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IMMORTALITY
BY THE RIGHT REV JAMES E. FREEMAN, D. d, LII. D.,
Bishop OF Washington

have life and have it more abundantly."
Even in the case of human derelicts,
the bruised and miscarried lives that
crossed His way, He saw the POSSIBLE
ties that no one else saw. Repeatedly
He touched such lives with His renew
ing power and recreated them.
The restoration of a Magdalene was
a miracle, yet it was but one example
of the power He exercised over those
across whose record failure" was writ
ten. 1t was this that made Victor
Hugo declare, 1.-The word which the
finger of God has written upon the
brow Of every man is hope" So strong
was the belief of the early apostles
in this mighty teaching of their Mas
ter that the greatest of them declared,
IF Christ be not risen from the dead,
then is our preaching vain and your
faith is also vain" There can be no
doubt about it, the church through the
long centuries has held, as the indis-
pensable element Of its faith, mans
Immortality.
1t has been said of late that mans
interest in the theme of Immortality
has Waned and that modern knowledge
emerging from laboratory and class
room has weakened mans faith in this
essential and fundamental belief of the
church. We do. not believe it. No
1lOW Cd4tOuo VI dlClCSS OuI age
may be concerning the corporate prac-
tees of creedS of religion, there is that
in human nature that is repealed by
the idea of dissolution and annihila-
ton. Our experience has brought US
to the homes of all types of men and
women, believers and unbelievers, and
We have yet to witness in those who
had come to the end of the long trail
indifference to the high claims of an
amending life. Whether in hovel or
palace, whether with the intellectual
or the ignorant, the passion is for life.
To believe that we are made after
the power of an endless life" must af-
feet our whole view of life here in this
present world. If we believe that
death ends ALL" we rob life of its in
spiration and its greatest influence for
good. The serenity and peace of mind
that come from belief in immortality,
in the persistence of identity and in the
reunion of loved ones, transcends all
other beliefs and is of priceless worth.
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Tert; "He asked life Of thee. and

Tert: "He asked life of thee, and
thou odUeSt it him. "-PSdl9ns, Tri.4.
No Book in the world lays such stress
upon life, its sheer value and its death
iessneSs, as does the Bible. This Book
might very properly be called THE Book
of Life" While the New Testament,
notably the Gospels, lays special stress
upon mans Immortality, the Old Testa-
ment likewise gives it conspicuous place.
The Psalms repeatedly affirm the ulti-
mate triumph of man over his last
enemy. In the Twenty-first Psalm
David, speaking OF man, declares:
Thou has given him his hearts desire
and hast not withholden the request of
his lips. He asked life of thee, and thou
gaveSt it him, even length of days for
ever and ever
Not only in the sacred Scriptures do
we find the affirmation of mans i'm
mortality, but it is wrought into those
ancient books that have been as Bibles
to tribal and racial religious systems.
The philosophers of Greece repeatedly
affirm the indeStructibility of life At
best all these afflrmations are based
upon conjecture. They witness to the
universal search of man for that which
would give him assurance of amending
life. None of the great teachers or
philosophers has spoken with certainty,
they have guessed at truth and they
have expressed the deeper yearnings of
the human heart. Jesus alone dared
to declare mans Immortality. He said
concerning Himself, Il am the Way, the
Truth and the Life; and again, Il give
unto them eternal life; and yet again,
HE that believeth in Me, though he
were dead, yet shall he live" Based
upon His own resurrection from the
dead, certified by doubling disciples and
questioning women, a mighty church
has arisen that has its disciples in terms
of millions in every part of the world.
In His repeated utterances bearing
upon mans immortality Jesus declared
it to be present possession. He thought
of life here and now in terms of its
amending existence. He sought to make
man see the utter. dignity as we'll as the
infinite possibilities of his life, 1t was
fullness, completeness of life, He taught,
saying, I am come that they might
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Profits in the Sale of Gas.

The gentle art of plucking pennies
selling gas to a subsidiary concern at
fat profit, and thus increasing its
cost to the subsidiary concern, which
in turn must exact fat profit for it.
self in reselling the gas, is exempli-
fed in figures obtained from the Dis
trict Public Utilities Commission by
the Arlington County Public IT'LL
tiles Commission. The latter body
is seeking reduction in gas rates
in Arlington County. According to
these figures, the gas distributed in
Arlington County at a cost of
$3.50 a thousand cubic feet is manu-
featured in Washington at a cost of
35.2 cents and sold across the river to
the RoSSlyn Gas Light Co., subsidiary,
for sixty cents thousand feet. It is
stated that in 1929 the Rosslyn Gas
Co. received q profit of fifteen per cent
on its 1920 valuation.
The corporation counsel, now ex-
aiming various transactions by which
ownership and control of the Washing
ton gas properties have been passed
about among utility interests, may not
succeed in multiplying the transactions
by invoking the terms of the La Fol-
lette anti-merger act. The horse has
already left the stable. The corporation
counsel will obtain data for the Public
Utilities Commission to show the inter-
locking control Of the gas properties.
permitting the same interests to sell
themselves gas and equipment and ex-
pert personnel and to charge the final
bill TO the consumers of an essential
commodity made and sold by a pro-
tected monopoly. And such informa-
ton will be useful in proceedings which
should be forthcoming TO determine the
fairness OF the existing rate structure
in the District. Meanwhile, the best
of luck to Arlington County citizensl
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Standardization in Navigation
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

the navies Of the world. Bowditch has
been standard for the United States
Navy continuously, the latest revision,
officially guided, having been made in
1911. 1t would be dtticult TO ind O
parallel case in which the work Of one
man on a scientific subject has re-
manned standard for more than a
century. The name OF Bowditch IS
known on every sea. The man himself
lived to be elected fellow Of the Royal
Society and to be offered the chair OF
mathematics At Harvard. the United
States Military Academy and the Uni
versity of Virginia, an honor declined
in each instance.
Now, however, q new text book has
been prepared by Capt. Benjamin Dut-
ton, U. S. N. It Is entitled Navigation
and Nautical Astronomy" and has been
quite generally adopted both in the
American Navy andsby the merchant
marine.
The Bureau Of Standards points out
that there Is a divergence between the
methods OF dead reckoning laid down
/ by Bowditch and by Dutton and that
employment by different masters Of the
two methods might well result in con-
fusion.
Serious Difficulties to Meet.
Dead reckoning, briefly, Is q method
by which ships position may be de-
termined as follows: Taking the last
definitely fixed position, the log Is read
to determine the speed at which the
vessel has proceeded and then the COM
pass course examined to show the d.
rection Of that progress. Elapsed time
from the last known fixed position plus
direction should show the position Of
the ship at any given time.
But the emergency of storms which
drive ships out Of their courses, the
drift of ocean currents which actually
move vessels substantial distances side
ways without indicating any compass
change in forward direction, as wei as
other collateral interferences with the
holding OF true course make dead
reckoning something less than perfect.
Bowditch and Dutton have different
methods of combating these difnculties
and today some mariners favor the new
Dutton formula while others remain
loyal to old Bowditch.
Even using the best Of instruments,
serious errors in navigation are pos
sible. Failures are recorded even when
the sky has been clear and observations
have been apparently easy. There is q
region in the Caribbean Sea and nearby
waters which is especially treacherous
because atmospheric conditions not In
frequently produce false horizons.
There have been repeated experiences
Of navigators who, in these waters, have
made errors OF as much as Is miles in
their calculations. In waters where
there are many reefs and islands such
errors might well prove disastrous. In
aSmuch as the region is crowded with
shipping converging on the Panama
Canal the danger Is enhanced.
How personal q thing to the master
the business Of navigation may be In
shown by William McFeeS preface to
Letters of an Ocean Tramp and Jo-
Seph Conrad's chapter called Land
falls and Departures" in his Mirror Of
the Sea-" The Bureau of Standards,
true to its mission, would like to see the
indiVidualism removed from 50 hazard
GUS a matter as navigation and reduced
to standard practice.
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The Battleship,

The Anglo French-Italian naval ac-
cord-which, by the way, remains for
the moment project rather than an
accomplished fact-has washed to the
surface Of discussion once more the
question Of the battleship. The Brit
ish, it appears, were mainly responsible
for persuading the French and Italian
governments to agree that battleships
OF more than 10000 or $4,000 tons are
no longer practical" At any rate,
the Paris and Rome authorities have
incorporated in their proposed under
standing a provision that the battle
ships in their future fleets will be limit
ed in size 10 2S,ooo-odd tons and to
armament carrying guns of not more
than l2-inch caliber.
The interest of the United States in
the battleship question is acute and
vital. 1t is the firmly held theory of
American naval experts-and the Hoo
yer administration valiantly supported
that view at the London Naval Confer
ence-that our defensive requirements
cali for larger battleships than 10000
or $4,000 tons. We pin our faith in
the post-Jutland ships of $4,000 or 3d.
900 tons such as the ones now COM
priSing the backbone of the United
States feet. The Washington treaty
permits capital ships of $4,000 tons
and guns Of 16-inch caliber.
1t Is stated in Washington that the
United States resolutely adherea to its
demand for bigger-type battlsships as
being the only kind useful to the Amer
lean Navy. Without fueling bases scat
tered throughout the seven seas. such
as Britain has, we require capital ships
with the largest possible cruising radius
and with corresponding capacity for
fuel oil. Only recently 1t has come
to light that our newest type battle
ships are now equipped to circumnavi-
gate the globe without stopping, because
Of improved arrangements for carrying
oil in tanks. 1t goes without saying
that this priceless advantage would be
lost to US If we were debarred from
building ships of high tonnage.
American naval authorities hold that
the battleship is the core of the feet"
and the infantry of the sea-" There is
q suggestion that the European naval
powers, supported, perhaps, by japan,
will confront the United States at the
Geneva general disarmament confer
ence with a united front in favor Of
smaller battleships. Presumably, Sec
rotary stimson will oppose such a prof.
ect as strenuously as he fought against
It in London last year.
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Mr.. Raskob's Pledge.

Chairman John J. Raskolo Of the
Democratic National Committee asserts
that he will support the national
nominees" Of his party, whether they
be wet or dry, in the campaign next
year. His statement Of party loyalty
was made in response to a query put to
him by the Prattville, Ala, Progress.
Certainly" said Mr.. Raskc'b, II will
support our nominees strongly"
The Southern or dry wing of the
Democratic party has manifested great
interest in the attitude Of Mr.. Raskob,
an ardent wet. 1t has been charged by
some of the prominent Democrats in
that section of the country that the
national chairman is a wet first and a
Democrat second. Such a charge was
made by Josephus Daniels of North
Carolina, who has urged the retirement
Of Mr.. Raskob as head Of the Demo-
cratic organization.
Mr. RaSkob has taken the opportunity
afforded him by the telegram received
from the Prattville Progress to declare
his fidelity to the party Sand to its
nominees for President and Vice Presi-
dent next year, whether they approve
his plan for home rule" In connection
with the liquor traffic or do not ap-
prove 1t. At the same time, however,
Mr. Raskob makes plea for that home
rule plan, which he says respects the
honest convictions Of both the wet and
the dry elements. And he goes further,
saying that the Democratic platform
should not 'pusSyfoot" in regard to
the prohibition question, but should
make bold declaration of its position.
He wants no plank in the platform next
year fayoring law enforcement" That,
in the opinion of Mr.. Raskob, is in
nocuous, especially when the country
Is aroused over the question whether
national prohibition as it is now prac-
ticed shall continue.
The vets in the Democratic party
succeeded in nominating for President
an opponent of the eighteenth amend
ment in the last national campaign
At the same time it will be remembered
however. they nominated a dry for Vice
President. The platform adopted by
the party in national convention al
] Houston was dry enough to receive the
approval of many of the leading drys
In that convention. But before the
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thorities, stirred to action by the
fagrancy of the outrages committed by
the gangsters, and by an intense arousal
of public opinion, hit upon the device of
citing members of these marauding
organizations as Migrants, persons with
mo visible means of support" and
notorious offenders against the laws.
Some of them, minor fellows OF no
particular import lance, were sent down"
on this charge and some were turned
out Of the State. Capone, the greatest
crook and the most dangerous of all,
evaded the process until he was forced
by the Federal prosecution to return
to Chicago from his palatial estate in
Florida. Yesterday, after some weeks
of delay, the case was brought to trial
and the public prosecutor announced to
the court that there was no evidence
that could be adduced to show that
Capone was derelict in respect to pro-
vision for his family, or in the lack of
any legitimate employment, within the
statutory limit of eighteen months.
1t is stated in the dispatches thai
neither Capone nor his counsel spoke
a word during the brief period of the
hearing. The defendant walked out of
court smiling triumphantly. Well he
might, for he had again demonstrated
that he had nothing to fear from the
local courts. Chicago was still lin his
pocket"
If this man is the chief of a murder
gang, a racket for the sale of Illicit
goods, blackmail system, as charged,
he has certainly the protection of the
law. Or else the law enforcement in
Chicago is inexpressibly futile and
stupid.
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The science Of navigation, perhaps
the most ancient in the world, is in
need of Standardization, the National
Bureau of Standards at Washington
finds. In cooperation with the De-
pertinent of the Navy, the bureau is
looking into the matter.
Periodically, there is no science
which is more standardized and, at the
same time, more subject to the indi-
vidual practices of master mariners. As
old as the use of the sea as a highway
of adventure and commerce. many fun
damentals have been followed immemo-
ally. The fixed position of the stars
III the heavens does not alter from CEN
fury to century and the same North
Star which guided the Phoenician adj
venturers from the Mediterranean to
the British Isles, that guided Neccho,
the Portuguese, down the African
coast, hangs aloft as a beacon for the
most modern craft.
Nevertheless most sea captains work
out favorite forms of calculation and
stick to them. The mariners compass
is centuries old. invented, according
to some authorities, by the seamen of
Amalf1, by others accredited to the
Chinese. Other instruments Of navi-
CATION have been invented, many re-
llLlSulcIltS, III IIlOucIn UllTES. some
navigatorS prefer certain instruments,
some others. Furthermore, there are
varying methods of working out po-
sitionS and courses, all of which have
theft champions.
With the steamship lanes of the world
becoming increasingly crowded, the
need for greater measure of standard
ization is felt both in the matter of
use of instruments and of definitions.
Navigation is a science of immense
complications because of the many diff
ferent conditions under which the navi-
gator must work. Position can be ac-
curately determined with comparatively
simple instruments by observation of
the sun, Shooting the sum-" as it is
called. But ofttimes, the sun is in
visible for days on end and the hap
less mariner. drifting in ocean currents
or swept before gale, is at loss to
know his whereabouts.
Methods of Dead Reckoning.
One of the oldest methods of naviga-
ton is by dead reckoning. This was
the system employed by Christopher
Columbus in crossing the western
ocean. It's success then has endeared
1t to mariners ever since.
But right on that point the Bureau
of Standards finds that there is no
standard definition of dead reckoning.
For more than a century, a period
which includes the whole history of
steamships and goes back to sailing
days, the Bible of navigatorS the world
over has been Bowditch.
Nathaniel Bowditch was a Salem,
Mass, lad who made good at sea. Ship
ping as a boy, after an apprenticeship
to ship chandler, he rose to be holder
of a masters ticket-under sail, of
course, for he got his first command
in 1902. Before the mast, as super
| cargo and in various minor capacities
he spent every moment he could spare
in >the study of mathematics and
astronomy with particular application
| to navigation. In 1902 he published
THE American Practical Navigator"
The volume was instantly seized upon
not only by the merchant marine but b.
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controlled oil companies in foreign fields
in Mexico, Colombia and Venezuela
was, in round figures, 1913 900 900 barrels.
A restriction of 10 per cent, which 1t is
understood is the approximate figure,
would result in a reduction of almost
100000 barrels annually from these
countries.
This oil from abroad is Of low quail
ity for gasoline purposes, yielding not
more than 10 per cent from straight
runs and not over total Of rs per cent
by cracking, whereas oil produced in the
United States yields on an average
around Al per cent. It is the VeneZue-
Ian product which is chiefly on our
market at present. Venezuelan crude
yields a larger percentage OF fuel oil,
but little of other distillateS.
- While the principal larger oil COM
panies have made this agreement with
the Secretary of the Interior on pro-
ration, certain producers in the new
East Texas field have introduced Seri-
Gus difficulties into the situation. Sec
rotary Wilbur believes that the agree
ment on reduced imports. which is for
80 days, will be continued indefinitely
If way can be found to put domes-
tic production on a basis soundly pro-
portioned to consumption.
y y
An interstate agreement on prora-
ton such as has been proposed must
have congressional approval to be bind
ing, although the industry does not
seek Federal control.
Gov. Moody of Texas was quoted as
saying that oil production in the new
and flush Eastern Texas field would
be prorated if imports of crude oil
and gasoline were made to conform
to the requirements of the Capper bill,
which failed of passage at the last
session of Congress. This, as amended,
would have provided for restriction for
two years of annual imports of oil to
100000 barrels, of which 100000
could be refined.
X X
Several Senators and as many Rep
resentatives have declared that in the
new session of Congress they again will
introduce measures providing for an
embargo on foreign produced oil. 1t
will be remembered that a number Of
such measures were defeated in the
last session. Indeed, the Seventy-fi
Congress expired while one of the Sen
atorS from an oil-producing State was
delivering a prolonged speech in favor
of such an embargo.
The Department OF Commerce has
made a study of the petroleum indus
try of the entire Gulf Southwest from
maker of business. The results are
expected to be published soon.
--..----. ECopyriEht. 1871 -4EzA4--
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Oil Board and Governors
To Discuss Petroleum
BY HARDEN COLFAX.

All of the factors entering into the
present troubled status of the petroleum
industry will be discussed at a confer
ence here this week, when the Federal
Oil Conservation Board, composed OF the
Secretaries of the Interior, Commerce,
War and the Navy, will meet with the
Governors of nine oil-producing States
to hear the proposals made by the Ad-
visory Committee of those States for
relief of the industry. The States rep
resented will be Kansas, Oklahoma,
Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, New Mex
leo, Wyoming, California and Ohio.
X X X x
Chief among the factors to be dis
cussed will be drilling and proration in
the domestic field and the curbing of
petroleum imports.
Particularly significant, in connection
with the curtailnent of the imports of
oil produced abroad by American COM
panies, was the adherence last week of
the Standard Oil Co. OF Indiana to the
agreement to effect such reduction. In
company with four or five of the other
larger companies, including Standard
Oil of New Jersey, Royal Dutch Shell
a foreign corporation with holdings II
the United States-and Gulf Oil of
Pennsylvania, which through their sub
salaries in Mexico, Colombia and Vene-
Zue4a nave Deen importing vast QuanC1-
ties of crude oil and some gasoline,
Standard of Indiana has now agreed to
reduce its foreign production.
X X
The agreement made by these COM
panies, which really affects only pro-
duction abroad, is not among them
selves, but each, in turn, has dealt with
the Secretary of the Interior. This
method of agreement avoids violation of
| the Wilson act, which forbids any agree
ment on restricting imports.
In 1880, according to figures of the
Bureau of Mines, the total oil produce
tion-much Of it by American owned o.
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHn4ANDER JOHNSON.
Theme Song.

Theme Song.
April in her loneliness
Soon will Danish the distress
Wintry recollections bring
To the realms Of poisoning;
When the Mocking Bird draws near,
With ecstatic song so clear,
Understudy for them all
Till the birds have heard the call
That is whispered through the trees
BY the lettering southern breeze.
What his theme may be, we find
Plain to each discerning mind.
1t is this, no more, no less,
April in her loneliness"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-05

Sport offers wonderful career to a
man of high standards of conduct
linked to distinctive personality. Knute
Rockne's memory claims admiration
such as statesmen and fnanciers might
contemplate with envy.
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Winners of beauty prizes will again
be enjoying Summer fame, while large
numbers Of losers in the contests are
settling down TO study the arts Of house
keeping and preparing themselves for
careers which, though less prominent,
may last longer and prove more sat-
isfactory.
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On his way home to be investigated,
Mayor Jimmie Walker has had oppor-
tunity to think up a series Of remarks
calculated to disarm animosities. AL
the world loves a "wise-cracker," pro-
vided he is one Of those who really know
their business.