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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-20
SHOOTING STARS
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Right TO Eat.
What is the question of the day7
We talk of beef and corn and wheat
AS Tariffs hold their ancient sway.
The question is, What Do We Eat?"
And sometimes when high words arise,
When Stern Statistics raise a row
On What We Eat. we must surmise-
Also on When and Where and How.
And so, as schedules new draw near,
Each Tariff leaves us in wreck
or apprehension as we fear
Some one is going to stack the deck
We do not claim to understand
OF phraseology lot.
The right to Eat We all demand,
And ask How, Where and When and
What"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-20
The Senate Favors Publicity.

The Senate's modification Of its hoary
old secrecy rule represents compro-
mise that goes a little more than half
way toward the goal set by proponents
of full publicity on Senate proceedings
1t does not, as planned originally, pro-
vide for the automatic release to an
anxious public of the roll calls, which
show the way the prevailing wind af-
fected the Senators views on public
questions. While it is still possible that
these roll calls will continue to be treat
ed confidentially, the new rule allows
each Senator to state fully and frankly
to the curious members of the press how
he voted. And in thus making known
his action in an executive session, he
no longer runs the risk of expulsion
from the Senate.
The procedure under this amended
rule will probably be that the Senate's
consideration of a nomination or a
treaty will be begun in open session.
On motion of a member, duly seconded,
"a majority of the Senate will decide
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-20
Do Not Forget Them.

During the hot days householders
should never forget that thirst afflicts
their pet animals as well as themselves.
Whereas man may quench his
thirst by so simple an expedient as
turning faucet, his dog or cat has no
such method open to It.
Fido or Tom must depend upon his
human friends to see to it that he has
good drink. Both dogs and cats
naturally drink more In warm weather
than in cold, and both find it more
dificult to secure water.
In past years great stress was placed
upon watering the horse during Sum-
mer. This need still exists for work
horses, but in the main the attention
should be placed today on seeing that
an adequate supply Of water is available
for pets.
In many homes the pets, while
ostensibly belonging to the children, de-
pend upon the Older folks for their care.
Father is at work, and Mother is busy
around the home, but some one--an6
usually it is MotherA-n1ust see to 1t that
the dog or cat has water.
This is easily done by filing pan
early in the morning Animals prefer
their drinking water at air tempera-
ture, so that slightly stale watel is their
favorite.
Nor should the birds be forgotten.
What is more pleasant to watch on q
Summer afternoon than the songsters
focking to q bird bath? A little fore
thought in these matters will repay
itself . thousandfold, and the furry
and feathered children of Nature will
be happier and healthier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-20
Public Awaits With Interest the
Appearance of New Paper Money

postage stamps and paper money, which
Is a very great honor indeed. Its one
drawback Is that 1t cannot be conferred
until some time after the person 10 be
honored is dead. A new art
gallery Of the Nations great wiz appear
when the new money Is put into circu-
lation. It involves an interesting para
dox. The smallest denomination will
be adorned by pictures of the greatest
men. There is, of course,
perfectly good reason for this. We
are supposed to be reminded OF great
man every time we look at bill:
"a review of the names" states the
Savannah Morning News, Immediately
challenges serious comment. OF tie II
portraits only are Of men who we're
not once President of the United
States. It Is fairly easy to understand
why Hamilton and Chase appear in the
series. It is equally understanding that
washington and Jefferson should be
upon the most popular Of the denonli-
nations And then the series puzzles
Just what was in the mind Of those
who made the selections is obscure"
I'VE have never been bothered by
lack Of space about our person to carry
the bills as they are" observes the
Moreantown New Dominion. ut is
gratifying, however, to know that there
are people in the United States who
have found it necessary to change the
size Of our currency to keep from reach
ing ripe old age with bent and crooked
back due to an overburden OF filthy
lucre." The Grand Rapids Press speaks
of present purchasing power: at has
taken the Treasury Department long
time to shrink the size Of money along
with its value. If the department had
gone about that job seriously and In
proportion, there have been times when
dollar bill would not have covered
much more area than postage stamp"
THE one advantage contends the
waterbury Republican, will come from
the superior ease with which the new
bills can be fitted into and drawn out
of the billfold. Even this advantage
| will depend in the long run upon
whether or not the makers of billfoids
can be persuaded not to make them
smaller. Now, If the biIlfolds
will remain as they are, the new bills
will At In them with comfortable
margin of room to spare, so that they
can be inserted without sticking and
creasing, and can be more easily in
spected and withdrawn. Let US hope
that the billfold manufacturers will
continue to use the same lasts, or what
ever they make billfolds on"
ut Is too bad the Treasury did not
see fit to eliminate the two-dollar bill
when it planned its new size currency"
says the Des Moines Tribune Capital
THE two-dollar bill has achieved a
superstitious fame. It Is supposed to
mean bad luck to its possessor, but the
origin of the idea was in the ease with
| which it is mistaken and misgiven for
other bills"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-20
All! "Blindfold Test
Has Japanese Rival
BY z. z. FEE, PHI. D.


A new kind Of cigarette test, in which
the point at issue is neither the flavor
of the tobacco nor the number of coughs
In packet, but the supposed telepathic
abilities Of the human mind, Is de-
scribed by Dr. Kotaro 5himomura, dis
tinguished Japanese chemical engineer,
In a communication recently published
by the Boston Society for Psychical Re-
search. an organization devoted to
strictly scientific tests Of supposed SUI
pernormal phenomena. Four cigarettes,
all precisely alike, are laid in a row on
a table Two persons take seats on oppo-
site sides of the table, both facing the
row of cigarettes. One person, who Is
to attempt to send the telepathic mes
sage, concentrates his mind on one Of
the four cigarettes, chosen by himself
at random and without any sign to the
other person indicating which cigarette
has been mentally selected. This other
person, whose mind is to receive the
supposed telepathic message, closes his
eyes and tries to visualize, In memory,
what the four cigarettes look like. Act
ing as the receiver of the telepathic
message, with his wife as the sender,
Or. SnimoY1ura noticed, he reports, that
one out of the four cigarettes in his
mental image of the row seemed to have
moved out Of line or to have changed
| in size. That change in the remembered
image indicates, the japanese expert
menter believes, the reception of the
telepathic message. 1t was found, at
least, that In too many instances to be
reasonably explainable by accident the
one cigarette which seemed to have
changed in the minds eye" of the per-
son whose eyes we're closed was the one
Of which the other person was think
ing. Skeptics will probably point out,
however that the number Of DR.. Shino-
mura's experiments was too small for
, certainty in SO important matter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-20
Langley History
Is Declared Wrong
To the Editor of The Star.

To the Editor OF The Star:
Sir: It was with great surprise that
read the Who Remembers?" bit by
Dick Mansfield in The Evening Star
recently.
No one can truthfully remember
when Prof. Langley made the first
flight in his airship, crossing the Poto-
mac near a place called Whitewater"
because he never made such a flight,
nor any other flight as far as records
can show. He himself would be the
first to admit it.
Langley did build a model airplane
which made number of flights at
Whitewater. His man-carrying plane,
which crashed on both of its attempts,
due to failures in the structure and
faulty launching mechanism, was
manned by the late Charles Manley.
In view of the recent bitter dispute
between the Smithsonian Institution and
Orville Wright which resulted in the
loss OF "the FIRST man-carrying airplane
to n.y. to this country, believe an
explanation Is in order.
r. s. BARNABY,
Lieut.. (CC) U. S. N.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-20
Let's Give Bill a Hand!

From the Fort Wayne NeYs-Sentinel.
Bill Hart is coming back to the screen.
He will make a talkie western and II he
hasn't forgotten his once familiar two
gun shooting art the new presentation
should be plenty noisy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-20

1t is internationally conceded that the
financial ideas of Charles Dawes are not
as queer as the undressing implement
he proffers as pipe Of peace"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-20

"Its a long time between drinks"
said the Governor of South Carolina
to the Governor of North Carolina.
That discreet convivial relationship has
not been reliably established between
Canada and the u. 8. A.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-20
They Might Quit Voting.

From the Jackson Citizen Patriot.
If the Senators keep on telling how
each other voted In their executive ses-
sions 1t may become necessary for the
Senate to adopt the Australian ballot
system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-20

There are many social, political and
financial complexities. The situation
is one in which. could he have sur
vived, Theodore Roosevelt might have
found particular enjoyment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-20
That's Only One.

From the Seattle Times.
The real test will come when Charles
@. Dawes attempts to amend the rules
requiring visitors to walk backward
when leaving the presence Of British
royaltN,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-20

Smith opponents are persistent, re-
membering the historic fact that what
may have been considered a political
finish was, In reality, only a start.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-20

Fame is generous. If public char
acter is forgotten in political affairs he
may be revived in attention by a
divorce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-20

Prohibition champions recognize the
fact that q sawed-off shotgun is not
altogether a dignified emblem of office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-20
Doubtful LimitationI

From the Indianapolis Star
There are certain limitations to the
talkies; for example, the actors cannot
always say what they did IN the silent
drama.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-20
City Gets It Again.

From the Akron Beacon. Journal
Why pity the farmer? There are ap-
preparations to fight the pests that
trouble him, but the city. must fight its
own. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-20

Washington's airport project estab-
fishes a general relationship with
castles in the air.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-20
Ear From the Crowd.

Far From the Crowd.
do you look forward with pleasure
to your Summer outing?"
Eyes" answered Senator Sorghum.
"You can then forget your cares for
a while"
81 can't forget them. But can at
least worry about my political future
without being disturbed by a lot of loud
talk"
Jud Tunkins says he had a successful
day. He drove flivver to town and
escaped with his life.
Summary Penalty for Youth.
Out on the alcoholic route
They find Rum Car going strong.
Shoot If you must some bad Boy Scout
Who happened to get in all wrong.
Happy Days.
"You used to shoot up Crimson
Gulch."
why refer to them happy days?"
asked Cactus Joe. I'm tame. The
Gulch is a movie location and nobody
shoots anything except q camera"
There is no power" said Hi Ho, the
sage of Chinatown, great enough to
make it safe to speak in recklessness."
Relatively.
Einstein plays the fiddleI
We turn attentive ears
We're living in the middle
OF the Music of the Spheresl"
I'm loud-mouth crap game" said
Uncle Eben, you thinks you's exhortin'
de dice when mebbe yous only tellin
yoh troubles"
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-20

@. Has the birth rate fallen on IN
England and Germany2-R. A. r.
A. Both these countries have de-
clining birth rate. Postwar conditions
have been such that homes and families
have suffered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-20

I'm loud-mouth crap game" said
Uncle Eben, you thinks you's exhortin'
de dice when mebbe you's only tellin
yof1 troubles"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-20

@. Is the pocket veto constitu-
tional?--P. I.
A. The United States Supreme Court
decided unanimously that the pocket
veto is constitutional.
The Washington times., 1929-08-21
CHINESE DRIVE
OFF RUSSIANS
BY JOHN r. GOETTE

PEIPING, Aug. 21 Q.N.S.l. - Fun
details of what is purported to be
ma ior battle of "a hours duration. in
which Chinese troops on the Man.
churian border are reported to have
repulsed an entire regiment of Rus
sian troops. were reported here today
in both foreign and Chinese circles.
One regiment OF Russian troops,
comprising 81 airplanes. a number of
tanks, machine guns, cavalry and
artillery. was reported to have at
tempted to cross the Hailar River at
Delainor by means of a pontoon
bridge, attacking the Chinese de-
fenses on the eastern side Of the
river.
Ninety Chinese soldiers were killed
in the attack. but the Russians were
repulsed, the reports said. The
battle ragged all day Saturday.
Failing to force a crossing. the
Russians withdrew from the west
bank of the river during Sunday and
Monday.
Chinese military authorities today
were rushing reinforcements to the
western front, while Red partisans,
reported here to be bands of the
Russian Foreign Legion, consisting
of Koreans and Magyars enlisted in
the Soviet army. were said to be con-
tinuing a campaign Of burning and
pillaging towns in the vicinity of
Suifenho and Suimenho. on the east
ern Manchurian frontier.
Residents of this territory were re-
ported to be in a state Of panic.
LONDON. Aug. 21 U,N.S).-The
Chinese military authorities have
declared martial law throughout
the zone traversed by the Chinese
Eastern Railway in Manchuria ac-
cording to Shanghai dispatches
published by the evening news
papers today.
This action was taken, 1t was
said. because of sabotage and train
wreclinE by the Russians.
Soviet sabotage of the Chinese
Eastern Railway is continuing. &C.
cording. to a Mukden dispatch to
the London times today.
Russian airmen bombed two
trains on the main line, according
to the message. killing the engineer
an firemeu Of b0th. The passsn-
gers escs ped injury.
The Washington times., 1929-08-21
son,
THENNES
BYGAS

kissing her small son good
by, Mrs. Dewey o. Brown,
pretty 35-year-old blonde,
walked into the kitchen Of her
home, in the 4400 block Of
New Hampshire Ave. N. W.,
today and committed suicide.
The woman was found unconi
scious by a nelghbor. Ernest
StrObel. after he had detected the
oior of gas. She was seated In d
morris chair. with her feet propped
on the door of the oven of a gas
stove. All the jets were turned on
and the doors and windows were
tightly closed.
Fail to Revive Her
StfobeI summoned the Fire Rescue
Squad The fireTnen eIideaHered for
more than so minutes 10 revive tlae
woman. She then was pronounced
dead by DIR. j. Ramsay hewitt, Dis.
trict Coroner.
Mrs. Brown left note which
read:
Dying because OF III health
The note was written in an un-
steady hand and bore no signature,
nor did 1t make clear to whom it
was written.
After Mrs. Brown was found,
friends called her husband, from
the storeroom at the Navy Yard
where he is employed. He in turn
telephoned the home of relatives in
Southeast Washington. where his
12-year.old son James Brown had
been sent to spend the day.
Was Frustrated
On returning home. James learned
Of the tragedy and was nearly pros.
trated with grief
Brown told Coroner hewitt his
wife had been in iii health for ~ay-
eral months.
Funeral arrangements were held
In abeyance while efforts were made
to communicate with relatives in
distant cities.
The Washington times., 1929-08-21
C0sTE To TRY
OCEAN HOP

LIE BoURGET FIELD. PARIS,
Aug 81 U.N.S.).-Dieudonne Coste.
famous French transatlantic flier,
landed here today after flight
from Villocoublay and announced
his Intention of hopping off for
New York tomorrow morning at s
o'clock II the Weather permits.
Coste's ambition to be the first
airman to make flight from this
city to New York has not been sub.
dued by the fact that he failed on
a previous attempt a month ago.
and even at this hour two young
Swiss fliers who hoped off at Lis.
bon for New York on Monday are
missing and are believed to be dead
somewhere in the Atlantic.
Coste and fellow French airman
LIE Brix. made a flight over the
south Atlantic to South America, IN
1927.
When Coste and a mechanic hop.
ped off here for New York six
weeks ago another transatlantic
flight was attempted simultaneously
by two Polish fliers--Major Idzikow.
ski and Major Kubala. The Polish
attempt ended in tragedy when the
Polish plane, Marshal Pilsudski
crashed upon one of the Azores is
lands and Idzikowsld was killed.
The Washington times., 1929-08-21
REFUEL FLIERS
HOPF0RN !.

ALBUQUERQUE, NJ NJ, Aug.
81 1.N.S.)- Captain Roscoe Turner.
Oakland. Calf, pilot. who with
three passengers, is attempting 4
refuelling flight to. New York.
stopped at the airport here at
a. m. today, refuelled his plane.
ate breakfast and departed at 7:15
for the East.
GLENDALE, Calf, Aug. q
Q.N.S1.-Capt. Roscoe Turner,
Oakland. Calf. pilot with his navi.
gator, N. C. Gatty, and three pas
sengers hoped off early today on
the first refueling transcontinental
passenger flight.
Roosevelt Field. New York, is ths
destination.
Turner announced before taking
off that he hoped to land at Roose.
velt Field in Is hours.
Refueling stops were scheduled
at Albuquerque, N. M; Tulsa, Okla,
and Cincinnati.
Only seven minutes was allowed
for each stop.
The passengers We're Fred q.
Trosper and Russell o. Pecht. Of
Burbank, Calf, aviation factory ,ex-
perts, and David r. Lane, Berkeley,
Calf. aviation writer.
The Washington times., 1929-08-21
FAILS
IN new TRIAL
Photos sy lntsruationa,

ANNAPOLIS. Aug. 21.--A de-
termined attempt by Lieut.. Afford
]. Williams. U. s. N. to get the
Mercury off the water today proved
abortive.
After several attempts 20 start
the engine by the mechanical spin.
ner the Mercury's motor turned
over and Lieutenant Williams
TAXED slowly around the wharf
towards the open Chesapeake BAY.
Good on Surface
The engine was speeded up much
earlier than in the two previous
attempts and it looked as If Lieu
tenant Williams was determined to
meet the requirements OF the
Bureau of Aviation by getting his
craft into the air.
The Mercury was driver through
the water at high rate of speed,
turning up tremendous bone" of
white spray, and the gallery which
lined the seawall at the Academy
expected it to take the air at any
moment.
However, after proceeding for
about two miles. to a point well
towards the open water of the bay,
the propellers were seen to slow up
and the Mercury came to stop.
TOwed Back
Launches Immediately surrounded
Lieutenant Williams craft, and the
Mercury was towed back to the
Naval Academy wharf. as it can
only be started through the aid of
the mechanical device at that point.
Conditions today appeared to be
exactly what Lieutenant williams
desired. There has been a moder-
ate breeze and comparatively
smooth water all day.
The Washington times., 1929-08-21
SERVAN 8
PAID S48
AN|()NTH
b Iaternatlen.sl New. ser,,ss


"A ridiculous situation-1
have nothing more to say
This was the only comment
today of Mrs. Miles Poindex-
ter, wife of the former Ameri-
can Ambassador to Peru, com
corning the resignation Of
Senior Alfredo Gonzalez Prada,
the Peruvian charge d'affaires
in Washington, who quit his
post rather than comply with
a direct order from his gov
ernment to return to Mrs.
Poindexter's employ SER
want. one Cornelius.
Brought Servants 10 u. s.
Mrs.. Poindexter had brought Cor.
neIius and his wife to the United
States from Peru some months ago.
Cornelius became dissatisfied and
left her employ, entering the service
of Senior Gonzales Prada. Mrs.
Poindexter protested to the Presi-
dent of Peru, and thus created an
international incident which pro.
voked an explosion in the Peruvian
diplomatic service.
Meanwhile It is moving time at
the Peruvian embassy. The Con-
zalez Pradas are leaving for Eu-
rope within few days. and Corne.
Illus is going along. So is Mrs. Cor.
nelius. Through an interpreter,
Cornelius assured inquircrs that he
Is happy in his new surroundings.
The Poindexter-Prada feud and
its violent repercussion provided a,
choice morsel of gossip for the
social dowagers of Washington,
where the servant problem Is
never.failing topic Of interest and
talk.
Curiosity Over Wages
There was vast curiosity among
Mrs. Poindexter's friends today over
the wages which Cornelius and his
wife received, and which. while sui.
Ilclent Tor Peru, proved unsatlskae.
tory to Cornelius in Washington.
One report was that Mrs. Pcindex-
ter brought back her two serving
"jewels" from Peru at a flat rate
of $4S month for the pair. which
Cornelius found. upon inquiry. was
considerable below the current mar
ket in Washington.
At any rate. Cornelius is the first
butler on record to cause what the,
diplomats call an international inci@
dent" and provide, as well, a Peru.
Wan political explosion. He can
tell his grandchildren that.
When Cornelius left, 1t seems, at.
least one native Peruvian servant
remained loyal and stayed at the
tPoindexter hacienda, in the 100
block Of N st. N. w.
This maid speaks very little En-.
glish and. she didn't seem at all per.
turbed over the row that Cornelius
and his wife, in their efforts to get
more American gold, had caused.