Evening Star Newspaper, August 20, 1923, Page 6

] THE EVENING STAR, With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY.......August 20, 1923 TEBODORE W. NOYES........Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Cotnpal 11th St. and Pennsyivania Ave 'k Office: 110 East 42nd St. Office: Tower Bulldin 16 Regent St., London, England. ‘The Evening Star, with the Sunday morniog edition, i6 delivered by carriers within the clty A€ 80 conts per month; daily only, 43 cents per month: Sunday only, 20 cents pet month. Or- sers may be sent by mail, or telephons Main %000, " Collection is made by carriers at the end of each month, Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday..1yr., $§.40: 1 mo. DPaily only. ¥yr., $6.00; 1 mo., H0c funday only.......1yr., $2.40; 1 mo,, 20c All Other States. Daily and Sunday..1 yr., $10.00; 1 mo. Daily only -.-.1lyr, $7.00; 1mo. Sunday only. 1yr, $3.00; 1mo 70¢ Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled o the use for republication of all news dis patches credited to it or pot otherwise credited in this paper and alfo the local news pub- lished "herein. All rights of publication of ecial dispatches herein are also reserved. N Prosperity’s Good Showing. Reports of business conditions com- piled from governmental and other statistical sources indicate existence of sound business conditions, improving normally and without inflation. There is every reason for the country to be assured of a continuing favorable situation, with no storm signals flying anywhere. Take the railroads first, concerning which caceful atistics are continually being gathered. Dur- ing the first six months of this year they carrled a greater amount of freight than during any correspondin; period in their history. The traffic computed in figures of ton-miles, showed an increase of 7 per cent over the corresponding period 1920, which had marked the previous rec- ord. . Controller of the Currency Dawes’ statement of the condition of national banks, issued yesterday, showed an increase in vesources of $803,736.000 for the vear. The total resources of £.241 national banks reached the stu. pendous total of $21.511,765,000. Com- pared with June 30, 1922, the increases in the principal items are shown to " be as follows: Resources, $805,756,000; loans and discounts, $569,437,000; capi- tal stock, $421,675,000: surplus and un- divided profits, $45.381,000; deposits, 577,416,000, The Department of Labor’s employ- ment bureau, after a nation-wide sur- vey of the employment situation in July, reports that healthy under tone and a splendid spirit of optimism prevails practically throughout the entire industrial field.” A total of thirty-seven cities reported increased employment, while twenty-seven regis- tered a slight decrease. Columbus, Ohio, showed ne change. The sharp increase in imports from Europe is construed as reflecting im- proved husiness conditions here rather than competitive production on the part of Burope. The decrease in ex- ports to Burope is interpreted as a sign of decreased purchasing power abroad, but despite that fact Europe remains the besi customer of the United States. L VU — Laughter. Somewhere in one of the lately writ- ten American short stories is the tale of a man “down in Maine” who was mo stingy that when taken to a theater once by a scheming friend he refrained from laughing at the hilari- ous comedy until he had returned home. Then he laughed uproariously in private. He explained that he would not give his host the satisfaction of seeing him enjoy the play. John Chamberlain of Petersburg, Ind., had no such scruples. He laughed unstintedly at a show. a movie show. It was called “Out of Luck,” and it proved to be a title of sinister signifi- cance to him, for he literally laughed himself to death, falling over from apoplexy in a burst of uproarious hilarity. Here are the two extremes, the man who refuses to laugh in public because he is too mean, laughs the life out of himself at an entertainment. Of the two there is no question that the latter is the more admirable figure. There is something contagious about a hearty laugh. Comedians on the speaking stage are always grateful for the presence of such & laugher. One resounding guf- faw will start the whole house roar- ing. “Laugh and the world laughs with You,” wrote some one once upon a time—it would be taking chances to say whether it were Ella Wheeler Wil- cox or John A. Joyce, or whether both of them drew the thought of it from a and the man who| i H { { iand was shot to death. | e ION, D G MOND A A A e, e e ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC ].' HASKIN would make it legal to consolidate the lines, and would provide a new plan of District taxation on the companies ag they stand today. Instead of the present 4 per cent tax on gross re- ceipts the bill would put a tax of 50 per cent on net income above 6 per cent and 75 per cent tax on net in- come above 7 per cgnt on a fair valua- tion of the railroad property. It would { relieve the companies of the between- tracks paving charge. The Commis- sioners believe that this readjustment of taxes would equalize the earnings of the companies and make consolida- tion practicable. After consolidation the Commissioners would restore the 4 per cent tax on gross income. The bill has evoked strong opposi- tion. but its advocates set forth that consolidation of the companies is highly desirable from the standpoint of the public; that the public demands, consolidation, and that the plan Is the best that can be worked out to bring the companies near equality. The | stronger company objects to being | taxed so that s net revenue shall be brought down to a point near that of the weaker company, and the question of “fair valuation” “replacement valuation” is & question on which it is hard to reach agreement. The Capi- tal Traction has seidom extended its lines into territory not already built | up to the point of furnishing paying traffic, while the Washington Railway and Electric brought under its man- agement a number of lines construct- ed into unprofitable territory, with the plan of building up that tervitory. The Commissionegs’ bill may not be per- fect, it no doubt represents the sentiment of a large majority of the people. ~ —_—rm————— The Detroit Hold-Up. but While the first reaction regarding the bold hold-up gt a roadhouse near Detroit early yesterday morning one of shock at the thought that such a deed could be committed in the heart of American ‘“civilization,” there comes another reflection. The victims of this outrage engaged at 3 o'clock Sunday morning in drinking | and dancing. They were enjoying an allnight “party” at a resort which apparently Wi open tv everybody with “the price.” Some of the sym- pathy felt for the victims wanes at this view of the case. The crime was one of the most dar- ing that has been recently committed. Seven armed men went to a notorious- Iy “wide-open” resort, patronized by wealthy “spenders,” entered according | to a well laid plan, began shooting to y the men and women present, mmanded all hands up, robbed every- body, taking. it is estimated, fully| $25,000 in cash and gems, and then | made a speedy escape in a motor car, A few miles away, when the car halt- ed. a local peliceman approached it One of the oc- cupants of the machine has been ar-| rested and, it is reported, identified as a participant in the hold-up. The spirit of lawlessness that pre- s today in many parts of the coun- try has been attributed to the after- effegts of the great war and also to prohibition. It is probably the specific result of neither, but is simply an evil ] manifestation developing from the | loose and immoral behavior of a cer- | tain part of our population. Young | men are engaged in nefarius enter prises. Thousands of them are not em- ployed at honest trades or in other proper occupations. They are hangers- on at idling places, gambling rooms and sporting resorts. They see ‘“‘easy money” afloat. They incur expensive habits. They are docile to suggestion. They can readily arm themselves. They form or join criminal bands and, with the motor car as an accessory, they engage in robbery. Now it is a bank, now a store, now a paymaster, now a mail wagon, or, as in this latest case, a place of resort for the wealthy idlers. The spectacle of waste afforded by the pleasures of the thoughtleds and loose-moraled members of so-called re- spectable society is conducive to the criminal enterprises of these young men. The responsibility lies really be- yond them. If captured, the partici- pants in Sunday morning’s hold-up will doubtless be severely punished. Those whose all-night debauchery tempted them will have lost their goods, a few of them will have suf- fered wounds, but none of them will pay heavily for the affair. The soli- tary victim of the enterprise for whom genuine sympathy is to be felt is the policeman who was killed. wes l In case the discontinuance of the twelVe-hour day proves as unsatisfac- tory as Judge Gary predicts it may only serve to provide a new topic in an old argument. f The Leviathan is held up to public attention as an example of the pros- ‘Thackeray. There is no doubt of the | perous and happy future a wicked truth of that, although there is Seri- ship can expect if properly reformed. cus question whether the accompany- ing line, “Weep and' you weep alone, is true. Prohibition law proved a failure in Turkey, along with most every other kind. Railway Merger Bill. There will be renewed discussion in the next Congress of many familiar local matters. Measures of proposed legislation left over frém the Sixty- seventh Congress will come up for consideration, and many of these are of large importance to the people of the District. One of these questions concerns the possible merger of the two street railway systems. The Com- missioners’ bill to provide for this merger will be reintroduced, and the heads of the local government will press for legislation which will uaite the Capital Traction and the Washing. ton Railway and Electric companies on terms that will be fair to each company and perhaps advantageous to both, and will be of, marked benefit to the traction situation and to the people of the District. It has been difficult to bring the companies to| gether, one being highly prosperou with trackage and equipment in ex- cellent condition, and the other being in considerable financial difficulty, with some branches of the system making money and others Josing money, and with much of its rolling stock and some of its trackage not 1o mflwufl bill } Naturally, democratic criticism as- sumes that the first appointment made by President Coolidge should be fol- lowed by a resignation rumor. } Both parties can find material in the old platforms which will prove almost as good @s new for use at next sum- mer’s conventions. i There is & disposition to have a few presidential booms over with and out of the way before the actual cam. paigning starts. f Post Officé Drivers. Something seems to have gone wrong with the drivers of the city post office auto wagons and trucks. During Shrine week, or perhaps it was the whole month of which Shrine week was a part, the numerous ma- chines of the city post office navigated the streets without a mishap. Driving at that time was especially difficult. The streets were jammed with cars, many of which were piloted by jay drivers. Sidewalks were obstructed by reviewing stands, and even where not so obstructed were too narrow for the walking throngs: Pedestrians used the streets. Even a larger number of cur people than usual gave them- selves up to the excitement of jay- walking, and there was dn influx of Jay-walkers from towns and villages where it seems to be considered the proper thing to cross a street “catta. wampus” or “slaunchwise,” or, as we generally express it in our conserva- { tions of the country fér 16 centsa gal- .THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1923. tive and tffete section, “diagonall. Yet with all this the city post office drivers never touched a wheel, fender, gasoline tank or bumper of another car and did not cause a single abra- slon_or contusion to a pedestrian. It will” be recalled that Postmaster Mooney issued a ‘proclamation direct- ing the public's attention to this note- worthy ‘achievement of his drivers, and commended their prudence in terms of high praise. Now the scene changes, or at least there is another story. It may not be said” that the post office chauffeurs have run amuck, but it is published that the poktmaster has ‘“'scored chauffeurs of the Washington city post office who have been involved in automobile accidents recently.” He ncludes his letter to she drivers with this admonition: “Boys, please remem- ber and keep alive the phrase: ‘You are making Washington a safe place to live in.' ' So as long as it is known that the post office drivers can be careful, and know how to drive well enough to make a record in Shrine week, it is believed that they ought to be able to keep up the good work or the good driving. —_——— Optario’s law forbidding publication of racing odds has been declared un- constitutional. The evil of gambling does not consist in the printed refer- erence to turf events, and perhaps re- form will be more rapidly facilitated Ly letting the public know exactly what is gcing on. —————— Opinion of Secretary Hughes that America cannot be expected to hand Burope a blank check may cause dis- appointment among a few statesmen who thought that by this time the T S. A. would be ashamed of having so much money. —_——— Gasoline can be sold in certain sec- lon. “The reason for the extra 10 cents paid at most gas stations is the basis of one of the problems of finance. ———— The coal consumer is naturally re- sentful of the idea that the question of a closed shop cannot be decided without bringing up that of the closed mine. 2 e —— Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler is quoted as saying there is no sign of war in Europe. A great many people are * evidently worrying themseives needlessly. i Germany is trying to avert the in. dustrial stagnation that may lead to her being listed among the countries famous for undeveloped resources. ? Paris does not hesitate to point to the German mark as evidence that Berlin has not recovered from the “‘scrap-of-paper” habit. l Steubenville paraders who got ar- rested introduce a novel plea by claim. ing that the police were in a disorder- ly frame of mind. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON Theories. When a man decides to quit his occu- pation And argue out arise, His action often causes consternation, Which we repress, but cannot quite the questions that disguise. The cause of apprehension, just at present, Is not so much a willingness to shirk As the psychologic influence, unpleas. ant, Of theories that can't be made to work. When a systematic plan is set in ac- tion In hope that it will run from year , to year, - Conditions change—at first by but a fraction That isn't great enough to cause us But new ideas make a strong asser- tion, They frequently occasion much dis- like, And there's no hope in persuasion or coercion When, a theory decides to go on strike. We thought we had a planetary sys- tem That ran in a perpetual routine. Important points, Sir Isaac Newton missed 'em— As Einstein proves with confldence serene. If the universe shows signs- of inde- cision, - Should earthly citizens be nioved to sob, Or ‘make remarks in impolite derision Every time a theory forsakes its Job? A Threat. “Your old foe says his hat is in the ring.” “Leave it there,” exclaimed Senator Sorghum. “Mebbe we'll make that hat leok like a dunce cap before we get through with it. Jud Tunkins says a cheerful disposi- tion is no good if it leads a man to waste all his time telling funny stories. Lines From a Scrap Book. The airship hovering o'er the map May yet catch nations napping. 1t hums, “A navy may be scrapped, But can you scrap the scrapping? Progression. “What is your favorite recipe for home brew?” “I've lost interest in home brew,” answered Uncle Bill Bottletop. “I'm now experimenting with antidotes.” ) Tough Eggs. “Tarantula Tim -used to be con- sidered a tough egg.” “Yes,” replied Cactus Joe. ““But h different now. Sooner or later the toughest egg is liable to flatten out into an omelet.” = “Dar is two.kinds o' workmen,” said Uncle Eben. *‘Some brags 'bout whut dey kin do an' some 'bout whut de ain’ gineter do.” ‘Who had ever heard of a “corne on the sky, until the Post Office De- partment issued a new postage stamp, good for airplane mail? single one of these celestial stamps had been used according to its in- tended function, along came the Philatelic Society and gobbled the en- tire issue. ‘Vampire! How is a correspondent going to “hitch his wagon to a star” when the stamp collectors have monopolized the coupling pins? Now that there jare no more S-cent sky stamps pur- chaseable at the stamp window, look for the price altitude in the strato- sphere, 1f a used and canceled African stamp costs $4,000, what is the normal price of an unused, uncanceled *Milky Way"” stamp of the United States? How we would like to “lick "em!"— the stamps, * * k ¥ Since the passage of the last ap- propriation bLill with its proviso that no more golf balls, vanity cases or fishing equipment is to be handled by the ‘congressionial stationery stores, Congress has become a dull, dry place. Year by year the inducements to come to the Capitol are being taken away. About all the luxuries that are left to reward statesmen are the baths, the barbers and the exclusive lunchrooms. Even fgee seeds—but why harrow up tender @lelings? Time Will come when the Congress- men and the attaches—some 2,000 or 3,000 patriots—will organize them- selves into a co-operative purchasing and mutual defense association, strong enough to defy clerks and “watchdog.” The Union must and shall be preserved! L In the light of the great capture of eighty-four bootleggers, in one haul, through the managerial genius of the assistant attorney general, Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, who will deny t Kipling was right in saying, The female of the species is more deadly than the male”? E e It Mrs the Coolidge, the first land® (and wins lady of the first prize in the Philadelphia knitting con- test with her knittea baby carriage robe, it will be worth while for any- body to adopt a baby for the sake of an excuse 1o buy the prize robe. No royal ermine could be half so fine a covering. Why, it almost tempts to adopt twins. It seems unfortunate that the robe is llned with pink. How would bov twins sleep under it? Everybody knows that blue is the rage this fall * Ex x Veterans of Foreign Wars protest against the remarks of certain resi- dents who llve near Walter Reed Hos- pital. These citizens, in objecting to the erection of an apartment build- & in which to house officers and her attaches of the hospital in that region, are charged with having used unkind language concerning the sol- dier patients W the hospital because some of the soldiers had been seen promenading in the evening with ladies. It is alleged that some of the citizens even spoke of the soldiers in the neighborhood. because of the great hospital, as “nuisances. They were not designated as “nui- gances” in 1917 and 1918. What has wrought the change? There is no reason why a soldier should be less sensitive to the atti- tude of his neighbors toward him and His associates than any citizen may rightfully be, In claiming respect for himself and members of his family. “For it's Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an* ‘Chuck him out, the brute But it's ‘savior of ‘is country,” when the guns begin to shoot. Yes, it's Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an’ anything you please. But Tommy ain’t a bloomin’ fool—you bet that Tommy sees.” £k A French deputy proposes a biil to tax visiting foreigners who 1 main in France more than a wee! 1,000 francs for each head of a family and 200 francs for others. Who ever heard of a traveler in France, espe BY FREDERIC On each of his recurring contacts with people President Coolidge re- veals some characteristic unnoticed before. Perhaps the sharpest con- trast between his diction and that of President Harding is the substitu- tion of a clear-cut New England enun- clation for Mr. Harding's typically middle western lingo, The Coolidge English is university-perfect. He does not split infinitives. He chooses words with scrupulous care and pro- nounces them faultlessly. Hé gives every syllable its due. He says “prob- lem.” with at least 50 per cent accent on the “lem.” Few Washingtonians have ever seen Mr. Coolidge in horn- rimmed spectacles. He dons them for reading. It is evidently going to be an "1 and J'we” administration in- stead of “the” Executive,” or “the Presi- dent,” or “the Administration” idiom favored by President Harding. * K k% If the cabinet wants first-hand evidence of Cuban conditions from the standpoint of an American busi- ness man, it can be supplied by one now on the spot. He is Capt. Walter Fletcher Smith of Havana, pioneer American capitalist in Cuba, who has arrived in Washington in order to be here while Gen. Crowder is in town. Smith for more than four vears has been trying to compel the Cuban jovernment to indemnify him for 250,000, representing tNe value of his residential property sacked and pillaged by an Havana mob. Cuba has refused reparation on the ground that the property had been condemned for public utllity purposes. Smith de- scribes his helplessness as classic proof of the flagrancy with which the Cuban government flouts American rights. ~President Coolidge's strong intimation that Havana politiclans must come to their senses encourages Capt. Smith to hope justice may yet be done his claims. But, he declares, American prestige will have to be en- forced with a stronger hand than has been visible hitherto if the rights of our nationals are to command respect. Smith has been at Havana since the Spanish-American war. He had a hand in the shaping of our treaty of reciprocity with Cuba. * ok k% Mrs, Mabel Wg Willebrandt, the sistant attorney general, in charge of federal prohibition) enforcement, scored a double victory last week. It was her original ruling that the federal court at New York sustained, declaring that the 100-year-old ‘hovering statutes,” -approved s by Chiet Justice Marshall, were still #00d law, and justify the seizure of rum-run: beyond the three-mile limit. Then came the great round-up of Savannah bootleggers-de-luxe un- der Mrs. llebrandt’'s personal di- rection, aftef months of quiet, effec- tive spade-work in the Department of Justice. Mrs. Willebrandt bears 8P under two icknames. Sometimes she is called “the American Portia” and sometimes “the first legal lady of the land.” She iv a political disciple. of Hisam Johnson, and halls from his CAPITAL KEYNOTES BY PAUL V. COLLINS Before af WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS EAST IS EAST BY FRANK H. HEDGES Immured within his home of many courtyards, where a great elm droops over the entrance gate, Dr. V. K. Wellington Koo, minister of forelgn affairs of the republic of China for the second time, must surely be smil- ing to himself these hot days. It may be a grim smile, but it is certain that the corners of the dapper diplomat's month must curl upward as he real- izes the situation. Reminiscences are pleasant. It is a charming pas- time to look back over the ups and downs that -have come and gone, to smile indulgently at the defeat that was followed by victory. Dr. Koo' smile comes ‘without effort he recalls the events of only one vear. When Wellington Koo, brilliant after-dinner speaker at the court of St. James, returned to China scarcely twelve months ago he had high hopes of what he could and would do there. His eyes had turned toward the finest of all modern buildings in Peking, to the. gray brick structure set in am- ple grounds, that was built and fur- nished as a palace in which to enter- tain visiting royalty, but that is now the waichiao pu, which is Chinese for foreign office. On the first floor of that building, in a magnificently furnished room, with bay windows that catch the north light, there is a teakwood desk and a large carved chair. It is the office, the desk and the chair of the minister of foreign affairs of the republic of China. * k ¥ ¥ the man who held that pa t a famous bathing beach on a cially one carrying his family along, who had 1,000" francs left, if he re- mained more than a week? The French statesman attributes the, pres- ent high cost of living In France (o the presence of tourists who consume the food. Does he forget the mil- lions of "dollars which the tourists spend there? That is understood to be no inconsiderable part of the prof- its of merchants and manufacturers, enabling them to “carry on" and give employment, instead of closing their places, under the burden of heavy military taxes. Senator Sorghum proposes to put an equal tax on all American tourists who go to Europe at all. unless they see America first » * % % % A news item tells us that a lobster can travel a mile a day. That. how- ever. does not entitle him to the full confidence of the western pro- gressives, though it is “going some.” A e There is some good patriotic work aheaq for every veteran and organ- ization of veterans between now and next March 3. It is to round up all aliens who fought in the American Army during the war, and who have not yet gotten their free American eitizenship papers. The time allotted under the law of July 19, 1919, within which all such aliens may receive citizenship, without examination or fee, was “one year from the date of the return of all American troops to the United States”” That period will expire March 3, 1924, iy as Whi was More than two-thirds of the aliens | W8% % 8 SAOUS 08 AT T eligible under that law have already : received their papers, but thero are|fell- 1In the new cabinet that took L © el i place, Dr. V. K. Wellington Koo thousands who, probably, know noth- ing about the law. All that is neces- sary s to present the honorable dis- charge from the Army and be identi- fied by two citizens as being the bona fide owner of that discharge. The application can be made to any court anywhere in the United States. For special information regarding the matter, address the commissioner of naturalization, Washington, D. ¢ There were about 400,000 aliens who served in the American Army. Of these, 270,000 were naturalized while in the Army and 80,000 have received their papers since leaving the Army. That leaves 50,000 eligible who have not_yet applied. The bureau of nat- uralization is holding some 15,000 papers for applicants who have failed to call for them or send their ad- dresses. was named forelgn minister. An- other Chinese statesman known to America, Dr. Wang Chung-hui of the Washington conference and the league of nations, was made premier. There were other ministers who had studied abroad, who knew and understood Europe and America even better than they understand their own China. The minister of finance was among them. It was the cabinet most rep- resentative of western influence China had_ever seen, and even those who condemn the returned students of that republic must acknowledge it was one of the most honest, sincere and patriotic ministries the republic has known. Dr. Koo took office last August. T saw him a few days later. He was happy. There was a smile on his face then. His freshly pressed suit of pongee, his soft straw hat, his im- maculate linen and shoes were all that could be asked of any diplomat. August wore on into September and that month passed into October. The months, the wecks, even the day began to take their toll of the min ister of foreign affairs. _ Politics within the boundaries of China is not an ea matter of speeches and calls, and Dr. Koo was discover- ing it. It is a hopeless tangle of bitterly fought battles, of personal equations, of dollars and of soldiers Difficult diplomatic problems bega to multiply, but with these Dr. Koo felt able to cope.. He knew and un- derstood such matters, but the com- plications of Chinese politics—ah, that was another and more serious ques- tion. He did not look so fresh now as he came to his elegant office, and he began to grow more careless of his personal appearance. The life and verve disappeared from his walk and his_eyes showed a tired. worried look. Sympathy was aroused when he met the foreign correspondents to answer their questions regarding the American missionaries held captive by bandits at that time. He was helpless to liberate them. for their fate was in the hands of powerful militarist o The ratifications of the four-power and five-power treaties for scrapping millions of dollars’ worth of naval vessels have been received and filed The treaties are in full force and the Navy is calling for bids to do scrapping. There may be some sen- timental regrets felt, especially by naval men, but for every ton of Amer- ican scrapping now to be done, there will be three or four tons of scrap- ping done by the possible enemy— the other nations in the treaties. That is as much of a ‘“‘victory” as if our splendid Navy itself had “met the ¢ emy and it were ours.” The strength of a defense is only its superiority over the possible enemy. Like the Einstein theory. it I3 a matter of relativity. ¥ rve But in the light of a discussion of the value of naval or any other de- fense, here is what Lord Birkenhead says in the British house of lords: “France could destroy London and almost every center of population (in England) tomorrow without warning. if she wished.” As if in confirmation of that British warning, Col. Fabry of the army com- mission of the French chamber of deputies says: “The time may come when those who must decide whether to refuse or accept, or even anticipate war, will have to bear a heavy responsibili and because of the very brutality and |efficacy of the first blows struck, it is important to give them, instead of receiving them.” All Europe is arming through air forces, even faster than it is scrap- ping navies. (Copyright * % So was the fate. or the immediate future, of Dr..V. K. Wellington Koo. A powerful war lord who cast cov- etous eyes at the presidency was slowly and lumberingly getting into action. And then one night this war lord, this “patriot,” who has been lhonored with the rank of marshal. struck. He struck from the dark and below the belt through the per- son of one of his henchmen, of the speaker of the house of representa- tives, of Wu “Big Head” as the Chinese call him. At his instigation the president, never a strong Man in an emergency ordered the arrest of the minister o finance on charge: late: proved groundless. The whole cabinet, and with it all of China's sons who had studied abroad, tottered. A few cir- culars calling a mass meeting branded the premier. Dr. Koo and his col- leagues as traitors. The lower house, but only the lower house, impeached Dr. Koo. The cabinet was right; the war lord was wrong. But the cabinet crumpled like a dried leaf in the November wind, and Dr. Koo fell ill. it was a real iliness, produced by worry; and_anxiety. The war Jord thundered his denunciation of those WILLIAM WILE How Uncle Sam moves about the able young men deployed upon his diplomatic chessboard is personified by two foreign service’ men now in Washington. One is Ferdi Chinese who 0 far forgot the glories Mayer of Indiana, who n::m:, L. Cf China as_to follow in any detail ¢ 2 een | %o “ways .of the new world, Tem- transferred from our diplomatic agency at Tangier, Morocco, to a secretaryship at the legation In Peking. From the mystic orlent, too, comes Richard B. Southgate of Mas- sachusetts, who was in Constanti- nople and later at Lausanne, partici- pating in our tortuous negotiations with the invincible Turk, Mr, South- gate is at the State Department awaiting a new assignment. Ak . Some White House observations Mourning band notepaper in use for all official correspondence during the thirty-day perlod following Presi- dent Harding's death. Complete absence of handshaking crowds, bent upon wasting the Presi- dent’s time and wearing out his en- ergy. Autographed portraits going ouf to Coolidge admirers in response to re- quests that pile in upon a new Pr dent. A little less trimness about the shrubbery in the White House gar- dens due, probably, to the inactivity of “Uncle Charley” Patton of Marion, eighty-five-year-old chief gardener under President Harding. ¥ There's a new republican vice presi- dential boom afloat. Its hero is Wil- liam Henry McMaster, Governor of South Dakota, the man who started the “gasoline war” in the west. If 0. P. ticket is headed by a real westerner 1s sure running-mate, and a man claim to have humbled ‘Standard Oil” is not within attrac- tiveness. McMaster is a_ youngster of forty-six, a native of Towa, country banker by trade, and a Beloit College (Wisconsin) graduate. He came into the govermorship of South Dakota from the lieutenant governor- ship, and before that was in the house and senate of the state legisla- ture. * ok ok The Améerican Bar Association, which is shortly’ holding its annual meeting in Minneapolls, has its car to the ground for late political news from Great Britain. The association’s “star turn” this year is Viscount ‘Birkenhead, former lord chancellor of England, who is coming to deliver an address. But Birkenhead is the candidate of the “die-hard” tories for the premiership in case Stanley Bald- win s forced from office on the reparations {asue—a _contingency now lactively disscussed. Birkenhead would bring the other members of the trio famed as ‘“the Three Musketeers” back to Downing street if he achleves leadership of the governmeént. They are David Lloyd George and Winston Churchill. Birkenhead, known popu- larly as “F. B.” because he was Mr. F. B. Smith, a barrister, before be- coming .nsnr. is young, brilliant, eloquent and handsome. (Qopyright, 1823.) porary mliilstries were formed, and in them were a few returned students, but just as the vear died the marshal succeeded in creating a cabinet to his own liking, one composed only of members educated in China or Japan except for the politically harmless minister of the navy. s Dr. Koo remained in China. What- ever ong may think of him in other ways, his nerve and courage in brav ing it out after his dramatic humilia- tion demand admiration. He did not fly the scene, but remained in his home of many courtyards inside the walls of the Tartar city of Peking, carrying on his life as a simple citi- zen of the republic and studving the whirling politics of China. * kX ok * And then the storm broke again. Peking groped helplessly without a president. a premier or a cabinet quorum for the republic, with many members of parliament scampering southward toward Shanghal and Can- ton, and with the militarist who had wrecked the government of his own creation face to face with the fact that some form of government must exist, that at least the appearance of Jegality and Instituted power are es- sential if only-for a smoke screen for his own nefarlous pilfering of the land that gave Rim birth. This same war lord who had denounced Dr. Koo and all his ilk was forced to send the whimpering emissaries to Dr. Koo begging him to assume office again. He had learned that after all the western world does have a few Jessons which may profit China, and Dr. Koo has probably discovered that no Chinese can lose touch with China, can substitute the west for the east. Al that he can hope to do is to borrow a bit from the west and mold it to suit eastern conditions. Dr. Koo, who has once more regained his composure and his portfolio, must be chuckling to himself in Peking today. fio has seen himself vindicated as spectacularly as he was humbled; and by the same hand. i * ok ok K Dr. Koo is again minister of for- eign affairs, but his ambition does not halt there. He is'ambitious and clever, and he commands, potentlally, much wealth. These things will car- ry him far in China, coupled with ¢—and his bravery in the most i sort of defeat would show that he possesses that quality. He is still les than forty years old, the legal age for a president of China, but tim Will remedy such a defect. Why should he not aim at the highest office? He admittedly has brains; fhrough the good offices of his pres- ent and third wife he has money; he is willing to stick through thick and thin; and he is carefully studying the game of politics as played in his na- five China. If all goes well, it may easily be within ten or fifteen years B e e e e the words “President Koo" through- out the reading world. that nlwlp’g:r headlines will fling Q. Where charge?—J, S. A. The Q. P t Official Britain Journal, Q A, seventeen years. Q. What is A, A. ing the which 1904 the Hudson river. Hu was c can lights tested and adjusted free bureau of been making such tests and adjust- ments and says that stations are to be established throughout the city. Possibly these stations will be con- nected with filling stations. a fee will be charged. 1 get the published Southampton building, London, W. C. he price is sixpence. standards automobile of has Probably What is the name of the patent office publication of Great Britain?— The official patent periodical of Iilustrated at 25 How long has Ty Cobb batted -300 or over?—F. L. A. He has made .300 or better for Sisler of St. Louis the stimulant known?—E. C. Adrenalin—ad-ri-nal-in—an as- tringent principle of the suprarenal gland used as a hemostatic and heart and vasomotor stimulant, is the most powerful stimulant known. mos Q surpassed Cobb as the batter with the highest batting percentage in the American League when he hit .41979 for last season, which is better than Cobb’s 1911 record of .41962, t powerful a Q. Dig Mr. McAdoo have any part in constructing the tunnel under the Hudson river?—C. E. S. William G. McAdoo was presi- dent and director of the Hudson and Manhattan Railway Company, operat- son river tunnel system, mpleted on March &, This was the first tunnel under How can & reasonable rental be figuied for property?—aA. M. A. It is the custom to figure on 10 per cent to 12 per cent per annum whic] repairs, Q. ete. M W. A. Beaux, astronomy; polit natural Fiske, Anna history stage; Rena Sabin, A, attempting to traffic r States. a hen?—M. A. J. A. is about $1.35, computation arrie What women were voted most famous in the United States?— of the cost of the property for rent, will net you 6 per cent to 7 per cent after paying insurance, taxes, the A._ The names of the twelve wom- en deemed the most distinguished by the voters in the contest conducted by the League of Women Voters are: Jane Addams, philanthropist; Cecilia painter; Anna Jump Cannon, Chapman Catt, Botsford Comstock, Minnie Louise Homer, Julia Lathrop, child welfare; Florence anatomy: Thomas, education; Martha Van Rens- salaer, home economics; Edith Whar- the P. H Indian Maddern music; M. Carey ton, literature. Q. Should people walking on country roads walk with the vehicles or should they face the ones ap- proaching them?—E. B. M. A committee known as the mo- tive vehicle conference committee is encourage ulations and rules through- out the various states of the United This committee recommends that people when walking on a coun- try road or highway always walk fac- ing any oncoming traffic uniform name first-born daughter.” Q. What does “Winona” mean A. It means Q. Taking a Leghorn for an ample, the cost of feed for one year This type of hen re- quires sixty pounds of feed. is based on a cost of 23 cents per pound. Loudon Carlton Club Is Crumbling, an Omen of 11l How much does it cost to feed ex- The BY THE MARQUISE DE FONTENOY. In view of th e circum: stance that the Carlton Club, in London, has long been looked upon as the stronghold of the conmservative party, there are many who are inclined to regard the fact that its fine building, Pall Mall, Is in a virtual state of dis- No. 94 integration and almost falling to ent tory premier. which i Stanley Baldwin Constructed of Caen stone, wholly unsuitable is the pieces, as an evil omen for the pres- administration, of which chief and to the London climate, the action of the lat- ter has been such that the facade designed by Sir Robert Smirke of the Royal Academy, in 1855, and modeled on the Palace of St. Mark's Library at Venice, and is now facing the it is literally being with Portland stone _ As the club is not in a particularly prosperous condition, exterior entir: the of mbling refaced ely cost of re- the club, amounting to about $200,000, has heen generously laby Deeley, on a very large sca remembered as le, and ving pu undertaken by one of the members of the club, Sir Henry Mal- a real estate operator ‘who will be rchased, for several millions of pounds sterling, cluding the Coven nt sarden the extensive real estate interests of the Duke of Bedford in London, in- market and e Covent Garden Opera House. LI of excellent family “Frank Curzon,” the He is a man and a brother of of the Prince ham’'s Theaters, place near Ci member of pa liesdon dist fourteen years, real estate de Picadilly Hotel. young Du ter's entail achievements hole on the St as he has very and has contri ization of the liked and no young Duke of envy him his gold. Club. by the crown. s vell known actor 1 L tines of Walcs and Wynd- a ee a nd_whi stage name from his father's country ster rliament for the Wil- ot of London for the last and among his has been the pur- chase of the site of St. George's Hos pital at Hyde Park corner and of the Moreover, P r of the life interest of the D ke of Leinster in the lat- led estates, which the duke, Who sold his revertionary rights for A mere SOng. cannot recover save at a, to him, altogether pre To golfers Sir Harrs c as one of the finest plavers in Eng- land and on the continent, among his being 2 fhe first hole at Cannes and the first George andwich at a single stroke. Mo over, he has founded and organized at least ten popular golf clubs and, He oh: is the nd manager 0 took his has been big he is the ibitive price. well known holing of links at More- agreeable manners uted, golf 1 amusement and favorite pastime of his fellow men, he is very generally one. Leinster, by cl suve the ubs, or to perhaps the seems to invariable and . per- * % 1t is fortunate indeed that he has come to the rescue of the Carlton ¥or, in addition to its having been confronted with the expense of refacing the building- with Portland stone, it has had its rent quadrupled that landlord of the club. s Wh sistent good fortune since evervthing that he touches seems to turn into the ground en the lease of the site ran out the.crown would only consent dition that to, renew it on the con- the ground rental was increased from $4.000 a year to $16,000 and that the entire building should be refaced with the new stone. _And when in due course the renewed lease runs out once either refuse to more. the new crown will it and take sver the building. which was erected at the cost of the club, witheall its improvements a will giv tion ~whatsoever, Jease on the payment of a very nd reparations, e to the latter no compens: and or it will renew the fat premium and the doubling or trebling of the ground rent. * * ¥ President Coolidge is credited with the determi nation of an end to the '{ndiscriminate shaking hands with | vears old. How are mock ollves made?— A, home use from plums, when just beginning to ripen but still green. should be pickled in a 45 degree brine (one pound salt and Mock olives may be made for unripe plums. The one gallon of water). The brine should be poured, hot, over the fruit and _allowed to stand for thirty-six hours. It should then be poured off Place the fruit in & new brine and boil for one minute. Drain the plums, pack into jars, cover with hot brine Process and seal pint fars for thirty minutes at 212 degrees Fahrenheit The Department of Agriculture says that, if it is possible, a thermometer should be used in testing the water in canning or preserving, since a more uniform product is secured. Q. What is the oldest article furniture in the world?—J. W. C. A. The oldest known plece of fur- niture in the world is the throns of the Egyptian Queen Hetshepsu, which is preserved in the British Museum It is known to be more than 3,000 Q. Why are front wheels on auta- mobiles slightly slanted?—T. L. J. A. Automobile front wheels are on a slant so as to throw the tire nearsr in under the pivot on which it swings thus tending to eliminate road shock Q. How many states have forestry departments?—L. O A. Thirty-two states have forestry departments, twenty-two of whict. employ trained foresters. Ninctee: states” have established state forest which embrace a total area o 5,500,000 acres. Twelve states main tain tree nurseries where citizens may secure saplings for planting purposes Twenty-seven states have organizec protection against forest fires. ' Q. What will remove from bathroom pipes?—T. A. To one gallon of water, on pound sulphuric acid and one or tw: ounces of zinc, add one-half pound of nitric acid. Scour with sharp sanc and steel scratch brush, verdigris Q. When was the missionary ship. the Morning S#r, sent out’—A. H. B A. The first missionary ship, unde; the name of the Morning Star was built for $12,000, from the contribu- tions of Sunday school children in the United States, and sailed from Boston on December 2, 1856. 1t was in charge of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Brig- ham and carried missionaries to Mi- cronesia. There were later four othcr successive ships that sailed under this name to the South Sea Islands. Q.. When were matches invented E. B. A. In 1827 the first friction match was _invented by John W of Stockton-on-Tees, Durham. Q. Do waterspouts ever appear « land?—G. W. C. A. A waterspout is u local v cular Storm oCCUTTIng over @ wate surface, and in origin and for: similar to a tornado over the land. Q. touches w. will burn when :t DB, What metal ter?—V. A. When potassium is placed on water, it displaces hydrogen at sc high a temperature that the ga< catches fire, burning with a lilac flame. Any Star readcr can get the ansier to any question by writing The SNta Information Bureaw, Frederic J. Haskin director, 1220 North Capitol strect. This offcr applies strictly to information. The Burcau cannot give advice on lcgal, medical and financial matters. It docs not attempt to scttic domestic troubics, nor to undertake crhaustive rescarch on any subject. Write wour question plaén- Iy and briefly. Give full name and address and enclose 2 cents in stamps for return postage.) his fellow citizens. a practice whicl, by common consent, did much o exhaust the vitality and sap th strength of the late President Hard ing, who, on the day before he left for Alaska, from whence he was not to return alive, shook hands with close upon 2,000 persons. Americans have, almost since the dawn of their independence as a sovereign nation. claimed the right of shaking hands with their Chief Magistrate. Thex seem to regard it as a time-honored prerogative to be accorded this form of greeting from the man whom, by their votes, they have raised to the most _exalted office in the land. It is a form of recognition which they will_not readily forego, and which the late Chief Magistrate of the re public did not care to withhold. During the first year of his admin- istration, the convention of the Na- tional American Institute of Homeo- pathics, when it met at Washingtor passed a resolution before they pro- ceeded to the White House to pav their respects, that they would relicve him_from the necessity_ of shaking hands with them. They were 1.500 in number. At the same time the placed themselves on record as o posed to the ceremol that it not only necessary fatigue upon the chosen ruler of the land, but was also calc lated to endanger his health—a health of such_importance to all the peopl: ny, on the ground imposed an un- of the United States and to foreis: nations. The _institute took 1h- ground that Warren G. Harding. in shaking hands with several hundre and often several thousand, perso recruited from all ranks of the system, exposed himself to the peril of from thirty or forty distine | diseases which can be transmitted from one person to another by handshake. But when the members of the institute found themselves fac to face with the President they instinctively shook his hand. 3 ki It may be recalled that the apoleon suffered throughout career from a distressing and incur- able skin disease which, while a young artillery subaltern, he had con- tracted at the slege of Toulon through helping & gunner afflicted therewiti: to ram home a charge of cannon he was serving. That was not a fat malady, but there are several othors of a mortal character which can Le communicated by a mere handshake especially when the hot weather such as to open the pores of the ski: At the courts of Europe, royalty in general and the monarchs in part ular are much morc chary about shaking hands than the President of the United States. At levees and sta functions where many hundreds. and sometimes thousands, of military ax naval officers. dignitaries of the high judiciary of the state and the crowr members of parliament, territorial magnates, prelates and civil servants from distant dependencics, also for- eigners of note asembled 10 pay thoir respects, the roval handshake is by no means accorded. to all. Yet, ever in the caxe of the favored ones. Kiug George, like King Edward before hin always keeps his right hand gloved although those who are presented required to unglove their right h before grasping the hand of anointed of the Lord. The same quetto is obgerved in all other Bur pean courts,” as iL was in times iy at those in Germany, Austria, Tu gary and Russia, which have now Leen swept away 0 one can take X ception to the fact that the roval hand is gloved since it I8 gloved to al But it serves to protect the xovercizr from any of thoxe munifold dange to which President Hard Wi called upon by foolish custc pose himself _in shaking, ecvery da hundeds or thousands of hands are not always immaculate or free 1o the germs of contaglous maladics. | is hoped that President Coolidge w adhere to his decision to abolish this risky and exhausting practice or, aty any rate, to adopt the precaution of keeping his hand gloved. first his