Evening Star Newspaper, January 11, 1924, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR 3 T DA Mo N - WABHINGTON, D. C ':erm'nz. 3 Im‘nry 11, 1924 THEQODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor 3= The Evening Star Newspaper Company >z Busioess Offce, 1th 8t and Pennsyivanta Ave. New York Office: 110 East 42nd St Chicago Office: Tower Bullding. -7 Buropean Ofice: 16 Regent t., London, na, ‘with the Sunday morning by carriers withix - the t’ly‘.ll 80 cents “r.u—“hi m’ '.>’:e Senta"per. months; aly, Tont. Orders taky be’ sent by mail or tale- phone Main 5000. Coliection is made by car- FiErs at She end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia, Dally and Sunday.:1 yr., §8.40: 1 mo,, T0c 1y mo.; mo., 20c ' The Evening & <7 e8ition, is dlll'&:a All Other States. $10,00; 1 mo., 85¢ 7. mo., §0c Member of the Associated Press. 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The messuge to Washington, de- livered last night at ‘an overflowing meeting of the Bourd of Trade by Chairman BaH of the Senate District committee and by Chairman’ Phipis of the District subcommittee of the Benate appropriations committee was full of encouragement and inspiration and heartlly appreciated by the Capital community.* Both ors have a high ideal of the future Capital, the Greater and Better Washington,. the City Beau- tiful, the Cily Healthfu), the City In- tellectual, the City Spiritual, and both - senators work - enthuslastically and effectively to convert into reality their 1deal Both senators by intimate assccia- ct legislation and Dis- t approp ions know what mu- ral needs such as sehools, streets, water suppiy, elc., are most urgent end which have suffered most and in what proportions from war:time neg- lect. Both senators appreciate the natural sitiveness and irritation of e large ody of public-spirited, patriotic Amer- 10 are taxed in un-American fashion without a particle of American representation in any national, state, territorial or municipal taxing bod; « And both senators in the light of this sympathetic appreciation have 8o shaped and will so shape taxing and ap- propriating legisiation that the funds for building up the Greater Washington - -shall be derived from national subven- tion and local taxation in such definite Pproportions and with such specific safeguards as to guarantee the abso- lute maximum of equity in compul- sory exactions from the unrepresent- ed taxed. Senator Phipps' message from the Joint congressional District surpius committee, in which he speaks for the authorized ‘agent of the whole Con- gress in dealing with the District sur- plus issue, is especially significant and reassuring. Evidently the -tax-money collected in the war time to pay the District’s half of the cost of more schools, more and smoother streets, . morc. sewers, morc policemen, ete, end not, in fact, spent for those pur- “~“ poses during that period is now to be expended equitably paying the trict’s share of the cost of meeting precisaly the accumulated neglected _ _municipal needs to meet which it was originally collected This wiso and fair disposition of the surplus means that the sound prin- ciple is adopted in the District's flscal affairs that the tax-money accumu- lated in tho past to meet the District’s share of National Capital expenses . shall be expended for the exact pur- poses for which it was collected before %the tax-burden of taxpayers of the present is increased to meet these ac- cumulated unmet needs and before exactian to meet these needs is made upon the taxpayers of the future by Vvorrowing the funds through a bond issue. -Xf after its surpius has been equi- tably expended in meeting the Dis- trict’s proportionate share of urgent municipal necds more money i need- __ed for the maintenance and upbuilding . ©f the Greater and Better Washington ot which we dream and which we are’ ¢ ®ll working with enthusiasm to make @ rveality the Capital community. will tax and borrow through new taxes and a bond issue to raise its share of the increased Capital expenditures. Last night's event reminds Wash- ington anew of the debt of grateful appreciation which it owes to those “faithful District legislators -who in substituting the organic’ act of 1922 for the organic act of 1878 have ‘otained - afid’, given ‘new prolonged life to tho “Wwise and fair prin-| ciple of definite related proportion- 2 ate contribution by nation and -Capi- 8l commanity, in the maintenance # and upbuiMing®of the nation's city. The application of that principle since 1878 has converted the Capital from a ~ nationel humiliation and shame into | < the nation’s pride. Strict adherence o’ it in-the future under the 60-40 ratio |’ , will give us the Greater, Grander Capital ‘which . our “imaginations “pic- ture. IS A —_——t——— ® Reductions are requested not only in taxes, but in telephone rates, rail- “'way rates, fuel rates end various = other expensed. Tt ‘fs, theodetically speaking, an‘era of great economy. Butler's Battle ‘in Philadelphia. .~ “Battling Butler,” as the new direc- <. tor of public safety of Philadelphia has- come to be called, 1# going ahead with ‘s program for cleaning up-the City of Brotherly Love.: Immediately after s=taking office he issued an ultimatum to the police” foree that if in forty- ~ @ight hours marked improvement Wace niotshowt: in the enforcement of (¢he laws heads would begin .to fall ~fato the official” basket. The time « lmit expired yesterday, and promptly- L'the ax began to swish. Four police .lieutenants and four acting lieuten- ~ants wero suspended. Meanwhile the new regime has thrown such e scare into the underworld that crooks and . thieves, plckpockets, swindlers and ¢ cther denizens have been leaving town .+ by the hundréds. The red lights in the “segregated dstrict” dimmed. Raids have been conducted on notorious dives and dens of in- 1iquity, gambling houses, brothels and grog shops. The courts are packed ‘with cases. This reform movement in’ Philadel- phia Is manifesting {n strarige ways. For instance, certain public telephones in the city hall which heretofore have been regularly “out of order,” accord- ing to placards on the booths, are now restored to service. These phone booths, it is disclosed, were by silent oficial ;ganction reserved for:the use of booSeggers and handbook ‘makers plying their lawless practice within the precincts of the municipal head- quarters. Mayor Kendrick has'found & good many dirty corners to clean; 'Thers -1 something reminiscent of Theodére Roosevelt's work ds” police tommissioner of New York city in this campaign of Gen, Butler in Philadel- phia. Roosevelt said that he proposed to_enforce the laws, even though pub- lic opinion had long before in effeet repealed them. And he did enforce them.. He enforced them so thorough- proximately law-abiding. dence of the prevalence of ‘‘police pro- tection” for grafters, gamblers, boot- leggers and other Jawbreakers. These first' suspensions from the force are but the firét move in the process of correction. The accused men will have to be given trial unless they confess dereliction. Tt is well assured that in tense pressure will be brought fo bear to reinstate them and to remit the ex- traordinary activitics of the police ad- ministration. Gen. , Butler's troubles are just: beginning, but he is not a quitter, and difficulties are likely to spur him to even greater -and more determined efforts. . — e Revision Takes Precefence. Action by the republican conferenco in the House last night clears the way for the taxreduction measure. This conference had been called by the advocates of the bonus bill, Who wished to commit the party to give precedence to the adjusted compensa- tion proposal over the tax-revision measure. Without a roll call & resolu- tion was adopted to instruct the House ways and means committee to proceed with the’ consideration of tax revision “to the exclusion of all other legisla tive propositions,” and to report to the House on or before February 11, and thereafter to proceed to the “con- sideration” of ‘the bonus proposal. A proposition to direct the commiitee to report @ bonus hill by February 25 was beaten by twenty-two majority. Another to bring out the bonus biil as early as ressonably -possible. was beaten without a roll call. A motion to put the conference on record as fa- voring the enactment of both tax and bonus bill was tabled, 9T to 94, The net of these votes in the con- ference is that tax revision is put first on the program, with bonus foly lowing, but with no date fixed for the latter and with no definite assurance that @ bonus bill will be reported to the House. In other words, the re: publicans of the House, by their con- ference last night, have decided to pro- ceed with tax revision and to consider bonus later. These votes mark a change in atti- tude on the part of legislators. A few weeks ago it was confidently predicted that the bonus memsure would Del passed by the House and Senate by a sufficient majority to give it the two- | thirds necessary to carry it over a presidential veto. When Secretary i Mellon proposed his tax-revision plan there .was an immediate change of feeling on the subject. Lver since his letter to Representative Green. published the strength of the support for tax revision has increased and the support of immediate bonus legisia- tion has weakened. Last night's con- ference was the turning point. This action by a republican confer- ence does not necessarily mean the adoption of the Mellon plan as it stands, It may be amended. But it means that tax revision is to procegd as a primary proposition without ref- erence to possible bonus enabtwient. In other words, the tax revenues are to be reduced without provisiofi for a possible bonus shoyld Congress later enact it into law. The margin between the support for tax ‘revision precedence and -bomus precedence is likely to increase as the | Gays pass. Last night's vote was not positively binding, as the gathering was & conference and not a caucus. But it is nevertheless a definito indi- cation, and the action is accepted.as a party instruction. The meeting hav- ing been dalled at the instance of the bonus-advocates, and having rendered a verdict adverse to them, it may be considered, as. settied so far as the | House 1 concerned that tax revision will preceds as & virtual certainty and bonus will. follow as a possibility. —— ‘The president of Roancke College, ] Va., declares "that to0. many girls smoke, drink, stdy gut late and dance reckleesly. Feminism relates not only to intellectual .advancémént,, but to a full share fn the opportunities for de- ‘moralization. 5 ————t——— Chicago used to be calléd- the twickedest city “in -América.” The 'news rom -Philadelphia” sounds as if | the"title had:been challenged. “The'coast guard is expected to tave fellow men not-only from watery, but from-aléoholic: graves: Senator La Follette’s First Move. ' Senator La Follette of Wisconsin, as first move. in the new: Congress to- ‘ward achieving-his object of reducing railway fréight rates; has offercd dras- tic amendments to the h-Cumrains 1aw; in support of which he is sajd to expect “the aid of progressives:and radicals in both: parties. He contends that if.the amendmients can be en- cted into “law the country Wil be ‘saved hundreds of miflions of dollars In frelght sharges. Ha:is sl to count upon the hew .chairman of the interséite commierce committee, ‘Sen-| ator Smith: of South Carolina, to help him get the bill out of comntittes.: _ According to Senator La Folletto's explanation of the:bill.contalnthg" the the Interstate Commerce Commission to fix railroad rates on the basjs of 1y -that New York was for a time ap-{" In Philadelphia Gen. Butler's task is & heavy one. There is plain evi- actual capital cost, and that, he ex- plains, is interest on bonds, plus fair dividends_for wtock ‘that répresents ‘money invested. “T reject the theary, he says, “that public. utilities have any right to’ earn profits.on .inflated and fictitious values,” i Thus the bill comes back to the old qhestion of railway valustion, which has been a bone. of contention for years, and which will beraised again in the ample debates which will follow, Senator La Follette contends that the opposition: ‘of the railways has pre- vented the complete fulfiliment of the purposes of the valuation act. His bill directs the commission to w1l its Provisions_and. to report the cost of the roads todate. He says the bill is based upon ‘the principle that the pri: vate owners of railroads are. entitled to be reimbursed for the actual cost of the services they perform and to be raid a fair return for the money. they have “prudently invested in property now devoted to public service.” The Annapolis Cadets. Secretary Denby has issued an order to the superintendent at Ahnapolis to the effect that any midshipman fourd guilty of being under the: influence of intoxicating liquor or of having liquor in his possession: within the limits of the academy grounds will be subfect to dismissal from the academy and from the naval force. 1t is' lamentable that such an order should be necessary, but it is justifi- ble and should be enforced.” Scandal- ous tales of drinking among the cadets at the Naval Academy have circulated for some time. The Secretary now proposes to enforce the extreme pen- alty upon all those young men who, engaged in training for naval officer- ship, - violate the law which they are sworn to obey and maintain. Good discipline is the basis of all eficiency, and discipling cannot be maintained with lawbreaking. It is in the last degree important that the fu- ture officers of the Navy, commanders of men, trustees of great responsibili- ties, should be scrupulously law- abiding and temperate. —————— A hundred thousand dollars for a monument to base ball is not a large sym of money, considering the senti- ment involved. Yet it is impossible to derstand what comfort a true, ac- tion-loving fan would derive from con- templating silent, motionless statuary, however beautiful. ————— The crooks Smedley Butler is chas- ing out of Philadelphia are necessarily flocking to other cities, each of whom would like to secure the,services of the brigadier general to send them back to Philadelphta. —_———— The value of Ford motor interests s estimated at over a biilion dollars. The desire for opulent leisure is only human. Statesmen cannot blame Henry if he refuses to worry. e ————————————— At Gov. Ritchie's banquet there were no political speeches. A ban- quet for the banquet’s own sake is a genlal novelty that invites popu- larity and avolds embarrassments. ————— According to Mr, McDonald, it is the purpose qf the laborites in par- fiament to show the public some hard, practical work and leave the theoriz- ing to more leisurely circles. ————————————— Germany's class distinctions are now largely regulated by the differ- ence between those who have paper marks and those who have real money. —r———— SHOOTING STARS. RY PHILANDER JOHNSON The Supreme Science. Arithmetic! Arithmetic! You never let us rest! Whien young or old or well or sick You put us to the test. For every heartbeat that we give, For every thought or thrill That signifies the right to live, Somebody sends a bill. ‘We talk of sclence and of art And economics, too. Before {deas get a start They hint of payments.due. ‘We learn to write, we learn to read. But all our plans will stick In obscuration dark, indeed, ‘Without erithmetic. ‘When some philosopher. so fine Your sympathies would touch, The bookstore makes you stand in line And there inquire, “How much?” ‘Though generous theories are passed In quantities so thick, They always bring us 'round at last To more arithmetic. __ Confused, But Confident. "“Aren’t the ideas you recently ex- pressed e little Utoplan?”’ “Maybe,” rejoined. ' Senator Sor- ghum. “But we have. people of all nationaHities out our way, and a Utoplan’s vote is just as good as any- ‘body else’s. Jud Tunkina says when your defects are being discussed a true friend isn't always truthful. ;i Cancellation., - " Of plans'to béneit the state -At first there were 80 many - That they protracted the debate Till there were hardly any. . “Is-thers uny gambling:in Crifuson Gulch?” : £ : “Nogt ent.” - s “Did your authorities stop 117" “No. ‘It stopped "automatically.” A party of Shake. Ridgers come. over with some marked cards and left us il dead broke.” Human Fallibility, . - " “Are you in favor of woman in.poli- - ““Yes,” answered Miss Cayenne: “Al- though'L don't think too-much should be expecied of. us. The. judgment of women -in-selectiig candidates is' not tikely to0.be any.more unerring. than =aid Cactus Joe; “not at pres- it'1e In selecting husbapds” “De men_ dat always says whut he thinks,” sald Uncle Ebén, “is under obligations to try not to think 3 have been |ice he means operating expenses plus j @it oughtn’ to be satd.™ 'WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS Y. FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE | i . Nicholas Murray. Butler 1s still ‘another “Harding pojlcy” adopted by Calvin Coolldge. ‘The president of Columbia University always stayed at the White House when in Wash- Ington during the ‘Harding regime, and on' the occasibn-of his present visit ‘he’ is again.a guest at the Executive Mansion. Harding leaned heavily on Dr. Butler, for unofficial counsel on foreign affalrs. Few Americans, not even excepting Secre- tary Hughes, haye. so intimate and first-hand knowledge of imternational events, personalities and ' cross-éur- ‘rénts. Apart from that, Dr. Butler is one of the dominant. elder statesmef of the republican party. For more than ‘a quarter of a_century he has sat in the inner counéils fn New York ), oosévelt once wanted to e Tim governor of the Empire Butler was Taft’s running mato. e ‘lll-starred campagn of 1912. In 1920 He was New York's favorite son for the G. O. P. presidential nomina- on. . * 'k X ¥ Senator “Jim” Reed's arch foe, who happens to be a Reld herself, spelled difterently—Mrs. Fred A. Reld of Mis- souri—has arrived fn Washington for the - democratic ' national committee meeting. She achieved national fame two or three years ago by returning, Wwith fcy thanks, the flower seeds sent her from Senator Reed's ofice. 1n tha bitter 1922 senatorial campalgn in Missouti, Mrs. Reid organized the “Rid-Us-of-Reed” clubs throughout theshow-me state. Though a_woman, she “is president of the Missour| Démocratic Club, which is composed of- both n and woman voters. Ben- ator Reed’s admirers stiil threaten to make him Missourl's presidential can- didate at this years democratic con- vention. * ¥ ¥ % Washington's public schools, de- spite the scant constderation they sometimes receive at the hands of Congre: command high respect throughout the country: To them a signal éompliment has just been paid by the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia, which has invited Frank W. Ballow, school superintendent of the District of Columbis, to lecture regularly in the university's graduate sehool. ~His theme Is “The Problems of the Superintendent.” The course {3 for men and women now in admin- istrative school positfons or prepar- ing to take them. Dr. Ballouw's Phil- adelphia engagement, which takes bls time once a week, was undertaken not only with the authority of the board of - education, but with Its hearty commendation. * X k¥ Roland Robbins, manager of Keith's Theater at Washington, has made public some interesting observations by Woodrow Wilson on vaudeville. The former Presiderit, aceording to Foot-and-Mouth-Disease Causing England Grave Concern BY THE MARQUISE DE FONTENOY. People in this country have no con- ception of the disturbance which has been caused In English lite by the widespread prevalence of the foot- end-mouth disease. Indeed it’is ap- parfenfly today a matter of much Breater concern to the public than the political and ministérial crisis and the advent to power of the labor administration, with all its revélu- tionary program in the domestic and toreign policies of the nation—poli- cles which call for the recognition of the Russian bolshevist junta at Mos- cow, the eating of humble pfe in Af- ghanisian, the restoration of the most amficable relatlons with Germany, of course at the expense of France, and of the obliteration of all remembrance of the frightfulness with which the Germans carried on the great war whieh- - they had - provoked, and of their ruthless destruction of civilian life and of private property in fla- grant defiance of the provisions and precepts of international law. All this, as well as thé prospect of e capital levy and of the nationaliza- tion of land by the breaking up of lurge estates and the nationalization also of public utilities, leave the Eng- lish peoplo cold when compared to the all-absorbing problem of the foot- and-mouth disease. It is not alone that the localities in which outbreaks of the malady have occurredg-sometimes entire” coun- ties—have been subjected to the most drastic quarantine, and that all the cattle and live stock in the regions affected have been ruthlessly slaugh- tered by the hundreds of thousands and their carcasses burned, but also it has led the government to forbid &ll hunting. This decree has affected many hundreds of packs which are now confined-to their kennels. It has thrown thousands upon thousands of grooms and servants, stable boys, etc., out of employment—indeed, all that numerous army of men who derive their living in direct employment in connection with this particular form of English sport, the trouble being that horses, like sheep and pigs; though themselves more or less im- mune to the malady, carry about and spread the germs thereof by the dirt which they pick up With their feet. That 18 the reason of the wholesale slaughter of live stock in the conm- &l.m(nlled districts. That is why the unting, which for hundreds of years has been the national pastime of the British people, has had to be sus- ‘pended, and that is why there is such B famine-like shortage in the sup- 1y of milk and, e ative Bng- filh mutton and fint Just at present to disturb the temiper of John Bull * K K K Lady Twysden's-differences in.the YLondon divores coyrt with her hus- ‘band, Sir Roger Twysden, a retired commander of thé royal navy, serve to call attention once more to a fam- 1ly that has furnished much con- fusion and romance to the English baronetage. There are two baronet- cles of the same angient family, the- ‘one created - by .Jaemes I in 1610, whose members spall their name with & “y,” as “Twysden,” of which Sir Roger, the present respondent in the divorce court, is tha ‘chief. The other. baronetc” was confeérred by King Charle and, its hold- as ** and has as chief Sir John Twisden, twelfth of hix line and head ©of the well known legal fir of Twlis- den & Co., in London. .%&u & man of close upon seventy, a Ynown as_Bradbourne, near d- stone, in Kent, and as he is unmar- ried and there appear to be no heirs, it looks very much as if his baronetc; Were destined to become once mor: s already promounced extinct -avas alr i ac in 18%1, and ‘until Yourte#n years ago was recorded as being no longer in existence. This impression was ‘proved: to be erroneous by a most re- markable.law suit which took place] in 1909, mn_na baron ‘was guc- cessfully claimed by ¢ te “RéV. Sir John Twisden one of thé most dis- ed matheéematicians of the Canibrii and— Yor ‘methematics lege of the British Robbins, his been an addict to vaude- ville for ten years. “I especially like a good vaudeville show,” Mr. Wilson confesses, W I am seeking per- fect relaxation, for it is different from a play, though I aminténsely interested in-the drama in all its phases. Still, { there is a bad act on a vaudeville program, you can réest reasonably secure that the mext one may not be 50 bad. From a bad play there is no escape.” * TR % “America {n 1923 by no means turned a stony ‘heart to the practical needs of thie oiitside world. According to accurate figures up to December 1, capital from the United States was loaned to forelgn governments to the oxiont of $242.845, Forelgn cor- porations were total of $24,100,000. Municipal loans in Can- ada were financed with Ameérican dol- dars for an aggregato of 349,408,000, while $7,211,000 was sent to United States oVerseas possessions for local purpbses: - During the past two years much more than a billion American dollars has been invested abroad by our private capitalists. * k% ¥ Among the democratic nabobs gath- ering in serrled ranks for thelr na- tional ‘ committee meeting 1s Bdwin T. Meredith of Iowa, former Sécre- tary ‘of ‘Agriculture. Mr. Meredith is said to have a well devéloped vice presidential bee buzzing in his Hawk- eye bonnet'and is credited with an ambition to make honey on the same ticket with William G. MoAdoo. At San Francisco in 1920 Meredith once in a while loomed as & compromise presidential nomines. His friends do not believe he would dodge the light- ning this year if there seemed any chance of its flashing in his direction, Meredith is % progressivg and a semi- dirt farmer. * ok ¥ % Marion LeRoy Burton, president of the University of Michigan, Is a vis- itor to Washington and s being much feted By Ann- Arbor, alumni, whose president is Edwin Denby, Secretary of the Navy. Dr. Burton ~presides over one of America’s biggest culture- breeding plants with a student bedy of more than 10,000. Among state universities, only Califernia’s has more undergraduates. Michigdn rev- els in vast endowments bestowed by alumni and other admirers, besides which the state taxes every one of its citizens a specific percentage for the university’s support. When Secratary Hughes ‘delivered the commencement address at Ann Arbor in 1922, he was amazed at the extent and magnifi- cence of the establishment. Dr. Bur- ton told Washington alumni of the relish with which the university an- ticipates the impending arrival of Robert Bridges, England’s poet laure- ate, who has been invited to beguile his'muse in Ann Arbor's classic en- virons for a year. 7 (Copyright, 1924.) I | 1 Jarmy. He was the father of the pres- | ent Sir John Twisden. ¥ ¥ ¥ ok & The litigation served to disclose an eighteenth century romance. At the beginning of the relgn of George LI, Sir Roger Twisden, lord of the manor at Bradbourne and member of parliament for Kent, had three sons, the second of whom, Willlam, was a lientenant In the royal navy and | badly wounded in the early stages of the American war of independence. Invalided home to England from his ship, he was nursed back to com- parative health at the house of a Mrs. Kirk, the widow of a ship's gunner, that Is to say, a warrant officer, at Portsea, and falling in love with her pretty daughter, married her. Now .his péople were + immensely proud of their ancestry, which they traced back to the relgn of Edward 1, the last crusader king of Eng- land. They were beside themselves with indignation at this misalliance, Would not regard it as & marriage at all, and deciined to-have anything to do with Willlam. In fact, his father, old Sir Roger, respttled the family estates in such a fashion as to ex- clude his second son, Willlam, and the latter's children by his union with Mary Kirk. The eldest and unmaried son of old Sir Roger predeceased him and so, too, did Lieut. William Twisden. But instead of the latter's son inheriting the baronetey and the large family estates in Kent, the latter went by old Sir Roger's act of resettlement to his own youngest son, John Papillon Twisden, who thersupon unlawfully assumed the title of baronet, a be- quest of $5,000 being, however, left to the li€utenant's eldest boy, who was described as “natural” that is to_say, illegitimate. -This boy christened John, was brought up to the navy and was shown by the evidence produced, to have been the reciplent of a certain amount of financial assistance on the part of his uncle, “Sir" John Papil- lon Twisden, who was evidently en- deavoring thereby to atons for what he knew to-be the wrongful por sion of the baronetcy and est He also left him a bequest at his death, the young fellow having in the meantime made his way from be- fore the mast.to a commission in the rorl.\ navy and to the rank of cap- tain. “Sir” ‘John Papillon Twisden" own son and namesake, succeeded to the estates and assumed the baronetcy and dfed In 1841, leaving a married ghter to whom he bequeathed the estates. * k¥ % - Nothing more was heard of the mat- ter.until proceedings were started by the late Rev. John Francis Twisden, the great-grandson of that Lieut. Willlam Twisden who married the gunner's daughter. Assoclated with him Jo the sult was his aged aunt, Miss Emily Twisden. Indeed she was nominally the chief party in the #uit, since, strictly ‘speaking, the applica- tion in the courts was not for the baronstoy, but for the judical decla- ration and recognition of the legiti- macy of hér father, who had until then figured as a tural” son. This was- established, and once achleved, the baronetcy went of its own accord to her clergyman nephew. Sho died a few days.after the grant of the decree determining the legitimacy of her father. ‘The-sult attracted an immence amount -of attention at the time and the proceedings were of a most in- teresting description, entailing the production and the reading in court of all sorts of family correspondence of thre Twisdens and Twysdens dating from a peried prior and immediately subsequent to- the American war of independence. Now this, thus, romantically reviv- ed Twisden baronetey of 1866 isabout once more-to become extinct én the death of.its present holder, .and the continuation of this anciént house will remain K\hdn ‘hands of Sir Roger Twysden, wi & “y”,-holdeér of the 1611 baronetey, and the respondent in the present Tgvysden divorce sult. He has an only son of five years ol of the name of Anthony, whose cu ody and guardianship will probably be awarded by the courts to his moéh&r. Failin; ‘;Ig‘.’q!‘h‘lf baronetey - go~- to " & younger “WPilitam, ‘& Tetired Heutenant of the royal navy.- ‘Hits Bible Change. Reader Believes the Magdalene Story - Should Be Retained. To the Editor of The Star: 1 In your f{ssue of the 4th instant was an artiele about Dr. Goodspeed's translation of the New Testament| from which it is stated he omitted | the story of Christ and the adulterous Woman .brought before Him by tife Pharlsees, as related in the efghth ¢hapter of St. John. Its omission Is justified on the groumd that it does not appear -in -the original text of John's Gospel, though the Incident 18 accepted by all biblical scholars. a3 a probable historfcal fagt. -When we remember the great number of manuscripts of the Gospels and their innumerable translations into many different perfods of the past how can we knew beyond per- adventure that one particular manu- soript of the many is the original, or upon whit hypothesié of reason are we juetifisd In rejecting the state- ments. of one Gospel and accepting those of another when the Gospels not only ‘differ in respect to the de- tails of many things they record. in common but in relation to other things of vast- moment no mention 18 made in some of the Gospels while they are recorded In others? This story is probably as authentic as_many -others In the Gospels con- cerning’ Chreist. It is found in many of the old MSS. of St. John. It has come down to us in the King James or Authorfzed Versfon of 1611, and | was préserved by ths lconoclastic re- Vislonists in the ravised version of 1881. The critics and the translators admit the probability of its ecour- rence. It would seem just as logical to reject some incident of one Gospel because it was not recorded in the others. It is difficult to understand the elimination of this story when so many other things concerning Christ not ‘equal in value and of doubtful Ruthenticity have been retained. 1t Wwe are to believe as authentic all of l;xe"o!hsr {hings set forth in the Go els concerning the sayings and a Tivities of Christ there 18 ceriatmy little justificution for the rejection of this story. It bears all the earmarks of truth when we remember the laws and conditions of that particular time, and the intolerant fanatictem of w Pharisees. It is quite a natural story and one that Is just as likely to have happened as many others that are re- corded. And when we consider action and attitude of Christ toward the woman it harmoriizes perfectly with His beautiful and exemplary character as revealed in all the oth- er Incidents of His earthly ministry. Nothing would therefors appear t4 be achieved by fts elimination ex- cept to deprive the readers of the Gospels of one of the most tense, beautiful, human and dramatio pic- tures they contain. A picture that presents Christ most appealingly and effectively t6 the weary and the heavy laden of earth. A story that has been accepted as true. and that has come down to us through the ages. and which has doubtless been in the past is it will be in the tuture the inspiration of hope and of & new “ife to many a Magdalene, who, throawi impelling nccessity, or a great but misplaced love, has stepped asido from the straight and | narrow way. Furtherniore, it has horne a_les- son Aor men and women through aill the ‘ages, and in no age more than the present was therc a greater need for its application, for it seems that the spirit of fanaticlsm and Intol- erance is growing day by day among our people. We see these ugly traits manifesting themselves in the realm of religlon and toward the habits of the individual &itizen. Intolerance of individual opinion and of freedom of spaech. Intolerance of the frail- tiss of human nature, and unwilling- ness to forgive even thoss who show [the spirit of repentance and a de- sire to make amends. We seem to be living in a hard and callous age with little of the splrit of compas- sion. What a beautiful amd salutary lesson this story convers to cur own time; and one it seems so difficult for us to practice In our human relationship, the great lesson of fol- ance, comprehending human ympathy. and forgiveness, Could there be a more tense, beau- titul or dramatic plcture than these s of the story present: * ¢ and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. When Jesus had lifted up Himself, and saw nonme but the woman, He sald unto her, Woman. where are those thine accusers? Hath no man! condemned thee? She sald. No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee; go. and sin no more.” Just as Jesus had called the hy- poerisy of the Pharisees of His time, to thetr discomfiture and dispersion, £0, likewise, does this story rebuke the Pharisees of our time, and cails to us to emulate this beautiful and impressive example of tolerance, charity, forglveness and sympathy with human infirmity. The eclimination of this story from the sacred book would be, in my judgment, an irreparable loss to Christian literature. ‘While on this subject it may net be amiss to say that to one on the outside it seems that the churches have lost the spirit of Christ and have given themselves over to dogma and to serimonious doctrinal contro- versy, When we think of the simple story of Christ's life, marked as it was by deeds of love and charity; and of His ministrations to the sick, to the lonely ones and to those op- pressed by the multitudinous cares and adversities of life, how trifling and fruitless appear the controversies between modernist and fundamental- ist that now rend and divide the church, paralyzing jt In the pros, cutfon of its great mission and alien- ating men from it in sadness and re- gret. Dogma never saved a humtan so nor do doctrinal discussions influen men and women to better lives. Th is why men absent themselves from the churches and explains the empty pews. What mattered it to the re- pentent thief on the cross or to Mary Magdalens whether or not Christ was of immaculate conception. They were familiar with His wonderful life and works, and believed His divine power was equal to, their great human needs, and 80 it proved, if Ho was indeed the Son of God, for to the thief He said: This day shalt thou be with me in paradise; and it was to Mary, whose sins He had forgiven, but whose spiritual needs were great, that He first appears after His resurrectlon. Dogma and doctrine are but “dry husks that give neither spiritual sustenance nor comfort to - the hungry and lonely soul, but in.the life and precepts of Christ, exempli- fying tolerance, love, forgiveness, and comprehending human sympathy man finds comfort, encouragement, hope, and the inspiration toward better things, “ for; after all,” was He" not divine? but also, as He himself said, touched - with our infirmities, and therefors équal to all our needs. ALEXANDER SIDNEY LANIER. “"In a Few Words.’ I am looking forward very much to & labor government in England be- cause I want to see something of the brotherhood of -man that we hear so mueh about —LADY ASTOR, M. P. At the age of sixty-thres, I hope to live long enough to see prohibition ! world wide and every saloon on_earth with Its door closed. —WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN. The church that burned Joan of Arc™ 1ater canonized her.” And in this way heresy is often shown to be sooner or late® the truth of the matter. —REV. PERCY STICKNEY GRANT. The aufomobile industry is only its_ infancy, juSt as the couatry fs only- i its infancy: 2 i % FORD. ~—HENRY Q. 'Who appoints school teachers in Hawail or Panama?~I. C. A. Positions as teachers in Hawaii are filled by the superintendent of public instruction, at Honolulu, Ha- wall. Such positions in Panama are filled by the bureau of education, Washington, D. C. Q. What does the Portland; Ore. fair celebrate?—L. M. P. A. ‘The fair which is to be Beld {0 Portland in 1925 ‘will celebrate -the completion . of the transcontinental and Paclfic highways, the cenfennial of the electro-magnet, and the devel- opment of hydro-electric energy. Q. What is the population of Mag- dalena, Sonora?—F. T. C. A. The stationary population of Magdalena, Sonora, Mexico, is about 1,500. At the festival of San Francisco 1t 1s increased to ten op/twelve thou- sand. What was the “Battle of the Q. Thirty” and when was i ? i ] t fought A. The Battle of tRe Thirty is one in which thirty Bretons and thirty Englishmen were pitted by Je: | de Beaumanoir and Bemborough The fight. is said to have taken place he- twean the castles of Josselin and Ploernmtel in France, in 1351. The English were defeated. Q. What kind of ownership or supervision has the United States government over Center Market? —G. L. B. A. Thé Department of Agricultura says that the United States has own ed for many years the land upon which Center Market stands. For fifty or sixty yvears this land was leased to the Washington Market Company. This company built and maintained the market. About a yvear and a half ago, by act of Congfiress, the United States took over the management of Center Market. Tt is handled as any other business proposition is handled and 1s under the supervision of the bureau of agricultural economics. Q. Ts the name Vanderbllt Ger- man?—A. C. M. A Vanderblit is a Duthh name which may be literally translated “of the heap or moun Q. What soldlers got to the am bassy first during the Boxer rebel- lion?—T. L. S. A. The 1st Sikhs of the Britfsh Indian army were the first soldiers to come to the relief of the foreign- ers, who had fortified themselves as well as possible in the British lega- tion. : Q. Who started counting time from the birth of Christ?—G. P. A.Dating the years from the birth of Christ originated with Dionysius Exiguus, a learned monk of Rome, who lived in the last part of the fifth century and the beginning of the sixth century. An error in his cal culations was discovered in the fif- teenth century, which resulted in placing the estimated date of Christ's birth four vears carlier than the date set by Dionysius. Q. Who {nvented the watch?—T. D. . A. Gerrit Bramer was the first maker of the repeater, whicly he ex- hibited at the Museum about 173% repeating Q. What i5 the origin_ of the ex- pression “blue blood"?—C. W. A._Blue blood is a translation of the Spanish “sangre azul.” attributed to some of the oldest and proudest Of Munitio A nation-wide controversy has fol- Towed the eale of government muni- tions to the Obregon government in Mexi: while the State Department has assumed an attitude of opposi- tion to aliowing private interests to disposo of war material to represen- tatives of the de la Huerta “rebels” Distinet schools of thought concern- ing the ethics of the govern- ment's position have been developed. Whether the precedent will return to trouble the country disturbs some cditors. Others sharply condemn the entire transaction, while still others insist the President has taken the enly possible course, inasmuch as Obregon really represents constitu- tiohal government south of the Rfo Grande. “Thera is need to exercise disore- tion in such matters” the Boston Transcript holds, “and that discretjon must be exercised by ourselves and not at the dictation of any one else. Too often thero have béen suspiclons and indeed charges, founded or un- founded, that insurrections in Mexice were fomented on this side of the border. It will ba a wholesome con- trast to have our government extend vital ald to the best government Mexicc has had for many years against an insurrection that seems to be about the most causeless one that has ever vexed that much-suffering country.” There is also, the Chicago Daily the decision goyernment to grant the application of the Obregon government. Impar- tial obsarvers are of the opinion that the Mexiean presjdgnt and his asso- cates in tha government truly rep- resent the sentiments of the great majority of the people. The sooner the insurrection is erded and &roups acquiesce in the rational and legal method of settling legislative and-administrative issues the better for Mexico and Latin America gen- erally.’ * ¥ * X To. all of which the Newark News replies that amouflage it as Secre- tary Hughes may, it-is intervention for one government to sell arms to another when engaged in hostilities. Not only does this constifute a moral if not actual alllance between the United, States and Mexico against de la Huerta, but it gives every Latin American government, when confront- ed with an ‘internal’ agression, the right to expeet that the United States, if called upon, will come o its rescus. The administration has cut loose from our traditions and practices. It has extended the Monroa doctrine and article X to cover ‘internal’ as well ‘external’ aggresslons. -Does it know where all this is going to lead? Likewise the Brooklyn Fagle feels 1“1t 18 in-itself & dangerous thing to @0 and the precedent thus established is bound to have far-reaching conse- quences,” because, ‘as the Buffalo News sees jt, “there is no telling what Wwe gre_letting_ ourselves in for through this transaction with Obre- ®on;: it is a commitment that has a high potential for trouble.” The Win- nipeg Tribune suggests "it would be a pity for the United States to depart now _from the policy laid down by ‘President Harding.” as it may mean “getting. into difficulties.”. The Co- lumbus Dispatch, however, claims the, very end at which Harding was aim- ing “will, in this case, ba promoted by granting' the request of the Mexican EOovernment, not by refusing it What i more, the-Birmingham Newsa belleves, “Americans, who love fair play ‘and who realize that cofistant turmbil in Mexico is bad- for business, will be glad to hear.that the War De- South Kensington | News points out; “nothing unueual in | of the United States| all | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN families of Castile, who claimed ney to have been confaminated by Moo ish, Jewish or other foreign adm! ture, The expression probably orig nated in the blueness of the veins people of fair complexion as com- pared with those of dark skin. Q. How man: eB L horse's body? ok ¥ o heTe N Y A. ~The bureau of animal industry says that there are 205 bones in ths body of a horse as compared wi between 210 to 220 in the body a_man. Qhat H. A A. Jt.{s from the Sanskrit The primary definition, the breath of 1 is sometimes personified in the Ve In theosophy the word meuns i vidual life principle. as contrasted with Jiva, meaning the personal soul. Q. What were or are the elemental #pirits?—L. Y. R. A. Elemental spirits were beings who, according to popular bellef in the middle ages, presided over the four elements. living in and ruling/ thém. The elemental spirits of fire wero called salamanders, those of water, undines; those of air, §¥Iphs and those of earth, gnomes. Q. What is sago?—D. H. A. It is.a dry granglated starch {mported as an article of diet and for stiffening textiles. It is prepared chiefly from the trunk of the £ago palm, but also from the trunks of the gebang, Jjaggery, arcng and gomuti palms and from several cyca- daceous plants. Q. ‘€an 2 husband demand the de- livery of mail addressed to his wife?— B. AS. A. Neither husband nor wife can control the delivery of mall addressed/ to the other against the wishes of tha one to whom it is addressed. In ths absence of Instructions to the c trary, the wife's Jetters will be pl with ‘the husband’s mail unlesé th be known to live separately Q. What b cam wan first to adopt uniforms?—O. L. . A. The first team that wore forms was the Knickerbocker of New York, in 1851. The firet to wear the present-day uniform with short pants was the Cincinnati Reds, in 1863 Q. Are things the same color night, or is it merely the light that gives color?7—A. C. A. Obejects do not have the same color at night as in the day. Itis the visual apparatus of the eye which en- ables us to distinguish color, and since we are unable to see after dark we are unable to distinguish color. The color of objects, with the excep- tion of fluorescent bodies, is not duo 10 any power possessed by the objects of creating the colorg exhibited, but {merely 1o the fact that they are able | to absorh some of the rays of white {1ight of the sun, while the rest ars reflected or scattered in all directions Q. Do the women of Porto Rlco have suffrage?—W. S. B. A. In 1917 the inhabitants of Porto Rico were made citizens of the United [States by act of Congress. Women, {therefore, can vote. : (The Etar Information Burcau will ansirer your queation. This offer applics | strictly to information. The bureau. can- not give advice on legal, medical and financial matters. It does mot aitempt to settic domestic troublés nor to under-» take exhawstive research on any subject Write your question plainly and briefly {Inclose 2 cents in_ stamps for return postage and_send your query to Ths Star Information Bureau, Frederis J. Haskin, director, 1220 North Capitol trest.s does Prana mean?-- I Press Divides on Selling ns to Mexicans | &ttituds count for anything in Lati { American politics, without actually | intervening, we must obviously mal a sharp distinction between est lished governments and overnight r volts.” Cruelty ¢ Animals. Writer Wishes to Know if Abuse Inereases or Abates. To the Fditor of The Etar: Within the past vear, it seems In newspapers and magazines there more mention made of cruelty to ani- mals. Does-this mean that thero is more cruelty directed against animals, who, if given the opportunity, prove to be our best and most loval friends, or does it mean that more publicity is belng given and people ars beini aroused so that the great humane movement may be given impetus and thereby much good be accomplished? Surely the latter reason must be the trus one. That immediate attention is need- ed to save the wild life of rica s shown in_the following from th ‘Vanishing Wild Life of the World Henry F. Osborn, president of the American Museum of Natural Histc says: “Nothing in the history of crea- tion has paralleled the ravages of the Ifur ‘and hide trade, which with tha bone fertilizer trade threatens the entiro vertebrate kingdom. Furs a now a fashion. They are worn in mi summer purely for ornament and sonal adornment. The ekins sold rs reach the surprisingly e of $107.689.927. To prc the slaughter that is ta one must allow for an ere killed and not sent market and also for wounded anima S The final cause of the close of the age of mammals can be arrest- ed only through the creation of sound sentiment and education of the chil- dren and of women, in the same man- ner in which the National Association of Audubon Socleties has arrested the destruction of birds.” In the last fssue of the Woman Citizen appeared the following arti- 1o, which ahould be widely read: “Not long ago the papers carried news of a plan devised by a distinguished scientist for the ufs of a fatal gas in trapping fur-bearing animals. It is significant of the growing abhor- rence of the cruelties practiced in sccuring certain furs, and a rising { rotest against them. Our government Bad “Some. 10,000 seaiskin: pelts lert on its hands Tecenitly; the Brtish, Jap- anese and Russlan governments had an oversupply and, though change in fashion was doubtless the chief ex- planation, the increasing knowledis of cruelties in the taking of seals may have had some influence. Recent- 1y, too, increased knowledge of the callousness of trappers and the tor- tures of trapped siiver fox, marten. and ermine has come thro the prize offered by the American Boclety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani- mals for the invention of @ humane trap. Though about 300 designy were submitted, not one was found prac- tical, and the soclety withheld Its award, The traps in use are very powerful, and inflict tortures beyond belief. AR exposure undertaken by the Red Star Animal Rellef showed that tho traps are visited only once in two or three weeks, and meantime the trapped animals linger in an ago- ny of pain and thirst and fear and hunger. The Red Star declares- cruel trapping must go. A recent authority 's no efficient humane- trap has éver been devised. Thers.are many furs—the hides of animals killed out- right, some of them raised for furs, which fnvolve no such agony, WHat will women do about {£?7 . The National Humane Review pro- poses—that thers shall be.a vacation In trapping, which shal] last a period of five years. This would prevent the extinction of fur-bearing animals and would relleve untold suffering. People ' Nine telegiams dispatched from' the | partment has arranged to sell arms tolwould get-used to the idea that traps ‘War ~ De ment at would mobilisé the forces of this na- tion should war come to us. —COL. M. B. STEWART, There {8 no country. in the werld where reference to high idéals gets N UNT A. APPONYL to hold aloof now,.-when an apparent- | ly stable government trying to maintain stability, the Cincinnati Tlmel-Surhlnslllfi "ro a :;‘to L‘l‘l‘ vite anarchy in Mexico.” er L, 6 general Opinion-is somewhat lke hat of the Houston Chronicle, when it says “if we are going to make our A ‘Washington | the government of Mexico,” anyway, |ping animals was not necessary. It does seem that all that would be necessary for a large percentage of women now wearing fur coats would be to see how the animals whose skins make up the very coatsf they -are-now. wearing were caught in steel traps, suffered untold agin: and finally died. RUTH W. FORNLE