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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25

vention were given. The national con-
vention Of the Grand Army Of the Re-
public and the Woman's Relief Corps,
its auxiliary, will be held in Portland,
Me-, the week of September 8, 1929.
The report Of the relief committee,
Of which Mrs. Clara True is chairman
gave an account of its work. The
president reported the illness of Mrs.
Mary Lester and Mrs. Stella Buxton.
Daughters Of Union Veterans of the
Civil War at Snyder's in honor Of Col.
o. H. Oldroyd, the following members
of Burnside were present: Miss Jennie
L. Hamilton, Mrs. Rosalie Shelton, Mrs
Alice Meade, Mrs. Cora B. Davis, Mrs.
Alice Burke, Mrs. Nettie Lyons, Mrs.
Alice Stein and Mrs. Della L. O'Brien.
On account of the convention the
next meeting of Burnside will be held
September IS.
At the zonta Club luncheon at the
Raleigh Hotel, Wednesday noon, Mrs.
Grace Landon Of the National Lumber
Manufacturers Association gave a talk
on Trade Associations" Stressing the
recent slogan contest Of the Lumber
Association. Of which Mrs. Landon is
assistant treasurer.
The guests included Miss Rosalie
Walker, Miss Clara Someryille and Miss
Blanche Clark, all of Washington, and
Louey Venn of New York, q former
Zontian.
Mr.. John Odenwall announced the
holding of the Presidents Cup regatta
in September.
Matthews Dawson spoke at the
Washington Practical Psychology Club
at the Playhouse. August 10, on MI
neurology" Mr.. Dawson gave the SYM
biology as well as the astrological mean
ing of numbers and ended talk with a
brief synopsis of his book entitled,
How to Visualize Money"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25
NEWS OF THE CLUBS

formation on the 63rd encampment and
Attn convention in Portland, Me-, Sep
TENDER 8 to IS.
The report Of relief included aid to
widow and children, who were brought
in touch with relatives and now have
a good home, through the effort of the
chairman, Mrs. Caroline M. Curry.
Every one was pleased to welcome
the secretary, Mrs. Mabelle Mcdowell,
after a serious illness. The resolutions
drawn by her for presentation to Miss
Marie Clendaniel, whose father, Com
rade Clendaniel, died some weeks ago,
were adopted.
The department president of Ken
lucky, Mrs. r. v. Love, was Introduced
by the president and talked If the work
of our order In her State. Mrs. Love
will 60 to the convention with this de-
partment, joining her own delegation
on arrival in Portland. Mrs. Loves
husband Is at Walter Reed Hospital,
making 1t necessary for her to remain
here for the present.
The senior vice president. Mrs. Della
O'Brien, spoke. The commander, Sam
uel G.. Mawson, brought greetings, as
did the following comrades: Col. Old
royd, MIR. Bonney, assistant adjutant
general: Mr.. Brown, department chap
lain; Mr.. ConviS Parker and Mr.. John
Ryan. ComQr. MaWSon spoke OF the
proposed memorial chapel at Walter
Reed, in honor Of the Soldiers of our
wars.
A petition was signed by those pres
ent in favor of pension legislation, as
directed by the national president.
Mrs. Cary has made reservations for
the breakfast to be given in honor of
the national aides at Portland, among
whom are: Mrs. Mary H. Wingate.
Mrs. Cora Mandy. Mrs. Mabel Nc
Dowell, Mrs. Addie Hickman, Mrs. Rose
Pennell and Mrs. Virginia Sheets.
Burnside Corps, No. 4, Woman's Re-
lief Corps. held its Summer monthly
meeting at G. A. r. Hall, August IA,
with its president, Mrs. Della L. O'Brien,
presiding.
The reports of the secretary and
treasurer were read and approved.
National general orders were read by
the secretary, Miss Jennie Hamilton,
wherein the details of the national con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25
MARINE CORPS NEWS

Brig. Gen. George Richards, paymas-
ter of the corps, who has been on q tour
Of inspection Of West Coast offices OF
his department, is expected to return
to corps headquarters shortly.
Eight hundred. Marines are due to
disembark from the naval transport
Henderson September 2, when that
vessel, returning from Nicaragua, Is due
at Quantico. Approximately 500 will be
distributed to the various navy yards
and stations along the Atlantic sea-
board, which are at present in dire
need of Marines for guard duty, ETC.,
which have for many months been
undermined in so far as pertains to
their authorized post strength quotas
respectively.
Col. Robert H. Dunlap, now aboard
the naval transport Henderson, is the
senior Marine officer returning at the
present time from Nicaragua. Upon
arrival at Quantico Col. Dunlap Is due
to report here at corps headquarters,
when, 1t is understood, he will be
granted leave with permission to visit
Europe.
Brig. Gen. Harry Lee. attached to
the Quantico Marine Base. will be de-
tached therefrom and Is due to take
over the command of the Marine Bar
~acks, Paris Island, S. c., October l.
Lieut.. Col Calvin B. Matthews, in
charge of the detail office at corps
headquarters, this city, has been granted
leave and is Summering at Winthrop,
Me. Col. Matthews is due to return to
duty about September z.
Col. Louis McCarty Little, who is
attached to corps headquarters. this
city, is on a months leave at Burling-
ton, VT, and is due to return to this
city about September 10.
Brig. Gen. John T. Myers, charge of
operations and training corps head
quarters, this city, is spending 10 days
leave at Ventnor, N. j.
The Marine Corps examining board
was again in session at corps headquar-
tiers Wednesday and Thursday, being
engaged in examining the records Of
college graduateS-civilian candidates for
appointment as second lieutenant (pro-
bationary).
Lieut.. Col. Frederick A. Ramsey,
heretofore in command Of the Con-
stabulary Detachment, U. s. M. c.,
Gardr d'Haiti, and who has been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25
AVERAGE PAY OF PEONS
IL TO rs CENTS A DAY
Mexican Industrial Survey Shows
IS Per Cent of Toilers Have
Excessive Hours.

MEXICO CITY Disqualification of
the industrial survey made by the de-
partment of industry, commerce and
labor showed that the daily average
wage Of poems in more than 400 sec
lions of the country ranged from IL
to IS cents in American money.
Furthermore the report showed that
about IS per cent of the laboring class
was required to toll beyond the legal
limit of working hours daily and that
1t was those who worked longest that
received the least.
The Investigators report stated fatty
that the small pay given to workers
was insufficient for bare living under
present conditions in Mexico, even
though food which the poems eat is
usually cheap.
Labor conditions were found to be
worst in the mountainous mining
regions and in some isolated agricul-
tural sections. In the somewhat more
advanced industrial sections 1t was re-
vealed that workers received slightly
more pay, though barely enough for
existence.
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assigned to command the Marine Bar
racks, Navy Yard. this city, will shortly
report.
The team which represented the
United States at the international meet
at Stockholm, Sweden, August 16 was
composed of three Marines, one Army
man and one civilian-a total of five
as allowed the teams from each nation
The team from Switzerland won first
place In the meet, while the American
team took second place. However, the
American team broke the hitherto pre-
vious world record at the standing posi-
ton. The Swiss score in the meet just
closed was a total of SAP, while the
American team piled up total Of 5,397.
Sergt. Fisher, who is attached to the
Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, this city,
and who accompanied the team as an
alternate, did not fire in the record
score competition finals. The American
contestants are due to return to their
posts in this country about Septem-
Der J..
Maj. Harry X. Pickett has been de-
tailed as an assistant quartermaster.
First Lieut.. Lawrence T. Burke, here
fore attached to corps headquarters,
this city, is due to embark aboard the
naval transport Henderson when that
vessel leaves Quantico in September for
the West Coast. Upon arrival on the
West Coast he will be attached TO the
Department of the Pacific.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25
SENSITIVE MiCR0PHONE
GIVES FRANCE LAUGH
ono Cognac in MY Coffee" Says
Doumergue as Radio Broad
naefa THordG
casts Words.

vERDUN R.-Supersensitive micro
phones gave France a good laugh dur
ing the very solemn ceremony attend
ing the celebration Of the "Rebirth OF
Verdun."
The President Of the Republic, the
premier, seven cabinet ministers, five
Ambassadors, the Archbishop Of
Besancon and the Bishop Of Verdun
had sat down to the ofi1cial luncheon.
Coffee time had come and a million
or more radio sets were tuned to listen
to the address of President Doumergue,
at the left of whom now stood M.
Becq de Fouquieres, chief of the pro-
tocol. With bated breath France waited
the words Of the President. What 1t
heard was this:
mo cognac In my coffee, Fouquieres,
you know IL hurts me-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25

An ancient 1,000-foot bridge of stone
which has stood for several centuries at
Foochow, China, is about to be torn
down to make way for a more modern
structure. 1t answered all purposes up
to the time of the automobile but it is
not Of sufficient width to permit of the
passage Of two vehicles, and as a gen.
eral bodybuilding program is now un-
der way in that vicinity the bridge
failed to answer the present demands.
The stone has been sold and q steel
hridne erpcfed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25

than casually interested in the subject
Of their nationality.
Interest has been particularly keen
and far-reaching among women for the
reason that the subject of their ma
tionality has been most perplexing, SO
tangled that officials have almost
thrown up their hands in despair.
I'm the United States women in the
far Western States, where the franchise
was granted before the World War,
early found to their astonished grief
that the very privilege for which some
of them had worked with almost heart
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25

Phil Sheridan Woman's Relief Corps
held its first regular meeting this month
on Tuesday night, with the president,
Mrs. e. Helen Temple. in the chair.
Mrs. Ida A. Oldroyd, Mrs. Olive john
son and Miss Eleanor Marston substi-
tuted for absent officers.
Applications for membership were
received from Mrs. Agnes F. Sibley and
Mrs. Julia A. MCGUIRE, and the follow
thereon: Mrs. Anna Ecker, Mrs. Caro-
line M. Curry, Mrs. Marion B. Parker
and Mrs. Esther Lippold, Mrs. Olive
Johnson, Mrs. Percy Parker. National
general order. No. 8, was read by the
secretary; also national Grand Army
general orders and department grand
army general order, No. 4, giving in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25
Two Kinds of Garden Pests.

There are two brigades in the pest
army. One works on the foliage, other
the flowers. The other bores into the
stems and even the roots. Control de-
Ponds upon the feeding habits of the
insects as we'll as the nature of the
plant to be treated says Nature Maya
zine. Insects have chewing or sucking
mouth parts. The chewing insects bite
on pieces OF plant tissue. The sucking
insects have beaks which penetrate the
outer covering of the plants and take
the juices from the cells underneath.
Chewing insects include cutworms,
caterpillars, grasshoppers and various
oeetles. while to the sucking group be-
long plant lice, scales and various mites
which are not true insects but which
may be classified as such when con-
sidering control.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25

Consider the delivered price az well as the
list price when comparing automobile
values Oakland-Pontiac delivered
prices include only reasonable charRea for
handling and for financing when the Time
Payment Plan 10 used.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25

Since Armistice day in 1918, at least
40 British vessels have been sunk
through striking mines.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-12
Back Home

What will the members of the legislature say to
their neighbors when they get home?
Perhaps they viii say nothing. Or they may have
no friends, and this latter presumption seems most
reasonable from the manner in which they conducted
themselves while in the state capitol.
AS body they did not impress as being important
enough to be either missed or noticed by the COM
munities from which they came.
But if they talk, what viii they tell? And how will
they explain?
Some of them, very many OF them, will perhaps
dilate upon the lavish hospitality Of one brand of
utility lobbyist who saw that the grind Of legislative
work was apparently too much for the ordinary MEM
Der and provided such of pleasure the weary
ones might desire. Or they may forget this part of
their experiences.
The legislature did some commendabe things. But
thew did them under force of well organized public
opinion.
They did some very bad things, and these were
in RESPONSE to the bosses.
They ignored some very crying evils They took
care OF seekers of special privileges in generous
manner.
In eliminating the statewide features of the pri-
mary law, they obeyed the edict of Watson, who
looks always into the future and who believes that
the conventions will be more forgetfM than the
people.
In refusing to abolish the fee system in Lake
county the legislature continued the source Of much
of the corruption of state politics.
In it's final effort to its own action in the
establishment of permanent registration list, the
legislature revealed the tact that it has real hatred
Of fraud in government
What the people will know, without telling, is
that this legislature heaped up bigger burdens OF
taxation than have ever before been placed upon the
industries of the state.
Part of this is an inheritance from the days OF
the ill-starred Jackson. But most OF it is for new
funds and greater appropriations
Altogether the people will pay into the state many
more millions year for their government.
There is an added cent gallon tax on gasoline
that goes to the highway commission. The necessity
for this tax is doubtful, but it pleases the cement
trust.
There are additional appropriations for state inst-
tutions so that the tax levy next year will be in
creased by nearly half
Perhaps the members explain. Perhaps they
will not be compelled to answer. For it is just pos
sble that when they get home they will be so in
conspicuous as to be Immediately forgotten They
gave that impression.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-12
Russian Progress

Enemies of Russia are encouraged by the usual
spring crop of rumors regarding peasant discomfort
and party dissensions in the Soviet republic. They
are hearened further by articles of the exed bolshe
visit leader Trotski, in whose minority movement
they see the beginnings of the long-heralded but
ever-delayed collapse of the Moscow government
Curiously enough, these rumors OF Russian dsin-
tegration come just at the time when American big
business after long period of watchful waiting has
decided that the present Moscow regime is stable
and that it is trustworthy in business sense.
General Electric has extended to the Soviets
fve-year industrial credit of $26000000 Standard
OIL Ford, General Motors and various machinery
companies and engineering firms making large
Russian contracts. New York banks finance the pur
chases which make Russia the largest single buyer
in the American cotton market
What is the explanation? 1t is easy enough per-
haps to understand how American liberals or radicals
might be misled by alleged Soviet propaganda about
conditions in that country. But what about these
hardheaded conservative American indistrialsts and
bankers, who risk nickel an investment or
credit unless they fairly certain of safe re-
turn their money?
These American business men obviously think
Soviet Russia is good bet from their point Of flew.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-12

we'll was ahead of his day. His equations showed
how electromagnetic waves would travel through
space But no one had ever succeeded in generating
such a wave Today, Of course, they are familiar to
all of u.s. for radio wave is an electromagnetic wave
Since in Maxwells day, no one had ever succeeded
in generating electromagnetic wave it will be seen
that when he insisted that light was electromagnetic
in nature his meaning not very clear.
A few of the great physicists of his day--Heim-
holtz, Rowland and Heaviside-adopted his theory.
But the great Lord Kelvin insisted that he did not
understand the theory.
But the meaning of the theory was to aecome
plain in time In the 1887, the brilliant German
physicist Heinrich HeAtz, succeeded in generating
electromagnetic waves the first radio waves ever
generated.
With the passage of tine, it was demonstrated by
many experimenters in Europe and the United States,
that whole series of existed in space. Visible
light constituted only narrow band in the whole
series.
Shorter than visible light, are the ultraviolet
waves the X-rays the gamma rays of radiun and the
recently discovered cosnc rays Longer than visible
light are the nfra-red or heat waves and the long
electromagnetic or radio waves.
In order to explain the transmission Of these
waves. it was assumed that space was filled with an
elastic but intangible medium. This has been called
the ether of space.
The picture of the wave theory of light is beau
tfu one. But there are certain flaws in it. Einstein
helped to point these out early as 1905. We viii
gse next what they are.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-12
National Origins

AS had been expected, the senate was prevented by
fllibuster from taking vote on the question Of
postponing the application Of the national origins
immigration system. The house approved delay, but
Senator Reed of Pennsylvania was able to keep the
upper chamber from expressing ITSELF
The result is that President Hoover presumably is
directed by law to proclaim April that national
origins quotas shall go into effect July 1.
Hoover, one of the commission Of three directed
by congress to work out the quotas is convinced that
the national origins system is impractcabe. Deter
mined efforts to get vote in the senate were largely
due to his conviction which is shared by large num-
Der of senators.
There is one possible loophoe in the ambiguous
text on the act which may enable the President to
avoid issuing the proclamation but this is doubtful
The encouragement will be asked to give opinion
on this question
Hearings and debate in congress showed that both
advocates and opponents of national origins were
swayed to considerable degree by racial feeling This
unfortunate though perhaps unavoidable.
The theory had been that it would be possible to
determine to what extent the various racial groups
had contributed to theoretically composite Aneri-
nation. and to apporton future immigration on
that basis. Data was found inadequate. And the
quotas finally offered admittedly based to large
degree on guesswork.
Hence the only question should be whether an in
accurate and unscientic quota system should be sub
stituted for the present one which, by and large has
been satisfactory.
President Hoover will be able to appeal to the spe
cal session for delay and will be able to give in detail
his reasons for asking it. It will be impossible then
for few senators to prevent expression of opinion
by the majority
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-12

Either they wrong. these recurring runners of
Russian diSintegration are wrong.
The answer, or part of it at least, may be found
in an elaborate statistical book published today by
the Soviet Union Information Bureau in Washington,
entitled "The Soviet Union Facts-Descrptions-
Statistics"
study of the facts and figures recorded in this
book so dispaSSionately will show anyone who is in
teresed just why American business is ignoring the
ourWorn run1ors of Russian chaos and is, instead,
sereney betting its money on Russian stability and
progress.
Here are some of the statistical facts from that
book:
Russia's agricultural production has doubled since
1921 and now is at prewar level Industrial output
has increased 300 per cent since 1921, and is one
fourth greater than prewar
Large state-owned and operated industries are re-
turning annual net profit of more than $SOOooO-
600. The government is spending $800,0O0000 on in
dustrial expansion this year, much of it under d-
rection Of American engineers Cooperative organ
zation with membership of 100000 are doing an
annual business of $11,0000OO00O
Russia is buying goods from the United States
almost at the rate of $1OO0OOOO0 year. The Russo
American trade turnover now exceeds $111,OOO,0 OO
compared with $4s,Ooo,OOO in czarist days.
The total foreign trade turnover has increased
onetird in the last three years. while imports from
the United States have increased so per cent in the
last two years.
The number of school children has been raised
onehaf since the czarst regime, and the death rate
lowered one-third.
Why shouldn't American business interests have
faith in Russia, present and future?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-12
HE'S A GOOD WRITER
g g
SAY 1T WITH BULBS
ON THE WATER WAGON

A LADY has sent Indy a twenty
IA two pound wedding cake, which
is almost twenty-five pounds more
provisions than he carried on his
flight to Paris, but the trip across
the Sea of Matrimony is much
longer.
This endless quarreling between
the statesmen of America and Eng
land convinceS one that common
language is not a tie that binds, but
a fuse that sputters.
Tt would be much better for both
countries if they had to employ an
interpreter.
Borah gave British Minister
Churchill the word with the bark
on it when he denounced those who
never see the firing line for brewing
wars for others. Wars will end when
statesmen are put into the shock
troops
If the papers have assured the
country that the Dempseys are not
going to be divorced, we hope they
will stop publishing their pictures in
their bathing suits.
Il y
1t is becoming fashionable to
christen airplanes with champagne
and it's much better to spill it on
the outside of the plan than on the
the inside of the pilot.