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The Kusko times., 1926-12-25
FAIRBANKS DOG DERBY OC-
 OURS LINCCOLN'S BIRTHDAY

FAIRBANKS, Jan. 3.-The Fair banks Dog Derby will take place on Lincoln's Birthday. Distance sixty miles, the run being from Fairbanks to Chatanika and return by Olnes and Dome creek.
 The first winner will receive $750; second winner $350; third, $150.
 The entrance fee is $1O. :,
The Kusko times., 1926-12-25
C. S. HANNUM, FORMER NOME
 ATTORNEY, TAKES OWN LIFE

RICHMOND, Calif.-Judge C. S. Hannum former Nome attorney, as phyxiated himself in his office here last night He had been practcing here for several years and was in popr healta-
 He arranged hs papers neatly and put a gas tube in his mouth. He is survived by d widow
The Kusko times., 1926-12-25
TWO AIRPLANES CRASH IN.
 .MIDAIR; FOUR MEET DEATH

RANTOUL, H., Dec. 26.-Four of ticers of~Sa4Stfie Field were killed today when two airplanes collided head-on in mid air above the field. The dead are: Captain Harold G. Foster, world flyer, of Chicago; Lieu tenant Ralph L. Lawler, First Lieu tenant Henry w. Kunkle, and Albert J. Clayton.
The Kusko times., 1926-12-25
JUDGE JOHN ARTHUR, SEAT
 TILE PIONEER, PASSES ON

SEATTLE. Dec. 3o.---Judge John Arthur, TT, pioneer attorney, was found dead in his apartments this morning, a suicide by asphyxiation. He was past grand master of the Mascns of the State, and was private secretary to John Sherman when the latter was Secretary of the Treasury.
The Kusko times., 1926-12-25

Takotna's delegation in attendance at the New Years festivities at Me Grath included the Misses Rose Oates, Bessie Boyd, Mary Mclean, Emma Owen, and Messrs. Dave Mutchler, Jack Mutchler, Al Colwell, Henry Wallick. John Krieger. Peter Jensen and Robert Lowrie.
The Kusko times., 1926-12-25
KIROSHITO BECOMES JA-
 PAWS HATH EMPEROR

TOKYO, Dec. 29.-Koshito Kapan died of pneumonia today, and Crown Prince Kirohito, who has been regent since May, 1921, succeeds to the throne, becoming Japan's 124th em- peror.
The Kusko times., 1926-12-25
NINETEEN PERISH AS RESULT
 HEAD-ON COLLISION. GEORGIA

ROCKHART, Ga, Dec. 30.-Nine- teen perished here today as the result of a head-on collision between the Ponce de Leon Northbound from Mi- ami to Chicago ard the Royal Palpo Southbound of the Southern Railway.
The Kusko times., 1926-12-25

C. w. C. Glass, after an absence of several months, spent mostly at Nome on a personal mission, was an early in Che week arrival.
The Kusko times., 1926-12-25
MANHATTAN'S DEATH TOLL
 FROM POISONOUS LIQUORS

NEW YORK, Dec. 28.-Four hun dred and sixty-eight persons have died thus far in 1926 n Manhattan alone from poisonous liquor, Chief Medical Examiner Norris announced today.
The Kusko times., 1926-12-25

Halfdan Wiiig, after a visit of sev- eral weeks in the Nixon section, was a last Sunday arrival, after having att ;sendefs McGrath's New Years doings.
The Kusko times., 1926-12-25
ILLEGALLY COLLECTED TAXES

HLEGA ALLY COLLECTED TAXES.
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.-Con- gress was asked by Secretary Mellon today to give the Treasury Depart ment authority to refund STA, 4,126,177 illegally collected in taxes for the fis- cal year 1926 and prior years.
The Kusko times., 1926-12-25
Photographic Ticks.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 30.-A great war within two years, caused by continuation of the preiod of sun spot activities, S among the possibii ties, according to Professor T. Chi jovs1y, of the University of Moscow. His paper, sent from Russia, was read today before the American As sociation for the Advancement of Science.
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.-Assist- ant Secretary of Treasurer Andrews today accepted the resignation of Col. Ned Green, prohibition administrator for Northern California and Nevada, effective in February.
 SEATTLE, Dec. 29.-Trinity Parish Church is bequeathed $110,000 by the late Richard B. Cox, former resident of Seottle, whose identical wills were offered for probate yesterday at New ark, N. JJJ~
 PARIS, Dec 30.-Yivian Strandes, a former. British officer, under arrest here, has admitted that for the last year he has acted KS a spY toward French aviation on behalf if Ger many.
 SEATTLE, Dec. 29.-Frederck C. Johnston, long identified with the sal mon fisheries through Eastern Alaska, and president of the; Tongas Trading Company; of Ketchikan, died n Seattle today.
 SEATTLE, Dec. 29-Mrs. Emily G. CarkeelS, wife off Morgan J. Car keek, and one of Seattle's prominent pioneers, died this morning.
 PARIS, Dec. 28.-The American steamship Astoria has foundered in the Black Sea, with the loss of twenty-one lives.
 SEATTLE, Dec. 30.-The steam shp Panama, recently purchased for the Seward run, will be rechristened the Aleutian-
The Kusko times., 1926-12-25

SEATTLE, Dec. 30.-The steam shp Panama, recently purchased for the Seward run, will be rechristened the Aleutian-
The Kusko times., 1926-12-25

PARIS, Dec. 28-The American steamship Astoria has foundered in the Black Sea, with the loss of twenty-one lives.
The Kusko times., 1926-12-25

SEATTLE, Dec. 29-Mrs. Emily G. Carkeel6, wife of Morgan J. Car keek, and one of Seattle's prominent pioneers, died this morning.
Evening star., 1926-12-07
The Borland Law Ineuuity

A decision just rendered by the
District Court of Appeals declares
invalid that provision of the so-called
Borland law which levies a front
foot assessment upon adjacent prop
erty for street improvements. 1t
would seem as though this decision
went to the very root of the statute
under which the property owners Of
the District have for some years past
been mulcted in direct assessments
for street openings and street pave
ments. The court draws distinc-
ton between assessments for streets
and those for water mains. sewers
and like improvements. 1t holds that
a. street is not local improvement
beneficial chiefly to the immediate
property affected, but a public i'm
provement, the expense OF which
should be borne by all the property
of the community on an equal pro-
portionate basis"
This is precisely the reasoning
upon which opposition to the Borland
law was based at the time OF its
proposal and Of its enactment. It
was held then in opposition to this
legislation that a street was q gen.
eral public improvement for the
benefit of all the community. and
that no part of the cost Of its OPEN
ing or Its pavement should be borne
by the owners OF the properties i'm
mediateiy adjacent. save as they
contributed TO the general tax rev.
Evening star., 1926-12-07
The Soul of America.

A paragraph in President Coolidge's
annual message which is Of particular
interest to the people of Washington
sheuld appeal with equal force to the
country generally and to Congress.
d asks for no specific appropriations
Or any definite project, but deals
froadly and inspiringly with the plans
now in process of development for
''the making Of a beautiful Capital
City"
The Presidents words on this SUBJ
sect should be repeated rather than
paraphrased, for they most explicitly
express the ideal that should be
sought by lawmakers and by execu-
tiycs IN dealing with the Federal City:
We arc embarking .on an ambitious
Evening star., 1926-12-07

building program for the city OF Wash
ington The Memorial Bridge Is un-
der way, with all that it holds for use
and beauty. New buildings are soon
contemplated. This program should
represent the best that exists In the
art and science of architecture. Into
these structures, which must be con-
sidered as of a permanent nature,
ought to go the aspiration OF the Ma.
ton, it's ideals expressed in forms OF
beauty. If our country wishes to COM
pete with others let 1t not be In the
support of armaments, but in the
making of a beautiful Capital City.
Let it express the soul Of America.
Whenever an American Is at the seat
Of his Government. however Travelled
and cultured he may be, he ought to
find a city of. stately proportions,
symmetrically laid out and adorned
with the best that there Is in archi.
lecture, which would arouse his
imagination and stir his patriotic
pride. In the coming years Washing.
ton should be not only the art center
of our own country, but the art center
of the world. Around it should center
all that is best in science, in learning,
in letters and in art. These are the
results that justify the creation OF
those national TeSOUECcS Will WAASA
we have been favored.
Today there is wide margin be-
tween the ideal which the President
so eloquently expresses and the ac'
tual which meets the eye Of the
visitor to this city. Yet that margin
can be readily and quickly closed
with works. Indeed, there are now In
progress and, as the President says,
in immediate contemplation works
which will to a great measure ad-
vance the plan to make Washington
a model capital, a city of beautiful
utility and the object Of admiration
Of all beholders. It Is for Congress
to continue that program through
adequate appropriations. with such
measures of provision as development
requires and such other measures Of
prevention as needless enterprise ne.
cessitates.
Evening star., 1926-12-07

tells us that only two known dyes are
fugitive to dry cleaning solvents such
as gasoline. These are malachite
green and magenta.
Q. What is the name Of the largest
srlxe and where is 1t found?-L. G..
a. The python is the largest snake
in the world. 1t Is found in the East
Indies and in the Philippine Islands.
Specimens 80 feet long have been
seen.
@. What key in music IS known as
the "joy key"?-T. B.
A. The Etude says that D major
is frequently termed the "Joy key"
@. Was James Smithson. founder
of the Smithsonian Institution, an
American?-R. M. F.
A No, he was an Englishman and
had never visited the United States.
Nevertheless, when he died he left his
fortune of $550,000 in trust to this
country "to found an establishment
for the increase and diffusion Of
knowledge among men,"
O. How much revenue does the
Government derive from the importa-
A. Approximately $140, 0,000. 900 per
year in revenue is derived by the Gov
ernment from the customs duty on
imported sugar and molasses. The
1922 tariff act provided for the collec-
ton Of duty on imported molasses on
the basis Of total sugars, and 1t has
therefore been necessary to develop
precise methods for testing such mo-
lasses for it's exact sugar content.
O. Is It true that the skin Of sharks
can be utilized for making shoes
B. D. C.
A. From the average shark 10
square feet Of leather suitable for
soles and uppers of shoes are obtained
from the hide alone. The stomach
supplies a raw material from which
q similar quantity Of soft but strong
leather is made.
O. How often are cattle tested for
tuberculosis under the accredited.herd
plan?-M. Q.
A. The Bureau of Animal Industry
says that under the accredited-herd
plan cattle are required to be tested
against tuberculosis once a year. II
tuberculosis Is found in the herd an
other test is taken in about 80 days,
and successive tests follow until the
herd Is free from disease.
Stop minute and think about this
fact: You can ask The EUentn0 StdF
Information Bureau any question OF
fact and oct the dnStoer back In q
personal letter. 1t is great educd-
tionol idea Introduced into the nDes
of the most Intelligent people In the
,corId--An,ericdn newspaper readers.
1t is q part OF that best purpose of a
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS There Is no
charge except 2 cents In stamps for
return postage. Get the habit of ask
INC questions. Address your letter to
The Evening Star Information Bu-
redu, Frederic j. HGskin, director,
Washington, d. G.
Evening star., 1926-12-07
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

@. What place has been called
''The Crossroads of the World"?-
A. G,
A. Times Square, New York City.
has been thus designated.
@. Are there any passenger pigeons
now in the United States?-F. c. II.
A. The last passenger pigeon died
September 1, 1914.
@. What did the new Paramount
Theater and Building in New York
City cost?-R. B. G.
A. The value Of this structure, to-
gether with the land. Is said to exceed
Sic, ,500.0
O.. Have any carriages been used
at the White House in recent years.
I. M. M.
A. The last White House carriage
was used as late as June, 1925, by
Mrs. Jaffray. former housekeeper for
the Presidents.
@. What is the history. briefly, OF
silk culture in America?-F. N.
A. All the early attempts to estab-
lish silk culture in America were fail
ures. The first trial was under Cortez,
in Mexico, in 1922. James I was no
more successful than Cortez when he
attempted In 1909 and 1922 to rein
state the silk worm. Benjamin Frank
lin and others were engaged In re-es-
tablishing the industry at the time
the Revolutionary War broke out. A
speculative mania swept America In
1898, and as late as 1856 the State OF
California offered bounties to silk pro.
ducers. but the last serious attempt
at such production was in 1926. Ref
erence has been made here, OF course
only to pure silk" and not to any OF
the artificial silk fabrics which flood
the market in many variations.
O. VIII you please tell me the mum
ber of cardinals that elect the Pope?-
A. The maximum number Of the
Sacred College of Cardinals or the
Roman Hierarchy Is 20. The cardi
nalate is seldom filled, the number av'
eraging between go and 6S.
q. In Spain are people from the
United States known merely as Amer
leans. as they are in most other Eu-
ropean countries?-H. E. A.
A. It is said that in Spain. as In
South America, the word American
must be qualified. One must desig'
nate whether he is from South or
North America.
@. Is there any way OF cleaning the
calfskin head on a banjo to take the
dirt from it without injuring the
head?-J. M. S.
A. Art gum is used In cleaning the
head Of q banjo. You can buy 1t at
a stationery or department store.
@. How many in the last census
gave their profession as artists?-
B. G.
A. The census report lists 85.402
artists, sculptors and teachers OF art.
@. Will gasoline fade any colors?-
B. r. T.
A. The commercial cleaning trade
Evening star., 1926-12-07

for taking steps that might lead to
war with her than there is for taking
steps toward other nations whose gov.
ernments we do not admire. If the
British interests can stand the Mexi-
can regulations. which. by the way,
are pretty much Mexico's business,
surely American interests can man.
age to get along under them"
The Charlotte Observer points out
that reinforcement of the Mexican
laws becomes effective on the 1st of
January. and if any trouble is to come,
it may develop then. If Mexico should
undertake to enforce its nationalist
ton policy against Americans" says
the Observer, then rupture might
be precipitated. But even severance
Of relations would not necessarily
mean war with Mexico"
X X X X
"It is sought to protect, by the
method which has been approved" &C.
cording to the Christian Science
Monitor, vast resources which it is
believed will otherwise be monopolized
by those who have their own, rather
than the public interest at heart. It
should hardly be expected that an
overwhelming public sentiment in the
United States can be aroused in op.
position to that particular manifesto
ton of nationalism.' The Portland
Oregon Journal believes that Mexico
desires to work out a reasonable solu.
ton Of the problem" and suggests
that there is little reason in threat.
ening to sever diplomatic intercourse
without a very earnest effort to reach
an understanding by calm discussion
and deliberation."
There Is genuine affection and
friendliness for Mexico on this side
Of the border" declares the Los
Angeles Express, with the prediction
that "the sentiment for this erratic
neighbor will have to be reckoned
| with by those in authority" The In.
dianapolis News brands the making
Of faces at a neighbor" as "a pretty
poor and childish business" and the
Madison Wisconsin State Journal ad
vises that 1--WE ought to hold our tenn
per in rein and go through to the
finish" The Port Huron Times.Her
aid expresses the opinion that "disre
garding the immediate nature of the
controversy, there would seem to be
just now nothing quite so important
as the maintenance Of peace and gooG
will and understanding between the
United States and Mexico"
"At the present time our grievances
against Mexico are purely academic, ,
| in the opinion of the Winston.Salem
Sentinel, "and concern not wrongs al
| ready committed, but wrongs we fea,
may be committed in the future" The
Milwaukee Journal finds nothing ir
| international law that gives other ma
| tions the right to tell Mexico how t.
run her affairs"
Evening star., 1926-12-07
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

The s'ten reasons" OF the pamphlet
follow:
| 2. Tobacco fllls the body with dis
ease.
| a Tobacco carries some OF the
deadliest poisons known.
| 4. Tobacco using destroys physical
S. The tobacco habit is a fearful
6. The tobacco habit leads to worse
z. Tobacco users make it hard for
others to be clean (free from the
habit).
the unborn.
8. Tobacco using is a nuisance in
the home.
10. Tobacco users violate the
Our reaction of these, briefly stat.
ed, follows:
| /. 1t Is.
8. True-but the human system
can stand a lot.
4. This depends upon the person.
S. This depends upon the view
point. The writer of the pamphlet
would have done well to have left out
| "Our annual tobacco bill would build
four Panama Canals and finance the
Methodist Centenary for lat years"
The annual tobacco bill would endow
the present writer for this life and the
next, and yet
6. This is true, to some extent, at
least.
Z. All habits are contagious, both
good and bad.
8. This is far too inclusive a state
ment. We know too many fine, beau
tiful children whose fathers smoke.
| 8. This is more or less true.
10. This is very true.
X X X X
The pamphlet would be improved
greatly, we believe, by the omission
of such terms as "the stencil Of this
diabolical thing" this unbearable
thing" their disgusting vice." and
SO on.
| Such language smackS OF pure
prejudice, rather than reasoning, and
initiates against the title and pur-
pose of the pamphlet. By pure rea-
soning, indeed, one might be able to
reach many, and really reform some,
but by indulgence in such intemper-
ate invective one simply offends those
whom one hopes to reach. For surely
| Cn6 pdLnpIllcC WAS lHIeHUcu 10 Uc TedO
by smokers, not gotten up just to
please those who do not smoke?
The ninth and tenth reasons appeal
especially to us. Surely tobacco is a
nuisance in the home, and smokers
do heedlessly violate the rights of
others every day everywhere. One
cannot even go to ball game
without being assailed by clouds Of
smoke from rank cigars. A good
cigar Is smoke, SO the song says,
but q cheap stogie is all this pamphlet
says against It, and worse!
| Those who enjoy their pipes and
cigars and cigarettes ought to take
to heart the tenth reason:
| There are thousands Of persons
who for moral and spiritual reasons
the might have added, too, constitu.
tional, physical aversion) abhor the
tobacco habit in every form and yet
the users Of the disgusting weed con-
stantly violate the rights Of this class
The first principle Of good breeding IS
to consider the feelings and pleasures
of others, SC that true culture rests
upon unselfishness.
Enter any restaurant where smok-
ing is permitted, and see what the
average smoker does when he has fin.
ished his dinner. He calmly blows his
smoke into the faces of those who
have not, Of course. Bad manners,
however, are not confined to smoking.
Evening star., 1926-12-07

enues. On no other theory than
that can the streets Of the city
be considered as public property.
That they are public property is
established beyond question. The
property owner is not responsible for
the care Of the streets or its paw
ing or it's maintenance. He has
no share save, under the Borland
law in the cost Of establishment
and maintenance, in its upkeep. He
cannot dictate the character Of the
pavement laid upon it. He cannot
make any effective recommendation
regarding IT.. All that he can do Is
to pay a part of the cost proper
tionate to his frontage, thereby be-
coming as to the burden of expense
Joint owner, but in no other re-
spects enjoying the prerogative Of
ownership.
A public street is for the benefit
of everybody, every member of the
community. Its utility depends upon
its connection with other public
streets, with the whole system Of
highways. 1t is utterly illogical to
specify certain streets as quasi-prt-
vate in ownership through partici.
patton in the cost. while others are
wholly public through the use of gen.
eral tax funds for their installation
and their maintenance.
This decision Of the Court Of Ap-
peals comes late, but Is nevertheless
significant and, it is to, be hoped,
effective even though it applies i'm
mediately to the owners of the
specific properties involved. 1t is
based upon a definite principle Of
law which should apply to all streets.
This decision virtually declares the
law unconstitutional for 1t holds:
To thus tax all or an unequal pro-
portion of the burden of general
Improvement against the property
OF a single person or group OF per-
sons, to the exemption of the public
generally, falls within the constitu-
tional inhibition forbidding the TAX
ing of private property for a public
use without just compensation.
Repeal of the Borland law should
be the logical outcome of this de-
cision, which so definitely declares
its inequity. Such a repeal should
be sought even though years have
elapsed since the enactment OF this
unjust mode Of street extensions and
street surfacing was forced upon the
District.
Evening star., 1926-12-07
Congress and the Public.

In times past much resentment has
been evidenced on Capitol Hill at the
oft.repeated assertion that Congress
has lost caste with the country, that
the Nation has not the respect for Its
law-making bodies today that it enter
tanned for them in years gone by.
That there Is a considerable founda.
ton of truth back of the charge can
not we'll be denied. There was time
when Congress was about the biggest
thing in the country, and the biggest
men in the country sought member
ship in its houses. But the country
has grown so rapidly, its interests
have become so diverse and opportuni'
ties for leadership are offered along
SO many other lines that men think
less about Congress and pay less at.
tention to it's doings than they did a
generation or two ago. Besides, in
times past the questions dealt with by
Congress were largely political. and
Congressman were able to play upon
the emotions of the people. Today
Congress deals largely with economic
questions, and the appeal must be an
intellectual one. The average citizen
is likely to be interested only when
he sees an immediate effect on his
own pocketbook.
But the unpopularity, or perhaps
rather the lack Of popularity, Of Con.
gress is not due entirely to changed
conditions over which the law makers
could exercise no control. For some of
1t their responsibility is direct. The
American people, as a whole, have de-
parted from the more or less leisure
ly ways Of former times and today
are worshipers at the shrine of ef-
flciency. They like to get things done.
And the belief is widespread that
Congress is not efficient. They think
too much time Is taken up In talk
that gets nowhere, that Senators and
Representatives too often are more
concerned with playing politics"
than they are. with transacting the
business of the Government. Session
after session they have seen needed
legislation fail of enactment because
Congress has talked the weeks and
months away.
This is a condition the remedy for
which lies with Congress itself, and
the short" session which convened
yesterday offers a splendid opportu-
nifty for the two houses measurably to
rehabilitate themselves in public es-
TEEN. If they will adjourn politics for
the next three months and get down
to the business Of passing the supply
bills and shaping UP such needed con.
structive legislation as farm relief and
tax reduction or refund, Congress will
stand a great deal better with the
country on March next than ID stood
on the first Monday in December.
1t is difficult to see any good reason
why this should not be done. AS there
is no national election next year the
need Of making political capital cer-
tainly cannot be urgent, and the
major problems with which Congress
will be called upon to deal are not
political, and division upon them is
not, and ought not to be, along politi.
cal partisan lines.