Evening Star Newspaper, May 5, 1924, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, MAY —_— ey e e Outrunning Rum-Runners THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition, WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY..... May 5, 1924 THEODORE W. NOYES. . ..Editor The Evening Star imess Offiee, 11th Ner spaper Company The Evening Star, with the Sundav morning edition, is delivered by carriers within the ity ai 60 cents per month: dails ouly, 43 wegts per month: Sunday oniy cents’ per mouth. Orders may be xent by mail or tele. phome Main 5000, Collection is made by car- riers at the end of vach month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance, Maryland and Virginia. 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Everywhe United States except the tax mayers, and nobody else than the t all questio In theory entirely, and largely tn fact, they them The t pavers decide how much and for what purposes they The in of non-tuxpayvers i in the ‘ashington ayers, decide of taxa-| tion Ives. hall be taxed. re- the | of government velations of ayer and | axpayer are completely reversed. | on-taxpayers have everything | concerning local taxation. and | he fuct of AX IRy en incompetent taxation and an ta being a is treated as rendering one » speak concerning h 1s branding him as contemptuously regligibl wunicipal legisia- | taxing, tax-collecting | body. On Ameri-| to be entitled to sit and | Congress s 1ocal ursing ture, our and tax.di can princiy to have consideration in a municipal | legislatur or be the pavers. He taxing body i 1ted by som nisdemeanor, must t represent | a member of our loval | a local taxpayer he js| as guilty of at least a | And as a consequence threate his colleagues who suf- r the ta tadge of eligibility. fitness and honor) of being | a lecal taxpayer | The of selt-taxation is denied | and ev the of petition is| ebridged. 1 debate over | the Cramt a pertinent | against the | i presidents | ingest organiza- | including the | Associations, | Trade, the Chamber of | Merchants and Manu- Asscciation, the Bar A the City, Rotary and Kiwanis the Banke sociation and Real Estate Board. was ma- neuvered out of a reading and was re- | metantly permitted to be printed, being characterized meanwhile by one of ou s as “slush.” Today's indictment against the local community is that of enjoying a | low tax rate. Washington has no fixed vate, stated by law. rate is de- pendent upon the appropriations made Ly Congress, and must suffice to raise per cent of these and to accumulate a The District's tax r $1.82, and was for the next year nom- inally reduced to $1.30. since the new fiscal law of 1922 increased the as- sessed valuation 50 per cent. and the intent was to raise about the same tax revenue. That the tax rs ure of tax burdens the fact that while the ta decreased from $1.82 to 21 hurden was inereased higher standard of trom $1.82 to $1.95. Having thus artifi nominai tax rate, and made the future rate dependent upon District appro- priations by Congress. our legislature tailed or refused to make the adequate appropriations for which the taxpay- ers asked through the Commissioners in submitting their estimates; and though the taxpayvers had thus indi- -ated a willingness to endure @ tax -ate, under the terms of the act of 1922, which would raise their share of ten millions additional appropriation, Congress by cutting millions from the timates reduced the rate to $1.20, This reduction of the appropriations below the amount necessary to ade- quate Capital maintenance and de- velopment, and the corresponding re- duction of the District's temporary tax rate was made on the ground that Uncle Sam could in the general cut- ting of expenses spare at that time no more money for the Capital. Thus Congress, in the interest solely of the ion, cut down the District tax rate much below the figure which under the terms of the act of 1922 the District was willing to pay, and the resulting temporary low tax rate, for which Congress is solely respon- sible, is cited by some legislators as a reason for doubletaxing the Dis- trict without any contribution from the United States whatsoever. This proposal suggests to Uncle Sam that by avoiding in part his ob- ligation of adequate Capital main- tenance under ihe act of 1922 he causes a conaition which justifies him in repudiating that obligation al- together. But Uncle Sam will not tane advantage of his own wrong. The District, under laws enacted by Congress, raises approximately $14,- 000,000 of local tax revenue. Whenever Congress has studfed the matter the investigating committee or commit- tees have found that Washington was fairly taxed in comparison with other American cities. It can make the same showing again, in spite of the orgy of reckless borrowing and ex- travagant spending in which states and municipalities have recently in- dulged. The District pays annually from $12,000,000 to $18,000,000 in mati 1axes, more in the last comparison than Lifteen of the states, more than fiy we have one of our ors g 0 ex »se those « telsewhere i a pow rig he amen IC and amendment respectful ion sign Federat he Board « Comm on tion, Clubs, the appropriations surplus fund. | 1922 was is alone was illus te no meas- | rated by | rate was 30 the tax | (owing to the | assessment) as ally reduced the |ed to states combined, more per capita than most of the states. The average Wash- ingtonian (though not represented in Congress) contributes to the fund from which congressmen's salaries are paid much mcre than the aver- age constituent of the average con- gressman. The District sent to the world war more soldiers and sailors than eight of the states and a greater percent- age of volunteers in relation to the entire force than forty-three of the states. Our business and professional men, the educational, scientific, literary and artistic elements of our population, our workingmen in public and pri- vate employ, our department clerks and other government employes, our winter residents in process of con- version into Washingtonians combine to constitute one of the strongest, most intelligent, most public-spirited and most American communities in the whole republic Though the District Ereater population and resources than any territory at the time of its admission to statehood except Oklahoma, Con- gress shows reluctance to give itself the power by constitutional amend- ment to admit this community, not to statehood. but solely to voting rep. entation in Congress and electoral has | college. Tt has this power and more— to admit to full statehood— in respect to Al and Hawaii. The leaders in Congress and of our great political parties blunder in de preciating the Capital community and in permitting slurring,” treatment of a half million of Am cans who are developing into one the strongest of the small Ameri communitie: o The Democratic Line-Up. With the opening of the Democratic national convention only seven weeks away. the candidates for the presiden- tial nomination who are developi the most strength are found to be Mr, MeAdoo and Gov. Alfred B. Smith of New York Yet, enough, Democratic leaders of prominence are reported being unable to “see either one in the end as the prize. Only six lected dele curiously as to arrying off teen states have many of whom structed. In the coming weeks. in view of uncertainties of the candi datorial situation, it is probable that uninstructed delegations will by many other The outlook is *hat when the convention to £0 to the roll call no candidate will have on paper even a majority of the convention wow it until th call reveals the sentiment of the unin structed votes under cover Mr. McAdoo's national manazer sued a statem 3 lay claiming that his candidate has more than 300 votes in sight. ( Smith's friends claim that he has 200 votes in pros- pect now. Gov. Smith’s boom took on marked acceleration in the past ten days, and is expected to enlarge rapid- Iy after the committee appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Smith manager. gets in full swing. Politicians say that the Smith boom enlarges the greate the McAdoo movement expand pro- portionately, on the theory that the opponents of Smith on religious and prohibition grounds will go to Mr. Me- Adoo. In the meantime, Underwood. Cox of Ohio, Davis of West Virginia and Ralston of Indiana can be expect- profit by any concentration of attack on Gov, Smith if his boom seems to become formidabie For awhile it was a case of ail other elements trying to op” MeAdoo. Now the situation is shaping (o indi- cate that all the others must try to check Gov. Smith. A prolonged con- vention, with innumerable “tryouts™ of the candidates, and with trades and dickers, seems inevitable, with a com promise in the end which may not de- cide upon either of the two topliners now in the contest. thus far s tes are uni be sent tates is ready first or is v m the ———— A Proper Veto. President Coolidge's of the Bursum pension bill is in line with his clearly expressed belief in the need of economy and the avoidance of waste of public funds. This measure wouid entail an expenditure of $58 000,000 during the next fiscal year and of $415,000,000 in the next decade. There is no conceivable warrant in equity for such liberality. The United States has been most generous in its treatment of the soldiers of the civil war and their dependents. It has spent hundreds of millions in their support. Now. nearly sixty years after the close of the war—two gen- erations—it is proposed to pay out nearly half a billion dollars in a dec- ade in addition to the vast sums that have been granted them. The Pres dent says “No, be applauded by the country should be sustained by Congress. — et Zev, the race horse, is doing his best to help his owner forget on the turf any troubles he may have encountered through subsurface enterprises. ————— Things he is alleged mot to have done are now brought up by way of variety in the charges against Harry Daugherty. veto and ——————————— Helen of Troy. Dr. James H. Breasted, one of the most distinguished of Egyptologists, after spending four months in Egypt deciphering manuscripts and inter- preting materials found in the tomb of King Tut-ankh-Amen, says that much light is thrown by these mor- tuary treasures upon ancient Gree- cian, as well as Egyptian, history. For example, he states that certain documents, supplementing recent dis- coveries in Asia Minor, prove indubi- tably that there was, in truth, a Tro- jan war and that Helen of Troy, the heroine of the drama, was a ‘“real ‘woman and not a figment of the imag- ination of a roving Greek minstrel.” Just where the line is drawn be- tween fiction and history is a diffi- cult matter to determine. Most clas- sic literature, in fact, is based upon the truth, however far afield the im- agination of authors may have ranged. Traditions have dulled the outline of fact somewhat. Human characters have been glorified or, on the contrary. feduced into degrada: un-American | and his negative will | tion and villainy by centuries of song and story. As a matter of fact, Helen of Troy may have been a very plain person, but of sufficient social posi- tion to justify a war on account of her abduction. Perhaps if she were restored to life today she would not be rated as worth the tremendous ex- penditure of lives and treasure that was made for her rescue and the pun- ishment of her kidnapers. Still the story stands as one of the most mov- ing tales ever told. But it does not necessarily gain in force or value by this assurance that Helen once ac- tually lived and was actually stolen. ——— The German Elections. Germany vorted yesterday for mem- bers of the Reichstag without dis- order, and with the result, it is at present indicated. of assuring a ma- jority favorable to acceptance of the report of the reparation experts. That is the most important aspect of the matter. If a majority of the Reichstag should be hostile to the Dawes plan a delay would ensue, and delay is dan- | Berous to the peace of But | the roturns are interpreted as favor- ing the £ a sufficient bloc supporting the government to as- | sure acceptance of the report, that is good news, which will be comed Apart from the question of the repa 1 it important to | note that the elect ave shown | a tendency to concentrate Reichstag h in the two extremes of na- ism and communism. Both of e parties have made considerable gains. The Nationalists embrace the Monare They have gained at the Middie groups or parties, while the Communists have gained at {the expense of the S list may portend a further drift toward | these two sides which, if continued | sufficiently. would bring Germany | the of monarchism communism For the present the | Ule to the republic hold the balance of | power, and probably on any issue di- | rectly involving the restoration of the | monarchy on the one hand the | adoption of communist principles on the other. neither of these two e | treme parties would carry the day | Thus Germany settle | virtually three-party M the Republ Commur with the Re power and in sufficient str the course of the Europe. maintenance and wel rations prospect is ns | | snse of th to or dist issue parties favora or down into stat the ns and the ublicans in nzth to de country. a rchis termine —— e that as d up need not fon that the tific coal, will be us appr world will vicity is ir predictions oil | well a undue | business of th | The supply of xhausti ble, and eleetricity can be made to do | almost anything | cause n The 1. rmar few sum: | quently oceasional of the trans end money e, who owes a Money fre. runs in although in instan continuity on is interrupted. to pay to the U, 8. circles, the ni 1t has be ton has had a prominent rumor that one 14 about due on general p we Not onl. Thaw tion Harry's sanity, r of the of | alieni ques opinion mental certain According to Judge Landis, sending a Chicago saloonkeeper to thing, but keeping him there is quite a different matter. R S ail is one The consi Bok peace plan still under ation, but is having ‘its diffi- culties in getting the right of way in | debat is SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON Every Year. | Every veau | The same sweet violets appear And apple blossoms—yes, indeed | Likewise the joyous jimson weed, | And later on the blushing ros ;Thrn trees their generous fruits dis- close { And presently the wintry snows | Turn us to thoughts of fireside cheer | Every year. | | Every year | The same old tunes delight the ear | Ana splendid promise fills the air, With now and then a passing scare. The same old stories are brought out That cause the audience to shout. The various problems come and go, | Severe, yet fleeting as the snow. | And honest peace dispels each fear, Every year. Proceeding With Caution. “Why are vou so indifferent | wealth?™ | “I'm not indifferent to wealth,” an- swered Senator Sorghum. “Only I don't want to spoil my status as a statesman by getting folks more in- terested in what I'm going to write in my check book than in what I am go- ing to say in my speeches.” to Jud Tunkins says what makes peo- ple 80 critical is that nobody does any- thing so well that a lot of onlookers don't think they could do better if they cared to try. o “Safety First.” Far better mingle in the fray And show courageous candor, Than be—and get hurt anyway— An innocent bystander. Suggestions. “It is a great mistake to suppose that liquor can be of assistance in in- tellectual or imaginative effort.” “A great mistake,” assented Uncle Bill Bottletop; “unless maybe it might be a little help to the feller that has to design the circus billboards.” The Unentertainer. “Isn’t it wonderful to think that the man who is talking over radio is miles and miles away?” “Yes,” replied Miss Cayenne; “and occasionally the thought something of a relief.” “It's got so you can’t git our plice- man to arrest nobody,” sid Uncle Eben, “unless he's important. enougl 55 This | to BY BEN McKELWAY. “Right a little.” “Right a little, sir." “Left a little. “Left a little, sir.” “REase her—now, keep ner steady.” ve, aye, sir—steady she s, sir.” Thump of the engines below, whis- tle of the wind above, chattering murmur of waters cut by a sharp prow, and the United States coast guard cutter Seminole sneaks out of her Staten Island berth and gathers a bone in her teeth as she slips through the Narrows and heads for a snug anchorage somewhere inside Sandy Hook. Cold raln, driven by a stiff nor'easter, pelts und sti litee ne New York's bunched-up sky- dirty and smudgy through the fade tern. The is choppy and whitecapped, and the Seminole wallows a bit as she leaves the har- bor and gets full force of W from the Cold and sloppy snug and Wi where the Ol w weather-heaten puffs talks of rum wind keeps up th ning high before ready pretty na e con n Old Man knows what he's talking when the “rummies” anchored row met the weather bu- dioed storm warning. Some mall schooners will weigh anchor and head for the open sea, where there's plenty of elbow room | to weather it out. The heavier steam- ers will lengthen their cables and ride out the blow. But there'll be no rum-running this_afternoon or eve- ng. The rum-runners, with their il craft, won't take a chance at ing to pull alongside a ship that's heaving and pitching like u snorting hor: How that wind blows she's getting worse every minu Vo need to go out on a day like thi When we can ride it out behind the Hook. The Old Man presses a button and tells the quirtermaster 1o notify the officer of the deck to pick out @ nice place to 1 nd pretty soon the engines ¢ r throb and the windlass clu tolls out the ¢hain, and we ride at anchor. the wn the bridg t in the sits and smokes pipe and between smugglers. 1 the sea will be run- night, and it's al- the Hook Not Built for Speed. The cutter Seminole is starting on her weekly tour of duty off Rum Row Her patrol extends from Block Island on the north to the New York“Harbor approaches on the south. Her Job is keep the rum anchored outside the three-mile limit from getting their carg shore, and she has her hands full. Designed before the days of prohibition nnd Rum Row she built for seas, rescuing ships in distress washi’'t meant for speedt Sh along steadily and do her Jur. and under forced d up _fourt r maybe But her emy, the have small and which shoot through the streaks of nany of them, t to vessels was s in She cruise ght k t she'll tifteen Tum- water cuaranteed, do thirty knots an hour. In a the rummy will leave the Seminole far behind. the Seminole has certain advantas | twe d knows crew that hit and a gun shoot and forward, how’ to thing besides wat ket within gun: him a warning The rummy ¥ rinole plenty of t practice, and it wa few days later—but this Is getting ahead of the story. Works a Rabbit's Foot. Our Old Man, a soft-spoke haired Virginian, with something thirty years' service behind him in the coast guard, has been dealing with rum-ru for many years— fore there wis Rum Row coast. He remembers the time when hardy Ame men smuggled their rum ashore on the Alaskan coast and fed it to {gno- Eskimos, Russian subject s nothing new in rum-running, nothing to ket so worked up about, | he thinks, just because foreign ve sels lie off our coast and send in their cargoes in violation of our laws. The Old Man draws a word plcture of whole villages, men women, lying about on the ground, dead drunk from smuggled American | rum. And after such a spree half of thern died. But the problem now is somewhat different. In those days coast guard vessels had to proceed with caution in arresting the smugglers. inter- ference was sometimes construed in Washington as interference with the nation’s commerce. But today the service has a free hand. The cutter Seminole has full permission to cap- ture all the runners she can. No- body objects. There's praise for her, red long b Do You Ever Go to School? By JOHN CARLYLE. about vou getting the value out of the taxes you pay to keep up your schools Ask yourself that question. swer it. > You are paying taxes for school purposes, you are getting handsome buildings and you are sending your boys and girls to be taught. Isn't that about the limit of attention that you glve to education? Isn't that sbout the length and breadth of your interest in one of the three essential institutions in this life? There are only three such institu- tions—home, church, school. Once a month you look at the grade cards of your children. You are too busy, or think you are too busy, to give the cards real analysif. You give them the once over and let it go at that. If there is trouble with the school system in your town, you are the trouble. Very likely, reader, the town in which you live has parent-teacher clubs. These clubs have meetings about once a month, with glib speak- ers and doughnuts and coffee. You go and are sufficiently entertalined. But that isn't taking part in your school duties. That isn't carrying your share of the responsibility for {he success of your educational system. What is more, that is not doing the best you know how by your boy and girl. Most parents seem to think these clubs are for the children. They are, but only through the medium of fathers and mothers. There is a won- derful opportunity in these organiza- tions for parents to get acquainted with teachers. When teachers know the parents better, they will under- stand the boys and girls better. And they will be able to do finer work in leading young folks along the rather rough and steep beginnings of the path of education. In a large town that I know about 2. police officer, representing the bu- reau of safety, is lecturing In schools and before parent-teacher clubs. He glves some interesting conclusions as the result of his work and experience. This officer says that the best way to educate the child, he finds, is through the parent. He reaches for the child through the parent. Be sure of this: Parents who have the most studious, the most tractabls the most successful children, are par- ents who go to school and who know the teachers. They get the value ¢ i How are v and | heavy | But | pounders, for instance, mount- | like | and | it, father and mother, Then an- | Coust Guard Cutter Seminole Starts on Her Cruise—The “Old Man” and His “Rabbit Foot™The Fisherman and His Golf Cap—One Side of the Picture. In Five Parts—Part 1. in fact, and great applause. But the rummies taken are but a drop in the bucket compared to those who escape and land their cargoes ashore. Our Old Man has many scalps hang- ing to his belt. Rummies have come to know and fear him. He likes to “work a rabbit's foot on ‘em” and make up in stiategy what he lacks in speed. Take the small boat game, for instance. The Seminole caught a fine speed boat the other day, they say. A boat was making out from shore toward Rum Row and the Semi- nole put a shot across her bow that made her heave to in & hurry. The cutter came up alongside and the small boat's skipper was questioned. No liquor aboard. The fellow said he was out fishing. But he had no bait and no tackle and no fish He stoutly denled—aye, he turned red in the face denying—that he even knew what Rum Row looked like He was wearing a brand-new golf eap. It was so new, in fact, that the tissue paper was still in the crown. One of the Seminole’s offi- ndling the cap, thought the % very stiff. He slit it open with a knife and th fourteen one-hundred-dollar bills stowed away between the lining and the card- board. So the fisher: was held aboard It s no crime and no tran of the nati Ws Lo sew fourteen one-hund; bills in a new golf cap, nor is misde- meanor to proceed in of Rum Row ing. But it body knew the man w and on_ his way to buy liquor from the fleet. Wk Ket away with it? e w comfortable berth up | the Seminole had s beautiful speed boat to use in her cruise Seized Boats Aid Hunt. It takes a thief to catch a or & rum-runner's boat » catch rum-runner's boat. A speed ctuising around Rum Row doesn't | 100k suspicious to & rum-runner, | it's simply a matter of sneaking up | on your quarry in a borrowed boat, flashing the revenue flag on him and hauling him alon, de wait for the cutter to come up. The Seminole a few days after this capture, caught another fisherman. He had $40.000 in | his pockets. The table in the cap- | tain’s cabin was overflowing with | money. It took hours to count. And while the two fishermen staved up | forward, the Seminole continiued her | cruise, equipped with two very fine speed hoats, which she used to catch the rummies That is what the Old | “working the rabbit's foot and it has proved highly essful ;'l! course a United States commi not see fit to hold such | men as these fishermen, but th | suspicious cnough to wa investigation, and 8 the Sem nole cannot put into port during her patrol, nor is it feasible to tow ii boats while se, there's nothing | to_do but | “Is ther on_ these d& it the a a bootlegger g0 of -t him as g new a 0 to M on 1s em ant n-running going ** the Old Man is asked “Yes, there's a plenty.” He bases his caleulation on the boats that et away from him, some of them loade to the gunwales with liquor, and |on what he hears from other boats {on the rum patrol. Two hundred | miles of coast, most of it excellent adapted for rum-running and fift liquor-laden ships lying from ten to twenty miles off the coast, while hun- dreds of speedy power boats go back and forth—yes, there's lots of rum- | running. _1Is there much help from | shore? 'Not so's you'd notice it, the Old Man thinks, and this reminds the ! writer of a_story he had heard that | morning. The story was given him by a New York newspaper man, and | the writer gave it to the captain as it was told to him “My bootlegger, decent sort the man said, “i p. vou know friendly from the about ory rum-runner’s of view, bringing liquor in shore. so my bootlegger said he would take me i him on one of his trips up the nnecticut coast. He kept me wait- | ing around for week or so. but on¢ day phoned me at my hotel and told me to be ready within hs an hour. He called for me in a big to- mobile and we drove up the Connecti- | cut coast to a village. ner at the hotel and after the meal three of my bootlegger's friend joined up and we played stud poke until 11 o'clock that night. Then on of the bootleggers said it was time the boats were coming in and we went down to the dock. A truck was drawn up and two motor boats were | chugging up the harbor. They tied | up alongside, the liquor was unloaded | and put in the truck and we drove away and back to New York. was nothing to it. No story to write. That gave a picture of one side of the case The Old Man filled his pipe, looked at the barometer, and allowed f the weather got better. Questions Motives. Writer Says Japanese Hurrying to Islands to Secure Wives. To the Editor of The Star | At Keith's this week the Pathe News Service showed some interest- ling films illustrating scenes at San | Francisco on the departure of a num- ber of Japanese for Japan on board | the Taiyo Mary. The captions indi ated that thesé Japanese were sor- owfully leaving their homes in Cali- | fornia because of conditions, which would be induced by the probable passage of the exclusion méasure of the immigration bill. The fact is that most of the men on board were leaving for Japan to secure and return with Japanese wives before the proposed law would become effective on July 1. Japanese nowspapers and Japanese leaders on the Pacific coast for months past have been urging the unmarried Jap- anese adults in continental United States, of which there are said to be over 10,000, to take advantage of the kankodan excursion parties and se- cure wives while they yet might do s0. Each Japanese wife in California becomes the mother of an average family of five. Most of the children going on that boat were doubtless going back under the prevalent custom to be educated as Japanese in Japan and then return between the ages of six- teen and nineteen, when, with the advantage of their American citizen- ship, they could be of most service to Japan. For thé past few years there have thus been going back to Japan each year for the purpose in- dicated over 2000 California-born Japanese children. The following quotation is from the issue of April lished in San Francisco, widely distributed Japanese published outside of ~Japan. translation is accurate: “The Tenyo Maru is to sail for Ja- pan from San Francisco at noon to- day, and, although the Taiyo Maru, which sailed on the 19th, carried 500 passengers, there are still 350 to £0 by this vessel, 40 in the first class, 45 in the second class and the rest third class. They are practically all bachelors who naturally have adopt- ed the only method by which they can get wives into the country before July 1, when the immigration law, as we have several times explained, will become operative. There are scarcely any old people or married men among them. * * * Immedi- ately on landing in Japan each one will set out to find a wife, and, hav- ing found her, will sail with her for America from Yokohama by the Tenyo Maru on Juse 6. Hence, they will not have moré than four weeks the' most daily The en a| forward and | thief, | boat | 24 of Nichi Bei, pub- | | financier. | | ness | for profit We had din- | There | he'd show us the other side, provided | | for the | the people manage to have | the resultant of desperation is some- COURAGE “I am the master of my fate, T am the capéain of ny seul THENLEY. Son of America's greatest financier, John Pierpont Morgan had a happy boyhood, acquired a finished educa- tion and inherited power and position —then he became the target for criti- cism, calumny, false propaganda and general misunderstanding. Born at Irvington, N. Y. the son of the renowned J. Pierpont Morgan, “Jack” attended St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., and when twenty-two was graduated from Harvard, after which he spent a _year in a Boston foreign exchange house. Married at twenty-three, he went to New York and took a' place in his father's banking firm. Soon afterward he was sent to J. P. Morgan & Co.'s London branch. Ten years later he returned to New York. He revered his father and the elder Morgan's death was a hard blow. The retiring and modest son then be- came head of the firm. He was little known, his ability to make good was questioned, he wa ed “dicta- torial” and when necessity demanded that he sell part of his father's art collection, iticism was harsh. His father had been interested in many companics, and the son had to face the battle against “interlocking directorat that ended in his house withdrawing from thirty concerns. Morgan announced a conservative banking policy for his firm, then came the world war that made the Morgan house head of financing and buying for several of the allied countries. His efficient handling of the huge deals brought upon him charges that he was the head of a large propa- Kanda spiracy to force the United States into the war so that the se- curity of his loans might be guaran- teed. In Congress resolutions de- manding an investigation were :u'uugln up, but dwindled into inac- ion A German entered his home to kid- nap him. To protect his family Mor- gan grappled with the man and was wounde His bravery won high raise After the United States entered the war he was a leading figure in help- ing this country, besides puying lib- erty bonds and loaning money to the Army department without security After «the war he took an_active part in the rehabilitation of Burope, and was honored by many countries as the world's leading international (Copyright, 1924.) R U. S. Business Solid. Deficits and Shortcomings of Con- gress Fail to Stop Progress. To the Editgr of The Star On the purely business side of gov- ernment, where is the damage inc dent to a deficit? A mercantile busi- different from the business of government The former must not have the figures show on the wrong side—certainly not over a period of years—or the wear and tear on the ® organization would is principals in exhaust them, even if their creditors did n. But government s not organized A deficit for any year may be provided for in the coming year. Surpluses in annual governmental re- | turns can be of serious injury in a| democracy because of the thousands or tens of thousands of hands likely | to reach out to yse them. | Last year there was a surplus of | s 0.000. Very sensibly, Secretary | Mellon proceeded to find some plan ‘io present to Congress that would let | tuxpayers all over the country get | it thereof, and even more if Even if this does take some ! hance of a deficit, which 1/ t is a praiseworthy effort, | ok on its worst side. 1f natural results, where is dama ir doubt, But let defi fearfu This f to operate enables o0 a better basis, becau as taxes are made lower the charges tecome lower against the produet of the country, whether commodities or agriculture.’ Products become a per- | centage cheaper. All business men know that lower prices produce a more extensive use of goods. A | larger measure of business also means a Jarger measure of employment, | therefore larger returns for all. Do not the Mellon plan give the right | rather than the wrong side the chance. if chance there be? | The wrong method presents a grave risk of failure and depression. We all know that the losses of depression mount to enormous figures, nothing of di unhappine few hundred what ma busines and n additional of dollars in | after all, prove to be un- taxation is infinitesimal in son to the losses of de-| A< every man, woman and child who consumes of wears out even no more than $50 of value during a| month or a vear a faxpaver, with not one chance in a million to escape his or her obligations, it is not at all | unlikely that inefficiency, which the people are coming to recognize more and more, may sooner or later de- | velop a peaceful revolution, out of | Which will come more simple pros | cedure in government, as well as a cleaning out of unnecessary taxeaters | and political parasite Fortunately, fundamentals remain the same. Our 110,000,000 of people continue to consume goods and to be fairly well employed. They are rea- sonably happy. I think this accounts degrec of tolerance extended | by them fo the political delinquents, | In some way the large majority of | 2 measure make progress not because of the helpfulness of Con- gress, but in spite of it. Many in public life, who might appropriately be termed slackers or worse, all have their day. They will always be with us to a larger or smaller exten: There must be vigilance, however, or their operations become so bold as to be extremely dangerous, not only to the prosperity, comfort and happi- ness of the people, but to the life of the nation itself. When confidence is shaken to an abnormal degree, people become desperate. We all know that | of success. We times worse than the cause which produces it LEXANDER REVELL Farm Woma: ;\-s;ils Radical Propaganda To the Editor of the Star: As a farm woman I am at last be- ginning to realize what this radical- ism means to the farmers and land owners of this nation. We must be very particular in choosing the women whom we help to seat in Con- gress, and especially the Senate, to represent us. We should only send women who are Republicans or Demo- crats. 1 believe that some women sail under the disguise of one of these parties when they are in reality Socialists and are sailing under false colors. Now, when we vote for a woman who belongs to this International League for Peace and Freedom, we are really voting for one who Is not a Republican, neither is she a Democrat. She is a Socialist or a Communist. I see in Friday's Star that Jeannette Rankin boasts that this form of government will eventually be “put over” us. As a farm woman, I denounce this league as a snare and a delusion. In the name of peace they cover up their real design, which is the establish- ment of a communistic form of gov- ernment_and_the abolishment of pri- vate ownership. The farmers, both men and wom- en, should rise in their might and heip to defeat the men and women who preach this Russian propaganda. Hoping_you will publish this sc that ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN Q. Can a taxi driver make the me- ter show more or less mileage as he chooses?—I. W. A. It is not possible for an automo- bile taxicab driver to regulate the meter by which the mileage is regis- tered. There are two Darts to a taxi- cab register—one is attached to the front wheel, which gives the mileage traveled; the other is a clock time attachment, which is used when the car is standing. Q. Who is considered the father of English hymns?—D. H. A. Isaac Watts is generally credit- ed with being the father of English hymnody. Q. How does the Sahara Desert compare with the United States in size?—C. H. B. A. The Sahara has an area of 3,500,000 square miles, while conti- nental United States has but 3,026,- 785. With Alaska and our island possessions our territory is slightly larger than the Sahara. Q. What did the smiths of old times use in their forges before coal was discovered? A. Charcoal was the fuel used be- fore coal in forges. Q. Does this country owe money to England?—G. H. A. The Treasury Department says that the United States has no foreign debt at present. Q. What is the cause of blood spots on the yolk of a strictly fresh egg?— W. H. A. They are due to the rupture of blood vessels in the ovary of the hen. Q. What solution did Enrico Caruso use for a throat wash, gargle or spray before singing?—W. J. T. A. In_Pierre Key's biography Caruso he says that the great tenor warmed up his voice with light scales and other iple exercises. writer adds: inhalant; after that a pinch of Swed- ish tobacco, snuff to clear the nos- tril water and salt. for a sip of diluted whisky—and the stage.” Q. Can the wood of the ailanthus tree be used in a practical way’— A. The forest products laboratory says that recent experiments have shown that this wood can be made into a good grade of book paper. The wood gives a high yield of pulp, bleaches easily and can be used for book, lithograph and writing paper. The 'ailanthus, otherwise known as the tree of heaven, grows rapidly. In some places it is said to produce tons of wood to the acre every three years. Q. Why was the Orange Free State £0 named?—L. M. A. Its proximity to the Orange River accounts for the name. The Orange River was named in 1777, in honor of the House of Orange. Q. Why were some men known colonial days ms_ “change ringers What were their duties?—E. P. N. A. This was applied to a pe versed in the art of ringing a peal of bells in a regularly varying order, so that all the possible combinations could be made. IN TODAY’S in of | The | “Then would come the | finally a gargle of lukewarm | He was then ready | gonl ¥ Q. How can er be made %5 fly pap A. Boil together 1 pound rosin 3% ounces molusses, 3% ounces boiled linseed oil until of proper consiste Provide shee of manila paper of suitable size. Spread some oOf the mixture on half of each sheet, ing the rest of the sheet over it. Ope out when ready for use, Q. What is the amount of aid tha is now being given to world war vet erans?—\W. F. B A. The amount of compensation paid annually by the United States Yeterans Bureau to its ex-soldiers ceiving compensation is about § 000.000, and the amount paid u September 1, 1923, was $500,000,000 Q. Heat can be electrically prog duced by resistance; is there method by which cold may be simila: made?—D. B. A A. Cold is produced by electrica. driven mechanical refrigerating m: cines using ammonia_or other sui. stance with a low boiling point. from electricity can be produc | rectly on a very small scale | ting "a battery in a thermo- circuit so as to run the ward. Q. Have the chamber dimensions standardized as in rifles A. The National Rifle says they have not been standard as in rifles, but are a result perimentation by shotgun turers. The approx eter of a 10-g inch; 12-gauge. gage, 11-16 of an inch; of an inch. y bore, che of 'shotgu H. N Q. Why has Bethlehem, Pa.. some. times been called the American Bay. reuth?—A. P. A. The Morav Bethlehem a national reputation as a musical center. Led by Count N olus Zinzendorf, they foun shortly before Christmas in of the year suggested Benjamin Franklin impressed with the fine their church, and towars of the nineteenth centur a choir, under the direction of organist, J. Frederick Wolle, became widely known, rendering for the first time in America Bach's St. John Pas. sfon (in 1888). followed by St. Mat- thew Passion, the Christmas Orations the Mass in ‘B Minor and finally by an annual Bach festival continuing three days » r ns have given | season | name | stronely music_in the close the was Q. Is it possible for a boy who has his parents' consent, even though he has not reached his seventeenti birthday, to join the Marine Corps” C. E. A A. The minimum age of enlis in the Marine Corps is eight parent's cons t. From eigh twenty-one it is nece | plicant to have documen of the date of his birth. Twenty mer | a month of those between the ages of seventeen and eighteen with par { ent’s consent can be enlisted as d - mers and trumpeters, The maximumn age limit is thirty-five years. (Let_the Star Information Burcau Frederic J. Hoskin, director, 1220 North Capitol street, answer your gquestion | The only charge for this service i in stamps for return postag-) SPOTLIGHT BY PAUL V. COLLINS One of the best proofs of far-see- ing vision of statesmen was the fact that in 1910 Congress enacted legis- lation to control radio communica- tions. That act was changed in 1912 and no further legislation has been found necessary since then, despite the astounding development of radio communication and the unforeseen inventions which have come into use | since the legislation of more than a decade ago. Now Congress is again taking up the subject through the bill introduced by Representative ‘White of Maine. For nearly three months the House committee on the merchant marine and fisheries_has had under consid- eration the White bill “to regulate | radio communication and for other purposes,” which bill, after inves: gation and hearings by a subcommit- tee, will be favorably reported to the full committee next Thursday, and thence to the House. A similar meas- ure, but much less comprehensive, Las been introduced in the Senate by Senator Howell of Nebraska. and ahsorbed into the White bill, H. 7357 R. * ok % % The White bill provides against op- eration of any form of radio com- munication beyond the boundaries of the states within which it originated, except under a ten-year license from the Secretary of Commerce. The limitations of the power of Congress to interfere with intrastate matters is recognized, hence the federal law can have no effect except in regulat- ing interstate and foreign commerce and_communications. All licenses are subject to revoca- tion by the Secretary of Commerce in case of violation of regulations or when (in the judgment of the Secre- tary) the licensee proves to be unfit In case of war, public peril or dis- aster the President may suspend and order dismantled any or all radio stations. No license may be granted to nor transferred to an alien, to any corporation officered by aliens or in which more than one-fifth of the stock is held by aliens. None but licensed operators may send or re- celve messages over a licensed sta- tion. The bill contains many detailed regulations protecting the public against monopoly and abuse. * ¥ E The growth of radio communication has Dbeen sudden and widespread. Prior to the armistice, it was jealous- Iy guarded because of its military potentialities and dangers. Prior to the outbreak of the war in 1914, it was a scientific novelty, uncompre- hended by laymen. There were then no broadcasting stations in the world. In 1912 only 485 American ships were equipped for transmission of wireless signals or telegrams, to only 123 land stations. There was but one transoceanic station, giving service of an experimental and unsatisfactory kind, and 1,224 amateur stations. Now 2,723 American ships are fully equipped with radio, nearly all being wireless telephony. There are 790 land stations in the United States, twelve transoceanic stations, 16,600 amateur sending stations, 570 broad- casting stations, and between 3,000,000 and 5,000,000 rceiving sets, at which 20,000,000 persons comstitute the audience of listeners-in. All of this has developed In a decade, most of it within half a decade. = The first license for a broadcasting station was issued in September, 1921, and prac- tically all of the general public's use of the radio for entertainment and information has developed in the last two years. There has never before been such an industrial or scientific revolution as this in the history of civilization. * ¥ % % Telegraphic communication without wires dates back to Marconi's inven- tions of 1896, and the first paid “radiogram’ was sent from the Mar- coni station at Needles, Isle of Wight, June 3, 1895. In 1901 Prof. R. A. Fesgenden of the United States weather ‘bureau patented the first wireless telephone ?‘Dlfllu and in 1915 the first long " [Slaas L R is | nor | ‘Washington to Paris and to Hono In 1823 broadcasting from Pi burgh was heard in England, and February 23, 1924, a concert w broadcast from Pittsburgh, pic up in England and rebroade; | that it was clearly heard in Cal India. The expenditures in the U States this vear for radio | amount to $350,000.000—twice 4 |as the total salés of all goods sale: | Owing to the policy of Secretary | Hoover in limiting licenses under the | old law to only three mont has been able to secure a mor |of any particular wave ler |it is charged that a | grown up in transeces |eation for commercial purposes through the control by the Radio Corporation of patents and exc ive traffic arrangeme Other monop olies are charged and denied, and the immediate future will probably wit. | ness litigation between hold of patents and the public interests < conflict of int S concerns the American Telephone Company and itf manufacturing subsidiaries, th Vest: ern II»"‘(fln(- Company, the T le(- tric Company, the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing (om pany and the United Fruit Compan: —all of which corpor ns are sald to be combined in the Radio Cor poration as owners of the latter cor- poration shares. The rapid growth of the Corporation is indicated by its of gross earnings: In 1921, $4 in 1_92 $14,830,856, and in 192 394,788, Its net profits last ve reported $4,737,774—nearly 2 cent on the par value of its st * k% % After the armistice officers of the United States Navy started negoti- atlons for the organization of u radle company in America controlled by the |Navy Department. Secretary Danield asked Congress for authority t, tract with such a corporation. was not granted. The Gene tric_Company thereupon purc the British holdings in the M Wircless Telegraph Compan America, and proceeded to organize the Radio Corporation of Am:ric | with $25,000.000 capital. This cor poration now holds agreements b Which it becomes the selling con: pan: |for practically all radio devices un der hundreds of patents. It buys 6¢ per cent of its goods from the Gen eral Electric Company and 40 pe cent from the Westinghouse Com pany. For a_while th, held an poly bu ha ‘ monopol e comm Rad port 44 $26 are De- e Radio Corporation absolute monopoly o vacuum' tubes. but since the expira tion of the Fleming patents in 1 the De Forest Company has been ma ing tubes. The Radio Corporation has competition from seventeen other companies on the smaller outfits with crystal sets, but there is pending litigation over the right to sell set with tubes. The Radio Corporatior is the only company doing a trans-’ oceani¢ commerce. The Federal Trade Commission bas filed complaint charges of monopol™ against the Radio Corporation, bu! no final “order” has yvet been entcred in the case. * ¥k %k % There are 484 independent broad- casting stations operating withou! a license from the American Tele phonc and Telegraph Company, and using, as alleged, certain parts in fringing upon that company’s patents The company has brought suit against one of these independent broadeasters, WHN, whereupon the defendants counter’ with. the claim that the American Telephone and Telegraph Company is seeking & ‘monopoly of the air.” It is predicted that within a year OF two the problem of how the cost of broadcasting, now $5,000,000 ‘a year, may be met. The only return now'comes from increased public in- terest and increased sales of receiv- ing sets. The city of New York is building’ a municipal broadcasting station, as a means of furnishing public entertainment, as do our bands playing in parks. The coming political campaign. the first ever to use the radlo, will do much toward demonstrating its pos. . of porches.”