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Spring Tonics in
Citrus Fruits

FOrty-three million boxes Of oranges
and grapefruit were shipped last year.
This meant an averaee of So oranges
and five grapefruit for every person
in the United States. The fact that
the consumption is steadily increasing
means that we are learning to take
our Spring tonics from these delight
full fruits instead of from bottle.
Half a grapefruit, set in mound Of
crushed American ice, or a glass Of
orange juice a-hnkie wifh ice is a.
ideal start for Spring day. to ra,d
of Spring Fever and that tired
feeling"
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would be considered on the Chesapeake
and Ohio common shares. on which
annual dividends of 81 are being paid
in contrast with last years earnings
Of more than $40 per share.
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Advances Claim National Government
Is the Worst Oppressor in Taxation
Continued from Third Paee.)

Continued from Third PaEe)
fact that its expenditures are for bene-
fits of the most 'illusory and intan-
gible' character? Isn't it pretty well
known that our Federal Government
has q great tendency to set up use
less bureaus and commissions and that
the waste In this Is very large?"
A sort of humorous twinkle shone
for moment in the eyes Of Mr.. See
birt rs he said:
Now you said something. While
Federal propagandists are busy using
astronomical figures to show State
and local eXtravagances without ever
attempting to investigate to find out
for what this money was spent
or whether the ,people wanted what
they purchased. there are few damn
ing indictments of Federal extrava-
gance that would stick in the craw of
even the most enthusiastic Federal
taxation exponent II he took the time
to look facts. in the face.
Concerning useless bureaus and
commissions. let us take the opinion
of a Democratic Senator who sat in
power while the orgy Of creating use
less bureaus and commissions was at
it's worst. Senator A. o. Stanley, who
for many years was a member Of the
House Of Representatives. a Governor
Of Kentucky and United States Sena
tor, not so long ago said: Con
gress. In its appalling orgy of at
tempting to regulate everything from
industrial activities to the setting of
a hen, has created and the President
approved. 100 different committees,
commissions boards and bureaus and
within 10 years actually expended the
staggering sum Of $4,000, 900 900 for
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their upkeep--the major part Of which
has been ruthlessly squandered in do
ing for the people what they could
and should have done for themselves.
From 1915 to 1922, exclusive of all war
expenditures. continues Senator Stan
ley, the cost of Federal Government
rose 500 per cent-from 1921 ,625 ,033 to
s1.115.517.3e The difference is ex-
actly shown in the cost of extravaeant
and unnecessary commissions and
their hordes of agents and inspec-
tors.
"An economist Of repute says that
the Federal Government has thrown
away annually since the Civil War
s50.00o,ooo for dredging useless
streams and rivulets so that the ends
Of political patronage might be served.
This has been our pork barrel curse,
says this gentleman, and it is just as
much alive today as yesterday. he
concludes. We are still endowing the
hamlet of Basin. Wyo.. with a popu.
lation Of 763, with a $5e,0oO mauso-
leum for a post office, when a nook
in the village drug store would have
served well enough. And Basin. Wyo..
is only one Of many more such Fed
eral extravagances.
We think of post-Civil War days
for pension scandals. We think they
are dead and buried. but noted schol-
ar who just finished an Investigation
Of this subject has this to say: From
1908 to 1915 so per cent more special
pensions were granted than in the
whole Al years preceding from 1851
to 1909 Pension scandals. this au-
thority concludes. are just as much
alive today as in the time Of Corpl
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GER 80 KuLTURE LAGS.

BEi; In. .,vt"h," Is tP.--ln1i:..-
'icrs ttat . IL .;cnS of ,,tltu a.
rot h>m ~''in' air'd ur1e" 80
republic are ~-sn w the fact thHt
les and st~,e- t'l- season have
been forced % Su''sIi!ze tnunicirtl
and state oueras arr, theate"s to the
extent of apprcxim ltsly $4,000, 900.
Berlin a!on sperds ABOUT Sl.O0o.oob
. season 10 uisseminat ~kulture from
the stage. cologne spends s5o0,01o.
Dusseldorf. si30.00n: Dresden ard
Munich S4i5 .000 each. directors If
the Frankfort Opera say they cannot
pay expenses beyond Christmas tiu,h
because the City Council Just recently
Topped of S1OO, 900 from the 100000
operatic budget.
Charges that the large deficits arc
caused by inefficient management and
too high priced directors are heard In
a number or cities. Civic operas were
subsidized under the monarchy. but
not in all cases TO the extent they are
today
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France is ready. am sure. to ma Ike
peace with Germany on the basis Of
the Europe which exists. She is
ready 10 bargain her 7 Cht to occun,
against ready ra Sh as Germany did
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very recent s"udv of this I'D pu l.
thusly: In 1871 there wer" S..ll
Federal employees. nr ons fer everN
425 persons sainfully employed in th'
country at the time. In Ma h. 1877.
one for every - American b"eadwin
ners had his h"cf in the Feds Il
trough. That means Conclud' : this
writer. that our army Of Federal job
holders had grown five times as fas
as our population
Another student of Federal Gov
ernment says:
"'Of course. everybody knows that
the Federal Government wastes in
public printing. in creating fat sine
cures in the form Of obsolete forts
and military posts. in making show
of maintaining Indian schools so far
off the reservation that the employees
have nothing to do except TO keep
faith with their hackers at election
time. These wastes are not large
perhaps more amusing than tmpor-
tant, even if they do far exceed what
Congress appropriates for educational,
scientific and cultural purposes.
You must keep in mind that local
government Is close to the people. II
is difficult to fool the people as to
how their money is being spent ac-
cordinsly. Rut the faraway Federal
Government is so far away that its ex-
travagances are little known
II venture to say that If the bur
dens of taxation of the Federal Gov
ernment were imposed directly upon
Mr.. American Citizen. so that he could
measure their weight in dollars and
compare the benefits derived from
the expenditures with the burdens i'm
posed. he would be an ugly person
for our national politicians to serve.
and the Job Of extracting directly
from his pocketbook what he now
contributes indirectly to the support
Of the Federal Government would be
about as pleasant a job as trimming
the nails Of a Rocky Mountain wild
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| in 1873. There are very large areas
of possible and even probable eco
nomic cooperation. But what makes
the bargain toaay difficult is the con-
viction in France that the object of
| Germany is to restore all of her old
frontiers destroy the treaty of Yer
sailles. regain her ascendancy on the
continent.
Every Frenchman has a profound
admiration for the craftsmanship Of
Stresemann. all see in him qualities
which are Bismarckian, and they do
not disguise their admiration at the
fashion in which in less than three
years he has heen able to raise his
country from defeat to position of
power and influence in Europe. But
as his success continues there grows
| the fear that the Bismarckian re-
semblance may he even greater than
one thought at first and thus vastly
more dangerous.
would. then. caution my Ameri-
can re tders against indulging in any
too considera BILE hopes Of immediate
results from the Geneva episode. Any
practical results. however small, will
/ in my judgment. come only with
months. and perhaps with years. They
will he preceded by negotiations as
! intricate as those which. carried on
by the coal and iron magnates of the
| two countries. have. after six or seven
years. only just reached decisive
! phase
| The great danger in all such spec
tacular episodes AS those Of Geneva Is
/ that hopes may he raised to impos-
sible heights and realities totally ig.
nored. The real obstacles to Franco
German adjustment. to an adjustment
IIola C..it ,V11 4,
quarter of century ago. remain
colossal. and none of these obstacles
were eliminated by eloquence or by
! luncheon. Certainly the fact that
they were ultimately eliminated gives
reason for hope now.
But In sum, the utmost which It
is possible TO say is that we are
conceivably entering stage of
f'ranco.German negotiations which
will be long and difficult and will
know many disappointments and much
delay II Germany could find the
money to get France out Of its pres
ent trouble il is conceivable that
French necessity would impose upon
French ason But Germany can
not and the general perception Of this
fact eliminates one Of the main driv-
ing motives for the present popular
sentiment in favor Of the German
or'entation.
There is. in my Judgment. pro
found desire and win for peace in
both Germany and France. ! think
il IS equally strons and that II must
exert very strong influence upon
statesmen and opinion. But there are
by contrast inconceivahly different
conceptions as 10 what should he the
basis Of any agreement and innu-
merable practical obstacles any one
Of which may long postpone. il 1t does
not permanently prevent. arrange
ment. Moreover. il France does es-
cape from financial dif1iculties her
views of European problems may he
, modified and her defense of her own
interests strengthened. All Of which
makes for caution and should pro
mote guarded views of what has just
happened and what is likely to hap
ren in the immediate future. Indeed.
the very situation now existing as
result Of undue optimism and eXag-
cerat ed sta temrnt is in itself real
revelation and an adequate warning.
Copyright. 1926.I
Evening star., 1926-10-17
CUTS "GAS" PRICE.
One Firm Announces Reduction.
Others Keep Old Price.

The lead of the Penn Oil CO.. which
Friday announced a tWo-cent drop
in the price of its straight gasoline
md blended motor fuel, WAS not fol-
lowed yesterday by other cnmpa MICS
selling gasoline in Washington. AL
though Penn. Go gasoline sold yester-
day for - and - cents. against pre-
vious prIces nf - and %. no change
had been made in the prices charged
by other companies retailing thr ugh
he I own stations.
OfcialS of the Penn 90 said the
Evening star., 1926-10-17
Hair Curled This Way
Looks Naturally WdUy

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ont your hair. dir a clear toothbrush,
into some plain liquid eilnierine and
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inert.
Evening star., 1926-10-17

Tanner. who showered money on
every one who asked for pension.
\ X X
stop for moment and think about
the hordes Of Office holders who are
now gathered at the Federal trough.
"One investigator who has made a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-17

The board OF directors OF the
Arlington county chamber OF com
.merce vii hold meeting today
ut 4:3O Iii the board room In the
Rucker Building at Clarendon.
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Al favorite of all ages,
X. G. BIS column, "Ye
Town Gossip, " brings to
light the human interest
ii the highways and by
ways of life. In a style
that is distinctly individ-
ual partaking of both
poetry and prose, he tells
d tale that tugs at the
heart or warns it with a
merry clluckle. Absorb the
spirit Of this kindly phil
Dsophy every day and Sum
day in
10 Big Sunday
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PERSHING CALL
IS RESENTED

49,. nxaarw. oro
Cltizehs associalloh 4eaue
aroused over the White House can
Monday of a committee which in
clpdad fsan Tohn i Pershing to
,.aco,,1,,,ey,d three candidates for the
sSe'.-S !. -
Llstrlct SoiIlIlilssslotleEship " pe
Gated by Commissioner Cuno Fl. Ru'
dolnh.
mh a,,,,,.;4ta> .,,,,,,as.oa - r,,.osi.
coi'see suss eses0 - : 80.
dent Coolidge. three names Tor LIS
trict Commissioner-Clarence A. As
pinwalI. Elliott III. Goodwin and
E,,,ar Il ,r,,o1,ar
A4sss' = =
The fact that tucker - president
Of the Northeast Citizens Associa-
zion. one Of the associa lions which
49, ,.of.,aa,, IS 49,, - rSa,..,..4..,
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MAN IS HELD FOR FIFTH
NEWPORT. KY. STAYING
international Photo

NEWPORT. KY, Nov. 17.one
man was dead here today and 9
charge OF murder was to be placed
against another as the elimination
Of Newport's fifth murder in four
weeks.
Mat s.Jace'' Martin, IS, shot while
he was sitting on the edge of i
bed, with Grace Mccoy. 81. formerly
of Portsmouth. Ohio, in girl
home here, last night, died
early today iii hospital
Albert Gleason, 28, was later
following statements of the
two girls to police.
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HEAVY DAMAGE DONE
RY MARYLAND FLOODS

HAGERSToWN. Nd. Nov. IL
Estimates of damage done by tor
rental rains Monday night and yes
terday in this section. are inereas-
ing as reports are received of the
destruction wrought by flood
waters.
state and county road officials
find heavy damage has been done
to the highways in many sections.
Nearly all roads are pPssable. how
ever.
Traffic was restored last night
on the Hagerstown Weverton branch
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
which was flooded between Capiand
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A report from the committee
named to investigate the most ga
sible plan Tor movement for the
ablishment or d memorial os-
pital iii Arlington county, will be
made at the meeting Of the Airing
ton County Monarch Club tomorrow
at the Clarendon Methodist Church.
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NE US BRIEFS OF
ARL NNGT0N

ARLINGTOfT COUNTY. Nov. 49,
The Arlington District Council or
Citizens Associations was organized
last night with the election of AT
a. Moore. Of Lyon Park, As presi
dent. walter d. Gideon, 81 Glebe-
wood Citizens Association was
chosen secretary a constitution
and bylaws were adopted. ana viii
be submitted to the associations of
the council for final adoption.
The associations comprising the
council and the delegates are: Lyon
PARK, a. "A. Moore and Richard &.
Eacho: Ashton Heights. r. A. nv.
land and q. MI Dagger BalIston,
Mai r. w. K. Ewing; Clarendon. ] !.
Thomas Manning and II. G. Nc
Nemar; Lyon Village. Monroe FL.
Stockett.
The purpose OF the organiza ton
viii be to bring about more CO.
operation among the associations
press are to bear on county officials
for improvements IN the district.
The State Corporation Commission
has granted charter to the
Sportsman OF America, Inc with
principal offices at Jefferson Park,
Arlington county
A report from the committee
named to investigate the most 1ea
sible plan FOR d movement for the
oslf q HI ah1nnnt - q I11nranrslaI -.
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Help to Comfort
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get speedy results.
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druggists everywhere.
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Corr SHOW Planned

HAGERSTOWN, Nd, Nov. IT,
The executive committee Of the
washington County Farm Bureau
hsa taken preliminary steps for hold
ing the annual corn show Of the
county In Hagerstown, to be pre-
ceded BY d series OF these shows in
the larger county towns. The shows
viii be held during the second week
In December
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g. clark. president of the COLUMBIA
Historical society. before the meet
inc of the society this season
ssAfr. Rudolph Is man Of great
efficiency, tact and calnlnes Mr.
Clark asserted, and the CITY n
losing s worthy man
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POSSES SEEKING PAIR
WHO SLEW POL ICEMAN

CARLTNVTLLE, H., Nov. IT,
Posses searched the countryside to-
day for two negroes who this morn
ing shot and killed George Stats,
80. night policeman, when he and
Patro1man John Kaufman attempted
to arrest them for robbing Special
Agent James Steiner, Of the G. & A.
railroad.
After killing Stats the pair fled
IN q shower Of lead from Kaufman's
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Mrs. Roberts Is survived By five
daughters. Mrs. John II. Harding,
Mrs. j. a. Casady. Mrs. Ella Poore.
Mrs. n j jose and Miss Effie Rob
erts. ana two sons, BraWner Hob
erts and Edward J. Roberts.
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IS PRAISED
Al HlsTo US, NEE

Cuno Rudolph. District com.
missioner was highly commended
in an address last night 81 Allen
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Funeral services for Mrs Sarah
Il. Roberts, Is years old. VINO died
at her home, ii Potomac. Monday,
were conducted from the home to.
day by the Rev. william r.. Har-
tlesty, pastor Of the Methodist
Church, OF Del Ray. Burial was III
IVY Hill Cemetery, Alexandria.
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TIC monthly meeting of the Ar
lington county federation Of schools
win be held Friday night at the
courthouse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-03

dementia praecox. should be held
liable for his acts.
1t was for the court Of errors, he
asserted, to determine what the law
is, and to intrust the reducing of pun
ishment to the Court of Pardons.
Merritt Lane and William Wachen-
field, counsel for Noel, argued for g.
reversal of the verdict as the hearing
will be concluded today with a pres
entation Of rebuttal testimony.
With the exception of New Jersey,
Mr.. Lane declared, there was not q
single jurisdiction in which the test
in all cases of insanity In criminal law
was the ability of the prisoner to dis
tinguish between right and wrong.
He said that the Noel case was the
first one in which a man who was a
well defined lunaCc was held respon-
sible on the application Of the single
test of right or wrong.
Technical objections to various
points in the conduct of the trial and
to several phases of Judge Caffrey's
charge to the jury were entered by
Attorney Wachenfeld and denied by
the prosecutor.
Pierce, according to Noel's confess
sion, was killed September and Mary
DAILY was kidnapped and slain the fol-
lowing day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-03
[ONG|NCS OF YOUTH
FULFILLED IN HOUSE
Mrs. Kahn Tells of Years OF
Desire to Be a Leg
isIat0r.
BY CAROLYN VANCE.

Sweet SiXteen'S dream come true!
SiIvery- haired Mrs. Julius Kahn,
the lady from California in the House,
has just completed six of the most
soul-satisfying weeks in her life. She
has enjoyed every moment since the
opening of Congress, each day bllss-
fully filled to the brim with blessed
activity For % years Mrs. Kahn was
the passive onlooker, the perfect help-
mate to her husband in Congress. All
aspirations for q career OF her own
We're determinedly submerged by her
love and sense of duty toward her
family. Now In the sunset of life the
realization OF her adoleScent dream
has been thrust upon her.
Before | married. explained MIS-.
Kahn, IT had hoped TO study the law.
! INDUCED frequently In SHINING
dreams of myself as an eloquent
Portia before the bar. But l had my
own way to make, and l became a
school teacher. Before l had saved
enough money to take q. law course
| fell in love and was married. a
career after that was impossible for
me- The babies came and my hands
aud heart were filed. | do not think
that Il woman can carry on outside
her family. In those years careers
for married women We're harder than
they are now.
Ionged for Career % Years.
For 20 years l lived III Washing
ton and my favorite recreation was
10 sit in either the Senate or House
galleries and listen to the debates. l
was a gallery fan and would rather
have spent my time that way than
TO go to bridge parties or other So
ciai functions. In fact, L did very
little socially. However. I suffered
from q certain restlessnesS, that |
was resigned to Suppresstng.
Talking over the serious prob
lens that confronted my husband in
Congress aSSuaged somewhat the in
definite longings that possessed me
Tor some sort of personal participa-
ton in the affairs of the world. That
confidence which my husband re
posed in me helps me now in my
work in the House. We We're III
such thorough accord on all such
subjects that 1t will he a matter of
course for me to carry out his poll
Cies. never dreamed that some
day l would be called upon TO fill his
shoes. For a woman such as l. who
sat dav after day in the galleries TO
ever dream of appearing upon the
floor below me as a CongreSwoman
would have been a sheer absurdity.
Cites "SecOnd Leisure"
There comes a time in most
women'S lives when the children are
grown that there is let down in
Iife's responsibilities. That time
call the second leisure It is q
blessing for such women to have an
interest in something outside their
home. 1t keeps them young. And
their energies which have been here
tofore employed in rearing a family,
II they are harnessed, could be made
of infinite use to the world and joy
10 themselves.
For me the second leisure was
postponed for such a long time
that ] almost abandoned hope. After
my two boys We're well ablished
my husband lost his health. For
eight years he required the most
careful attention on my part TO keep
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-03
NOEL IS CALLED
TYPICAL LUNATIC'
Slayer of Little Mary Daily
Fights for Appeal From
Death Sentence.

BY the Associated Press.
TRENTON, n. j., February s.
Harrison w. Noel of Montclair, youth
full kidnaper and slayer of eight-year-
old Mary Daily, and now awaiting exc
cution for the Staying of Raymond
Pierce, a negro chauffeur. was de-
scribed as a typical lunatic" by at
torneys for both State and the pris-
oner yesterday in arguing an appeal
from the sentence by the Court of
Errors and Appeals.
Prosecutor John O. Bigelow Of Es-
sex County, i'll admitting the lunacy
of Noel, contended that the conscious
ness of right and wrong was a proper
test of whether Noel, a sufferer from