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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-04-01
TRAVEL REWARD ANA|T|NG
TYPICAL AMERICAN GIRL

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glimmering Berlin historic London all will be visited BY the
ty0ical American GIRL
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-09-27
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8. Butts
a Medieval galley
5. Land extents.
8. Recalled
4 Cuckoo.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-09-27
Oonnubial Casualties

aTis better to have loved
and lost than not to Be get
ting any alimony st al.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-09-27
Ideal Dumb on1

The fellow who thinks you
have to whisper in D spea
easy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-09-27
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BY John p. NJ bJIr

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-09-27
l4nIaal1fnsIR HEn1ats

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soup
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-17

remains In favor with many enthro-
biologists. despite the difficulty OF md
ing actual evidences.
Recently DR.. A!es Hrdlicka of the
Smithsonian Institution, recognized
throughout the world as one Of the
foremost Of living anthropologists. has
been making study of conditions in
Alaska In the hope of finding traces Of
the connection between Asia and Amer
lea leading to the conclusion that this
continent was peoplcd from across the
straits, or at least that there was a
large contribution Of population from
Asia, even though there was an aborig-
inal stock here. A report from Seattle
states that DR.. Hrdlicka, after spending
the Summer in this research, has failed
to find specific proof Of the origin of
the American Indian. But he does not
abandon the hypothesis on that ac-
count. This Is the attitude OF the true
scientist. Negative results are not con-
elusive.
In this connection 1t is interesting to
note that Roy Chapman Andrews, who
has for some years past been conduct
ing exploratory researches in Mongolia,
seeking and finding remains OF pre-
historic animals-the discovery of fos-
SLICED. dinosaur eggs was one of the
achievements Of the expeditions led by
him-Ahas from the beginning of his
Asiatic studies. entertained the theory
OF ASiatic origin of the American In
dian, and has hoped TO be able to con-
tinue his Mcngolian researches along
this line Recently in PeipIng he stated
that he believed that If he were not in
terrupted and interfered with by the
Chinese authorities, who have blocked
his work this past Summer, he could
establish the basis for progressive
study Of the area between the Cobb
Desert, where he found the d:nosaur
eggs, and the Pacific Coast, a study
which he believed would result in trac-
ing out the advances of the migratory
movement leading across the Aleutian
Straits to the North American CONT
nent.
DR.. Hrdlicka finds that the ancient
marks of human occupation in Alaska
have been so far obliterated by geologic
changes as to make the study most diff
cult. 1t is. possible that the research
may be more effectively conducted from
the other side. To that end it is to be
hoped that conditions will permit the
early resumption of the work in Asia,
broadened to include systematic study
Of the area with the solution of this
problem Of American origins as the
main objective.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-17
Chinese Censorship
Is Held Bad for Nation
From the Asheyille Times.

From the Asheville Times.
China makes another bid for en-
HANGED prestige in the family of ma
tions, and possibly one more soundly
reasoned than much of the Chinese talk
about the unequal foreign treaties.
Chinese commissioners in all the ports
have been instructed to enforce rigid
rules upon the emigrants seeking homes
in lands where they may be, undesir-
able. And Chinese misbehaving in other
lands will be brought home.
It is quite understandable that, de-
spite all of Chinas progress since the
fall OF the Manchu rule, energetic Chi
neSe should be glad TO escape from the
turmoil that still abounds in a king
dom far from celestial. But wholesale
immigration is a bad advertisement for
the homeland. The Nationalist govern
ment believes 1t is time for China TO
realize it.
In a matter of certainly equal inn
portance. however, the Chinese govern
ment is adopting the best possible poll
icy to have itself misunderstood abroad
and In manner which makes for deep
doubts as to the competency and sin
certify Of the men now at the head of
the government. Although not at war,
the Marking government has for
months enforced severe censorship on
news, not only for Chinese newspapers,
but ON dispatches sent out by foreign
correspondents.
China desires the respect and con-
fldence Of the Western World, and yet
China Is creating the strong suspicion,
warranted or not, that all Is not well
with the country under the administers
ton Of the Nationalists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-17
Public Opinion Emphatically
Approves Fight on Propaganda

nents of national defense have func-
toned and the results they have OBJ
tanned are enough to put lone propa-
gandist-Mr. Shearer or any one else
to shame" continued the Transcript.
as it declares lit is time that all hands
come out in the Open"
The Milwaukee Journal believes that
now is the best time in the world to
get to the bottom of this thing and
make sure that in the future America
can consider its defense needs and
its international plans unhampered by
betrayal. The Senate inquiry just OIL
dered," it contends, should be tender
of no one-writers, shipping magnates
or even admiralS."
who or what Mr.. Shearer Is or was
or did matters scarcely at all in COM
pariSon with the great extent to which
IL does matter whether the United
States Government has been betrayed
and, If SO, how and by whom insists
the Lynchburg News. The propa-
gandist who waves the flag and leads
the singing of The Star Spangled
Banner for his own personal profit is
without integrity of purpose" the Tole-
do Blade asserts, and the Muncie Star
states its opinion that while 1t is per-
fectly proper for an organization to be
for big Navy program, or any other
lcSdl pIOJcCb, IL CIlOulu Julia AidC ain
not be a cat's-paw pulling out of the
fire the chestnutS Of some one working
under cover"
THE paid propaganda" thinks the
Santa Rosa Press Democrat, has no
proper place in our scheme of things
unless he makes his position plain"
In view of the extremely serious
charges which were implied by Mr..
Hoover" the Hartford Daily Times, de-
scribing these charges as going beyond
the especial instance Of personality and
misconduct which he cited" urges that
1.-The basis for them should be made
public property in justice to every in
terest concerned"
1T was the refusal of Great Britaip's
delegation at Geneva to agree to parity
in cruiser strength that broke IN the
conference" the Norfolk Ledger-Dis-
patch argues, land if Premier Mac
Donald refuses to accept the 'yardstick'
measurements laid down by President
Hoover IN the forthcoming direct nego-
tiations, the failure of the effort will
rest with London and not with Wash
tngton. Nor can propagandistS be
blamed, as deplorable as their methods
may have BEEN"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-17
Whence Came the Indiansf

When European voyagers crossed the
Atlantic and discovered" America they
found here an aboriginal people who
we're given the name Of indiana" be-
cause of the mistaken idea that the
land was in fact the indies" AS the
continent was explored and eventually
settled by newcomers from overseas
certain tribal variations between the
natives of different parts were noted,
but to the unskilled observation of the
white pioneers they all seemed to be Of
the same racial stock. In later times,
when the American civilization was
established. the Indians" became the
subject of scientific study and re-
searches were conducted into their
origin and their ancient customs and
relationships. A theory was advanced
that the original stock of these So
called ahorigines came from Asia. The
fact that geological evidence existed Of
a practically continuous land contact
between the two continents, across the
present Aleutian Straits, pointed to this
possibility If not probability.
This hypothesis Of the original peo-
pling Of America. from Asia has long
attracted scientists, eager to trace
origins Of race masses. Study Of the
remains of ancient American civiliza-
ton in the cliff dwellings and the
pueblos Of the West, comparison Of the
artifacts discovered In such ruins with
Asiatic materials, observation Of the
language symbols Of the two continents,
and other methods Of research have led
10 no definite conclusion, but the theory
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-17

will bear inquiry and deserves more
than ordinary consideration. Either
Policeman Alien has developed an UNI
fortunate complex which prevents his
keeping out of trouble or else somebody
on the police force has taken as his
chief mission in life the laying of
sundry traps and pitfalls for Policeman
Allen. In either case. as the saying
goes, something ought to be done.
Policeman Allen may be an excellent
officer Certainly his oral and written
opinions concerning the ethics Of police
work stamp him as one who has the
right ideals. Personally he Is . likable
and an engaging young fellow. But II he
is unable to keep out of trouble, such
virtues have no reward. A good police
man prevents trouble and does not
make 1t. On the other hand, II some
body is cunning for Policeman Allen
end is determined to see him in civilian
clothes before snow flies, he Is even
more culpable than the culprit. He
should be shorn of his uniform and de-
priyed OF his badge. II the two are TO
be balanced, the police oficer who can
not keep out Of hot water is less HARM
full to discipline and morale than the
policeman who ccnsplrcs for the down.
fall of another ofiicer. There is nothing
sinister about the policeman who gets
into trouble. That is something tan
gible and understand and easily cor
rccted, like shoe that pinches. But
conspiracy Is another thing.
The Trial Board should make a real
effort to sift the Allen case to the bot
tom and find out what lies under the
surface. Policeman Allen should be
given other worlds to conquer or his
prosecutors brought to book, and the
public should be in on the inquisition
to decide for itself which is which.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-17
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

| The modern reader of Swinburne past
| the age of 80 will fail to be moved by
the poets lyric outbursts. These old
poems strike him as great pow-woW
over nothing-or almost nothing.
Was Dolores really worth so many
verses? The rhythms' themselves must
| be the answer. SWinburne combined a
cold Greek perfection, as 1t has been
| called, with an Anglo-Sax0n moodineSs
queer mixture entirely his own.
An interesting speculation is this
| What would have happened to Algernon
| Charles Swinburne II his books, instead
| of shocking Victorian England. had
been published today? Would they "go
over big?
If his COLLECTED works" had been in
cluded in the list Of new poetry books
given above, would he have been re-
garded as great poet just the same?
Could his long. overdone and over
| ripe poem, Dolores" have competed in
the present. American scene with Mr..
Auslanders Hell in Harness." proudly
advertised as 1.-The first Crime Club
poem?
The life story of an East Side kid
from the prize ring to the chair" told
in rugged verse"-which means I'M
equal lines-has little in common with
the cool perfection of Dolores" in
which the doleful wailings of q young
man are set forth.
Before one finishes Dolores" he is
heartily tired of Swinburne's Lady of
Pain" It is too long, 1t is too suffused
with the Self-conscious blues" of youth.
Dolores" is a posture, too long sus-
tanned for credence.
The modern reader finds himself
smiling gently.
Not So however. can he treat 1.-The
Garden of Proserpine, which stands
clearly silhouetted against the eternal
sky of literature:
II am tired of tears and laughter,
And men that laugh and weep.
OF what may come hereafter
For men that sow to reap:
am weary of days and hours,
Blown buds of barren flowers,
Desires and dreams and powers
And everything but sleep"
The grand cadence of the closing
stanzas is not surpassed in world litera-
ture. This, too. is the Dolores" mood,
but chastened, freed from a Superfluity
of clogging words:
1--WE are not sure Of sorrow,
And joy was never sure;
Today will die tomorrow;
Time stoops to no mans lure:
And love, grown faint and fretful
With lips but half regretful
Signs, and with eyes forgetful
Weeps that no loves endure.
From too much love of living,
From hope and fear set free.
We thank with brief THANKSGIVING
Whatever gods may be
That no life lives forever;
That dead men rise up never;
That even the weariest river
Winds somewhere safe to sea.
"Then star nor sun shall waken,
Nor any change of light:
Nor sound of waters shaken
Nor any sound or sight:
Nor wintry leaves nor vernal,
Nor days nor things diurnal;
Only the sleep eternal
In an eternal night"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-17
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

DIR. Elwood Mead, who is in charge OF
the Boulder Dam project. F.
A. DR.. Elwood Mead, commissioner
OF reclamation in the Department OF
the Interior, Is a noted engineer A
bachelor. master and doctor OF engi-
neering at Purdue University, he served
with the United States Engineers In
1882 and 1888. Since that time he has
been successfully professor in the Colo
RADIO Agricultural College, Territorial
and State engineer of wyoming. chief
Of the Department OF Agriculture irrl-
CATION and drainage investigation, pro-
lessor at the University OF California,
chairman of the Rivers and Water Sup
ply Commission of Victoria, Australia.
and chairman of our Land Settlemen:
Board. Since 1924 he has been COM
missioner of reclamation.
@. Where was Richard Arlen born
and what did he do before he entered
the movies?-M. 3. McC.
A. Richard Arlen was born at Cnar-
lottesville, Va. He was educated Al
the University of Pennsylvania. Prior
to entering pictures he was in the
Royal Flying Corps, newspaper man
and an athletic instructor.
@. What Is the origin of the express
sion, THE way of man with'a maid!
A. "The Long Trail" by Rudyard
Kipling, includes the phrase. The way
of a man with a maid. the Original
O. Is it true that the robot vending
machine will reject counterfeit coins?
How is this done?-J. C. Y.
A. The coin which is put into the
robot is first tested for weight. Then
1t passes to the chief detector, which
is an electromagnetic. True CONS are
not halted, but any disk containing
fraudulent metals is drawn aside into
channel which rejects it. In passing.
the guilty slug forms an electric con-
tact which starts disk phonograph
in the top of the cabinet. The person
who inserted the counterfeit COIN Is
startled by hearing the words, PLEASE
use good coins only" The voice Is
recorded on a single groove. When the
revolution is complete. the contact is
broken and the record stops.
@. How much mail was carried on
the Zeppelin round-the-world flight
T. w r.
A. The Graf Zeppelin carried 1856
letters and 20,519 cards on its globe
girdling voyage.
@. Why is K street so much wider
than the other streets?-H. D.
A. In 1892 or 1898 bridge was con-
structed across Rock Creek. extending
from K street The street was widened
because it was believed at the time
that a great deal of wagoning would
cross the creek and go out toward
Bladensburg.
@. Who is the most prolific of modern
WriterS?-H. o..
A. Edgar Wallace has been compared
to Dumas pere in point of literary pro-
ductivity. It is stated that in 1928 one
fourth of all the books sold in England
were by Wallace In America his pub
fishers put out new Edgar Wallace books
with surprising frequency and he has
had as many as six successful plays
running in London simultaneously.
@. Is it correct to say IT was talking
with Frank" or Il was talking TO
Frank"?-B. C.
A. Authorities state that the prepo-
sition with" conveys the idea that
has been carried on.
whereas to- means that the remarks
nave been limited to those addressed to
Frank.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-17
The Other Sea Powers.

In American enthusiasm over the
prospects of a naval accord between the
United States and Great Britain, there
has been a natural inclination to over
look, or at least to underestimate, GER
tain inherent factors which have no
concern with purely Anglo-Amer:can
agreement. To them Prime Minister
Macdonald, in press interview at
London yesterday, calls useful atten-
ton.
The British leader makes clear, not
for the first time, that while Washing
ton and London may propose, it will
be for a five-power naval conference
ultimately to dispose. Mr. Macdonald
plainly indicates that the conference
may even oppose. He has reference TO
the known demands Of France and
italy for such an ALLEGATION OF cruiser,
destroyer and submarine strength as. In
their respective opinions, are requisite
to their naval defense systems.
To a lesser degree, the prime minis
ter has Japan in mind. Unconfirmeo.
but plausible, reports are coming out OF
Toxic to the effect that, with Britain
and America arranging for large and
fixed cruiser tonnages, the Japanese
navy will demand a 10-10-7 ratio In
ships of that class, instead of the 5-5-3
battleship ratio now in force.
Mr.. Macdonald is unequivocal on
this score. ANY agreement come to
with President Hoover now" he says,
must be subject to the decisions OF
the five-power conference being In con-
sonance with it. Otherwise decisions
which the conference either took or
failed to take might have the effect OF
leaving us in q hopelessly weak position
in relation to other countries. 1t Is
clearly understood that whatever Great
Britain agrees to now. with America,
will require to be scanned after the
five-power conference to see that 1t Is
all right in relation to the decisions OF
that conference"
Mr.. Macdonald here is both the
statesman and the politician. AS states
man. witness his animation that 1.-THE
Kellogg pact, eliminating all war from
national policy, is the basis Of any
agreement" and that he and Mr.. Hoo
yer are determined to come to an
agreement which shall be larger in
spirit than a mere naval accord" AS
politician, Mr.. Macdonald must have
constantly in mind the eternal require
ment of the British people, practically
of all political compilations. for IN
violable security at sea for the empire.
A five-power naval agreement which
left France, italy or Japan. or any
combination of those powers, in posi-
ton to menace British interests in the
Mediterranean or the Far East would
expose the Macdonald Labor govern
ment to the instant peril Of destruc-
ton.
That is why the susceptibnities and
the demands of the nom English-speak-
ing sea powers bulk so infiuentialy
in Mr.. MacDonalds calculations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-17
The Case Of Officer Allen.

Policeman Robert j. Allen has been
o member Of the Metropolitan Police
Force for almost three years and dur
ing that period of service has estab-
Ished the interesting record of having
been tried three times by the Trial
Board. Each time he has been acquit-
ted, either by the Trial Board or upon
appeal to the Commissioners, and each
time has gone back to his beat with a
technically clear record. For the fourth
time, yesterday, he was notified for
nnally to appear before the Trial Board
TO defend himself. This time he Is al
legged to have been sitting in an auto
mobile parked In rear of the nurses
home at Emergency Hospital. when he
should have been, in police parlance.
pounding the pavement. Policeman
Allen maintains that he was looking
out for two men suspected OF stripping
automobiles Of accessories, and that the
parked automobile afforded conyen-
lent and strategic hiding place.
The case Of Policeman Allf consti-
hzites a interesting phenomsHsd which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-17

When one stops to realize how COM
paratively few persons read poetry
nowadays the persistence of verse Il
nothing less than amazing.
If the average men who thinks hs
Is playing smash, in literary way, by
reading new novel every now and
then, were asked If poetry continued tc
hold place In the life of the people
he might be inclined to answer with q
curt negative.
He would be wrong, however. Some
body must be interested in the pro-
fcssion of poetry, because the publica-
ton OF books of verse and volumes
concerning the art goes ahead merrily
Here are some of the new books hav-
ing to do with poetry which are being
published this Autumn:
1.-THE Good Estate of Poetry" 10y
Chauncey Brewster Tinker little.
Brown & Coz.
Papers of Shelley Wordsworth and
Others" by j. A. Chapman (Oxford
University Press.
THE Profession of Poetry" by H
W. Garrod (Oxford University Press.
THE Craft of Poetry" by Clement
Wood tE.. p Dutton 81 Coz.
IAN Anthology Of Revolutionary Poe
try" edited by Marcus Graham (the
Active Press.
THE Light of Day" edited by Henry
Harrison, publishers
"Five Posts" edited by Henry Harri-
son.
Hell in Harness." by Jc>eph Aus
lander (Crime Club, IncD.
Y x
A great poetical parsonage figures in
the pages of Fulton Oursler's The
Worlds Delight" recently reviewed here.
Algernon Charles SWinburne is shown
there in a particularly nasty light in
relation to Adah ISaacS Menken, ia
nous show girl of pre-Civil War days.
The reading of Oursler's novel about
the peerless Adah (or Dolores McCord,
as she called HERSELF will incline many
a reader to take down his volume of
SWinburne from its negacted shelf.
In doing this it will be helpful to him
to be reminded, by some such list of
recent poetical works as given above.
that the making of verse and of books
about poets and poetry goes right ahead
in q land which sometimes seems devoid
of open interest in versification.
He may find that Swinburne leaves
him cold. Surely this is poetry for bud
ding youth, with its lack of understand
ing. its dreams. aspirations, immature
sadness and high hopes of gladstone
Tragedy.
The two poems which Mr.. Oursler
connects with Dolores McCord, the
Adah of his tale. are "Laus Veneris"
and Dolores" around the latter Of
which he builds a dramatic bit.
In the Worlds Delight" the author
pictures the poet reciting the Dolores"
poem to the circus rider, leaving her
crushed by the cruelty of the lines.
Whether one is inclined to agree or
not with his picture of Dolores, Mr..
Oursler had a right. in writing novel
around her, to make her over to suit
his story.
After all, is person who really lived
any more real. i'll novel, than the
characters of Dickens. or these of any
good writer, in any first-class work Of
fiction?
X
80. this is she that was the worlds
delight"