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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
ARTS CLUB PLAYERS
TO GIVE SCORPION"
Play on March 80 and 81 to End
Busy Month-Many Lee
lures Scheduled.

The Arts Club program for March
features a number of interesting eve.
nings devoted to lectures and informal
talks by speakers, many of national
and international reputation, and
closing on March 80 and 81 with the
presentation Of Edith Ogden Heidels
play. 1.-THE Scorpion" originally a
one-act play, but rewritten, because
to be produced for the first time by
the Arts Club Players, directed by
Marie Moore Forrest.
Next Tuesday evening Miss Helen
Nicolay will be guest of honor and
chief speaker. Miss Nicolay is the
daughter of John Nicolay, secretary
to President Lincoln and co.author
with John Hay of the Life of Lin
coin" Miss Nicolay is also the
author of a book on Lincoln and
has likewise written a book about
Washington, "Our Capital on the
Potomac" which will be the subject
Of her Tuesday evenings talk. JUS
tice Stafford is to be host Of the
evening and Miss Maud Burr Morris,
secretary of the Columbia Historical
Society, is to be hostess. Both will
also be heard in interesting remi-
niscences of the Capital City.
Other speakers scheduled for the
month at the Arts Club include the
Minister of Latvia and Mime. Saya,
March 9; Wilfred J. Conrow of New
York, March 16; Mrs. Frederic e. Far
rington, March IS; G. A. Lyon, March
%, and DR.. William Boyd Carpenter,
March %.
Members of the Arts Club are
asked to note that the annual play
writing contest of the club closes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
ACTION ISFORECAST
ON DEFICIENCY BILL
Senate Soon to Act on Report
Containing $1,700, 900 for
D. c. Work.

The conference report on the de-
fciency appropriation bill. which has
ia It may important items for the
District of Columbia will be called up
for action in the Senate again early
this week.
The measure has passed both
branches of Congress and the con-
ferees' agreement has been accepted
by the House. On two occasions last
week, however, final action was held
up In the Senate because Of the con-
troversy which has developed over
whether the Navajo Indians should
pay half the cost of bridges to be erect
ed in New Mexico and Arizona.
Nearly all of the $l,700.000 in the
bill for the local government is for
street paving and school building con
struction. Anticipating that the reg
ular District bill would not become a
law until late in the Spring. thereby
delaying street surfacing until sum
lner, the Commissioners succeeded in
having large part Of the paving pro-
gram for the next fiscal year placed in
the deficiency bill.
If the Senate approves the measure
in the near future il will enable the
District authorities to begin street
work as soon as weather conditions
permit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
CAMPBELL CASE HEARD.
Appeal From Mail Fraud Convic
ton Under Amusement.

SAN FRANCISCO, February % P)
The appeal of Gordon Campbell, oil
operator and geologist. from a verdict
finding him guilty on a charge OF
using the mails to defraud in connec
ton with an oil project at Great Falls
Mont, last May. was heard and taken
under advisement yesterday by the
United States Circuit Court of APP
peals, with Judges McCamant, Gilbert
and Rudkin on the bench.
Campbell, who was named or
charges of conspiracy with Senator
Burton K. Wheeler. Democrat, OF
Montana, and Edwin Booth, former
solicitor of the Interior Department
In District of Columbia indictments
was sentenced to two years imprison.
ment and fined $4,000. Senator Wheel
err was cleared.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
PASTOR REARRESTED.
Mann Act Case Dismissed-Held
on State Charge.

LOS ANGELES, February 81 H.-
Charges of violating, the Mann act
against Rev. Thomas Hubert Jones.
former pastor of a Protestant Episco.
pal church In Philadelphia. were dis.
missed by the United States commits
sioner here yesterday, but the minis
ter was rearrested Immediately or
State charges preferred in Pennsyl
vania.
The fugitive warrant on which he
now is held charges him with larceny,
seduction and forgery.
Officers declared that Jones came to
Los Angeles last June In company
with Miss Mildred Lever, 10. former
choir singer in his church, and thai
they nived together as man and wife
since. Jones is Al years old and is
said to have left a wife and two sons
in Philadelphia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
Saws Movies Hurt
Child by Making
Play ''Passive''
By the Associated Press.

By the AesOclateu Prtss.
The popularity of moving pic
lures has worked against child
health and morality by substituting
"a poor form of passive recreation
for active recreation" Miss Grace
Abbott, chief of the Labor Depart
ment, Children's Bureau, told a
House appropriations subcommittee
in hearings made public yesterday.
Juvenile delinquency In the
United States, on the decrease
since 1910, is facing new ways
and new forms which deprive and
shock you" she continued. decfar
ing that changed conditions since
the war have forced application Of
new methods to meet the situation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
SCHEDULES SUSPENDED.
Lower Grain Freight Rates Post
poned to June 30.
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion yesterday suspended fronAMarcf
/ to June 20 proposed new schedules
of freight rates which would have re
duced rates on grain and grain prod
ucts moving to Louisiana from
various destinations.
The schedules also would have re-
stricted the routing of many of the
rates so as not to apply them to
Texas, where the present rates
which are higher, would continue to
be applied.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28

March IS and all plays must be in
the hands of the chairman of the
dramatic committee, Mrs. Maud How
ell Smith, by that date.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28

IN Finland and Lsipland amber oil
j. believed to be n certain cure for
rheumatism. neura lgia and similar ills.
Evening star., 1926-06-03
Goldstrom's Course.

Goidstrom, round d-the world racer
by train, plane and ship, should be at
Chita, Siberia. today. about two
thirds OF the way from the Ural
Mountains aud the Pacific Ocean.
Chita Is 400 miles east Of Lake Bal
kal. Near Chita the trans A sia rail
route branches, the left bra nch going
east along the south border Of Amur
aud skirting the north border Of Man-
churia, to Khaba rovsk goo miles west
Of tho Sea of Japan. At Chita the
other branch Of the trans Siberia or
trans Asia rail route, this branch be-
ing the Chinese Eastern Railway,
runs southeast through Manchuria to
Harbin, about 500 miles, at which
place a branch leads to VladivostOk
on the coast of the Sea of japan and
400 miles from Harbin. At Chita
Goidstrom plans to hire a locomotive
TO take him to Harbin. where a
.Iapa nese plane should carry him TO
Yokohama. about 200 miles south
east. Al Yokohama he should catch
the steamer President Madison, sail
ing for 1.-The States June Z. Thus
far Goldstrom is two days ahead OF
The time made by the round the world
racer John Henry Mears in 1913.
In the long rail trie from Moscow
~ ~ - S7~.>3sxf NAA s.~An>~ snnunuetAnsn
Evening star., 1926-06-03

Of the progress of the traveller were
west front Of Asia. The Star has
noted GoldStronts progress day by
day. Al thita today he viii have
Travelled about ZOO miles across
northern Asia. and trans. .Siberian II
l trains do not run at the speed Of
American transcontinentul expresses.
, IN yesterdays message Goldstrom
gave picture of Siberia. The Altai
Mountains to the south could lie seen
A'I'd he told that those hills hold "stu-
l4ehdous coal fields" and great de
iAo*fts VI 55 per cent magnetic iron
Ui'e. lie told that this will be the
stksefnIaking center of Siberia aud
tiieat The Soviet government lis plum
nisis a Steel works here whose first
amt viii cost $40, 900 300" lie seems
To have passed over the steppes Of
western Siberia and Is crossing a
niuAe cheerful part Of the country,
"THees, he SAYS. "begin to dot the
prairie. aud to the north we can see
the hnpenetrabIe jungle which was
famous for its guerrilla bands of
peasants whose homes were DESTROYED
10y Eol'hah when he attempted to
overthrow The Bolshevik regime" 1t
seems that at the stations there are
newsslands OF bookstaiids Vast
quantities" he says, "uf cheap Luuk-
lets Oh agriculture, popular science
land government are issued for pur.
poses Of education and propaganda by
|the government printing house aud
|ufe for sale at every station" One
lstrikins statement he makes Is that
his railroad ticket from Moscow to
WI adivOstok across half Of Europe
and the fun breadth Of Asia eleven
days rail travel cost him $40.
Evening star., 1926-06-03
Threats and Murder.

, Sunday night a man infiamej by
jealousy threatened n woman in this
city With Il pistol. She Ned aud he
failed To iuJure her. She uiade COIN
plaint TO the police. the man was az
rested on charge Of threats 10 Kill,
aud in court vas released on Wednes-
day on the plea of the accuser. Yes
street and shot her to death. Then,
failing To take his own life, he was
seized nd is now held for murder.
Release on reconna ssa nee of a ma n
accused of threatening another per-
sons life is apparently no protection
whatever. even though the object Of
his threat valves the charge. Perhaps
if this man had been sent to Jail for u
period on charge of murderous
threats he would have been given u
cha nee 10 cool his hOmicidal passion.
Again he might have left Jail even
more determined 10 Kill. But there
would al least have been u chance to
protect the victim of his rage for II
period. II not perna nentiy.
Again it may be asked why relea sc
WAS granted by court officer In case
of this kind when the accused person
was armed with a pistol on first Of
fense. Should not a charge Of "con.
cealed weapons" have been brought
against him? Or was the weapon not
"concealed' in u manner to meet the
requirements Of the jaw on this sub
ject? The man was unquestiona bly,
armed. Where he got the gun ap-
pears to be Of no moment. 1t Is in
deed OF no concern Of the law in it's
present state whether ne bought It, or
where.
This case illustrates the loosenees
Of the law and the practice in the
matter Of personal armament for
criminal purposes. This crime can 10
laid at the doors OF the present sys-
tenn which permits a potential muir
derer to go at large after a warning
has been given in the most formal
manner.
Evening star., 1926-06-03
Waste and Extravaganza.

At \ meeting VI the ohio Democracy
!, held yesterday at Columbus speakers
hcriticiZed the Coolidge administration
as Que Of waste, extravaganza aud
Huf1ieacy." This will proba bly, bring
IL smile to the faces Of most American
taxpayers who have substantial rea
sun to regard the present admtnistra
tion ~ one of economy and retrench
meut. If this is 10 be the keynote of
the Democratic campaign it viii take
some singing tu put II over Ms n party
slogan.
Ii will be very hard itAIeed to per
suade the people OF this country In
ANY contest. whether for Congress ol
two years hence for the presidency
that this administration has been
wasteful and extravasant Just what
is meant by pronigacy remains for
disclosure. but the terms 'wasteful
aud extruvagant" Will require dennt-
tiou ia the face Of two large red,n-
lions Of taxes permitted by heavy cuts
In the national budgets.
Evening star., 1926-06-03
School Bids Within the Funds.

| In the prosecution of its hNe-year
public school building program the
i District NOW has the unusual good
! fortune OF finding il possible To pro
ceed promptly with the construction of
one Of the most important uf the prof
1 ecis without having To readvertiSe for
! bids or obtaining larger apprupria tion
to meet the estimates of the bidders.
| Upon opening OF the tenders for Tive
new Mckinley High Schoul il is found
! that most of them are within thtA
amount remuining aNailat,te of tibet
! orig iual allotment after the initial eA.
| penses have been met. They are
! within the appropriation" contrary
to frequent experience IN the past.
and there is sT"i reason. therefore.
! to expect a prompt award of contract
nd an early start ON the work.
Ia consequence of Inadequate and
tardy appropriations heretofore II lFas
been common Ia find the bids. wheI
fualiN received. eAree,ilns the amounts
available for expenditure. This has
uecessitated applications for addi-
tional appropriations. Or reNision of
the plans In either case leading Ia
hong delays. Sometimes important
features OF the proposed structures
have had TO he omitted In Conse
uuence Of the discovery that firms
structiou work within the amounts
a\ ala bic.
The advantage Of u large apprvpria-
ton is thus manifested In the present
case. Yet the project of providing
new aud adequate huiue for the tech
nical high school cannot be said to
have been rushed to the point of CON
tract awarding. Several years have
Ella psed since the new building WAS
specifically recommended. part OF the
time ing been consumed in search
for and final determine tfon upon
site. Meanwhile the Old school has
become uNertruwded aud the school
work has been seriously hanpertd.
with the bids In hand. with few eX
ceptions. Within the limit of the funds
availa hle, there IL good reason To look
for An early start on the work itself.
With good fortune. it should be ready
for occ,II,a ncy at the beginning Of the
school year of 1921 or fifteen months
hence. And there Is hope that mean
while there will not be any uut0ward
ha openings iu the matter to cause the
| overcrUMding of the new school when
il is finally opened for use.
Evening star., 1926-06-03

! Now that warmer weather is coming
around this way. many persons VIII
! cut down ON their daily food intake.
/ Some will reduce their food needs
| so drastic;illy that instead of eating
three times as much az IL good for
them they will consume only twice
az much food as they need.
! These heroic ones will pride them
selves upon their selfrestraint. IL
they could look into the life Ot Louis
! tornaro, however, they would see
| themselves as mere dietetic pikers.
Perhaps there IL no name which
ought to be better known 10 the
| American people than that Of This
| old Venetian nUbleman. for he taught
frusallty in eating habit of which
| this country stands In sore need.
| Yet. Of thuae reading here, how
many VIII ever have heard OF the
! name? In the general mass of the
! public, perhaps not one in a thVusa Iid
| will know anything AT all about old
| l.udoVicO. while among booklONerk as
ii whole, where he should he known
| 10 all, perhaps not one In u hundred
VIII have read his immortal dig
| course on the Sober Life"
50 applicable ure his precepts to-
| day. and SO charming remain his
ESSAYS, tlsal we know no better life
and works to present here az the
hot weather comes ou than that Of
Louis tornaru aud his writings.
4 y Il
tuMuAru, who lited ~ be more Than
100 years old tonly W. according to
sUIne historiHnsl, preached the Wiz
Hes OF the temperate life in four
delightful ESSAYS, which should be
i.N al kt Al
The best edition We know VI II
,hat ca lied The Art uf Living Long,
published by William r.. Butler ut
VI Miiwaukee IN 1905. la zoo puEes the
reader viii tinJ collected not only
toihar"'s own four ESSAYS. but also
much additional material. Including
Joseph AddisUus tribute ia the Spec
tator papers. Bacons essay upoa
scornarU. and kindred essays. This
| eiition is likely 10 reIiain for IA long
time the standard t'Vrnaru.
The original "DiscOrsi della vita
sobria," the discourse Oh the sober
life Is translated Ia this edition
under the title VI The Tempera te
Life which would have been u pref
elabie tile for the whole work, IN
Our estimation. as The whole theme Of
the Italians writings Is that Vt tenn =
peranee In all things. particularly la
ones eating habits. The title, THE
Art VI Living l~ng." Is rather too
much VI u cUu1escension tv the mod
| eru health propaganda. although IL
must be admitted that CvrnarO took
IA wundrUus pride Ia rounding out
the century mark.
Nothing ia all literature quite
equals the Old boys pride Ia his long
life. especially la his ability " write
essays al his advanced age. Indeed.
his four artieles-one can call them
hardly more than that-would do
credit to any writer ia the worlds
history.
Al the same time they possess
such "a curious combination Of the
old man and the young man that
one Will search in vain through the
worlds literature to equal them. 1t
IS for this reason. as well as for
their content, that every thinking
person should read them.
Too many persons today are afraid
OF old age. Louis CornarO shows
one that II life is lived temperately
one need not fear the oncoming Of
the "halcyon days" as Walt Whit
man called them.
While COrnaro undoubtedly did be
Evening star., 1926-06-03
Speeding Court Proce esses.

Last week Richard r. Whittemore
was convicted In Baltimore Of murder.
Ing q prison guard. Yesterday the Su-
rreme Court in that city denied him a
new trial, argument having been
made on Saturday. The trial court is
now at liberty 10 impose sentence. and
Unless a n appeal is taken 10 the Court
OF Appeals Of the State the sentence
will stand and it's execution will prob
ably follow in short order. This Is an
example Of expedition which should lie
observed in all jurisdictions. Should
peals Of Maryla nd, 1t should be hea rd
and decided a. promptly as the Su-
preme Court Of the State has rem
dered it's decision.
Court DELAYS are with reason re-
Garded as responsible In large meas.
Ure for the prevalence of crime in this
country. In the great ma jvrity OF
cases there are Ions lapses between
Indictment and punishment. First,
there are DELAYS preceding trial. Then
after conviction there are delays\ in
making appeals and i'm deciding them.
Months sometimes pass between a
conviction and the hearing Of tho case
In review by a higher court. Ere.
Qnently technicalitles serve to evoke
decisions that throw the case back for
retrial, and the whole process is gone
through again. and by the time the
come ,nnavaiiable. some have died,
atharskAavn RnwsRed hrnr thesauganI
Evening star., 1926-06-03

diction and cannot he summoneds
confusion in the testimony results.
Safeguards against injustice to per-
sons accused of crime must not. of
course, be leSsened. II is quite as
arra iened for lawbreaking of what
ever degree the fullest chance Of de-
fense. ~ To guarantee the state the
punishment of those who are proved
guilty. but IL does seem as though
the safeguards for the accused had
been multiplied ami extended until he
has more than an even chance to es-
cape penalty, in the face of plain proof
of euiit,
Evening star., 1926-06-03
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

mining how the total vote of the
county or State shall he cast.
@. is 1T correct to speak of the
inundstion of the world during Noah's
time as q flood or a. deluge?~T. p. N.
A. The international Stsndard
Bible Encyclopedia says that there
are in the authorized version OF the
Bible Is different words which have
been translated flood" including the
words indicating the deluge OF Noah.
the waters OF the Red Sea, the
Euphrates River, the Nile. the Jor-
dan. a torrent. tempest. and inces-
SAINT rain. For this reason the word
deluse 10 more correct 10 designate
the universal catastrophe.
q. Is vaccina ton compulsory he
for a child is I year old in Eng
land?-B. B.
A. The parents Of every child horn
in Eng Ia nd must within months
after the birth of the child. or the per
son having custody Of a child must
within months after receiving II,
have the child vaccinsted by = reTis-
tered private medical practitioner cr
by the public vsccinator for the dis
trict.
q. What was mea mt by the old ex-
preston. whipping the cat. In con
nection with Shoemaking?-R. A. n.
A. In colonial days an apprentice
who had completed his term OF serv-
Ice in learning the shoemaking trade
| usually started out in business In
manner that was known a. whip
ping the cat" which mean mt journey
ing from town to town. living with
| O. family while making g. years sup
ply of shoes for each member OF the
family and then leaving TO NIL other
were adopted. What were the others
engagements previously made.
q. 1t i. said that when the first
amendments TO the Constitution were
submitted there were IL, OF which 10
ebOut?-C. Y.
| A. The 2 amendments OF the II
submitted as the Bill of Rights which
we're rejected were the one which "a
| lated to the apportiOnment or Repre-
sentstives to Congress and the one
| bers of Congress.
q. Can guinea pigs be eaten?-
| E. T. Nick.
A. The Bureau of Animal HnA
bandry says guinea pigs can be eaten.
However, they are not generally die
posed of In this manner.
This Is q specioI department des'ofed
solely to the handling Of queries. Thts
| paper puts at your disposal the ss-'c-
ices Of an eEtensiUe or0dnisdticr IN
Warrington to serre you IN dwp ca
pacitv that relates TO Information.
| This ssr,ice is free. Failure to make
use Of IL dep,ires vos Of benefits 10
| trhicgI EOM are entitled Your obNCd-
| ton is only 9 coats in sfdmps irciosed
,oith your inQStry for direct reply
Address The EUentnD Stor Inform0-
ton B"reau. Frederic J. Hdskin, Nj
| rector, Warrington. n. r.
Evening star., 1926-06-03
Pilsudski's Coup i'll Poland
Arouses Deep Interest Here

| however," adds the News, lis tinSed
with a certain satisfaction that the
present movement does not carry
with 1t the threat Of netiona
! collapse. As a matter OF fact, the
turn to Marshal Pilsudski for leader
ship is because OF the faith that he
alone may guide the government
through its fiscal troubles and pre-
serve it's solidarity against suspect ed
enemies abroad
our position should be one Of for
bed rance and sympathy" urges the
Flint Daily journal, which assumes
that POLAND Is not trying TO over
throw orderly government. but to
attain it,
Some eyes are turned upon Pa
there are queries as to the effect
Of his Journey. He is. however. accord
ing to the Muskeson Chronicle, far
too loving aud lOvable. too gentle and
amisble. to maintain himself az
president OF a Poland which stili
requires a strong hand, an indomi.
table will, to maintain order among
tho warning elements" The Savannah
Press thinks Paderewski had dis
missed all thought OF entering
politics again. but suspects that
the coup Of Pilsudski may have put
him in the notion OF re-entering the
national affairs Of Poland"
PadereWskfs visit is discussed also
by the Charleston Evening Post with
the statement, "IIe says he is going to
Geneva for the benefit of his health,
and doubtless he will confer there
with men Of good will in the hope to
put an end to strife and to save Pola nd
from national suicide" The Reno Eve
ming Gazette adds that mo doubt he
Is going to France beca use every day
has shown that II Is In France that
whatever Is happening In Poland has
It's genesis
internal jealousy and rivalry have
marred the history Of Poland from its
very beginnings" declares the Wiscon-
sin State Journal which refers to
Haller's opposition to Pilsudski and
advises that "Pilsudski and Haller.
known as Polish patriots both. might
we'll read the lessons Of their own his
tory together" The present lack Of
harmony Is accounted for by the New
ark Evening News by the fact that
Polish conservatism is very conserva-
tive ana It's radicalism runs to deep
pinkish hue. Here's a task for a mas
ter of harmonies," the Evening News
continues; stately minusts, savage
Slav dances. simple folk songs, color
full sonatas, laundering fugues--all to
be blended into fine political concert.
The great Paderewski will need all his
art in his retirement to his quiet
villa in Switzerland"