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Evening star., 1926-04-03
ACTION DELAYED
ON FARM RELIEF
House Committee to Call Jar
dine Before Actual Franz
ing of Program.

Secretary Jardine Is to he called
into conference by the House com
nittee on agriculture before any de-
cisive action Is taken on farm relief
measures. But this does not mean
an early summons for the Secretary
Of Agriculture. because the hearings
on these relief proposals are to CON
tinue Indifinitelv. according to a
program agreed upon by the House
committee yesterday. The particular
proposal under consideration was
that the hearings should he closed
at the end of next week.
Members Fear Failure
Terminate of the hearings has
been urged by members of Congress
who fear that unless hill is report
ed shortly. legislative relief requested
by representatives of corn belt farm
ers, will not be afforded a this ses-
sion. Representative Hall Repub-
ican, North Dakota. who said his
constituents were getting impa
tient.' took the lead Yesterday in
urging the committee. Of which he
is member, to speed up action.
Determined to proceed With exam.
ination OF witnesses, the committee
again heard Representative Little.
Democrat, Kansas, in support of his
bills TO rX prices. provide Tor storage
If surplus crops and prohibit specu-
lation. He was followed by Repre-
sentative Dickinson. Republican. Iowa
who explained provisions of his bill
which in principle is similar TO the
cOrn-belt measure. but prov ideS ior
the collection of an equalization fee on
more commodities.
Denies Price Fixing.
Neither his proposal nor the corn
belt bill. in MIR. Dickinson'S opinion
would result in governmental price
fixing.
Appearing before the Senate agricul-
ture committee, William Hrth chair
man Of the corn-belt committee said
that unless farmers are afforded re-
lief many would migrate TO cities and
break the waee scale, with suffering
and misery resulting
The patience of farmers is about
threGdbare. and something must be
done he told the committee adding
that there is still a wholesome spirit
among them and that radicalism has
made little inroad in the rural sec
tons.
The House committee. AS il went
ahead with hearings. was informed
that representatives Of cotton growers
probably would appear TO support the
Corn-belt bill. \ number of them are
holding conferences here to determine
their position and were said veSter-
day to favor the general principles of
the measure.
Evening star., 1926-04-03
W0MEN'S CONFERENCE
EXPECTED TO BE LIVELY
Suffra gists of 43 Nations to Take
Part in Tenth Congress
in Paris.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, April 3.-Paris expects
lively session of the Women's Inter.
national Suffrage Alliance when it
meets here for its tenth world con
gress MAY 80 10 june 6, with French
women pleading for the vote and Eng
lish women heatedly demanding equal
voting rights with English men. IT
was indicated that women of 43 ma
tionalities will take part. The United
States delegation. headed by Miss Anne
Morgan. is expected to advocate the
most complete program for the equal
ization of men and women yet pre-
scented to the alliance.
Mrs. Marjorie Corbett Ashby, presi-
Evening star., 1926-04-03

dent OF the International Suffrage
Alliance, who will preside, is leader
in the English cause of equal fran
chise rights.
At present the English woman car
not vote until the ago of 20, although,
the suffragist point out, they may
legally marry at the age Of 2.
The last day of the congress will
be set aside for a peace demonstration
at which Mrs. Carrie Cha pman Gait,
until 1928 president of the alliance,
will preside.
Evening star., 1926-04-03
FRENCH STUDENTS WORK.
Many Take Up American Idea Of

PARIS. April CP).-rhanged CON
ditions in the Latin quarter, increa sed
cost of board and lodgings have pro-
duced French counterpart to the
American university student working
his way through college. Heretofore
work has never been popular with the
French graduate. but French
readers now are becoming accustomed
TO newspaper advertisements like the
following:
Student in his last year seeks job
as floor cleaner, waxer and polisher.
or any domestic work reasonably well
paid which will leave certain morn
ings free"
The 'frotteur" or floor polisher in
Paris gets his work done between ;
and O'Clock in the morning.
Evening star., 1926-04-03
VESSEL IN DISTRESS.

NEW YORK April 3 OP).-The
steamship Foryeic is reported in dis
treSs. having lost her rudder 40 miles
'ast Of Cape Cod. Her plight was learn
ID in a message to the Fabre line from
the Patria, owned by that compa ny.
which reported il was standing by.
The F'oryeic is not listed in mari
time registers. The F'abre line re-
luested that Coast Guard patrol boat
be sent TO relieve the Patria. which
left Thursday for a special Mediter
-anean cruise. capt. Pierre Deschilles
of Boston is in comma nd
More than $50 900 will be spent in
advertising public evening schools in
Ireland
Evening star., 1926-04-03
How 1t Happened.

From the Edinhurg Scotsman.
The doctor had two pretty children
one dav a woman passing TWO sma u
bows heard one say to the other
Those pretty girls over there are
the doctors children.
Yes. know" said the other. He
keeps the best for himself.
Evening star., 1926-04-03
The Poets Train.

From the LouIsvllle Couricr-Journa1
Poets think great thoughts and vet
they are often hungry"
That's it
"E,h?"
The trouble with a poets train Of
thought is that il carries no diner"
Evening star., 1926-04-03
The Oldest Voter.

Probably the only woman VINO has
voted in every national election since
Grover CleVela nd was chosen Presi
dent in 1892 is Mrs. Samuel Posey
of Austin, Tex. whose privilege il
has been since she was years old to
cast the ballot for her blind father
The Kusko times., 1926-12-11
NOME MINERS BRING SUIT
 AGAINST HAMMOND COMPANY

SEATTLE.-W. A. Gilmore, former Nome lawyer, has filed an action in the superior court of King county agairst-the THammon Consolidated Gold Fields for the sum of $f9, Gilmore is acting as counsel for fifty miners who worked for the company in the Nome district during the last season.
 It is averred that the company oral ly promised the men 120 shifts of work at $7 per shift if the plaintiffs would go to Nome on the steamer sailing from Seattle on June 2. The men ask that the court award them their fare, which the company ad- vanced and later took out of their wages, and the amount they would have earned had they worked the full number of shifts specified.
The Kusko times., 1926-12-11

erful station will be recorded at each of the two points. A comparison of the local clock at each station with the radio signal will tell exactly where the signal was received.
 So accurate will these observations be that Coast and Geodetic Survey scientists state that the distance be- tween a given point in Washington, D. C., and another in Paris will be de- termined within a margin of 24 feet. If the measurements are completed this year q check will be made in 1881. If any evidence to support the theor yof the shifting of continents is found, similar checks will be car ried on indefinitely until theory is found true or is disproved.
The Kusko times., 1926-12-11
HAMMOND THINKS NORGE
 VOYAGERS SAW BODY OF
 LAND IN ARCTIC OCEAN

SEATTLE.-When the members of the Norge expedition thought they were passing over Point Barrow, after having crossed over the polar regions, last spring, they were in reality 200 miles north of Barrow and the land they saw was the polar continent for which explorers have long searched in vain. That is the opinion expressed by Earl F. Ham mond, member of the Wilkins expedi- tion, who was at Barrow when the Norge passed that point en route to Teller. He declares that he sighted the dirigible passing Barrow at 8:35 on the night of May F, and he points out that the log of the barge shows that the craft at that time was more than 200 miels north of Alaska. Lieu tenant Hjalmar Riser Larson, second pilot of the Norge, was keeping the log at the time referred to.
 "There is but one conclusion" Ham, mond declared in a statement given to the press yesterday. Larsen saw the Norse's fabled Keenan Land in- stead of Barrow. Some day Larsen will recheck his data and find himself the famed discoverer of the mystery land which even Eskimo tradition says exists in eternal ice"
The Kusko times., 1926-12-11
SCIENTISTS WILL TRY TO
 DETERMINE IF CONTINENTS
 OF WORLD ARE MOVING

WASHINGTON-A theory that continents are not fixed but are shift ing their position on the face of the globe, advanced by certain scientists and given credence in circles, is ex- lpected to be confirmed or disproved by a world campaign of longitude de- termination in which experts of the Coast and Geodetic Survey of the De- ipartment of Commerce will partici- pate as representatives of the United States Government.
 This scientific work is said b yofi- tcers of the Survey to be the most ex- 'tensive ever undertaken by interna- ttional agreement. The experiments will be carried on simultaneously in 4the United States, Hawaii, Australia, Japan, China, India, England, France, 'Spain, Belgium, Portland, Holland Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Switzer- Hand, Czechoslovakia, Poland and sev- 'eral other countries, including points yet to be selected on the African con- ttinent.
 The world campaign of longitude ,determination" will determine the precise longitudinal location of scat tered points on the face of the earth in an effort to determine whether Hands remain stationary If the the cory of the Shifting of the continents IS substantiated, according to scien- lists, it will affect all theories held in the past as to the origin of conti- lnents and the causes of the great ge- Cologic changes changes which have taken place on the earth's surface.
 The work was projected at a meet ing of the Geodetic and Geophysical Union and the International Astron- 'omical Union in 1922 Then it was decided to enlist the cooperation of scientists and governments of the world, and arrange for the co-opera- ttion of powerful radio stations.
 Determination of longitude differ ences between two points were made Iby the determination of the interval eof time elapsing between the passage of a star over the meridian of a se- uected spot on the eastern portion of the globe and it's passage over the }meridian of another point to the west ward.
 In accordance with the plans of the Longitude campaign, when two such stations have their local tim edeter mined, a radio signal sent from pow
The Kusko times., 1926-12-11

the facts and figures in connection with this new unit ip the mechanism of the age are startling even to the American mind, so prone to accept any and everything as a commonplace after the first "once over."
 It required the aid of two 200-ton cranes, the largest in existence, to place this most powerful machine ever made, in parts weighing as much as 175 tons each, successfully on it's massive base. But the feat was ac- compEshed without jar-as easily as shifting a ton of coal from wagon to bunker.
 This monster makes the world think in big figures. It is capable of gener- ating 80,000 horsepower of electrical energy, enough to operate 31 Panama Canals or pull AT trains The ma chine weighs 2,080,OOO pounds, and is the first of nine great engineering units that are to- be installed in the New York East River Station. It is said that this one generator could supply all of the electrical require ments of seven cities the size of Troy, N Y, which had a population of 72,- GOO in the last census.
 In 1890 45 horsepower generator was regarded. as thing of wonderl With ten 80,000 horsepower servants of man ministering to the needs of New York City and a generous, part of the nation, this mechanical age will just be getting into its stride. What wonders now surroundl On the earth, under the earth, and in the skies above the earth, the great ma chimes of human invention carry on the will of the genius that created and developed them And when all is said, willing recognition issyielded to to the fact that the most marvellous mechanisms, among all the multiplied creations of this and all other cen turies is the human brain itself
The Kusko times., 1926-12-11
WORLDS LAGEST MACHINE.
Cincinnati Enquirer.)

The worlds largest machine has just been installed-a turbine gener- atr of 60,000 kilowatt capacity. Of course, it is an American machine.
 It is not strange the peoples abroad look upon this country as a<country of big things, impressive things, and monumental achievement. Some of
The Kusko times., 1926-12-11

The head of a large and very illit- crate family in the Blue Ridge coun- try, down South, was appointed will lage squire
 One of the children asked, And now, pop, are we squires, tool"
 t.No," spoke up the mother. "Only me and pop"
The Kusko times., 1926-12-11

Owners of silver properties in Alaska will be interested in the an nouneement coming from British Co., lumbia that silver ore now is being treated successfully without recourse to the smelting process. There was on exhibit recently in the British Co., lumbia Chamber of Mines at Vancou- yer fourteen bars of solid silver, the first ever produced in that province direct from the mine without smelling treatment. It came from the Horn silver mine at Similkameen, where the ore Is treated on the property. It is first passed through a series of rollers until it is finely pulverized, after which it is carried into large tanks agitation. and thorough mixing, the eff feet of which is to precipitate the sil- yer and gold, the mixture, then in slime form, is thoroughly washed. From the washers the metallic silver passes into the furnace and metallur- gical department, where it is trans formed into silver bars. The new treatment eliminates losses resulting from ordinary smelling, and the cost is much less. It is expected to have a stimulating influence on silver. mining in British Columbia, bringing in many properties which cannot be worked under the old methods.-Esx.
The Kusko times., 1926-12-11

Judge-When you work, what do you do?
 Hobo-Pm an organist.
 Judge-Why, man with such tall should never be out of a job. Whats the trouble?
 Hobo-My monkey died.
Evening star., 1926-12-09

mission. From the local point of
view 1t is important to retain this
large establishment.
The present quarters occupied by
the railway company are, 1t is un-
derstood, not fully adequate for its
purposes. An enlargement is likely
to be required in the near future.
1t is opportune therefore that this
matter of a possible change to an
other local site be considered now
with the Government preparing to
move to- acquire all of the land
within which the headquarters build
ing stands. District business inter-
ests should take up the matter at
once and do what is possible to in
sure the continued presence of this
important business establishment at
the Capital.
Evening star., 1926-12-09
Southern Railway Headquarters.

The suggestion has been advanced
that in case the square to the east
Of the present District Building is
taken for public uses in the new
building program OF the Government.
the Southern Railway Company.
which occupies that structure, may
remove its headquarters from Wash
ington to another city. This propo-
sition should arouse all the civic
ORGANIZATIONS of Washington to an
effort to prevent such a change.
which would cause a serious dislo-
cation Of several thousand people,
employees Of the corporation. engaged
at the headquarters. These offices
have been located in Washington for
n number of years. and the force
has been steadily enlarged. Removal
Of the headquarters to another city
would, II the force were kept un-
changed, entail serious losses to the
employees, many. perhaps most. OF
whom have become home owners In
washington and in the adjacent Vir-
ginia area.
There are urgent reasons, OF
course fully appreciated by the ON
GERS Of this corporation. for the
maintenance of headquarters In
washington. This is the most sig.
nifscaat terminal Of the system. 1t
is. moreover. the place Of contact
with the Interstate Commerce Com
Evening star., 1926-12-09
Blowing the Whistle.

An amusing case in the New York
Traffic Court the other day serves to
draw attention to the paucity Of
sound emitting from traffic officers
whistles. especially from those officers
who refuse to use the proper amount
of lung power or whose whistles are
in need Of repair. A chauffeur was
arrested for failing to obey the signal
Of a crossing policeman. Appearing
in court he gave his version OF the
incident in the following language:
Your honor. I sure would have
stopped IL I had heard the whistle.
but / thought the peep. peep as I
passed the corner was bird in a
tree" The Judge. confident that this
was only another novel excuse. but
with q desire to be fair to the de.
fendant, ordered the ofacer to blow
Evening star., 1926-12-09

his whistle. A faint peep" was all
that was heard. and sentence was sus-
pended.
There have been many occasions in
Washington when an officers ''peep,"
which probably sounded like the Ma
tional Capitals particular bird species,
has gone unheeded by the motorist.
Whether or not new and stronger and
better whistles should be furnished to
all traffic policemen is a moot ques-
ton, but there would seem to be no
doubt that the description given Of
the New York whistle would fit some
of the local officers sirens" The
least that can be done, in view of the
manifold noises Of present-day traffic.
is for every policeman to take an
extra big lungful of air before he
blows and to be sure that his whistle
is in such repair that it will give out
all the sound and authority that it
was designed to do.
Evening star., 1926-12-09
The Coming Readjustment.

In the latest proposed ALLEGATION Of
space within the Mall.Avenue triangle
to the Immediately projected struc.
lures It has been proposed to place
the Hall of Archives on the Pennsyl-
vania avenue front rather than on the
Mall front, which was first contem-
plated. 1t is to be hoped that this will
be reconsidered and that in the final
layout Of the space a departmental
building will be placed on the Avenue
frontage.
The Hall Of Archives will be both a
storage and a research building. 1t
will house the non-current Govern.
ment records and documents of his
toric Importance in a manner that will
make them available for consultation.
Provisions will be made for its use by
students and writer's, as well as by
the Government itself. 1t will be a
veritable museum. 1t will not draw
a large crowd of people and its easy
accessibility is not so important a
factor as in the case Of a bureau or
department building housing a large
personnel.
It should be the policy Of the Public
Buildings Commission in using the
great triangle to place on the Fif-
teenth street and Pennsylvania avenue
sites those structures that are the
most active. There are great num-
bers of people in Washington who
have daily business with the Govern.
ment departments. who seek Offices
close to the public bureaus with which
they are constantly in contact. 1t IL
desirable therefore that these working
Government shops" may be so placed
as to afford a maximum Of conven-
ience to the public.
Washington will undergo a consid.
cradle readjustment when the new
structures are located as now pro.
posed within the Mall.Avenue tri-
angle. This concentration Of the pub
lie bureaus and departments will
somewhat dislocate existing condi
tions and 1t is highly desirable that
the specific locations should be deter
mined as early as practicable to give
the longest time possible for the
| changes that are inevitable.
Evening star., 1926-12-09
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

Q. Was last Summers apple crop
larger than usual?-G. A.
A. The crop was estimated at 234.-
$4,000 bushels. While in but a few
states the crop was very heavy, pro-
duction was above the average in
nearly all sections and the crop was
the largest In a dozen years.
Q. Does a copper wire made of
number Of small strands have a
greater or smaller electrical carrying
capacity than solid wire?-J. A. N.
A. The Bureau of Standards says
that a stranded wira has less carrying
capacity than a solia wire of the same
materi ts-1ssv wing the same circumfer-
ence. A g. -anded wire offers mo1c re-
sistance Iser foot than does n solid
wire having the same circumference.
@. What bird is known as the "Oc-
tober bird"?-W. p.
A. In the West Indies the name is
applied to the bobolink.
@. How far is a league?-M. T. w.
A. Its length varies in different
countries. The Roman league was
1876 modern English miles, while the
league brought to England by the
Normans was equal to 2.9 modern
English miles. The metric league is
4 kilometers. At present the league
Is nautical measure equal to the
twentieth part of a degree-that is,
8 geographical miles, or 1861 statute
miles.
@. VIII you tell something about
truffles? Are they grown in this
country?-U. P. B.
A. Iruifles are subterraneous fun
gi, and in Europe, especially in
France. are collected quite extensive
ly for food. While q few varieties Of
truff1es or related forms are found
growing wild in this country, their
cultivation is not a commercial prop
osition. It Is recognized that truff!es
grow especially in association with
certain oaks, and some years ago the
Department of Agriculture imported
and distributed two or three species
of these oaks. but the industry has
never really been developed in this
country. Abroad. in regions where
truffles are abundant, they are col
lected by aid of a dog or pig, or some
animal having a keen sense Of smell.
Truffle hunting is an important busi-
ness and requires considerable expert
ence and knowledge Of forests.
@. What horse won the first mile
race hitched to a bicycle sulky? - r.
E. M.
A. Nancy Hanks, the famous trot-
ter, was driven to bicycle sulky in
1892 and lowered the mile record to
Evening star., 1926-12-09
A World Economic Conference.

The United States Government is to
be invited to send delegates to an in
ternational economic conference to be
held next May, according to reso'
luton adopted yesterday at Geneva
by the Council Of the League OF Ma
tions. At the same session Austen
Chamberlain, the British foreign min
lister, and other leaders advised
against an early conference for the
limitation o. Of armaments. In their
opinion. 1t would not be advisable to
hold an arms conference before 1928.
To the American mind, this Is some
thing like putting the cart before the
horse. It would seem that economic
understandings could be more easily
negotiated II political understandings
were first arrived at, and political un.
derstandings lessening the menace Of
war. of course, are a necessary part
Of agreements for the limitation Of
armaments. It would seem also that
a reduction in the financial burdens
Of armaments is so necessary a part
Of any program for the economic re-
habilitation Of Europe that an eco
nomic conference which did not
weigh the possibilities of relief
through arms limitation would be like
Hamlet" without the prince.
But If that is the way Europe
wants to go about the task Of setting
it's house in order, 1t Is Europe's own
affair, and American criticism prob
ably is not in order. The thing Of
real interest on this side Of the At
lantic is the invitation to the United
States to send delegates to next years
economic conference. The American
Government and people will want some
pretty explicit Information as to the
program Of the conference before
they will be intrigued by the idea of
becoming member of it. They will
want to know. for instance, If repara.
tions and intergovernmental debts are
to be on the agenda, with proposals
for all-around cancellation, and Uncle
Sam in the role of Uncle Shylock II
he declines to be the goat. They will
want to know also If the conference
intends to take up the international
banking idea of lowering tariff bar
riers, with an ambition to open up
the rich American market to Euro
pean exploitation.
It may be, of course, that the in
vitation to the United States Is wholly
altruistic with no thought other than
what is for Americas good, but the
disposition in this country Is very
likely to be to wait bit and see how
the game is framing up.