Evening Star Newspaper, June 7, 1924, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition, WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY......" .June 7, 1924 THEODORE W. NOYES. . ..Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company 4 Penassivania Ave. st 420d S Chicago Office: Tower Building. European Oftice: 16 Kegent St., London, England. The Eveninz Star, with the Sunday morning edition. in delivered by carriers within the city ‘ai G0 ceats per month: daily only. 43 cents per month: Sunday oniy, 20 cents per month. Orders may be segt by mail or tele phone Main 7000, Collection is made by car- Tiers at the cud of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance, Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday $8.40; 1 mo., 70¢ Daily only $6.00 ;1 mo. Sunday oniy 2.40; 1 mo., 20¢ Al Other States. unday.1 yr., $10.00; 1 mo., 85¢ $7.00% 1 m $3.00; Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press s exch 1o the use for republication o patehes Credited 10 10 ar not otherwise crodited 5 this japer and also ‘the local news pub Tished “herein. Al richts of publication of wpecial dispatches berein are also reserved. —_— Daily Saily oaly Sunday The Faith of Young America. Have faith in young Ameris The spirit of true citizenship prevails in | the youth of the land. Last night's demonstration at the finals of the na- tional oratorical contest. held in this ~dty. amply proves that respect for and understanding of the fundamental law of the United States prevails throughout the millions of the younger citizens of the country. those hundreds who were pr in the crowded hall and to that sreat multitude who- listened to the roadeast proceedings of this conclud- ing competition it was distinetly evi dent that the vounger generation is sound in appreciation of and regard for the Constitution. In the presence of the President of the United States seven young students delivered their orations, six of them upon the general theme of the Constitution and one upon the part played by Alexander Hamilton in the framing and adoption of the instrument. They displayed a depth of unde standing that manifests the thoroughness with which they, and doubtless all those from whom they won their honors in the grand divisions of the country, have during the recent months of preparation and elimination studied the fundamental law. Understanding is the firmest basis for respect. The seven finalists in the competition rendered analyses of the Constitution which displayed a keen appreciation of the value of the instru- ment. Their presentations were in the highest degree creditable to their in- telligent grasp of Its extraordinary value. And it is to be borne in mind nat these seven orations have in the | course of the competition been de- livered in the hearing of an immense number of people. An estimate of the andiences assembled in the course of the various stages of the contest places that number at approximately twelve miilions. Last evening the chairman of the meeting, the president of the Ameri- can Bar Association, stressed the need today of sound citizenship. He said| that the schools of America must save | the country from the danger of de- | structive radicalism. At the conclu- sion of the program he amended his words. He said that in the light of the demonstration just given he was convinced that the schouls of America will save the country from this danger. The President of the United States contributed to the program last night | an address which served effectively to pitch the key. Radicalism must be fought, and it can best be fought by the youth of the country. Certainly the showing of these seven young finalists in a country-wide competition is an assurance of soundness of un- derstanding and of faith in and re- spect for the great law which forms the foundation of American institu- tions. — e The ancient motto. “Spare the rod and spoil the child,” has fallen into enlightened disregard, Discipline is re- Yied on to be intelligent and persuasive rather than coercive: yet there are moments when the news from Chicago indicates the possibility of averted humiliation if certain types of yvouth had been subjected to the most rigor- ous forms of plain old-fashioned parental correction. se as to whether any party could purge itself sufficiently to meet the exacting ideals of Senator La Follette. ———— The office that seeks the man daily becoming prominent European affairs. (RS- The Park Commission. The bill creating a permanent park eommission to acquire lands for parks and playgrounds, to conserve wood- Jand and protect streams and scenery has been signed by the President. The law provides that the commission shall consist of the Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of War, Engineer Commissioner of the District and chairmen of the House and Senate committees of the District, with the officer in charge of public buildings and grounds as executive offiger of the commission. Tt authorizes the appro- priation each vear in the District ap- propriation bill of $1,100,000, and pro- vides that three-fourths of the sum ap- propriated shall be used by the com- mission for acquiring lands in the Dis- rict of Columbia and shall be paid rom the revenues of the District of Columbia and the general funds of the Treasury in the same proportion as other expenses of the District of Co- lumbia. With no definite proportion- ate contribution by Congress the whole working of the law cannot be foretold, but the people of the District mean to " follow a program for improvement of the city. With a certainty that the President would sign the bill there has been dis- cussion of those needs of the District in park and playground extension which should be met ahead of others, and it seems to be favored that cer. 1ain areas soon to be built on, or which soon may be built on, should be given immediate consideration. Under that interpretation of the city's needs it is more in | if possible to make it the best city. | testants. Branch and a part of the Patterson tract will be taken over for use of the people for all time. Purchase of civil war fort sites, which have not been built on or where the property has not become costly, is on the pro- gram, and there is a strong sentiment toward improving the railroad ap- proaches to the city. That part of the plan for improving Washington will surely call for time, patience and money, for Washington is shabby and unlovely along parts of the railroads leading from the sub- urbs to Union station. Another plan is to take over Analostan Island. The island is @ natural part of the river park system of Washington, and with completion of Columbia Island will be easy of access. There are a great many things to do, and the park and playground commission, with Wash- ington sentiment behind it, will pro- ceed deliberately and systematically to make Washington a better city, and Reparations Assured. Germany passes a crisis with the Reichstag voting approval of the chan- cellor's declaration on the Dawes repa- rations report. By 247 to 182 the chamber, in effect, declared its con- fidence in the cabinet on the score of its foreign policy. In opposition were Communis Nationalists and mem- bers of the Folks' party. In support were the Centrists, People’s party, Bavarian People’s party and Demo- crats. This does not necessarily mean the maintenance of a ministry-sup- porting bloc for any length of time. Of prime importance, however, is the fact that the principle of the Dawes report is accepted. Now will come the actual legislation to put German acceptance in definite form. There will be three bills covering, respect! . provisions for the creation of the proposed gold bank of issue, control of German rail- roads and control of German indus- trial obligation. The present under- standing is that these bills are to be adopted withbut alteration. The Reichstag will recess, and on reas sembling will proceed at once to the consideration of these three measures. With this action Germany joins the line of the powers accepting the Dawes report. Thus a procedure cover- ing many months has been brought to the point of exccution. Ever since the signing of the Versailles treaty this question of reparations has been a troublesome factor for allied dissent and German reaction in repudiation of obligations. It is & matter of pride to this coun- try that American expert advisers par- ticipated in, indeed largely framed. the proposal that now is established as the basis of war-cbligation settlement. Gen. Dawes, head of the board of American advisers, and head, in turn, of the committee which framed the re- port, brought out of the welter of confusing proposals a workable plan just both to the allies and to Germany. It has been recognized as a sound form of procedure, calculated to re- store German financial stability and to develop German industry to the point of self-support and of essumption of the reparation burden. The statesmanship of Marx and Stresemann has prevailed at Berlin over ‘radical dissent and partisan con- tention. They have brought their coun- try through a crisis as grave as that of the war itself. They have had a tremendously difficult task, and have accomplished it in a manner to merit praise and acknowledgment. Washington a Winner. Washington is proud to find its rep- resentative of the schaols of the Dis trict of Columbia one of the winners in the national oratorical contest, de- cided last night at Continental Hall. | The Cavital City was in this competi tion what is known in sporting par- lance asa “by,” standing on equal terms | with the grand divisions of groups of states. Its candidate for the national honors, however, had to Win in com- petition in the schools and represented a survival of excellence. Miss Ruth | whurn, Central High School senior, | won the right to stand for this com- | munity. and to her went second place in the ranking of the seven con- Her achievement is a credit | to the excellence of the Capital's schools and a cause for gratification on the part of all Washingtonians The Star, to which the local manage- ment of the competition was intrusted. in this gratitude, and is moved s the hope that in the com- itions of the future the District take even higher place in the | ———————— Prohibition enforcement will not be universally regarded as satisfactory so long as a few bootleggers manage to establish a liquor trade as a form of tax-exempt investment. ——— The average citizen never quite sat- isfled will hope for future legislation | that will enable the income tax install- ments to proceed with further bisec- tion. o Although his resignation rumor was brought to a definite termination,, there are a number of rumors affect- ing Mr. Daugherty still undisposed of. The Recorder’s Office. The Senate amendment in the Dis- trict bill appropriating $300,000 to be- gin work on a fireproof addition to the courthouse to be used as an office for the recorder of deeds was dropped by the conferees of the two houses, and is not in the bill as passed. This mat- ter must be postponed till another ses- sion or another Congress. When the recorder’s office item was stricken from the bill @ thing needed and de- sired by the city was denied it. The recorder’s office is the property rec- ords’ office of the District. It has played in hard luck. It was to have quarters in the remodeled courts build- ing, and pending the remodeling was shunted into very indifferent quarters in a rented building. This was to be only “temporary.” When the courts building was remodeled no space was found for the recorder’s office, and it remained in its rented quarters. The landlord threatened to put it out be- cause he could not make it pay a higher rent. Congress, after unseemly delay, appropriated enough to pay the rentalemanded by the landiord, and no charge has been made that the land- likely that the Kiingle road, Piney Llord demanded an unreasonable The land records of the District from 1791 to date are kept in different rooms on different floors of the bufld- ing. The structure was designed for offices for lawyers, and the rooms are very small for public uses. They are crowded with clerks of the office and men whose business it is to deal with District property records. The quar- ters are inconvenient to people who have business with the office, uncom- fortable for the recorder’s working force and unsuitable in other ways. The District government instead of owning its recorder's office pays rent for it. The office is not ofly self- supporting, but turns over a large bal- ance to the Treasury each yvear. Its business has had a remarkable in- crease in the past ten years, and no doubt will continue to increase. It de- serves a proper building, and that part of the public which has business with the recorder's office deserves ade- quate accommodation. The recorder and the District Commissioners have done all that could be done to have Congress deal -intelligently with this situation, but we must wait. The Magic Name Again. What's this? Is the Democracy's perennial candidate once again on the map? Words come up from Florida over the wire to suggest it. The sweep- ing victory of William Jennings Bryan a9 a candidate at large from that state to the New York meeting is encourag- ing his followers there to have his name placed before the convention. He got twice as many votes as any other member of the delegation. His enthusiastic adherents are now point- ing out that he has a remarkable vote- getting ability when once he gets in contact with the people, and that “sev- eral Democratic states west of the Mississippi would have given him their delegations had he permitted them.” Well, stranger things have hap- pened. The Democracy Is rather badl divided just now on the score of its nominee. It is faced with & probable deadlock in the convention for many ballots. Tts old-time two-thirds rule will hold off the selection long enouzh for the convention to look around for a comnromise. The nominee need not necesXurily be an utterly dark horse Bryan himself was a dark horse 1896, so dark that no one even men tioned him until the climax of his f. mous speech. But he has been out of the running now for sixteen yvears, time enough to darken. True, he not as voung as he was. When he took the platform at Chicago in 1896 he was thirty-six, just one year over the constitutional line. That was twenty-eight years ago, so that he is now sixty-four. If Democrats are talking of Senator Ralston as a pos- sible compromise at New York. with his nearly sixty-seven year: Mr. Bryan at sixty-four is n capped by time. If the Den wants a candidate of ripe experie can surely do no better than to name the former Nebraskan, now Floridian. ———— ce it Some strikingly new entertainment might be devised for the patient public if the New York actors and producing managers could arrange to dram: their difficulties. LT AR TR The ultimate consumer voice. As individuals, most of his class weuld gladly join a movement to abolish child labor by boyeotting i products. has ————— Several congressmen have be luctant to terminate the though none regards the ex having been particularly enjoy o SHOOTING STARS. LY PHILANDER JOHNSOX Drawing the Line. “Be kind to animals,” we'rc It is a precept fine. Yet animals may grow 'so bold You have to draw the line tuid. | All eruelty we'd fain forsak Returning good for how, for instance, could you make of a ok weevi| “Be kind to animals’ "Tis w And yet we know of some. The less they get to be in size The meaner they become. They feel a natural urge intense To make th own lives sweeter: But who whiie in his proper sense Gets chummmy with a skeeter? Shifting Attention. “Tie public soon forgets an inve: gation.” “I don’t know as.it exactly forgets,” rejoined Senator Sorghum. “Investi- gations of one kind or another may become 8o numerous that the public may find it impossible to keep its mind on all of them at once.” Stepping Stones. Perfection’s frequently denied Unto a public movement. The best men do is to previde A basis for improvement. Jud Tunkins says there’s no differ- ence between an eight and a six hour day with a man who has only a half- hour’s work in his system. Problem of Distribution. A few may point to valued deeds Which beautify the earth; And some of us may feel like weeds That seem of little worth. Yet many a plant so fondly grown ‘With patient tenderness ‘Was counted in its native zone A weed, quite valueless. Slight Scare for Father. “Wasn't your father proud of you when you delivered your commence- ment essay?” He was for the moment,” answered Miss Cayenne. “But when I got home I noticed he was a little relieved to find T didn’t intend to make a habit of using sach serious and studious lan- guage around the house.” Congress. Oh, Congress! Oft you waken rage And make good people flout you. But as we glance at history’s page, ‘We'd hate to do without you. “You mustn't expeet to believe all you hear,” said Uncle Eben. “You's doin’ purty well if you's got a dinn dat tells de good news “‘tfl' . Q. When will the world fiyers be in Washington?—H. B. A. According to schedule the round-the-world fiyers are due to ar- rive August 10. They left Kuriles Islands May 18. which is a month be- hind time. Therefore, they will prob- ably not reach Washington before the lrst of September. Q. Who were “the tongue, the pen and the sword of the revolution?"— R AP A. Patrick Henry, Thomas Jeffer- son and George Washington com- prised this trio. Q. What are considered the great- est engineering feats of modern times?—F. H. W. A. According to Ralph Modjeski, @ civil engineer, the six greatest are: Suez Canal, 1869; Firth of Forth bridge, Scotland, 1889; Assuan Dam, Egypt, 1902; Panama Canal, 1914 Roosevelt Dam, Arizona, 1911, and Quebeo™ Bridge. St. Lawrence River, 1917, Q. When is G. W. D. A. This was set for May 18th by the world conference on education held in San Francisco, July, 1923, un- der the auspices of the National Eda- cation Associatiom. ‘Good WHI" day?— Q. When in Ireland some time ago 1 noticed certain people wore a gold ring on their dresses. What does this mean?—N. E. S. A. This was to show that they spoke Irish and wished to be address- ed in the Irish language. The action of the Dail Eireann in making Irish the official language of its first meeting—nothing else being spoken thdt day—gave it a great impetus in popular estimation Q. Please name two English poems?—A. C. A. Crities usually give first place 10 Milton's “Lycidas” and second to Shelley’s “Adonals” among the ele- giac poems by Q. Of what was the first temple or sanctuary of the Mormons in Salt Lake City bullt?>—H. ¥. B. A. The first meeting places were called “boweries” and the “Old Bow- ery” was erected, 1847, on the site lof the present templ It wi built of poles and brush 160x60 feet. Posts were set and a skeleton frame lash- ed with_rawhide thongs and wooden pegs. Upon this structure willows, | saebrush. evergreens and _other | shrubs were piled. This served until | 1852, JEa i | of the Philippine Islands?—E. 8. R. | _A. The bonded indebtedness of the | Philippine government is approximate- |ty 876,500,000, of which $69,600.000 re resents direct obligations of the ins lar government and $6,960,000 is made of bonds issued by {la and other municipalities, firen elegiac {up | Man | picte " ciinmer " Simder. the Channel, between Calais and Dover?— {C. H. A | A. The length of the tunnel would be approximately twenty-four miles. { The experts have estimated that 1.275 | fect Ter month could be dug in sach | shaft and that the tunnel could be | completed within six years. | @ 1s ¢ | Maine, which san Still living?—H. S. L. A. Megr. J. I. Chidwick, D. D. still lives. and was, during the winter. inaugurated as president of the Col: lege of New Rochelle [ o in Havana harbor, How closely related are the King How much is the national debt | tnirty-five | Chicago . e ak - | with Uphan How long would it take to com- | With Unham o ]nr England and the former Kaiser of | v?—A. K { A. They are | grandsons of the ‘nf England. 3 first cousine, being late Queen Victoria Germ Q. Have the capitalists of the coun- try an organization which corresponds 14 the American Federation of Labor? COSCW The National Industrial Confe: Board may be said to bear this eral relation to capital. Q. To settle a_dispute—do ontaining chlorophyil grow at —Q. E. D A. Chlorophyll is found in all plants except those of the fungl cl few of the seed plan those which live as paras phytes. These plants do gr though not so plants night? nuch as during the day. | Q. Was William Howard Taft a candidate for the presidency at the time he took the trip around the world? {—H. H. P. Chiel Justice Taft was a candi- for the Republican nomination for presidency when, in August, 1907, farted on the “trip” around the ric "a. the h w Wi M. The of water, does ice float on water?— D, A | that flonts density and of ice is less than for this reason it | Q. How {lay?—H. T, A An ave | about 16,000,401 yster sometimes eezs does an oyster produces very larg £ 60,000,000, ante’s “Divine C somedy™*—Q. M. Y. The word “comedy™ is here used as the English equivalent of the | lialtan “comedia,” | play or arama. { Where is ladden Hall—L. R. produc! Why s led a The two mile Derbyshire, | the 1 ble example of the medieval resi- dence of a great English propristor. Q. What part of an animal is the sweetbread?—J. A. 0. A. Sweetbread is the name of the thymus or (especially a calf) used for food, the former being the throat sweetbread or neck sweetbread, tne latter the stomach sweetbread. orizinal Haddon it Hall 1s Bakewell, belongs to Q. How long did Ben lin attend school?—F. W. | A Two years, between the ages of cight and ten, was all the time that | Benjamin Franklin attended school. | Q. What is the_significance of the prefix du and de in French surnames and of van in Dutch surnames’—F. T H, A. The prefixes du. de and van are the equivalent of the English prepo- sition of. jamin Frank- Q. Does a single playver on a golf course have let matches *play through >—1 : A. The United States Golf Asso- ciation rules provide that “a single player has no standing and shall al- ways give way to a match of any kind."” Q. Where _was Goliath, the giant, born?—M. W. A. Goliath was born in Gath—one of the five confederate cities of the Philistines. Q. Who was considered the best Latin grammarian?—L. H. G. A. Prisclan was the most noted of Latin grammarians. He belongs to the early part of the sixth century, teaching Latin at Constantinople, robably at the imperial court, since e received a government salary. Q. What is meant by a “hard spot” in the stock market?—J. A. A. Strength in portion ofi the mar- ket as a result of considerable buying is called a “hard spot.” (Frederic J. Haskin is employed by this paper to handle the inquiries of our readers. and wou are invited to ol upon Aim as freely and as often as you please. Ask onything thot is o mattcr of falt ok ene authority 1olll ve quoted vou. There is no charge for this service. Ask what you want, sign your full name and address and inclose 2 cents in_stamps for_return postage. Address Frederic Haakin, Director. The Star Informa. o Burcaw, 21st and C streets morth. which means a| kes of Rutiand and is a not- | pancreas of an animal | WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. West and south have been ‘“dis- franchised” for sixty years, as far 25 the presidency and vice presidency are concerned. Neither great party has elevated to those offices since 1865 a man from farther west tham lllinois or from below Mason and Dixon's line. That is why insistent volces will be raised at both Cleve- land and New York for a squarer geographical deal than the trans- mississippi country and Dixie are ac- customed to receive. Since the foundation of the republic New York and Ohio have had six Presidents each; Virginia, five; Massachusetts and ‘Tennessee, three each; lllinols, two, and Loulslana, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Indiana and New Jer- sey, one President apiece. New York has had most Vice Presidents—ten: Massachusetts and Indiana have had four each; Virginia and Kentucky, two each, and South Carolina, Penn- sylvania, Alabama, Maine, Tennes- see, Ilinois and New Jersey, one each. New England has not had a presi- dent since Franklin Plerce of New Hampshire, (1853-1%57), and Massa- chusetts has not been in the White House since John Quincy Adams (1825-1829). Andrew Johnson of Ten- nessee, was the last presidential southerner (1865-1869). * %k x It's something of a myth that to be Vice President is to travel on a through ticket to political oblivion. Nine of our Vice Presidents became Presidents, either through succession after death of the President, or sub- sequently by election. They in- cluded John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Martin Van Buren, John Tyler, Mil- lard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, Chester A. Arthur, Theodore Roose- velt and Calvin Coolidge. Nine out of thirty—mnot quite one out of three— of our chief magistrates thus have managed to escape the jinx of ob- scurity which is said to lurk in the vice presidency. That's & 8porting chance that ought to begulle the coyest of politicians. * x % % Fred W. Upham goes, but Roy O. West comes; and thus the Republican rational committee changes bring into juxtaposition names of two west- orn men who grew up together In politics. Upham, native of Wiscon- sin and factor in G. O. P. affairs for vears, found ~himself in municipal politice in the carly nineties with West, who had come up from the Ilinois prairies. Upham was an was city attorney—both clean, ag- gressive young reformers. When the the oity of new Iilinois tax law came into force ¥ = | 1899 they were elected members of the Cook County board of review, as chalrman. Then rip- p that has lasted till this dzy. When Damon stepped out from the G. O. P. treas- urership the other day it {s certain he recommended that Pythlas West be made secretary. x x % * Secretary Hughes, who hopes to go to Europe with the American Dar chaplain of the U. S. S.|Assoclation in July, is afrald he isn't going to be able this time to indulge in his hobby—mountaln climbing in the Alps. Before he became a na- tional figure Hughes' annual vacation | was spent almost Invariably in Swit- zerland and the Tyrol. There prob- ably are few Americans who have ramped, ridden, driven and climbed over the' Alps as often or as compre- alderman and West | Upham | ¢ er, hensively as the Secretary of State. He makes no claims to champlonship feats, but there are ascents to his credit that entitle him to member- ship in the royal and anclent order of intrepid Alpinists. In Washing- ton Hughes is famed as a walker. It's his favorite method of keeping in trim. * x % % The fiying boat in which Curtis D. Wilbur, Secretary of the Navy, flew from Hampton Roads to Anacostia to- day has a historic record. It Is known as a Navy patrol twin-engined plane, and since last winter has been the flagplane of the aircraft squad- ron scouting fleet. During the past four months she has cruised some 7,600 sea miles, visiting many of the islands and ports of the West Indies. The plane in which Secretary Wilbur flew to the Potomac was piloted by Capt. W. R. Gherardi, his naval aide, and Lieut. Lester Hundt. An accom- panying plane was driven by Lieuts. A. P. Snody and G. R. Henderson. The flagplane was the first aircraft of any description to visit the Wind- ward Islands, St Lucla, St. Vincent and Granada. ~When she careened into those regions, with Capt. Ghe- rardi from Porto Rico and subse- quently carried the governor of the Windward Islands to his outlying do- mains to be. sworn it, it became a history-making occasion. * k% % Our foreign cousins have the very deuce of a time when they attempt to translate into their own languages some of Uncle Sam's eolloquialisms. Not long ago the Washington cor- respondent of a Cuban newspaper sent a story in which he talked of a cer- tain “lame duck” just re-elevated to high offic The Spanish _editors translated it “gansa invalido,” which means “Invalid goose.” * x x % The President and Mrs. Coolidge expect to “listen in” on the Cleveland convention from start to finish. The White House is equipped with a high- powered receiving apparatus and the presidential family long ago became addicts to radio. Thus the magic art will record another epoch-marking triumph—the experience of a Presi- dent of the United States sitting in the Executive Mansion, 500 miles from the scene, and hearing himself nominated to be his own successor. Mr. Coolidge is not exactly a radio | fan, but when the air is fuil of noises that interest him, he lines up at- tentively in front of the loud speakar. Despite his pronounced Yankee twang, the President has a fine radio voice.” He has been told that it “cuts through” ideally * % % % The farewell plea for execcutive | clemency, before adjournment of Con- &ress, was addressed to the Presi- dent by Representative Emanuel Cel- | Democrat, of New York. It w made on behalf of the many cases of immigrants now detained at Ellis | Island and elsewbere because they Tepresent an excess of the alien quota. “Enough havoc has been | caused by our harsh immigration at- | de.” wrote Celler to Coolidge. “We have outraged the Japanese; we have slapped Italy in the face; we have placed the bar sinster upon Poland Shall we also trample out of our| hearts all feeling of humanit Do 1ot send these women and children back, Mr. President—back to desola- tion and aimless wandering. You must act in this sorrowful emergency.” (Copyright. 1924.) iRelease of Thaw Condemned Generally by Editors of U. S. w at night, | | sion to Verdict of a jury in Philadeiphia which would free Marry Thaw gets virtually unanimous “thumbs- down" decision from editors through- out the country. Some are inclined to see in the verdict an evidence of a serious flaw in the American judicial vstem. Some see perversion of jus- tice by the of money look for still more limelight for the slayer of use anford White in a rever- ther crimes. While the big majority express the wish that the latest turn will put the Thaw case out of the press for all time to come. “Harry Thaw has cost the taxpayers of New York and Pennsylvania a vast sum of money.” observes the Great Falls Tribune, “and it is not unlikely that he will yet e deal of money,” for, continues the Tribune, “the public will generally agree that Harry Thaw is a danger- ous person to be at large and that the jury verdict was a miscarriage of justice” To which the Wheeling Intelligencer adds “The manner in which Thaw has been declared insane and sane, according to the way he desired it, is a travesty on justice, and concludes, “if he succeeds in getting loose, some' more headlines may be expected.’ In the opinion of Po: the Bridgeport t is dificult to view a case of this Kind except with mixed feelings and with the question uppermost in one’s mind as to whether the law does not break down on crucial mat- ters which it is really too elementary to handle. The ®ase with which money talks and produced ‘experts’ who line up on both sides of & ques- tion on a sort of a ffty-fitty basis is enough to disgust the man on the street and convince him that all such testimony should be gathered up and hurled into the waste basket.” * ok % % Insanity saved Thaw from the ex- treme penalty of a shocking and cow- ardly crime, in the opinion of the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, which believes “insanity should keep him where he cannot employ himself in further mischief.” While the Brook- Iyn Bagle believes that “sane, insane or partially sane, Harry Thaw is & pathological type whose perversities make him dangerous, and the court and jury that grant him freedom as- sume a serious respohsibility.” To this the Hartford Times adds, “So- clety may count Itself fortunate in- deed If Harry Thaw settles down and fails to add other sensational chap- ters to a career that has been dis. gusting and nauseating.” “Probably there could have heen de- vised,” says the Kansas City Post, “no method of determining a man’s men- tal condition less suited to its pur- pose than trial by jury.” The law embraces many things that are be- yond the understanding of the lay~ man, the Terre Haute Star observel and concludes: “Among its puszling features is the provision which puts the question of a man's sanity in the hands of a Pennsylvania jury.” Along this line the Ann Arbor Times-News suggests: “There are already too many laws on the statute books, but there is room for one more. Why can't we have a law placing restrictions on temporary insanity?” Supporting the theory that the method of referring the case to a jury was out of the lay- man’s line, the Albany Knickerbocker Press asks, “is it not a fact that there is so much foolishness in the wisest of us and so much wisdom in the most witless, that it ill behooves any of us to shout ‘addled’ at the rest of us?” The St. Paul Dispatch objects to the method of employing alienists on ch side of such & case, and believes service of the court and not for side in a dispute of this nature. “The whole miserable record raises one question of moment,” declares the St. Louis Post Dispatch, “what has _ Bbecome of our boasted cquality be- them a great Others | fore the law?" While the Newark News thinks the Thaw case “has done more to shake confidence in the im- rartiality of the law than almost any other case.” The Norfolk Ledger Dispatch declares the “case from start to finish has not heen one to commend to the world certain phases of the work of our legal machinery. | o ok % “Far be it from us” remarks the Little Rock Arkansas Democrat, “to question the verdict of a jury. but | regardiess of what these twelve roen | deciared, there still is a suspicion | in the minds of the people that Harry Thaw is net quite mentally capable of improving upon the infinitesimal | caleulus or of dissecting the Ein- ein theory.” The danger that the . Joseph News Press sees is “that ‘nany people will share the opinion of the former chorus girl, and con- clude that money can buy almost wnything in this count £ From ucross the Canadian border the Van- couver Sun digs up the axjom, “The king can do no wrong,” and observes “that axiom has been discarded long ago in this countr but inquires the Sun, it as people are aying, in United State: “ig that true, the |money’ is king, and that the above | archaie, | n invoked in the case of Harry obsolete, European axiom “The ancients had a say often proved bt Greenville Piedmont. “it was that Justice is only a fragile mesh through which gold can easily break.” While the Duluth Herald sums up the money side of the question after this fash. fon: “It is virtually certain that if Thaw had been poor and had had to 0 10 work early and hustle hard, he never would have rioted in dissipas tion, he never would have married a chorus girl, he never would have killed a great architect, he never would have been an inmate of a hos. Pital for the insane, and he never would have had his name in the Dewspapers excopt twice—when ‘he vas married and w a Jas om hen he was ing that is observes the Should the Statues of Paris Be Labeled? To the Editor of The Star: Thers is an interesting lot of fus- sing going on in Paris just now that should give us present and past citizens of Washington food for thought. In the council, learned societies an Paris the question is .whether to more fully label its statues or not. And it all' was brought about by the foolish and_other queries made by visitors to Paris upon whom varying Impressions were made by the as varying allegories represented. It's quite difficult for many people to make out, for instance, why a great poet shouid be shown in modern tail- coat und all with an angel holding his_top hat over him (a crown of myrtle that unfortunately looks like the inside of a hat) and two nude damsels squatted wraptly gazing at his coattails. The debate is to label or mot to iabel, but the consensus of opinion is that further labeling is silly. A statue’s first function is to com- memorate some one or something, next it must be beautiful and decorative, an_embellishment to its surroundings, and last, but not least, it should teli its own ‘story without maps and dia- grams. Furthermore, the wise ones aver, if a statue does not fulfill all three of these functiona it merely clut- ters the atmosphere and should go. And, by jinks, the peoplo in Paris who are averring this are strong enough and interested enough to actually sce to it that several dozen grotesque and useless statues are put into limbo. We might prayerfully add the old- time exhortation, “Washington pa. pers please copy,” for assuredly it any city suffers from an oversupply of pertectly silly and hideous statues, the mectings of d in the press of chiefly men on horseback, planted at random here and there. it Is poor old ‘Washington. ¥. W. FITZPATRICK. The Library Table BY THE BOOKLOVER The manners and customs of old New York during four decades are treated by Mrs. Edith Wharton with her usual delicate characterization and satire in her four new short novels just published. The attractive wrappers re- produce a wall paper which was pop- ular in New York houses of the 1850's. “False Dawn” is a story of the forties, “The Old Maid” of the fifties, “The Spark” of the sixties and “New Year's Day” of the seventies. In the forties every young man of family and means had his grand tour of Europe to finish his education and make a man of him.. So Lewis Raycie of “False Dawn"” goes on his travels and at the same time gathers the Raycie collection of old masters to enhance the glory of the family name. That the collection is never appreciated until long after his death is part of the grim irony of the story and of the atmosphere of the period. The description of the farewell sup- er given by his parents for Lewis cle shows something of the cos- tumes and the cuisine of the forties. “The drawing-room window opened and from it emerged Mrs. Raycie, in a ruffled sarsenet dress and Point de Paris cap, followed by her two daughters in starched organdy with pink spencers. . . . In the cen- ter stood the Raycie epergne of pierced silver, holding aloft a bunch of June roses surrounded by dangling baskets of sugared almonds and striped peppermints; and grouped about this decorative ‘motif’ were Lowestoft platters heavy with piles of raspberries, strawberries and the first Delaware peaches. An outer flanking of heaped-up cookies, erull- ers, strawberry shortcake, piping hot cornbread and deep golden butter .. . led the eye to the Virginia ham in front of Mr. Raycie, and the twin dishes of scrambled eggs on toast and broiled bluefish, over which his wife presided.” At this bountiful feast were also “side dishes” of dev- fled turkey legs and creamed chicken hash, sliced cucumbers and tomatoes, “heavy silver jugs of butter-colored cream,” floating island, lemon jellies and “towering piles of waffles” with “slender silver jugs of maple sirup. One wonders whether patent digest- ive remedies flourished in the forties s they do today. * % % ¥ The prim world of the fifties, a world of family _daguerreotypes, heavy gold watch chains, rosewood. mahogany, ormolu clocks and gen- teel monotony was not always what it seemed on the surface. Beneath the surface were secret dramas and scandals, such that of Charlotte Lovell in “The Old Maid.” which all the elements of a firmly intrenched society of respectability. united to keep hidden. Modesty, appearances, soundness, safeness, suitability, nice- ness. the usual were the watchwords of the period, but perhaps there was as much sowing of “wild oats” then as now % “The Spark” is the story of a man who was more or less of an alien in the frivolous New York life which he seemed to have chosen and in whom from time to time a spark of some- thing better burst into flame. This spark was his real self; was what lifted him above his surroundings. In the forming of his character the strongest influence was that of an old man he had met in Washington back in the sixties. He had never known who the old man was, but al- ways called him “my pal in Wash- ington.” The old man was Walt Whitman, * * * x % The fourth book, “New Year's Da tells a scandal of the seventies. It begins: “She was bad . al- ways. They used to meet at the Fifth Avenue Hotel The reason why she was bad forms the plot of the story. The burning of the Fifth Avenue Hotel on New Year day is the climax, though it comes in the first ten pages. All the rest is the unraveling of the mystery of Liz- zie Hazeldean's hasty exit with Hen- ry Prest from the burning hotel. The narrative is told by a boy who, with other members of his family, watches the fire from their window across the street: “The group in our win- dow continued to keep an_ embar- rassed silence. They looked almost frightened, but what struck me even more deeply was that not one of them looked surprised. Even to my boyish sense it was clear that what had just seen was only. the con- firmation of something they had long been prepared for:" * x x x Reference was made in this col- umn to the article in the May num- ber of Current History “Assessing the Blame for the World Was by Prof. Harry E. Barnes, in which he assayed the relative responsibility to be in the following order: Austria, Russia, France, Germany, England. The June number of Current History has a symposium by ten well known university professors of history com- menting ‘on the conclusions of Prof. Barnes. Two of them seem to agree: two ore reserve final judgmen six of them are not only convinced but strongly controvert the conclu- sions reached. These include Profs, Charles Seymour of Yale, R. L. Buell of Harvard, A. E. Morse of Princeton, G. H. Blakeslee of Clark, F. M. Ande son of Dartmouth and Bernadotte E. Schmitt of Western Reserve. The statement by Prof. Schmitt is of spe- cial importance, ‘inasmuth as Prof. Barnes quoted largely from an article by Prof. Schmitt and had given the impression that they were in substan- tial agreement in But Prof. Schmitt says: “I believe several of Prof. Barnes Interpret: tions to be inaccurate and ¢ * + 1 dissent from some of his judg- ments.” On the specific point of relative responsibility, Prof. Schmitt writes: “Austria would come first by all means. But why? Only becaus. of the promise of German support. which Berlin. did not withhold until Russia, to compel Austria to nego- tiate, had mobilized. Therefore, I would put Germany second in the | Probably Russia = would not have mobilized without assurances from France; so they tie for third place. And Englapd, last of all, though her refusal to commit herself probably encouraged each of the rival con- tinental groups.” Apparently the con sensus of qualified opinion of the his torical experts is against Prof. Barnes and the rest of us will adhere to our previously formed conclusions. = x x o» The question “Do men read?”’ is asked and answered by John Farrar, editor of the Bookman, in the leading article in the June number of that magazine. Taking it for granted that women not only read but determine the kind of books that are written and published, the editor finds_ that men read comparatively little current fletion, partly because current novels do not deal “with a man's problems in manly terms ‘That is why the fiction-reading men is chiefly confined to Zane Grey, Harold Bell Wright and magazines which run to detective and adventure stories. He says they have no use for the psyehological meanderings of Sherwood Anderson, but that they do_read Ring Lardner and Irwin Cobb. He reports‘that men do read poetry—the modern counter- parts of Klla Wheeler Wilcox. In- deed, sentiment seems to be the most important element in poetry that will satisfy the masculine tastc. * % %k % Before the publication of “Scara- mouche” by Rafael Sabatini, the pub- lishers were advised that the name would prevent its sale, It s enter- taining to note that as “Scaramouche” it has appeared successfully as a play and as a moving-picture, and it is to appear as an opera, which all goes to prove that you can never tell “what's in & name.” their conclusions.4 DR. BURTON LOOMS FOR VICE PRESIDENCY Considered Dark Horse at G. 0. P. Convention for Post as Coolidge Running Mate. PLEASING TO THE PRESIDENT Educator Friend of Executive m;d of Same Scholarly Type. BY FREDERIO WILLIAM WILE. Dr. Marion Le Roy Burton, president of the University of Michigan, is the eleventh-hour dark horse for the Re- publican vice presidential nomination. Personaly selected by President Cool- idge to place him in nomination at Cleveland next week, Dr. Burton en- joys high favor at the White House. If the convention adopts him as Cool- idge’s running mate, it will bring not only satisfaction, but gratification, to the head of the ticket. Dr. Burton's name has hitherto not been publicy mentioned as a vice presidential pos- sibility. But as the signaly at this hour are set, there is excellent reason 10 believe that surprises in that direc- tion are in prospect. The Ann Arbor executive has never held public office. He catalogues hin. self officially as a member of the R publican party and has consistent) supported its candidates and principles but there is no record of any organ tion or partisan activities on his g Dr. Burton har attended exclusively 1o the professional knitting with which he has been identified for twenty-five vears. Almost ruptedly since 1894 he has a college teacher, a university profe sor or a university president.” IHe w not be fifty years old until August t year, being about two years the junio of President Coolidge. Born tn Iowa. The G. O. P. is determined to put = western man in second place at Cleve- land. Dr. Burton qualifies in that geo- graphical sense. He was born in the little town of Brooklyn, lowa, and got his first A. B. from the all-town col lege of Carleton, at Northfield, Minn. A couple of years later he won a sumin: cum laude B. D. at Yale. Dr. Burtor first executive post was that of presi dent of Windom Institute, in Minna- sota. In 1907 and 1908 he held an as- sigtant professorship at Yale, and during the succeeding two years was pastor of the Church of the Pilgr in Brooklyn, N. Y. In 150% Smith C¢ lege. at Northampton, Mass. where Calvin Coolidge was on the verge ¢ his mayoralty. elected Dr. Burto: president of that famous woman's institution, and, after election, sent him traveling in Eurcpe for ideas on higher education for the fair sex In 1910, he took office at Smith a few months before Calvin Coolid occupied the mayor's chair at North- ampton. Burton presided over Smith for seven vears. They were the | riod in which Coclidge was growing in stature from a rural politician inte a nationally known figure—the vears in which the President was a factor in the Massachusetts legislature, and in which his friends were grooming him for the governorship. It was the mutual davs at Northampton with Coolidge that Dr. Burton formed ® friendship with Frank W. Stearn and William M. Butler, the two gen eralissimos of Calvin Coolidge's po litical career. Rales 10,000 Students. From Smith College Dr. Burton was drafted into the presidency of the University of Minnesota, where he was on duty until 1920, when the University of Michigan secured him as its chief executive. There he con trols the affairs of a student body nearly 10,000 and a faculty of round! 700 members. Burton is regarded throughout the American acade! world as an administrator of unusua capacity. His writings and books do not sup- ply many clues as to Dr. Burton's litical bent, though this is put as ruggediy conservative. He author_of “The Problem of “The Secret of Achievement” “Our Intellectual Attitude in an Age of Criticism,” “Life Which Is Life In- deed,” “First Things," “On Being Di- vine” and numerous addresses and re- ports. Politiclans of the “hard- boiled” variety—every convention is filed with them—are usually fm- pressed by speeches, especially nomi= nating speeches. Dr. Burton is am orator of the scholarly, rather than the spellbinding, type—a respect in Which” he_ resembles Prosident Cools idge. But his theme at Cleveland will be an agreeable one to the men and women who hear him discuss ft,. and, if he “gets away with” his job in any sort of spectacular fashion, bis: vice _ presidential boom Wil = ba launched to some purpose. There are going to be no Conees- slons at Cleveland to the ultra-pro- gressives for purely window-dressing purposes. The Coolidge high com- mand wants a “balanced” Coolidge ticket. The more it is like the head the better the tail will be liked b the men who will control the ratif cation meeting on Lake Erie. Ma- rion Le Roy Burton, teacher and preacher, measures up, in their esti- mation. tCopyright, 1924.) Differs on Hessians. Reader Takes Issue With Letter on Troops. To the Editor of The Star I noticed in a recent issue of The Star a letter referring to the Hessian troops in the American revolution. I should be greatly obliged to your correspondent for reference to the authorities for his statements, since they differ markedly from those that I have encountered in a somewhat ex- tended survey qf the subejet. The correspondence and the treaties them- selves, and the numerous diaries and memoirs of members of these expedi- tions, point to conclusions other than those of your correspondent. First, a8 1o the raising of the troops themsélves. Some of the men wern probably impressed. for impressment was a common method of recruiting at that time in all countries; but it seems to have been resorted to in this case less than usual. The service ap- pears to have been popular and volun- teers numerous. Second, as to the morality of tha transaction on the part of the Land- grave and the other petty German sovereigns. The idea of sending one's own troops abroad as mercenaries ia shocking now, but it was not then. This expedition carried the custom to unusual lengths, but very few co- temporaries were shocked by it. Be- sldes, German and English troops had been fighting «ide by side all over Furope for & century. Hessian troops formed a very considerable part of Marlborough's armies; and it may bo noted that the King of England was still a German prince. It is perfectly true, as your corre- spondent says, that many of the men remained in America and became good citizens, It is equally true, althougl generaliy overlooked, that those who eturned home took with them the military ideas picked up here, a used them In reshaping the German armies, Just as the French officers used them in forming the tactic the French revolution. To mention only one, familiar to all, Gueisenau served as a lleutenant in America, and applied what he learned here when working with _Scharnhorst in his re- forms of the Prussian army. OLIVER L. SPAULDING, Jr. of ¥ ¥