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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-14
SENATOR HARRISON
SEES TARIFF ISSUE:
In Paris, Says Debts Will Be
Unpaid Unless Barriers
Removed.


FAIRS, August II Senator Fat
Harrison Of Mississippi, member of
the Senate finance committee. ~,
rived in Paris yesterday from Berlin.
where he spent three days studyine
the European question"
One of his reports is that the Euro
pean countries will be unable to pay
their debts to the United Statcs unlcS~
the tariff barriers are lowered. There
fore, he said. the tariff question WIS
bound to be a big one in the next cam
paign.
Senator Harrison declared that Ger
many was happy and contentcd, and
he was sure the Germans would carr
out the reparatiOns payments in ac
cordance with the Dawes plan.
The Senator told how he vas held
mp by the French customs authors
ties and forced to- payAon 80 cigars he
was bringing into the country. This.
he said, as we'll as the open letter al
former Premier ClcmenCeau to T'rcsi
dent Coolidge on the debt question, did
not impress him favorably.
While on the subject of debts, Mr..
Harrison said that no member Of Cor
gress could so before his constituent.
and advocate cancellation of European
Indebtedness. He had no idea that can,
collation. ever would come, although
he admitted he would vote against
the Mellon BerenGer accord on the
ground that it was too lenient with
France. lie maintained that all debt
settlements should be on the same
grounds as the settlement with Great
britain. that all debtors should be
treated alike.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-14
BARBER TELLS SECRET
OF KAISER'S MUSTACHE
Was Put In Silk Strap Daily to At
tain Spiked Effect, Omahan
Says.

BY tie Associated Press.
OMAHA. August 1.-THE secret Of
Kaiser Wilhelm's spiked effect mus
tache is explained by Carl Schropp OF
Omaha, who. as personal barber to
the former Emperor, originated the
famous tonsorial characteristic.
Schropp, who served many of Eu
ropes royalty until discovered by
the Kaiser, said
First l would wet the mustache
thoroughly. Then. with my fingers,
I would push the hairs up at either
end until they stood as you have seen
them in pictures. Next / took a
Schnurbartinde "a mustache strap
made of fine silk, with hooks on end
and put 1t over the mustache and
attach the hooks to the Kaiser's ears
| used my fingers and fine comb to
put the hairs just SO: then with the
mustache strap on it. I would wait for
it to dry. After that the kaisers
mustache would stay the way he
wanted it for "A hours"
Two hours was the usual time spent
by the Kaiser in the royal tonsorial
room, SchrOpp said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-14
GERMANS ARE OPTIMISTIC.
Trade Outlook Bright; Coal Contracted
For Months Ahead.

BERLIN. August IA R.-The
Ehenish Westphalian Industrialists
are most optimistic regarding the de-
velopment Of the Ruhr trade gener-
ally, and express the conviction that
even speedy termination Of the British
miners strike would not have an i'm
mediate effect on the favorable posi-
ton.
They claim that the technical SUI
premacy and superior Orga nization of
the Ruhr over British industry will
make itself in the International mar
kets, especially in view of the impend-
ing continental steel agreement and
the cessation of the Franco-Belgian
dumping competition.
Contracts for export coal have been
concluded for several months hence,
and the demand for household coal in
England and Germany. which it has
been impossible to satisfy owing to
increasing requirements for Industrial
and shipping purposes, will further
stimulate trade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-14
The Infant Prodigy.
From the Kansas City Star.

From the Kansas City Star.
Children who are mental giants at
10 years old are, as a rule, no better
at tests of musical sensitivpness than
quite ordinary children of their age.
This is shown by experiments with y
group of superior children. conducted
by DR.. Leta S. Hollingsworth of Co
lumbia University.
Result of the experiments. which
are reported in the Journal of Educa :
tional Psychology, indicate that SUI
perior children as a group make some
what better ratings in their judgme NJ
Of time than other children of their
age. but not in other musical tests.
The children were tested on pitch,
time. cOnsOnance and tOpal memory.
Since the brilliant children as IL group
were larger than unsolicited children
Of the same age. Ii had been eN-
pectcd that they might excel In snch
tests. because OF the advanced devtl-
opment of the anatomical structures;
/ involved in making musical judg-
ments. This was not. however. foull.i
to be the case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-14
GOLDEN RULE SUNDAY
POSTER PRIZES OFFERED
81 900 to Be Given for Best Near
East Relief Placards, Slogan
and Poem.

Announcement of contest for
painters, illustrat tors, cartoonists,
poets and slogan makers of the Dis
trict with prizes totalling 81 900 offer
ed for the best posters, poem and
slogan setting forth the appropriate
character Of Golden Rule Sunday fall
ing between Thanksgiving and
Christmas. was made today by Har-
old F. Pellegrin, Potomac director,
Near East Relief. S21 Bond Building.
The prizes include one for $500 for
the most compelling poster in any
medium: 800 for the second. 500 for
the third and 800 for the fourth. A
prize of 500 is offered for the most
effective poem and a similar sum for
the most telling slogan.
The poster may be of any shape. it
WAS announced.
Entries in this contest are not to be
sent to local Near East Relief lead
quarters but to Mrs. Mabel S. G..
Smith. secretary of the award com.
mittee, to be received not later than
; pm. Thursday. August 81. Near
East Relief employees are not allowed
TO compete.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-14
CRITICISM is DECRIED.
Roe Fulkerson Urges Round Table
Club to Study Politics.

less criticism Of public officials and
more boosting and praise was urged
,pon members of the Round Table
club at it's weekly meeting yesterday
at the University club. by Roe Fui-
krrSon, editor Of the kwianls Cinb :
,naTazinc in Washington. lie urged
the members To study political condi-
lions In Europe and America. after
which. he predicted. one would he less
prone to criticize the fnncti0nins OF
The Government.
lie also discussed the nrejudices
against Friday the Thirteenth and by
numerous citations of historical events
occurring on the Thirteenth, declared
the day was anything but unlucky.
President T.. NJ. Ellison and SeCre-
tary i'hye Nick E,tchison Of the club,
were elected delegates 10 the inter
national convention Of the club in
Cincinnati next month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-14
Hearing Muscles Creak.

Most people think that clenching
and opening the hand Is entirely
nOiseless. AS a matter OF fact, says
the Popular Science Magazine. every
muscle action is noise. Every time
you move, or breathe, or talk, you
creak.
This fact was proved in a recent
demonstration of new electrical
stethoscope perfected by the Bell
Telephone labora tories i'm New York
city. Three hundred persons heard
the scratching and rumbling of the
muscles as they slid over one an.
other In clenching and opening the
hand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-14
WHEAT CROP so GOOD
HAIL FAILED TO HURT IT
Kansas Farmer Collects Insurance
Then Gets 35 Bushels to Acre,
Due to Long Rains.

BY the Associated Pfess
MEADE, Rams, August 1.-THE
wheat crop in Meade County was so
good this year that hailstorms could
not destroy it.
Wheat on the large Cummins farm
was pronounced total loss after hail
stones as large as golf balls had bat
tered to the ground every head of
grain several weeks before harvest.
Unusual prolonged rainy weather kept
the field green. New stalks Sprang
from the roots. Finally Cummins OBJ
tanned a Weld of % bushels an acre.
Another farmer. who had collected
hail insurance, harvested S. bushels
from every acre. This insurance COM
pany. having admitted its loss. found
no recourse to compel the farmer to
return his insurance money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-14
FLYING DECLARED
SAFE BY EXPERTS
Capt. Heinen Defends Diri-
gibIes-Mai. Gardner An
nounces "FooIproof" Plane.

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA. August 1t
Flying either by airships or airplanes
need not now be considered danger
Gus, in the opinion of two widely
known experts on aerial navigati ton.
II the navigator of an airShip
knows and understands the laws gov
erninc atmospheric variations there is
mot one chance in n million to stop
an airship from going where he wants
ii to GO Capt. Anton I1einen,s noteu
German dirigible pilot. told the Allen
town Rotary club last night. lie sal
s the diriGible has solved the last riddle
of air transportation.
Announces New Plane.
At the same time Mai. Lester d.
Gardner of New York announced here
j bat a 'fooproof" airpIane. Il new
kind of a machine which "anNbody
.=Can learn to fly in Il half hour" will
he exhibited at the national air races
TO he held here September 4 to II in
connection With the Sesquicentennial
Exposition.
Capt. Heinen's talk before the no
tarv Club was n stanCh defense of
the diricihe. He dwelt extensively on
the possibilities of commercial use of
airships and said that Transatlantic
transportation is possible in the very
near future lat a cost of l cent per
passenger per mile
Lands in Tennis Court.
The plane described by Maj. Gard
ner is known as an autoGiro. lie SAID
its exhibition in England recently
created more OF II sensation than MAS
caused when the Wright brothers tirst
flew in 1903. and will convince visitors
la the air races that hvihE need not
lie Il hazardous occupation.
Several characteristics make the
autociro unique" Mai. Gardner said.
"If the engine stops, the plane tie
scends 50 slowly that il can he landed
in a tennis court. If desired, II can
make a speed of more than mile a
minute. II can also fly at the rate OF
10 miles an hour
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-14
Arkansas Slayer Cheats Electric Chair
By Hunger Strike Lasting for Is Days

months ago and he was placed in a
cell with two other condemned
negroes. On the day the other two
were executed, Stribling began his
fast.
Penitcntiary authorities did not
know of it until two weeks ago. He
took the meals that We're passed
through the bars. 1t was noted, how
ever, that he spent most of his time
lying on his cot. refusing to exercise.
All the time Stribling was consigning
his food to the drain pipes, taking
only an occasional swallow of milk.
After his removal to the hospital he
abandoned his attempt at conceal
ment and declared himself on a
hunger strike
Friends of the old negro believe,
however, that his purpose was not to
bid for freedom or commute ton, but i,
in his own words. to beat the electric
chair" by starvation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-14
From Everyb0dy's Magazine.


\ Chicago firm advertising for q
salesman received a reply from a man
who said that he was the greatest
salesman in the world. They engaged
him and gave him three lines of
goods to sell anywhere in the West.
They expected him to do great
things.
After he had been away a week and
they had received no orders they
were surprised to get telegram say
ing:
II am not the worlds greatest sales
man. | am the second best The
greatest salesman was the man who
loaded you UP with these goods"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-14

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. August II
An aged Arkansas negro went to his
grave yesterday triumphant in a slow
and stealthy race against death by
electrocu.ion. While Gov. Tom J.
Terral, campaigning for denomination
delayed fixing a date on which Tom
Stribling, Crittenden County, should
be executed for murder, Stribling for
65 days refused the meals that were
given him and died yesterday from
pneumonia. induced by starvation.
He carried out his campaign, de-
spite the fact that several we'll known
citizens were preparing to appeal to
the governor for clemency. Stribling
had always denied that he killed a
negro who had attacked his daughter
some time before. A jury and the
Supreme Court failed to accept his
alibi.
His sentence was affirmed three
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-14
Wasps Natural Thieves.

Wasps are natural thieves. and they
pilage the sweet things from all man.
ner of places, even the bees not being
immune. But the wasp is a manufac.
turer also, chewing up bits of wood
and mixing it with a gutinous saliva
to make a paper-like substance out Of
which to build its nest.
The queen wasp, is n good laborer
in her early days. but eventually she
devotes herself entirely to laying
eggs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-14
MRS. WEIDENHAMER DIES,
Woman, SO, Ten-Year Resident
Succumbs at Sons Home.

Mrs. Sarah Anna Weidenha mer, IS
years old, a resident of Washington
for the past 10 years, died yesterday
at the home of her son. Charles ID.
Weidenhamer, 1906 Sixteenth street,
after a brief illness. She is survived
by two other sons, Horace G.. and
Walter l.. Weidenhamer of Williams
port. Pa.
Funeral services will be conducted
tomorrow night at O'Clock at the
residence by Rev. John c. Palmer
of Washington Heights Presbyteria n
Church. The body will be taken to
Watsontown, Pa, for burial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-14
Wild Antelope Increase.

Such rigid protection has been &C.
corded wild antelope in the Western
States that the increase in the last
few years has been noticeable.
Recently single herd of % ami
mails has been seen grazing at one
time. whereas a few years ago a herd
of eight was considered large.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-14
rabbit Fever" Hits Humans.

rabbit fever" the epizootic disease
often called deer fly fever" which
Kills off wild rabbits in great numbers,
is occa sionally transmitted TO human
through tick and fly bites so that
cases have been reported in - differ
ent States.
The disease is disabling one. fire.
quently incapacitatinC a patient for
months, and in some cases has termi-
mated fatally.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-14
Game Birds Food by Plane.

For what is believed to he the first
time on record an airplane will be
used to distribute food to the game
birds in Blair county, Pa.
A hopper with a capacity Of 200
pounds of mixed grain and corn will
carry the feed. which will he released
at convenient places for the wild life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-14
ALBERT S. FRENCH DIES.
Deceased Was Foreman in Bureau
of Engraving and Printing.

Albert s. French. e. years old,
foreman of the wetting division of
the Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing. died yesterday at his residence.
1904 Kansas avenue. He is survived
by his wife. Mrs. Belle :. French; a
sister, Mrs. j. o. G. Roberts, and a
brother, Raymond l.. French of
Bridgeport, Conn.
day morning at 1890 o'clock at his
home under the auspices of Washing
ton Centennial Lodge, No. Il. +. A..
A. NJ, followed by interment in Glen
wood Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-14
Discusses Press Influence.

Referring to the influence Of the
press as an exponent and director of
the opinion of the public, Mr.. Abbot
said:
THAT is function. the performa nee
of which demands the highest ideals
and the Hottest purposes. l do believe
they are more generally cherished
than is commonly believed, but among
newspaper owners Of the type that
put the eagerness for profit ahead Of
all other considerations one can hard
" expect any sirgleminded devotion
to the public welfare"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-14
"Save the Lens" Week.

From Frcrybody's Magazine.
4 ScotChman was leaving ON huSi-
ness trip and he called back as he
was leaving:
Good bye all; and dinna forget ~
Ia little DonaI's glasses aft when he
isn't lookin' at aething."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-14
Those Dear Girls.

From the Boston Transcript
Tell me just what sort of a. man
your fiance is, Clara"
"Oh, he s everything that's nice"
II n, SO glad. You know I've always
said that people should marry their
cppositee."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-14
DEFENDS POTENCY
OF PUBLIC OPINION
W. J. Abbott Says Masses
Have Big Part in Shaping
Foreign Policy.

By the Associated Press.
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass, August
14.-Public opinion in the United
States concerns itself very actively
with foreign affairs and is a dominant
force in influencing governmental &C.
ton, despite the insistence of profess
sonal diplomats that the public keep
hands off," the Institute of Politics
was told yesterday. The speaker was
Willis J. Abbot, editor of the Chris
tan Science Monitor.
Few questions rela ting to the in
ternational relations of the United
States come up for consideration at
Washington without the American
masses taking a hand to an extent
most obnoxious to the State Depart
ment, which would much prefer that
public opinion ana foreign affairs
should he entirely divorced" Mr.. Alb
bot said.
Cites Lausanne Treaty.
The Lausanne treaty offers a case
in point. 1t might he thought that
the question of establishing diplo-
matte relations with Turkey was one
in which only an insignificant fraction
of our people would take an interest.
Probably it is true that of our no.
600, 600 only a few are thus interested,
but those few are the sort that make
and express public sentiment.
Does this opinion influence the
action of the Government? Is it potent
in shaping the foreign policy of the
Government? Sometimes we find the
very authorities that are most positive
in deprecating the interference of pub.
lie opinion with foreign affairs using
that opinion as a convenient excuse
for action taken by the administra-
ton. The Secretary of the Treasury
and two Secretaries of State repeated
ly have declared that public opinion
would not support any action looking
toward the cancellation of the foreign
war debts. Yet there has been a very
considerable body of educated public
opinion urging precisely that course.
II is not incredible to foresee the time
when 1t will become so strong that
some future administration in defer
ence to public opinion will act in &C.
cordance with it. But even should
that come to pass, it will afford no
more conclusive evidence of the power
of public opinion than does the pres
ent situation, with the administration
pointing to a lack of any demand for
cancella ton as reason for proceed
ing with its policy OF speedy collec-
ton.
Evening star., 1926-06-15
SOCIETY OF NATIVES
TO PICNIC SATURDAY
Duhamel to Give Address on His.
tory of Rock Creek Park at
Miller's Cabin.

An address on the History Of Rock
Creek Park" by James +. Duhamel.
athletic contests and various other
forms of entertainment will feature
the annual picnic Of the Society Of Ma
tives of the District of Columbia at
Miller's cabin. Rock Creek Park, Sat.
urday afternoon. The program will
start at ] o'clock and continue until
o'clock in the evening.
Mr.. Duhamel, who is intimately &C.
quainted with much of the history OF
Washington and the surrounding ter
ritory. will give detailed history of
the historic park and its development.
Mrs. Lewis J. Battle, chairman Of the
entertainment committee, Is arranging
for a program of vocal music and
other features. !. Miss Mollie Forbes,
chairman Of the sports committee, an
nounces that prizes will be given win
ners in the various athletic contests.
to include running and jumping, three
leg races and a tug Of war.
Lee d. I.atimer, chairman of the
transportation committee. announces
that special Washington Railway and
Electric Co. busses Will leave the end
of the Mount Pleasant car line at in
tervals of 20 minutes for Miller's
cabin. with bus service TO be furnished
also for the. return to the car line.
Mrs. J. c, kondrup is in charge of
general arrangements, and requests
that all members and guests who ex-
pect to he present notify her at 3012
Cambridge place.
Evening star., 1926-06-15
BACK PROHIBITION,
APPEAL Of BORAH
Holds Negro Distranchise
ment Does Not Justify
Multiplying Dry Act.

Americas experiences with the con
stitutionai amendments giving full
civil rights to the negro do nor jus
tify efforts TO nulliiy the prohibition
amendment, In the opinion Of Senator
Borah OF Idaho, who has taken lead
Ing position recently in support Of the
dry law.
Recently the Senator was MISC uot ed
IN an article published here as saying
that emancipation Of the negro at the
time he was emancipated was mis-
take. What he did say was that II
was unjust to the white and unjust
to the negro to enfranchise him with
out permitting him to work out
through time and education, his fran
chise
Much is now being said about the
fourteenth and fifteenth amendments,
the Idaho Senator said in statement
yesterday. 1T Is said in some quar-
ters that the fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments are being nullif1ed. and
therefore, the eighteenth amendment
could likewise be nullified.
II think the enfranchisemen of the
negro at the time and in the manner
II was brought about was great mis-
take. 1t was unjust 10 the whites
q nd unfair to the blacks. 1t put upon
. the latter burden for which he was
wholly unprepared. and because he
could not meet that burden he has
been severely criticized. II would
have been far better II we had fol.
lowed the advice OF Lincoln and grant.
ed the right to vote as the colored
man became prepared for 1t.
But / do not admit that the four
teenth and fifteenth amendments are
being nullified. 1t was fearful prob
lem which these amendments placed
upon the South, but there is every
evidence that they are meeting the
problem with patience and patriotism.
and in time, in my opinion, it will he
worked out with justice to all and In
harmony with the spirit of the Con-
stitution. The fourt eenth and fifteenth
amendments are not precedents for
the notification of the eighteenth
amendment, but rather precedentS for
faithful and patient effort TO live
up TO and maintain it,
Evening star., 1926-06-15

court hearing, held suddenly six hours
before the time set for hanging.
= At this hearing Scott was granted
a stay and sa Hfty hearing before
a jury. The jury sent Scott to the
Chester Asylum for Criminal lnsane.
where he was subsequently adjudged
sane by a group Of alienists.
The States attorney now seeks con.
firmation by the courts so the exec,i.
tion may be carried out. The Illinois
Supreme Court has denied a peti.
tion of. Scott's counsel for change
of venue from the court Of Judge
Marcus ,kavanaugh. ScOtts sanity
will be determined bya jury In this
court next week.
Evening star., 1926-06-15
POLICE PREVENT J.
MRS. SC0T4'S FAST
Wife. of Condemned Man
Planned to Raise Funds to
Fight Execution.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June IS. The police
yesterday stopped Mrs. Russell Scott
from appearing In continuous
save her husband from hanging.
The police, acting on advice from
the States attorneys Office. invoked
law forbidding the exhibition of
direct or indirect results of crime.
An officer went to the theater at the
time Mrs. Scott was scheduled to
Evening star., 1926-06-15
MEDALS S FOR BAlLO0NtSTS
Van Orman and Assistant Honored
BY N. A. A. in Paris.

PARIS, June IS R).-Special
medals in honor of their victory in
the contest for the second Gordon
Bennett Cup iast night were presented
to Wade 4. Van Orman. who piloted
the American balloon Goodyear III,
and his assistant. Walter w. HorGan.
The ceremony took place at banquet
of the Paris chapter Of the National
Aeronautic Association, which had the
media Is struck off.
Van Orman Is sailing for home next
Thursday.
Evening star., 1926-06-15

Judge Retta Morris Of Prince
Georges County is the only Woms n
Justice OF the peace in the State OF
MARYLAND .-..
Evening star., 1926-06-15

A plan is under way to replace the
horse cars Of Teheran with electric
trolley lines