Evening Star Newspaper, April 30, 1924, Page 6

HE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON,D. C. * WEDNESDAY. ....April 30, 1924 THEODORE &. NOYES. . . . Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Offier. 11th St ana Pennavivanis Ave. New York Ofice: 110 East 42nd St. Chi Ofice: Tower Building. Gifice: 16 BegentSt., Lanon. The Bweaing Star, with the Susdsy mernisg T e v e e e | A S ST cents per month: Sunday of g 20 cents per month. Orders may he sent by mail or tele- phone Mai ‘Collection is made by ear- riers at the end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday..1 yr.$8.40; 1 mo Dadly only. 131, $6.0 Sunday only.. All Other States. Daily and Sunday.] yr. $10.00: 1 mo. Daily only Sanday only. | ship. one man who could meet the one-man power on fairly equal terms. One reason, it would seem, for the suggestion of @ triumvirate manage- ment of the boom is that it sepurates it from Tammany. While. Murphy lived it was impossible to dissociate Smith from the Tiger. Now, with Murphy gone and a syndicate of man- agers in charge of the boam who are not identified with the “Hall,” perhaps the governor may gauin through his loss. So there is compensation in the trusteeship plan. Meanwhile Erennan, hailed in some quarters as the new Dbig boss of the party, smiles benignly and says nothing that is by’ any pos- | sibility to be construed s inimical to the Smith candidacy. He wantsa can- didate named by the convention who can win, i#f a Democrat can possibly win thie year, and he wants to be at the final stage of the procedure the factor that effects agriculture and trade. According to a report just received by the Depart- ment of Commerce, radio is to be in- troduced into the remote regions. Brit- ish officials bave planned to establish a set with a loud-speaker in every vil- lage of the Kenya calony, to give daily musical programs suitablé to the na- | tives, to provide jazz for. deir cere- monial dances, and also to farning instructions. Think of this, you American radio fans as you sit in your homes and hear concerts and speeches and stories! You are picking up Schenectady and Boston, Plttsburgh and Chicago, and even more distant places. But in a lit- tle while you will have nothing on the resident of Central Africa. He and his family will be sitting around the loud- speaker and getting his ear full of music and wisdom and instruction just as you are. Maybe he will be impart the nomination. | making his own sets in a short time, That is the first principle of boss- : and perhaps talking the “radio patter” will have to do business with him.| Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exelusively eptitled | 1o the e for repubiieation of a1l news d Jatches erediied o1t of not otherwiee credited | s paper gad aleo the jocul news pub. | lehed herein. AN s of publication of mecial dispaiches berein are also reecrved. | The British Budget. Vested, according to general e pectation, with *“a little brief au- tharity,” the labor ministry of Great | Eritain is moving definitely toward the | confusion of its enemies and the con- | solidation of its allies. Though it 18 | Delieved to be necessarily shortlived, aving no majority t in parlia- it is, nevertheless, in a stronger | position today than when it took office | under the leadership of MacDonald. It | as surprised the country by its uh—l from rad Its latest| tely a e next | 1 clection. | 1t has been recognized from the out- | set thut the real test of the labor party would come with the presenta- | tion of its budget. In the English prac- tice a “budget” is both @ money-raie- ing and a money-spending measure, | thus differing from the American plan | of provi spending it by others. i day Philip chancellor of the | cxchequer, laid the budget before the | House of Commons. Whereas it had | t the measure would | st give evidence of & radical dis- | of the labor party, it proved | to be a moderate proposition. One di ratch says “there was very little| ious socialiem in it, if any.” The | Wonderful force for good can be ap-| eral leaders hailed it @s & free-trade | get, thus indicating that they will | it their support. On the other | v conservatives frankly de- as a good and sound proposal. The most striking feature of the budget from the American point of view is the proposed abandonment of duties, imposed as @ war revenue reasure, on imported sutomobiles, foreign films, motor cycles, clocks. watches and other menufaetured 1zoods. This should open the doors for @ larger flow of American products, which, already favorites in the British market, have under the McKenna dutics been handicapped by a tariff differential. Brit: ‘workmen may feel effect of this competition in the ng of industry. Already motor | facturers are raising the voice of But apparently the remission these duties will be accepted by the men as a part of a general pian to reduce the cost of living, which hiefly marked by large reductions the tariffs on foodstuffs, notably tea | end sugar. Evidence that the labor ministry not thoroughgoing in its opposition to capital is given by the proposed abolition of the corporations profits tax, which the chancellor, in vresenting the budget, says “was not loved by its parents, was reviled by its uent guardians, was condemned every party, not least by the labor d quite obviously has been | ts final doo: ish laborites have surprised | the world by their statesmenship and their conservatism. They have learned, evide that the business of govern- | ment calls for moderation and con- eiderati of all interests. —te—— The late Charles Murphy was not & figure of national interest. Ile was of ew York city, and devoted himself to ihat community. He was better known o the country at large through the reports of his enem: than through those of the friends who knew him best and who now pay him such im- pressive tribute. —_————— 1t is evidently Secretary Mellon's opinion that his tax-reduction plan is sood enough to survive a largeamount | of conversational obstruction. —————————— Prohibition has not yet prevented reference to the number of people who ‘might have kept out of jail if they had only let liquor alone, The Smith Boom in Trust. Some Democrats who are fayorable to the nomination of Gov. Alfred Smith of New York by the party con- vention in June are looking somewhat askance at the proposal to turn over to & syndicate the management of his boom, left vacant by the death of Charles ¥. Murphy, Franklin D. Roose- velt, Bainbridge Colby and Frank L. Polk are suggested for this task. It is not that three such able men as these uld not be depended upon to press e candidacy for all it is worth. But can a combination work as effectively as one man? This doubt is bred, with- out question, by the knowledge of what “Charlie” Murphy could do in & convention. The late boss was a mas- ter hand at the manipulation of com- binations. His brother boss, Brennan of Chicago, is accredited with a warm feeling for Smith. But Brennan is a national figure, with a larger contract on his hands than the nomina‘ion of a mere “favorite son.” To the extent that he regards Smith as the most valuable party asset he will be helpful to those of New York who want to vee the governor named in June. It is 2 singular fact about practical politics that one strong man who is vested with boss powers is stronger than a group of men. “Al” Smith's chances, it is felt by many of his friends who sincerely want to sce him nominated =t New York, would be stronger if a siogle manager were named for him, A Yester- | ! | only expres | other coming from South Dakota. In being weaker, for being three men than if the boom were in charge of @ person. ealth Week. Washington is - observing Health week, and much counsel is being given as to how to keep well and how to get well. Public advice from competent advisers is valuable, and public dis- cussion of health seems to’tend to do good. It seems 10 strengthen the will | of heatthy persons to keep well, and to | give encouragement to sick people and o point out ways by which they may get well. Good health is @ great udset, ry man will rate it as | he most desirable asset a man can have. While heaith of mankind is much better than it used to be, and human life is said by statisticians to 2| be lengthening, there is still a great | prevalence of sickness in the world, and authorities on disease suy that | nearly ail sickness is preventable, and that probably there is no incurable malady if it ig recognized on its ap- proach and combated in its eurly | stage. i { effort und the most deadly risks now | | And the proposad triumvirate|in his own queer speech just as glibly as you and your sons and daughters stronger, aud perhaps no|are now talking it. Shades of Livingstone and of Stanley agle | The cortiuent over which they strug- gled with pain and with the greatest spunned by the voice without wires, served with news in a flash. of the ether! Cecil Rhodes, sieeping under the great rock in the Matopo Hij dreamed of great marvels in Africa, but not of this. Lower Wages or Receivership. Pifteen thousand employes of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company of New York have been asked by the presideNt and general manager of that corporation to accept a reduction of wages effective on the 1st of July, | this reduction to be equivalent to the increase of 5 per cent granted last June. If this cut is accepted, the wage | scale will go back to that of two years ago, when the men took a cut of 10 | | | | per cent, which was regarded as nec-| essary to keep the company from go- ing into the hands of a receiver. It is now stated that the same condi- tion of affairs virtually prevails today. Frankly taking the operatives of One of the days of Health week was | the system in confidence, the head of | ene §s rather a lat therapy—if that word i factory to the dectors—but nce of it has come to be by men most learned in of the body. Clean thinking and clean living go together and prumote health, and when the body inclines to give way, or even does give way, some plied by one’s thoughts. A erution or s0 ago men deplored the “unnatural conditions” under which we had to live and despaired of | lthe race. They felt that for all time | we had left behind us what they cailed the free life of our ancestors. Man was being reduced to industrial slavery. Occupational diseases were common. Disease due to bad housing and work- ing conditions was general. A mighty change ie coming over us. A man makes @ living by working a shorter part of the day than in many genera- tions, and probably since our ancestors were wild. And there is a tendency to make the work-day shorter. Men have become fastidious as to conditions under which they work, and employers are coming to compete against onc another in the luxury of their workshops. The open-air habit is gaining. Never in the history of America, and perhaps of some other countries, is so large a part of the peo- ple getting in the “open™ for recrea- tion. It is said that men are thinking | more of golf and motoring than of work. Well, let them think so. Intel- ligence and prosperity are advancing, and it must be that the general health is getting better. At any rate, Health week plays its part in helping to make the 0id world happier. Yesterday's Primaries. Two more state through their presidential primaries, have swept into the Coolidge column, buryving Senator Hiram W. Johnson under an avalanche of Coolidge votes, Massachusetts and Ohio. Next Tuesday the voters in Cali- fornia and Indiane will go to the polls | to express their preference for a Re- publican candidate for the presidential nomination. It is generally conceded that Indiana will declare President | Coolidge to be its choice. | Should California take President Coolidge over Senator Johnson, good ground would be furnished for specu- lation as to whether Senator Johnson's name will be presented to the conven- tion. The question might be asked, ‘What is the use? The spirit of the Republican voters as. thus far ex pressed breathes practical unanimity in favor of President Coolidge, the ion of preference for an- Massachusetts vesterday the only can- didate for district delegate who was for Senator Johnson was badly beaten, 8o the President will get the entire | thirty-nine delegates. In Ohio the Johnson defeat was emphasized by the fact that the sena- tor had campaigned in the state from border to border, while President Cool- idge had done nothing in his own be- half. One of the significant features of the primaries in Ohio was the de- feat of Mr. McAdoo by former Gov. Cox. Mr. Cox, at last reports, was leading Mr. McAdoo by 35,000. He thus becomes the Buckeye state’s “favorite son” with the Democrats., ——————— It is agreeably clear that Mr. Dawes has a first-class working vocabulary for serious state papers as effective in its way as his entirely distinct line of chatty colloquialism. ———w—— It required a corps of experts to formulate the reparations plan, and it will require more experts to put it into execution. - ©Old “darkest Africa” {is lightening rapidly. The Cairo-to-Cape rail line is near completion. Steamboat ' service and rail service are to be had in regions which & few years ago were inaccessible. Trade trails have been cut through the thickest jungles, and immense areas have been opened for cultivation and colonization. The fron- tiers have been pushed back until a comparatively small part of the con- tinent is unreachable by white men. The natives are turning from war.to | { | | | | | ang | called Mental Hygiene day. Mental|the corporation tells them that the phase of | revenues are falling behind the ex- used in A ponees and that curtailments must be made somewhere to prevent a deficit which would involve the probability of receivership. The only other way out is to increase the fares, and the com- . for the matter c commission, which has established a five-cent fare as the | unalterable standard of transport cost. With & positively fixed rate of T enue and inescapable fixed charges, the only possibility of increased in- come is through increased patronage, but in this case, according to the statement given to the operatives, the receipts of the eight months ended February 29 were $1,295,089 les the fixed charges that must b Doubtless surprise is felt by any who has traveled on any of the met- ropolitan transit lines that there ix any falling off in traffic, for the cars | seem always to be crowded. But evi- dently there is not enough travel to meet the cost of carrying it at the present rate of fare. 1f the fare can- not be increased and the fixed charges, taxes and interest on construction obe ligations cannot be reduced, there is only one way remaining to meet the situation and that is a wage cut. This 1s a simple economic proposit: ————————— The “bobbed-hair bandit” is taking as much publicity as if she contem- plated invading the Stars have been known to flourish ‘with less fame than she has secured. ———— There would be a different state of affairs in Burope if the old German government had been as thrifty and conscientious as the German taxpayer is elways expected to be. —— m————— Congress has not hesitated to re- mind Japan that the U. 8. A. also has a highly sensitive element in its citi- zenship. Every effort is now being made to persuade Harry Thaw to conduct him- self 80 as to be a credit to his alienists. —_———— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON Children All. The children play throughout the day, But cre the night They want to throw their toys away And start a fight. Men are but children larger grown, ‘Who have in reach Motors and every kind of phone And wireless speech. We should be never at a loss ¥or new delight; And yet a few of us get cross And want to fight. A Plunger Restrained. “Do you ever bet on a horse race?” “Never,” answered Senator Sor- ghum. *There is no excuse for betting unless you want to win, and a man has to be mighty careful these days how he picks up any small change.” Jud Tunkins says he does enjoy see- ing several people of his acquaintance sitting in front of a radio machine and litening without a chance to talk back. Explosion. “Let us have light, a glimpse to catch Of Truth,” quoth statesmanship serene. And then somebody Iit a match And dropped it in the kerosene. Fashions. “Do women still get their fashions from France?" ! “Many of us do,” replied Miss Cay- enne. “But others appear isclined to take a few suggestions from Hawaii.” “Is that liquor Scotch?” “I don’t know about that,” answered Uncle Bill Bottletop; “but the way a man talks after a couple of drinks convinces me there's some kind of a diaject in it.” “It's gineter be a good while,” said Uncle Eben, “befo’ de small voice of conscience gits enough influence to put de burglar alarm out o' business. than | realms of art.| | nate | | 1 lw | ble on August 26, 1816 | when exposd to light?—Ls M. daylight. BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN Q. Is being overweight always a bad condition?—A. S. R. A. According to insurance experts, 4t ages under thirty years the lowes mortality rates among insured per- sons are those whose weights are about ten pounds above the average. 4fter the age of thirty the most fa- vorable mortality rates are found among persons whose weights are be.- low average. Q. How is it possible to allow an opponent a half a stroke a hole at BOIf?—B. G, A. With this allowance, a hole that ls actually tied for strokes becomes a wir for the player holding the al- lowance. Q. Who were the teachers of Meiba, Nordica, Sembrich and Farrar? A. Mme. Melba studied piano, or- &an, harmony and composition in Mel- bourne, Australia. Blographical ref- erences to her do not give the names of her masters. In Paris Mme. Meiba studied singing under Mme. Marchesi. Nordica was taught singing by John O'Nelll of the New England Conserva- tory of Music, Boston. She studied in Milan under ‘Sangiovanni. Sembrich Was taught music by her father. Later she studied with Stenwel and Brusterman of Lemberg. Mme. Sem- brich also studied under Liszt. Her singing masters were Rokitansky of Vienna and Lamperti, the younger, of Milan. Geruldine Farrar began her musical education under J. H. Long of Boston. In Paris Mme. Farrar studied with Trabadello. In Berlin she was a pupil of Lisa Lehman. Q W e a4 Jewish (prresponding to Joun of G. 1L A. Deborah, the wife of Lapodeth, 45 one of the earliest judges of Israel and urged the Israelites to rise against the Canaanites, who had op- pressed them for generati leader of the Israelites, refused to g0 into battle unless accompanied by Deborah. With a small force she tri- umphed over the Canaanites. The song of Deborah is considered a mas- terpiece of Hebrew literature, Q. How are soap and alum used to waterproof cement?—M. A, A. Two and two-tenths pounds of soap (yellow soap) per gallon of water. “This is applied boiling hot and mopped on, After this is dry, the next day apply a solution of one pound of alum per gallon of water (water either warm or cold). Alter- this treatment every day until good results are obtained. Sometimes when concrete work is poor it is nec- v to do this three es. If the ¢ work is good, however, it is ary to do it once. woman Arc?—C. tistt amount of damage don R. M. C A. Chemists have estimated that the loss caused by the rusting of iron | and steel amounts to as much as $3,000,000,000 annually. Q. is on the Didn't President Grant change iane 8o that his initials were 8.7—0. G. D, A. President Grant's name was changed by the member of Congress who made out his application to enter v Point. He was named Hiram | Con- | gressman Hamar wrote name | Ulysses Simpson Grant, Simpson be- ing the mother's maiden | name, and the error was never cor- rected. Q. What does a ‘straw vote A. There is an old saving, “Straws show whith way the wind blows," meaning that a smull thing may in- dicate which way a larger event will turn. A vote, therefore, entirely un-| official and taken by an individual or | company often shows which way an| officiul vote will Q. In what month 6f the year is the water of ‘the Atlamtic Ocean off the Jersey coast warmest?—K. A. P. A. The weather bureau says that the late summer months usually pro- duce the highest temperature in sea water off the middle Atlantic 3 but in the case of a warm Septem- her the water may reach its highest temperature late in that month. 1 Q. Can you tell ms at what date duting the world war the northern lights were visible>—0. C. P. A. The northern lights were Q. When did two-cent stamps first come into use?—FP. M. A. A. The postage on lstters was re- | duced to 2 cents for one-half ounce | in 1883, In 1885 it was made 2 cents for one ounce or fraction of an ounce. | Q. What will raccoons eat?— K. G. A. Raccoons will eat almost any small animal, but are particularly fond of frogs, crayfish and mussels. They will also eat vegetables, show- ing a marked preference for ripening corn. Q. What s meant by in reference to music?- A. The Ring of Nibelungen is a group of four music dramas by Rich- ard Waener. They are “Das Rhein- go0ld" “Die Walkure,” “Siefried” and “Gotterdammerung. Q. R 'The Ring™ A AL Do metals expand or contract | A Metals expand on exposure to This is owing to the rise in “temperature caused by absorption of the sun's rays. Q. Is there a_noticeable tide in the Great Lakes WP e A. The hydrographic office says there s a barely percentible tide in the Great Lakes. It is called a'=eiche” and is partly due to atmospheric con- ditions. Q. What makes children bowleg- ged?’—E. H. J. A. This condition is due to allow- ing a child to walk too early, or to. rickets, or rarely to muscular con- traction before the child fs put on his eot. Q. Upon which finger does a man wear a wedding ring when the dou- ble ring ceremony s used?—D. D. D. A. A man wears a wedding ring as a woman does, on the finger next to the little finger of the left hand. (If you have o question you want answered send it to The Star Information Bureau. Frederic J. Haslkin, director, 1220 North Capitol street. The only charge Jor this service is 2 cents in stamps for return postage.) TO A DEAD ASTRO-PHYSICIST By Erwia F. Smith. Thou'rt gone on the great ad- venture, lover of light, Companion of flaming suns in the *cosmic stream And welter of worlds on worlds, forever thy dream, Gone like 2 star. but not into silence and night. Thy words remain clear, éarnest, nobly right, A flame, a bugle-call, theme To set all hearts aglow, all eyes agleam With those great though s that right. ‘made thine own so From boy to man, piercing the starry deep, Mysterious great Nature loved thee well, And Glory marked thee early for her own. ‘We loved thee, too, and happy memories keep Of one now merged into the vast *~unknown, of old, thy masters dwell, a golden With the men and peers, | |a cenn? C.., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1924 IN TODAY’S SPOTLIGHT BY PAUL V. COLLINS The thrills of the most melodra- matic “movie” become prosaic and uninteresting to one who once has a glimpse of the wonderful unfolding of science as it has been moving for- ward in recent years. Last Monday the new Temple of Science, built by the munificent endowment of the Car- negie Corporation, which has given $5,000,000 to erect the bullding and mafutain the National Bureau of Re- search, was dedicated, with specches by President Coolidge and the offi- clals of the Academy of Soience. Some of the general public may have thought of it as an institution deal- ing “with {mpractionble problems. “dry as dust,” which had no special contact with ordinary human inter- ests, but were meant only for the ‘highbrows” who live apart from bread-and-butter humanity, like her- mits of old in caves of the desert. In the auditorium the walls are of a new composition stone which ab- sorbs all echoes, 80 that 2 pin drop- ped on the platform gave & distinctly audible sound, heard in the uttermost corners of the great hall. A brass ball hung from a wire reuching from the apex of the dome fifty feet above, swung as a pendulum, continuously in the same plane in which it had begun to swing, and the earth re- volved visibly under it. Does the earth revolve, Gallleo? Even “Hel- €0’s bablew” can there “ses the wheels %0 wound!” In the apex of the dome is a fixed tclescopic lens through which- the sun's rays are focused upon a tablet beneath, showing the sun spots. A sunbeam penetrates a slot through a spectroscope and is plintered into its rainbow color with lines showing of what metall gases the sun s made. * % % % With windows curtained, a “movi portrays the cytoplasm of living flesh —shows it in its corpuscular death struggles—tragedies of microscopic worlds never seen by unaided eyes. * ¥ k% All flesh is made of cells. What is A little bag so small that it takes a powerful microscope to see it A learned scientist tells us that i we look into a lving cell we can there see it holding six or a dozen tiny balls llke pistils of a flower. Some of these balls are the males of life. some the females, and upon them depend the inherited qualities of our ancestors. The spherical cell begins gate. What causes that mo ? Life. The elongation increascs. The “pistils” which hang from each end of the now melon-shaped cell seem attraoted toward sach other like mag- nets, yet are held to their re: ends by the threads with w. are suspended. The cell narrows in the middle— narrower — narrower — and, finally, divides Into two cella, These repeat the elongation and multiplication. That is ghowth Tell what power draws these oells, multiplies them. supplies and shapes the ‘“pistils” within—that s the challenge to sclence. Scientists play with chemi- cals, faneying they can make “syn- thetic life*! = g Dry as dust? How when one knows dust? There scientists ready to tell us tha life originated “spontaneousl: the dust of the earth, of out of a sperm-cell. But who will tell how? What happened to make the first cell? Why 8oeb it not make another? There are other solentists who say that lifo might have come to this planet riding uron a meteor from some Uther planet But how did it arrive at the previous planets? God breathed fnto man the breath oflife! Oh, the mystery of life! From what bourne cwme it to earth? How long upon its travels across space™ From what unlverse to what other uni- verses had it traveled before fiying to our solar universe upon the stony messengers we call meteors? * % x % | interstellar | tive activities are Dr..Coblentz of the United States| bureau of standards has invented an instrument for measuring the tem- | perature of stars—stars so distant Editoriadl comment on Rresident Coolidge’s speech to the Associated Press in New York runs the long gamut from highest praise to se- verest . condemnation. Praise and criticism alike are divided between the comments on foreign affairs and | domestic policies of the administra- tion as set forth by its official head. Friends and foes alike, however, re- fer to the lack of attempts at ora- torical persuasion that might be/ taken advantage of by a less.cool- tempered man. I In the speech, according to the ln-“ dianapolis News (independent), “there is a very pleasant lack of oratory. The News declares, further, “we have traveled far since the days when men were dsked to believe that all there was of value in the life of a great nation was ‘a full dinner pail’ " and concludes, “the ‘speech was admira- ble.” There is little in the speech. in the opinfon of the Cleveland Plain Dealer (independent Democratic), “to challenge, uniess it be an_indication of overconfidence on the President's part in his ability to get the requisite teamwork from Congress.” Jumping Into criticism of the views set forth by the President on foreign affairs, the Chicago Tribune (inde- pendent Republican) _ declares the suggestion of the President - ‘that France accept the Dawes report “probably the principal thing of im- port” in the address. “He also_in- dorsed the Harding proposal to Con= gress for adherence to the world court,” the Tribune continues. “Mr. Coolidge inherited this plan. He gives the appearance of likingit. * ¢ ¢ It seems to be another instance in which the hopes of men outrun their experi- ences. It {s natural that hope always should, but it is an unwise dependence. We like arbitration and the avoidance of violence, but do not have much faith in agreements made in a peaceful frame of mind and tested in temper.” ook Interesting and varied viewpoints are expressed by those newspapers whose policies seem to lean against American isolation. In this respect the Grand Raplds' Press (independent) sees “the really encouraging part of the Coolidge speech,” mot In “the distribution of credit for the Dawes achievement, but the apparent recognition that that achievement is turning the administra- tion's gaze more definitely and boldly to- ward the possibilities of American col- "|1aboration abroad.” In the President’s expressed desire to call a conference of nations when Euro- pean affaira have reached a settled stage the Springfield News (Democratic) of Gov. James M. Cox sees the President “veering around to the opinion of Ameri- cans thet we dare not commit gurselves to a program of estrangement rope and the rest of the world.” While the Knoxville Sentinel (independent Democratic) sees dilatory methods on the part of the administration, and de- clares “Mr, Coolidge would wait anothef term of years to take steps in these in- | terests as he and his associates waited in the matter of reparations, and he would begin everything over again in a that they are invisible even with our most powerful telescope. He finds the tropics of Mars average 40 degrees Fahrenhelt in sunlight, but freezing cold at night. Two years ago his in- strument would measurs the heat of a candle if {t was not more than fifty miles away: today that lighted candle, though 500 miles away, i1 register its heat upon that “ther- mometer” looated in the bureau of standards. But there are limils too great oven for that delicate measurer. A month ago astronomers announc- ed fhe discovery of an unknown uni- verse—not a single star, but a whole universe, perhaps Wwith many suns. Astronomical distance is measured by the flight of light in a year, travel- ing, ae it does, 186,000 miles a second. The light which left this newly found universe 8,000,00¢ years ago has just reached the carth. Dr. Coblentz is baffled. He can tei che heat average for all that universe, including its spaces, but he cannot focus upon one of its =ns, for the whole universe is but a faint “puff of smoke” in the sky. That baffling illustrates the Infinity of the field of all science. * k% & A prominent svientist supplies a list of some of the immediate ob- jectives of science. Eliminating de- tails, and especially technical terms, it includes the following: 1. Extension of the completely au- tomatic machine to every task, thus releasing the human mind from re- peat work. 2 Redesign all devices, materials and processes to yield the best re- sults attainable at the time—the fdeal methods and materials. 3. A new education based upon de- veloping the instinotive research im- pulse and creative initiative, in place of fact-acquisition. 4. A system of oollation, classifica- tion and diftusion of facts and a sub- stitution of completoly aoccessible aference books printed on perishable aper to permit frequent replacement %s new data demand. This would release the human brain for its true purpose, intelligent action ~based upon all pertinent facts. Today no specialist can keep pace with the knowledge, even In his own field. 5 and 6. Bstablishment of labo- ratorieg and schools for all orafts, available to all who want to learn. 7. A definite program of finding the cause, cure and prevention of all disease, and finding the means of enhancing to the maximum the ef- fective life activitien of every indi- vidual. (Yellow fever a very fow was prevalent in the tropi it {s wholly destryed, exoept along the west coast of Africa, in Colom- bia_and In ome 4T two narrow bits of Mexico. Other dizeases also will be driven out of the world, The longevity of haman life has been in- creased fiftce4 years in the last half century.) 8. To derelop and apply complete control of {ndoor cilmate, to give the human rice conditions for rest, recreation and other indoor activities ideal for utmost effectiveness. 9. Scienfifically select the most logible de\igns of trpe, saving the eyesight of \. bespectaoled race. 10. Produce light as efficiently as the firofly, which would cheapen light to one-firteenth its present cost 11. Learn the secre of atomic structure, 50 that we ma) oredte new forms of matter. The detonation of hydrogen atoms into helium atoms is an example of a possible source, the magnitude of energy output of which is incredible. (Modern chem- istry reverting to alohemy.) 12. Make scientific problems as at- tractive a pastime as radio, the motor war and athletics. Cultivate the latent spirit of discovery in every child. | 13. Demonstrate that ocompetitiv athletics are @ menaoce to the physi- al soundness of youth. betitute teamwork in overcoming natural dif ficulties rather than opposing fellow | teams, which will result in a civili-| zation in which constructive, crea- fostered and in- jurious mutual hostility minimized. 14. Make factories schools and schools factories; extend the scope of our aspirations to include the far| future. - (Copyright, 1924, by Paul V. C. terests.” To which the Savanrah Press | (Democratic) adds ‘“the President got nearer to the league of nations than any Republican leader. although it dent that his approach was unconscious. “There should be mo disposition among the leaders of the Democratic party to quarrel with Mr. Coolidge,” says the Lincoln Star (independent), which adds, “Although the President may be & bit tardy in his confession of the necessity of American partici- pation, the fact that he has at last wiped ' the mists from his eyes and has given evidence that he intends to proceed toward bringing America to her right position in orld af- fairs is a matter of felicitation.” in high terms ise of the whole speech the Topeka Cazpital (Republican) declares: “President Coolidge is not addicted to ‘making speeches, but when he speaks he has something to say. H New York speech is not a party d liverance. but that of President of the whole country and in the name of the country to tiie world.” * % % % N “The President has outlined a for- cign policy for this government,” declares the St. Paul Dispatch (in- dependent), “which, while avolding the Scylla of isolation, on one side, and the Charybdis of internation- alism, on the other, adequately provides for the participation of the United States in world affairs’” The Detroit Free Press (independ- ent), declares tho “whole tone of the address is constructive and for- ward-looking.” The Free Press adds, “Assuming a certain amount of intelligence in the handling of public affairs, the President maintains that everything depends upon whether the country is true to itself, and in this connection he makes statements ex- ceedingly important as an exposition of his general policy. “Even thoss who are not wholly satisfied with what he will try to do.” concludes the Des Moines Reg- ister (independent Republican), “are bound to feel secure in his old-fash- ioned New England thrift, personal honesty, zeal for good causes and abiding’ faith that right in the end triumphs and that he is a conscious agent in the enforcement of that right.” Turk Sweeping Away His Oldest Traditions One by one the familiar habits and habiliments of the Mussulmans are being discarded. First it was the harem. Then it was the veil that for centuries covered all but the eyes of Mohammedan women. At about the #ame time the Turks did away with a sultan and set up & national assem- bly, with a caliphate to direct their religlous affairs. From this it was but a step to the abolition of the fez. The recent decree of the Angora gov- ernment abolishing the historic head- gear of the Moslems now is followed by simflar action in Irak. The world of Islam is changing. It may be that the Turk even will de- | solicitude for victory Politics at Large BY N. 0. MESSENGER S “Two more in the affirmative’— Massachusetts and Ohic—and Presi- dent Coolidge tots up ninety-one more delegates in one day. He Is 8o far “over the top” mow that he can almost stop figuring. The result | of yesterday's primaries in these two states was especially gratifying to the Coolidge managers. In the begin- ning of the Johnson campaign, the senator's New York manager was quoted as saying that the war would be carried into Massachusetts and an effort made to break into the Coolidge ranks. The attempt was not seriously made, however, and the only candi- date for district delegato running on the Johnson ticket was defeated. In Ohio a desperate effort was made by the senator, as was done in Illinois, to carry the state, Senator Johnson cam- paigning in person, but the entire Coolidge ticket of candidates for dele- Bates was elected and the Johnson can- didates were snowed under. * % x % California and Indi will choose delegates at primarics to be held next Tuesday. Indiana is claimed confidently by the Coolidge managers. In Califix- nia, his own home state, Scnator John- son will make his last stand. The Cool- ldge managers are reported as pre- dicting that the President will carry the state, £ % % 2 If President Coolidge does carry California the politicians are wonder- name will ented to the convention? * % x ¥ Democratic national leaders not and never have fa constant efforts to dominate the Democratic party are watching with great interest the reorganiza- tion of Tammany following the death of Charles F. Murphy and are wo dering if the disappearance of h masterful persomality will enable them to chop off some of the Tam- any tentacles fastened upon the party. Some of them discern a disposition on the part of Tammany to combine with an influential western and thus increase its power. Democrats note with presence of George E. New York at this time, and are keep- ing a watchful eye upon his confabu- lations with Tammany leadors *0" TP It begins to appear that the death of Charles F. Murphy is not going to be allowed to slow down the candi- dacy of Gov. Alfred E. Smith for the democratic presidential nomination A committee of leaders of the stat democracy, with Franklin D. Roose- yelt and 'Norman E. Mack at the head, will conduct the governors campaign, and will keep in touch with friends in other states. Mr. Mack has declared there will be no change in the policy which has been adhered to up to date of re- fraining from making open contests in other states, and points this has resultéd in making no ene- mies among supporters of other can- didates: The prospects are that Mr. McAdoo and Go vention pretty evenly matched as to the number of delegates each will have in train, and that then the fight for reinforcements will begin. Gov Sm 's managers expect to draw sup- port from Pennsylvania and Minnesota, Mr. McAdoo's contemplated fie the south and west. * ¥ & Mr. McAdog's managers elaim, how- ever, that he will have twhce a8 many votes on the first ballot as any other These anxiety the Brennan n while id is In leader | t - Smith will go into the con- | w England, New Jersev, | MEDALS PRESENTED | FOR SCIENTIFIC WORK | National Academy Awards Made to American and Foreign Ex- perts in Several Lines. {ADJOURN FOR FOX FUNERAL Man Lived on Coast Thousands of Years Ago, Says Merriam. In the presence of scientists from: all sections of the United $tates. the National Acudemy of Sciences today awarded six medals for distinguiened service to the cause of sclence. The ceremonies were held in the lecture room of the new building of the academy, at :ist and-B sireets, at 12:15 o'clock this afternoomn. with Dr. A. A. Michelson, president of the academy, presiding. The awards were as followa: The Agassiz medal (oceanoss to Otto Sven Pettersson of Swede The Henry Draper medal to thur 8. Eddington of England Homor Swedixh Selentist. The Watson science) to C. den. . The Daniel Giraud Elliot medals. For 1921, to Bashford Dean of Colum- bia University; 1922, Willlam Mortor Wheeler of Haryard University, and for 1923, to Ferdinand Canu of Ver sailles, Franee Owing to tho death yesterds Dr. E. F. Nichols whi | paper before the academy tation of the medals today was in form of 4 simple ceremony, the mem- bers of the academy later going to the funera] services for the noted scientist whose untimely dedth threw gloom_over the sessions of the nual meeting. No Foreign Reciplents Here. The foreign recipients wers not in country. Besides the Agassiz and Watson medals, awarded for the work med, the Draper medal was giv for work in astronomical physics, and the Elliot medals for work in ology and palaentology. The fc presentation of the medals was t have been made at the annual dir ner of the academy last night, b this was calied off as a mark o spect to the memory of Dr. N'chols All sessions of the academy 3 | terday afternoon were called off, fol lowing Dr. Nichols' enllapse Just before noom. The services this afterno were to be held at 4 o'clock at St | John's Episcopal Church. | The pallbearers are: Dr. Georga ¥ Hale of Mount Wilson Observat Dr. William Duane of Harvard Un versity, Dr. M. L Pupin of Columb | University. Prof. David Fairchild of he L tment of Agriculture, { BErnest Merritt of Cornell Unive and Dr. 'C. G. Abbot of the Sn | sonfen Instigution. The body will L | cremated tomorrow. medal (astronomica! V. Lo Charlier of Swe- 20~ mai Man Here Cycles Ago. Man probably existed on the P coast of this country many thou: { of vears ago, Dr. John C. Merriam of the Carnegle Institution tol@ the ses {sion of the academy held last might Dr. Chester Stock of the Universits | of California told of the diseovers « | ap rema candidate, and that accretions to his | strength will commence upon the second roll call. The feeling of dis- couragement among th. which followed the disclosure of his connection with the oil interests is giving way, by degrees, and they are heartening up as they receive reports from friends that Mr. McAdog was not damaged as much as at first appre- David L. Rockwell, Mr. McAdoo's national manager, claims that he al- ready has 2173 votes pledged, with other primaries and district electiohs yet to come. The McAdoo followers are said to be somewhat disturbed, however, by the tendency im some of the states tp send uninstrudted dele- gations to the convention. This is sald by politicians to indicate the growing feeling among state leads that ths nomination may be made only after due deliberation and po: ble consideration of names that have not yes come into the fleld. The pledges which Mr manzger claims to have already s cured are in North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Illinois, lowa, Mis souri, Georgia, Arizona, Kansas, N brasie, Pennsylvania, Porto, Rico, Panams, Alaska and Hawaii It is not claimed that the full delegations, save in thy territories, are represent- ed in the list 'Coolidge Foreign Policy Views I Stir Strong Praise and Censure * *x Democratic politicians who look cold facts in the face and in their the polls in November cannot “see” Gov. Smith on account of his alleged handicaps, nor Mr. McAdoo by reason of his past connection with the oil interests, are still casting about for an _cligible ticket without handicap. There is more and more talk of Ralston of Indiana and of Copeland of New York. That young Lochinvar from out of the west—some governor leaping into | sudden prominence—has not loomed up yet. N&'fe” thought by some of the leaders that “the makings” of a possible stam- pede in the convention are good. *® k Xk X The Democratic national committee has discovered a plot of the managers of the Coolidge campaign to boost the President “as a foan better than his party.” A current statement by the committee’s publicity bureau says: “Ever since it was practically certain that President Coolidge would be the nominee of the Republican national convention the strategy of his cam paign managers has been plainly ap- parent. The first move was to belittle the investigations into administration incompetency, official dereliction and corruption and to asperse and be- smirch, as far as falsehood could do o, the character of the Democratic mem- bers on the investigating committees who brought the shocking and- incrim- inating facts to light, The second move was ‘to sell Mr, Coolidge to the country’ as a man very much better than his_party ' “The Repubiican reactionary press and their special interest allies are de- nouncing the investigators instead of the perpetrators of the wrongdoing. Here and there a spokesman of the special interests like Judge Gary of the steel trust, joins in the choru * * ¥ ¥ The Democratic natfonal committee statement goes on to say: ‘“The fact Is that no Democratic official is in- volved n any act of maladministration, wrongdoing or corruption, and the fur- ther fact is that every official so in- volved is a Republican official.” ————r——————— Will Solve Problems. From the Baltimore Sun. Tverything will be all right if we can hold on until the graduation ora- tions point the way out. B cide to recognize the rights of Ar- menians and other Christian minori- ‘world conference of his own and engn{td in -promoting e L instead of uu.w%]{m‘qd ece in-V Bvening v . Victim of the Frost. From the Baltimore Sun, .. So far the McAdoo: boom. has been fuined thrée times more than the Georgia. peach crop,. . S MeAdoo men | McAdoo's ’ | Dr. Merriam concluded } fter practically twenty investigation of the antiq in California from the point of view archeologist and anthrop leontologist and gist, it is clear that the problem is | not only extraordinarily interesting, bu fs exceedingly complicated. “There are many evidences in caves, alluvium and stream deposits, in shell mounds and in the aspbalt deposits, dicating the oecurrenc of man Pacific_coast for period which must in all probabili ! be measured in terms of many thou sands of years. Up to the presen time all of the human remains dis covered are of the modern type Real American Indians. far as been determined they do not differ materfally in the: characteristics {rom the various race included within the group of the American Indians of today. The im plements and other evidences man's handiwork are also in genera appearance and different in th | | | of modern | from the more ancient types know | from the Pleistocene deposits of I t time no defir | evide has been red in | fornia of the occurrence of human r { mains 4n a geological formation olde than the present or recent period the pres | “I am the master of my fate, | I am the captain of my soul* —HENLEY. | He often was called “Crazy. George even his father did not believe jn hi ideas. Commodore Vanderbilt pro- nounced him a “fool” yet Georg: Westiighouse did not know ehoush to stop. Born at PBridge, N. Y inconsequential Centr . the boy spent most o his time outside of school in his father's machine shop. When he was ten the family moved to Sche nectady, and when fourteen he i vented the rotary engine. N The next year he entered the Nav: to serve in the civil war, then was a cavalryman and later an enginecr on United States gunboats .Afu peace was declared he attended c¢ lege for two years, then resumed his experimenting. After a long cffor with automatic and steam control, article in a magazine gave the idei for the air brake. His father, also an inventor, thougli George's ideas were “wild” and would not heip, S0 the boy started out (o raise capital. Railroad men woull not listen. A long campaign brought an interview with Commodore Vau derbilt of the New York Central, who listened and finally said: “Young man, I'vg no time to waste on fools— ood da¥.” B inally two men put up $5,000 each Westinghouse managed the plant maufacture brakes, @ dispute arose and he was “frozén out” Now twenty years old and married, ho faced defeat and hunger. e became salesman for Alexand & Wright of Pittsburgh. they to have the rlght to manufacture his ro- rafling_invention. He interested An drew-Carnégic and others, a test of the brake proved its value, a com- pany was organized, rallroads bought and success camo in his early twen- ties | _Ho purchased the rights to the alternating electric _current, devei- oped elactrification of railroass, har- nessed natural gas for fuel in faan facturing and perfected other inven- tions. At the time of his death the rake was in use in all parts of the | world, he was rich and was honore by institutions. and governments us one«of the greatest bemefactors of ind. £ migasind (Coprright, 10247 4