Evening Star Newspaper, April 11, 1924, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Kdition. WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY..........April 11, 1924 THEODORE W. NOYES. . The Evening Star Newspaper Company Bosiness Office, 11th St and Peznayivazis Ave. New Yo k Office: 11 4 8t Chicago Offier Inilding. Furepean Ofice: 16 Regent St., London, Enlasd. The Evening Star, with the¢ Sundey mersing -l {6 delivered by carciers within the ity ‘8t 60 cents per mouth; daily omly, 48 cents per month: Sundsy only, 20 cests’ per month. Orders may be sent by mail or tele- vhooe Maln 5000, “Cr'lection is made by car- ciers at the end of eacn momth. - Eate by Mail—Payable in Advance, Maryiand and Virginia. Daily and Sunday..1 yT., $8.40; 1 me, 70c Daily only. . 1yr.,$6.00 ;1 mo, 50¢ Sunday only. 15yr., $2.40; 1 mo., 20 All Other States. 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But it is not entitled to be pushed an inch toward enactment by any de- vice or any method which violates the American sense of fair play and un- deservedly inflicts obvious injustice upon others. ‘The report showing the results of a sscret investigation by, the Senste Dis- trict committes of alleged corrupt practices among a small real estate wnd banking “ring” in Washington is, t is said, being circulated among House leaders with the explicit condl- tion that no part of this “seeret re- port” is to be quoted or made public. Such a sécret report, whispering ac- eusations that are not brought out o the light, is like an unonymous tter. It casts slurring suspicion upon «il persons in the real estate business in Washington, and gives neither the individual nor the real estate men col- ctively the opportunity to make de- A secret investigation by the Sen- &t or House is a perfemly proper procedure. But if that investigalon: develops proof of wrongdoing, #nd that fa made public, the names the accusea should also be made public. If any of the vitals of the re- port are kept secret until grand jury action, fair play demands that all of the vitals shall be denied publicity. It is obviously unfair to the innocent and a protection to the accused, who, if guilty, should be purnished, to say “they are Washington real estate T rinciple of fair play was quickly recognized recently in the House, when the Chicago grand jury report implicated “two members of Congress.” Publicity for the names of the accused was at once demanded for the protection of the reputations of all cther members of Congress from suspicion. The same just pro- tectfon should be given to the real estate men and bankers of Wash- Ington, who, collectively and with faw exceptions individually, stand high in the community regard as honest, pro- gressive, useful and public-spirited citizens. B — Clean-Up Week. Clean-up Week comes around again. The almanac may have something te =ay about #pring and robins, grackles, hyacinths and blooming fruit trees may sometimes be tuken or mistaken @s spring signs, but when Clean-up ‘week arrives the wholas world knows that spring has come. The District Commissioners have sounded their an- nual clean-up call, and they designate the week from April 28 to May 3, in- clusive, as Clean-up week. They have sent their proclamation to all civie ‘associations, and they ask all citizens to unite in “making Washington the cleanest and most beaitiful city in the United States.”” The city refuse divi- sion promises co-operation. One lets the back yard get out of trim in win- ter, and even the front lawn needs looking after. The shrubs may be in want of care, and the flower border perhaps needs to be manicured with spade and rake. Fences and porches perhaps are calling for paint, end- it may be that more substantial repair ‘will do them good. Perhaps some rub- bish has been plied in the cellar or stowed in the attic. The trash man will reach for it with eager hands in Clean-up week. The Commissioners in- vite every man to make his home bet- terooking, to contribute his mite to- ward sprucing up the neighborhood and to do his share toward makin Was] bright and clean. ————— ‘The valuable faculty has been dis- vlayed by Secretary Mellon of keeping Tucidly to & certain line of thought in | &pite of irrelevant interruptions. —————— ‘There are two hindrances to dry-lnw snforcement, slow prosecution and fast sutomobiles. ——————— The evil of carrying concealed ‘weapons is country-wide, and & num- bér of- states and cities have en deavored to check the dangerous habit. In the District of Columbia the pistol- toting menace is not greater than elsewhere, but it is true that a need- less number of men in Washington carry a gun in one of thelr pockets or have a pistol close to hand in a car. Various measures have been taken by the District authorities to control the male and ownership of pistols, and, of course, these measures have had some beneficial effect. But in view of the svident increase in the lawless popu- istion end the number of homicides due to the convenience of a pistol the public and the police have called for a law which will surely discourage the vice compiained of. The Commissioners have submitted 1o Congress a bill which' meets the views'of the police'and the sehtiment ©of citizens, It makes it harder to get pessesriee <f & pistel in the . Dlacos sundry restraints upon the sale of weapons and prescribes heavy penal- ties for the man who s caught with & Ppistol and without a permit to have it. In the matter of penalties for carrying concealed Wweapons the bill provides that ‘if any person shall commit & crime or attempt to commit & crime while armed with a deadly weapon he shall, in addition to the crime, be imprisoned for five years for being armed.” For a second or third offense the court may impose a double or treble penalty. In the trial of a person for a felony or for attempt to commit @ felony the fact that he was armed will be prima facle evidence of intent to commit such felony. For carrying a weapon on the person or in one's car without a license to carry it the gun-toter shall be imprisoned for not less than one year. No revolver and no imitation revolver and no placard advertising “the sale of such things shall be placed where it may be The bill prescribes penalties for viola- tion of the pistol licensa law and for giving false information about the purchase or sale of firearms. It used to be the case that in many show-windows all kinds of pistols ‘were displayed, and an actual or im- plied invitation was given to passers- by to come in and buy. This was a temptation to many persons. It is to remove this temptation that not even a sign advertising the sale of deadly weapons shall be shown so that it can be read outside the store. Tt is expected that Congress will pass some such law as the Commis- sioners have framed. The general be- lief is that the bill of the Commisston- ers, in the drafting of which they took advice of the police, will meet a con- dition of which complaint has long been made, and which has cost many livesand been accessory to many great crimes. The bill will be a warning and deterrent to the experfenced crim- inal, and it will serve as a deterrent on those men who put a pistol in the pocket “in case something turns up,” and which more easily “turns up” when @ man is armed. Hugo Stinnes Dead, It will be a matter of corflicting opinion whether in the death of Hugo Stinnes Germany has suffered a loss or received a benefit, Stinnes’ rise to supreme financial power was one of the spectacular aftermaths of war, and probably would have been impossible among & people less used to dominant leadership than were the Germans. The chaos which overcame German business and the confusion which over- whelmed the German mind were Stinnes opportunity. Even the debucla of the mark was turned to his advan- tage, and the poorer the German peo- ple got the richer Stinnes waxed. There were not lacking reasons for belief that t Berlin government's resietance to payment of reparations wus due, {n large measure, to the stnister influence of Stinnes. It mat- tered not that eventual reckoning was inevitable, and that the longer Ger- many postponed & settiement the worse her condition was bound to be in the end.” The Interval of turmotl and conflict brought grist of every kind to the Stinnes mill. Mines and factories, railroads and steamship lines, banks and newspapers and hotel prop- erties, almost anything that money would buy, Stinnes gobbled up. He boasted that he was the richest man many, and.in time would own Austria and perhaps Hungary. His power and riches grew s a snow ball gathers size. Other owners of capital had to | play the game as Stinnes wanted it | played, or they were not permitted to | play at ail. It may be that, like other men who have had meteoric rises to fame, ‘was about to pass its zenith. A settle- ment of the reparations problem and stabilization of Gérman finances and industry could hardly have operated otherwise than to check his expansion and curb his power. lin government to accept and put through the program of the Dawes ex- perts. -Stinnes could have been a powerful aid to his government at this time had he been disposed to help, but his career justifies the assumption that he would have been willing to help only if he saw huge profits in it for Stinnes, Had he lived to oppose the Dawes program, the effecting of it would have been made exceedingly | difficult, No such powerful opposition can come from the leaderless indus- trial and financial machine which Stinnes léaves behind. The machine is much more apt to break up into con- tentious factions. ———————— Among the ' things Senator Hiram Johnson objects to in current politics is the persistence with which the re- port that he is not a candidate is cir- culated every time he gets some votes | primary contest. ———.———— Germany might be tempted to listen to proposals from a would-be monarch who had the personal resources to finance his own government on a cash —————— However the proceedings aguinst him were instituted, Mr. Wheeler is safé ih assuming that Mr. Daugherty is pleased. The Associated Charities. Washington is in the midst of a campaign to increase the membership } of the Associated Charities and toraise $26,000 for the annual budget of that organization. The fund will be raised, and it i8 to be hoped that the member- ship 6f 10,000 sought by Washington’s foremost family welfare agency will be forthicoming. Many men and wom- en are working to that end, and their efforts should meet with & response from the large and small donors. of the’ community ‘which will reflect the city's appreciation of a fine work faithfully performed. The. Associated Charities has just celebrated its forty-third anniversary, | That carries the date of organization | back to 1881, and during all the inter- vening years this egency has served the public with intelligence and good faith. Before 1881 Washington, as is the case today, had a large number of charitable bedles generally working in- dependently. There was duplication of ‘ma. i | in the world; that he owned all Ger- | Stinnes died just at the tithe his sun | With Stinnes ' dead it ought to be easier for the Ber- | THE EVENING ST WASHINGTOR, D. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1924 ————-—A—B1—~_——_l——‘1—___x___—_.__~__ organization and then another, and re- ceived aid from several charitable or- ganizations at the same time. There was much solicitation of alms by per- sons who found it easier to live on charity than to live by work. It has not proved possible compiete- Iy to co-ordinate the efforts of all of the charitable agencies of the city, but the organization of the Associated Charities was a long step toward tha creation of the Counell’ of Social Agencles and the welfare indorsement committee, two organizations which have done much toward plugging il- licit drain on tunds contributed for the relief of persons truly in need. The Associated Charities, administered on o migh plane of business intell; gence, has met both the expectations of those who support it and the de mands upon it to the extent of the funds with which the people endow it. It is one of our very worthy organiza- tions, and the record of its accomplish- e f read by any person outside the store. {ments is known throughout the city, and may be inquired into by any per- son interested in the matter. The sum of money it asks should be quickly given by a number. of contributors suf- ficient to indicate the interest of the city a5 a whole in one of its vital prob- lems. Panicky im Ohio? This is strange news from Ohio that comes to the Ohio republicans in the House and Senate in the form of a telegram from the Coolidge manager in that state saying that he is some- primary April 28, ie said that the disturbing conditions are duc to the re- speech attacking former Attorney General Daugherty, and suggested sending speakers into the state to speak in President Coolidge's behalf. ‘The Ohlo senators and representa- | tives are reported as not sharing the ! thinking that he is unduly alarmed. They are also said to think that Mr. Donithen makes a tactical mistake in sending out this Macedonian cry at this time. The members of the Ohio { delegation are presumed to be in touch | with political conditions in their cwn bailtwicks and able to judge for then selves of the wisdom and necessity ¢ adopting Mr. Donithen's sugges n. 1t is difficdit torunderstand why th should be endangered by the attack upon Mr. Daugherty. President Cool- tdge did not make the attack, and it is said he was not apprised of the na- tura of Senator Pepper's speech in ad- 3 nin dismissal from the cabinet, iike the { goud sportsman he is, declared his cor i tinued allegiance to the President and his determination to support him for the nomination. Considering all the cir- cumstances, it would scem th: ager Donithen 18 in & bit of a pa ——ae—— Physiclans say that Harry Thaw i now sound of mind. ‘He may be co | fortable hereafter if he can heed {advice of lawyers and doctors to ke | perfectly quiet. | | ————— In a financial readjustment many might be permitted to issue a few paper. marks from time to time for souvenirs and stage money ———————— ere is zbsolutely no hope of so systematizing mnatters that the {ean be permitted to conduct one vestigation at a time. ate Even if Uncle Sam cannot see way clear to becoming a referce in Buropean affaire he can help some as an expert accountant. B — No matter what turn affairs chance to take, some of the roughest news always comes from Oklahoma. SHOOTING STARS. B PHILANDBR JOHNSON. Mild By Comparison. Do you recall the passing wave scandal? ¥or more than that the gossips never hoped. "Twas work enough for every social vandad ‘When Mrs. Jinkins-Jinkinsby eloped. | of The talk today attacks a higher sta- tion As men of great solemnity and poise Create, in duty bound, a consternation That shocks the world with its dis- tressing noise. The trouble seems a much more seri- ous matter Through which for months in sor- row we have groped. We miss the merry village and its chatter TWhén Mrs, Jinkins-Tinkinsby eloped. Disturbing Rumor, “Iave thesc reports that you re. ceived large sums of money caused you any trouble?” “They have,” Sorghuln. - “I have beem besleged by people who want to show me how to invest my mythical fortun Jud Tunkins says a flivver differs from a hoes principally in compellin’ you to buy its feed by the gallon in- stead of by the bale. It's & Hard Life, The farmer .grieves from diy to day, And as his cry redoubles, ‘The politician wants more pay For listening to his troubles. A Point in the Game. “Do you enjoy golf?” “Rather,” replied Miss Cayenne. “I don’t play the game well, but my {friends agree that in sport costume I photograph splendidly.” Conviviality Disdained. ' “What would you sy if I were to invite you to have a drink?” said the affable stranger. “I'd say ‘No,’”’ answered Uncle Bill Bottletop. “I couldn't help suspicionin’ that anybody with genuine good licker wouldn't be in his right senses if he passed it around like that.” ‘Some bad habits,” sald Uncle Eben, “is 80 expensive dat & few folks seem 'most ready to brag about bein' able to [ TR what concerned as to the result of the | sult of Senator Pepper's Portland | concern of Manager Donithen, and as | erstwhile roseate prospects of Presi-| | dent Coolidge carrying the primaries | Man- | ser-| ! enswered Senator | | conceived of a genetic series, a chain Answers to Questions BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. 'Q. Why can a circus stay tn ‘Wash- ington only two days?—D, B. A. There are no regulations govern- ing the number of days that circuses | may stay in the District of Columbia, | but the law provides that the proprie- |tors or owners of any circus shall pay a license of 3200 per day. Q. How should the income of the food, ete.?—D. D. 8. that an equitable division of the in- come {s: Shelter, 25 per cent; main- tenance, including running expenses, s, electricity, etc., 15 per cent; food, per cent; clothing, 17 3 creation and advancement, 10 per icent; savings, 10 per cent; iniscel- |laneous, 3 per cent. Q. What is the temperature of the center of a cake of ice, which has been for a long time in & temperature ©of 100 degrees below zero?—O. L. M. A. The bureau of standards says that the temperature of the cake of ice will ha the same as that of the surrounding air, in the case you men- tion 200 degrees below zero. Q. Where can Cherami D. 8 C. and caverns be seen?—A. €. _A. The carrier pigeon, Cherami D, 8. stuffed, may Be seen af the Smithsonian Institution. The 'bones referred to are broken bones of ‘& woman encased in crust stalagmi‘e. These alsb may be geen at the Smith- sonjan Institution, b Q. Ts it correct to say, “She sat in {back of mazB. B, 3 { A. Tt is incorrect.” The | sentence |should be, “She sat behind me.” Q. What s the origin of the name Axminster ps & name for carpats and rugs’—w. B. B 5 A, The A ster carpet takes its 'ame from the town of Axminete iEngland, which was noted for 1 manufacture of ish design from 1776 to 1825. Q. Can glass be made from ordinary sand?—<C. W, F. A. The burewu of standards say that glass can be made from prac ticaily any d having the prope | degree of finencss and being relative- | { Which may be mentioned fron. A high iron content, however, is not objec- {tionable in the case of certain black glasses and for certain types of bot- | tie gluss. Q. Whera {the widest?-—L. A. The Missiesippi River Commis- islon says that according to the latest ikurvey ‘the widest point on the Mis- s5ippi river at the bank full stage | was found seventy-seven miles below Caliro, Til, where the river was 14,420 5. It Is narrowest near | . being less than fifty feet ba. jtween Lake Itasca and Minneapol Q is (‘heFMMlilslpp‘ tiver How meerschaum W.OH. A A. Tt is not made. Meerschaum is & ‘flrv-, white claylike mineral which is {often found floating in water. nn A. The name of the founder of the Montgomery Ward Company, which Was " incorporated in 1872, was A | Montgomery Ward. He was the son {of Sylvester and Julla Ward |grandson of Israei Montgomers {of revolutionary fame. % | | Q. Hag President | pardon & state venitentiary | A The power is ader— Is Montgom Ward ;?» power to prisoner 'from o state E. K President has not such What Bible nee’—T. 8. O'N, A. Trobably the oldest Bibl | Sible still gxtant is the Syrlan Old Testament, | The version of ‘Aquila, 132 A.D. and {the Peshito are also very ancient ver- slons. The first Christian Bible of literary value was that compiled by {Jerome about the close of the fourth | century | compiied by John Wycliffe, 1382 1. Q. Just what { Ausher?es. J. &, | A, “Four-flushar" is a slang ter upplied to one who bluffs. l'!gh rived from a poker te —a fo | fush or bobtail flush being a worth- | leFs hand with which « bluffer may | try to win a pot. i 15 meant by 4 four- Q. What length of time s “a moon" referred to by 2 » moon t ding or following. ut twenty-eight days. ). When was the first rabbi ;y-ulhl(‘d as chaplain in the Navy A, Rabbi David Goldbers ppointed October 30, 19 rank of junior lieutonant, {first_rabbi to serve | the Navy. { Q. Does light travel faster than the | earih travels in its orbit?—w. AL C. |, A Light travels 186,000 miles per | second, while the earth travels only | ninetecn miles a second on its journey around the sun. hools first graded? with the was the as chaplain in Q. When we A HL A. The Brethren of the Christian Schools, an order founded by La Salle in 1683, first employed the system of grading in elementary instruction and introduced the method of teaching cl: 20 instead of teaching individ- nals, Q. How can the luster be r to amber beads?—N. E. A. To brighten amber beads clean them thoroughly with whiting and water and then polish with any good oil, applied by means of- & flannel cloth, Q. How many members are there of the honor fraternity of Phi Beta Kappa?—A. L. A. There are now nifiety chapters of Phi Beta Kappa located in the loading colleges of this country and more than 40,000 men and women have been elected to, membership, ex- cellent scholarship being-the main re- quirement for eligibility. tored Q. Who first advanced 'the theory of the evolution of man from lower forms of life?—B. T. 8. A. Aristotle may be regarded as the. father of this theory of evolution. He of beings from polyps to man. (Did you ever write a letter to I eric J. Haskin? You can ask our In. formation Bureaw amy question of fact and get the answer in o personal letter, This s @ part of that best purpose of ihis newspaper—aservice. There charge except £ ocents i stamp: turn postage. Get the Aadit of aeking | questions of Frederic.J. Haakin, director, The Star Information Bureaw, 1230 North Capitol street.) Some Merit in Idea Of Radio in Congress Jokesmiths, ©f course, will make many puns about Senator Howell's suggestion that radio equipment be installed to_proadeast the ings of Congress But the ides has merit in it. - An often-heard com- plaint is that citizens _do not turn out to vote as they should, and that all too ently many: of those vot- ing'are. mote by the kind of animal “a candidite keeps than by_his pet measures. ‘With radio connection between the halls of Congress and the home, mi|- lions of ‘women could tune in durinj the day, and, as they busied them- selve: th thelf knitting, be able to keep 'fully informed about the nation’s business., And if the women know, thé men .will be told. After all, it there is to be any improve- ment in government in the future it will have to come ghrough stimulat- ing the interest of the newer voters, Man has been tried and found want- average family be divided for rent, : A. The Morris Plan Company says | the Lones of tha boy foupd In Luray | f fine carpets of Turk- | ly free from impurities, chief amonk | Ward one man's ! Vard one » on | The first_English Bible was | _ Davis vho was | IN TODAY’S | The American society for fhe con- trol of cancer has Interested the Dis- trict of Columbia Medical Society to concentrate attention this week upon that dread disease. Accordingly every day at noon there is a lecture at the Natlonal Theater for the purpose of informing the public of the danger and the means of meeling the disease, while ak the Medical Soclety building, 11718 M street, there is a free clibic, | together with conferences of doctdrs. The physicians and surgeons have been gratified at the success of theif clinic in . attracting sufferers from cancer or those people who had rea- 8on to fear that they were in danger. for nearly one hundred such have pregented themsclves for dlagnosis | four days. * ox Tha ‘population of the United | Btates numbers about 110,000,000. Of | these, according to the medical pro- fession, cleven million are golng to dig of ‘cancer, provided they live to be thirty-five years old. Cancer kills ttwlce as many victims as even the | most deadly modern war, with all its weapons and gas. While the world war was slaying $0.000 American | soldlers cancer was killing 180,000 | Americans in their prime of life | It is the most Insidious disease that BY PAUL V. COLLINS |and adviee within the first threo or| jtors who attribute the apparent in- |years within the last fifty Years, so | \ SPOTLIGHT bs recognized if any material jm- provement in the mortality is to.be brought about.” *xxx Two. requisites are important, us indicaied by the society, in choosing a physician for diagnosis and treai- ment of cancer. He must be one who is progressive in keeping In touch with current discoveries . in his, | scienge, rather than trusting in what he learned five or fifty years ago.in some medical textbook or coljege. He must be & man of courage and de- clsion, capable of prompt action when the dlagnosis so indicates, and not an’ easy-going optimist ready to wait for turther developments to confirm sus- | picion, for the essence of the treat- ment is promptness. When the symp- toms become sufficlently pronounced to leave no doubt, it is too late for effective operation. There are doc- creage In the number of cases Of can- cer to the fact that cancer is now rec- ognized earlier and many cases for- merly attributed to “indigestion” or gallstones or something else arc now rated aé cancer, for which treatment of the other supposed diseases was wholly ineffective. No medicines | whatever help when the disease is really cancer. Other explanations of | the statistical Increase of cancer take cognizance of the fact that general longevity ' has been improved ten that the average length of life, for- merly forty-six, is now fifty-six years, and more people live to reach the can- | cer period—mostly between forty and afMiicts humanity—releatiess, in early | stages painicse, in later d joften extremely painful {in striking down the heaithy victim, and bringing t 1ly within two or three !from the time the first symptom &p- pears. When taken In hand skilled physic while in it its 1t is no the doctors feel it thair duty nd a warning to ti public, so the scratch which refuses to . the strange lump which refuses &0 away, the wart or mole which Changes it form and becomes sore, | the ulceration about the lips or inside | the mouth (sometimes caused by a { broken tooth or in case of & smoker, { by the burning from a pipe or cigar), the indigestion which falls to respond to ordinary treatment, any of these may be announcements that cancer has appeared and that the patient has but few more yaars t live unless treatment by a physician is begun at ce There is n way of suicide, ety, than to (em- porize with salves and ointments in |self-treatm®#nt, or by permitting their “sure cures for re cannot overcome roots of the disease must o removed with skill or destroyad by the mysterious power of radium or the Roentgen ray, and as the layman I"“ no means of judging fakes in the {use, or alleged use, of the preciov iradium, there 13 m fraud committed by tHix dimenrs tham in Charlatanism. 1n a pamphiet issued Ly this jclety. the so-cailed “serum cure condemned as worthless, and the fol lowing summing up of fake cancer ‘ures appears: “Drugs of all kinde | ployed. both for ioe, injection or as cau so- have been em- iminisiration ic pastes and for . | general constitutional effect. In some | the oldest in ex- | the active agent is known as creosote sthers the remedy is secrct and the |compound is sold at high pr physicians or to laymen who are suf- ficiently creduious purchase. , No series of authentic cures er has yet been demonstrated | these methods.” * % x H | The soctety warns the protess: “Most of the physicians country N been taught in their {meaical schools ana their |of surkery the distinctive ana typicai symptoms of cancer which is no long- i»r early, but has already progressed {to the inoperable stage. It is the {early and uncertain casss that must of this | Wher Johm W. Davis, former am i‘h.\ab(&dur to the Court of St. James, who hat been mentioned prominently as possibility for the democratic presidential nomination, refused to comply with the request of a sup- porter that he dissociate himself at once from his present clients he at- tracted widespread interest. Editors differ somawhat in their views as to whethér Mr. lll\'(g has alded his own political fortunea, but all agree that he has done & commendable thing in striking at a political prejudice that has almost grown into a political su- perstition. In the opinion of the Buffalo News, "it is sigmificant of the change that has taken place in the politics of the United States. Fundamentally his letter, the Philadelphia Bulletin finds, “is an expression of confidence in the |sound sense of the American peopl. ja sound semnse with which the aver- age pussy-footing politician is so lit- tle willing to credit them.” The Springfield Union feels “Mr. Davis de- serves the warmest thanks of overy member of his profession and the re- spect of every right-thinking man for his forceful rebuke of the suggestion that & lawyer cannot serve a rich client without Injury to his character or without sacrificing his claim to public confidence and trust.” * *x ¥ ¥ As there neither was nor is any impropriety in his professional serv- ice for the house of Morgan, the Louisville Cburier-Journal contends that “any suggestion that he give these clients up to win a political | nomination Is little less than the counsel of cowardice, and there fsn't one drop of the coward's blood in John W. Davis' vein: At any rate, the Lynchburg News holds that “Mr. Dayis has afforded an’ exhibition of candor and cowrage. that inevitably must command the respect of the public,. regardless of what the public thinks of his presidential availabil- ity.” The Baltimore Sun believes “every honorable and honest man in the country will'applaud the scorn with which he rejects a course that | would lower him to the level of pro- tessional politiclans.” I this “sound, sensible outburst of honesty” remove him farther from the fleld of possi- Stlittes, - the Albany Knickerbocker Press declares, “it is a reflection upon the Intelligence of the American peo- ple” It will further demonstrate that “the democratic party is not worthy of the candidate,” assents the Topeka Capital. i ‘Whether or not Mr. Davis ls seri- ously considered for the democratic { nomination, his reply will impress the | publio with his independence and character, his courage, logic and de- Yotion to' prineiple, in the opinion of the Flint Journal and the New Or- leans Times-Picayun To which the Savannah Press adds, “John W. Davis is one of the finest men in public or rivate life.” While he may never Pecome President nor even obtain the nomination, the Fort Worth Star. lopment | is swift | fifty years of age. * k% ¥ Aside from the improvement in { discovering the earlier symptoms of !approaching cancer, the medical pro- fession confesses that the disease is! still about as baMing as it was 3,000 {years ago. The treatment with ra- dium is not explainuble; nobody | {knows how the radium destroys the diseace. The same is true of the | Roentgen ray. Last week the Johns ! Hopkifis University announced the | perfecting of a new Roentgen ray ap- | paratus, whereby more effective treat- ment can be applied without injuring | healthy flesh surrounding the seati of the disease. Practically all research has ac- complished nothing except in a neg- jative way through checking up what | |cancer is not—rather than discover-| {ing what cancer ix. Sciemtists are ! certain that concer Is not hereditary, {nor infectious. It is not “in the bigod.” It s not due to a parasite. It cannot Le communicated from the | pat t to his nu »r anybody, vet [the @i may {caet through the patient's body & {clumsy surgery eutting into t original sore. According to some a thorities the diseases i3 increasing at |the average rate of 2% per fannum, daoubling every fort In 1 there were approximate 190,000 cancer fatalities, and, at the ratio of increase, in 1824 there will ibe about 103,000 such deaths in But this is not accepted rities. OFf the vietms 3 per cent more women s medicine has ncer than has curative By this is m t, for ex- ample. that a perso who is em iployed in analine manufacture and i1by reason of such environment begi 1o show signs of ¢ r of the blad- |der is taken out of such act; or |the man whose skin is normally del- ileate w d be in danger of can jof the -k it exposed to outdoor sun and wind, as would a farmer or sallor. He is advised to remasin in- | doors for 1 progress in treatment kinds of eancer | chief cancer of the stomach ristituting three- | elghts of the total cases. is Herodotus records that while Dan- iel in Babylon Dr. Greek, cured Princess daughter of Darius, King of The diagnosis was cance was familiar, gince it had be lore for a tho: although 3.4 since the Dem hat modern s f the mysterious wth. That is the 4,500 years. 1924, by Paul V. Coiligs.) was a captive | whic | recor ence | first {ligna signs nt gr Is Praised for Refusing To Dljop Clients for Pol itics nps him as a man charncter who woul office most acceptably The Sioux City Journal points out that “another feature of his attijude that is both appealing and refreshing is that he is not seeking the honor and the job, as are some others* The St. P'ant Dispatch notes. that principle fs the oh& thing he will' not surrénder to promots his candidacy, and it fn- sists that ‘wHen democracy learns that strong moral character, which does not know pow to compromise with mmbition, is more to be desired than a glib, carping tongue, it will be on the wdy to solving the problem of gelf-government.” x ok x ¥ The Memphis News-Scimitar is con- fident “the frank and straightforward statement of Mr. Davis will commend itself to democrats everywhere, and to every thinkiag man.” RBecause, “it is a challenge to demogogy and cant of which the professional politictan would be quite incapable” as the New York Lvening World pats it. The letter, the Columbia Record con- ceGes, “is permeated with sound som- mon sense and It does not mean that Mr. Davis i shut out from possible political preferment” The St. Louis Post-Dispatch agrees that “his posi- tion, as stated, is sound logically, ethically and politi¢ally.” Character- izing such frankness and independ- ence as “refreshing.” the Hartford Times admits “we have considered John W. Davis an excellent presiden- tial possibility, high-minded, able, in- formed upon public problems and thoroughly honorable in the strictest sensc. If with all his other qualifica~ tions hie could have a better recom- mendation for the nomination than his refusal to run around in circles pursuing it, we do not know what 7 v it is." If the‘principle which it is allege@ rules out Mr. Davis had been in force sixty years ago, the New York Times maintains, “Abrabam Lincoln could not have been nominated for the pres- idency, because he was a corporation lawyer. Mr. Davis has done a bold and manly thing, and has shown what it is to be a man, whether a corpora- tion lawyer or not.” The Indianapolis News calls attention to the fact that }xnm Grover Cleveland retized from. Ihis first term as President he was a ! member of the same law firm to which Mr. Davis now belongs, and that the . people did not find that incompatible with electing him again. Therefore | “Mr. Davis' career as a lawyer is not against him, nor is the answer he has | just_made to his senator-correspond- vent.” This is also the opinion of the | Mobila Register. The Brooklyn Eagle |says: “Democracy has a case it wants 1o try before the bar of public opin- ion. The number of men who believe Johi W, Davis is the man best quali- fled to take this case s growing dajly” The Duluth News-Tribune ‘compares the case of Mr. Davis and M. - McAdoo: and reaches the conclu- slon that *4f Mr. Davis had the people of the United States for a client he would be expected to show them the loyalty that he.shows his present cli- ents, And might not Mr. McAdoo, on the other land, be expected to drop them any time they Become cmbar- Raungl ¢ the type and il the great | | climes, clad in sieek spring feathers | hers to remain during the summer | ja few days and press on to the north [in the | dear~and th ' hawk during | and attered broad- || the | made more |y er | HOW TO STUDY THE BIRDS ' JBY J. C. RANSOM. prif ‘and May are tho best months of the year in which to study the! birds. The feathered tribe is then at' its best, coming up from warmer | and fresh costumes of bright colors They are then full of song, restless and eager to be away to fleld, forest and mountain to begin the all-im- portant work of nest-buliding and ralsing. the summer brood. In Wash- ington” the largest aggregation of birds to bo seen during the vear coffies in April or May, with the pos- sible exception of a short period dur-| ing the fall migration. The proces- sion of the songsters begins early with the coming of the purple grackle and his cousing of the blackbird fam- | ily and ending with the great flocks of the chimney swift returning to us | from far-offt Argentine. We have in} the District of Columbla in these early spring months the few birds whieh have wintered here and in nearby states, those which return | and the migratory flock which tarry and their home retreats. Then, If one is a real student of the birds, he will scek a high )r the roof of an apartment house at night, and silence listen to the calls of | the birds passing overhead and never stopping fu this latitude. Who has not heard the “Honk! honk!™ of the wild goose, the whistle of the kill- squeak of the night the evening hours? The roof will hear many nd, if the moor see the hird listener on the more bird calis, bright, he may northward in the rim of ligh tween him and the “orb of e riay recognize the fiyer flashes across the screen During the winter just passe BUS HELD UNLIKELY - T0 REPLACE TROLLEY Street Railway Officials Say Motors Serve Purpose of* Valuable Aunxiliary. ELEVEN LINES IN CAPITAL Utilized in New Sections, as Wel! as Suburbs. Although the motor bus has beco an established part of the transporta tion eystem of Washington, there are no fndications that it will supplant the street car, in the opinion of offi clals of both railway companies. The rapidity with which bus lines have sprung up in all sections of the city within the past three yvears bas given rise to the natumal gque What part is the motor bus destinec to play in the transportation of future? To this question the operating heads of the traction companles answer that the motor bus has an approp: fleld as auxiliary to trolley service But they add that there is no likell hood of the electric rail r passi » the discard with the introduction of the motor bus . Not Likely Substitute. old horaecar surrendered to ti moving cable under the et h took the car along with it cable in turn gave way to the m expeditious “third rafl” but tr not believe the trackless gasolir could be substituted to haul the 1 000,000 passengers who now ride street ars of Washington an eral pairs of ortolans, a few cardinls, a half di n robins have bee fre about the vards n rgetown. Th lar winter residents bird family Golng into one may see several of th he may hear a blue jay a one or more on warm days in w main in gecluded thickets, among the evergreens, sheltered from the winds, out only in search of food. arm days in March prirple grackle or blackbirds,’ which are very plentiful in Washingten through the iking sedately on the 4 enlivening th ng birds These re- v ith them he ortolan, the mocking bird, crow and the advance col- umn of (he creepers and the shy wood birds. It is probable that all these ¥ birds have wintersd but a little | south and move northward by | stages as soon air. This bird, the meedow miaar. | to us the blers, . swallows, wrens and leaves begin 1o sprout in the air is resonant with the summer songsters. *xikx som, if he will may student of d about all he has to'do Is to begin { with the knowléde he bas‘and carry | eir Spring song the | however, oth by the strect and by the ? Rapid Transit Com- ~ded additional trans . those sectlons served by ths t car lines Lines Operated. 1o note that withis two or three years iines have been au BABO0, onch utilized b oy Tany to g portation faci of the ci o old established ileven B It is interest tHe short ele | | 1 | ext i | of rush-hour rt of the ci Foretell Future. Mr. Cannot No foretell said, what in the way | there are of a ger lon to an ever-widening feid ghtfu} research ints the fof the bird kingdoni. K | this study is not. Very cost | study of the birds'may be {on without loss oftime that | be devoted- to other pursuits study may be made the recreation of fe, and.it js cheaper than golf and just about as bnchanting as jazz, bridge or mah-jong. There are twp distinct iudy birds Ons is that of t tist who seeks to est | species and classification of the bird (and study its relation to other livin ibmna assign ‘it a<place in the j gTeat scheme of avolution. The thrill | of the ornothologist's life cames when | he finds a new speciss. or “unrecorded genus of an oid family ha her way is that of the amateur, who do not rightly know the difference b | tween & bob-o-link |\bird or between a robin and a b {'jay—that is, the scientific difference { He learns much about the habits of |the. birds and little about their one’s An tin the misty age of the layman-need not bother the ofder. spe: e birds. What th ni them building their their young and teach brood “to fiy and fo 10 hiswe: with ¢ where vie amateur slowly gathers knowledge of the bird will become more iess scientific but mo one need 1o he detarred fro: a summer's e in_orchard, field and wood use he not vet learned about the scientific of the robin znd the mock- ing bird. To the amateur may be re- vealed in one summer the whole story of the romance of mating, the energy of home building, the joy of the newly hatched family, ~ after weary days of sitt on the e the anxious days of the old birds when they lead the nestlings forth from the nmest Into the great world of nature, and finally thair sad de- parture late in summer for the south. Into this story ef the domestic life of the living birds may come tragad fon the birds have many enemies ciuding thoughtless boys and cruel men with their deadly guns. Assuming now, that a layman about to enter into the study of bird: what Is needful in the wa; ment to make the &tudy easy profitable? The would-be student, of ocourse, knows the names of some of our native birc Beginning with this, he will seek to learn the names of others, to observe them, learn their way stock of bird lore. He mneeds first a good bird manual, in which the clas- sification of the birds is set down with some technical knowledge of each family and species The best book for the amateur is one with many pictures that can be recognized when _compsred with living birds. “The Bird Book.” by Chester Reed, is such a book, and for land birds is one of the best available. The same author has other manuals on wAter birds, game b * reptiles, The uch aboy m The next requirement is a good opera or field glass, with which to see the birds in the tree tops or in thickets inaccessible without dis- turbing them. It is much easier to study. the shy songsters from some conventent place of concealment than to try to get near emough to observe with the unaided eve. The glass brings the bird and his move- ments quite .car, and, what is better, the object is seen when not con- scious of the student's presence, Then a note book, in which facts of interest in regard to the birds seen may be recorded. The date of the ar- rival of ‘the house wren, its decision regarding the place In which to build its nest, the first sight of the nest- lings, and the departure of the fam- {ly late In summer for parts un- known are pertinent facts for the notebook. A suggestion regarding bird notes may be of value, The notebook as ordinarily kept, with entries of several birds in one day, and the notes perhaps filling the book, is the best possible place in which to bury and forget what one mgy have found out with much effor The student should transfer his note by typewriter or otherwise to sheets and a humming snatomfeal structure, and their origin | and continually add to his | ) from iy o to Fe nedy c further out [ that t yond its present limit is cxtending Tracks. m Talk of There also has been dlsc past few years of extend of the Washington tric Company out E Easte! { | the s and Elec Deine cint De | bee weeks both car co! e high school HUX:{" ssing the question of b the field of city transportation this obeervation < that London is served t there they have a subway taken, but tha copunt: anies to run £ motor age whers additiofial service is needed ™ an outiying residential neighbornood. Cites Residentinl Advantage. <A motor Lug Yunning through & | street that ju wholly residential does Inot tend t clWmge: the street into & {business thofoughfare as rapidly as a street car line will do,” the mafor said Not only th utilized to give the res sections of Wash portation, “but it is increasing numbers to connect Natjonal Cap with many and villages in Maryland and I | tor bus been idents of nmew 1 better trans- being used in s in Prince Georges Montgomery countles, Maryland, are linked with Washington by bus. There are also busses operating through southern Maryland, in the directton of Leonardtown, not served by trolley. Similarly, have the \vus'!e‘ | spread out along the arteries of Vir- { ginia. iE'0ne of the principsl objections [raised against the suggestion that the street car give way entirely to {trackless busses is the statement that it would require so many busses to {haul the crowds now handled on stroet cars that the traffic situation Would be rendered more complicated than it already ia. It appears, therefore, that the stesl rail and electric car are likely to re- !main together with the motor bus, at least for some time to come. Itained, under the name of the particu- lar bird to which they refer. Then the notes can be arranged in a box in alphabetical order. Several pages of notes on one subject may be pin- ned together or-secured by fasteners, and the bundle treated as a unit. In this way the notebook becomes a cyclopedfa of ready reference and the knowledge acquired through several years will be always at hand. Bird study is much enhanced by the use of the camera. Pictures of the birds are always interesting, and with a little skill and ingenuity one may secure many rare piotures of th birds, It is often necossary to set the camera Dear & nest or at some place which the birds frequent, and spring it with string and trigger but such matters are details to be overcome by patience and adaptation of means to ends, which often are as delightful as the getting of the pid ture iteeif. The amateur who begins with small | knowledge of birds will naturally { meet with some obstacles to fruitful study. He will make mistakes, pla ng some birds in the wrong classi- fication and possibly calling some of them by the wrong names. But further observation and study serves to bring this out straight in time. Moreover, the peorson who studies birds in spring and summer will naturally read about them in fall and winter. and thus he will build up by natural interest and research a widening and more or less scientific knomlodge the winged v