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Evening star., 1926-04-05

Q. When were the Eli Terry CLOCKS
made?-G. S.
A. They were made during the last
few years Of the eighteenth and dur
ing the early part of the nineteenIh
century.
@. What are the largest railroad
centers in the United States!-Cs
G.. II.
A. Some Of them are: Chicago, with
80 railroads entering; st. Louis, "a:
Kansas City. -; Toledo, l6; New
York CITY, 15: Buffalo. IA: Cincinnati,
l3; New Orleans, Is; Minneapolis, ~
birmingham, II.
@. How does a company water"
stock?-I. W.
A. When company increases it,
capital stock without making q CORE
spending increase in it's assets. tho
| stock is said TO be 'watered" by the
amount OF its increase.
@. What kind Of coal has RussiL3
| III. A. $.
a. There are both anthracite anti
| bituminous coal in certain sections o.
Russia. However, the coal Of Russi@
| has not been mined as extensively as
| that in the United states.
Q. What is meant by "fall line :---
S. S. r.
A. The fall line" is the boundary
| between the Atlantic Coastal Plain
| and the Piedmont Belt to the west ,
| which is marked by falls or rapids
| in most Of the streams, due TO tho
| fact that the rivers can cut more
rapidly in the soft unconsoiidatec
rock Of the coastal plain than in tho
hard crystalline rocks OF the adta-
| cent regions. In early days the falls
marked the head of navigation for
! the coastwise trade, and power IL
| developed along the fall line, u
which is ascribed the location o.
| many cities, among them being
/ Washington. Richmond. Baltimore,
/ Philadelphia, Trenton, Columbia. Ma
con and Montgomery.
@. Do bull snakes ever attain =,
I length Of IA feet?-F. X. II.
! a The Biological Survey says thu
! so far as it knows the null snake
never attains the length Of II fec,
| The largest on record is one that wa :
| known to be s feet long.
| Q. Who was the first profe essioral
lecturer in this country?-N. T. ".
| A. One of the first lecturers TO re-
! ceive a fee in the days when lyCeunI
programs were generally given treS
! of charge was Daniel Webster, 20
whom Concord. Mass, paid 500 for
single lecture. Ralph Waldo Emerson,
however. may be said TO have created
the profession.
| O. What is the origin Of the eZ-
| preston Where ignorance is bliss?
IL. V.
~ The English poet. Cray. is the
author of the line Ignorance is
bliss" 1t appears in the poem called
"On Distant Prospect Of Eton COL
lege."
You rant to knolo something? Yo8
irish TO be positiue before gou 90
dheddP Wen, The EveniH1 Star triu
tell you fcHdt you tcdut 10 bnotO and
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our Washington Bureau CdH Gnstcer
dny question Of fact pr0pounded TO d.
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Evening star., 1926-04-05

Belief in communication with a world
beyond persists, but proper facilities
for complete interchange Of thought
are still undeveloped. If those de-
parted could speak without restraint
what they could tell would be so inn
portant and impressive that the first
page OF the newspaper would have no
room for the usual discussion Of tax.
alton, treaties and police activities.
Evening star., 1926-04-05

American base ball remains q mys-
terry TO most Europeans. It express
es 4 national love of energetic sport,
team work and fair play. It is well
worth the study Of social psychologists
the world over.
Evening star., 1926-04-05

AS an evidence of national prosper
ity it may be noted that Mr.. Bernard
Baruch and Admiral Grayson have
purchased a race horse for $4,000.
The ten thousand is little compared to
what the horse may cost the owners
and a lot Of others in the future.
Evening star., 1926-04-05

The wet and dry question is to fig
ure prominently in elections. Old John
Barleycorn, though often scorned and
sometimes repudiated, has always
managed to assert himself as u busy
politician.
Evening star., 1926-04-05

Easter Monday egg-rolling furnishes
O. gladsone reminder of national pros
perity. An egg has not yet become
too expensive to figure as an unimpor-
tant incident in pastime.
Evening star., 1926-04-05

Trusts are like every other form
or concentrated power, each depend
ent for praise or liable TO blame ac-
cording to the manner in which it
snploys it's authority.
Evening star., 1926-04-05

congressman who are tempted to
quarrel in public retire from publicity
after a brief verbal interchange. The
old dueling grounds at Bladensburg
are still there-but, alas, how changed.
Evening star., 1926-04-05

April Fools day took the liberty Of
a laugh at the expense of the weather
experts who designate the date for the
arrival Of Gentle Spring.
Evening star., 1926-04-05

In what the Omaha World Herald
calls "a sectional lineup. breaking
down all party lines" the United
States Senate rejected the Gooding-
Hoch bill dealing with the question
of railroad rates on long and short
hauls. Arguments both for and
against the measure appear in current
newspaper comment. though doubt is
expressed that a solution acceptable
to all parts of the country ever will
be reached on this question, which
has been debated in Congress at Vari-
Gus intervals for some 40 years.
AS to the sectional division on the
bill, the Seattle Daily Times allocates
the opposition to it ION the Pacific
Coast, in New England and in the
Middle West" and the support Gin
the Intermountain States" Explain
ing this lineup, the Omaha World
Herald says:
"The Coast States are naturally in
terested in securing extremely low
railroad rates for hauls from coast to
coast. The lower the rates the greater
their advantage. over producers and
shippers in the interior States. OF
the Pacific Coast Senators, Hiram
johnson of California was the only
one who voted In the affirmative.
From Maine to Florida, Senators from
Atlantic Coast States, with only two
exceptions, cast their votes against
the bill. New England cast solid
negative vote
* x !: X
Much OF the credit for defeating
the bill is attributed by the Chicago
Tribune to Senator Deneen of Illinois,
who, according TO this paper, spoke
for the entire Middle West" which
only asks 1.-The chance to compete
with the Eastern Seaboard in the Far
Western market
The purpose of the defeated bill as
outlined by the Des Moines Evening
Tribune News was ito make it inn
possible for the railroads to make a
cheap coast-to-coast rate and keep up
rates in the interior" The Tribune
News thinks the opposition of the
railroads was based on the contention
that the roads had to meet Panama
Canal competition on coast-to-coast
freights. "The curious claim was
made against the BILL" continues the
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rhe Evening Star Newspaper Company
Rate by Maii-payable in Advance
Maryland and Virginia.
An Other States and Canada.
Member Of the Associated Press.

The Associated PrasS il exclusively chtlt,ed
70 the use for republication Nf all He"s uIS
patches credited TO il or not otherwise cred-
itsd N this paper and also the lGGa,ii nm5
Of special dispatches herein are also reserved
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SuppOsitiOu.

''I suppose you know all about the
League of Nations and the World
Court"
'I'm glad to hear that" answered
Senator Sorghum. "1n many in
stances the confiding supposition that
he knows all about something is the
chief asset Of a statesman's career"
Evening star., 1926-04-05

When Trotsky laments the fact that
America holds financial control in the
world he echoes the protest Of the
grasshopper against the ant in the
fable,
Evening star., 1926-04-05

Pugilism has become literary DEM
onstration which produces thousand
columns Of print to one round Of
actual fighting.
Evening star., 1926-04-05

Complete restoration Of ancient
Rome cannot be managed in precise
detail, Ancient Rome had no facili-
lies whatever for managing tele-
phones, motor cars and aircraft.
Evening star., 1926-04-05

The climate was at least sufficient
ly mild to prevent the need Of hold
ing Easter parades with the assist.
snce OF snowshoes.
Evening star., 1926-04-05

One Of the problems Of political
economy at present is that Of prevent
ing the bootlegger from asserting him
self as a perpetual proflteer.
Evening star., 1926-04-05
Unemployment.

A Theory looking fine and fit
May soon proceed to shirk.
We had uncommon hopes Of it
Till It refused to work.
Evening star., 1926-04-05
Health Culture.

The traffic cop stands undisnayed
With gestures strong, yet wise.
How few, like him, are getting paid
For taking exercise!
Evening star., 1926-04-05

Ibid you get caught in the mar.
ket?"
"I lost money, but won't say I got
caught. Nobody appeared to know
1 was there"
Evening star., 1926-04-05

Jud Tunkins says real greatness is
so lonely that it is liable to feel like
a "Big Bertha" in a flock of toy
pistols.
Evening star., 1926-04-05

DE man dat always kicks" said
Uncle Eben. 'is an egotist. De man
daA never kackp is O hyDocxesaF
Evening star., 1926-04-05

O. What is the origin Of the eE-
preston Where ignorance is bliss?
=. V.
\. The English poet. Cray. is the
author of the line Ignorance IS
bliss" 1t appears in the poem called
"On a Distant Prospect Of Eton Coll
lege."
Evening star., 1926-04-05

In these days of prohibition war
fare at Washington, his friends re-
call with pride that Senator Morris
Sheppard, Democrat, of Texas, author
Of the eighteenth amendment, has al
most 100 per cent perfect roll call
record. Since he entered the Senate
AM @Bo0s BaiiayAR successor I'm 1eiAp
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-03

Pacific. Texas Pacific, New or.
leans, Texas and Mexico. and some
other lines, and the Hill plan of
merging the Great Northern Bur-
iingtbn. Colorado and Southehh and
Northern Pacific.
Burden Upon Applicant
IL any of these merger PROPOSE
tons involve "the business and
reasonableness OF exchange of
stock" the commission declared in
the Van Sweringen case that ''the
burden is upon the applicant.
I'VE should not be expected to
arbitrate to the fraction of share
just what each s!ockhoIder should
receive the commission said.
MANY similar applications will
probably be filed in the future and
If all these applicants, like the Van
Sweringens, should request US to
adjudicate their differences in the
commercial aspects of buying and
selling railroad properties. the law
probably would become unavoidable
because we could not undertake, at
the request of parties, virtually to
trade in several hundred thousand
miles of railroad and at the same
time perform our legitimate duties
under the law"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-03
HOWARD GRADS
BACK MILLER

More than 100 branches of the
Alumni Association Of Howard Uni.
versity have sent resolutions to
Frazier Miller. president Of the
General Howard Alumni AssOcia.
ton. with headquarters az Brook.
Ign, II. r., recommending Kelly
Miller as the next president OF
Howard
The recommendation point out
ii Is generally desired among How
ard alumni, colored educators and
their race should head the faculty
at Howard.
Miller, they say, is the logical
candidate OF the race, having pro.
NOTED the cause of higher educa-
ton for the negro more than any
other Individual.
The petitions declare no one uf1-
derstands the problems at Howard
more thoroughly than does Miller;
he having spent IS years at How
ard ais student, professor and
dean, now representing the institu-
tion on the lecture platform
throughout the country.
The local alumni association this
week will indorse Miller, according
TO officers.
Miller was born in Charleston,
S. c., in 1864, and is the author %
more than dozen books dealing
with questions OF his race.
Garnet Cromrnell Wilkinson, as
sistant superintendent in charge OF
colored schools Of the District, also
is being advocated for the presi-.
H. II =.
ored circles throughout Wash
ington.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-03

either Or these conceptions and
doubt the existence Of spirits?
Is not our conception Of God,
whether we are Christians, Me-
hammedans or Sioux Indians, that
OF a great Perfect Spirit Isn't our
Bible full 81 references to the
spirituality OF God and Christ? /
don't attempt to sat what con.
stitutes spirit / merely say that
we use that term in referring to
the essence Of God. Now, likewise,
no one knows just what con1poses
the soul Of man. However. It il
generally accepted that such 4
thing exists.
Disenibodied Soul
A. mans spirit is merely his dis
embodied soul belieSe that 1t III
generally held that the soul Is or
the same nature as the spirit of
God. but of course infinitely I'M
ferior in every way. According TO
the Bible, God breathed into clay
effigy which quickened and was
Adam. Therefore, the above state
ment is supported by religion as it
likewise is by philosophy.
Now il we conceive Of the Perfect
Spirit of God as existing eternally,
is 1t faliacious to believe that since
the whole is the sum OF all its parts
those parts Of the Eternal Spirit
which compose the souls OF men
should exist eternally alsE? IL we
deny this we deny the existence of
God as a perfect spirit, for how
can it be perfect If parts Of it
disappear with the death Of man?
Matter of Experience
The question of the eommunica-
ton with the dead is an entirely
different matter. Obviously sucn
question can be settled by actual
experiment alone. II we want true
information on this matter, we
should go to those who have made
it the subject of exhaustive IN
quiry. II we have child suffer
ing from neurosis we wouldn't
think of taking it to horse.
doctor, likewise, We wouldn't take
a sick horse to an automobile me-
chanic. Therefore. when we want
information on phychic phenomena,
why should we go to anyone except
those who have made it their
specially? Least of all should we
take too seriously the word OF one
who is professedly prejudiced
against all piychic phenomena.
The man who believes in COM
munication with disembodied spirits
is not necessarily fanatic. AN
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-03
PrOfressives Joyful
At Ban-G. o. P. to Speed
Action on New Rail Bill
By WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON

By WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON
Although the American railway
structure appeared shaken by the
Interstate Commerce Commissions
action in disappearing the "billion-
dollar" Van Sweringan merger, ad-
ministration leaders in Congress to-
day looked upon the decision as an
incentive to speed up the enactment
Of a new national railroad consoli-
dation bill.
Plans were formulated by Sena-
tor Albert 3. Cummins R.) OF Iowa.
to obtain action by the Senate In.
terstate Commerce Committee with.
in ten days on his new proposed
merger law. Regardless Of the coin.
mittee's action, Cummins will seek
Senate approval of his bill before
the end of the month. The meas
ure has the approval OF President
Coolidge and Cnmmins halted the
commissions action as a new rea-
son for Congress to act On the bin
ct the present session.
PrOgressives Joyful
The Progressive bloc in the Sen
ate, which vigorously opposed the
merger, greeted the decision joy.
fully. While surprised By the re-
lection, they pointed out that ths
commission had confirmed their op-
position to the financial arrange
ments, proposed in the merger, by
which the Van Sweringens planned
to control the gigantic railroad sys-
tenn while owning but a minority OF
stock.
81 think it very proper that the
Commission rejected the Van Swer-
~.
Wheeler CD of Montona, because
the principle OF financing involved
was very harmful to the public in
terest. In my judgment. the rail.
roads of this country should not
be controlled by a corporation.
which owned only a minority of
the actual stock. This was the
Van Sweringen proposal and the
control of the consolidated railroads
would have rested with the Vaness
Company of financiers. If this was
allowed once, ii would be done by
every other railroad in the country
and in a short time, few men
would control all the railroads in
America"
Praised by BroOI4hart
ut is sign that the Commits
sion is not being ruled by Wall
Street" said Senator Brookhart R.l
Of Iowa. I'm In favor Of mergers
but not on basis which gives a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-03
THE PRESIDENTS
ENGAGEMENTS

10 q. I1.-Cl1aiFIIlan Thomas
o. Marvin Of the Tariff Com
mission.
IO:15Gov. Carl Gunderson,
Of South Dakota.
1880 - Representative Fred
s. PurnelI Of Indiana and \
party of Representatives and
others.
II 30-G0y. Robert a. Coop
er. Farm Loan Commissioner.
11:45-Senator Ralph III. Cam
erOn and the Rev. Warren II.
Wilson.
IL IloOn-0gden III. Ham
mOnd. ambassador to Spain.
12:I5-The Marquis Of Hunt
" and Lady Huntly. respects.
12:2O-Representative Lister
Hill Of Alabama.
12:15-SenatOr Frank r..
G0Oding.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-03
COURSE, SHE'S CUTE:

Street the Of the husband to furnish huts for
the for each wife and for himself throughout
Africa native regarded property they real
assets for they are the workers girl y the chattel Ct her
When she marres it business transaction between
bridegroom the stated
40 better looking wife, real beauty,
bought 40 and oil shine that her bare
body thrown in.
bride expected work" Immediately after the
and besides performing the huthOd duties she il TO
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-03
4 MEN COMMISSIONED
IN ARMY RESERVE CORPS

Four Washington men have been
commissioned in the Army Reserve
Corps, the War Department an
nounced today.
They are Bruce r. Henderson,
1912 * St. n. W., second lieuten-
ant, Q. M. c.; Stephen BonsaI, 3I42
p st. y. W., lieutenant colonel,
Military Intelligence Corps; Ma
poleon Howard Stanton, 1913 S ST.
n. W., first lieutenant, Chaplain
RESERVES, and William j. Turner,
IT,, 2019 Nineteenth st. n. W., seG-
ond lieutenant, Cavalry Reserve.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-03
SVER|VGEN
APPEAL To
VINO. K
By HARRY WARD

The Van Sweringen billion dol
Lar railroad merger balloon has
been debated, but the two Cleve-
land financiers who started their
careers as newsboys, stiT have a
chance to send it skyward, it was
said today.
All they have to do, the ex-
perts say after microscopic ex-
animation of the Interstate Com
merce Commissions decision deny
ing them the right to merge five
large railroad systems into 4
single unit, is to change the
financial structure Of their plan.
The Commission probably will
give them a clean blu of health Oh
a new application.
Bolt From Blue Sky
Just what o. p. and NJ. j. Van
Sweringen will do in the light of
, the commission's decision was not
revealed today. Col. W. A. Colston,
their personal attorney, who fought
for the merger nearly a year, was
frankly nonplussed.
1T is too much for me and until
J have had time to study the de-
cision in it's entirety / shall have
nothing to say" he informed in
auirers. NO one dreamed the COM
mission would take the action it
did. 1t was a bolt from a blue
sky
Expressed Desire To Be Fair
Attention was called to the fact
that o. p. Van Sweringen, in his
appearance before the commission
last summer, said he and his brother
had done the best they knew how
volved in the proposed unification.
1T does not matter" he said.
show small or how large any stock
holders interest is, or how long he
has held it. All should be fairly
dealt with, and we want to feel,
when this case is over, that this
commission has either found our
proposal fair to all, or has so nodi-
fled it that the most obscure and
unrepresented stakeholder in any
of these properties viii have been
as fairly treated as larger interests. .
This pronouncemeht found little
favor with the commission. whose
decision said it could not escape the
conclusion that the Van Sweringen
plan was arranged with the inten-
ton of keeping control in the hands
of the proponents. even though
their interest is a minority one in
fact"
Affects Other Mergers
There was much conjecture in
Washington today as to what affect
the commissions action in the Van
Sweringen case would have on other
impending railroad consolidation
plans.
Promoters of the Frisco-Rock
Island merger have been withhold.
ing application for approval Of their
merger until the commission finally
passed on the Nickel Plate case,
although plans for an fnterIocking
directorate of the two big systems
are now before the commission for
approval.
Other tentative merger plans.
primarily contingent upon the Van
Sweringen Nickel Plate merger. in.
clude the Delaware and Hudson q
absorption OF the Wabash, Wheeling
and Lake Erie, Buffalo, Rochester
and Pittsburgh, Kansas City South.
ern and Missouri Kansas-Te the
Missouri Pacific with the Denver
and Rio Grande Western, Western
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-03

idiot, or .hypocrite. Is not all re.
vealed religion a direct revelation
from the Great Spirit? That is
the meaning of the term, revealed
religion. Under this category comes
our entire Bible. Therefore,
Christianity. and most other re
ligions assume and are based on a
belief in spiritual communication
of God with man. If we hold this
to be true, together with the belief
that the spirit of man is derived
from and is a part OF the spirit of
God, is it preposterous to believe
that disembodied spirit which is
Of the same nature as the Great
Spirit may be able to communicate
with man the same as the Great
Spirit can?
MADAME JEANETTE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-03

vast gratifying valuation to rail-
roads nor upon basis which takes
their control away from the actual
stockholders and gives it to Wall
Street bankers"
II am delighted with the de-
cision," said Senator Norris R.) of
Nebraska. "This particular merger
was a fraud upon the people and
contrary to the spirit of the law.
It would have piled up burdens
upon future generations to pay in
railroad rates huge sums of in
terest upon watered stock. 1t Il a
great relief to learn the commission
rejected the plan"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-03
FATHER IDENTIFIES
COY XII LED BY AUTO

NEW YORK, March 3. The S-year-
old boy crushed to death between
the rear end of motor truck and
the loading platform Of paint
factory, has been identified at the
Kings County Morgue AZ Christie
pher j. Dalton. The father made
the Identification.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-03
LOOKA AT GRIN ]! BOY! /
Al BIT SIAMEsY.

vide all feoOd cultivate her "hamba that is garden
Of from three The husband then devOtes
his getting another, the
the The
while others skin
and insert tiny pebble underneath the suaceon the forehead
perhapsgying pebberased bumps arranged the
q civilized pearl head band worn n the evening
third picture Ief. Other tribes will have big
shown the they have When small