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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-21
OPPOSES HIGHER FARE.
Northeast Group Hits Any Car
Merger Bringing Increase.

Opposition to any street car merger
pan that would result in higher fares
was contained in a resolution passed
by the Public Interest Association OF
the Northeast. at its monthly meeting
In the Calvary Parish Hall last uiprt'
The association expressed its an.
proval OF the proposed establishment
OF commission to work out a SCI
entiflc formula relative to the division
OF the expenses Of the District gov
Ell -:ment between local and Federal
authorities.
DR.. George H. Richardson. member
OF the Citizens Advisory Council. was
nominated for reelection
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-21
ASKS PAINT MACHINE.
Efficiency Bureau Says d. G. Can
Save $4,000 Year Mixing Own.

The District Repair Shop should have
$500 grinding machine to prepare It's
own paint for interior decoration Of
schools and other municipal buildings,
the Commissioners were advised today
By the Federal Bureau Of Efficiency.
Dissatisfaction with the quality Of
paint obtained on the annual contracts
of the general supply committee caused
the Bureau Of Standards to set up d
formula that could be filled more cheap
'y The bureau estimated that the Dis
trict can save $4,000 year and obtain
higher grade OF paint under this
formula. The District spent $1,000 for
PAINS last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-21
Medical Board Appointed.

Maj. George F. Aycock and Capts.
William S. Culpepper and Clarence NJ
Recding, Medical Corps. and Capt Hor-
ace r. Finley. Dental Corps. have been
constituted board to meet at Walter
Reed General Hospital to examine ap-
plicants for appointment in the Medical
Department Of the Regular Army and
candidates for appointment as internes
in Army hospitals
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-21
KHAN ISsPtCTURIZEDr -..-.,
AS EVIL OCTOPUS OF
INDIANA POLITICS
Continued from First Page.)

Evansville also was mentioned by HUI
fington, Emmons related. Orbison rep
resented the Khan at yesterdays hear
ing and entered many objections to
Emmons' testimony
Emmons charged the Khan made Law
ish expenditures. held orgies at road
houses, ordered hate-inspiring speeches
and boycotts Of business and establish
ments in efforts to make itself powerful.
He said members were initiated into the
Khan on one set of principles and given
another set to follow after they had
taken their oath.
1t was further charged that the Khan
used Sunday school publications to
carry klan states. that the membership
OF the Indiana Khan, the Khan strong
hold OF the country, had shrunk from
$4,000 in 1923 to less than 1000 paid
up members at the present time, that
the Khan lecturers were instructed to
be anti-Catholic. anti-Jew and anti
negro and that the general program was
to get control first of the county, then
the State and then the country.
nC~-vCc r.xnsD~,c, c-.-c
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-21
Ice Jam Floods Russian Land.

MOSCOW. February 81 Up,.-An ice
jam in the Kuban River has flooded
several farms comprising 10000 acres
Of cultivated land near Krasnodar. The
waters last night were still rising and
threatened five villages and many other
farms. The Kuban rises high In the
Caucasus and empties into the Black
Gen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-21
Fire Causes $250.00 Loss.

vihcEkhES. Ind. February III ~.
Fife starting in ti1f basement NJ tile
J, e. Penny CO stare to-day caused an
estimated JOSS II s2Z5 900 " that con-
oern and SIS 900 70 tlarFe other stores,
a fireman Was proDabIy fatally injured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-21

Ice cream Ia said to have been made
In Italy by the cooks OF Queen Cath
crime di Medici
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-21
SOVIET BARES PLAN
FOR DISARMAMENT
OF WORLD POWERS

Continued from First Page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-21
PRESIDENT TO JOIN
IN TRIBUTES TO
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Continued from First Page.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-08

AS between two nations, which have anywhere
near comparable ship tonnage at sea, victory will in
evitably 90 to that fleet which gains and maintains
clear supremacy in the air. The time has come when
there can be no adequate sea power without adequate
effective air strength at sea. There can be no ade-
quate air strength at sea without aircraft carriers to
support air operations. | can think Of no element
which can contribute so much to the effectiveness of
all our existing forces afloat, to security at sea. as
will completion Of the aircraft and aircraft carrier
program now before this committee.
Air craft are necessary element in every part Of the
naval structure. They are not a supplemental part of
the fleet but an essential part. They tend to en-
hance the effectiveness Of existing activities and TO
make the fleet effective. The presence Of aircraft
and aircraft carriers to support them, in the fleet, is
as an inseperable part of all naval functions.
After the initial flight Of planes at sea. continued
air effort is wholly dependent on the presence Of land
ing platforms on which planes may land and where
their fuel and ammunition supply may be replenished.
Supremacy in the air cannot be decided by the
initial flight Of planes. Means must be found for re-
loading airplanes, just as means must be fousS for re-
loading guns. To provide airplanes without adequate
flight decks is somewhat analogous to providing guns
with but one round Of ammunition per gun.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-08
Other Papers
HDAcKERs AND MURDERERs RUN WILD
EARN and Ranch)

When will the public become sufficiently aroused
to demand reforms in court procedure such as will
afford it some protection? Murderers and hijackers
run wild. Sheriffs and other enforcement officers
spend thousands of dollars of the peoples money in
making arrests only to have some clever lawyer, with
the cooperation and assistance of the court, defeat the
ends Of justice. Delay, endless delay. writs Of habeas
corpus, appeals and pleas Of insanity, and a hundred
other excuses and technical procedure multiply the
cost to the people. and b the end guilty parties often
20 free. Thus other cEA Az is encouraged-more blood
is shed and more sorrk and grief brought to law
abiding citizens.
In no other countrI lin all the civilized world
would such procedure b buntenanced. If a man COM
mits crime, an official Ad determines his sanity. if
such a plea is made, a ff insane. the prisoner is
confined in an asylum f& life. if he has killed. If not
insane, this board will 50 determine, and the case goes
Immediately to trial. There is seldom an appeal.
But here in Texas, in California, and in nearly
every other state in the Union the court procedure and
rules Of evidence permit the exercise Of every trick
and every clever device to becloud the issue, cause de-
lay and, in many instances, prevent trying the case
on its merits. A young man commits a revolving MUIR
der after a series Of robberies. A man murders his
wife, or a wife kills her husband. Immediately IN
effort is made to trace the history of the prisoner to
some period, maybe to some remote ancestry, to find.
if possible, some trace Of insanity. Relatives swear to
queer actions on the part Of the accused. Perhaps he
was hit on the head with a baseball when a small boy
any hinO 4 d sLOEy dnQ sworn Z &c oullO up
an insanity defense. But. hardly ever is it said that
the accused is insane at the time Of his trial. Oh, no.
He was insane when he committed the crime, but af-
ter he was caught he became perfectly normal again.
Will the next Texas legislature pass laws that will
bring about constructive court and court procedure res
form? Or will il de as other legislatures have done,
listen u rI~-,p yers who profit by delay and continue
along (he same old lines? 1t is up to the press of the
stats hnd the voters to see that only men favorable to
cfsmon-sense court procedure are elected to office.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-08
h World and All
MYSTIC SIGHTS AoTDs
By Charles r. Driscoll

No great excitement is caused by the announce
ment that General Electric engineers have about per-
fected television for radio listeners. The world is told
that experiments at Schenectady have been carried out
wherein the speaker at the microphone was seen dis
tinctly by listeners 1T a receiving set, some distance
away. And the world doesn't marvel in the least, but
rather makes a gesture of impatence because it can
not buy a televisor the very next day at the electrical
shop.
We are beginning to pick up some Of the sights
and sounds that are surging about US in space. 1t was
only yesterday that radio began picking out the sound
waves in a systemat- manner, and giving them to the
listener in his home. Radio has gone far in a few
short years, since the war.
Now the televisor will begin picking up certain
light waves and making them visible to the normal
human eye. Maybe it isn't a light wave. That de-
ponds altogether upon what the scientists decide to
call it. In any case, it's something we know little or
nothing about. But We are learning how to pick out
Of the atmosphere certain mysterious forces that have
been there, all about Us. ever since creation Of the
universe.
what other mysterious forces are there, svarming
in the atmosphere, that we may in time learn to sense
through scientific instruments fashioned to aid our
imperfect senses? May it not be possible, eventually.
to pick Up thought waves? To broadcast thought and
emotion, and ali the mysterious forces Of the human
mind and soul?
can envision a vast audience, gathered. let US
say. on the lake front at Chicago. some night in the
distant future. There are two or three million people
in the crowd, which stretches far back from the lake in
every direction.
The great host is silent, and swayed by a powerful
emotion. Our country il at war with a foreign power,
and our armies are at grips with the enemy across a
wide front, on foreign soil. Here is a section of a great
American audience, broadcasting victory for our men
and defeat for the enemy. l imagine similar hosts Of
the home forces assembled on the New Jersey meadows,
on the Kansas prairies, and wherever there is room.
Not a word is said, but the common enemy is being
beaten down before the grand attack at the front, by q
concerted thought-wave assault.
You think the picture fantastical? But what
would you have thought. fifteen years ago, if some
writer had pictured you and your family sitting at
home, listening to music Cor jazz played in a room
perhaps a thousand miles away, without visible con-
nection?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-08
Washington Letter
By CHARLES p. STEWART

realize that il leaves the defense
with quite a few new details to clari-
fy when the Fall-Sinclair trial re-
opens in April.
Looking backward. in 1922. Fall
(then secretary Of the ~interior)
leased Teapot Dome government oil
land) to the Sinclair interests. Soon
afterward he came into possession of
S23o,500 in Liberty bonds, which
Everhart got for him-somewhere.
The governments lawyers charged
that the bonds were a bride to Fall.
for the Teapot lease. but they
couldn't prove it. All they we're sure
Of was that the Continental Trading
company, a Canadian concern, had
had the bonds, then that Everhart
had had them (but nobody assumed
that he had done anything more than
transport the bankroll) and finally
that Fall got them.
Fall had never given any leases 20
the Continental. There was no evil
dence to hook him up with any sus-
picious deals with that outfit. There
was the weak link in the govern
ment's ~chain-pretty darned weak.
AONtNcif dutis"
Did Everhart get the bonds directly
from the Continental. or did some
body elses get them and give them
to him, 70 give to Fall? If SO, who?
That's what Everhart wouldn't tell.
for four years.
Then il came out.
Sinclair gave the bonds to Ever
hart.
But. said Everhart. they were 10
pay for one-third share which Sin
clair was buying in Falls ranch.
They intended to turn il into a glori-
fled country club.
Where was the country club7
Why. they never got that far with
their plan.
But Sinclair got a deed. or some
such thing. to show for his S230,5o0?
No. that was a formality they neg
lected.
Anyway, the senator's consider the
incident q testimony to Everhart. as
a safe man to trust with large sums
Of money,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-08
Peters Adventures

his hunt he carefully washed and
combed his coat until il was almost
as white as the snow itself. When
White stepped out doors and saw
how like the snow he looked he felt
more comfortable.
How foolish Of me to have wor-
ried," meowed the big cat. Even
the crows will never spy me now!
hat a good thing the ground Is
covered over, | can 20 As far As ]
like. and feel perfectly safe from
their eagle eyes"
Off over the snow bounded
White. But alas and alacki White
had forgotten all about the large
black spot that was right in the
middle Of his back, and which now
was primer to be seen than ever
so dazzling white was everything
else ABOUT him.
Jimmy Crow had just succeeded in
scraping the last bristle from the
body Of the worm when his piercing
eye caught sight of something black
moving the surface Of the snow. At
first he could not quite think what il
was. but keeping his eyes firmly
fixed upon the black spot, gradually,
he made out the outline of Whites
body. Jim Crow gave a startling cry
and dropped the worm. And this So
surprised the others that no one of
them thought to pick the worm UP.
Cav Caw!" Jim Crow frantically
Tapped his wings. over yonder
goes White the cat and he is up 70
some Of his old tricks. Ill be bcundl
Luckily all the nestlIngs are old
enough to take care Of themselves.
But what do you say to having some
fun with our old enemy Come on
folks. let's make believe we are going
to peck out his eyes. Even If we
can't touch him we can scare him half
TO death and pay him back for rob-
hing u nests last spring. Perhaps
we can teach him a lesson and make
him leave US alone this coming breed
ing season."
"A great idea, let's chase him clear
across the field, we're with you!
Come on" chorused the crows, we'll
pleased at the prospect Of a chase.
Father Crow cawed enthusiastic
ally.
"All right Jimmy. you lead the way
and the rest of us will follow, Fly
low. remember And everybody keep
together"
Next-The Crows Revenge.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-08
Completing the Harbor Project

The decision Of Major General Jadwin, chief OF
the board of U. S. army engineers to the effect that
the board has authority Of law to complete the inner
channel al Point Isabel to a depth OF l6 feet was re-
ceived with considerable satisfaction by Valley resi-
dents. and proved conclusively that the board desires
TO be absolutely fair with the Valley interests n con-
nection with the harbor project.
From the beginning Of the present project there
has been close cooperation between the board OF army
engineers and the Valley interests and neither are re-
snonsible for the fact that the Valleys harbor has not
been completed. Every requirement imposed by the
government in connection with the project has been
M, bv the Valley. The channel fund, the rehabilita-
tion Of the Rio Grande railway, were financed by the
yarsv =. q time when the raising Of that amount OF
cash meant great sacrifices. The army engineers were
bandicapped by contractural agreements imposed by
the appropriation bill, which prevented them from
completing the inner channel when the Valleys fund
proved insufficient: and the appropriation for the
outer channel also proved insufficient
The decision of Major General Jadwin indicates
.hsrs will be no further delay in completing the har-
hor and channels to a depth of Is feet IN the outer
channel and Is feet in the inner channel. This VIII
rrovide ample facilities for the eoastwise boats en-
e.oed in the Gulf and Atlantic coast traffic, and will
rove 81 great value in extending the Valleys markets
and reducing rates on many commodities.
Valley leaders have announced, however, that a
"a go channel and harbor should be the Valleys goal.
This does not signify they are not fully cognlzant OF
the value of the present harbor project and the WIDE
spread effect it will have upon rates and distribution
of Valley products. They point out that the valley Is
~-u.hla of producing tonnage which fully justifies the
grsater depth, and that the great quantity and variety
Of Valley products demands that it have a harbor
which will give it access tc the great markets q the
world. Mexico, with its great stores O. mineral -
agricultural wealth. will also play a very important
rsrt in providing tonnage for a deeper harbor.
The Valley is now well on its way to materiahze
:, ambition which for years has ranked foremost
among Valley projects. But it Is now apparent 'nA'
h.fore the ultimate goal-a thirty-foot haroor-can
- ..,.insd 4 will be necessary for the Valley to or
ssnize ! navigation district to provide funds for term
e.. .h.rves and such other facilities as may be
necessary and probably to match funds with the gov
eminent in the dredging Of the deeper ehahneIs' n
i.S-~..a interest in the port project and the fact
-. 49, r.orle Of the Valley are now firmly convinced
.h.t relief from high freight rates lies only IN secur-
inc cheap water rates indicate there will be no oi'i-
eulties in organizing . district when the time ARRIVES.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-08
MYSTERY OF EVERHART FEAR
OF OIL TESTIMONY

WASHINGTON, Feb. s.-Why was
". T. Everhart, ex-Secretary of In
terror Albert B. Falls s~on-in-law. so
afraid he'd incriminate himself. II he
satisfied the senate oil investigating
committees curiosity?
That is, why was he so afraid of 1t,
If that was the whole story that he
finally did tell to the committee?
his version Of that little S230,500
transaction between Harry F. Sinclair
and Fall, back in 1922, in which Ever
hart says he acted as messenger boy,
to carry the money.
That testimony couldn't possibly
have incriminated him, at any stage
Of the investigation, because there
wasn't anything criminal in Sim
clair's purchase of an interest in a
New Mexico ranch Of Falls, for
S230.500-if that's all there was to
1.-THE way Everhart explained il
the other day, TO the senate investi-
gators.
Yet Everhart stood the senators
off for four long years, on the
ground that he might incriminate
himself, if he answered their ques-
tons.
1t isn't supposed to be fair to make
a man incriminate himself; so Son
in-law Everhart had the oil 'probe"
badly bunkered, until. recently SEN
ator Tom Walsh bethought himself
Of a special act Of congress, taking
all the criminality (if any out Of
Everhart's testimony. insofar as he
personally was concerned-for the
investigators weren't after Ever
hart's scalp, anyway.
To oblige Walsh, congress passed
the act.
His excuse gone. Everhart either
had to testify or 20 to Jail for con-
tempt Of the senate.
He testified. Taken by itself. his
testimony doesn't appear 10 amount
20 much-just an account of a ranch
deal between Fall and Sinclair. But
when we consider il in connection
with ONE other things, we begin TO
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-08

From a passing acquaintance
White had learned that a family Of
field mice had just made a tunnel
under the snow and, bag and baggage,
Rad moved in beneath a certain slab,
in the old stone wall. White was so
hungry that the very mention Of food
made him tremble all over. Crows
or no crows he decided that he must
make an effort to catch one of the
fat field mice for dinner. II he
didn't have something to eat soon
he would be too weak to hunt, and
then goodness knows what he would
do. After ali it was not a very far
trip to the old stone wall. and GER
tainly nothing much could happen to
him il he keep his eyes and ears
open.
In spite of his many faults, White
kept himself very clean. Not a
morning passed. but that he gave
himself a bath. According to his
regular custom before setting out on
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-08

Answers TO Foregoing Questions
!. Thomas P. Magruder; command
ant of the Philadelphia navy yard;
wasting Of money.
2. Schenectady.
8. Omar Khayyam.
&. Alanson B. Houghton.
5. Switzerland.
6. Daniel xi. 50.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-08

Who am |? OF what important
naval post have / been relieved re-
Gently? What charge did | make
against the navy department?
Today marks the anniversary, in
1880, of the burning of a town in
New York state, BY French and
Indians. now the seat Of a great cleo
trical industry. What town was it?
A Persian astronomer, mathema-
~tician. tent maker. and poet, was the
author Of "The Rubaiyat." Who was
he?
Who is the U. S. ambassador TO
Great Britain?
Helvetia was q country Of Europe
known to the Romans Of ancient
days. What is il called now?
"And such as do wickedly against
the covenant shall be corrupt BY flat
%teries; but the people that do know
their God shall be strong, and do ex-
ploits." Where does this passage ap-
pear in the Bible?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-08
Timely Views
NEED o PLANE CARRIERS POINTED OUT
By William A. Moffett
n. s. Rear Admiral

william Adger Moffet, Rear Admiral, was
born IN Charleston, S. C., in 1869. He was gradual
ed from the U. s. Naval Academy, Annapolis. Nd,
in 1890. After several year in the naval service
Moffett was promoted to rear admiral in July.
1923. Moffett was commander of the U. S. Bat
tleship Chester at Vera Cruz and at Tampico.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-08
Dinner Stories
DOUBTFUL COMPLIMENT

DUJblflL
Ike Sewell landed himself a new
job the other day as q guard out
at the asylum. Ike was strollinR
through the grounds yesterday after
noon when one Of the patients came
up to him and said:
I'VE all like you better than our
last guard. sir
Thank you. my coed man." re-
piled Ike pleasantly, "and whyF
"Well." replied the inmate. you
seem to Be more like one of rs"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-08
ONE BLACK SPOT

White being a very wise cat, knew
what the beasts and the birds
thought OF him. Since he had no de-
side 70 have his eyes pecked at or his
fur pulled out by ~revengeful rows.
he generally took good are not TO
venture far afield within reach of
their sharp beaks in winter. To tell
the truth. though, White had been
having a hard time Of II. 1t seemed
TO him that never had there been
a winter so sold or with food so hard
to find.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-08
JIMMY JAMS

Today's Horoscope
Persons born under this sign are
likely TO be proud, fond Of dress, and
o much given TO remaining at
home. Their tastes are scientific and
refined.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-08
Today's Radio Programs
ON THE AIR

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educational Grand Opera "LEhsir ID Amorer-5 a WRC WTAM
WSAI KSD WHO WOW WHAS WSM WSB MlMJ