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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19
BANQUET TO BE HELD.
D. C. Women's Club Members to
Meet at Hamilton Hotel.

The District of Columbia Branch of
the National Federation of Business
and Professional Womens Clubs will
ton Hotel tomorrow evening at 7
o'clock.
Among the guests of honor who will
attend are: Secretary of Labor Davis
and the following woman members Of
Congress: Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCor-
mick. Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, Mrs
Mary T. Norton. Mrs. Katherine Lang
ley and Mrs. Florence Kahn.
Many prominent women in the Gov
eminent service, including Miss Mary
Anderson. director of the Womens
Bureau, Department Of Labor, as well
as those from organizations outside the
Government, have signified their in
tention of attending the dinner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19
.jADW|N PROPOSAL
SCORED BY HAYES.
Missouri Senator Declares
Mississippi Flood Control
Plan Is Economically False.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The plan for Mississippi River flood
control advocated by Maj. Gen. Jad-
win and approved by the Mississippi
River board was assailed yesterday by
Senator Halves. Democrat, of Missouri,
as economically false and meaning a
despoliation Of private property owners
along the river.
He declared that bureaucracy is run
ming wild" and that both common Jus
tice and humane considerations are to
be put aside to crafty the pride Of per-
sonal opinion" in construction Of the
project, as proposed under the plan
adopted by Congress last year.
Long Litigation Is Predicted.
Land and property owners in South
east Missouri" Halves said, ARE to be
despoiled in clear violation of the intent
Of Congress, and, If not interrupted,
precedent may be established which
will affect the welfare of the whole
valley from Cape Girardeau to the
Gulf.
UNLESS tn arbitrary plans of the
Army engineers are stopped. 1t will
bring litigation involving long years
OF time In settlement, endangering both
life and property throughout the entire
fdIlcy.
Halves said the Mississippi River
commission plan was the result Of
study by engineers and civilians who
knew the river and that a board was
set up to reconcile the differences be-
tween that plan and the one advo-
Gated by Jadwin.
Contract Delay Asked.
Congress, Halves declared. in passing
the food control act believed that a
policy of compensation was definitely
established, but Jadwin, he said, has
decided that "he need not pay" for
fiowage rights over $4,000 acres of
land in southeast Missouri until "he
has erected the setback levee and is
prepared to cut the main levee which
will pour the flood waters Of the Mis-
sissippi over this vast Missouri section"
The Missouri delegation in Congress
Friday asked President Hoover to de-
lay letting of contracts for the levee.
bids for which are to be opened next
Wednesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19

In little French Oceania are 1000
BICYCLES
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19

OF $40 sanitary inspectors in. London
% are women.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19
OFFICERS DESIGNATED
FOR GENEVA MEETING
Three Are Scheduled to Represent
War Department in Switzer-
land Conference.

Maj. Allen w. Gullion, judge advocate
generals department; Maj. John P.
Fletcher, medical department, and Maj
John B. Andrews, general staff, have
been designated to represent the War
Department, at the conference to be
held at Geneva, Switzerland this Sum-
mer to revise the Geneva convention of
July 6, 1906, and the code for prisoners
of war That action was taken on the
invitation Of the government of Switzer-
land, with the approval of President
Hoover.
First Lieut. Joaquin Demestrey Zuri-
guer of the Cuban army. now complet.
ing a course of instruction at the
ordnance school. Watertown. Mass. has
been authorized by the War Depart
ment to take the first years course at
the Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology, at Boston, beginning in July
next.
In little French Oceania are 1000
bipVc1pS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19
COMMANDERY TO MEET.
Order of Golden Cross Convenes
Tuesday Afternoon.

The Supreme Commandery. United
Order of the Golden Cross, will assem-
BILE for its fifty-third annual meeting at
the Hotel Hamilton Tuesday afternoon
at 2 o'clock.
The supreme treasurer, the supreme
keeper of records and the three supreme
trustees will meet in the committee
room Of the Hotel Hamilton tomorrow
at o'clock.
The executive committee will meet in
the committee room at o'clock tomor-
row night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19

NcCuVu.
Notwithstanding this indisputable
fact, we passed railroad law that gave
them a subsidy in value of over seven
billion. dollars above their market value
as fans are valued. and gave them
return, first per cent and now 534
per cent upon all this value, water and
all This dips an excess of some 400
million dollars from the American pool
of production. The other items of eX-
cess profits of subsidiary corporations,
waste of competition and capitalization
OF unearned increment take out about
800 or 900 million dollars more each
wear. And in addition to all Of this, the
law guaranteed their wartime profits for
six months after they were turned back
into private ownership. end paid them
a further subsidy of 529 million dollars
from the Treasury Of the United States.
II the farmers could get a law that
would fix their values and their rates
of return, with a Treasury guarantee
like that they would get what the Re-
publican platform promised. The farm
81. T:ILCut tre GeDentuT7 gives them
no such equality of opportunity, ana
with the debenture only about halt OF
it.
Again by law of Congress, assisted by
State laws. we have created banking
system with virtual monopoly upon
the deposit business of the country;
Congress also established the Federal
Reserve system which Debated the
farmers as we have seen, collected the
surplus credit OF the country in New
York for speculation, boosted the in
terest rate even to 20 per cent, ana
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guaranteeing the continuance Of the
export bounty for a definite and long
term period, or one which absolutely
disruptS all existing channels of han
ding our commodities and at the same
time will result In the greater part of
the debenture, IL any, going to the ex-
porter rather than to the producer.
There is still another powerful objec.
ton, which Is that all nations, includ-
ing ours, for the protection of their own
producers, levy protective duty on i'm
ports equal to the amount of bounties
paid by any exporting nation. For ex-
ample, even between dominions Of the
same empire, Canada a year or two ago
placed duty upon butter from
Australia equal to the amount Of the
bounty paid by Australia on exports Of
butter.
Tax Increase Is Feared.
The net result of this, of course, is to
wipe out the bounty and leave the do
mestic price unchanged, but to cost the
American Treasury the full amount of
the bounty which it pays to the ex-
porter and which he in turn pays to
the nation to which he exports the
commodity as tariff duty. We thus
find our Nation, including our farmers,
helping to pay the taxes otherwise pay.
able by the people of Great Britain,
Germany and other foreign nations.
1t was conceded in the Senate that
if any commodity was promised a
bounty by way of debenture, the pro-
duction would increase. But still they
want to promise a bounty when all
admit cur troubles come from too much
surplus.
The Senate evidently anticipated that
this increase might easily equal 160,-
600, 900 bushels a year in wheat and
2, 100000 bales Of cotton, for they pro-
vide for no decrease in the amount Of
the bounty until the increase exceeds
these figures. But mere increase Of
SO 900, 900 bushels In the normal world
supply Of wheat would almost certainly
decrease the world price 20 cents
bushel, and an increase of 100000
bales of cotton would mean more than
Q cent, a pound of its price. In a
normal year, the Senate's anticipated
probable increase in production would
break the WOrlC price Of wheat over so
cents a buShel and of cotton over 5
cents a pound. And for this the farmer
would get bounty o 81 cents on wheat
and cents on cotton, plus the pleasure
as a taxpayer of paying his share OF
the bounty cost to the Treasury which,
on these two commodities alone on the
basis of such exports, would be about
SITS 100000 The farmer pays roughly
80 per cent of our taxes, so that on
this basis he would pay $50, 000,0 for
the privilege of getting lower price
on wheat and cotton than he would II
the law never passed.
The Washington times., 1929-11-06
Stringent Blue Sky Law For
This City Is Probable

THE coming session of Congress win probably the
actment of stringent effective blue sky law for tho
District after years Of futile attempts get such legislation
It inconceivable that Congress will daily with this ques
ton any longer in view Of widespread complaints Of victims
stock vender buckehop establishments and other methods
of Fleeing
Washington admittedly gold mine for these eeCers Of
thougss people They reap their greatest rewards at times
when the New York stock market is most active.
If the Fleeing confined to males it would be bad
enough but there have been Of taking from women
old at that about all the money they had to support
themselves One before the Grand Jury year ago
that Of aged who turned all the money she had
to stock sharp He could have been indicted but out
for her the Grand Jury permitted compromise by
which she got back small portion Of her money enough to
take Of her for few years longer. The swnder
escaped punishment.
Making easy money through financial swndng should be
mnimized in this city Through all time suckers have been
plentiful but there should be laws make the perpetrators
Of clear swindles serve terms in prisons.
Banking and investment houses in Washington ought to
lose time in uniting upon the kind Of law that will give
protection to Washington people, Their views will be apprs
ciated in congressional committees.
People with money invest should remember that Wash
ngon banks and investment houses Of good reputation
always ready to advise legitimate stocks and bonds
Their advice is worth while.
The Washington times., 1929-11-06
Senator, The Times Has Already
Performed Its Full Duty

ISCUssNG the imprisonment of three reporters Of The
Washington Times for contempt of court for refusing to
dvuge the Of information regarding the expose the
traffic here Senator Smith W. Brookhart Of Iowa
reported have said the floor the Senate yesterday
"The Times Oery properly pointed out that there
determination and thGt Senator'S being
aoned before the Grand Jury, Uhereas reporters wers
being sent to jail.
"I uOant to say to The Times that haUe nOO been
summoned and that wH appear before the Grand Jury
and ansOer eOery question truthfuly 1t Is up to The
Times to 0dUise it's reporters to do the The
theory Of confidence OiH not extend to crimes"
The Times glad to know that District Attorney Leo A.
Rover has at last ended his quite obvious discrimination and
has finally called upon Senator Brookhar for whatever
formation the Senator has regarding prohibition violations
here.
The Times also glad to know that Senator Brookhart will
willingly before the Grand Jury and every question
truthfuly
The Senator becouds the ISSUE however when
calls The Times to advise its reporters to do the
The city editor Of The Times long ago the
Grand Jury the names and addresses Of 40 voators Of the
prohibition law
This all the information needed by Grand Jury and
the District Attorney, they felt at all inclined to start
immediate investigation and prosecute the offenders
Instead Of gratefully accepting the data and bestrg them
selves immediately they d dalied quibbed harassed
reporters and finally sent them to jail
All because these reporters refused the role Of
prosecuting witnesses and facts already in the pos
session OF the enforcement officers
The pleading of privilege because Of newspaper condolences
was quite proper here and did not have the effect Of shielding
crime Full information regarding the alleged crimes already
was in the hands Of the proper authorities.
Senator can't you plainly see that this was simply the plan
OF hostile District Attorney and hostile Grand Jury to
attempt to embaass newspaper that honestly engaged
Ia q real public service?
they had been entirely sincere why didn't they get busy
at once checking up this list Of speakeases instead of
harassng three reporters irrelevant point while the
booegger undneonably took advantage Of the very
venien delay and prepared for any possible visit from the
poice7 -, ~: ,#..->.
You can see through it all now can't you Senator?
The Washington times., 1929-11-06
PROSPERITY CHECKS BOOKS
BIZ Herbert kaufman
ET's take inventory.

lT ETs take inventory
- America is shy several billion dollars worth Of bubble
stuffing-but single greenback missing from the till
The emerald chnchla wrap and mportedcar trades
lin for dull period Night clubs begin dearth Of
suckers and now is the winter Of the ticket scapsrs
discomfort.
Numerous gentlemen whose ambitions fondling the
prospect of additional Old Masters and Bayeux tapestry
have suddenly decided postpone their further adventures
lin high art
Royal suites on pala liners longer require advance
booking And high pressure insurance salesmen find million
dollar policy prospects scarcer than Gutenberg Bibles Ship
Yards have concluded that the moment is nOpportune to
launch campaign for bigger and better yachts And the
eectors of uncompeted hau hotels and sny apartment
houses strongly suspect they picked lemon for their
investments.
Interior decorators won't be surprised Mrs. Psith and
the Van regret to cancel expensive and extensive re-
furbsents and saturaon point in peachbow beakerS
and Elzabethan panelling seems to be with u.s. H.
But business generally il moving usual Theses no
noticeable sag employment figures are sure OF their
gains and the absorption customary comforts and
necessities hasn't abated jot
Agriculture imeasuraby better off than ago and
Federay protected against temporary inequalities Of supply
and demand.
The counrys appetite voracious Mail order
profits railroad earnings and corporation surpluses still
full melon seedsSate and Federal budgets proceeding
with highway and construction programs and export ship
mens heard that the bull movement checked
The machinery chat makes all the money which foolhardy
speculation dverts from useful occupation to engage sterile
tasks increase the operating costs Of industry and retail
ing still intact and enchng with usual promptness shoe
makers who stick to their lasts.
The guerilla billions which long confounded Federal Re
serve attempts provide merchant manufacturer and
tractor with cheap working funds largely back under
bank control and engaged once more in the promotion Of
prosperity
Enterprises may hereafter borrow requirements without de-
posting right eye and the family burial plot for security
It took powerful eetic to purge economic system but
the remedy will eventually justify its appalling cost
The victims Of the ticker individuals not nstitnons
Nothing has happened to decrease confidence in the stability
Of the United States or its ability to carry at full pitch
Delusons Of grandeur have had awful wallop but i'm
portant balance sheet shows black eye.
Take up your mental picks and soves and dig at
the job which yielded the savings you recessy stewarded
There's plenty of money left where the last lot from
for everybody but gutter
copyright by h. Kaufman)
The Washington times., 1929-11-06
LISTEN WORLD!
We Can't Choose for Oar Children
By Elsie Robinson

EVEN TO CONDEMN, YOU
BECAUSE WHAT YOU
THOUGHT RIGHT HE MAY
REGARD AS WRONG. THE
CONCLUSION HAS FORCED
ITSELF UPON ME THAT WE
CANNOT, WE DARE NOT,
THINK FOR OUR CHILDREN.
WE, MAY DEFY TRADITIONS
FOR OURSELVES BUT WE
CANNOT BE SURE OUR chill
DREN WILL INDORSE THE
CHALLENGE"
Rose Wilding was a radical;
she never doubted that her boy
would belong to the radical
world. But, from the time he
could toddle, her boy had no
use for her radical world. He
wanted a Regular World, like
other little boys, with Regular
Homes and Regular PapaS and
Mamas. And, from the first,
the world Rose Wilding had
despised made it plain that 1t
had no niche for her son. He
was Nobody's Baby.
She had thought that
wouldn't matter. She had
sneered at the cowardice, hy-
pocrisy and deceit Of the con-
ventional world. But with her
baby's first, stammering queS-
ton. where is papa?" she
found herself invoking the same
hypocrisy and deceit-to save
him hurti Never has she been
able to live with that freedom
and honesty which she desired.
for THAT WHICH MEANT
FREEDOM AND HONESTY TO
HER DID NOT MEAN FREE
DOM AND HONESTY TO HER
SON-INSTEAD, TT MEANT
BONDAGE AND SHAME.
Now, though the boy is II,
she has still not found the cour-
age to tell h the truth about
his, birth. It must be done
soon, for he is about to enter
the university, but she faces
the ordeal in anguish. What
viii he say? How will he
Judge her, this boy who is
part of her flesh but whose
spirit is alien?
WHAT WILL HE SAY WHEN
HE KNOWS WHAT SHE DID
TO HIS LIFE?
The Washington times., 1929-11-06
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
-RY Dr. Louis p. Risell-

THE structure Of the eyeball
i is another of the marvel
GUS mechanisn1S Of which
there are so many IN the
human body.
The eyeball itself lies in q
bony cavity of the skull which
is called the "orbit."
Six muscles move each eye
bail. They run to various
places on the surface so that
the eyeball may readily be
moved up and down or side
ways.
since the eyeball itself is i'm
bedded in a fat cushion uIl-
usual smoothneSS Of motion Is
assured. :,
Each orbit is from one and
three-uuarters to two inches in
depth. Beside the fat cushion
already mentioned the bony or
bit is also lined with q mem
brane which also helps to re-
duce friction in eyeball move
lnentS.
The shape Of the eyeball is
that of q sphere but its width
is less than its measurement
from front to back.
The eyeball is made up OF
six investing coats or "tunics,"
also Of three refracting media,
called ''humors."
The outermoSt coat and the
one which covers five-SixthS Of
the eyeball and the part we see
when we look at an eye, is
called the "Sclera."
Sclera is a firm, fibrinous
membrane and its purpose is to
protect the delicate structures
inside the eyeball.
The one-sixth space in front.
referred to above, is covered
by the "cornea. The entire
eyeball structures are there
fore protected all round.
The cornea is directly con-
tinuous with the sclera. This,
too, is composed of fibrouS tis-
sue. 1t is colorless and is per.
fectly transparent.
The cornea is often referred
to as the window Of the eye"
The cornea as well as the
front portions of the sclera are
covered by a delicate membrane
coming from the mucous mem
brane lining the eyelids. This
is known as the "conjunctiva."
It is the conjunctiva which
gives the eye its gliStening ap-
pearance. It is kept moist by
the tear glands.
An inflammation Of the con-
junctiva is known as conjunc-
tivitis.
Often in eye-Strain this mem.
brane, where it covers the lids.
is reddish and sometimes very
"angry-looking
The next coat inside the eye
bali Is the "cheriod" which con-
tains blood vessels. One might
say that II lines The Sehlerotic
covering.
The Washington times., 1929-11-06
Harmony in Federation

d EELEGTI0N of all the officers Of the Federation Of
N Citizens Associations indicates harmony in that organiza
and satisfaction of the member associations with the con-
duct Of its affairs.
Harmony is essential useful results in this largest Of
strictly civic bodies Though it has always been in ev
dence in past years. the Federation has accomplished
good for this city With unity prevailing the success should
be greater
Dr. George Havennef deserved the honor conferred
him Of reelection president for second term he il
conscientious ndeatgabe worker for the best interests Of
this city and has the good will and confidence Of Washington
and energies for the associations high regard for
him and its desire that he steer the wheel Of the ogani
ton for another year.
The Washington times., 1929-11-06
Hearst Papers Advocate

An agreement OF Engtish-speaktng peoples to pre-
seTVe peace among themselves and to promote TIE
peace of theaDoTId
e Proportional representation TN the United States
Senate, no State to hdOe less than tsOo Senator'S.
Legislation to enforce prompt constitutional reap
portiommemt IN the House of Representatives.
3. A separate Department of the Army, of the Navy
and of the Air Forces all united under Secretary
i, of National Defense.
a. Federal action to the limit of Federal poUers to
abolish iterGcy In the United States under Secre.
tGry of Education.
s. Election of Congress in November Installation on
the first of January folo10ing Inauguration of the
President first of January neat after November
election
The Washington times., 1929-11-06

nUEER problems popping up
O with these amazing times.
For example, there's this bust.
ness of girls wanting MOTHER
HOOD WITHOUT MATRI.
MONY
Heaven knows why any senSi-
BILE girl should object to an OBJ
liging male around the house,
but they tell me they do. "And
seein' as we can pay our own
way, why shouldn't we live as
we please?" say they.
No, it isn't just Smarty talk.
Some Of them actually do it.
Kate Pullman, for instance, who
told proudly of her new. deliber-
ately, illegitimate baby in the
October number of COSMO-
POLITAN. Kate's tickled pink
with her experiment, but will
she be tickled 20 years from,
now? Rose Wilding thinks
NOT.
Seventeen years ago Rose
Wilding also decided to live as
she pleased. She was going to
be a Free Soul and have Her
Very Own Baby without the
handicap Of a husband. Which
she did. And now she's telling
the result in the November
issue Of COSMOPOLITAN. And
if you're bent on being a Free
Soul and don't want your style
cramped, DON'T READ THAT
ARTICLE! For Miss Wilding
has come to the conclusion that
Freedom isn't all it's cracked up
to be. Maybe it's all right for
mama. BUT IT'S THE KID
WHO MUST PAY THE PRICE!
And las the grim truth of that
comes home to Rose Wilding,
her youthful defiance of con.
ventions doesn't seem quite SO
glorious.
after II years of mother.
hood" she says, II have only
now realized a cruel but pro
found truth. The child YOU
bear, from the moment of its
first breath, is in no sense a
part Of you but a complete and
separate entity. HE MAY
GROW UP NOT ONLY TO
DISAGREE WITH YOU BUT
EVENTUALLY TO JUDGE,