Evening Star Newspaper, February 13, 1924, Page 6

< 6 THE EVENING STAR)|casing for the body of the dead king. Now remains the opening of this final Wit Sunday Morning Béitlen. [, ) ‘(5 gisciose the mummy. ifself. WASHINGTON, D. C. This will not be undertaken for WEDNESDAY . February 18, ménths. 1024 | rhun fo all but the last step has pro- ceeded with painstaking care & re-. markable ‘ scientific operation.’ First came the almost accldental discovery of masonry steps, indicating the ap- proach to & tomb; then excavation un- derground to @ sealed door, the open- ing of that passage and the emptying of its debris of a corridor to another sealed door, the opening of that in turn to reveal en amazing collection of objects of antiquarian value and interest, with a third sealed door lead- ing into the chamber of " sepuichre. When, after a delay, came the break- ing down of this wall, giving entrance into the tomb itself, with its marvel of nested housings. A long time was needed to penetrate the actual burial place by the removal with infinite care of these successive shrines, and at last the great stone casket wag reached, that which was yesterday opened. There is no estimating the value to science and history of the objects that have been found within this tomb. There is no reckoning of the stimulus to interest in archeological exploration and in the history of anclent Egypt that this remarkable find of Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon has effect. ed. The research has been conducted THEODORE W. 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President Coolidge in his Lincoln day address in New York utilized the text prompted by the occasion to iay down, in effect, his political platform of-the campaign, first for the nomina- fion, and then, it nominated, for the | Under the greatest difficulties, phys presidency. His tribute to Lincoln wau.;‘;] ““""“’ x‘:r"“;f“: rnnh“ cost the life adequate and cloquent, though not, as | promoter of the work. It has brought a ‘great credit to its executor. the circumstances then required, ex- . 1t ha o aan clusively devoted to that subject as |t 08 unfoldeda page D‘nt‘l‘xflim e ries. his executive proclamation as Goy-|IOT-MOre than thirty ernor of Massachusetts five years ago. His references to Lincoln led him by natural progression to a clear state- ment of his policies, by which he will stand or fall before the people of the country. The topics that the President par- ticularly stresses are farm relief, tax reduction and the bonus. e makes it Dlain that he regards a betterment of the agricultural interests as of the most vital importance to the national welfare, and he sets forth again in "utline the measures which he deems wise for this purpose. He pleads to the people for support for the tax- reduction plan which has been pro- posed to,Congress, and which is now before the Ifouse, with counter pro- -posals offered as political counters. Only through fhe demand of the peo- ple, expressed to Congress, can this legislation be secured. The President’s statement of the tax question and the bonus, which is re- lated to it, Is one of the strongest that has been made since this question was broached last autumn. Ife is particu- larly happy in his illustration of the need of a reduction of the surtaxes when he likens the increased imposi- tions upon capital to a progressive tax on the wages of successive @ays of the week. ‘““Taken altogether,” he says, “1 wish to include in the program a reduction in the high surtax rates, not that small incomes may be required to pay more, and large incomes be re- quired to pay less, but that more revenue may be secured from large incomes and taxes on small incomes may be reduced; not because I wish te relieve the wealthy, but because I wish to relieve the country.” Making clear his position on world peade and on Mexico the President proceeds in the last portion of his address to treat of the oil scandals. This speech, coming immediately after his declaration regarding the Senate's demand for the resignation of the Secmetary of the Navy, is -particu- . larly significant and important. Mr. Coolidge last night stated his position “in this matter independent of the question of usurpation of authority. As a repubjican he says he cannot on that “account shield any one because he is a'regublican, and llkewise as a republican he cannot on that account prosecute any one because he is a democrat. In one paragraph of his speech the President states the case in a way to eppeal to the public sense of justice: I want no hue and cry, no mingling of Innocent and gullty in unthinking condemnation, no confusion of mere questions of law with questions of fraud and corruption. It is at such a time that the quality of our citizenry is tested—unrelenting toward evil, fair-minded and intent upofl the re- Quirements of due process, the shield of the innocent and the safeguard of soclety itself. I ask the support of our people, as Chief Magistrate, in- tent on the enforcement of our laws without fear or favor, no matter who is hurt or what the consequences. _This address of the President, dis- gwibuted- first by radio and then by Vhint to the entire, country, gives the people food for thought. It is a “stdbfiising utterance, a strong, clear _statement.of the President’s position, & gripping message of appeal for pub- lic approval and indorsement. ———— It is admitted by Mr. Thomas Edi- ‘ von that the questionnaire is not suf- ficlent as a means of picking out good men. This should not lead to its utter “rejection. It 18 @ pleasant means of whiling away 2 long winter evening. ——— e In investigation of fuel conditions inquiry as to the cost of anthracite has dwindled to the proportions of a minor episode. —————— The King’s Mummy. After many months of excavation and preparation the lid of the sarcoph- gus Of .the tomb of King Tut-ankh- Sumen-Was_ yesterday faised, and ‘for the first time in more than thirty cen- turies the body of Egypt's king, in- :“q.ed in its ‘golden covering, was b ught to view. It was a_ great 1o, nt for the archeologists present. ¥or this was the first time that the ~remain® of a monarch of Egypt had heen-found-within its original casing. +iThere was no doubt, from the circum- -stanices of the exterior, that the mummy was within the immense - stane coffin. But how would it appear atter nearly.3,300 years? As the heavy -lid was hoisted- by ingeniously con- trived tackle the question wes an- swered. Crowded into the little space pWwere many persons, all athrill with ‘expectation. ‘ The first glance within the stone box was disappointing. A pall of linen had been thrown over the mummy case, concealing all but-a lint ‘of its elaborate ornamentation, isartistic sculpture. This was rolled Macdonald Faces Parliament. It must bave been with relief, not unmingled with surprise, that con- servative and liberal members of th British parliament heard J. Ramsay Macdonald make his maiden speech a3 head of the new labor government. All the dreaded portents of labor rule were conspicuous by their absence. The prime-minister's utterances werc as dignified, as calm and as reassuring. as would have been the words of Mr. Baldwin or Mr. Asquith, Except for immediate recognition of the soviet government of Russia there was little in the program he outlined to which both conservatives and liberals could not subscribe. Greatest interest centered. perhaps, in his discussfon of taxation. He made no mention of a capital levy, which shows that the labor leaders are prac- tical men intending to deal in & prac- tical manner with affairs of govern- ment. They know that, being & minority party, they could get no levy on capital through the house of com- mons; therefore they refrain from dis- turbing agitation of a hopeless cause. Instead, it is proposed that a commis- sion shall study the whole field of na- tional debt and taxation with & view to determining to what extent present levies are retarding the recovery of business. The most conservative of the conservatives could not ask for @& more conservative attitude. Mr, Macdonald very cleverly evaded threatened embarrassment over recom- mendations of the recent Imperial conference. This conference, fathered by the Baldwin government, had put out & program to which labor did not subscribe. But to have rejected it outright would have been an affront to the dominions, which might have resulted in serious estrangement. So Mr. Macdonald ennounced that all recommendations of the imperial con- ference will be submitted to parlia- ment, without either being. indorsed or opposed by the government. In other words, the “buck” is passsd along to parliament. It may be that the Macdonald gov. ernment is destined to be short-lived, but after the showing made yesterday by spokesmen for the ministry it would seem as if both conservatives and liberals would prefer. to let things 80 along as they are rather than force an early appeal to the country or bring ebout a situation in which one or the other of the old parties would be called upon to.take up the reins of government without a supporting majority in parllament. ¢ Henry Ford got out of politics in time to escape efforts to embarrass him merely because his commercial speclalty is dependent on oil products for motive power. —— e . Ordinarily President Coolidge is a sllent man, but if & few remarks from him are insisted upon they are likely to be highly significant. —————— It seems impossible to arouse any popular pathos in connection with Mr. Fall's efforts to lift the mortgage from the old farm, ‘The United States Senate is earnest. ly invited to revise its resignation schedule. ———ee Great Falls. Thousands of our people will rejgice that the Potomac power plan now be- fore Congress does not contemplate or will not involve destruction of Great Falls. Though the plan is often spoken of as “the Gredt Falls power plan” and as & “plan to transtorm the DPower of Great Falls into electric en- ergy,” the falls themselves are not to be disturbed. They will tumble on as they do now and have been: doinig for many thousand years, though, of course, the falls bave not always. been where they are. Once the big falls must kave been near where George- town is. ' There the water of the Ap- palachian country fell to the coastal plain or the region of unconsolidated sediments as the clays,-sands ana gravels. But during the ages the further upstream. It is the power of all the water of the Potomac drawn from 11,600 square miles of country with an average annual rainfall.of 35 to 40 inches which would be set to work driving machinery generating electricity. The falls in their rocky basin and the gorge below them will continte to delight us. Half a2 mile above the falls will be a dam which, according to the Tyler plan, ie to bp 115 feet high. It will impound the river and ; and ‘gradually the wonder was|form a lake extending up the: river hiGUNL $6°view; ‘veritably one of the | thirty:thres miles to a pofnt below rarest objects of antiquity ever fou}d, | Harpers Ferry and would rest upon )‘ complete and perfectly pri what are now 18,000 acres of woodland —_——— = river has been breaking the “fall line” | THE EVENING and farmland. The margin of that lake would be land and ridges that are higher than the top of the dam. Over the dam or through it the river would flow over the rocks at Great Falls and rush along the gorge to feed another lake. . At Little Falls, or close to Chain bridge, would also be a dam 115 feet high. Behind that would rise a lake Wwhich would reach ypstream for about seven miles or,to B point near the mouth of the gorge below Great Falls, The lake would engulf scenery with Wwhich some Washingtonians are fa- millar. Islands would disappear, vast rock masses over which Washing- tonlans have worn trails and where they have lighted campfires would vanish and the canyon-like mouths of many creeks would become arms of the lake. But there would be com- pensation for this. Along the Virginia side of the river between Little and Great Falls is; much of that country called “scni There has arisen now and then some- thirg like a demand that much of the wooded country between the Leesturg pike and the river be converted into national park, but no progress toward it has been made. Within a few years regular homes, er” homes and “estates” hav iplied, and wire fences and “Ny 48" signs have become numerces. Whon the lakes rise sections of land & o1 their.shores will become puts v and will be parkland. ———— Knights and More 1t is announcid f; Col. William Jose wmons, founder of the Ku Klux K'in, has resigned as emperor and us o klansman and dis- posed of all his interests in the order for a consideration of $145,000 in cash. He has signed a contract to cease all opposition to the Klan and the regime of Hiram W. Evans, and to abstain from taking part in any movement to “disorganize, disrupt or in any way in- terfere with or cause dissatisfaction among members of the Klan.” At the same time it was stated In Atlanta that the retiring. emperor had placed himself at the head of a new organi- zation known as the “Knights of the Flaming Sword."” It is now to be seen whether this arrangement will result in @ complete quieting of the factional troubles in the Klan, or in the establishment of what will be virtually a rival organiza- tion. A long time ago it was predicted that the internal friction arising through jealousies would bring about a split. Simmons seems to have made a very good bargain, but some inter- esting proceedings may come of it if the “Knights of the Flaming Sword,” who, It would appear, have already been organized, should call him to the chief office. His presence at the head | of the newer knights might be con- strued as @ breach of the contract, —————— Whenever one presidential possibil- ity drops out of the list a large num- ber of fellow patriots try to avold an air of self-consciousness in calling at- tention to the fact that there are othérs. <nights, w2 Atlanta that The wicked element of Philadel- phia’s population is getting what 1it- tle satisfaction it can out of the fact that Smedley Butler's leave of absence will not last forever. —_——— Without asserting that he will be a | %0 candidate Col. Bryan admits that he will be at ‘the democratic convention; and then there is no telling what may happen. A presidential boom that has to run six months _before the convention naturally causes its financial backer to pause and consider. No comment from Mr. Charles Dawes on_the ofl situation have been cabled. Perhaps words fall him. Mr. Sinclair has finally decided to come back, but he is not as rapid a traveler as Zev. SHOOTING STARS. BY PRILANDER JOHNSON, Hilarious Doom, When old”Hi Hokum tackled art Folks said that he was daft. And yet they took it in good part; * The people merely laughed. When old 8im Blicker worked around To certain lines of graft, There wasn't any rage profound. The people merely laughed. They're off the map, both Hi and Sim. The sighing breezes waft The sad refrain; “Their fate was grim, The people merely laughed.” Sleepless Retiring. “Would you consent to retire from public life if you could be assured of a fortune?”s inquired’ the cautlous lobbyist. “It's & foolish question,” answered Senator Sorghum. “What's the use of talking to & man about retiring un- der circumstances that 'ud cause his consclence to keep him awake nights.” Jud Tunkins says poetry is beauti- ful, but just the same he's mighty glad he and ‘Mrs. T. weren't Romeo and Juliet. = 5 Statistics: Statistics are leaving the world ill at ease, o It is sald by both lowbrows. end scholars, ‘In billlons we figure with wonderful But we're baffled in earning $10.” A True Fan. “He comes to see you every night.” ‘““Yes,” replied Miss' Cayenne. " “He must be terribly in love “I fear not. Our radio outfit is the only one on which he has been able to get Havana.” > " Financial Interchange. " -“I understand you bave invited that bunch of bootleggers at Snake Ridge to come over and play poker.” “Yep,” answered Cactus Joe. “Crim- son Gulch is entitled to some kind of & chance to get its money back.” A . — “Hvérybody makes mistakes,” said Uncle Eben, “but some falks' 'pears like dey was tryin’ to manufacture "em as a regular business.” STAR, WASHINGTO: IN TODAY’S SPOTLIGHT BY PAUL V. COLLINS whole adventure ould not ha lasted twenty-four hours without the support of the French, who went the lensth of dis- arming the German police and leaving them to be bludgeoned by the hooli- gans. The government in Berlin, watching these events, grew natural- Iy reckless and desperate, and set out to force the hand of Paris, and in doing this the crown prince proved an_excellent pawn. Not alone in French fears lles the revenge of the defeated. ~German dreams may be in vain. All civiliz tion hopes that dreams of revenge will ever remain vain. But dreams there are, as truly as there were hopes and visions of the Jews for the coming of a Measlah who should re- deem them from the oppression of Rome. Germans are éven now look- ing for some superman to rise with power and majesty In his person, and with magic to raise up equipped armies to go forth and conquer. ‘This is not idle rumor; it is told in detail by a German of ‘wide knowledge of the national ~aspirations of his people. They believe tHat the super- man will be of royal lineage. But to imagine such a personage in the Crown Prince Wilhelm assumes a credulity and love of royalty too overstraining even for & loyal Ger- man. o %k One significant and immensely im- portant fact must be. recognized as controlling Germany, France and Englund in varying degrees. Gov- ernment Is more closely controlled now by big business than éver before, In Germany there were Stinnes, Krupp, Thyssen and a few other | captains of industry even under the empire, Lut what were bourgeoisie amongst nobility and the army? The kilser listened to their advice, but dared not go too far along thelr way. Today, it is they alone who can| keep the home fires hurning. Poincare hes fought the German magnates, because they &tood be- tween France and the separated and downfallen Germany, nce no longer fears the peopie or the army of Germany. Why should she, with her 100,000,000 population against Germany's 60,000,000? For the KFrench now reckon all her colonies ns part of France. Why should France fear the Ger- many which she has surrounded with her satellite nations of the little entento 60,000,000 people, armed Dby France and ready to strike from the east the minute Germany dares repeat her Belgium and France invasion? France and ler allies now have 1,500,000 more n under arms than there were in Surope in 1914, Of courke, France |caw't pay her debt to the United ‘States and Great Britain. A few days ago it took 1,500,000,000 francs on one (draft from France to add to the armuments of her satellites on the eustern boundary of her enemy. At first refusing, France at last | reluctantly consented to the Hughes- Curzon proposal to send two com- missions headed by Americans to in- | vestigate the actual capacity of Ger- many to pay her reparations obHgp- tions. One party is investigating the foreign holdings of Germans evading taxes. The other, under Gen. Dawes, is studylng Germany's taxable re- | Bources” and ability to pay, though Polncare stipulates that that must not take up the question of the ulti- mate amount of reparations, but only what Germany can pey angually up to 1930. A correepondent of the Manchester, gland, Guardian, write On last December 22. the French high commissioner in the Palatinate informed the Rhineland commission of the allles that an “autonomous government of the Palatinate” had been formed, as of November 11. A deputation from the new government attempted to communicate its coup detat to the Rhineland commission, but was refused audience except by the British representative. On January 2 varfous “decrees” of the new gov- ernment were fegistered by the Rhineland commission, and thereby the new government as independent of the German republic, was recog- nized. gree that “the the new British ad- ministration, Primo Plinister Mac- donald, with an announcement of the British program, which includes, as one of its most important party lanks: “More cordlal relations with Prance and settiement of the Rhine- land-Palatinate question.” The French occupation of the Ruhr has been most unpopular among the English laborers, for they havi attributed their own unemploymen largely to that interference by France with German markets. Hence the attempt the Macdonald gov- ernment to come to cordlal terms With the French and to encourage a séttlement of the Rhineland-Palati- nate unrest is puzziing. * x k% What is the drift changes of party and uational en- tentes cordiales? Is the German re- public actually breaking up? Presi- dent Ebert b welcomed Crown Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, returning to his home in Silesta. Bavarians have acclatmed Crown Prince Rup- precht as King of Bavaria—and Ba- varia owns the Palatinatc. Bavaria is in defiance of the Germun republl Will Austria, Wurttemburg and Ba- varia unite in a new nation undar King Rupprecht. It is so forecast. In the meanwhile the citizens of Coblenz, In the Palatinate, awake to find that during the night a motley “army” of bandits has taken poss sfon of all their public bulldings that the French cavi y 18 supporting the Invaders and proclaiming that the Palatinate is “free” and “Independ- ent.” Now comes of il these * % % % France is conniving with the sep- aratists who seek to pry apart from the German republic the Palatinate and the Rhineland lying north there- of. These two provinces or states ad- join the Ruhr and apart from Ger- many would form a most valuable buffet to allay the fears which the French profess of the menace of Ger- man revenge. Correspondents of the London Times, writing from various points in the Palatinatc, quote thefr Interviews “that very obvious band of huoli- the separatist ‘army." and oses taxes that fall lightly on the rich and heavily on the poor. Throughout the past year the major percentage of income taxes was de- rived from a 10 per cent wage reduc- tion. About 80 per cent of revenue tax now in force, under the emer- gency powers law, will be taxes on wages. turnover and consumption. and 20 per cent from income tax proper and from tax on fortunes and by death duties—very light.” (Copyright, 1924, by Paul V. Collins.) Politics Ruled Large in the Release of Lieutenant Griffis By cutting short the sentence of|leust half way; that they are prepured victed for his part in trying to kid-| poundaries of good judgment.” Inci- nap Grover Cleveland Bergdol, draft | dentally, the news from Berlii, the dodger, the German authorities have M:‘z\t l;:;’:":“‘:;r;lla‘“ e closed another chapter in this story | aeperities growing out of the war be- of “knight errant” flavor which has|tween America and the late imperial held the attention of two nations and | §overnment of Germany are passing. aroused considerable interest and sympathy for the “knight” That that a more sympath: Ing 1s belng reached. in this country to Germa: there is a large political angle to| Wil be helpful to the German peopl the action of the German government T most editors ‘agree. Because they maintain Germany has not been blind to the fact that there has been a ;The St. Paul Dispatoh character- izes the release a very pleasing big popular agitation in this country for Grifis’ relcase. gesture” on the part of the German government. It demonstrates fur- ther, the Cleveland Plain Dealer ‘Berlin knows perfectly well that | holds, that Ithough Germany has its action will be pleasing to America and will tend to promote a reaction favorable to it, so the release is a given sanctuary to Bergdoll, it has very little sympathy for him or his shrewd move,” the Detroit Free Press points out However, “this does not plight” 1In this connection the Wichita Beacon declares “Griffis may alter the fact that it'is also a popu. lar movement in Germany, as well as in this country.” Kor, as the Omaha World-Herald put: the popularity of the American troops in Germany has been in evidence before this, and apparently the German people found nothing to admire in the man who fled from service of his country in time of war.” The Sloux City Jour- nal gives credit to the Chicago Trib- une for helping materially in influ- encing the release of the gallant young officer, because ‘“‘there was Such a strong sentiment in this coun- try for his release, as shown by the Tribune abroad, that German public opinion was finally impressed, “afterward German officlals appre- clated the feeling that had been aroused in America”” The Chicago Tribune itseif admite that “it was a tardy act of grace by the German government, forced by the generosity of Americans in the Tribune terri- tory who responded with their col tribution to Griffis' appeal for help * ok k k¥ At any rate, the Ohio State Journal holds, “there was absolutely nothing to be gained by Germany in holding the prisoner, and it was an invest- ment in good will to release .him. For the action in response to a wide- spread sentiment in this country in favor of the liberation of Griffis, ac- cording to the Minneapolis Tribune, “evidences a friendly spirit toward & people lately at war against Ger- gans, at least patriotic, and in comparison with the offense of Bergdoll he was gulitless, oreover, the Albany News insists, “‘every red-blooded mnn in every country is glad no Griffis is to have his freedom. News also considers the pardon “not only a gracious act, but a significant one.” For, as the Indlanapolls Star maintains, the pardon i{s an indica- tion “of desire to create a favorable impression in this country perhaps the outstanding circumstance which enters into the matter. the Miami News Metropolis suggest: the disclosure that in Germany. whence Bergdoll fled to avold the penalty for his betrayal of a sacred obligation which his country had lald at his door, patriotism is extoll- ed above treason, as exemplified by the two men, the one honored even In prison, the other dishonored even any rate, the cludes, “the pardoning wa: teous act on the part of the Berlin and Baden governments that gives a pleasing commentary on the disposi- tion of German offiolals toward i Americans, Independence Not Goal Of Porto Rico Mission To the Bditor of The Btar. In your issue of Friday you describe the visit of the Porto Rico commis- sion to Mount Vernon, and say of the many,” and, “there is not much re son to doubt if the United States gov- rament made a strong friendly plea to_the German government for t delivery of Bergdoll into its hand: the appeal would be favorably act: on. e Grand Rapids Herald feels, furthermore, that “by releasin, Griffis the Berlin government demon- strates & fine quality of chivalry, and in reverse action lets Bergdoll know just what is Germany's estimate of treasonable rascals. The outcome of the affair is highly creditable to Geg- many.” “It'is_a_tribute to the quality of the Germans' patriotism that they could see a worthy motive behind Grifis’ defiance of their 1 " dn the opinion of the Indlanapolis News, and “the Incident will help to arouse in this country a sympathetic view of Germany's plight. in defeat, but ft will hardly affect the atatus of Gro ver Bergdoll, in the minds of t American people.” The Lansing Sta Journal also thinks the action of Ger- many should have a good effect in 1 between th ment is entirely unfounded. The commission is the creation of the Porto Rican legislature, which sent it here to ask for the right of the people of Porto Rico to ect thelr own governor. The commission reml n““':i of Dol es, Snited in ‘asking for sion of self-government, but none of them are asking for independence. The people of Porto Rico do not de- sire to sever their connection with the United States. They have been made American citizens, and what- ‘ever may be their form of association they desire to remain within the United States, whose freedom and ol portunities they have, and in whose tuts rol and posperity they Genire b skare” ? at gation to come at. is composed of 11 three of the d they are all such an_exten- proving the relatio; two countries, because “Iit shows the Teutons ave willing to have been overzealous, but he was|flag. 0D Cy WEDNE DAY, FEBRUARY 1 Politics at Large BY N. 0. MESSENGER Analysis of and comment upon Mr. McAdoo's testimony before the oil investigating committee last Monday was to the effect that he had made & good showing for himself so far a8 his legal connecilon with the Doheny ofl interests are concerned. It was in the way of elaboration of his first public statement issued through the press, and the question might be asked if it were necessary. But the judgment of the politicians generally was that it does not alter the political phase of the case nor remove the doubt existent in the minds of democratic leaders and man- gers of his availability as the presi- ntial condidate of the party should he ‘be nominated. He still {s and always will be on the explainers' bench, it was said. One point that was made in the discuseions substantiating that asser- tlon was that Mr. McAdoo continued his legal connection with the Doheny firm while an active and avowed can- didate for the nomination, seeing no political impropriety in that until the connection wag disclosed, when he immediately severed the relationship * ok X % It was evident that Mr. McAdoo was fmmensely pleased and encour- aged by the demonstration staged for him by his friends attending the hearing and that he came out of the committee room more intent upon carrying on with his candidacy than ever before. He recelved a telegram from his Missouri managers encour- aging him to go ahcad, and saying they were determined to carry Mis- souri for him. There s no question that at thie time he {9 full of fight and resolution to keep on fighting, believing that a reaction will set in for him. So his continued candidacy will have to be reckoned with by the other candi- dates in the fleld, and the faction which s Intent upon his elimination will have to cast about for other means to accomplish it than his re- tirement from. the race. * % % In contrast with the encouragement from his Missourf managers were statements made yesterday in Mis- fourl in other quarters. Willlam H. Johnston, president of the. Interna- tional Association of Machinists, told a political conference of the order that, while Mr. McAdoo did have ‘the support of a considerable portion of organized labor, his association with the Doheny oil interests rendored his “availability” as candidate doubtful. Otto F. Braenstetter, secretary of the socialist party's delegation to the conference, sald that, while there was nothing illegal in hi® former conneo- tion with Doheny, “there is a ques- tlon regarding the propriety of a former cabinat officer, after leaving his post, accepting employment with #uch interests and then asking to be nominated for President.” v ok ox X Mr. MoAdoo voiced his campaign slogan at the committee hearing Monday. Declaring that the first, the imperative duty of the hour is to punish every one who has been gullty of wrongdolng in “this humiliating and dangerous affair’ hLe said it l"ould be an inspiration to see men and women in private life and parti- sans of all parties in public life united as they were in the great war michs common effort to destroy cor. lon and “I ng the vernment back to honesty.”” i “ a presidential Troubie 1s brewing among the re- publicans in Illinois over the seleo- tion of delegates at large to the re- publican ' national convention. The state and national leaders recently I made up a slate of the personnel of candldates for the delegate at large, eleven in number, who will go before the primaries for selection by popu- {lar vote. It was determined that they should go without instructions Former Representative William A. Rodenberg, who retired voluntarily rom Congress at the last session, gfter a long and notable service in 'he House, disagrees with this polioy of non-instruction, and is this week preparing to file as a candidate at large. am filing as a Calvin Coolldge delegate,” said Mr. Rodenberg, wiho is in the city. “There are two candi- dates for the presidential nomina- tion in Illinols, President Coolidge and Senator Hiram W. Johnson. Voters are for one or the other, and they ought to know who is who. For instan: of the eleven uninstructed candidates for delegate at large, one {s Willlam C. Wrigley, Senator John- son’s chief financial backer. Why, it is a travesty to ha: him pose as ‘uninstruoted.’ “L hope President Coolidge will veto the uninstructed policy and have his supporters come out under his Mr. Rodenberg has just returned from Topeka, where, by invitation, he made a speech before the Kansas Day Club, in_celebration of the ad- mission of Kansas into the Unlon. “There were 2,000 guests at the ban- quet,” he said, “from all parts of the state, and they adopted unanimously a resolution indorsing President Coolldge. Kansas is solld for his candldacy. “In Missouri ~ was told that Sena- tor Johnson {s having difficulty in gotting participation of influential republcans in the management of his campaign. * ok ok ox < Now that the Mellon tax reduction plan is before the House and the par- tisan knives are beginning to flash for its proposed dismemberment, the repub- lican national committee seizes its bat- tle-ax and rushes to its defense. In a current statement, headed “Difference Between Economy and Demagogy,” the committes says, In part: “The Garner plan _is written solely with an eye to the November elections, regardless of what disillusions may await the tax- payers after the election. The Mellon plan is written with an eye to the finan- cial condition of the United States gov- ernment_at the end of the next flscal year. The Mellon plan is a sclentific Teadjustment of federal tax schedules with & view of reducing taxes upon all classes of citizens as much as possible and still leave the government at end of the fiscal year with a surplus. * X ¥ ¥ The committee goes on to say that “the democratic plan creates a deficit because it is written and conceived not as a revenue measure but as a political measure. This is proved by the fact that the democratic leaders in the House changed the rates and exemptions in their proposed measures three times in less g.r.on three weeks. All of these changes, which were made public, were admittedly made for the purpose not of raising revenue or creating a scientific tax measure but for ‘catching votes. R The democratic national committee continues this week its campaign of charging that President Coolidge must have known of the progress of the leasing of the oll lands, and inslsting that he must share responsibility for, the action in those cases. Senator La Follette is rotietta ning with it upon ANSWERS ‘TO QUESTIONS Q. Should the Chinese game be spelled mah jong or mah jongg?— R.E. F. A. R. F. Foster spells the name “mah jon explaining that thelarg- est importers of sets call it “mah jongg,” the second “g” being thelr trade mark. Q. What does “Caramba” mean in English?—C. A. C. A. The literal translation of the Spanish exclamation “Caramba” fs “Hah! Strange.” Q. How many generations have there been since the people in the Mayflower landed?—A. M. H. A. A generation is reckoned by some as thirty-three years, and by others as twenty-five years. Actually there might be quite a variation in the number of gencrations of de- scendants in the different Mayflower families, In 300 years there might be from eight to fifteen generations. Q. What is the basis between sweet and sour?—E. B. A. The chemical difference between sweet and sour is probably based upon the difference in intramolecular arrangement. The psychological dif- ferenco is due to the fact that the tongue contains end organs, some of which are stimulated by sweet things and others by sour. These are known as taste buds, and, because of the functioning of these buds, we are abl to differentiate between sweet sour. Q. With what European countries| has the United States no diplogatic relations?—A. T. A. Russla and Turkey are the only countries of any size with which the United States has no diplomatic re- lations. Q. How many women are there in the English house of commons’— E. C. G. A. There are now seven women in the louse of common: The United States has but one woman in_the Houre of Representatives, Mrs. Nolan of California. Q “i; Tom Thumb an American? A. Tom Thumb was the profes sional name of Charles S. Stratton. He was barn at Bridgeport, Conn January 4, 1838, and died at Middle boro, Mass. July 15, 1883. His pa ents were normal. The child, how- ever, ceased to grow in height at seven months. He was twenty-eight inches tall. Q. Can number speaks? ou inform me as to the of languages the A. An American, who recently had | saye | an audlence with his holines that the Pope speaks thirteen’ lan- guages. She adds that he has a kind of uncanny understanding of the language which his visitor speaks, and as he passes down the line of kneeling pilgrims he changes from Italian to Spanish, French, German, Fope | . BY FREDERIC J, HASKIN. English, et tionalty of dress, Q. Can the richness of milk be in- creased by giving cows richer feed?— A, H. D A. The Department of A says that generally richness of by feeding he perceives the na- one whom he 13 to ad- i llcfllt\llrw eaking the milk cannot be increased s & cow on rich feed. Q. What is the orl of the name of the Mormons?—J. ¢ & A. The name “Mormon" originated with the name “Moroni’ saiq to b that of an angel who, according to « statement made by Joseph Smith, th. founder of the Mormon Church, ap Peared to him September 21, 1823 Q. How is meat jellled?—F. R. A. Wo submit the following recipe One-halt box gelatin, % cup ol water, 1 tablespoon lemon julce, 1 wup cream (whipped), 1 cup boiling mea' stock, 1 cup chopped cooked meat, b | teaspoon paprika, 1 tablespoon capers, ; 2 teaspoons salt. Soften gelatin cold water. Dissolve in bolling meat stock, «nd add salt. Set in cold pracn, and when jelly-like, beat thoroughiy Add the other in, redfents and et ju a cold place to harden, Q. How did the expressi four hundred” orlgim‘t:?—l.onD. A. The four hundred 1s defined a«' the exclusive socfal xet of & city. Th phrase owes its orlgin to Ward M Allister, a New York society leader, who g: it as his opinion about the year 1588 that only that number of people were actually in New York city “the Why do the wheels on automo- n ln]lurn backward in the M. n pictures are in reali combination of still pictures. Th first motion picture of the automo- bile shows the spokes of the whee in one position. If the next exposure of the film were made when spoke number one had advanced far encugh to be in the position of spoke number two, the pieture would show no mo- tion, as spokes are identical. If spoke one had advanced less than half wav to position of spoke two, the forward motion would be noticed. If, however, spoke one advances more than half way, to the observer {t would have the effect of spoke two moving back- ward, as that distance would be shorter and the apparent motion would be in that direction. Q. Are both alligators and croco- diles found in the United States?— S. B. A. Th Florid e are two epecies of al- one of which is found i nd other parts of the south. ¢ There are several species of croi diles, one of which is also found in Florida (Did you ever w a letter to Frederic J. Haskin? You can ask ov Information Bureau any question of Jact and get the answer fn G pec- sonal letter. This is a part of that best purpose of this newspape SERVIC, There is mo charge €1- cept 2 cents in stamps for postage. Get the habit qestions of Frederic ci, vector, The Star Information Bureau. 1220 North Capitol street.) Son of King’s Bovhood Friend Now a British Labor Minister BY THE MARQUISE DE FONTENO Although the person of King George is considered in the eyes of the law as the anointed of the Lord, and blows struck at him would entail all sorts | which were endangering the naviga |tion of the North sea and of th | English channel, Many a stream traw |ler with ite on board got blown | up while engaged in this work. For |not only were there all tho vast | mine fields with which the Germans of frightful medieval penalties pre- | had lined their coast for purposes of seribed for the felony of high trea- son—penalties which are usually averted as in the case of that Lieut. Bean who struck the late Queen Vic- toria across the face with his cane, | by the consignment of the offender to the great state prison for the criminal insane at Broadmoor for the remainder of his days—yet many is the drubbing which the present ruler of the British empire received as a boy from his chum and playmate, the late Earl of De La Warr. Black eyes were quite frequent in their romps and_quarrels when staying with his uncle at Knowle Park, now belong- ing to Lord Sackville, but then the home of the firat lord of the line, who was _a favorite and trusted member of Queen Victoria’s household and who frequently entertained the mem- bers of the reigning house, especially those of the younger generation, un- der his roof.” King George must be reminded of these boyhood encount- ers—many of them quite Homeric in their way—now when he finds him- self in the company of the late earl's son and heir, Who as & member of the labor party has just been nominated by Prime Minister Macdonald, with the approval of the sovereign, to the post of one of his lords-in-waiting. Since the early portion of the reign of Queen Victorla and the premier- ship of the mentor of its early years, Lord Melbourne, it has always bee the rule that the high dignitaries of the court, and especially the lords-in waiting on the monarch, should be- long to the political party in power, 50 as to prevent that any suspicion of the ruler being influenced by his or her entourage against the cabinet of the day. Young Lord De La Warr is the ninth of his line, twenty-four years of age, married to Miss Diana Leigh, daughter of the late Gerald Leigh, and has two little boys—the elder known as Viscount Cantelupe— to inherit the family honors and e states. He first came into the lime- light as a mere boy of Seventesn through a story told about him by the Marquis of Lincolnshire, who as he- reditar_ylord great chamberlain is charged with the control and custody of the Royal Palace of Westminster, in which the two houses of parli ment hold their sessio; * K K X Speaking at a banquet of the N tional Liberal Club in honor of the great Greek statesman Venizelos, Lord Lincolnshire related the follow- ing incident. He sald that a couple of hours earlier, when the peers were about to go into session at the house $%°lords, “one of the attendants an- nounced to him that an able seaman was outside in the lobby, who wanted particularly to speak to him. Lord Lincolnshire went out to him, and found & handsome lad between seven- teen and elighteen, arrayed in the garb of an ordinary sailor of the royal navy. Asking what he could do for him, the youngster expressed a desire to See Sir George Cave's initiation as & peer of the realm, and requested a place on the steps of the throne. Now as the places on the steps of the throne during the sel slons of the house of lords are re- stricted exclusively to members of the privy council who are commoners, and to peers who have mot attaine their majority Lord Lincolnshire asked for the name of his inter- locutor. replied the boy, “is ently declared Lord Lincolnshire, been serving for the last eighteen months before the mast on board a steam trawler in the North sea picking up mines. I put him on the steps of the throne and now he has gone back to his ship to do his duty to his God and to his country. That i the kind of lads we bred in England.” P And then he went on to tell how) the young earl on attaining his six- teenth birthday at Eton, declined to continue his studies at that anclent and _historic school, and determined to do his bit in the great war then in progress. It was 1916, go he en- listed befors the mast in the royal navy, and remained at sea as an able seaman fog the following four years, his work pfter the conclusion of the armistice being that particularly dan- gerous task of mines to their all those | German and English mines which had | been set adrift by those storms and | hurricanes whirh kept the North sea in almost continuous turmofl. At leneth, when honorably dischurged in 0, Jord De La Warr, who had suc- cceded to his father's honors at fif- teen, took & course of navigation at Liverpool, securing a master's cer- tificate and also a commission in the royal naval reserves. He also put in a year of study at the University of Cambridge and he is unlversally liked. | defense and had left theém | fate. but there were also / * Kk K His wife, whom he married a few months before attaining his majority and immediately on obtaining his dis- charge from the royal navy, is s great heiress as the daughter:of tlie late Gerard Lelgh of the 1st Life Guards |and of Luton Hoo in Bedfordshire, rchased after his death by the lato r Julius Wernher and now the home Maj. Harold Wernher and of t utter's Russian wife, Lady Zia Wer h morganatic daughier of the Grand Duke Michael of Russia and of “ountess Torby, a descendant of 's most famous poet, Pushkin Through her father the young “ountess of De La Warr is a grand daughter of that wonderful old lady so long a power in English society who dled as the wife of M. de Falb: Danish envoy to the court of St James. He was her fourth husband it was under Mme. de Falbe's auspices and under the shade of tho century- old trees of her place at Luton Hoo that the Duke of Fife wooed and won King George's cldest sister, the now- iwidowed Princess Royal, and it was old Mme. de Falbe, the closest per sonal friénd of Queen Alexandra, who contributed in no small measure to the marriage of King George and Queen Mary. Lord De La Warr bids falr to turs out much more of & success than X father, who, starting out with most brilliant prospects and married great heiress, came to grief in u financial and in a social sense—lis own worst enemy. His father-in-law, the first Earl of Brassey, extricated him time and again from thé monetary difficulties in which he was constantly |becoming involved through reckless speculation and foolish undertukings. and was rewarded by the neglect and ill treatment of his daughter to such an extent that she was finally obliged to abandon her husbaund and to seek from the divorce courts relief andt freedom. Quite naturally the custody of the children was awarded to the petitioner, Murlel Countess De Li Warr—that “Murlel” whose name fig- ures €0 frequently In the pages of that once so popular book, “The Voy- age of the Sunbeam,” wriften by her mother, the late Lady Brassey, re- cording the crulses of that celebrated yacht around the world. * kK X 1t is only fair, however, to the late Lord De La Warr to state that he atoned for the indiscretions gf his life by his dedth in the service of f his country. For he went through the whole of that disastrous Gallipoll campalgn as a lleutenant colonel of infantry, succumbing to a combimg- -tion of wounds, gastritis and rheu- matio fever in the hospitals of Maltd. I should not omit to state that-<in the early portion of his life Lefore his marrlage he spent several miest wild and adventurous years éngi in pearl fishing off the northern aad western coast of Australia and quired there a disposition to law. lessnesa and disregard for the pro- prieties of life which affected his entire career. v ‘When old Lord Brassey' of the “Brassey - Naval Annual” ‘fame &nd who was a multi-millionaire, dled, he left a very large fortune to Muriel, who was his favorite daughter, with the remainder to her only son, the present Lord De La Warr. It may be of interest to add that until the present Lord De La Warr's marriage and the birth of his two little boys the next heir to the earldom was the present Lord Sackville of Knowlg Park, And as the latter has no son. then the earldom would have gone to Gen. the Hon. Sir Charles Suck- ville-West, who retired from the army ‘and resigned his post as mili- t plenipotentiary of the British ombassy In Parls ia order to marry. n New York, an American actress, Anne Meredith,