Evening Star Newspaper, June 23, 1924, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Editi .WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY.........June 23. 1924 on. . . Editor THEODORE W. NOYES. wspaper Company and Pennssivan’s Ave 110 Fant 42ud St Tower Wuil 16 Regen 8t The Evening Star Ne Busioess Oftice 11th St e Siar. with the Sundar moraing W1 Ared by cavriers withn Suntar 5 Fiers wt i wnd of Rate hy Mail—Payable in Maryland and Virgi Paily ant Sunday.]rr. $8.40 Daily only 1vil 85,00 Sunday only 1yr, $240 All Otbher States. Daily and Sundiy.1 v, $0 00 Daily only Tyr. $7.00 Sunduy oniy £5.00: Member of the Associated The Aw o tie e Patches cre. cated Piess in mrebiavel fhr EApAVLALIOR 0f 411 naws ted to 1 it se cra o pab 1 on of Chex horain e 4l The Perennial Conflict. the D New ¥ m of princi tional ticker, 1 hus 14 b platform ticket candidates time iwean th Tomoriow Hocial 13 s amd n e Itowill bave n sembies . v \ nt of iy . of ey compron viclent views the party on such issues as tie Kl the league and And the same time candidate who will stand as it may be fin: prohibitiun at find a upon the platform shaped Tie main troubls about the tion in New York lies in the fact that whereas mau jority adopts the plat form a two-thivds vote i required to nominate 4 ticket The minority may se in platform framing and vet nega tively Thus wuarely 1y «itua dictate the neminations. pro- may dictate a tral or unspecitiv plank on the wabject of liberty of thoughit and action. while the anti-Klan minority may prevent nomination of a pre-Kian candi In the same way a wet minority e ut on the piatform and vat n majority The candidate on the mi it well or the half- have the iberal i ganized and not 4 hiLiTion question ot v Democratic vention ) tar ow wav deciding v dates in the final swing of delegates Democratic party found dilemma 1850, was tThe dommating ques- | tion on @ few occasions it hes sinee faced the same embarrassment Yet the twethirds rule has persisted and despite the efforte of o at the present convention it will prob ably retained as the traditional hasic nominating rule of the party Tts disadvantages in respect to ef- fective consistent relationship between ™ non i e ction of candi itseif n when slavery issue e faction he ates are obvious, ¢ piztforms and can Yet it is too firmiy fixed as & part the Demceratic doc > of procedure to be eliminated interast of a ndid particular oce: ir in tie sing ate on a een confranted and such stubborn d auestions as those that out before the o in the pr are many now - - prog tmajor items are the vd the league. question i< the party united is the of Republican All parties ave alwavs But the writ form confined to the of opposition egirded aw an ex the are being fought mittes o Slutions inury consultations that in ress three Kian only ons and that Administratios | that one he prohibit on sins united « tnz of such a fauite and must inevitahly failures ihe be negative of would in this presen tor those pression in the Cuestions on con troverted hour « instanice those favorabls to the Le a vietor 1o the Kian. for hostile end o league those favorable to prohibition modification. No wonder that the brow of Miss Democracy is deeply furrowdd in anxiery Tax Refund. The annonncement has been made that “the ey will he ready July 1 1o vefund more than §$16.000.000 over- peid n taxes March 15 result of income he as | cent This subsequent ars Cungress is graufyinz information to more thun mil when the his tory comies to be should be set down in red | . iter unus Uit reducti nted on of written Bers and the tion by n the ! that the Stutes or any Zovernmant. should give up | money witkoit the ciaimant for it go Inz to law and spending more money ic costs und orher fees than the cloim | 1s worth. It has been said that a claim ' fRaINSt the government. if paid at all is usually paid o the great-grandchil- | dren of the claimani. It has often | heen said that the government. if it | were enzaged in private business. | would spent half its time in jail for ' non-pavment of its bills. But be that’ as it may. the Treasury Depariment about to enter on the important | work of making a 23 per cent refund ! to persons who puid their fuil income tax lust Muveh ito £ othe vernme a othe from the governmen | will be a4 surprise to most taxpayers. but to get money back that has once | been paid to the zovernment will over- | whelm man: with surprise. [t is a areat work that is about to be done by the ‘Treasury. and many of us tip our hats in jovous salutation to Secratar Mellon and the other workers in his department. To get money R A convention invariably has its| troubles with people who expect a | perty platform to settle each and every public question at vne and the | same time. Closely Bunched Ball Teams. While the Democratic convention linifg up for @ meeting in New York that may be marked by the hottest | fight in the history of that party. at- | tention may be helpfully diverted as a | relief from hectic politics to the re- | markable race in the American League of base ball clubs. 1t is one of the closest contests ever waged since ‘base ball clubs were organized into amscefations. Of the eight clubs in the the | | cumipaign the | | President. | of progress . The viver | bright + for | pass directiy league reven are distinctly “in the running.” Oaly fout and a half games | separate the fist und the seventh ciubs. A single week of play might bring the seventh club to the top and {send the top ciub to seventh place. | Washington, never a pennant winner, is todayv separated from the coveted | top position by only two games. It is deprived of third place by a log- arythmic fraction of a per cent. If this Close bunching of the clubs is maintained throughout the season erest in the national game, in the st cities comprising the American vircuit at least, will be at a before kaown. Not even T | | ae luter th the basc Lail cam- will distract from it. Usually race at the finish is between two But suppose that in the last of the fight these same seven still bunched as closely a ey are tuday! Suppose. as may bap- 1, that they are even more closely hanched. where perhaps a single error make for a tie or L clab stands et a clibs, a wingle hit may detinite win fe third or tourth B dse dwavs peevail that w son percentages do Teams go into slumps and the It never no jast as teams take spurts f unzceountable percen id th von in the &p: But folluwes e reason sap widen ave in midsum paves and ween D Danta or cven At ' every Ve Kn ne that is won in April is just as that is won \u The old maxim o when important as one Snaptamber A game's @ game a in anst o spor ever plised Conferences on the Potomac. the steamed There Mayvflower the Potoimuc. wus Satur Tt was a. conference be President. the of Republican national -committee other political udvisers in the of 4 seris of conferences ut the program the national is expected to be malded We ure to hear of many political conferences doring the coming four or five hot and troubled months. Probably litde that is spe cifie satisfying to our curiosity tu what these conferences w what at that just Ma conference Ay u on as she tween the hairman the and first which fon iear very o as re about and was dune them. It 1kely that onferences be other chronicled will wer nd heid the she on the pethaps there come into the American litical phrases such as nierence “Potomi. There have been many the sagacity wnd and holding Nomac is an iy book of pu Mayflower conference wvidences of go00d taste of the conference the [ The To ac bends itself to conference. Bet v than that, it zives itself to con ference. Tae old inspires calm ness thought. duliberateness in meditation and depth of reflection argaes against expediency by on ther. river of subservient to us that the id was not vesterday. will end that everything lubeled u reform s not actually a part and that what is vight or ty with supreme as its way. The river is an aid to Good humor and zood judzment are f The spirit of the river mer i life s W out @n, hours quarrel 1 quarrel thr then the it of the viver cumes to smooth things out is wide aniet. and wuter bunks kindly feeiing philo sense that they often lack when hoiding conference in halis or chambers. whe'e street cars shuke the gas nixtures. where - belis are riuging and elevato ing. The Potomar conferences Deing telling W made net tomorrow in conforu [t od humor ted tells thiat i< t 1o oo ¥ in atens s and its and green give men und a sophic wrs are rasp is a splendid place -t New York's Sunday Jam. All for the entertamment of big crowd of convention delegates and vbservers from every section of the New York “dubbed a shot’ duy when the power failed in the main “juice plant”’ of the traction system that serves Coney Island. Fully set a country, | half a million passengers were held up for four hours. most of thewn some- wnere on the way betwesn the town and the shore, Many were caught by the break in the cu nile their cars were in the subways, and they in the darkness. While the wajority of these unfortunates were urse. New Yorkers, there was a sprinkling of visiturs, getiing first of big swoltered impression” the town. This troubly was due toa fire in the switchboard. There was a perfectly good explanation of the misfortune But explanations are small comfort to the stalled tens of thousands. especial- Iy those from out of town. Today the hospitality committees are busy apol- ogizing to the guests for the misadven- ture. They give assurances. that it will not happen again. But there doubtiess a lurking feeling on the purt of many of the early-bird convention visitors that, after all, it is just as well not to take a biz meeting to a big town. where the home population is sufficient to jam the traffic wWays to ocation. ——e- A number of New Yovk citizens will be surprised to find that there is so much politics in the country with which Tammany Hall has but slight contact. vt Giving delegates the “keyvs of the city" is no guarantee against'a dead- lock. A Radio Campaign. This radio business is going to make a big difference in political campaign. ing. It is affecting the routine of cun- vention management. Here is Senator Pat Harrison. chosen as the tempo- rary chairman of the Democratic con- vention, deciding to deliver his “Key- note” speech at night instead of at the usual time. For, argues the sena- tor. there will be many more people listening in after dinner than during the day. So his polished syllables will Garden to the ears of muititudes sit- ling in comfort in their homes over a wide radius. His speech will be ad- dressed literally to several million. has | and will Leside | from Madison Square | Many of them will be Republicans well as Democrats. Perhaps he can convert some of the Republicans whil keeping the Democrats tuned in to the | party. Four years ago the radio was just coming into use. There were only a few “‘sets” then, where now there are {iens of thousands. This will he dis. tinctly a radio campaign. Spelibinders are already at work in advance of the onvention pouring forth language. | 'The managers of broadcasting sta- tions are trying to be non-partisan, tis going 1o be hard work keep- ing politics out of the studic S0 the American public Is, as a mat- of fact, going to get “an earful’ during the next few months. The speakers wio broadeast will have one advantage in that they cannot be Leckied. They may get telephon | telegraphic and mail rejoinders, but these can be ignored or utilized for further material. Nothing will inter their flow of speech. Nothing will | eheck their cloguence. Nobody can embarcass by awkward ques tions Perhiaps der with ut ter them joint debates will be in ten-minute intervais lowed (o contending speakcrs. will vibrate from with voices flowing all direc The listener-in pick and those with powerful sets per haps getting long-rz while the Bumbler crystallites must be satis ficd wely leral produc tions al The till Novem o ai now it in van nge oratory with compara - 11 is estimated that a bundred th sand cases of liquor a month are smu, ountry. Statistics ave rily unreliable in this field of caleulati Whether the estimate is excessive or short, the fact remains | eign manufac make a neat international 1 zled into this n [that a nomber of [ the willing of B indictments drawn against Loch are remarkably nu The cuse has alteady created immense volumes of literature, and the tivst hvpothethical sque: has not vet been propounded The Ley nd | merous on to look over, al well at he is not Zoing My Pollette York nous La 1 consent New zh he in advance wention precy be con on 't J. Brian's He 1d scientiste, S possibility of nomimat mentioned not find faver with many huat the Darwinian vote organized nois W is entirely un e The Democratic mule has been rather tricky when first brought out fo in (r | campaign ring o always exercise the s ———— TING STARS. FOHNSON SHOO BY PHILANDER The Boss, ) He who has devised a plan What W To Al arbitrary sa s ambition's dream. and supreme. et the “hoss” yvoull often fir who. with & generous mind stronz and just ust. en to b Deserving zratitude and The only “hose™ that people know Is one on whom our thoughts bestow The attributes which best r Ideas we ourselves s So choose hose. wid Your cons There is rhis You'll ge vour The field nee is the real guide ruth that cannot swerve kind that vou deserve Formal Attire. » 1 are alwavs expected te ar silk hats and frock coais.” Rhode lsiand gues further that." commented Senator Sorghum ey expected | ma | $ | | Jua Tankine save w York will have | dertal wmount of noise To let the neigh- |bors know there’s anything unusuul | going o Statesn 1o we The Firefly A fashing-from-afar light Strange radiance it brings! A little bit of starlight That found a pair of wings a convention in to make a won- ‘Within the Reach of All. Freedom of speech! A precious gift The means by which men way uplitt T in due time and place, Themseives and all the human race | We pay for water, food and coal For every art that seothes the soul Some form of JOU is known. cept for human speech alone. So should we be inclined to balk | At threats of superabundant talk, Let us hope on and patient be: Speech is the only thing that's free. is - From a Distance. What a remarkable design Ethyl- inda has selected for a bathing suit | exclaimed the near-sighted girl. “That isn't a bathing suit,” ! plained Miss Cayenne. “It's a collec- tion of freckles. ‘The Signal. | The song that used to ring with cheer t No more makes glad our hearts. holler, “Hail, the Gang's Al Herel"— And then the ruction starts. e Arranging an Immunity. “I'm going to have my boy Josh study psychoanalysis,” remarked Farmer Corntossel. ““Has he talent along those lines? “I dunno about that. But if Josh should get into any argument about mental capacity it'll be safer for him to figger from the start as an expert who asks the other fellers all the hard Qquestions.” Food and Drink. | They teil us of light wines and beer, And wish the “bar™ would reappear, But never once a hope extend Of that old free lunch at one end. “Dishere radio,” said Uncle Eben, ‘brings in de speeches fine, but it ain’t no company whatever When it comes time foh de candidate to shake hands an’ kiss de chillun.” ntial than | gas | ex- | as IN TODAY’S Last Suturday's cables brought from Paris a report that “the first photo- graph ever transmitted by rudio was printed today in the Matin. ¢ * ¢ The picture was sent by the process of Edouard Belin, the inventor of u | method tor transmitting pictures and photogruphs by wire. * ¢ The first wireless pleture sent by M. Belin was from Malmaison. a few miles outside | of Paris, to the Matin office. Nome three years ago the New York ! World bought American rights to use the Eelin method —both wireless and by wire—of tiansmitting pletures. After threc veurs of experiment, the World announces thut it will svon be- Kin to send pictures from New York to its Si Louis paper, using not the wireless, but a wire leased from the Postal Telegraph Company. Making allowance for the enthusi- lasm of the French press. it is due to | history record thut the first wire- | less or radio photograph was sent from Washington to Philadelphia by the inventor, Mr. C. Franeis Jenkins | BY PAUL V. COLLINS | connected by the radio waves with the of Washington, in March, 1 The picture was an excellent likeness, per- | fectly trunsmitted. ss may be ob-| served in the reproductions pubiished without retouching, on the duy of the transmission. in Loth the Philadelphis | ning Bulletin_snd The Washington | Even Sta Fis Americ Latration thus antedates Vrance by fitteen months The sin of some Dapers { which the experiment was porte Saturduy. also st that lust Gelober the portrait of Gen James Harbord was sent by wireless | irom Washington 1o Wars; i back (0 Washington. The transmitted picture. however has never been published, and it is stated that it | Was so indistinet and confused st its | destination tha was not found of | practical value, and the inventor is hoping to periect his method | | i in in re- issi Paris s The fiest partially successful effors | for the tran wire date back nearly When Marconi announced the discov- ery of wireless telegraphy und tele- | pnony turned their efforts | to adunt the radio to transmission of ether ssion of pictures by fifty vears nventors | pictures through wireless | waves { ready | entante | et Transmission by it wire is ¥ so old tha is no 1o pat- r busic principles miy pietures be | wire larly through of a railroad. To thus pick from the end of a steel rail. in a ir. tion of second after it had bees sent trom a point a thousand miles awiuy Leuts the famiiiar trich of the mugi- cian who tind< a rabbit in his hat The process of sending pictures through o wi 1 is comparative 1y expensive for general broadeastin Since vuen requires a sepata nnecting with upkee D Teas the rudio w requires on ndinz station sup | thousands of receiy stations instant duplic no of upkeen | sen, million in" may *he picture. S millions of listoners-in ! same Lroadeast sps + sent by the rails picture only but b wireless tures, with From one | Tookers- Just ws hear the ert | it wtion » s The transmission by speed of telegra nd ix at the rate o | about twenty-five words in two or three the automatic means of per- have bewn pre- ut twenty-fi greatest Ly sending by strips which pared in advance b words can he sent in one minu of the minutes. or process | foruted West- The cording to the authori jern Union Telegraph ompany { Jenkins redio photography will t i endless strip of paper, the width of ordinary typewriting. and transmit | its message any radio distance at the rate of 1.000 words a minute. Thi transm 1) extend ws fur as ra waves travel or mut he relayed estend uronnd the world instan- tuncousls. and may be picked up any- where Ly innumerable receiving in- struments which are tuned in_ with the cend pparatus. Fvers newms- paper in ihe world could thus be sup- plied with “copy.” sent from one sta- CONVENTION EW YORK | twenty-six mare N HALL. £ favorite s sons ar the D ane past usefut and in the cratie free-for-all i them in of n the | tabulate them alphabeticaliv for (u-1 erence. Here they are: New- Ruker of Oh Bryun of William Ervan ‘u! Florida. Senator Copeland of New | York. James M. Cox of Ohio. Homer ‘F Cummings of Connecticut, Josephus TDraniels of North Carolini v. Davi, | of Kansas. John W. Davis of West| I\irginia, Mayor Dever of Chicago, | | Frederick D. Gardner of Missouri, Sen- ‘:nlm- o of Virginia David F. Houston of New York., Cordell Hull !of Tennessse, Willlam . McAdoo of Californiu, Edwin T. Meredith of Tow: netor Ralston of Indiana Ritehi of Maryland. Senator binson of Arkansas, Gov. Silzer of | | Xew Jersey. Gov. Smith of New York, ! i Gov. Sweet of Colorado. Huston | Thompson of Colorado. Senator Un- | derwood of Alabama, Senator Walsh | of Montana and Scnator Wheeler of Montana running As neeivably may | winning it omay | ture re iton D | Nebraska. Gov Jenninzs * % ko One of the most ardent at Al Smith's headquarters Woodhouse of Northampton, | President Coolidge's home town. Mr. Woodhouse, who teaches school for a | living. was elected chief magistrate of Northampton after Coolidge be- came President. and the Democrats are now in control of the city's af- tairs. He declares that Massachusetts is so_enthusiastic over Smith that even Coolidge’s popularity in his own | tate could not prevent the New York from sweeping it in No- | workers | | i | governor | vember. \ 1 m * k%% Napoleon never had more faithful | field marshals than the men and women identified with the McAdoo campaign in New York. They work with the industry of beavers and the aeal of evangelists. Their eyes flash and somctimes their teeth are clenched, Wwhen they discuss the yendetta” 1o which they allege their hero is being subjected at tha hands of the New York press and Tam- many Town generally, Old conven- tion hands recall no previous occa- sion on which feeling ran so high as it does in the McAdoo camp. It ¢ ttle royal at Madi- foreshatare Garden’ when the nght is really on. * k % * Mr. and Mrs, John W. Davis were hosts at their Long Island home Sun- day afternoon to the West Virginia delegation, 128 strong, which is the official custodian of the Davis boom Every mother's son and daughter of them pledged themselves to a last- | plished | the | ne |a | tize correctly br | Nag | and OBSERVATIONS® BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE fex | itors |50 as to complete ditch struggle on behalf of the diplo- mat-lawyer, who undoubtedly looms the most prominemt in the formidable SPOTLIGHT Q. Why are marathon ruces so called? —G. C. A. The nume commemerates the Greek youth who ran from Marathon to Athens in 490 B. C. to carry the news of a battle victory. any of the scenes in “The ken in The many uses to which the in- vention of radio vision, made practi- cable by Mr. Jenkins, as well as radio photography, may be devel- oped are beyond the fancy of the most imaginative. The police may instantly supply the portrait of a fugitive from justice to every com- munity in the country. Commerce, education, ence. the government will find revolutionizing present limitations. In every home possess- ing u radio receiving ®et, not only great oratory and music may be heard, but the acting of the perform- ers will be visible. The world u tivities will be witnessed by millions of “lookers-in” % % Q. Wer Hunchback of Notre Dame” France?—W. A. T. A. All the photography in making the picture was carried on in Univer- sal City, Calif. it Q. How_far is the electricity pro- duced by Niagura Falls carried—S. E. A. The power from Niagara Falls is used in Syracuse, 165 miles from its source, for manufacturing pur- poses and for the uperation of elec- tric rail It is also employed in Windsor, Ontario, which town is 240 miles distant Not only pictures will be transmit- ted, but these need not first be re- duced 1o photography. The light of Nature, “as 8" will be wirelessed. and the Iens of the human eve will be Q. For whom ix Anne County, Md., named "—P. ¢ A._Anne Arundel County is numed for Lady Anne Arundel. who was the wife of Ceceliys Calvert, second Lord Baltimore. Q. [s there plural voting A n ent time one vote lished place Arundel lens uf the transmitting though they be separated by hulf the rotund world. o that the sending instrument’s lens hecomes the lens of the eve. making visible America the wild animils of the African jun- gle or the wonders of nature or the feats of man, regardless of distance. This is claimed not 4s «n uncertainty of 4 distant future, bul as an accom- discovery and inyention - trument. at in the present time any England’—F. W. K quite possille at the pres- for & mun to huve more than in England, if he has estub- residences in more than one in B Q. Why are crabapples so called?— 1 A apple sour Q The word crab in the name crab- i used the middle English It refers to the disagreeable astringent taste of the apple. Every photographer is familiar with the ground in his on | which the lens focuses in miniature scene before it. That ground- | 1s sufficient from which of ‘the scene may be “still” picture The technic nt glass camers Did Robert Browning contribute to magazines’—D. K. B A. With only a few exceptions, the poet did not contribute 1o periodicals At the urgent request of Monckton Miles. Browning sent “The Flowers Name.' “Tokay' and “Sibrandus Schafnaburgensi=” “to help in making up some magazine numbers for poor Hood." who was il at the time glass @ tran; ture mission not only also us 4 made. as @ but movie.” of the provess —how light of a size of W pInPoINt passes over the pieture in straight parallel lines, and s re-| against @ silenium bar. where | the Lght sets up in the silenium an | clectric or rudlo current. according | 10 the intensity of the heam—how that radio in turn excites a special, tiny lamp of the receiviug apparatus | ihousand miles uway, and thereby fs reconverted into light which sensi- 4 photographic plate —all that is filled with technical details 100 in- tricate to set forth in « paragraph. * % Q. 1Is a soldier scrving in the lur Army in the Philippines the world war entitled 10 a . E. F. A. Members uts, members memb Constabulary are not provided for the adjusted compensation act gu- during bonus?— of of the the Philippine Philippine in * Please Your G the h Busine of the coins.— Q “Mind give Own for Yale | now being arranged Washington Plans sending University langus w from a specch in the o a h After the American colonies had d independen ision oinage brcame The devices by wuthority prescribed Ly a body in the o fl and deogr: cast by Chinese n native hs can be | Figh! struck American oper- | were obar for the first coin of Congress committes of wing terms which pece Lnked t v the midd words ‘United States undg @nd in the center “We are on the uther side of the same piece the following device, viz: a dial with the hours cxpressed « of it: a meridian sun side of which the and on the other the vear fow the dul the words ‘Mind Your Own Business The types piece are very similar to those of the {dollar pattern of the proposed conti- nental currency which Lears the date of 1776 and which were probably de- signed Ly an artist who on the carlier piece placed the signature “I5, Gi. Fecit” The types are interest- ages » ations ndouh sails through the the American tinent in the be scientificully possi- f Americans 10 ughout its voy- the clouds over and hear the | the weronauts 10 the voices ators to 11k next upon in the orient 3 i car. to plunt may lions airship th awn upon with the above, on one word_‘Fugio 17577 be- s ses ieebergs ip and listen of command 1iRe Wk shing e when such Nuvarte bade his army follow his own white plume into battle. in our eivil r communding generals wera with | ir front ranks I the world war the high command wax twenty or a hundred miles in the rear, where it could visualize the “far-fl attle gould Hatixe uag ba ing as commentary on the state of mind of the times. The political hope. for it could be only a hope still at that time an inseparable union Henry of 1f now & war should break between the United States and the antipodes. the commanding general and admiral would in thefr hesdquarters in | Wishington Koe rvers mave of their armics i flee through the ew of transmitting radio in every scouting pl From headquarters here the high command could work | out the strategies of buttle or of sev- eral simultaneous battles in Europe | Asia. tstus verbal orders which would be instantly heard by the firld officers at the front | All th i< possible through the radio visien without wires. now being tected and demonstrated in the ngton laboratory of Inventor Jenkns « an onee is horritied a a battleship of the United States in times of peace. In discussing the recent explosion on rd the Mississippi the press ap. uds the bravery of the crew. but sees in the disaster a need of urgent reform in the Navy for the safety of its men Many editors recall that this is the fourth or fifth naval tragedy in Pa- cific waters in recent vears, and they | conciude that something must be wrong either with our ships or with the men who manage them 'he San Francisco Bulletin that few years ago a navalarchitect called attention to the dungers in the tem. common in the construction of our ships. by which powder is sup- fed from storage magazines 1o the deck. The Bulletin declures “some- thing must be done 10 remedy a sys tem thus subject to hazurds. because ~it will not take many more incidents of this kind to classify the American Navy with thut of France. of which the critics have been wont to say that it kille more men on its own ships thun on those of its enemies. & E the list nation from by a casual Coprright. 1924 by Paul V. Colline | ield of dark he ligiously absta ticipation in omination of the other to attend a wder, s, Davis himsel? re- ns from personal par-| the contest, He insists must him instead way about. He expects session or two of the con- not wholly disiuterested | he <hun< “Davis head- | the Waldorf-Astoria. and legal knitting down town hut Grover Cleveland oc- nominated in 189 mentions “ but at the desk cupied when * Gov. Smith lost his convention simile for « while on Sunday in consequence of the sudden breakdown of the Coney Tsiand trolley “AYT himself was not among the fens of thousands lled for hours on Brooklyn bridge and under the river while the tie-up| was being unraveled. but he deplored | the circumstance that convention vis- | the of the Baltimore Sun, on their first Sunday in Gotham | Which savs: “The one is whether the should be caught in a jam en route to, Sho crm enlistment American or from New York's world-famed | SAMen permits that absolute famili amusement resort. “‘Rotten luck,” this|#TiLY With the complicated me ob heard Smith Jamenting. | ©f D¢ warship which “Funny we shouldn't have had a n’:.33en|| 1 it accidents caused by care- ver like this for five vears, only fo|leSeness are to be reduccd mini- have it hit us on u day like this|Mum. The other question is whether The idol of the sidewalks of New York | lh net further that the carries a special tag on his automo- | capital ship hus reached the stage of bile adjacent to the regular state 1 th 5 - ) little over a cense. 1t veads: AT o State Ji; | overdevelopment. In with the numeral under the first name, | ¥#ar nearly one hundred lives and & the illusion that it's | number of ships have been lost by | accidents in the American Navi | Those who give their sons io the Two former private secretariss of | servive and the larger number who Presidents are in the convention | D64 the u‘x:;’l‘xf.rr.“v.k\:;:‘-u supports it throns that swirls through the hotel | biame lies.. - lobbies—Joseph P. Tumulty. Wood-| The New York Eveninz World also Tow Wilson's fidus Achates, and George | feels that these ;’o"?:,‘;",;:{ fhie BN :,fi::‘f';:;‘m’:;n:”_"'“" G. Harding's ?‘l;;‘sb_'m'.; hat “there should be a coadjutor. Tumul- | searching investigation and the re- :: r:l:lm«l to be playing no favorites, iunns-h';l‘yi ihu'x:l;:”:.wdflxrldm:v‘:::.:q:; ut has leanings i irect le and if it s evel MoAaas, S and "l’.:lf;‘""):”"’,‘o:f had any connection with lack of mod- tana. He will consent to be happy ernization we shall have all the more reason for bringing the American whichever one of these tharmers is|ships up to stundard” The Jansing put a George Christian, despite his long State Journal feels that “in days of | peace the American Navy is always association with the late Presid is a congenital Democrat. Se hes in deteriorating, vcreating cause for warnings and fears and lament, congenial and familiar company New York this week. RERy an lions. and “we ave forever being fold ihat it ranks below the strength * % % x Women seem to be in even more of other first-class nations.” omnipresent evidence at New York than * % kX they were in Cleveland. The Demo- 1t seems incredible to the Kansas City Journal that “such an accident, cratic ladies, like their Republican sisters,. have taken to convention even though far from unique, should occur, under all the circumstances’’; , “the disaster emphasizes politics like ducks to water, and| Ly candidly confess that they “just love it At each aspiring presidential the fact that peace has its dangers, candidate’s headquarters attractive as well as victories, no less than representatives of the newly enfran- war,” and “if anvbody is at fault chised sex are on coquettish duty in this instance, the fact should be definitely established and appropriate overlooking no opportunity to be- guile the itinerant delegate with action taken.” The St. Paul Dispateh o ey e e cmale WIthi grees tbat the disaster “lllustrates E * % ok % the vital necessity of unending vigi- i = jance in instruction and discipiine of There is but one topic of conversa- | nyval seamen.” tion competing in interest with the “The lesson to be drawn from the cutcome of the dark-horse race. That | Mississippi's disaster.” the Buffalo is, “How long will the convention | News suggests, “is that a baa\ly Yfl:. last?” i sponsibility rests on our naval offi- l-at Cntenes) Jary, -Lfom 2 Week | rs to anticipate emergencies, to al- o two weeks, with ten days as a|jow for the human equation that we favorite compromise, which would re- [ know as carelessness,” because “men sult in nominations amid & patriotic | charged with firing a huge naval gun hullabaloo on the Fourth of Juiy, . |should have known the danger of & service, At least {wo questions are placed before the responsible heads of the Navy Department by this disaster. in v opinion in of hanism ver modern i es 10 4 is proot a real tag. * % % % rs of the Philippine | the face | this | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASK expressed in the observe type was probabiy not less prevalent than the caution so graphically set forth by the other that “Time Is Fiying,’ 0 “Mind Your Business” affairs. This terse expression of practical sense, be- cause 5o much in the spirit of Poor Richard, has won for the coin the name of “Franklin cent,” but Franklin prob- ably had nothing to do with the de- signing of it. Q. Explain the six-and-six i lof School organizition —B. O, F. © o organization is 2 plan whereby the education of a child shall be divided into six years of graded school work itwo vears of junior high and four rs of high school work, making x of graded work and six of high, rather than eight grades and four ears in high school, Q. What is the meaning of the expression. “1 have met my Water- 100" V. A When Napoleon fought the battle of Waterico he met his greai- est defeat. It was a decisive one. which marked the beginning of the end of his career. From this cir- cumstance we use the word “Water- 100" to signify that one has met defeat in <o decidve a way as | Q. My lawn trees are bare |cause of hairy caterpillars and have tbunches of cocoons on tree trunk and branches stroy A may use them?—N. R, Caterpillars and their cocoons be burned out of trees by the f torches placed on long sticks, Q. Has a colored man ever gons higher than licutenant in the Army’ —R. R i A. About 1200 colored men, in- cluding 230 of the Medical Corps’ and 60 negro chaplain., were comis- |sioned as Army offcers during the world war e highest rank held |by a negro in_the late war was that of colonel. This rank was held by Otis B Duncan. who was promoted to the rank of colonel when the old sth Tilinois Regiment was sent over- seas as the 2i0th Infantry Regiment |of the Regular Army. This regiment won _the eroix de guerre. One other colorad man also holds the rank of colonel. He is Charles Young, a veteran of several wars and a gradu- ate of West Point Q. How old is the city of Toronts Canada?—F. 5. A A. According to of Toronto. in he Board of Trade the cily had its beginning 9 as a Prench trading post Q. How can scratches be taken out @ varnished floor?—F. A A. The Department Agricultuyre av< thut a varnished floor. it not o0 badly worn, may be renovated by the scratches with & rag ed in linseed oil. If the wcratchee 00 deep for sucli treatment. thes be sandpapered out snd a new of varnish brushed over floor is badly worn the best way to remove much of the varnish as possible and apply & fresh coat, of dip; are m If the srm“dish-faced” is a dog whose nasal higher at the nose than at stop—a feature not infrequently n pointers, used bone the seen (Readews of The Evening Star can get the answer to any question. Ad- dress your letter to The Star Informa- tion Bureau, Fredersc J. Haskin, yector. 21st and_( streets morthicest Inciose = cents in stamps for return postage ) di- Editors Join in Lamenting Mississippi Tragedies flaroback officers or ‘hang-firc, who piled the rocks should have known betier than to drive full speed ahead close formation on a sty " and “it is scant consolation in either case | to recall that those whose lives were sacrificed died in the line of their ‘dul.k- | | There | naval as the the' déstrovers on in « tern work ahead for a to ascertain the direct of the disaster and to that it shall never be re- peated” comments the Brookiyn Eugle, which adds that “the nation | will mourn the who were tnus | sacrificed in duty. but it will | also demand its_men shall not {be expused such frightfulness in the future” The Mississippi's dis- | aster. the New York Times maintains, “is terrible not only in its casualties but in the menaces to which it show | the crew of u modern Lattleship are expos s its mechanism is con- stuntly overhauled and tested and the personnel tirelessly drilled.” teferring to the many accidents | and lives lost in the American Navy. | the Columbus Ohio ~ State Journal asks. “Has there been faulty work [u..n, in_ planning the vessels and their equipment; has there | material used when the country pro- vided tunds for the bost: has con- struction been sound and dependable and have operation and management untry has a right fo exnect this ~ connecti Manchester Cnion holds the to be conducted by the Nav partment will command the closest | attention of the nation.” for “it is one in which the facts, and all facts. must b revealed. ti | that have to do with both m | &and_men.” The Norfolk Ledg patch concludes, it will be the ear nest hope of all who desire the United | States to have the Navy which com- | mon sense and the best interes {the people demand they shall have that Congress shal! take to heart and speedily the lesson taught by the fiaming tragedy on the Mississippi.” o | Philosopher-Friend Of Daniel Webster To the Bditor of The Star It is said that President Coolidge in times past has found satisfaction in the sound logic of his shoemaker back in Northampton: that their re lations became more than mere busi- ness intercourse. It is not diffieult to find other cases wheére eminent men sought the opinions of humble but substantial citizens. The mun whom Thomas ~Carlyle called the “notablest of all notabili- ities” listened attentively and always with keen pieasure to the observa- tions of & humble fisherman of the New England coast. Seth Peterson. Daniel Webster's boatman and fishing companion, had an influence quite out of proportion to his normal position in life. Mr. Webster was devoted to | Peterson. The lutter said that when they went out fishing alone they were just plain “shipmates.” In a letter to his son Fletcher, dauted May 21, 1842, at 4:30 am., Mr. Webster wriles: “Marshfield never looked as well. Peterson and 1 have talked over politics. He szays the fault is in Congress: that Mr. Tyler is not to blame for being President and that they ought to take right hold man-fashion and do up the pub- lic business. 1 am Roing out to wet | & line this morning.’ { * Again he writes to Edward Everett: | “1 hud a glorious month of leisure on the seacoast. where Seth Peterson and 1 settied many & Knotty point. * * & Seth goes for the President notwith- standing the vetoes. * ¥ Such men with a_democratic in- stinct and breadth of mind glean the wit and wisdom from the full range of society. GERSHOM BRADFORD, in inquiry | steps line o to A The six-and-six plan of achool | 1o preciude the hope of future success. | be- | What can be done to de- | them. | take | been poor | TWO-THIRDS RULE OFTEN UNDER FIRE Democratic Convention Veterans Not Worried by Resumption of Agitation for Its Repeal. ABOLITION ONCE DECREED Has Worked Successfully Except on Three Occasions. By the Associuted Press. NEW YORK., June —Veterang among the Democratic hosts gathered\ here for the party’s national convern-" tion refuse to get excited over agitation for abrogation of the v ally century-old two-thirds rule Party historians point out that th. rule by which a Democratic nomina- tion only is made by a two-thirds vote of the convention nas been a subje i"r discussion in aimost every national nvention since its original adoption and that repeatad efforts it have been witnout "a\dapxed firse in 183 [to the 3= | | to change 1t was but appiied onl nomination of Vice President, Andrew Jackson had ne epposit for the presidential nomination The rule was vxtended 1o appiy the presiden nomination i next convention and in 1345 came up for resdoption an arra ment was made wnereby it could changed at apy time during the o vention by a majo vote. A bi fight over the rule wus wage | the convention of meeting Charleston « ben prostavers leaders insisted the rule becauss of their objection to Stephen Douglas. who commanded « of the delegates. A number of south orn delegates withdrew when Douglas platform was adapted the convention held that notw standing this nominations sho made by two-thirds v delegates originally atiending Abelition Forzotten. The convention of 1576 adoptad two-thirds rule, but passed 4 tion recommending that succeedin onventions abolish it. This dire tion however. apparentiv was lost of. as it was followed when conventions met On three oceasions only didate in & Democratic after receiving to obtain the necessary two Hesides Douglas, the other were Van Buren and Champ [ Clark. In the case of Clark, it was pointed out, the majority of twelve otes which he received might net been obtained cxcept for the unit r which has accom panied the two-thirds rule the New York and Illineis dale gations alone was recallad. ther wer: cnough Wilson delegates o have overcome Clark's majority Sorm s are in New York convention prop: be well at prese hirds rule. with a candidate a given num nvention be poilad he candidate had a ma jority of all the delegates votin that the candidate then be declured the nominee success resolu lost sigh has a can convention majority a o adopt the proviso t a Sority ballots th ascertain should e ] Why the Rhode Island Senate Is Deadlocked To tie Edit | 1 nteres ands d the trou have reading the in the Senate published your paper. it to me tha all of the newspapers outside of th te have missed point that which is the present constity | tion of the statc and the method provided therein for amendmenta |~ Rhode Island is the onl the Union which sull r property qualification for v der the constitution of voters cast all state officers. for and senators in the gress and for school o viding that they have fore June nreced | This registration mast be made every two years or the 1+ disqualified To v for aldermen and neii- men he cities (the officials b ing puwer to fix the tax rate) or to participate in financial town meeting in the towns the voter must have a* Jeast $134 teel estate 3300 o personal property. This provision une of the planks that the Democrat have stood upon for and de | clared that it must be changed. | Then the matter of representation {in the General Assembly is another I point that the two parties bave fought vver for vears. Due to the size of the state, With its 504,397 peo ple contained in 1,245 square miles. of which only 1.060 mizes are land, it the most densely populated of il states in the Union. Still there are large tracts of land that are spursely settled. for 97 per cent of the popula- tion is urban. 237.585 of these living in the City of Providence The state Senate. where the storm center lies, is composed of one setu | tor from every city and town in the state, 38 in all. Thus the senat: from West Greenwich, with a popul tion of about 400, has the <ame vote as the senator from ovidence. 1o the House representation ix divid. by population. except that it is pro vided that the Ciy of Provide shall have only of the 100 repre- sentatives, and that cvery city and town shall have at Jeast one. This provision was made in order that no | section of the state should bhe with- j out representation and €o thut Provi nec shouid not dominate the re of the st Thera been very much counts of state as Jut it seams | \ is ate tains the great fr presentative national Ce mmittce, pro registered be e electio | the It max cun t ts £ voter S & other provisions of the constitu such as el tion of judges by both houses of the General Assembiy. mecting in grand commi- tee. that the Democrats wani changed and they are seeking 1o bring this | about by means of the constitutional convention. Unfortunately for them. the present constitution provides that the method of amendment shall be by the General Assermbly passing the amendments with a two-thirds vote in each house at one sessiom, after which the changes must lie over until another session of the Genera: Assembly an be passed then by two-thirds. After that they must be submitted to the people at the next election and re ceive the votes of theee-fifths of those participating in this election. It has usually been the custom to have special election called, due (o the fact that at a gemeral election so man voters fail to vote on any but cand: dates for office, it has been felt that proper attention could not be given to_important amendments. The supreme court of Rhode Island has ruled that, as a constitutional convention is not specifically named in the constitution as a means for amendment, such a convention is il- legal and cannot be binding. For the first time since ths eivil war the Democrats are practically in control of the state government. They lack a majority in the Senate, but, with the presiding officer a Democrat, they can block any move by the Re- publicans to transact business, a« long as the presiding officer carries out his avowed intention of not rec- ognizing a Republican until the con- stitugional convention bill is passed ‘The fight really comes down to the same battle thai was fought out fu Boston in 1919 when the policemen went on strike: the issue of law ‘and order is ai stake. The lieutenant governor has set himself up as .dic- tator of the state. He has establish- ed censorship of the press, for the re- porters of the Providence Journalare not allowed inside the Senate cham- ber untfl they will agree to submit all stories 10 him in advance of pub- ¢ lication and then delete all that he disapproves of in their copy. CHARLES R. STARK. Jv.,