Evening Star Newspaper, October 12, 1923, Page 6

'THE EVENING STAR, With Sunday Morning mlfioll__-__ —— WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY... October 12, 1828 ' THEODORE W. NOYES........Editor & The Evening Star Newspaper Company .- Business Office, 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. New York Office: 110 East 42nd St. 3 Chicgo Office: Tower Bufldin # uropean Office: 16 Regent St., London, The Kvening Star, with the Sunday morning edition, is delivered by carriers within the city 1160 conts per month; duily oniy; 43 cents Bt month: Sanday only, 20 cents per month. Or- . ders may ‘be sent by mail or telephone Main 6000. Collection is made by carriers at the end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. ' . Maryland 2nd Virginia. i Dally and Sunday..1yr., §8.40; 1 mo., 70¢ Daily only. 1yr.; $6.0 . 50c Eunday oni. (1yr., §2.40;1 mo., 202 All Other States. 'y Sunday Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press {s exclnsively entitled fo the use for republication of all news dis- patches credited to it or nat otherwise credite in this paper and also the local mews pub- Lished by rights of publication of speeial df D are also reserved, oniy Lloyd George Proposes an Alliance. An Anglo-American entente is pro- posed hy Lioyd George as a world peace insurance policy. The proposal apparently comes from the heart of PBritain's war premier, now a distin- guished vi or to these shores. Of all the great nations of the world he picks America to stand beside his own untry in the intel ts of peace. But an entente between two nations, mong several, as a means of pre- ing the peace of the world is ely a_new idea. The centuries Lave seen many such understandings. . In the eud they have invariably led to war. They have been based upon might, manpower and the caliber of Lioyd George frankly says that an Anglo-American entente would 1 combination that no other nation oup of nations would dare to op- But that scarcely reckdns with tomorrow or the day Jt is but natural that nations “on the outside” would form an under- stand The nations on the outside of other ententes have done so, and in the end combinations have been found which dared to throw down the sauntiet ‘to the older alliances, en- tentes, or whatever they might be termed. There is not only no sur- ance that such combinations would not soon shape themselves in opposi- tion to an Anglo-American, but eve reason to believe they would do so. perpetuation of world peace . has been the dream of many states- men. Efforts have been made time after time to Until “right is might” in truth, howev there seems little chance for such a condition. s a practical proposition in the in- tevests of the Anglo-Saxon speaking nations. of the world an entente be- tween the United States. and Great Britain might be another thing entire- . ly, though certainly Mr. Lloyd George will find in this country some opinions | to the cffect that Britain woyld reap the greater benefit from such an un- derstanding. As a practical man, also, | the former British premier recognizes the fact that there would be strong opposition to the establishment of an unwritten alliance with a Buropean nation, .even for peace, in this coun- try, where millions of people are still congratulating themselves on the fail- ure of the United States to enter the league of nations In reply to a question as to what immediate steps might be taken to hurry along an Anglo-American en- tente, Mr, Lloyd George showed his understanding of the situation here when he said “Well, the i are the . soone gether.” There cannot fail always to be an underlying feeling of warm friend- ship between the two great English- speaking nations of the world. Bloed, customs, a spirit of fair piay, help to bind them together. In the world war they were allies, and since the war 1he two natior e found themselves to have much in common. This very feeling of sympathy and understand- ing is in itself a measure of war pre- vention. immediate the steps they will come to- —_———————— — Representative: electric railways in convention at Atlantic City say there is no more hope of returning to 8 nickel carfare than of reviving the fivescent cigar. If the cost of a ride continues to advance a number of men will insist that they will have to get cheaper tobacco or else quit smok- ing. The Stokes divorce case is a revela. tlop in human nature: There is ev dently no limit'to the amount of scan- dalous publicity a man may learn to endure without embarrassment. Coal at $20 a ton gives the weather prophet who holds out for a mild win- ter a strong grip on popular affec- tion. Poincare ‘would rather deal with Stinnes than ‘with the Berlin govern- ment. Stinnes represents real money. The Crowded Jail gain we have the story of an over- owded jail, but there is no reason “for excitémént over the thought that we have become a more lawless city. “When the “new" jail was built about forty-six years ago the population of the District was half what it is now. Even then, nearly half a century ago, the jail was not capacious ’80s-and '90s we used to have periodi- cal stories that it' was too much “crowded,and that prisoners wefe sub- jected to unnecessary hardship and .discomfort. The present crowding seems to be due not so much to an ex- traordinary increase in the number of ‘evil or unfortunate men and women as to other causes. The officer in charge of the jail says: “The cause is the courts’ vacation, Judges have-just re- turned from vacations and the dockets are crowded. This time of year there is-generally a peak reached at the “jail, but for several years the ayerage “hag ‘not been as high as during -the -past summer and the Mst few months.” It s said that “night. before last the figure - of 381 prigoners was Teached, which' is.a record-breaker for recent Eagtana. and in the | ! gest the withdrawal, 'Lloyd George. The program is expen- | orde of the jail for earller years would show higher figures. Consideration should be given to the matter of crowding at the jail. If the condition should prove to be per- ‘manent-an addition to the jail should be built or preferably @ new jail should be constructed in ample grounds out- side the city. The uses to which reservation No. 13 was put many years ago have operated as a check upon the development: of a large sec- tion of East Washington. .On- that reservation _stood the workhouse buildings for male and female prison- ers. The almshouse was there. So was the “potter’s field.” The workhouse has been removed and transformed into @ modern work farm on Occoquan creek, and the almshouse has been given a pleasanter name and is now at Blue Plains. Potter’s fleld has been done away with, but the public crema- torium and the smallpox hospital are still on the reservation on which the jail stands. If there is to be a new Jail it should be on a new site. George Washington University. At an inaugural reception tendered to President William Mather Lewis of George Washington University by the student body, announcement was made that work is about to begin on the first unit building of a group that will constitute the permanent home of the institution. This is good news not only to the students and alumni of George Washington but to the com- munity. The growth of the university during recent years has been remark- able. Despite the handicap of an in- adequate equipment it has increased its activities and enrollment. Long ago, when it was Columbian College, it had a home, first upon the hill north of the city and later downtown. Those housings were then sufficient. But even at the establishment at 15th and H streets the university began to be crowded. Some of its schools were necessarily housed outside. Then came financial misfortunes which ne- cessitated & shift. From these the in- stitution has now emerged, and it is on a solid footing, as the decision’ to start building clearly att George Washington = Univ doing a vitally important work at the Capital. That it has succeeded within the last few years of stress and inconvenience in furnishing edu- cational facilities of a high order to a large student body, constantly increas- ing, is a source of pride to Washing- ton. According to the plans now an- nounced the university equipment will be developed on a broad plan, to in- clude every possible provision for the most effective service to a student of greater size than today. In statement to the students and alumni yesterday at the Sylvan Theater reception President Lewis pledged “not only a complete and splendid plant for recitations and lec- tures and laboratories, but ample and modern facilities for activities and for all forms of wholesome paysical recreation.” —_————————— Henry Seems Willing. Politicians are likely to read with in- terest the dispatch from Omaha in cating that Henry Ford has no objec- tion to his name going on the presi- dentlal preference ballot. The secre- fary of state of Nebraska wrote to Mr. Ford that unless his name was withdrawn it would be placed on the ballot. The reply received from Mr. Ford's general secretary did not sug- so the name will be entered as a candidate for the nomination on the progressive ticket. This looks like business, and the politiclans will be justified in drawing the conclusion that the manufacturer is placing himself in the hands of his friends. Mr. Ford's course has been quite consistent, and the Nebraska. in- cident furnishes no departure from it. He caiised it to be known early in the game that if there should be mani- festation of any general desire for his candidacy he would not seek to dis- courage it, but he did not encourage his friends to start an active campaizn to stimulate interest in his candidacy. If spontaneous movements develop in the states which will select dele- | gates to the national convention by primaries disclosing existence of a marked degree of Ford sentiment, Mr. Ford will have justification in coming out with a declaration announcing his candidacy, and in that event would be expected by the politiclans to throw himself into the ‘contest with his ac- customed energy. Indications crop out from time to time that he will yet have to be ac- counted for in the presidential race, | and very probably as an independent. | —_————————— European nations are arming again ] and filling up their arsenals, declares | sive, and Uncle Sam may be pardoned a mild curiosity as to where the money is coming from. ————— The program of Poincare is simple enough. Germany is expected to pay all she has on hand and owe a balance sufficient to keep her safely in debt for an indefinite period. ———————— Rudyard Kipling says that the first ase of speech by man was to lie. Very few, however, succeeded in making i their fictions as attractive as those of Mr. Kipling? ———————— The A. F. of L. will never be strong enopgh in- politics to compel cabinet officers to form a union and refuse to work overtime in an emergency. ———————— Fourteen in One Day. Yesterday two grade crossings took heavy toll of life. Near Rootstown, ‘©Ohio, a school bus laden with children was hit by a fast train and eight. chil- dren were killed and six were badly hurt. At Hepburnviile, Pa., a motor bus making @ regular trip out of Wil- ifamsport was struck by a train and six persons were killed. A day’s total of fourteen lives lost at crossings, in circumstances which afforded no pos- sible excuse for the blunders of the drivers. z In both cases the vehicles were mak: ing regular _runs, on schedule, over es- tablished routes. The drivers knew thé conditions, knew the presence of the tracks, knew the imminence of danger. Yet they took chances. They carried their charges into deadly peril. The inference is that the rec-| In the Ohio case inspectors.-for. the THE . EVEXING STAR, WASHINGTON,. D. C VFRIDAY OCTOBER 12, 1923 state public utilitles commission in- spected the crossing and the track af- ter the accident and, while reserving their opinion for a formal report, de- clared that the crossing was ‘‘un- doubtedly dangerous.” This opinion appears to have been based on the fact that a clump of trees a hundred yards west of the road partially obscures the track, and a four-foot grade up ‘which the vehicles must pass in order to reach the rails adds to the difficulty. Every grade crossing is “undoubted- ly dangerous,” regardless of whether there are trees in the way of vision or a grade. Every crossing is deadly even when all drivers are careful, The fact that.regular bus -drivers take chances shows that no place where road and track coincide can possibly be safe. Make the crossings foolproof! Elim- inate them! Send the road over or un- der the tracks! That is the only way to stop the slaughter of innocent ped- ple. And while this work is being done every place where a frequented road crosses tracks at grade should be glven the fullest possible protection by gates, with watchmen and bells and swinging signs and lights to give warning of the approach of trains. Fourteen lives in one morning is too heavy a price to pay for trans- portation. —————— Government Buildings. The superintendent of public build- ings and grounds, speaking before the Washington Board of Trade Tues- day night, stressed the government's need of new buildings at Washington. 1t is not the first nor the tenth time that Col. Sherrill has spoken on this subject, and the Board of Trade has labored for years that the government should have satisfactory quarters at Washington. 1t is only by persistence in keeping the facts to the fore that appropriate action will be obtained, and the statements made by Col. Sherrill gshould have weight. Vérious departments have told of how they are handicapped by lack of buildings in which to carry on their work. The matter has been presented in many official reports. Bills have been introduced in Congress, con- sidered by committees and have been favorably reported. There has been delay and disappointment, but the time cannot be far off when we shall have corner stone laying and dedica- tion ceremonies for a number of new public buildings. The government is using rented quarters unsuited to the uses to which they are put, and in makeshift build- ings erected on the spur of moment when war came on us. It often hap- pens that a ‘‘temporary” structure continues in use until its foundation glves way and its walls totter, and some of the “temporary” government buildings at Washington are following this course. Col. Sherrill told the Beard of Trade. that ‘“‘these buildings are on th last legs.” He said that the cost of keep- ing them In repair has reached “a staggering sum,” and that they are “rapidly reaching the state where they will have to be abandoned as unsafe.” Everybody in Waskington knows this, and everybody hopes that Congress will do the proper thing at the earliest practicable moment. ————— Liquor was discovered in New York in an ocean shipment of barrels sup- posed to contain raw hides. The sub- stitution of rum, if persisted in, will mevitably raise the price of shoes. John Barleycorn is one of our most expensive smuggiers. ——————— Narcotics are being smuggled from Mexico. The method of raising funds is at any rate milder than those for- merly practiced by brigands. SHOOTING STARS. LY PHILANDER JOHNSON. War Is Over! ‘War is ovel Strife is through. ife in clover Now is due. Airship floaters Bid us frown. Reckless motors Mow us down. Men get sicker And grow pale, Bootleg licker Tells the tale. And bichloride ° Brings its doom— That long slow ride To the tomb. War is finished— Joy is brief. Undiminished Is our grief. Always- Pleasant. “Distinguished . visitors to- America always seem happy and interested.” “That's because they have to:keep smiling all the time,” said Senator Sorghum. “They never know when a camera man may be after them:, Jud Tunkins says the tremendous Influence of woman is ‘shown by the number of men‘who attend classical concerts when they'd rather be at a county fair. Uncivilization, The Indian gravely smokes his pipe of peace, But travelers observe with much Tregret A lady Indian's thralldom does not cease. She doesn’t even smoke a cigarette, | Improvements. “I understand Crimson Guich has new hotel.” 3 “Yep,” answered Cactus Joe. “Are the sleeping -accommodations good: ,“You're mot supposed to sleep. We had that hotel put up so's to have a comfortable place ‘to play - poker all night.” “You disapprove of publicity for divorces among stage artists?” “I do,” answered Miss Cayenne. “It encourages' people who are not artists to get divorces under the impression that they are entertaining the public.” “'Taint how emart a men is,” said Uncle Eben; “dat counts in politi~s as much as how smart he kin make & ks imagine he is. BY FREDERIC Pacific coast republicans are talk- ing about Coolldge and Hoover as a winning presidential ticket in 1924, ;Fhey have already coined a slogan or the combination—"Massachusetts and California—Hands across the coutinent.” This ‘observer is in- formed that republicans in California, Oregon and Washington state look upon Mr. Coolidge’s nomination as a foregons conclusion and now are con- centrating their attentfon mainly upon the question of his running mate. To western farmers ‘In- par- ticular, it is declared, a Coolldge- Hoover ticket would make a lively appeal. - Mr. Hoover sticks to_his knitting at the Department of Com- merce with a vengeance these days and’ will ‘not talk politics. The Pres- ident holds him in highest-regard as an executive coadjutor, and Hoover would unquestionably be satisfactory to Coolidge as a copartner in 1924. * K ok K Despite former Gov. Lowden's un- willingness to accept the London am- bassadorshlp, ,if offered, politicians are convinced the appointment will Bo to the west. Warren of Michigan and Hammond of California are re- ceptive candidates who measure up to the geographical requitements. For- mer Senator Kellogg of Minnesota who has been among the mentione denies that he is in the runnin; Solicitor General James M. Beck's a pointment to the Court of St. James would undermine the theory that lightning never strikes twice in the same place. John W. Davis was so- licitor general when President Wilson sent him to London in 1918, *xais i v l ! Richmond Pearson Hobson of Merrimac and Santlago fame is now a permanent resident of Los Angeles and devoting himself to a crusade against the narcotic evil. Until the enactment of the eighteenthi amend- ment and the Volstead act, the most- kissed officer in_American naval his- tory was an ardent propagandist on behalf of prohibition. mission in the liquor fleld as having been accomplished and now concen- trates on exposure of the “dope” traf- fiec. Hobson finds Hollywood and its gay. ideal field. environs an missionary * % k¥ R. P. Schwerin of California, who has been fighting for the open door for American radio in China for the past three years, has come to Wash- ington to confer with Secretary Tughes. His particular purpose is to thank the State Department for its villant support of the Federal Wire- less Company’s cause at Peking. The shwerin group has finally obtained its.concessions, after months of bil ter op tion from J: BY THE MARQUISE DE FONTENOY Of all the statesmen who have been called upon to direct the des- tinies of the vast British pire from Downing street, English in appearance, character, in principle, prejudice, manner and mind in~ undoubtedly the present premier, Stanley Baldwin. To those who know him it is difficult to conceife of any- thing foreign in his composition or ancestry. Yet we now find the Ital- fans who describe him as . “Signor Baldovino.” insisting that he is of Tuscan origin, that Baldwin is merely a corruption of Baldovino, and that he is descended from an Italian noble of. that name who was one of the principal heroes in Torquato Tasso's immortal “Jerusalem Delivered.” ‘While Stanley Baldwin's policies as prime minister have apparently won the approval of the masses of his fellow countrymen, He seems to have been less successful in convine- ing the members of his own famil For his son Oliver, who on the oc- casion of the last general election was quite active in campaigning and can- vassing votes for him, has now de- serted the conservative ~party, of which his father is the chief, and, having joined the socialists, is deliv ering public speeches in behalf of their cause, and has announced his intention of standing for parliament under their auspices. As in the case of so many younger men whose po- litical ideas have not vet been ripened by experience, his views are very advanced and his public utterances have attracted the attention of the foreign press, who apparently ignore his lack of maturity, even so weighty and usually well informed a new: paper as the Paris Debats accord- ing them editorial importance as coming from the son of the prime minister of Great Britain. * ¥ % * Citizens of the Free State of Ireland still.retain their right of appealing to King George for justice, this right being specially preserved to them by section 66 of the treaty between Great Britain and the Free State, which declares that this right shall not -be impaired. There has been quite a lot of angry discussion about the matter, alike in Ireland and Eng- land, based on the erroneous con- tention that the treaty had deprived the Free. Staters of the right to ap- peal from their own courts "to the privy council., Now, this right has never existed,‘sfnce, contrary to gen- eral belief, the privy council is not a tribunal of the realm. or of the empire, in consequence of which no judicial appeal can be made thereto. In the case of England, Wales, Scot- land and northern Ireland appeals can be made from the decisions of their own supreme courts to the house of lords, which sits at West- minster as the highest tribunal of the realm. There is no other judicial court of ultimate appeal. The Free State of Ireland, differ- ing from the Ulster, stands in the same position as the self-governing dominlons of Canada and New Zea- land, of the commonwealth of Au- stralla and of the South African Unlon,” and of the Empire of India. Appeals from their supreme courts g0, not to any higher tribunal or to the house of lords, sitting as such, but diréct to the sovereign, whose prerog- ative it is to see that no injustice is done to any of his subjects in any part of his empire. This prerogative depends_upon no act of parliament, and is above the law. It Is, according £5 ‘tne constitution, “part of the_con- ception of his office,” and may be said to be derived from that old Roman system of jurisprudence upon which all medieval and modern law is based. The soverelgn refers these appeals Imade to his throne to a committee of his privy council, composed of the most_eminent judges and jurists of his, empire,” & committee which clules several colonial and even na- tive Indian members. They investi- !’Eie the appeal to the crown, give edrings and make their recommenda- iong to the sovereign. It was.at ome of .ithese hearings {hat James M. He regards his | the most typically| WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS WILLIAM WILE 4 British interests, It is now con- | structing the most powerful radio station in- the world at Shanghai for the purpose of regular transpacific communication between China and the United States. 5 * Kk % Senator Underjvood of Alabama, the only avowed and by far most active aspirant for the democratic presiden- tial nomination, is contending for the honor as an out-and-out candidate of the south. His organization has just issued a remarkably graphic “Under- wood map” of the Union, depicting the senator as Dixie's favorite son. The outstanding feature of the map | is the segment of ten southern states roped off under the title of “The Great White House Desert.”” An explanatory statement asserts that in 135 years there have been no Presidents and only two Vice Presidents from Mis- souri, Arkansas, Texds, Louislana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Flor- ida, North Carolina and South Caro- In that area, the map relates, per cent of all of the farms of the country, with a value of fifteen billion dollars and a population of 24,242,381, The “Great White House Desert” is labeled *“Closed always to ten southern states—by order of the politicians.” Then: “Open after June, 1924—by order of the people.” Lineal descendants of James Mon- Toe, apropos this year's centenary of the' Monroe doctrine, will meet in ‘Washington on November 17, to form the Monroe Association. Mrs. Rose Gouverneur Hoes, one of the three sisters who are Monroe's nearest fe- male descendants, still allve, is a prime mover In the project. The male next of kin Is Minor Fairfax Heiskell Gouverneur of Baltimore, Only sev- enteen or' eighteen persons of au- thentic Monroe descent are extant. They will be guests of honor at the national celebration of the doctrine centenary in Virginia during the first week of December. * ok ok % Harry M. Daugherty, who hopes some day to write a biography of Warren G. Harding, will begin the narrative with the story of how he first met the late President. Harding was running for the Ohio state sen- {ate in 1900. Daugherty, then on the | threshold of his distinguished career as a political manager, was passing | through a small town in Harding's county on the day the young Marion politician was billed for a speech on his own behalf. In the back yard of | the country hotel Daugherty ran |across a tall, prepossessing fellow {in the early ‘thirties, engaged in the | homespun pastime of having his boots | blacked. Daugherty introduced him- self and asked who the stranger might be. “I'm Warren Harding,” the latter replied, “and I'm down here trying to interest this burg in my | candidacy for the state senate” Then |and there began a Damon and Pythias | comradeship destined to land both | men in the seats of the mighty. (Copyright, 1923.) Baldwin of Tuscan Origin, Italians Are Now Claiming ) Beck, sblicitor general for the United | States, appeared to appeal—mot to any British tribunal, but to the Brit- ish king—against a decision rendered |against his American clients by the | supreme court of Canada. The sovereign usually accepts the {advice of the judicial committee of |bis privy council, and decides the case in accordance with fits recom- | mendation. But he is under no obli- | gation, legal or constitutional, to do {so. He remains the fountainhead of | justice for every one of his subjects, |for_every corner of his empire, be it {in South Africa, in Australia, in Can- |ada or in the Irish Free State. On the advice of the judicial commitges of his privy eouncil he can, in e case of appeals to his throne, reverse the decision of the highest tribunals of any portion of his empire, even of | the house of lords, in order to repair {a wron an error or any act of in- justice, his sovereign's action in the | matter being safeguarded by the co- | operation of his privy council. Con- |sequently, the peopie of the Free | State of Ireland, while through the | treaty granting’ them autonomy they | have lost thelr former rigit of appeal to |the house of lords at Westminster, |still retain unimpaired their anclent right of appeal to the sovereign against the decision of their own | courts. il i * % % % | The election of Sir Lewis Newton last week to the offite of lord mayor of the city of London, now merely one of the twenty-nine boroughs into which the huge British metropolis is divided, will involve his taking up his residence In the official abode which the colossally rich municipality of the city has provided for 200 yvears past for its chief magistrate. Prior to its construction; according to the designs of the famous architect, = George Dance, in 1738, the lord mavors lived in their own homes, generally above their shops or business premises, and thus it has happened that the chief magistrate of the city of London, who is ‘entitled to the prefix of “lord” and who ranks with the earls, has In former centuries administered the duties of his office from a cobbler's store, from a brick yard, from a haberdashery emporium and even from a pawnshop. The Mansion House, across the street from the Bank of England, is today a stately, rather pompous build- ing of the paiatial and “churchy” or- der, which has been described as a sort of Hallelujah chorus in stone. It cost some $400,000 and was paid for in entirety out of sheriff’s fines. Of course, its building led to many charges of graft and there scems to be no doubt that some of the con- tracts were grossly corrupt, and some of the most strange discussions en- sued. Thus, no provision was made for baths, and when, in 1812, the lord mayor of the day demanded the in- stallation of a bath the municipal court of common councilmen was unanimously against any such luxury, on the ground 'that no previous chief magistrate of London had ever made such a_demand upon the city or had insisted upon a bath. In fact, it was not _until 1832 that the city council finally gave way and ordered a single bathroom to be fitted up. ‘English people seem to begrudge baths to thelr fellow countrymen, de- spite their proverblal love for soap and water. Thus the present Mar- quis_of Salisbury, a member of Stan- ey Baldwin's cabinet, on one public occasion protested against money as- signed to the improvement of agri- cultural laborers’ "cottages being used for equipping them with the useless and extravagant luxury of baths, - while, when the house of commons was call- ©d upon to vote the money necessary for the transformation of: a portion of the Palace of Westminster into an of- ficia] residence for the lord high chan- Gellor of the realm. it stubbornly re- fused to provide the funds required for the construction and equipment of even a single bath, indicating that it was in no way concerned orinter- ested In the ablutions of the lord kegper of the great seal and of the king’s. conscience, then Lord Birken- ead. .. - - * k% x Mansion House occupied the: site of a former livestock market, known'as the Stocks market, where, if any of the animals were found to be dis- eased they were straightway killed and incinerated on the spot, in such a manner that the perfumes of the com-: bustion were directed entirely to the nose of the offending owner. And be- fore its belng a livestock market it was. the site' of a villa, dating from the time of the Roman conquest by -Believes Facts Wrong. C. A. Tupper, Lauding Quake Reports, Offers Correction. To the Editor of The Star: American newspapers displayed such commendable enterprise in se- curing early and very authentic re- ports of the disaster in Japan and The Star's own speclal carrespondent from the far east in general has Dbeen o accurate, that I régret to ob- serve In recent cables from Japan some detalls of alleged Japanese offi- cial interference with the work of relief which was evidently the re- sult of a misunderstanding on the part of correspondents. Since these reports appeared 1 have taken oc- casion to ascertain the facts, and there Is now before me official cable- grams from Japan which I belleve are worth bringing to your atten- tion. From these it appears that neither the Jhpanese naval authorities nor other officlals prevented in any way the relief work of American naval vessels at Yokohama or in other parts of Tokio bay, but, on the contrary, tried by every means to repay their kindness by giving them all facili- ties so far as clrcumstances permit- ted. This included permission for relief work at Shibawra and what were known before the disaster as the “forbidden ports” of Kamakura and its vicinity. As soon as order was restored special facility was given to the same American destroy- ers to sail as far as Tsuklji district in order to help foreign refugees. In_the matter of the Imperial Ho- tel, I learn that the Japanese mili- tary authorities did mnot order the forelgners who were staying there to leave, as was reported, but, on the contrary, allowed them to remaln there and also gave additional rooms to members of the diplomatic corps and forelgn refugees and extended every possible facility to them. No military force was stationed at the Imperial Hotel, and it was not requi- sitioned for governmental purposes. I realize that in reporting a dis- aster of this size it is impossible to insure absolute accuracy, as news- paper correspondents could not be in every place at once and naturally had to rely more or less upon re- ports and rumors. The Japanese au- thorities, however, ‘are certainly very grateful for American help, and my information is that they have done everything possible to reciprocate this assistance and to show their ap- preclation of it. I hope, therefore, that you will find opportunity to pre- sent these facts as they are and to obviate any further misunderstand- Ing or ill-feeling which might result from reports written during the pe- riod of uncertainty and stress. My own special interest in the matter arises from many years of residence in Japan, including associ- ation with the Japanese, both person- al and professional, and the feeling of warm friendship which I have for them. C. A. TUPPER. Citizens Oppose Boxing. Seat Pleasant District Dwellers Gain Ban on Matches. 1 To the Editor of The Star: The efforts of a certain sporting element in Seat Pleasant district, just over the District line in Maryland due east of the Capitol, to make it @ box- Ing center have failed. A large delegation of citizens, in- cluding pastors of various churches, and representatives of banking, busi- Bess. legal and other interests, went to Baltimore last week to profest to the state athletic commission against issuing any more permits for box- 1ing at Seat Pleasant, and today one of the délegation, Mrs. Francis S. Car- mody of Seat Pleasant, received a letter from Secretary Joseph M. Kelly advising her that sald commission, after giving the matter very thorough consideration, had declded to issue no further permits for boxing contests to be staged at Seat Pleisant. « . The Law and Order League of Seat Fremsant started this fight, which is Gesigned to put a_quietus on any at- tempt to revive the bad old days of the “Chesapeake Junction” regime, under which “dead-game sports” once gathered from all parts to the detri- ment of this residential section, now the home of thousands of prosperous and seif-respecting people. The Eve- ning Star had a large share in help- ing put the undesirable element out of business, and that help Is still well remembered and appreciated here. “Chesapeake Junction” no longer exists in reference to this section, but that name ig now applied to an_ex- press office of very meek and inoffen- Cive character located at Deanwood, in the District; two miles west of the District line. 1t is reali zed here by many that the young people must have sport of some kind, and the citizens are plan- ping to help the boys secure a ball fleld, where games can be played under a management that will elim- inate any possible undesirable feature, ‘and a community center is also under fonsideration, where the young of both sexes may spend their evenings pleasantly and profitably, especially fn winter. - LINDSAY S. PERKINS. How Milk Producers View Pending Dispute To the Editor of The Star: The writer is one of the milk pro- ducers shipping milk to Washington. 1t seems to me the producer is not properly considered in the discussion rinted in last Sunday's Star. Pt price. The producer is becom- ber of the association (co- milk marketing being its imply assumes the privilege cost, with a small profit, tor T a product entailing long hours 365 days In the year, very careful atten- tion to detalls impossible to be trust- ed to hired help If & high standard is hoped to be kept up. Bacond, quality. 1 speak for myself and I believe the majority feel as T do. T take personal pride in produc- fne milk of high quality: either my father or I clean and handle all uten- sils and watch carefully that every precaution is taken for cleanliness. The department of health should see that quality is maintained, and T be- lieve does so. I do mot believe all price changes in the past have been Passed to the consumer. The dealer fn milk is in business for profit and not as a public benefactor. No busi- ness concern will stay in a business without profit for any length of time. { The farmer is the only one who will do 8o, taking no account of interest on his investment, salary for himself, de- preciation of machinery, feed raised Dn Cthe premises and various other items that allbb\lialneal houses enter efore profits begin. bI hopg and believe the dealers will eventually see the good of the asso- clation for all concerned. It has relleved the surplus condition in the ast and would care for it entirely in ature. The association stands first, Jast and all the time for a square deat for all, the producer, the dealer and the comsumer._ o ooy ing a_mem operative object) s of asking e —— Jullus Caesar, somewhere mbout the {ithe “of the beginning of the Chris-" era. During the last eighty years of the existence -of the site as 3 _livestock market the center.thereof Was occu= pled by an equestrian statue, really that of King John Sobieski, Kin, Poland ‘and_savior of Vienna -from capture by the Turks. The horseman had been altered to represent Charles 11, while the prostrate Turk who Wi being trampled upon by the: king’s-horse was_intended to repre- sent Cromwell. However, the sculp- tor who effected these ' alterations omitted to remove the.turbap from the Turk's head, and thus he still fig- ures to this day in the group of sculpture, 'which, ‘on its removal -from its site to make way for the Mansion House, was.conveyed to Newby Hall, o Whaday, being the only sratne to. O in e only statue existence of Cromwell bonneted by & Purkieh varban. W ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS - BY FREDERI Q. What organization ' erected the zero milestone?—K. D, W. A. This was-a gift to the nation by the Lee Highway Association. It marks the. “point for measurement of: dis- tance from Washington on the high- ways of the United States.” Q. What part did Jefferson Davis play in the construction of Cabin John bridge?—J. G. H. A. The construction of Cabin John bridge was supervised by Jefferson Da- wvis, who was at the time Secretary of War. . Q promised to R. D, A. Upon the completion of the Ster- ling Memorial Library, Col. House's personal collection of political papers dealing with the origin and conduct of the world war and with the peace con- ference are to be deposited in the li- brary vault. For a certain period they will* be accessible only to specially quffiified students. Q. Who coined the word ‘“‘vahoo' 7— A HE A. Swift colned it to apply to an im- aginary race of men whose passions and intellect were on a level with those of the lowest animals. What papers has Col. House give Yale University? . What is the popular abbreviation for “able-bodied seaman”?—K. O. A. “A. B Q. How many newspapers has Rus- sta?—C. P. A. La Semaine Litteraire of Geneva recently stated that there are 545 jour- nals of various Kinds in soviet Russia. of which 174 are dailies. Their total circulation for a population of 150,000,- 000 reaches only 1,820,000 copies. 'The Izvestia of Moscow has the largest cir- culation, % Q. Can you tell me when the first barber shop was opened in the United States?—M. N, A. The first barber shop of any pre- tention was opened in New York city in 1845 by a man named Edward Phalon. Q. Did Henry VIII put on black for| his various wives?—M. T. R. A. Jane Seymour was the only con- sort for whom' the king wore mourning. Q. Can you tell me to which incident the following newspaper clipping refers: “In the old days they took eclipses 80 seriously that two armies, about to fight, turned talls and went home in a hurry when the sun began to disap- pear.”—F. L K,. | A. This eclipse occurred on the 28th of May, 535 B.C. According to Herod- otus, it took place during the battle of the Halys between the Medes and Lydlans, and caused an immediate ces- sation of hostilities. It is said that Thales of Miletus had foretold this eclipse, Q. How can an old family chart be kept from crumbling away?—>, A. A. crepeline to preserve manuscripts. This material is a_mixture of cotton and silk gauze. It should be pasted on both sides of the chart with a flour paste made as follows: To one cup of wheat flour add three cups of cold water, one- half teaspoon of powdered alum, four grains of white arsenic. Beat smooth and cook over boiling water for ten minutes. Coat the chart with paste, using a camel’s-hair brush. Lay on the crepeline, cover with paraffin paper and pulp board and press for fifteen min- utes, Q. In our household we have three measuring cups, each of which is dif- ferent in content from the others. How can ascertain which com The Library of Congress uses| C J. HASKIN plies ;lt_l;_ the government standard? A. The bureau of standards says the proper equivalent for a measuring cup {s one-half pint liquid or four fluid ounces. The most ready mcans of determining the accuracy of a measuring cup is by comparison with a standard liquid measure or glass graduate. Q. e walruses covered with hatr? / —B. H. A. Young ones are thickiy clothed with a faded brown fur, but as age advances the hair falls ‘out and the old animals are almost hairless. Q. —L. A. The transfusion of blood from the veins of one living animal’ to those of another, or from those of a man or one of the lower animals into a man, is a very old operation, having been performed in 1492 Q. What fs the difference between a couch and a lounge? IR A. Often in the furniture trade a couch is distinguished as having one arm, or ralsed end, and no back; & lounge as having one arm and a bauek; :flg;ffl. as having two arms and a Q. How long have w - Ing lbrariesr g Goar 0 120 Vel A, Traveling libraries were known in’ England as carly as 1817, while the first general American traveling libraries supported by public funds were authorized by the New York state leglslature in 1892, Q. Was the treadmill devi L4 mode of punishmentzp: 4o °F ¥ A. The treadmill was invente SiT William Cubic as a Ml o b operated by man power and was later adopted as a means of punishment and introduced into’ the prisons of 1England about 1820. It has been generally abolished. s blood transfusion a new ideg? p) { Q. In a second growth should the trees be | pruned?>—F. W. C. A. The forest service says that it would be advisable to thin the trees to increase their growth. Q. Would the Sahara desert De Heslll}ex if water could be provided? A. The soil of this desert contains all the elements of fertility except moisture. The Nile river crosses the desert, and the valley of the Nile s one of the most fertile territorles in the world. Q. Why was the carat adopted as a,measure for weighing gold?—F. 1D. B. A. Carat derives its name from “qirrat,” which in Arabic signifies the pod of the coral tree of Abyssinia. the seeds of which h: from time immemorlal been used in the east in weighing gold because they never vary in weight when they are dry. Q. Who invented the machine f: j carding wool?—0. C. A. A. The process which wool, cottan {fiax, et cetera, is made to undergo | previous to spinning has been done | for many years by machinery in- vented in 1738 by Lewls Paul, a Birmingham mechanic. Q. Is it correct to say that capital is money?—W. H. L. A. It is a mistake to capital is money. A worl a form of capital. but capits work-horses, neither is capital money, { although money is a form of capital (If you have a question you want answered send it to The Star Injor- mation Bureau, Frederic J. Haakin director, 1220 North Capitol sprect. The only charge for this service 2 cents in stamps for return posi age) forest. thinned or | say Pinchot’s War on Saloons Closely Watched by Pres: The entire country seems to be watching with considerable interest the fight between the saloonkeepers of Philadelphia-on the one hand and Gov. Pinchot and the Department.of Justice on the ‘other. When the fed- eral and state governments joined hands a short while back to close up the rum shops of the anthracite dis- trict they met with some success, be- cause the majority of the dealers closed up their so-called “near-beer” barrooms. . But now the Liquor Dealers’ Associatian of Philadelphia, an organization that has survived Volsteadism, has announced the au- thorities have no Tight to close their places of busine They say 3 ve been seiling “only soft drinks™ B e hen Gov. Pinchot in person vis- fted @ number to tell them that h would apply the padlock law, whicl would shut the establishments for & Vear, they simply laughed at him. The question which seems to be in- teresting the country is whether the injunction proceedings can be applied here on the original evidence gath- ered by special agents or whether it Shall be necessary to get new ev Sence to warrant issuance of the in- Junction closing near-beer establish- ments as nuisances. Should the fors Ter hold true, and the Governor of Pennsylvania says it will, then it is likely the method will be tried in a number of other large cities where wet sentiment still holds forth %It is well to have the test come now,” The Star pointed out, “to de- tormine whether the governments of the United States and of the state of Pennsylvania can be defled with Success.” The Scranton Times, how- ever, feels “it Temains to’be seen if] the mmove will be effective in actually; stopping _the sale of liguor o whether, like in Scranton, saloonmen will simply move upstairs and con- tinue to do business as usual, even | a little less open.” The method is that “of the iron hand.” the Pitts- burgh Sun holds, but “as long as the executive acts within the law to en- force the law there can be no com plaint, The Pennsylvania enforce- ment jaw and the Volstead act should be enforced in this state. Enforc ment heretofore has been largely far- clcal, If we are now to have a real test of real prohibition there can be no protest from good citizenship. * K ok * “Padlocking is the chief weapon the government has to enforce prohibi- tion,” the Newark News argues. al- though “that weapon has not been eftectively used in New Jersey up to the. present time.” It ‘18" because of the drastic powers the injunction gives, the Springfield Republican says, that the Penmsylvania experiment is being watched so closely, inasmuch as “this method of enforcing. proni- bition in the cities is now much fa-| vored. In this country today there I%ists probably the most glgantic conspiraey in American ~ history against the_ enforcement of a particu- lar set of laws. It is enormously to the credit of Gov. Plnchot that he should 80 courageously besin an of- fensive against the. intrenched but lawless rum trade of the city of Philadelphia. His slogan is, “The law is supreme.” Péople who are for law enforcement in-the abstract, but who want this particular law so discredit- ed by failure that its repeal will be forced, cannet sympathize with Gov. Pinchot;. but all who sincerely be- lieve that the possibilities of a law should be tested by’the fair and hon- est enforcement of it will wish him fortune and godspeed.” Ampli- ying this statement somewhat, the Boston Christian Science Monitor de- clares “no single concrete example of disobedience to the law. has more clearly illustrated the purpose.and {ntent jof:those who for o ma lecades defies reasonable ‘regula- tory rmeasures than- this deflance by a mere handful of ‘outlawed salbop. keepers. It may: b, that, alter all they | with the‘disguised saloons, cafes | lawless drug Btorcs padlocked a | boarded up the source of much of t polsonous liquor which now finds it | way into the hip pockets of those | who can ill afford to pay for it, a much less afford to drink it,’will e | destroyed.” * Rk x While admitting~“that “whisky of a {rotten and sillainous quality still m: be bought In Birmingham,” the News of that city points out “the traffic | must be conducted stealthily,” and, it | insists, “compared with- conditions that exist in Pennsylvanta, Blrmine- ham certainly can be regarded as the | abode of the blessed:cd decent, order- 1y, quiet city—indeed, a law-abiding city save in certain spots where citi- zens. do_mot seem to carei whether they are poisoned or not.” It is left to | the Louisville Times to paint out that “the: ‘accepted principle” of law _in America presumes the innocence of the accused. ¥ntil the men suspected have been convioted it can hardly be said that they are gubject (o drastic closing orders. As tha Times has said before, it is important’ta enforce the prohibition law, But it is just as tm- portant that the agents shail recos- nize the lawful rights of citizens suj- [pexed to be viclating the law:. The padlock law seems to be out of lfge. The soft-drink stand which sells i!- licit liquor should be closed. But if drink stands can be legaily closed on the idea that they may be violating the Jaw, then homes may be invaded ou the theory that there may be some homes _that' are disorderly houses.” The Saginaw News-Courjer belfeves the governor “finds the problem harder than the hard coal problem he go rc- cently ironed out” and it feels he ‘will succeed in his self-imposed task of closing all of the saloons, but this paver Mkewise: suggests Mt is to be oved Pennsylvania will not foel it imperative to provide the costs by in- creasing- the state tax on production of anthracite.” The Reading Tribune. ‘however, sees’ in tle® action of the vernor an evidence “of his sincerity n fulfilling pledges he made before ‘the people,” But the Boston Globe in- sists if the saloons were “operating illegally why billets doux instead of police warrants? If” they were not, ‘why the ukase at all? This is all the Jatest act in the ‘prohibition enforce- ment farce, a comedy which is enjoy- ing & record-breaking run.” In a Few Words. The old axiom that the government which governs least is the best gov- ernment has long ‘been superseded by the theory that the government which | undertakes to-guide with the greates: particularity the life and, manners of the people is the most efficient. | —GEORGE GORDON BATTLE. | Mussolini-has-been of great service | to his country, but as an international { factor he is as great a danger to the i peace of Burope as the kalser's sword used to P?. t AAC F.. MARCOSSON. I cannot but feel that the church is placing undue confidence in her em- phasis upon formal creeds. The moral and spiritual emphasts has s higher place than the doctrinal statements of the creeds. .- Qi i —BISHOP. WILLYAM LAWRENCE. — ‘When you go out to dinner in Eng- land.you must take with you all you have in the way of mentality, ?Ot you are sure to need it. / —ETHEL BARRYMORE. 1 am firm in the conviction that it Is impossible for any one to get the amount of fun out of a dollar that can “be extracted by the man or woman who earned it. —GENE STRATTON PORTER. Not one ‘of tha e ‘old’ ‘théorist: of the leaguse- teMi. one end of & / rifie from-the. ofher. . ) '