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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-27
RODGERS HOPS OFF
ON FLIGHT TO CUBA
On Eve of Departure Accepts
Associated Press Award
for PN-9 No. ! Story.

Comdr John Rodgers. assistant
chief of The Bureau of Aerouautics
took off from the Naval Air Station
az Anacostia. y. G.. at $40 o'clock
this morning in a UO-l seaplane for
Guantanamo. cuba. where he will
participate in the maneuvers OF the
aircraft squadron with the fleet
'Omdr Rodgers was accompanied b.
Aviation Pilot June. as mechanic
and in another plane which left IL
,he same time to accompany the vet
eran aviator was Lieut.. /. ". Cur
tain.
The airmen viii make the journey
by easy stages and, with good
weather, should arrive ~ their des.
Jlnation in a week. The planes Will
spend the night at the Naval Air sta
lion. Hampton Roads, Va. and their
second days flying should land them
At Charleston, :. {. E'eTnandino.
ria, should be reached the Third day
and Miami the fourth. The jump
across to Cuba should be made Oh
the nth day and. after several short
Sights on the island, Guantanamo
should be reached on the sixth or
seventh day from the time OF the
AXE OFF.
Accepts A. =. Reward.
On the eve of his departure. Comdr.
Rodgers accepted from the Associated
Press gold watch in appreciation
Of the dispatch he wrote when the
PN9 No. ! was rescued from the sea
after it's attempt 70 fly from California
% Hawaii last Summer.
The commander had described his
experiences in the dispatch written
Tor the Associated Press and this
story was carried under his sigma
ture. The watch was awarded in
recognition of this journalistic feat
and Comdr. Rodgers was enrolled as
one Of the reporters Of the news
gathering agency.
In accepting the watch. Comdr.
Rodgers, who was in charge of the
PN9-1. declared the aircraft tender
Aroostook must not be allowed to
bear the burden Of the blame of our
misfortuneS."
Observes AroOstOoR.
1T Will be recalled" Comdr. Rodgers
said, that the PN-9 No. having
made 500 miles on the flight 10 Ha'
wall, was forced to seek the Aroostook
20 obtain more gas to finish the trip.
While it is true that radio bearings
given by her were confusing, and that
I landed In consequence about so
miles north of her without gas. it is
also true that. had l informed her
that I was following her bearings. or
had l retained sufficient gasoline to
radio her my position after landing
she would probably have found US
without much difficulty, and most OF
The nine days suspense would have
been eliminated.
The captain of the Arostook, as
senior officer on the spot, Immediately
planned the search. This plan was
prosecuted with energy and efficiency
and it's justification was it's eventual
success"
The presentation was made in the
flee of Secretary Wilbur by Byron
Price of the Washington Bureau oi
he Associated Press, In addition Il
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-27

You can often fudge a mans ~
acter ex What he thru AagAAAAAa
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-19
WHEN BUSINESS Is DULL

A representative of one Of the largest cloth
ing manufacturers in the country recently said:
A I am in sales promotion work, of course
1 have a good deal to do along advertising lines.
I am finding out more every day that small town
merchants are learning that the sO-called off
seasons are the times to advertise, instead of
only when business is good. Time was when
merchants allowed their advertising and other
sales promotion talk to lag in summer months or
any time that business was dull" But they are
beginning to learn that it is the mission of adver-
Using to create sales, and for that reason it is
most valuable when business is dull" Go after
the business when it seems slack; don't wait for
it to come to you. That is the theme of the big.
successful business men, and it should be the
policy of the small town business man who really
is afforded a better opportunity to make an ap-
pealing and personal sales talk through his news
paper than the city merchant. It's worth trying,
and if you give the plan half a chance your cash
register will ring lots Oftner in the "duIl periods
than if you don't advertise because business is
bad"
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-19
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Next Monday, from one end to the other of
this great nation, men, women and children viii
gather at community centers to pay respectful
and heartfelt tribute to the memory of Americas
greatest man, soldier and statesman-GeOrge
Washington, the Father of Our Country" Feb
ruary %, 1926, is the one hundred ninety fourth
anniversary of his birth.
Until Abraham Lincoln took his welLearned
place in American history, Washington was our
sole outstanding national hero. And it is not
detracting from Lincoln's glorious record to say
that Washington is still foremost in the minds
of the people. His character, his devotion to
liberty's cause, his courage, his firmness, his
achievements, and the circumstances of his car
eer combine to place him in a niche in the Hall
of Fame from which he can never be displaced.
For more than a century the name and memory
of George Washington, as a mar and as a patriot,
were held in reverence by all. But in recent years
there have arisen cheap publicity seekers who,
unable to find a single excuse for attacking his
public life, have by falsehOOd and innuendO sought
to blacken his reputation as a man. The fact that
they have made but little Roadway, and that only
with the ignorant and unthinking, serves to prove
the baseness of their impulses.
Washington's high ideals and the sacrifices he
made for their advancement are too well known
to need recapitulating here. With such a glorious
record before us, have we any reason to believe
that his private life was a direct contradiction
of his public career? His detractors say he was
lcentious; that to excess he drank, cursed, and
gambled; in other words he was ungOdly and a
roisterer-and, if these assertions are true, a
hypOcrite.
1t is sufficient to point out that no man, except
that ineffable personality, the Christ, ever was
perfect. Washington undoubtedly had his faults
and his failings. But that these embraced more
than the ordinary fOibles common to the better
classes of humankind is unthinkable. Clear water
does not flow from a polluted source. Could the
n~Obleness of Washington have risen from such?
Reason answers mop There was character be-
hind that nobleness, and character of that kind
does not come from ungOdliness and vice.
These d~astardly efforts to besmirch the
Father of Our Country have the indignant
condemnation of every intelligent American citi-
zen. So frequent have they become in late years,
that one has justification for wondering if they
are not all a part of campaign that has SINE undis-
closed object in view. The only offset to this
wonder is our inability to conceive what, besides
dubious publicity, might be gained by libeling
the memory of Americas greatest national figure
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-19
SEEKING AN ISSUE

WASHINGTON, D. c. DiOgenes
with his lantern had nothing on the
Democratic national leaders now seek
ing for an issue with which to alarm
and win citizens to the Justice of their
cause Daily lodges of sOrrOw are
being held in Democratic circles
throughout the country, sessions
made all the more ~saddening because
Of the persistent stubbOrnness of the
people as a whole continuing to ap-
plaud an administration which reduces
expenses and taxes and. still increases
general efficiency.
The Democrats believed they had a
heart-thrcbbing issue in the bread
trust, but even as they got ready to
spring it, the administration filed suit
against the trust and disclosed that
for SIX months the officers of the gov
eminent had been watching it. SEN
atOr Walsh started an aluminium trust
investigation, but the Republicans in
stead Of running to cover came out t.
say the sooner the better, provided
the Democrats would agree to accept
the responsibility to the taxpayers
for the waste of money. A remark Of
the presidential spokesman at the
white house, that it was to be feared
speeches now and then in congress
were uttered for political rather than
governmental reasons, was broadcast
ed by the Democrats as evidence Of
the attempt On the part of the execu-
tive to Overawe the legislative branch
Of the government. and thus nullify
the constitution. It was felt this was
to be a hu~mdinger issue. But the
people Of the coutry instead of rising
in Indignation burst forth editorially
and in public statements to say the,
hoped the presidential spokesman
would continue along this line. anc
the Oftener he uttered this sentimen.
the better.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-19
EGAD, MARTHA, E
Cut Bank Pioneer Press

C%uriOusly and humOrously, the only complaints
heard since a meeting of Republican party work.
ers was held at Helena recently have come from
two eminent journalists who were among the
most active in supporting the Erickson-and-C Com
pany program in the last campaign-A. A.
Frankie of the LewistOwn Argus and Joe Hooking
of the Glasgow Courier. In rather carping edi-
torial comment they deplore the holding of what
they term a fractional meeting and aver that that
is not good for party success. Which indeed is
to provoke a chuckle. You think of Mayor Hoople
egad, offering structures to Martha for lapses in
the conduct of the Boarding House!
Hooking spent many months in 1924-25 run.
ming up and down the state whispering senti.
ments of detractiOn of the existing Republican
administration and setting up pins for Erickson.
and-COmpany. Frankie, as secretary of the Mon
tana Taxpayers Association, a plant toiler 70,
the same interests, was painting to show his fealty
as a member of that association through the
columns of his paper.
Do these erudite editorial brethren really wish
to return to the organization in this state to which
they, thinly, profess allegiance? If so, we have
no doubt that they viii be welcomed back-sav
after a probation of a year or two.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-19
LOGIC VERSUS BOMBAST

Because The Courier, in it's issue of February
5, closed its argument on the value of the service
the state grain laboratory gives farmers, that
little journalistic upstart down the valley, the
Belgrade Journal, by mental contortions astounding
to normal folk reached the conclusion that we
had run up the white flag and enthusiastically
proclaimed that it had won a victory.
1t is evident that the time to end the dispute
had come, for when an opponent is so over
whelmingly o%utpointed that he abandons any at
tempt at logic and resorts to wild statements and
abuse-an attitude comparable to the action of
an'angry child in stamping its foot and sticking
out its tongue-there is nothing to be gained, for
either principals or public, by a continuation.
Our argument concerned the state grain labor
atory and its service, and had nothing to do with
the fairness or unfairness of the protein test. We
stated our position clearly and c~Oncisely, and if
the greater part of what we said went clear over
the Journals head, that is unfortunate. We are
not wasting any more space on an adversary that,
after several weeks, has about the same concep-
ton of what it wants to say as a bunch Of scram-
bIed eggs.
The Old-fashiOned, demagogic idea that one can
climb to popular favor by witless criticism Of
anything and everything, and muddled abuse of
all who presume to differ or offer something con-
%tructive, seems to obtain with our ranting little
contemporary. In days gone by the farmers often
were exploited along that line. But they are wiser
now-they demand something more than jarragos
Of half facts, silly assertions, and vicious accus-
atiOns.
Editorial debates that embody the taking up
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-19
By National Press Service.
FRIEND, NOT ALLY.

WASHINGTON D. C.-The adj
ministratiOn is willing to stand as a
friend of business, big and little, but
does not intend to be considered as
an ally. This has been made distinct
ly clear during the past week through
the action of Attorney-General Sar-
gent in filing in the United States
district court at Baltimore a suit
to prevent and restrain the formation
of a huge combination in the baking
industry. The suit was brought un-
der the Sherman Antitrust act and
the Clayton act. The filing icf the
suit followed the announcement Of
the formation Of the $2yOOO,000,00O
Ward Food Products corporation un-
der the laws of Maryland just a week
ago.
Fer some months the department Of
Justice has been following the devel-
Opments in the baking and related in
dustries and has given special atten-
ton to the several mergers that have
taken place therein. The government
asks that the defendants be adjudged
to have violated both the Sherman and
the Clayton act; that the defendants
be enjOined from doing any act in
furtherance Of the alleged cOmbina-
ton.
The New York Times, in comment
ing says: Zone Of the results Of this
action has been to bring an immediate
halt to plans being made in banking
circles for additional and far-reach,
ing mergers of enormous proportion
It is rather understood that the ad.
ministratiOn's attitude is that c,nsOli
datiOns and mergers which originate
in the management of cffces of vari
Gus corporations, and which make FOL
economy in operation and reduced
cost to- the consumers are worthy O.
consideration but they all must b,
reviewed carefully" That is the pc
sition which the encouragement haa
taken, one in which he will be uphel,
by the people at large.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-19
TARIFF DISCUSSION.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Represen-
tative Dickinson, of Iowa, has re-
turned from the conference Of gov
errors In the Germ states, with the
announcement that the farmers are
determined to force tariff revision.
While the representative is no doubt
sincere, his Judgment may be ques-
toned. Ignoring for the time being
the slogan which Mr.. Dickinson has
again revived, that the farmer buys
IN a protected market and sells in an
open market, it is well for US to boOk
at this matter from another angle.
Unless the American workman is
employed, he cannot buy. And while
we are providing charity funds with
which we have fed the people in EU-
rope, no one has yet suggested that
we create a billioHed0llar fund to sup
Div the American unemployed with
money to buy farm products. Il is
the tariff, which Mr.. Dickinson says
the farmers are now deriding, which
has made possible, by excluding fore
ign goods, the present continuity Of
employment and the extraordinarily
high Wage-schedule which American
wOrkmen enjoy, to the envy Of the
rest Of the world. It is because Of
the protection which the tariff gives
him, that he Is able to buy so freely.
It is q good thing on the whcle that
q tariff discussion has started. An
entirely new generation has appeared
In these United States since the last
important tariff debate was carried
on. That Is why at the present time
40 many mis-statements as to the re-
.latiOn Of the tariff to the farmer can
he made and be accepted without
'wesion. i may not be amiss ia
closing to remind Mr.. Dickinson that
when IN 1924 there was worry over
wheat, an appeal was MACS ~ the de-
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-19

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The ad-
ministrative Committee of the exec
utive committee Of twenty-five Of the
all-agTicultural area conference re-
Gently held at Des MOines, proposes
a meeting in Washington on March
/, and that the governors of the
eleven states which participated in
the Des MOines c~cnfernce be present
to discuss the disparity between the
farmers purchasing power and the.
purchasing power of the industrial
sections Of the country.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-19

ar8 getting the government cut OF
business it. will not de- any harm tn
follow the hand TO the extent at.
least Of stopping Tire post office de-
partment from competing with the
local printer in the matter Of printed.
addresses on the stamped envelopes.
For all OF the careful figuring Of the
government efficiency experts which
apparently show that it costs next 30.
nothing to do this printing, those who
have had experience in watching gov
eminent operations know this is not
che truth. The little fell W has a hard
time anyway, and he should not be-
obliged to face his own government
as a. competitor.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-19
YEA VERIFY, BROTHER

The modern Venus has replaced the three
day dancer in the daily paper. " /" 3" Today nearly
every daily boasts a page filled with those of
rare form who have hunted the studio and had
a picture of real life taken in a bathing suit COS
tune. Probably the best reason assigned for
the diversion in entertainment was given a few
days ago by a Big Timber resident who laid down
a morning daily with the following apt remOrk;
well, they used to hang pictures of naked
women in the saloons. But they've gone out
of business, so the daily paper runs them now
Big Timber Pioneer.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-19
PRACTICAL REAsONS.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The disin-
clinatiOn of the president to intervene
in the coal dispute is not hard to I'M
derstand. In the first place he has
no pcwer to enforce any program be-
cause the suggestions Of the Federal
Coal commission have never been
enacted into law. It is to be doubted
if congress itself can effectively step
in. It could, Of course, provide for
the taking over OF naturalization of
the mines; but those who have wit
messed the absolute collapse Of that
program in Great Britain viii be
dubious about advising cur govern
ment to enter on q similar course.
The president could have a confer
ence such as Senator Copeland has
suggested, and which the senate has
adopted, but mere conversations which,
do not lead to a practical ending have
never appealed to the president.
There is also another side which Is
understood to be clear In his mind.
The net result of past attempts Of
the government to intervene has been
that the operators and miners have
! seized the opportunity under the eX-
cuse Of government eompulsiOn 20
compose their differences and agree
on new wage scales, the costs Of which
they have promptly passed on to the
consumers. In this case a determine
ton by the president that the white
house is not to be used as a center
from which the warning factions viii
broadcast a further increase in the
already extravaganza prices Of coal
can be understood.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-19
I. Il. Sears Business Manager

of a subject logically, developing new facts and
the perspectives of different viewpoints, are both
instructive and entertaining. But when verifi-
able statements draw in return nothing but I'M
supported denials, epithets, and childish charges,
disgust is the natural reaction. ApersOn assaled
by an old shrew with an unbridled tongue has
but one course-walk away and let her rave.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-19

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Amendment
Of the immigration law to admit ag-
ricultural laborers eff laborers Of the
kind cannot be found in this ccun-
try" is proposed in a bill by Repre-
sentative Vincent, Republican, Mich
igan. who says he has received re-
quests from the Middle West for ad-
mission Of more Mexican workers
ITO avert agricultural disaster
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-19

rided tariff board, not for the elm
nation Of the tariff, but for its in
crease, and the butter and cheese pro-
ducers Of the country, even at the
present time, are appealing for in
creased tariff protection from Eur
Opean dairy products.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-19

The Belgrade Journal complains that the pro-
tein test, as a wheat selling basis, leaves the
farmer without any idea as to the value Of his
crop. It does unless he has the state grain
laboratory make a test for him. That's what
the laboratory is for-to inform the farmer -
he may sell inteIligently and to best ADVANTAGE
knowledge so valuable should be worth a dollar.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-19

HObsOn-Three cream, poultry and
produce stations established here dur
ing 1925.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-19

It vas quite right to postpone that Europea5
disarmament conference until the various nations
could be gotten upon speaking terms.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-19

Whenever the Democrats prepare to make their
campaign on the tariff issue, it indicates tbat
they haven't much left to talk about.
The Washington times., 1926-12-08
Jerry Thompson Leads
Georgetown Football
Eleven In 1927

Gerald "Jerry" Thompson, Of
Mt. Vernon. N. Y, has been
chosen captain Of the George
town football team for 1927.
He is 3 junior in the school Of
arts and sciences.
Thompson was . track star.
speedy enough to force Charlie
Paddock to q new world record
for 220 yards, when he turned
out or the Hilltop eleven. His
fleetness at once attracted at-
tention and earned him . place
in the backfield.
The new captain-elect regis
tered the longest run from kick
off Of the past season when he
raced 80 yards for . touchdown
against Lebanon Valley. He Is
81 years old, stands 8 feet 3
inches and weighs $50 pounds.
The Washington times., 1926-12-08
McNAMAR-LINARI TEAM
IS LEADING BIKE RACE

NEW YORK, Dec. Swallowing
a series of sensational overnight
sprints. the team Of McNamar and
Linari had come UP out Of the
ruck and were leading the field by
a lap in the six-day bicycle race at
8 o'clock this morning. They had
covered 972 miles, eight laps,
against the record of 1929 miles.
one lap. made by Walthour and
Halstead in 1914.
Petri and Lands also had come
up from the rear to take second
place, sending Goosens and Stoke.
lynch. one of two leading teams
during preceding "a hours. into
| third place. two laps behind the
pace. Bello and Hill were four
laps behind, Winter and Stockholm
were distanced by five laps ano
McBeth and Grimm, the other lead
er of yesterday, had fallen six 'aps
behind. They were tied with Geor
getti and BeIloni, Wambst and
Lacquehay and Dinale and Bestetti.
The Washington times., 1926-12-08
Will Be Different

"HOSE members Of the 1926
Red Sox to hold over next
- year will find things much
different under Carrigan from
what they were under the slow
moving, slow-thinking. suave Lee
Foil. Carrigan is an almost ex-
act antithesis.
Where Fohl took defeats calm
ly, Carrigan will 90 down fight
ing, biting and snarling. Where
Foil could excuse players for
dumb work, Carrigan won't.
Where Foil could apparently be
content with a lowly berth, Carri-
gan may be counted upon to drive
his players half crazy in his eff
forts to push his team up among
the contenders.
Fohl's handling of his pitchers
earned him no laureIs in Cleve-
land, St. Louis or Boston. Right
there Carrigan sho";d work an
immediate improvement, for he ex.
celled in that department when he
was a winning manager Of the
Red Sox. He has several promis-
ing pitchers, too, who should i'm
The Washington times., 1926-12-08
CARDINALSSOON
PICK LEADER

Eighteen members of the Catholic
University Cardinals have been hon.
ored by receiving letters for their
good work on the gridiron this sea-
SON. A captain will be chosen sool
by the letter men.
Richard F. Murray, jr., Of New
manager of the 1927 eleven, with
Edward Mansfield. of New London
Conn, as assistant manager.
The C. u. letter men are Ray
Foley, Nick Manfreda, Bill Chields
Bill Harvey. Bill Linskey, Eddie La
Fond, Ray DuFour. Jim Carney
Tommy Smythe, Jim Schmidt. Ed
Geyer, Chick Hiener, Paul Saffo
Jack McGovern, Bill Connors. Joe
Tierney, Johnny Long, Bill Howell
and Manager John p. Dickinson.