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Evening star., 1926-09-05
BY EDWARD PRICE BELL,
ID EOVV EkIGbV TbHOHI HBHIH1h%S
President Association of American Corr
spondents. London.

President Association. OF American torre-
spondents. London.
Failure Of the press of the world is
failure of the peace of the world.
But" some one may say, world
peace is assured. Neither govern
ments nor peoples ever again will con-
template war. They know all about
war now. They know how mad it is.
They know how horrible it is. We
are living in an era quite different
from that before the big German guns
began to thunder at the gates OF
Liege." nv,
How many of you believe that! Inc
peace Of the world is VIGOROUSLY mise
cure. Great and honest men are strlN
ing to make it secure. In the years
since the war-the past eight years
more conservation, more moral energy
and more intellectual capacity nave
been put into the peace movement
than in all the previous course Oh MS
tory. Prodigious have been these et-
forts. and prOdigious is the honor que
those who thus have lavished their
renown. their character and their IN.
telligence in the premier cause OF
humanity. But world peace still trem-
bles in the balance. Peacemakers are
only on the threshold of their labors.
Not long ago in the official resi-
dence, Toxic, / was talking to that
greatest of all Asiatic diplomats, the
late Viscount Kato, prime minister or
japan. This is what he said to me
about journalism:
Food. water and air scarcely al
feet human life more widely or essen
tally. for newspapers afford spiritual
and intellectual sustenance for the
masses of the world"
And the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
added:
Pure newspapers, informed and
honest newspapers, generous and fear
less newspapers, it probably Is not too
much to say, would insure the mental
and moral health of nations, and
nations morally and mentally healthy
would have no desire to go to war"
Journalism's greatest failure since
il appeared on the stage of human
affairs was its failure to prevent the
World War. Was such an achieve
ment at all within the domain of pos
sibility? Well, IL it was not. it might
have been. If the press of Europe
had been great enough-as well in
formed and honest and sympathetic
and fearless and indefatigable as rea
son would nave dictated-it nigh
have Oeen out of the question--and
/ believe it would have been out of
the question-for any group of leaders
to plunge Europe into war. Europe
lacked an internationally and
powerful press, long and skillfully
Evening star., 1926-09-05

seven udNS SuuSu NoCplSAIi-
ber 4:
The British Empire.-The delegates
conference of the miners federation
having authorized the miners execu-
tive committee to submit proposals
for the setting up of a national agree
ment for the coal mining industry
the latter have notified the govern
ment that they "Stand ready to enter
negotiations for a national agreement,
with a view to a reduction in labor
costs to meet the immediate neceS-
sites Of the industry This is a de-
velopment holding some promise; not
oyermuch, because the owners have
stood out with invincible obstinacy for
district autonomy IN the inatlef VI
wage agreements.
Documents published by the gov
ernment of Bengal, India, show that
the Red Russians are moving by
characteristic propaganda for Fed
Grated Republic of the United States
of India" to be established by organ
ized and armed revolution 1t seems
to be beyond question that, as charged
bv Sir Austen Chamberlain, the Brit
ish foreign secretary, and the Earl
of Birkenhead, secretary of state for
India, the Russian Soviet government
has egregiously violated its treaty en-
gagement not to propagandize IN any
part of the British empire.
The people Of the Australian COM
monwealth are soon to vote by way
of referendum upon certain proposed
amendments to the commonwealth
constitution, enactment of which
would very greatly increase the power
of the central government and legisla-
ture in respect Of labor organization
and management and the settlement
of labor disputes: this at the expense
of the governments of the component
states. The result of the referendum
will be awaited with peculiar interest.
x x x
Spain.-A vast number Of rumors
are abroad importing that Primo de
Rivera is losing his grip on Spain,
that his hold of power is imperiled;
that not merely has he stirred up
hornets nest by his change in the
mode of promotion of army officers:
not merely have some of his policies
estranged the King, but popular crit
icism also is voicing itself to an
ominous extent. The people. we are
told are not pleased with the slaps
in the face 10 France and Britain in
volved in the new rapprochement
with Italy. But these rumors blend
so perfectly. despite variety of hue,
as to arouse suspicion of artistry; our
sensitive olfactories seem to detect
the odor of propag ganda. Primo de
Rivera gives the lie direct to them all.
But still the rumors are SO per-
sistent that one is worried a little
about the Spanish dictatorship and
keeps a watchful eye on the so dill
gently censored dispatches from
Spain.
~
Fayal-The sympathy Of the world
goes out to the people of Fayal. one
Of the Portuguese Azores. where
terrible earthquake, accompa MED by
a tidal wave. occurred on Tuesday.
Though the human casualties were
not so very great according to an
official statement. only nine deaths
and 200 injuries reported in total
population of about 23.00ol. the greater
part Of the work OF mems hands on
Evening star., 1926-09-05
The Story the Week Has Told

the island seems to have been de-
stroyed. Horta, the chief town, with
a population of about 1000, was ter
ribly hard hit, and some villages were
almost obliterated. Tents and other
relief supplies are on the way to
Horta from this country.
The very picturesque mountainous
Island of Fayal has an area of SO
square miles. Horta is a cable center,
and it's fine harbor was the scene of
the famous affair in the war of 1872.
in which the American privateer brig
Gen. Armstrong, Capt. Samuel Ches-
ter Reid, commanding, won no small
glory.
Germany-The third year of the
Dawes plan began September /. In
the Dawes plan year just ended nearly
54 per cent Of the German reparatlon
payments were made in kind. The
schedules of the first two years were
easy and do not furnish adequate
basis for q forecast of what is to be
expected when the plan is in full
flourish.
Italy-A decree abolishing munich
pal elections throughout Italy has
been promulgated. early in the year
they were abolished for towns Of pop.
ulation less than 5,000.) The execu-
tive power in cities and towns will
hereafter be vested exclusively in the
podesta, an official appointed by royal
decree for five years, with eligibility
for e-appointment. The so-called
consulta, or advisory council, will
supersede the former elective local
bodies. 1t will be optional for towns
Of population less than 5000, obliga-
tory for larger towns. It's member
ship will be named partly by the
provincial prefect, ian appo1ntee OF
the central governmenD. partly by
local industrial and commercial organ
izations of the new Fascist type. The
functions of the cOnsulta will be
purely of an advisory type, relating
to budgetary matters only, though in
dividual members may be assigned to
administrative duties in strict sub
ordination to the podesta.
The new decree is a little tough on
those Italian women who were re-
Gently granted the right to vote at
municipal elections: the first suffrage
privilege vouchsafed to Italian women
and then only as special honor to
certain deserving" categories, such
as war widows.
Many italian women have been SO
bold as to declare that Mussolini's de
cree requiring long hair and long
skirts shall lapse ingloriously.
, X y #
China.-Since April I have said
little about developments in China
for the sufficient reason that l hae
little to say. Competent foreign OBJ
servers, resident in China, have beer
bewildered and powerless to interpre'
developments. The Dispatches have
been even more meager than usual
and have warned us to receive then
! most cautiously, as being largely
based on propagandish sources. OF late
however, there has been some clari
| fcation; enough to justify a brie
| sketch.
1t was in mid-April that thos'
,, mighty sons of Mars, Marshals Wi
+, Pei ru and Chang Tso Lin. came Il
an understanding of sorts and coop
| Grated in driving the Kuominchur
national peoples army forces ou
! of Peking and northwest TOWARD
their base at Malgan. The provision
Evening star., 1926-09-05
RY CHESTER l.. LONG.

Former President American Bar Association
What is liberty? Il is recognized in
the Constitution. One of the pur-
poses set out in the preamble is ito
secure the blessings OF liberty to our
selves and our posterity."
In the fifth amendment, which is
q restriction on Congress, it is pro-
vided that no person shall be de
prived of life. liberty or property With
out due process of law. The four
teenth amendment says that no State
shall deprive a person of life, liberty
or property without due process of
law. We have had many decisions
about the taking of life and property
without due process of law. but very
few about taking away liberty.
The Supreme Court has recently de-
fined liberty. The States o: Nebraska,
Iowa and Ohio passed laws that re-
stricted the freedom of learning. They
prevented the teaching of modern
languages in the schools OF the re-
spective States below the eighth grade.
Nebraska and Iowa prohibited all
modern languages. while Ohio said
that German should not be taught in
the schools OF that State below the
eighth grade The question arose
whether a teacher who had qualified
himself for teaching modern Ian
languages could thus have his occu.
patton tnterfered with. The Supreme
Court, in deciding these cases, defined
liberty as follows:
What Liberty Is?
Liberty denotes not merely free
dom from bodily restraints, but also
the right of the individual to contract,
TO engage in any of the common occu-
pations OF life, 10 acquire usefui
knowledge. to marry. to estaoliSh a
home and bring up children. to wor-
ship God according to the dictates or
his own conscience. and generally TO
enjoy those privileges long recognized
at common law as essential to the or
derly pursuit OF happiness by free
men"
:, was decided in those cases that
the liberty OF the teacher TO teach
could not be thus impaired. In Ore.
con a law was enacted that would
have destroyed all private schools be-
low tha eighth grade. The Supreme
Court decided that the liberty of the
parents or guardians TO choose
school for the child was invaded. The
court said that the child did not be
long to the State. but that the parent
or guardian had the liberty of choos
ing the school for the child. That
law was declared unconstitutional as
an invasion of liberty.
In Tennessee law passed that in
teaching biology It must be taue hit
n certain way; that there must not be
a conflict with the Bible story of Gre
alton. taken literally. a teacher vio-
Evening star., 1926-09-05
5000 Year-Old Bread Served.

At Brussels banquet bread taken
from the pyramids and said to be
more than 5000 years old was eaten
with butter said TO have been made
during the time OF Queen Elizabeth.
Wine centuries old and apples 1900
years old. taken from the ruins of
Pompeii, ,Aare on record also as hav-
ing eeTycOnsumed.
Evening star., 1926-09-05
BY HENRY w. BUM.

.HE following is a brief sum-
l mary of the most important
news of the world for the
1 seven days ended Septem-
Evening star., 1926-09-05

n October 1 the third term of
the Foreign Service School
of the Department of State
will begin with an "enroll-
Af tack l1Ilornfs, ~
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Schooner Wrecked

The schooner Ralph Brown crash
ed at Briar Neck on the North Mas
sachusett shore, with the loss OF
three Of her crew of Fl. The coast
guard patrol boat number 126 was
driven aground at the western end of
Narragansett Bay No shipping NOV
ed in or out of New Englands' har-
bors. The giant liner Leviathan, al
though scheduled to sail from dry
dock for New York today, declined
the challenge Of raging seas and a
20 mile gale and remained at her
berth.
An eight inch fan of snow tonight
had been adde dto the Is inches de-
posted in Boston a week ago. In
some places in eastern and southern
New England the 'all vas higher.
estimated at II inches or more.
Steam Lines Hard Hit
Since early morning the railroads
fought the drifting snow, abandon
ing freight service in whole or in
part, conserving trains and doubling
up on engines. The New York. New
Haven and Hartford Railroad, hard
est hit Of the steam lines, kept open
its main lines west and south al
though delays ranged from to
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Hold Services on
Roosevelt in Honor
Two Who Lost Lives

Aboard S. s. President Roosevelt,
En- Route to New York. Feb. TO-
(AP)-Impressive ceremonies were
held on board the President Roose-
welt today near the spot where Uno
Witanen and Ernest Heit- an lost
their lives in the first attempt to
rescue the crew of the British
steamer Antinoe.
Bishop Hiram A. Boaz, of the
Methodist Episcopal church, con-
Quoted the service, assisted by Faith
err Louis b. Pastorelli, of st. Joseph'z
Seminary, Baltimore. A talk was
made by Captain George Fried.
To conclude the ceremony the
captain and the members of the life
boat crews which accomplished the
rescues of the Antinoe's men cast
wreaths and bouquets of spring flow
ers sent by relatives and friends of
the two dead heroes upon a sea al
most, as angry and restless as that
in which Witanen and Hoffman went
to their deaths. In his speech Bish-
op Boaz paid high tribute to the
courage Of Captain Fried and his
men.
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Believe Striking a
Miners at Scranton
Are Cooling Down

Scranton, Pa, Feb. 1O.-(AP)-
Quiet prevailed throughout the
Lackawanna valley tonight and po-
lice believed there would be no more
demonstrations by striking miners.
Union officials upheld this view.
Beyond a furry of excitement over
rumors, later disproved, that a new
attempt was being made to end the
strike, the only outstanding event OF
the day was dispersal by the police
riot squad" of eight "coal bootleg
gers"
A meeting of several hundred min
ers at Dunmore planned for tonight
at which they were scheduled to dis
cuss ways of stopping coal produc-
ton at washeries in the valley, was
postponed.
Reports that new peace moves in
the anthracite controversy were I'M
der way were denied by John l..
Lewis, president Of the United Mine
Workers, and Major w. w. Inglis,
chairman of the operators wage ne
gotiating committee.
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Three Swept to Death

Gloucester, Mass, Feb. 10.-(AP)
Eighteen fishermen stood ON the
rocks at Briar's Neck today and
watched three of their shipmatea
swept to death. A furious gale thai
drove snow and ocean spray into
their faces left them powerless.
while drifts on land and a raging
sea thwarted efforts of rescue par
ties to reach the doomed schooner
Ralph Brown, which dashed against
the rocks early this morning.
And while these helpless men
stood watching. one of the victims.
John Lopes, chung to the mainboom
of the schooner and shouted franti-
cally in Portuguese to those on
shore, only few feet away, to send
for aid, to throw a life buoy, to save
his life. Lopes could not swim and
even a swimmer would have had
less than an even chance in the
roaring sea. After two hours of his
pleading giant wave crashed
against the craft. She reeled over
on her side and Lopes was seen no
more.
The other two men who lost their
lives, John Gravata and Manuel Nit
chell, were swept out to sea when a
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House Democrats
Favor Congress
Action in Coal Strike

Washington. Feb. 10-(AP)-While
the coal situation came in for BRIEF
but heated debate in the house to-
day, the Democratic delegation took
steps to place the Democratic house
membership on record as favoring
action by congress to relieve the sus-
pension in she anthracite fields.
The New York members ANNOUNCE
ed they had obtained sufficient sigma
lures to a petition to call caucus
of their party. and that when it was
convened they would press for the
endorsement of some form of legisla-
ton to relieve the situation.
Meanwhile a copy of the senate
resolution requesting the president
to take action toward bringing about
an agreement between anthracite
miners and operators with view to
resuming work was received at the
White House and forwarded to the
labor department for consideration.
This Is the usual course in such mat
ters. although itswas made clear by
President Coolidge yesterday that he
was not in sympathy with the pro-
posal.
In the house. Representative
Brumm, Republican. Pennsylvania,
made a plea that the president use
the police powers vested in him to
end the strike, while Representative
Black, Democrat. New York, charged
the president with taking stand OF
non-intervention ito break the min
ers' union"
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Senate Approves
Inheritance Tax
Repeal. 40 to 26

Washington, Feb. 10-(AP)-The
senate added S100,0O0,OOO to its
1852 900, 900 tax reduction bill today
after voting to repeal the inheritance
tax.
With the administrator forces In
rout at the taxes on automobile
passenger cars and trucks, admiS-
sions and dues were voted out OF
the bill in rapid order, adjournment
was taken until tomorrow when
Chairman Smoot of the finance COM
mittee announced he would ask for
reconsideration of some of the &C
tions taken today and for a final
vote on the bill.
Repeal of the inheritance tax, pro-
vided for in the bill as presented to
the senate by it's finance committee,
was approved, 40 to 26. IS Democrats
joining with 81 Republicans in sup
porting the proposal.
Whether the administration forces
recoup or not some of the losses voted
today before a final vote tomorrow.
some of the changes are considered
certain when the measures goes into
conference for adjustment Of differ
ences with the House.
House leaders already have served
notice they would oppose repeal of the
Inheritance tax, and 1t is expected by
some leaders that the modified rates
in the House bill finally will become
law. Some uncertainty exists, however,
on the final disposition of the provision
for a retroactive reduction on the
higher inheritance rates provided in
the present revenue act and which
was approved today by the Senate.
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Hold Lebanon, N. H.,
Man in Death Woman
In Automobile Crash

Hanover. N. H. Feb. 10-(AP)-
Judge Fred A. Jones of Lebanon,
charged with first degree manslaugh-
ter in connection with a fatal auto
mobile accident January 20, was ar
raigned in the 'unicipal court today
and pleaded not guilty. Bail of
$4,000 was furnished and Judge Jones
was ordered to appear at the May
term of the Grafton county superior
court in Plymouth.
The arraignment, arranged on
short notice, occupied only a few
minutes. Judge Jones was repre-
scented by Paul Gilioli, and County
Solicitor Clark B. Frost of Lisbon
appeared for the state. Judge Harry
E. Burton presided.
Judge Jones was alleged to have
been driving the automobile owned
by him, when the accident occurred,
causing the death of Mrs. Mildred
Presley, a passenger. He and three
others were returning to Lebanon in
the early morning when the machine
went over 25-foot embankment and
overturned. Mrs. Mildred Presley
was killed and Judge Jones suffered
wrenched back which kept him in
bed for several days.
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General Forecast

The secondary disturbance that de-
veloped over Virginia and North
Carolina during Tuesday moved
northeastward with rapidly increas-
ing intensity and it is centered east
of Cape Cod, Nantucket, Mass, re-
porting a barometer reading of 1928
inches.
A disturbance of wide extent Is
over the Canadian northwest and the
western part of the United States,
with two centers, one over Alberta
the other over southern Nevada. The
lowest barometer reading Is 29.4S
at Calgary. Alta. This disturbance
has caused rains in the northern
plateau region and in the Pacific
states from central California north
ward.
Fair weather will prevail almost
generally Thursday and Friday in the
states east of the Mississippi river.
The temperature will change very lit
tie Thursday but 1t will rise Friday
throughout this area, except possibly
northern New England.
Advisory $50 P. NJ. - Northeast
storm warnings continued north Bos-
ton to Eastport, Me. Storm central
east Of Cape Cod moving northeast
ward.
Winds north of Sandy Hook
Strong north and northwest dimin-
ishing and weather mostly overcast
Thursday; snow over east portion.
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BiddefOrd Taxi
Driver Near Death
As Result of Storm

Portland, Me-. Feb. 10-(AP)-Ur-
ban Bolduc, %, a Biddeford taxicab
driver, found semi-unconscious in a
snowbank here late today. his hands
and face frozen, Is at the Maine Gen.
eral hospital tonight. Bolduc left
Biddeford with a passenger of the
Grand Trunk station here His
machine stalled in ten foot snow
drift In South Portland. He board
ed trolley car, which was halted by
the storm. He then was given a lift
on the running board of a small auto.
His hands frozen. he fen into the
snowbank where he was found.
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Resume Trial Two
Charged with Burning
Acushnet Dance Hall

New Bedford, Mass, Feb. 10-(AP)
The trial of Charles H. Porter and
Louis Herman for conspiracy In
burning Dreamhurst, a dance hall in
Acushnet, was resumed this after
noon with eleven jurors, Charles l..
Chase Of Swansea not being able to
appear on account of the storm. Fee
Xix, W. Charter resumed his testi-
mony, saying that he and Andrew N.
Atkins were in Herman's Office when
Herman told them he couldn't give
them any money as Porter didn't
want it done. When arrested Char
tier said he called Herman up by
telephone and told him they were
arrested for burning Dreamhurst and
Herman said Don't say word" and
promised to come to court next da.
but didn't He refused to go bail for
them.
Fire Chief August ST. Jean testi-
ned that when Herman was told by
him that he had turned in his report
Of the fire. he offered to pay for two
Investigators to see if they couldn't
md another reason for the fire other
than he reported. and that Herman
asked him If he knew he held a mort
gage on his property. He testified
Porter asked him what the feeling
was among the Roman Catholics be-
cause Dreamhurst had been used for
Khan meetings.
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Both Parties Active
With Complete Tickets
At EastpOrt Caucuses

Eastport, Me-, Feb. 10.-(AP)-
Unusual interest is shown in the mu-
nicipal caucuses this week in the
Nations fartheSt east city.
Last March the Republican ticket.
headed by Mayor E. C. Firth. had no
opposition. This year both parties
will nominate complete tickets. with
Frank c. Havey, a druggist. probably
heading the Democratic slate. to be
named Friday night. Havey was de-
feated by on.y 16 votes when he ran
four years ago.
A close contest was indicated for
the mayoralty nomination at the Re-
publican caucus tomorrow night. be-
tween Roscoe Emery, member of the
city council, former state senator
and editor of the local weekly paper.
and Sydney A. Frost. representative
to the last Legislature. former mem
Der of the city council and garage
owner.
The contest between these two as
pirants will be carried into the wards
fer aldermen, it was understood. I'M
less in the interest of harmony a
compromise candidate Is agreed upon
for mayor. on the Republican side
A close contest at the election on
March I Is anticipated