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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-07
Venus TO Cause a
PrOlracied Winter

To the Editor OF The Star
The bright evening star. Venus, just
above the sunset. now coming this way,
will make our wintry spells next Spring
continue at intervals until the middle
of April.
The most interesting weather event
since Adams time is this: When the
earth's perihelion advances to the pres
ent longitude of the perihelion of Venus,
the earth, like Venus, will have no in
clined axis, hence no Winter nor Sum-
mer.
So Venus tells the world:
LAS I am now. so you will be,
Straighten up, and follow me-"
D. A. N. GROVER,
Kansas City, Mo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-07
Man and His Soul.

The president and the past president
of the British Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science take opposite
views on the existence Of the human
soul.
The interesting point Of the dis
agreement between Sir William Bragg
and Sir Arthur Keith is not the fact
that two eminent natural philosophers
entertain conflicting opinions on ques-
ton which cannot be settled positively
In the present state Of human knoWl-
edge: rather, it is the difference OF
environment which has produced the
different lines of thought.
At first sight it seems paradoxical,
The pathway of the material has led to
the fair haven of faith in the imna-
terial. The pathway of the immaterial
has led to the storm wracked seas OF
the material
Sir William Bragg, who affirmed his
belief in the soul in his presidential
address before the British Association
at Glasgow Wednesday, is a physicist.
He started his life work in world OF
precise measurements, OF exact quanu-
ties. of concrete and tangible things.
But he has seen the unfolding Of mir
acle after miracle. He has seen the
secure material world OF his youth
crumble into immateriality. In his lie
time science has gone almost to the
roots of matter. 1t has discovered the
irnmaterial electron, it has enlarged
thousands of times its concepts of the
vastness of creation, it has destroyed
the fundamental ideas of space and
time.
The further Sir william Bragg has
gone on the road Of the material the
further he has penetrated the realm OF
the mystical and incomprehensible. He
has watched the material destroy itself
dissolve bit by bit into an infinite,
mysterious depth of the spiritual. Thus
he has come ito affirm his faith in the
soul
Sir Arthur Keith has Travelled dill
ferent road. He is an anthropologist-
nerhaps the foremost physical anthro-
pologist in the world. His concern mas
been with the origin, nature ana des-
tjnv of one manifestation of matter
man.
He started his life-work in time OF
stubbornly- yielding faith, when the
miracle of humanity was assumed 10
be divine and spiritual. 1t could be ex-
nlained in no other way but by the as
sumption of spirit super-imposed upon
the animal body. How else could one
interpret the genius of philosophers ana
the heroism of martyrs?
Sir Arthur saw, step by step, the I'M
material in man dissolve into the ma
terial. He saw the spiritual qualities OF
man become explainable in terms OF
material reactions over countless gen.
erations. He saw how the dramas OF
Shakespeare and the sonatas OF Bee
thoyen might, after all, be merely END
products of organic chemistry.
Bv this road he had come, at the last
meeting of the British association, TO
the point of denying the existence OF
the soul.
The intangible has led to the tangi-
Bile. the tangible to the intangible.
The fundamental difference between
the opinions of Sir William Bragg ana
Sir Arthur Keith is a difference OF en-
vironmental stimuli-the underlying
cause. possibly. of all profound differ
ences in opinion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-07
A Swimming FiaSco.

One hundred and ninety-nine ambi-
tious swimmers started wednesday IN
the fifteen-mle marathon swim in Lake
Ontario for prizes aggregatlng thirty
Ave thousand dollars. and at the finish
this frigid body of water was declared to
be the undisputed winner. Widely adj
vertised and witnessed by a crowd OF
over a hundred and fifty thousand per-
sons. the event unexpectedly became not
a race, but an endurance contest to de-
termine which swimmer could Withstand
the near freezing waters the longest.
One hundred and ninety-nine started,
but none finished. Georges Michel,
noted natator from France, was the
last to give up He was taken almost un-
conscious from the water within two and
half miles of the goal. All the others
had been forced by the frigid water to
drop OUT and there were many near
casualties in the rescues of the benumb-
ed swimmers.
Considering the fact that large per-
centage of the noted water men of the
world were entered in this contest, the
sponsors of the event deserve censure for
staging a race so severe that none could
finish. When nearly two hundred OF
the best swimmers, Injured as they must
necessarily be to all ordinary water tenn
peratures, give up because their lives
are in danger, it is time to call halt,
Next years swim should be either held
in a warmer body of water or early
enough in the year to remove the men
ace of freezing temperatures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-07

@. Is it correct to say "Dr. Jones
operated me?"-C. w. C.
A. The sentence needs the preposi-
ton upon
@. How can remove the ink post
marks from the stamps in my stamp
collection?-W. j.
A. The Bureau of Standards says
that canceling ink. II OF good quality,
cannot be removed without also re-
moving the ink of the stamps. Can
ceiling ink contains carbon black. which
cannot be destroyed by bleaching
agents.
@. When was the Dark day in Neu
England?-W. l.. G.
A. The Dark day in New England
occurred on May 10. 1870. Through
out that section of the country dark
ness continued from early morning until
midnight.
O. Was Albert Payson Terhune's
mother a Writer'S. j. B.
A. Albert Payson Terhune is the son
of Rev. Edward P. and Mary Virginia
(Hawes) Terhune. His mother wrote
under the name. Marion Harland.
O. Is there any civilized country
where the men of today wear ear
rings?-L. p.
A. Earrings are still worn BY some
fishermen on the Belgian coast. They
are very rarely worn by men elsewhere,
but are sometimes seen in the ears
of gypsies and a few Italians and
Spaniards.
@. What manager brought Paderew-
cL tn tI,i- no,tv,fry for his fret AndeY-
lean tour?-P. f. L.
A. Daniel Mayer. internationally
known concert manager. brought
Paderewski to this country for his first
American tour in the Winter OF 1891
g. Daniel Mayer. who recently died
in London at the age of 70. had man.
aged more than 1900 musical artists.
Among the artists who have been I'M
der his management are Pavlow7,
Mischa Elman. Levitski, Josef Hof-
mann. Kreisler. De Pachmann, Nikisch,
CaruSo, Carreno. SaraSate, D'Albert,
BuSoni and the DenishaWn dancers.
@. Give me some information con-
corning the early history Of sealing
wax-A C.. S.
A. Common beeSWax was first used
as sealing wax. being mixed with
earthly materials to give it consistency.
The Venetians brought the Indian
sealing wax to Europe. The Indian
wax was made only of shellac. colored
with vermilion, or some other pigment.
and this has been found superior to
all other materials.
@. What is the origin of the name
! Seville?-G. A. N.
A. This Spanish city was built by
the Phoenicians. They named it
| Sephala-marshy plain-a name which
ultimately was changed to Seville.
O. What is meant by gold and silver
employees in the Canal zone?-E S.
A. Gold employees are the Americans,
while silver employees are the aliens.
@. Name the Government bureaus In
tterested in stopping fraudulent adver-
tising-A.. T. A.
A. The Post Office Department. the
department of Justice and the Federal
Trade Commission are all endeavoring
to curb fraudulent advertising.
@. Was the surface of the Great
Pyramid. originally as it is today
D. K. -.
A. The rough. limestone rocks are be-
lieved to have been covered with solid
marble casing. These stones probably
began to be removed about 1000 AID.
for the Identification of Cairo.
@. How long has Amelia Earhart been
| fying?-H. T.
| A. She has been flying since 1918. In
1920 she established the womans alti-
tude record She holds the first inter-
national pilots license issued to wom-
an. She has to her credit 500 hours
| of solo flying.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-07

The oratorical delivery of Heroert
Hoover is described by experts as wen
ADAPTED to radio. AL Smith may nave
10 make a special drive to come lnto
evidence by means of screen exploita-
tion which is resonant as well as
pictorial
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-07
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.


Men and Emergencies.
Once in while the world goes wrong,
And it isn't your fault nor mine.
The real people keep going strong
In the quest of ideals fine.
There wouldn't be need of the earnest
men,
To whom our best thanks belong
For their high example, il now and then
The world were not going wrong.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-07

Great prosperity permits the accum-
mutation of large funds, some of which
are administered in way which rather
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-07

Aviation has not yet established a
system under which the welcome
Homes" are as numerous and enthusi-
astic as the farewells."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-07

East Indian potentates become in
volved In various considerations in
European cities because they cannot
manage to enjoy the full opportunities
of their wealth in East India.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-07
Ruth Started Something.

From the Miami Daily News and Metropolis;
The one improvement we have noted
in ocean flying is that the ayiators are
learning to fall near ships.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-07

An athletic prize serves to determine
who has the best heart in muscular
sense, as we'll as in metaphorical
matter of courage
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-07
Don't Ask Us.

From the Louisville Times.
Another Of LIES many unsolVed mys-
teries is why a moth always chooses to
dine at the most conspicuous place In
an article Of apparel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-07
Only a Dream

1 dreamt that through the clouds ]
sped;
Then sought a parachute, in vain.
I'm glad that l fell out Of bed
Instead of from an aeroplane.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-07

The Pennsylvania Railway utilities the
airplane; and adds to the responsibilities
of the terra firma porter who announces
last call for breakfast"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-07

Many books by Trotzky do not avail
to put him in the best-seller class. He
will never rank as the Trader Horn"
of Russian politics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-07
New Censor Job.

From the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
Now that the expenditures Of candi-
dates are limited by law. how about a
modification of the things they say
about one another?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-07

A Nobel prize may occasionally prove
more valuable as a publicity prospect
than as a cash asset.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-07
Big Problem.

From the Syracuse Herald.
What the English seem to be trying
to do is to make o golf ball that they
can hit and the Americans can't.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-07
Every Dogs Day.

From the Cleveland News.
A former Anzac general is now wash
ing dishes in a Quebec hotel. Former
x. P.'s will call it poetic retribution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-07
As Pilots Hope.

From the indianapolis News.
The more the thing is looked into
the more it appears that it takes some |
thing more than air to maintain an
airport. -. ......--4--.-.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-07

An earnest endeavor is In evidence
to get rid Of any scrap of paper" hint
in connection with world treaties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-07
Politics and Sport.

Politics and Sport.
do you ever bet on an election?"
NO" said Senator Sorghum. Il
should permit myself to comply with
the idea that the betting odds gave the
other side chance"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-07

Jud Tunkins says even scientists
sometimes leave it hard to distinguish
between thirst for knowledge and idle
curiosity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-07
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-07
Nothing New.

What is your idea Of prohibition?"
ITS the same old proposition" an
swered Uncle Eben. THE ultimate con-
sumner hasn't a chance to protect him.
self"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-07
Utilizing Weeds.

Fond Fancy still the gardener leads
To hopes Experience cannot stop.
Experiment shows useful weeds
More precious than hard-earned
crop.
And so, in pride, we lay aside
The polished shovel and the hoe.
With faith In Science undenled,
We greet the weeds-and let EN- grow.
"A tin on a race boss" said Uncle
Eben, "wouldn' be near so nlisleadln' II
a friendly hoss could talk"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-07
A Fixed Opinion.

do you think Bacon wrote the works
of Shakespeare"
NO" answered Mr.. Stormington
Baines. Il couldn't think of changing
all my advertising copy merely to ac-
commodate a mere author"
LET us reverence our ancestors said
Hi Ho. the sage of Chinatown, and
seek so 10 conduct ourselves that we
shall deserve reverence rs ancestors in
turn"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-07

@. How long has Amelia Earhart been
fying?-H. T.
A. She has been flying since 1918 In
1920 she established the womans alti-
tude record. She holds the first inter-
national pilots license issued to a wom-
an. She has to her credit 500 hours
of solo fiying,
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-23
Men Testify Fear for Their
Lives Two Days Before
Disaster
HILL SATURATED
Witnesses Testify to COndi.
ton of Dam Days Be
fore 1t Broke

LOS ANGELES, March % P-That
employees of the city, working and
living at the st. Francis powerhouse
on Monday evening before the dam
burst that it was unsafe, that on
that day they saw the whole west
side OF the canyon near the dam
saturated with water" and told one
another "for Gods sake get your
family out" was testimony given late
today at the coroner's inquest into
the ST. Francis dam disaster.
David C. Matthews, OF Newhall,
workman employed at the powerhouse
under the broken dam; Chester
Smith, owner OF ranch in San
Francisquito canyon, am Joe Nichols,
Smiths tenant, were the witnesses
who testified in choking voices to
the fear OF their lives that had been
thrown into them by the signt Oh
the water leaking through the dam
hillside, not only one but two days
before the structure crashed down
under its load. Smith indicated that
he owed his escape from the disaster
to the fact that his fears caused
him to sleep in his barn." and with
the door open" that fateful night.
I'VE thought it looked bad but we
didn't realize that it was unsafe
until Monday evening"" Matthews
testified, his voice choking with
emotion that forced him to stop
talking often. Then Berry (H L.
Berry, powerhouse man killed in the
flood) came back from up at the
dam and he called me to one side.
He was a good friend OF mine. He
said, Dave, I want to tell you some
thing. The dam is unsafe
And when went back to New
hail." Matthews continued brokenly,
"I met my brother near the Harry
Carey ranch and called TO him and
said, for Gods sake to get his
family out and he said, Dave, I'll
move them to Newfall tomorrow"
Tomorrow" Matthews brother and
family, and Berry, were wiped out
by the flood from the unhinged dam.
The whole west side OF the canyon
near the dam was saturated with
water" Matthews testified. He de-
clared the second day before the
disaster he took Berry up to the
place and, they both looked with
suspicion upon the seepage soaked
hillside He testified they both work.
ed in the powerhouse until late Mon
day when Berry made another trip
up to the dam and returned with
his fearful message"
"He told me not to tell anyone
else in the camp Matthews con-
tinued, "and I didn't tell anyone but
my brother and l felt duty bound to
tell him, and my wife"
Chester Smith, whose ranch was
about four miles below the dam. said
he drove cattle up the canyon on
Monday, the day before the disaster.
and saw the dam.
CONTINUED OH Page TenO
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-23
COL. LINDBERGH
GIVES OFFICIALS
MANY AIR TRIPS
More Than Che Hundred
Congressman Go AlOft
With Lone Eagle

WASHINGTON March % R)-Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh today stayed on
the ground just about long enough to
jump from one plane to another,
spending the rest of the time showing
the sights of Washington to more than
a hundred congressman, members OF
their families and government officials.
The army's Fokker and the navy's
Ford ship, both triple motored cabin
models, together made nearly a score
of trips with Lindbergh at the con-
trolls, carrying the legislators over the
capitol, Arlington cemetery and the
washington monument.
Several thousand persons swarmed
over the field, seeking by fair means
or foul to be included in the list pre-
pared by Assistant Secretary Of Com
merce MacCracken. The carnival
spirit of the crowd was enhanced by
the arrival of five bombing planes
from Langley field, Va, and maneuvers
of other army and navy planes.
The flights went off without hitch
except that at one time Lindbergh'S
plane stuck in the mud while taking
off. The passengers, among whom
were Representatives Taber of New
York and Challenberber, Nebraska, hac
to get out and walk, and the program
was delayed for several minutes while
mechanics gave the plane shove.
The flier will be kept busy tomor-
row and Saturday taking up the leg
iS1atorS
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-23
u. S. EMBASSY DAMAGED BY QUAKE
IN MEXICO CITY ON WEDNESDAY

MEXICO CITY, March % tP-
The United States embassy resi-
dence was among the buildings in
Mexico City damaged by an earth
quake which last night spread
panic throughout the capital and
several cities in central and south
ern Mexico.
Only MINOR casualties were re-
ported despite the fact that the
earth movements were considered
the most severe that have shaken
Mexico in many years.
The damage to the American
embassy residence was in a wall
of the bedroom of Dwight w. Nor
row, the American ambassador,
and in one of the outside walls.
Mr.. Morrow was in his dressing
room cOnversing with DIR. John c.
Merritt of the Carnegie institute
when the temblor was felt. Neither
man left the room and after pauS-
ing in their talk to see what was
going to happen they resumed their
conversation.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-23

When Mr.. Morrow went to his
bedroom later to retire he found
crack half an inch wide from the
floor to the ceiling. Several small
er cracks branched out from the
central one. 1t was not until this
morning that attaches found an
other crack in one of the outside
walls. This was from a half inch
to an inch wide and ran from the
ground to the second story.
Before daylight this morning
pilgrims began trudging to the
shrine Of Our Lady of Guadalupe
MexicO's patron saint, to offer
thanks for their safety from the
quake.
rive persons were reported in
jured in Mexico City. In the sub
urbs three shacks collapsed and in
one of the poorer quarters of the
city bricks and pieces of plaster
were Jared from the walls and
roofs of several houses.
For more than "a hours the Mex
Continued on Page Ten)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-23
CONDEMNED MAN Is GLAD THAT
WIFE WILL NOT HANG WITH HIM

We'll I'm glad of that" Nc
Donald responded and then turn
ed the talk to other matters.
During the morning the prison
er's parents, John Mcdonald of
Sydney, N. S., and his estranged
wife, who lives in Portland, Me-,
met for the first time in years
before the grating of their sons
cell. McDOnaId's sister, who lives
with their mother, also was pres
ent. Of the four the prisoner
showed by far the most cOmpOsure.
The time for the hanging was
not publicly announced, but Cor
Of1er BeSsner was advised to set
the autopsy tentatively for 8
O'Clock. Installation of flood lights
in the prison yard led to the gen.
eraI belief that the execution
would take place earlier, sometime
between midnight and dawn.
Mcdonald and his wife were
convicted in December of the muir
der of Adelard BOuchard, a La
chine taxi driver, last July.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-23
BURTON OPENS
HOOVER BAT TIE
in OHIO CAMP AICN
Pictures Life Of Commerce
Secretary as of Con-
structive Effort

CLEVELAND, March % (P)-Pictur-
ing the life of Secretary Herbert
Hoover, as one of constructive effort
from which the United States has
reaped the benefit Representative
Theodore E. Burton of Ohio launched
the Hoover speaking campaign in
Ohio, with an address here tonight.
"FIis history contains record OF
achievement that cannot be surpassed, -
Mr.. Burton declared.
Senator Frank B. Willis, Hoover's
opponent in the fight for Ohio dele
gates to the republican national con-
vention, was denounced for attempt
ing to tear down the good name of
the commerce secretary and at the
same time offering nothing construc-
tive in support of his own candi Aacy.
Answering charges of Senator Willis
that the secretary of commerce is op-
posed to a protective tariff, Mr.. Burton
read a letter from Joseph w. Ford
ney, one of the authors of the Ford
ney-McCumber tariff, act of 1922, in
which Mr.. Fordney said he had a
distinct recollection of Mr.. Hoover'S
particular interest in the protective
element of the bill"
Burton renewed the question OF
CONTINUED on Page Ten)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-23

VALLEY FIELD, Que, March 22
R-George Mcdonald jOked with
jailers in his cell today while in
the prison yard the frOck coated
hangman tested the crimson gal
lows on which Mcdonald is to
die in the morning for murder.
Thd condemned man announced
during the day that he had "fOr-
given" the police officers who
brought him to Justice.
Until his arrival here this
morning Mcdonald had not been
told that the death sentence i'm
posed on his young wife had been
cOmmuted to life imprisonment.
AS he entered the prison through
the warden's quarters he scanned
the rows of cells.
"Is Doris here?" he asked.
The chaplain of Bordeaux Jail,
who had accompanied Mcdonald
here from Montreal, admOnished
him to be courageous and then
told him that governmental inter
VentiOn had saved Mrs. Mcdonald
from the gallOws.