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The Story the Week Has Told

of "the blameless Ethiopians." The
protestant of AbySsinia is Frumentius,
who In 1926 was consecrated bishop by
StanthanaSius, as mentioned by the
latter in letter to Constantine. Fru-
mentiuS was a Phoenician, and ever
since his time there has been an I'M
broken tsave for one brief intervaD line
of abunas. deriving conservation and
appointment from the patriarch Of the
Coptic Church at Alexandria; all for
eigners and members Of the Coptic
Church.
The Abyssinian Church Is fairly
assimilated to the Coptic Church in
ritual and practice. but my understand
ing Is that except in respect of the
consecra ton and designation Of the
abuna 1t is independent. Its history
furnishes one of the most curious
chapters in the annals of Christianity
Early in the sixteenth century the
Portuguese Jesuits obtained a footing
in AbaSSinia, which they improved I'M
til in 1904 the ruling negus was per-
suaded to evict the abuna and make
his submission to Rome. This dis
pleased the people, who revolted. slew
the negus, and expelled the Jesuits.
The Rock Churches of Lalibala lin
the excavation of which angels did
precisely two-thirds of the work. are
alone worth visit to Abyssinia, which
Is indeed on many counts one of the
most interesting countries in the world.
In these days of reprints why doesn't
somebody reprint old James Bruce's
Travels to Discover the Source of the
Nile u768-1773)," one Of the supreme
books in its kind, and which has the
immortal distinction of having furnished
tmost Enthusiastically one of the most
determining hints toward Coleridge's
"Kubla Khan?" Now that we're talking
OF Abyssinia, let's reread "Rasselas" and
look up the passage in Milton about
Mount Amara," which also gave a
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You Get What You Give
BY BRUCE BARTON.

r WAS in the office Of the gen.
eral manager Of q. great
corporation recently. The
L business he manages has
departments in almost every
large city. II 10 a business that
has unquestionabIy been Of
enormous benefit to the people
Of America and has, incidentally,
made millions for its founder.
The general manager read me
q letter from the "Oid Man." !
obtained permission to copy four
paragraphs.
Here they are. What do you
think Of them as the confession
of faith Of a millionaire?
~ can honestly say now that
I have never worked at the
business for profit az the main
motive.
"My profits have been Incl.
dental, though absolutely neees-
sary.
ri have always conducted my
business solely for the purpose
Of what I considered public
service
"Had I conducted my business
for the purpose Of making profit,
! might have made as much
money as I have made, although
doubt it. am sure that !
would not have made any more.
Z am pretty sure that ! would
not have made q quarter as
much"
! know a man who has grown
rich by building and operating
great hotels.
! slept in one Of his hotels the
other night, and in the morning
. dropped into my pocket a copy
Of HIS book Of instructions to his
employees. Here are some quo
tations from that book:
"A hotel has just one thing to
sell.
sThat one thing is service.
"The hotel that sells poor
service is a poor hotel.
"The hotel that sells good
service is a good hotel.
at is the object Of this hotel
to sell it's guests the very best
services in the world.
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1.-THE service Of a hotel is not
thing supplied by any single
individual. Il 10 not special at
tention to any one guest.
"Hotel service means the limit
Of courteous, efficient attention
from each particular employs to
each particular guest.
"This 10 the kind Of service
the guest pays for when he pays
his bill-whether it 10 for 81 or
$40 q day. II is the kind OF
service he 10 entitled to, and he
need not and should not pay
any more"
1t 10 interesting to note how,
in the course Of time, the prae-
teal men Of the world finally
come around to the point Of
view Of the worlds dreamsrs.
Napoleon, the practical man,
refused to see the dreamer
Fulton, with his absurd claim
that he could make a boat run
against tide and wind.
But today all practical men pay
taeit tribute to that dreamer.
For 1000 years practical men
have looked with a superior sort
Of tolerance on the teachings OF
q certain Carpenter Of Nazareth.
What He said was very good, OF
course, but utterly impractical.
Vet the service idea, which 10
the big new idea in modern
business, was fret discoveries
and announced by that Carpsn.
ter:
"VVhosoevsr will be great
among you, let him be your
minister; and whososver will be
chief among you, let him be your
servant"
It 10 the one solid, practical
rule for building q business or a
business career.
" you want to know how far
you will 90 in business, take &C.
count Of stoek-find out how
much service you are equipped
to perform.
II you want to figure what
you are likely to get, first figure
what you have to give.
!. 1920
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hard not to offend in the Senate. Per-
haps 1t is a commonplace story for
America, as 1t exists today, because 1t
is nothing more than the chronicle Of a
poor boy who became rich and famous
by hard work. It's getting to be old
stuff, but there are enough variations
to make 1t interesting.
Like President Hoover. Walter Edge
comes Of Quaker ancestry. His for
bears arrived in Pennsylvania back in
William PENIS day, and the family re-
manned there right up to the time that
Walter was born. 81 years ago. in the
city of Philadelphia. Right after that,
however the family did a very unusual
thing. 1t moved to New Jersey, to a
little town outside the struggling beach
resort Of Atlantic City, and on the
cleaning sand of that beach Walter
Edge spent his boyhood.
1t Is easy to imagine that az little
Walter summed himself of a Summer
afternoon and frolicked in the surf. he
dreamed few dreams. as most small
boys do. Perhaps he visionec this out
of-the-way resort. with its low and
rather unsightly wooden hotels. its gar
ish places of amusement, giving way to
an almost solid line Of skyscrap:ng
hotels. with q boardwalk 10 miles long
In front Of them and with million dollar
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hint to Coleridge. We admire Abyssinia
for her heroic assertion of independence,
but still more are We grateful to her
for having furnished the most powerful
hints for the most beautiful lyric in any
language and for the best moral tale
in English.
ARGENTINA.-Arge seems to be
in a phrase Of fiscal and general
economic depression: not very serious,
perhaps, but gloomily sensible. Mer-
chandise exports of the first i've months
Of this year totaled less in value than
those of the corresponding period of
1928 by 6is per cent. Imports. in
a like comparison, were less by S
per cent. The balance of trade for
those five months was favorable by
500 000, 900, against q favorable balance
Of $l09,000000 for the corresponding
period of 1928.
The national debt increases and is
placed in the United States are said to
total 396000.000.
The labor situation Is unsatisfactory:
numerous strikes and q good deal Of
red activity.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Our exports in the second quarter Of
1929 totaled 81 ,2o4 900 900 in value, the
highest figure for any quarter since
1920. Imports totaled $1.164, 900, 900 in
value, the highest figure for any quarter
since 1920 except for the first quarter of
1926. Imports showed a greater increase
than exports. July imports and exports
were both the highest in value for that
month since 1920.
More than 1000 persons (including
325 children) were killed, and over
$4,000 were injured in highway acci-
dents in New York City in 1928.
II \ y
THE HAGUE.-On August al the
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BY THOMAS, CARENS.

B1 IHOMAS' ChnENSs
~ RESIDENT HOOVER has selected
- as Americas new Ambassador to
France a man who at the age Of
40 was recognized as one OF the
worlds most successful advertis-
ing men, but who now at 81 finds that
he has done very little toward advertis-
ing himself.
Walter Evans Edge of New Jersey is
an active. Woodworking, faithful and
popular member of the United States
Senate. He has been there 10 years
and 1t is safe to say that he hasn't an
enemy In that body. A die-hard Repub-
lican and an unyielding conservative.
he is the friend alike Of the most UNI
reconstructed Of Democrats and OF the
most infiammatory of Progressives.
Walter Edge, any one OF his col
leagues will tell you, is an lawfully good
fellow" They like him because he has
never been known to lose his temper in
debate. has never resented the meanest
of sallies tossed at him across the floor.
and because, whether the battle Is go
ing for him or against him, he never
ceases to smile. He must have been
born with that twinkle in his eye. Ger
tainly 1t is his outstanding character
istic as you face him across his broad
mahogany desk in the Senate once
Building.
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It happens to be one Of the rules of
the Senate, however, that the "awfully
good fellows" don't make the front page
headlines with any sort Of regularity
that he is an awfully good fellow, be-
cause he cracks too many heads in the
course of a Senate session, but Mr..
Borah gets the headlines, and the coun-
try knows who he Is Charles Gates
Dawes wasn't exactly an "awfully good
fellow" to get into an argument with,
either over the Senate rules or any
thing else. but when the President
picked him as Ambassador to the Court
Of St. James he needed no introduce
ton
Therein lies the essential difference
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between the two new leaders Of Amer
ica's diplomatic corps. Dawes, who prob
ably would be unable to tell his friend
Wrigley how to step up his chewing gum
Using himself. Edge, the advertising
man, who could solve Wrigleys adver-
Using problems without hesitation, never
saved any Of his extravagant adjectives
for himself.
His advancement to one Of the most
coveted Of all diplomatic posts, car
rying with 1t residence in the most fas-
cinating city In the world, has drawn
the attention Of the country to the
career OF Walter Edge. And It appears
that there Is q real story behind the
quiet, modest man who has tried so
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Doubted Paving Basis.

Naturally, large number OF Cana.
dams did not believe such a railroad
could be maintained on paying basis.
Even the most ardent advocates OF the
ro-N I'D to admit that unless ore was
guf1icient quantities to be mined
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ABYSsINIA.-1hc Abyssinian Church
has q new abuna metropolitan, or
spiritual head, an ONCE which has
existed since or almost since the intro
duction Of Christianity into the land
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Pilots Had Covered Country.
Canadian pilots had secuted for seals
off the coasts of Labrador and had pa
trolled the Pacific fisheries with planes
to survey and photograph sites. They
had flown over huge watersheds to 10
cate electric generating plants and over
millions of square miles Of timber land
on lire patrol. They were em!nently
fitted for these two jobs of carrying
surveyors to Port Nelson and for pa
trolling the Hudson Bay Straits.
Six flying officers. airplanes. me-
cranics and radios with which to com
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CANADA PUSHING STEEL
TRAIL INTO FAR NORTH
Engineers Completing Railroad Across
Barren Lands to the
Hudson Bay.
By EVAN J. DAVID.

Up in the Far North-just under
the Northern Lights-Canada is
rushing to completion the great
est railroad building feat in the
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Without going Into further detail. or
wandering into description Of the
serio-comic scenes attendant on such
conditions, both in the queues before
the shops and in peoples homes. the
simple fact may be set down that the
whole business of keeping life afoot is
. good deal more difficult than 1t was
In 1928, when the famine was q whole
The Washington times., 1929-12-09
CEREMONY
BRIEF AND
SIMPLE

GENEVA, Dec. 9 0N.SJ-
With the exception of senatorial
ratification, the United States
became an active member of the
World Court here today. when
Jay Pierrepont Moffat, american
charge d'affaireS at Berne, Swift,
Zerland, signed the articles of ad-
herence.
Moffat was acting under the
authority of President Hoover
The signing was dcne with almost
an utter absence Of ceremony.
Promised by Hoover
The signing. follows announce.
ment made by President Hoov er
in his ARMS tice Day address,
when he revealed he would in.
Struct the proper authorities TO
sign the protoc,i on behalf Of The
United States.
Moffat signed three documents
One was the original Word Court
protocol. Another embodied the
ieyisionS made III the original
protocol by the member nations,
and the third set forth the reser,
yationS under which the United
States agreed to enter the court
The signing took place at 3:20
p. m. (9:20 a. m. Eastern stand
ard time).
The Washington times., 1929-12-09
GE is
LOU LITTLE

Lou Little has accepted the
position of head football coach at
Columbia University. His resig
nation as athletic director was
rendered and accepted by George
town authorities.
Little will conclude his duties
at the Hilltop December 81, 1929.
Only last Friday Little turned
down the offer to succeed Lou
Young as head football coach at
Pennsylvania, his alma mater,
where he played on the line.
Successful at Hilltop
Little succeeds Charlie Crowley
whose resignation was accepted
by the Columbia Committee on
Athletics last week.
For the past five years Little
has been head coach at George
town where he has made a re-
markable record with material
thought to be no better than he
will have to use at Columbia
Little is known chiefly as an
offensive type of coach.
Little is coach who frankly
gentleman off the field, can be a
| CONTINUED on Page 10, Col. 81
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Mother of Girl
Waif Sought
By Police

A week-old baby girl, found
abandoned early last night III the
automobile of Iowerth }. Roberts.
Washington banker. in front OF
his home in the 1900 block 0ef-
ferSon st. N. W., will TO-DAY oe
the object of a city-Wide iI7VeStl'
cation.
Unofficially known as MISS
Jane" the infant was found ny
the Roberts family bundled in a
scant cotton garment, and two
small blankets to protect it from
the cold. it's small face looking
out at it's new friends.
Coos and Then Sleeps
Mrs. Roberts. who took the lit
tie girl into her home pending
arrival of police, marveled at it's
behavior. Only when the infant
became hungry did it cry, and
after Mrs. Roberts had heated
and fed it some milk, it cooed and
finally fell asleep.
Sergt. Rhoda Milliken, attached
to the Woman'S Bureau, answered
the call and took the infant to
Children's Hospital where. after
a thorough examination, DR.. V
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Big Fete. to Welcome
Freed Reporters

and dance act by June Shirley
Blake, 7-year-old physical culturs
baby and noted acrobatic dancer,
and her brother, Joseph j. Blake,
10-year-old radio entertainer.
Brief addresses will be delivered
by distinguished Congressman on
the Importance of curbing the
arbitrary contempt power of the
judiciary and of enacting pend
ing legislation to protect news
paper men from being jailed tor
refusing to betray condolences by
revealing the sources of their pro-
fessional information.
Gifts From Mr.. Hearst
Col. Frank Knox. general man.
ager of the Hearst newspapers.
will present the three reporters
tokens of remembrance on behalf
Of w. r. Hearst, owner of the
paper.
An opportunity will be given the
audience to shake hands with The
three reporters-Gorman M. Hen
bricks, Linton Burkett. and Jack
E. Nevin, jr.
The public has been invited 10
attend. There will be no chargs
and no tickets Of admission are
necessary. The affair will be in
formal. The meeting will start
promptly at 8 o'clock, as the
theatrical talent will have to per-
form between regular shows.
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Chinese PERIL
j. 8. LIVES
BY JOHN GOETTE

PEKING. Dec. 9 G.NS.) The
revolt now flaming across the
Chinese horizon has reached such
serious proportions as to imperil
the lives of Americans and other
foreigners in the affected areas.
The American legation here an
nounced today that 73 of the 120
American residents of the Ma.
tionalist capital, Nanking, have
been taken aboard the U. S. S.
Tulsa.
The Tulsa is now standing by
at Ichang to take aboard Ameri-
cans endangered by the fighting
between rebels and NationaiistS
there.
Admiral McVeagh, in charge of
the fleet of American destroyers
in Chinese waters, is distributing
his craft among the various Chi
neSe ports now in the danger
zones to facilitate evacuation Of
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Two outstanding vaudeville
features from the Palace Theater
will be included in the program
at the big mass meeting, enter
tainment, and reception to be
held Wednesday evening at the
Belasco Theater to mark the re
lease from Jail of the three re.
porters of The Washington
Times who are serving As days
for refusing to act as prosecuting
witnesses against speakeaSy pro-
prietors whom they investigated.
One of the headliners will be
Allan Rogers, new master of cere-
monies at the Palace. He will
sing and carry on an interesting
line of humorous chatter.
Girls to Sing
Virginia Johnson and Helen
Yorke, appearing in the Palace
Fall Festival, will sing a number
Of popular songs. They will be
dressed in attractive Colonial
costumes.
Lee Cronican, regular Palace
pianist, will serve as accom-.
paniSt.
The Belasco Orchestra, under
direction of Paul Schwarz, will
furnish an interesting musical
program.
There will also be feature acts
from the Fox Theater and song
The Washington times., 1929-12-09
GRUNDY SEEMS
SURE.OF SEAT

HARRISBURG, Dec. 9 QN.S).
1t was day Of rally round the
flag, boys"-the flag being the al
most certain appointment of Jo-
seph R. Uncle Joe" Grundy as
Pennsylvania Junior Senator-at
the State capitol today.
Despite the political storm be-
lieved to be brewing over the pro.
nouncement 6f william Scott Ware
that he is a candidate "to a finish"
in a proposed "vindication cam
paign," the volume of telegraph.
telephone and mail messages that
poured into the executive office of
Governor John S. Fisher over the
weekend showed no sign of di.
minishing today.
Throughout the day the mes
sages continued to increase. And,
for the most part, they urged that
Uncle Joe" be appointed as a col"
league of the senatorial inquisitors
who fenced with the little Bristol
manufacturer at the recent lobby
investigation hearings at Wash
ington.
Insist on Grundy
Not only urged that the so-called
"granddaddy of all lobbyists" be
appointed, but further recon-.
mended that Grundy be persuaded
to accept the post.
That is where the hitch comes,
Even the most partisan political
foe of Grundy will admit that
the appointment is his-if he
wants it. And the question of
whether he wants it or not has
become vastly important, to lead
ers of the Republican. organiZa~
ton at least, since the Ware an
nouncement which places the,
Philadelphia leader in the roIa3
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MCOY ENDS
CAREERO ON
BENCH

Chief Justice Walter I. Mccoy,
of the District Supreme Court,
today rendered his resignation to
President Hoover.
Having reached the retirement
age of 10 years yesterday, the
jurist took the action that had
been anticipated by the local bar
for some time. His resignation
takes effect Immediately.
Chief Justice Mccoy chose to
resign rather than to retire be-
cause he apparently does not care
to be subject to call by the other
justices of the District Supreme
Court whenever an emergency or
a congestion of court work makes
such a summons eXpedient.
1t is apparently the Justices in
tention to sever all further con-
nections with the local bench anc
he probably either will traael
abroad or return to his old home
in New Jersey. His resignation
carries his full judicial salary OF
$10,50O with it.
No intimation has yet come
from the White House as to vino
will succeed Justice Mccoy at the
head of the local Supreme C0iTt
The local bar already has recon-.
nnended Justice Wendell Philips
Stafford for the post. In her
quarters the name of Justice Al
fred A. Wheat is favored
The resignation of Chief jas
tice Mccoy leaves a vanacy on
the bench which President Hoover
will fill in the near future The
local bar association will meet
later this week to determine upon
it's candidate for the post.
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Honolulu Con1n1ends
Reporters Stand

other ways to betray confidence,
Is no new thing.
Many judges have done it, ap,
parently failing to realize the
ignominy of the thing they de-
mand. And to the credit of the
newspaper profession be it said
that very rarely has any news
paper man permitted himself to
be so coerced.
A Washington. D. C. news dis
patch tells that three reporters OF
The WaShir gtCn Times were sen.
fenced to As days impriSonme 1T
each for refusing to reveal to the
grand jury the names and Al
dresSe. of persons from whom
they asserted, they had purchaS ID
liquor. The men said they hao
bought liquor il 40 Speakeasic $
in the city, but explained that
they would not reveal the names
Of the bootleggerS.
Prohibition and its fanatical
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The jury closed its delib-
erations Friday afternoon
and is now said tC be await
ing only the report of the
finger print experts of the
Department of Justice, who
are comparing a print fur
nished them by the Police
Department with finger
prints of various witnesses
taken during the hearing.
Dist let Attorney Leo A.
Rover has announced that just
as soon as operatives of the
departments bureau of identi-
fication have completed their
work a finding will be made.
That this finding will be
murder at the hands of per-
sons unknown" if the jury's
report is consistent with the
evidence heard, goes without
saying.
However, there is the chance
that the finger print expert may
uncover the man who left the
print on the weapon which was
used to kill Scrivener that fateful
night three years ago.
Police Censure not Expected
It is not believed the Grand
Jury will make an extraordinary
report censuring the police for
keeping secret the finger-print
evidence for three years, for
spreading the slanderous rumors
about the condition of the dead
detectives health and for charg
ing him with suicide.
Eight major canards were dis
sipated by the Grand Jury hear
ing. and if it has accomplished
nothing else. it has cleared the
dead detectives name OF the
stigma of suicide and OF having
a foul disease.
Scrivener's roommate and his
physician gave testimony which
(Continued on PoGe 2, Col. u
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To GE7 I
FARE FIGHT

The Washington Railway and
Electric Company and the Capital
Traction Company prepared TO-
day to take their fight for a car
fare increase to the District -Su-
preme Court.
Recently. the Public Utilities
Commission refused the request
of the Capital Traction Company
for a 10-cent fare after the trac-
ton company had complained
that it was not getting a fair re,
turn on it's valuation. The Wash
ington Railway and Electric Com
pany was drawn into the con-
troverSy and was made a party
to the carfare increase hearing
by the Public Utilities CommiG-
sion.
A recent meeting of the stock
holders of the Capital Traction
Company voted to carry the mat
ter of car fare increase into the
courts on appeal from the Public
Utilities Commissions ruling and
asked there for an adjudication
as to the fairness of it's property
valuations
Attorney S. r. Bowen and a
staff Of counsel for both traction
companies has been engaged in
preparing the appeal for several
weeks and at the legal offices Of
the Capital Traction Company it
was announced the appeals would
be filed today.