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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-06-16
Byrd Plans Paris Return Trip

New York-Commander Richard F.
Byrd, the only aviator who ever flew
a plane over the North pole, plans to
Guido even Colonel Charles A. Lind
berg and Clarence D. Chamberlin in
the way of transatlantic flights. He
will fly to Paris in his great trimotor
Fokker monoplane, then Immediately
fly back again. At the most his stay
in the French capital will be scarcely
more than IL hours, just enough time
for the American and his fellow fliers
to take sleep and have the Americas
gasoline tanks refllled.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-06-16

of last week. Those in attendance
were Messrs. w. ]. Clewitt, Swan
Matson, John Sway, Sigfrid Olson,
Clearance Sway, and Mrs. T. B. Thorn
son, the Misses Goldie Sway, Sonia
Nelson, 'Astrfd Olson, and Ruth Berg
A number of friends and neighbors
surprised Mrs. T. B. Thomson at home
last Sunday afternoon, the occasion
being her birthday. A delicious
lunch was served by the ladies pres
ent
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-06-16

she is attending high school. She
will spend her vacation at the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Livers.
Mr. and Mrs. John Sway and family
visited at the Nels Berg home Sun
day evening.
Several, from here attended the
dance given by the Country Club at
the town hall in Kerrick and report
a very good time by all present.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-06-16
LINDBERGH GETS
GREAT OVATION
Aviator Receives Cheers of I'm.
mense Throng- Mother is First
To Greet Him on Memphis

New York-Lindbereh of the
Atlantic, came back to his start
Ing point and was accorded a wei
come unparalleled in all history.
Millions turned out to greet him
and roared themselves hoarse.
New York expressed itself in
noise and paper flung from win
dows, and there was noise such
as had never been before and the
paper was knee high in some of
the narrow, downtown streets.
The official greetings were voiced
at the city hall and Central yark
by Mayor Walker and Governor
Smith.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-06-16
Raise Funds for Filters Mothers.

New York-James w. Gerard, for.
mer ambassador to Germany, was
chosen to head committee which
will endeavor to raise $150,000 for the
mothers of Captain Charles Nungesser
and Francois Coli.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-06-16
Convicts Crack Prison Safe.

McAlester, Okla.-Even Oklahoma's
penitentiary is not safe from "safe
crackers" Officials of the prison are
searching for two inmates who are
wanted for "cracking' a safe in the
offices of the Seminole Manufacturing
Company, operators of prison shirt
factory.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-06-16
Two Girls Believed KIDNAPPED.

Chicago-Authoritie of the Notre
Dame convent at Bourbonnais, ILL.,, ap-
pealed to the sheriff of Kankakee
county for aid in seeking two young
girls missing from the convent and
believed to have been kidnapped.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-06-16

Crosses U. S. Twice in Seven Days.
Los Angeles-A $500 mile trip by
automobile from the Pacific coast to
New York City and back in seven
days was completed here by Louis B.
Miller, San Francisco business man
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-06-16

New York-Miss Luba Phillips
hor~s to fly to Rome, Vienna or Lon
don next month. A Russian by birth,
she has been flying 16 years. :
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-23

ringside, he was saved by slight tech
| meal error by the challenger, who
! turned TO the wrong corner after de.
ivering the prostrating blow. and so
gave the fallen man a little more time
| in which to regain his breath and
strength.
1t was close thing for Tunney
But there is no dispute it would seem.
over the decision finally rendered. For.
| falling to win the fight in the seventh.
Dempsey faltered in the succeeding
rounds and showed that he had
reached his climax in that one punch
that all but regaincd the title for him.
During the last three rounds he was
distinctly out -sparred by his opponent,
and the ruling in favor of Tunney
was accepted as just.
Under the laws of most of the States
today there can be no unlimited fights
round limit is set, which requires
that unless Knockout is scored within
that period the decision must be on
points" In two major encounters
recently the rulings have been so
based--;n that in which Tunney
won from Dempsey and in that
of last night. which resulted in Tun-
ney's retention of the tit'e. 1t is
doubtful whether the limit will be
lifted. The attending public seems to
be perfectly willing to see these
matches even though they are so re-
stricted. 1t pays millions for the priv.
lege. Last nights engagement drew
a gate" worth s., $780, 900, the greatest
in history.
1t may be mentioned in this con-
nection that the United States is
richer by s250,0OO through this fight
in the form of taxes on the admission
tickets. The State Of Illinois gains
SECS. 900. The owners of the stadium
get 100000. The winner of the bout
gets something over $1,000,000. The
loser gets $45O,O00. The promoter of
the entertainment will probably net
about S250,000 after all expenses are
paid, The only ones who lost on the
affair are over-confident spectators
in tickets and those who guessed
wrong in the placing of their bets. No.
body will ever know the turnover on
that score.
And now come the questions: When
will the next opportunity be offered
the public to turn out its cash by the
and who will be the attrac.
tions in the ring on that occasion?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-23
Bicycle Traffic Policemen

In an endeavor to make the safety
campaign of the Police Department
on traffic violators more effective
Mai. Hesse has detailed a squad OF
bicycle policemen to the work. Ten
men, mounted on wheels, have been
assigned to the task and will cooper
ate with the motor cycle and traffic
SQUADS in arresting violators of the
regulations.
Mai. Hesse's campaign is desirable
from every standpoint and the larger
the number of traffic policemen the
better will be the results. However,
the calling in of bicycle men to en-
force traffic rules stresses the fact
that the local department is made
quately equipped with both motor
cycles and automobiles.
Washington is one of the few cities
in the country and certainly the single
remaining community OF its size that
uses bicycle policemen to do the work
that can only be done effectively by
motorized apparatus. The days have
long since gone by in the National
Capital when the spectacle Of a puffins
bicyclist chasing a speeding motorist
was an every day affair, but from
| Maj Hessc's order 1t appears that In
the interests OF a safety crusade II
is necessary to turn the calendar back
to ten years ago.
Bicycles are in no way fitted to be
the means of transportation for traffic
enforcement policemen. They are al
! out of date as be automobile unequip
ped with a seKstarter. They impos'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-23

a heavy handicap on the enforcement
officers. whose efforts. except in rare
cases, can he nothing less than futile.
When Congress reconvenes the con.
dition which p,akes necessary the use
Of bicycle policemen to enforce traffic
rules should be vigorously demon
strated. Motor cycles and small cars
are used in practically every large
city. and for the National Capital to
he !nadeauately provided for in this
respect reflects seriously on the judg-
ment of the legislators. Washington
does not have the banditry that pre-
walls in many other sections to con-
tend with. but its traffic problem is
az acute as that of any comparable
community, and this fact should make
ii apparent that modern methods to
fight it are just as necessary here as
elsewhere
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-23
Press Deplores Possibility
Of Tariff War With France

Almost unanimously the American
press deplOres the possibility of a
tariff war between the United States
and France. 1t is recognized. how.
ever, that the situation which has
grown up will be exceedingly difficult
to settle amicably. The executive
branch of the French government has
a free hand to administer bargaining
tariff. but congressional action would
be required here for any material
change. d.
The st. Paul Pioneer Press feels
that 1.-The only course left may be for
President Coolidge to use his power to
retaliate with higher tariff rates
against nations which discriminate
against this country" The New York
Evening Post suggests that I'VE al.
ways have up our sleeve the tourist
embargo. hard to enforce but abso-
lutely devastating"
On the subject of retaliatory duties
the Reno Evening Gazette observes
that "the President would doubtless
he reluctant to exercise them against
such an old friend as France, but, If
necessary, he could, and the folly of
the French officials could be brought
home to them" But the Gazette be.
lieves mo such step will have to be
taken" The Grand Rapids Press ad-
vises that 1--WE can take a summary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-23
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

the peace of the world and the spread
Of equity and justice"
"Use the Air Mail and Save Inter.
est"' may soon become the slogan OF
the Lindbergh division Of the United
States Post Office. During the month
Of August the Illinois Merchants
Trust Co. of Chicago transmitted to
New York % air mail letters, contain
ing drafts, securities and currency to-
falling a value of $32,000,000. Twelve
letters reached New York before 8
am. the day following dispatch from
Chicago. Interest aggregating $1,000
was saved by clearing" the transac.
tions in question a day sooner than
would have been possible IL the Chi.
cago bank had used the ordinary
mails. The Kansas City Clearing
House Association reports interest
due to money transactions by air.
****
Oscar Keck, young German
round-the.world walker, hasn't SO very
much on a Washington comrade of
the hoof-Louis Varnum Woulfe, a
member Of Secretary Jardine's staff
at the Department of Agriculture.
Woulfe has just finished one of his
annual trips on the "HalfSole Linn.
tied" His route lay between Wash.
ington and Charleston, w. Va.
Woulfe averages between 80 and IS
miles a day. In his spare mo.
ments he climbs mountains athwart
his path. On his recent hike he scaled
Mount Sewell, $3.50 feet, clambering
up us of them in an hour. THE Sc
cret OF long distance hiking" says
Woulfe, lis rubber heels and an easy
gait"
* X X X
Several coy aspirants to the Repub-
lican presidential nomination are hav-
ing dinned in their ears these days
a celebrated aphorism coined by viii
II. Hays. 1t reads: 'In politics, things
don't happen. They are brought
about
(Copyright. 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-23
Road Markings.

An investigation has been started by
| the Merchants and Manufacturers
Association to determine the strategic
points in and near the city for the
! marking of highways for the benefit of
tourists. At recent meeting it was
Washington were, except in a very
few cases. poorly marked, and it was
decided that this condition should be
remedied at once.
To residents of city it may seem
comparatively unimportant that ade.
quate markings should be installed to
guide those who travel by automobile,
but to the motorist it is a matter of
great Importance. In fact, the motor.
list may become either booster or a
knocker for a city, according to the
ease with which he can negotiate its
entrances and exits.
1t is not enough to install in a hap
hazard manner a few signs here and
there to direct the traveller on his way.
y
and easily comprehensive system of
markings to assure q safe and reason.
ably clear course into and out of the
city.
1t is to be hoped. therefore. that the
Merchants and Manufacturers cam
paign for better marking will bear
fruit. Washington, the National Cap.
ital, should be the model in road mark
ings for every other city in the coun.
try. It's character demands it. Not
only should the main arteries be ade-
quately equipped with artistic sign
posts, but for those who intend only to
pass through the city to points South
or North. special routing should be
devised which will keep them clear of
the congested traffic in the downtown
district.
This system has reached probably
its highest point of development in
some of the cities lying along the Bos.
ton Post Road, the much-traveled
highway between New York and Bos.
ton. At these towns the motorist is
routed by means of understandable
markings around the business section
and is enabled to be on his way
quickly instead of being caught in the
traffic maelstrom that comprises the
business district.
Washington has as many tourists as
any other city in the country. This
great pilgrimage year by year should
find clearly marked roads to the beauty
spots of the Capital. and no time
should be lost in carrying out a sys-
tematic program to bring about the
desired end.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-23
American Legion Boys
Show French Real u. S.

From the New York Evening Post.
There was no mortuary veil over
the parade of the American Legion in
Paris recently, nor did any pennant
Of militarism snap above it.
How could we, who knew them.
have expected such trappings from
them? They are our own boys. and
they were but their natural selves
grave, when they had to be: sad,
when their hearts were touched; al
ways sober and solid underneath: but
when on show, funny, whimsical.
youthful, laughing and utterly be-
quilting.
OF course the French loved the
spectacle. A race so quick to know
sincerity and react to humor could
not help adoring this bizarre bit of
the real America displayed in their
historic streets. To US the march of
the Elks, the convention of the
Shriners, the picnics and clam chow
ders of Kiwanis or Lion are so ia
miliar that it did not occur to US how
utterly foreign it all might look in
French eyes. The Legion boys put on
a Rotary parade. just as if the Place
of the Star were Main street. Their
war days told them how dearly the
French like American eccentric city.
They exaggerated their Americanism
az Gen. Dawes did in Paris with his
unbuttoned blouse and his UNDERLYING
pipe. They put on show that was
more American than Broadway.
It was clearly good medicine"
After the first awed pause, the cor.
respondents say, France stood along
the sidelines and rocked with laughter
and applause. There were friendliness
and comradeship instead of a more
stilted IL more solemn rela tionship.
The boys who gave their lives in
the war have not been forgotten by
their comrades in Paris. The spiritual
side of the reunion has had its great
moments In the military cemeteries
and by the grave OF the Unknown
Soldier.
Yet we rejoice that our boys have
made their great impression through
life rather than death. We are glad
that, like Lindbergh, they made their
own stuff" We're their own gay, low
able selves. Thus have they won their
way back into the heart of France.
Thus can they be our best ambassa.
doris.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-23
UNITED STATES
in WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago Today

Rainbow Division" reviewed by
Secretary Baker at Camp Mills. He
sees $1,000 reorganized and hardened
National Guardsmen in final training
preparatory to an early departure
for France U-boat sinkings
cut to $4,000 tons in a week, lowest
since "frightfulness" began.
Three thousand two hundred Platts.
burg men carry out French idea of
trench warfare with pick and shovel.
Tardy draftees are ordered to
report, and warned that the penalties
Of desertion face those failing to re-
spond. Presidents plea ends
Pacific Coast iron workers strike and
$4,000 men agree to return to work
on his promise of satisfactory con-
ditions. Secretary McAdoo
announces distribution of two billion
dollars worth of war savings GER
tificates throughout country to make
it easy for every one to help win
the war through thrift.
Secretary Lansing discloses that
deadly germs and bombs were
painted by the Germans in the Ru-
manian legation when they left 1t in
American hands,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-23
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES f. TRACEWELL.

tient"-will be a thing Of the past. The
very name is poor psychology.
X II II y
Feeding is something for monkeys
what has it to do with depths of
understanding?
Let the monks eat necessarily. The
one who understands is above good
and evil alimentation. He goes on to
the inner substance of things. He
tries to get at the facts.
He wants to understand why human
beings act as they do, to paraphrase
the title of the book.
Such an understanding Is more to
him than a good dinner.
If he goes to a fashionable lunch
con place, the people around him en-
gage his attention more than the food
upon his plate.
Why does the girl whose hair, skin
and eyes are a symphony of tones
ruin the effect by the use of lipstick?
Why does she, who is a sister to
the sunshine and fresh air, find it
necessary to put rouge upon her
cheeks?
Here is a. man bred to the purple,
who has never known an i'll moment
in his life, except what his own mind
anu uSdIt ndNS DutIl up 1OT HlII1, yet
who writes with keen understanding.
Here is a hobo, who, II the eek
perience contention were true, ought
to wiring the hearts of mankind with
what he might tell, yet who turns out
only SO much tawdry stuff when he
is induced by some anxious publicist
to take pen in hand.
Look into your heart and write"
remains the best admonition to those
who pine for self-expression In print.
Plunge into a sea Of adventures, IL
you will, but you will come out Of it
little the wiser, il you do not lake
with you the harboring heart.
The lady who has written the most
palpitating adventures of desert life
has never been any farther south than
London.
The heart that lays up for itself
stores of mental acorns will feed plen.
tifully when Winter comes.
y X
Rufus Rastus Johnson Brown,
what you gonna do when de rent
comes round?"
This irrelevant question will never
be asked Of him who has a mental
and spiritual larder filled with the
good things gathered from the in.
exhaustible forests of the human
mind and spirit.
To live a surface life is we'll enough.
Thousands do 1t, and enjoy them.
selves thoroughly. (Also, they spend
much of their time standing in long
lines. waiting for places to open 80
that they may get in to see something
mediocre, when all the time they
might walk around the corner and
see something good.)
There Is a better way to live, how.
ever, which consists of trying to
think, trying to understand, trying to
appreciate.
One may get very little credit for
it. but still it is eminently worth while
trying. And, in trying. one will un-
derstand that life does not depend
upon a meal or the lack of a meal,
or upon a place to sleep or the lack
of one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-23
PHILOSOPHERS
GLENN FRANK

have spoken often in this column
OF the menace of routine and monot.
ony in our factories and of the fur
Their dangers of the standardizing of
our commodities going on to the stand
ardizing of our characters.
1t is fact that is as true as it Is
old that the monotonous repetition of
a specialized movement has a deaden.
ing effect upon the creative spirit of a
workman.
The man who makes one-forty.sec.
ond of a watch is likely to become one
forty-secord of a matchmaker.
Standardized machine production
does not make for creative craftsman
ship.
But there is another side to this
story of routine
Every worker is not a suppressed ar.
tist champing at the bit to create: the
brutal truth is that there Is a vast
amount OF mediocrity in the human
breed there are multiplied thOusa nds
of workmen who would not be creative
craftsmen even II their work were
done under UtOpian conditions.
Standardized machine production
has given these mediocre workmen
their first chance to make a better liv-
ing than the ancient artist-craftsman
ever made.
The mediocre workmen of the ma.
chine age have a car and a cottage: in
a handicraft world they would be liv.
ing in a howell and walking.
And even the craftsman blessed with
creative urge has this to his advan-
tage--the further development of
standardized mass production will give
him. in greater and greater abundance.
two inesttmable boons; leisure and
means.
The creative craftsman Is happiest
when his bread-and-butter job is, at
one and the same time, a means of
selfexpression and means of self.
support: but. II he Is doomed to live
i'm n world of standa rdized mass pro.
duction, it is gratifying to know that
he can look forward to leisure and
means for the satisfaction OF his ere
atiVe spirit.
But what about the effect of stand.
ardization and routine upon our civil
alton III general? Here. again, there
is a side to the picture we sometimes
overlook.
A certain amount OF standardization
is necessary to the effective living of
our lives. III we did not standar(iize
and reduce to routine such processes
as shaving, dressing and eating, we
should have to spend most of our time
In the bathroom and dining room.
know men who do most of the creative
planning for their business or profess
sional day while shaving and dressing
These processes have become so nearly
automatic that their minds are free for
bigger things.
May not the processes OF producing
the necessities of life be so standard
lied and automatic that the ma ior en-
ergies of people can be freed for
bigger things?
scopyrisht. 1871 ss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-23
Indiana Starts Housecleaning

After three hours of elaboration by
the jury, Mayor John L. Duvall OF
Indianapolis was yesterday found
guilty of bartering offices for the sake
Of election, in violation of the corrupt
practices act of the State of Indiana.
The jury prescribed the penalty,
which would seem to be moderate in
view of the gravity of the offense.
The mayor is sentenced to spend
thirty days in Jail and to pay q fine of
81 900, and is barred from holding any
public Office for four years from the
date of the commission of his crime.
Actually, he is rendered ineligible for
only little more than two years
from the present time. II the sentence
stands against appeals the effect will
be that the two years that have
elapsed, during a portion Of which. he
held the Office Of mayor, will be ex.
cused.
The first reaction to this verdict
and sentence is that the punishment is
too light for SO grave an offense. 1t
is, however, save as to the term OF
Imprisonment, which might have been
as much as a year, the maximum al
lowed by the law. The evidence given
disclosed a shocking state of corrup-
ton. The charge which the jury sus-
tanned was that the mayor promised
certain person who welded a large
political influence and controlled a
heavy vote the privilege Of naming
two members Of the board Of works
and the city engineer in return for his
support, and also that he accepted a
large sum from him in furtherance of
this agreement. This was plain bar
ter in public offices.
Although the penalty might have
been more severe, in keeping with the
magnitude of the offense, this convic-
ton is to be welcomed as a move to-
ward cleaner politics and more honest
municipal administration. Indiana is
at present conspicuously in the public
eye in this regard. High officials have
been accused of corruption and double
dealing. Other prosecutions are in
progress. The voters of the State are
fully acquainted with the. venality of
officials. They have an opportunity in
coming elections to visit effective pun
ishments upon individuals and politi-
cal organizations that have engaged
in these corrupt practices. Whether
they will take that chance Ii a ques-
ton. The pollution Of the public con-
science has gone deeply, and there
may, unfortunately, be no corrective
reaction. But the conviction of the
mayor of the States capital should en-
courage those who hope to see In
diana cleansed of its political foulness.