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The District Near insolvency.

Report Of a prospective Treasury sur
plus of s2Oo,OOOoOO by the close of the
fiscal year. at midnight tonight. af-
fords small solace for the anxious Dis
trict government, which at this hour
less than half a day from tina: divi-
sionaI period faces The prospect of a
complete failure of funds for main
tensnce. Unless Congress acts within
these final few hours the Capital munic-
ipality will enter the new fiscal year
without a penny and without what is
in industry and commerce effective as
credit.
Lacking final agreement upon the
annual District appropriation bill and
through the possibly continued insist
ence by the Senate upon its demand
for an equitable compromise on the
amount of the lump sum, and the re-
flssl by the House to yield in any de-
gree from its first position, passage Of a
resolution continuing the appropria-
lions on the basis of the now lapsing
act, the District will at midnight be
insolvent, fat broke, penniless. It will
not in strict observance of the law be
warranted in opening ONCE doors to-
morrow morning
In this dilemma the District is help
less. 1t cannot effectively raise its
voice for succor 1t has no redress in
action. Congress has under the Con-
etttution the power of exclusive legis-
istion" over the present remnant of
the ten miles square constituting the
seat Of Government of the United
states. The District may petitioA, but
1t has no appeal If its petition is ig-
nored. It has no votes and no rep
resentation in the chambers of the
legislature which may. through incom-
petence or stubbornness, ignorance Of
conditions or prejudice, utterly neglect
er fail TO provide for its subsistence.
These next few hours may bring
some sort of adjustment. The Dis
trict prays that it may not be left
without government, even for a day.
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Two New Air Records.

Two new air records were created yes
terday. One was spectacular and dar-
ing and proved little save that expert
navigation and a sturdy plane are ele-
ments of success for an over-ocean
flight in land ship and the other, while
neither spectacular nor daring, marked
distinct advance in the science of
aviation. Shortly after daybreak yes
terday morning Roger @. Williams and
a crew of two took of from New York
on round trip nonstop flight to Ber-
muda. They used the Columbia mono
plane that carried Clarence Chamber
lain and Charles A. Levine from New
York to Germany, plane that has been
through many ViciSsitudes and is nov
ranked as one of the veterans of the
air. For nine and one-half hours the
Columbia winged her way on q bee line
to the tiny speck in the ocean. Reach
ing it williams dropped bag of mail,
circled the island once and headed back
for New York, arriving safely soon after
dark. The sixteen-hundred- trip
had been accomplished in slightly more
than seventeen hours
A little after the Williams take-off in
New York the other new record was setur
in Chicago by the brothers Kenneth and
John Hunter. At seven o'clock yester-
day morning they broke the refuelinG
mark for endurance of four hundred
and twenty hours in the air, established
last Summer in st. Louis, and at latest
reports are still going strong with pros
poets of being able to continue until the
Fourth of July. Their machine is like
wise veteran. having been bought
secondhand and patche. up for the
record attempt.
1t Is rare that the spectacular ex.
ceeds the commonplace in value, Il
| staying aloft in an sirplane for nineteen
! days can be considered commonplace
but 1t certainly appears to do so in Thu
case. 1t is far cry from the now pun!
record Of the Question Mark Of one hun
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to Japan for the duration of the Lon
don Naval Conference. From Toxic
comes word that Castle ingratiated
himself to high degree with the
Japanese authorities and with the pub
lie. He returns with correSpondingly
thorough appreciation of the funda-
mentals in the Japanese American sit
uation. There's apparently no thought
OF turning his assistant Secretaryship
into special branch of Far Eastern
affairs at the department, but nat
urally Castles up-to-date knowledge
rates him as Secretary Stimsons No. /
adjutant in that realm. One of Mr..
Castles earliest jobs will be to put
W. Cameron Forbes through a course
OF Japanese sprouts. The Bostonian
Ambassador designate to Toxic will
probably not go to his post till Fall.
In time for the annual return to his
capital Of the Japanese Emperor.
X X X
One of the long-pending and highly
controversial postwar disputes be-
tween Germany and the United States
has just been settled-the compensa-
tlon awarded to the Germans by Uncle
sam for seizure of their 9O-odd mer-
chant ships which were interned in
American harbors on the outbreak of
tHC WOIlu war. Inc RelCh, or rather
its shipowners, will receive some STA. =
100000 on account of the Leviathan
lthe former Vaterland), the George
washington, the Kronprinzessin Ceceiie
and other one-time famous German
liners. Some $20,0O0,000 will be paid
over at once; the balance, later. The
case OF the original owners was prose-
cuted mainly by DR.. Karl 1on Levin
SKI, German consul general at New
YORK and Reich agent before the mixed
German-American tribunal which adj
Indicated nearly 100000, 900 in claims.
Won Lewinski'S job was a long and
arduous one. calling for diplomatic as
well as legalistic talent The final
award Is tribute to his skill in both
fields.
Another Pennsylvania, Represent
alive Henry w. Temple, succeeds by
seniority to the Craftsmanship of the
through the passing of Stephen G.
Porter. Mr.. Temple was educated for
the clergy and was a pastor until he
became a college professor at Washing
ton and Jefferson College. He was
Geachlng history and political science at
w: and ]. when elected to Congress in
1918. There's been an amazing NOR
tallty among House Foreign Affairs
committeeman in recent years. THE
next ranking member after the late
chairman Porter was John Jacob
Rogers of Massachusetts,, who died Ave
years ago.
Copyright. 1901
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west is west, and never the twain shall
meet That paper advises: India
has forgotten the pestilence and hunger
OF the days before Great Britain came.
She believes that she used TO live in a
golden age. Just what would happen
II she were left alone would be an in
teresting experiment"
"A chief merit of the report" ac-
cording to the Manchester Union, "lieS
IN It's recognition of the fact that the
future OF India depends upon its unity,
And while there are nine British prov
inces, one Of which Is to be left outside
the present government scheme, there
are 562 semi-independent states, ruled by
native princes" The YOUNGSTOWN vim
dicator holds that "if India were left
to herself, she would soon be torn In
pieces by fanatical warfare. Besides.
public opinion in India is so divided
continues the Vindicator, that there
can be no national consciousness to
give hope OF building up a strong gov
eminent such as the empire, long ac-
customed to self-government, would
have. Progress has been made in the
last decade, however"
mo promises are made save one that
Britain has pledged ultimately to real
lie responsible government In India,
and Will do so regardless of obstacles"
states the Oakland Tribune, while the
Richmond News Leader thinks "the
whole program may be the safest that
could be proposed at present for India,
much as Americans would like to see
the indian people exercising larger self
government" its conclusion being that
It will be entirely unacceptable to the
Nationalist and will hardly arouse the
enthusiasm even of the moderate Mos
lem element in India"
Blend of the American and British
systems OF government" is seen by the
Newark Evening News in the proposals.
though, for the moment, inclusion of
the native states is likely to be more
academic than real" The News adds:
The report seems a fair and workable
program, based upon facts not distort-
ed by politics. But it will be attacked
by the Nationalist and parliamentary
partisans as not liberal enough, by To-
ries as too generous"
Pointing out that the report was
completed before the beginning of the
present crusade Of Gandhf" and that
1t does not take a stand against Indian
nationalism," the New York Sun states.
1T is the development of a national
feeling and a willingness to progress
slowly If necessary. but wisely, to self
government upon which the commission
POUNDS its recommendation for an ALL
India federation"
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bred and fifty hours, established g little
! less than a year and q half ago, to the
| more than four hundred and fifty hours
ers, especially when It IL considered that
the fight Of the Question Mark was
backed by all of the resources of the
Army and carried through by its most
skillful flyers while the Hunter brothers
struggled hard TO get enough money to-
gether to buy a battered old plane. The
Question Mark was forced to earth by
the breaking of rocker arms on the
motors. Certainly, if within two years
this trouble can be corrected. as 1t has
been in the latest flight. 1t marks dis
tinct step forward in the reliability of
airplane engines
In the williams Bermuda trip there
was no contribution to the science of
aviation, except perhaps the proof that
an expert navigator is able to keep
plane dead on its course. The Columbia
carried neither wireless nor ocean
landing gear and the risk of such
fight was far greater than even sue
cess could warrant In some respects
the failure of Lewis A. Yancey, VIII
liams partner on the expedition from
Old Orchard to Rome, to reach Ber-
muda in his equipped plane
was even more important than VIII
liams success. Even though Yancey
failed to make the island, he demon
strated conclusively that small plane
could ride out a night on the surface
of the ocean and take off the next
morning under it's own power It is
such actual experiments as these that
promote the art.
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

was the nephew Of George Pollock. a
New York merchant who at one time
owned Claremont. In his conveyance
of the property in 1900 he stated:
There is small Enclosure near your
boundary fence within which lies the
remains of favorite child, covered by
marble monument You will convey a
peculiar and interesting favor upon me
by allowing me to convey
keeping it, however, always enclosed and
sacred. There is white marble funeral
urn prepared to place on the monu-
ment which viii not lessen its beauty
O. What is the present population OF
Canada?-S. w.
A. 1t is officially estimated at e.7ae.
800, an increase of more than a million
since the last census, in 1921 when
the population ofhcially was placed at
8,788,000
O. Who won the national spelling
bee this year?-D d.
A. 1t was held in Washington, u. C.,
and was won by Helen Jensen, a Ia
! year-old girl from Council Bluffs. Iowa.
She received a prize Of 81 900 The
contestants were all students In ele-
mentary schools.
O. When was preferred stock first
| issued by corporations as a part of their
capital structures?-A. n.
| A. Preferred stocks came into ex-
| istence with the railroad reorgani-
| Nations OF the nineteenth century and
were used as they are used today. to
| give investors something better than
common shares, but not quite as safe
as bonds.
O. What was the earliest English
comedy?-C. G. A.
A. Ralph Register Doyster," written
by Nicholas Udall. was the earliest. The
exact date of It's appearance is un-
certain, but it was before 1851. II was
written to be presented by the boys of
Elton College.
@. What is the difference between
character and reputation?-E. F.
! A. Dictionaries make the following
distinction: Character is what one is.
! Reputation is what one is thought to
! be. Ones reputation may be higher or
lower than his character will Justify.
9; Why is a road called pike'--
A. It was first called a turnpike
Turnpike is another name for tollgate,
and the name was applied to roads
upon which tolls were collected.
O. Why did Sousa call his new march
THE Royal WEIGH Flsiliers"?-T. n.
|
OCCASION back in 1900, when HefbePt
Hoover and his family we're in the be-
sieged town of Tientsin, China. After
/ days of anxiety the Chinese were drawn
from their attack by approaching relief
I troops. These were American Marines
and WEIGH Fusiliers.
O. Where will the next Euchariyeae
Congress be held?--I. M.
A. 1t will be In Dublin, Ireland An
Q. Is the Gulf of Mexico salt or fresh
water?-W. B. r.
Alt is salt. =
@. How old is the National University
Of MeXico?-M. @.
! A. 1t was reorganized in 1910, but
claims the distinction of being merely
the establishment of the University
OF Mexico. which was founded In l55i.
and is the oldest university in the
Americas.
q. How old are remains of plants and
animals that are classed as fossils?--
! S. r.
| A. According to zittel, "aIl remains
or traces Of plants and animals which
have lived before the beginning of the
present period and have been preserved
! IN the rocks" are termed foe<tle
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Independence.
I'll show my independence in the good
old-fashioned style.
I'll start big explosion to be heard for
many mile.
If I ignite some gasoline, I'll welcome
the display
And do just as I please, because it's
Independence day.
If get singed and powder-msrked, my
self I'll have to blame.
The pain may be unpleasant, but IL
risk it just the same.
I'll burn a roof that's not foolproof to
make the scene more gay.
I'll show my independence, cause it's
Independence day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-30

Aviators cannot understand why
plain people should protest against air.
fields. An occasional crash invariably
gives the aviator the worst Of the ex-
perience. Plain people have nerves.
But nerves do not figure in the caIcuIa-
tions of the flying man.
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those who have been mentioned re-
Gently as possible successors of Mr..
Huston, If and when he gets out. It
won't be long now before the cam
paign will be getting under way. The
national organizat on needs a head
who will be on the job constantly and
in position to aid, declare many Of
the Republicans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-30

Lindbergh did not encourage song
writers who sought to celebrate his
Fecord-making flight. Song writer's are
never downhearted. One of them may
have better luck with a lullaby.
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Antarctica is due for a great advance
nnent If it can develop a citizens as
ISOLATION that knows how to utilize the
publicity that Byrd has so handsomely
earned for the territory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-30

Fine Italian hand" is an old phrase
in diplomacy. Mussolini has shown an
inclination to yield to American boss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-30

The hardest task of a dictator now
confronts Mussolini-that of increasing
taxes in a manner that will not damage
his personal popularity.
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Willing TO Fight in Rain.
From the Fort Wayne News-sentinel.
Things are getting serious in the Far
East. The Chinese troops are now will
ing TO throw away their umbrellas and
fight in the rain.
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Harsh Entertainment.

When Gandhi starves himself awhile
And wears his clothes all out Of style
In gloom that must forbid a smile,
! wonder, as I've often done,
When joys so easily are won,
At what . me folks consider fun!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-30

A ganglander may amass consider
able fortune only to find that it pays
for an exceptionally fine funeral.
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Rate nv MaiI-PayabIe In Advance.
MARYLAND and Virginia.


The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
10 the use for republication of all news dis
patches credited to IL or not otherwise cred
ite6 in this paper and also the local ews
published herein. All rehts of publication OF
special di-patches herein are also reserved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-30

In Rumania comic operas are no
longer written. They are historically
enacted.
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Time for Political Work.

From the Oakland Tribune.
This is the season for political workers
TO take little trips and return to report
how surprised they were to And ser1ti-
ment was Just as they would wish it
to be.
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Relief.

What is your idea of farm relief?"
"A high-class real estate develop
ment," answered 81 SiRlin, that will
enable me to sell the farm"
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Things Not to Forget.

From the HaverhiII Ua1ette.
Forget work during vacation. q the
advice of the Public HEATH garvaoa.
but don't forget when yow -
en6&
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-30

Wealth brings power" said Hi Ho,
the sage of Chinatown, because 1t is
easier to hire men than to teach them"
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Jud Tunkins says he gets so worried
by all the shaving cream ads. he almost
hopes whiskers will come back in FASH
ion.
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Picnics Ruin Summer.
From the st. Paul Dispatch
Summer wouldn't be so bad il il were
not for the law that compels people to
go on picnics.
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Avoiding FnaIity.

81 have noticed that you never give
anybody short answer"
I'm politics." said Senator Sorghum,
"the short answer is too easily under
stood. What you want to cultivate, in
order to keep the argument open, is the
long speech"
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Another Glorious Feeling.
From the Toledo Blade
Finding that the rattle you suspected
of being in your car came from the
one closely following-isnt it a glorious
feeling?
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The Severe Test.

The Summertime arrives again,
Confusing thought that should be neat,
Why should men start elections when
They're kind o. crazy with the heatl
de elephant is smart animal" said
Uncle Eben. He has de biggest of noses,
but he never gifts it in other folks busi-
mesa"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-30

william r. Castle. jr., Assistant Sec
rotary of State. is back at his old desk
in the State Department after his sue
cesSful mission as special Ambassador
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THE sTURDNESS and reliability of the new Ford
evident in the everyday uses of motor car, are
revealed also i'm many unusual tests of stamina and
endurance Over deeply rutted roads, through desert
sands and deep snow, it has gone forward to new
conquests of time and distance. From every corner
of the world come reports of its good performance.
In England the new Ford won three gold medals,
one silver medal, and one bronze medal in the run
from London to Exeter. In Peru it won first and
third places in the reliability the tortuous
Amanceas Road.
Mexican general tells how of the first of the
new Fords in that country driven from Acapulco
to Atoyac cover a difficult country where there
roads all and the land is with rocks and soft
sand Natives along the way their first automobile
with positive WONDER
In Java a new Ford was driven to the top of the
Deng Plateau, of the highest mountains in Java.
Previously the ascent to the old Hindu statues at the
summit had been made only by horseback to the rest
house, thence foot. In Poland, a Ford won
the 2OOO.mile International race from Warsaw to
Lemberg to Warsaw.
Two years ago, a new Ford fought its way along
rough wagon trails become the first in history
cross the Peace. River Block from Fort St. John
Hudson Hope, from the Alberta boundary to the
western border of the block
In 1880, the Ford the winter
arranged by the Royal Automobile Club of Sweden.
This was over slippery mountain roads. AT times
the half hidden by Frequently the
temperature was 20 degrees below zero.
These severe tests show the enduring quality that
has been built into the Ford and its ability to
stand up under gruelling driving conditions. Long,
hard service will confirm your first impression of
quality and increase your pride in its capable per-
formance The value of simplicity of design, good
materials and accuracy in manufacturing is especially
apparent after the first twenty-five thousand miles.
See the nearest dealer and have him give you
demonstration ride in the Ford Check up every
point that goes to make good automobile and you
will know that it is value far above the price you pay
FORD MOTOR COMPANY
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-21
CalifOrnians Travel North.
Seattle Post st-Intelligencer0

Seattle Post -Intelligencer0
 Both the Alaska Steamship Company and the Pacific Steamship Company operating boats between Puget Sound and Alaska, passing their forecast upon advance bookings, predict unusually heavy travel to the Northern wonderland this distinctive the high proportion of tourists from Southern Cali fornia.
 It is good sign to see these good neighbors free themselves, even momentarily, from the en- chantment of their climate. Of all the natural blessings of earth climate is greatest and most varied-great because it is varied. Of the elements which influence daily lives it is least subject to change at mans whim. We must take it as find it, until find what want
 Moderate change in weather-which is climate in action-is necessary to human happiness. Where is Eden? And who would care to go there? Mans indoence is proportional to the laziness of the mercury column Rise and fall of temperance, the play of winds, sunshine and rain, are, within limits necessary to physical enjoyment and health the crescendo and decrescendo to delight in music.
 Southern Californians travelling North taking Alaskan boats in Seattle, will notice little change from Puget Sound to the Northern Coast. The rugged, timber lines will descend the mountain sides. And up North they will be told that Alaskan coastal winters little more severe than on Puget Sound where ice is stranger.
 It will be good for Cafornians to learn this, as Puget Sound and Alaska both misunderstood when it to climate They will find that our summers truly delightful And we will convince them that no one leaves this country in winter because of climate.
 We visit California in winter because we can't bring ourselves to leave Puget Sound in summer
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-21
THAT DELINQUENCY INCIDENT.

Some of the Alaska papers got all fussed up because confused report from the American Fed eration of Womens Clubs at it's Denver session de- cared that the Federation had asked for an inves- tigaton by the Federal Government to determine what might be done about delinquent women and girls in Alaska. The fact is that the women at Denver simply asked the Federal Government to investigate request of Alaska women to provide a Federal institution in Alaska for delinquent women and girls.
 This matter was presented to the last Territorial Legislature and the concensus of opinion among the legislators was that the instances of delinquency are not sufficiently to warrant the estab- lishment of such institution here The per capita cost would be too great It was believed that it would be better to send such cases as might rise to institutions in the States has been the custom in the past
 Some of the Alaska women, apparently, believed that Uncle Sam is rich enough to bear the cost of building and maintaining home for delinquent women and girls in Alaska, though the per capita cost might be high, and asked the Fedora tion to intercede with the Federal Government in that behalf.
 There is not much in this situation to alarm the people of Alaska when they know the facts.