Evening Star Newspaper, January 23, 1924, Page 6

6 THE EV. ‘With Sunday Morning Edition. VING STAR One paragraph in his address should {be carried—pernaps by radio—to every part of the countrv: WASHINGTON, D. C. ‘WEDNESDAY. .January 23, 1824 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor ‘The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office, 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave, | New Chi, Ruropean Offic ork Office: 110 East 42nd St. Office: Tower Bullling, 15 Regent St., London, England, The Evening Star, with the Sunday morning edition, ix delivercd by carriers within the ity &t 60 cents per mouth: duily ouly, 45 cents per month; Sunday oniy, 20 cents’ per month. Orders may be sent by mail or tele- phone Main 5000, “Collection is made by car- ricrs at the end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia, Daily and Sunda; $8.40; 1 o, 700 Daily only $6.00; 1 mo., S0¢ Sunday onl; All Other States, Daily and Sunday.1 Duily only Sunday only.. 1mo, Sie 1 o, sie $2.00: 1 mo. Member of the Associated Press. The Associated to tlie use for rej Tof u atyiies credited to it or Bot otherw er aud uiso_the Lerein. ANl rights of apecial dispufehes hervin are news dis ited 5 pul tien ot The Senate Traffic Report. The report submitted yesterday by Senator Ball from the District com- milter as a result of its inquiry into the traftic problem in the District is eminently satistactory. It manifests @ careful study of the situation as it was expounded in the course of hearing, and it proposes remedies that are practical and easily applied. First of all there should be a traflic cour sy a s of violation of the traffic rules and with facilities for checking up on offenders to ingure corrective penal- Then there should be e mat, rease in the police force, with an ease of pay to insure w full re- cruiting and the maintenance of a high sandard of N there should be a survey of the District un- der the Enginecr Comm with regard to the possibility of widening sarrow roadways and streets and the designation of certain strec way traffic. These are nortant recommendation in the line of tion, and the main in barmony with the pre- ailing rules and with the public un- derstanding of waffic nee In one respect th ate committee unmistakably meets an urgent need. The law, it says, s strictly safeguard the community £ incompetent drivers, from behind the biles in the Distr el sloner for one the most im- . The others corre r i Tom It should “take wheels of ta large numbe antomo of v and moral- shouid initial jpeople mentall, uniit o drive accomplish vsicall be 1 stricter tests before licensing and by forf of penalties repetition o fenses. Undoubtedly much of the trouble in the District is duc petence at the wl petence is meant ill, but lack of is most iy tion for the general welfare, The mendation for court reaches one of the r evil in th m.” by upon traffic to incom- A, and by ne incomi- wdement, and, what traffi of the District. Such a court, com- petently officered and sitting from § in the until 10 at nig vould permit the immediate trial charges and application of penaltis With abandonment of the collateral practice which now militu gainst prompt and effective admini: wtion of the law, the traffic rules will be given a force not heretofore known, and the process of education through punish ment will be hastened. The specific legislation required to put this proposed system into effect should be promptly presented and vigorously pressed. The traffic situa- tion must not be neglected. worse constantly and rapidiy. tion of a traffic court and enlarge- ment of the police force can be effect- ed at the present session of Congre Authorization of a street sur be given. Indeed, the Distr missioners are aiready making a tenta tive survey of this character. It is gratifying that the Senate com- mittes has not undertaken to recom- mend specific traffie rules which are subject to debate, and in the event of an attempt to write them into sub- stantive law would prolong and pos- sibly defeat the legislation which is now recommended. The writing of the traffic rules can be left to the District Commissioners. The enforcement of them can be left to the police and traflc court. Taken altogether, the Senate committee has rendered a most valuable service to the District in this Yhorough, painstaking and sensible ir- morning muiry and in these practical recom- mendations, ——— That ancfent query, “What is the difference between a lobbylst and a propagandist?” continues to this day 10 enliven the pages of the Congres- sional Record. —_———————— A peace plan that would keep Mex- ico from being so destructive a neigh- ‘hor would be worth more than a hun- dred thousand dollars. —— A Business Administration. Somewhat obscured in the rush of many important happenings was the sixth regular meeting of the business organization of the government last Monday efterncon. There arp two phrases in this statement that are worthy of particular note, the “busi- ness organization of the government” end the “sixth regular meeting.” Though the government of the United Btates under the present organization i3 134 years old, it has been only with- 4n three years that the administrative organization has been rated as a *business.” Early in President Hard- ing’s administration, in consequence ©f the adoption of the budget system, ® start was made to co-ordinate the finances of government, and a meet- ing was called of all the executive heads and active higher subordinates 1o consider ways and means of effect- ing higher efficlency and lower ex- penditures, The results have .been shown In the lessened costs of govern- ment operation. Last Monday's meeting was ad- dressed by President Coolidge in terms that will reach the national under- standing of the magnitude of the busi- ness of government and the need of Susiness pringiples in fts fically devoted to the hearing of | report of the Sen- | ' ture of- | rtant, lack of considera- | Tt grows | have demonstrated that there can be, and is, a business organizatitn of the { government. With the easing of con- !ditions the time is at hand when we {shall decide whether a business ad- ministration is to continue, or whether our government is to lapse into the old unbusinesslike and wasteful ex- travagance. As for me, I am for cconomy. There is scarcely an ec !nomic ill anywhere In our country that cannot be traced directly or in- directly to high taxes. To increase burden is to disregard the gen- eral welfare. Through constructive cconomy to decrease taxes is 1o en- ze the reward of every one who toils. The President’s admonition to those whom he addressed on Monday was to keep within the appropriations and to save. The fact that Congress has ap- propriated a certain sum dues not {justify the expenditure of every dollar necessar Heretofore, possibly in part due to the unscientific method of appropriations, deficiencies have been incurred and supplementary ap- propriations have been necessar With the budget system a change has come, The allotment of public money s made with & more precise considera- tion of public need. Economy is pos sible, and it is for economy that the President now speaks. With economy in the public expendi- tures, with strict regard for the ap- propr s made, expenses of ad- ministration are reduced. With reduc tion of expenditures reduction of taxes becomes possible. The government is a business, the greatest business in the world. It is to Le run on bhusiness principles with a slike regard for wauys and means, and primarily for | the weltare of the stockholders, who |are the people of the United States. i tions i 1 ——————————— The Teachers' Pay Bill. Rejection by the Budset bureau of hoth the Commissioners’ and the hool board's teachers' salary bill should not block the to legisia- | tion at the present session upon this | | vitally important matter. The bureau | takes the position that the bills as | arawn too liberal in the scales of The budget has been a sc cess. We | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON necessary that watchmen stand guard Iul all the gas stations along the streets jand roads. For a long time men have been stealing cars, but it was believed that these thieves were honest enough to buy new suppliea of gas when the tanks ran low. But very likely the order of thieves has resolved not only to continue stealing cars, but to steal the gas to run them. The man who broke the Good Hope tank and made off with 156 gallons probably means to take a long ride or open a gas sta- tion himself, ———— Underwood Speaks Up. Senator Underwood of Alabama, in a speech in Cleveland last night, laid his cayds on the table, face up, show- ing his stand on important issues con- fronting presidential candidates, whose titled to know. h afr The Alabama senator s well defined opinions and is not id to express them. of his speech to deprecating the Ku Klux Klan, likening its activities to the know-nothing party of 1856 has been consistently opposed to the Klan from the outset, but last night went further in his strictures upon it than ever before. Senator Underwood has no patience with those who insist upon the miracle of granting a soldier bonus and ef- fecting tax reduction at the same time, He suys he cannot understand the mental acrobats who claim that such straight and true at the necessity for effecting tax reduction. tention to the rapidly grow of taxation and its appalling in othing, he thinks, is paramount to this issue, and everything should give way before it. Law enforcement, he insists, should prevail. He four-square to the world on portant questions rease the of the hour, im- a titude. ————— Bryan in Usual Form. I pay, and that there are too broad dis- crepancies in the salaries of different | | grades. ming of a! new bill, which will follow as i isions of the Cap-| { per pay hill, which failed of passags | fat the last session. i To revise {solidate their ssely s possible the pros to con- wvisions to the point | | of agreement, to conform to the mea: {ure which has already at least com- | mittee sanction in should e a difficult and time-consuming Tt is true that in the framing al salary scale there ent views to meet, many interests to adjust. But the s to get a fundamental scale established, based upon | with consideration for duties responsihilities, replace the i present patchwork system of salar | that prevail Considerations of economy in the present are not o important as con- siderations of fundamental equity. Proportion is the main factor. Dis- | proportion is to be avoided. There is implacable conflict of views b tween the District building and school | {hewdquarters. The ludget bureau i merely requires that the total of ex- : pense under the revised scale be kept down to certain limits. Tt is for the | bill-framers now 1o work out a mea ure that will satisfy the budget bu- reau and will gain the approval of | the District committees of (‘nn\.’l'(‘s:’ and of the two houses of Congress. Promptness of action i¥ essentiu Harmony is required. The teacl » !must be given a basic salary scale ! that meets their needs and that has a chance of adoption. To this end let | everybody now work vigorous} { Congress, are purpose —_———— If a special diversion in the way of | oratory is desired by the democratic {national convention Col. Bryan has; ! accumulated a list of interesting topics | !from which he is apparently willing | to aliow the audience to select. e There is no way for the conFumr:I'!, {to decide whether the rise in the price | {0f gas was for the purpose of letting | | him pay his share for the privilege of | i listening in on a series of picturesque | oil discussions. —_——————— { A peace plan, however well formu- {lated and expressed, encounters grim | | opposition by appearing just at a time | when some of the ablest essayists of | {Europe are declaring that another | | war is inevitable. ——— Laborites in parliament are proceed- ! ing with care and quietude in spite of | any expectations that they would in-! dulge in spectacular demonstration. The time for fireworks is before an election, not after. ——— Solace may come to young Mr.| ‘Wood as he observes that many other | people are being asked how they came to be caught in @ money freshet, New Theft. There is & certain amount of enter- prise among members of the robber guild, and thieves often show inven- tiveness and originality. It has been said that many a thief would be suc- cessful were he to apply his skill and industry to honest work. The police record chronicles a theft which, though it may not be unprecedented, seems to most persons who do not study crime and‘criminals to be un- usual. Two F street shops were “en- tered,” the safes “cracked” and goods and money carried off. That was bad enough, but there was nothing orlg- inal in it. Thieves have been ‘‘enter- ing” stores ever since &tores began, and have been “cracking” safes ever since the first burglar-proof and non- crackable safe was Invented. There was also the record of the attempted robbery of two grocery stores, but the thieves ‘“‘were evidently frightened off.” Perhaps when some thieves saw that account they smirked disdain- fully and muttered, “amateurs!” or “weak-kneed simps” or “poor fish" .or something of that kind. The un- usual note in the news account was that a thief had broken a public gaso- line tank at Good Hope road and Ala- bama avenue, pumped out 156 gallons and had gone hiwway. Here seems to be & new line of robbery. It may be | Let the quadrennial period arr ! side pocket and pulls out {of wares. | his party. William J. Bryan runs true to form. It has been his custom since 1896 to appear smilingly every four years with a “platform™for his party. and, 1o, Mr. Bryan digs into his cupacious 1 platform, sometimes brand-new and start So now he is on b prepared and well heeled.” At q dinner give New York last night by former Am- bassador Gerard he produced his line There 1s nothing particu- larly startling in his proposals this time. He thinks it possible to get re- Quction of taxation, which every one favors, and a soldlers’ honus at one and the same time. He wants the re- uction to be greater than the Mellon ‘hill in some features and, as he puts “to discriminate in favor of the es instead of holders of large in- it, mass | comes He is after the Supreme Court, and wants a constitutional amendment re- quiring the concurrence of more than five justices to nullify an act of Con- { gress. He leans toward a world court, but wonlid preserve our right of inde- pendent action. He would help labor and the farmer, as would ¢ though he does not how this is to be done both parties to *go dry forms. Mr, Bryan is alway figure, and continues to be a power in y one, elaborate upon He wants in their plat- to plead for his proposed platforms clonuently before the convention, with uch good fortune in getting them ac- cepted as the fates may provide. ———————— The death of Lenin brings Russia face to face with the old question of Correspondent { whether any man ever becomes so im- portant that his country without him. —————— cannot do It has been made clear to the United States Senate that if Mr. Bok is at He | | views upon them tho country is en- | He devoted a considerable portion ' a thing is possible. The senator drove ! He called at-! 1g burden . nds | i whether he secures the nomination or | not the whole world will know his at- | an interesting | He can be depended upon | any moment embarrassed it will not | be for funds. ————— A decision must now be faced by Trotsky as to whether he will be the foremost power in Russia or no power at all. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Literary Flatterist. An essayist brings te my view Some things that I already knew, Most of them many years ago Soon after I began to grow. But, oh, the way he whoops 'em up— They seem like draughts from Wis- dom’s cup! I'm filled with self-esteem sublime To think I knew them all the time. Another essayist will go To greatest pains that he may show The things I do not know at all. My sympathy with him is small. I ghun the grim scholastic troop. I much prefer the glad up-whoop. I always think those thoughts are fine That thoroughly agree with mine. Home Talent. “Who is the most convincing speaker you ever listened to?” “Why,” protested Senator Sorghum, “should I discuss family affairs in pub- | yaras wide o lie?” Jud Tunkins says a man who wants to hear things that are none of his business is all right ds long as he sticks to the radio set. Family Connections, * Reports from many an ocean crew ‘With strange discoveries come. ‘The Devish Fish is brother to That ancient Demon Rum. ‘Wealth of the Screen. “However hard you might study and tofl, you could never hope to enjoy the income of & great motion picture star.” . “Not directly,” answered Miss Cay- enne. “But I am engaged to marry one of their lawyers.” “If T was our minister,” sald Uncle Eben, “I'd allus take de text some- wheres f'um de seventh verse of a "leventh chapter. By mentionin’ dem figgers loud an’ often I might keep de intire congregation awake. many may be IN TODAY’S SPOTLIGHT BY PAUL V. COLLINS . The cables are burdened with bad news from the Phillppines. One day Wwe hear that there is a general con- spiracy of revolt against the admin- istration of Governor General Wood ~—but it is denied the next. Another day the news comes that the Moros have rebelled and are attacking the constabulary; again that the *Colu- rum” are defylng the forces of the Fillpmos znd that Governor General Wood had sent an expedition against the “revolutionarfes” with orders that they are to be fired upon unless they perse within forty-eight hours. What is the cause of this alleged unrest? Is It part of an agltation in conneetion with the efforts of the Filipinos to become inde ident of American rule” Why do the island want to throw off Americ tion? 1s it certain that the m the prospercus and intell pinos do want m from Amerie; If so, on what terms of settlement fo 11 that the Philippines have cost the United States during the twenty- five years of our government? Do they want absolute independence, or cly autonomy under American tection? connec- | of H- * % % % From the American st ndpoint, it acier to coneelye why. the United | es would rquicsce granting immediate independence to the Phil- ippines, than to understand w Filipmos would seck that from comnection with this Posses: of the islands sin, Spa ?\v war cost this nation v miltion 1 though not the $700,000,000 someti ascribed, including all t) co t of the § war d the Filipino insurr the cost of administrat quarter of a eentury American b failed to mant in the supposed % there, for ! on has lars sincss ent \uate intere opportunities exist- manufactures or for mmerce with China, Jupan, India d Australia, yet many of our com- reial leaders point to u future of ery great possibilities when Manilia ome the trade base for A nmerce reaching to_ th n fingors of u hand r the pulse in the Philippine metropol After twenty-five years there arc Americun” enterprises in the i vernor Gener k writes under date of I 14 Uniess tcan like Ameri financial and themselves in , in the oppor- there in a4 way United States rea on- advantages from our connec- with the islands, the quest will eventuslly sottle } hesitat w3 (o methods to be sued b al ion granting to the Filipinos wi they now pr: for, hoping to be denied. * ® * it of the chief products of the is sugar, and during the last Al year the islands exported 20 tons, but only 17,233 tons were han- | dled by Ame ar double thet amount by an English company, nearly four times much by a Phil- apny and almost as much Under tates @ prefe a ton over ¢ Lck of Amer! the next item and cigars: Igar. Free trade prevails Thilippines and the which would not con became in: ,000 | 1 ippine com: by Chinese the United pine su the persent tariff | gives the Philip- co of approxi- her imports of between the United inue to exist pende Al- nt has held out ives for el ds by A has been n inc volopment of ti rance, the flel lefc to others. Hence, if indepeid- ¢nce arrives for the islands even what interest now holds in this coun- would be likely to wane, and when the ties sparated there is little prospect that any effort would be made to ret concessions for tie building__ of merican enterpriscs ther Thiz 1s referred to as proof that any argument against present severance of political ties is not actuated by American self-interest. arge 1 Urges Marking of | Virginia Battlefields. { To the Editor of The Star: it is pleasing to see paper so quickly catches t! of the movement to mark the battie- fields about Fredericksburg. While the battlefiell at Gettys- burg ie marked and that at Manassas, | the battleficlds about Fredericksburs, ! thrilling events of the civil war, are, | save for a | ? i i { i | { ever made in war. } | i { { { { off. { most of the most, where occurred some menuments half dozen lost in the pine woods, without any- thing to indicate the points of inter- est, At Gettysburg there fell 48,000 men and fn two battles at Manassas 13,240, while within a half circle with a radius of seven miles. its center near Salem Church on the plank road beyond Fredericksburg, 104,000 men fell In nine days of actual fighting. At Chancellorsville, if one wades through a mile of mud, impassible for vehicles, there s set a stone at the forks of the roads where Stone- wall Jackson and Gen. Lee met in | their last conference, and from this a trail tarough the pines leads It is the Old Furnace road. down which Jackson marched to oxecute what Henderson, the English officer and author, belioves to be the brilliant strategio movement At Spotsvylvania | is the Bloody Angle, where 60,000 t each other on an area of of the greatest rifle own. At the Brock| point men_mef 500 acres in one 9 ever DA here_the Plank road crosses | 100 the Wilderness, the decisive; battle of the war was fought, for to the! possessor of this road belonged the Fond toward Richmond. and had Lo faken it Grant would have been foreed, like Burnside and Hooker, to Tecross the Rappahaunock defeated. redericksburg is a fie A et which in six succes- charges, in each of which w e o from 6,000 to 8,000 men in | three lines each, in five hours 8,677 federal soldiers fell before the stone! wall in the sunken road that runs| ryes Heig] belo o in his “Battle of thel Wilderness,” places that conflict as| the decisive battle of the war, while Henderson says that at Chancellors- | ville the strategy of Hooker and of | Jackson furnished an example 'of that kind of warfare which was not| Squalled even in the campaigns of | Napoleon. N trenches are belng plowed up and the spots where great things occurred are passing from man't ory. O eat expenditure 1y mecessary | here, A splendld road leads to' Chancellorsville and on to that part of the Wilderness where Warren and | Ewell fought, and a concrete road leads to Spotsylvania Court House, | but there is no conmecting road hoross the several miles between fhem. There are few markers. There ! for instance, nothing to mark the! pot on_the Plank road where the, gallant federal Gen. Wadsworth gave ! his life while trying at the head of & mere regiment of men to stop the onward "63’ of Longstreet, or to mark where Gens. Bayard or Whipple fell, or where & score of other gen- ol Smcars were killed, _ Not does a single marker stand to designate demonstrated | canse he | H. A. Dobson | cement. on On the contrary, the ald of the United States enabled the successful flotation less than two years ago of $40,000.000 Philippine bonds fn this couniry on the net basis of about 75, and the fssue was oversub- seribed. By the sale of these bonds the Philippine treasuty was put on @ sound basis. These bonds are tax-exempt in the United which would not have heen sible if the {slands had been in dependent, nor would an interest rate of 415 oh the face of the bonds have been “inviting to Investors under in- dependence. H * K KK The present outbreak of the Moros, explained both at our War De- partment and at the headquarters of the Filipino mission In Washington, is of not political signiticance. It is & rellglous or fanatical agitation of Mohammedans, not dnst Amer- leans but against Filipinos for leged teaching in the public schools of Minda cred doc- trines of M % has been no such disturbing teaching. * %k % % The total population of the islands is about 10,000,000, of which less than 6,500 are Japan although thero | is no law restralning Japanese Im- migration, It is stated at the Philip- pine mission that there is no danger | of J sion, since not thrive in the warm Philippines, Hawaii has | apanese immigration il hax more than 100.- inhabitants. When the time will come for ear- out the pledge of the United ex Lo give the Filipinos their po- | cedom s open to futur edusideration, according to the blicans, while the democrats co independen [ 1 nd should be given at o republicans take the position ndition precedent of inde- is fitness for self-govern- and that while very great prog- in that direction hay been made “half eration,” It is mot yet the the anti w climate of strict apan dent Taft stated: involves in its ulti- asthe steps forward toward government —become creater and greater, the ultimate in-| Hependenca of the inlaands, although, of 1f hoth the and the islands wer after ‘comy self-government w bie, that §t would be mu o contittue a government between them like that be- and and Aust ther icy in such » spec r “It necessaril mate conclusio « 1 {s waited on President appeal for independence replicd that the t arrived for the experi- wernment, but he add- ¢ the judgment of your ople today will be confirmed by your better educated people on th orrow, but we ought to he very sur a highly preponderant and ve Higent public sentiment before tak- | ing the step which cannot be re- tracted. from the i i rding et rhaps « % The Philippine mission states that the basts of opposition to Governor ) (General Wood's administration is be- is not complying with um! anic law passed in 1916 by our | Congress—the “Jones law”—as to the Jnintment of his cabinet ady W law provides for the appolnt- Ly the es, with States | the governor should appoint heads of de-| yartments under hir to ap- | val of the Philippir This, aileged, Gen. Wood did not do, | which ! he brought with him a litary officers, who are ad- > has n oint- | law requi >w Lhat the large part legislat 202 Filipinos, no: branch, ' 535 inos; judi lipinos; prov tute nen execu 1022.) (Copyright, {Commends Star’s Stand. Describes Early Cement { | Writer Says Natural Product Used Before Christ. Te the Editor of The § { In your issue of January 3 you pub- | lished an interesting letter signed by commenting on an ear- article concerning the age of The original article stated that cement was ninet e vears old, and Mr. Dohson mentioned a wall n China constructed over three hun- lier | dred years ago in which cement was sed. It 8o happens that portland cement was invented just 100 years ago—in 1824—by an English mason. The | original patent is on file in the Brit- | ish patent office. However, natural ' cements were used many years before that time. Several centuries before the birth of Christ the Carthagenians constructed an agueduct seventy miles long in northern Africa, using a natural cement. The Romans also used this material in many of their bulldings. The dome of the Pantheon one of the best known examples of their concrete work still standing. The difference between these old natura! cements and portland cement is that the ancients depended on na- ture for the proportioning and burn- ing of their raw materials. The natural cement of the Romans was a mixture of slaked lime and volcanic ash, there being large quantities of | the latter material in southern Italy. | Aspdin’'s diSCOVEry @ CENtury ago was that a superior cement could be formed by properly proportioning, | mixing, burning and grinding the raw H materials. Modern portland cement| is a standardized product, whose ex.! hact content fs known at all times, | Where the natural cements depended | nature for the proportions and | burning. Where the volcanoe| burned‘ the rock for the anclents, giant ro-| tary kilns are used in modern port- | land cement manufacture. The| finished product is ground to a pow- der finer than flour. Mr. Dobson probably will be inter- | ested in knowing that the cement in- | dust in co-operation with Lewis ' Institute, Chicago, maintains a structural materials research labo- ratory devoted exclusively to cement and concrete research. Should he se- cure a specimen of the Chinese wall, as suggested in his recent letter to The Star, he would find this labora- | tory a logical place to send it for ex- crimental_purposes. S5 KENNETH ROTHARMEL, General Educational Bureau, Portland Cement Assoctation > O e where any charge broke or any vie- tory was won. The cost of reasonably marking these flelds would be small. Tut if they are marked they will stand to remind Americans how their forefathers fought for their two sep- arate ideals. The mind, according to psychologists, works not from the inelde, but objectively. Nathan Hale might have been forgotten, save In books of history, except for the mon- ument te him. And markers or mon- uments on these flelds Wwill serve as exclamation points to keep alive the story that history relates of these great battjles where hundreds of {houssnds j of men 'marched with looker rnside and Grant, or with Jackeon and Lea | that | D tw {velt | of ofl fuel. of imajor democratic issues in the pres lall the nations Politics at Large BY N. 0. MESSENGER * The principal toplc of the hour among politicans of both partles Is the developments fn what Is already! being termed the ‘Teapot Dome Scandal” - What will be the effect, if any, upon the party in poweér, in view of the expected efforts of the democratic managers in and out of Congress to make it a political ques- tion reflecting upon the last admini- stration is asked? Fair-minded politicians do not think any headway can be made in bringing blame to attach to President Coolidge. The, leasing of Teapot Dome occurred before he took office. Nelther do they hold that, further developments prove that zuilt lies at some one's door, criticism would fall upon President Hurding's memory, for he would be held to have been betrayed by friends. How often is heard the expression “This wouid have been the death of | President Harding from grief had he lived.” * & X * But to return t6 the query “What is going to be the cffect upon the republican party at large Some politiclans say that the answer may largely depend upon what steps the administration takes In promptly re- pudiating the lease and ordering an vestigation of the clreumstanc with the intention of taking such |#ction as the facts brought out may warrant Some of the President’s friends hold that he would do well to direct the rimient of Justice to investiga v his intention to see probed to the bottorm. EE The democrats belleve that it is in- evitable that they should derive poli- tical capital out of the case as it stands, whatever future developments may be. They have been working for months getting ready for thi story “to break,” as is shown by the publication, just about the time Sena tor Garaway made his drive In the . of u forty-five page printed deci affair pamphlet deyoted to conservation and | Lthe pot Dome case. It took time to compile and print the book which s« issued this week by the demo- cratic national committee. There was soime good political teamwork there. The democrats say that if adminigtration should hand the over to the Department of Justice that flice will e to me through with a zenulne investigation. The locrats would at the outset be on suird he " vorabie comment is heard upon course pursued by Archic Roose- in resigning from the Sinc and voluntarily appearing be- the Senate investigating com- mittee to tell all he knew. Of course, t is recognized that he had no possi- ble connection with the lease, but he distrusted the look of things he could 10t help but see around the ofice and promptly washed his hands of the affair. ‘That's what ‘T, R." himse!f would hava had nim do.* waa one comment heard. firm fore * % % ¥ The democratio nationa) committee, in fts pamphlet on the oil lease, all of which, however, is not devoted to that subject alone, has buflt up a earefully studied attack on the lease, much resembling a lawyer's briet or rict attorney’s ipdictment. It is also an ex parte political brief, apparently framed by hands accus tomed o “playing the poiitic gam Tt it is hound to be read 1 the country if the democratic nu tional committee can got the c culation it hopes for the document. * % a One thing the committee adroitly throughout “is the 3 the leasing of the oil flelds was al of the Navy and the mili- preparedness of the country b, pating the Navy's reserve stock This {s considered by the democratic national committe: aalcunlated to bring down the patriotic ‘wrath of the natioR on ali who may be held responsible for the deal. teading through the lines of the national committee’ ment, it would the oil appear that leasing lands is to be one of the dential campaign. It s yet ten uths to election, to be sura, and he American people are busy and forgetful. but the democratic leaders 1y they will see to it that the dis- cussion and the subject will not be should | i i i 5 { editors . So far as the m | tor this = as | brief and indict- | allowed to languish any hour of the | meantime, * % % David Ladd Rockwell, chalrman of the McAdoo-for-President committee, issued a fifteen-page pamphlet, setting forth the achievements of Mr. MeAdoo while he the Treasury and director general of railways and his political policies. “His record is his platform” says Chairman Rockwell. His policles he describes as follows: Restoration of prosperity to the farmers and live- stock growers by having the United tates assist European nations to compose their differencess, establish peace through friendly counclls of of the earth, disarm, become productive to the limit of their capacities, thus opening mar- kets for American products. He would have a tariff law con- was Secretary of | iland from Madeira in 1 {tide at Washing | troops | former visit ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN Q. When were bananas first im- ported into America and England?— V. H. A. The first known importation of bananas Into the United States was fn the late 60's, when they were brought to New Orleans from the Bay Islands, off Spanish Honduras. In 1870 a few bunches were brought to New/York from Colon. Bananas were first imported commercially into Eng- s. Q. Has anv railroad ever celebrated its centennfal?—A. L. A. The 100th ahniversary of the Delaware and Hudson, the first cen- tennial of an American railroad, was celebratod Apr N - Q ington than at A. The avera 1s there more of Baltiy tide at Wash- nore?—A. L. H. and fall of the two feet and Itimore it rise on s at 1 Q. Is it against the lav person a dun on a W, A. Dunning postal cluded in “unmallabl the postal regulations. Q. When were the last withdrawn from Irel eleven {nches, whi is one foot and two i to send a postal card?— card n re u trer British and?— L P. A. The Irish Free Dublin for 1928, last British troops State, 3.000 tn 1 London on December in Q. What was the date of Dr. Coue's to the United States?— . A. A. Dr. Emile Coue York on J s his auto-suggestion the following Q. Do they in the south? A. On January 22, negro jury ever impaneled in th south found a man of its own color guilty, and he wae sentenced to the penitentiary for twenty-one years for murder. er h K. ve negro juries 1923, the first Q. What kind of prohibition legis- Iation has Lady Astor champloned?— W, 1. €. A. Lady th Britt assed ful for b years of ag Q. How bhe in the Astor introduced a bill in gommons, which was t March, making it unlaw and girl elghtee to drink in < m next 2 repu W man ia have?—& be 1,109 republicar trict of A. There in the 1924 presented should skis he n regard to the len aki Caulfield, an expert ject, suggests the fo “When vou are stan arm stretched at full ler vour head the ski placed Should be at least long enough f tip to reach the roots of your fingers it may even reach a few inches be- ahove sw York. | yond the finger ends’ may be from two and inches in the narrowest part, ‘where the foot rests, to three and three- fourths inches at the front bend; the thickness from one and one-fourth Inches to three-sighths of an inct Skis are generally fastened to the slioes by a special arrangement of It s better to wear spe made rhoes of deer hide for this purpose. Q. Is It proper to say, * will be there on Thursda. | A. The verb “reckon |be used. 1t means to count up, ‘The width three-fourths reckon —A, M. I should mot estimate 01 Q. What proportion of area was direetly involv world v D. R A Of rope’s anproximately L ono.000 are miles of rritor: s directiy Involved in or Africa the fractior thirty-two out of havin been in belliger- ith her 17,000,000 square ows 3 tha earth d in the 4 larger, s paris Asia nvolved, whi ely {n the North Americe fths of an area of nearly 10 10,000 square miles is occupiad by two of the great countries that were in the struggle. Only about one-h »f South America rems neutral. Therefore of the square miles of the globe cine 6. the re- than Lelong to and the were more 600,000 miles nations millions = » Who originated the term “dari . ¥ n attributed to San of Tennesser was quietiy race meet anid purse. x horse trader entered unex | Q. How a day A. Th r do wa breathe inhale ir every atr twenty-four hours Q. What is a vacuum tube used fc a S. E. W. A. A vacuum tube fs a glass tube exhausted of air and having a fila ment grid and plate inside, for recti fying the incoming waves into direc current for head phones,. Q. How did the tune “Oid Hundred get such a name?—T. C. A. The melody was known in the fifteenth centu In England it was used for Keth on of the Hun- ircdth F People That or rth Do nd_was called the word “old" ter was re her W A. This form is correct in speaking to a servant, but should not be used in conversing with an equal to husband Readors of The Evening Star wld send their questions to The tar Information Bivean, Frederic Haskin. director, 1220 Novth Capitol street. The only charge for this service is 2 cents in stamps for return pustage.) ¢ Johnson Hard Up for Issues, Is Consensus of Newspapers Whils Senator Hiram Johnson el orates his differences of opinion with the administhation in his speeches throughout the country the question of whether he eventually will find himself limed up in a third party, 1ould the Coolidge forces dominate the Cleveland convention, as now seems likely, being debated b jority of the republican and Independent newspi- pers are concerned they sharply cize the Californian, insisting the ad- ministration progarm is safe and A generally satisfactory to re One of the chief spokesmen ool of thought, the Seattle it is sig that Mr. leveland is ¥ ieans. Times (republican), Insists nificant that on the da. Johneon set off hig hlast at C his princopal newspaper backer, York and came out in st and with othe to injure the repubiican party. 4 Johnson denouncing the republican party and asking for republican votes is not an ins He & parently se in it, or ch un hinkable ‘IV.(V'VH‘. n 1o et shove. connection the Peoria Transeript (independent) argues th an be Ar lon in 1924, an ction are equal and- in ysite directions. A reaction may. doub will, set in_ against ident but it will not be lad hy Hotspurs or fire-caters. The nerican people are subject to polit- 1 lapses which seem to defy analy- but they will not tolerate political heavals in 1924, It is obviously thei ~sent intention to give their nllegi- a to those party leaders who un- dorstand both big and Uttls business and who prepared to hew to the line, letting the chips fall where ‘they * Rk sis it Wi on—a J son * son assault on the repub-| lican convention call impresses the | Duluth News Tribune (republican) as structed by a non:partisan commis- ; sion, reduce taxes with a more equijt- able distribution of burdens, let Henry Ford develop Muscle Shoals, give a bonus, enforce the prohibition law, prohibit further Issuance of tax- exempt securities, have a constitu- tional amendment prohibiting child labor, authorize the President to veto individual items in an appropriation bill. * ok ok ok It 18 noted that the platform does not include a direct and specific in- dorsement of the league of nations, which was the keystone of the demo- cratic national piatform four years ago. The nearest approach to it is the zeneral reference to the establish- ment of peace “through friendly councils.” * kK K Likewise, it is observed that the platform does not advocate prohibi- tion outright. What it says on that|the republican national subject 'is “enforcement of the laws against the manufacture, importation and sale of intoxicating liquors. And that's all—there isn't any more. * ok ok * William J. Bryan promulgated a platform Monday night, relterating his familiar policles. He gave only a passing word to prohibition, saying he +*hoped” both parties would have dry platforms and candidates. The great commoner apparently thinks it a “einch” that both will be dry. ———————— Posted by the Press. From the New York World, 4 Clarence Ward, a negro, has bought the village jail of Bellport, L. 1, to keep his chickens {n. Mr. Ward hag rend the newspapers and observed that it is not always casy to break into jafl. ’ ———————— Tailors of Tooley Street. From the Kansas.City Star. “Senator La Follette declares that he will continue the fight to bring the sovernment back to the people, remarked. Prof AR, yos!" replied Gaunton Grtmm, “And how does he get the idea tha Le is the people? # | i | i “hardly worth discussion. of ridiculous. son platform is on a par with 1t, and it that is all that Senator Johnson advances in lieu of reasons why he should be the republican nomtnee, his candldacy should not be formidable.” Even Iu his views on the Mexican sit- uation the senator shows how far apart he Is with the administration’s views, the St. Paul Ploneer Pre (independent) points out, Intimating that in this instance at least he has gone far afield for an issue. “There is @ note of desperation, al- most of despair” in the Johnson speeches, as the New York Even Post (independent) interprets ther and “the one thing that sticks out is that the Californian still is in search of an issue. WIth faint hopes he tries denunciation of the le of American arms to Mexico. He assails committee. In a sort of hysteria he attacks th Mellon tax plan and, to be consistent with that attack, favors the soldic bongs. He is hoping against hope thathe somehow may drag thc league of nations back as an issuc, and he aims some of his heaviest and most jagged Sentences at the world court. Meanwhile, with every passing day, June 11 comes nearer without much al indlcation of any uprising inside the | republican party in favor of the great ls«?l‘:uonin: o:y 20 and the broad- swordsman who stood at Armageddon 1921.” In many respects the Wa- terbury Republican (independent) sees “dodging® in the JC speeches and insis tive elo- quence does -not create popular h roes. son’s addresses which carry the ring of sincerity is: 'As an American 1 am exercising an American’s prerog- ative—because it is my pleasure to do_sol' " The Norfolk Ledger Dispatch (dem- ocratic), finds “the guns of Senator Johnson' turned upon the party to Which he nominally belongs. ~ So strongly did he dissent from the pol- fcles of the President, the titular head of the regular republican party, and so bitterly denounce the republi- can national committee, that it is not conceivable that he can have any hope of recelving the nomination at nd; regulars, It Is too ‘.’3!}“ yat’éflk -‘.‘; ascurate ewti- To make | it a campaign issue is nothing short ' The rest of the John- | Johnson | The one sentence in Mr. John- | mate of the strength of an; ty to which Senator Johnson migl he acceptable as a standard bearer but the situation is one which may result most bene! cratic party y third par * ¥ % Cazette (republ can), directs attention to the fact hat the Chi €0 Tribhune (progressive republic “is forced to admit that much of the Californian’s thunder i< empty noise. -And when the Chicago Tribune fuils to enthuse over Hiram s itterances the must be poor stuiff indeed.” The Detroit Free Press ikewise feels that the Tril e i slightly mixed” in its charact Zi holding that “putting the twe of the Tribune's editorial to ne learns that Senator John s and offers himseis n good faith. That he is loval gnd self-respecting; that he ralses.’nc false issues, s without rancor, does ot exaggerate and throws no dust But on the other hand he appeals tc short-sighted self-interest, is after the v the many rather thar sound tax reductio is not conscien tious, is deliberately unfair, is vague. wrong in principle and appeals tc class interest. In o far The Kalamazoo is his ues” are con cerned, Spokane Spokesman Re. view (repu n), pronounces them “pretty thin gruel. He has gone on the road with a list of feeble and imagin ues,” w! Butte Po ublican), ‘there Is nothing new Johnson's present speuting. & at the Harding administra- Il the time. He is doing what n to hampsr Coolidge. If he were a consistent = which he is not, he would be trying to wet the nocratic nomination fur President Instead, he is trying to persuade the country that he is the onlv man i public 1ife, renegade republican that he is, who'is fit to be trusted by the nation’s republicans. [Public_posing of that kind requires gall; Senator Jehnson has plenty of it COURAGE “I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul” —HENLEY. tio: he | WOOLWORTH WENT BACK HOME., i “You ought to pay us for having vou around,” told him when he start- ed to work, and “These other boys can sell all around you,” sneered b another employer three vears later, Were too much for Frank W. Wool- worth—and he went back home, His parents, the neighbors and the 0il of the farm at obscure Rodman, (. Y. where he was born, all were ipoor. He attended the country schonl and Business college and when twen ty-one years old, with §30 saved went to Watertown. Firteen hours a day in a dry goods store, without pay, just to learn After three months the wages were 30 a week, after three years $6, he puying his way, and saving all the The store across the street started him at $10, then quickly cut to $8.50. cause he “couldn’t sell” e had , worked, worked, but he still the siow, clumsy farmer boy. The disappointment was so great that he had to give up and go back home. A year of rest and he was back fu t store in which he had work-, {ed, this time at $10 a week. Then his* pay was reduced to $5.50. Now twenty-elght, and married, the blow | hit hard. | A five-cent sale gave him an idea | Opening a store in Utica, N. Y., with $300 borrowed, he did ail the ‘work ibut it failed. His former employer would not take him .back, so he jmoved his little stock to Lancaster, Pa., and started another store. Finally it succeeded, and he opened five others. Three failed. Competi- tion rose and fell, and the five-and- ten-cent business ‘was rated risky. He persevered and, when thirty-fou: first gEaw prosperity. When he died there were more than 11100 F. W. Woolworth stores in the United States, Canada and Great. Britain, and he was a multi-million- aire, and owner of the world's largesir business building. Speaking of his timés of hopeles ness, he said, “T was discouraged but T kept on. _ Next-—BHell Ridienled by the Wodl, (Copyright, 1943.) 3 14 ally to the demo- # -