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Nine Robberies, No Arrests.

Nine shops specializing in fashion
ahIe u,omsn's wear have been robbed
Of more than 100000 in dresses and
materials during the past few months
ThA thieves have worked system
aticallv to clean out the stocks OF
these stores. They have invariably
selected the best type Of shop to enter
and have shown a discerning taste in
what they stole. Their methods have
been almost identical in every case,
pointing to single gang Of profes-
sional burslaries. Yet. despite the
fact that the first Of these robberies
took place many months ago, the
public Is not aware that any progress
has been made by the police toward
catching the thieves or locating their
market for stolen goods.
Nine Identical robberies, and not a
single clue, 1t is not a record to
envy. The dresses and materials
have not vanished into thin air;
neither have they been very much
changed in appearance. They are
very probably reposing now in some
salesroom in Baltimore, Philadelphia
or New York, waiting TO be sold,
unless they have already been sold. It
lie safe to assume that as soon as
they were removed from Washington
by the gang they we're sold to a
fence" who, in turn, disposed OF
them to either a legitimate store or
some shady merchant.
The public would like very much
to know just what has been done by
the police. Have known fences" in
other cities been investigated and
checked? Has any general lookout
been posted for the missing clothes
or materials? Have the police taken
the necessary precautions to avoid
continuance of these depredations?
Are any of this type OF store in
Washington now being guarded, SO
thar if this gans tries again, the
chances of arrest are enhanced? In
short, has anything been done?
| II these robberies had been widely
scattered over a period of years, OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-23
Mag Mercifnl Shirt

Texas changed governors the other
day, when Mrs. Ferguson stepped
down from that ONCE and Dan Moody
took 1t. That was not the close Of
the Ferguson episode however. for
now comes the report of a special
committee Of the State Legislature
which has lately been investigating
the various state departments under
the ma and Pa" regime, and it is of
q nature to arouse Texas and greatly
TO interest the country at large. This
investigation followed the filing of
charges some months ago, when the
impeachment Of the woman governor
was sought. The fact that 1t was not
presented until after the change
occurred may be significant.
According to this report, Mrs
Ferguson was governor only in name
The actual power rested with her
husband, who Is now accused of vir.
tually usurpink the powers of the
ONCE and OF making his position a
source Of financial profit to himself.
The committee charges that Jim"
Ferguson, who was himself impeached
as governor in 1917, squandered mil
lions of dollars of State highway
funds, took tribute from contract
seekers, and was responsible for the
'indiscriminate and superliberal" par
don policy, all of which his wife
sanctioned.
II ia pointed out that nothing can
he done about this matter. The fact
that the governors husband was
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private citizen places him beyond the
pale of the law. He cannot be prose
cuted. His wife. having left the office.
cannot be impeached. There is no
statute against the usurpation OF a
public Office by a citizen. Otherwise
indictments might follow.
The story of the pardons granted
by Gov Ferguson during her term of
Office has been told before. The in.
vostigating committee does not say
that all of the clemencies were not
but it asserts that ma ny
Of them were. It points out that men
guilty Of every crime were restored to
and some criminals were
pardoned even before they had reached
the penitentiary, some being freed
while on bail Immediately after the
failure of their appeals
Here is what Pa" Ferguson SAYS
of Ma 8" pardon record:
My wife issued about $500 proclama-
tions of clemency. The three COVER
nors up to Gov. Neff's term had issued
about $500 each. Gov. Neff fell down
and issued about 1000 pardons. My
wife had TO make up for this slack
ness, and she realized that many per
sons ought to have been out Of the
years before. She may
have made mistakes, but they were on
the side of mercy.
In view of the legislative commit
tees finding that it was actually
Jim" who did the pardoning, he is at
least gallant in his attribution of a
disposition to his wife.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-23
MEN AND AFFAIRS
BY ROBERT T. SMALL.

Ma" Ferguson during her two
years as governor of the great com
monwealth of Texas made deter
mined effort to lift from the memoried
brow Of Abraham Lincoln the title Of
the Great Emancipation. Lincoln
freed the black slaves MA" let the
Jail out. Her record of more than
$500 clemency proclamations in the
brief span OF "a months Is likely to
stand for all time.
There were fewer than $500 pris
Oners In the "hoosegowS" Of Texas
when Ma" took office. Toward the
end of her reign the courts quit sen.
fencing convicted criminals. Ma
was letting them out faster than the
Judges could put them in, all OF which
il in more or less violent conflict with
the views of Mr.. Chief Justice Taft
who cites abuse of the pardon and pa
role systems as one Of the rea sons for
the seriousness OF the crime situation
in the United States.
AS she laid down the reins of office
Ma" challenged all her political enc
mics and she said there were plenty
Of them-to cite a single pardon or
commute ton in which her clemency
was not justified. No one took up the
challenge. II was several days after
clerical force at the capitol could
catch up with the final batch.
The scenes outside the governors
Office during that last pardon rush were
pitiful. and tears came TO many a
hardened Texas eye. The word hav-
ing gone forward that Ma" was in y
pardoninG mood as the last days Of
her term appeared. there was wild
scra mhle OF wives and mothers and
fathers of convicts to make a plea for
those behind the bars.
One old couple drove all the way
from South Dakota in Ford autOmo-
bile to try To save their boy. A young
mother with a baby rode from Ohio
in the day coaches tn try to rescue
ller husban nd. He had escaped little
more than year ago after having
been sentenced for passine a bad
check. He had gone to Ohio and mar
ried. One day man from Texas 50 ~
him. He was brought back to the
penitentiary. The girl waited for days
to see Ma" At last she got in. MA ="
made few inquiries.
Co she said, and take your hus-
band with you"
Mas clemency was extended to
all alike. Men accused of murder. of
criminal assa tllt, forgery. arson, high
way robbery. all found asylum in her
executive court of mercy. MA" ruth
lessly set aside the sentences Of the
learned justices Of the bench.
This boy has suffered enough" she
wrote of a lad of II years who had
served years Of 9s-year sentence
for holding up young boy and girl.
robbinK the boy and attacking the
girl. 4 companion of the boy in crime
was not prosecuted. MA" found that
a further excuse for clemency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-23
MAPS FOR AVIATORS
BY FREDERIC J. H4SKfN.

proved, until last year not a single
wreck was reported
a study Of earthquakes is being
made by the SUI vey, so that these
may be accurately predicted in order
that people in the area so affected
may he warned. 1t lie, of course. i'm.
possible TO prevent such phenomena
but people may be given some notice
or an impending shock. so that thev
may be prepared. With respect to
TINS, Col. Jones Is particularly earnest
In urging people to build their houses
with due regard to their ability to
Withstand such shocks.
One might go on indefinitely telling
OF the wonderful and often thrilling
work Of this organization. As one
official has said, Almost any question.
FOOLISH or otherwise, involving any Of
the material sciences-astronom ce.
ology, mathematics, hydrosra phv.
seismology ct al-can be answered
by some one of the scientists in this
bureau" The best part Of it is that
these scientists seem able to put into
actual use their scientific theories,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-23
RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT.
"Jnd0e righteous Judgment
John. Uii2t.

"Judoe righteous Judgment, st.
John. Uii24,
Balanced and fair judgment is
rare thing in our age and gener
alton. Unfair Judgment issuing in
unfair criticism and condemnation
Ia All too common among us. When
the great Master was delivering His
sermon which is given in extenso
in the Gospel, He dwelt with care
upon the matter of fair and gener-
Gus Judgment. In the course of this
momentous utterance He said, Judge
not according to the appearance
hut judge righteous Judgment" In
another place He spoke of the dan
ger of unduly magnifyina the mote In
a brothers eye, forgetting the while
the beam In ones own eye. His
whole attitude toward men was one
OF large generosity. IN one Of His
beatitudes He says. Blessed are
the merciful; for they shall obtain
mercy" and in speaking of those
who are the victims Of persecution
and false accusation He declares that
they are to be assured by the con-
seriousness that they but share the
experience of the Prophets that have
gone before. Not an incident in
I1lS ministry Dut tie 0lSClOSed, even
TO those openly convicted of sin, the
spirit of supreme -gentleness and
generosity.
Much. If not most of the misery
we experience in life comes from
misundersta nding. deliberate or other;
unfair judgment. unjust criticism
or impugned motives. Many a
man or woman has gone down in
the battle of life with nothing to
sustain them saving their own con-
sciousness of innocence. 1t Is amaz
ing how, through innuendo or whis.
pered ungenerous Judgment. the fires
of condemnation are kindled and
spread, until the fairest name is shad-
owed and besmirched No one' is i'm
n1une to this experience. Some time,
somewhere. it seems to touch the lives
of one and all. No one Is too pure,
no one too honest, no one too self
sacrificing to suffer from the word of
ungenerous uniformed and unjust
judgment. It runs its gamut from
the most exalted to the most lowly.
from the man seeking with utter
conservation in public office to serve
the general good to the lonely mother
who, in the seclusion of her home,
gives all that she has of heart and
mind to the safeguarding of those
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Destitute families led Ma" FerRu.
son 10 many Of her pardons. In one
case she wrote. III the prisoner Ia not
released his family will have TO beg.
steal or starve.'
Because he was tool of higher.
ups got liquor peddler a pardon.
Evidently sensitive over the criticism
Of some of her pardons. Ma" took oc-
ca sion to express herself rather plainly
at times. In letting Il man convicted
NJ wife murder 0u' ~ the penltentiary
she wrote He has served 4 years
for the State as good blacksmith.
doing az much work as an average
convict would do In 10
This was evidently the primary rea
son. but. az sort OF afterthouEht.
Ma" adds, and because the case
shows that the killing Of the defend
ants wife was accidental
In psrdoning French citizen some
time ago Ma" grew quite grandilo-
quent. She said the republic Of the
United States. acting through the
grand old state Of Texas, was proud
TO restore to her sister republic of
France one Of her brave sons. Jean
Baptistk. or whatever his name hap
pened to he. She also said something
to Lafayette. Ma" ran the entire
Eamut. from internal amenities to real
heart throbs. Like Nathan Hale. who
srleved that he had hut one life TO
give to his country. Ma" Ferguson
Is sorry she had only two years to de-
vote to her perdons
Texas today retains much Of the
color and many Of the customs and
forms Of the oldeu times. The oath
OF office taken by her public servants
ia redoleut Of the inhibittons Of tire
days when men were men. but when
the state was trying to break these
red blooded creatures Of some OF their
bad habits
Dan Moody. youthful red head. now
the Lone Star executive, grinned
broadly when he swors:
II do further solemnly swear that
since the adoption Of the constitution
of this state. l. being a citizen Of this
State, have not fought a duel with
deadly weapons. within this State nor
out Of II, nor have sent or accepted
a challenge to fight a duel with deadly
weapons, nor have | acted az second
in carrying A challenge or aided, ad-
vised or assisted any person thus Of
Tending"
Getting your goat is q healthy and
wealthy occupation down in Texas
particularly II your goat happens to
be an Angora. The goat owners and
breeders Of America recently held
their convention IN Texas, and de-
clared that times never had been bet
ter in the industry. Texas and Oregon
are the two leading goat States In the
| Union. The Angoras yield a hne clip
for the making Of r1ohuir.
tCouvriEht. 1879
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-23

of America we find children who have
inherited strong intellectual. physical
and moral characteristics, as we'll as
those who have inherited weak intel
lectual physical and moral qualities.
It is the problem of education. first. to
ascertain what these qualities are,
and second. to organize the educa-
tional program of the schools in such
manner as to develop and strength.
en- the desirable inherited character.
istics, to straightforward improve those
that are weak and to repress the de
velopment of those that are undesir-
able. The educative process becomes
a matter of combining the forces of
''nautre" as represented by heredity
and the forces of nurture as repre-.
sented by environment to the best
purposes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-23
SHOOTING STARS.
tJnknowing,

Chknowing.
Why do the roses fade?
] dunno.
Why are great minds afraid
Strength to show?
why do planets f1y
Yonder in the sky?
Here's the same reply
] dunno
Why do the robins sing?
dunno.
Why do we welcome Spring,
All aglow?
In quest Of mortal bliss,
When various things we miss,
The answers always this:
! dunno.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-23
Washington's Hospital Center.


this city of a great medical center
and hospital was taken yesterday
when an agreement was signed by
the trustees of three institutions for
an amalgamation OF Garfield Hospital,
George Washington University Hos
pital and the Washington Home for
Foundlings. Negotiations for this ac
complishment have been in progress
for some time. Difficulties and OBJ
staeles were in the way. but even
tually they have been surmounted
and finally a merger was effected that
promises rich results for the com
ndunity and greatly benefits all the
institutions that are now to be
brought into one organization.
BY this arrangement, effected
through mutual sacrifices for the
sake Of the betterments to be gained
through amalgamation, without de-
struction of their separate corporate
identities, each of the affiliated insti-
tutions is assured of a larger scope
Of usefulness, and the whole becomes
q hospital center which may. in the
course of few years, grow through
development and perhaps through
further additions and accessions into
one Of the largest in this country.
GARFIELD Hospital gains direct and
helpful association with an important
medical college and is assured of an
increased use of its accommodations
by the arialsamation with the George
Washington University Hospital. The
latter hospital, now inadequately
housed and equipped through lack of
Immediately available resources. will
be enabled to contribute to the medi-
cal school development through the
funds raised by the eventual sale Of
its present property, which is of great
value, and the application OF the yield
Of that sale to the erection of the
new home Of the educational branch
of the hospital center. Both Of these
institutions gain access TO and use of
the projected cancer research labora-
tories and hospital. endowed by rich
bedueet to the washington Home for
FoundlinEs. And finally, that last
named institution becomes part of
great hospital organisation. to its own
material advantage. a@a~ @
Together with these gains TO the in.
stitutions included in the merger. the
community benefits greatly through
the Strengthening of the medical re-
search and hospital facilities of
Warrington. With this combination
the Capital becomes strongly equip
ped in the fight against disease. The
other hospitals Of the city will con-
tirue their own work, serving capably
and progressively in their own fields.
Recently two of them have merged,
the Emergency and the Casualty, and
they are doing exceptionally valuable
work under their united adn1inistra.
ton. The other institutions may pre-
fer to remain individual In organisa-
ton. preserving their identities under
their nonored names
This great medical and hospital
center, with an active and well ad-
rninistered medical school directly at
tAched, is the result Of endeavors for
which Washington should give
thanks. All of those concerned in the
merger, who have so skillfully solved
the dificult problems incident to the
araAlgamation, have won praise for
their service TO the Capital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-23

Mascakni wants to forbid artists to
leave their native land in response TO
the lure of American gold. Italy no
longer enjoys a comparative monopoly
Of music. This country has developed
great singers Of It's own who may ana
encouragement in the lack Of compe-
tition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-23

The era when the United States
Senate was sarcastically referred to
ae a 'nillionaires club is ancient
history. In counting campaign funds
q bari of money is now figured as
excess baggage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-23

An undiscouraged democracy still
en lows A wealth of craftsmanship that
regards a presidential nomination as
worth working for.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-23

The argument about evolution still
goes on fiercely without causing any
body to change his mind. Most argu.
ments represent clash Of fixed ideas
descending as heirlooms.
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Ages.

Don't ycu sometimes wish you
were young again."
mo" answered Senator Sorghum.
II have been reading the papers. A
man can be just as foolish and highty
at thirty as he can At sixty"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-23

From the Toledo Blade
Scientists are doing a great work,
telling us many startling things we
have to believe because we do not
know enough to contradict them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-23

Film comedian involved In tax com
plications is forbidden to sail for Eu-
rome. He will have to see America
frst"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-23

Some Of the most brilliant fnanciers
share the hard luck Of the ordinary
citizen and become a little confused
in filling out an income tax blank.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-23
An Educational Process.

From the Savannah Press.
There is one thing about this trouble
to the south of US we are all learn
ing again to spell Nicaragua without
hesitation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-23

~Ae Evening star with the Sunday morn
ING edition is delivered nv carriers within
We city Of 90 cents per month: dsilS only:
40 cents per month Sundays only, 20 cents
per month Orders may be cent by mail or
telephone Main 5000. Collection is made by
carrier at end of each month
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Truth With fliscretinn.

George Washington was truthful
And yet held his position.
He was in days more youthful
A derngood politician
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-23
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

Mr.. Watterson's plan to muster
100 900 peaceful Democrats at the
Federal Capital to de.
Democratic mand a fair count, ;"
p~....4. says The Star Of Jan
1Eotests' uary Is. 1871. does not
receive much favor from the Demo
cratic press. That thoughtful. solid
old conservative paper, the New York
Journal Of Commerce, declares the
proporsition to be most unwise. in
judicious and directly calculated to de-
feat the end at which ii aims 1t
points out that this is game two can
play at; that If there is any possibility
that the Democrats will assemble in
great numbers al Washington on the
14th of February to exert moral
power on Congress. the Republican s
can easily counterbalance and neutral
ize their efforts by putting Toe. 900 men
of their own in the same field of
peaceful contest. That, moreover.
the mastering of so many partisans.
representing as they inevitably would
the most heated and irrational ele-
ments of the two parties. would prob
ably lead to deplorable disturbances
requiring the Intervention of the po-
lice or the Federal troops
For the same reasons that paper
expresses the hope that the National
Democratic Committee will show its
good sense by declining to call the
proposed national convention to meet
at Washington February IL. This
IL says, is evidently a part of the
plan for concentrat ting a great mass
of Democrats at the Capital for OBJ
iects hest known to the projectors 1t
is highly Objectionable for the reason
we have already given. No meeting
Of either party held since the presi-
DENTAL election has done aueht but
injury to its own cause. and such
convention held at shington on the
eve Of the counting day would only
make matters worse for the Demo
Gratis themselves"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-23

Modern Inventions" said Hi Ho,
the sage of Chinatown, enable us
to become instantly aware of large
number Of things which do not par
ticulArly interest us"
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Plea for New
Library.

gress to the subject of the construc-
ton Of new Library building. He says
that the injury to the books. bound in
newspapers. and objects of art which
are piled up, unprovided with shelves
or room. is constantly increasing with
every addition. while the difficulties
and embarra ssments attending the ad-
miristration OF the Library and the
large copyright business of the coun-
try within such narrow quarters are
such as would not be tolerated for a
single season in any first class bust
ness house in any city of the country.
The Joint committee of the Library
fully concur with the Librarian that
some provision should he made as
soon as possible for the large and
valuable collection of volumes for
which there is no place on the shelves
of the present Library. and would
have urged the erection of a new
building last session had there been
any prospect whatever of favorable
action on their recommendation. This
session the prospect for an appropria
ton is much more encouraging than
asst Winter. and ii is TO be hoped the
committee will insist on suitable pro-
vision for the volumes in question.
The Library receives yearly additions
of from 10000 to 20, 900. Last year
1900 new volumes were added to the
collection. making the total number
of volumes In the Library al ,097. and
of pamphlets 100 600 A large pro.
portion of these books and pamphlets
must necessarily he piled up on the
floor, there being no room for them
on the shelves of the Library"
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