Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-22
The Story the Week Has Told

trials, investigated many of the cases,
wrote sermons and a famous pamphet
on the subject of witchcraft. He was
no doubt sincere--indeed. his life was
rendered hideous by an apprehension
lest he himself should be possessed by
the devil. He was subject to spells oil
ecstasy and mystical visions. and ms
morbid tendency was not helped oy
long and frequent fasts and vigils.
He really thought that before the
arrival of the Puritans New England
was the special domain OF Satan ana
that Old Nick was trying to recover his
own through the agency Of witches. He
was soured by the rejection OF his can
didacy for the presidency of Harvard
and by the hberalizing trend of that
new college in Connecticut. he per-
suaded a London merchant. Elihu Yale.
to endow the latter, He, however, lived
to see with horror a liberaliZing Yale.
Yet he was not without his points Of
enlightenment During the smallpox
epidemic of 17f2 he hustled himself,
though In vain, for employment of
incubation. He wrote voluminously
and there are. I understand people
living even now who read and praise
his productions; but they seem to me
quite unreliable, though some OF them
have a certain value as source material
for early American history. I cannot
but think that Barrett Wendslls SYM
pathetic book about him was conceived
in spirit OF paradox,
Roy o. West of Chicago has been APP
pointed Secretary Of the Interior in sue
cession to DR.. Hubert Work. who re-
signed to become chairman of the Re-
publican national committee. MFR. West
Is graduate of De Paw University. a
lawyer and so years of age. For some
years he has been an important member
OF the Republican national committee.
The last annual report of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission contains
the following interesting passage: AL
though the freight business was greater
in 1926 than In 1920. there was a re-
duction Of over quarter of Million
employees and nearly a billion hours In
time worked between the two periods.
For the fiscal year ended June 80, 1877,
railways reported an average of 1.To3.-
495 employees. receiving total compen-
sation which was about double the ag-
gregate compensation of 1916. compen-
sation per employe per annum having
increased about 30 per cent In the
decade" We are informed that the
RTtht NuTh vi FhludttOn Oh Tie TNlTLAuS
begun In 1907 Is now nearly completed
1t is pleasant news that American
Rhodes scholarship alumni are planning
an American trust fund for the benefit
Of Oxford. There are upward Of 900
Rhodes scholarship alumni in this
country.
The Italia.~-~I cited In last weeks
summary report to the effect that
when the Russian icebreaker KrasSin
rescued from an Ice foe the Italian cap
tainS, Mariana and Zappi, she took
aboard also the body of Or. Maimgren,
the Swedish meteorologist, who accord
ing to the report, had on June Is died
of injuries and exposure and with whose
body his two comrades had remained
This report was incorrect, but two
other reports differing from Il and from
each other persist with about equal
strength. According to one. the Ital-
ians remained with DIR. Maimgren until
he died and then pushed on for the ac-
complishment OF their enterprise
namely to reach Northeast Land and
procure help for the six other members
OF the cabin party. According to the
other report, Or. Malmgren, finding
himself unable TO proceed, with a hero
ism TO remind one of Capt, Oates at the
opposite pole, insisted that his compan-
ions take all the remainder OF their
small stock of food and proceed on their
quest nor prejudice the chances OF sue
cess thereof by remaining with him till
he should die.
Assuming the latter report TO be true,