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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-11

Calvin Coolidge's near 'impeach-
ment" by the Anti Saloon League
in 1925 revives the amending con-
troversy as to whether the President
is or is not Prohibitionist. On
law enforcement his stand is un-
compromising. But politicians who
have made searching scrutiny of his
record, both as Governor of Massachu-
sets and in executive office at Wash
ington, contend that Mr.. Coolidge
has been committal as to pro-
hibition itself. He has never in
dulged in any fanatical denunciation
of Demon Rum on Wayne B. Wheeler
lines. He has refrained from i'm
mersing himself in quarrels with mill
liant drys of the Clifford Pinchot
brand, when they periodically chal-
Ienged the sincerity of the Presidents
prohibition views. His friends know.
moreover that Mr.. Coolidge, at least
until the time he entered the White
House, was not a total abstalner.
The Anti Saloon Leaguers long have
been impatient with the Presidents
lack of so called evangelical ZEAL in
the dry cause. but signally failed to
extort from him anything more than
repeated advocacy of law enforce
ment. When Coolidge was candi-
date for the Republican presidential
nomination in 1920, his campaign
literature featured his veto of Massa-
chusetts' 2.75 beer bill as his prohi-
bition record.
Sir Esme Howard, the British Am
bassador, has interrupted his sum-
mer vacation at Manchester-on-Sea.
Mass. and enlisted at Washington
for the duration Of the war in &c.
neva. Diplomatic insiders are aware
that something approaching a peril
Gus state of Anglo-American tension
has come about on the cruiser ques-
ton. Lord Robert Cecil's anti-Amer-
lean explosion on Saturday and Am
bassador Gibson's spirited demand for
retraction of the noble lords out
burst typify the temperature which
has been steadily rising In Geneva.
Ambassador Howard has apparently
had orders from London to remain in
Washington and apply soothing sirup
whenever the heated atmosphere of
the conference chamber produces fe
yerish conditions here. Sir Esme in
sists that John. Bull is ready for ma
val parity with Uncle Sam. and as
serts that only technical difficulties
stand in the way Of bringing 1t about
on mutually satisfactory terms. How
ard. believing that British and Amer.
lean guns will never bark at each
other anyhow, looks upon hectic events
at Geneva as more or less academic.
X X X
DR.. Leo S. Rowe, director general
Of the Pan.American Union, is about
to embark-in accord with the spirit
of the hour-upon a flying tour of
the Panama Canal Zone, the Carib-
| bean region and the northwestern
shores of South America. His farther
most flight overland will be to Bogota,
the capital of Colombia. Before DR.
Rowe returns to Washington in Sep
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-11

metropolitan heart of France, Lind.
bergh becomes the Columbus Of the air.
If now we could see the implica-
tions of Lindberghs flight from
America to France as clearly as the
present day historians see the impli-
cations of Columbus sailing from
Spain to America, 435 years ago, II
would, perhaps, profoundly alter our
international policies and practices
and save us 400 years of mistakes.
Here is a chance for us to effect that
most desirable of combinations, to
which l have before referred in this
column-the hindsight of the historian
and the foresight of the statesman.
I shall not belabor the point. but
simply suggest that world in which
New York and Paris are only 331a
hours apart is only neighborhood,
and that in such an intimate neigh
borhood we dare not longer tolerate
narrow nationalisms that block the
way to the moral and intellectual re-
union of mankind.
fCopyrixht. 101T.S
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-11
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
Falls of Powhatan. Gov. Wyatt having
secured the sawmills from Holland.

| Falls Of Powhatan. Gov Wyatt having
secured the sawmills from Holland.
Q; What occupation is most gen
orally followed in Canada?-C. n.
| A. Agriculture leads, employing
LEO, 900 persons. Manufacturing is
| next, employing more than $50 900.
@. Do pulmotors revive drowned
persons? Where are they available?
| R. l.. K.
A. The pulmotor has proved a
success in a large number OF cases
on people who were apparently
of the larger cities and many Of the
small ones have pulmotors in con-
nection with the city fire depart
ments. which administer the pull
motor In time of drowning.
@. Who was the first Governor
General of the Union of South Africa?
| j. l..
A. The first Governor General Of
| the Union of South Africa was ap-
| pointed in 1910. This was the Right
Hon. Viscount Gladstone. who served
until 1915.
O. In addressing a letter to
Frenchman should one use the title
"Monsieur"?-C. G. n.
A. 1t is usual to use "M.," the
abbreviation for monsieur"
@. Please give me an Indian word
| for "sweetheart."-J. b. s.
| A The Bureau of American Eth
| nology says that the Tewa Indian
word for sweetheart" is han"
O. Was the Barron Decatur duel
x,yH1k NtaN1 I.0
with pistols. please name a duel Of
that period that was fought with
swords.-W Z.
A. The duel in which Commodore
Decatur and Barron participated was
| fought with pistols. In 1914 Capt.
| Edward Hopkins was slain in a duel
with swords.
Q. How was the banjo developed?
M. G..
| A. The existence OF instruments
of the lutte or guitar kind implies q
certain grade of knowledge and Gull
ture among the people who know
| how to stretch strings over sound
| boards and to determine the required
| intervals by varying the vibrating
| length Of the strings. Such instru-
ments found in use by savage or very
unciviliZed peoples suggest their In
PRODUCTION through political or re-
| ligious conquest by a superior race.
| The Arabs may thus, or by trade,
have bestowed a guitar instrument
on the negroes of Western Africa
and the Senegambian "bania" may
be. as Mr.. Carl Engel suggests. the
iparent of the American Negroes banjo.
Find out 1Uhdt you tcdRt to knotr.
| There is no room for ignorance in this
busy tCorld. The person tCho loses out
| is the one tCho OuesseS. The person
| lCho gets on is dllCdUS the one 1chO
acts upon reliable information This
paper employs Frederic J. HGskin to
conduct an Information bureau IN
Washington for the free use Of the
public. There is no charge ercept
cents In stamps for return postage.
| Write to him today for any facts you
| desire. Address The Erenin0 Star
| Information Bureau. Frederic j. Has
Kin. Director. Washington. d. c.
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The Murder of 0'Higgins.

The tragic history Of the movement
for Irish independence has been
marked by numerous assassinations,
the latest being that Of the Vice Pres
ident Of the Free State and minister
of Justice, Kelvin O'Higgins, who was
shot to death by band of murderers
a short distance from his home in
the suburbs of Dublin while on his
way to church. O'Higgins was one
OF the strongest men of the Irish
government organization, capable and
courageous and of unimpeachable hon
esty of purpose. He had contributed
greatly to the establishment and the
development Of the Free State. In
his service as minister Of justice he
had, however, incurred the enmity OF
the Idle. hards" Of the radical Repub
lican faction and to him were at
tributed Seventy-seven executions, foi
various offenses against the state
One Of the seventyseEen men sent
to death through OHiggins' prosecu
tioHS was INoiS ~ NoiiilOl' "i'o ii'AN
been his closest friend until they
broke over the question of the Repub
lican organization. O'Connor was
leader of the -four courts insulrec
.ioG." and when he WAS convicted
and sentenced to death O'Higgins was
adamant to all appeals for mercy OF
the ground OF his former atfeg ~
lie confirmed the Sentorce ana
found that OCpe1or. dying, IN. It
queathed all his possessions TO th'
O'l!iccins family
This Tragedy i',ustrated O'Higgins
che.acte.. lie vas i'm lie Wher
t1e int2res = a. 10 = NAN le'
stern action He ne wa
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@. What salutes were given the II.
S. s. Memphis as 1t neared Washing
ton with Lindbergh on board
NJ. H. P.
A. The Memphis. as she sailed I'D
the Potomac River on June II with
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, received
and gave the following salutes: At
Alexandria an unofficial salute of Il
guns vas given from a Marine bat.
terry brought from Quantico for the
use of members of the American
Legion. whose purpose it was to make
as much noise as possible. The Army
War College fired no guns. The navy
yard fired 10 guns in honor of the Sec
retarv of the Navy and 13 in honor of
the rear admiral of the Memphis. The
Memphis returned 10 guns in honor
of the Secretary of the Navy and II
guns in honor of the vice admiral of
the Navy,
@. Is it true that the eel has two
hearts?-G. d. A.
A. The Smithsonian Institution says
that the eel has an organ in it's tail
that pulsates, and fishermen consider
it a second heart. This, however, is
not real heart. On the other hand,
if an eel is struck in this region it
has the same fatal effect as a blow
across the heart.
Q. What is N1ussolini's title?-
A 3. P.
A. On January IA, 1925. royal de-
cree made permanent Mussolini's con-
trCl of the army, navy and air forces.
He is now officially styled head OF
the government"
Q. Is plywood-making recent in
vention?-H. E. B.
A. PIywoodmaking is an ancient
Egyptian art dating back many CEN
turtles before the Christian era. House
hold furniture and collins taken from
Egyptian tombs were constructed of
plywood and veneered.
Q. How many languages are spoken
in the Philippines?-A, F. T.
A. English and Spanish are widely
spoken. English being the commercial
and official language. There are some
thing like So native dialects; a few of
these are distinct languages, each
spoken today by approximately 100000
people.
@. Who was the first artist to draw
from an airplane over the German
lines?-D. r.
A. Margaret Wynne Nevinson. in
her book "Life's Fitful Fever" says
that her son had this distinction.
O. I am interested in stained and
painted glass. In the twelfth century
what colors were used?-W. H. S.
A. Lewis F. Day says: These col
ors include ruby copper oxide); blue
(oxide of cobalt) from deep sapphire to
grayish-duller shades resulted from
impurities in the cobalt: green Qron)
from apple green to deep moss green
olive and bottle green; yellow Qron)
deep. strong and rather brassy; purple
brown manganese or manganese and
from. used in it's paler shades for flesh
tint. Turquoise-blue "copper" and green
glass of emeraldlike quality copper
were also used, but not in great guam
titles"
@. When was the first sawmill sci
up i'm this country?-J. w. A.
A. The earliest claim is that of Vir
ginia 1t is said that in 1919 mil
was built in Virginia adjacent to the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-11

If Mr.. Sapiro can organize the
farmers in way that will render
merchants he will establish himself as
a man of far-seeing enterprise worthy
to rank in historic recollection even
with Henry Ford.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-11
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Endless Supply.

Diplomacy's a wondrous art,
Whose joys will ne'er diminish.
No one can tell us at the start
Just what will be the finish.
So swift the fashions go their way
New ones we daily borrow.
The argument so fine today
Is out of date tomorrow.
Although we really miss them some
AS people cease to heed them,
We know new arguments will come
Along, as folks may need them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-11

Murderers are no longer remark
able. The fiction writer without suffi
cient ingenuity to evolve a plot of his
own has seized upon the hapless moron
and gilded him with the phraseology
Of romance Revelation of the bare
facts of the case never justifies the
laborious effort to substitute the man
ner of the novelist for the simple
style of the honest and direct re-
mort or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-11

The death of John Drew calls forth
expressions from every source of deep
and sincere regret. He devoted him.
self to the task at hand without a
trace of personal ostentation, and is
esteemed in memory not only as an
artist. but as modest and a courteous
gentleman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-11

One of the most charming spots
on earth is Geneva. Its hotel proprie.
tors are always agreeable and tact.
fully alert to avoid any reference to
topics of international concern which
might endanger the comfort of the
dinner hour. There could be no more
favorable spot for conference than
Geneva.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-11

For the present Indy is not to be
disturbed. He is engaged in writing
a book. which will prove a remarkable
relief in not being devoted to ancient
glimpses Of personalities and alleged
inside gossip.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-11

With the retirement of Ban john
son, base ball loses figure that con
stituted one of the best publicity points
Of the great national game. Johnson
did much to keep interest alive during
the long Winter months, when actual
play had to be suspended.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-11

Like every other man in control Of
large enterprises, Henry Ford is nat
urally surrounded by many business
doctors" who are generously willing to
relieve him Of all care
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-11
Vacation Perils.

An editor in leadership co-ordinates
His brains with those of numerous
subordinates.
While he goes motoring in joyous
dizziness,
The printers devil sometimes bumps
the business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-11
Relief.

Are you going to do anything to
relieve us farmers?"
Yes" answered Senator Sorghum.
I'm going to quit making speeches
on farm relief long enough to enable
you agriculturists to concentrate on
the practical side of your business"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-11

A naval ratio that will satisfy every.
body appears to be what Lord Dun
dreary referred to as zone of those
things that nobody can find out.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-11

Aviator enthusiasts sometimes quar-
lends support to Lindbergh's idea that
test flight is properly one-man
lob,
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The Associated Press is exclusively emitted
70 the use for republication of all news dis
patches credited to it or not otherwise cred
tied in this paper and also the local news
Of special dispatches herein are alnp reserved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-11

The United States Marines never
look for trouble, but trouble is fire.
quently disposed to look for the United
States Marines.
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Waves and Waivers.

Our statesmen ask in accents grave
AS old agreement cools,
Because Britannia rules the wave,
Why should we waive the rules?"
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Jud Tunkins says man is very
seldom either as healthy or as sick as
he imagines he is.
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i've got to reduce"
Are you too weighty?"
"No. The chap I'm going to see is
a business doctor. I want to reduce
expenses"
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SWayinc Emotion,

Let me write the songs of ma
tom
Help yourself" rejoined the Tinpan
Alley plugger. I'm after the real in
fluence. Let me be the publisher"
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UnquestiOned Endorsement.
81 have a good joke"
How do you know"
THE Prince Of Wales once laughed
at it,"
"He who prays TO a JOSS" said Hi
Ho, the sage of Chinatown, "at least
reminds himself of his human insult.
ficiency."
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Bound to BE Observed.

do you observe the eighteenth
amendment"
"Of course" answered Uncle Bill
Bottletop. "At present it is more con-
spicuous than all the rest of the Con.
stitution."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-11

Money talks" said Uncle Eben,
but de boss l bet on in de last race
ain whut dey calls a good listener"
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THEODORE w. MOVES. &. Editor
The Evening Star Newspaper Company
Business ONCE:

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-11

O. When was the first sawmill set
up i'm this country?-J. w. A.
A. The earliest claim is that of Vir-
ginia. 1t is said that in 1919 mill
was built in Virginia adjacent to the
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-09-07
Our Role as the Worlds Banker.
New York World. J

During the first half of 1927 the foreign loans
foated in the United States reached the record
breaking total of 1856 200, or 2S per cent.
more than in the corresponding period of 1925.
The recent spell of Indigestion in the bond mar
ket served for a time to retard new issues, Dut
they are beginning to make their appearance
again According to the Journal OF Commerce
the new foreign loans now in process OF hego-
tiation amount to $S75,000,000 Probably not
all of these will be foated this year. but IL is
also probable that many additional foreign loans
will be projected before the year is over. There
is every indication, then, that the total for the
wear will far exceed the billion-dolar average
of the past three years
And this has important bearing on the
future of our foreign trade The ttoal amount
now invested abroad by private citizens 81 the
United States is approximately $14O00,000,oOo
In addition there are the war loans to the Allies
On the private loans the annual inter charges
are now close to $1,000. 100000. Obviously
So long as we continue to lend abroad in excess
of this amount we continue to maintain
large surpluse of exports imports But the
borrowing power of foreign countries is not un
limited. In recent months, in fact, many OF the
new offerings have not been of high grade th'
cream of foreign credit to have beer
skinned off In due time, therefore, the carry
ing charges on this huge foreign Indebtedness
will have to be met by payments to this country
in services and goods Our plethora of liquid
funds has been gradually creating conditions
which eventually will reverse our trade paiahce
We are already the worlds creditor, but W.
have not yet begun to play the creditors iul
role.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-09-07
MEN STILL LEAD IN COLLEGE.

The circumstance that more than twice as
many women as attended Columbia univer-
stys summer school this year caused some one
to refer to women in the United States as the
educated SEX" However investigation proved
that there are still men attending colleges
and universities than there are women. The
latest available statistics show
Men attending collegiate departments of col
leges and universities, 2S9,Sl7 women, 196,4S2.
Men attending professional schools, S5,s65;
women 1851 Total attending schools OF
higher learning s75,6S2 women, 2021s3 This
gives total of college students of both sexes
of 577,S15. These figures based on the col
year. when gathered and verified, ought to show
a considerable ncrease-a total, probably, ex-
ceeding 700 600
However. while the men still lead the women
at the colleges and universities. students
are gaining much faster than the men, This is
shown by comparison of the figures given above
with those of the past. Such comparison also
discloses the startling rapidity of the increase
among the youth of the land that are getting
college education.
In 1890 35 years before the record hereto
fore quoted was made, the total number of stu
dents in all American colleges and universities
were: men, 1926 women, 1O761. Fifteen years
before 1910 the record was. men, 1883;
women, 1914
Almost as many women attended the summer
sessions of Columbia University this year as
attended all the colleges and universities in the
United States combined 35 years ago. the num-
Der being 1902 against a total OF women
college students in 1890 of 10,761
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-09-07
1927 Model of Old Pastime
Aviators-HOP.
Engines-SKIP.
Pedestrians-JUMP.
More or Less True

Some women must feel they
are just born to grow up to an
age when they have to spend al,
their time exercising and going
without eats to keep from looking
like a feather bed tied in the
middle.
Our own explanation of why
flappers don't die of pneumonia
is that the pneumonia germs are
afraid with SO little protection
in sight they'll get pneumonia
themselves.
What a woman can't. understand
is why beauty and a perfect figure
can't come with age. and why the
older he gets a husband shouldn't
look less-not more-like evolu.
ton was in reverse.
A lot of thrifty people spend
their old age regretting the coed
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-09-07
In THE DAYS OF REAL HOME RUN
HITTERS.

The story of an historical baseball tourna-
ment held at Burlington. Iowa, for the cham
pionship of the State sixty years ago-in October,
1S67-is going the rounds of the press and is
proving diverting to the fans who are watching
the progress of the home run contest between
Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. The accounts of
the games show that if home runs only count
in measuring baseball proficiency the pair OF
Yankee swatters are mere tyros Home runs
were so "all in the game sort of stun in those
days that in game there were 81 of them
The first game in this old Iowa State Cham
pionship tourney began at p. When dark
ness came only four innings had been played
The score stood AS to 25 and the game was
continued until 10 O'Clock the next morning when
II was finished the Ottumwa Actives defeating
the Orchard City Club
The final championship game between
the Mount Pleasant Hawk-Eyes and the Burling
ton Westerns The former won the game and thu
championship by score of 115 to AZ, M
record was kept Of hits and errors, etc. onl,
the scores (tallles) by innings were recorded
The game went for eight innings and was called
IN account of darkness The victory was givei
tn the Hawk-Eyes with the consent of the West
erus rather than to have IT finished the next day
The score by innings was
Hawk-Eyes % 81 20 Is Is 25--115
westerns - IA 3 o 3 g. AZ
In those early days of baseball--it was bias
hall (two Words then--the pitcher lobbed tn
hall ND to the plate. Such things as masks
gloves and protectors were unknown
However, while home and tallies wer
more numerous in those golden days of the grea
National Game than now it must be admitte
that modern purses have an edge those
mat time, for, an enthusiastic reporter wrote:
The Hawk-Eyes got more than glory