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Evening star., 1927-03-25
Praises American
Note ON Poison Gas
From the Minneapolis Evening Tribune.

| From the Minneapolis Evening Tribune.
The State DEPARTMENT. memoran-
dunn to the League of Nations. which
| further clarifies this cuuntrys position
on the use of poison gas and bacteria
in war, may not drip with humani
! tartan phrases, but it at least has the
| merit OF viewing the subject in a
wholly practical and rational light.
| The communication properly empha-
| sizes the difficulties involved in re-
| stIicting semi-war industries without
seriously hampering the legitimate
peace-time activities of laboratory and
| factory, and it takes the very reason
| able stand that no nation can safely
agree ito refrain from preparations
| for defense against attack by chemical
wal fare, regardless of the existence
of international conventions prohibit
| ing the use of such warfare.
Such an attitude merely reflects a
| decent caution for the Nations safety.
| The desirability or undesirability OF
| gas or bacteria as implements of war
| or their relative barbarity as com
] pared with other deathdealing devices
| does not enter into the question or
adequate defense in the least. The
problem as it confronts the United
! States today IS not one of humanlta-
| rianism but expediency. The menace
of chemical warfare is real and unan-
swerable and those who would meet
! it fairly are reacting TO no instinct
mere reprehensible than that OF self
| preservation.
AS a matter of fact, any interna-
! tional agreement looking toward the
restriction of chemical warfare actiVl-
ties in times of peace is bound to be
diScouragingly barren of results. Ma
tions may pledge themselves, and sim
cerely. against undue preparatory et-
forts in this line of offense, Yet the
truth must be faced that peace-time
chemistry is SO closely allied to war
| time chemistry that these pledges are
nothing more than gestures of intent.
| The chemical industries OF nation
are potentially, IL not actually, the fly
| in the ointment of high resolve. The
plant which manufactures phoSSene
or chlorine or other gases of the sort
in the ordinary industrial routine
sounds a sour note in the chorus or
international assurances. And yet the
chemical demands of industry must be
met. and in an unrestricted way. The
solution, il there is an ultimate one,
calls for sane and unimpassioned rea-
soning, a fact which the State Depart
ment, as evidenced by it's latest memo
randum, is quick to recognize.
Evening star., 1927-03-25
jury Trial Filibuster.

Owing 10 the failure of the second
deficiency appropriat ton bin behind the
Senate slush fund filibuster. there now
impends a jury trial filibuster in our
local courts.
Funds for payment of juries in the
Police Court run out Monday, and the
new appropriations for the fiscal year
1928 will not be available until July 1,
leaving a three-month period during
which, according to present indica-
tions, there can be no jury trials.
An appropriation of $4,000 for Po-
lice Court juries was asked for the
current fiscal year, which ends June
80. This was cut down to SIT 900. The
other $4,000 was sought in the def
cheney bill, which was lost behind the
Senate filibuster. Today there is $500
on hand, which will be exhausted Mon
day, court officials say.
What is the situation? Will the ad-
ministration of justice be impeded,
even thWarted?
Ralph Given, in charge of the United
States cases mot including the prohibi-
ton cases., has to date more than 200
jury trials pending. Ringgold Hart,
assistant corporation counsel, to date
has 438 jury trials pending in District
of Columbia and traffic cases. David
A. Hart. prosecutor Of the liquor cases.
has more than 700 pending. Al Stern,
in charge of United States cases in
volving traffic, such as leaving after
colliding and use of smoke screen, has
about so jury trials pending. 1t is
claimed that there are in all some
1000 cases awaiting jury trials in the
Police Court.
At congressional hearings, advocat-
ing that the Traffic Bureau be given
th right to revoke permits pending
cou.t action. Traffic Director NJ, o.
Eldrfdge said that a very large num-
Der Of known criminals with bad rec
ords are still driving their automobiles
recklessly about Washington, because
they have demanded jury trials, de-
pending upon long delays to weaken
the case OF the prosecution.
When II Is known that there can be
no jury trials for three months and
with the docket already SO seriously
congested. offenders even in the sim
plest of cases will demand jury trials.
The advantage is all with the culprit,
tA AA kaafr hot
will leave sown or be otherwise not
available.
And there is another important fea.
ture. The Police Court has not any
more employees than are needed, IL a
sufficient number. There are IS Po-
lice Court employees who under act of
Congress were given increases in sal
ary under reclassification. The salary
funds will be $40 short. which is the
equivalent of 1872 working days. This
means-with notice given by the Com
missioners based on a circular notice
from the controller general. that ac-
counts must not be overdrawn-that
these 1S employees must be forced to
take furloughs, without pay, between
now and July l. or an average OF
about ii days each.
The absence of these employees from
their regular duties must still further
obstruct and impede the prompt and
orderly administration Of justice.
This is a condition and not theory.
The first chief Of the Budget Bu-
reau. now Vice President and presid.
ing officer in the Senate, knows where
the fault lies-so do the people
Evening star., 1927-03-25
American Rhodes
Scholars Exclusive

From the Waterbury Republican.
American Rhodes scholars at Ok
ford are now generally reputed to be
the most exclusive social set in Eng
land. This is naturally to be expected,
since the leaders of English So
ciety consist Of only earls, dukes,
countesses. knights of the garter ana
what, not-persons who are all TOO
democratic to indulge in exclusive
ness When the Rhodes scholars re-
turn to America they will find true
competition. 1t is in the big Ameri-
can cities, like New York, where one
comes across really exclusive society,
for it is our wealthy sons and grand
sons of pauper immigrants and native
commoners who have eXclusiveness
down to a fine art. The King OF Eng
land himself if he came to America
lust as plain George Windsor, would
have difficulty in getting bid to the
coming-out party of some coal
heavens granddaughter.
That is a very democratic famlly,
the Windsors. Young Edward goes
dancing with a "hello girl" a groom 8
wife and other attractive plebeian
lasses. Queen Mary. when she wants
a new fur coat, has it made with a
few rodents killed in Windsor Park.
Just now she has shown new proof OF
her freedom from snobbishness. Last
month it leaked out that Ivor Mon
tague. third son of Lord Swaythling,
had secretly married beneath him,
his bride being London stenographer
Lady Swaythling did not take kindly
to the news of her sons marriage.
Neither did Mayfair. No one sug-
gested that the bride be received In
society, least of all the new "in-laws.'
This version reached Queen Mary.
She Immediately sat down and wrote
LADY Swaythling warm letter, con-
graduating her on her sons marriage
and evincing the keenest delight in the
romance of it.
And here in America Clarence
Mackay refuses to have anything
more to do with his daughter because
She married Irving Berlin.
Evening star., 1927-03-25
BAREBACK.

Nature has demonstrated once again
to too ardent gardeners that nothing
in particular is to be gained by delv.
ing in the old back yard at the first
touch OF false Spring.
Keep your eyeB on the maple
leaves" says Mother Nature, "and
when you see them beginning to un.
fold, know that Spring is really here. "
There is no fooling the trees. They
have been on earth too long and are
creations of too slow a growth to al.
low themselves TO be fooled by the
capricious weather of any single year.
Many signs of Spring are known to
every one, but the trees, after all, re-
main the NEST constant and depend
Evening star., 1927-03-25

ern Australia; into the darkness of
Darkest Africa or through the densest
| jungleS. Wherever it beckonS men
will follow as they have followed for
| thousands of years. Thou true mag
netic pole. to which all hearts point
duly north, like trembling. needles,
said Byron" The Bulletin adds: '"The
| rush at Weepah comes in what for
mining rushes is a new day, the new
day of a dry law undreamed of in the
roaring f1fties. but the miners will
not mind if they can get the gold.
With plentiful dirt valued at $50 a
pound, 1t should be possible to be
merry even on grape juice"
But the Toledo Blade feels that "all
that Identifies the present with similar
excitement of the past years is the
romance of it. The romance of gold
does not change. cannot change. But
try TO get a mental picture of a min
ing town where traffic officers rule the
milling crowds. An old-time miner,
awakened from his sleep in the hills,
would not feel at home in Weepah
His bewilderment would be greater
than that of Rip Van Winkle.'
x X X X
The Grand Rapids Press notes that
the prospector is no longer a spe-
cialiZed. red.underweared, month
bearded. bleary-eyed type. He is any
body who can borrow an auto. and
he may be hard-boiled or guileless,
rough or effete. Reporters fail I'm
trying to paint Weepah as a typical
movie gold-rush town. It's too close
to civilization, too open to the civilized,
too easy to reach and full of cars.
Even the alleged dance-hall girls ride
N Io
casting a tear for the passing of the
glorious two,gun days. and admitting
their final demise, it Is nevertheless
easy enough to find matter of interest
in the Weepah rush,
"Weepah'S revived activity" states
the Admission Star, "giveS to people
who had lost hope a bit of thrill that
naturally encourages renewed hope.
Most mining camps have their days of
excitement, and then their tragic
deaths. How much better II would be
for Weepah and Tonopah If, while
things are booming. they could build
for more substantial prosperity. one
that could last after the gold fever has
bated."
The Helena CMont.) Record.Herald
adds it's comment: "weepah Is just
starting. The gold taken out of the
ground will be the least part of it's
economic history. When the East,
which has more gold than all the gold
mines of the West, and which will
eat up the Weepah fairy tale. begins
to buy, business will be good Weepah
may or may not take millions from
the earth, but that 1t viii remove
millions from the speculative public
seems quite certain
1.-THE greatest wealth in this coun-
try is not in the Weepah gold fields
asserts the Winston-Salem Sentinel.
ASK Edison. Ask Ford The source
of the greatest wealth is in the human
mind. And this wealth is ideas. The
cotton gin is an idea. How many
millions has it been worth to the
world? Vastly more. no doubt, than
all the gold In all the Weepah region.
And the human race has Just begun
to discover IDEAS
Evening star., 1927-03-25
Weepah Gold Rush Compared
To Yukon and Sacramento Trails

Weepah and it's gold rush is vel
coined by America as bright toucn
of romance In a prosaic age. Reflected
| in the new camps of Nevada, the
press sees figures of fact and fiction
who crowded the trail of the Yukon
and the valley of the Sacramento. But
one striking anachronism in this
modern version of 40 is widely com
mented upon; The gasoline motor.
Another big rush, another big
chance with everything staked on the
risk of finding the precious ore! eX-
claims the Oakland Tribune. 1t is
Weepah today, and yesterday 1t was
Tonopah, and behind that the ruins OF
ghost cities and departed romance:
Perhaps they are writing the story or
the Days of '27' over there In the
sagebrush." The Syracuse Herald re-
marks that "apart from the side-nne
fortunes to be picked up in the golo
country with cards, dice, bootleg
whisky and gas the latest bonanza
should prove a priceless boon to spin
ners of stories of the great open
spaces where men are men, etc. the
crop has been slowly dying or late,
although a few stout spirits turn out
their annual quota. Look now for
new and improved brand or STORY,
based on the Nevada gold fields or
1927 and their companion African dla-
mond mines of the same vintage.
at takes one back three-quarters OF
a century," remarks the Detroit News
"to the California gold rush, the eager
location of claims, the feverish digging
and washing, the fortunes for the few,
the disappointments for the many.
The News concludes it's observations
with a. quotation from Bret Harte's
noem. .Dow's Flat written in 1856;
And he looked and turned sick,
Then he trembled and cried,
For YOU see the dern cuss hao
struck-'Water?'
Beg your parding. young man-tnere
lied!
It was gold-in the quartz.
And it ran all alike;
And / reckon five oughts
Was the worth Of that strike.
X x X X
"F'or purposes Of excitement, and
a s a timely contribution for the rene1
of the scarcity of romance IN TINS
country" says the Boston Transcript,
"nothing could be more welcome than
a couple of gold rushes. 1t Is long
time since we have had real ohe'
and when we contemplate TIC re
mendous flip that was given to the
American imagination, the stlmulation
of character, the incentive to glorious
adventure that accompanied or re.
suited from the wild trek to California
in 1S49, or even the fine saving pas
sions. the heroic sufferings and noble
extravaganza of the Klondike rush.
we cannot fail to welcome the stam'
pede to Weepah and thereabouts as
promise of something constructively
romantic at last"
"Thev are following the same old
gleam," declares the San Francisco
bulletin. that led the Forty-niners
across the plains in covered wagons.
or around the Horn in shellbacks and
windjammers. or across the Isthmus
of Panama The CLEAN that lured
hundreds Of thousands into the frozen
North; to tAs tropical desert Of west
Evening star., 1927-03-25
Those Lagging Legislatures.
, the Baltimore Sun.

From the BdICIlUTe sun.
The members of this Legislature
started work with not a great deal to
do. And, like most people who have
not a great deal to do, they have been
Indifferent in the doing of what little
tay before them. Two. months ago
there was fine talk that by earnest
application to duty the session might
be broughtsto close within so days.
Now the Legislature is within sight
Of the end of the 80 days to which
it is limited by the constitution, and
most of its important work ID still
Evening star., 1927-03-25
The Unteachable.

You can't teach evolution
In several good old towns.
Its effort at solution
OF problems meets with frowns.
Improving life's condition
viii battle human thought:
1t goes by intuition
And really can't be taught.
Nobody bets on a rabbit race
said Uncle Eben. Fob dat reason
de hind foot of a rabbit is luckier
dam any ef do hoofa Qf- n txaAa- hosnss Z
Evening star., 1927-03-25
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PElLANDER JOHNSON.
The Police.

The Police.
Life is a mystery profound
Whose wonders never cease,
And every time we turn around
We look for the police.
The flask is fourished where we dine
AS jollities Increase;
But even here we stand in line
And answer the police.
The auto parks beside the curb;
And still there is no peace.
Our minds again we must disturb
Because of the police.
We have a mighty Government
To guard our golden fleece;
Yet we must turn in discomfort
And wait for the police.
Evening star., 1927-03-25

A treasure hunt" in society circles
illustrates the fact that industry is
essential to happiness. People with
no occupation will simulate one.
Evening star., 1927-03-25

Protection" is becoming a greater
political issue than ever before, as it
applies less to the tariff and more to
the safety of American citizens abroad.
Evening star., 1927-03-25

1t is reported that Vice President
Dawes smokes pipe on formal public
occasions. So far as the Senate rules
are concerned, it is no pipe of peace.
Evening star., 1927-03-25

Airships are being built to cross the
ocean. 1t is understood peacefully
that their chief purpose will be the in
terchange OF presents at Christmas
time.
Evening star., 1927-03-25
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Evening star., 1927-03-25

Tho police reporter has become the
prevalent literary influence. A story
without a slant on the underworld has
very little chance.
Evening star., 1927-03-25

There are no saloons. The need of
the present appears to be an anti-hip
flask league.
Evening star., 1927-03-25

Repeated reports intimate that
France still admires the American dol.
lar, but not the American behind it.
Evening star., 1927-03-25
Prospectus Privileges.

Prospectus PRIVILEGES.
II hear you have discovered oil in
Crimson Gulch."
1--WE haven't, as yet" answered
Cactus Joe. "Geologists say there is
liable to be oil most anywhere and
we feel entitled to capitalize our
suspicious"
Evening star., 1927-03-25
Tools and Them Use,

Tools and Them Use.
A sheet of white paper,
A pencil to bulge,
And bid people murmur
Good stuff" or "Oh, Fudge!"
Jud Tunkins says his wife's rela-
tions don't like his relations and in
some cases they're both right.
1--WE love our neighbors." said Hi
Ho, the sage of Chinatown, $50 much
that we wish to reform them. And
then begins the trouble"
Evening star., 1927-03-25

Discretion.
who is your political boss?"
Il decline to answer" answered
Senator Sorghum. There are sew
eral aspirants for the job and don't
want to make anybody jealous"
Evening star., 1927-03-25
Expectations.

Expectations.
An aged uncle once did say,
You may be President, some day"
Insurance agents look askance
And say, you haven't got chance
Evening star., 1927-03-25

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ing edition is delivered by carriers wi.hili
the city at SO cents per month daaiSS csnf Sn,f
per month. Orders may be sent by mai or or
telephone Main 5000 Collection is maze oS
carrier at end of each month.
Evening star., 1927-03-25
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@. How did the Romans express
-half?-R. b. l..
A. The Romans had various meth
ods or expressing fractions. One-half
was represented by capital S.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-02
TRADE IN AUTO.
PARTS GOOD

Business in the automotive parts
and accessory Industry improved
markedly In January, according to
the Motor and Accessory Manufac-
turers Association, and incomplete
figures for February show that fur.
ther gains have been made, bring
ing output and sales close to last
years high levels.
Particularly important was the
large gain In shipments OF parts
and accessories for original equip
ment. indicating q further upward
trend in car and truck production.
Original equipment makers ship
ped in January on dollar basis, 1872
per cent Of their January, 1925, ship
ments. as compared with 95 per
cent In December, 70 per cent in
November, and 1877 per cent In Jan
uary, 1925.
Replacement parts shipments to
the trade In January. standing at
107 per cent of January, 1921 were
slightly below December shipments.
but were better than January, 1926,
when the index OF shipments stood
at 100.
Accessory shipments to the trade
increased. manufacturers reporting
an aggregate volume of 70 per cent
of January. 1925, as compared with
81 per cent in Decemer, and 127 per
cent in January, 1925.
Manufacturers of garage equip
ment also registered a large gain
in January, shipments for the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-02
NASH HAS NOVEL
MACHINERY

How inventive genius keeps pace
with the ever-rising necessities OF
modern industry Is reflected in much
Of the machinery with which the
Mash motors plants are equipped.
Probably no other industry has seen
greater advancement in the design
Of automatic machinery to meet the
requirements OF volume products
than has been witnessed In the mo-
tor car industry In the past ten
years.
Scores OF human.like machines,
totally unknown few years ago, are
today performing various operations
in different departments of the Nash
plants: they are performing these
operations quicker and with a de-
gree OF consistent accuracy unat.
tainable by hand.
One OF the newest and most inter-
esting automatic machines known to
the industry Is that in use at the
Nash factory. 1t is an automatic
honing machine. which accom-
plishes at one time the final mirror
like finish on all seven main bear
ings and six connecting rod bear
ings. Formerly it was necessary to
polish individually each of these IS
bearings. But now the honing
operation is performed on every
bearing simultaneously and with sci
entific accuracy within a fractional
part of a thousandth Of an inch.
The automatic honing machine,
equipped with number of long
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-02
IS STATE ROADS
SURFACED

The average cost per mile Of the
200 miles Of new pavement added to
the Connecticut highway system dur
ing the last fiscal year was $35, 1862.
Concrete surfacing was put on So
miles of State roads, at q cost of
~ $50 1882, or an average OF $72 1888
a miles. Most of this work was on
the Boston Post Road, where the
width Of the highway is being made
SO feet. or practically double that
Of the normal road width.
Increased traffic throughout the
length Of the Boston Post Road is
expected during 1927. The growing
tendency is evidenced in the increase
Of tourists from all over the coun-
try to visit New England during the
summer months. Most of these
tourists follow the shore line and
the Boston Post Road during some
stage of their trips.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-02

arms" 20 receive the crankshaft.
has all the appearance Of 4 living
octopus. The machine revolves
about the seven main bearings and
six connecting rod bearings, ana has
q rotary and reciprocatinr motion
The operator, who may attend 4
number OF these machines Al the
same time. merely places the crank
shaft In position and pulls the START.
ing lever. When the operation Il
completed the machine antomati
cally stops.
Honing Of the crankshaft, 4 prac.
tiee until recently unknown 10 the
automobile industry, gives each
bearing on the Nash shaft 4 mirror
like finish. and assures longer life
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-02

tenths of one per cent will cause
death, according to recent scientific
Investigations, which also state that
an engine idling in a closed garage
Of 10 feet by 10 feet by 20 feet,
will change the air to the point Of
fatality in three minutes. The ex-
haust contains from to 10 per
cent carbon monoxide, and a cold
motor runs an even higher per-
centage.
No preventative of carbon mon
oxide poisoning is useful except
open air. Motorists should Lever
work in a closed garage with a
motor running. Even in the open
air. it is safer to stop the motor
while working around the exhaust
pipe.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-02

AT LuS SLaLlOu mouse ne mug
nantly denied the charge, asserting
he had never drank liquor. A ply
stefan examined him, found no trace
Of intoxication, and stated that the
man was suffering from carbon
monoxide poisoning from the thou
sands of car exhausts around him
al day.
More than 500 men a year are
KILLED by this odorless, tasteless,
eolorless gas, warns the current
Autocar Messenger. Even though
danger may be detected by a sud-
den headache, dizziness, stomach
pains, weakness in the knees, or
palpitation, it is often impossible
for one to escape because of instant
loss Of motive power
Exposure to as little as two