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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-19
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Army historians have uneArthed
evidence that the Stars and Stripes
got its baptism of fire In land battle
in the defense of Fort Stanwix, N.
T., August 2, 1777. The colors Inn
provised by the garrison appear to
have shown both the alternate stripes
of red and white and the stars of
glory" set upon field Of blue cut
from a ''camulet cloak taken from the
enemy at Peekskill.':
At the request of historical societies
Evening star., 1926-03-10
BUTLER REPORTS MARINE SERVING
LIQUOR AT DINNER In HIS HONOR
Upbraids Officers for
Breaking Oath to Sup.
port Law.
~
General and Host Both
Keep Silent Awaiting
Result of Action.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN DIEGO. Calf, March TO-
Officials of the United States Marine
Corps were said today to have at
hand report from Brig. Gen. Smed.
ley d. Butler, now commander of
the marine base here. to the effect
that at private dinner given here
last Saturday evening in honor of
Gen. Butler cocktails were served.
The dinner was given at the home
of Col. Alexander Williams. who was
superseded by Gen. Butler as COM
mander Of the marine base here. Col.
Williams reverted to command of the
4th Regiment of Marines here.
Before taking command of the ma
rine base here Gen. Butler served as
municipal director of public safety in
Philadelphia.
When asked last night about the
affair. Gen. Butler said:
II suppose you refer to the matter
of Saturday night"
He was told that this was the
matter.
The matter" he went on, lis in
the hands of headquarters and ! can
say nothing until l receive orders
from there
Col. Williams also declined to dis.
cuss the incident. He was in Coro-
nado last night.
LAS a matter of military propriety.'
said Col. Williams. Il, as junior Off
Evening star., 1926-03-10
Turpitude of ''Love
Books" s"Questioned
Bv Port Officials

By the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 10.-Cus.
toms officials here are OBTAINING from
entrance into this country ship
ment of 10 books-English transla
tions of the love books of Ovid
another case based on moral turpi-
tude. says the Examiner.
The books are consigned to San
Francisco book dealer. whose first
notice that the books had arrived was
from custom officers. who are hold
ing them as prohibited importa-
tons"
An investigation revealed that an
inspector, passing an idle hour glanc-
ing through one of the volumes. found
passages which caused the books to
be held. the newspaper says, pending
a ruling from Washington.
Evening star., 1926-03-10
SENATORS APPROVE
ARBORETUM BILL
Agriculture Committee Votes
Increase to S5OO.O0O of
Land Appropriation.

The Senate agriculture committee
voted unanimously today to report IA
vorably to the Senate the Pepper bill
for the establishment of a national
arboretum in Washington.
In approving the measure. the com
mittee increased from $500. 900 to $500.
600 the amount authorized to be ap-
propriated to he used by the Secre
tary Of Agriculture for the acquisition
Of land.
The committee eliminated entirely
the last section of the bill. which
would have authorized the Secretary
of Agriculture te recognize and con-
suit with an advisory council in the
CARRYING on of the work Of the arbore-
tum.
The site for the arboretum cOntem-
plated by the bill is the Mount Hamil-
ton tract in the northeast section
near the upper Anacostia River. The
bill authorizes the President to trans
fer to the Secretary of Agriculture by
executive order any land already be-
longing to the United States along the
Anacostia River north of Benning
Bridge that may be desirable to form
a part of the arboretum. The Secre-
tary also is authorized to acquire
within $500 900 limit any additional
land needed. In this section of the
bill the agriculture committee made
a change in phraseology which would
authorize the Secretary to acquire
other land within or adjacent to the
District of Columbia.
The purpose of the arboretum
would he to give the Federal Govern
ment an adequate natural laboratory
in which the scientists of the Depart
ment of Agriculture and other Gov.
ernment bureaus could carry on re-
search and educational work concern
ing tree and plant life.
1t is set forth in the bill that the
aboretum shall be under competent.
scientific direction in order to stimu-
late research and discovery. 1t would
be administered separately from the
agricultural. horticultural and for
estry sations of the Department Of
Agriculture, but 1t shall be so corel-
lated with them as to bring about
the most effective utilization of it's
facilities and discoveries.
At the hearings held early in the
session by both the Senate and House
committees on agriculture, experts
testified that the Mount Hamilton
tract was an ideal location for an
arboretum because of the desirability
of the soil and the overlapping of the
climate of the North and South. 1t
was shown to the committee that It
would probably be profitable to expert.
Continued on PageF2, Column ~
Evening star., 1926-03-10
Century-Old Wines of Former Gar,
Now on Sale, Include Napoleon's Gifts

TIFLIS. Georgian Republic, March
10 R.-Considerable quantities. Of
150-year-old cognac. presented by
Napoleon to the Russian grand dukes
Of the early nineteenth century, are
being sold in Russia for $50 a bottle.
Ports. sherries, liquors and cham
pagnes Of the rarest vintages, the
gifts of kings and heads of states to
the Romanoff family, are sold for as
little as $40 bottle. Hundred-year-
old Chateu Yquem of the most del
icate bouquet brings only $S a quart
Most of these wines come from the
huge cellars Of the former Russian
Evening star., 1926-03-10
BRAND MAY LAST
ONLY FEW DAYS IF
GENEVA TRIP FAILS
International Crisis Held Sole
Reason for Restored
Prestige.
BY PAUL SCOTT MOVRER.

By Gable 10 The Star and Chicago Daily News
PARIS. March 1o.-The new BRAND
government appears to be highly un.
stable and may last only a few days.
The all-engrossing question in
France Is the financial situation.
which apparently grows worse daily.
The last BRAND government fell dur.
ing the course of the budget debate,
yet new government has been form.
ed not primarily on considerations of
financial policy but on consideration
Of foreign policy. which no longer
interests French opinion greatly.
NJ. BRAND was allowed and per
suaded to form a new cabinet solely
because. as the man of Locarno. -
his immediate return to Geneva with
restored prestige was deemed essen
tial. II, however, as seems not i'm.
probable, he fails to obtain there i'm.
mediate enlargement of the League
Council, to which he is committed.
his return to Paris will be anything
but triumph.
Three Are Dropped.
The new cabinet in it's composition
Is slightly more conservative than
the preceding BRAND governme mt.
M. BRAND passed two hours Tuesday
with Joseph Caillaux trying to per-
suade the latter to accept the min.
istry Of finance. but Caillaux stub.
bornly refused.
BRAND then dropped three influ-
entail radicals Of the previous cab.
inet-Renoult. Chautemph and Dala.
dier-and replaced them with only
one radical. Malvy, thus diminishing
the radical representation in the new
cabinet and making the radical party
disgruntled. This is perhaps bad
tactics, as the Left still has ma
jority in the French Parliament
whenever it cares to utilize it.
Brands new finance minister,
Raoul Peret, belongs to the Center
and he is expected to continue the
policy of resorting to petty super
fetal expedients which have marked
French financial methods for the last
few months.
Crisis Still Profound.
A new chairman of the Chamber s
budget commission must be chosen
now to replace M. Malvy. who has
become minister of the interior This
choice may present some difficulties.
Then a new introducer of the finance
bill must be found to replace NJ. La
moureux, who also has entered the
government.
After these reorganiZations it Is eX-
pected the cabinet will try to get
the Chamber and Senate to accept
new taxes which had already been
virtually accepted by both houses.
The tax on payments. which caused
Brands fall, will presumably be
dropped. The country will then have
theoretically 100000 francs in
new receipts to meet a deficit of more
than 1900, ,000, 900 francs.
How the remaining billion francs
can be found no one yet seems to
have the faintest idea. Governments
come and go, but Frances financial
crisis continues AS profound as ever.
Copyright. 1898. by Chicago Daily News Coz
CABINET is COMPLETE.
Evening star., 1926-03-10
TIENTSIN BLOCKADE
PROTESTED BY POWERS
Violation of Treaty of 1901 Re-
ported-Shipping Safety Is
Demanded.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PEKING. March 10.-Taking cozni-
zance of the violation of the 1901 pro-
tocol requiring that communication
between Peking and the sea be kept
open. the protocol powers today filed
a protest with the Chinese foreign
Office against the blockade Of Tientsin
and demanded that the government
bring about its immediate cessation by
both hostile factions.
The powers reserve the right to col
laborate for the protection Of foreign
shipping and maintenance OF free ac-
cess to the port of Tientsin, should the
government fail to take action forth
with to that end.
The note cites the alleged placing
of 10 electrically controlled explosive
mines in the Taku channel and the
warnings given to pilots that ship
ping would not be allowed to pass.
It also points out that the artillery
firing between the contending factions
is in itself menace to navigation and
that the railway between Tientsin and
Chinwangtao to the northeast has
been cut.
Evening star., 1926-03-10

In another sharp clash over au-
thority Controller General McCarl to-.
dav laid down the principle that opin.
ions of the Attorney General have no
weight in deciding questions 'involv-
ing the legality of expenditures from
appropriated moneys"
The case was brought up by Mrs.
Bessie p. Brueggeman, chairman OF
the United States Employees Compen-
sation Commission. who once before
had enlisted the support of the Attor'
Evening star., 1926-03-10
s9.O0O,0 900 EXTRA LEVY
ON COUZENS> ARGUED

By the Associated Press.
Right of the Government to levy an
assessment of $9,000,000 in additional
taxes on senator Couzens, Republican,
Of Michigan, was defended before the
Hoard of Tax Appeals today by
Soliditor Gregg, of the Internal
Revenue Bureau.
The assessment was maoe more
th.n "a year ago on the grounds that
the valuation of Ford stock sold by
senator Couzens to the Ford Co., in
1e19 was incorrectly estimated, when
the origional tax was accepted.
Mr.. Gregg contended that the
authority Of the Commissioner Of
Internal Revenue in the case at issue
could not be abridged or foreclosed by
any act of a predecessor In office.
Evening star., 1926-03-10

viceroys in the Caucasus. Although
successive administrations in the eau.
casus since 1917 have helped them
selves literally to these extraordi-
narily fine beverages, there still re-
main more than 5000 varieties of the
most valuable and rarest vintages
in the world.
The former royal cellars constitute
one of the show places of the Tifiis.
In the high wooden racks. reaching
from floor to ceiling, are wines from
every country, covered with the ac-
cumulated cobwebs and dust of 800
years.
Evening star., 1926-03-10

Ger. cannot discuss any matter in
which senior officers are concerned
unless ] am ordered"
Gen. Butler. it was reported last
night. has sent a report of the affair
to Maj. Gen. Lejuene. commanding
the Marine Corps. at Washington. A
report is also said to be on its way
to Admiral Robertson, comma nding
the 1lth naval district here. Admiral
Robertson is expected to receive the
report today
In addition to reporting the affair.
Gen. Butler is said to have addressed
a number of Marine officers on the
matter. referring to the fact that each
Of them had taken oath to support
the Constitution of the United States,
no matter what he may think about
any of its amendments. and that he
Gen. Butler. had resolved to do his
Continued on Page 5. Column -
Evening star., 1926-03-10
McCarl Holds Sargent Cannot Question
Expenditures Authorized by Congress

ney General in a fight with Mr.. Nc.
Carln over the expenditure of Gov.
ernment funds.
The controller general, in a lengthy
decision, denied the appeal Of Mrs
Brueggenan and the Attorney Gen
eral as well. This time, however. Mr..
McOarl went far back into legislation
to show why in his opinion the Attor.
ney General should not even render
such opinions as had been, rendered In
the case for Mrs. Rruegg4man.
Evening star., 1926-03-10
CABINET is COMPLETE.

PARIS, March 10 Undetermined
to get to Geneva with the least pos
sible delay. M. BRAND worked tirelessly
for eight hours to frame new min.
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Evening star., 1926-03-10

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Evening star., 1926-03-10

Increasing cloudiness. probably fol-
lowed by rain late tonight and tomor-
row: rising temperature; minimum
temperature about 81 degrees. High
est. ~. at noon today. Lowest. IS. at
am. today. Full deport on page Q.
Evening star., 1926-03-10

CONTINUED on Page Q, Column 81
Evening star., 1926-10-17

gives your son every consideration"
She raised her head proudly.
You need not go to that trouble.
I think YOU will find Jack can take
care Of himself"
Yes. of course" joyce raised his
hat mechanically and was turning
away. when Lucy Rutherford spoke
by the way. you seemed very
much interested in that lovely girl
who spoke to Jack. Was she by any
chance your daughter"
"Yes-she was"
I'm sorry
"Sorry?"
why" she explained. surely you
must have seen the attraction. We
we cannot have that. can we? It's
too ridiculous. What can we do
about it?"
You leave that to me- He strode
away with hurried step.
X X X
LIS forehead was crea sed into deep
burrows as he walked to his
daughter She received him with
eager interest.
You were talking to Mrs. Ruther-
ford, weren't YOU? / had no idea
YOU knew her The girl laughed.
"Or was it just a pickup"
Evelyn, what are you talking
about?
why, Mrs. Rutherford. think
she's the loveliest woman I ever saw.
She looks more like Jacks sister
jack" Joyce regarded his daugh-
ter with disa pproving stare. Why
Jack? You don't even know him
"Oh, yes. do. | mean, I'm 60
ing to-
would it interest you any to know
that his father was the man who
broke my leg in my last foot ball
"Oh" Her eyes widened. so that
was the reason Biffy tackled him as
he did. I think he was hea silly
1t wasn't Jack who broke your leg. -
you're fine daughter of Yale
man, aren't you?"
Now father She placed a hand
upon either shoulder. smiling up at
him. DO you think that was a nice
thing to say"
He shook his head rritahly.
I'm perfectly serious. Jack Ruth
erford'S the sweetest thing. I'm
knocked all in heap. I think
She paused as a shout acclaimed the
appearance of the Princeton team.
Father, look" The girl was star
ing across the field. flushed. her eyes
glowing. Jack Rutherford is going
to play"
Evidently he was. He stood near
the side line. arguing, evidently. with
his mother, his feet moving in ~ sort
Evening star., 1926-10-17

over the green lawns about them. A
Jet Of water flows from the center OF
the small bronze basin. above their
heads. One Of the maidens suggests
the action Of sowing seed, another
may be said to be carrying branch
of growing fruit, while the third is
perhaps in the attitude of giving to
others the wealth of the garden she
carries. The four water serfs at the
corners of the foot Of the fountain
pour heavy sprays into small granite
basins, which overflow into the large
stone-rimmed basin at the base
This costly memorial to honor
James Mcmillan. Senator from Mich
igan. 1SS9-1902. was erected by the cit
izens of Michigan. 1t is q reminder
of the II years service given by the
Senator In efforts to provide Washing
ton with pure drinking water and In
obtaining plans for suitable parking
system. 1t recalls Senator McMil.
lan's influence In the moving of the
railroad tracks from the southern part
of the city: in the calling of experts to
plan the parkways; and also is re
minder Of his generosity in using his
private funds to help in planning tht
improvement scheme for the District
before Government funds were avail
able.
(copyright. 1897
Evening star., 1926-10-17

in hot weather in Shields Circle. then
at Massachusetts avenue and First
street.
THE fountain of Pireni at Cornth
is associated with the legend that
Pireni shed SO many tears when Diana
slew her son that she was changed
into fountain. The Mcmillan foun-
tain. with it's three classical bronze
maidens. suggests that such change
might have been made for three sor
rowing women. except that they have
happy faces. At that artistic foun-
tain. in it's garden setting in McMil
Ian Park. there is plenty of splashing
falling water at all times. This is be-
cause the location of the fountain on
what was known for a long time as
filtration grounds permits use Of the
water on it's way from the reservoir to
the filtration beds. This masterpiece
of Herbert Adams, the sculptor. is at
the head of three broad flights of pink
granite steps f1anked by evergreens.
1t is the center of an octagonal stone
platform around which Are stone
seats. The most striking feature of
the fountain itself is the three bronze
graces who stand with their backs to
a central bronze column and look out
Evening star., 1926-10-17

making for the dressing room, falling
into step at his sons side
.Biffy"-his voice had a throaty
sound-"Biffy. did YOU know that
fellow you tackled was the son of
John Rutherford. who put me out of
the Princeton game in my senior year
at Manhattan Field?"
The big tackle regarded his father
with grim expression.
You bet / knew it. And there
wasn't a minute through that half
that l forgot it, either. But that
doesn't mean / did anything but pls Y
clean foot ball"
The Princeton freshman class. now
upon it's feet cheering hravely in the
face of discouraGing outlook, con
stituted the bulk of the spectators.
Joyce could see Rutherford's mother
moving toward the dressing room.
Under some impulse which he did
not care to analyZe, he hurried across
the gridiron to intercept her.
When he came up to her and she
paused with an inquiring expression
that contained nothing of encourage
ment, he heSitated, standing awk-
wardly before her.
"I'm-Im amazed, Lucy" he said,
at length. that you've changed SO
little. YOu--you haven't cha nged at
all---except for the better" He
smiled. She did not smile in return.
why have you hated us so?' she
asked.
II never hated you, Lucy"
You must have. You and John
carried on business feud u, to the
day of his death. and
THAT was between Rutherford and
me-
You were injuring me through
him. You knew that. Do you think
1t was decent of you to bear a Crude
based on a silly misundersta nding
years back in college days."
Joyce flushed.
Il don't think it was silly. And it
was no misunderstanding. I, under
stood perfectly"
You wronged John throughout,
Jerry Joyce. He never intended to
break your leg or hurt you in any
way. He thought too much of you"
Thought too much Of me?" He
smiled mirthlessly why didn't he
Evening star., 1926-10-17
Bull Pup and Tiger Cub .<;:sz( s;}E s
By Laurence Perry e. "%%Sg$$TA e.


kick, hoping to take advantage of the
fact that the Princeton quarter had
| edged up toward the scrimmage unit,
the last line of defense was not %
yards away.
But the player. as 1t proved. had
| not been caught mapping. The instant
the thud Of the punt sounded, he was
sprinting backward. Catching the
! ball over his shoulder, he busted to.
ward the side line and then up the
boundary, leaving yard after yard be.
hind him, skillfully lodging two or
three players until he reached mid.
field. where he encountered the main
BODY OF Yale men trying to seize him
ana his teammates trying to interfere.
Wrigglfng out of one mans arms,
evading another. straight -arming a
third. he had Just reversed his field
and was darting out into the clear
open, when Biffy Joyce. who had fore.
seen the move, came at him from the
side with rush. The runner never
saw him; he was wide open for a
tackle as Joyce left the ground. his
big form Strengthened stiff and rigid
as battering ram.
Evelyn rose with a cry. and it was
then that the boy with the ball saw
his peril. He had time only partly
W III ole HlIHScl WneH tne impact
came.
1t was a perfect tackle. The big
shoulder crashed in under the run.
ner's left arm. and he went to earth
out of bounds. almost at Evelyn
Joyce's feet. The ball jumped out of
the relaxed arm and flew over the
bench.
1t was a Yale player who first
reached it, and as he fell upon it.
securing 1t for his team, Jeremy Joyce
turned to the side line and saw a
singular thing.
The player whom his son had
tackled lay where he had fallen, his
face devoid Of color, his eyes closed.
But it was not this which gave Joyce
sharp emotion. Such things are part
Of the game. and when Biffy Joyce
had launched himself into his tackle,
his father had half-risen, tense,
strained. as though seeking to trans
NIT his own strength to that of the
player.
Indeed. Joyce was not thinking Of
the injured Princeton man at all; it
Evening star., 1926-10-17
Fountains of Washington Represent
Large Aggregate of Artistic Wealth

Continued from First Pase.)
are connected with it. Brilliant
lights and water spouts are changed
automatically at the keyboard in an
adjoining ROOM or the operator may
make illuminationS and water sprays
keep time TO music. The jeWeled eyes
of the feathered snakes Of the foun-
tain seem. during such electrical eX-
hihition. to cast a spell all their own
The ~RainbOw fountain oi the Ike
flecting Pool in front of the Lincoln
Memorial is in contrast to the quiet
setting Of the pen-.t American fountain.
That outdoor water display is sugges-
tive Of q carnival, aud one VINO AT
tends the aquatic display might. il ne
is imaginative. even hear laughter
and music.
THE Dupont fountain. which has
L been placed by the Dupont family
in Dupont Circle. replaces the monu.
mept OF the admiral erected by the
United States for his distinguished
services to the Nation. Provision has
been made for installing water pumps
which will send the same water
through the fountain over and over
The water falls in cataracts from
three Spoutways of marble basin
more than - feet in diameter into
large basin at the base of the foun-
tain. It is just showery enough to
suggest GOODNESS and speaks boldly
enough to the children to say. THE
waters fine" In locking at the beau
tiful carved figures on the shaft or
the fountain one breatheS in mystery
and legend. for Daniel Chester
French. its sculptor. has personified
Sea. Wind and Stars in marble.
Even in hottest weather. when so
many fountains are turned of TO
save water. the Columbus fountain
runs because of the provision there
FIR pumping the same water over
and over again for the sprays. This
group in front Of the Union Station
consists of Sl00. 900 memorial erected
by Congress to honor Columbus and
of two immense granite urns TO east
and west of the monument. That
fountain group, with its plenteous sup
ply of water. actually encourages one
to Iplan a trip to the seashore. The
volume of the noisy water splashing
over the urn suggests the delights or
the vacation at the seaside.
The appropriateness of supplying
the Columbus memorial with water
features is apparent Columbus.
l6.foot figure wrapped in his sea
cloak is seen stepping from his cabin
early that chilly morning of October
IL. 1892. when he beheld for the first
time the shores of the New World.
The 29-ton globe surmounting the me-
mortal demonstrates the story which
Columbus tried to tell the people of
his time that the world is round
1t was mapped TO show the geography
of the New World. The Indian on
the memorial is a tribute to the mem
ory of the people Columbus found on
this side of the Atlantic. while ;he
bearded European also is presented.
Walking through the Capitol grounds
on the north side of the building. tour
lists and even Washingtonians are
often surprised to come upon the