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Cheap Money Big Market Force.
Personal and Other Notes.

Arthur n. Mitchell, veteran cashier
of the Columbia National Bank, has
returned to Washington after several
months passed IN the South and is
back at his desk.
James B. Skinner, assistant cashier
of the Liberty National Bank, has
been operated upon for appendicitis,
the attack coming on since he finished
his work at the bank Saturday.
John B. Larner, president of the
Washington Loan & Trust Co., will
return from his trip to the Pacific
coast early in June.
The Security Club Of the American
Security will give a Spring dance and
card party at the Manor Country Club
Wednesday evening, beginning at S:45.
Local merchants were greatly
pleased with the warmer weather to-
day and hope for much greater de-
mand for lightweight goods. New
straw hats were bursting out today
faster than Barnum said suckers are
born.
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(Reported by ]. & W seligman & Coz

Tin is the only important metal not
produced in the United Statssr --
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The Brazilian rubber tree is related
to the common castor bean. -.
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Hourly Sales ON N. Y. Market.
II 1am.. 6lS.100 IL noon. 1.068.200
1pm.. l,374.000 2p.m.. 1.649. 200
Dividend rates ss given IN the above table
latest quarterly or half yearly declarations.
Unless otherwise noted extra or special divi-
dends are not included.
Unit OF trading less than 100, shares.
Partly extra Plus 20 In stock. Pay.
stock Paid this vear-no regular rate.
b Ten per cent in common stock: payable
able when earned. Q PAYABLE in cash or
stock. Plus 10% in stock. g Plus 1/50
stock. Plus 90 In stock. = Plus 2q. 10
stock; k PAYABLE 1/40 Of q share 81 quarterly
n Partly stock. o Plus SO in preferred stock
Plus one-hslf Of common stock.
The Brazilian rubber tree Is related
to the common castor bean.
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Borah the Seer.

Senator William T.. Borah of Idaho
makes his appearance now in the
guise of a political seer. The dis.
tinguished chairman Of the Senate
foreign relations committee, looking
fifteen months into the future, sees
Gov. Al Smith of New York the Demo
cratic nominee for President and
President Coolidge the choice Of the
Republican party to succeed himself.
The Senator may be right in both
OF his representations. He attaches
one condition to the Smith candidacy.
however, that raises a suspicion that
perhaps Mr.. Borah was "spoofing'
after all, when he made his prophecy
in Syracuse last night. Gov. Smith,
he said, would declare for the
eighteenth amendment, if he were
nominated. He added that Gov.
Smith would make the people like
1t. a great many Of the people like
it already, but there are grave doubts
that even Gov. Smith would be able
~SA'AO u tllSIl SNdllON pIO-
hibition, hook, line and sinker. Take
Senator Bruce of Maryland and SEN
ator Edwards Of New Jersey, for ex-
ample. and Senator Wagner Of New
York, whom the governor swept along
to victory with him last year. running
on wet ticket in New York State.
Senator Borah's statement that
President Coolidge is entitled to the
nomination Of the Republican party,
If he wishes it. is interesting, to say
the least. The Senator has been the
chief Republican critic of the admin.
istration's foreign policy, differing
with it over Russian recognition, it's
policy in Mexico and Nicaragua, and
American adherence to the World
Court. 1t must be admitted. however,
that Senator Borah has staunchly sup
ported the President in his policy of
economy and tax reduction.
More than once the idaho Senator
has been suspected Of presidential as.
pirations himself. He sees President
Coolidge as impossible to dslodge
from his present strategic position If
Mr.. Coolidge desires another nomina.
ton, however.
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raids have led to the change is prompt.
~ suspected, though there is nothing
in the exchange of official communica-
tions on the subject to indicate that
Commissioner Mclaughlin has lost
the confidence and support Of the
Tammany municipal administration.
The resignation OF this efficient and
courageous police commissioner puts
the Tammany organization in diff.
cult position. 1t must name a sue
cessor, and the successor must carry
on along Mclaughlin lines, or expose
Mayor Walkers administration to
criticism. which will have a bearing
upon the political campaign of next
year. Any relaxation of the McLaugh-
lin rule by his successor will be re-
garded as a Reputation. The temp
tation to revert to the old methods
of slackness and favoritism will be
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Brave Pets.

A news story on one page Of The
Star Of recent date told that a cat
helped its owners escape from burn
ing house and on another page OF
the same issue OF The Star was the
story Of a dog that reused neighbors
to the fact that his masters house
was on fire, and persisted from smoke.
At the same time a report came from
Scranton, Pa, that two dogs called a
Iaborer to the rescue Of their four-year.
old owner, who was sinking in q culm
pile. Animal heroes were busy. It is
always pleasant to give tribute to
bravery and presence OF mind. and
these enthusiastically pets--deserve
remark.
The Washington cat which distin-
guished itself is Whitley, whose ad-
dress in 2047 Twenty-fifth street south
east. He claims to be an Angora.
He was presented by his owners to
one Of their friends living at some
distance, but Whitley considered the
new neighborhood Objectionable and
returned home by means Of that
mysterious faculty which belongs TO
cats. He got home not a minute too
soon. The old place was burning.
Whitley knew that this ought not to
be, and he aroused the sleepers with
in. He called to them with every
note of his strong voice to fee. They
got out of the burning house, taking
Whitley with them. and it Is likely
that he will long remain an honored
member Of the family.
The faithful dog. whose name un-
fortunately was not given, lived at
6036 Daniels road. The reporter
wrote of this heroic dog: "He barked
and alarmed neighbors when the
house caught fire in the absence Of
the family, but was himself suffo-
Gated" It is pitiful that this dog was
shut in. Had he been free he might
have run to the fire engine house,
barked out the firemen and led them
to the burning house. He died doing
all he could to save his home. Men
will call him faithful.
The dispatch from Scranton said:
! Missing from home since last night,
| Billy Joyce. years old, was rescued
alive today when two faithful dogs
that had been by his side fifteen hours
led Charles Haas, a laborer, to a culm
NILE 10 which the missing boy was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-30
A New York Police Change.

When, in January, 1926, Mayor
Walker succeeded Mayor Hylan at
the City Hall Of Greater New York
and Tammany was fully restored to
power over the boroughs. one Of the
first acts Of the new administration
was to appoint George V. Mclaughlin
as police commissioner. His selection
caused some establishment. lie had
for several years been State bank
commissioner and had not affiliated
himself with the Tammany organiza-
ton, although he was a strong ia
vorite of Gov. Smith. 1t was believed
that the Smith influence caused his
selection. He pitched into the job of
redeeming the police department from
the sad condition into which it had
fallen under the Hylan regime and
In the course of the fifteen months of
his incumbency he has made q re-
markable record of efficiency and in
tegrity, with a material reduction Of
crime and the suppression Of certain
demoralizing practices within the de.
partment. He restored the morale of
the force, abolished soft Jobs and IA
voritism and convinced the organiza.
ton that good service would be recog.
niZed and rewarded. He won the con-
ftdence Of the force and got it to work
ing as it had not worked before in
years for the maintenance Of order
and the suppression of crime in New
York.
A few days ago Commissioner Nc.
Laughlin threw a bombshell into the
TsInmany ranks by raiding q number
OF so-called political clubs in New
York and Brooklyn, which he exposed
as gambling resorts. Their patrons
district leaders, expressed violent in
dignaticn, but to no effect. Yester
day Commissioner Mclaughlin re
signed his Office. 10 take high and
highly paid position with one Of the
large corporations. relinquishing q
$4,000 post for Il $50, 000 one. Were
ii not for the close concurrence Of III.
resignation and the raids there would
be no question as TO the commission
] er,A mottye in quitting. But that. III.
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An All.Star Delegation.

President Coolidge Is a good picker
The Senate has not always thought so
fon it rejected, in it's imperious day
and way, more than one nomination
to high Federal office that came tC
1.-The Hill' from the White House
But one may doubt whether, If it had
the chance, the Senate would find
flaws in the makeup Of the delegation
Mr.. Coolidge has just appointed tt
represent the United States at the
League of Nations economic confer
ence at Geneva in May.
Politically, professionally and geo
graphically, the delegation is sound
in it's personnel. 1t may be called
a mission of all the talents. A dis
tinguished Democrat, Norman II. Da
Wis of New York, represents the po
litical opposition. His other qualii'
cations include honorable service II
the Treasury and State departments
during the war and a meritorious
record In various international eco
nomic pow-wows, including the peace
conference at Paris. Henry M. Rob
inson, California banker, comes from
our other seaboard. He was one Of
the United States big Three" on the
German Preparations Commission--the
others being Charles C. Dawes and
Owen d. Young.
Midway between New York and
California lies Chicago, and to the
throbbing metropolis of the Central
West Mr.. Coolidge went for another
member of the Geneva economic
delegation John w. OLeary. Mr..
O'Leary, who disclaims all ancestral
association with the COW and the lamp
that made Chicago famous. is serving
his second term as president Of the
Chamber Of Commerce Of the United
States. He is ideally equipped for the
important assignment just given him.
Two economists, one of them a Fed.
eral official, will go to the conference
as. in a manner Of speaking, delegates
at.large from the United States. DR..
Julius Klein is director Of the Foreign
and Domestic Commerce Bureau OF
Secretary Hoover's effective Depart
ment of Commerce. No man, as the
President pointed out in announcing
DIR. Klein's appointment, excels him
in knowledge Of American govern
mental relations with overseas trade
and economics. Prof. Alonzo E. Taylor
Of Leland Stanford University is one
of the worlds acknowledged authori-
ties in the field Of political economy.
He was member of the War Trade
Board at Washington from 1917 to
1919. =
Uncle Sam will have spokesman on
the Quai Woodrow Wilson in May
who will do their country credit. They
are men of practical affairs. mature
experience and sound judgment. The
Nation and the world should profit
from their contributions to the inter-
national discussions of which Geneva
will be the arena.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-30

In barring Senator King of Utah
from Haiti, President Borno of the
island republic stirred up lively de.
bate among American newspapers
over the status of the Haitian govern
ment and the part played by the
United States in it's recent history.
Many editors feel that Borno would
have dared exclude a Senator of the
United States only if he were sure of
pleasing the State Department.
Everybody knows Borno is just as
much hired man of official Washing
ton as Diaz is in Nicaragua" states
the ST. Louis Post-Dispatch Gndepend-
ent). Everybody knowing that the ex-
clusion of King, who has fought vigor-
ously In the interests of Haiti against
the aims of dollar diplomacy, was done
by BornO to curry favor with his
American bosses" The Rochester
Times Union independently remarks:
at seems that. despite the presence of
our Marines, the little republic is still
technically a sovereign state and can
refuse entrance even to United
States Senator il it SO wills. Yet II
Haiti were really independent it is ex-
tremely unlikely that it would exclude
a member of the legislative body
which has the final say regarding
"If Secretary Kellogg had desired
Senator King to visit Haiti, Senator
King would have visited Haiti" de-
clares the Lynchburg News Demo
cratic). while the Schenectady Gazette
independent Democraticb directs at
tention to the point that nothing can
prevent King and Borah expressing
opinions on the Senate floor, but it is a
simple matter to Stifie their search for
the truth through other means" The
Durham Sun independently adds that
1.-THE whole truth Of the matter is that
the Senator was right; that 1.-THE
government of Haiti is as completely
Haitian as the present Federal gov
eminent of Nicaragua is completely
Nicaraguan."
Secretary Kellogg is strictly cor
rect" according to the Louisville
Courier Journal Democratfc), Sin say
ing that when the Haitian President
rules out Senator King the Haitian
President is wholly within his SOW
ereign rights. Theoretically, that is
true. But actually the Haitian Presi-
dent has no sovereign rights not per-
mitted him by the Washington Gov
eminent If Secretary Kellogg had
been willing that Senator King should
go to Haiti, a quiet little hint from
the State Department to President
Borno would have overcome that
opposition to Senator
Kings explorations"
probably the American people have
reason to be thankful" in the opinion
of the Kalamazoo. Gazette Gndepend-
ent), that the barring of Senator
King was not effected until after the
of Congress. Had It
taken place during the session, the
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

@. How wide are the widest
they compare with Canal street in
New Orleans?-S. l..
a. The main streets in Salt Lake
City are 1872 feet wide. Canal street
has a width of 200 feet.
Q. What are the Romance Ian
guages? What percentage of the
words used by English-speaking peo'
pie are derived, from Latin?-J. j.
A. The Romance languages are
based upon Latin. These include
French. Italian, Spanish. Portuguese
and Rumanian. About 20 per cent of
the words in conversational use in
English are derived from Latin.
q. When do Japanese children be-
gin to wear the obi?-W. II.
A. The obi is not worn by children
until they are Z.
q. How plany of the cadets at
West Point have served as enlisted
men in the Army?-T. j.
A. or the total of 1,113 cadets now
enrolled at the United States Military
Academy. 222 have had prior service
as enlisted men in the Regular Army
or National Guard. Former soldiers
now comprise 20 per cent of the total
enrolment. Preparatory schools for
soldiers of the Regular Army wish
ing to enter West Point are now be-
ing conducted by Army officers at
posts throughout the country. 1t Is
believed that the class to enter the
academy in July will have the largest
enrolment of former Regular soldiers
in the history of West Point.
@. Who is the author of the quo
tation, ''Brevity is the soul OF Wit
Il. w.
A. 1t is Shakespeare's. The sen
tence, in the second act of Hamlet,
begins, "Since brevity is the soul OF
wit"
q. What can be put on melted
lead, brass and aluminium to keeI
them from drossing?-M. w.
A. The Bureau of Standards says
that charcoal may be put on melted
lead in crucible to prevent or lesser
dressing. Charcoal, salt or glass is
sometimes used for the same purpose
in regard TO brass. For aluminium
salammoniac or Zinc-chloride may be
used just before pouring.
Q. Who made the famous portrait
of the Countess Potocka?-C. NJ.
A. The pastel portrait made by
Anton Graft of the famous beauty is
the one so familiar through itsfrepro
duction as print.
Q. Whom did Charles Cadman
composer of 1.-THE Land of the Sky
Blue Water" marry and where does
he live?-M. E. l..
A. He is unmarried and lives ir
Hollywood, Calf.
@. How do Frances imports from
the United States compare with hei
exports to this country PM. D. NJ.
A. During 1926 she exported to the
United States goods largely textiles
wine, raw silk, wool, small wares an6
leather) amounting to 1852. 1854
and imported from this country goods
amounting to $276.274,000.
@. How many geese are raised IL
the United States?-P. r.
A. About 100000 We're reported ir
the last census. Illinois, Missouri
Arkansas and Iowa led in numbers
Geese are hardy. are the closest
grazers known, and get almost Their
entire living from a good pasture.
Q. What will clean the clay walls
of radiant heater which has become
smoked?-T. j. f.
A. Since the clay which is used in
making a radiant fire heater is quite
porous. nothing has been found which
will clean it satisfactorily.
@. How did the red ball skating
signal originate?-W. T. K.
A. The Park Board of New York
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Two Hundred Miles an Hour.

Maj. H. o. d. Segrave, the British
racing driver, has succeeded in his
American mission. Yesterday in a
one-thousa nd-horsepower Sunbeam
car on the sands of Daytona Beach,
Florida, he shattered all world .,,Aed
records with maximum pace of a
fraction more than two hundred and
seven miles an hour. The new record
is more than thirty-three miles an
hour faster than man has ever before
Travelled on land.
The average persons reaction to
the Northumberland speed is a
feeling of relief that there is no
occasion for him to be in an automo-
bile at such bullet-like pace, and to
some there is conviction that a test
of this kind Is entirely futile. But a
great deal of importance is to be at
tached to any new attempt to defeat
the laws of nature. From the time
that man travelled at mile a min
ute on land there has been a desire to
discover just how fast it is possible
TO drive an automobile. This desire
to attain the ultimate in speed is
similar to that which actuated Peary
In his North Pole exploit, the mem
bers of the Mt. Everest expedition and
Byrd and Amundsen in their historic
Nights. It is the desire for adventure
coupled with scientific benefits that
are naturally obtained from first ex-
periences in the unknown.
Maj. Segrave. for instance. did not
know whether he would be able to
control the four-ton automobile at
two hundred miles an hour. He was
not sure that the tires would hold up
under the terrific strain, or that some
serious mishap would not wreck the
attempt. Although he did create a
new record he found that present-day
steering gear is ineffective for the
higher speed ranges. that a pun of
wind is sufficient to cause a skid, and
that even the most modern braking
equipment is not sufficient to give
full control of a hurting car. He dis
covered, likewise, that it took him
five miles on straight way to get UP
maximum speed and four miles to
stop.
All Of these discoveries win have
their effect on future motor car de.
signs as the present pace of civiliza-
ton indicates that man viii travel at
an ever-faster pace by land, water
and air. The racing freak, in which
Maj. Segrave made the new record,
win probably never be duplicated. as
1t is entirely impractical for average
uses. 1t cost one hundred thousand
dollars and the trip to America to
reach the only stretch Of beach long
enough for a. test az this kind prob
ably set the manufacturers back an
other twenty-five thousand dollars.
In any event, the northumberland.
seven-mile record is the nearest ap.
proach to the two hundred and
seventy-eight miles an hour that has
been made in an airplane, and IL a
thousand horsepower is necessary to
attain this mark, there is every pros
pect that until revolutionary changes
are made in motor design, Maj. Sc.
graves record viii stand as the ulti
mate in speed OF land vehicles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-30

gious issue which has been raised and
the latter declare he cannot.
~ X " X
Speaking of vice presidential posi-
bilities, Senator Charles l.. McNary,
one of the authors of the McNary-
Haugen farm relief bill. is .'in the
talk as running mate for President
Coolidge If the latter should be nomi-
mated next year and Vice President
Dawes should determine not to be
candidate to succeed himself The
stock of the Vice President as
presidential possibility has gone up
many points recently, always, how-
ever, accompanied by the supposition
that Mr.. Coolidge would take himself
out Of the EaCa.
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buried up to his neck. The soft culm
was gradually pulling him down. .
Those dogs viii never want for bones
or a mat to sleep on as long as Billy
Joyce's mother lives. Haas, the
laborer. is also to be commended for
understanding what the dogs told
him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-30

The steel industry enjoys so fine a
prospect OF prosperity that Mr..
Schwab may rely on enough capital
to go over and break the bank OF
Monte Carlo any time he feels like It..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-30

When e homicide mystery cannot be
solved the public breathes sigh of
regret and turns to the old detective
story whose author knew the answer
before he started the cross.examina.
tons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-30

It was long ago predicted that
motors would cause the horse to be-
come extinct. There is no danger Of
this so long as the Prince OF Wales
enjoys steeple-chasing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-30

II enough colleges could be induced
to cease teaching evolution, those who
insist on recognizing the subject
would command large patronage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-30

|, "Show me" has been accepted as the
motto Of old Missouri, and Senator
Jim Reed consistently endeavors to
bring to light as many things as pos.
sible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-30

The Anti-Saloon League continues
to transact business in spite Of the
fact that the saloon is an absolutely
obsolete and discredited institution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-30
SHOOTING STARS.
BY pHILANDER JOHNSON.
Laugh Of Yesterday.

Laugh Of Yesterday.
Where is the laugh Of yesterday?
We laugh at Carrie Nation.
And yet we find saloons laid low
In righteous devastation.
Mems clothes Doc. Mary Walker wore.
Today nobody smokers
When some fair lass appears before
The world in jaunty Knockers.
We laughed at Langley when he'd try
An air trip down the river.
We laughed at Ford in days gone by
When he brought out the fiivver.
AS Time the situation clears
OF all the idle chatter,
The Laugh OF Yesterday appears
A present serious matter.
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Feminine Arithmetic.

From the Progressive Grocer.
Stenog Ito a girl friend).-I'm thrill.
ed to hear you're engaged at last. I've
always said Il ring on the finger is
worth 10 on the phone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-30

In a delicate situation the fact re-
mains uncontroverted that the traffic
lights are life-saving success.
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Rate by MaiI-Payabie i'm Advance.
MARYLAND and Virginia,
All Other States and Canada


The Associated Press In exclusively entitled
patches credited TO IL or not otherwise cred.
ns s6 ms paper and slso the local news
OF special dispatches herein are also reserved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-30
Better Unsaid.

From the Boston Herald.
Now will the presidential spokes.
man kindly give us the Presidents
opinion of the Congress that is gone?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-30
Price and Quality.

Price and Quality.
The world Is growing better,
SO kindly people say.
But each man is a go-gctter
And prepared for any fray.
And so we're apprehensive
AS conditions seem perverse,
While the world is more expensive.
1t appears q trifle worse.
Luck" said Uncle Eben, "favorg
de brave. Ieastways de man dat's
lucky is de one dat gifts de reputa.
ton"