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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25
FAR VESTS GRIP
ON SENATE FIRM
Is of 80 Committees Headed
by Men From Other Side
of Mississippi.
BY ROBERT T.. SMALL.

The extent of the grip which the
Far West has upon the United States
Senate is reflected today in the fact
that 16 of the 33 committees of the
Senate are presided over by men from
west of the Mississippi River. Most Of
day safely in the hands of the West,
of that dividing stream
Not only are the chairmanShipS to-
day safely in the hands of the West
but in the matter of ranking members,
or those in line to succeed to the chair
lnanShipS, the West also holds Win
ming hand. 1t has ranking members
on no less than It of the 33 commit
tees
The Middle West, including Ken
lucky, has 6 Senate chairmanShipS,
and the East has II. This is a marvel
Gus change from a few years ago,
when the Senate virtually was in the
grip of New England. But that tight
little section, not to be denied its place
In the sun, has its first President in
the White House for something like
20 years.
Small States Powerful.
The most remarkable phase of the
situation in the Senate is the fact that
three of its most important committees
are presided over by men from States
having about the smallest populations
of any in the entire American Union.
all-powerful committee on finance.
which corresponds to the committee
ways and means in the House.
Senator Warren of Wyoming preSideS
over the committee on appropriations.
Senator Borah of Idaho, has succeeded
in the craftsmanship of the committee
on foreign affairs.
When 1t comes to eleCting a PreSi-
dent of the United States, Utah, Idaho
and Wyoming have a total of IL votes.
New York has 45.
In the House of Representatives the
East still holds sway, due largely to
the tremendous influence of Republi-
can Pennsylvania, but the West IS
coming stronger and stronger. Due
10 it's size, the House has many more
committees than the Senate-61, in
fact. OF these the East claims 90,
the Far West 10, and the Middle West,
including Kentucky, u. The South
has ! committee craftsmanship, be
cause Tennessee insists upon sending
certain Republican Representatives
back to the House time and time
again.
Recently the Pennsylvania Senators
;,rose on their hind legs and made
loud and long complaint that the Key
stone State, backbone of Republican
ism in the East. was not getting it's
proper share of the Federal patronage
the big jobs handed out by the admin
iStratiOn.
However true that may be, Penn
sylvania certainly holds sway in the
House. This one State provides the
chairmen of no less than II commit
tees. For the most part they are
important committees, too
Pennsylvania Committees.
Here is the list:
Banking and currency, enrolled
bills, expenditures in the Navy De-
partment. foreign affairs, industrial
arts and eXnoSitinns inSl1lar affairS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25
GRAIN BUYING HEAVY.
Soviet Purchases in January Total
6o7, 900 Tons.


By Cable to Tho Star and the Chicago Daily
News.
MOSCOW. February 25.-According
to ofncial figures just made public. the
purchases Of grain by the Soviet gov
eminent in January totaled $4,000
tons. making the total stores OF grain
In the seven months campaign to the
first Of February 6.s72 900 tons, which
Is 80 per cent OF the amount the
original schedule called for.
The total stores. including the
amounts already exported or resold
for domestic consumption, consist Of
100000 bushels Of rye, $1,000 900
bushels Of wheat. 100000 bushels
Of oats. $4,000. 900 bushels Of barley,
100000 bushels of corn. and 500, 900
tons Of other grains. Although the
January purchases amounted to 90
per cent Of the quota scheduled, the
latter was smaller than for any
month since last July.
Copyright. 1926. by Chicago Daily News Co }
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25
Blackmail Case Dropped.

United States Attorney Gordon has
nolle pressed an indictment for black
mail against Charles A. Mcdonald. a
private detective. Complaint had been
made by Fred Jones. manager of a
garage. After investigation the prose
cutor decided to drop the case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25

two ports caused the tie.up Of at least
40 vessels.
Permits to load and discharge car
goes at Canton and Whampoa will be
issued tomorrow.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-10-01
BOOTLECCERS INDICTED.

IWenty-seven indictments
for violation of the prohibition
law were returned by the Cape
May grand jury. Prosecutor
Campbell says that he has only
made a start, and that the men
who are attacking him will not
deter him from prosecuting the
bootleggers of the county, and
from pressing for Jail sentences.
Mr.. Campbell does not believe
fines accomplish much. Ne
says that any bootlegger will
gladly pay a hundred or two
hundred dollars fine for the
privilege Of making profit in
one season Of several thousand
dollars. Churches and various
civic bodies have adopted res
olutions endorsing the prosecu-
tor and condemning those who
are trying to discredit him.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-10-01
GAME LAWS ENFORCED.

With a total Of lZ9 convic-
tons out of 1856 arrests, a new
record was set for New Jersey
fish and game laws during the
last fiscal year as the most Ell
fectively enforced of all State
statutes. So effectively did
state wardens do their work
that only Is Of the alleged vio-
lators they arrested were ac-
quilted and two cases are still
pending.
Survey of the court records
indicate that neither wealth nor
influence of violators awaited
them anything in efforts to es-
cape penalties for deliberate in
fraction Of the laws that defend
outdoor sport and conserve
hunting and fishing resources.
The number of arrests for
fish and game law violations is
81 in excess Of last year and
sets a new mark in the work OF
wardens.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-10-01
MAKE HUNTING SAFER.

Further decrease in the num-
Der Of hunting accidents is
sought by the New Jersey Fish
and Game Commission, in Or
dering it's wardens to make a
careful investigation and r.
port. in future, on all such
events. Educational work OF
the commission, in instructin9
the public in the careful hand
ling Of fire arms, already has
made hunting, in proportion to
the number of persons engag-
ed. one Of the safest OF the out
door sports.
Data which the commission
hopes to obtain through a sur
vey of the reports that wardens
will file, is expected to show
the greatest contributing factor
10 hunting accidents. This m
formation will be invaluable II
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-10-01

of the blocks does not provide
for sufficient mortar to bind the
blocks together as it does in the
brick masonry construction US
ed in the North.
The building loss is put at
$50.000,0 600. Much of this
damage is covered by insur-
ance. Agents there estimate
that about $23,000,000 in tor,
aado insurance was being car
ned in the storm area. But on
ly about 80 per cent. of this, or
81, 100000, it is estimated, wlll
be allowed on claims.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-10-01
THE SUNBURN SILHOUETTE
New Craze From Famous French
Bathing Beach

The latest craze Uo prove that
you have been among the society
folk at Deauville, the famous
French bathing place. is the sun
burn silhouette. 1t may be a cat
a starlish, or lucky mascot, but
L must be nicely sunburnt OH your
cemiE.ine) shoulders; sunburnt,
not tattooed Oattooing is incon-
Venient for society folks because
you never know what next sea-
sons fashion may be-.
This is how you acquire it.
Before donning your bathing cos
tune, cut small design high up
on the shoulders middle of the
back for choice, though recognized
'eccentrcs' risk putting il on one
side then go to sunny patch of
sand. II you are really thinking OF
bathing its not much use "sil-
houetting" but the normal method
is TO disport on the sand until the
sun catches and burns the skin ex-
posed by the cut in the costume.
Once the outline is formed yot
may risk Il real sea bath because
this gives the sun an extra chance
of silhouettin9 while you are dry
ing. II you can rely upon the I'm
shrinkableness of your costume
you may risk several baths on sue
ceSsive days, and then You will
have a fine silhouette.
The silhouette shows up finely
when you wear evening frockS a
few weeks, or even months later
and proves you have really been
where the smart folk" so. You
cant very well acquire one in a
backyard or on a sunporch.
Originality and Iscturesqueness
are aimed at by real silhouette en-
thusiasts. Pierrots, Chinese Man
darians, monkeys, FeliXes. ordin-
airy eats. etc, are being baked in
to the skin at Deauville and the
Lindo.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-10-01

The State board of health
has been at work making oys-
tiers and clans taken from New
Jersey waters safe from disease
germs. CLAIMS grown in the~pol-
luted waters near Atlantic City
and Wildwood have been NOV
ed, under supervision OF the
board, to waters that are oil
known purity. The clans puri~
fy themselves within a few days
and can then be marketed.
The State board has found
some clammers guilty of dig
ging clans and selling them,
when they are known to be
dangerous to health.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-10-01
WESTERN WISDOM

History repeats itself, especially
# it is the history of. a flashing
trip.
A new conner to the city from
the country thinks it's all pretty
fine. Nothing has yet got so com
monplace as to scold about.
If you cant be tolerant and
some men are SO cultivate
indifference.
No matter how much one may
belttle the human intellect, he is
overcome with its power to sense
he truth when one is telling lie.
Nobody ever gathered the testi-
mony Of those who made merry
with the Prodigal Son and took his
money.
We all feel that We ought to be
better men; but, for goodness sake,
somebody find Il way TO make us
enjoy it.
There is certain line over
which eccentricities cannot 90
without annoying people.
To be thoroughly popular with
everybody, one has to sacrifice
some of the most worth while init
macios.
Let a scholarly-looking old man
set up 10 be a recluse, and he will
be credited with hundred times
as much as lie knows.
Nearly everything is vanity if
one gets a viewpoint far enough
distant
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-10-01
ISERMONETTE
BY r. Ashley Cake.
LIGHT IN DARKNESS.

"At Eventime it shall be Light. "
--Zech. xiv: Z.
At Eventime it shall be Light
Beautiful words. Apples of gold
in pictures of silver" 'Sweeter
than honey, sweeter than the honey
comb" One of the precious prom
ises, specially comforting TO Our
Fathers sorrowing ones Let ii be
known, struggling souls, heavily
burdened are objects Of his special
love and solicilude every hour of
the day. The blessing promised is
so far reaching in its character,
and 50 full of the divine. that hope
lessness is all out Of the question.
The blessing promised is Eternal
Light, far beyond anything that is
earthly: hence. hopelessness is an
actual impossibility. who is there
among you that feareth the Lord,
that obeyeth the voice Of his ser
want, that walketh in darkness and
hath no light? Let him trust in
the name of the Lord and stay up
on his God" For "at eventida il
shall be light"
have thought when in deep Wa
ters. when in sore disappointments,
and when there seemed to be no
earthly friends that would enter
our painful Gethsemanes with us,
even our own familiar friends as
they did Jesus, would iorsake us,
how blessed 10 know that as in the
past so in The future, in every such
trial we can have the companion
ship of angels, the angelic host and
Of Him who sends them. Unto ev'
cry such suffering child of God
how beautiful is life: the very
earth is made Il suburb OF The
heavenly city. How glorious il
will be when we open the door on
the other side of the tomb, and We
step from the darkness of deaih
into the bright light of eternal .ire
Let us then obey the injunction
Let patience have its perfect
work" Do not doubt The bench
cent purpose of God in the expert
ences however painful they may he
There are mysterious elements in
Our Fathers pensations, hard tC
be understood, but on the Other
side every problem will be solved
many things that now seem to tt
against us will there be seen &c
have been the best things that even
coald have happened. 1t was the
only way God can get us home
Early this morning | could not Sc
the sun, but | knew ii was shining
back OF the clouds.
There are times when ii Is hatt
IN see Our Fathers face; tears 50
blind our eyes that We can hardly
see TO read his word; but We know
his face is behind our tears. An'
Tins our sorrows in our painful tx
neriences are made to serve Il,
stepping stones to higher height!
and more glorious experiences, am
moi a tear but what brings ieaVci
nearer. Thus II is when out OF
,ira's tempestuous sea, ana night il
darkest, and tempest is loudest, We
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-10-01

Looks are important in the
movies Yes, | see a prize light
or who has just signed up has
agreed not to get his face imoroy-
ed ."-Louisville Courier-JOurnal.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-10-01

Ocean City has declared war
on unnecessary sounding Of an
tomobile horns. The police
have made an investigation and
have found that nine times out
of ten there has been no good
reason for the honking OF
horns.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-10-01

You say you've had your car
three years and yei You cant iden-
tify it," ITS three months since
I've seen It," All: in storage, eh2
No; my daughters learned 10
drive. - Life.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-10-01
LESSONS FROM FLORIDA
LOSS.


er east coast Of the State last
Saturday. 1t has found that a
more rigid building code is nee
essary in the State. Construc-
ton engineers there agree that
almost every case Of collapse
of a house was due to faulty
construction.
They point out that while the
old fashioned type of frame
building survived the hurricane,
most Of those built during the
boom either were entirely de-
molished or lost their roofs in
the gale.
The majority of the houses
destroyed were either built Of
concrete blocks or as wooden
bungalows. The former were
Of Mexican type, with parapet
walls rising three feet above the
roofs.
When these walls were top
pied over by the wind, sections
of the wall below the roof were
torn away with them. The
wind then got beneath the roofs
and lifted them from the build-
ings.
The bungalows in many cas-
es were himsily constructed,
being built in record time du:-
ing the boom of last Fall to De
ready for the Winter tourist
rush.
Some were Of ordinary frame
construction, while others WEI e
enclosed with stucco applied
over beaverboard. Most OF
them were Of inferior crafts
manship.
During the boom the dc
mand for carpenters was so
great that almost any one with
sufficient strength to drive a
nail could obtain employment,
and the scarcity Of building
materials was such that two
nails never were driven where
one would hold.
Bracing was used sparingly-
Instead Of joists sixteen inches
apart, as is customary IN New
Jersey, bracing in buildings was
frequently from two to three
feet apart. and the roofs 81
these bungalows were just lad
on.
In frame construction IN otn~
er localities, builders explain,
It is customary to put extra
bridging in between the studs
to reinforce the structure aS~
ainst wind stresses. but that was
not done at Miami, they say.
The building which suffered
most, next to the bungalows,
were the two and three story
apartment houses and hotels
built of cement blocks with re-
inforced concrete columns and
eirders, but in the majority OF
such cases there was no evi-
dence of total collapse. The
worst they suffered was unroof-
ing.
One-story garages built OF
concrete blocks collapsed in al
most every case, the manner in
which the blocks separated in
dicating that in most OF these
structures the blocks had mere
" been laid one upon the other
with just enough mortar to ho' (
them in place.
Construction engineers say
they are convinced from the
effects of the storm that the &C.
ment block is not we'll suited to
construction there, as the size
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-10-01

Every man when he buys a
new felt hat, has the earnest con-
vieton that he looks as handsome
in il as the fellows in the magazine
hat adyerlisements.- Lock Haven
Express.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-10-01

A Broadway stage joker. when
asked If he ever took chances,
said: Chances? Say, eat chest
nuts in the dark. - Pittsburgh
Post
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-10-01

Anybody worth while where
yon are In the m0untains?" "Only
a bunch Of. climbers. Louisville
COurier.JOnrnal.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-10-01

Occasionally you come across a
modern novel so thrilling that you
really cant skip more than half
| of il.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-10-01

hunters and to the state in seek
ing to make the risk Of acct
dents less for all participants.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-10-01

can hear above the wild roar OF he
winds and waves, the swe test
words ever heard on land or sea
AT EVENING TIME IT SHALL
BE LIGHT.
Absecon, n. J., Oct. 3rd
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-10-01

The star of the amateur must
Gale had just finished her selection.
What do you think of her execu-
tom" asked the enthusiastic adj
mirer. well my honest opinion
is that she is not entitled to eXecu-
tive clemency,' replied the crouch
who had been dragged there by
his wife
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-10-01

All Peasantvlle these
fond watching
Towns like human beings attention order
to in promote
life local
Without schools churches.
With this will
which develop
he to ,e=sa
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-10-01
PEN POINTERS

A candidate for senator In North
Dakota reports his campaign eXpen.
ditures were $6.7J. Yes. he lost.
A bumper crop of apples is fore.
cast for this year Wouldn't 1t be
awful If some people should make
them into cider?
-. - N
A Chicago cosmetician says SOC, 900
men are using rouge, powder, lip
stick and eyebrow pencil. Well, any.
how, be thankful they don't do II in
street cars. 80.
- 80
The Bureau of Fisheries now an.
nounces that fish is not brain food.
Heresy! Heresy! .gq.,s,.,.
rsss~ssas1-:<.-.~
Two Z rival I Boston Y undertakers
fought while "A cortege was on its
way 10 cemetery. They were try.
ing to find out whose funeral 1t WAS.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-25
BIC
FACTOR IN VOICE

BERLIN. April 24.-Singers of
the first rank may become more num-
crous in future if musicians learn
something of the science of heredity.
An investigation just concluded by
Professor Felix Bernstein of the
University of Gottingen. Germany, is
of the greatest interest.
Professor Bernstein studied the in
hcritance of vocal register in a large
number of families and also took a
census in various parts Of Germany
and Italy.
He found that basso had the
same hereditary makeup as a so
prano, baritone as soprano,
and n tenor as contralto.
All the children of a basso who
marries a soprano will have the same
types of musical voices as their par
cnts and the same will result from
the marriage of tenor and a con.
tralto.
Marriage between a basso and a
contralto or between tenor and a So
prano will, however, produce boys
who will inevitably be baritones and
girls who will be mezzosopranos.
1t is, therefore, as easy to forctell
from the voice types of the parents
in what class their children will fall,
us it is now 10 predict the coat color
Of rats or rabbits whose ancestry is
known.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-25
NICE POLITICS!
NOBODY LOSES

DETROIT, April 24.-Some men
are born to public office, just as some
men are born to greatness; others
achieve it; a few have it thrust upon
them. In Graham Township every one
Of the twelve male voters has been
forced to accept a place in the public
service.
Not only that, but one family holds
four offices, not because its members
were politically ambitious, but be-
cause the machinery of government
demands that every office be filled,
and there were no others to fill it.
So, at the spring election, Henry
LeFevre and his three sons, Edward,
Paul and Frank, were chosen highway
commissioner, constable, clerk and
justice of the peace.
The election. incidentally, was quite
informal, but highly legal aud lawful,
for all that. The twelve men and
ten women electors met in a vacant
house and by 6 p. m. all the votes had
been cast. 1t was probably the only
election in the state where all the
voters cast their ballots.
There were no other persons NOM
mated to offices, because there were
no other men TO run, says Paul LIE
Feyre, township clerk. "but we met
at the polling place and voted, accord.
ing to law. And even il only one
man was eligible for each office. it is
at least something that we had 100
per cent record"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-25
Wound Reproduced
in Veterans Child

LONDON, April 24.-It was re,
vealed at an inquest held on u
Loughborough shoemaker named
Henry Jayes that a wound which he
received during the war had peeD
reproduced in form in his little daugh.
ter. Mary.
Relatives stated that the child had
n hole in her back at exactly the
same spot as her fathers wound, aud
when he suffered pain from the wound
she suffered equally.
This worried Jayes, and he shot
himself in the head. The last entry
in his pocketbook was: This is the
end of all. Take Mary to the doctor
and let her be examined. God forgive
me for this rash act"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-25
Prehistoric Stone
Shaft Unearthed

LONDON. April 24.-Excavations
which have been carried out on behalf
Of the office of works at Swenno's
Stone, a prominent landmark on the
outskirts Of Forres, have disposed of
a tradition which is recorded in local
histories. The stone, which is at least
900 years old, and may be of much
greater antiquity, stands "a feet above
the ground, and was supposed 10 de-
scend for twelve feet into the earth,
these figures being inscribed on brass
plate affixed to a modern granite slab
in front Of the monument. The exca-
vators, however, have discovered that
1t has a depth of only six inches and
that 1t is set into large base weigh
about ten tons. 1t was believed that,
in addition to the carvings on the
upper portion, the ancient sculptured
designs might be continued under
ground, but this has not been substan-
tiated. The monument was recently
banded over by Lord Moray to the GUS
tody of the ancient monument depart
ment Of the office Of works.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-25
Elopers' Parents
Put Bows on Trial

PHILADELPHIA, April "a
There's many a slip between cup and
lip and just as many between Elkton
Opponents and domestic tranquility
at least, according to the version given
by two young men who journeyed TO
the Maryland Gretna Green with their
sweethearts, only TO return and be
put on probation by the mothers of
the girls.
One of the youths, Louis Rosenfeld,
will visit his bride, formerly Mary
Rebyak, at her mothers home, retain
ing his quarters, until he satisfies Mrs.
Rebyak that he is earning enough
money tumbling bundles of newspapers
on and off trucks to care for Mary
properly.
In the other case, William Lister
will endure few more days of "bachc-
lOrhood' until he is remarked to his
clipping partner, Anna Trylikawska, at
st. Stanislaus Church.