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Much News for a Dime.

The case of the young lady of seven
Summers who refused a bright and
shining dime from John D. Rockefeller
is further proof Of the infallibility of
Dana's definition of news. When q
dog bites man. that is not news
but when a man bites a dog, that is
news. In other words. when young
lady accepts a Rockefeller dime, that
is not news, but when young lady
returns a dime to Rockefeller. then
we have a story. Returning this dime
to John D. will send the name of Miss
Paddle Randall down to posterity.
Fifty years hence a mother will eau
ton her young daughter. Never &C.
cept money from strangers. Your
ndmother, my dear, once returned
a dime to John D. Rockefeller" And
what a glorious example the young
lady has set for members of her own
generation, She did what her parents
had cautioned her to do time and
again--be sure to thank them politely,
but never take money from strangers.
She only returned a dime. but she
kept about a million dollars worth
of selfrespect.
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or, who may be wholly innocent of
knowledge of the uses to which his
property Is being put. 1t is not per-
fectly clear whether a nonresident
owner could be held to account for H.
legal operations, unless there were
proof that he maintained inspection
over the premises. In this case the fact
of joint occupancy would seem to put
the burden squarely upon the owner,
and the liability for the happening,
though of course he is the principal
loser in the death of his family rests
upon him. as we'll as upon the two
men who used his basement for their
bootlegging operations.
This case suggests care in the rent
ing of property and in a frequent in.
spection of 1t to determine the uses
to which it is being put. Holding
owners accountable for illegalities
committed on their premises may be
Il distinct aid in law enforcement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-11

Failure of the bumblebees to proper
| ly pollenize flowers was the subject
OF a recent investigation by special
committee of the ST Garden Club.
Resolutions severely scoring humble
bees for their alleged failure, result
ing in a lack of bloom in alley gar
dens, had been unanimously adopted
at the previous meeting of the club,
ut is the unanimous sense of this
meeting" declared the resolutions
presented by T. Humby Jones, chronic
crouch. that bumhlebees are falling
down on their job this season.
1T is hereby resolved that this club
do individually and collectively score
and otherwise arraign said humble
bees for failing to carry pollen from
one flower to another.
This breach of trust on the part
of the said bees, as heretofore men
toned. has caused much perturbation
of spirit among such gardeners as
looked in vain for fra grant blooms
upon their lilacs and so on down the
border.
"Peonies developed buds but no
blooms resulted. Many other flowers
failed to bloom. 1t is hereby recon-
mended that special committee be
appointed to look into this matter.
with special reference to bumblebees
and their habits. and that a report be
made to the club at the next regular
meeting"
Miss Yvonne Quinby, who didn't
know bumblebee from hop-toad,
was appointed chairman. of. course.
Did you ever see a chairman who
knew anything about the matter in
hand?
This is fortunate. Of course. be-
cause the committee" then begins
its work with perfectly open mind,
without prior prejudice.
Members of special committees, 1t
need hardly be added. never do any
work. so that the chairman ends up
by doing it all himself or herself, as
the case may be.
Miss Quinby entered into her in
vestigation with much spirit. BY the
time the next meeting was called she
knew next to nothing about her sub
ject.
Calling the members of her commit
tee together by intensive use of the
telephone, she discovered that the
closest together she could combine
them would be about miles each
way.
Realizing the faith placed in her,
however, as chairman of a very spe
cial committee. Miss Yvonne plunged
into encyclopedias up to the tips of
her pretty ears, and emerged there
from several hours later with a mass
of perfectly useless information upon
bumblebees.
X X X
'Mr. President and fellow members
of the ST Garden Club" said Chair
man Quinby in her most formal tone.
which was not very formal after ALL
being rather clear and a bit high
pitched.
Some Of the feminine members of
the organization mentally resolved
that the next time there was spe-
cial committee to be appointed, it
would be unwise to allow Miss Quin-
by to jockey herself into position as
chairman.
what does she know about bum.
blebees?" inquired Mrs. T. Henry
Lampoon of Mrs. +. X. Sullivan.
Just about as much as she does
about flowers" said Mrs: Sullivan, in
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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

! tones that would have blasted a bum
blebee in full fight.
Let there be order in the club,
raped the president, who always Sc
lected chairmen of committees on
| their looks. as they say. This failing
of the president was well known to
the club, especially to such members
as had never been so honored.
And what. for that matter" con.
tinued Mrs. T. Henry, does he
and there was real accent placed on
! the pronoun-"know about humble
| bees?"
But he knows a thing or two about
chickens" ruminated Mrs. Sullivan
| X X
1.-THE chairman of your special com.
mttee on bumblebees," went on Miss
| Quinby, realizes the necessity for
being an entomologist better tonight
than she did several weeks ago.
'Bumblebees are rather absurd
| things that fly into ones face when
one is trying to look at hollyhocks
| and jump out at one who is trying to
see into the interior Of an althea
| blossom.
"Bumblebees are supposed to help
carry pollen from one flower to an
other. being a sort of Cupid of the
air. as it were.
''At a proximity OF about feet
which is pretty good for your chair.
man, | discovered a quantity of high
ly intelligent looking bumblebees
asleep in blossoms, positively coated
with pollen.
Several Of them were so covered
that they were sleeping it off, in the
| disgusting language of olden times.
1t is the understanding of this COM
mittee that no one sleeps any more,
but simply stays up all night when
indulging in pollen parties.
+ X X
1T is the unanimous opinion of
this committee"-at this the other
members looked very wise-''that this
club has been somewhat hasty in
adopting such severe language in ref
cTence to the insects under investiga-
ton.
The insects under investigation
are laboriOus workers in field and
garden. They do the best they know
how, and are not responsible agents
to this club. or to any other club.
They are faced with no necessity
for getting together on an airport
site-Which is very lucky-since
hSt'IiC Aitto IN ONAuCh lAAClIl Will Hill
lions of them.
Their landing fields are preferably
pink hollyhocks, in cities, with va
rious grains and trees aiding in the
country districts.
ut is the absolutely unanimous
opinion of this committee that said
bumblebees are not to be held respon-
sible by this club for individual failure
OF members to get blooms.
1T is the belief of this committee
that lack of work. time, money, ferti.
lizer, mulching care of all sorts, and
plain horse sense have more to do
with good flowers than bulmblebees.
Respectfully submitted
The club was in an uproar. "What
report said Mrs. Lampoon. Not
half bad" said the president, poking
the secretary in the ribs.
Il move that the report be &C.
cepted" said the secretary, who
agreed with the president. IAN in
favor say Aye" announced the presi-
dent. 'All not in favor say MOI
The ayes seem to have 1.-THE ayes
have it-bumblebees are absolved for
the present season."
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UNITED STATES
In WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago Today

First of the 300 submarine chasers
ordered by Navy Department are
practically ready for commission.
Grand Lodge Of Elks con-
tributes 81 900 900 for base hospitals
in cooperation with the Red Cross.
President denounces profiteers;
says fair prices must prevail in war.
Asks one price for all and says that
public and Government must be treat
ed alike. Assails shipowners for high
rates. Losses during past
week by submarine warfare the low
est since weekly reports were first
issued in March. Draft lists
ready in only II States and War De-
partment is forced to delay drawings
until all exemption boards are COM
plete. Governments decision
to accredit Is newspaper correspond
ents to the permanent headquarters
behind the French front brings
flood Of applications. Steamer
Kansan. with S3.000.O0O cargo Of
foodstuffs and steel. sent to bottom
by U-boat Part of crew missing.
Red Cross announces it will
spend about $4,000 900 to organize
Italian front. Charges that
favoritism played part in the Sc
lection of sites for Army canton
ments will be aired in Congress.
= Trading-with- bill
passed by House OF Representatives
without formality of a roll call. Office
of alien property custodian,
Neutrals to get no American supplies
without pledging themselves not to
reship to Germany. France and Eng
land welcome embargo as one Of the
decisive acts of the war.
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Hair Trigger Law Enforcement.

The responsibility which rests upon
the police force for preserving law
and order is duly appreciated by all
thoughtful citizens. That members of
the force must carry guns and be
come expert in their use is granted.
That they must at times shoot, and
shoot to kill, is recognized. But the
we'll disciplined policeman should have
drilled into him the fact that it often
requires more nerve and greater cour-
age not to shoot than it does to pull
revolver and blaze away because
orders have been ignored.
The tragedy of yesterday morning
| is a case in point. A youth of twenty.
seated at the steering wheel of a
wildly speeding automobile. disreGards
| the orders of a policeman to stop.
| He is shot dead. The life of a young
man is forfeited for a stolen car, al
| though the fact that the car was
stolen was not known by the police
man until the man was dead. The
duty of the officer was plain enough.
He was to stop this automobile and
arrest its occupants. They We're
breaking the law by speeding. But
are speeding and refusing to obey a
policeman's orders crimes punishable
by death? Could not the policeman
have accomplished his purpose by
putting a bullet through a tire or the
gasoline tank instead of instantly
killing the driver? Was there any
reason why the policeman could not
at least have fired the usual warning
shots before using. as last and final
resort. his power to shoot to kill?
The use of the automobile by boot.
leggers and other criminals has made
more necessary than ever a we'll
armed and straight-shooting police
force. Law-abiding citizens at once
realize the fact that the only alterna-
tive of the policeman at times is to
fight fire with fire, to speed as fast
as the criminal speeds, to shoot as
straight as the criminal shoots. 9th
erwise law enforcement would be a
farce. The criminal with an automo.
bile and gun would be immune from
arrest.
But yesterday mornings tragedy
showed the officer TO have been too
quick on the trigger. 1t was a case
where he lost his head in the heat of
the chase; where he would have done
more honor to the uniform he wore
had he used his intelligence instead
of his gun. Such instances reflect on
the discipline and training of the
force. They detract from, rather
than add to. the prestige of those en-
forcing the law. They lose, rather
than gain, friends for the police.
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bitterly hated by the minority faction
and that he had been marked for re-
prisal. For long time he went about
with a bodyguard, but only reluctant
ly accepted this protection. Yesterday
morning he dismissed the guard for
the day and went to church alone,
only to be waylaid by a band of as
sassns in a motor car, who shot him
down in the road and escaped.
This assassination will not change
the course of affairs in Ireland. 1t
win not weaken the Free State. but
will rather strengthen it. ireland has
witnessed many tragedies during and
since the adjustment OF the indie
pendent organization. Bitter hatreds
have been engendered by the differ
ence of views regarding the form OF
autonomous government. Recently
general election left the administra-
ton in possession, though with mar
row margin in the Dali. The DE
Valera organization received sur
prising support. but could not take
possession of the seats to which the
votes entitled it. Doubtless the as
sasslnation of O'Higgins was prompt
ed by the recent events.
Every friend Of the Irish people,
wishing them we'll in their independ-
ence, will grieve over this latest man
Hesitation of hatred, which has cost
the country the services of one of
its most valuable workers. The cause
of the republic cannot be advanced
by such methods.
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THE COLUMBUS OF THE AIR
BY GLENN FRANK
' Century Magazine.

Yankee clipper ship. IL days to cross
the Atlantic. In 40 years the time
of crossing had been reduced 81 more
days.
In 1860, it took the Great Eastern,
an early steamship. days to cross
the Atlantic. In one more year the
time of crossing had been reduced 3
more days.
In 1924. it took the Mauritania 5
days, l hour and 40 minutes to cross
the Atlantic. In 81 more years the
time of crossing had been reduced 8
days, % hours and II minutes more.
In 1927. it takes Col. Lindbergh only
33l5 hours, or / day. hours and 80
minutes. to fly from New York to
Paris-that is-in more years the
time Of crossing has been reduced 8
days, 16 hours and 10 minutes more.
And If the rail journey from Cher.
bourg to Paris be subtracted, the re-
duction is still more.
First to fly from the metropolitan
heart Of the United StASes to the
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Owners Liability.

An interesting question of law
arises in the case of the burning of a
farmhouse at Bernville, Pa, Sunday
morning, causing the death of the
wife and seven children of the owner,
Mark Fehr. The fire was caused by
the explosion of a moonshine still,
located within the house. Fehr, who
was himself seriously injured by the
explosion and fire, will, if he RECEIVERS,
be formally charged with involuntary
manslaughter. In his first statement
regarding the fire Fehr declared that
an oil stove in the kitchen had ex-
ploded. Later he withdrew this version
and admitted that a still in the base
ment had caused the disaster But
he disclaimed responsibility for it's OPP,
GRAFTON. He had rented the basement
to two foreigners, but was not aware,
he averred, of their movements or
operations.
1t is a we'll established principle
that the owner and occupant of a
Of his tenants. If that principle is
enforced in the Bernville case Fehr
cannot escape liability for the exist
ence and operation Of a dangerous
contrivance on his premises. A still
is in itself an illegal device. under tho
present law. It's presence in the base
ment of the Fehr house could hardly
| have been unknown to the owner
But even if it was not known 1t was
the duty of the owner to know what
his tenants were doing. Otherwise
there can he no responsibility for the
! conduct of premises. Counterfeiter>
may conceal their operations under
/ the guise of peaceable residence. A
/ criminal band may use the place foi
! headquarters and the manufacture o'
! 'Jombs.
A resident owner has a more definite
responsibility for whichever happens
N his house 4ha~ rn
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Byrd Placed Among Leaders
In History of World Aviation

Wayne Journal-Gazette this voyage
with a plane carrying four men in
creasingly and convincingly demon
strates possibilities in transoceanic
flight" The Lexington Leader be-
lieves that the ultimate conquest
of the air is as certain as the rising
Of the tides and the procession of the
seasons" and the Indianapolis News
declares that at any rate the RELIABLE
ity of American-built engines and the
airworthiness of American aircraft
has been proved" That the human
element has also made good is the con-
tention of the Miami Daily News and
Metropolis, when it says THE fact
that the naval flying ace and his crew
battled successfully almost every con-
ceivable obstacle to such a flight is
proof positive that the day of mans
mastery over the ordinary elements Of
the air is near"
y X X X
Other papers see various handicaps
to be overcome as proved by this flight
and its nearly tragic outcome. Their
bold venture makes clear the handi-
caps which still threaten interconti-
mental aviation" declares the Baltt'
more Sun, which sees mans next task
the devislng of schemes ito guaran-
tee safe arrivals at the flying fields
when they may be blanketed in dark
ness and fog" In this connection the
New York Sun suggests that per
haps the next great development in
aviation will be the installation Of
audible signals that will not be affect.
ed by clouds or fogs," and the SPRING
field Union calls attention TO the fact
that in the Americas case 1.-The prob
lem which developed was not one or
covering the distance, but of finding
their objective" and that Chamber
lin encountered a similar difficulty.
which caused him to miss Berlin by
100.mile margin The Boston Tran
script is convinced that 1.-The element
of risk still bulks large in these ocean
flights" and the Louisville Courier
Journal rates Byrd's experience as "a
helpful setback toe the belief that
ocean flying has already come into its
own" In the opinion of the Scranton
Times ''air navigation has a long way
yet to go before it WIKI be safe and
instruments used in navigation are
far from being perfected" However.
as the Charleston Daily Mail declares,
IMAM will not be deferred from adj
venture on this account; he Will con-
tinue feeling his way. experiencing
all kinds of difficulties, in the assur-
ance that in time all such obstacles
will be overcome"
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The Farm Conference in St. Paul.

The limelight is turned again on
the farm surplus problem today at St.
Paul. At the call of the American
Council of Agriculture representatives
Of farm organizations in North and
South Dakota, Minnesota, Montana,
Wisconsin and Iowa have gathered
to outline a plan of action to obtain
legislative relief for the farmer.
Doubtless other States will have farm
representatives in attendance. But
primarily it is the farmer of the
Northwest, the grain belt, that is to
be heard.
Many of the farm representatives
who will attend the st. Paul meet
ing are old supporters of the McNary-
Haugen farm relief bill, with its
equalization fee principle. Many of
them are dyed-in-the-wool McNary-
Haugenites, who will not change
their views. Some of them are inter-
ested in politics and presidential
candidates. in 192S-even more inter
ested, perhaps, than in the farm
surplus question.
VIII the st. Paul conference turn,
In the end, to politics rather than to
farm relief? Every one knows that
President Coolidge is opposed to the
McNary.Haugen bill as unavoidable
and uneconomic. Every one knows
that the President vetoed the bill at
the last session and doubtless would
veto it again if it were put up to him
by the next Congress. Is the st. Paul
meeting merely for the purpose of
urging again the passage of this leg
islation. or is it intended to work out
some plan which may be sound
economically, workable and acceptable
to the administration? At the meet
ing will be speakers who would
violently oppose President Coolidge if
there were no farm problem. Are
they planning to use the present &C.
casion to rap the Chief Executive?
It seems not unlikely.
What the farmer needs, and prob.
ably is asking for, is real solution
OF his problem, including the market
ing of his surplus crops. The solu-
ton of this problem on right lines is
more important to the farmer and
to the country at large than the max
ing of political capital for former
Gov. Frank O. Lowden of Illinois,
champion Of the principles of the Nc
Nary -Haugen bill and candidate for
the Republican nomination for Presi-
dent, or the making Of political capt.
tai against President Coolidge. If the
representatives of the farmers as
sembled in st. Paul will bear these
facts in mind, the meeting may be of
real value. If the meeting is turned
into a political rally, its value to the
farmers will be comparatively small.
The administration, according to re-
ports before the President left Wash
ington to spend the Summer in the
Black Hills, will present plan for
farm relief legislation when the Con-
gress meets again. Probably it will
be embodied in the Presidents mes
sage to the Congress. 1t is clear that
the opponents of the McNary -Haugen
bill, unless they are to be mere OBJ
structionists, must present plan of
their own. designed to help the farm
err. Every one admits that the farm
err has a problem and that he needs
help.
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AS write, the whistles of the city
are loosing a shrek of satisfaction
that an American lad has completed
nonstop airplane flight from New
York to Paris.
Before these words have been set
in type, miles Of matter will have been
written about the courageous adVen'
ture of Col. Lindbergh.
AS a sheer matter of technical ad'
vance in transa tlantic transportation.
Col. Lindbergh has a notable achieve
ment to his credit.
In 1892, it took Christopher Colurn-
bus GO days to cross the Atlantic.
In 1920, it took the Mayf1oWer 90
DAYS to cross the Atlantic. In 12S
years the time Of crossing had been
reduced only 8 days.
In 1919, it took the Savannah, the
first steamship to make the trip, II
days to cross the Atlantic. In 1873
more years the time of crossing had
been reduced 80 more days.
In 1859. it took the Dreadnaught, a