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ne shat doeth the wtI Of God
a6ideth forever. - John, I'LL.

"permanence."
One Of the most satisfying things in
life is to be assured that what we do
has permanent value. TO build . road
like the great highways Of Rome, q
building IKE the Parthenon; TO write q
poem like The Last Rose Of Summer"
lr hymn like Rock of Ages, or a
great book like LES Miserables," and to
know that for generations 10 come men
and women will recognize the worth and
stability of our Work-this Is the rea-
sonable quest and ambition Of all men.
Beyond this, to believe that life Is not
ended with q Sleep" that what we do
now and here is In some way related To
q future toward which we are hasten
ing on, that this Is but the beginning,
the preparation for something finer,
nobler and more enduring Is really
to live.
That the objective or ultimate Of life
has q determining effect upon the
method of attainment Is demonstTahly
true. To the mind Of Omar Khayyam
life was the eradication Of the senses.
After today there Is no tomorrow There
are neither rewards nor punishments
ahead. His somber and uninviting
philosophy Is expressed In the lines:
One .','-g is certain and the rest Is
The IA :. that once has blown forever
dies"
This Is pessimism carried to the nth
degree. Again he says:
II sent my soul through the invisible,
Some secret of the after life b spell:
And when my soul returned TO me. u
answered,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-07
An Unjust Stigma.

svff ali the notatious ia the report OF
the Treasury Department concerning
the number Of persons killed BY pro-
hfhition agents and Coast ouardsmen
Fl q fifteen-month period are Is mis-
lesdine Is the one relating to Jacob
Hansen Of Niagara Fails, n. " there is
need Of drastic revision ID the manner
ana method Of making the report avail
able TO the public.
According to the Treasury Depart
raent sixteen persons have been killed
Nv enforcement oficers during the past
year and one quarter, and well down on
tits list Of names Of bootleggers re-
sistinr arrest, persons who have fred II
Hrv agents With ssaotguns In repelling
relds and other criminals who were
.,,stinably slain By enforcement oflcefs
II defense Of their lives, h found the
notation concerning Jacob Hansen. y
reads rs follows:
+ .Jaenl, Hansen, shot May near Lewis
Can New york. died August = refused
"a submit to search and r 70 run
down ofncers.
No n,ention Is made Of the fact that
on the night Of May s Jacob Hansen, 2
law-abiding citizen. was peacefully driy-
Ing to his home when he.was fired upon
by two ununiforned Coast Guardsmen.
No mention Il made Ut the fact that
Jacob Hansen, blinded Ia both eyes. lay
dying for three and one-haif months,
me victim Of one Of the most atrocious
assaults ever committed h the name Of
the Law.
rs Likewise no mention Is made Of the
fact that Jacob Hansen. hailed At mid
right Oh : lonely country road By what
he supposed were hold-up men. made 9
vain efIort to escape. o. that when me
tied ID run down ofIicers" he was doine
rs ii dsfense 81 his life. The report
also ornim to state thnt no liquor wai
found IN TIE Hansen car q On his pr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-07
A Distinguished American.

Czechoslovakia is paying appropriate
honors this week to the man who Is
probably the worlds greatest authority
on Americans - the Americans Of q
distant yesterday, of today and OF To-
morrow.
The national university Of the nav
republic has taken the occasion Of Or.
Ales Hrdlicka's stxtieth birthday ami
versary to confer upon him the degree
Of doctor Of natural sciences. The
President Of the nation personally has
congratulated him on his distinguished
career IN the New World.
Czechoslovakia hardly could have
chosen q more appropriate recipient for
these honors. Few Central European
immigrants have contributed more to
the country of their adDptiCn--and the
advance Of human knowledge - than
DR.. Hrdlicka. A lifetime Of intensive
labor In an obscure but vitality import
ant field has produced scientific results
which probably win be better apprc-
ciated by future generations than they
are today. The curator Of physical an
thropolosy Of the National Museum has
exploded the myths Of the American
past and provided q basis for predicting
the America that is to be.
He has made his especial province
the human animal IN the North Amer
lean environment, that human animal
that Is the basis Of the human person.
atty and which b fashioned by such q
complex tangle Of heredity and en-
vironment. Man the animal Is an ex-
tremely important factor4 -Dr. Hrdlicka
himself would be the last to say that 1t
is the only factor-in any sound under
standing of man IN the enormous
heights he has reached above the
animal status.
Dr.. Hrdlicka has had q unique op-
portunity 10 study the animal In the
process Of alteration amid the ire
mendous stresses Of the American
melting pot" environment and. really
ing the opportunity, he has taken upon
his shoulders q task to which many
men Of equal ability could not have
done full justice. But the Smithsonian
anthropologist has followed q lonely
road.
Even today there are very few COM
petent to carry on his work. His sub
ject is loaded with emotional drives for
the average individual, yet It must be
studied entirely aloof from any emo
tional influences which might vitsate
the results. It requires. first Of all, the
combination Of two qualities-capacity
for patient, coid-blooded exactness Of
observation and measurement, and o
constructive imagination Of the highest
order. These qualities Dr.. Hrdlicka has
supplied.
He has been insistent In his demand
that theories Of mans past and future
at the obtainable facts. Naturally this
position has aroused strenuous opposi-
ton, through which DR.. Hrdlicka has
maintained the quiet dignity appropri-
ate to his scientific position.
Washington knows this great an
thropologist not only as q scientist, but
SIS personality who In the course
Of years has become almost symbolic
Of the highest type Of scientific person.
atty. Few men ever hare lived In the
Capital who have 90 well exemplifed
the fine old ideal Of scholar and gen
tlenau.1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-07

The ONCE of the Controller General
of the United States is constantly en-
gagged in the highly laudable enterprise
Of plugging up holes In the Treasury
and saving money for the taxpayers.
It's diligence In supervising the expendt.
ture Of appropriations Is equaled only
by the Budget Bureau In curbing en-
thiisiastic requests for appropriations.
But there are occasional exAmp..- of
decisions by the controller general eG
enough 10 explain by the citation of
rules and regulations, but dificult TO
understand from the standpoint Of
economy.
Such an example Is afforded In de-
cision. by the controller general for
bidding the expenditure before the next
fiscal year Of about half Q million dol
lars appropriated in the last District
appropriation bin for the purchase Of
school sites and Fairgrounds. Because
there had been precedents when money
appropriated for the coming fiscal year
was spent IN advance Of the fiscal year.
Auditor Donovan requested q ruling
from the controller general On the ques-
ton Of Immediately acquiring some
school sites, instead of waiting until
after midnight On June 80. The auditor
emphasized the fact that rs Congress
had already appropriated the money.
some Of It might be saved II desirable
sites were purchased now. Otherwise
the sites might increase in price or be-
come unavailable before the beginning
Of the next fiscal year.
But the controller general has said
NO" The established rule is that un-
less otherwise specifically provided for,
appropriations are considered available
Only for the fiscal year covered by the
appropriation act. Thus the District
loses the opportunity Of augmenting
funds in hand by those which viii be in
hand after June 80 and proceeding, in
the name Of economy and dispatch. to
consummate sales for property which
some day must be bought, and might as
well be bought now.
The limitations, including the i25
per cent rule. already imposed on those
who purchase sites IN washington for
parks, schools or Fairgrounds, have all
most removed the possibility Of their
engaging. with good results, In the
r>nxnfln aw& - ssaa~a~~ssma a.
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Lord Balfour's Retirement.

AOA0On ulSPdbCLlcS IcCOE0 the re-
ported imminent retirement from public
life Of the Earl of Balfour. The an
nouncement that No. Carlton Gardens,
the noble lords town residence for the
better part Of sixty years, is for sale is
accepted as notice that he is to quit the
political scene he has so long adorned.
He win leave it in harness. Though
the Earl Of Balfour is in his eighty
first year, he is still a member Of the
British cabinet as lord president Of the
council. That is largely q decorative
post, but held by a seasoned statesman
Of Balfour's eminence is tower Of
strength in any government. In the
church of Premier Stanley Baldwin the
earl has been potent pillar. Already
it, is suggested that If the Conservative
party is maintained in power at the i'm
pending general elections Mr.. Baldwin
VIII continue to welcome the sage coun-
sci Of Great Britains most experienced
living public man.
Two generations of Britons have been
familiar with the name and political
activities OF this veteran scion Of the
ruling houses Of Salisbury and Cecil.
Prime minister from 1902 to 1905, leader
OF the House Of Commons from 1895
TO 1906, and prior to that responsibility
leader Of his majestys loyal opposi-
tien," member Of half q dozen different
Conservative and coalition cabinets at
various intervals. frst lord Of the ad-
miralty, 1sl5-ls16, and foreign secretary
during the final three years Of the
World War, Arthur james Balfour's ca
ree- is virtually the history Of the Brit
isi Empire for the bulk Of the past
half century. Indeed, he has appar-
emily chosen to retire at the end Of al
most exactly nifty sears Of public serv-
ice, for in 1879 he was, at the outset of
his political life, private secretary to
his famous uncle, the Marquis Of Sails
bury, Victoria's trusted and celebrated
Tory premier and foreign minister.
Lord Balfour, who has often been
lkened in temperament and talent to
our own scholar in politics, the late
Henry Cabot Lodge, would be q dis
ttnguished figure In letters, philosophy
and metaphysics, even II he had not
7entured into the more hurly-buriy
realm of party politics. His Defense Of
Fhilosophic Doubt" his Foundations
OF Belief and his Reflections Sug-
gested by the New Theory Of Matter"
rank as classic works and stamp their
author as q thinker Of profundity and
inyincible originality. As q master Of
expression he has few peers and no SD
periors. On the platform or as writer
Of state papers and essays Balfourian
dtction is the Kings English In GUM
tessence.
srAmericans recall gratefully their ac-
Guaintance and contact with this pur-
est flower Of Anglo-Saxon statesman
snip. They viii always envisage his
tai, angular outlines and suaye ex-
terror as those of an Englishman OF
Er1zlishmen. Balfour was at the head OF
the British delegation at the Washing
ton Conference ON Limitation of Arma-
naent and a loyal coadjutor Of Mr..
Hughes in making 1t success.
when he seeks the secinsion OF pri-
yate life, the politics. not alone OF the
British Empire, but Of the world. win
be the poorer for Arthur Baltour's
going.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-07

Porter to the Army he would be re-
stored to the rank held by hisn In tha
regular. not the volunteer, service, he
was major general Of the volunteers
and colonel In the Regular Army. He
would BE- entitled TO claim back pay. In
this case he would Get back pay as q
major general from the date OF hts dis,
charge to the date Of nausterina out Of
volunteers TINS would cover 9 period
amount TO about $4,000. IA addition TO
this he would be entitled to back pay rs
= colonel from the date Of mustering Of
volunteers up to date Of reinstatement.
This would be for about IL years, and
would now amount ID about $4,000,
The total back pay 70 which he would
have claim would Be- 100000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-07

ssoversealous dry agents are warned
that shooting ARRAYS are particularly TO
Be- deplored when participated In by
rnen whose business it is TO remain
sober and use good Judgment Brswis
are among the things prohibition = sup
posed to prevent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-07

Mention Of Pershing Is possibility
for envoy to Paris brings into mind the
fact that no man knows his way about
France better or is more familiar with
the ideals and customs Of the country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-07
SHOOTING STARS.


Ne Joy IN Prophecy.
! did not dream In bygone years
OF engines drawing nigh.
To Ill our daily lives with fears
On land or in the sky
! feel Q gratitude immense
That ! had no prophetic sense.
And 90. today Is I adjust
And take the common chance
OF being gathered, II I must.
Into the ambulance.
ny soul Is comforted some
don't know what Is yet to come.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-07

Politically and financially oil is hard
to manage. It's properties are lubricant,
Illuminating and sometimes highly ex-
plosive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-07

ny patient persistence the war In
China manages 10 emerge from news
obscurity and break into the first page.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-07

and its prices. like those OF cotton and
many other materials. are on that basis.
HAHH
The United states produces about 50
per cent OF the copper Of the world, In
terms OF ore, and consumes about So
per cent Of the refined copper. While
much ore Is imported to be refined here,
exports OF the refined product approxi-
mately equal the imports. Chile and
Peru, Mexico. Canada and South Africa
contribute rich ore to the world situa-
ton OF copper, many Of these mines
being controlled by American COM
panies. Copper Exporters. Inc, an
export combination organized under
the Wehh-P omerene act and therefore
supervised by the Federal Trade Com.
mission, functions In the forefront OF
the export Of the metal.
Production Of refined copper cannot
Be increased greatly with present
facilities, which ordinarily have been
maintain usual stocks, The htgh-grade
mines are working 100 per cent. but
there are many marginal mines. OF
lower-grade ore. which are not operat-
ing. Refinery output In the last year
has been equal TO estimated capacity.
deducting plant hreakdowns and other
factors which retard any industrial pro-
ducticn. Ore Ia going from the mines
70 the refineries rapidly, an average OF
six weeks elapsing between mining and
refining nov. compared 10 about six
months under the usual course OF the
business, More ore at the mines VIII
not relieve the present situation, FOR
the refineries are the neck Of the bottle
u copper, and they are running fuli
time.
&AA
Statistics Of the industry show that
last year there was an increase OF II
per cent In production Of refined cop
per and On Increase OF II per cent ~
deliveries for consumption In the world.
World production was l,o65.o00 tons
last year, Of which 1890, 600 tons were
Ii the United States. Deliveries exceedeo
total production, reducing stocks $4,000
tors, whereas In 1877 stocks increased
li.e00 tons. Buyers all over the world
have become anxious about supplies,
orders have rushed into the market
and the price. oheying the usual law
cf business, has advanced that appears
TO Be the story Ia q nutshelL
fCopyrisht. 1920 -
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Have you ever thought Of retiring
from political life to enjoy . well earned
rest?"
Yea" answered Senator Sorghum:
but always with . shudder."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-07

Jtid Tinkins says o farmer wants
enough relief 10 enable him to enjoy
sure tips as O Spectator.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-07

''Flattery Is dangerous" said HI Fo,
the sage Of Chinatown. because to the
conceited mind Il sounds ever Ike the
truth
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Rafe hv Carrier Wifhin fle r,iix.

Rate by Mail-Payable In Advance.
AInr.,lna.S ara Va.,.a.aa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-07

Representative Rogers Of Massachu-
sets has q number Of distinctions. One
OF the little ones that have been kept
something OF secret Is that she Is the
only member Of Congress on the top
moor OF the House Once Building Ia
have . roll-top desk. It Is the desk
which her late husband had while he
was her predecessor In Congress. It has
been In use by Mr.. and Mrs. Rogers con-
tinuouSly since 1919.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-07

That the Vice President, however.
should make an open issue @ y ~
Letter Ia Ire state Department was uli-
usual ana can be JUSTIFIED only BY the
acoslies which the vice President knew
that il would infiict upon the state De-
partnent's naighticst minds.
THAT those minds will tilld any way
az continuing 10 make the aohicial
hostess 81 8 vice President something
less important than = Vice PRESIDENT
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-07
The Evening stsf Newspaper Compan,

=, 1Ith 90. alld PennsgIganla Avn.
view York Once. lie East 42nd &C.
Chicago once. Lake Michigan Building
European once: II Regent st.. London.
The Washington times., 1929-10-23
A 6 k s $4,000
FOR DOG BITE

Suit TO recover $4,000 damages
alleged to have resulted from a dog
bite was filed in Circuit Court to-
day by David kaplan. of 11S South
Coilington Ave. Baltimore. Md,
against Marshall II. Fearnow, of
the $500 block New Hampshire Ave.
n. w. and Thomas Gaines, of 254
West 103d ST., New York City.
kaplan, who is represented by At
torney Alvin L. Newmyer, alleges
that his 12.year-old son, Abraham
was seriously injured when bitten
by a dog in the custody of the de-
PENDANTS at Gettysburg, Pa. last
Decoration Day. Fearnow is al
legged to be the owner of the auto.
mobile on which the dog. owned by
Gaines, was riding. Young kaplan
was selling newspapers, according
10 the declaration and was called
TO the side of the car by Fearnow
who wanted to buy paper.
AS the boy approached the ma
chine the dog, which was leashed
and riding on the running board,
snapped at him and bit him IN the
mouth, three stitches being required
to close the wound.
The Washington times., 1929-10-23
Many Found Buying Alcohol
And Svnthetizing OWn Gin

= I was told that the best people
{ are drinking alcohol to a large ex-
. tent They buy the alcohol and
make their own gin" with drops
and berries procured at drug stores.
They say they have been stung so
= much by bootleggers selling real
liquor" which was fake stuff that
they do this. but have to get the
G alcohol from bootleggers just the
same.
.: A source of information gotten
Sin with escorted me all over
? Washington to many speakeasies
and joints, which are listed under
various headings in this report. He
estimated we visited about one
fifth Of the places and bootleggers
The knows, ard we saw plenty. so
the entire n .ber must be very
large. He est ties that the actual
number Of Washington bootlesgers
runs into the thousands.
, The worst drinking seems to take
place in apartments all over the
city. parties" are held in the
apartments and that is where the
bootleggers sell the larger part of
their liquor,
Also a lot of the bootleggers live
in apartment houses and move often
from one to another. The trade is
in large part a telephone business
The Washington times., 1929-10-23
Doyle, Allen Charges
To Be Sent to Board
For Action Wednesday

Charges of conduct prejudiTiai
TO the reputation. good order on
discipline of the police department"
will be presented to the Police Trial
Board in time to come up next
Wednesday in the cases of Capt.
Robert E. Doyle and Pvt. Robert j.
Allen. now under suspension.
The maximum penalty for the
offense is dismissal from the police
force.
The charges were being prepared
today in the office of the chief
clerk of the police department.
Harry F. Luckett. Assistant Cor
poration Counsel Stanley DeNeale,
recently appointed as trial hoard
prosecutor, assisted in drafting
them.
The present trial board is com
posed of Inspector Louis J. Stoll,
Can't. A. T. Davis, and Capt. w. G..
Stott. Major Pratt today said that
he thought no changes would be
made nthe board for the present
case.
Neither Major Pratt nor the Com,
missioners would comment today on
the action of Pratt last night in
suspending the two policemen.
The Washington times., 1929-10-23

The parties" in apartment houses
seem to be an especially bad con-
dition and these drunken people
are not seen by the public.
An item in newspaper stated
that 80 drunks were in one station
house at one morning session. An
other report stated that 1898 DRINKS
were arrested in one month. In a
certain restaurant late at night,
after / a. m. and whereabouts, many
young men and girls, too, can be
seen drunk, but this condition has
been curbed lot and was not so
bad as when seen year or so ago,
but still is very bad.
Whisky, gin, and other liquors
can be readily purchased by those
who know. at any time and in
countless places. All that is neces-
-Sary is to be known, go with some
one who is known or look and act
Fall right" to the saloon keeper,
The Washington times., 1929-10-23
THIEF SUSPECT
F[EESC CELL
HERE
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Continued from First Page
ago. Hand obtained his release on
$25 900 bond while awaiting a de.
cision on his appeal from the SEN
tence. He disappeared and was not
heard Of for Is months until Po-
liceman Paul Ambrose, of the FRS.
precinct, picked him up as a gus.
picious character on October 10. a.
the corner of Eighth and e Streets
Northwest. ---~.-,. Z s-s,s,---. r-.y---
When arrested Hand gave the
name of William James Hennessy,
OF Baltimore. 1t later developed
that he had been hiding out in
that city for about two months and
through finger prints.
The Hand case will be matter of
investigation for the Sackett com
mittee in its inquiry into charges
ator Overman OF North Carolina an
nounced today.
Il hope the newspapers will carry
every fact in this case and every
similar case" Overman said, 80
that the committee may know of the
incompetence and bungling Of the
police. ! am going to see TO it that
this matter is fully investigated by
the Sackett committee.
Il am not saying that all the men
in the Police Department are ras-
Gals. but there is certainly some
thing rotten in Denmark and it
needs to be looked into.
The Washington times., 1929-10-23
Night Clubs Charge High, But
AILOw Patrons Wide License

The night clubs are bad, and
while only one was visited, the con.
ditions are about the same in all
Of them. They are simply exclusive
and secluded resorts where party
can drink and get drunk and in.
dulge in all the license possible.
The charges are enough so the
management doesn't have to sell
liquor, even if it was not afraid
to do so.
There are bad conditions in sec.
tions all over the city. Some are
worse than others. There are bad
spots where vicious conditions exist.
Here are a few of the bad spots,
which means places marked by
widespread selling of liquor and
violations of the liquor laws, as
well as gambling:
JACKSON'S ALLEY. This is a
short alley running from North
Capitol Street to the railroad tracks,
next to II Street. 1t is largely a
den of vice. Liquor of all kinds Is
sold in the alley. Gin predominates.
Also disorderly houses. lives
at one end and at the
,other, both bad men.
F. WASHINGTON COURT, off Ninth
Street. N. W., near H Street, is full
81 haStlsSgers.