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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21
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COOLIDGE EULOGIZES EDISON
AS BENEFACTOR OF MANKIND
Inventor One Who Has Helped Shape
Destiny of World, President
Says Over Radio.

President Coolidge Joined last night
in the nationwide tribute paid to
Thomas A. Edison on the 49th ami
versary of his discovery of the inca
descent lamp. by delivering short adj
dress over the radio in which he
eulogized the wizard of electricity" as
one of the men who have helped
shape our destinies'
Unable to attend the ceremonies at
West Orange, N. j.. where Edison was
presented by Secretary Mellon with a
medal specially cast in his honor by
order of Congress. President Coolidge
spoke from the White House. review
ing Edison's claims to fame both As an
inventor and as an inspiration to others.
Sends Edison Message.
The Chief Executive closed his adj
9ress with message to Edison:
Noble. kindly. servant of the United
States an6 henefactor of mankind, may
YOU long Re spared to continue your
work to Inspire those who will carry
forward your torch" he said. -,.
"A person Of high character and re-
markabie achievement hold a fascina-
ton for all mankind" Mr.. Coolidge
said in beginning his address. 1T Is
literally true that the world will make
beaten path to his door. Such per-
sons are the leaders who by their ex-
ample and their wisdom stimulate their
fellow men to better things and are in
the main responsible for human prog
ress. They are the pioneers In open
ing up new territory In our physical sur
roundings and in the domain OF
thought"
That Edison was endowed 1T birth
with that rare intellect and wisdom
given to those who have helped shape
our destinies. few will deny" President
Coolidge added. But. when asked on
his seventy birthday for his
philosophy of life. the reply was:
'Work-bringing out the secrets OF
nature and applying them for the hap
piness OF man His goal always has
been some useful objective. Rarely has
he wasted his energies.
Saw Needs. Filled Them.
Having carefully determined what
needed to be accomplished. he has gone
ahead with the unerring instinct OF
seeker after truth. with an indomitable
spirit for accurate research, with an
infinite capacity for taking pains.
Temporary failure has only spurred
him to renewed activity Few men have
possessed to such striking degree the
blending of the imagination OF the
dreamer with the practical driving
force of the doer In the record of his
inventions and Improvements rests the
unimpeachable.
The field of electricity will be most
closely associated in future years with
the name of Edison. 1t has been as
serted somewhere that there is scarce
~ an electrical process or instrument
Of today which does not reflect in some
way changes wrought by his researches
Steinmetz, who should be an authority
said Edison had done more than any
other man to promote the art Of science
of electrical engineering. In his inven-
ton of the incandescent lamp and In
the perfection of means for developing
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and distributing electrical energy he
literally brought light to the dark places
of the earth. Through these and other
products of his genius old industrial
processes have been revolutioniZed, new
ones developed. and our daily lives
have been made easier. our homes
pleaSanter and more comfortable.
Says Nation Is Proud.
Although Edison belongs to the
world. the United States takes pride in
the thought that his rise from humble
beginnings and his unceasing struggle to
overcome the obstacles on the road to
success we'll illustrate the spirit of our
country. We are happy to share his
achievements as our contribution to
progress. He represents the finest ira
ditions Of our citizenship. At the re-
quest Of the Secretary of the Navy in
1918 he became president of the Naval
Consulting Board. which looked into
inventions and devices designed to aid
us in preparedness and later in our par
ticipation in the World War. From
1917 to 1919 his entire time was at the
disposal of the Government Not only
by his own discoveries. but by training
in his labora tories men who have gone
out to important places In the scientific
and industrial world and by encouraging
countless others to renewed efforts in
applied science and invention. he has
made a notable contribution to educa-
ton"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21
G. A. R. BANQUET NOV. 49,
SCHEDULED AT MEETING
Sons of Union Veterans Select DR..
A. A. Taylor as Committee
Chairman.

Preliminary plans for banquet for
the Washington members Of the Grand
Army of the Republic, to be held in the
Raleigh Hotel, November 10. were for
mulated at meeting of the Sons of
Union Veterans and allied organizations
in the City Club yesterday.
DR.. A. A. Taylor was elected chair
man of the banquet committee, other
officers being Miss Helen Downing, vice
chairman; Everett r. Warren. secre-
tary, and o. A. c. Oehmler, treasurer.
Yesterdays meeting was called bv
Lieut.. Col. u. S. Grant. Sd. department
commander of the Sons Of Union Vet
Grams. and was attended by representa- :
lives of Ellen Spencer Mussey Tent,
Daughters of Union Veterans; Lincoln.
Cushing and Harding Camps, Sons of
Union Veterans, and Gushing and
Harding Auixilaries.
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Army Officers Transferred.

Col Albert N. Mcclure, Quartermas-
ter Corps. has been transferred from
Kansas City. Mo-, to Manila, P. l.: Mai
Clifford l.. Corbin Quartermaster Corps.
from the Philippines to Philadelphia /;
Maj. Allen M. Burdett. Judge Advocate
Generals Department, from Fort Nc
Pherson, Ga, to this city. and Capt
Stewart E. Reinel. Ordnance Depart
ment. from Fort Leonard Wood. Md. to
the arsenal at Rock Island. III.
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Sergt, Burkett Retired.

After 30 years service in the Army,
Staff Sergt. Robert Burkett, detached
enlisted mems list. on duty with Head
quarters Company, at the Munitions
Building, this city, has been placed on
the retired list on his own application
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APPOINTED AS PROFESSOR
Lieut.. Col. Fenton Assigned to
West Point Faculty.

Lieut.. Col. Chauncey L. Fenton. Coast
Artillery, now on duty at the West Point
Military Academy, has just been ap-
pointed professor of chemistry, miner
alogy and geology at that institution to
Ill vacancy. Born In Pennsylvania
in January. 1880, Col. Fenton was grad
uated from the Military Academy in
June. 1904. and was awarded the Dis
tinguished Service Medal for meritorious
conduct during the World War.
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TWO ARE RETIRED.
Maj. Martin and Capt. Pforzheimer
Quit Active Duty.

MAJ. Charles P. Martin Medical
Corps. recently stationed at Denver.
Colo, and Capt. Harry Pforzheimer.
Quartermaster Corps. in New York City,
list of the Army on account of disabili-
ties incident to the service. Maj. Martin
is from Alabama and served in France
during the World War. He reached his
present grade in October, 1920.
Capt. Pforzheimer Is from New York
and served in the Volunteer Army In
the Spanish American War and as
captain in the National Army in the
World War. He was appointed captain
of Infantry. Regular Army. in July, 1920.
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CONSULAR SHIFTS MADE.
Attaches in Panama and China Are
Trr"sferred.

TrT"sferred.
Robert OD. Hinckley, District OF
Columbia. United States vice consul at
Colon, Panama. has been assigned to
duty as third secretary of the United
States legation at Panama: John S.
Mosher. New York, vice consul at Can
ton. has been assigned as an attache
at the United States legation at Peking.
and John c. Vincent Georgia. vice con-
sui at Hankow also has been made an
attache at the legation at Peking.
Marshall l. Mays. Kansas. has re-
signed the Office of vice consul at Well
ington. New Zealand.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-21

The fact that 81 out Of every 100 voters in Massa-
chusetts went to the polls on December 6 and cast a
vote for president, has aroused considerable interest
among statisticians who assert that the vote was the
most representative ever cast in any state.
Several factors contributed to the widespread in
terest in that state in the general election. In addition
to voting on president and electing a United States
senator the proposition of a mandate to the state iegis-
laturc proposing a legislative request for repeal OF the
eighteenth amendment was before the voters.
One of the most significant features Of the election
was the fact that while the eighteenth amendment re-
peal carried By 707,352 to 422,655 against the PROPOSE
ton, Alfred Smith, an avowed wet, received a plurality
OF 1872, indicating that the republican candidate for
president received a very generous slice Of the wet
vote. The republican candidate for governor, who was
more emphatic than Smith in opposition to the eigh-
teenth amendment, received 4 plurality of 1925, and
David ]. Walsh, democratic senator, was reelected with
q plurality Of 12i.492.
The Massachusetts, returns provide various inter
esting matters for the politicians to ponder over. They
have before them a representative vote of q repre-
sentative eastern state, and there can be no doubt as 70
what the Massachusetts, voters wanted or whom the
majority preferred, questions which are often obscured
when q large number of voters refrain from going to
the polls and thereby prevent a clear-cut expression Of
state sentiment.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-21
Teaching English

Too much time and money are spent in the schools
OF the United States in teaching English language
practices which have no vogue outside the classroom.
was the assertion Of DR.. c. c. Fries, professor Of Eng
tsh at the University Of Michigan. at the recent meet
ing in Baltimore of the National Council Of Teachers
Of English.
DR.. Fries declared that American schools pay too
much attention to methods and not enough to the prac-
teal use Of English in everyday affairs, asserting tina:
American teachers are wasting time il teaching make
believe grammar and these fine distinctions in verbs
which are mainly junk. He said that the schools
should approach the subject scientifically and educate
the teachers SO they will be equipped for dealing with
these problems.
A report by a committee on English language train
ing for teachers stressed the view that adequate train
ing for teachers should include the elements Of pho
netics and the practice and use Of phonetic notation,
the elements Of old English and those Of middle Eng
lish. The report asserted that it is necessary to recog-
nize modern English as . distinct field for language
study and 70 consider it as an essenti-, supplement 20
the traditional scheme which has so long confined the
formal study of the English language to its two earlier
periods, adding that its insertion into the curriculum
is long overdue. It was also emphasized that a knowl-
edge Of foreign languages was essential to the proper
teaching Of English, a fact which is becomin- gsner-
ally recognized in the colleges throughout the ,untry.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-21
The World and All
Spelling Il CHILD

am convinced that the profession OF parenthood
is the most important one in the world, and the least
understood. Were ii not for a certain amount Of in
stinct that has persisted through the ages from darby
barbarous times, / fear weswould make a much worse
job of rearing our children that we do. And as our
complicated civilization grows older and more complex.
the force Of instinct and the wisdom Of primitive days
become less and less available as guides for the parents
Of today.
You have to pass strict examinations before you can
enter the professions Of law, teaching, engineering,
medicine or divinity. But nobody dare examine or
cross-question you before you rush into the profess
sion Of parenthOod. Well, / doubt that anybody is
competent to make the examination, anyhow.
II. Arlington Bruce. in December Good Housekeep-
ing, talks about spelling children by over-indulgence.
petting and ~toadying. l believe this is a most i'm
portant aspect of parental delinquency.
As Mr.. Bruce points out, many parents think they
are storing up gratitude for themselves when they
coddle the child and give in to its every within and
tantrum. Instead, of course, they are merely storing
up grief for themselves.
Who hasn't seen the spoiled child grown up? The
good-looking young woman who can't get a husband
because she can't find any young man whom she can
bedevil and impose upon as she has been accustomed
to do with her mother or father or both. The spoiled
boy who can't live more than q few months with any
one wife. because no sensible woman will minister %
his self-pity as his mother did.
Almost invariably the mother who spells her child
lives to drink a bitter cup, unless she has the good
fortune to die in her early years. The spoiled child
always becomes i~mpudent, ill-mannered. inconsidcrEte
Of his mother, unable to adjust himself to the ways o.
a world that has no time for the foi5les Of the spoiled
boy or girl.
The ~coddling mother and father deserve their pun
ishment, too. They love to Sacrifice" themselves dailv
for their spoiled children. They enjoy the role Of
martyr parent. They think it noble. OF course, there
are ~justifiable and necessary sacrifices which paren'
and child must make for one another. The thing 70
discern is the lire between the ~iustifiable and the fool
ish sacrifices; the need is for good judgment to temper
sentiment.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-21
The Public and the Port

Saturday, December %, will be the crucial day IN
Brownsville port efforts. For many years Brownsville
leaders have advocated q deep water port to serve the
city and the entire Valley. Brownsville residents have
been stauneh adherents Of every port project brcached.
and have given literally Of their time and money in
the effort to secure deep water and low transportation
fstes.
The proposal to organize the Brownsville navigation
district and to vote bonds to meet the government re-
quirements and construct . channel to Brownsville was
the first comprehensive plan ever advanced to secure
deep water for the Valley. The district plans a project
which is not only feasible, but which will assure max
imum service to the entire area affected by the port,
. project which should make Brownsville the distrib-
uting center for the most fertile sections Of Texas AMI
Mexico, and which will assure maximum development
Of the agricultural resources of the Valley and estaD-
lisEment Of industries which will prove Of iacalculab!e
value.
The voters have been fully informed on all phases Of
TIE port project and the necessi I for a heavy majority
TO assure the maximum returns from the sale Of bonds
The plans Of the district have been discussed in the
press, on the streets and in precinct and district-wide
meetings. The Herald believes that the individual
voters are fully aware Of the responsibility resting
upon them and that failure to give the bond issue 3
heavy vote and a decisive majority would mean a heavy
financial loss to the district They also realize that the
program Of the Brownsville navigation district is the
only one which contemplates meeting the requirements
Of the federal government, and that failure TO meet
those requirements would probably mean the loss OF
deep water for the Valley for many years to come.
In view Of the many benefits which will accrue to
the territory comprising the Brownsville navigation
and the entire Valley there should be no Striking on
the part of the voters of the district. The responsible
ity rests upon them. They have it within their power
to defeat the project. 70 postpone for many years me-
FERTILIZATION Of the Valleys ambition 70 secure a deep
water mort. o. - u-terinl'ze that ambition and assure
-r-- e. - HO-Iu ~ dt~trfr+ ShnuiA
au.' re.
IN y, e~ n r.- tcid in the Lower Rio Granie
Vale as = r-a-t-r r Eronsib'r'v rested upon .he
individual voter. TIE future deve! . nent not only u
the territory in the Brownsville district but that Of the
entire Valley depends upon their decision. This Is no
time TO leave it to others to do the work. The respon-
sibirity rests upon all alike, and it is the duty of the
voters to 20 to the polls Saturday and return a major
ity for the bond issue which will clearly indicate thai
the Brownsville navigation district i determined ~
secure . deep water port, and that every requirement
Of the government viii be met
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Other Papers
HE'LL BE A BETTER SOLDIER
CORPUS Christi Caller).


Army life grows more alluring. Permission has
been granted by the war department to army officers.
warrant officers and enlisted men to wear the fancy
blue uniforms so dear to the heart Of the military man.
In war times the blue uniforms. with their decorations
of glittering gold braid and buttons, are taboo; SPLEEN
dor must give way to utility, and the dull, uninspiring
khaki Is the result.
Khaki may be all right, and probably is all right.
for the fighting man; when one is lodging shrapnel
and rolling about in muddy trenches and undergoing
certain other processes so well remembered By the A.
L. f., blue and gold uniforms don't seem SO important.
There is enough to occupy the mind and pride in ones
appearance isn't so important.
But in peace times-ah, that's a horse Of another
color. indeed. Pride in ones profession is a most vital
contributor to success in that profession. And what
officer or enlisted man can strut about in peace times
the populace is centered upon him? What feminine
heart would flutter at olive drab and bronze buttons
The United States marine. when rugged out in his
full dress uniform, is one of the most attention-com-
polling creatures in the world. He yields place to
none; the bird Of paradise must hang his head in shame
when a marine passes by with his blue and red and
gold and gilt. Beside him the army man looks about
as romantic and about as decorative as c sack Of pota-
toes. Much Of the marines prowess as a fighting man
and save for a few doughboys and gobs none viii
deny his prowess-is undoubtedly due to the pride he
feels in his Job; and the pride he feels must be trace
able to the rainbow CT eclors he dons when he is or
parade.
Yes. the army man has a dull enough time Of IL
when there's TO war going on. II he wants TO wear the
blue and the gold Of pre-war days, let him, By all
means. He'll feel better, and he'll be a better soldier
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-21
OUR LATIN AMERICAN INVESTMENTS
(Kensss City Starr.

AhEHsdS lily GLdEJ.
A few days ago II was pointed out that since 1918
cur exports to South America had increased 500 per
cent and our imports from the same sourc, $50 per
cent. the total volume being about one billion dollars.
This volume is doubled if the Central American coun-
tries, Mexico, the Caribbean states, Porto Rico and ia
maica are taken into account. Perhaps even more sig
~nificant is the increase in United States investments
IN the whole of Latin America. These Investments nov
total more than five billion dollars, or about ten times
what they were in 1912. They are as five to four COM
pared TO American investments in Europe. These in
vestments indicate the increasing development in the
coutries in which they are placed.
The opening Of the Panama canal in 1914, affording
a short cut from out Atlantic and gulf seaports to the
western coast of South America, greatly stimulated the
GLIDING copper, nitrates, tin and foodstuffs. Chile.
with climate conditions and industrial activities SIMILAR
to those of California, experienced an especial revival.
But throughout the southern continent and in thu
lesser republics there has been increasing industrial
activity, especially in the way OF textiles. American
capital has been needed for this expansion, for the
building Of railroads and for the financing of new en-
terprises to establish diversity where too much depen-
dence was put on a single product, such as coffee,
for example.
President-elect Hoover. so far as his present mis-
sion may be a stimulant for trade, is certainly not pio-
reering; he Is following up investments and trade
already Of great and constantly increasing volume.
While he presents himself as an unofficial messenger 81
good will, seeking first of all to strengthen our friend
ly international relations, he is not unmindful Of in
vestments and commerce which means SO much to all
the countries concerned. But it Is his theory that bust
ness intercourse can prosper only when based on re-
lations Of friendship and reciprocity.