Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1924, Page 6

) _ 6 THE EVENING With Sunday STAR orning Edition. WASHINGTON, MONDAY......January 28, 1924 THEODORE W. NOYES. . The Evening Star Newspaper Company Chicagn O Towser Bild Fura Oftice: 18 Regert St London, Kogland, #L the end of en Rate by M Maryland and Virginia. and Sunduy .1 vr. $5.40: 1 mo only = 1., #6.00; 1 mo., 50 3 1yr. §2.40; L mo. All Other States. 1¥r., $10.00: 1 mo., Sie 1¥r. $7.00; 1 mo, iyr, $3.00% 1 me fng it . T manth 14l or teles tion is made by car- Advance., Daily Daily and Sunday ouly only Member of the Asso Ihe Associnted Pr ively entit A1l news To End the Scandal. President Coolid, and wisely in the leases, which andalous disclosures that he will at « matter of naval of! ve become subject of He anno s pecial coun- Department of Jus. both pol am: ical parties e enforcement of cted prosecute rts. so that it to in the cop it will be enforeed; if there is any fraud it will be revealed, and if there are any con- which illegal they will be ed. Tie President’s h as onl mony racts are vance n addy the belief that there has been int of corruption in th fon is wis uch has been bre umbent purge the case for been leases, His as enough upor for the welfare of the When the President savs that ™ law will he ¢ of the peoj be protected, sured of pa not govern reed and every r and the government w the count may he as- vesult. Tt will be a non n inquiry. The case, indeed. is of a political nature, although doubtless the party in opposition to e administration will seek to make capital cut of it. The party in power always has to bear the brunt of scan dals that arise through the mora those who under cloak oceupy places of trust. Moral deficiency is not a partisan element. It is, of course, unfortunate the administration that in this ht to light. had they But now v inquengies of its have been far bett seen disclosed months ago, that they are in open, that the aint on the oil leases is demonstrated, ‘here is nothing to do but to procesd ® prose if actual fraud was committed, and to the cancellation of e leases if it is found that they were sranted ‘improperly, upon terms in- #quitable to the government or for orrupt consideration. 1 the selection of his purpose the field. There are many able men in the aw: from whom he ecan choose. The e~xpectation is that his selections will fall upon men known for thei 1 in investigation, t full knowledge of the law; their non-partisan spirit. Ith such counsel working to the end of justice the settlement of t dal over the naval oil lease will be- come merely 2 matter of t me. ———— In the cement of prohibition legation attaches certain im- munities that ave compléte so far as this government is concerned. This fact not imply that they are rxempt from authoritative suggestions in the matter from their own govern- ments. en; enjc foes does —_——— Though not a lar; S money es mowadays. a hundred thousand dollars can be used as the initial cost of @ remarkably large amount of pub. lieity. ———— A referendum featuring prize awards might help Congress to concentrate on @ plan for tax reduction. ———— The River Front Fire. The river front fire Saturday night, which destroyed property estimated t $400,000 and which might much more heavily and taken a number of lives, points to saveral shortcomings. baflding occupied by the steamboat company are owned by the govern- ment and the building, so far from heing fireproof, was not mildly fire- resistant. It was a wood structure coated with pebbledash and was erect- ed after fire swept the same site in 1918, The building and dock are leased to the steamboat company by e District Commissioners, who are trustees for the government. The chairman of ‘the wharf committee of the District government has been ouoted as saying that “The commit- tee would take steps to have a fire- proof building erected if the present one is found to be damaged beyond reasonable repair.’” Whether dam- aged beyond repair or not, it should he replaced with a fireproof structure. Government buildings on the water- | front.and elsewhere should be fireproof, or as nearly so as can be. It is singular that the government should enforce strict regulations againss the setting up of tawdry and inflammable build- ings by private citizens and should itself set up franie buildings, “pebble- dashed” That they may have the out- ward appearance of strength and safety. But that the government does so—the national as well as the Dis- trict government—is something that everybody knows. The docks of the company which suffered Saturday night have been fireswept three times —In 1916, 1918 and 1924. In each case there was large property loss and only by much effort of the fire de- partment and with some good luck was a general conflagration on the waterfront and in South Washington prevented. Another familiar factor was present .jn comnectien, with the fire MrQ?y . Editor, 4 | 0 cents’ per | | pressure water system for fir ¥ 1a subst the counsel for | esident has a wide | sean- The dock and ! ; THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1924, night. The water supply was un-|periods of police activity the lawbreak- | satisfactory. Afl available engines went promptly to the fire and the !water department sent men ‘“‘to manipulate the flow of water in the | mains if necessary.” filtered water was discouraging to the firemen and some of the engines | ,pumped from the river. It was said ithat the streams seemed thin and | feeble, compared with the intensity of the fire, and the strong wind in- | creased the flames and diminished the | ! effectivencss of the streams thrown against them. In the news reports jit was said that “The fire furnished | another argument to advocates of | high-pressure mains for the down- town seetion of the city i { Bvery big fire illustrates the need of a high-pressure system with water drawn from the river instead of from Ithe reservoirs of filtered drinking | ater. We must come to the ere i | of tireproof fire it build- | ngs and to the creation of a high- Afight- this the ion ing and the we do | vette sooner —————— The Tax-Reduction Bill. 0 as if the House e on ways and means wiil not be able to present a tax-reduction biil at will command a majority vote in the House. Owing to the recent change rules forced by the coalition of democrats and progressive republicans it will be poss P 1o ofl amendments from th the bill is report- Thex therefc prospect the bill will 1 framed ¢ House instead of in ¢ {and that it will be a compromis sibly an unworkable patchwork odds and ends of proposals. It omary in such a situation | to look to the Senate and to the cony ference between the houses for the final shaping of the bill. Whether con- in the Senate are more favora- e to the adoption of a bill along the line of administration’s recom- mendations is not assured. The rules there, however, arve less conducive to hitand-miss methods of hill framing | than they are at present in the House. I for the Meilon | plan that measure may be adopted as ute for whatever the House | thus throwing the final shaping of the bill into the confer where, as a fact, many pieces of legislation ulttmate form. The countrs It begins Took 1s, o ually of is cusf i = a ity sends ov important given their expects a material tax reduction. 1t s for a reduction equal to that estimated by Secretary approximately 000,000. ! 1ge taxpayer looks, of course. | at the matter from his own point of 1 is a small taxpayer he the greater part of the come from that end of the line. If he is a laree taxpayer he hopes for a proportictate reduction from the upper end of the scale. Politi- cally there are probakly more "vi in a reduction that mak greatest the lower scales But there are other considerations than palitical in the matter. The S ary of the Treasury has pointed { out that not only equity but economic wisdom demands reduction of the sur- taxes as well as of the lower incom xes, that it is vital to the country turn into currents of investment money now taken in surtaxes and not eeded for administration. Moreover, it is pointed out that from the point of view of revenue production a lower- ing of the surtaxes is likely to vield | a greater volume than under the higher scale. This is not paradoxical. With a lower scale approximately full | collections may be expected, and the | usufruct in collections that hitherto | | have escaped from the government through concealments or through in- vestment in tax-exempt securities in a | large measure offsets some of the| losses from reductions in the medium scales. The countrs 1oo] view. he ito is better informed on | this subject than it was two or three months ago. The lively controversy wver the question stimulated by the | approach of a political campaign has | been educational in its eftact. People | know more about the income tax prob- | lem than they ever did before. So that | when the House debates and possibly | commends the bill offered by the ways | land means committee its course will | { be followed with an intelligent interest y by the people in the states. If there| is a failure to enact a tax-reduction | law that effects a considerable saving, hat is equitable to all classes of tax- payers, and that assures the release of { tunds for improvement. investments! {and industrial expansion and develop- | { ment, and at the same time assures 2 | minimum of loss through conceal- ments, those responsible will be visit- ed with punishment. | —————— | An international conference on radio | will for the present have to concern litself with the questions of facilities | for serious communication. The ques |tion of limiting jazz programs may | come up later. H —————— ! A chairman of the democratic na-, tional committee finds it @ political {as well as a patrlotic duty to see that | every suspicion of irregularity in a re- publican administration is thoroughly investigated. ! —_——— Foes of Poincare in Parie referred to him as a Mussolini. In Italy this {might be regarded as a rather ex- | travagant compliment. | A Moral Spasm in New York. Now New York is doing some clean- | ing-up work. Perhaps incited by the | Kendrick-Butler crusade in Philadel- phia, Manhattan is going after the crooks and bootleggers with a sharp stick. The police have been hauled over the coals by Commissioner En- | right and given their orders to hustle. | Some of them have been accused of dereliction. Many have been trans- ferred. Raids have been started and many arrests have been made. The white light district s in a tremor, the courts are buzzing, the profes- sional bondsmen are reaping a har- vest. { ers have a merry time. And the raids are not usually sprung with shocking suddenness. There are always pre- monitory vibrations to give warning The supply of! Of the quakes. First, usually, there is ‘@ clamor of public indignation, then a counter clamor on the part of the po- lice department in protest, followed by orders for a clean-up and then—and only then—the raids. The wise crook, thief, bootlegger, confidence man and zamester knows when to quit, to take av ation. As a rule these spasms of municipal virtue last on hen there is an announcement that the city is clean from the Battery to Spuyten Duyvil creek. The crook business again, and in big game goes on until the next time. few days the s merrily as ever ————— Senator Reed’s Candidacy. Still another hat in the democratic ring, Senator Reed’s, the Missourt statesman. This makes eight declared or potential candidates for the demo- | cratic presidential nomination. These jare Willi am €. McAdoo, Senator Oscar W. Underwood, John W. Davis, Sena- tor Samuel M. Ralston, Gov. Alfred E. Smith, James M. Cox, Dr. Mur- phree of Florida and Senator James A. Reed. “the plot thicken: Politicians o it that the entrance of Senator Reed into the contest will in its prac- tical effect work to the disadvantag of Mr. McAdoo. They say it will enlarge the field of anti-MeAdoo re- sistance to whatever degree of sirength Senator Reed can rally and bar Mc- Adoo's approach to the majority to that extent. It will operate, the politicians claim, to forward the plans of those who are seeking to deadlock the conven- tion, to demonstrate, i possible, that the combined opposition can prevent Mr. McAdoo getting the nomination d that therefore the convention should look about for a compromise. Mr. McAdoo, it is said, will still hold the rign of vantage in the posse: sion of @ compact body of delegates, standing like a stone wall” field will be composed of small units. The politicians are turning a listen- ing ear to hear what Woodrow Wilson | may have to say about Senator Reed's Mr. an Wilson o candidacy. the Mis extent. ses not 1 any appreciable ———— Conservative Linghsh n covered from the apprehension that a labor government would defy « to the extent of opening pariiament by blowing a steam whistle —_——— The proposal to add an Arctic tinent to American posse ons is one of interesting magnitude. This is the wrong time of year to expect popular enthusi ———— Sooner or later Philadelpma will be cbliged to demonstrate whether it can reformed without burdening Butler with a life responsi have 1 s con ng medley Lility. e ————————— ording to a number of tenanis, every man who desires to rent a flat is expected to show that he is a patient citizen and an optimist in good stand- ————— Obregon gains in political influen. as Mexican attention is called to the fact that his party is the o the right to tion. e that has and ammuni- As the Russian government develops it asserts a disposition to ness and not bulsheyism talk bus SHOOTING STARS. Y PHILANDER JOHNSON Holiday Reminiscence. 11 now begin to understand Why dear old Santa Claus or gifts to me did not command All possible applause. No doubt I was a trifle rash In making my advances. wished for millions all in cash, To ease my circumstances, got a necktie and a book As usual, for my share I found, upon a closer look A note from Santa there It read: “I could not bring you cheer Upon the terms you stated, Eecause, with so much wealth T fear “You'd get investigated.” The Gentle Kgo. No doubt there are great statesmen and patriots who do not attain bril- liant prominence in the public eye.” “Alas, too true”” commented Sena- tor Sorghumi. “The man who first nomingted me for office has been heard of but little. And yet I'll say he did & lot for the good of his countr: Jud Tunkins says a clear conscience is an economy. It makes you less liable to have to hire a lawyer. Financial Advantages, “Crimson Gulch appears to be pros- perous.” “Yes,” answered Cactus Joe, “we have certain financial advantages. ““We've got among our leadin’ citizens { the best poker players to be found in a radius of a hundred miles." Unruly. The farmer plows the stubborn soil. The coast guard plows the stormy wave. The corn produced by honest toil On land and sea doth misbehave. 01d, 0ld Story. “It was the votes of women that elected Si Simlin to the legislature. “And I suppose,” rejoined Miss Cay- enne, “that if Mr. Simlin gets mixed up in any graft embarrassments he'll be whimpering a few years hence about how women caused all his trou- ble.” “A man dat can’t learn nuffin’ ceppin’ by experience,” sald Uncle Eben, “is liable to put in his life takin' lessons.” ———eet———— These spasmodic housecleanings oc- cur occasionally in New York. It would seem to be a habit to “step on the gas” now and then just to demon- | {strate the speed of the municipal ma- chine. The average pace, however, is not.a high ome. Between raids and ‘Would Please Enemy. From the Kansas Clity Times. Senator Dill of Washington thinks It would be a good idea to have a national referendum on the question of going to war before permitting Congress to act. The delay probably would be greatly appreciated by the 'enemy, PR AYS ) a week or ten days. | creep out of their holes and set up in | two-thirds | while the | | IN TODAY’S Some one has said that art has al- ways thrived best {mmediately after {a war. If so, it may account for the |fact that Congress has soon to con- gider three projects connected with art, each of which is of extraordinary {Interest and magnitude. One project is expressed in a bill |presented by Representative Lange {of Kentucky, chafrman of the mittee on public buildings and iBrounds. This bill proposes the ap- ipuintment of a joint commission made up of two members of the Sen- ate, two of the d four lothers to consider a project to erect |« magnificent palace of fine ana in lcustriai arts, in the Capital, at a of $85,000,000. In it would {boused the best of forms of art, together with schools and techni Hibrartes bearing upon art knowledge, me of the required capital has been offered, but the project ed upon the idea that the gover would donate the site and give some 00,000 toward the cost of er then the promoter would so- the balance from millionaires the states Mr. Dooley ond nogie libraris bulldings, communi to find lisnt lite ., Henn Dool " it's archit com- tion; licit 1 zed the arnegs leaves th the books “ur- gives local It M. n; Mr. « and The second art project will soon be ‘brought to the attention of !through a bill to be presented by Sen- Henry Cabot Lod president board of regents of the Smith- Institution. This biil will ap- priate somwe $3,000,000 or less for the beginning of a group of buildings the Natjonal Art in which 1o Gallery and Historical Museum relies of the world comprising the war and other wars. The need of these bulldings is obvious. At present th ational Art Gallery occuples some 30,000 square feet of floor sp crowding the New Na- Museum of tural History, mEres: house t N tional for which the Lullding was intended. So limited is the space of the art gallery that gifts offered to the gov ernment value of $5 V00 a year are refused because there is mo way of displaying them. The Bovernment has never invested dollar in works of art for the mal- it now posseses @ colleetion 1 at $10,000,000. i the priceless Freer collee on was first offered. the regents of Smithsonian Institution (who arge of the Natlonal Art Gal- were in despair for want of dations, The reported to President Roosevelt who advised Jlection with the would e the donor added nearly $£2,000,- e Spa boailding chasing additional provided * x st ound of the collection with which nd a fund for works were project bef ‘ in a bill intr Mtative George 1 of Massachusetts snt of the secretary ve a plice in the President's cal The United is the only | nation of first rank i lacks such {a department | 1t is not alone in painters of picture {tions, or of sculptors whose |adorn public squares and p department of art is | Nor is it the whim of a unsupported by connolsse oth fine and industrial {fucturers of textiles, furniture, builders nd pull {Who understand and that beauts sordidness and of refinenient, appreciate the fi fir A { place The third i duced by lis expresseq o estab) art to {inet, Sta whicl is the interest of ra- works rks that v ong w of mural dec ot t erican production is to hold its in th markets of the world, {1t Americans are to enhance their jown education and culture &nd s ithe equals spirituall in the world with all that is best other: ras tionallties, must cultivate not r but also the fit is st = supported Massachusetts uission, and its s ilman Page, o prepar recently The al Holden Tink- | nd | SPOTLIGHT BY PAUL V. COLLINS measure has the support of the American Federation of Arts and of the Association of American Art Di- rectors. Mr. Page is chairman of a committee of the American Federa- {tion of Arts, and the committe been at work on the pi or three years, with the active couragemént of the lute President Harding, who two Years ago promised his consideration and Indorsement when the plan was cryst « purpose of the department of fine arts stated in the bill, “shall be to increase knowledge of the art through official channels and to de taste for art, one of the factors in the march of hu- he secretury of f - churge and control of allersy’ of Art, includ- h control, whe shall be' a member ex-officio of the com- under its |situated. and he and chairman mission of fin Rep ive Tinkham says while ull present incumbents cizl position not welcome a Grganization h might super- their positions, aside from per- 1 considerations, the breadth und {importance of the new department {are readily 1 )d, especially in the light of the needs of the general { public | v Mrs. Joseph Penneil | fame etcher) in Monitor, says: |, “To know what is being done abroad |for which the aid of the consular {service is to be secured is very de- |siral But sti1l more desirah o know fhat Ame sare doini some thing thems it is hizh time lthes” should more ¢ sential. 1f A leompets sucer artists, is it 1o needed uational |artists and ¢ {tralned technically as students are trained in jother professions.” * % % In a circular (No. 27) issued by federal bureau of education, George C. Nimmons writes: that of of Christian (wife the the ¢ are to foreign the much in would b seriously as the law and school, aftsmen Ing to a student when he goes out into the rld to make his way Illl business, whether selecting stoc! for trade or directing the m ture of t of comme ihigh tundard of taste und {knowledge of principles of Eood de- [t £ inestimable value, It i {well known fact that the sale of nun able artieles is dependent to {important “degree upon thei {tractive appearance " 'wa- B |‘n'u’. r further urges | por e of art knowledge {liome and In making home . ings attractive the in surrou im- Many has art art idea to iprehended he has draw Millet the n a check a Metssonier, collectors of “first editic pride themselves upon th ledge of literature because they sess perhaps the only out-of-print work of the beautif real appr and knowledge is n wandering unguided gallery, however much supplemented when ted. not limited to and ‘s but fts other culture is beaut ctions, ugly copy of s out knowled ned by through a may be so Brot painting appreciati ful—in civili Signers come to sty reason why cut a Macl There s machine should that is beautiful d with as little exp e that is the pattern oubts the need America, a beautiful n of of marve ad 1 ional with Americar his skeptic (Copsright, 1024, Callin Mount Everest to Be Assailed Once More by Intrepid Men SE. DE all previous failure the heretofora untrodden ummit of Mount Everest, sritain is now sending out a new expedition, bent this time on victory. | advantage being taken of all the past | experiences to surmount the ob- stacles which have until now stood {in the way of succ It is again i Lord Aberdare's half brother, Gen {the Hon. Charles Granville Bruce, { C. B., who will have command of the { expedition, and he will have with him Maj. E. ¥. Norton. an artillery officer who won the distinguished service in i the great war, well as Geor: | Leigh Mallory and T. Howard S j ervell. who, in the first expedition 1wWo vears ago, managed to reach the height of 27,250 feet before being compelled to” turn_back with him. Another veteran of the former it- | tempt, Capt. Geoffray Bruce of the 6t urkhas and Capt. . J. Morris - 30 Gurkhas will ‘he with the party, while the new members of the expedition include A. C. Irvine of { Merton College, Oxford, N. I, Odell | of the Imperial Collego of Science, {15, O. Shebbeare of the Indian forest sorvice and Surg. Maj. Hingston, who | 1s not only one of the best known naturalists in India. but also a dar- | ing and distinguished aviator with {an exceptional knowledge of the | rarity of the air at various degrees | of altitude. | “'The equipment of the party has been modified in the light of the ox perience of the former expedition two years ago, and since the eonsent of the Dalai Lama or spiritual and tem- poral ruler of Tibet to cross Tibetan territory has already been obtained, FONTENOY. o attain t ¥ last week of March and, following the route of the expedition of 1922 along { the Chumbi valley toward the Rong- buk valley will establish their base camp there and, according to present arrangements, will renew the attempt of 1922 to scale the Virgin mountain. * ok k% Tn England and America the pawn broker-is more or less affectionately addressed &s “uncle” by his steady customers. In France, for some rea- son or other. the state Mont de Jiete or state pawn broking establishment in the metropolls and in the small cities and towns of France goes by the generic name of “ma tante,” that is “my aunt.” Kach year the “aunt” of Parls issues official statistics about the ups and downs of the business. These returns for the twelve months ending last Christmas show Whereas in 1922 the principal cus- tomers were members of the working classes, that is to say of the masses, today it is the bourgeois, who is the chief customer of “ma tante.” .In- deed the workingman in Paris and, for that matter in all France, is to- day doing so well that he has no longer any need to borrow on eol- lateral. He can always get a job. There are not enough of him to sup- ply the demand for his labor. In fact this is the golden age for the work- ing classes in France, who ask for and obtain wages that ar the party will leave Darjeeling in the | that, | L atal as compared with and who need not faur ason of t ty of their numbers, to ask and obtain all th On the ¢ the past. corpstition, tive pau- lack coat and collar and who has to wi hood by mea ank clerk, a I A cven as a “commi immer, is obliged to h constant ourse to his Parisian “aunt” French pove indeed shifted from the bourgeo! | Vienna's Hofburg. the former palace and residence of the Hapsburg empero: is an enormous affair covering a huge area of ground and of an immense complex of buildings of va- rious epochs and of various styles, inclosing a number of spacious court- yards. 1t really dates in its present form from the fifteenth century, al- though there are portions of it that are at least 400 vears older. It was a palace formerly held in profound awe and reverence by the people as a sort of Olympus, restricted to the great of the earth, enveloped with an atmosphere of exclusivism. And it is not only above ground. There is also beneath the surface a maze of brick and stone of stories upon storles of vaults which dating from the time of the building of the oldest portion of the palace have never been thoroughly explored In modern times. It is now bereft of all its former glamour and mystery and one looks in vain for any appearance of splen- dor and state. The entire palace has been transformed. And that is to- day the strangest spectacle that meets the eye of the visitor to the former brilliant and luxurious kaiser- stadt. The whole palace has been converted into shops and kiosks for the sale of wares and redounds with cries destined to attract the stranger to the merchandise. There are shops everywhere. They fill the great halls and galleries, conveying in some way the impression of the temple of Jeruselem before the Founder of Christianity _drove out the money changers. Thus in some of the largest and most beautiful of the state departments, where in the days of the dual monarchy old Emperor Francls Joseph and his lovely, but ill-fated consort, held their brilliant { court surrounded by some of the loveliest women in Europe covered with priceless jewels, and great Polish and Magyar magnates stalked around in their semi-orfental garb of furs and velvets with great ai- grettes of dlamonds sparkling from their headgear and rubles, sapphires and opale flashing from their sword- hilts and from the scabbards of their scimitars, the entire spectacle sug- gesting fairyland, today are filled with a series of flithy little booths, where greasy venders ply their foul trade in old clothes. The people seem to have lost all respect and reverence for the past, and to those who re- member the Hofburg in the day of its imperial glories I have but one recommendation to give, and that is » keep away from the Austrian ipital, If one wishes to retaln any of one’s old time mA ione, is to say consists which | “Of what practical use is art train- | - | cesses have | and especially the man who | metropolitan | | Hits Soldier Bonus. “Hideously Unpatriotic.” To the Editor of The Star: The editors of American newspa- pers and magazines are probably giv- ing more space, both editorial and news, to the proposed congressional soldiers’ bonus than to any other sin- gle subject. They are correct in such a polic Otherwise, how are the American people to learn that their veterans of the world war do not fa- vor nor desire such a measure's pas- sage? Cortainly, in all fairness, the commendable activities of the Bx- Service Men's Anti-Bonus Leagu Inc., cannot be expected to wage alone successful war upon such an unpatriotic measure as is the soldiers’ bonus. Bef t France. where 1 had served in th Rainbow Division of the American Expeditionary Force since that division had arrived there in the fall of 1918, 1 heard distinc blings indicative of thls soldiers bonus proposition. Along with mil- lions of others then in the service, T was from the start strongly opposed to such, and I have not heard nor read any worthy arguments in its fa- vor. A “blunket” soldiers’ bonus bill will never be signed by a President of the United States, I herewith fore cast. . i v rned with in th . is what v jcan Legion if its hat T am conc connection, how { happen to the Ame headquarters continues to fizht for such a congressional bill. The legion syfoots by caliing it an pensation bill for th the world war. This veterans' bo iquarters proclaims that its me Mip is in favor of it—the bil this deliberately untrue? Is not John on ex- 1 be- to the thi Wt two sons of Ge have b mervican L ctive opposition bill. Further ertain New York posts h record as being against the same bill Quite recently the Augustus P’. Gard- ner Post of the bistriet of Columbia artment of the American Legion a resolution opposing the bill. wctioning this information being disscminated to the public through our press the District department calls attention to the fact that the d post only represents § per cent f the legionnaires within that de- partment. In reply thereto. I, as one of those who was quite active in t formation of the legion in the Dis- trict of Columbia, and as one whose interests in the welfare of the legion never heen dormant, believe that r ocent of the 2 the Distriet of Columbia, but hout (he United States, are op- posposed to the proposed soldiers’ Jonus bills. And that is the minimum timate, too. I attended the $t. Louis caucus o the American Legion in 1919, as an ernate delegate from the Distriet Jlumbla, and <o know from per- B and Be i lings then and there mani- Our pre efficient assistant secretary of the Theodore elt. rightly damned this sub- called It ‘an attempt to “s Treasury of the govern- bonus fe fested a4 weil o crept | that it will soon mee ess it b house-clean- hortl thereafter anges its tactics In July, 1921, when Divisfon Veterans met sion in Cleveland, I wa: the office of first viee pre mber of t sincerely onventi posed | chines ha can Le ing and Rainbow 1 sis with As @ slutions committee attempted to have t £0 on record as being op- to_the soldiers’ bonus. But I iled. The son 1 was defeated was Lecause, to quote the argument of the majority, “We don't desire be publicly clissed with those pre iteers who ar the opposi- tion to t What an ar ment to co; en who had hut just re 1 fighting on the contine i of ieh id s organizat ships denounce their publicly to all propo: * soldiers’ bonus hills on find that they are vith the American people. n 1 I was challenged by t st retired District of Columbia de- rtmental commander of the Ameri an Legion (o fight the American Le- glon's stand on the honus {r ith- amd not from without. I expeet | to continue to do it both w The egion may expel me, but the legion hardly expect to bec a con ietive it acts toward Dlike, the 1 from irned opposi- £ they s “in D teh Indian Legion Wee BENTLEY MULFORD. Washington Post | Present Civil Service { Annuity Plan Defended To the Editor of The Star In the discussio re a congres- sional committe f the proposed mendment of the civil service re ment law, I notice a proposition pro- viding allowance to those re- iceive the rles during ac- tive ser this manifest L injustice. ant, recefving jthe present mum allowance, v protest. strate the n this proposition and B, each sixty § [t who injustice couched let us suppose A of age, to be employes. A receiving ary of $1.800, and B §1.200. At required rate of deduction, $450 would be withheld in ten years from and $300 from B. At the end of that perfod they reiire, after thirty vears of service, each receiving the present maximum of $7 0. Within | five months, $300. and wit E months, A receives $450. during the remainder of life retirement, they share equally in the beneficent con tributions of the active workers they left behind. Is there a principle of logic, reason or common sense that will not approve this result? A contributes a little more to the retirement fund each vear, but easily does so: and at the énd of the ten- year period he has $5.850 more to his credit than his equally faithful co- worker, B. Why should A have his special fav remaining ¥ l ars of unproductive re- tirement? Is it not apparent that this attempt savors of snobbery? Does it !nm contain a selfish tang of military aristocracy? In the beneficent plan of our retirement, there should be no favorites. Length of efficient service, not the size of salary, should be the true touchstone in_this matter of re- tirement, JOHN R. WEATHERS. Not a Cure for T. B. To the Editor of The Star: I noticed a picture in your paper of Saturday, January 26, showing a -called cure for tuberculosis by a. Dr. Nolan of New York. The claims of this gentleman were investigated thoroughly soveral months ago by e unbiased ;\"r;:’\:?{fin Medical Assoclation ‘Rnd their report showed nothing to war- rant the claims made by Dr. Nolan. There Is no evidence that inhalation of carbon or calcium can help tuber- Culous lungs—in fact, it is apt to be harmful. There is a great doal of tuberculosis among stone- cutters and mine workers, who in- hale these elements daily. A nota- tion under the picture also speaks of the apparatus expanding and exercis- ing the lungs Observations made by thousands of physicians all over the world for twenty years past have n actively tuberculosis lung is in- Yariably harmful—in fact, rest of the lung i8 the basis of all modern treat- ment. It seems unfortunate to pub- lish such a picture, as it arouses false hopes in hundreds of tuber- ! may resuit in actual harm fo indi- viduals with this disease. W. D. TEWKSBURY, M. Physician in charge Tuberculosis pital, D. C. D., Hos- 1 believe | : gone on | legionnaires not | strong anti-| nd { perpetuated during the | physicians of the| rather | shown conclusively that exercise of culosls sufferers and in many cases Transcript. b | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | World War Veteran Regards Proposal | BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN Q. What were the three largest purses won by Zev, and his total win- nings?—J. L. J. A. The Belmont purse of $38,000, the Kentucky Derby of $53,600 and the international race prize of $80,500 were the three lurgest purses won by Zev, whose winnings were $286,- 673.67, according to the Jockey Club’ official record. Q. How much money Carnegie Foundation give M. W. does away? neglo Corporation during ending September 30, 192 Schools and colleges, miscelianeous, $3.159.200 the year Q. When was standa cially adopted 3F A. The United Stat standard time in 1883, tive of the Ameri A. The chief grants of the Car-| was to W rst, its present « When way com and Portland 1 tan b was the cted between Mo, and i anged from wide Montrea was 1) to stand npleted r 15 -‘\\ ym five feet six A cight and one-half ber, 1574 chiang o four fee Q A ¥ height. Q. Does any mas on a differcs W, 3. M s from ours s on at £y clegraphic ti nals sent out daily from Observatory, at Washing: changed to the new sy Q. How much pulpwond produced in Alaska on a permanent The forest o that the national forests o can produce 2,000,000 cords wood annually, or enoug! facture one-third of ucts now cou States. Most of of pul will he developed | vey of the pulpw { western United at least 1,000, duced on & the permanent p { the forest lands, i Tumber production ¢ { probably of the f | words, Alaska and t easily furnish one ent pulp needs of th Q. Has any state eve record as agalnst the theo lution?—M. F. L. A._On May 14 last the state ser of Florida adopted resolu passed by the house which de it to be the sense of the legislat {that “Darwinlsm, athciem and nosticism™ should not be the public truths | stitutions of the state Q. How election in England ™ thirty-on were ¢ Q. What is the exact i the French debt to this country country gone ¥ | | A. on December 11 the Treasury Mellon Senate that the unpald interest du TUnited States totaled $ orted to t h debt the mon T e Where hi-chi ian chief He was monume d to him in Q. When were fireplaces built intc the wall, with mantelp A; T i nt custom until the twelfth c Q. When was the Magazine started?—A. | A was founded not orig Cosmopolitan H. McA. N ¥, away as a premium by | facturing office furn | passed through several hands. at one { time being conducted as a co-oper tive sche In 1905, the Cosmopoli- ! i i { seamen are Amer ican Nav sura of { pride rmen ! doah was torn from 1 | world was thrilled at great airship adrift | ghting for what the ship, Navy,” in th e ny press. Most of the edit agree fur- ther that of the breed that | couta arife come back Shenandoah ove long un- known journey to the north pole, if ’ it is possible for men to do it | “The achicveme those i | itself w goes For wh zardless of . ability was ma: sailors aws and charge of the Shenandoah the triumphs of modern flight.” is the the Butte Miner sums it up. the Seattle Times puts it douh's experience proves that the acro- nauts are and that they can handle the under the most trying difficulties” Furthe hey underwent a moral test uportant as the test of her fabric ud the functioning of he ord acrial t zratifying to quickened public st in the dirigible.” At any Newark News maintains ship has stoud a fest no cd her to face, and the fer today than it did yes { day; its conquest scems nearer { projected polar trip of the S { doah, the Baltimore Sun rega | “not 'now so improbable as it before this exploit.”” Morcov New York Evening World be the stanchness and manageableness of the Shenandoah under trying con- ditions will do much toward restoring fuith that this particular set of et be solved in rate “the one air | problems can s 2 { _That the mas: e airship has proved | her worth, just as the members ot her crew have proved their skill and their intrepidity. the Springfield Tnion agrees, but in proposcd polar trip » 1o attention to every possible de safety, and t us not be overco fident concerning a project that while it may, and perhaps will. r 1t in triumph, may also result in disaster.” h sists “the accident to the Shenandoah should be a warning,” and | sults in the polar flikht being aban- doned it will be worth many time | what it costs to repair the big ship. This 1s also the opinion of the Detroit Fress Press, which says, “it should give the Navy Department food for sorfous thought.” But the Kausas City Journel claims “a test as severe as any to which the Shenandoah is | likely to ba subjected on its forth- coming trip has been_successfully withstood.” The Omaha World Herald holds the same view, further that “the crew has had a taste of battle with the elements, which well m »rve 1o wehet their | desire for one of the greatest adven- tures of the modern age.” Anyway, the Chicago Tribune says, “the harder and the more dangerous the task the more resolutely the Navy will attack it, and whatever the possibilities of the dirigible may be, our men will develop _them And the lessons learned from the Shenandoah experi- ence, the Indlanapolis News suggests “may aid materially in solving re maining problems.” Certainly, “noth- ing could have dons more to restor: publie mnlfldonc»l» in n.rn‘ ,;« ir- ip,” is the opinion o he n e To which the Albany Knlekerbocker Press adds “work with alrcraft must be continued by th United States if this country hopes to mafntain its ‘position among th progressive nations of the world,” for By | The Duluth Tribune. nevertheless. in- | it it re- | and suggests | twenty-tw Helen K appeared moti based Is @ V Hal rame If Any Airship Can Reach the Pole the Shenandoah Can COURAGE “I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul” HENLEY. to Bare ny, P The lad of became @ hobhir (boy, working down, with I noon, all for 2 {in the engine rc { boiler and yielded 10 ¢ | day. ¥. A joi clude firing the nts more each iftecn, at §3 a ,\\’-‘4‘\‘. with ther and brother support, he practiced telegraphy be fore hours. Came a rush message; j took it and was made an operator u 1325 @ week t A telegraph train dispatcher for th. i Pennsylvania railroad, he broke rule fand cleared up a wreck so quickl s made secretary to Ger Xt he was supe roud's western. di A messenger boy at }intendent’ of the vision. Seeing the havoe caused by the jburning of a. woden railroad bridg: jhe organized the Keystone Bridg Works to make Iron spans, then thy Union Iron Mills, to supply the iron. While he was in Europe calamit overtook bu L pig iron could no be sold, a tner advanced money | for the pas the puddlers struck the com ed disaster and finally the partner . Carnegie rushed home, drove hard, booked big orders and pulled through In_ England, eing the Bessem proces and organized Ithe metal. E steel made by he hurried home a company to make nsions, addiiions and J consolidations ated in the Car- Inox e Steel Company, which, in 1801, was sold for half a billion dollars, ¢ “Systematically saving from the time he sold ora ten years old he succe: ed in oil and mineral lands, sleeping car stocks and er industries ’ With little schooling, Carnegie be- came companion of intellectual lead- jers: with little knowledge of steel, {he became its king. He made mor { millionaires th ¥ other man, wa pioncer in modern giving on a large ale, his benefactions totaling vver ! 0,000,000, and at his death his wealth was over $250,000,000, | Next—“Pershing's Great Sorrow.” . (Copyright, 1025.)