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Evening star., 1929-12-04

had water in it there would be no skat-
ng' the ottlcials say that Rock Greek
mas not been frozen over, that there is
no skating at the Soldiers Home. Chew
Chase or at the favorite skating spots
in Rock Creek-at the north portal at
Kaimia road, north of Blagdon avenue
and between the cantileyer and Crane
vine foot bridges. ~
With reference to the Lincoln Memo
rosl Rejecting Pool, the officials point
ed out that the work of repairing the
bottom is now about 80 per cent com
p!eted but that the recent cold weather
has prevented the contractor from pour
ing tar to push the work to Completion
Ten days of good weather are needed tc
finish the job.
The wind has prevented ice forming
on the open bodies of water in the Dis
trict o1 Columbia the officials asserted
adding that Old Man Winter has a lone
way to go yet to equal his record oi
lsl7-l8. when the Tidal Basin sported
2 feet OF ice. The Winter of 1921 was
cisls sai6 ' VAC '
Evening star., 1929-12-04
MOUNTAIN INHABITANTS
LIVES TO BE PICTURED
Primitive Conditions Near Hoover
Camp to Be Described in
Doctors Lecture.

Primitive conditions among the noun
tain folk of the Shenandoah National
Park in Virginia Will be described by
in a free illustrated lecture Friday night
at tbs o'clock in the lobby of the
Young Mems Christian Association, 1876
G street.
Motion pictures showing the simple
mode of life adopted by inhabitants OF
the Blue Ridge country near President
Hooyer's fishing lodge on the Rapidan
River will be shown.
DR.. Sexton has spent a number of
Summers in the Skyland section and
has made a close study of the noun
taineer families in that vicinity. He
msed a movie camera to supplement his
nersonsl observations and obtained
r1eny unusual views Of Hill Billy" life
Evening star., 1929-12-04
Army Pilot Sideslips on Top of Plane
As Two Craft Come In to Land at Boiling

An Army pilot and Navy pilot re-
ceived the shock of their lives yesterday
afternoon when the Army man unwit-
tingly rolled his landing wheels over
the top of the Navy pilots plane as they
were coming in to land at Boiling Field.
Beyond the damage to their nervous
systems the pilots came out unscathed.
The Army plane was unchanged and
the other, commercial cabin plane,
escaped with bent wing spar and a
diSlodged wing fuel tank.
The brush occurred when Lieut. Carl
B. Harper of the Navy Bureau of Aero
Evening star., 1929-12-04
DR.. WALDR0N RESIGNS.

DR.. ]. Milton Waldron, colored, for
% years pastor of the Shiloh Baptist
Institutional Church, now located at
Ninth and P streets rendered his resig-
nation last Sunday morning in lengthy
address.
The members of the church, at a
meeting next Tuesday night, will take
action on the resignation Of DR.. Wal
dron.
DR.. Waldron said today he has re-
ceived several offers Of pastorates else
where and If his resignation is accented
he would probably 60 to one in the west.
In the event the church members vote
not to accept his resignation, he said
he would remain here.
Evening star., 1929-12-04
PLEA FOR RESTORATION
OF ARLINGTON MANSION
Project Scheduled as Topic of
Speakers at Arts Club Meet
ing Tomorrow Evening.

The proposed restoration of Arlington
House will be discussed by four speak.
ers at a meeting Of the Arts Club to-
morrow evening.
L. Morris LeiSenring. architect, will
give an illustrated talk on the archi-
tectural features of the restoration OF
the mansion. Following him will be
Representative Cramton of Michigan
Brig Gen. Leo H. Bash chief of the con-
struction Service, office of the Quarter
master General, and Maj. Gen. B. F
Cheatham.
The mansion was built by George
Washington Parke Custis about 1908
and for many years was the home OF
Robert E. Lee. Under a recent bill
passed by Congress the house will be re-
stored to the condition it was in i'm
mediately prior to the Civil War.
Evening star., 1929-12-04
CHINESE OVERCOME.

Len Hong, 18-year-old Chinese is in
a serious condition at Emergency Hospi-
tai from the effects of illuminating gas,
with which he was accidentally over
come last night while asleep in a rear
room OF his laundry, at 1887 First street
HIS condition this morning was de-
scribed as Undetermined"
The Chinese was found by Myles Nc
Fields, who lives next door, at 1899 First
street.
Evening star., 1929-12-04
CITIZENS |NDORSE
VOTE FOR DISTRICT
Southeast Washington Body
Also Urges Voting Members
of House and Senate.

Voting members in the House and
Senate, the right to vote for President
and Vice President and access as indi-
viduals to the Federal courts for citizens
of the District were heartily indorsed
by the executive committee of the
Southeast Washington Citizens Associa-
ton last night at a meeting held in
the office of A. G. Hermann, president
OF the association, $50 Tenth street
southeast.
The action of the executive commit
tee will be reported to a special meet
ing Of the association early in January
and its approval by an Overwhelming
majority is regarded as foregone con-
clusion.
No Local Interference.
The subject was brought before the
meeting by President Hermann, G. C.
Click, secretary Of the association, and
G. G. Degman, chairman of the COM
mittee on law and legislation, who read
the amendment to the Constitution of
the United States proposed by the
citizens Joint committee for national
representation and explained its pro-
visions. It was made clear that the
proposed amendment merely adds to the
powers of Congress by giving it the
power to grant national representation,
the right to vote in presidential cleo
t1onS and access to the Federal courts
to citizens of the District, and in no
way interferes with the exclusive juris-
dlction OF Congress over the District
nor the local government of Washing
ton.
Mr.. Hermann explained that the
southeast Citizens Association had sew
eral times gone on record before in IA
Vor OF this proposal. but he heartily
advocated doing so again in view of the
fact that 1t is expected to come up be-
fore Congress this Winter. In moving
lndorSement of the proposed amend
get what the people desired was to keep
on pushing it.
Proud Of Record.
The Southeast washington Citizens
Association is proud of its record as the
Oldest of the present active citizens as
Sociations in the city. It is an out
growth of the East Washington Citizens
Association, organized about so years
ago, which does not belong to the Fed
Grafton Of Citizens Associations and no
longer takes an active part in civic af-
fairs.
The regular December meeting of the
Southeast Washington Citizens Associ-
alton was postponed by action of the
executive committee last night on &C
count of the holiday season until a
date early in January, to be announced
by the President. The date of this meet
ing, at which the national representa-
ton question and other important sub
jectS will come up for consideration,
will be announced to the members
through the mail by Mr.. Click, the Sec
retary.
Evening star., 1929-12-04
Col. Hammond Is Transferred.

Lieut.. Col Thomas w. Hammond,
United States Infantry, has been re-
lieved from duty as an instructor at
the. Army War College, this city, and
assigned to the 18th Infantry, at Fort
Jay. N. Y; Lieut.. Col. John j. bingham,
Corps Of Engineers, at Milwaukee, Wis.
has been granted leave of absence for
three months; Maj. Paul j. Mueller,
38th Infantry, has been relieved from
duty at Fort Douglas, Utah, and Or
dered to this city for duty with the
War Department General STAFF.
Maj. Noe C. Killian, Infantry, at
Providence, r. l., has been retired on
account of disability incident to the
service.
Evening star., 1929-12-04
Plane Crosses Mountain.

A place cabin nonoplane be-
longing to the Cleveland News and
carrying members of the stan of that
paper, with Robert Atwell as pilot,
landed at Hoover Field today after
one Of the first flights across the noun
tains since the storms earlier in the
week
The regular plane OF the Clifford Bah
line left Hoover Field q little later for
Cleveland after being held here sew
~~~l dsvs nv bad w>1+~~~,
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nautics came in for a landing in a new
type commercial plane now under test
at the Anacostia Naval Air Station and
Lieut.. Harold Clark, Army Air Corps,
sideslipping into the field in an Army
pursuit plane, dropped on top of the
lower ship, which was hidden from his
sight.
Lieut.. Harper. though startled by the
impact and unaware of what actually
had happened, completed a. normal
landing, The pursuit plane bounced of
and Lieut. Clark made another circuit
of the field and landed.
Evening star., 1929-12-04
Ordered to Paint Poles.

The Public Utilities Commission YES
terday ordered the Chesapeake 6s Poto-
mac Telephone Co. to paint the lower
half of their poles on Minnesota ave
nue. and Anacostia road between Penn
sylyania avenue and Benning road
white, as q safety measure for night
|-tving.
Evening star., 1929-12-04
School Supervisors to Meet.

Rural school supervisors of the South
ern States will meet at Peabody College,
Nashville, Tenn, December 16 and II
to discuss several problems of super
visory practice in the South Dr. Will
liam John Cooper, United States Com
missioner of Education, and Miss Bess
Goodykoontz, the assistant commits
sioner, will be among the participants.
Evening star., 1929-12-04
Reports Apartment Robbed.

Mrs. Mabel Yates, apartment A, 1877
New Hampshire avenue, last night
asked police to investigate the theft of
a Central High School class pin. wrist
watch, bracelet, automatic pistol and So
cash from her apartment yesterday,
Evening star., 1929-12-04
PLAN LADIES NIGHT"
"Y's" Mems Club to Have Infor
NAL Program at 8 O'clock.

The "Y's" Mems Club will celebrate
"ladies' night" with an informal pro-
gram of entertainment tonight at 8
O'Clock in the assembly hall Of the
Y. M C. A., 1885 G street.
DR.. William Knowles Cooper, former
general secretary of the Y. M. c. A.,
will speak Harry j. Miller, president
of the club and lieutenant governor of
the clubs interstate organization, will
preside. The club is composed Of mem
bers of the Young Mems Christian As-
sociation.
Evening star., 1929-12-04
Sergeant Is Retired.

First Sergt. Charles Fisher, oath In
fantry, at Fort Benning. Ga, has been
placed on the retired list on his own
appllcatlon after more than 80 years
active military service.
Evening star., 1929-12-04

Royal wills are never made public in
Britain They are kept in special room
of Somerset House and not even the
off1cials see them.
Evening star., 1929-12-04
COL. STALLMAN DIES.
Retired oficer Succumbs in Sar
Francisco Hospital.

Francisco Hospital.
Lieut.. Col. George z. Stallman, U
s. Army, retired, died at the Lettermar
General Hospital. San Francisco, No
vember 80. according TO War Depart
r1ent advices. A native of New York
Col. Stallman entered the Army as q
dental surgeon in April. 1911, and was
retired for disability in the grade o.
lieutenant colonel, March 4. 1918. Hi
widow, Mrs. Carrie B. Stallman. who
resides at 2o40 Alameda Way, Sar
Jose, Calf, was with him when HI
died.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-08-09
THINGS WORTH WHILE

Few men. indeed, have all the time they need. or
think they need, to take all that life offers Of opportunity.
Under the spur of our fashion Of living. the average life
is hard pressed, and he who widens his interests and
responsibilities increases likewise the demands upon him.
Therefore arises the favorite criticism Of our civiiza-
ton, that it has made man a slave to the environment
he has created and chained him fast to self-rade bur-
dcns.
There is small chance OF remedy in finding more time
fer more demands upon it. Life grows longer. but not
much: time Saving devices multiply. but bring with them
new demands upon the days and hours. He who COM
plains today that he has too little time is no worse off
than the man Of the past, since he has all the time
there is.
The r%emedy-a simple one. yet often Elusive and un-
recoenized-is the cultivation of the habit of decision as
to what is important. He who knows this and lives SO
is a free man. If there is. indeed. a blessing in the mod
ern fashion of life, it is that such choice is now possible.
Out Of many opportunities a man may choose the best
and let the rest go. From many things he may take
to himself those Of most worth. According to his wis
dom in the choice. his life will be full and of enduring
value to himself and his fellows.
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"The qualifications for high office
are gradually and unconsciously ac-
CURED through years of experience"
Charles S. Mccain, president Chase
National Bank, New York.
IF you want to do something hard
enough, and are willing to sacrifice
sufficient to obtain your aims, a way
can be found to accomplish necessary
results.'-Russell E. Gardner, presi-
dent Gardner Motor Company, Inc.
"Let the medical profession estab-
lish better relations with the people,
convincing them that their practices
and their charges are eminently rea-
sonable, and the incentive to stick
doctors will be modified."-B B. C..
Forbes. (Forbes Magazine.)
"The words power and right
mean exactly the same thing in the
world today.'-Clarence barrow.
i 4 f.
"The majority Of realistic novels
Just now are both dull and dirty. -.
1t is astonishing that sex, which after
all is a subject Of general interest, can
be made so dull."-William Lyons
Phelps. (Scribner's.)
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consent. In the case Of children, consent Of parents or
guardian must first be obtained. But the jury brought
in a verdict in favor of the surgeon. on the ground that,
as this particular case stood. 1t was not possible to OBJ
tain the patients consent, and that it was his duty to go
ahead and save the wolnans life If he honestly believed
her life was in peril.
Cases Of this nature arc rare. but physicians and
surgeons sometimes have to take the responsibility Of
acting not strictly in accord with legal theory. Suppose
a man with a fractured skull is found unconscious in
the street. His identity cannot be established; there is
no way of communicating with his relatives or friends.
Must a surgeon wait until the man RECEIVERS a CLEAN OF
consciousness-or more probably dies-before making the
operation tina: might save his life? Certainly no SEN
sible jury would decide against him in a damage suit.
1t seems the welfare of society is less jeopardized by
medical men proceeding on their own responsibility than
by damage suits such as that brought in England. Had
that claim been awarded surgeons would be justified in
refusing to assume the responsibility in operations even
where delay might mean death.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-08-09
TO U THE JOBLESS

: Secretary Of Commerce Lamonts action in appointing
. representative committee of citizens to cooperate in
enumerating the unemployed in connection with next
years regular census Of the population was the most
practical step taken toward the solution OF a great ma
tional problem.
Officials Of the departments Of commerce and labor
have already met with representatives Of employers and
employees, economic and sociological experts and others
directly interested In this subject.
It was shown = year ago that full and accurate data
regarding unemployment is a prerequisite of finding
permanent relief for the out-of-work. When the senate
called upon Secretary Of Labor Davis for information on
the subject, the latter had to confess that It was not
available in accurate form.
When the number Of unemployed and the causes and
periods Of unemployment become known quantities the
government and other agencies will be In . position to
take remedial steps. Until then they can only guess ana
experiment. For until we know the extent ana kinds OF
Unemployment. including the temporary, permanent,
voluntary and involuntary, and their relation 70 the
main problem. the proper remedies cannst b effectively
applied.
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Editorial Comment
GRAIN TRANSPORTATION OVER
WATER ROUTES
(St. Louis TimeSl

N0t. LOUIS 4HlCSJ
News of waxing Importance has for weeks been gather
ing as to the leap which will be taken this year by
shipments Of grain through the ST. Louis river port
toward the south. Much of these consignments will in
time go to foreign countries. Men with inside informa-
ton state privately that the previous records for grain
movement by water will be absolutely drowned in 1929.
The Mississippi Valley has just made public that 40
new barges designed for use in the waters Of the big river
and its continents have reached completion at Pittsburgh
and will arrive in the vicinity of this river port within
approximately a fortnight from this date. Their import
ance is impressive. They cost under the contract s6l 900
each. In a six-foot channel they can carry 1000 tons If
freight apiece. In nine feet Of water 1t will be twice that
much. This variable tonnage renders them available for
service out of this port to either the Cult or the falls of
st. Anthony.
Today the Federal barge line is expecting to receive
from Omaha the first shipment Of the grain from the
Northwest which will go down the Mississippi. The
traffic between here and Memphis will be in full flower
about the first Of August and is expected to attain its
peak during that month.
This season is to mark the opening wide Of the chan
nels which lead to the future seaport of the prairies.
Destiny is on our heels with fervid tread and will not
be denied. We could not evade her embraces if we
wished.
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LAIR RETIREMENT LOSS TO CITY

The retirement of W.. E. Lahr from the automobile
sales business in this city when he discontinucs the
present Lair company will leave many elements of
regret In the community. The name Lahr has been
identified so many years with business here that it has
come to seem a fixed factor in the expanding processes
Of Bismarck's development. For the city it is like an
old and faithful servitor retiring from service. In many
ways his energies have entered into the growth and well
fare Of the city.
Any successful business man is an asset of that charac-
ter to a community. And MI Lahr was a successful
business man in every sense. Moreover. he was the
pioneer here in the handling of automobiles. He started
selling WHY'S Overland cars here in 1909 and signed his
first distributor contract in 1913. He has distributed
WHY'S Overland cars out Of here II years and for the
last five years out Of Minot.
This job was well done. Mr.. Lahr was a business man
OF system. He left nothing to chance. His business
moved steadily onward and upward and when it thrived,
which was at all times. Bismarck shared in the pros
perity. .
The Lair Motor Sales company, for instance. carried
. monthly pay roll OF $4,000. That is one of the forms
in which Mr.. Lahr was a local asset. AS he plans to
leave the city and enter auto selling somewhere else,
the pay roll also is dismantled.
But. after all. the main loss will be to lose one of the
pillars Of business. Any growing, ambitious city, such
as IS Bismarck. needs men Of the type of Mr.. Lair and
there can be nothing but regret when such a business
man retires or is gained by some other place.
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OLD.AGE INSURANCE

The habit of the times. aided by craftsmanship. calls
for insurance against every conceivable calamity. Years
Of plenty must pay tribute to lean years to come and
success be taxed for the sake of future necessities.
Every work Of construction anticipates its own destr,lc-
ton and provides against it.
The ccmmoncst hazard that threatens us is that of
old age. Death is not a hazard but a certainty: old age
is an unknown and somewhat ominous possibility. And
for old age. none can make full provision except our
selves. Comfort and peace may be given lis By others,
but the real needs of age We must meet for ourselves.
There will be much that we shall need. We shall need
the habit of reading, the habit of thought and the habit
OF imagination If our days are to be full and pleasant.
We shall need active affections for things that are in
different to age and decay. We shall need a full book
of memory and an increasing faith in the future that
draws SO near. We shall need convictions and con-
fidence and hope.
Possession Of these things grants TO old age its due o.
grace and dignity and beauty. without which it is no
more than the anticlimax Of life. They must be laid up
out of the abundance Of youth or resolved out of expert
ence by the alchemy Of time. They are the gift Of the
prime Of our young vigor to the mature days of our
spirit.
A man who falls in love with himself never has any
rivals.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-08-09
DO BROCOpP COMMUNITY HONOR

It is a matter OF prize that a Bismarck resident has
been chosen to receive the nations distinguished service
cross. There are not many of these crosses about.
Where they are they imply a distinction, both to the
receiver and to his community, that is to be envied.
All soldiers are supposed 70 be brave and dutiful as a
matter of routine. but it still has been found possible TO
be brave and dutiful beyond the average. to be able 10
perform services SO conspicuously above the ordinary
run of fighting or adventuring that the performer be-
comes an outstanding character.
Captain H. A. Brocopp has been cited as such a hero
Of the World war. The government gratefully and ap-
preciatively has taken steps to bestow on him the dis
tinguished service cross as a decoration ~testifying to
his merit.
The occasion on which this cross is to be bestowed
would, however, fall far short of its proper magnitude
II this immunity did not rise to a recognition that 1t,
too. is honored and that 1t. too. has a duty Of gratitude
to perform toward Captain Brocopp. For Bismarck this
Is an occasion to express such sentiments by participa-
ton in the bestowal of the decoration.
It will be fitting that citizens so to Fort Lincoln
next Monday evening: and every participant in the din
ner afterward will be showing a well-deserved honor to
Captain Brocopp. A generous participation In the
ceremonies will be good for the spirit OF Americanism in
the Immunity. That may be the richest reward Of 1t
all-that the patriotism of the community be stirred and
love of country gain new inspiration.
The service clubs are on the right track. They are
performing a public duty by their activity in behalf OF
a big celebration of the event next Monday evening. The
Lions are. perhaps. to be particularly praised for TAX
the fact that the recipient of the cross is one of their
members, and from that angle they are to be envied
However, were Captain Brocopp a Kiwanian or a Rotar-
ian there is no doubt but what those organizations
would have shown the same initiative in planning and
adding a celebration to the bestowal ceremonies.
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Soviet Russia without a passport.
Suppose the New York papers will
have to carry that story now about
the local girl making good.
- =
We all can and ought to be rich,
writes John Eascob in a magazine.
But we like the Republican attitude
better-they have told us time and
again that we actually are.
4 X X
The French finally have ratified
the debt agreement. What more
could you expect?
* y Y
Just after the Kellogg pact was
all signed up and sealed and every
thing, wasn't it awfully ignorant of
Russia and China to act like that?
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