Evening Star Newspaper, December 12, 1923, Page 6

6 THE EVENING S With Sunday Morning Edltion. WASHINGTON, D. C. “WEDNESDAY.December 12, 1923 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office, 11th S1. aud Pennsyivania Ave New Yoik Office: 110 East 42ud St Ohicsgo OMca: Tower Bullding, European Offica: 16 Regent St., Loudon, England, The Evening Star, with the Sunday morning 4 is delivered by carriers within the | 50 ber month: daily Sunday_ooly cents” per by matl or tele- Collection is made by car- of each month, Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance., Maryland and Virginia, Daily and Dally only Sunday only. All Other States. Dally and Sunday.1y Dafly only.. Sunday onl; | 20t oth and ulso the lo-al news pub- Al rights of publieation of | e« Nereln are also reserved, hed herein al disn A Way to Help Europe. Although there is bound to be eriti- | clsm from the “isolationists” the . Amerlean people as a whole will ap-| prove the tance which non-official experts are to render in helping to solve the problem of German finances. | i such that ent is willing to s ted participation in the affairs | is & fe both the lomacy and the y of Presi- nt Coolidge and Secretary Hughes. laid down the condition that be- | erica could take a hand tha‘ wropean powers must be in | agreement upon @ program, and now that such agreement has been brought about there is reason to hope that | some worthwhile accomplishments | may result. The purposes for which the two ex- Pert committees are to be created go at the very heart of Germany's trou- tle. One committee is to devise ways an ins of getting back into Ger- many the capital which has been sent t of that country and sequestered in The other is to devise the German budget these pur- ons now are netion m which When poses have been accomplished the way will have been opened for an interna- | tional loan, the proceeds of which will place Germany on her financial feet ind restore her productivity. Then, and not until then, will it be a logical undertaking to determine her capac- ity for the payment of reparations. All this will be in vain, however, uniess there has been, or can be| brought about, in Germany a decided change of heart in the matter of meet- 5 obligations. Agreement to the nditions under which the proposed | inquiries are to he conducted must be | pted as evidence of sincerity on of the German government, real power in Germany lies not | with the government, but with the! 1t industrial greups, such as the | headed by Stinnes. It is these | groupswhich have shipped their capital outside, while the government, in order that it might exist at all, has been compelled to flood the country with | almost worthless paper marks. There | 1s some reason to believe that the in- dustrialists, though their hearts may | be unchanged, have come to a realiza- | that they cannot utterly ruin Germany without bringing ruin upon themselves, and that they now may be willing honestly to co-operate in an effort to save something from the it is in this that hope lies to eventual solution of the problem may have been found Eagerness of the European powers to have this country represented on the expert committees is due, of course, ta expectation that when the time comes for floating a German loan America will take a large slice of it. But we have no quarrel with them on that account. This country is able and willing to make private | loans to Europe whenever there is as- | surance that such loans will be helpful toward general recovery; this both for the sake of Europe and for the benefit of our own trade. What the American people are not willing to do is to con- | tinue to send their savings to Burope to be squandered in the furthering of | nationalistic and militaristic aims without any benefits to the economic situation. ————————— With campaigns in England as well as in America to look after, the elec- tion forecaster is tempted to fold his hands and admit that the job has grown too big for him. —————e Berlin has its allurements, but on second thought the former kaiser may prefer life in a place where prices are not so high and conditions are more orderly. —————e President Coolidge says he is a can- didate, but does not say it as often as Hiram Johnson. —————————— Library of Congres The librarian of Congress, in his an- nual report, calls for more space. He says that “a new stack in the north- east court, balancing the southeast court stack, and exhausting the pos- sibilities of shelf expansion within the walls of the building, would be the least expensive and most. expeditious measure.”” He adds that “another twelve or fifteen years will develop & necessity for new construction outside the present bullding.” Nearly everything in Washington grows. When work on the “new Li- brary building” was begun in 1886, and when it was finished in 1897, it was thought that the edifice would give room for books for a very long time. It was a common saying that the new building would meet the needs of the Library “for a hundred years to come.” Some even said that the mew building would meet the needs of the Library “for all time.” Yet we find that the building has al- ready been outgrown in & quarter of @ oentury. Many persons remember the rows of brick houses, some of them dat- ing to earliest Washington, which stood where the Library now stands. No doubt there are & number of per- sons not yet old whose homes wers on the alte. Efforts were mads far more on tion + ranks. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. TAR than twenty years to secure a sepa- ) tended on .government reservations jrate building for the Library. Many {south of the Capitol. The pronosed ‘Washingtonians used to read in this A water sgarden would take in the tidal Library when it was housed n gev- | marsh north and south of the old eral chambers in the Capitol. Books Benning race track and east of Dean- corners. In 1872 the book collection had outgrown its quarters, and the matter of a special Library bullding came up in Congress time and again, but it was not until the mid-eighties that the square east of the Capitol ! and south of East Capitol street was bought under condemnation proceed- ings by the government for $585,000. The Library of Congress is as old as the government at Washington. When Alnsworth R. Bpofford was appointed librarian in 1864 it began to grow fast, copyright law requiring the deposit of | two copies of @ book to perfect copy- right. The present librarian, Dr. Her- bert Putnam, was appointed in 1899, and the great library has grown at an accelerating rate under his able ad- ministration. The Growing Mexican Revolt. News from Mexico dally grows more gravely Indicative of a wide and spreading revolt against the estab- lished government, despite the an- nouncement of the withdrawal of Calles from the presidential race. The | revolutionists, whose inspiration was the protestagainst Obregon's advocacy of him, are persisting in their ad- vance. Garrisons are joining thelr The latest defection from the government's forces is that of the garrison at Tampico, which has gone over to the antl-Obregon forces. A general advance against Mexico City has begun. Upon the success of this movement will depend in great meas- ure the fate of the Obregon govern- ment. If the capital is taken the ad- ministration will probably be over- turned. If, on the other hand, Mexico City is successfully defended the revo- lution may not collapee, but may con- tinue in somewhat scattered warfare. The moral effect of & successful stand at Mexico City by the government, however, is likely to be seriously dis- couraging to the insurgents and may check a further disaffection. The fight in Mexico has now de- veloped into an attack on Obregon rather than upon his candidate for the succession. In his selzure of power several years ago In overthrowing Carranza and In consolidating the gov- ernment under his presidency he natu- rally made enemies. Those enemies have been quiescent until lately. Now they are taking advantage of the re- sentment at the alleged attempt to dictate the election, and they would seem to be combining in attack, with only the one mutual {dea of depriving Obregon of power. Thus it may be ex- pected that if they should succeed in this object they will themselves differ, and thus there is a prospect, in the event of their victory, of the renewal of civil strife as each group seeks as- cendency. The Interest of the United States in this sftuation is merely that there should be a responsible governmant at Mexico City capable of administering all parts of the republic efficiently and of keeping faith with this country and with others. With the revolution it- self we have no concern save on this score, though the American people de- plore the spectacle of a renewal of atrife and bloodshed. Early Tax Reduction. Representative Green of Towa, pros- | pective chairman of the committee on ways and means, ennounces that the committee, which it is expected will be appointed this week, will be called in meeting next week to begin work on the Mellon tax-reduction bill. This is good news, indicating that It is the carnest intention of the majority party in the House to act in good faith on the administration’s program. Mr. Green points out that the in- come taxes affected will not be paid until 1925. This will doubtless be dls- | appointing to many who may have thought that the reductions would be effective next year, but that, of course, would be out of the question, since it would be retroactive legislation. Mr. Green expresses realization of the magnitude of the task ahead of the committee, which he thinks should in- clude a complete revision of the rev- enue laws With a view to thelr simpit- | fication. No legislation suggested to the Con- gress for years has been received with such unanimity of popular favor as the tax-reduction bill. ———— A courteous understanding between Maryland and the District as to mo- | tors 1s very desirable. After the town has grown a few more years Wash- ington's congested area will have to depend on Maryland for parking space. —_———————— Perhaps the people who centurles ago took things out of King Tut's tomb were wandering robbers, and, on the other hand, they may have been a party of scientists engaged in re- search work. ———— ‘The only method of meeting an un- employment situation that occurs to various Mexicans is to start a revolu- tion. ———————————— Anacostia Park. Three measures are pending for the reclamation and dedication to public use of land in the Anacostia valley be- tween Benning and the District line. The foremost of these projects is the reclamation of the flats, dredging of the channel, construction of lakes and conversion of the made-over territory into a park in which the recreational feature will be prominent, if not dom- inant. That means that a large part of this park would be given over to playgrounds and athletic flelds, There is & proposal by the Depart- ment of Agriculture that a part of this park, or of the marsh that is to ‘become park, be converted into & botanic garden, which would in the primary sense be an experiment gar- den and in another sense & plant ex- hibit for students Interested in eco- nomic botany and for others, This tract would also be a sanctuary where birds, particularly migrants, might ‘breed in safety. The proposed garden with the bird sanotuary would not be set up as & rival to the National Botanio Gardsn, which i8 ¢ be o= | { rather than | place iz, {might then result, possibl | parliamentary majo; ! were piled on the floor afd heaped in | wood and Kenilworth, and it might be that some of the low alluvial land above tide would also be taken by the government. Another proposal is to take over the Mount Hamilton and Hickey hill tracts as a national arboretum, which would naturally also be a bird sane- tuary. These (racts, on the west side of the Eastern branch, ave of diversi- | Ambassador Harvey on October £3,|man to m fled topography, where every tree that grows in the United States might thrive excepting the subtropical spec 230 feet above sea level, and Hickey hill 1s 200 feet high, its east face drop- ping sharply to the river. Between these hills is a valley through which Hickey branch runs. The territory ls generally hilly and rugged, with deep ravines and some wide stretches of meadow and fleld. The creation of Anacostla Park is {the main thing. The experiment gar- | den and sanctu: into being, the gove can be brought nment making a division of marsh hetween the garden and the park projec The arboretum 1s highly desirable. It would bring an addltion to the park area of the Capital and supplement Anacostia Park, from which it would be scpa- rated by a narrow stream ———— Baldwin to Carry On. When the British clections week showed an overwhelming in rejection of the protection of the party party was relegated to plurality place in parlfament from a majority position, there was some expectation that Premfer Baldwin and his minis- Ve pose ervative i that a try would resign. Just what would | happen in that contingency Is prob- lematical. The laborites, though the stronger of the two opposition par- ties, could not be expected to orgunize & minietry, and there is less likelthood of a liberal ministry. Prospects of coalition were dimmed by Immedlate announcements on the part of leaders of the two opposition parties. Yesterday the cabinet formally de- cided to meet parliament when it assembles on the §th of January and to “carry on” until its inevitable de- feat occurs. This decision was based upon the belief that it is the “con- stitutional duty” of the ministry to meet parllament at the earliest pos- sible moment. It is expected that the laborites the liberals will shortly after the opening of parliament p: pose a vote of “‘no confidence, ing the sins of the ministerial party The fate of the ministry will then de- pend upon whether this vote is ac- ceded to by the libermls. It may be deemed the better liberal tactics to maintain the conservative govern- ment in power for a time rather than precipitate immediately another gen- eral election. that event a coali- tion will, In effect, be established. Should the vote of no confiden carry, however, the ministry would be compelled to resign and there be- ing no party strong enough to re- an appeal to the countr: would necessarily follow. With t protection issue eliminated by the vote of last week a new alignment y yielding a ty for o the parties and permitting organization. a The effort to kidnap Bergdoll en- abled him to bring a damage suit with a view to making the career of a slacker profitable as well as safe. Lenin and Trotsky have no hesita- tion in pronouncing the Russian gov- ernment a great and prosperous suc- cess, so far as they are concerned. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. If Taxes Are Reduced. If taxes are reduced, it will be pleas- ant. Of ready cash we'll hold a new sup- | ply, And feel as if we'd had a Christmas present As in our happy childhood days gone by. We'll find our faith restored in a trad!- tion That brought so large @ share of gentle glee, And in the Capitol make a position Each year for e gigantic Christmas tree. Each citizen will be a firm believer In the effect of speeches and of laws, | And brand the person as a base de- celver Who says there isn't any Santa Claus. Distribution, “The unequal distribution of wealth leaves many people in & deplorable situation.” “I can't help it,” replied Mr. Cum- rox, “and I don’'t feel personally re- sponstble. The way my wife and daughters spend money seems to me to give & whole lot of people a chance to obtain some.” Jud Tunkins says in his town the Yuletide would be more joyous if it didn't cause & traffic jam that irritates the police. A Willing Worker. “Any unemployment in this part of the country?” “Some,"” answered Farmer Corntos- sel. “The only thing that's workin® on 81 Bimln's place is a barrel of clder."” Intentions and Results, Politicians have some notions That do not seem working right. They set out to end commotions And they start another fight. The Welcome Stranger. “Why don't you put up speed-limit &lgns in Crimson Gulch?” “Don’t need ‘em,” replied Cactus Joe. “The road's bad, and if any one wants to break en axle and heng around awhile ‘taint fur us to seem inhospitable.” “De fact dat & speechmaker has a bg audience,” maid ,Uncle Eben, “dem't prove dat hils talkis convincin’. A lot o' folks is dar jes' te pass do time sway 5 Mount Hamlilton rises about | also | U, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1923. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE One of the contributory causes of Premier Baldwin’s smashing defeat In the British elections was popular | disapproval of the debt settlement ho effected at Washington. An wunre- corded story In that conneetlon reaches this observer from Londo At the Pligrime' dinner in honor of lat which Baldwin praised Harvey ;nowpbrntlun in the funding agree- iment, one of the speakers was the virile premier of Australla, §. M. Bruce. When his turn came, he pio- ceeded to charge the banguet-hall with electricity by telling of the hitherto unknown debt-funding bur- gain drive with Australla by Gront Britaln, The mother country, Bruce said, had imposed much harde terms on the Australians than Americ {asked from the British—terms o dras- | {tic, the premler from “down under” ex- ' plalned, that Australla was plending for | sideration of the settlement. The | h was not reported In next mern- ing's papers. * * x % Two former senators of the United Btates were engaged In reminlscenses In Washington the other day—James A. OGorman of New York and { Charles 8. Thomas of Colorado. T sat together In the Sixty-second, Sixty- third and Sixty-fourth Congresses (1911-1917). ‘Thomas, who was en route to Denver teo celebrate his golden wedding annlversary at the end of the month, recalled to O'Gor- that no fewer than forty-tw who were in the senate with pussed away r old-time ¢ ubers of the id the figures but_Thomas sald he had O'Gorman_paid his re- President Coofldge at the propheey e Man- man men up White House and revived & New Yorker made &t t hattan Club four days before the | Chicago convention in 1920. He pre- | dicted, In the presence of incredulous that Harding and Coolidge cket. ook One of the ideal links between {Cuba and the United States is R. R. Govin, newspaper magnate of New | York, Elmira, Wilkes-Barre and Ha- |vana. A Cuban by birth and cousin 'of the late and well known Senor| Quesada, famous head of the Cuban {funts at Washington. Mr. Govin h |vast business interests, mostly jour- | nalistic, in both the island and in |the United States of America. Late- |1y "ne purchased control of the New |Yark Journal of Commerce, adding it to his “string” of sugesaful news- papers In Elmira and Wilkes-Barre In Havans Mr. Govin owns four dailies—two pubiished in English and | two in Spanish. His American news |is supplied to them by a privately controlled cable. The Covins have a | | magnifi ent home on Sheridan oir- {eler "Washington, and spend their |winters at the Capltal. | * % % x | No sooner had the news of Cleve- 1 choice for the republican n | witnesses, would be the tlonal convention leaked out during the recont weel end thun the wires wern burdened with telegrams to Clovelund hotals making ressrvations for roomw, slngle, donblo and en sulte. A Washington newspuper correspond- ent records w trinmphant experienee. He telographod n Cloveland business o necommodations either wt n hotel or o club. Came the fol- lowlpg raply within two hours: “Vory gind 1o pul you up at home, loonted Nrteen minutes from Con- vention Hall. fave car and chauffeur for your excluslve use, also private ofMoa and wienographer.” The proposition was accepted. ok kX Army and Navy clrcles are still | ringing, and are lkely to for many the headgear-throwing epluoden at the recent Army-Marines fool ball geme In Washington. An Army back having hurled his helmet wver the lin »f scrimmage In simula- tion of th all, his team was penal- 1zed Nfteen yards at o criti ment for the Army, which lost the game within three minutes. Admiral erle, chlef of naval operations, was superintendent at Annapolis from 1915 to 1919, During a foot ball game n Navy player was gulity of unsportamaniike conduct, which passed unrebuked by the referee. left his bo on the slde lines, strode onto the field, and demanded that the play be penalized he referee, a_famous college , re- nstrated: “Admiral, I'm referes of this game Eherle repiled: “I know you but 1'm superintendent of the Naval Academy Theresupon dlgciplinary ruling ensued * ook % Men privileged to attend the ro- cent anniversary dinner of Wash- ington's “Assoolation of Oldest In- habltants” heard some dellghtful ora- tery from the Rt Rev. James Fresman, tha newly oconsecrated Bishop of Washington. A passage in his address, directed to u group of ninety-year-oid members seated near him, was exquisitely put. “God grant you lght at eventide, my friends” #ald Bishop Freemun. Dr. Freeman began life as & rallroad man. He was for fifteen years, after leaving Fchool, with the Long lsland and with the New York Central lines b fore entering upon his thevlogical oareer. a day, o * ok ok K Woodrow Wilson's most severe mental and physical ordeal is under. gone when he finds himeelf In th presence of wounded soldiers of the world war. The former Presiden breakdown, during his brief Armi- stice day speech his own doc step, was due Lo t! ct that he was ringed by a cres of men were stricken in action, as Mr. Wil- son feels ho himself wis. though in a different field of battling. (Copyright, wnfall of Marx Predicted By Many American Editors Thut the new German cabinet of Dr. Wilhelm Marx is an “experiment,” which cannot be expected to last | Jong. is the opinion of the majority editors. They realize {of American that, after all. the new chancellor | holds power with the reluctant con- |sent of the various parties, and that | such power only will be continued | until such time as a general elec- | tion can be held in safety. But that he will be able to &ct as a Moses “\Ahn can lead Germany and the Ger- man people into the promised land is | admittedly very doubtful | The New York Post emphasizes that as a centrist he has “accepted the, ireaty of Versallles” and it belleves because of this fact the sociallsts will work with the centrists in adopting & program that may benefit Germany, | because *oentrists and socialists be- | tween them represent an overwhelm- ing majority of the German people. | These two great populsr parties are { willing to accept the results of the |war and to fulfill treaty obliga- tions as far as is humanly possibie. | With a government at Berlin trying to !do its best the mext problem is one for Poincare.” On the other hand the Salt Lake Tribune claims that Marx's minority | cabinet merely emphasizes the con- tinuance of the paritamentary im-! | passe growing out of the absence of |a strong mafjority government, and to this extent the new ministry is also a purely political makeshift | body, wedged in between traditional { hostility of the German nationalists| land the precarious neutrality of the: socialists, for ‘the nationalists prob- | ably will greet it with derision be-1 | cause of the rebuke administered to {them by the bourgeoisie parties” Whils “the soctalists wfll occupy the mocker’s seat in parliament fn view |of the failure of the middle parties| to create an all-around sxrulzhtl bourgeoisie coalition.” * % * K This opinton is also held by the Canton News, which says: “The Marx cabinet 18 a compromiso of three par- ties —the clerical, German people’s and democratic organisations in that country—and it offers the antagonls- tlo nationalists and soclalists & chance lof o lifetime to Insugurate a polioy |that will cause the present ministry [to collapse whenever it seems desir- |able to take the final fiing at the cabi- net. Untl & more substantial and en- uring leadership is established it is manifest nothing definite in the way ot public welfars service may be ex- | pacted out of Berlin. Things for the | moment will revert to @ state of do- nothingness, which if continued will rove serfous.” Likewise, the Fargo orum declares the three parties, |which are enemies of each other, “merely recognize the necessity of having & cabinet and have joined to- gother for that purpose” While “at the Srst indlcation of & battle they will _divide end thelr separate courses, and the X government will fall.” Or, as the New York Times it, “expedients for carrying on Writer Lauds Work of Humane Society in Capital. To the Bditor of The Btary Will you give me a little space in your paper to say a few words of pralse for the Be Kind to Animals Rest Farm, located in Montgomery county, Md., but operated by the Humane Educational Soclety of Washington, D, C., whose officers are all Washington residents? It oer- tainly is & credit te the Capital oity to have an institution where our dumb friends, when th reach the age where they no jonger merv: man, can spend the remainder of their days in pesce and plenty, I was in Washingten last week and through the emm-;y of Mr, J. president of the soalety, 1 was en out to th and thers, amid oon- t:fln( An from oars, Were ssme old to seme this and possessed of the political partie may be unsatisfactory, but at any rate they carry o “If such a governme: the leadership that Germany n troubl the age of miracies t past,” as- serts the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, which holds “the need of the hour is for a straight party government, op- erating with a sure mandate from the t can deliver ds in people—something that cannot be had new election—or a firmiy fon, knowing its own mind rength and co- hesfveness nec ry to translate its program into action." TRegardless of the fact that all the have been disposed to oncessions for the sake ce and rehablilitation, without knit coal make large of domestic pe: ithe Chicago Dally News belleves the | length of the cabinet's career wiil de- 1@ not a little “on the way in which Gen. von Seeckt, commander of the hationsl army, exersises the extraor- dinary powers that have been confer- red upon him,” for while “his anti- communist. measures have been rigor- ous and have aroused susplicion and resentment, he is believed to be a sound constitutionalist and a resolute opponent of the royalist plotters.” * ok X X As the Portland Express sees it, the advent of Marx s significant of no particular change in policy and pre- sages no new order of things, because the cards that Stresemann held have simply been shuffed and redealt, but “what most observers are looking for in Germany eventually is a dictator- ship; it is becoming evident that the German dictator must arrive; the al- ternative is not pleasant to contem- plate.” The Lynchburg News concurs in this bellef, because “Marx can only receive the treatment at the hands of that body that Stresemann recetved,” which “ralses the question through- out the world whether as conditions are now, Germany possesses the ca- pacity to exist as a republic, whether instead a dictatorship, ironfisted, res- olute and ruthless, represents the real need of the hour” To which the Tokeka Caplital adds, "It almost ap- i lneflrs doubtful whether the German people are politically minded for a liberal form of self-government, and unless they can better manage their own internal problems the outlook for Germany would seem to be dark, for these are matters in which little help can be expected from the outside.” After all, however, the Houston Chronicle says, “Marx is admittedly & malkesh!ft, put up to bridge over a threatened collapse, and nobody ex- pects him to remain at the head of affairs any longer than it takes the politiclans to get their wind,” while the Brooklyn Eagle concludes “he should be able to carry on till Ger- many faces new reichstag elections early next year.” The general opin- fon may be summed up In the remarks of the Richmond News-Leader: ““A government kept allve because the largest political party, itself un- able to command & majority, declines for the time to act against the minor- ity utemgtln' to administer affairs— that {s the sand on which Marx's structure rests wdar. No more need be sald. A downfall, in & continuing political crisis, is simply a matter of a few week: that had never known a home before and others thrown out on the world for various reasons, In the barns were hay and feed for the horses. In the kennels for the dogs wers pans of feed, and the same In the o All of the animals were the eyes of a Mr, ‘Warden and h! wife, both ever ready to alleviats suffering and al- ways ready to minister to the wants of their dumb charges. The society at present is building new kennels for both do and cats, Those for the dogs will have water running through them, In a few years the farm will be one of the best institu- tions caring for stray and homeless animals in the entire country, I was shown “"oush the entire farm, and every little detail was explained to me by & Miss Patton, who s another member of the sociely ever ready to speak for those dumb mouths that cannot speak for themselves. I am pleased at the conditions I found, and do not believe that any stons will be left unturned that will bring those of our dumb friends who are fortunate h te get a '..no:! h"n:‘t":u asant home a | who | ed hour of national destiny, | Politics ai Large President Coolldge to go Into Call- fornia—Senator Hiram Johnson to invade Massachusetts! In this there looks to bs the makings of a bitter firht. The campaign for the presi- dential nomination is getting teeth in it Benator Johnson's New York manageryds quoted as saving that the senator “is going to make a drive in Massachusetts and take the whole delegation away from President Coolldge.” Of course, the President won't go {into any state In person, but his supporters will make the drives for him. Senator Johnson wlill enter the campalgn personally, with his well known agrressiveness, and fight for his own hand. *x 2% Former Gov. Lowden's friends think that he may not enter the race 28 & pre-convention seeker after delegates, but hold himself In reserve 2s a dark horse, In case of a dead- lock In the convention, and present himself as a compromise candldate. EMr Lowden has been In Washington several 1ot Ehe Griitron Crub Gimmer Tast Sars ::‘rxy‘-&f’ a";,rgn ari® has conferred flo has been (n Gpwn oo e * ok * & A great many politiclans are In the Capital, republicans and demoorats of prominence coming on the Grid- fron dinner and republicans from every state being fn attendance upon the annual meeting of the repub- ‘I can national committee. | Commont was heard upon the co- incidence, strategically conmdered, of the announcement of the opening of tdge campaign following 80 | 1y upon the President's address to Congress. Via'ting republicans are praotically unanimous in the opinton that the reaotion from the Prosident'’s wpeech was favorable and that Mr. Stearns’ flushing of the ¢AMpAIgn at the time he dld was to take advantage of the crest of the wave of public sentiment. L I There can be no questfon of the | reaction on the President's proposal | to reduce taxatfon. It might be de- |scribed as a tidal wave of approval that increases as it advances. Sen- |atore and representatives are ap- praised of it through their daily mall [frflm thelr constituents; while the press of the country would seem ‘o ibe {n hearty accord. It is satd of his proposition that It Is an issue | which any man can underetand and | contains nothing abstruse. Every jeitizen can figure out just what the {{ax reduction ‘would mean in_dol- |lars and cents to himself. It nee {no expounding. S * x X % One prominent visiting democrat sald to the writer, “The President is ! E0ing to be a hard man for us to beat on that one proposition alone.” Senator Johnson Is for that and the ho too, but will have to show how both can be effected, 1t is said. %2 Gov. Pinchot of Pennsylvania. who came down to the Gridiron dimner, had what the politicians call his “platform” with him, a copy of his proposed “federal anthracite coal control bill” In a general way Iit] jwould provide for the broadest pos- sible control of anthracite coal in interstate commerce by a federal commlssfon of thres members, who KOt be constituted the coal divi- fon of the Interstate Commerce Commission. It would not be an ad- ministrative body., Lbut proceed upon its own initiative to Investiza‘e and regulate the Industry. The Inter- stata Commerce Commission would have no jurisdiction to review any order of the coal division The act would declare it unlawful for those engaged In the production and distribution of anthracits coal in interstate commerce fo uso practices, to prices, to create monopolies in or re- stratn’ Interstate commerce in coal, or to engage in anv practice which causes any unreasonable discrimina- Hflr{ againet interstate commerce in coal. | EE Gov. Pinchot's plan would author- ize the cosl division to issue manda- tory orders for compliance with its recommendations when the public interest requires. Appeal would be authorized 'to the United States Cir- cuit Court of Appeals as ‘n the case of appeals from the Federal Trade Commission Penaltles would be provided as in the case of the stock yards act of Congress of 1921. * % % % Yesterday, for the first time in its ! history, the republican national com- mittes invited women to participate in its councils. A woman delegate | from each state and territory sat in the committee in person or by proxy. At the national convention next June they will be given full voting power and become a permanent com- ponent part of the organization. * % * % The recommendation by the admin- istration that Cleveland be substi- {tuted for Chlcago as the convention oity caused a violent outbreak of indignation in the Hiram Johnson camp in Chicago. The administra- tion was taunted by the Johnson managers in the west with being afraid of the Californian. * ok Xk % There was one man in the republi- can national committee meeting who has helped make political history— Willlam H. Crocker, the San Fran- ofsco banker. It was his feud with Senator Johnson in 1916 that lost the support of Senator Johnson's follow- ers in California to Candidate Hughes. The two men are again pitted against each other. Mr. Crocker throwing his support to President Coolidge for the nomination in 1824, * ok ok X There are all the elements of a factional row in the republican party in the commlttee assignment situation in the Senate and House, although re- publican leaders are doing their best to prevent it becoming acute. It is regarded as loaded with dynamite. “We are having the time of our 1ife,” chuckled a democratic leader, & these republicans onto each The democrats are in closer harmony than any time they can re- member. Republicans s: “Walt un- ti1 the democrats epring at each | others’ throats in their conventio over the near-wet plank.” < P There were fivé potential presi- dential candldates at the same board at the Gridiron dinner—President Coolidge, Gov. Pinchot, former Gov. i other. unfair | charge unreasonable Towden, Eenator Underwood and Sen- Jtor Ralaton of Indiana. ————— ghould Please Mother. Prom the New York World, “rake mother alongi you'll need her,” is Mary Plokford's advice to the serried leglons of future movie stars moblllnnr on Hollywood. Mother will be pl ed at the implled admis. slon that she is of some use in the world—but suppose she refuses to be “taken"? et Slippery Times on Eastern Sho’. From the Queenstown News, ‘Ex: lEfl! sorry to iis oty it nto the bay. |5vhich has been raised with ANSWERS TO QUESTIO S. BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN Q. Is the use of the camera in de- ciding herse races & new develop- ment?—M. 1. N. A. The Fleld says that It is not new. Twenty years ago & photo-| graph determined the winner of the great Balvator-Tenny race. The pic- ture showed that the shoulders of both horses were absolutely level but that Salvator was fully extend- ed. thus bringing his head lowar than that of Tenny, who was gataered for the next stride. This put Sal- vator in front at the line of judees. although the next stride, with Tenny extended and Salvator gathered, would have thrown Tenny !In front. Q. Where can I buy Lamona hens? —a. C. A. No stock of Lamona breed is be- tng distributed at the present time becausa the breed {s not sufficlently established for distribution. Q. What causes decay of standing timber?—T. O, A. Decay {a caused by par plants known as fungl. They 1 the wood tissue and destroy it the present mature stands nothing can be done. as a rule, except to cut all disensed trees to prevent infe tion of the new stand. In well man- amed forests the tree crop Is cut before {t reaches an age where it is subject to much disease. Q. How many companles are there in the Bell Telephone Company?— G w. ¢ A.There are twenty-five compsnles associated with the an Tela- | vhone and Telegra ny In the 1 systen Tel Wl « and! Telegraph v Owns directly or indirectly 1l of voting stock of 14 assoclated companies, 75 per cent of 9 others, and 315 per cent of two others. Q. What is the orizin of rhe e pression, “turning the tables B. L R A. The expression “turning the tables” 1s a metaphor arising from the notion of plavers of games re- versing their positions at the board. Q. Please give some facts about rotogravure—H. V. § | A. Rotogravure s a photome- | chanical intaglio process for the rapid | printing of fine pho e trations. These il gether with the accc are etched on copper printed on & rotary chir which can print both sides of paper si neously with a runn speed of 2,000 impressions per hou the paper being fed from a reel, de- livered in cut she Thi which resembles photogra was devised orig \d brought_out in the States in 1912, It i now ex- sively used and enables the supplements of Sund I‘ as well as illustrated weekly papers, to be prepared with a high degree of | rtistic excellence and affords a| ful reproduction of the original object Q. What American girl enlisted | the continental army for the whole| term of the revolutionary war?— R B. i A, Deborah_Samson enlisted thus fn October, 1 The military thorities xupposed, of cour: a young man. She was received and | enrolled in the army as Robert Shirt- liffe. Q. Who lyries?—S. O. N, A. They o the work of Woodforde Finden, one of the gifted of modern English song writers. A memorial to her was un- veiled recently in an English church. Q. Where is the oldest 5 and 10 cent store?—P. D. A. A Woolworth § and 10 store in Lancaster, Pa., i the old store of the kind in the world. cylinders and | wrote the Indian love Amy n cent | Q. Are collective nouns singular or plura E. T. A. A collective noun may be either | singular or plural, as “committee.” The singular form requires a singular verh, unless special reference is made to the Individuals included In the col- lective noun. For instance, “A com- mittee has been appointed”; “th mittee are all of the same opir Q. What are calas?’—R. A. A. A cala is a kind of rice cake well known in the French quarter ew Orleans. It is a fried in deep fat. Calas are eaten with the morning oup of cafe au lait Q. When were hi L u orn¥hen wore high heels first put A. According to books on costume: of the past centuries high heels were worn by women durlng the Charles 1T, in the fourteenth They seem to have attaine greitost helght and popularity ir IV and Loutls XV lagter pert ht 1th of the dresscs and 4 ordingly. Tt is g Louis” clung to t heel for this r Q. What s the quotation about friends, old wine, old books, e A. “I love everyth! old friends, old t 01d books, old wine. Oliver G Q. Does the t At great depths o A. At the d more the temj oximate to rit the time. groes m water s at 32 degrees Q. free" Thus, the How did s the expression ot V. 0, neans a tax, contribution stural combi- the fdea of ent of fine first u tta for a September ar - vear races “haumorn Columbla we ? ocenn-going v In 1 placad on der Growsse. Q. Have people vis automoble A. The An clatlon say possibl pass through it and wireless apparatus Kalser Wilheim idea how many winter by fcan Automobile Assn- timate i3 downward bulb, s light sent through part of the due to this diffu Q. How many published ?—C. ATt have been put lished since (The person who loses one ko guesss gets on is_aly 2 reliable postage hd any facts you d should be addre: formation B kin. director, treet.) Duke of Aosta, One-Time Heir To Italian Throne, Near Death BY THE MARQUISE DE FONTENOY. | Deep concern felt, not only| throughout Italy, but also among the | is Duke to h always s milltons of Italians in foreign lands as | & well as among the American friends | and well wishers of Italy, for Prince | Emanuel of Savoy, Duke of Aosta, and far away the most striking 100 ing member of his house. the timo of writing he is Iving/ gravely 11l, in a critical condition, and may have breathed his last ere this letter appears in print Fitty-four years of age, with his| bair prematurely whitened, he was | for the first four years of the present | relgn the heir apparent to the throne, | and after the birth of the now nlne- | teen-year-old crown prince was| slated for the regency, in the event of any'hing untoward happening to King ¥ lctor Emanuel before his only son attained his legal majority. At the tmie when the Duke of Aosta married Prince Helen of France, at Kingston-on-the-Thames, fn 1895, | it was generally believed that King | Victor Emanuel was a confirmed bachelor and would remain single; consequently, that the duke was des- tined to succeed to the throme. When Victor Emanuel unexpectedly tell in love with Princess Helen of Montenegro, who hed been destined by her parents as consort for one of the Russian grand dukes, the prospects of the duke becoming king seemed to fade. They became still more remote when, after eight years of marriage, Queen Helon gave birth to & son, and when last yeur che young Prince of Pledmont attained, on his elghteenth birthday, his legal majority, and had developed Into a sturdy, wholesome young man, the posaibliity of the duke's succession o the crown must have almost dis- appeared from his horizon. * ok K KX His proximity to the throne led to the efrculation of numerous stories during the last quarter of o century, falsely imputing to him deslgne for supplanting his cousin, the present king, on the throne, Thers was at no time any foundation for them, and the best proof thereof Is that the Xing never made any Attempt to change or modify the provisions of the constitution which vested the uardianship of the young Prince of tedmont, and the Tegency of the Kkingdom, in the Duke of Aosta, in the ovent of the demise of the 'crown. Victor Hmanuel 111 knew better than any one else the extent to which he could depend upon the absolute unswerving loyalty and upon the complets devotion and affection of the Duke of Aosta, and of the latters drothoes, the Count of Turin and the | modesty ion fro The Duke For at|res most duke mountain w et teenth Italian States, o his training mining engineer first of all as ent at Colum Univeraity, and afterward i business as 8 mining engineer ia Montana and in the Facific coast states. * ok ok * Indeed, the Duke of as a successful comm great war was without flaw, and by his decision of cheracter, by bis being always ready to lend ear to advice and by his px onal hero! under fire he made last- ing place for self in the military annals of It and above hearts of the men who se his command Several ¥y the Aosta’s childhood terp spent Madrid, in the capacity Crow Prince of Spain. with tha titic Prince of the Asturias, which 1s the Spanish equivalent to the dignity and title of Prince of Wales In Great Britain. This was while his fath the late Prince Amedeus, Duio Aosta, younger brother of the 1 dered King Humbert, occupled the throne at Madrid, to which i been elected by the cortes at the in- etunce of Marshal Prim. But tha Spaniardd resented his presence u3 that of & foreigner, incapable of un= derstanding their character, their aspirations, prejudices and traditions, and after an unhappy reign of three years, during most of which time I was virtually boycotted b h grandezza, as well as by the he abandoned the throne, declin to pccupy it any longer, and return to his native land of Italy, hi sucoumbing not long aft req her home at Turin. She was @ ve beautiful and clever woman, and | is from her, and assurediy not froos his father, that the Duke of inherited his remarkable good and also her great weaith, derived from mines in Be whence the duke has ever since death drawn large revenues. Aosta's record der in the in ¥, all, in tie ved under rs of Duke o© t n 11 £