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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1929-02-07

exchange that has been sought for a
long time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-08

American University Park Citizens
Association will meet, 8 O'Clock, in Hurst
Hall, university grounds, Massachusetts,
and Nebraska avenues.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-08
JOB FILLING
METHODS ASSA|LED
Civil Service Reform League
Council Urges Selection
From Eligible List.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 8.-The Post Of
flee Department and the method OF Sc
lecting postmasters were severely crit
icized in the annual report of the coun-
Gil OF the National Civil Service Reform
League, which was read at the league
session here today.
The selection of poStmaSterS through
out the country continues to be based
on political preferment, notwithstand-
ing the pseudo merit system established
by President Harding" the report said.
Job Purchasing Charged.
An investigating committee of the
league found that post Offices were fill
ed ION a partisan basis. although the
Civil ! Service Commission conducted
competitive examinations to establish
eligible lists from which appointments
could be made. Not the person at the
head of the list. but the person most
favored politically, and in some cases
the candidate paying. or promising 10
pay, the most money for the place, re-
ceived the position"
The league asked that President Hoo
masters from the head of the list. The
report also urged that 5000 positions
now excepted from the law be placed
under the Jurisdiction of the civil serv-
ice by the President.
The executive order of President
Coolidge, issued on the eve of the Hoo
yer Inauguration, granting preference III
appointment to all Federal positions to
disa bled veterans, also was criticized.
Holds Order iii Advised.
"The league believes the new order
is most ill-advised and will result in
serious impairment of the efficiency OF
the Government service" the report
said.
The Senate subcommittee was urged
to continue its investigation into Fed
eral appointments, and the league rec
commended the prosecution of I'M
scrupulous political leaders who nave
fiouted the law and who treat the dis
tribution of public Office as so much
political and personal plumber"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-08
BOARD IS APPOINTED
TO FIND AIRSHIP BASE
New Navy Coast Site Will Be
Sought by Group Of
Officers.

Commissioned to seek a most suitable
site for a naval airship base on the
West Coast, a board, headed by Rear
Admiral William A. Moffett, chief of
the Bureau OF AeronauticS, was APP
pointed today by Secretary Adams, I'M
der legislation passed by Congress in
March. The board was ordered to con-
vene at the Navy Department as soon
as practicable and visit che places
deemed desirable to locate the pro-
posed base, which will take care of the
Los Angeles and the new giant dirig-
ibles now being constructed for the
service.
The board is charged with confining
its investigation to the Los Angeles-San
Diego area and reporting on estimates
III detail of cost of the best site avail
able and of the structures. facilities and
improvements necessary TO the
efficiency of the airship base.
The boards report Is to be sub
mitted November /.
With Admiral Moffett on the board
viii be Rear Admiral Joseph M.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-08

meet, CLOCK, In Fark view FIaIoon
School.
American University Park Citizens
Association will meet, 8 O'Clock, in Hurst
Hall, university grounds, Massachusetts,
and Nebraska avenues.
card party for the benefit of Con-
gress Lodge Chapter, o. z. S., viii be
given this evening at the home Of Mrs.
Dolly George, 2l29 Eighteenth street.
Joseph H. Milans Lodge Chapter, No.
Al, 0. z. s., will hold q card party this
evening at Northeast Temple, Eighth
and 2 streets northeast, for the temple
committee.
The annual meeting Of the ALL
Corners mems class. Church of the
Covenant, at $50 o'clock.
Chevy Chase Chapter No. 80, o. z. s..
will give its annual card party this eve
ming in Chevy Chase Theater hall.
A bridge and 500 party for the benefit
OF Fidelity Chapter, No. 10, o. z. s.,
will be given at the Gavel Club, BIS
O'Clock.
The Bryn Mawr Club will hold q book
sale this week from today until Friday
inclusive. at the Transportation Build
ing beginning 9 am. Proceeds for Bryn
Mawr scholarship fund.
The Gen. Hamilton Smith Hawkins
Garrison, No. II, Army and Navy Union.
VIII entertain at its annual SprinR
social. 1880 O'Clock, in Stanley Hall.
Soldiers Home. All veterans and
families as well as officers and comrades
OF the Hawkins, Presidents Own and
Barry Garrisons and general public In
N
pected and members of Congress have
been invited to speak.
Burnside Corps, No. 4, w. r. c.. will
meet this evening in Grand Army Hall.
Imitation service will be held.
The Washington Philatelic Society
meets, 1913 K street, 1880 O'Clock. All
stamp collectors welcome.
FUTURE.
The American Institute of Electrical
Engineers will hold its annual and last
meeting Of the season May IL, pm,
in assembly hall of the Cosmos Club.
Speaker, Frank A. Faron. Subject:
Mercury Arc Rectifiers." Dinner, 6
pm. For reservations, call Main 1924,
branch 1857.
Brightwood Citizens Association will
meet friday, pm, at Br1gntWood
Bank.
The Womans Home and Foreign Mis-
sionary Society of A. M. E. 2. Church
will hold an all-day meeting tomorrow
in John Wesley Church. Mrs. Jenkins
will speak on Stewardship" Dinner
will be served. Mrs. Marie Hicks Smith
hostess.
The Kiwanis Club will hold business
meeting tomorrow, 1890 pm, at the
Washington Hotel.
The Washington Chapter. American
Association of Engineers. will meet to-
morrow. PM. at the Playhouse
Speaker, Lieut.. Comdr. J. II. Keefe
Subject The Activities of the Metal.
lurgical Section of the Naval Gun Fac.
tory" Buffet luncheon will be served
A card party for the restoration func
IF 81 Donninic's Church will be giver
by the McAllister Club, Friday, 6:3C
pm, at Sacred Heart Church Hall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-08
ORATORy DIPLOMAS
AWAITING WINNERS.
Handsome Certificates to Be
Presented to 20 Leaders
in The Stars Contest.

Engraved certificates, proclaining in
handsome script the stage to which they
had advanced in the Sixth National
Oratorical Contest in The Stars area,
will be presented TO the 20 contestants
whose oratory carried them TO victory
in at least the group phase OF the com
petition. James Leonard Butsch OF St
Johns College, the champion, received
his certificate yesterday.
The certificates which the other 20
contest winners will receive are identi-
cal with that which Oliver Owen Kuhn.
managing editor of The Star. presented
yesterday to Butsch. Each bears the
name of the contestant to whom 1t Is
to be given and gives written testimony
to his accomplishment.
Engraved on yellum paper. the GER
tificates already are prepared and the
20 contestants are requested to call for
them at contest headquarters. room 323,
The Star Building. They will not be
mailed because of the danger of damage
to them.
The certificates are handsome in de-
sign as well as in workmanship. Ar
ranged in an arc across the top are
the portraits of famed Americans whose
contribution TO the Constitution and
its support are removed. These seven
are. from left to right. Webster. Ham
1lIOTl, Washington,
Marshall and Lincoln. Each certlfl-
cate is signed by Frank B. Moves. pres
ident Of The Evening Star Newspaper
Co, president OF the Associated Press
and national chairman of the contests
committee of publishers.
The contestants who are to receive
the certificates and who now are asked
to call for them, are:
Mary Eugenia Hardy of the Takoma-
Silver Spring High School, alternate TO
the champion, Butsch: Charles w.
Thomas of Dunbar High School. win
ner of third place: Vladimir Grinioh of
Western High School, winner Of fourth
place; the following are not neces-
Sarily given in the order of their ad-
judged rating in the contest); Stanley
Segal of Business High School, John
NJ Belts of Central High School, Harry
Schonrank of Mckinley High School.
Ruth Goldberg of the Eastern High
School. George C. Morris of Armstrong
High School, Tayloria A. Dick of Arm
strong High School, Carey Howard
Blackwell of the Alexandria High
School. Jerome j. Downey of Gonzaga
High School, Lawrence w. Gunther of
Dewitt Preparatory School. Joseph John
Muldowney of Leonard Hall, William
David Trundle of the Poolesville High
School, Helen Lucille McCarty of the
Herndon High School, Elizabeth D.
Brereton of the Warrenton High School,
Thomas Edward Taylor Of the Lincoln
High School and Jerry Schultz of the
Washington-Lee High School.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-08

A card party for the benefit of Con-
gress Lodge Chapter. o. z. S., will be
given this evening at the home Of Mrs.
Dolly George, 2l29 Eighteenth street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-08
Girl Weeps Like Crocodile.

That he has discovered a girl who
"Weeps like a crocodile" is the claim of
Prof. KogoraZ. who conducts clinic
for nervous diseases at the University
of Minsk, in Russia. Because of par
alysis of the right side of the girls
face, tears flow copiously when she eats.
The professor points out that the tears
of crocodile while eating its prey are
due, not to hypocrisy, but to biolog-
lean phenomenon. When the girl be-
comes emotional, the right eye remains
dry and the left weeps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-08

Joseph H Milans Lodge Chapter, No.
Al, o. z. s., will hold card party this
evening at Northeast Temple, Eighth
and 2 streets northeast, for the temple
committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-08
EDITORIALS ON POLICE
LIQUOR WAR APPROVED
Washington Round Table Adopts
Resolution on The Stars Stand
on Smoke Screens.

A resolution indorsing recent edi-
torials in The Evening Star defending
the police in their war on smoke
screen users was adopted at luncheon
meeting of the Washington Round
Table in the University Club yester-
day.
An address was delivered at the
meeting by Assistant Secretary of State
Nelson T. johnson, who recounted his
experiences in China. Several read
ings were given by Miss Helen Col
houn and vocal solos were rendered by
F. w. Wright, accompanied by Victor
Neale. John F. Sidell was elected a
new member. DR.. E. NJ. Ellison, prest-
dent of the Round Table, presided.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-08
Leniency Is Shown
Equestrian Charged
As Drunken Driver

Julius Adams, colored, "A, con-
victed in Police Court yesterday
for driving a horse drawn vehicle
while intoxicated, pleaded with
Judge Robert e. Mattingly for the
mercy of the court.
Judge Mattingly declared that
there were so few horses that
those left must be protected, but
said he would be lenient.
If you ever come back here
again" said the court.
II hope you will hang me"
Adams declared.
Sentence was suspended. and
Adams was released after giving
his personal bond. He was arrest
ed at Fifteenth and H streets by
Policeman s. Schymkezy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-08

The annual meeting Of the ALL
Corners mems class. Church of the
Covenant, at $3.50 o'clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-08

Chevy Chase Chapter. No. 80, o. z. S..
will give its annual card party this eve
ming in Chevy Chase Theater hall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-08
COMING ON ANNUAL VISIT.

DR.. Peirce to Speak Here on Ken
yon College Progress.
DR.. William Foster PIERCE, president
Of Kenyon College. Gambler Ohio, is
to make his annual visit to Washington
Friday. That evening, at 8 o'clock, in
the parish hall of st. Adams Church,
he will tell of recent progress at Ken
yon College.
The Kenyon Alumni Association, of
which Albert Douglas is president. is
inviting all Kenyon men in Washing
ton to be present.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-08
Scientists Hate
Of Tobacco Traced
To Brain DefOrmity
BY the Associated Press.


ITHACA, N. Y. May 8.-Why
Prof. Burt G. Wilder of Cornell.
abhorred tobacco was explained
today in announcement of re-
suits of a study of his brain by
Dr. James Papez.
The brain is one of a collec-
ton established more than 40
years ago by DR.. Wilder. DR..
Papez. curator of the collection
now, in commenting on the study
of DR.. Wilder's brain, said that
it revealed an atrophy of the
olfactory center, devoted to the
functions of smell. The atropiy
was of such advanced degree
that Dr. Papez inferS that it was
of long standing and thus ex-
planned DR.. Wilder's lack of APP
probation of tobacco which led
him not only to abstain from it
himself but also to crusade
against its use by others.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-08

Reeves of the general board. Comdr.
Garland Fulton. in charge of the light
er-than-air division of the Bureau OF
Aeronautics; Lieut.. Comdr. Charles z.
Rosendahl. in charge of rigid airship
training and experimental squadrons,
and Lieut.. Comdr. E. L. Marshall, who
will be member and recorder.
China has removed the embargo on
the importation of radio sets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-08
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
TO-DAY

The Geological Society of Washington
will meet, 8 o'clock, in assembly room
of the Cosmos Club. Speakers: G. r.
Mansfield, L. w. Stephenson, C. p. Ross.
AL interested are invited to attend.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-08

Park View Citizens Association will
meet. o'clock, in Park View Platoon
School.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-09

finding adequate means of checking crime. the sppii-
cation Of law to modern life. and in preserving rcsrcr.
for Law. With $4,000 criminals, whose destruction
since the war exceeds that during the war. there II
more crime and frsud in this country than in any
other"
This statement by . man like United States After
ney futile Is a challenge to the law-abiding and law
respecting eitizsnry Of our country who, despite ness
paper accounts Of murders, robberies and crime il
general. are still in the majority.
Our people must become more thoroughly awake %
the menace CT crime and realize that the remedy Is
not in the passage Of theoretical and freak legislation.
but in enforcing present laws and in correcting archaic
methods of court procedure, ard in stopping up loop
holes which have made chances for the murderer pay
ing the penalty for his crime only one in ten.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-09
SETTLING A BOUNDARY DISPUTE
(Beaumcnt Enterprise) !,

The boundary dispute between Texas and okahsma
is no Gran Chaco affair. Texas and Oklahoma do not
glover az each other and breathe defiance in the best
Latin-Ameriean manner, or what used to be that man.
ner before revolutions ceased 70 be the fashion in most
Latin-American countries.
Whereas the joint efforts q the P~an-Ameriean con-
ference and the League OF Nations were needed to keep
the peace between Bolivia and Paraguay. and 20 induce
them to adopt a policy of Cancellation. Texas and Ok
lOhoma discuss their boundary differences in a friend
~ spirit. Neither state plays the role OF a would-he
"land sEabber-' What they are thinking Of is the prop
erty rights OF the people who have bought land and
built homes In the debated territory. and Of the people
who hold mortgages On that property.
Individual claims take precedence ar state claims,
which Is IN excellent thing 1t any time. TO protect
the common man in his property rights is just abo1t
the most important duty any government can perform.
expressed when an Oklahoma delegation appeared be-
This is what Texas and Oklahoma. Is their views wer.
fore the Texas legislature At Austin, propose TO DO.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-09
TEXAS DAILY PRESS LEAGUE
The Clearing House Idea

The Florida citrus fruit clearing house plan has
not proved ar unalioysd success. The system has been
subjected to much criticism, and radical changes arc
indicated before the next shipping season opens. But
its merits have proved more numerous than It's faults,
ss u indicated by the orderly manner in which the
florida citrus fruit crop il being marketed.
While many growers and shippers are emphasizing
the faults OF the clearing house, il Is apparent they
do not consider the fact that IL some organization had
net stepped into the breach to handle the marketing
Of the huge crop, the Florida fruit growers would have
been confronted with n serious predieament. The
chaotic condition, which would have been created In
shipping end in the consuming markets, would have
resulted In enormous losses to the industry. However.
the critics OF the clearing house do not consider this.
They only see the errors that have been made-errcrs
which are certain to develop in connection with the
inauguration Of any organized marketing plan.
The clearing house is not the ultimate organization;
in fact II is merely q makeshift-designed to "fiil i'm
until the growers have reached that stage in the
gradual evolution Of the industry which will permit
more scientific organization for control Of production
and maximum distribution at a minimum cost. As .
makeshift, il has proved more efficient than its pro-
ponents dared hope, and it is probable that Florida
will gradually improve the plan until 1t reaches the
point where 1t can extend maximum servies TO both
growers and consumers.
A the years pass and the acreage planted to citrus
fruit In the Valley Expands, Il Is becoming more and
mere evident that unless organization 10 more general
the growers will be confronted with = more serioas
dilemma than Florida or California ever experienced.
The necessity for organisation becomes more pressing
each year, and tho losses already sustained, with the
comparatively small production OF the Valley. should
be a warning to the growers not to delay action. The
foundation already has been laid, but it is necessary
that tho composition now causing the growers heavy
losses be replaced by coordination and cooperation
it is impossible 20 coordinate the competitive
elements and secure efficient cooperation, the valley
should at least adopt q plan similar to that Of Florida
II Is true il merely would be n nakeshift that could
not serve the growers to the same extent as veli-bai-
snesd cooperative; but it At least would have the vir-
tue Of controlling shipments to some extent It's future
development into an efficient organization to control
production. grades and distribution would be in the
hands Of the growers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-09
A CRIMINAL

The conviction Of Clinton Carnes, absconding Bap-
fist treasurer. whose funds were revealed 70 BE nearly
a million dollars short, and sentence 10 from five 20
seven years In the pcnitcntiary, brings up an inter-
estirg comparison with a Texas conviction and sen
tence. The judge said IN sentencing the betrayer %
a trust that he WIS getting Of light, perhaps lighter
than be deserves"
Over It Dallas. a lad named Meyers, a preachers
son. was sentenced to 20 years. lie sought to rob a
store and failed to set away. he bungled the job
Justice paved a rocky road fer the lad He nay have
no chance TO reconstruct his misdireeted life. Carnes
middle-ased. has little incentivs 70 want 10 reccnstruc.
his
II Is odd . courts rcastiou 40 : crime. Sometimes
It appears that folks admire c~apability IN a criminal
and reward thcni with light sentences. The Dallas
youth only bungied the Job. Had he gotten away and
caused large expense in searching for hin. spent hIi
~illgcsten gklns. and been found IN . far lard leading
= respectable ife. he'd have geltcn cff with q suavnd.
Cd sentence NE than likely. We wondcr what Would
have hsrpsns H. csrnss had DO taken over . million.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-09
FASHIONS IN DECENCY

h1@W - A1NA~kH
Noah Webster more than a century ago published
an expurgated edition Of the Bible. MANY passages
he said, "are expressed In language which decency
forbids to be repeated in families and the pulpit. ?
The Bible societies will have to dig out Noah Web
sters revised version il the "clean books BILL" which
has just bObbed up again in Albany, should be any
~hisehance be passed. Fer the bill provides that books
need not be judged rs a whole. but may be condemned
II any part or passage OF them be deemed by a jury
20 have a tendency 20 deprave or corrupt those whose
minds are open TO immoral Influences And there Is
no doubt that Genesis and the Song Of Solomon are
rich in passages such as appearing in a novel, would
rouse the righteous ire Of John Roach Straton and
John S. Sumner. One need only glance through Annie
Bessnts famous pamphlet, els the Bible Indictable 2"
or the Bible itself, to be convinced Of that.
Time was when il was fashionable TO BowdleriEe
the Bible and Shakespeare, Chaucer and Aristophanes.
An English Judge once expressed his doubt OF the NOR
atty of Millions Paradise Loct;' Vizetelly went to
Jail for publishing Zola; Hamlin Garland wa sconosid-
cred indecent in New York IN 1896, and Dreiser's
I"Genius' was suppressed here only thirteen years ago.
Fortunately. VIC have grown up a little. 1t was 4 very
sensible New York judge who said that at seems hard
Iy likely that We are even tcday SO lukcwarm in our
interest in letters or serious discussion as TO be con-
tent 70 reduce our treatment Of Sex 70 the STANDARD
Of q chiid's library in the supposed interest Of a sala-
cious few" Times change and fashions change. The
"clean books bill' belongs 20 the era Of our grand
mothers ludicrcus bathing suits.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-09
Other Papers

Corpus Christi Caller).


Automobile owners, surveying with complacency
the modest prices asked for tires, shouldn't be too
dissatisfied, Charles T. Wood, president OF a firm
dealing in crude rubber. tells the Associated Press.
Mr.. Wood forecasts a growing consumption which will
shortage which will send prices to or above the high
est levels that have been known.
The demand and the supply during 1929 will Just
about balance at 100000 tons, but Mr.. Wood sees a
growing foreign demand next year and tho next which
will force the United States into more fierce eompe-
tition and rocket prices skyvard.
The scare is an annual one. In the meantime
American manufacturers are turning their attention 70
production, a trail which no doubt will be followed by
many ether manufacturer Of tires and other rubber
products.
Scarcity OF any raw material, and resultant high
prices, almost invariably leads to augmented produce
ton or substitution Of raw materials or methods.
Little rubber is being reclaimed at present, even in
the cheaper brands OF tires. There is . source which
can be developed il necessity arises. Better methods
will be found for retaining rubber, should crude rub
Der prices become prohibitive.
Fears or a shortage OF raw materials presappcses q
lapse Of human ingenuity. Not SO long ago il was Gus
tcmary TO worry about the approaching coal shortage;
today mine operators arc worrying about creating suf-
ficient demand to balance production, to such an cx-
tent have substitutes been put in use.
But II is just rs we'll, perhaps. 10 become a bit
frightened. II makes manufacturers strive for further
economieE, in the use OF materials. and to search anew
for potential substitutes-all Of which is good for the
consumer.