Evening Star Newspaper, October 10, 1923, Page 6

+.~ %ion of Lafr in 1836 several such ef- THE EVENING STAR, , With Sunday Merning Edition, WABHINGTON, D, C * WEDNESDAY. . .October 10, 1923 THEODORE W. NOYES........Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office, 11th St. and Penavylvanis A w York Office: Pt vy Ty Qftice: Tower Butiding. ce: 16 Regent St.. London, England. " Chica Ruiopean i The Evening Star, with the Sonday moraing ! “editlon, is d:l"wmt by carriers within'the city | A£.00 cents per month: daily euly, 4 ccuts per | ymonth: Sunday outy. 20 cents per month. Or- | ‘ers may he ‘seut Ly mail or telephone Mi . Colleetion 15 made by carriers at "-€ad of each wmooth. ° R4 i Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. and Sundgy..1yr., $8.40; 1 mo. 4f ¥ 1 mo. ! Wei suc | 2: ! i i unday.1yr., §10.00; 1 mo.. 83c | e B0 1 ime Soc 38.00; 1 mo, Member of the Associated Press. | <sn The Asvociated Press in excinsively entitled | Site the se far republication of all news dis- wspatches credited to 1t or not etherwise credited | {u his paper and alsa the local news pub ! Lsked herein, AU rights’ of publication of a che: Labor Wants No Third Party. The ‘Amerjcan Federation of Labor, . Tepresenting more than 3,600,000 or- ,sganized warkers, has turned down a sproposal that it launch into national “Polftics through the formation of a abor party. It not enly turned down -mthis proposal, but it overwhelmed it With an avalanche of votes at the na- ional convention now being held in Portland, Ore. When theé vote was an- nounced 25,666 weve vecorded in op- position and only 1,895 in faver, with 1,518 not voting. 80 ended the nght, . least, to put the gre zation in this country, world, on record as favoring the tablishment of an independent labar party in the United States. The pro- posal was advanced by the more radi- 1 element and opposed by the move “onservative, which feared that the sintreduction of poli questions nild result ultimately in the form n of a political machine in which e cconontic power of organized labor | ‘Auight be lessened. The attempt to form a simon-pure Political party representing labor is not new in is count: Before the ! a0 ganizatiogof the American. Federa- i the | in ! ' forts had, “0¢ 1abo the of AL F, tics g en made by organizations Put with disastrous results to hizations. The policy of the has been to keep out of poli- an organization, devoting it- hthe promotion of trade union- nd the things for which trade Biilsm stands. The opinion has pre- in the organization that the begt interests of labor in the United States could be served in this way. No effort has been made to check the activities of the politically inclined in A. F. L. in taking part in the political batties of the country through the regular party erganizations. Also, organized labor has given its indorse: “ ment to the candidate of this or that purty in the past. In the United States the people in « their political efforts have divided on policies of goyernment and not elong class lines. The alignment of class against class within @ republic is not to the: best interests of the whole. Class legislation, for example, isa poor kind of legislation, when the interests o of an entire nation are taken into consideretion, no ‘matter for what class the legislation is enacted. Labor has divided. Some of the workers have supported the demo- cratic party, some the republican. It T been the American way, apnd so tar the IEnglish plan of a labor party ‘has not met with the approval of la- bor's greatest organization. The ac- ..tion in Portiand is a healthful sign. ; An.argument used by supporters of an independent labor party is that Mothing permanent could be eccom- piished by labor except through politi- cal action. In view of the accomplish- ments of organized labor in this coun- try, this argumnrent does not geem well , founded. 83 Playground Athletic Meet. " ¥f the ‘“recreation congress,” or ention of playground supervisors, shall decide to hold the national pl #round athletic meet at the Natiorial Capital next September Washington il provide a splendid setting and & fitting welcome. The “recreation con- zress” will meet soon at Springfleld, 1,-and Washington has entcred the g::s as a candidate for the honor of ng host te the athletie meet of the ational Playgrounds Federation. A sefOmmittec of arrangements has al- £ 'feady been named. Washingten's in- terest in playgrounds is at least as strong as that of any other city, and n achlevement we have done pretty Xell in the face of some discourage: ment. But we aré making progress, Zand we have ambitious plans which, if Carried out, would give Washingten a WHpiasground system that would be a model for richer citles. Just now we ~@re having some trouble in providing “Ahe play facilities needed by the city’s thildren and in securing sites for new “~playgrounds, but with the will to suc- ceed and with persistence we shall Jovercome all obstacles. Washington will be happy in entertajning the na- “tional -playgrounds athletic meet. ——— ¢ The.ennouncement that Presidént i-Foolidge is not favorable to adventures a2 foreign ‘mattérs should bring a {afBense of religf to a world that has had @ surfelt of thrills,” R e t— { The Rulir Trisngle. ’ns; Germany's kaleidoscope turns egain wxmnd presents @ new combination to . ¢¥tlie world's eye. From Berlin has gane ==a communjcation ‘te France and Bel gium_ asking whether they are ready to énter into negotiations with the ,fGerman government for the resump- “*“tion of work. inthe occupied terri- 3 gories. Tt is stated thet only when re- ‘e pliés are reccived will the government Tdefine Its attitude teward the German # Jndustrialists’ demands, 54 This concluding statement contains &the key to the puzzle that the German situation presents. For the industrial- ists, headed by Stinmes, are bent upon wrecking the Stresemann government 200 the'eight-hour-day issue, They want %tmmr,dw in the Ruhr, to speed < ‘the work there. The_secciallsts, A { pear, witi not reply to Germany’s pro- lar requirement will probably be that | starding firmly by the eight-hour day, will noi-support #ny gavernment that sccedes - to this proposal. 1f, there | holding office after a trial.in which ) fore, the Htresemann government Yields to the demand of the industzial- Ists it risks defeat in the reichstag. Stinnes’ game, it would appear, is to smash the Stresemann government and to replace it with a dictatorship, He wants work resumed in the Ruhr. He favors an early beginning of the procedure of payment to France and Beigium in kind. He wants German industries put upon a basis of full pro- duction. To show his power, it is stated in e of the dispatches, when he was rebuffed the other day by the Berlin government he “went into the bourse and sent the mark down to a quotation of 1,600,000,000 to the dol- lar.” Stresemann, it thus appears, faces a dilemma. 1f he yields to Stinnes and the industrialists who confrent him he i Ily certain to lose his reich- stag support and coalition govern- ment fails. If he adheres to the so- cialisis he affronis Stinnes and hi group, who hold the real power in | Germany, and invites the establish- | ment of a dictatorship by a revelu- tionary movement. France and Belgium, it wouid ap- | posal at once, but will consult. From present indicaflons there will be no di- vect acceptance of the proposition to recpen negatiations, but a counter pro- | posal may be sent to Berlin demand- | ing that guarantees be given that work ill be resumed at once. One particu- Berlin order the idle railway workers | back to their posts. There are three parties now to this discussion, countipg France and Be gium as one. These are the allied powers, the Stresemann government i with its coalition support in the reichs- tag, of which the socialists are the most imporiant factor, and the indus- 1ce and Belgiwi are fn a | ough occupation of the sit tight” and demand that | Germany ect as a unit, whether| Stresemann or Stinnes may be the final factoy of government. ————————— Cure Them All! Whether the District budget as sent to Congress earries an item for the elimination of the Lamond station grade crossing, or that measure is carried In a separate bill, there should { be no question of action at this com- ing session looking to the cure of this death trap. Although years have been lost in the course of the work of abol- ishing these deadly crossings in the District, and attention is now particu- larly directed to this particular one by the fatality cf Monday morning, any move for its cure should include all others of the same characte: In connection with Monday's traged in the issue of The Star of that day the fact was noted that there are at Teast three other grade crossings be- sides that at Lamond within the Dis- trict. One of them is at Michigan | avenue and $th street in Brookland, ! another is at Bates road in Brookland and the third is in Takoma Park. All of these are frequently used. There can be no such thing as a safe grade crossing. Not even ,one that is at present used by a very small number of vehicles can be deemed as safe. For the infrequently used grade crossing of today is vir- tually certpin in a few years to be the scene of a heavy trafile, so rapid is the growth of the population in the suburbs of the Capital. The only safe rule is that of com- plete aboiition. There should be no} place in the District, whatever the} frequeney of traffic at present or m! prospect, where a highway crosses & railroad track. No such crossing can be made safe, whether by gates or by { bells, with or without watchmen. One of the worst grade crossings in . this part of the country is at Hyal(s»z ville, where many thousands of Wash- | ingtonians are weekly exposed to de-| struction. But the District, of coukse, { can do nothing about this, nor can the | general government. state of Maryland, which is thickly | spotted with these menaces. In the; light of the Lamend accident the other day the Governor of Maryland has an- nounced his intention to move for the abolition of some at least of these grade crossings in his state near the cities. He will confer a great bless- ing upen ail users of the road, whether they are Marylanders or Washing- tonians or residents of other parts of the epuntry, if he can abate this dead- ly nuisance in any degree. ——— e The American Federation of Labor is prompt in dismissing a member of anarchistic tendencies. That body, whatever its protests or its demands for innovation, is influential only as | an organization and has mo need for the disorganizer. ————— If the horse selected to race Papyrus should happen not to win there will e a demand for some kind of popular primaries for the selection of turf con- tenders in cases involving the national credit in sport. —————— Having acquired a\world reputation as @ particularly bad boy, Bergdoll may have decided to come home in the hope that emotional ladies will send him bouguets and possibly even kiss him. i | i | —_————————— Strasemann contented himself with | a silence which implied a- question | frequent]y arising In various phases of { European negotiations, “What are you going to.do-about it | Anybody particularly desirous of ir- | ritating Gov. Walton might suucn] changing the name of the state tol Okluhoma. / ; ! ——————— A Credit to Labor. l In twe widely separated gities, New York and Pertland, Ore., events oc- curred Monday which reflect credit upen organized labor. In Portland, the American Federation of Labor in canvention revelied the eredentials of William ¥, Dunne of the Biftte, Mont., Centra] Labor Council as a delegate. The charge 1aid againat him was that fhe was “a traitor to organized labor™ on account of his activities as & com- munist. ~1n New York city the International Ladles' Garment Werkers' Union ousted nineteen - of - the twenty-five members of the éxecutive cemmitice { must jcome fewer and less strident, | warrant only those who assume to Ithe right idea as to senatoii of ene of the strongest lecals {n the ergapization and, debarred them from it was shown that they were nffiliated with. W, Z. Foster's organization, end espoused his “boring-from-within" tae- tics in gn effort to contaminate organ- ized labor in America with foreign so- cialistic and communistie doctrines. - That organized labor in this country is thorqughly aljve to the menace of foreign propaganda along thisline, and eurring .incidents similar to those of yesterday. Too much credit cannot be given labor for its watghfulness and prompt action when facts are de- veloped warranfing it. Organized labor in America is not ready for communism yet, and from the signs of the times the foreign doc: ‘trines will pever make much headwa; here. But as eternal vigilance is th price lahor organizations from pollution entall constant alertness and ewift repudiation. *‘Boring from with- in"” is insidious, and lahor must eon- tinue to be constantiy oy guard, as it is showing iiself to be. ———— More Mail Employes. The overworked Washington post office gets a small increase in clerks and carriers. Fifteen of the former and thirteen of the latter are ta be added to the rolls. The increase is not énough, and not all that has been sought, but it will help. Later, when the goyernment finds itself able to spend the money needed to take care of its growing business, and when some of the post-war problems are dis- posed of and calls for ecanomy be- the Washington post office may have the number of employes it needs. Statis- tics have been compiled showing the vast ameunt of mail handled at the ome office and how the effice com- paves in work done with other big| post offices. The increase in the vol- ume of postpaid mail is in greater ratio thdn the inerease in population of the District, and the volume of postfree government mail grows by tons. Calls for help have often been {made on the Post Office Department | by the Washington postmaster, but these, where they have been met at all, have been answered haltingly and with no remarkable liberality. The present small increase in clerks and carriers is part of a nation-wide in- crease which the Postmaster General has been authorized to make by the bureau of the budget with the ap- proval of the President, ———————— Long " before the automobile was perfected the railway grade crossing was attacked as a menace to life. Under modern conditions its threat is increased greatly. The total aboli- tion of the grade crossing is the ane reliable “'safety-first” method. —————————— The enterprising camera man should not be permitted to give Mr. Lloyd George the jmpression that the Ameri- can people care mare ahout the way a man looks than about what he has to say. ———————— Lord Grey says there will be ane ather war—unless various states agrea to settle their disputes. That little ‘word “‘unless” is one of the most hope- ful and helpful in the vocabulary of { statesmanship. ——————— A few arrests for perjury in a .\'ew] { York divorce case serve to complicate | whion ‘re the scandal to a degree that would e experts in such matters in taking further interest. —————————— His inclination to speak kindly of the United States Senate shows that Mr. Magnus Johnson starts in with cour- tesy. No appeal could be mc#: polite then his incidental mention of the Goiden Rule. Germany is still looking for a states- It is up to the;man sufficiently astute to square an |kind, who had got bac aceount without the use of real money. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOH Curfew Out West. Once 2 gentle maid recited “Curfew shall not ring tonight'% To an audience delighted That applauded left and right. How we loved the dear old story Of affection fond and true, With its sentimental glory— Now we get a version new. 8till we hear the recitation “Curfew shall not ring tonight,” But in terms of agitation Where the politicians fight. And the man whose elocution Bids the town wide open run To stop possibie confusion Backs his statement with a gun. Relativity. “'Have vou studied the theory of relativity “No,” answered Senator Sorghum. {“T don't sce how it applies to my businees, except mebbe as it has to do with the fact that nearly every voter is trying to boost some relative for a government job.” Jud Tunkins says riches have wings, and thq man who has ’em can take his cholce between flyin' easy or riskin’ his life in fancy exhibitions. Wangdering Attention. Foreign climes are flercely fretting, Agitators Tise to fame Till we came quite mear forgetting All abaut the base ball game. The Less the Better, “Is Sneke Ridge having aeny im- provements?” & “Such would be my opinion,” an swered Cactus Joe. “‘Every census shows a decrease of population.” ‘Barred. % “My wife says I can’t go 'to the next prize fight," remarked Mr, Meekten. “Considers the sport Aamwuyli{ 3 “No." ickets are so expensive that’ one of us has to stgy home." “De man dat's doin’ his best @in’t always 'preciated,” said. Unele Ehen, “for. de reason dat he's ‘caslonally like de choir singer dat hollers de hardest when he’s off'n de key." of liberty, the safeguarding of | i WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE Senator Borah rides to and from, his home in Washington in a street car; says mo member of Congress who hasn't a large private income can afford to travel any other way. The Idaho statesman declares that i resents it, is shown by constantly re- |living costs in Washington make it utterly impopsible for a memater or representative to keep his Head above water on a $7,600 salary. ‘Ambassa- dors. therefore, according ‘td Borah, aren't the only clage of federal offt clals who serve Uncle Sam at a pe- cuniary saerifice.’ “Until' recurring Congresses quit playing politics by “voting the people’s money away stupidly,” Borah admits that tha chances of revising the government pay rell are slight. * ok ¥k ’ High prices are being offered on the autograph market for a “holo- sraph” of the late President Harding. | A holograph is a written document indited whally by the hand of the writer. Autograph colleetors since {time immemortal have, prized *the fprecidential set"—i. e, letters writ- ten Ly Presidents of the United States—beyond all others. As was the cagse with Mr. Harding's immedi- ate predecessors at the White House, his signature was appended almost invariably to typewrltten letters. Any one who possesses a communi- catjon from.him, penned fram &tart to finish, can ask practically his own price for The autograph experts declare Harding hoiographs prob- ably will be the scareest and the moit valuable in the entire “presi- dentlal net.” George Washington was a pyolific lefter writer. Thou- nds of specimens of his handwrit- ng are extant. S i, oM Magnus Jahnson for the moment is| enacting the role long played by Uncle Joe" Cannon. He is' the peg | on'which the best Washington stories | of the day are hung. The latest {concerns a mixed metaphor which the farmer-genator from Minnesota | is alleged to have sprung. “Wha we've got to do in the United States,” Magnus Is aid to have said, “is to! take! the bull by the tail and look the situation in the face.’ | ERE Overheard in the lobby of White House executive offices: First Citizen—John Hays Hammond would make an ideal ambassador to d the | | l Pregident Harding ‘Great Britain, He's got the neces- sazy savolr faire uc?rq( Citisen—Yes, and the car fare, foo. - 3 * ok k¥ Politicians will watch proceedings at the American Legion convention in San Frapelsco with more than ordi- napy jnterest. It's the legion’s bonus plans that republican and demoeratic leaders are chiefly concerned about. told one of his po- litical friends- that a certain power- ful newspaper publisher had under- taken the task of inducing the legion to support a sales tax to finance the bonus. Mr, Coolidge is confidently belleved to be a& anti-bonus as Mr. Harding, unless: econcurrent financ- ing provisions are’enacted, and ready ta veto any other kind of a blil. ~Cer- tain senators. and representatives Who were against the bonus in 1922 are more favorably disposed in 1923 beeause of the approach of 1924. Not all of the fighting citizens of ithe republic are in khaki or navy blue. Some of them wear the cloth. One who answers that description is the Rev. Dr. Herbert Spencer Johnson, well known Boston clergyman. He has placed at his services the disposal of the War Department for militant work anywhere. The other day the Philadelphia Federation of Churches sent to Secretary Weeks for an Army officer who could speak for the mili- tary establishment in a jolnt debate with a professional pacifist. Dr. Johnson was symmoned and threw himself into the fray with great ef- fectiveness. S e & President Coolidge withholds auto- i &raphed photographs from scheming Latin American politicians, but en- forces no such embargo against Washington newspaper men. One of the few signed portraits of the President extant has just been hung in the press room of the White House. | ! It bears the following inscription: “To the White House Correspend- ents’ Association, with much appre. clation, Calvin Coolidge.” Welshman will meet Welshman—te say nothing of Greek meeting Greek— when David Lloyd George and Charles Evans Hughes come together in Washington. Hughes is not Welsh of as recent vintage as Sec- retary Davis, for our foreign minister is a native of Glens Falis, N. Y,, but 1l the Evanses and the Hugheses in | creation originated in the hills apd dales of Wales. The Secretary of State Is looking forward to an orgy of ancestral reminiscence when he entertains “L. G.” at dinner. (Copyright, 1623.) 'Drug Smugglers Force Recall ] To Duty BY THE MARQUISE DE FONTENOY, Although it is less than a year ago | that the popular and admirable force of British seamen compased of vet- erans of the royal navy, known as the coast guards, under the command of Vice Admiral Sir Morgan Singer, was disbanded as a measure of eco- noemy, it has become necessary to re- establish the service and even to In- crease its former size. This is gue to the extraordinary/‘amount of {cocaine and other drugs of an analogous !ind. that are being smuggled into the | United Kingdém. It has been shown that the illigit trafic in thede drugs has, gince last Mareh, assumed a size so enormausiy out of proportion to the law- ful importations for medicinal use as to leave no doubt whatsoever that these drugs were finding their way into the British Isles from alroad otherwise than by the regular trade routes. An Investi ion. was quietly instituted sulted in the discovery that they were smuggled into the country by | means of rowboats, operating from in inocent lopking fishing and merchant craft, under the cover of the night, ol fonely and remote portions of the coast. incidentally, the fact was brought to ilight that a uumber of undesirable jaliens who had been expelled from the | United Kingdom by the police, and who, | when they attempted to re-enter the | country, had been turned back, at| { Faulkstone, Boulogne. Newhaven. South- y hampton, Harwich, Hull and other { channel and North dea ports, had man- aged to make their way back into Great { Britain by means of landing from fish- ing and other kinds of sail boats, and even from steam yachts, lying off deserted portions of the coast. A number of undesirabie aliens of this 'k to England by these uniawful means, blest with more money than principle, and consequently dangerous, have been arrested and sen- tenced to terms in prison before being once more expelled. All this has convinced the government of the necessity of-the restoration of the coast guards, who were so pictur- esque a feature of the sea bound frontiers of the British Isl * %k Kk X Up till a hundred years ago the coast guards were known as “pre- ventive men,” and both they and their boats were subject to the treas- ury, and mork especially to the cus- toms department thereof. But King William IV, who was a sailor by pro- fession, transferred the entire force to the navy and insisted that they should bo regarded a3 naval regerves and recruited from former able sea- men and petty officers of the nav Occupying low, single-storied bar- racks erected on elevated points of the scashore, or else statiomed in those odd-looking circular so-called Martello towers which, until a cen- itury ago, dotted British cliffs and 1 coast for their defense against any i hostilé foreign landing. they com- | manded an outlook onto the horizon and along the beach. Patrolling the shore in couples, by day and by night there was little that escaped their watchful gage. while the herolam which they displayed in effecting the rescue of vessels wrecked on the rocks and sand kept their names con- stantly before the public in a very popular light. While the war was in progrens, although their ranks were fadly depleted by the large numbers of them recalled to active service at séa on board those armed trawlers and mine sweepers which contributed s0 much to drive the German navy from under the Sea and from its sur- face, yet those who remained on shore gave a wonderful account of them- selves and were quick to signal the presence on the horizon of any craft that looked in the least degree sus- picious. The British government seems to have thought that their work could be just as effectively. done by the county constabularies, by the reve- nue officers and by the local police force of the nearby towns. But the smugglers of unlawful drugs and of undesirahle aliens have taken such an_enormous antage of the ab- Sence of any Sort af watch kept at I night on the uninhabited and remote | portions of the seacoast that the | coast guards, with their veteran cap- tains and retired Heutenants and petty officers, are now, once more, resuming their dutios, much to the satisfaption of the smle and to the' dismay of the evildeers. Of eourse. it woyld be impossible te smuggle heavy freight into the country in that fashion. But drugs are so easily con- cealed and qoquvy 80 little spage and metor ears :;vemesome 20 numerou attra t e attention, that u.L m’f of smuggling has become very.easy. * % % * When, some weeks ago, Pius XI gave orders for the extensive repair of his-palace; known as the Castle of andolfo, up among the Alban hills, 1 of British Cogst Guard within motoring distance of Reme, it was generally assumed that he in- tended to use it as his own ville gia- tura and to seek relief from the ener- | vating climate of the Eternal city in the late summer and early autumn months. But, although the pontiff, formerly a celebrated and enthusi- astic alpinist, yearns for bracing air of the mountains and suffere From the breathiessness of the Vatican gardeas, reeking with damp and malaria, he evidently believes that the time has not yet come for him to emerge from the precincts of the Vatican. Jt mow turns out that the elaborate répairs which he has justecompleted at Castle Gandolfo have been for the purpose of converting the greater portion thereof into a home for those Italian and foreign bishops, arch- bishops and cardinals who, having been obliged to resign their sees through age or ill health, have ndt enough means to live without se ous hardships. He has been distress- ed at the idea Of prelates who. hav- ing given their youth and strength to the church, being left in very straitened circumstan sometimes aimost destitute, in the eventide of their_lives. Henceforth they will be able “to exist in comfort at Castle Gandolfo. free from care and anxiety, midat stately as well as picturesque surroundings all the vear round, fed and lodged at the cost of the holy tather. There are several aged dignitaries of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States who, long past dio- cesan work. wil! welcome portunity to spend the remaining years of their iife in the immediate vicinlty of the hoiy seat. The entire ground, second and third floors ar assigned to. their use, only the first floor being reserved for the eventual use of the Pope himseif. or possibly of his secretary of state. Indeed, during the ten vears' reign of Plus X, Cardinal Merry del Val, then sec: tary of state, was wont %o spend al the hot summer months at Castle Gandolfo, having__the palace con- nected with the Vatican by private telephone wire, and would motor int\ the Eternal city to confer with the PONLiff on current business on three days a week, returning to the heights of the Alban hills at nightfall. The palace was built by the Bar- berini, Pope Urban VII, just about three centuries ago, on the founda- tion of a grand old castle overlooking the lovely lake of Albano and perch- ed on one of the highest points of the Alban hills, with a superb view of the mountains and the Cam- pagna and even of the Medliterranian in, the distance. The lake itself con- veys the idea of a diamond set in green enamel. . O xR Young Josselyn Hay, with whose appearance the people on this side of the Atlantic have become familiar through the photographs recently printed in the American illustrated press representing him promenading on the sands of the Lido, near Venice, arrayed in a moat gorgeous pair of pajamas, with his flancee, now his wife, Lady Idina Hay, eling- ing to his arm, is the grandson and eventual heir of the tweritioth Barl of Erroll and destined, as such, to eventually become the horeditary lord high constable and chieftain of all the peers of the kingdom of Scot- land. Another nereditary office to which he will likewise succeed is that of Knight Marischal of Scotland. He has only just come of age. will he yery rich through his mother, Lady Kilmarnock, whose father is Sir Alan MacKenzie of Glen Muick. While his father, Lord Kilmarnock, has, as British high_ commissioner af the interallied Rhineland _commission, with_headquarters at Coblenz many American friends. Lady Idina Hay is a_sister of the young Earl of De La Warr and has already been twice married and twice divorced. Her first husband was Capt. Euan Wallace of the 2d Life Guards, by whom she has a child. and her second husband a Capt. rdon. She is nearly ten years older than her present amd third husband, has a comfortable fortune through her mother, who was the favorite daugh ter and heiress of the old multi- pilliopatre Earl of Brass Indeed, dy 1dina’s mother was the “Muriel” Were so entertainingly degeribed in Brassey was obliged to divorce her aughter, now Lady Idina Hay, may Young Josselyn Hay has royal g;l,muel! a_great-grandson of “William king descent but as befora every -other Irs. Jordan. of oid Lord Brassey's celebrated steam tha once popular book entitled *The gusbnhd. the late Earl Do La Warr, e said to come by the divorce habit blood in his veins. For his grand- and of the latter's actress friend, this 9 lord high _cons d Knight Marl yacht the Sunbeam, whose 'cruises Voyage of the Sunbeam. Lady. Muriel ears before his death, 'so_ that her through inheritance. father, old Gen. Lord Firroll, is But it is not through that - Lo b:n:f‘l tal 0 ee % oines ‘mosie. 2hda tary in Scotland, immediatel. royalty. this op- | Politics at Large “mY u:o. MESSENGER' Nicholas - Murray Butler, who n holding a séries of con- with republican leaders in some -twenty states, has jssued a sum- maérized statement upon the condition of politics, and especially republican prospects for 1924. His view s that the pivotal states camnot be carried |ghortly to be moved, next year by a “wild” candidate or on a wild platform. He finds the position of the republican party much improved since Congress: adjourned last March and has recelved the im- pression that President Coolldge is commanding strong -public support by his guiet and modest attitude and his methéd of handling publie busi- ness. : * %k ok The pivotal states he regards as likely to comprise New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut. Maryland, Ilinols and Missourl. "It there be those,” says Dr. Butler, “who propose to tle up the republican party to eeemomic . heresies and to acts of legislation and administrdtion out _of harmeny with Amefican prin- ciples and American traditions, they may just as well understand now as later that suth a course will lead to the loss of the presidential election lin 1924, “On the other hand, a program of progress and broad vision in accord- ance with tested republican prinei- ples will lead to almost certain vic- tory,” he says, and adds, “the flght must be made on principle, as it was }in 1396, and compromise with economic | folly must be fiatly refused.” * ¥ * ¥ . Dr. Butler takes a sideswipe at the voters of the state of Washing- ton. in cohmection with the recent democratic victory In gressional distriet. “It has been made plain,” he eays, “that the unexpected result of the recent speclal congres- sional election in the fifth dlstrict of Washington was due entirely to the attraction for the electorate of the #uccessful candidate's promise to secure $1.76 wheat. “That electorate would probably shudder at & proposal to have the government similarly stabilize in- terest at § per cent, or the price of Union Pacific eommon stock at 150, or the salaries of Washington state schoo! teachers at $1.500. * X x ¥ The republican national committee and the demoeratic national commit- tee are still whanging away at each other in contentlon whether the ltarift does or doea not help the farmer. The republicans claim that it does; the democrats, the contrary. The democratic policy is to eontinue to insist that America’s failure to intervene in Europe is respomsible for the decreasing export trade, waile the republicans maintain that export {trade is satisfactory. The casual ireader is likely to find himelf ‘all | balled up” with the conflicting claims {and counter charges. The latest emanation from the {demoeratio national committes on the subject says: “While President Cool- idge and members of his cabinet are groping in the dark for means of re- lieving the misery of the American farmers, it is regarded as a wonder that Secretary of Agriculture Wal- lace doesn’t throw light on the sub- ject by reading from the two reports made to him by a committee of izad- ing ecomomists and statisticians, whom he summoned to advise him last spring and last summer. * % x % “These “experts,” the democratic statemeént goes on o assert, ‘not only foretold the continuance and aggravation of the agricultural de- pregsion. . which has bankrupted thousands of American farmers, but they also enumerated its causes. Tt {15 of the most vital interest to Amer- {fcan agriculture that the United {States lend aid in every way possible {to the settlement of the reparation and other European problems. said these eighteen economists in the re- {port they made to Secretary Wallace Hlast April, following a study of di {mestic and foreign conditions. Speal ing of Europe'’s purchasing power, which is & vital consideration to {American farmers and particularly Iproducers of wheat, these economists isaid in their report: 'Europe's pur- |chasing power will depend upon the ivolume of her exports, the amount | | abroad, on shipping and other serv- ices, and upon credit extended to her texport and import account. { ““Unless the Ruhr is _speedily icleaned up and a definite turn for ithe better takes place in Europe it is highly probable that Europe will have less buying power in our mar- kets during the next crop year tha: she had during the laat.’" * % ok % H i | The democratic statement goes on |to jsay that while the republican tarfff has been effectual in stimu- lating the prices of agricultural products in the United States, it has {been a barrier to the impert of Euro- {pean goeds which could be exchanged {for the .produce of American farms. {The economists who advised Secre- tary Wallace also realized the rela- tion between peace, order and stabil- ity in Furope and the Ameriean farmer's prosperity. The vepublican administration aleo may have undep- stood this relation. but if it has there has been no outward sign of suoh understanding. *oE The democratic national committee “plays up” a Statement credited to the editor of qne of the most prom- inent agricultural publications. al- leging that “The American farmer pays every yesr afi extra $426,000,000 en’ the things he buys because of the tariff, so he (s really out of pocket $301.000,000-—actual, hard, §9- cent dollars—by reason of the tariff which Fordney-McCumber et al., said would help him so much.” * % ok X The purpose in repeating these committee allegations, of course, iy to show along what lines the two esmpaign organizations are getting ready to &2 into next year's battle, The reader is left to his own analy- sig and judgment of their respective merits. L * % x K The republican national committee, which stands by the tariff law as a beneficent enactment, is ciroulating the protest by the Denver Live Stock Exchange agamst the propesed re- duction of tariff on Canadian cattle. “We are informed.” 88ys the pretest, “that the American Farm Bureay Federation, though its Washington representative, Mr. Gray Silver, has unaf~ 0 the United States Tarift Eommission. auking to yse the authortty vested in it with ap- pros of the President, under the sliding scale provisions of thie tariff act, ¢o nullify so far as possible the tariff en Canadign cattle. 3 ‘We. earnestly protest against any change In the Dresent tarift law se far aa live stock is concerned. south, west and nnnh;cu:hn )u_:l:ga U] sted would be sastrous. e ol osmit. to the entire range proposal containgd fn icat country of the tion cannot be over- Mr. Silver’s ‘appl b :g.e it goes. When the farm e 5 bg'\!}cdu 'meu.tfau and the catlle ex- change fall oy proposition, 'iltt 1 the poor I’lym-n the fifth con- | jof her earnings on her investments | over an economio | oiul session, the {falls on’ November 1. TO QUESTIONS [ ANSWERS BY FREDERIC { HASKIN Q. How can one gain admittance to the' better homes model sputh of the Treasury?—R, E, H. A. The secretary of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, uynder whose auspices the better homesunod- el was erected, says that the home is and that visitors are.only granted permission to enter it now by special arrangement with the secretary of the federation. The address is 1734 N street northwest, Q. How many people have visited Mount Vernon “within the past two years?’—N. E. G. A. The Mount Vernon Ladies' Asso- clation says that 497,232 persons have visited Mount Vernon in the past two vears. . How many matches are used aaly iy e W A. It is estimafed that 700,000,000 matches are used in the United States each day. This means that nearly 500,000 flames are struck each minute. Q. Do more women or men visit Europe?—8. T. C. A. A Cumard line official made the statement that about two-thirds of the linerapassengers were women and giris. Q. I would like to know the amount oleo_l;l in the United States Treasury. A. According to the circulation state- ment of the United States Treasury September 1, 1923, thero is $§84,204,761 in gold coin and bullion held in the Treasury. K ? T“'hl,t is the origin of Halloween? —s T N . _A. Halloween is a relic of pagan times. In England the influence of Druldical ceremonled is evidenced in the ancient Halloween fires. Certain of the custams which used to prevail in Eng- land were survivals of the festival of Pomena, the goddess of fruit. Hallow- een is called by this name because the) festival falls en the evening of October | 31, which {8 the eve of the vigil of All} Hallows, the festival of All Saints; this Q. To whom do we owe the expres- sion “pussyfooting” —H. A. A. Tt is said to have been popular- ized by the late Theodore Roosevelt. Q. What will prevent the splitting of hardwoods whllepl!ensonlns?—pL, ol i A. The Department of Agriculture says that in air seasoning the checking and splitting may be minimized by pro- - Q. How did it take Lincoin to d';{"'c' gl- ‘:&%ow Gettysburg speech” A. Lincoln occupied abeut five min- utes in reading his great oration. It was received without applause, prob- ably because his hearers wero too moved for’ demonstration. Mistaking the si- lenc, Lincoln said to a companion: I have falled again” Edward Everett, the renowned orator, aleo spoke at the dedleation exercises at Gettysburg, his speech lasting two hours. He was splendidly recelved, but what ne said was soon forgotten. Q. How much brighter is full day- ight than full moonlight’—R. E. A, Recent experiments have proved that full daylight is about 60,000 times a8 bright as full moonlight. Q. If it rains di a double-header s the rain check go0dT—P. 3 N A. Bince the admission price is the same as it 'is for one game, a yain check is good only when less than four and a half innings of the first gamc have been played. ‘Q. How many women living never get a vacation?—A. McC A. A survey of rural homes in thirty- three states shows that 87 per cent of the women on farms never have an vacations. Q. What is the bar sinister’—E. P. E. A. The bar sinister {s a heraldic symbol used on a coat-of-arms to indi- cate by the fact that it turns to the left the irregular descent of the person upon whose arms it i shown. Tt is indica- tive of an illegit{mate birth, Q. What was the name of the othor man who rode when Paul Revere did to spread the alarm?—N. H. O. A. Willlam Dawes was the other man who rode to warn the colonists of the coming of the British. Q. Where did epsom salts get tlat name?—S. P. R. A. Epsom salts takes its name from its oceurrence in_dissolved form in mineral spring at Epsom, a market town in the county of Surrey, fourteen miles southwest of the heart of Londen. It may be prepared also from dolemite. by decomposing the mineral by the addition of sulphuric acid. | 1i on farms Q. What is the size of the largest egg known?—R. G. A. An epiornis, an extinct ratite bird of Madagascar, much like an ostrich in size and structure, laid the largest and strongest eggs known, measuring about thirtcen inches by nine and one-half. These dimensions are twice those of an ostrich cgg, and an cgg of the epiornis would hold the contents of six ostrich tecting the woods from the sun and rain and by coating the ends of the pieces with parafin. In kiln drying the same defects may be prevented by proper control ef the temperatures, humidities and circulation in the kiln. Q. When did the late Prince Monaco visit Washington?—W, L. A, Prince Albert of Monaco visited ‘Washington in April, 1921, The prince | drew h! evenues from the most famous gambling resort in the world and spent them in deep sea dredging in the in- terest of science. The prince and Prof. Albert Einstein came here at the invi- tation of the Natienal Academy of Sci. ence—the g)rlm:e to receive the Alexan- der Agassia medal, awarded to him in recognition of his researehes in the science of the ocean: the prafessor merely a distinguished guest. The National Geographic Society alse gave the prince a medal, Prince Albert died in June, 1922, and was succeeded by his son, Prince Louls. of | eggs. Tradition and the evidence of same bones indicate that these birds bave been ewterminated since human occupation of Madagascar began Q. How much does water when it becomes fce?—M. F. A. The expansion of water when asses into the “solid state amounts to | .55 per cent. Q. What was the name of the Queen | of Sheba?—H. M. R. @ | _A. The queen whe visited Soloraes not historically mentioned by name. {Her home was Sheba, which ' was the capital of Arabia Pelt According to a late Arzbic version of the story, her | name was Ballkis. expand (If you ligve @ guestion vou wan! | answered, send it to The Star Infor- | matlon Bureau, Fredsric J. Haskin. | director, 1230 Narth Capitol street | The only charge for this service is + ! cents in Stamps for return postage.) Curbing of Walton and Klan Is Declared Oklahoma’s Task With the Oklahoma legislature convened by special call of Gev. ‘Walton heading off action under the result of the special election editars admittedly are gratified that, for the time being at least, the rule of force hag been ended in that state. The unanimity with which the newspapers {of the natien have condemned both the governor and certain of the Klan officlals for their effort to carry through a “rule or ruin" policy is remarkable. Both sides come in for the sharpest of criticlsm and now there is a general hope expressed that sane common sense will provail, and that the spectacle of almost an en- tire state ignoring the ‘orderly proc- esses of the law” has been ended for all time. The Milwaukee Journal vinced the recent election does not mean the “people of Oklahoma deny the Klan is the menace the governor says or that it h; such a hold on the state that they want to be ruled i Oklahoma people resent the advertisement the governor has given them as a state where lawlessness and violence are common., But Okla- homa* will not get rid of the obloquy by discharging the man who pro- ceeded against it. . It may be wise to get rid of Walton, but they want to be sure they are not surrender- ing to the dangers Walton says are present.” The Topeka Capital, how- ever, is convinced the outcome of the special election was a “vietory for law and order. But Oklahoma's mess will not be cleared up by the im- peachment of Gov. Walten, if it oc- cura . It still has the job of suppress- ingmob law by the ‘invisible govern- ment' of the Klan in the regular proc- esses of constituted’ autherities of the is con- ically be regarded as unrelated to the Ku Klux Kian. The decisive victe was gchieved in behalf of constit tional government; ¥ % “We want peither Klan nor king,” is the slogan of the people of Okla- hama themselves sounded. in the view of the New York Evening World, “and it is new up to the people of Oklahoma to make good. The le; lature will_probably oust Gov. Wal- ton. It is Up to the people of Ok homa to oust the Klan” Th also in part the opinion of the Cin- cinnati Times-Stay, which points out the “Klan might have been the big issue in the election had the gov- ernor been less outrageous in word and action, No gevernor of-an Amer- tcan state ever talked or acted as Jack Walten of Ollahoma has talked and acted during the present crisis Germany’s ‘Me und Gott' kalsers were the spirit ef democracy itself compared with the man who tried to overawe with bayonets the legisla- Iture and the. courts, the grand jury and the people themselves in Okla- homa. The events indicate that Okla- homa has the courage, the patriotism and the common sense to settlc her problems all by herself.” So far as the Baltimore Sun is concerned, it believes “tap sesslon’ of the legisla- ture will_throw the whole Ku Klux issue in Oklahoma into the forum debate and discussion where it be- longs." The events in OKlahoma of the tast eks “is a reflection on dem. the Lincoln Star insists, “but the citizenship of Oklahoma will bu improved bocause of what has takex place,” while the Albany News argues “Gov. Walton's, efforts to put down the Kian have been in some ways commendable, byt he has gone too far.” The one “startling” thing. us the Indianapells News views the out- come of the special election, is the “ease with which constitutional amendments can be adopted in Okla- {homa. ~Doubtless it is an inconven | {ience to have to depend on the gov- | ernor to call & special session of the | legislature when tho question to be state.” * ok ok x This is alse the view-of the Albany Knickerboeker Press, which feels “much remains to be donc before Oklahoma can again pursue a peace ful way officlally. It was doubly un- fortunate that methods bevond the law were used by officers of the law. Such a procedure never promotes good; indeed. it defeats the righteous purpose it was intended to achieve.” The Syracuse Herald is far from con- | vinced the special session “insures Gov. Walton's removal by impeach- ment. A bare majority of the house of representatives is sufficient to im- peaech; but under the Oklahoma con- stitution it will require a two-thirds vote of the state senate to condemn. Whether that preponderating majority is, forthcoming is as yet a debatable question. At any rate, the impeach- ment proceedings are bound to arouse a nation-wide interest.” To which the Roanoke Times adds, “Oklahoma is not out of the woods yet, as far as the fight between Gov. Walton and the legislature is concerned. 1t prom- ises to be a merry autumn, with lots| doing, both for the governor and his | opponents.” ‘Attention is directed Dby.the Rich- mond News-Leader to the fact that “the constitution of Oklahoma sets forth as groupd for impeachment ‘willful neglect of duty, corruption in office, habitual drunkenness. incom- peteney or any offense involving moral turpitudé committed while in office,’ strely. a large enough coat to cover Waltori/! - The Newark News sgems convinced *level-headed Okla- nomans have blamed themselves for the two mendces, the Ku Klux and To the | Walton, neither of which would have arisen if they had taken a better in- terest in their own government. Self- .government |s not automatic. Okla- homa is fortunate if it has learned this lesson and been horn again into the kingdom of self-government.” As for the recent eleétion itself, with the people themesiven ordering the spe- Lynchburg News ‘suggests - 'in’_principle the considera- tions fgvolved may properly and log- considered is his:own impgachment Rut casual legislative sessions, casual clections and casually adopted cor- stitutional amendments will ot strike the people of ‘these part. as things to be desired.” Fully con- vinced that Walton “is ncar the end of his tethar” the Rochester Times Union insista “for Oklahoma remain the task of redeeming itself in the eyes of the country, of showing Waltonism was unnccessary. It can only - accomplish this by repressing mob violence with the same vigor with which it has repudiated execu- tive usurpation.” The experience, however, “may be a blessing in dis- the Knoxville Sentinel points in- that the “tendepcy to mob- oeracy on the onc hand and autocra on the other" may be curbed for » time by the “sober and sane” peop of Oklahoma. s Cathedral Thanks “‘Radio Contributor’ To the Editor of The Star; The National Catbedral received to- day a contribution from %A Listener- In.” We wish to take thig opportuni- ty of gratefully, ackmewledging this gift through the. colunthys of The Evening Star. In writing to Bishop Freeman, contributor sal “Please cause the inclosed mite to be applied to the fund for the building of the great Natlopal Cathearal. Though not amongst the multitude ut Mount St. Alban yesterday, the donor heard the magnificent service through that modern medlum—the radio. Let all of us true Americans hope and pray that the rising structure may become a reality soener than .our | hopes and _expeetations, (Signed) “A LISTENER-IN." We would appreciate it very much it e Evenjag Btar would acknowl edge !M’soan o behl.l_(‘» . Dean of “_’l}l‘l"fi‘l‘l‘.*’ the October €.