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Ryng Becomes a Policeman.

Some surprise was manifested In the
British House of Commons yesterday
when the home secretary announced
that viscount Byng Of vimy would sue
coed Sir William Norwood as commits
sioner Of the Metropolitan Police and
head of Scotland Yard. This was not
because the new chief is soldier. for
as matter of fact the British police
administration has heretofore been usu-
ally intrusted TO retired officers. The
point of chief astonishment was that
Lord Bypg has only lately relinquished
the post OF Governor General OF Can
ada. and surprise was felt that he
should have accepted police duty. But
II is highly important assignment
and Its successful administration calls
for exceptional capacity, The Met,o-
politan Police organization has charge
Of an area of nearly seven hundred
square miles. comprising the entire
capital section. In addition 10 the
conduct Of ordinary police service, this
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Antic Agitators.

Yesterday at noon a demonstration
was staged In Wall Street, New York,
by a number Of agitators styling them
selves the Aii-American Anti-Imperial-
ist League. They attempted to make
speeches snd displayed placards and
banners denouncing the course OF this
Government In Haiti, in the Philip
mines. In Porto Rico and particularly
in Nicaragua. The police. who had a
tin on the plan, prevented an actual
meeting and. as result Of the melee
caused by the persistence Of the anti
imperialists." sixteen persons were ar
rested for disorderly conduct.
This organization was oficially cited
by the Secretary Of State In January
1927. as one OF the communist agencies
al work in Mexico. II Is mischievous
influence, though perhaps not far
reaching In effect II is composed OF
persons who, If not hostile 70 one phase
Of national administration, would be
opposed to some. other. They are
chronic agitators against the estab-
Iisiaed order. Within the limitations Of
their own futility, they are dangerous
citizens.
Many of those who yesterday sought
10 inject themselves into the crowds ir
wall Street 10 propagate their profess
against the so-caiied "imperialistic" pol
icy of the Recommendation is mo-
iupertalistic In any sense-were ACTIVE
in the Sacco- vanzettt agitation OF
few months ago. They paraded then
before the condemned men were exc
c,,ted, denonncing the tyranny an'
butchery" of the Law. Some OF then
were arrested as disorderly Some o
Yesterdays demonstrators have figures
heretofore in labor agitations, at time
Of strikes. They are surcharged viii
protest against whatever is the orde
Of the day.
That these people are very SINAI
minority Of the American public LIS al
ways shown by the accompanying cir
c1rnstances Of these demonstration
Yesterday they were jeered and hoote
and jostied by the by-standers. The
are perhaps an irreducible fraction Q
discomfort Their campaign Of agits
tion carries them forward in no degres
Their open manifestations afford op
portunity TO measure their number
and their strength. Checking theT
from unauthorized gathering an
spsech making iE required in the inter
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est Of public order. even though II leads

est OF public order. even though II leads
to incidental disorder at the moment.
There Is no substantial body OF SEN
timent In this country against the pol
icy and the practice OF the Government
in respect to Nicaragua. The presence
of the United States Marines In that
country has been seized upon for par
tisan political purposes Of denuncia-
ton, but when the case is examined the
course OF this Government is shown to
be one of constructive helpfulness
toward friendly nation and not one
OF oppressive selfishness or denial Of
self-government.
The silly folks who tried to make a
stand in wall Street yesterday prob
ably have no real idea of the true sit
uation in any OF the countries regard
ing which they sought to display BAN
ners of protest. With just a smatterins
of facts. with no real idea OF the fun
damentais of the case, and with a
jaundiced view regarding everything
that the Government does. they, being
naturally hostile to all organized admin
istration, seize upon these topics as
vents for their hatred of American in
stitutions. Fortunately, they make no
converts by their antics.
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force, through Its criminal investigation
department. organized nifty years ago.
comprises a virtually national police
body. the services Of. which are fire.
quently solicited by oil parts OF the
United Kingdom. This is the. famous
Scotland Yard" the personnel OF
which constitutes one OF the most
skilled bodies OF detectives In the world.
Recently Scotland Yard has been
under some degree OF public inquisition
As the result Of charges against the
Metropolitan Police growing out of the
arrest OF a well known baronet and a
young woman for improper conduct"
In Hyde Park. London. They we're &C.
quilted. but 1t was alleged that the
police had engaged In severe third
degree methods In endeavorins to
maintain the accusation. II was an
nounced that the resignation OF Sir
William Norwood is In no wise due To
this scandal, he having announced last
Winter. long before the Money case
arose. that he wished to be relieved
from duty.
Lord Byng is thorough soldier.
whose fame was established during the
war by his gallant service in 1917 when
ne smashed the Hindenburg line. His
supreme achievement was at vimy
Ridge, and when he was elevated to
the peerage his title was based upon
that service. In three days in April,
1917. the British troops under Byns
captured vimy Ridge and took 1000
prisoners. together with $50 guns.
and IN the Fall Of the same year Byng.s
army broke through the German line
around Cambria in brilliant offensive
conceived and executed upon his own
initiative
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WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC RILLiAM VILE.

to pick a nominee for the seat Reed
mas determined to. relinquish on March
4, 1929. Jim" is. supporting a wet
Democrat. James A. 'Collett a Western
Missouri lawyer, against Charles M.
Hay, st. Louis lawyer, ardent dry and
earnest crusader for the League OF Ma
tons as a Wilson Democrat. Reed
plans to 60 to bat for Collett on all
the national issues now before the
country, and, as the primary fight Is a
ciean-cut scrap between a wet and a
dry. 1t is expected that Jim" will Wig
orousiy, II not violently. espouse the
The next Coolidge puzzle Concerns
the Presidents plans after March 4
next. The best bet among the guessers
Is that his name sooner or later viii
appear upon the shingle OF Boston
law firm. with a branch ONCE at
northampton. Not long ago, In dis
clssing his future In the guarded terms
OF which he Is so fond, Mr.. Coolidge
remotely limited that he would resume
the practice OF law In the home town
where his career began. The second
best representation Is that the presi-
dent will become the chief executive
OF New England college or university.
with his own alma mater, Amherst. the
iikeliest choice. His friends believe that
the President, thanks TO personal hab-
Its OF thrift and careful investment of
his income during the past five years.
Will quit ONCE relatively rich man.
with no occasion to worry about keep
ing the wolf from the Coolidge door.
Capitol Hill has iapsed into the de-
serted city 1t becomes every four years.
Only stray Senator or Representative
Is now to be found In his ONCE. Even
secretarial STATS are depleted. and gen.
orally merely clerk or two are left
behind to open mail and carry on such
routine business as turns up during the
dog days. Members of Congress from
States close to Washington come to the
Capital periodically. but as scores upon
scores Of them have fights for re-eiec-
ton on their hands. most of them are
at work glad-handing the folks back
home. This will be the statesmen's oc-
cupation, with few exceptions, from now
Till November. The legislative wheels
OF the Government will not creak again
until after the voice of the people has
spoken at the polls.
tCopyright. 192s1
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coins, therefore the value Of silver in
each Is about the same. Canadian
bullion is 925 fine and United States
bullion is 900 fine.
@. Did William Tell really shoot an
apple from his sons head?-A. De w.
A. According to the story. Tell lived
in the early part Of the fourteenth CEN
fury. His life and death are related in
detail. However, parish records were
keep at that timee and his name does
not appear. None of the well known
events of his life can be substantiated,
and that he lived at all Is doubted.
@. In what part of Indiana Is the
Tippecanoe battlefield?-H. r.
A. It Is near the City of Lafayette.
@. Is swimming a good exercise for
reduction of weight?-P. r.
A. 1t is considered excellent. A large
number of muscles are brought into
play and regular and deep breathing
| is necessary The crawl stroke Is es-
| pecially recommended as a weight re-
| Queer.
O. Did Theodore Roosevelt have any
English ancestors?-N. T.
| A. An examination of his genealogy
| shows many Dutch ancestors. some
| Scotch and Irish, some French Hugue-
not, but no mention Is made OF any
English ones.
| O. Have the Russian crown jewels
| been removed from Russia? PM S.
| A. While a few pieces may have been
sold and taken out of the country. the
| collection known as the Russian crown
| jewels" is in Moscow.
@. Is sea water injurious to the
| hairy. B.
| A. DR.. O. L. Levin of Cornell Uni
| versity, author of book on hair. says
! that the salts are beneficial If rinsed
out in fresh water Immediately after
| bathing.
@. Are butterflies found in cold
| countries?-N E.
| A. Both butterflies and mosquitoes,
| common in warm regions, have been
| known in extreme Arctic regions. A
| small kind of butterfly has been found
| in Ecuador at an elevation OF $500
| feet.
@. Who first advised artificial diges-
| ton to prevent old age?-J. S.
| A. Prof. Ellie Metchnikoff. of Russian
/ birth but worldwide student, adj
vanced the theory in 1904 that many
| of the ailments of man and especially
| the decadence of old age we're due to
| intestinal putrefaction, which might be
combated with Tactic ferments and
| bacteria.
@. Do locusts sting or bite? Are
| they poisonous?-G. l.. N.
| A. Locusts neither sting nor bite.
| The general belief that they are poison
| Gus is erroneous.
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The Dsv We Celebrate.

This, in the language of the orator
Of days agone. is the day We cele-
brate." This is the Nations birthday
anniversary Of the occasion on which
q small group of courageous men in
Philadelphia signed an instrument
which became known throughout the
world as the Declaration of Independ-
ence. Those men took a fateful step,
placing themselves in revolt against
the British rule Of the colonies. They
had to fight the power of England, with
slender means and with small resources.
The colonists were not unanimous in
their support There were many who
favored the continuance OF overseas
sugerainty. whose interests were identi-
fed with the British rule, whose SEN
timents were strongly averse to inde-
pendence. Against these handicaps the
revolving colonists won their fight. They
established new nation that has now
become the strongest in the world. the
richest, the most powerful and the most
progressive. There have been times,
however, when the celebration Of indie
pendence day has been accompanied by
doubts Of continued success when
marked by mental If not spoken reser-
vations on the part Of many Americans.
There have been times when 1t seemed
as though the great experiment Of self
government would fail. There we're dark
days when q deep schism occurred IN
the American body polite.
Now doubts are resolved, questions are
answered, schisms are closed and the
American Government is definitely,
firmly and unchangeably established
and the American people can celebrate
the anniversary without reservations
and without doubts.
The manner in which this day is OBJ
served has changed with the years, but
In the whole course of the evolution OF
the national spirit as manifested on
this occasion two elements remain
steadfast, oratory and noise. Speakers
declaim before assembled multitudes IN
terms Of laudation Of the founders, and
those who, following. have built up the
structure of government In the New
world. The juvenile spirit manifests
itself in detonations that have for 0
century and . half marked the natal
DAT. Music. the display OF hass. the
observance Of the day as . holiday,
relaxation from labor, visits to patriotic
sirines, all 60 to make the occasion
notable, to set IL apart as one OF frst
significance IN the life Of the American
citizen. Doubtless century hence
these features win continue. There Is
no reason to question the persistence OF
the custom. As long as the Stars and
stripes remain afioat Independence day
via stand as the supreme date In the
national calendar.
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A real loss to the world of letters is
seen by Americans In the death OF
Dom Byrne. writer of stories OF Ire
land, who was killed in an automobile
accident. Admiration of the wholesome
nature of his work and the magic of his
prose Is universally expressed and there
Is much speculation as to the immortal
rank that he might have attained If
his life had been spared.
His untimely DEATH" says the At
lanta Journal leaves the earth poorer
in spirit and In beauty. Last of the
traditional Irish story-tellers,' he was
called. title in many respects true. But
he was more than a story teller, and
more than Irish. Gaelic though he was
to his hearts core. He was mystic,
one who In any land or any age would
have moved by that sense sublime
"tOf something far more interfused
Whose dwelling Is the light of setting
suns,
And the round ocean and the living
air,
And the blue sky. and in the mind
of man.
Mystic and poet combined. he saw
life. particularly the life OF his ances-
trail isle, In colors and CLEANS invisible
to ordinary eyes Yet when he revealed
them through that musical prose of his
they went straight to the worlds heart
and found ardent readers among all
sorts ard conditions of men," Quoting
the Young authors statement that. as
he looked on In Ireland. lit seemed
to me that I was capturing for an
instant beauty that was dying slowly.
imperceptibly. but would soon be gone"
the Journal concludes: And now the
bard himself has gone. but his music
fingers"
1.-THE world of fiction has lost one OF
its most illustrious lights" affirms the
Regina. Saskatchewan, Leader. and that
paper holds that 1T was his achieve
nent in the renaissance of the novel;
cite applied to romantic fiction that
lent his work Its chief distinction. and
his poetic vision that invested much of
what he wrote with a beauty all too
rare in these DAYS OF harsh realism"
The South Bend Tribune also states
that the Young Irishman created ro-
nances and presented them eolorfully
at time when the trend In literature
was toward drab realism. written for
the most part In undistinguished jour-
naleSe."
Into his tales" according to the
Oakland Tribune. 'he put little OF
that magic which belongs to the poets
of his land. and the response. particu-
larlv In this country. was immediate and
enthusiastic. A young man who
dreamed brave stories while he worked
as reporter on newspapers in Brook
iyn and New York and who. as soon as
he could. returned to the land OF his
ancestors, Dom Byrne was ON the way
TO make a large name for himself in
letters" The Dubuque Americana
Tribune refers TO him as "a prolific
writer. who did his best work In ro-
mances of Ireland. which he so grace
fully glorified." and adds that rich
coloring. brilliant massing of detail and
luscious emotion characterized all his
fiction" The Hartford Courant be-
lieves that "in 'Messer Marco Polo he
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Dom Byrne's Tragic Death
Declared Real Loss to World

made his one great bid for inclusion in
the ranks of those masters of prose
who have vitalized and dignified modern
Irish literature"
"He had but begun to write. although
he long had been writing beautifully"
In the Judgment of the Norfolk Ledger
Dispatch. which exclaims: What q
pity. what a terrible pity. that he had
to die at the very height of his pow
ersi" The Louisville Times says: And
ne could write. America has many
novelists, but not so many who can
do that" The Madison. Wis.
State Journal pays the tribute: We
owe much of wholesome and artistic
many other writer's to- less disadvan-
tage. have missed many other person.
alities with far less sense of loss"
But In spite of his tragic ending"
suggests the Oklahoma Daily Oklaho-
man. Dom Byrne was blest in this:
His scintilIant mind paled out into no
dim twilight. His poetic soul sank
down into no dim sunset He died ct
80. and he therefore died in his prime.
The pallid messenger remembered the
age at which Byron died at Missolon-
ghi. the age at. which Burns died at
Ayr and remembering, called the soul
brother of 'Childe Harold and Tam
o. Shanter' before he had passed the
peaks. N'
I'm his death the world has lost one
who served beauty and romance" AYERS
the Buffalo Evening News. while the
Vos~~Sa TNafIxs IfaralA r,roSarfe ftro an
praisal He possessed to the nth de-
gree that whimsical charm that made
Robert Louis Stevenson'S work 50 de-
lightful-the gift Of writing prose that
was poetry. - . He had a way OF
taking history and legend and altering
il to his own liking. and the result was
literature" The Kansas City Post even
concludes that "Byrne was patho-
LOGICAL liar, who turned his talent for
telling tall tales to good account by
letting them flow out from the tip or
his pen"
Finding in his life a reckless love
of exciting sport" and resultant Sex
perimenting with the speed Of new
motor cars" the Canton Daily News
observes that "the urge proved his un-
doing" ard that paper adds. AL
though American-born Byrne was thor
oughly Irish and inherited the tradi-
tional love of his race for the outdoors
and its attractions" The Philadelphia
Record states: He was an fndefatiga-
BILE worker and his interests were many
and varied. While still in his teens he
had achieved considerable fame as an
amateur athlete. Later he became
patron of sport and was recognized as
an authority upon horses and yacht
ing"
The Port Arthur News records: I'm
his New York newspaper days Don
Byrne and joyce Kiimer. the poet.
were chums. Joyce Killmer died the
death of soldier under the skies of
France. Now tragedy has removed
Dom Bvrne while he was at work on
a new book which he had predicted
would be his masterpiece"
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHMANDER JOHNSON.

After the Fireworks.
Wen call the roll tomorrow morn.
And braveiy persesers
To findif We are'left foriorn,
Or II we're stiil all here.
And IL the family we see,
By beatihc chance,
still In fiivver, gay and free.
And not an ambulance,
"The Fourth" wen say. "has passed
With all Its perils great.
July the Fifth becomes the day
Wen truly celebrate"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-04

Claims are made that rnonarchistic
sentiment has faded out In Germany.
The former Kaiser has not asserted
himself In an advisory capacity even TO
the extent Of sending newspaper COM
raunications to be printed under the
canton. ~our Letter Box"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-04

conventions have not done much for
musical education. but they have de-
"eioped several new first magnitude
stars IN the realm Of radio announce.
ment. The microphone has its own
technique and the mere ability to artic-
uiate by no means implies its mastery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-04

A boy scout. enjoying a Summer va
cation and finding In the woods re-
minders Of early pioneer heroisn,. is for
the present but slightly concerned with
a few. little uninteresting details that
may be more or less adroitly slipped
into the school books.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-04

A lengthy speaking itinerary might
lusthy Gov. Al Smith in requesting a
change OF the song words to East
Coast, West Coast, All Around the
Map!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-04

A man of somewhat Napoleonic as
| poets was seated In a restaurant. when
he happened to notice a fellow male
consumer of foodstuffs eying him in
| tently.
The fellow was staring at him. as a
matter OF plain fact. His unwanted
gaze never wavered second but fell
like the glare of a spotlight upon Just
one place and person.
| The Napoleonlike man stood this
for as long as he could. then he turned
suddenly sideways and confronted his
prosecutor.
well, sirp" he roared.
| The other, getting red in the face
Immediately averted his eyes, and was
not seen to look that way again.
| Those who witnessed this small drama
OF the every day felt unanimously that
the rebuke served the fellow right.
| II there Is anything your average
| American resents more than being
persistently stared at we do not know
what 1t Is. This applies to both Amer
| lean men and women.
| There is popular belief that women
| resent being ogled more than men do.
but when 1t comes to continued staring,
the sexes are about equally divided in
their resentment.
or course. women get looked at in
this boorfSh manner more than men.
Unfortunately for them. they seldom
feel able to turn in their seat and
"bawl out" the rude wight who insists
on staring them out of countenance.
X X X
1t Is said that European nations think
less OF the prolonged stare than do the
inhabitants of this country and Eng
land.
The open look of admiration. fixed
and answering, may get by over there,
put IL Is liable to provoke a fight over
mere. In the United States 1t Is uni
versally regarded as mark of i'll breed
ing. whether the persistent locker plays
MS game against man. woman or child.
The human eye has been spoken of
as the window of the soul. Whether
TINS Is true descriptive or not, GER
tainiy there Is power in the eye, since
IL. may De used either In love or hate.
Inc eyes OF stranger fixed intently
upon you--does this action not give
even the less sensitive a Jolt? The
casual glance is not minded at all by
any one; most human beings are con-
ceiteo enough to think they are pretty
smooth articles: little admiration
PAID In, glance is happily received
AZ tAc UcSt SplrlLS Dy most OF us.
TO be stared at, however, is another
matter.
Perhaps We resent this intent to peer
into our souls. Surely the souls of most
human beings are not lily-white enough
10 De able to meet the prying of unoffi-
cial investigators.
Some secret hid there's that what
he Is after?
The victim never knows. The per-
sistent boor with the unblinking ewes
stares and .Stares. without giving away
In the slightest the ideas In his own
mind which prompt him to such unholy
endeavors.
There are very few persons, too, who
do not harbor somewhere in their
anatomy certain faults or defects about
which they are more or less sensitive.
1t may be big or little defect. but
no matter, II some one stares at them
they Immediately deduce that the starer
Is singing them out for his attention
on account OF the fault.
~
Another factor which enters into this
matter Is the personal liking or an
tipathy which two strangers may in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-04

There is much empty expression in
connection with very genuine public
emotions. Fireworks have about. As
much to do with serious patriotic
thought as . popular song.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-04

Venesilos reappears as . powerful in
nuence and an evidence that the an
Gent Greek custom OF dismissing and
then recalling leaders stu survives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-04

A large campaign problem faces
Herbert Hoover, who has been con-
fronted by many problems and has
never yet weakened.