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Evening star., 1932-02-26
REPORT OFFERED
ON SILVER RATIO
World Cooperation Neces.
sary, House SubCommit.
tee Declares.

World cooperation must be obtained
before a proper ratio between eold and
silver can be restored. the House coin
aoa subcommittee investigating the sill
YER problem reported last night.
The committee held in a detailed
statement prepared for the guidance of
witnesses who will be called during its
inquiry that such cooperation is essen
iial. 1t was signed by Chairman Somers
and Representative Kemp of louisiana
and Fiesinger of Ohio, Democrats. and
perkins of New Jersey, Thurston of
Iowa and Amlie Of Wisconsin, Repub-
licans.
This statement is to advise the wit
nesses of what information the commit
tee desires" Somers said, so that they
will all work along the same lines Of
thought
The statement said in part:
If the quality of money is destroyed
in one metal, mankind will desert the
one and reach out to the other to which
value is attached. Hence the universal
rush for gold or gold exchange, which
plainly explains maldistribution, hoard
ing and all those attendant evils which
makes for the destruction of values.
1T IS monetary dislocation which has
set in motion the vicious vortex of de-
aation. We have abundant evidence
of the failure of palliatives everywhere,
vet we persist in treating effects and
ignoring the cause.
1T is time to call a halt and to
recognize the urgency of re-establish-
ing a proper relation between the two
world yardSticks of value, because t-is
is indispensable to proper equiliuri I'M
in international trade. Any serious
dislocation of a reasonable relation
calls for immediate correctives by CO.
operative action because it disturbs the
fundamental basis of world trade in
that rcadjustment must be effected in
all human activities"
Evening star., 1932-02-26
AMERICAN is HONORARY
CITIZEN OF FRENCH TOWN
Corton, in Burgundy, Gives Honor
to Cornell Professor, For
merly in A. E. +. @

PARTISAN American is now honor
ary citizen of Corton. in Burgundy,
where a celebrated wine is produced,
and the pride of his fellow citizens is
that when he visits them he does JUS
tice to the best vintages. He Is Louis
Boulter of the faculty of Cornell Uni
versity.
After the armistice Mr.. Boulter was
a professor at the A. E. F. University
at Beaune. from which town he was
in the habit Of hiking to villages in
the vicinity. In this way he came to
know Corton. He liked the place.
made the personal acquaintance of a
number of the inhabitants and pre-
served contact with them after he was
demobilized. ~
Since the war he has revisited the
place three times, in 1922, 1923 and
this Winter. Having made many gifts
to the children of the village and being
a benefactor of the choral society, he
has been made an honorary citizen.
(Copyright, 1922
Evening star., 1932-02-26
Along Washington's Path
Memories of Local Boy, Who Made Good in Big
World, Still Chief Stock in Trade
of Fredericksburg, va.
There is another Story that is not

There is another story that is not
legendary. but is written in the records
When the cherry tree hero. in his goth
year, was taking perhaps his last wash
as he called it, in the river, his clothes
were stolen by passing girl and he
was left clad only in his 22d of Feb
ruary suit, 1t is relief to know that
w:,eh the penalty of Is lashes was
visited upon the bare back OF the
wretched offender
Only three years after Father Au-
gustine brought his family from Mount
Vernon to live beneath lowly roof on
this pine grove farm, he came to the
end Of his commonplace life.
Only a Visitor Thereafter.
As the wife was left to carry on the
farm alone and rear five children, all
under II. she sent the oldest of these,
George, to live with his half-brothers,
flrst with Augustine at Wakefield and
then with Lawrence at Mount Vernon
visitor in his mothers house.
In the course of all that moving about
the boy picked up along the way the
only schooling he ever was to have
from books, which was scant indeed.
One of his two teachers was the re-
nowned Hobby, probably deportee from
an English jail. and the other a paler
shadow. Whichever taught him pen
manship and arithmetic deserves a
monument, but his spelling reflects no
credit on either. For he was the
Revolutions worst speller.
The plain cottage house at Pine
Grove, where the widow Washington
toiled for 80 years and more, went up
in smoke long ago, and the place now
is modern dairy farm, with many
cow barns in the yard where the young
eagle fledged. Only one building, sup
posed to date from Georges time, has
been spared.
Down the steep side Of the slope to
the river still purls spring. for which
he may have thirsted in the heat Of
battle as King David thirsted for a
drink of water out of the well at Beth
lehem. But we cannot be sure Of that;
for washington was no psaln1ist.
(Copyright. 1882. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, 1nc)
Evening star., 1932-02-26
AUSTRIAN RADIUM RUSH
PROVES ONLY SWINDLE
Mentally Deficient Farm Boy Is
Instrument of Practical
Jokers

VIENNA, Austria.-Again the hope
full Viennese have been victims Of sad
sad swindle. A farmer in the village Of
Muhlvierte on the Danuoe near Vienna
sent out boy, Hans Niegl by name, to
look for new spring for water on the
hillside near his property. Niegl, who
has been described as mentally def
cient, reported that he had found, not
water-but radium!
His friends were incredulous, and so,
with the completely of friend, he pro-
duced what appeared to be genuine
report from the government asserting
that samples of earth he had submitted
contained gram Of radium per IL tons
Of earth. This could have made the
deposit" far and away the richest In
the world.
And a great radium rush began.
Editors Of foreign newspapers rushed
their correspondents there
The village Of Muhlvierte became
overnight the most famous in Austria;
many were the envious congratulations
showered on the farmer and his boy.
And then the great radium rush
ended.
Police investigated - found the boy
had been the victim of practical Joker
Copyright, 1892
Evening star., 1932-02-26
CHECK ON U. S. FLYERS DENIED
Attempts to Keep Them Out Of Chi
nese Ranks Refuted.

SHANGHAI, February 26 (P).-United
States consular officials today denied
reports that they were attempting to
identify additional American aviators
who were reported joining the Chinese
air service and to prevent their partici-
patton in the Sino-Japanese conflict.
The reports have been in circulation
since the news reached here of the
death Of Robert Short, an American
flyer, in a clash with Japanese planes
at Soochow.
Following reports of Shorts death.
local newspapers obtained from the
United States consulate copies of the
American law covering such cases,
which the consular officials furnished
so that the publication might act as a
deterrent to any other Americans who
might be considering flying Chinese
planes.
Evening star., 1932-02-26
BY JAMES MORGAN.

FREDERICKSBURG Va. February
25 (NANAl.-This is the old home
town of the young Washington, where
folks remembered him when" he
cut down the cherry tree and threw
that silver dollar clear across the Rap
pahannock
Long they kept in recollection. toe.
his many visits in after life, when ne
relaxed among his old fellow-t -townies
and fondly they dwelt on gay occasion
at the Indian Queen, when he laughed
at a Bachelors Song" till the tears
ran down his cheeks
Memories of that local boy who made
good in the big world continue to be
the main stock in trade of Fredericks-
burg, though history is piled up here
in layers.
Here is the treasured Bible on which
the 20-year-old Washington took oath
when he Joined the Masons in this
town There is the antique apothe-
cary shop kept by his friend. afterward
his companion in arms. Gen. Hugh
Mercer, killed in the battle of Prince
ton d. Here is the Rising Sun Tavern,
where the boys were too smart for him,
as he ruefully admitted after an
evening at cards in that hostelry. whose
landlord was to serve under him
Gen. weldon in the Revolution.
Other Historic Memories.
Here is an old house from which ad-
ventured forth his gallant supporter on
the sea, John Paul Jones {. There is
the one-story brick law Office where
one Of his successors. James Monroe,
first hung out his tin shingle. under
which visitors pass to see the desk on
which the Monroe Doctrine was written.
The bridge across the Rappahannock
Is the gateway to the land of Wash
ington's birth and boyhood, where he
lived the mighty youth that has passed
into the legendary of our country And
mark youl Half mile below the
farther end Of the bridge is an ancient
cheerv tree. traditional offshoot of the
one that fell with such a resounding
crash under the blows of the little
hatchet
The man who now farms the acres
that once were the patrimony of Wash
ington smiles perhaps bit irreyerently
as he relates that even the birds of
the air respect its sacredness and never
peck one Of its cherries!
Evening star., 1932-02-26
CANADA CARES LITTLE
AS TITLES DISAPPEAR
Majority Of Remaining Knights In
Dominion Are Outside Ranks
Of Politics

OTTAWA, Ontario-Canadians It
seems, do not fall for titles. They are
democratic, much like Americans.
The majority Of Canada's remaining
knights are outside the ranks of poll
tics-business men, soldiers, education
slists. Seven of these are soldiers, be-
ginning with Sir Arthur Currie; one Of
them-Sir Robert Falconer-is an edu-
Gator, the remainder of them are either
judges or bankers
Five barons remain - AtholStan
Beaverbrook, Greenwood, Shaughnessy,
Strathcona-but Of these three live per-
manently in England.
Knighthood will never flower in
Canada, as there is no indication that
Parliament will rescind its decision of
13 years ago, when titles were banned.
(Copyright, 1922
Evening star., 1932-02-26
GRAVE OF FLYER
STILL UNDECIDED
Telegram From Stimson Dis.
peIs Mothers Last Hope
That Short Still Lives.
Ay the Associated Press.

2y the Associated Press.
TACOMA, Wash, February 90
Whether the body of Robert Short
young Tacoma aviator shot down by
japanese planes, will be buried with
military honors in Shanghai or brought
here is still undecided by his mother,
Mrs Elizabeth Short.
A cable from L. E. Gale. of the
Shanghai aircraft company employing
the flyer, read:
MY deepest sympathy and regret for
your great loss. Chinese government
proposes burial in Shanghai Foreign
Christian Cemetery with full military
honors and confer military rank, but
will follow your wishes and send him
home II you desire. Please cable in
structions Immediately to Gale, Shang-
hal"
Mrs Short said:
II suppose a military funeral and
honors would be fine in a material
sense, but they won't do Robert any
good now He loved his home and his
native land. I don't know what to
do
A telegram from the State DEPART
ment at washington, D, c., dashed the
last hopes of Mrs. Short that 1t was
not her son who was killed.
The telegram. signed "Stimson," fol-
lows:
The Department regrets to inform
you that, in a telegram dated Febru-
ary "a, the American consul general
at Shanghai reports a representative of
the Chinese Ministry of Finance orally
informed him that Robert McCawley
Short, while in the service of the
Chinese Army, lost his life near
Soochow on February %. The consul
general stated no doubt with regard
question of identity Robert Short. but
that an official report is being called
for"
CHECK ON u. S. FLYERS DENIED.
Evening star., 1932-02-26
BUTTERMILK FOR FEVER
Old-Time Treatment Revealed for
Dangerous Malady.

In the midst Of the prevalence of
scarlet fever, observed an article In the
New York Evening Post a century ago,
q gentleman of venerable appearance
called TO say that Gen. St Clair, who
was once a physician, was wont to cure
the scarlet fever by causing the patient
to drink several times each day of but
ternilk, and as much buttermilk whey
as the patient could take and that this
rarely, II ever, failed of working a cure
Evening star., 1932-02-26
WILLING TO GIVE THIEF
HALF OF SHIRTS TAKEN
Czech Composer, Left With Only
One. inserts Ad in Prague
Paper

PRAGUE.-With but one shirt to his
back Karl Weiss, Czech composer, is
perfectl. willing to share half OF the
Is that were stolen from him. This
urbanely worded advertisement amused
CSechoslovakia when 1t appeared in a
Prague paper recently:
viii the gentleman who last Friday
afternoon borrowed my l3 shirts with
out my permission treat me like a
them? 1t would be most undemocratic
Of him II he kept them all. He couldn't
show himself in decent society with
them without blushing and-minus the
Bhirts-neither could IT,
Copyright. 1922
Evening star., 1932-02-26
"BOCK BEER" FESTIVAL
Reich to Celebrate Tooth Anniver.
sary of Brewing.

sary of Brewing.
BERLIN.-This years celebration of
the book beer" festival, which is a pic
turesque annual affair in the southern
section of the German capital, will also
witness the hundredth anniversary CT
the first brewing of book beer in the
Reichland. The celebration will take
place soon.
The Einbeck brewery in Hanover,
noted for manufacturing the best beer
in northern Germany, is among those
very active in preparing the gala beer
festival. This company likewise was re-
Sponsible for having suggested the term
"bock beer
Evening star., 1932-02-26
HAS DIMINUTIVE BIBLE

A Bible, little larger than a stamp,
is owned by George B. Lampson Of
Penn Yam, N Y.
The letters are plainly legible under
magnifying glass.
Evening star., 1932-02-26
Unused Stamp Brings $1,100.

An usused 3-cent stamp, intended
for the late H @. Hawkers unsuccess-
ful Atlantic flight in 1919, was sold In
London, England, recently for $i,l0o.
Evening star., 1932-02-26
DR.. TINDALL TO SPEAK
Oldest Inhabitants to Hear Talk
on Street Naming.

DR.. William Tindall who has been
officially connected with the District
Government for many years. will de-
liver an address before the Association
Of Oldest Inhabitants at the regular
meeting next Wednesday night at the
Old Union Engine House, on the sub
ject Naming Streets and Numbering
Houses of Washington, D. c."
The session will be called to order
promptly at 7:30 o'clock.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1932-12-29
EagIeDOrt

Sunday school at $50 a. m
Prayer meeting at 10:30 a. M, and
every Wednesday evening at 7:3O
o'clock. Preaching service Sunday
at 1880 p. MI. B. Douglas, pas
tor.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Woodward
and son Bobbie had as their Sunday
guests Mr. and Mrs. c. C. Seyler
and son of Reinersville, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hugh Baxter and son, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Jones and son OF Cam
bridge, and Mary Ellen Woodward
of Cleveland.
Martin Maier, a student at O. S.
u, Columbus, is spending his
Christmas vacation with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Maier.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Balding and
daughter Anne of Marietta and Mr.,
and Mrs. Lewis Lindimore and
daughter Donna June of this place.
spent Sunday with c. B. Lindimore
and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus Mankey and
daughter of McConnelsville spent
Christmas with the latter's parents
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. F. Clifton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Henry and
daughter Marjorie Of .Triadelphia
visited Sunday with relatives at this
place.
Fred Divers OF Ravenswood, w.
Va, is visiting his mother Mrs. Lee
Divers.
Eugene Trimper is visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Carl Walker of Santoy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Henry and
SON Kenneth were Sunday guests Of
s. J. Moore's of Union Hill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Robb and
daughter Norma of Philo, spent
night and Monday with the
formers parents Mr. and Mrs.
Carlos Robb. q
Mrs, w. M. Henry and SON Herr
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1932-12-29

5.
Mn and Mrs. ]. f. Dougan enter
tanned Monday with a turkey sdin-
ner, Earl Dougan and son Eric, OF
McConnelsville; Leland and Don
/ Dougan Of Columbus; Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. Carr and family of Logan; Mr..
and Mrs. Russell Dougan and fanir
lily, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Van Fos-
sen and daughter, F. r. Dougan and
Robert Dougan, and Miss Besse
Bingham
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Anderson en-
| tertained with six o'clock dinner,
kChristmas evening, in honor Of Mr..
and Mrs. Gerald Anderson. Those
I.present were Mr.. and Mrs. ]. e.
BENJAMIN, Mrs. Amanda Anderson,
Walter Anderson, Chas Harper,
Harlan Martin, Robert Barkhurst,
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Anderson, Freda,
Frances, Coda and Mary Grace,
the guests of honor, Mr.. and Mrs.
Gerald Anderson, and the host and
hostess, Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde. An
derson.
Christmas vacation visitors were:
Mrs. Viola Dougan and son Jerry. of
Cleveland at W. HI PenrOse's; Mr.
and Mrs. George Ham and family OF
Canton, at w. j. Hilaman's; Mr..
and Mrs. Howard Dougan and
daughter Aldene of Columbus, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Gilmore and
two children of Philo, at Grant Gill
more's: Otto Sands and daughters
Virginia and Dorothy of Troy, at J.
E. Benjamin's; Mr.. and Mrs. Gus
Kennard OF Cleveland, at C. J. Ken
nard's; Miss Lucille Wood at her
home at Columbus: Grant Coulson,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Van Fossen and
children and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Wilson at Logan Barkhurst's; Mrs.
Emma Barkhurst, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold Barkhurst and daughters,
Miss Dorothy Davis, Ralph Wag-
oner and Miss Emma Gates at Mr.
and Mrs. Benjamin Gates.
Rev. and Mrs. c. w. Cartwright
and Miss Marjorie Young left Mon
day for few days visit with folks
at West Union and vicinity; and Mr..
and Mrs Frank Clifford with their
son Raymond and family at New
Lexington. Mr.. and Mrs Floyd De-
Weese at Willard Davis at Hooks
burg; Mr.. and Mrs. Clair Hiatt with
Mr.. and Mrs. Jap Hiatt, Chesterhill;
Mr. and Mrs. George Kennard and
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Bachelor with
Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Roberts and
family of Malta.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Williams en-
tertained with turkey dinner Sun
day, Mr.. and Mrs. R. S. Dougan and
three children Lois, Junior and
Mary Leila, and Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
old Hilaman and children
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Beckett and
daughter Helen Of Muskegon, Mich,
who have been visiting here for the
past ten days, left for home Wed
nesday. Monday, Mr.. and Mrs. R.
S. Dougan entertained for dinner,
Mr.. and Mrs. Beckett and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Dougan and
daughter, and Mr.. and Mrs. Lowell
Dougan. Monday evening the same
parties were entertained by Mr.. and
Mrs Jesse Hooper, and Tuesday
for dinner at Fred Williams, and
Tuesday evening for supper at C:
S. Hiatt's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Van Fossen,
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Van Fossen and
haughter were holiday guests at
Robert McKitrick's, and Prof. and
Mrs. B. o. Roberts with his PARENTS
Ed Roberts of East Bloom.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1932-12-29
AERONAUTICS
Pennsvi1Ie

Word was received here Saturday
night announcing the birth of a son
Max Duane, Dec. "a, to Mr.. and
Mrs. Floyd McInturf of New Phila-
delphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Haskins and
daughter Dorothy left Sunday for
Gallipolis, to spend their vacation
with relatives.
Friends were saddened to hear OF
the death of Mrs. Susan Sheridan
who passed away Saturday night at
the home of her son, Paul, in Zanes-
Vile. Funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon at the M. E.
church, in Malta. Mrs. Sheridan
was for some time resident of
Pennsville.
The Christmas programs at the
school Friday, and at the church
Sunday evening, were largely at
tended, and very much enjoyed by
all.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lantz and two
children were Christmas visitors of
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Lantz of Marietta.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Giles of
Crooksville spent over Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs D. w. Llewellyn and
Mr.. and Mrs. E. T. Hollingsworth
Mrs. Giles expects to stay a few
days to help care for her grandpar-
ents. who are improving in health.
Clifford Mercer of Columbus Wis
tied his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
e. Mercer, over Christmas.
Misses Louise Pollock and Merle
Abel, student nurses at Bethesda
hospital, spent Saturday night and
Sunday with their parents here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Hall had as
their Sunday guests. Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Russell of Williamstown, w.
Va, Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. Williams,
Miss Fonda Burcher and her friend
OF New Castle, Ind: Mrs. Vera
Click and daughter Dolores, Misses
Faye and Maryeva Williams and Mr..
Fred Kennard.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1932-12-29

B. G. Hoon and wife entertained
with Christmas dinner, Mr. and Mrs.
Harrison Hoon and daughter Mar
garet, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Hoon and
daughters Marjorie and Eleanor
Lee, Mr.. and Mrs Frank Gibbons
and sons Lewis and Charles Glib
bons.
J. /. McKitrick is i'll with flu
The funeral Of Mrs. Alice Halo
well was held at the M. E. church
at Chesterhill, with burial in Ches-
terhill cemetery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orndoff and chill
dren of Waterford were Sunday
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. j. P. Hiatt
Ralph Brannon's of Newark call
ed on friends here, Monday.
Attend Funeral of Maude Howard
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Howard,
Frank Howard, Wiley Howard and
Mr.. and Mrs. Claire Strobe left
Sunday for Dunkirk, Ind, to attend
the funeral of Mrs. Maude Howard.
Mrs. Lizzie Ham returned from
CdHlOH, 1uuTSudy, dItor mOnLn' s
visit with Mrs. Emily Randall, and
Mr.. and Mrs. George Ham.
Robert Embree and family Of
GAINESVILLE are spending a few days
with Edward. Embree's.
Mrs. Martha Tippie who has been
at the home of her daughter, Mrs
Chas. Hill few months, left Thurs
day to stay at the home of Mrs. Ida
Lewis of Columbus.
Mrs. Laura Murphy Dies
Word has been received of the
death of Mrs. Laura Murphy, wife
of S. G. Murphy of Belmont county,
Ohio, who was superintendent of
schools here about 80 years ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Carpenter
have rented the rooms in the Percy
Thomas property on Main street,
and will move this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Kennard and
son Wilbur of New Lexington spent
Christmas with Mr.. and Mrs F. C
Kennard of Macarthur.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1932-12-29
GASOLINE TAX YIELDS HUGE SUM

According the figures by the American Petroleum Institute,
gasoline United States close $5O0O0
600 annually Every the union has gasoline tax the
with for the
1886 Ohio has four and stated that
collected gasoline than other state
than other however that
but &C. there other states that
Figuring gallon of IL miles here
that for every three miles the
would be Then there is
addition the which the
duces the from the tax paid the
chimes driving license plates In this state the price
of license plates offset the property
which abolished.
The gasoline the easiest and convenient
taxes to raise perhaps that the cheeruly paid
efforts are being gasoline other
,oses than for road and street only.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1932-12-29

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