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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1926-03-19
NEWS REVIEW or
CURRENT EVENTS
Waterways Seems to Be One
of Livest Issues Before
American People.
ex EDWARD W. PlckARp

wv ATERWAYS seems to be one Of
w the livest issues Of the day be-
fore the American people. The week
has seen several striking demonstra-
tons Of importance of the subject and
of the popular interest.
Possibly of first Importance was Sec
retary Of Commerce Hoover's address
at Chicago outlining an inland water
way system that would work wonders
for the Middle West-and therefore
for the whole nation. Within FIVE
Z years, he predicted, the Mississippi sys-
TEN would be functioning from Chlca-
go to New Orleans and from Pitts
burgh to Kansas City. Congress and
the President are agreed upon the nee
essary appropriations.
+ Secretary Hoover considered the
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence waterway
even more valuable. Two problems,
he said, are involved. the deepening
Of the channel to the sea and the
stabilization of lake levels. The lakes
are from two to three feet shnllower
than they were seven years ago Some
thing less than one-sixth Of the fall he
attributed to the diversion OF water
at Chicago and the rest to the climatic
cycle. Whatever the cause, the rem
edy, he said, lay in the construction
of control works above Niagara falls.
"Our United States engineers tell
us-and we have the best engineer
corps in the world-that they can re-
store the level of the lakes by cur
failing the outflow at Niagara until
they fill up" Mr.. Hoover explained.
"Theyeteir us that proportionately to
the gigantic flow 1t is small job BY
so doing we will have equalized the
'vagaries of climate and stabilized the
vagaries of emotion"
A TT0RNEYS GENERAL of half a
A dozen Great Lakes states, a for
mer secretary of war. and a former
solicitor general of the United States
argued for four hours in final pres
entation to the United States Su-
preme court of the controversy over
ShNoAV iAEut To utNtil l4dke NltCHt-
gan water for sanitary and waterway
purposes
Arrayed against Newton D. Baker,
former secretary of. war. who appeared
as CHER of counsel for Wisconsin,
Minnesota. Ohio, Pennsylvania. Indi-
ana, Michigan, and New York, seeking
an injunction to prevent further diver
sion. was James NJ. Beck, former
solicitor general of the United States,
assisted by Hugh johnson, assistant
attorney general of Illinois. and Daniel
n. Kirby. attorney general for Mis-
souri,
Mr.. Bakers contention before the
court was, In brief, that the War de-
partment was not authorized to per-
NIT the diversion of lake water for any
purpose-that such authority was
vested alone In congress. ,ss
Mr. Beck pointed our~tliat as So
iieitor general ne had upheld the right,
OF former secretary OF war Weeks to
issue the diversion permit OF March .,
1870 ana that ne had represented the
government In earlier litigation which
resulted IN a decision affrming the
Evening star., 1926-06-11
THINK 1T OVER
DO You Want a Job?
BY William Mather LeWis,
President George Washington University.

A successful Chicago banker, in
speaking to q graduating class, said
this: THE young person who iS seek
ing for a soft place can generally find
it--under his hat"
Perhaps that statement is O. little
severe. Many young people leaving
school to earn d living seek a soft
place because no one has suggested
to them the difference between a job
and a career.
One authority states that SO per
cent of the pupils in high school are
headed toward commerce, toward the
exchange of goods, and an almost
negligible number toward the produc-
ton of goods. Such "a situation can
lead only to artificially stimulated de-
mand and inadequate supply with at
tendant abnormal prices.
When we consider for a moment the
teeming and increasing millions in
New York and Chicago and San
Francisco and all the other great
centers who do not produce one ounce
of the food they eat or an inch of the
clothing they wear, we realize that
some of our youth might well con
slider devoting their attention to sci
entific agriculture.
Originally there were in the United
States $50 ,000, 900 acres of forest. To
day there are approximately 10000,
600 acres, and this is being cut off
three times as fast as reforestation is
carried on. Perhaps some red -blooded
boy would prefer the woodland to the
offif.
There are q thousand other neglect
ed fields of opportunity Offering
chances of personal prosperity and
national service. We should not be
too busy to discuss these things with
our children.
tCopyright 1920
Evening star., 1926-06-11
Curfew Shall Not Ring at Two.

Evidently the two-o'clock- in the
morning curfew order Of the New
York police commissioner is not to be
strictly enforced. Quickly following
the protest of the cabaret and night
club managers that such an hour of
closing would wreck their business
comes a statement from the commits
sioner to the effect that no such order
was actually issued. Asked why po-
licemen entered some of the night
clubs and late-hour cabarets the other
night and ordered them to close, he
explains that they may have done so
because Of some specific violations of
the law or some condition which justi-
fled action. He is altogether vague
and this vagueness indicates that
"higher-up" has spoken.
So for the present the curfew does
not ring in New York. There is no
limit to the nocturnal reveling and
eating and drinking and dancing. The
night clubs can keep open until day
light doth appear. The virtuous
metropolitans may be kept awake by
the sound of revelry by night and by
early morning clamor. The town, of
course. is not wide open" Tammany
Is not altogether without some reserves
of conscience. But there is no curfew.
and that is something saved by the
professional entertainers and the un-
derWorld
Evening star., 1926-06-11
Polar Forces in Life.
From the Indianapolis Star.

| If scientists continue to discover
facts that verify old superstitions. we
may cease ere long to blush over our
superstitious ancestors. There was a
reason, it seems, for planting in the
light of the moon" and the dark of
| the moon" and reasons for other WAYS
of doing things, ways which were fol-
| lowed although their followers could
give no definite reason for so doing.
| One theory of the past. believed in by
some and Scoffed at by others. was
| that of sleeping with the head to the
north and the feet to the south. A
recent news item from Paris carries
the information that French scientists
| have been making experiments along
| this line since 1908. They now declare
| that human beings sleep more soundly
| in this position and that in this way
| insomnia may be cured. Polar forces
| influence the body even when eating"
advise the French physicians
, This may seem easy, to the scien-
| tist; what can be easier, indeed, than
| to turn ones bed to a north and south
position? The practical minded at
once perceive the difficulties OF the
situation. In the days when people
| lived in houses and houses We're built
with large, square rooms, with at best
I
no trouble in finding a suitable corner
| for the bed and in placing 1t in any
| position. Today a large percentage of
the population lives in apartment
houses. a species of dwelling in which
the bedroom is the least important
| consideration, being small, with little
wall space and that filled with doors
| or cupboards. Even the modern house
| presents difficulties because of the
multiplication of windows, closet and
| room doors.
If the French scientists views are
| accepted. their simple statement may
bring about great changes in modern
| life. Apartment houses and homes
will have to be remodeled if tenants
| refuse to occupy them unless their
sleeping places can be made adjustable
to the compass. The compass makers
will be compelled to enlarge their fac
tories if people are to take this mat
ter Of sleeping directions seriously
and we shall have to have compasses
like those of the polar explorers, which
are not affected by other forces as are
the compasses in general use today.
Evening star., 1926-06-11
The Virgin Islanders Plea.
From the Schenectady Gazette.

From the Schenectady Gazette.
Indifference on the part of the
United States Senate to the welfare
of the Virgin islanders means their
status under our control will be un-
changed for the present. The House
has gone step further, a bill having
been reported giving them a perlna-
nent government, but without action
in the other branch of Congress moth
ing can be accomplished.
Nearly 10 years ago the islands
were purchased from Denmark. Since
then they have been subject to con-
troll of q naval officer named by the
President, possessing all military.
civil and judicial powers. Authority
has been centralized, but it has been
of the wrong kind. for governors have
changed frequently. often two new
ones holding sway within q year.
When the islands changed hands
the people lost their Danish citizen
ship. They did not become American
citizens and hence are men and
women without Il country, unless the
Virgin Islands can be considered such
That is far-fetched view, however.
since they are not independent but
a possession of the United States.
The Islanders have a Just griev-
ance. They have been anxious to be-
come good citizens of this country,
just as they were Of Denmark They
have waited patiently for nearly a
decade.
Meanwhile they have had to be con
tent with a government anything but
satisfactory. While they may have
had good naval officers to direct their
affairs, the system in itself, especial
ly with constant changes, has had a
bad effect. And no one with a fair
mind can disregard their plea for
simple justice.
Evening star., 1926-06-11

derance Of Republican sentiment, the
primaries are equivalent to the elec-
tions. Consequently most OF the
energy and most Of the funds are
expended in the nomination fights.
ANY visitor to Pennsylvania during
the recent weeks, just preceding the
primaries, could see striking evidences
of the manner in which some OF the
money was being spent. On all SIDES
enormous billboards dotted the land
scape. setting forth in vivid colors
and large letters and striking text
the virtues Of various candidates Tor
Senator and Governor. The least
acquaintance with the cost OF htho-
raphic printing and the rental or
poster space along the highways ana
RAILWAYS would lead the traveller in
the keystone State to conclude that
the aspirants for nomination and ther
managers and hackers were no plkers
in the game of politics. These proc
lamations of political virtues and
assaults on the opposition did not ada
to the beauty Of the scene, but told an
eloquent story of generosity.
This present inquiry is academic IN
its character in that it cannot lead
to any specific legislative action
affecting the Pennsylvania primaries.
The Senate has, Of course, no juris-
diction over the governorship cam
paisn. 1t is interested in the methods
employed in a senatorial fight, al
though under the law 1t is confined in
the sphere of action to the matter of
expenditures in the elections them
selves. However that may be, 1t is
learning much about the financial
scale on which politics in Pennsyl-
vania is conducted.
Evening star., 1926-06-11
Russian Aid for British Strikers.

In the British House of Commons
the statement has been made by a
member of the ministry that the Rus
sian government has been sending
money to Great Britain, both to
finance the general strike which re-
Gently failed and to support the
strike of the coal miners. In response
| to a question the home secretary de-
clared that the government is certain
that not only the third internationale
but also the official Russian govern
ment is responsible for the sending of
| s. 900 600 SO far received by the Trade
Union Congress and the miners.
Ramsay Macdonald, leader of the
laborites, challenged the home secre-
tary to prove that the money came
from the Soviet and not from the
workers. The reply was that the gov
ernment is satisfied that the money
came from the Soviet.
The other day a statement came
from Moscow to the effect that Soviet
officials were bitter in their denuncia-
ton Of not only the British govern
ment for breaking the general strike,
but of certain eminent laborites for
contributing to the failure of the
strike. There is no question that it
was the desire of the Soviet govern
|'ment at Moscow to see Great Britain
economically wrecked. Members OF
that government have during the past
few years made repeated declarations
of their desire and intention to inter
fere in the economic affairs of Great
Britain. While the general strike
was in progress contributions from
workingmen's organizations were so
licited" by the Soviet for transmission
| to the trade union council at London
and certain sums were actually sent.
1t is obvious that the influence Of the
government at Moscow over the work
ers is sufficient to make such a so.
licitatiOn tantamount to a command.
No indication has been given at Lon.
don Of what the British government
will do in the matter. It's relations
with the Soviet are tenuous. There is
no diplomatic representation by either
side at the capitals. SO Great Britain
is not in a position to suspend diplo-
matte relations. 1t can, however,
formally denounce the Intervention Of
the government at Moscow through
the camoufage of contributions by
working men. Should it adopt that
course the situation will remain un-
changed. for already the government
at London is under the ban Of Soviet
disapproval. Any chance Of recog-
milton of the Soviet by Great Britain,
however, would seem to have been
destroyed by these disclosures of in
reference as measure of economic
warfare against British trade.
Evening star., 1926-06-11
That Little Welsh Town
With the Very Long Name

| To the Editor OF The Star:
In a recent issue Of Your paper. q
well written article appeared about
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrnd-
landysiliogogoch, which is alb
breviated Llanfair, y. g. 1t IS located
in Anglesea, North Wales, and bet
ter known by the Welsh as Sir Fon
They tell a good story there about
this very pretty village, situated as
ii is on the London and Northwest
ern Railway. about II miles from
HOlyhead. and through which the
Irish mail runs from Holyhead to
London. When trains stop at this
station the guard brakeman. always
an Englishman. gets out on the plat
form and says, "All YOU people in
there for here. this is it, The next
station is Observation-Disclosures
and SO on until you reach Menai
Bridge. so you see North Wales is
blessed with many odd names, yet 10
the native born no more difficult to
say than Washing ton.
ID. j. ROBERTS.
Evening star., 1926-06-11
Pennsylvania Primary Finances

Revelations of enormous sums spent
in the recent Pennsylvania primaries
are accompanied by charges of fraud
which thus far are vague and un-
substantial. There is no question, it
would seem, that vast amounts were
contributed and expended in the tri-
angular senatorial nomination fight
and the governorship contest. APP
parently there is no disposition to
conceal the size of the war chest.
freely explained the sources of their
funds. Public judgment, however
quickly jumps to the conclusion that
these great amounts Of money could
not conceivably be needed for legiti-
mate expenses. 1t has already been
stated that very large amounts were
spent in the western part of the State
for employment of watchers" at the
polls. One witness has declared that
in Allegheny County alone the watch
ers for two Of the senatorial candi-
dates cost $494,900. The rate for
watchers, 1t appears, was $40 apiece.
One candidate was represented by 10
to a district and the other by 25. This
information, given yesterday to the
committee, was secondhand. The wit
ness had heard it from somebody else.
Naturally the Senate committee will
want to hear that somebody else"
directly.
Pennsylvania. being a one-party
State, in effect, with a heavy prepon.
Evening star., 1926-06-11
Whittemore's Sentence.

Whittemore, the super-bandit and
murderer, has been sentenced to death
by Baltimore court. He will pay the
supreme penalty for the killing Of a
guard in an escape from Jail. New
York caught him, Buffalo failed to
convict him of a bank robbery and
murder, but Baltimore has closed his
spectacular career by speedy trial
and sentence
1t now remains only for "finis" to
be written when Whittemore is exc
cuted. A criminal since young lad,
participating in scores of petty crimes,
and, as he grew older one Of the out
standing underworld characters Of the
time, Whittemore was hunted by po-
lice of many cities. Caught with other
members Of his gang as he was leav-
ing a New York night club, he was
rushed to Buffalo to stand trial, the
| City Of New York having waived it's
rights to him on several hold.up
charges.
He succeeded in beating" the case
in Buffalo. Baltimore, however, had
put in claim for him, and it was in
that city, on May 81, that a jury con-
victed him of frst-degree murder, pun
ishable under the Maryland statutes
by life Imprisonment or death. Yes
terday the death sentence was pro-
nounced and Whittemore went back
| to his cell, perhaps never to leave it
again until he begins his walk to the
| gallows.
An appeal has been filed by his
| counsel, and this appeal should be
acted upon with all the speed that has
characterized the trial and conviction.
MARYLAND, in the handling of this case
to date, has shown to other communi.
Evening star., 1926-06-11

ties that a fair trial can be given in
the shortest possible time. 1t should
carry on the good work and demon
strate that justice in that State cannot
be defeated or unduly postponed by
delays and legal technicalities. Prompt
action on the appeal will close a noto-
rious case. end the career of a crimi-
nal of the worst kind and reflect ever
lasting credit on the State of Mary
land.
Evening star., 1926-06-11
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

seven psalms in which repentance is
expressed and pardon asked Of God.
In the Authorized Version they are
s, 80. 3S. 81, 102, 130 and 143. II is
said that st. Augustine when dying
caused these psalms to be written out
on the wall facing his bed. The most
deeply penitential is the 51st Psalm,
known also as the Misererc.
O. How large are the separate pic
lures on motion picture reel?-B. l..
A. They are one inch wide and
three-fourths inch high-about the
size of a postage stamp laid sidew1se.
O. What kind Of document IVES
the Magma Charta?--f'. T.. T.
A. The Magma Charta. or Great
Charter, was Il constitution guaran-
! teeing rights and privileges which the
English barons forced King John 10
sign, June IS. 1918. at Runnymede.
The charter, which was more truly a
treaty, was based upon a previous
charter signed by Henry / about 1000
AID, but amplified it and included
rights and principles which had later
dation for the security OF English po-
litical and personal liberty.
@. Are the Black Hills rich IN
minerals?-W. q.
A. The Black Hills constitute one
of the richest gold mining districts IL
! the United States and have yielded
| over 500 900 900. Silver, copper. TN
and iron ores also occur within Their
| limits, besides coal. salt, petroleum.
mica, gypsum and building stone
| About one-thil'd of the area ls COY
cred with dense. dark forests OF pine
whence the name, while dcciduous
| trees are abundant The climate l.
| saiubrious, the soil fertile and the
| hills are vel! adapted To grazing ru''
| poses.
! O. How much Of the money handled
| by life insurance companies is inves"
cd in real estate nnortgaGes?-E. G .
! A. The amount invested in real es-
tate mortgages at the end OF the frs,
nine months of 1925 by 80 Of the
| largest life insurance companies IL
| the United States, which control more
! than 80 per cent Of the admitted
assets of all the legal reserve life i'll
surance companies. was $4,2lI,'3V--
| 900. This was an increase of almost
! 100 per cent over the amount invest
| ed at the end of 1921.
! q. ! understand that the cltF 81
/ Cleveland was named for IL surveyor.
/ Moses Cleayeland. Ii that Is true.
/ why the change in the spelling o
/ the name?-l1. =.
! y. a generally accepted eXplana
ton is that q printer who started .
newspaper there used type OF a size
I for his title line such that he could
not get the names in the line without
! dropTiuo ont the "a -
q. How many automobile tires ar"
made III Akron in a year?-G. T. y
! A. Last year the number was be
tween 33 ,000 600 and So 600 ,000.
| Find ont 1rhdterer you VGHt -
! krlolc. There is no room for i0HOrdHCe
! In this busy arorld. The person tcho
| loses ont is the one 1ch0 0uesSes. The
person 1rho gets on is dlUGyS the one
! achO acts upon reliable Information.
/ This paper empIoys Frederic j. Has
| kin to conduct an Information bureau
| in Washington for the free use OF the
| public. There is no charge ercept
| cents in stamps for return postage
| Write to him today for any facts pou
desire Address The EreninO star IN
| formation Bureau. Frederic J. HGSkiH.
director. Washington, u. C..
Evening star., 1926-06-11

@. How many children are there in
day nurseries?-N. u.
A. At least $4,000 children, mostly
Of working mothers, are enrolled in
the 600 day nurseries in the United
States.
q. How much power was generated
by coal and how much by water last
years.. B.
A. The power generated by coal
during 1925 is estimated at 44,567, :,
684 800 kilowatt hours. That gener-
ated by hydraulic power Is estimated
at 22,733, ,O76, 100 kilewatt hours.
@. Why does an elm tree always
divide into two branches?-H. Il. Il.
A. The United States Forest Service
says that the dividing into two
branches of the elm tree is a peculiar
ity of the American elm and merely
a course of nature.
Q. How many Mexicans live in the
United States?-H. A. O.
A. There are 478,383 MeXicans in
the United States; II, ,624 have full citi
Zenship and 2,746 have first papers
The greatest Mexican population is
found in Texas, 249 $50; Arizona, 60,
1926; California. s6,610; Colorado, 49,,
9O6; Kansas, l3, 568.
q. How much honey is produced it
ManitOba?-C. +. Il.
A. Beekeeping in Manitoba has
grown remarkably in the past few
years. In 1925 there We're 1000 regis
tered beekeepers owning 27,370 hives
Over 100000 pounds of honey were
produced, worth sG1G, ,06S.
q. When was the Liberty Bell il
Washington, ID. C.?-L. w.
A. On its return trip from the
Charleston. 5. g.. exposition the bel
| was halted in Washington. the frs
week Of June, 1902.
! @. Is there any place in the United
| States where the compass has IL
variation?-F. G. F..
| A. The Coast and Geodetic Surve,
| says that there is in the Unitet
| States Il line of no variation of thu
! compass which passes at presen
| through western South Carolina ant
| thence IN general direction o
| NNW. Along this line the compass:
needle points in the direction of tru'
| North. The line is quite irregular
| as may be noted by an inspection o
| 10 ASC,OA44e NiltIi VI NIAV L LlAlCt
| States for 1920. upon which it i
! shown.
| Q. What is the difference betweel
a hedgehog and u porcupine?-
| *. c. VI.
! A. The hedgehog and porcupine ar,
entirely different families. The tru,
| hedgehog does not occur in this coun
| try. The pOrcupine is found in bOtl
/ the Old and New Worlds. The o!,
| porcupines are terrestrial and fos
| sorial, while the species found in thi
hemisphere are arboreaI and not fos
| sorial.
| Q. How is the word acclimated &c
! cented?-G. Il.
! A. Acclimated is accented on tn,
| second syllable.
| q. How did the expression Ere.
; lance" originate?--k. ID. ".
| A. In the later middle ages bands
| of knights bearing lances and mer
at arms went from state to state sell
! ing their services TO any lord wht
was willing to pay for their aid. They
| were free from allegiance to any on,
| country.
| g. What are the "Penitentia
! Psalms" A. A.
! A. The Penitential Psalms are III,
Evening star., 1926-06-11

Women clothe themselves comfort
ably and with little regard to the old
time dictates Of so-called propriety
Men continue to wear collars, wrist
bands, suspenders, belts. garters and
all the rest of the paraphernalia OF
traditional masculine costume. Is the
male a silently protesting martyr in
the cause OF ancient modesty?