Thcusb thia eruption is not TO be
Evening star., 1926-01-17
By q. GOULD LINCOLN.

NCLE SANS participation in the pro
posed conference for the limitation OF
armaments, far as land armaments
~ are concerned, must under present
conditions, be largely academic In
deed this has been made evident by PRESIDENT
Coolidge himself in his messages 10 congress
on the subject of limitation of armaments The
United States has reduced It's land forces until
today there are approximately $4,000 enlisted
mon and Q 900 officers in the Army. When
1t is taken into consideration that the United
States has a population or about llZ'ooo'ooo
persons that It has a vast extent or territory
and that it is the wealthiest nation under the
sun. It not only does not appear that this force
is excessive but also that 1t should not be
further reduced.
It is possible that the United States, at the
conference now called by the League or Ma
tons and for which q preliminary conference
Is to be held soon in Geneva, may be asked
to limit Its land forces. that in the future
they shall not be increased beyond a certain
maximum. 1t may be fairly expected, however,
that II any attempt is made to fix such a max
imum under a ratio plan such as was adopted
at the Washington conference In 'l922 for the
CAPITAL ships of navies the limit set for the
American Army would be considerably greater
than the Army of today
The tendency in the United States since the
close of the World War has been to reduce
more and more the size of the Army. Recent
history and the evident purpose Of Congress
TO keep the Army as small possible would
lead to the belief that II would be scarcely
necessary for any international conference to
attempt to limit the land ornaments OF this
country.
After the war, with the lessons of that con-
fict still in mind Congress enacted the
called national defense act The purpose OF
the act set UP skeleton Army upon
which the national defense might build in time
OF emergency. 1t gave to tho country in leg
islative form It's first really constructive plan
tered the World War 1t had had defense
plan. There delay and confusion incident
to being unprepared, even far adequate
plans were concerned. In the first six months
OF participation in the there
modified 953,563 enlisted and 5S.4o0 Of
fcers, and the time of the armistice this
country had total of f.4s5.454 enlisted men
and 1SS,434 officers. It will be remembered,
however that all this mobilization and training
of men and officers was going on In this
country While foe American soil,
and that 1t almost IA months after this
country entered the that American troops
used In large numbers against the en-
emy In Europe.
The national defense act authorizes a max
imum strength Of 100000 enlisted men and tho
requisite number of officers for such q force.
But not since the passage of that act has
Congress appropriated anything like the
amount of money needed to feed. clothe and
pay such a force. The Army in 1921 numbered
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have Il capital OF $500. 900 and the
right to issue notes or bonds to the
extent Of 81 900 100000. the latter sum
to be used for buying UP eXporta-
BILE surpluses of crops whenever they
occur. Critics Of Government price,
fixing legislation declare that the
Shipstead bin has more Of the Ian
guage and thought Of the old Nc
Nary-Haugen bill than any present.
ed at this session OF Congress.
Export Board Sought.
IL. A bill, introduced by Senator
McNary, Republican, Of Oregon, set
ting up a Farmers Export Corpora
tion," under an appropriation Of $780,
000, 900, with the right to issue $780,
100000 in bonds and notes and the
privilege practically of fixing prices
whenever the corporation finds there
is going to be @ surplus OF any prod
uct.
13. A bill, sponsored by Represent
ative Dickinson, Republican, OF Iowa,
forming q Federal Farm Advisory
Council" to promote marketing, elm,
mate speculation and minimize
waste. Cooperative marketing lead
ers In Washington pointed out that
the Dickinson bill authorizes the ad-
visory council to assist In removing
surplus farm produce from the do
mestic market, and declared that it
is McNary- -Haugen surplus export
legislation in polite language 1t
was attacked as project which would
arrange the domestic price by dump
ing the surplus abroad and collecting
the losses from the American growers
by means of a so-called equalization
fee or tax.
II. A bill, introduced by Represent
ative Haugen, Republican, OF Iowa.
which is known as the Department OF
Agriculture bill. providing for setting
up division Of cooperative market
Ing in the department. This is the
project sponsored by Secretary Jar
dine and indorsed by President Cool
idge. 1t aims at giving every possible
Government assistance to existing CO =
operative marketing agencies without
in any way seeking to regulate or
control them. 1t is said to be the
only hfarm relief measure now be-
fore Congress with any assured pros
pect of passage. 1t attempts for the
first time to put Government aid be-
hind distribution Of farm produce as
such aid now is put behind produo-
ton.
ACs11s1shG~ 1aook ..-.t-...
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compared with the cataclysIn Of 70
A.D., which wiped out Pompeii
and Herculaneum," DR.. Washington
stated, ''it was really very severe.
one or two hundred feet of the sum-
NIT was blown off. and the crater was
considerably widened. After the
eruption the new crater had q depth
Of about 1900 feet, with very steep
sides.
"Since that time it has been slowly
filing up again, and a small conc, 200
or 300 feet high, has been building.
Last Fall the lava level was up to
within 100 feet Of the lowest point
in the rim.
''Vesuvius, however, seldom sends
lava flows over the rim of the crater;
they usually break out on the sides
of the mountain, accompanied with
the eruption of vast clouds of smoke
and ashes. The production of lava
from Vesuvius Is much smaller, pro-
portionately, than that from Etna-
Etna, Of course, is a greater noun
tain, being $4,000 feet high, as against
the 1000 feet Of Vesuvius; and it's
lava is much more copious and also
moro fluid than that Of the smaller
Volcano. g.. .. ,-.-~
Evening star., 1926-01-17
By WILLIAM {. REDFTELD
Former Secretary of Commerce.

The current discussion about the
price Of rubber in connection with the
alleged British monopoly OF that ma,
terial has not been distinguished either
for dignity or candor. We seeln to
have forgotten that the world may
yet retain a sense of humor and may
not take US quite as seriously as we
seem to take ourselves. Much has
been left unsaid in the discussions
that would have thrown light on the
situation had 1t been spoken.
An important element in the con-
troversy from an American point Of
view is. or ought to be. the fine ex.
ample Of hindsight which 1t betrays.
We are bemoaning that which It has
long been In our power to prevent, but
which we have lacked the foresight or
tho wisdom to treat effectively. Op.
portunity has for years knocked at
our doors but has knocked in vain. At
any time during the past 10 years q
brief act Of Congress would have re.
moved the legal bar that prevents the
Evening star., 1926-01-17
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Capitol Hill is deluged with propo-
sitions and panaceas for so-called
farm relief. Bills and resolutions
calling recklessly for billions of dol
lars of Federal funds for agricultural
aid have been introduced in both
House and Senate. Farm leaders
from all over the country assembled
in Washington last week in conyen-
tions and for conference with the
administration. themselves astonished
at the magnitude and maze Of
schemes that have been put forth.
The legislative medicine which con.
gressional doctors are prescribing for
agricultural distress, like low prices
and surplus crops, runs the gamut
from conservative cooperation to ma
tional socialism. There are schemes
for Government price-fxng Of wheat.
cotton, corn, rye. fax, oats, barley,
rice. sugar and wool. Other projects
would compel Uncle Sam to buy up
surplus farm produce and sell 1t
abroad at dumping prices, the United
States Treasury pocketing any incl
dental loss. Certain proposals pro-
vide for purchase and maintenance
Of Government warehouses.
World Farm Parley Asked.
Every conceivable variety Of Gov
ernment aid, subsidy and support has
been evolved in one form or another.
One proposal calls upon President
Coolidge to assemble an international
agricultural conference as the surest
method Of working out the salvation
Of American farmers in particular, and
those of the world in general.
If any considerable portion Of the
different cures put forth for relief
were to be carried out, the United
States would be plunged into the farm
ing business on a gigantic scale. The
country would find itself in agriculture
almost as deeply and directly as to-
day it finds itself in the business Of
carrying the mails or maintaining na-
tional defense. Many of the schemes
are Of the wildcat type. Most of
them, as Aaron Sapiro told the Ma
tional Cooperative Marketing Asso-
citation convention, are heavily
freighted with unconstitutionality."
The multiplicity and extreme nature
Of the various relief projects explain
why for the present President Cool.
idge and Secretary Jardine refuse to
commit the administration to any
sweeping plan. 1t became plain dur
ing Farm week" in Washington that
American agriculture is many-minded
oil IliC oubJCSN VI lIuN us S<ilS SlIlolA
is to be worked out. The sentiment
of cooperative marketing leaders was
distinctly against schemes looking to
Government partnership in agricul-
ture. Yet SO sane and respected q
farm leader as former Gov. Frank
o. Lowden Of Illinois, who address
ed the co-operatives, insisted that
some ''power'-by which he means
Federal power-must be invoked If
America is to Survive the decay Of its
agriculture"
Principal Bills Listed.
The following is a. list Of the prin-
cipal farm relief bills submitted to
Congress during the past few weeks:
!. A bill prohibiting future" sales
of cotton and wheat, whereby short"
selling would be impossible and specu
lation on cotton exchanges and boards
Of trade practically eliminated.
2. A bill to extend the discounting
power Of the Federal farm banks,
whereby individual farmers would be
permitted to borrow directly.
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7 NCLE SANS participation in the pro
posed conference for the limitation OF
armaments, so far as land ornaments
are concerned, must, under present
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THIS country must begin serious
" to consider making changes
In its system of representative
i government, in the opinion of
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"The World War and its conse-
Quences brought with It the first
real beginnings Of national unity.
That u the phase we are In. q phase
through which France and Britain
passed long time ago. through which
America passed certainly by the end
Of the Civil War. Why was social
ism, which in France and in Germany
carried with it no threat to national
unity, q peril for Italy? Simply be-
cause in Italy, where national unity
was still unachieved, it became anti
national
To-day my country is going through
the phase which is essential to all
peoples-it Is achieving a spiritual and
thus a true national unity. That Is
the service and the explanation Of
fascisn and OF Muesolini. Do not, J.
hAG e& YOU make tha ocmnnen srrce
Evening star., 1926-01-17

~ r all European countries at
the present hour, It is clear
that none, not even Russia,
~ presents g. picture so bewil-
Evening star., 1926-11-30

all the time. There were 10000
tin can" tourists on the roads in a,i.
tomobiles this year. The total Of ad-
missions to the SesQui in the six
hectic months Of its existence has
been 100000. The paid admissions
in round numbers were $500, 900. The
'tin can" tourists saw a continuing
exposition unfold before their eyes.
The hfg department stores of today,
common to every community. are ex-
positions of industrial arts in them
selves. One of the few outstanding
successes Of the Sesquicentennial was
the Fine Arts Building. But every
American city Of appreciable size to-
day has it's art museums. Philadel-
phia herself is building one OF the
very finest in the entire country.
Exhibits Lack Interest.
1t is no longer a treat for the wom.
en- Of the country to come to an ex-
position to view silks from France
or Japan. The flappers of Main street
have been wearing these silks for
years. 1t is no longer a treat to the
average travelling American to view
any sort Of exhibit from abroad. Hun
dreds of thousands Of American tour.
lists tour Europe every year, and the
number is increasing. Those who
might have come to Philadelphia to
see an exposition for a few days stay
ed home to save a few more dollars