Evening Star Newspaper, June 18, 1924, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY.....June 18, 1924 THEODORE W. NOYES. . . . Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Dusiness Office. 11th 8t. and Peapsylvania Ave. New Tork Otte: H Chicago Office: European Ofice: 16 Regeat Tower Huildine, .Londou, Eogland. The Evening Star. with the Sunday morni edition. 18 delivered by carriers within th ity at 60 cents per montl: daily only, Sents per month: Sunduy only, 20 moonth. Orders may he seat by phese Ma'n 5000 Co mude by riers at the ead of (ach mon'h. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virzinia, Daily and Sunday.1yr., $5.40;1 mo., 70~ Diily onty 1¥r’ 36005 1 mo.. 50c Sunday only 157, 82,401 mo. All Other States. Daily and Sunday.1 yr. $10.00: 1 mo., 85¢ Daily only ....0.1¥r. $7.00:1n.0.,60c Sunday only 1yr., $3.00:1mo., 25¢ Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dis- atches credited (o it or not otherwise credited in this paper und also the local news pub. lished ‘herein. Al rights of publication of apecial dispatches herein are ulso reserved. Borland Law and Gas Tax. The contention is advanced that the new gastax imposes specific tax on motor fuel tor the pur puse of raising a fund to maintain the | in good least that s the effect if not the intent of the law—supersedes the Borland aet | which imposes half of the of street improvements on the o of abutting property. The two acts, it is urged, are contradictory, and the later act should prevail. There is inequity in both acts, but less in the latter than in the former. The Borland law established a wholly unjust principle of defraving improve- ment costs. It viewed the street pave- ment as of henetit primarily and main- Iy to the owners of adjacent property whereas street in the District siould be ed as a benefit to all. In only the ravest instances. where stre “hlind.” that with a short section may nefit. for the ho Tive upon it But of municipal de- is to be part of the whole syste law, which al streets order—at | w cost yner every conside ts are is hut one opening 4 ent of those W e for the particular b pre in the general scheme every str on velopment stdered | near the closc each g the wi But the enu that S0y ing access o all others and service and in the service le community. Borland law. despite this in- | has prevailed, with the result | improvements have put a disproportionate burden | sple and has retarded | Now it conflicts with | law, which provides that | ds of 4 certain impost shall for street-paving those funds to be ap- part of the cost which under the Borland law falis upon the District, roughly 23 per cent, wh 5 per cent of the cost is United States? The appropriation of the new provision act rel the United of any specific share in this or item of municipal expendi of and up fow D development gantax re N tiie pro aside for usc Are to that le another lump-sum rne the ves State any other ture. He from purpose other pur . segregated fund specific for a specific 1t cannot be spent for any se. The District, of course, cannat be saddled with all the remain- | ng half the stimprovement cost. with the property owner paving hailf. There warrant whatever for that is. then. a is nc [that requiring a This question is 1o be put before | the controller It is just an- | other illustration method of providing for Distr tenance is gene ——— Common Sense. of the Gen, Dawes mad vesterday at his home at Evanston, | ¢ a great throng of his neigh- | hered to give him greeting atulation upon kis nomina- the vice presidency. It was a f sample speech, though avowed jartisan. But the spegker gave utterance to a veritable ‘“keynote™ that may become the slogan of the Re- publican campaign. After denouncing demagogism, which is rife in the world today and causing grave ills from which all lands are suffering. Gen. Dawes closed with these words: *; COMMOn sense an' There is need of common sense in the andling of pub affairs. Both President Coolidze 1 Dawes ars able for their possession of this gift. Theirs point of view of Practicability. his work thronghout | public Dawes been noted for his comm sense attitude He has never trimmed to political ex pediency or appealed to the prejudices and sensibilitivs of groups A commaon sense mpaizn will be a great relief 1o the American people. A exponent of that principle on o randidate will aid the pu understanding. The v presidential candidate of the Repub- licans could not make a better begin- ning than in that brief talk at Evans- ton, concluding with its direct plea to the practical understanding of (lu-’ average parson Th has been delivered, i Tik, Wi first speech campaign | ¢ non ne i the 1t carest . his has vigorous speakin ic s A radical movement” invariably | depends on the hope of connecting | with some other movement that is ac- tually moving ———— Tax-Collecting System. The District is to have the best pos- sible system of keeping tax records and making out tax bills. and it seems likely that the plan of mailing tax bills will be adopted. The District auditor and assessor have been au- thorized by the Commissioners to visit a number of large eastern cities to study improved methods of keeping tax ledgers and making out bills, “with @ view to increasing efficiency in that respect here.” Changes have been made from time to time in the administration of our tax office, and it is believed that each change has marked an improvement, but tax-paying time in Washington, , which now comes twice a year, is a hectic period for taxpayers and the of- fice force of the tax collector. Time was when we got through with tax- paying in a fairly orderly way. When District taxpayers were not coynted by tems of thousands a man could go r | and to the tax office, get his bill, pay it and stop for a chat with the collector: A simple notice in the old four-page Star that taxes were due was notice enough to everybody. Everybody read the evening paper, and nearly all citizens and their woman relations read every line in it. It was a simpler and more leisurely age. It was in that age when the most prominent and the busiest morchant of the Avenue or ¥ street would eall at the post office for his mail and drive home to dinner at noon. Year by year the number of tax- payers hax grown. Congress ordered payment’ of taxes on personal prep- erty, and this not only added to the load on taxpayers, but to the lpad on tha tax collector and his office, Later Congress ordered that taxes be cc lected twice a year, in November and May, instead of annually. The tax office must now compute and make out 140,000 real estate tax bills and 000 personal tax bills. Citizens must remember or learn from the Dews paper when taxes are due, and must 20 to the District building to get their real estate bills, though the personal tax bills are mailed. Those taxpayers who do not pay by check must go to the tax office to pay their bills, and they will not do this until of the time for making All Washington knows there 15 and how muet and discomfort suffered Any improvement in the tax-payin avstem that can he devised will be | thankfully reccived It is not helieved that the opevation can he made pain | less, but if the tax cgllector can keep | bis patients in good humor a gveat | gain will have been made. R The Battle of the Rules. The fight against the two-thirds rule at the New York convention, if it is started, may bring forward another question that will be awkward for| both sides in the main contest, that is the rivalry between McAdooand Smith | for the nomination. That other ques. tion relates to the unit rule, unde which delegations chosen by state con- | ventions are under instructions to vote | | generally wich payment what a rush time s st <olidly according t) those Instructions to the wi it the m delegation. Briefly stated. [ jority of the | these two | the ! toreign country. of hal- | zinating | rules work together. as ¢ ance. The two-thirds rul in the nect of protecting the | lave-states minority of the Dem cratic party from the dominating will | f the freestates mafority. has been | the unit rule. which | That is, the | ity accompanied by protects the majority. | unit rule gives the majority the grip | WAt on the delegation from the state. In later vears, with the development | of the primary system. the unit rule | somewhat lost its effic - holding tions together. Dalegates chosen | primaries by direct garded as free to express But de maries have recently been supplante in some of the states by return to the And even in 3 tions have been | named in “slates” and thus voted for, | with the result in gome instances of putting through state-wide tickets, all | of the line of thought. So the | unit rule has regained its siznificanc to a lar xtent Here, then, are two traditional two-thirds vore nominate, which protects the minority and that requiring the convention chosen or the slate-elected d to vote as a unit. which protects the majority. It is urged that hoth should | he changed if either is touched; that it the majority is to rule in the con- vention the voice of the minc | to he heard in the delegation The Smith leaders are claiming that | tucked away in some of the McAdoo | Aelegations are numerous Smith votes | that would be released if the unit rule ere abandonel They find ihat these delegations were instructed under t vule, and that it can hardly he abandoned now in a way to affect | lrvady named delesations. So they svert to their original position, which that the two-thi rule should | tand and this convention vote as un- | brokenly as in the past. If the majority | rute to substituted let it be agreed upon now fc ect four ¥ hence. the merrily as vote were re- | their own views. ate-choosing pr convention system m states de ri- ame egation however chosen tanding | logic “battle of the rule the delegatic veach the biz town, headed by the hosses and some of the . candidates These fow days before the gavel falls | rhetoric o | flow | the radio sets he lively rages s begin to gins will and through ones e = e 5 | sither Mr. MeAdoo nor Mr. Smith | noE that the | convention will be able to in Cleveland wtidence Yo s fast as the one did It remains a matter of disappoint- ment that the New York convention will insist on discussing the two-thirds rule instead of the Golden Rule. e ———— America likes new forms of expres- sion, but the word “‘Communism" has no place in its political vocabulary. | o — | Far from being in precarious health, | Mr. La Fuollette apparently feels that he is just beginning to enjoy life. oo Bubbling Enthusiasm. New York's municipal and civic re- ception to the Democratic convention is to be strictly non-partisan. The big city is so delighted to be once more put on the political map, after fifty- six years, that it is just bubbling over with friendliness and Republicans and Democrats and others are joining hands in the dance of welcome. That is it, simply bubbling over. Somebody has just bubbled over for fair, and there is some anxiety on that score. An enterprising hotel manager, seek- ing to express New York's unstinted hospitality to the delegates and look- ers-on who are already beginning to arrive, hired a sculptor and erected ower the main door of his establish- ment a statue in plaster of Father Knickerbocker with. one hand affec- tionately resting on the neck of a placid donkey and the other holding aloft a foaming stein of beer. When this work of art was unveiled to pub- lic view & gasp saunded, changing into a laugh. There were those who re- joiced at the frankness of this ap- parent pledge of a kind of hospitality | die i | En | Wondrous of heauty as of s that hus gone under the bhan of law. Then there were those, who saw the not particularly subtle political signifi- cance of the composition. Somebody telephoned to the headquarters of Gov. Smith's boom managers. There was & speedy consultation. A missioner of protest went hurrying fopth to the hotel manager, and lo! the sculptor was summoned and workmen were hired, and in a little while the foaming stein had disappeared and the left hand of Father Knickerbocker was emptily raised as if in benediction. Perhaps later it will be supplied with an innocent staff, possibly a flag. But that insinuating stein has gone. Only its memory remains. Some persistent peaple may later recall the figure as it sto.d in its pristine glory of bronze paint—not to say brazen—and make trouble in the campaign photographs of it were taken. Would it not be awkward if they were later to appear as incriminating evidence? e r———— Frank G. Carpenter. News of the death of Frank G. Car- penter in China comes as a sev shock to Washington, which has been his home for many years. “Carp” has long heen a nati-mal figure in the field of Journalism. Long ago he started a erics of travels yiclding informing and inter ters which found a wide cirer The Star was the first to print artic and they Lcame one of nding features ofthe Saturday “double sheet and ater The Sunday Star. Mi Carpenter tray immens in the course of his wold wanderings. He had penetrated into practically every part of the globe. Gifted with the quality of news perception, and with a marked sense of the picturesque, he found material cverywhere. He con- tributed richly to the knowledge of many thousands of people regurding habits and customs and history and the conditions of practically every But he did not con- fine himself to other lands. He wrote American subjects. hix he ted tances voluminously on | in adaition to his newspaper articles of valuable text | in | he preduced & numbe books which have ,adopted hing geography in a most Personally Frank rpente. t beloved of Washington's Jjourga lists, a man of mest kindly | disposition and un oring friendship. That he should the course of his work, so far is & tragedy. But he could not stop in kis beloved travels w so happy as when h going about the worid in 1. and though he w; seaith when he left on his last journey s left a monument t vol been sehic int esting manner 15 one of the be the fal from hom: < never s in poc he persisted. He to his own memory in a gre of valuable wr me atulate itself of politi persuade their philanthropic ampaign funds. The on the not ountry may con fact that the lure enough to inent alists tribut from scientific purposes t s s strong em to divert con and ———— evi of The Democratic convention will, Iy, be attended by a number delegates who decline t ard mary vote as the final expression vox populi. der a oF SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON Progression. was who wrote his rhymes So cleverly. in other times, Tha scemed nothing left to sing. t there | And vet the world went caroling Old story makers wrought so well That there seemed nothipg left to tell Yet scribes find many a fitting chanc To weave the fabries of romance. The cities great that have been reared izh for human need appeared. Bach year bids splendors new arise On every day In work of us A morrow waits, Of an achievement better still that we empioy fulness or joy to bring the thrill Making a Stand. Would you join a new party “No, sir,” replied Senator Sorghum. “I insist on being a leader. Any new that cares for my serviees will Join me. Valuable. A man observed with doubt and dr ster dropping overhead “I'll gather it with care now and Some p aid he Jud Tunkins says he hates to hi 2 man talk about the Einstein theor like it was about the only thing that he doesn’t understand. A Trace of Envy. “The hired man has all the fun,” Said Hezekiah Bings. “No matter what is to be done, Superior skill he brings. He drives the hoss that balks for me. He makes the garden grow And has a smile of quiet glee For what T do not know. it “I vow that this and that is mine. Yet when he is not near, The pleasures that were hlossoming fine Begin to disappear. | He makes the stubborn flivver run. He's deft with cogs and springs. The hired man has all the fun,” Said Hezekiah Bings. Beyond Question. “There isn't a trace of the real stuff in that bootleg liquor. “Yes there is,” said Uncle Bill Bot- tletop. “The headache is perfectly genuine.” Obstruction. He who no lofty prize can take, Nor seem a hero in the fray, At least some helpful plan may make To keep from getting in the way. Intellectual Uncertainties. “When a man doesn’t seem to know what he is talking about he ought to consult an alienist.”” “Why?" queried Miss Cayenne. **Alienists do not hesitate to say a lit- tle thing like that of one another. “De wicked used to stand in slip- pery places,!” said Uncle Eben. ‘“Now dey rides reckless an’ skids.” Indeed, | | that of | STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDN’ESDAY JUNE 18, 1924. IN TODAY’S SPOTLIGHT BY PAUL V. COLLINS Radicalism of yesterday easily be- comes conservatism of today when the ultra-radical assumes responsi- bility. So appear the policies by Pre- mier Herrfot, the new head of the French government, as expressed in his_opening speech before the As- sembly. In substance, he practically Indorses the policies of former Pre- mier Poincare in rexard to German reparations and the determination of France to take every step possible to maintain her national security first |ana to coliect “ull reparations” | second. This ix not in Prance—it is the natfon of pan-France—and | declare American observers, ultimate peace of Europe lie France makes no elaim whatever for one franc's reimbursement of the cost of waging her war of defense. All such was openly disavowed by Premier Poincare (the war president) in a speech in November, 1923, when he called attention to articles 231 and 232 of the treaty of Versailles, which formally released Germany from re- imbursing the war expentes of the allies. Al that Prance demands is | repurations of damages to property and persons by the inveding armies of Germany. The ty bound many to pey France 20,000,001 #old marks hefore M-y 1, 1921 many has not paid one farthin the reparations account of any coun- Whit payments she h-s made flicient even | armies of occupation nothing to the aec Americun army of occupation. % ox of Germany's de- conferences of the allies and of Germany were held in London in April, 1921, at which it was agreed that the repurations debt should be fixed at 132,000,000,000 gold marks— all to be paid before 1930—which terms were reported to the repara- tions commission s the plan of the allies. But this _sum was whittled down,” since the amount was to be expressed in three kinds of bonds, all of which bore a rate of in- terest so low that they were not mar- | Ketable at par. Bond C. amounting to A2,000,000000 gold marks, was not to be issued At once, but at an definite futare date [ not be xold at al, ficially, it is whisp of the Dawes commission that it may { e generally under: tood that if Ger- many puys the other two bonds, t | taling '50.000,000.000 wold marks. the | $2,000.000,000" represented by bond | Cnever Wil be required. The Dawes [plin covers yeariy amounts which | will_aggregate only 50.000,000.000 goid | murks by 1930 —which appears s nificant in_connection with the hint all figures seem o point to the (otal. 50.000,000.000. although Dawes vommizkion had no power any total Now comes the announcement from Premier Herriot that France accepts the Dawes plan, but will require Germany to pay the “full amount of reparations”—which is interpreted to pean the amount agreed ups the London confere of 18 billion gold marks. Premier H rriot wirns Germany that the Radicals of Fran not fo Ax an indici- thon of the governments intent to remain unyields for minister of war ( - most vigorous Frane: the policy of any party settled determi- therein, will the jory of the in fault, consequen en of - by members 1 came t to 8o fix | Former Premier Poincare. writing the American the new administration for it | foreign policy, and explains that of ministries Ly the As- | sembly ix not due to any differences |in the attitude toward Germany, but | wholly to domestic issues | “hinging on the nec swity of balan ling the budget by cutting down ex- penses through simplitying the bureaucracy by abolishing unn | dary offices, und through increasing |tax rutes. rather than Lorrowing money to mect expenses. The char- acteristic of the wverage Frenchman is that he finds no fault with lending | money to his government, but he does [ object to paving taxes. | " The (Poincare announcement {policy ' of administrative e | frightencd thousands of bure {all over France. und as no | plan was announced prior to e ach official feared that his own J press, commends firm | ehange two main of a onomy ucrats iPraise Heaped on Walsh Report | Senutor Walsh's final report on the { oil investigation has evoked favorable comment from the press. It espe- | cially has won the applause of many | Republican newspapers, which find it |in the main reasonable and just, de- spite the fact that the Senate ad- journed without giving its approval. “Senator Walsh has returned to fairness and candor in his oil report,” in the opinion of the New York Her- ald-Tribune (Republican), which de- clares “as a result the great oil con- spiracy that filled the political welkin all winter vanishes” and | deserve the highest pra | judicial ealm, the accuracy airness of his ammary.” The Springficld Republican (independent) agreex that he “has emerged from this chapter of history with greatly en ¢ “he has yed solid qualit that fit perfectly for the that came to him—persistence, patience, a hound- like scent and as well a certain equi- poise and sobriety that commanded general respect and confidence.” That part of the public which “has been looking for wholesale denunciation of cabinet members as well as scor- ing of the naval oil leas the Man chester Union (independent Repub- lican) is confident “will find the re- port made by Senator Walsh ex- tremely disappointing.” Recommen- dations proposed in the report, the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times (Republi- can) holds, “are sound,” and ‘com- mend principles and practices ordi- narily observed by honest and capa- ble business men.” In fact, the Springfield Union (Republican) se in it “an orderly presentation of fucts, duly weighed and appraised.” * Xk ¥ ¥ On the whole, the Minneapolis Tribune (Republican) claims “it is a rather tame report—not at all the kind the anti-administration poli- ticians would delight to read,” for “much of its more striking parts is an expression of opinion rather than a conclusion based on undisputed fact.” Characterizing the report as “sound, fair and timely,” the New Or- leans Times-Picayune (independent Democratic) points out “it condemns transactions that cry out for con- demnation, criticizes practices, that need reform—and gives quietus to injurious rumors and charges that went unsupported by evidence.” In its every feature, the Louisville Courier- Journal (Democratic) maintains, “it reflects the spirit of firmness and of fairness,” and “public opinion will commend the committee’s work, re- serving, no doubt, its special admira- tion for the man who originated the investigation and prosecuted it to its end with courage and dfscriminating intelligence.” There is a judicial tone throughout the report, the Indianap- olis News (independent) suggests, “that will add to rather than detract from the strength of its findings, which are deserving of careful con- sideration.” EE Although many “may Wonder whether Senator Walsh has not, in to cover | the | was in danger, and proceeded to work with all his influence agafnst the office if sustained in the election. was these two issues and not any weakening toward the reparations that brought Poincare’s downfall, ac- cording to his own statement. * 5 % % In the course of M. Poincare’s speech last November certain sig- nificant passages threw much light upon France's attitude in regard to her debt to the United States for billions of dollurs loaned. Speaking of the release of Germany from pay- ing anything but actusl damages to property and persoms, I'remier Poin- cure suid: “That amounts to saving, does not, that, in the minds of the allie damage cuused to persons and prop erty tukes priority over the costs of the war. (Loud applause.) . “But then, gentlemen, how can we admit, 1 ask you, that these war costs, which the allies refrain from claiming from Germany—and which in her case they put down as com- ing after reparations, pensions and | evel ory of damages—should be clafmed by the allies from each other, even before Germany has paid up?”’ (Susteined applause from a very large number of benchex) M. Herrfot—In order that point of view may e accepted, in necessary understand another, and in der to unde Must sce one another. A may dmit this point of view one must talk to her M. Poincare—How can one in that the friends of yester and tomorrow should be more rigorously than the Vesterday? (Loud applause.) an iniquity scems impossible it this it not and bonds, nor g Tepeated that we o would not give up the any part whatever of what is ow us, 50 long as the question of in allied debts was not setth In weighing all these conside tions, we are led to take our precau- tions in advance, in order that the experts’ conference (Dawes commis sion) might not serve—voluntarily or not—the interests scme foreign financiers. of * o kK in French acceptance of ix conditional upon against the to Two points | nificant: The | the Dawes plan |ttx continued enforcement merely covering and “RU—amounting gold bt cring the additio billion xold apparently the Dawes to fu set from Germany, not Londs fifty bill Lond € of cighty-two though that couraged by commi: sion dircussion of France has her loan from the she collects “full g 3 Fuil i alsg sum marks. not en- members of aid may iead a vital natut intent United St reparations ns of damages td pertyt in Eran Already the re- tation has cost kold trancs to comple the work will add other five billion. Besides that | pensions will come. And there | influen work outside of F o cut Total repara down to fifty billion gold marks France sets only 52 per cent of Germany pays. In view of France's struction | as to her obligation to repay the loar of about four bilijon dollars, wh has the United States at stake the outcome of it all? 3 b means buildin ninety-five billion Germany's M. Poincare Stresemann demands be modified so as not to charge ¢ many with having caused the v The French, he says, will never con- cede any change in that «0 well proved. He furth Germany with procecding mobilize and train troops, « the treaty—statement cor Premier Herriot as special justif tion for his seleeting Gen. Nollet minister of war. Both Poincare Herriot agree In intimating Stresemann's pretense of many exculpated from the having started the war & loophole in conditiona of the Dawes plan—which, Germany will never accept in faith to the “full repa- rations fon gold marks V. col that the treaty accusation roaccuses cretly to ntrary to rmed by and ix meant on xavs, Loud and Emphatic | writing the report, erred on the of moderation,” the Roanoke World- News (Democratic) argues “it should be kept In mind that to the task of analyzing the evidence obtained by the committee Senator Walsh brought a trained legal mind, which as a mat- ter of course, discarded as being of doubtful value much that the layman would be inclined to consider of great importance. The Pittsburgh un (independent Democratic) admits “the report commends itself to public con- fidence because of its moc ion no less than bes 1se of its fairness, be- eause it d & with issues rather than Wwith personalities, because it is con- tructive destructive, be- ther than par- port itself, the tar (Republ n) contends t evidence as to how much of the investigating ex- citement of the past X months w. based upon fact and how much upon nerves' or a desire for personal ad- yertisement and party advantage The report “gives no cvidence of ef- forts to soil all and sundry with its disclosures,” continues the Hartford Times (independent Democratic), which feels “that fact will give it the added weight which always accom- panies understatement,” and “the committee's recommendations will be concurred in by most citizens,” be- cause “they accentuate the impor- tance of transacting public business in the open Instead of upon the sly, rding contracts by competiti bidding rather than to chosen favor- es.” neinnat * x % % To which the Baltimore Sun (inde- pendent) adds: “The report contains specific recommendations for the pro- tection of the nation's resources against such spoliation in the future. It seems a certainty that Congress will consider legislation of this type at the next session; otherwise the significance of Teapot Dome will have been lost entirely. The upshot of the inquiry ought to be the establish- ment of a definite and permanent conservation policy by the United States.” Although the minority sen- ators withold their approval, “they will find it difficult to refute the findings of Senator Walsh,” accord- ing to the Brooklyn Eagle (independ- ent Democratic), which insists “it Is a powerful arraignment of the acts and policies of former officials which gains in force from the moderation of its language and the judicial man- ner in which the sensational features of the scandal are dealt with." As the Newark News (Iindependent) sees it, the report “is a verdict, not an indlctment: that is, by its very tem- perateness jt carries conviction”; fur- thermore, “none of the by-product charges are gone into, nor is there any effort to pursue individuals be- yond the natural inference that a non- partisan will draw from the facts as stated,” and “the report is conclusive of the misuse of the property of the public by the highest officials of the Harding administration.” one | intricacies and | vet, in crica | with the ut | citizens | masterea the practie enemies of | eyery Such | self a wi us. | coutive, a And, conscquently, we have said and | a loyal fri the above are Sig-|convention wil] he e | many wnd | to any ot what | rule will come t] pare il i at| gates to l | ter from William ¢ | apires a | commencea alres Politics at Large BY N. 0. H"L‘;;UE“ All eyes are turning now New Yorkward, focusing upon the Demo- premier, who might oust him from | cratic national convention, which will It | convene at 11 o'clock a.m. June 24, in Madison Square Garden. Senator Pat Harrison, who is to sound the key. note address, as temporary chairman, 1s here, and predicts that the conven tion muy run for ten dauys, This is contingent, however, in larde degree, it Shnu‘ht, upon how long the dele- gates' “rolls” hold out. It will be ex- pensive living in New York, which is always expensive, as every visitor knows, but the cost of living will be increased upon this occasion, * % % % Senator Carter Glass of Virginia is out as an avowed candidate for the presidency. There is in circulation a forty-five-page printed pamphlet, en- titled “Carter Glass, by Common Con- sent the Democrat Who Can Win.” A foreword by John Stewart Bryan, the noted Richmond editor, says, in his Dbehalf: “Carter Glass is being urged for the Democratic candidacy for President in response to a demand that is spontancous, sagacious and unsought. Seeking a political office has never been a characteristic of Carter Glass, and now, as formerly, it is the office that is seeking him. “The flerce scrutiny of men who know the vast importance of making a right decision has left Carter Glass a place of unigue distinction. Here i8 & man entircly familiar with the of world finance. who is close and svmpathet touch great of patriotic that up the vast ma- otity of this great nation. Here is + man who knows the theory and has of the difficult of government; who in walk of 1i wn h counselor, a forceful courag combatant end.” The booklet then goes on with ex- tracts from many published enco- miums upon Senator Glass, One of the most stri g is py of a let- McAdoo, who is senator's rivals for (_ht- nomination. written when he was Secretary of t Treasury, giving ‘arter Glass eredit above all others for the enactment of the deral re- serve bank law. ok ox o fight art to be one of the The first big the aver the proposi- olish the rule which re- two-thirds vote of th to It with to occur in tion to con- has really the efforts to work up favor of substitution of vention nominate. the MeAdoo hoom ntiment in + majority vot The oraposition is « with sUff resistance the anti-M tain to meet not only for all but fre of the conservative deloga who revere the time-honored rule and Wil tesent efforts abolish ft, so obviously m the interests of 4 inele cindl v 1he nominatic sidd that MeAdon stands to ndliness of delegates who therwise be inclined to eoms JOTE in case of a close con- they not heing committed candidate, but presery- Ing “an open mind” on the tion up to this t Mr his s st and x x ox nents and opponents abolish the two-thirds The the prog S to eline mitte first d; the rrocecdings, rules wiil the ity of the « ptance ti the con ntion ajority of the decide by what vote tion can be mady. are rerorted as being confident if the two-thirde rule is supplanted by majority rale they can “put W their candidate on an arly ha They figure that they can tare a vede. with the god £0 nearly in sight, if the majority prevails, and with the often preva ing desire of the uncommitted dele- t onto the band-wagon.” * on rules, which will meet the of the convention and pre- rules to govern the subse- A motion be decided by quent change « ma n or amend- proper convention a nomina- * % rures as to the probable strength of Mr. McAdoo v to 440, 3 the way from the first ballot. with aim of reserve strength < 500N &% the “favorite have been honored and laid on the shelf. The total v of the convention will be 1,085 if the two-thirds rule prevaile, 732 will be required to nominate. The extreme “laim of the McAdoo men is 570 * B Mr. McAdon of number of delegates, is. serted cl f that, an te nd session by the greatest now to as ges his the has the but they never get away of the fact that there nx of objecting dele es who are rivals of composed of but united bject of at least sta feel obviously c encou he he supporters is in lead 5 most g0 from menace is a solid phala kates, ch in the “stoppit other, unalterabl MeAdoo. * % ox % 3. Smith of New Yo having the ond in delegates and wpathetic delega- instruct hold of he will Alfred credited with following in some is Jarg likewise that has are taken which tions not Smith candidacy himself. Curiosity to meet doubtless draw many delegations to visit him. He is a notabl ctive and mag nd it con be de- pendod up followers will see to it not remain a stranger to the delegates very long. * x % % The Underwood boomers have put out a printed platform in which they “go to the mat” with the Ku Klux Klan. The statement does not mince words in denouncing the Klan and openly challenges it to do its worst. The demand is made that the co vention revert to the Democratic platform of 1836, The fight on this Issue will come in the committee on resolutions and will be taken to the flour of the convention. nis own manage him will Suffering in Germany. To the Editor of The Star: The article of Paul V. Collins in The Star of Monday, June 16, entitled “In Today's Spotlight,” containing references to Brig. Gen. Charles G. Dawes and Germany, ought to be read by every one, especially those who have been writing and denounc- ing Germany as having a hidden army, hoarded gold, the people living in luxury and no one in need of food. Mr. Collins states a true fact when he says if Germany, even with all of her mills running and other indus- tries working, could not dispose of the output to other nations, how can Germany collect in enough money to pay the reparations? There have Been accounts in The Star of “rich ermans spending their money lavishly in ithe different cities in Europe.” Probably it may be true peoble posing as Germans have been doing this. Has any one ex- plained to what race these people calling. themselves Germans belong? The German Nationalists wanted to confiscate their property and drive them out of Germany. The whole world is demoralized financially and industrially because France will not let go her grip on the Ruhr. Because Germany cannot get down to work, the industries and farmers of the United States are suf- fering because they have lost one of their best customers in Germany. MRS. in the com- | The McAdoo men | that | Gov. | | tible ina- | | subject | | | cort | | | Washington ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN Q.. Is Glacier Park in States or in Canada?—M A. Each country has acier Park.” The one in the United States is in northwestern Montana, while the one in Canada is in Dritish C lumbia in the Selkirk Q. How high do, flood time?—W. B A. The Nfle at flond rises ten me- ters above its bed, in a m flood nine meters, and 'in a poor flood seven and a half meters the 1 United Q. What is the population of the | worla?—D. M o A. Tt is estimated to be 1 000, Q. How did the navies of Spain and the United States stand prior to the, Spanish-American war? I A. In 1892 the Spanish navy con- sisted of thirte rmore battle- ships, thirty-nine cruising Latil ships, and sixty-one gunboats. The United States had thirty-three ar- | mored battleships, thirty-nine cruis- ing battleships and twenty-two tor- pedo boats. At this time the navies of both these countries were out- ranked by those of Great Lritain France, Italy and Germany Q. Is it true that the River never rises and never falls’ B. E. R A. The rise and fall of the Detr. River ix so slight as to be impercep- Thix is due to the fact that the river ix fed directly by the Great Lakes and isx consequently always a full stream Q. What was in the civil war?—V. A He was one who uy of bounty enlisted In the ar: afterward deserted from the sery jce. Usually a man who did this suc cesstully once, repeated the ance until he had accumulated qu sum of money, or was caught the game Q reformed criminal, T. M. Detroit ¥ a nty jumper” at How old was Sophie Lyons, the at her death?—TF. She was born in New York city December 24, 1548, and died in De- troit, May 8, 1924." The first thirty- six Years of her life were spent in an atmosphere of crime, and she came to known as “Queen of the Crooks.” She reform amassed @ fortune real estate transactions, the age of seventy-five in at ars. When come Th did granulated into use?—T. D bureau of plant that granulated sugar now know it commercially, gan to replace brown fortyv-five vears agn time it was used only to tent Q first A sugar industry as we first e sugar about Before that a smail ex t United a Com- Q. Cun citizen States he deported f munist?>—J. Q. S The natural en of ported who are no are subje robeing on_bureau says the ['nited States Only those Com- citizens of the to deportation munists country | better | tributed a p for their aetivities against ernment, Q. May a parent receive his adjusted service pay whether he dependent upon ihe son at the of death or not?—w. C. D, A. No payment shall be made t any individual s at the time « the death of vidual was the veterar have been dependent time of his dwath if 4 was under e The widow or presumed to hive 1 unon the veteran upon showing them, respectively, the marita) « tation T nothe spectively, statement filed with the gov- was unle t dep avon hir <uch time hteen Years Aower shall Q Did Andrew $10.000,060 in his understanc United States and I A. He did not, but fund & better nations of the Q rnegie 1o cre to promote between the Q the Are there o MeMm 1t ulting from mpure seed farme i B of M A the s st at in 1917 farmers in Wisconsin suffered of 36T.000.000 1 impure § perform- | which th, and their [lower waorla Who the cave This ¢ | @ are suppose of Macphe A Abraham wives Which nf Australia A Th eucalyptus A tres Speets redwe Q tree tree and Gener: »d is taller th (Fredevie 1. Hos this paper 19 hand'le aders employed vd as frecly and as ofte anythin the a - There ix no oh, ' rhat you want dress and b quoted yo P and cd cents in stamps fo Address The Star Tn Frede 1 Hasviv. g strects morthives Divector. Bureay sast and' € Natural Forest of 110,000 Acres As Setting for National Capital BY WILL P. KENNEDY the government stretching Acquisition by four f through sceni ! from the Falls of the Potomac | to Baltimore as a fitting background for the Nation’s Capital and linking | them in with the park and play-| ground system of the city of Wash-| ington is the great conservation and recregtional project—challenging the support of hard-headed business m as well pushed by the § great forest and hi n artists—which i & uthern Maryiand So- clety. Representative J. Charies Lin- thicum of Maryland is the of this project before Congress is a of a special committes sting for the Maryland organization The area about the Great Falls the Potomac, which was before ( as s U is advocate member a n gress at the session just closed. when ensive hearings were cenducted on the proposed hydroelectric develop- ment of the river, is but one link in this Willian M it the forem about background tural expar in are their un visioning ts out that in America s unconquercd be ness for cultivation ime of t rests the hope of future Fenerations. One of those tracts, al- though sadly mutilated, has remained to our day a vast forest useful for no other purpose. Providentially, also. it exists in_a place which aliove others should recommend it for p fection and improvement to the peo- ple of the United States * kX X forms the background Capital, beginning line of the District Bladenshurg and extend- t nearly twenty miles crosses the Patuxent River. of 41,000 acres. Separated by a narrow strip between and Laurel, there is an- of 16,000 acres. Beyond it swings eastward, poi at the the Tt National bounding lumbia at ing north: until it a tract from it other tract the Patuxent | touching the Severn and South River: caching the outskirts of An- napo the seat of the United States Naval Academy, and thereby adds another area of 43,000 acres. Another forest district of vital im- portance to the Nation's Capital, con- taining grand scenery which, though separated from the main bodies just mentioned by the breadth of Mont- gomery County, should be included in fhe purchase, borders the bank of the Potomac River from the District line to a point beyond Great Falls, an area of 10,000 acres. Conditions here are distressing in the extreme, as no effort has so far been made to care for it and year by year grave Injury to the landscape is done. Surely de- votion to the public welfare should prompt Congress to protect this great Possession. Tt is proposed that the forest serv- ice should ascertain the merits of the Various districts for forest purposes and study the replanting of certain parts, and that 8 commission should. Plan for the maximum of beauty and Utility which are lost for want of skillful and intelligent handling. Water courses should be improved and artificial lakes could be made as beautiful as natural ones and the at- traction of the woods may be en- hanced by erection of suitably de- signed and properly located buildings. * k kX Here, then, at the gateway to the Capital lies a splendid domain such as the kings of the earth from the earliest time have taken for them- selves and Jjealously guarded as among their dearest possessions. We see it in the New Forest in Eng- land, with its 90,000 acres, established the Conqueror; we see it in Fon- D netean, nd in . that one which existed in the shadowy past }V“hln the present borders of the city of Paris, of which the Louvre retains the name of the king's hunting lodge; there i€ the proud forest possession of the city of Zurich, given to it by Charlemagne. At the southern apex of the Capital forest is the old town of Bladens- burg and neighboring hamlets. Here are found historic specimens of colo- nial architecture—the Calvert Man- and - | roads of Co- | non Heigh dh utionar two m tia River me \rthern umbia eastern hran principal fore Approaching the height of land he tween Anacostia and the Pa watershed there are hills cran ht. Across th Riyv ut miles the ther quaint « o It anches af and opened traver sing cortia an ing lumbia, reali lar g points the when he < ! mite of makes so0 Maryland and the r ately in more taxes Maryiand. He d | land terested in | ington as if it wer of Mary vernme thicy these 1a even multipiy up ahout t} | ing attract crived fron an art cey | and 1e | He | capital of the | racy, visited by o€ thousar shall we prov did the old mor for them na » * 1 was new 1 to Representative ar earnest supporter of aw creating a park commiss pro- ject a comprehensive development of the park and playground system of the Capital. “If any one will go out} here to the Anacostia River, below Benning bridge, and what can be done with an old stream, nothing but mud flats before it was dredged and walled, they will realize the great importance of properly thought-out park system and the ad vantages of systematic extensi work. It will eventually provide beautiful water-front parit and play ground for the city.” he sa\d. The Capital forest scheme' has simi larly his earnest and far-seleing sup port. “This vast territory, beautiful in scenery, magnificent waterfalls, wonderful strcams, great woodlandy. magnificent views, can be purchasdi today at a_very cheap price indeed.” he says. Then he points out what other countries and cities have spent for botanical gardens—Rio da Ja- neiro, 2,000 acres; New York, 400 acres; Rhodesia, South Africa, 00 acres; Kew Gardens, London, 285 acres; Calcutta, India, 272 acres—and| he emphgsized that England has seen’ proper to lay out and beautify her wonderful parks of 90.000 acres, the pride of the empire. 4 * X x * “The great cities of the world Representative Linthicum said, “older by hundreds of years than we are realize the fact that the purchase land’ in and around great' eities for recreation purposes and for health and the protection of water supply is a most important work." There should be co-operation be- tween the state of Marylan®l and th city of Baltimore and the Distric a n sion, the inn at which George Wash- ington used to rest when he was tiof Columbia, he said, through which Jfie ) beautiful scenery of the Patuxent, the Potomae and -the Patapscy vers JANE DORR CAMPBELL. planning the great oity, and Par-!should be protected