Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-22

Alien smuggling across the borders
is diminishing, and the smuggling Of
aliens, liquor and dope by airplane,
which has been carried on extensively
between Mexico and southern Cali
fornia, has been checked. This is the
conclusion of Assistant Secretary of
Labor Carl r. White, who has just
returned to Washington after a six
week survey of conditions along
both the Northern and Southern bor-
ders. Incidentally it appears that Mr.
OF the immigration Service Border
Patrol for airplanes with which to
guard the air routes of the border
smugglers. The close cooperation Of
the Army and the Navy with the
border patrol makes separate airplane
equipment for the immigration Serv-
ice Patrol unnecessary at this time,
in his opinion. He accompanied a
subcommittee of the House appro-
priations committee, which toured the
country starting at New York. pro.
ceeding to New England, then to the
Pacific Coast along the Canadian
border and back to the Eastern sea.
board, via the Southern border, taking
a closeup view of the activities of the
Federal service, immigration, SNUG.
Cling and prohibition enforcement.
The congressional members of the
party included Milton w. Shreve Of
Pennsylvania, Anthony j. Griffin Of
New York and William B. Oliver Of
Alabama.
The trite saying, "A prophet Is not
without honor save in his own coun-
try" applies to Senator Moses Of New
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ago that the President would not be
a candidate in 1928. and at that time
was all alone in that prophecy. 1t
was Moses who let the public into the
secret of President Wilson's serious
condition toward the close of the lat.
ter's administration. The New Hamp-
shire Senator was scoffed at and the
Presidents physician, Rear Admiral
Cary T. Grayson, scornfully inquired
II Moses was a doctor, that he could
diagnose Mr.. Wilson's case. II am
just as good a doctor as Grayson is
a rear admiral" shot back Moses
with that grin which arouses the ire
of his opponents. Two years ago,
after his return from Europe, Sen
ator Moses declared that the United
States had about the same chance
of collecting the French war debt as
| a cellulOid dog would have to catch
| rabbit in Hades. And his pungent
characterization of the Volstead act
| as a "jackass" law may rank with
| that famous remark of Gen. Sherman
| about war.
Two pithy statements culled from
current news dispatches are worthy
of greater permanence than is usually
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and comment which crowd a news
| paper. John w. Davis, the Demo
cratic standard bearer in 1924, arriv.
ing home from Europe and interview.
ed as to politics, said. "A Democrat
Is always filled with hope. II he were
not, he would not be good Demo.
crat." Gen. Hartford, addressing the
Iowa Legion and advising keeping
| a political eye on those two lads
Secretary of War Dwight F. Davis
and his understudy, Assistant Score.
tary Hanford MacNider-said, Both
are long way under so. both wear.
ers of the Distinguished Service Cross
won on the western 'front.' both spoke
English until they went to Harvard,
and they can still be understood"
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/ The United States Army Band.
which Is stationed at Washington Bar.
racks and Is the new rival Of the re.
nowned Marine Band, will make the
first public concert tour in it's history
next Winter. visiting Philadelphia,
New York, Boston and other Eastern
cities. Official announcement to this
effect has just been made by Capt,
William j. Stannard, the conductor.
The band Is already known to millions
Of the radio audience, for 1t has been
on the air more often than any other
musical organization. 1t is an out.
growth of the famous A. E. +. band
which Gen. Pershing organized in
France. This disintegrated after the
armistice, but Pershing, on his return
to Washington as chief of staff, fos'
tered the organization of peace-time
Army Band to rank with any in the