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Leonard Wood.

Tributes to Mai. Gen. Leonard Wood
that describe him as one or the most
valuable citizens Of the United States
during his generation cannot be re-
garded as unduly fulsome. His serv'
ices to his country, rendered so capa-
bly, and in such a spirit Of self-denying
devotion as to set him apart In class
of special distinction. are not at this
present time to be fully measured.
For Leonard Wood wrought construc'
lively for the future, while performing
tasks Of immediate importance.
The career of this man, brought to
close suddenly, covered series OF
activities that would have overtaxed
the strength of most men. He was
soldier, statesman, administrator. His
surprising advance from comparative
obscurity was due not merely to the
personal interest of his great admirer
and devoted friend, Theodore Roose-
Welt. but to his own exceptional quail
fications. The Spanish-American War
afforded the occasion. When the dy.
manic personality of Roosevelt effect
ed the organization Of the famous
Rough Riders" regime nt Of volun-
teers, Leonard Woods name first came
to notice, as he was chosen colonel.
| There were many who regarded him
as secondary to his friend and admirer.
But, as events proved, Wood was In
some respects the superior man. He
lacked the dramatic quality that
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Lieut.. Williamson Did
Not Dodge Responsibility

To the Editor OF The Star:
Referring to the editorial which ap'
peared in The Star on August in re-
gard to Lieut.. T. B. Williamson, have
to inform you that the statements
made in the editorial did a great deal
of injustice to this officer and created
an erroneous impression. The facts In
the case are as follows:
AS soon as information was received
by the Navy Department of the Incl
dent in question, inquiry was made by
the Bureau of Aeronautics as to what
Navy planes were in the air in this
vicinity at that time. The records OF
the Naval Air Station, Anacostia
showed that Navy plane had left
Anacostia shortly before the incident
occurred. A telegram was sent by
the department to the commanding
officer of the organization to which
this plane was attached, directing ar
investigation and report. These step.
were all taken by the department or
the morning after the incident oc
Cured.
Lieut.. WilliaIhson's first knowledge
that his action had aroused criticism
was doubtless obtained upon the re
ceipt Of the telegram ordering the in
vestigation, so that this officer should
not be charged with concealment OF
deception. The facts in the case will
be brought out in the general court.
martial, and doubtless it will be shown
that the facts as stated above are cor
rect. l feel sure that The Star will be
only too willing and ready to correct
any unintentional injustice on it's part
towards this young officer.
w. A. MOFFETT,
Rear Admiral, u. s. N.
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readily be seen that the Defense

| readily be seen that the Defense
Highway fails lamentably in this re
spcct.
Besides this factor. there are great
many motorists who refuse. either
through fear or hoggishncss. to give
UP the proper amount of road space
and they contribute to the genera
dangers of the narrow highway. When
drive anywhere but on the concrete
and when there IA lite road clear
ance under the most favorable con
ditions. it can easily be seen that a
careless or bullish motorist can create
havoc.
For the present every motorist who
uses this highway should. before lie
starts out, make a resolution that he
will observe the Golden Rule. that he
will drive carefully and considerably
and that he will in no way add to the
florists are doing their share to pro.
mote safety, the State road officials
of Maryland should get busy immedi-
atc,y to devise ways and means of
widening the entire road or so build.
ing up the sides that an accident will
not necessarily result if a motorist is
compelled to leave the concrete.
Otherwise mishaps and fatalities will
continue to occur on a road that
should be and was designed to be a
benefit to all the communities that it
serves
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WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS

Of Commerce. The geographic distri-
button of American foreign invest
ments, according to DR.. Winkler's
statement, is likewise surprising Can.
ada is listed as the biggest user Of
American capital. We have invested
$4,000, 100000 in Canada, which far ex.
ceedS total American investment in
Europe. Cuba Is in second place, with
81. 1850, 600, 600; then Europe, 81 300, 000.-
900; then South America, with 81 $780,
100000. Our Mexican investments.
according to DR.. Winkler, exceed a
round billion, and American capital
in the Far East is approximately half
a billion dollars.
The outflow of capital was 81 ,000,-
000, 900 in 1928, $1,000, 100000 in 1924,
year, and last year it was only slightly
under two billion dollars.
The American delegation to the In.
terparliamentary Union, which meets
in Paris August 25, sailed from New
York last week. The delegation Is
headed by Representative Theodore
E. Burton of Ohio, and comprises Sen.
ators Tyson of Tennessee, Barley Of
Kentucky and. Thomas of Oklahoma,
and Represe Porter Of Penn.
sylvania, Roy G. Fitzgerald Of Ohio,
Howard of Nebraska, Purnell Of In
diana, Montague of Virginia and An
drew of Massachusetts. The Inter.
parliamentary Union is the nearest
authorized American approach to a
League Of Nations. The United States
contributes $4,000 to it's maintenance,
and the delegates to the annual meet
ings pay their own expenses. This year
the contemplated world agreement for
the suppression Of the narcotic drug
traffic will be the uppermost topic Of
the conference. Codification Of inter-
national law and removal Of tariff bar
riers are also on the program.
iCopyright. 1927
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A Nearby Road Danger.

1t takes only a holiday drive over
the new Defense Highway to show
why this stretch Of concrete is rapidly
becoming recognized as one Of the
most dangerous roads in this section
of the country. Yesterday on this
f1fteen.foot-wide artery were damned
thousands Of motorists from Wash
ington, Baltimore and other points
who were DESTROYS OF taking advan'
tage Of beautiful Sunday to drive to
shore resorts. Two lines of travel
occupied practically every available
inch of the roadway, and minor acct
dents were numerous, while serious
mishaps were avoided by either luck
or skill.
1t is not necessary to be a stats
tician to compute the factors that
serve to make this highway a men
ace to every motorist who travels
it. Fifteen feet wide, the road is
constructed over type Of soil that
makes an accident inevitable If the
motorist, by accident or design, should
stray off it for few feet. Automo
biles Of the smaller class are some
thing over five feet in width, larger
cars are six feet wide, while BUSES
are still wider.
Taking the middle class, that Of the
six-foot automobile, 1t can be seen that
two cars Of this type passing each
other will have foot OF concrete tc
spare on each side and there will be a
foot clearance in the middle. while Il
a bus and an automobile or two
buses should meet. the clearance
space is reduced to practically moth
ing. 1t Is automatic that a road Is
wide enough only when 1t permits use
by the largest vehicles. and it car
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quickly drew ana neiu pubHC notlce.
but he possessed the steadfastn ness
that ultimately brought him recogni.
ton.
In two major assignments TO duty
Leonard Wood proved his rare value
In Cuba and in the Philippines. GIFT
ed with the capacity to understand
the peoples of those islands. and ex.
ceptionally endowed az an admins
TRAITOR, he brought order out of the
war-caused chaos in Cuba and set the
now republic on its way to successful
development. Later he did the same
in the Philippines. his second tour OF
duty there being particularly difficult
because of the deplorable condition
that had resulted from the mistaken
policies of his predecessor.
1t is a melancholy reflection that
despite his ailments. his severe suffer
inss and his advance in years. Gen.
Wood contemplated return to the
islands to continue his work there,
which he regarded as unfinished, and
that he sincerely hoped to be able to
go there on that mission. There was
a feeling OF general qualification when
upon his arrival In the States from
Manila he announced that he expect
cd to return. That he had paid too
heavy toll for his continued activity.
however, was made shockingly evident
when the sad news came Saturday
night that he had died under an OPP
GRAFTON which he had hoped would
relieve him and make possible his re-
sumption of duty in the field of his
greatest endeavor.
Consideration of Gen. Woods serv-
ices to the country should not, how
ever, be limited to his work in the
insular regions. He served invaluably
in his reorganization of the Army
following the Spanish-American War.
He brought the military establishment
up to q high point of efficiency, pre-.
pared it. in effect, for the great trial
Of 1917-1S. It would have been appro-
pirate il he could have been assigned
to command the overseas forces. Po-
litical considerations prevented, and,
while he had hoped to have that SUI
preme honor, he accepted the disap.
pointment philosophically in the spirit
of good soldiership, and rendered such
service as was possible in a whole.
hearted cooperation.
Leonard Wood might have been
President Of the United States but for
unfortunate conditions attending his
candidacy for the nomination in 1920.
That he would have made good in
that office Is assured. He had the
qualities Of administrative success on
the largest scale. His fairness. his
judicial disposition, his patience, his
accurate judgment of men, all would
have been the elements of exceptional
efficiency in the highest command the
country can bestow upon a citizen.
But it was not to be, and today the
people of the United States mourn this
gallant soldier. this inspiring example
OF American manhood and citizenship.
as one who did his duty to the utmost
IN all situations and contributed meal
cuiaoly to the welfare. Of millions.
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Oil Conservation i'm Future
Becomes Matter of Concern

ton. The Nashville Banner pictures
the man on the street" as disposed
ito take the position that when nat.
ural sources Of oil are used up,
science will have provided something
else that Is just as good or better"
and the Banner says: There Ia rea.
son to believe that the man In the
street may be just about correct in
this regard. Science has made few
failures in this industrial age when
1t has been called on to solve a prob
lem as large and important as this
motor fuel question is" The Sup
plying of foreign customers with oil
produced in foreign oil fields" is seen
as one means of conservation OF
American sources of oil by the De-
troit Free Press, which predicts that
"the day will come sooner or later
when, with our rapid pace in both
production and consumption, the
American oil wells will squirt their
last" and which calls attention to
the already urgent need for conser-
Walton of our oil wealth so that we
may be sure of an abundance for fu-
ture emergencies of national defense"
Concerned at the fact that effort
to curtail production of oil in Okla.
homa by agreement" has been inef.
fectiye and that legal contests are
now under way as the operators op-
posed to any control by the State
proceed to the courts under the dus
process clause of the Constitution"
the Baltimore Sun, states. eff the
States can do nothing to check such
reckless abuse of an indispensable
natural resource, we shah be brought
face to face with the question whether
it is not better for the Nation to sur
render control Of 1t into fewer hands,
under regulation II necessary, rather
than to stand by while it is depleted
at a rate which will mean irreparable
disa ster."
On this question: Of uncontrolled
overproduction, the Philadelphia Pub.
lie Ledger remarks: "Overproduction,
caused principally by few fields, is
driving the small operators to the
wall. If they are eliminated from
competition, the result may be dis
aStrous, both to the industry and to
the country. 1t would threaten the
coming of Government control. But
many operators seem unwilling to
curb the output, although this an
pears to be the only sure way out of
the dilemma in the oil industry" The
Sioux City Daily Tribune declares
that "the oil industry is entirely out
of hand and it's efforts to aid itself
have proven futile"
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Narrow Maryland
Highways Dangerous

To the Editor Of The Star:
I was very glad to see the editorial
in The Star in reference to the mar.
row construction Of the Defense
Highway, recently completed from
Washington to Annapolis.
Maryland, SO far as I am aware, Is
the only State in the whole United
States constructing 15.foot roads for
main highways. For instance. the
new road from Henderson Corners to
Frederick is Is feet wide, as is the
road from Baltimore to Aberdeen (di.
rect road. These roads are too mar.
row, and with the constantly increas.
ing truck and bus traffic and increased
speed Of traffic, it makes it all the
more important that the width should
be increased.
II through the medium of your pa
per you could bring about the in
crease In the minimum width of road
construction In Maryland, you would
certainly have done a good work.
VIM. r. ELLIS.
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PHILOSOPHERS
GLENN FRANK

l. The followers Of this column have
found out long before this that find
in reading more than a storehouse of
information for professional use
Reading is with me both a business
and a sport.
read as some men ride-for stimu-
lation.
I go to books as some men go to
ball games-for relaxation.
I would rather catch a fancy in q
sonnet than cast fly in stream.
I enjoy days on mountain or in
forest; I visit with keen interest the
ancient shrines of ancient faiths; I
covet the satisfaction Of walking
along the main street and the mean
streets Of mighty cities: but, in the
end, I find that every interest fades
before the interest in glowing ideas
and great personalities.
In books and in men I find my
greatest profit and my greatest
pleasure.
And books are a more constant
source Of profit and pleasure than
men, for within the four walls of my
library can bring together the dis.
titled essence Of the mind and person.
atty of more great men than a thou
sand men could meet in q thousand
lifetimes.
The other day came upon an old
tribute to the joy of reading that Is.
I think, worth passing on.
It was from the first English book
on the joys Of reading. More than
100 years before the invention Of
printing Richard de Bury wrote a
book called "Philobiblon." Later this
books was printed in 1474, 1870 years
after 1t was written.
In it was this tribute to books:
These are the masters who in.
struct us without rods and ferrules.
without hard words and anger, with.
out clothes or money.
IF you approach them. they are
not asleep.
"If investigating you interrogate
them, they conceal nothing.
'If you mistake them, they never
grumble.
eff you are ignorant. they cannot
laugh at you.
The library. therefore. Of wisdom
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O.. How long Is Berlin's Inter den
Linden"?-A l.. X.
A. The thoroughfare that bears the
name Is only half a mile in length.
The street extends in both directions,
under seven different names.
Q. II the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
Ship Channel were actually begun
now. how soon would it be ready for
| traffic?-F. S. a.
A. The Great Lakes ST., Lawrence
Tidewater Association says that if the
treaty is drawn in 1921 digging could
begin in 1928 and the waterway be
opened for commerce in 1884.
Q. Do all the bricks in a brick
wall have to withstand the same
pressure?-C. B. T.
A. The Bureau Of Standards says
| that all the bricks on the same layer
| of brick wall have the same amount
of pressure, but the layers below
must stand the pressure Of those
above, therefore, the top layer has
| least and the lower layer the most
| pressure in an ordinary brick wall of
usual design.
Q. Where is the oldest coal mine
| in the WORLDS. X.
A. The oldest working coal mine is
probably one in Manchuria, which
is said to have been worked first 5000
years ago.
Q. Why will a needle float on
water?--J. s.
| A. The surface tension produces a
Skin" effect and the needle may be
| so lightly laid on the water surface
| that the skin effect is not overcome
by the needles weight. If the needle
is wetted first, the surface tension Of
the water is easily overcome and the
needle sinks. Greasing the needle
prevents wetting.
@. How many persons does 1t take
to cause a riot?-E. S.
a. The legal definition .of riot Is "a
| tumultuous disturbance of the peace
by three or more persons assembled
OF their own authority"
Q. How many days were there in
a year according to the Greek
calendar?-E. G..
A. The Greek calendar had 354
days. 1t was 11A days short of
solar year. This calendar included
IL months Of 80 and 20 days, alter
nately. To make up the loss of time.
| an extra month was added In alter
nate years except that every. eight or
nine years the extra month was
| omitted.
Q. How many miles of railroad are
there in the world?-A. l.. A.
A. The total railway mileage Of
the world is 1884 miles.
@. Where is the Battle of Flowers
| held?-B. c.. E.
A. While battles of flowers are held
in connection with many carnivals,
Villefranche sur-Mer, the great French
Mediterra mean Winter. resort, has an
event known as the Battle Of Flowers.
You ,rant to knoo something. You
iCish to be positive before you 90
ahead. Wei, The Evening Star aruI
tell you aChdt you 1Cdnt to knot1 and
0iUe Uou assurance before you proceed.
Our Washington Bureau can Grsacer
dny question OF fact propounded to it.
Here is the university Of information
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established solely to serve you. Send
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THIS AND THAT


Dear Sir: Recently you told us
what foods you do not like. but ism t
that n trihe Grass. material. and SO
on especially for such hot weather?
Il wish you would give us some
thing along esthetic lines. say
poems, the sort of poems you like.
not the ones you do not like.
And / don't mean just to name
the poems. I don't mean q list OF
poems. like the list of books you got
up for the young lady at the high
school. but the poems themselves,
printed entire.
Maybe you would tell us what are
your favorite poems, and print them
entire. because nobody is going to the
trouble to go to the library and look
them up this hot weather. would
they? Sincerely yours. M. S."
* "
Wen. my favorite poem is "Wait.
ing" by n man who was a poet by
instinct, not by trade-John Bur
roughs, friend of Edison, and of Ford
and of the birds.
Burroughs prefiXed this poem to his
volume. THE Light of Day." and it
Is given here entire:
Waiting.
Serene, fold my hands and wait,
Nor care for wind or tide, or sea;
I rave no more 'gainst Time or Fate,
For 10. my own shall come to me.
I stay my haste I make delays,
For what avails this eager pace:
stand amid the eternal ways.
And what Is mine shall know my
face.
Asleep. awake, by night or day.
The friends / seek are seeking me;
No wind can drive my bark astray,
Nor change the tide OF destiny.
What matter II stand alone?
| wait with Joy the coming years,
My heart shall reap where it hath
Sown,
And garner up it's fruits of tears.
Tho waters know their own, and
The brook that springs in yonder
heights;
So flows the good with equal law
Unto the soul Of pure delights.
The stars come nightly to the sky;
The tidal wave unto the sea:
Nor time. nor space, nor deep, nor
high,
Can keep my own away from me.
Poetry, to me, is the saving in
metrical form Of some thought that
can be better expressed that way than
IN prose. Try the above, M. S., some
time when you want to become ac.
quainted with some one, but don't
know how to go about it,
X
George Eliot wrote prose. but oc.
casionally she lapsed into verse, and
occasionally wrote something great
when she did so. 'Oh May / Join the
Choir Invisible" is such a poem, de.
spite its didactic strain:
Oh may I join the choir invisible
or those immortal dead who live again
In minds made better by their pres
cence: live
In pulses stirred to generosity,
In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn
For miserable aims that end in self.
In thoughts sublime that pierce the
night like stars,
And with their mild persistence urge
mans search.
To vaster issues.
SO to live is heaven:
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UNITED STATES
in WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago Today

Government issues call for 251 900
men to entrain. for camp on Septem-
Der /. involving a third of the new
army, which will total 755,700. Five
days to be allowed for mobilization.
Crowder urges haste; asks governors
to tell their draft boards to certify
the lists quickly. -" Senate
passes food-control bill by vote of 66
to and the measure goes to
President for his signature. Also
passes food survey bill. Fed
eral Trade Commission requests Gov
eminent to fix coal prices without
further delay. Department Of
Agriculture calls on farmers to SOW
enough acreage to produce a billion.
bushel wheat crop in 1918.
Elihu Root maintains that If this coun-
try gives its unqualified encourage
ment to Russia, both moral and finan-
cial, a separate Russian-G German peace
will be averted. Senate con-
firms nomination Of Bainbridge Colby
as a member Of the Shipping Board
after considerable discussion by vote
Of 81 to 16. Slight increase
in U-boat sinkings this past week.
War Industries Board de-
ciares it will exert all its powers to
protect public and allies from prof.
iteers. Backs Presidents stand for
fair profits to all.