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The disastrous outcome of the war, the hui
initiation suffered thereby, the shattered dreams
Of conquest and subugation, of humbling enc
mics and debating terms of surrender proved
o load too great for Nine. de Pompadour to
bear Her physique, never robust, broke under
the strain, and she passed away a comparatively
young woman of AZ. It has been said that as
her simple funeral cortege left Versailles the
scenes Of her triumphs, en- route to Paris, the
rain was pouring down. The King observing
the passing procession from his window re-
marked with the most utter indifference The
marquise has wet day for her Journey"
7 TEE defeat of France in Europe brought about
her defeat on this side Of the ocean in the
sO-called French and Indian War. which ran
concurrently with the Seven Years War; and
thus was decided the most momentous question
ever brought to a determination on this CONT
nent, which was whether France should main
tain her possessions here or not. In this ques-
ton was involved a consideration Of the most
vital Importance to this Nation in particular
and to the human race in general, being nothing
less than the feasibility and the practical estab-
hshment of free, democratic government upon
the earth. For had France been able to hold
in America the areas claimed and partly actu-
ally occupied by her. comprehending all terri
tory west Of the Allegheny Mountains, from
Hudson Bay to the Gulf of Mexico, the Eng
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
Seminole Oil Problems.

THE Seminole oil field, in Oklahoma, which
has developed at a particularly rapid rate,
has tested the ingenuity of the operator and
the expert in calculations Of depths and other
conditions. '''
These wells showed varying depths to such an
extent that the formation of the pool was diff
cult to determine. 1t was discovered later
however that the wells, instead of going straight
down. turned off to the side in many instances
sometimes at an angle Of as much rs IS
degrees.
In many cases wells which were go feet
apart had crossed before reaching the OIL
In order to determine the amount of drift of
the wells. a bottle, partly filled with hydro
hnoric acid which is the acid used in etching
glass, was lowered into the wells. The etching
on the side of the bottle gave the angle of
DETECTION of vertical and aided greatly in
determining Just what the variance from YER
teal amounted to in feet
The oil in this area presented a second
problem in the fact that there was little or no
gas with the oil to throw it to the surface An
ingenious method of raising the oil without the
necessity of installing expensive pumping euuip-
ment was worked out. Gas and air were pumped
TO the bottom of the well, where they mixed
with the oil and forced the oil to the surface
Eventually it will be necessary to install
pumping equipment, but for the present At
least the new method has been found Satix-
factory.
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merce. LET her (commerce) be as free as
air. he pleaded she will range the whole
creation and return on the four winds Of heaven
to bless the land with plenty"
Elected governor again in 1884 for q two
year term, he refused reelection in 1886 in
order to make provision for his family. The
father Of many children Che had II in all by
his two marriages., he had not charged fee
S nee 1878, devoting full Is years to the serv-
ice Of his country.
In 1888, however, he was again forced to quit
his practice to attend State convention called
to pass upon the new Federal Constitution
framed the year before 1t Henry's bitter
fight against Virgnias ratification that lost
him the friendship of Washington, estranged
many others who had held him dear and
clouded his fame as far history is concerned,
yet any fair reading of the record proves that
his stand was wise.
HIS bitter antagonism to the Constitution
proceeded from the fact that it contained
no bill of rights, providing no protection what
soever for States and individuals. Facing a
convention in which Madison and Marshall
could count a majority of so votes, Henry
fought for % days, and at the end majority
OF 10 was secured only by a solemn pledge to
propose and demand the amendments that he
asked
He barred MadScn from election TO Congress
until that rising statesman took fresh oath to
make the fight for bill of rights. Madison
kept his promise, and the first 10 amendments
to the Constitution Of the United States are as
much Patrick Henry's though he had written
them in with his own hand.
Washington, recovering from his fears and
distrusts, returned to his old faith in and af-
lection for Henry, and offered him in turn the
posts of Secretary Of State and Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court, but mere Office holding
had no lure tc draw the patriot from the quiet
Of his retirement.
Only one thing had power to stir him from
his illness and exhaustion. When Madison be-
gan 10 attack the Constitution hercely
he had defended it, and joined with Jefferson
to tear at the very foundations of Government,
Washington begged Henry TO come to rescue
and stem the tide of ugly passion
Dragging himself from his bed, Patrick Henry
gathered his falling forces for this final service,
and even he completed a tremendous and
effective appeal for the sanctity of the Union
fell back into the arms of his friends. Two
months later he breathed his last, dead on the
field of battle as much as any soldier.
Copyright. 1900
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
Border for the Garden

THE season for planting the perennial border
for the home garden is about ut hand.
The gardener who had great plans during the
Winter, which somehow failed to be worked
out, can make fine start now for next year.
The best method is to make a diagram,
marking out the locations of the various plants
desired and then going Systematically to work
preparing the ground for planting late in Sum-
mer or with the advent of cool weather.
Perennials for blooming next year may be
started from seed planted in the latter part Of
August if the seed bed is kept moist and pro-
tected from the sun, either with paper mulch
or by the old-fashioned method of covering the
ground with burlap sacks until the plants are
well sprouted and sufficiently advanced to stand
the sunlight ~.
When plants are started from seeds by this
method it is well to expose them to the sun
gradually for longer period each day in order
that they may, not be burned out by too great
exposure while they are in the tender stage.
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DunmOre proclaimed him a rebel, and 1t vas
with citizens acting as his armed escort that
Henry journeyed to Philadelphia for the second
session Of Congress.
BY now his speech was on the tongues and
in the hearts of men. No more was 1t q mat
ter Of taxes. q lawyers wrangle about laws, but
an overwhelming desire to be free. On the very
day the session opened Ethan Allen took Ticon-
deroga lin the name of the Great Jehovah and
the Continental Congress" without authority
from either, and Massachusetts, Tnen Were gath
ering at Bunker Hill.
Joyously supporting John and Samuel Adams
in their nomination of George Washington TO
be commander itl-chief of the Colonial forces,
and after serving on every important commit
tee until adjournment, Henry hurried home. to
accept the leadership of Virginias forces. Hav-
ing urged war, he felt it point of honor to take
the field himself, but the laurels OF a soldier
were denied him. for Pendletons clique, gaining
control of the Committee on Safety, ignored
and Inundated him TO such degree that self
respect compelled his resignation. r,
Yet no injustice had the power to curdle his
patriotism nor bitterness to blur his vision.
Back in the Virginia Legislature again. ON
May H. 1776, we find him writing resolutions
that ordered Virginia's congressional delegation
to procure an immediate, clear and full decla-
ration of independence and in one Of the
greatest speeches of his career he carried the
proposition without a dissenting vote. Thus
instructed, ttlcnard Henry Lee MADE the mOIlOn
in Philadelphia on June 7, and out of it came
the Declaration of Independence.
A ND still Henry did not feel that his work
was done. permanent State government
remained to be formed, and with all his soul
he was resolved that it should be en- expression
of every democratic ideal, every human longing
Under his inspiration, aristocratic George
Mason famed to greatness and produced the
Virginia Bill of Rights the first written con-
stitution Of free State in the history Of the
world and, also the nobleSt. With governor
to elect peoples love expressed itself and
Patrick Henry was swept into office ON q
great wave of alteration
Three years he served-years of drudgery and
heartbreak-for his terms covered the darkest
hours Of the Revolution. Believing in Washing
ton as the one man able to save America, Henry
stripped Virginia to supply the army with men
: men and supplies-and in letter after letter the
harassed commander in-chief poured out his
gratitude.
At the wars end there is another instance Of
the courage and vision that put Patrick Henry
beyond any other leader of his day. All the
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Bars Hill
For John Masefield.
Bv Cecil x 0bertS.

1t May 7tTth CLEAN of the and n7CdShCd kv
Whn in house the hill talked of the things
That drift through the mind tn the hour 7oheH ngh
lind garden aCith chipping and ner of 7eing
And golden 7eith poisoning broom, and fnl of the
That after rain; 7chHe bcoV falling gently dUdy,
Ran 0poodnds and astTe and there 7ere the sight
And failed in the base of the 7uHcy, old Oxford lay
do not remember the things said IN that hour,
Enough the fellowship sight of the broom in foaoer,
But sometimes iH banses kneaC yom fnghir,
[nd the far geGwO your eyes, 7ghich tells You
Il aCdnderer the earth eh0 al7uuyS CU lie
DrGVn to the path Of dream mariners star;
And 7Vhen bddc goodby, the clouds Ied
Oger the ridge of the hill, had the longing again p
To saa 7t fleet of dreams through the of the ord
To knoaU tempe and peoples and Ports the edge Of the main
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most important and far-reaching war OF the
eighteenth century. On the one side there were
ranged Prussia, England and Hanover, while
confronting them were Austria, France and Rus
sia together with Saxony and Sweden and Spain.
There was no special advantage to be gained by
France in this controversy. 1t would have been
better for her to remain aloof in order to oppose
England alone, with which country hostilities
had already broken out in America. Certainly
there was no paramount issue involved for her.
but on the other hand, much to hazard by
reversing her centurieS-od policy and espousing
the cause of Austria, her enemy of the ages,
her opponent in the war just ended. ''
There was in the picture, however, vain,
ambitious woman to reckon with-one who had
visions of playing an exalted, epoch-n1aking
part on the world stage, and who nursed .
grievance. '-.
FREDERICK OF PRUSSIA, great warrior
and keen statesman he was, had one
great failing. master of satire, he had
tongue that could cut and stab like sword,
and he did not scruple to use it at the expense
of all manner of people, be these private per-
sons or his contemporaries occupying the thrones
of Europe, their ministers nlistresses. In
this way he made many enemies for Prussia,
none among them more bitter however, than
Mime. Pompadour He always most out
spoken in his utter contempt of the habby Louis
while he subjected his favorite to the greatest
rideule.
His gibes and coarse barrack-rOom humor, in
dulged in at her expense, wounded the vain.
naughty woman to the quick and made OF her
an inplacable foe, thereby precluding any mill
tary alliance of France with Prussia. On the
other hand, Maria Theresa, though far from
approving of Mime. de Pompadour, had enough
sound sense to give heed to the counsel Of the
masters of diplomacy who represented Austria
at the Court of France to gain her confidence
and favor by assuming attitude of greatest
friendlinesS toward her. They knew that to win
her was to win France.
Maria Theresa therefore, mace her a superb
present as an evidence of her good will, while
her minister, the versatile. adroit Count Won
KaumitZ, piled the favorite with all the delicate
arts of f1attery. He induced her to enlist the
King as an ally of Austria in the which
seemed inevitable. This she set herself TO do,
and fully accomplished it through persistent
effort. With this end accomplished, the fate Of
France was sealed.
In endeavoring to play major part. in the
war, de Pompadour, although without any genius
for military leadership, continually meddled in
the direction of the army and thus contributed
further to the disasters which lay before. She
appointed and dismissed the military leaders
without regard to merit, but according to her
predictions and interfered in the stratagemS
of campaigns. Thus she was not only respon-
the losing side, but by her direct actions mate
rally precipitated the final catastrophe-the
crushing defeat of the French army.
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Dating Back From the Glorious Fonuh-a Startling Bit of History

under Gods provision, for their successful
struggle for ultimate independence and develop
ment as q sovereign nation.
And that is Why, On the Fourth of July, fire.
crackers pop throughout this land of the free;
why. orators crate, and sparklers, pinwheels and
soaring rockets jewel the night with gems of
light, ,...
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rage of a war-worn people was directed against
the Tories-exile, death, confiscation, no pun
ishment could be too severe--and it was against
this passion Of revenge that Henry flung his
eloquence. Crying out against the poison of
hate and pointing to the New Worlds need
OF man power, he turned to the menacng faces
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about him and exclaimed. Afraid of them?
What, sirS, shall We who have laid the proud
British Hon at feet now be afraid of her
whelps?'
In the same noble far-seeing spirit he
fought the confiscation of British goods as an
injustice that would kill their hopes Of COM
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-13
"Nnt An ISsnev

Almost monotonous is the steady fall of dry poll
ticians If it not for the shrl ragings of Simeon
FesS, the Republican national chairman that pro-
hbition is not issue, it might cease to be funny
We don't like to turn our volumn every day
to recording wet gains but there is no ignoring
the prohibition defeats in the state primaries and
the stampede of the politicians. Bone drys like
Five-and-Ten Jones of Washington Walsh of Mon
tana and Mccormick of IlinoS. have been driven
to climb the referendum fence and one-time drys
like Morrow of New Jersey Wheeler of Montana and
Governor Roosevelt of New York are out demand
ing repeal
Roosevelt's statement is significant He had been
expected to go about three-fourths of the way and
then stop-that being sufficient to win him the wet
vote and reelection Governor if the strong wet
revolt fails to capture the New York Republican state
convention as it has captured so many other Repub-
hcan state conventions.
But Roosevelt went all the way. That may make
him the leading candidate for the Democratic presi-
dental nomination in 1882 Roosevelt the wet would
be much harder for the Republicans than Al Smith
the wet
Roosevelt does not say radio" is not Cath
ole and has a longer American lineage than most
KlanSmen or snobs.
And the Republicans can't beat Roosevelt by
shouting that he would bring business depression.
With the potential democratic presidential candidate
a wet and a Republican rolling up behind
Dwight Morrow the wet. what Fess and other
Anti-saloon League managers of the G. o. P. going
to 90 about it?
Whatever they going to do about it, lot
of hard-boled state Republican bosses and national
committeeman like Maurice Maschke of Ohio have
decided that "a political upheaval mpends unless
some method is found to submit the issue to the
states for final settlement
Prohibition is not issue says Fess Well,
we'll see.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-13
COlIidge Repents

Calvin Coolidge didn't break any records as Presi-
dent and as a columnst ne usually is at his best
when discussing the weather and the multiplication
table
But a man as canny as Calvin can't be in politics
al his life and in the White House several years
without lea-ni--y a thing or two.
Unfortunately the things he learned he does not
often tell us-most Of them would be too embarrassing,
and he has lived too long by the safety first rule to
begin hurting out unpleasant truths
But the other day he let something slip he adj
mitted that this flexible tariff provision. which Hoo
yer is so keen on. is the bunk
Of course it is Mere business men, mere bankers,
mere economists mere editors and mere progressiyes
in congress have been saying for long time They
have not only said that the flexible system, allowing
the tariff commission and President to change rates
up to so per cent, was a failure. They have proved
it by the record.
On the basis OF many years of experiment the
flexible system never has resulted in quick and easy
change of bad rates. But in most cases it has pro-
duced higher rates even than congress had given
the special interests.
All OF this talk about scientific tariff commission
improving the monstrous Republican tariff law which
is running export trade and proongng hard times
is nonsense. The commission will not be scientific
or nonpartisan under Chairman Fletcher.
And the flexible provision will not hex for the
consumer until the rate-fxing power is restored to
congress, where it was placed by the Constitution
Coolidge could not that until after he left the
White House and became columnist 1t shouldn't
take Hoover that long to make the discovery
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-13
Organized Peace

DEOPLE use the word war in a
Il very general way, as though it
meant the same thing, whether en-
ployed by an oppressed people ris-
ing in the name of liberty, or by
the forces of militarism for conquest
and coercion.
To the same extent, people think
Of organized peace as not only de-
signed to prevent national agrees
sion, but to suppress the right Of
revolution.
A distinction must be made be-
tween these two kinds Of war be-
fore we can approach the PROPOSE
ton intelligently.
Such an affair as recently oc-
Cured in Argentina has nothing to
do with the Kellogg pact, the world
court, or the League of Nations.
Those promoting the peace move
ment are not concerned with the
internal problems or policies of a
government, except as they center
around the idea Of that govern
ment's right to equip and train ar
mics, build battle fleets, and make
deliberate preparations for whole
sale murder without cause.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-13
All Dressed LIN and

General Pershng the other day stood beside Presi-
dent Hoover to receive two distinguished French
officers. Coste and Belonte we're not in military uni
form. Commander Chief Hoover was not in mill
tary uniform General Pershng was not in military
uniform
But up in Ottawa at about the same time, Hanford
MaoNider was in military uniform. He presented
himself to the Canadian government Once he was
a soldier and a good one according to all reports
Later he was an unsuccessful but rich politician
Now, by the grace of politics, he is the American
minister to Canada
If NIacNder as private citizen wants to parade
about by himself in a military uniform, that is his
business. But what he does as an American minister
distinctly is not his private business
If the American people and congress wanted their
ambassadors and ministers to represent them officially
in uniform diplomatic peace uniform would be pro-
vided-not war uniform.
Since Benjamin Franklin, first ambassador
abroad it has been the custom and stated policy of the
United States government for its foreign ENJOYS to
appear in the simple dress of an American citizen"
When another politician of the MacNider type
edged the diplomatic service and strutted
tary uniform back III 1885, he was reprimanded by the
state department.
MacNiders conduct is especially offensive in Can
ada. Canadian feeling is running high against us
because OF the tariff have started and because
Of their just resentment of the desire of some ire
sponsble American to annex their country Added
is the constant friction over the prohibition law.
But, at least, the Canadian American border has
remained unfortfed example to the world. At
least there has not been and will not be any thought
of military things between these two nations.
However weak our kellogg treaty of remuneration
of war may be, or however incomplete our disarma-
ment treaties, must preserve and strengthen our
peace and friendship with Canada
MacNider may well. But there should be no
place in diplomatic service for man so lacking
in good TASTE.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-13
Senator Nye and Illinois

stranges far the current year is concerned is
the way in which the Illinois senatorial election seems
due to hinge in large part on the personality and
actions of Senator Gerald Nye
Senator Nye is not an nlinoisian He represents
North Dakota and draws cards only because he heads
the senate committee appointed to investigate sena-
tOrial campaign fund expenditures. But he rapidly is
becoming of the leading tissues" in Illinois cleo
ton.
Ruth Hanna Mccormick devotes her first cam
pagn speech to attack Nye for his investigation
tactics Nye she says Swallowed" her; She in turn,
hired detectives to shadow" him. The outsider may
be pardoned for failing to understand what it's all
about-and, likewise, for wondering why North
Dakota senator should be the issue in an Illinois
election.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-13
NJ. E. Tracy
The Peace Increment Has
Grown Up Around the Be-
lief That the World Has at
Last Become Humdnity's
Common Home.
~.

CPEAKING to the American Club
~ of Paris, former Senator James
A. Reed of Missouri says that We
should not join the League of Ma
tions or participate III peace pacts
because we 90 not know how to run
our own affairs much less those of
other countries.
AS to other countries, he comedies
that they show a similar lack of
capacity and roiterates his Cften-
expressed belief that the less ma
lions NEEDLE with each others bust
ness, the better it will be for the
world in general.
No one can quarrel with Senator
Reeds conclusions if his premises
are accepted, but his premises APP
pear to be manufactured rather
than real.
The question of whether we
know how to run the affairs of a
European country, or whether a
European country knows how to run
our affairs, has no bearing what
ever on the question of organizing
for international peace.
The thought that a government
surrenderS any sovereignty when it
agrees to adjust disputes with other
governments by orderly means in
stead Of force, is absurd.