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The Washington times., 1926-10-05
ELECTION
TAX GUT, AIM
By international News Service

A determined campaign to break
down the opposition OF Secretary
Of the Treasury Mellon to q tax
reduction at the final session Of
the Sixty-ninth Congress has been
launched. It was learned today
Pressure has been exerted upon
high Treasury officials by business
and political leaders who feel that
the finances of the Government
could safely absorb a cut which
would chop at least $300,000,000 off
the tax bill.
Mellon, however, still is opposed
to another change in the income
tax rates. While fully q $780,
100000 surplus is anticipated at
the close of the fiscal year, June
80, 1927, the Treasury showed that
$500, 200, 900 Of this, excess OF re-
ceipts will be derived from special
sources.
These sources, such as back
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taxes, repayments from railroads.
sale OF. surplus war materials. can.
not be counted upon in the future
for revenue.
Mellon frankly admitted that
there will be big surplus in 1927.
but he insisted there is grave doubt
as to the Governments financial
situation in the year ending June
80. 1928. should tax rates be re-
The Washington times., 1926-10-05
HOW The
PILGRIM MOTHER
Kept Her Family in Good Health
A statue to the Pilgrim Mother
was recently unveiled at Plymouth

Il o C K, M a 8 ..
Through her we
b nor every
pioneer woman
who endured pri-
walton and hard
ships that q ma
tion might live.
S h o ulder to
shoulder W t h
her husband she
built a home in
t h @ wilderness
and reared her
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What's In a saxophone

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Oct. S.
Does saxophone manufacture
music, or just noise? Because Mrs.
s. s. OrIann is suing r. G. Abel.
neighbor, for $500. alleging that
his saxophone has ruined her nerves.
judge must soon make a dis
tinction
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the comipg fssslqn Of

duced at the. coming session Of
Congress.
There IL every reason TO believe.
however, that the Administration
already IL laying plans for . huge
tax slash IN the Seventieth Con-
gress--the last Congress before the
general election.
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cornell L AL MNI TO HEAR
OLD-TIME, FOOTBALL STAR

Henry Morris Eaton. member OF
one Of the first Cornell University
football teams, will address the
initial fall luncheon of the Wash
ington Cornell Society, at 1890
o'clock, October z, at the City Club.
The Iuncheons are held the first
Thursday Of every month at the
same hour.
The party who loses an article, gen
orally places an ad In the classified
section of the Times. and Herald telling
where he may be reached and the
amount of reward offered for the
recovery Of the article.
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MoU-L0uudy me, IOhat In the
vorId is that peculiar OdOr I
Pou,-Thet's fertilizer.
Mau Well. fer th lands
sake.
Miss B. A. Mooney, Of Oh
Quackenbos St. N. W., hobbies
off with the dollar today.
Who'll snap it up and take =
dollar away from Xix tOmor-
row?
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Skunk's Combat With
CroUs Unequal Match

How one skunk staged battle
with a flock of crows and was
worsted by them on a floating cake
Of ice in Weiser river is told by
rancher living east of Weiser, Idaho.
His attention was attracted by the
uprOar Of the crows and he watched
the battle for some time, says the
Milwaukee Journal
The birds were apparently excit-
ed by the skunk's proximity. coca.
sionally a crow would lose contrOl
of itself and fall into the water and
drown. As the ice foe flOated near
er the battle grew in intensity.
The crows were fierce in their at
tacks but the skunk was just as
fierce, using not only his claws but
also his poison gas equipment. he
would dart his best weapon into the
eyes of his assailants and there
would be one less crow to combat.
Gas supplies finally gave out ana
the unequal battle ended when sew
eral of the birds alighted on the
foe and picked out the skunk's eyes.
As the foe drifted out of sight the
skunk was stretched feebly on MS
side, with the crows picking v1gor-
ously at him. The rancher counted
more than a dozen dead crows IN
the stream.
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f1kfsh That Blinds
Enemies With Light

A cuttlefish that confounds It's
enemies with light instead of dark
ness is the interesting creature de-
scribed by Prof. E. Newton Harvey,
student of what is popularity known
as cold light" who devoted eight
months to research in the marine
laboratories of Naples and Messina,
Italy
Ordinary squid or inkfish that live
near the surface escape their pur-
suers by throwing out a cloud OF
black fluid, as kind of submarine
smoke screen, Professor Harvey e4-
planned. This abysmal form, which
lives at depths Of probably ten
thousand feet, where no light ever
penetrates, has only a rudimentary
ink sac, which instead of the usual
inky sepia contains a luminous
substance. When disturbed 1t dis
charges jet of this luminous ma
terial and thus blinds Its enemy
with light instead Of darkness.
Professor Harvey is of the opin-
ion that this deep-sea squid is de-
scendant of surface-living animals,
but that as it evolved in darkness
it found that this reversal OF Its
ancestral mode of defense was use
full In insuring its survival.
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Poetic Imagery That
Fixes Idea of Places

A memorial to Milton has been
unveiled in the place which he
made famous by his words, Thick
as autumnal leaves that streW the
brooks in VallombrOsa."
Today the trees of Vallombrosa
are mainly pines, and the autumn
nal leaves that fall from the few
beeches and chestnuts scarcely
seem sufficiently numerous to carry
out the Mi!tonic idea Of multitude.
But the quotation is not likely to
become any less popular on that
account, and, in the minds OF all
lovers of poetry, the woods of Val
lombrosa will remain thick-carpet-
ed with leaves. 1t would also be
of interest to trace the influence OF
the poets on our ideas of places.
Thanks to Byron. Chillon is forever
associated with 4 dungeon; and
famous sonnet of Keats has linked
Darien with sea view from a
mountain "Maxwellton braes" will
always be bonnie, and the name OF
Alton will conjure up the vision OF
a peaceful stream gliding SOFTLY
among green hills. These ideas
may be truthful or the reverse-lt
doesn't matter. We shall never De
able to rid ourselves OF them
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Vonify Cost Job

In the old days in the West, when
saloons, instead Of being blind pigs,
were saloons, circus magician.
down on his luck, obtained job as
bartender. One day travelling con-
jurer visited the saloon where the
magician was employed. and in ex-
change for few drinks did num-
Der Of tricks. The proprietor was
greatly impressed, and, after the
conjurer left, remarked, "That was
a clever fellow. His coin tricks were
wonderful" The magician, who had
said nothing of his true profession,
but whose pride was now aroused.
remarked, Il don't think much OF
them. 1 can do better myself" he
thereupon took dollar from his
pocket, and made it disappear be-
fore the eyes Of the proprietor.
when he had recovered from his
establishment, the proprietor said
you're too smart to handle my
money. You're fired. Fran
cisco ArgOnaut.
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Christmas Time Gay
With Songs of Birds

Christmas in New Zealand has
an entirely different aspect from
our Christmas. There it is the time
Of the singing Of birds. Their plum
ages at this season are bright, their
singing notes particularly sweet.
Many nests are completed in Sep
TENDER and October, and in Novem-
Der they contain compliments OF
eggs. Owls and petrels are the waits
who, on Christmas eve, announce
the approach of Christmas day.
The common morepork owl is q
forest bird. It's whoowhoo Is bod
ing, but few sounds, to New Zea-
lander's ears, are more pleasing.
Some petrels laugh mOckingly as
they fly overhead at night. The
black petrel-as black as night IL
self-has note that seems to COM
bine a soft whistle with q deep
whirr coming from the bottom OF q
husky throat, a loud and rasping
note, utterly unmusical. Bellbirds,
tuis and other melodists on Christ
mas day, from exQuisitely tuned
throats, send forth wild bewilder-
ing carol, long before a church bell
has chimed.
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Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Baker made
a business trip to Spokane last
week.
Mrs. E. II. Sherk spent last
week in Walla Walla where she
was called by the death of her
sister Mrs. David Rae.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. v. Osborne
were dinner guests at Neal Sta
ley's Sunday.
Verne and Neil Combelic are
driving a fine new Pontiac sedan
which they purchased last week.
Fred Shoemaker and family
drove to Granger Sunday in their
new car and spent the day at r.
E. Berry's.
Mrs. j. L. Kelso and Mrs. A.
o. Fry left Thursday for an ex-
tended visit with relatives and
friends in Xenia. Ohio.
R. E. Berry and family moved
to Granger last week.
Harriet Hudnall and her friend
Esther Kellogg who are visiting
Mrs. S. R. Kelso spent the week
end with Viola Maxfeld in Pasco.
Mrs. r. j. Hanratty and daugh-
ter Lois, of Butte, Montana, and
Fred Hanratty of Yakima were
guests at the Thomas Hanratty
home last week.
Turner and Hugh Smith and son
Kenneth of Sunnyside, visited at
the Dale Smith home Sunday.
Mrs. Kate Mason and Miss w.
L. Wilson of Franklin, Nebraska,
came Wednesday of last week for
few days. visit with Mrs. A c..
Hart. They had spent the summer
on the coast and left Monday for
Denver on their way home.
Mrs. Cora Jones who has been
at HI. H. Hughitt's for several
weeks, returned to her home in
Deer Park, last Friday.
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Water That Burns

Powder river is fitting name
for the stream which passes through
the northeastern section of Wyom-
ing-it burns.
"Burning water" exists in several
places on the river where natural
gas is found bubbling up through
water. Some bubbles will ignite
when a match is applied.
During the winter peculiar forma-
lions are caused by the gas seep-
ages. When the river is frozen
over, gas accumulates under the
Ice and as the pressure gathers, 1t
forces thin sprays Of water through
the weaker spots In the Ice and
these sprays freeze In curious for
nations of arches and low pillars.
The gas does not make the water
unpalatable for drinking. In Ar
yada there IL a drinking fountain.
the water Of which can be set on
fire at any time.
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Ancient English Term

The term whole cloth" has been
in use in the English language
from about the year 1875. The first
official record there is Of it to be
found in the Parliamentary Di-
gest, is "a bolt of cloth of the full
size manufactured" as distin-
guished from piece cloth, which Is
"cloth from which garment has
been cut"
In figurative use, connecting bad
sense, the expression "cut or made
out Of the whole cloth" is used
with the significance Of entirely
or wholly" so that when we speak
of "a story made out of the whole
CLOTH" we mean an absolutely I'M
truthful one. Sometimes, however.
the expression is used with a good
sense, as when we speak Of a man
Of unblemished reputation and In
tegrity, and refer to him as being
"cut out Of the whole CLOTH.
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Freaks Made

A Detroit side show owner con-
fided to q newspaper man the
other day that he watched the pa
pers carefully for announcements
and descriptions of freaks, both
animal and human. The day Of the
conversation he had found small
cable dispatch telling of the birth
of a two-headed girl In Europe.
When the new summer show season
is about to open, the side-show man
goes through his clippings and de-
cides which of the freaks described
he will show. He then has one
manufactured by specialist who
supplies such material. The news
paper clipping serves as proof to
the public that there is such q
freak.
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Mr.. and Mrs. H. P. Essenprice
were Yakima visitors Sunday and
Monday.
Geraldine Addison spent the
week end with Mrs. Dale Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. E.. A. Gray made
a business trip to southern Idaho
last week.
Milton Robinson, an old friend
of Mr.. and Mrs. Orrin Smith
spent Wednesday night with them.
He was on his way from Bell
field, North Dakota to his home
in Sacramento, California.
Mamie Elliott who makes her
home with her sister Mrs. J. v.
Osborne went to Sunnyside Thurs
day to visit a brother.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. c.. Browne
spent last week end in Spokane.
John Crawford and his friend
Mr.. DAILY of Laurel, Oregon, were
guests at j. B. Moore's last week.
Mr.. Crawford is an old Iowa
friend of Mr.. and Mrs. Moore and
they greatly enjoyed the oppor-
tunity of renewing the acquaint-
ance and talk over the good times
they had had in the Hawkeye
state. Mr.. Daily spent Saturday in
Walla Walla on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. st Laurent
and Mr.. and Mrs. D.. o. Urch
were dinner guests of Mrs. G. A..
Albright Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Leibel re-
turned Wednesday Of last week
from an extended trip through the
east, and report a most delightful
time.
About forty friends and neigh
bors of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. L. Kelso
dropped in at the Kelso home last
Thursday evening for surprise
on Mrs. Kelso. A very pleasant
evening was spent and refresh
ments served.
Mrs. j. P. Miller returned last
Thursday from a visit of several
weeks with her mother and sis
tiers in California.
John Keene who recently re-
turned to his home in Prosser af--
ter many weeks in hospital IN
Spokane, spent Saturday and Sun
day here guest at the Hanratty
home. John is much improved in
health and seems now on the way
to permanent recovery.
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Errors of Stethoscope

The stethoscope, most familiar OF
all the doctors devices used In
diagnosis, was attacked recently by
DR.. Otto May in an address to the
Assurance Medical society.
Conceive" he said, 1.-THE enor-
NOUS number Of perfectly good
lives rejected for insurance, and.
what is worse, made unhappy and
invalided by the discovery of per-
fectly harmless murmur.
Conceive, also, the number Of
thoroughly bad lives accepted as q
result Of the examiners reliance on
the acceptance of the stethoscope
as the practical arbiter Of the
hearts condition"
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A Rou4hneck

Every real fellow I ever knew
was. on occasion, something Of q
crank and roughneck. A real Eel.
low will be agreeable until crowd.
ed: then It develops he has punch.
The reliable old house dog will
play prettily with the children and
never growl at them, but observe
him some day when fed at the
kitchen door. Let another dog ap.
proach, who is on the prowl and
the old reliable will develop into q
terror.
Note the captain of ship. How
agreeable he is to the passengers
How the ladies admire him. But
in case of panic or mutiny he Is
the worst roughneck on board.-E
w. Howe's Monthly.
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She Was Surprised

The schoolgirl was very gentle,
sweet creature. Her teacher always
Thought of her as most refined. as
q Girl who always spoke softly, and
Thought delicately. She was not q
good student, neither was she a very
moor one. Her marks were apt to
he inst below passing. Finally came
q crucial test. The girl just passed
It. but this result had not yet been
Given to her. Seeing her teacher
alone at the desk at recess time, she
ctnck her head in the door to ask
fearfully, did pass"
MYes. YOU did," said the teacher.
..Mv gosh ~ said the girl.-Spring-
field Union.
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Money in Angora Rabbits

The raising Of Angora rabbits
for fur purposes is proving profit
able and is being followed on
commercial scale In England. Some
of the farmers pluck the flbers.
while others clip the wool from the
rabbit. The fiber most practical
for spinning is that which has at
tanned q length Of about four or
Ave inches. Rabbit fur Is not gen.
orally used in the manufacture of
garments as a whole, but Is more
Generally used as trimming on
sweaters or like goods.
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"Worth the Whistle"

"Worth the whistle" means worth
calling. worth inviting or worth no.
flee. It is derived from or sug-
gested by the notion of whfstling
for a dog. There is an old prov
erb. .It is a poor dog that is not
worth the whistling." In "King
Lear" Shakespeare makes Goneril
saw to her husband Albany, 81 have
been worth the whistle"
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Block Tooth Is Custom

4 Black stain is put on japanese
girls teeth just before she marries.
The custom is more usually prac-
iced among the wealthy classes of
the people, and the stain is repul-
sive kind Of varnish that takes
many months to wear off.
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The Odd Fellows stepped in and
surprised the Rebeccahs Tuesday
night, September ID, there being
a nice sized crowd present and
ice cream and waters were furn-
ished by the men. A pleasant So
cial time was enjoyed by all
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His ReUdrd

Dick-Why don't you ask May to
marry you, Ed!
Ed did. =,
"What did she say?
.Oh. have the refusal OF herr
Brown Jug.
Evening star., 1926-10-03
BLOW AT FOREIGN LABOR.
Law Demanded Forbidding Employ
ment OF L. $. Public Work.

DETROIT, October GP.-A de
mand for legislation providing that
all contracts calling for the expendi-
ture of public money include a clause
compelling the employment of none
but American citizens for the work,
Is contained in a resolution adopted
at the convention of the metals
trades department of the American
Federation of Labor here yesterday.
The resolution, copy of which is
10 be sent to President Coolidge and
Congress, declares that American
workers are being Disseminated
against by employers in faovr of for.
eign labor, particularly in the ship
yards.
After a careful investigation said
the report. we find that in all the
foremost shiphuildins Yards American
mechanics and trade unionists are
being Disseminated against in the
interest of low priced foreign labor.
The convention instructed President
James O'Connell 20 urge upon tn"
American Fedora ton of Labor. which
will open it's convention here Morday.
the need of better organization Of
automobile plant employees, pa"licu
larly mechanics
on an invitation TO affiliate with the
international Metal Workers Asso-
citation. The invitation was extended
by a delegation of Swiss Ia Dor leaders
at yesterdays meeting.
Evening star., 1926-10-03
ITALIANS APPROVE
DEATH PENALTY
Ministers Vote Capital Pun
ishment for Attack on
Royalty or Premier.


ROME. October Ia oital punish
ment. which WAS abolished in italy
in 1883, has been approved by ihf
Council of Ministers in the case of Al
tempts against the life of the King,
Regent Queen. Crown Prince and
Premier.
The project. which was submitted
by the minister of Justice, will be sub
mitted to Parliament a its next ses-
sion.
tAfter the recent attempt on the
life of Premier Mussolini. the premier
and other prominent political 1eaderS
expressed tho opinion that it would
be necessary to restore capital punish
ment in Italy in order to guard AS
much AS possible against future AT
tacks on the rulers of the nationD
The Council of Ministers also ap-
proved increases in l5.tHo pensions,
calling for the additional expenditure
of $1,000 600 lire.
Minister of Agriculture BelllIzzo re-
ported that the crops in Italy for 1926
had reached $4,000. 900 quintals.. being
10 per cent less than in 1925. but
representing an increase of 20 per
cent over the average of the last 10
wears The crops were as follows
Oats. 5000 900 auintals: barley. 800.
600 auintalS: rye. $50 600 quintalS.
rice. 6,54e.000 duintals. and maise.
about 3o000 .000 quintalS
Evening star., 1926-10-03
TWO PARTIES STILL
PUZZLE TO BISHOP
British Visitor Travels in
Iowa Without Mystery
Becoming Cleared.

BY the Associated Press.
DES MONIES. October 2.-The
question as to the difference between
the Democratic and the Republican
parties is still puz3ling the Right
Hon. and Right Rev. Anthony Foles
Wilmington Ingram. ID. d.. and MS
visit to Iowa thus far has not helped
him any. The lord bishop passed
through here today en- route To Iowa
City.
An explana ton of the present Iowa
political fight for seat in the United
states Senate between Smith W.
BrOOkhart, Republican and Claude n
Porter, Democrat. as given by 4Par-
lev Sheldon, his AmeS. Iowa. host, did
not serve to clear the point for the
bishop.
Ever since ] came to this coun-
try. I have been trying to find ou1 the
distinction" the bishop good humOr-
edly compla ined, but when ] came
10 Iowa | became more muddled than
ever"
In England there is all the diff
ference in the world between the
political issues of the Liberals and the
Tories, and the principles Of the Labor
party are even more sharply defined.
History did not help me out a bit in
my SSafCn Tor knOWleIgc Ot your
political parties. found there was
an original difference iu that one
party believed In the superiority Of
the Republic over State rights and
the other favored more sovereignty of
the State, but that distinction has
bong since been lost.
Well after all. perhaps it's better
to vote for the man rather than the
party he added, in Diminishing the
subject.
The bishop thinks it is highly
silly as he put it. for whole excur-
sions of people to go without the bor
ders of their own country for the sake
Of a good drink. instead of stsnchly
supporting the laws of their land
This and statement that he himself
had been teetotaler for 40 years
WAS all he would say ON the prOhibi
tiOn question.
American students have been most
attentive. he observed following his
visit at Iowa state College at Ames
Possibly they are bit more free
and easy than our English students.
but | am free and easy myself. If
more of us could come over to visit
Wou and more of YOU could visit us
we could understand each other
better"
Evening star., 1926-10-03
ARTS COMMISSION
HAS FULL PROGRAM
Five Local Projects May Re-
quire TWo-Day Session.
Beginning October ID.

Five local projects involving eXpan n
sion OF new construction for two Dis
tr;ct institutions and another inVolv-
ing roadway development plans will
come before the National Commission
Of Fine Arts At its meeting October
IA The program Of the meeting is
SO crowded that two days may he re-
auired before all the projected busl-
ness is completed,
The commission will confer with
Judge Schuldts comEnittee on the
project to provide a new Police Court
building; will discuss with A. l..
Harris. municipal architect, the qQes-
ton of material for the proposed ad
dition to the District Jail and Will
confer with Maj. u. :. Grant, 3D.. dl-
RECTOR of Public Buildings and Public
Parks. on plans for the development
of the Rock Creek and Potomac Park,
way.
other local matters TO come heIofe
rhe meeting are the design for the
Coast Guard World War Memorial. l"
be erected in Arlington Cemetery, and
studies for the new nlfo
house to be built in the ZooloSlcal
park. In addition the commission
will consider plans for chapels for the
American cemeteries in Europe an"
sketches for world wal
~
Writing to Senator Capper rhalr-
man of the Senate District committee
last June. Chairman Moore OF the me
arts body, declared: -,
..'The present Police Court Is padiN
Manned Inadequate and dirty.
cannot he kept clean. | know from
nersonaI experience that the condl-
lions in the Traffic Court are disgrace
flIl and unspeakably bad. A court
should stand for the orderly admins
tration of justice. At present there
is no way to prevent the herdln2 OF all
sorts and conditions Of people"