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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03

A dispatch from London describes
q new wrinkle in British campaigning
In order to save their voices and to
avoid hecklers politicians are address.
Ing their constituents by ''phonofilms, -
motion pictures accompanied by vocal
reproductions. Thus the words of wis.
dom fall upon the ears Of the con.
stituents to the accompaniment of
gestures and facial expressions. Such
speech cannot be interrupted by
rude questions. II anything is thrown
at the speaker no damage Ia done ex.
cept to a linen sheet or q whitened
wall. The report Is that this new idea
in electioneerins Is becoming popular
and 1t may be that the next general
election will find most Of the campaign
oratory delivered by proxy.
In this country the radio has been
used somewhat for campaign work,
and probably during the coming year
when President Is chosen the air will
be vibrant with political talks. Pos.
sibiy by that time the device for pic.
torial transmission synchronixing with
the radio will have been perfected so
that the actual voice Of the speaker
will be accompanied by public repre-
sentation Of his face and form In the
act OF delivery.
But a mechanical campaigner IL
not to be regarded as a sufiicient sub.
stitute for the spellbinder in person.
1t is hard for the crowd to become
enthused over a film or a canned"
voice. II campaigning 10 to be based
solely on appeals to the reason of
the people perhaps the Photographic
and Photographic radio method will
serve. But everybody knows that the
real effort Of the political stump speak.
er Is to arouse the emotions Of the
crowd. Reason 10 q secondary consider
alton. The little matter Of protection
'or the speaker from heckiing and other
attentions unpleasant in character IL
hardly to be weighed against the ad.
vantage Of the personal contact, the
direct appeal. the influence Of the
melodious, vibrant voice uncontami.
mated by mechanism. A campaign
speech by phonofilm 10 at best a sec.
ond.hand performance. and must leave
the hearers cold.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03

Now the wisdom of young Col. Lind.
bergh begins to sink in. His landing
in Paris was the signal for An out.
break Of prophesying such as the
country has seldom witnessed before.
Carried away by the enthusiasm Of
the moment, prophets at once set
about predicting for the immediate
future transatlantic air liners. cabins
laden with hurried business men. tax.
ing off from New York twice daily for
Paris and points east. But Col. Lind.
bergh shook his head. Not within
the next year. or the next he kept
saying. will we have regularly estab.
lished transatlantic flying. It is some.
thing that will come, but not tomor.
row. Then Chamberlin and Levine,
flying to Berlin. lost their way over
Germany and missed their mark.
Next, Comdr. Byrd and his heroic
crew. flying easily the distance to
their goal, are entangled in a fog and
only by skillful maneuvering are they
able to come out Of the darkness Of
the storm with their lives. landing
in the ocean and smashing their
plane.
More than anything else. Byrd has
demonstrated the necessity for mas.
terry of the obstacles thrown up by
the elements before long-distance fly
ing. with any degree of safety and
sureness, can be accomplished. He
had the motors to carry him great
distances. His plane could lift the
fuel to feed those motors. His radio
kept his feet, iguratively. on the
ground. But all these counted little
when a stormy night cut of his view
Of the earth. He could ask those be.
low where he was. but their helpless
answer was: ''Tell US where you are,
and we'll tell you where you are
questions and answers which followed
each other around in a circle.
Science has given the airman a
plane that win ride the clouds and
storms. motors that will pull the
plane long distances. lifting power that
will carry enormous loads. and voice
that will allow him to talk with those
below as he scars above. What science
must give him now Is an infallfble
air map; instruments and equipment
to keep him on q sure path, enabling
him to follow It through the black.
ness Of night or the impenetrable gray
Of heavy fog. Such instruments will
come. and in the future planes viii
lift their passengers and soar away
through storms and darkness, with
the chances Of losing their way re.
duced to a, minimum. But not to.
morrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03

The number OF corporations which en-.
joyed net income increased Is. Gas.
considering all corporations, the
percentage OF net profit to total re.
ceipts after deducting tax was see in
1925, in contrast with AGA the wear
Immediately preceding.
Inc corporation income tax rate
which applied to payments last wear
was one'half OF / per cent greater
than the year before. In 1925 the
corporation income tax brought sssI ;.
94s.Voo into the Federal Treasury.
Last year corporations paid Uncle
sam $l,170.sS1.000 In income taxes.
rms increase OF $2SS.7s1 900 dwarfs
increase in the rate would about
make up Tor the loss of revenue
through elimination Of the capital
stock tax. which in the last year Of
It's operation brought in about
What the corporations will nav
Uncle Sam this year on their incomes
or 1925 may be imagined when Il IS
considered that the rate OF taxation
this year Is up another half of / per
cent to total Of 1914 per cent on
net incomes. The country's corpora.
tons last year paid the highest az.
St0Sdtc TAX SiuCe 1917, which was
the last year Of any considerable paw
ments OF war profits and excess
profits taxes. On income tax alone
payments by corporations exceeded
any other year without exception.
Cash dividends aggregating S..
1S9.000,000 were distributed by cor.
porations in 1925, the record dis.
closes. in contrast with $4,ss8, 900, 900
in 1924. In addition. the corpora.
tons distributed stock dividends to.
falling $4,000. 900. as compared with
$50, 000, 900 in 1924.
If any one still believes the people
generally are not concerned in the
question Of reduction Of the corpora.
ton income tax rate Il may be well
to consider that last years records
show that 1871 per cent OF the in.
come shown by Individual returns
was attributed to dividends and that
the dividends thus reported aggre-
gated $3.46S 200. 900. Returns for
1924 income showed 1926 per cent
Of the income Of individuals &C.
counted for by dividends aggregating
$3.50, 200, 900.
(Copyright. 1917
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03

This time Paris seems to have
failed.
Giver Of fashions to the feminine
world, the great capital across the
sea has been forced to confess failure
in an effort to reform" mems
clothing.
Men are obdurate, 1t seems, when
1t comes to dress. There may have
been a time, a. century or 30 ago
when masculine personalities wore
lace and frills and gayly colored
suits.
Tailors over there thought they
could bring those styles back again
went in heavily on q program OF
ceremonial knee pants; finally gave
it up in disgust.
Parisians would have none Of 1t.
AS a last gesture. fabric carna-
tions and such like are being in.
serted in buttonhoies, but these, too
will pass away. There can be nc
doubt Of IL.
Men are satisfied with their clothes
They do not want to be perpetually
changing them.
Even the lordly knickerbocker Ii
giving away to the plus fours." thai
somewhat craven admission of golfers
that they lack confidence in theiE
legs.
Let the ladies strut in their silker
stockings-men willingly wear DARK
suits. A bright necktie is about al
far as gentlemen care to go In thu
color line. They are satisfied with
somberness.
Tush on artificial flowers!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03

Isaiah. lxii.1-"For lions sake I
will hold my peace, and for Jesusa-
lem's sake I will not rest, until the
righteousness thereof go forth as
brightness, and the salvation as a
lamp that burneth."
"I was born an American: 1 live an
American; I shall die an American,
and l intend to perform the duties
incumbent upon me in that character
to the end of my career" So said
Daniel Webster. 1t was the strong
expression of one who loved his coun.
try to the limit of his powers. Not
that he loved the world less, but
America more. 1t is obviously clear
that within a generation the ties that
bind people and races together have
been 81 eatly intensified. 1t Is literally
true that this old globe of ours has
shrunk to such an extent that what is
happening on one side of it TODAY is
transmitted with the speed of light
itself to every part of it in almost an
instant OF time. No one is disposed to
doubt or question the wisdom of EN-.
phasizing that brotherhood of man.
kind that has long been a sentiment
and little more.
There is a fellowship of world
peoples today Of which the supreme
exponent is the Great Master. His
second great command was: Thou
shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."
No one who has a right understanding
OF the growing intimacy between the
nations Of the world disparages that
fraternity of interests that must ulti-
mately effect a better UNDERSTANDING
ana hence a universal peace. All Of
this does not In any sense imply less
devotion to those peculiar ideals and
traditions for which we as a nation
stand. It is not probable that we are
approaching some kind of a universal
merger, and those who advocate a
form OF internationalism that effaces
those peculiar distinctions that inhere
IN races and peoples are reckoning
without an adequate knowledge of
those backgrounds and influences that
conspire to lend both distinction and
greatness to national life. The aver
age or us Is altogether too insular to
think In terms other than those of
the community in which we live. This
form of insularity we may properly
deprecate. On the other hand, to en-
courage what we call national spirit
Is both desirable and indispensable.
A Christian expression of our ma
tional obligations must lead us to
think less of our own wealth and i'm
portance. or, indeed, Of our self-suffi.
cheney, and compel us to think in
terms of our obligation to the larger
world Of which we form a part. What
can we OF America do and contribute
to enrich the world and to effect
better understanding among its races
and peoples? Surely we shall not
accomplish much by boasting of our
wealth or our Importance. In spite
OF all that is said to the contrary,
we still believe that we have ideals
and convictions that EXPRESSED In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03
Borah Predicts Coolidge in '2s.

From far.oft Idaho comes the word
that Senator Borah expects the Re.
publican party to renominate Presi.
dent Coolidge. This makes the ex-
pectation almost unanimous. At his
home in Boise the chairman of the
Senate foreign relations committee
gave out an interview. in which he
said he found the opinion general. as
he Travelled across the country from
Washington, that Coolidge would be
the standard bearer OF the G. o. P.
next year.
. Apparently Senator Borah has come
to the conclusion that the anti-third-
term issue 10 not likely to prove a
stumbling block to the Presidents
denomination after all. Nor will the
use OF worms to catch trout, over
which the Senator held up his hands
in horror, affect the chances of the
President.
So many Republican leaders have
voiced the opinion that Mr.. Coolidge
would be the choice of his party in
1928 that one more expression Of such
opinion merely adds to the chorus.
The opinion OF Senator Borah, how
ever, il not without weight. Borah
Of the liberal tendencies. Borah. who
has opposed the administration In Its
foreign policy in Russia, Nicaragua
and Mexico. has remained rather an
unknown quantity when it came to
picking the 1928 Republican candidate
for President. But Senator Borah has
reached the conclusion, apparently
that the only thing which can stor
!, the onward march OF Mr.. Coolidge
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03
Income Tax Returns
Disclose Prosperity
BY HARDEN COLFAX.

A fascinating story Of business ad.
vancement is disclosed by analysis of
the statistics Of incomes filed last
year with Uncle Sam, which were
made public by the Internal Revenue
Bureau last week. These figures ap-
ply to incomes received during the
calendar year 1925. With 1925 admit
tedly a more prosperous year than its
immediate predecessor, the returns
filed during the present year, covering
1925 operations, probably will show
an even greater advance.
1t Is remarkable in itself that while
approximately 100000 fewer indi-
viduals fled income tax returns with
Uncle Sam last year than in the year
before. owing to exemptions brought
about by changes in the revenue act.
the tax paid by the smaller number
was $30.000,O00 greater than the year
before.
But the most interesting story per-
haps Is found in an analysis and COM
parison Of the corporation income tax
returns.
Corporations in 1925, as disclosed by
their returns filed last year, enjoyed
gross incomes more than 10 per cent
greater than in 1924 and net incomes
slightly more than 26 per cent greater.
The gross income Of all corporations
in 1925 Is shown to have been the
mouth-filling sum of $136, 191, 000. 900,
a total sufficient to stasger the imag-
ination. This is an increase Of $751;
$4,000, 900 over gross income In 1924
and the largest OF any year since
Uncle Sam has had an income tax
law.
Net incomes Of corporations in 1925
are shown to have been $9.5S3, 900 900,
a not entirely modest increase Of 81.
997.000,0 900 over the preceding year,
and the largest on record with the
exception OF 1917.
Taking the unfortunate corporations
which failed to show net income In
1925, there 10 a reduction OF 1924 In
their number and q decrease of $751;.
600, 900 in their aggregate deficits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Aspirations.
We used to hike along the land
In days gone by.
Ambitions splendidiy expand.
We want to fly.
We used to paddle a canoe
Our skill to try.
Such small diversions Will not do.
We want to fly.
At present we are looking sharp
For heavenly things.
We murmur. Never mind the harp.
We've got the wings"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03

Plans for another yacht race may
have to be postponed by Sir Thomas
Upton until the general public can be
persuaded to look at sail boats instead
OF searching the sky for airpla Ines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03

BattIeships are expensive toys. Only
very rich nations should, In ordinary
economies. be regarded 40 able to af.
ford them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03

It 10 now cynically feared by some
students of naval ratio that a few OF
the delegates to the Washington con-
ference came simply to look at the
decorations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03

The law Of averages works hard.
ship when 1t requires a comedian to
be sufficiently saddened in real life Ia
make up for his fun on the screen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03

President Coolidge cannot possibly
be expected to catch fish as fast as
q motion picture machine can operate
ito convey events Of the sport.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03

+ The aviator with a rubber boat
offers q tacit reproof to the reckless
canoeist. II life must be risked, It
may at least be risked for something
worth while.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03

mo news Ia good news" In the
absence Of detailed reports It may be
assumed that President Coolidge is
still catching Ash.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03

A town without a landing field may
ind itself almost as much behind the
times as q town without a base ball
ground.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03

The weather Is still topic for much
Idle conversation. Among flying men
1t becomes a more and more serious
subject.
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individual Enforcement.

individual Enforcement.
"Are you q wet or a 'dry'?"
I'm tired OF trying to answer that
question:" said Senator Sorghum. II
will 80 30 far az to say that I am
heartily in favor Of the citizen who
disapproves Of drinking to the extent
Of refusing to indulge personally"
Jud Tunkins says every doctor ad.
vises spinach. but he never knew one
who ate It.
Tragedy Averted.
The airplane's flight must face the
strife
Mid weather stress,
And IL no one has lost his life,
It's q success.
Sarcasm.
"Your observations are often sar.
castle"
I'm afraid So" answered Miss
Cayenne. "a sarcasm is often q timid
effort to convey a truth without risk.
Ing embarrassment that might result
from q blunt expression"
"a great man." said HI Ho. the
sage Of Chinatown. "is the product Of
the imagination Of his public"
Endorsements.
Upon his monument we wrote
A phrase which men with feeling
quote.
Endorsements on his tomb we view
Which were denied his "IOU."
IT'S willin' to set into dis sky
travel" said Uncle Eben. "But fob de
! present rs g'ineter be satisfied 10 con-
duet de elevator In high bpildin:."
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03

Jud Tunkins says every doctor ad.
vises spinach. but he never knew one
who ate It.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03

"I's willin' to get into dis sky
travel" said Uncle Eben. "But fob de
present rs gineter be satisfied 10 con-
duet de elevator la a high bpildin'."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03
Tragedy Averted.


"a great man." said Hi Ho. the
sage Of Chinatown. "is the product Of
the imagination Of his public"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03
Inducements.

Upon his monument we wrote
A. phrase which men with feeling
quote.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03

On the 18th Of June, 1877. collision
occurred on the Baltimore & Ohio Rail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03

Endorsements on his tomb we view
Which were denied his "IOU."
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carloads Of blankets and cots and a
carload Of Army mess kits.
The Arkansas death list today stood
at 119, having been increased over
night by the drowning of three
negroes near England, the deaths of
two others from exposure and the find
ing Of the floating bodies Of two white
men in backwater near Forrest City.
Evening star., 1927-04-30

| continued from FIRST Fage.)
! Mr.. Coolidge manifested deep interest
| in the subject and appeared anxious
/ to do everything in his power as
| executive head of the Government. He
said he found the President genuinely
sympathetic.
1--WE of the stricken area" Senator
Harrison said, "are extremely grateful
for the sympathetic way that the
President and those Of his administra-
tion have handled the flood situation
up to the present. 1t is my personal
opinion from close contact with the
various Federal agencies extending aid
to the sufferers that the Federal Gov
ernment is doing everything that is
| humanity possible to bring relief to the
flooded districts
No Extra Session Needed.
'In view of the sympathetic dispo-
sition of the administration and the
manner in which the conditions are
being taken care of at this time sole
ly on the ground Of relieving the food
situation, there is no need for an extra
session of Congress.
The flood situations cannot be ex-
aggerated, following the recession of
the flood waters when the danger
itself is passed; then, in my opinion,
viii be the greatest need for substan-
tial Federal relief. There will be mil
lions of farmers who have already
planted crops and have lost them.
They have had several bad years.
They viii hardly be able to get credit
to buy seed for the purpose of carry
ing themselves over during the plant
ing and harvest periods. Credit will
be necessary. If the Congress were
in session there could be some loosen
ing up of the Federal reserve act, the
Federal farm loan act, the interme-
dlate credit system, or appropriations
could be made out of the Treasury to
meet the situation
Il cinserely hope that the financiers
OF the country, as a whole, can work
out some plan that will meet the sit
uatlon and solve the problem. If it
cannot be done that way it may be
necessary for an extra session of Con-
gress to be called"
Nations Attention Drawn.
Discussing possible future legisla-
tlon for flood control the Mississippi
Senator said that the present flood in
the Mississippi Valley has drawn the
attention Of the country as il has
lem Of flood control in it's true aspects.
Concerning the flood control prob
lem, Senator Harrison stated that the
first thing the Federal Government
should do is to appoint a commission
composed of the ablest men in the
Engineering Corps of the War De-
partment and from civilian life to
study the flood situation in its broad
est aspects. He said the levees should
be made stronger and that where CON
troll spillways are possible they should
be constructed without causing
damage to adjacent properties. There
also should be constructed storage
reservoirs in the upper reaches of the
Mississippi and its tributaries.
Senator Harrison invited the
President and Mrs. Coolidge TO at.
tend a dance to be given at the
Willard Hotel next Saturday night
by the Mississippi Society of Wash
ington for the benefit of the food
sufferers, and the President accepted
for himself and his wife.
Evening star., 1927-04-30
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses Have been issued to the
following
David Roy and Elizabeth Coleman
Thomas r. Rector and Marion E. Girlihg.
Z. Bernard Magruder and Anne 3. Pryor.
John +. Hough and Margaret f. Pitcher.
James L. Parker and Elsie f De Groot
Toibert M. Pelzman and Evelyn Tarshes.
:. Arthur l.. Lanigan and Eleanor G. Nc
MuFehy
Olaf La Cour Olsen of Tulsa Okla. and
Helena D. Bohrmanson.
Winston A. Goodman and Grace p. Tatum
both of Richmond Va
Leslie l.. Anderson and Thelma Young.
John z. OConnor and Jean Lowrie.