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Evening star., 1926-01-21

Senator. more apology. and finally a
closing of the incident with outward
calm but inward agitation Taken
altogether it was a divertins and sig
niticant happening. what in the Ian
SuaSe of the vulgar press is called a
'snappv bit OF spot news" But to-
days Record is silent. Here is the
only trace of the incident in its pages:
Mr. Reed of Missouri resumed the
speech begun by him on yesterday.
After having spoken for some time
Mr.. Williams-Mr. President
The Vice President-Does the Sen.
ator from Missouri yield to his col
league?
Mr.. Reed of Missouri Weld.
Mr.. Nilliams-I call for quorum
Tn" Vice PreSident-The clerk will
cell the roll.
Followed a roll call, disclosing the
presence Of =, quorum. Then appears:
Mr.. Reed of Missouri resumed his
Sncech. After having spoken for some
Again the interruption. with Mr.
GleaSe calling for quorum And 4
mule later came Mr. kendrick. with
an oFerpowering { ire 10 assemble
an audience for ,he Senator from
Missouri. When that audience had
beeh gathered. for 4 space. MI Reed
OF Missouri summarized his remarks
up to that mo nent and outlined his
program for th- ,1s-row, after which
the Record stat,s:
The speech Of Er Reed Of Missouri
VIII he published entire hereafter.
80 that when that speech is pub
llshed entire hereafter" the Record
VIII make report of the trioloc... that
SuPphed what profane Journalism was
moved Yesterday to regard as the
most interesting and important hap.
penins Of the day. perhaps q week
or II may be a fortnight hence.
Evening star., 1926-01-21
SLAYER Durkin Faces Death.

The capture Of Martin Durkin, The
Chicago sunman for whom Federal
agents have been searching for sew
ersl months. probably closes career
Of crime and illustrates the manner in
which the law OF chan taSors
ciety rather than The criminal. Dur
kin shot a Federal agent in Chicago
last Summer when the latter sought
Il arrest him for an earlier crime. In
October in an attempt 10 trap him
man was killed, but Durkin escaped.
lie has. so far az is known, alto.
Gether shot six officers, two OF them
morlally. Yet he was captured yes
lerda% on sleeping car on arrival in
a suburb OF st. Louis, without any eX
change of shots. Although he had
, close at hand two guns and guam
tity of ammunition, his arrest was
effected by taking him by surprise.
He has acknowledged his identity.
confessed the crime for which he was
specifically sought, waived extra dition
and is now in Chicago, where he will
he tried, and, IL would seem most
probable, convicted and executed.
Durkin tells a story Of his eaca pddes
and flight that is as roma ntic AZ the
most highly imas asinativt thriller" Of
Hctlon on movie screen. He is con
tirmed lawbreakei. dcsperadu
is said, dead shot with both hands
Evening star., 1926-01-21
Pennsylvania Refuses to Act.

GOV. Pinchot's effort To secure ac-
tlon by The State Legislature TO put
an end 10 the hard.coal strike fails
Wilh the refusal Of House commit
lee 20 approve q hEl to make anthra-
cite public utiIay. Just whether
TINS refusal was dtuated bv pressure
from the unions or stom the operators
is not apparent. Perhaps both sides
opposed II. Whatever the fact in that
respect. the rejection of the bill ends
the attempt by the PENNSYLVANIA exec.
e'HtIFe 10 break the present blockade
"hlch mas lasted now over four and a
half months.
MeanWhlle, Suf1erinS in the anthra.
cite region increaS Ses. Business is
paralNz enormous losses have been
incurred dlstress prevails among
thousands of people, bread lines have
formed. Throughout wide ares of
thiS country hardShips have been i'm
posed upon millions of people in the
curtailment of the coal x,,ppIiee u.itb
Z consequent Increase of prices De
spite all >ubStitutions the problem nf
heating homes is becoming daily more
acute. Had the Winter been less mild
the strike would by now have caused
intense suherin-.
relief works in The hard coal dis.
lrlcl are only partially meeting The
requirements of the people affected
by the strike, the miners. their fam
HES and the great number of EN-.
plo\eS in other lines who have bee
thrown out of work by the collapse of
business. The leader of the miners
union Is making q triumphal tour of
the anthracite district, obviously 10
strengthen his support. But brass
bands and cheering thronGs will not
reed the families Of the strikers OF
Keep the houses warm. In these ca
l4mitous conditions. with the Penn
SNlvania Legislature failing TO meet
the situation, the chances of Fedora
intervention are increased. though ne
specific move has yet been made in
that direction. IL would seem that
not until the case has reached a state
OF actual acute emergency will Con
Sress act To compel the resumption
of mining.
Evening star., 1926-01-21
The Pay of the Judiciary.

\ bill 10 effect substantial increases
in the scale of pay of the Federal
judges is under consideration by Con
ereSS. being now before the two com
mittees on the judiciary, which in
joint session are holding hearings on
the measure. The American Bar AS
sociation has urged favorable action.
Charles +. Hughes and John W.
Da Wis. two OF the leading members Of
the American bar, the former once
member of the Supreme Court of the
United States. have lately appeared
before this joint committee as advo-
Gates Of the measure. Mr.. Hughes de-
clared that the way TO show love for
America is to pay a living wage to
American judges: that the country
does not want judges who are looking
for jobs, or men for judges who want
side. Nor does the country want
judSeshipS to so TO members of the
House or Senate who are hanging
around looking for jobs. lie called the
pay of the associate justices of the
Supreme Court ''dissraceful," and en-
phasized the difficulty which Federal
judges have to make both ends meet
on their salaries in the larger cities
Mr.. Davis, in his argument said that
If the present low salaries were to be
continued judges should be required
to take the oath of celibacy, so as
not to expose their dependents TO
hardships which those salaries entail.
AN ignorant, corrupt and dependent
judiciary is the worst afiiction any
people can suffer" he said. NO man
who is inadequately paid can he indie
pendent in thought
To this argument there is no an
swer. The pay scale Of the Ameri-
can judiciary is preposterously low.
The life tenure of Federal judges pre-
supposes that man who accept ap-
pointment on one Of the benches per-
manently leaves private life and the
chance of aff1ueRce through profess
sional employment. He dedicates
himself to the higher service in behalf
OF the people. II he is OF the proper
caliber to render the best service he is
competent to prosper in private prac-
tice. To such a man acceptance OF a
judicial appointment means sacrifice.
Those to whom the present judicial
pay is temptation are, as q rule, not
the best possible appointees for the
public welfare. -
The judiciary is, Ii theory, most
Evening star., 1926-01-21
To Be Published Hereafter.

That usually esteemed occasional Co
tcrlDrrarv. the Congressional Record.
T. ,n - its old trick Of 'rcservinS
rr"s. II il ordinarily a most read
shIe journal. filled with interesting
ul=t,er. some more OF less valuable
statistics. now and then spiced with
-lvtlv dialogues. with 4 world wide
rance Of TOPICS. frequently punctu-
stcG with poetry. some original with
the. contributors. but more often bor'
rewed, with or without credit. 1t is
Shy of illustrations, which somewhat
distinguishes il. 1t has its dull pages
and again its exceedingly brisk ones.
On the whole. during its period OF
publication. ii is a welcome addition
10 The days content of printed mat
ter
But The Record suffers from a dis
position to hiatus. II withholds for
later publication much that is of inn
mediate current interest, in keeping
with a tradition which is as far out
dated as arc the rules of the Senate.
fcr example. Certain phrases of stock
use mar its pages and lessen its
value as 4 veritable purveyor of the
news. One of these IS MI. Blank
asked and was given leave to extend
his remarks" Another is Mr.. So
stliso resumed his speech. which will
he published entire hereafter" Any
regular newspaper which adopted
such Il nn.je of publication would in
stantIy hear from its readers in no
uncertain terms.
- The Record issued today, covering
the proceedings of yesterday, is d
striking example of this habit OF pro-
crastination. 1t is reported in the
vernacular press that rather snappy
episode occurred in the Senate. when
a member of that body chided the pre-
siding officer for certain radio talk
In which he referred unfavorably 10
= proceeding in the Senate on the
DAY tstcre. There WAS rejoinder,
Aps!ASt, the involvement Of second
Evening star., 1926-01-21
A Compromise Law.

SharnIv critlciZing the Board Of
Commissioners for its refusal To III
1ors= the bill for increased powers Tor
the director of traffic, Representative
Ernest Gibson Of Vermont, At meet
In Yesterday of the House Dlstric'
committee. stressed IA point that seems
10 have been ignored in the contfo-
Tersial discussion aroused pE 'iie III
PRODUCTION of the measure.
We tried in the last Congress !"
'cct 4 real traflic bill, SAID MI ''l''
sor 1--WE wanted to lodge authority
vhcre il ought 10 be lodged in ORDER
tn -et traffic reform. ! take eAceP-
t,or when the law does not lodge au-
. rhoritv III the trafhc director, ana
cnlv makes him 4 messenger noH 10y
tho commissioners. When they cru
ci2e The traffic director. their CRITICISM
is only 4 criticism Of their own ad-
n2inistration The law under whlch
Washington is operating is a compro-
mise ip order TO 5ot action at the last
session.
Tba, The traffic code is compro-
misc i. known To every member OF
Congress. to the Commissioners, ana
"a the Police Department, as wen as
every resident OF Washington In the
original traffic code. as faNordhiN re
.nnrred from the Two House Dis
fl,ict committees. the traffic director
". 10 take his place with rank equal
a. that of The Commissioners 81 me
pisr,.irt. On The floor of the senate
,bfs clause aroused discussion and the
,7,,ecror was therefore reduced TO Z
rank similar 20 that OF the ch'ei oi
police. During the last re" minutes
of the last session, when Ii seemed as
n The bill was doomed TO failure II
VS. suggested that he he placed un-
De-, the chief Of police. and, in orde'
lHat action on some sort "I a traih'
code might he had, Senator Ban, lhsil
chairman OF the Senate District com
mitrcc. allowed it 10 20 through III
rb.,r shane. although he bitterly op-
posed the plan OF subordinanhS 'he
director OF ira ffic in the District ON
ciai family.
50. after eight months experiment
win n makeshifL code, the C"lnmls
sinnar. nut themselves on record as
orn,.-J to the enactment Of re@i
traffic law and the correction of evils
which have been developed from the
trv-out of the compromise law
It is = rather remarkable situation
thai Washington faces when It's ON
c;als refuse to indorse an attempt 10
hr,ac order out Of chaos. IN lmper'
rc,r law 10 begin with, and proved 10
h. imperfect through its operation
VT the city government is adverse TO
c".ae Getting it.
However. ii is not believed that the
artirn uf the Commissioners VIII SoV'
r-r that Of Congress. sentiment
anlon- both Representatives and Sen
afors i, strong FOR Il traffic law tha'
viii meet all the needs Of local condl'
ttons. .tnd 30 the District must PR
IT. hone Of correction of an imperteci
law on its legislative body. regardless
Of the stand taken by the city GOV
crnmcnt. and with the start alrcah!
made in both the House and Senate
snecdv action is confidently expected
Evening star., 1926-01-21

carefully selected corps of public serv-
ants. The scale OF pay, though II can
never equal the highest possible emol-
uments Of the legal profession, should
be such as To hold The personnel of the
bench in contentmenl and ease of
mind and self-respect. TO pat every
occupant of The bench out Of the
range of possible temptation 10 en-
sage in money services out
side of the judicial functions.
Ths passage of this bill, which Is 50
strongly indursed, and which is found
e0 upon such sound reasoning should
lie one of the early actions of Congress
at the present session.
Evening star., 1926-01-21
Ram. Ram 30 awav
l'nnlL III lhGE dAN

Come again some other day.
The phenomenon of the rain is one
Of the most interesting to be met with
In our daily lives. The fact that it is
commonplace makes it none the less
Interesting.
We Of the cities ordinarily do not re
gard rainfall with the intensity Of the
farmer, because our living does not
depend upon 1t.
To the city man. the weather in
general Is more of ii topic of conSerNa-
ZION than anything else. with rain oc-
cupying perhaps premier position as
L spoiler of good times.
Yet falling waters in q city have a
fascination second To no other demon,
,,rations OF nature. Those who are
lucky enough, as children, 10 have
lha fairy tales of Hans christian
andersen read 10 them will never be
BILE, when grown. 10 look upon rain
in q city with Indifference.
This attitude, by the way. is but one
Of the gains which property told fairy
tales bring to children. 1t Is hnpos-
Sibte for a parent to decide just what
influence such stories viii have. but
it is certain that the benefits will be
many.
one OF the greatest ~ill be the
natural interest which the child will
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W 80 thiouSh Hie aS II u"Nh anu sun
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Evening star., 1926-01-21

Registration OF aliens. involved in
one of the proposed amendments of
the immigration law, hasn't struck
popular chord. Newspaper comment
generally questions the effect of such
= law. suggesting that while il woulo
cause useless annoyance 10 aliens
properly III the country, il would not
reaCh the immigrants who are helnS
buotleSsed into the United states
Some editors think. too, that II would
be productive OF petty graft and petty
tyranny.
While the bill has the approval Of
the Secretary Of Labor, III. Baltimore
sun IS OF the opinion that ''on form il
hould be earnestly opposed by The
State Department" The Sun refers
to the fact that Secretary kellogg
has come out strongly against retro
active laws in Mexico" and argues:
He should, therefore, fight this at
tempt to soak the immigrants who
come to this country on the under
standing that th2y would he treated
like everybody else so long as they
acted decentlv. Hauling them out and
collecting s. per alien annually would
be = decided breach of the implied
contract
The sbsence OF general demand by
the public for such a Law is empha-
sized by the Flint Daily Journal,
which remarks: "AIl Sood Americans
are desirous of seeing the lawleSs o.
undesirable foreign element kept out
OF the country, and also favor the de
porta ton of this class of aliens. But
the proposal TO he urged in Congress
requiring the registration of all aliens.
in order TO keep track of them and
prevent unauthorized persons from
| remaining in the United States. is OF
doubtful eXpediency."
X X =
The mark of inferority with which
the unnaturalized would be bra nded, y
says the Buffalo Evening News,
would only tend to ALLEVIATE them
from the life of the community. And
those aliens who came here unlaw-
fully could just as easily evade a reg
istration law as they did the immigra
ton act" No reason for the meas
ure Is seen by the News, which con
tinues: 1T might give inspiration for
police registration of every man. wom
an and child. Until everybody's pri
vate life and activity are under sur
veillance some of the busybodies. who
already have far 100 much to do. will
not be satisfied" The Rochester
Times-Union also wonders why the Law
| is needed. Under the new immicra
ton policy adopted in the laws of 1922
| and 1923" the Rochester paper re
minds it's readers. the problem O
dealing with the immigrant has beer
immensely simplified by a large reduc
Evening star., 1926-01-21
Alien Registration Plan
Target of Sharp Comment

rion in numbers There WIS never e~~
reason for annoying and hadcsrlng
him with regulations only too S,fs
ceStIVe of some Of the European conn
tries from which he comes"
Any one with enough energy ami
enterprise 10 eVade immigration Laws
according 10 the Sioux City Tribune
is live prospect Tor any community
Ultimate decay is assured ON the othe,
hand. for intelleCrS which ASPIRE 10 eu
courage any further expansion Of the
present-day flood Of spies. specie
agents and whip-CraCkers in prom"
tion of q national -oose-step system.
If the home. grown folks in the Jnilc&
States average as well as the aliens.
either in morals or constructive en-
ergy, they'll have to improve materia
ly on some of their records. The alien
ism buGab boo. in other words II v-rN
much the bunk"
Aside from The injustice and incuu
sistency of the proposed laws" as th,
matter is viewed by the Springfield
Republican, they are decidedly vui-
nerable from the point Of view Of Their.
practical working. NOTWITHSTANDING
the somewhat naive assumptions of
the Secretary OF Labor 10 the con
trary, the administrative machinery
required by the law would he elaho.
rate and expensive. Al its best il
would put q premium upon evasion.
on the one hand. and official corrup-
tion on the other. 1t would hc an il.
Vitation 10 petty graft and perrN
tyranny. The Republican especial,
condemns 'espiona Sc in fear of th"eo
| who are ruled.
! Furthermore. tho Middletown Times
| Press holds that while the proposed
| leSiSla don would not reach the alieus
| bootlegsed into the country. il would
| cause annoyance and discomfort 10
! hundreds of lava biding aliens win"
| are entitled to our protection" and
| such a law "Sma Cks Of cZariSm Al its
worst, being far from the America
tradition"
! Notwithstandi these objections
several pa pers insist thai registTs ti"n
, would not prove an annoyance 20
aliens who are properly here. The
continent favorins alien registration.
remarks the Chattanooga News. ha :
made slow headway in this CountrN-
! mainly because its purpose has heSr
misinlerpreted. II is not. or should MOI
be a system Of espionage upon foreicn
residents. II would merely make mo- :
practicable the enforcement ~ nrp
immigration laws. II is form ~
regulation which has been invoked hN
nations whose ILLEGAL immigration
problem Is much less serious than our
own" The AmeriCanization task, f,irr
Ithermore, impels the Okmulcee DailN
Democrat TO advise that the nat1I,
rallied compatriots of our foreign pnr-
ulation would do well to aid in making
American citizens OF the aliens.
| x
The Watertown Daily Times charges
that the smuggling OF aliens has de
veloped into siZable industry. and
there seems to be no remedy for this
except the registry of all aliens wh"
enter legally, including finGer.print
ing" Contrary to the arguments n
the opponents of this system. The
Times declares: NO stigma would lie
attached 10 registration of finger
printing. On the other hand. il would
| be certificate of character. proof
that The owner had complied with the
4 first law Of his adopted country with
which he came in contact"
Evening star., 1926-01-21
Contra dictnry CMlfnre

Il am learning TO dance the Charles
ton"
You are not learning ANYTHING
answered Miss Cayenne You are
simply forgetting how grandmother
tried 10 teach you 10 behave"
Evening star., 1926-01-21

tising a particular kind of chewing
gum. Happily it is gone, and the
beauty Of the scenery is again un-
marred.
Royal Cortissoz. the well known
writer and lecturer on art, tells OF
crossing this bridge en- route to Wash
ington one time just at sunset. He
was reading an interesting book, but
laid 1t aside momentari!y to gaze en-
thraIled at the loveliness of the scene.
AS the train sped on and he turned
TO resume his reading he looked into
the face of a fellow traveller. and as
their eyes met the latter exclaimed,
Pretty swell. isn't it?''
There are few indeed. who are not
capable OF responding to beauty.
whether il be IMMATURE or In art.
Evening star., 1926-01-21

aS presiding officer Alr Dawes
cannot deliver an nration. but when
he l. @rh eduleG Tor q radio speech
all the Senators tune in. The radio
may exercise an even more importA mt
appeal by transmitting controversies
of statssmanship than it does with
comic or classical melodies.
Evening star., 1926-01-21
\ High Regard.

George Washington couldn't teu
a lie.
doutt it remarked Senator Sor-
Shum. Il respect him more as man
so intellect ually resourceful and coura-
seous that he never felt obliged TO do
Evening star., 1926-01-21
- 49,

The theory that larger salaries will
secure better Judges should work out,
although il would he difficult to make
any judges salary laroe enough to
compete with the earning capa city
of an eminent. ndspe ndent lawyer.
such, for instance ~ Mi. cha rlc:
Evans Hughes.
Evening star., 1926-01-21

part eeualinr milli2rams: thus. IN
stead OF writing q carat and one
quarter, II is expressed l.25. and IN
stead of ! carat and one-half. II -
expressed by l.50.
Q. Can YOU state how many looms
are employed in the United Stale
and Canada at the present time In
the wea wing of cotton goods and wha'
proportion of these is equipped fnF
effecting replenishment Of the work
ing weft supply automaticallv?--i l. l.
A. A prominent loom building con
cern has just published an cstlma;r
based upon recent data. probably II
January !, 1925, Summsrizin.5 Such
data as showing. in 800 mills IN The
South. 34l .175 such looms. includin-
hose weaving linen and iute. ~ -
mills in the North, AL .s28 more. mah-
inS 763 ,003 in The United states ann
in Canada. in - mills 35.1l9. making
3 Total Of 1872 such looms con
tained in 81 mills. ApproXim*telN
$4,000 Of them are said 10 ~
equ'pned 70 effect replenishmer' -
the working weft supply autCmsIt
cally without huma intervention.
G What is The King James Ner-
sion"-M c
A. This term is applied 10 The Bib"
which was completed and printed In
1911. The rules adopted provided thaf
the new translation should be ha-e't
on the Bishops Bible and that Il
should contain no marginal notes cN-
cept for explanation of Hebrew an"
supported bv James !. King Of Ene-
lano.
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minated NJ \
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which was exceedingly popular in En-
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! nineteenth century. i usually consist
! II :. slender upright or pillars. sl1n
porting a series of shelves Tor holdiR-
/ china. ornaments or trifies Of an
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! IFS English form. although q cor
! yerient drawing room receptacle. .
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! i,rc.,r,. et,p,nle- are hnvey4r ,nil.-
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number Of Summer camps t"r Slr'-
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| A. Maine cia inns the l1rc'S' "'H'
her Of girls summer camps. ',i.
Evening star., 1926-01-21
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHlLtNDER JOHNSON.


The year "f nineteen twenty-siN
Slips on through arguments proIIx:
Ana nineteen twenty-seven next
Will tind US hopeful. though perpleyed.
Ihcn Nineteen twenty-eisht We'ii see
With thoughts that strangely disagree
AS we eNclaim. Great Scott, It's here
Another Presidential YEAR"
Evening star., 1926-01-21
Shifting Ideals.

Marriage changes many woma n )
deals"
u, does" answered Miss Cayenne.
Il have known. oh. so many girls who
started by regarding 4 man a hero
and ended by figuring him only as an
alimony producer"