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above mentioned. A predatory note
says: George Washington was a re.
markable product of England, who, ap-
pearing in our American colonies at a
critical period both for them and for
himself. became the chief architect
Of the amazing structure which has
risen upon his foundations-a man
for the worlds two greatest peoples
to be proud of. We have obtained and
here reprint the full text Of a speech
by Washington's successor, himself a
New Englander of the classic type
Over at Boiling Field, the Army Air
Corps model establishment, the com.
maEding officer, Maj. Burwell, has hit
upon delightful and picturesque idea
for naming his flying ships. The
crews Of the various planes are given
list of birds indigenous to the region,
as well as the names of birds that
soar and those that are birds of prey.
Each crew selects a name that most
appeals to it. Some of the names
with which ships have thus been chris
tened are: Coot, warbler. wren, swal-
low, thrush, ruff. owl-a night-flying
ship! avocet, stork-a Photographic
ship; martin. goldfinch, robin, hawk
ana eagle-pursuit ships; condor and
albatross-the large-winged transports.
X X X
President James Monroe's famous
little law office in Fredericksburg
Va, has just been purchased by his
MISREPRESENTATION, Laurence Cow
erneur Hoes, who lives in Washington.
Hoes was an 1S-year-old schoolboy
when the World War came, and, de-
spite his youth, managed to enlist in
the United States Army and be sent
to France with a replacement draft
company. He was on duty lover
there" until six months after the
armistice. Then he went back to his
studies and completed his education.
The descendant of the President who
gave his name to our most historic
international doctrine purposes restor-
ing the old office of his ancestor and
converting it into something as near
the original as possible. Eventually
1t will include a museum of Monroe
relics.
(Copyright. 1929
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Lowden and McNary- Haugenism

Is Frank o. Lowden. former Gov
ernor OF Illinois, to run away with
McNary Haugenism? Or is McNary.
Haugenism to run away with Mr..
Lowden?
The McNary. Haugenites are intent
upon using Mr.. Lowden as the head
and forefront of their battering ram
to knock down the expected candidacy
of President Coolidge for denomination
and reelection in 1928. On the other
hand. Mr.. Lowden's chances for the
nomination seem to be bound up with
his support of the principles of the
McNary Haugen farm relief bill. His
chief claim appears to be his friend
ship for the farmers and their friend
ship for him.
There was no open launching Of the
Lowden boom for President at the re-
cent Northwestern Farm Conference
in ST. Paul. But the conference went
on record as favoring the repassage
of the McNary-Haugen bill at the COM
ing session of Congress. It also at
tackled President Coolidge for his veto
Of that measure in the Congress which
closed last March. The resolutions
adopted, Of course, were in line with
the Lowden candidacy for the Repub-
lican nomination for President. Sug.
gestions came from speakers at the
conference that the fight should con.
tinue until the supporters of the Nc.
Nary-Haugen bill found a President
who would sign the bill IL passed by
Congress. It is well understood that
President Coolidge, having declared
the bill to be unavoidable. unsound and
unconstitutional, would veto it again
IL Congress should send it to him.
Reports from the corn and wheat
belts indicate that the Lowden boom
is about to burst forth in full bloom;
that the Lowden organization is to
be perfected in many Of the States
Of the West and Middle West, and
also in the East and the South. What
the Lowden supporters fear. and ap-
parently the McNary-H augenites too,
is that President Coolidge, by his visit
to the West this Summer. is gaining
a lead that it will be impossible to
overcome if the fight against him is
delayed longer.
The supporters Of Mr.. Lowden and
of the McNary- Haugen bill, many of
whom are identical, look with longing
eyes to return of Congress to Wash.
ington. They believe that Congress
will prove their most effective means
to halt the parade for the renomina.
ton Of President Coolidge. They look
to the Senate and the House to adopt
resolutions opposing more than eight
years in the White House for any
man as violative Of the third.term
tradition. They look to Congress to
repass the McNary -Haugen bill and
force the President to veto it again.
They probably would give their shirts
IL special session of Congress should
be forced right now.
At present Mr.. Coolidge is making
political hay in the sunshine Of the
West. He has all the best Of the pub.
licity. But when Congress returns
his opponents hope for at least an
even break in the news.
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UNITED STATES
in WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago Today

Reorga nization Of Atlantic fleet or
dered by Secretary Daniels to meet
new problems resulting from war
time expansion to almost twice lis
normal size. Extension OF capie
censorship ordered to include all trans
atlantic messages German
agents are arrested in Kansas CITY
in alleged plot to spread lockJaw by
means of poisoned court plaster.
Senate insurgents block vote on ava"
ton bill and drag in further discus
sion of CONSUMPTION as un'American.
Senator Lewis asserts that
the Government has information
showing that much of. the infcrma-
ton Germany received relative 10
movements of American troops waA
transmitted to them by wireless from
Mexico. President, shocked at
falling of militant suffragettes, may
advocate ''votes for women" as part
of war emergency program.
Senate votes curb on National De.
Tense Council by amendments to Food
Administration bill barring. Govern.
ment advisers firms from war con.
tracts. Official Washington
shocked at figures submitted on u
boat sinkings showing them very
much in excess OF worlds new pro.
duction Of ships. More American de.
stroyers needed to help British pa
troll danger zones. . =" Paris hears
Germany is considering the dramatic
proposal to its enemies, and to the
world, Of complete disarmament
program except for SUFFICIENT forces
to maintain compulsory peace by
cQgpulsory arbitration. -..,
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ing the rebels. Accounts Of the casual
ties show Sandino's serious blunder in
estimating the defense force as an
easy mark. One hundred OF the as.
sailants were killed by the Joint forces
of Marines and constabulary and two
hundred more by the bombing planes.
One Marine was killed and one was
injured. while one Of the constabulary
was wounded. This engagement,
which has simply maintained the high
record of the Marine forces, should
be a wholesome influence in persuad-
ing the Nicaraguan insurrectos that
numbers are not the decisive factor in
any encounter in which the American
Devil Dogs" participate.
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SHOOTING STARS.
Ely PHlLANDER JOHNSON.

Detectives in Fact and Fiction.
For good Summer reading. my fancy
Is leading
To tales Of the sleuths who are keen
To start with killing whose episodes
thrilling
Wind up in true lovers scene.
The courts and attorneys may give
me long journeys
Through clues that so vainly heed.
The "Dick" in the story-I'm sure Of
his glory
Will tell me just who "Done the
Deedv'
Detectives In fiction fulfill the predic-
ton
That finally murder will out"
New crimes realistic are most inartistic;
They leave the conclusion in doubt.
All, why should some moron the rest
rank before on
The page that's depicting our time
With urges so willful? Let authors
more skillful
Attend to the annals Of crime!
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Ford's Explanation Amazing
From Viewpoint of Editors

Mr.. Ford is but din1y aware Of the
enormity of his offense," the st.
Louis Post-Dispatch declares that the
essence of his offense was its wretched
un-Americanism, it's ignorant, pre-
posterous and, at times, maleyolent
intolerance" and this st. Louis paper
continues, els there anything more
deplorably violative of the spirit Of our
Constitution, more criminally per-
fidious to our traditions and our
political credo, more insidiously de-
structive of the genius of our lnstl'
tutions than the systematic preach
ing of race hatred?" The Dayton
Daily News holds that hardly in our
time has so conspicuous man con-
fessed to so egregious, so inexpllcabie
an error"
Many of. the papers feel. however,
that Mr.. F'ords present action should
be taken at its face value. the
Albany Evening News says: He has
made the amende honorable. Trat
is enough" The Rochester Times
Union is glad because of his announce
ment that "his name will no longer
be connected with encouragement mere
of that inti-Semitisn which is dis
ruptive force in a number or coun'
tries" The Detroit News says,
whatever the inspiration. his re-
traction evidently comes from the
heart and is Enthusiastically COM
plete."
'If Mr.. Fords apology serves to
incite others TO purge their hearts OF
envy and hatred and malice ana al
uncharitableress. and to meet their
fellow Americans upon the common
Ground of a common manhood, ire
spective of race or religion, the motor
will have done MS
country of a real and lasting service.
declares the birmingham News ana
the Oklahoma City Times, which sees
too many Americans still busy los.
tering religious and racial pre1u zee
says, Intolerance, ignorance and Dig
otry are causing needless friction 10
a polyglot people, but the Nation VIII
notice it, if the worlds richest man
and his widely circulated periodical
are to abandon anti-Semitism.
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power craft in going after their finny
prey. Catching trout by a spinner
while seated in a motor boat is alto.
gether too mechanical for tolerance.
REWRITING to the matter Of the
worm used by the President. it may
be suggested that il there is any pol
itics" in the piscatorial pastime the
President Is playing the game most
effectively. There are far more worm
fishermen than fly fishermen in this
country. and there is a rather pro-
nounced feeling between the two
classes. The spectacle of the Presi-
dent batting his own hook with a
squirming earthworm, and. what is
more, landing his trout, is calculated
to appeal to n greater number of peo-
pie than the most expert casting Of
the finest fly ever fashioned.
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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

GOOD / Don't Like" there Is a
pretty subject for hot-weather dis
cussion.
When the dog days" come. one Is
inclined to growl at something--more
often than not, the weather itself.
But the weather is such an old topic,
however, that we gladly leave it to the
Weather Bureau and that top left
hand corner of the first page.
Food, now!
Every one is interested in grub.
Much has been said about favorite
foods, but. as far as we know, no one
has disported himself in print as to
foods he does not like.
Wherefore, liking to be as original
as possible, we undertake today to in
form the perspiring reader about the
food and drink which we, personally,
have no particular use for.
Such a list would vary with every
human being in the world. for, truly,
there is no accounting for taste, es-
called taste buds" in the mouth.
My list of dislikes might be your
array of likes, my preferences your
pet diversions. What's one mans
meat is another mans poison, indeed.
Take beer, for instance.
X X X
We had as lief drink saturated
solution of quinine as the best beer
that ever was brewed.
How any one can drink it is beyond
our comprehension. but then-many
things are beyond that. of course.
Beer. to our taste, is too bitter for
words and especially for drinking.
Yes. at various times we have sampled
various brands and this goes for all
OF them. Nearbeer, too.
Yet at the same time we realize
that this is the favorte beverage of
millions Of human beings and we can
but wonder at it.
Our private opinion is that to be
able to drink beer with relish. one
must have blunted his easter"
Thousands of men achieve this re-
suit first, by smoking and then by
finding it necessary to use an excess
food.
First, they smoke, or. rather. over
smoke. which puts a permanent to.
bacco taste in their mouths.
Next, they must sprinkle on pepper
and salt, in order to taste it.
Then, nothing short of the bitter
taste of beer can get through the bar
rage Of tobacco, salt, pepper, sugar,
mustard, sauce, horseradish and SO on.
X X X X
And onions!
One of the brightest gentlemen we
know declares that any one who eats
onions is perverted.
We think that bit too strong.
Yet we detest onions, so much so
that we have never tasted one.
The smell Is enough.
We have heard it said that once you
taste EN-, you can't smell 'em, which
would be a blessing, Of course, but
we have never been able to get that
far
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Worms and Spoons.

When President Coolidge confessed
to using worms for bait in fishing for
trout. there was some clamor of pro.
test on the ground that it was an I'M
sportsmanlike mode Of angling. There
were those, however, who defended
the President, pointing out that after
all the object of fishing is to catch
fish, and that If an angler uses the
bait that the fish want he is justified
SO long as he lands his catch. OF
course, the real point Of the PROPOSE
ton is that worm fishing requires but
little skill as against fly fishing and
that fly fishermen look upon worm
fishermen as amateurs incapable Of
practicing the fine art of rod manipu.
lation.
Now comes Vice President Dawes
with a fishing exploit that may renew
the discussion. 1t is reported that in
lake in New Mexico Gen. Dawes is
angling in motor boat, using a spin
ner for trout. A spinner is purely
mechanical device. There is not even
as much skill in spoon" fishing from
a motor boat as in dropping a worm
baited hook into a stream or pool. The
angler simply sits In the boat with a
line in his hand and when a fish bites
he pulls it in. The whirling bit of
metal has done all the work. If the
Vice President had used q spoon at
the end of a rod line, casting it so as
! to give a stimulation Of small fish,
he might be excused on the ground Of
possessing some adeptness in manip.
ulation. But motor boat! Only tar.
bon fishermen are supposed to use
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Views Differ About
Number of Farmers
From the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

From the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
A most curious contrast. provoca-
tive of interest and study. are two
recent editorials, one in the Wall
Street Journal and the other from a
North Dakota weekly newspaper.
Each seeks to answer the question.
Are There Too Many Farmers?"
with the New York newspaper in the
affirmative and the North Dakota In
the negative.
The Wall Street Journal points out
that, despite the constant draft from
the farms to the cities and lowered
man-power, the farms continue to
produce more than ever and an in
creasing. surplus. 1t AYERS that
machinery has made possible an ever
growing increase of products and
made necessary an ever-diminishing
number of farmers. 1t points to the
modern method of cold storage, which
now preserves from waste immense
quantities of foodstuffs which before
the invention and commercial use
of canning, cold storage and the like
persisted and made room for more.
Now meats, eggs, butter, poultry are
no longer perishable, and potatoes
and like root crops. fruits and vege-
tables once doomed to decay unless
eaten are no longer wasted.
Hence the conclusion that we need
less men on the farms and a restric-
ton of production If farming is to pay
profit.
The North Dakota weekly asks why
farmers are selling off their stock
and machinery now at the opening of
the season when indications are for
a good crop? Why are they leaving
~. xryl,o% 40 xx,t,o
they drift to the cities?
1.-THE influx to the towns and cities
is getting to be big question" it
argues, "for the number of unemploy-
ed is getting so large they must be
taken care Of" and by what means Is
not yet known.
Hence the farm, even with its draw
backs, provides food and shelter and
a home, and should not be deserted
for the chance Of walking the city
pSYements in futile search of work
ana Tor the homelessness of a city
tenement. Poverty on the farm is
ten times mere endurable than pow
erty in the city,. for on the farm there
is independence and hope.
Agriculture Is on the downward
curve Of the cycle. It Is a painful
descent. though possibly necessary
for future prosperity.
The East would take them Off the
farm and put them in factories. The
West would keep them on thu farm
and prevent lowered wages IN in
dustry.
Neither wish nor argument can de-
feet economic law or change, fer
these are immutable and regard
neither the individual nor any section
Of humanity.
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Some one told us once-somebody
is always telling something-that If
one ate onions profusely one would
never catch a cold.
All we can say is, we would rather
have a cold.
Spinach. too.
Our antipathy toward spinach Is of
a coldly impersonal type. We recog-
nize its high Importance in the diet,
and all the good that it is supposed
to have done Johnny and Mary since
the medical profession began prescrib-
ing it in heroic doses.
Yet we have never been able to
work up a bit of enthusiasm about
spinach. and we doubt If one out Of
a hundred persons who faithfully
masticate their spinach really and
truly likes it.
Melted butter helps. as does a bit
of lemon. but taken by and large
(mostly large spinach is so much
cooked hay.
Ask Johnny.
Carrots.
These are rabbit food par excel
lence. The rabbits seem to like them,
anu are W0ICOult ~ our snare,
We have been attempting to prefer
carrots for the past Is years.
AS the result of our labor we man
age to down tablespoonful or so,
when pushed into it, but normally
dodge the orange fellows.
Squash is another thing we can
not "see-" or eat. We had as lief
eat nothing and be done with it.
Honey.
We are glad the bees like it, for we
don't. This is another substance we
have a theoretical admiration for. 1t
is one of three things originally de.
signed by nature for food purposes
and for nothing else.
"Hot biscuits and honey" All, ah!
doesn't that sound good? Yes, it
sounds fine. but did you ever try it?
Hot biscuits and butter have it beat
a mile.
Some people rave about crab meat,
but, as for us, we refuse to touch it.
Visions of youthful days, Wading in
Sinepuxent Bay, with crabs of as
sorted sizes making more or less sue
cessful clutches at our toes, rise man.
fully to the fore.
And, besides. the taste has no charm
for us, individually. Eat it or leave
it--and we leave it.
Apples, too.
Willingly would we heed the ad.
monition about an apple a day, but
the Stayman Winesap is the only one
we honestly like, and you can't get
it every day.
We have said enough to convince
the most critical that we are a ter
rible crouch. what, doesn't like
beer or onions or spinach or carrots
or honey or crabs or apples! What
on earth does he like?"
Nothing-in this hot weather.
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ANSWERS TO)QUESTIONss g0
BY FREDERIC J. HAsKIN. 'Ezwrar' -~

@. How did the expression, filthy
lucre, come into use?--H. G. c.
A. Filthy lucre is a phrase which
was popularized during the early
days of the construction Of the Pana-
ma Canal 1t was said Of an engineer
that he retired from his connection
with the canal because of the lure of
money-filthy lucre.
n Is it possible to heat a whole
house electrically in practical, eco
nomical way?-H. II.
A. The Bureau of Standards says
that house heating electrically at
present prices for coal, oil, or wood,
and electrical energy is excessively ex-
pensive where there is weather that
requires continuous Winter heating.
There have been some experiments
made in Seattle and Spokane, Wash.
A nine-room house that cost $S7 per
wear to heat when wood was burned
cost $2,250 when electricity was used
at 8 cents per kilowatt hour. To
hea. a six-room house with coal cost
$50, to heat with electricity at 3
cents per kilowatt hour would cost
$1,000.
@. Why Is Athens called 1.-THE City
Of the Violet Crown"?-T. L.
A. The alIusion is to the sunset
light on the Acropolis.
O. How long has the Mississippi
River been known to civilization?-
A. l..
A. 1t was discovered by De Soto in
1541.
Q. How far is it from John O. Greats
house to Lands End?-B. NJ.
A. Lands End is a point in the ex-
treme southwest corner of Cornwall.
England. John O. Greats house is on
Duncansby Head, the northeastern
extremity of Scotland. The distance
between the two is 994 miles.
@. How is pine forest perfume
made?-F. NJ. B.
A. Pine forest perfume Is made of
four ounces of oil of pinus picea, one
half ounce oil Of lavender. one-half
ounce of oil of bergamot and one-half
ounce oil of lemon.
Q. Why isn't liquid air on the mar
ket?-E. J. S.
A. Liquid air Is not an article of
commerce, as it cannot be stored for
any length of time. 1t is prepared in
research laboratories and the labora-
tories Of large universities.
O. When was the megaphone in
vented? H. u. H.
A. Thomas A. Edison announced
the invention Of the megaphone in
October, 1877.
@. How near full does 6-inch drain
tile get when working to capacity
L. E.
A. The Division Of Agricultural En-
cheering says that a tile line runs
eight-tenths full when it is at it's
maximum capacity.
@. What kind of feathers should
| be used on arrows that are to be shot
from a bow?-A. G.
| A. The best feathers are from the
main pinion of the turkeys wing.
They should be stiff and cut to ex-
actly the same shape and size and
spaced equidistant about the shaft
ment.
@. What was the money for that
| Nathan Straus gave to Jerusalem last
| Winter?-P. F. F.
A. On December %, 1926, 1t was
announced that Mr.. Straus had given
| S250,000 to found a health center in
Jerusalem-the first Of its kind in the
Near East.
O. How were the names OF States
chosen that were given to the avenues
in the City of Washington?-II. B.
A. The names Of the States in the
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A New Spirit.

1t all goes back to the time that
Col Charles Lindbergh landed his
Spirit of St. Louis at LIE Bourget
Field. near Paris. All kinds of
Spirits" have made their appearance
in the public eye since then. The lat
est is the spirit Of Charlestown."
This spirit is not an airplane. or a
boat, or a train, or an automobile. 1t
is a person who also answers to the
name of William Busch Of Boston,
Mass. Yesterday he was much
disappointed young man. Arriving in
New York after q hard run afoot OF
240 miles from Boston, he found no
welcoming delegation to applaud his
achievement. He claims to have made
the trip in fifty-eight hours and to
have established a new distance record.
There appears to be good deal OF
mystery about this new record. No one
in New York seems to have heard any
thing about 1t. The lack Of a crowd
of cheering thousands to greet him
made Busch's entrance somewhat en-
barrassing, especially when he reached
the downtown district, due to his
scanty attire. If Busch really did
make the run he is entitled to good
deal more praise than he has received
for his stamina, and New York has
failed signally to honor a courageous
youth, but perhaps there may be some
hokum about it which kept down the
welcoming of thousands. In any
event the Spirit Of Charlestown" may
lie down and take rest from his ex-
ertions, both in running and attempt
ing to snatch a little publicity.