Evening Star Newspaper, July 10, 1924, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY. . ..July 10, 1924 THEODORE W. NOYES. Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Qffice, 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. New York Office: 110 East 420d St. Chicago Office: Tower Building. European Oice: 16 Regent St.,London, England, The Evening Star, with the Suday morning edition. ix delivered by carriers withm the al 60 cents per month: duily only, 43 cents per.month; Sanday coly. 20 cents’ per montk. mail or tele- phone ‘Main 5000. Collection is made by car. riers at the end of each month. 3 Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday..1yr, $8.40; 1 mo., 70c Daily only .......1yr., $6.00;1mo, 50c Sunday only . 1yr, i 1 mo., 20¢ All Other States. Daily and Sunday.1 yr., §10.00 Daily only ......1yr, $7.00 Sunday oniy 1yr, $3.00;1mo,25c Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the ‘use for republication of all news dis- ches credited to it or Dot otherwise credited this paper and also the local Dews pub- ed “herein. ~ All rights of ‘publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. John W. Davis. Having toiled in record-breaking deadlock for eight days, the Demo- cratic convention on the ninth day of balloting broke the blockade yesterday and. selected as the party’s standard bearer the one man who of all the field is competent to give it the best chance for victory in November, John William Davis of West Virginia. His nomination was effected quickly when the field was cleared of the obstructing ivalries, three ballots sufficing to ad- vance him to a significant lead, then a commanding position and finally on the third ballot of the day, to such a headway that his nomination by ac- clamation followed repeated changes. In Mr. Davis the Democratic par has a leader who commands the sin- cere respect of the country, whose record in public life has been without blemish or question, whose personal character is high, whose abilities are exceptional. He is not identified with the factions that kept the party’s con- vention in rancorous, futile session for many days. He is attractive in personality, gifted with the capacity to state in speech convincingly the deductions of an orderly mind. He has what politicians call the qualifica- tions of a good campaigner. In the preliminary estimates of the various candidates for the nomination and during the progress of the New York meeting objections were raised ainst Mr. Davis that he was too intimately connected with *‘big busi- ness,” that as counsel for large finan- cial interests he was not acceptable to the “rank and file” of the party. Mr. Bryan denounced him, at one stage of the convention when a com- promise candidate was indicated as essential to save the party from wreck on the rocks of dissension, as the iawyer of the plutocrats. Mr. Davis did not apologize for his relationship to his clients, but maintained that he was justified in accepting the engage- ments of all who sought his -legal services in honorable causes, a posi- tion that cannot be controverted. He did not make the mistake of aban- doning .a -client because of possible “‘contamination.” The Democratic party is to be con- gratulated and honored- for having sought and named so capable a man regardless of the possibility of alienat- ing the support of those who look with suspicion and fear at the ele- ments that maintain the industrial and financial prosperity of the coun- try. In putting forward John W. Da- vis as its candidate it assures the country that whether it or the_Repub- lican party should win in November the country will have as its Chief Ex- ecutive a man of high ability, of strict integrity, competent and certain to administer the laws fairly and fully and with the highest devotion to the fundamental principles of the Ameri- can government, o Ambassador Hanihara. Tomorrow Ambassador Hanihara leaves Washington to return to Japan .on vacation. An earnest and sincere hope prevails here that he will return to this diplomatic assignment and continue his excellent work in main- taining and increasing the friendship that has existed between the Ameri- can and Jdpanese people for many vears. Mr. Hanihara, us a result of his long service here in the past on other details and during his present term as ambassadar, has made a wide acquaintance and has manifested a keen understanding of Anrerican ideals and purposes and methods. The gov- ernment at Tokio could not be more capably or helpfully served at this Capital than by him who is now leav- ing for a rest after an arduous period of difficult duty. In the course of his present vacation he will updoybtedly report fully to his government on the subject’ which has lately given rise to some feeling in Japar. * A clearer understanding of the circumstances may possibly be had as.a result of his representations, Certainly his re- turn to this post would be regarded by the American peoplé and the gov- ernment as an indication of a desire by Japan to foster the good relations between the countries that have be- come traditional, and for the inter- ruption of which there is no present odcasion. : 1 mo., 85¢ Most of the speakers at the Demo- cratic convention were limited to five minutes in spite of the fact that the assemblage appeared to regard the flight of time as a secondary consid- eration. — e Noise. There is much ufnegessary. noise in the city. Noise is one of the accom- paniments of city life. Trucks must run, street cars must rumble and rat- tle over crossings, and people will operate phonographs and loud speak- ers. But theye is a great deal of need- less noise. The matter has been taken up many times by the city authorities, and now:and then relative quiet has been enforced. Regulations were made egainst the cries of huckstérs, but these regulations have become weaker, while. the cries of hucksters have grown stronger and no check 18 im- posed. ‘Neighborliotds " are -disturbed by shouts of “ice,” “fresh ripe water- melons,” “fresh fish” and other calls. Here is a case where policemen might take a fresh hitch in their belts and get busy in law. enforcement. The case should not be difficult. The police department of other times has handled the matter efficlently. These hucksters do not travel in “high-powered auto- mobiles” equipped with smoke screens, and presumably the icemongers, fish- mongers and cantaloupe vendors do not. carry automatics and g0 about the streets ready to.“shoot on sight.” They &re generally harmlwss and peaceful folk, but in some neighbor- hoods they break the peace and the law.. g Attention of the police has. been called to the practice of many auto- mobilists in blowing horns. There is a great deal of needless honking by drivers, but it is not easy to control that. Some drivers get along without blowing blasts every second or o, but others feel that they.‘are making no progress unless they are blasting their way through the streets. One form of honking which the police have been called on to look after is that by auto- mobilists standing at the curb. The automobilist wishes to announce his arrival in front of a house, or to ex- press his-impatience at waiting or to herald to the neighbors that he is about to take a spin. The police are called on by their superior officer to take note of this and save neighbors from the earache. ————— The Running Mate. In completing the ticket so happily started with the nomination of Mr. Davis the Democratic convention had to pass through a difficult process of selection. The long fight for first place had brought into the field many possibilities. Foremost, undoubtedly, of these was Senator Walsh, who, pre viously - conspicuous for his services in the oil inquiry, had as permanent chairman of the convention endeared himself to all by his fairness, his patience, his remarkable capacity for handling a situation fraught with fac- tors of complete demoralization. Then there was former Secretary Meredith, in an excellent strategic geographical position, in the land of the agricul- tural disaffection, There was Huston Thompson, also from the debatable western land, with a good record of administrative success and regarded as acceptable to the La Follette party. There was a newcomer in the political field, Mr. Berry, identified with or- ganized labor. There were others of personal and political merit, But Senator Walsh declined to per- mit consideration of his name on the ground that he was likely to be of more use to his party on the floor of the Senate than in the chair. Mr. Meredith declined for unspecified rea- sons, but' peremptorily. This con- fronted the convention with the pos- sibility of a renewal of the deadlock. That was a distressing prospect. The blockade of nine days of balloting for the presidential nomination was more than enough to satisfy the fighting spirit of the party representatives and they. were quite willing that the sec- ond-place nomination should be settled behind closed doors by a group of leaders. So that was done. Out of a conference the details of which may never be fully known came the agree- ment that Mr. Davis' running mate should be Charles W. Bryan, Governor of Nebraska, the Commoner’s brother. It is stated that the wishes of the presidential nominee favored him. Accordingly’ Mr. Bryan was ‘“put over” on the first ballot and the long agony of the convention was at an end. Gov. Bryan was Nebraska's favorite son during the first stages of the fight for the presidential nomination and bobbed up again from time to time after his selection became improbable. He was one of those mentioned by his “eminent Kinstan as worthy of the party's first choice in a speech delivered during the progress of the balloting. In view of the Commoner’s emphatic rejection of Mr. Davis at the time of that speech the selection of his brother as Mr. Davis' running mate would almost seem to be de- signed as a bit of strategy to mollify the ex-Nebrafkan and bring him to support the ticket. At all events, it has at least had the effect of eliciting from him perhaps the shortest po- litical statement he ever uttered, “T shall support the ticket.” Gov. Bryan has until comparatively recently been in the shadow of his more prominent relative, whose ac- tivities during his years of presidency- seeking permitted no interest in those of his fmmediate personal circle. Of late years; however, especially since the Commoner became less definitely identified with Nebraska, ‘“Brother Charles” has been striking out on his own and has achieved considera- ble political success. Now he is governor of the state. He has won his own place in the sun. His selec- tion as the Democratic candidate for Vice President would seem to be good tactics on the part of those who tardily: came to the.rescue at New York and managed the convention. —_—————— A New York producing manager could make a great hit if he could persuade Mr. McAdoo and Gov. Smith to appear as Brutus and- Cassius in the quarrel and reconciliation scene. |4 ———tae. A deference to the popular enjoy- ment of & well devised climax might prompt future nominating conventions to name the vice presidential candi- date first. . Army-Marine Foot Ball. The next Army-Marine foot ball game will not be played in Washing- ton. Baltimore wins. The Army team represents the 3a Corps and Baltimore is headquarters of that corps. The Marine team Tepresents the east coast expeditionary force, and the perma- nent address of those marines, if any marine can be sajd ever to have a permanent address, is Quantico. Wash- ington made’ its claim on national grounds and it put up the argument that the Washiggton Stadium is neu- tral ground between soldiers and marines. Last year Washington en- tertained the gladiators and their co- horts—but the word “cohorts” will be withdrawn, because a cohort was but the tenth part of & legion of a Roman army, and the Washington stadium was full. Washington got, THE . EVENING its first taste of what is called “big foot ball” by the. professors of sport and found it pleasapt, and it strove to engage itself as host next fall to the valiants of the Army and Marine Corps. But no! Life has its disap- pointments. Gen. Muir, commanding the 34 Corps, has written that he regrets that he décides In favor of Baltimore and says that the Army will not forget the reception which ‘Washington guve it last year. His letter is @s happily phrased as any tarndown could be. Washington ac- cepts defeat with resignation, but not with humility. ‘Tis better to lose nobly thap to win ignobly. Father ‘Washington tips his hat to Lord Bal- timore and, bowing, says: “The prize is thine.” One of the strong points of Baltimore, and perhaps its chief advantage, is that it is only forty miles from Washington, and when the Soldiers and. Marines come to grips next fall they will hear Washington voices roaring in the stands. Silence and Sorrow. Washington paid e silent tribute vesterday at 4 o'clock, when the fu- neral services of President Coolldge's son began, by arresting for two min- utes all activities and remaining in silence in token of sympathy for the bereavement of the parents. These silent pauses have occurred on sev- eral occasions of national grief and sorrow, They are calculated to make millions of people think deeply. They make for greater respect for the suf- ferings and sentiments of others. They concéntrate briefly but effectively the thought of people upon serious mat. ters, in the midst of daily activities, and even of enjoyments. Then what- ever has been interrupted is resumed and carried on in full sway. Just S0 must the life of those who suffer the loss of beloved ones be promptly resumed in fall activity. In this pres- ent case President and Mrs. Coolidge must carry on despite their sorrow, must face their responsibilities and discharge their obligations as though their family circle had not been broken and their loved one taken. ——et——— The convention passed manhy reso- lutions of thanks, with incidental grat- itude, no doubt that the delay did not make them peculiarly seasonable by extending to the day appointed for Thanksgiving, by presidential procla- mation. —————— The security of the country’s busi- ness affairs is evidenced by the fact that so many prominent citizens have been able to absent themselves so long from their offices to attend to their political affairs. ———e—. The fact that Wall street was close at hand did not prevent many Demo- crats from cordially admitting in the presence of W. J. Bryan that New York is a fine old town. — e Among the interesting exhibitions provided by the Tammany hosts for the California visitors was some ex- ceedirigly neat work in throwing the tomahawk. o Events would have moved. a little faster if Pennsylvania and Illinois had been limited to six votes like the punctual and consistent District of Columbia. ——aee If Uncle Joe Cannon could be per- suaded to give an opinion he would probably express admiration of Mr. McAdoo as a standpatter. —_———————— Although this time mentioned for second place, the name Bryan brings a familiar ring to the Democratic ticket. e The adding machines may now be put away and the typewriters brought out for work on the campaign text book. Gov. Smith now figures in the list of national Democratic leaders as et AL SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNBON. Back to the Old Ways, Once more we may resume our course of life, Without applying mental force To strife. We'll turn to talk we have enjoyed of yore, To Darwin, Einstein and to Freud Once more. We had a mighty psychic thrill Each day And heard the band join with a will To play. ‘We now revert, with happiness In store, To things we understand still less, Once more. Narrow Distinction. “What is your idea of a dema- gogue?” 4 “A good spelibinder,” answered Sen- ator Sorghum, “whose views don't agree with mine.” \oll the Banks of the Hudson. Baid Rip Van Winkle, “Now, old dears, ‘We'll drink and drown contention. Just let me sleep for twenty years. I've been to a convention.” - Jud Tunkins says where people hold sessions after 1'a.m. daylight saving doesn’t mean a thing. Melodie Accuracy. They sang about “The Sidewalks” With generous delight; But “Hot Time in the Old Town” ¥ag the tune that got it right. ‘Which Would Never Do! “waoat Would you think of & move- ment.’ asked Three Finger Sam, “to bring the next convention to Crimson Gulch?” 5 “Don’t start it,” protested Cactus Joe. “We'd get ourselves misunder- stood.” Us Gulchers is- pecdliar ‘in thinkin’ that when a man acts and talks like he wanted to start a fight it's our hospitable: duty to try to ac- commodate him." % “De Fourth. of July was.safe. and sane,” said Uncle Eben, “but it didn’t BY C. E. TRACEWELL. “Woodman, spare that tree! Touch not a single bough. In youth it sheltered me, And I'll protect it ndw.” Willlam Jennings Bryan brought the above quotation Into renewed promi- nence at the Democratic national con- vention when he dragged it in by the back of the neck to conclude his plea for the elimination of ‘“three words” from the plank. But here in Washington; where we watch planks come and go, and re- gard them as not much more -than 8o many boardfeet of mnice, pleasant “bunk,” any way, some of .us feel like quoting that verse like this: Woodman, spare that tree: Touch not a single boug! In_youth it sheltered me But I can't save it now. * x k% Victims of the march of business progress, trees along 13th street be- tween F and K streets, have gone to the place from which no tree re- turneth. For forty years the District gov- ernment nursed and cared for those trees, now they have taken them out to make way for the widening of the busy thoroughfare. An act' of Con- gress made their removal mandatory, “The street is ordered widened— there Is no way to do it except to take out the trees’” says Clifford Lanham, superintendent of trees and parking. He indicates that nothing may be expebted to take their place except concrete. 1t is impossible to replant such old trees, so there is nothing to be done with them but convert them into lumber. e e Whether or not one- rejoices or laments depends largely upon whether his primaty interest is beauty or busf ness. This is no reflection upon any one. Every man has some foremost interest. It seems to me that a bus! ness man whose sense of beauty equaled his mercantile judgment would d himself, in this case, In the pdsition of the noted donkey placed between two bales of equally attractive hay. There 1s certainly cause for re- joicing In that progress negds more room. Progress often does néed more room. There is reason for sadnes however, in the loss of trees. “Poems are made by fools like me But only God can make a tree’ .Thus sang a poet, dead like many of the trees of which he spoke. Some- thing of the feeling he expressed must have been felt by all those, no matter what their interests, who looked upon the fallen trees along 13th street, saw the gaping holes left and noted the difference in the whole appearange of the thoroughfare. E R X X If Washington were essentially a business city the loss of a few score trees out of its businees district might not be 80 £ad a thing. But it 1s not primarily a business city. Not that it lacks business. It has industries of which it may be proud. The achievements of its business men, its bankers and merchants are works in which any community might glory. But no number of spectal supple- ments will ever make it a fact that this city is first and foremost a com- mercial metropolis. Its one great business, the federal government, is seeing to it otherwise. This city was destined by Gen. Washington as the seat of government and those who worked with him held far-seeing ideas of the beauty that should reign here. 3 Despite some slowness in carrying out the plans, in the main they are fulfilled, or being fulfilled, in the Dis- trict of Columbia today. This is a city of beauty, of fresh air, green parks, noble trees. Here are no clouds of coal smoke such as disfigure and tend to make unhealthy many of the greater and lesser cities of the United States. aE T Viewed from the standpoint of the Capital of beauty, the loss of trees out of the heart of the business section is nothing less than a calamity. Possessing what no other city has, in its widespread tree system, Washing- ton should take every care to preserve that which makes it unique. If the growth of automobile traffic is one of the factors making such de- struction necessary, it is but another of the points to be checked up against the motor car, which threatens, in its un- paralleled spread, to turn into a great monster which will destroy itself. Word from London shows that in that great city the authorities are at a standstill, wondering what to do, in their attempt adequately to meet the traffic problem. Here the increasing number of auto- moblles is making for trouble already, with trees among the victims of progress. And progress it is, let there be no mistake about that. The pity of the thing is that such progress cannot devise some way of keeping such trees, perhaps by ‘a system of parking similar to that used on Mary- land avenue. “It would obstruct the view. of au- tomobilists,” comes the cry. Well, now, that would be too bad! * K k% When a tree falls it carries with it S0 many years of growth, so many memories of beauty, 80 much of human effort which kent it alive so long, that its destruction is attended by real row in the hearts of many. That euch persons are fool not numerous, would be a hard thing to prove. As I have said, it is largely from which point one viéws the mat- T One of the recent thunderstor; smote to the ground a big linden standing on T streei between 36th and 37th streets. After the thunder and lightning ceased, and the rain had stopped, the children on the blo¢k. went out to view the fallen monster. They had a gay time play- ing in the branches which a few mo- ments before only the birds could have reached. But their elders saw more than a fallen tree. They saw the foresight of CIiff Lanham and his predeces- sors gone for naught, in the case of this tree, and they 'wondered how many other cases there were similar to_it. Twenty years ago, and longer, the bugs threatened to destroy Washing- ton's trees. A battle began, man fighting against insects, the myriads of beetles and lice that feed upon thé different trees and plants, Today man is winning his fight on this front. Insect life, which many believe would overwhelm mankind, if 18ft_unchecked, is fighting a losing battle in the trees of the National Capital. Even civil strife has been introduced, and ladybugs eat lice, thus doing_man a service. Shall man himself 4o more dam to trees than the bugs, and uproot a day trees that thé combined attacks ot élements and insects were unable to pull down in half a century? —————— Nobody has jumped off the Brodk- lyn bridge during the Democratic convention, and we suppose this sort of thing is out of date.—Miami Daily Néws, 5 Every man professés to admire the ola-tashioned girl, but the curious thing is that he always leaves her for some one else to marry.—Stamford Advocate. > Some folks are never ready to hear truth until it has been thoroughly l".:etehed.-Del Moines Tribune. o sor- D. -G, -THURSDAY, JULY. 10, 1924, ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN Q. How many windows are therée In the Capitol>—P. . W. B. A. The superintendent of , public buildings and grounds says that there are 679 windows in the Capitol. Q. What signals are used between catchers and pltchers?—R. V. A. The signals‘ used by catchers and pitchers on first-class base ball teams are: On: finger and two fingers, designating- the only two balls permitted in professional base ball—fast ball and curved ball. Q. Is real geofgette crepe all silk, silk and cotton or silk and wool?— W. A B, A. Georgette crepe is a light, sheer silk fabric having a fine crepe sur- face. It is woven in the gum and subsequently boiled off and dyed or printed. 1t was _originated and named by Haas Brothus, but has since been widely copled. Q. Are commissioned officers in any branch of the service entitled to adjusted compensation?—A. C. G. A. No credit is allowed for time served as a commissioned officer above the grade of captain in the Army or Marine Corps, lieutenant in the Navy, first lieutenant or first lieutenant of engineers in the coast guard, passed assistant surgeon in the public health service, or having the pay and allowance, if not the rank, of any officer superfor in rank to any such grades. Q. How long is the track at the Indianapolis Speedway?—C. F. A. The Indianapolis Motor Speed- way Company says that the length of its race track is two and one-half miles, Q. Who gave the electric star to the city of New York?—A. S. A. This star, which shines at the top of a tall staff in Madison Square, is the gift of Rodman Wanamaker. It is called “Eternal Light" and is a memorial to our world war dead. The light is a gold star five feet in di- ameter and is mounted on a pole 120 feet high, which was fashioned from an Oregon pine. Q. Was chlorine gas used to cure disease as much as five years ago?— B. A. H. A. The chemical warfare service says that chlorine gas has been used in the treatment of some diseases since 1852. The Germans were the first ones to recognize therapeutic uses. Q. What commemorative stamps have been issued by the Post Office Department?—W. C. S. A. The first were {ssued for the Chicago World's Fair, the Columbian eries, 1893. Thegpthers ar Mississippi “Omanh) 8 ican, 1901; Louisiana Purchase, 190 Jamestown, 1807; Lincoln Memort 1909, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific, _ 1809: Hudson-Fulton, 1909; Panama-Pacific, 1912-13; Victory, 1919; Pilgrim Ter- centenary, 1920; Harding Memorial, 1928; Hugenot Walloon Tercentenary, Q. Is 't true that frozen elephants have been found and eaten?—C. L. M. A. The Smithsonian Institute says that it is true that frozen elephants were found in Siberia, and that the flesh was in such a state of preserva- tion that it could have been eaten. However, it has no record of anyone having attempted to use the meat food. It is understood that there ai Several specimens preserved in mu- seums throughout the world. Q. Are dry batteries really dry’— M.C L Wi A. They are not really dry inside. If they were, no current could be obtained from them. The electrolyte is unspilla- ble, and therefore they are referred to as dry batteries. Q. Do corn, wheat and oats all belong to the cereal family7—C. M. R. A. The word oereal refers to any grass-vielding farinaceous seeds able for food. Therefore, corn, wheat and oats all belong to this family. Q. How old is the American shoe fn- dustry, and what state leads in it?— A H C. A. The manufacture of shoes in what is now the United States was begun in 1629 by Thomas Beard, who came over on the Mayflower on its third voyage and brought hides for making shoes. Seven years later Phillp Kertland of Buckinghamshire began making shoes in Lynn, Mass. Sinoe that date the state of Maseachusetts has come to lead the world in. the manufacture of boots and 0es. Q. What place is_known as the “Heart of England” W. A. This name is applfed to Warwick. shire, the middle county of England. Q. Does it cost more to get a basic patent than any other kind?7—P. W. A. The cost of registering a patent is the same in all cases. Q. What is the benefit derived from yawning?—C. E. S. Ac The public health -arvgx says that yawning restores the equilibrium of the air pressure between the middie ear and the outside air. The result is often a feeling of relaxation. Q. Could you tell me what the large dial on the top of the foremast on our large battleships is for?—J. M. A. The Navy Department says that this dial is used for target firing. Q. Do cabbages grow as high as ten feet above the ground in Jersey, England?—H. D. A. A. The Department of Agriculture says it {s true that they do. These are not the head cabbage variety, as in this country, but are forage cab- bage varieties. These tall cabbage plants are called Jersey kale or cow cabbages. - - - = Q. I would like to know whether mercury is & conductor of electricity? A. All metals are conductors of electricity to some degree. Mercury, being a metal, is also a conductor of electricity. Q. Who would be addressed re- garding a case in which a pardon by the President is desired?—W. T. K A. The attorney in charge of par- dons in the Department of Justice takes charge of all applications for Executive clemency, except in Army and Navy cases. - Q. What is the correct name of the commonly called “red bug”?—A. L. * A. The red bug, a very small larva mite, which attacke man, has no other name. The red bug_which attacks trees is of the genus Pyrrhoeris. Q. What is meant by feutilleton?— V.H W. A. This is a French word indicating the bottom part of a French newspa- per, separated by a line from the rest and devoted to light literature, criti- cism, ete. (Have you asked Haskin? He does not kmow all the things that people ask Aim, but Re knows people who do know. Try him. State your question bricfly write plainly and inclose £ cents in stamps for return postage. Address Fred- eric J. Haskin, Director, The Star In- formation Bureau, 21st and C streets northwes: Coast-te-Coast Mail Route Marks New Flying Era Another chapter in the history of aviation opened when the transconti- nental air mail service between New York and San Francisco became an established fact. This successful ac- complishment marks a new era in American flying, in the opinion of the nation’s press, and should be a stimulus to the development and ex- pansion of aerial service. The government, the New York Evening Post suggests, “should lead the way in the development of this new means of transportation, which is capable of such large poseibilities, and all the people should be willing to foot part of the bill, even though there should be no immediate return upon the investment,” for “the ex- pansion of aerial travel and com- merce will benefit the whole nation, and we have been slower than others in starting.” As the Chicago Tribune puts it, “transcontinental service in thirty-three hours is & new age.” If the development of aviation ‘“had achieved no other purpose than that of more rapid mail deliveries” the San Francisco Bulletin declares, “all that has been spent upon it would have been more than wafranted, and in the course of time all of it will have been compensated for in the eased busines: 'n‘f‘;e ‘rgew York Herald - Tribune points. out: “It is now possible to drop a letter into a post box at Times Square at breakfast time in the full confi- dence that it will bs read in San Francisco before dinner on the fol- lowing evening” which “is all very remarkable; but the congratulations to the Post Ofce Department must be accompanted with some surprise that the United States is still, on the whole, 80 backward in the develop- ment of commercial aviation. * kKX How important this time elimina- tion “will prove in commercial trans- actions, and particularly in banking, where the time element has been a source of great loss” the Cleveland Plain Dealer claims, “is still too early to say, but with banks in Cleveland and Detroit contemplating the estab- lishment of their own services in or- der to avoid losses due to delay in fhe malls between these points and k, it is highly probable that e ahscontinental mervice will prove of incalculable value to busi- Thess and to bankers all the way from one coast to the other.” If ths federal bank officials in New York “are cor- rect in saying .that this service will take a quarter of & billion dollars out of transit idleness and make it active Ccapital,” the St Louis Post-Dispatch asks, ‘“what will be the economic ef- fect when the whole country has an ir mail service?” 2f business men make use of the privileges it offers,” the Davenport Democrat_holds, ‘4t ought not to be long before pontracts are let for many connecting lines -which will extend the system to all parts.of the country.” As the charges seem to be Treasonable, the New York -Times is confident “the air mail service should be well patronized,” because “24 cents for a lettér to San Francisco that will be delivered the next day after leav- ing New York is certainly not ex- orbitant, and it will be surprising if there.is not a rush of business for the mail planea” The Salt Lake Deseret News insists .“it certainly strong appeal for expanding oping the nation's air equip- While “direct government operation has given the whole world an object lesson in what can be done,” "the Boston Transcript believes the transcontinental route should not only continue to be operated in_the present way, but “it should be liber- ally supplemented by co-operation of the government -with private initia- tive,” and “that is likely to come if American business men, by making Liberal use of the present service dem- onstrate their desire to avall them- City. Desert News. . & selves to the fullest extent of the benefits that modern transportation methods can confer.” * X ok K The Albany Knickerbocker feels: “The demand of the inltial flight justifies the service. A period of lesser demand may be looked for before the air mail hits its full stride. After that the story of air mail development will be merely a matter of more planes and pilots; the development -of cBmpartments; faster schedules; more numerous stops. New ships pass in the night, eastbound and westbound; propellors purring, motors droning a new word in _human progress. The world shrinks agaln. What a little world it is going to be one of these days.” The beginning of this regular service, the Albany News adds, “means even- tually mail to Japan in a few more hours, it means mail to England and to all countries, in hours where it now takes weeks; it means a further re- duction in distances, a new .brogm that sweeps away the dust of fsola- tion and the cobwebs of time.” “The Post Office Department. has undertaken a big job, on a big scale, the Philadelphia Bulletin maintains, and “the public relies on the plucky fiyers of the service to make the cross-continent air mail _a great success. The Army and Navy for- ever, but three cheers for the fellow with the mall” The establishment of regular air mail, the Atlanta Journal reflects, “is a vivid reminder of how wonderful such service has grown during the last half decade, and of how great its expansion is likely to be in the years ahead.” For, “as the San Antonio Express es, “it has taken five years' hard work, mental and physical, to estab- lish %he air mail service on a per- manent basis,” and “all concerned are entitled to high praise for their great victory over public apathy and even some active opposition, which at times menaced the entire scheme.” Press German Merchant Marine Reports from reliable sources are to the effect that the German mer- chant marine is rapldly becoming a factor to be reckoned with in Eu- ropean commerce. Tt is reported that since the treaty of Versailles, al- though at that time Germany was declared to be bankrupt, she has floated about 3,000,000 tons of freight carrying veasels. ' In 1914 Germany had 5,238,937 gross registered me: chant ‘tonnage. She now has nearly 3,000,000 tons in up-to-date ships. At the close of the war Germany sur- rendered to the allies practically all her merchant marine to repiace the allied merchant ships -which were sunk by the depredations of.the Ger- man submarin K Since the war shipbullding has not been carried on extensively In the shipbuilding countries, as. the ship- ping trade of the. world has not yet fully ‘recovered from- the war-time depression. It i8 all the more sur- prising that under these conditions Germany should have so far recov- ered in this fleld ag to be in posses. sion of a large and expanding mer- chant marine, which now promises to be a serious competitor for world commerce.. = o et The German davelopment ‘th’ this field is no doubt due in large meas- ure to the fact that she has cheap fron and coal and also cheap labor. Great Britain pays her shipbuilders a much higher wage than is paid to the same class of workmen in Ger- many, and the American craftsman demands éven a higher wage than is paid in Britain. loreover, the cost of manning & German merchant ship is in excess of that required by other marine ‘nations. Tneé wage of the German seaman is only about one- third of that of a British sailor. _It cannot be denied that Germany i an exceedingly thrifty nation. Her people are frugal and industrious and natiomally ambitious. It s ast erefors, ng o 2 man aum-: & place in .the commerce of the séas—Salt Lake NS PLEND INFLYERS' PATH Delhi, Scene of Glory of Ancient Emperors, Viewed by American Airmen. RICH IN OLD TRADITIONS Former Seat of Great Moguls Reck- oned Most Magnificent of Its Day. “If ome spot were singléd out in history-steeped India as most his- toric of all, probably it would be the city of Delhi, for both writfen rec- ords and oral traditions extending back for ages tell of power wielded from Delhi’s site,” says a bulletin from the Washington headquarters of the National Geographic Society, in regard to one of the stopping places of the American Army flyers in India. “It Is because of this rich incrusta- tion of “history and tradition that Delhl was chosen as the coronation place for all India’s modern imperial rulers: ~Queen Victoria, King Ed- ward VII and the present Emperor of India, King George V of Great Brital For the same reason Delhi was chosen, a few years ago, to be the permanent capital of the Indian Empire. Government staffs were moved to temporary quarters in the city while just south of the town is rising one of the most imposing made-to-order capitals ever built, where the viceroy and his co-rulers will have their permanent quarters | On India’s Center-Line. | | “Delhi is situated in about the latitude ‘of San Antonio, Tex., on fhe very center-line of India. It is a city of the plaine, in the broad belt of lowland that sweeps entirely across the northern part of the penin- sula and composes India’s most fer- | tile -and most densely populated region. . “All about Delhi, well preserved and in various stages of ruin, are monuments to India’® and Delhi's greatness—victory towers, temples, mosques, tombs and palaces. “Delhi is most famous to western- ers as the former seat of the great Moguls and their powerful empire which flourished in the sixteenth, seventeenth _and early eighteepth centuries. The coury of the Mogui emperors far surpassed in magnifi- cence any other court of its day. Probably no regal splendor in any era has matched that of the Moguls. The emperors sat on the famous Pea- cock throne (later captured by t@e Shah of Persia) in a throne room whose walls were of exquisitely deco- rated marbl® hung with sumptuous brocades. Diamonds and other pre- cious stones worth hundreds of mil- lions of dollars Studded the throne and ornamented the robes of the sovereigns. The city fell into the hauds of the British in 1857 during iie Indian mutiny.” THE WORST THING YOU CAN BE BY JOHN CARLYLE. We never find folks without faults We mnever find folks without great weaknesses. We are eonsclous, -or should be, of our own sins. We are certainly conscious of the sins of others. What is the worst sin of all? Many men would answer that in many ways. Many women would answer it in many ways. Any answer would be likely to lead to a difference of opinion. To me the answer seems plain. The great transgression, it seems to me, is to be “hard.” The great sin is to be indifferent to the needs, the hopes, the fears, the sufferings, the aspiration of others. It is even worse if that hardness covers and permeates your relations to those who are closest to you by ties of bload or contract. For it is to those who are most closely asso- ciated with you that you are the most responsible. The ten commandments come as a result of a most tremendous conden- sation, a narrowing down to funda- mentals of the sins of the race. Yet the command to honor one’s father and mother was found to be of sufficient importance to be placed in equal rank with the injunction against stealing and murder. The Lawgiver. must have thought it of extreme importance in the lives of men. The Commandment may be inter- preted to be even broader than’ it gounds. It means, too, that honor and service shall be given to all the mem- bers of your family—to your wife and children, and to those in any Way dependent upon you. The annals of the courts are enough to break the heart of any ona who remembers and respects the ancient commandment. Fathers and mothers of the well- to-do in poorhouses! Little children left to shift for themselves! Wives sent out to scrub while a husband capers up and down the earth in com- ort! o inking “canned heat” or raw al- cohol and lying stupefied in the alley is Jow busine Lying and ness. 5 5 1diing away your time and giving only half service for the full service you are paid to do is low business. But the great sin, which squeezes out of us all the God-like attributes fmplanted in our being, is to be hard. Kindness is this very hour's great irtue. i (Copyright, 1924.) In a Few Words. Our relations with Latin America were never better than today, despite the efforts of those in other countries who endeavor to foster an unfriendly sentiment toward us. —SECRETARY HUGHES. indling are low busi- Germany has'no moral responsibil- ity for making good the war damages where the devastation wrought was the work ot French and Belgian as Well as German shells. We pay rapa- rations because we draw the conse- quences trom x loat war. =They do not imply moral respons! Y. e i —DR. STRESEMANN.. (Forelgn -Minister.) Governments based solely on the will ‘of the people do not exist, have S1ASI000 CLAINS ARE GRANTED U German-American Commis- sion on War Damages Makes 439 Awards. 12416 CASES PENDING Remains to Be Decided Where Teutons Will Get Money for Payments. A’ recipitulation of the work complished by the German-American mixed claims commission sinee its ofganization up to the present time shows that 439 awards more than $14,500,00( made in favor of Amer individuals on claims against Ger- many for losses sustained in the world war through death or property damage. In addition to the princi- pal, Germany will be required to pas 5 fer cent interest- on cach allowed: from the .date of the award to the time of payment. No pay ments will be made by Germany. however, until the commission con cludes its labors and a funding method is determined upén 12,416 Clainis the commis for the summer it before it 12,416 amounting approximately 000,000, including one by States' government for representing the cost of the army of oceupation. Th ever, 1s expected to be settled through oyl‘he' than commission channels. Of the more than 12,000 pending claime 2044 have heen considered by - the American and German agencies of the commission and are ready for final action Wilhelm Kiesselbach, Germa missioner, recently went to Germany for the summer and will return to Washington early in the fall when the' commission contemplates resum- ing its sessions. Robert W. Bonynge, American agent on the commission and Agent von Lewinski of Germany accompanied by attorners and assist- ants, will sail separate Steamers July 9 for Germany, where evidence necessary to adjudicate American claimg not obtainable in this country will be investigated. aggregating have been an firms and Pending. When recently pending on adjourned had clai to $500 American claim, how- com- Source of Funds in Doubt. ‘While Germany is obligated to pay the amounts agreed upon by the mixed claims commission, it remains to be decided where she wiil get the funds for such payments. Once the question of how the claims are to be met is determined, Germany Wwill pay the American government, Wwhich, in turn, will remit the amount of the respective awards to the in- dividual claimants. ——— The Poor Boy and the Medical Profession The dean of one of our prominent medical schools is reported to have said that a poor boy should be vised not to attempt to prepare him self for the medical profession. The reason for this view Is, of course, the long time and expense required in Ppreparation, followed ¢ s able period of but sii even after he enters tice of his profession The poor boy who does elect to be- come a physician, of course, knows that all in advance, but he makes the choice just the same. Of course, he sometimes overestimates his powers and fails—generally from overwork ing himself in order to earn his liv- ing as he goes along and to car: studies with a high rank at th time. ~ The rich medical stude doesn’'t have just the same reason for failure, but he, too, is not infre- quently found below the passing line It would be very unfortunate for the medical profession to limit it to those who could attain it without the spur of financial need. It of course, true that this class is con tinually furnishing fine material a making a fine record in practice; this is just as true of come to the medical scho : homes of humble means, amd some- times from homes of distressing poverty. Most ‘medical colleges have funds placed in their hands to aid student of proved ability and character wh are hampered in their work by lack of means, and in these days any medical college which has not such a fund could readily get it by asking for it. But the poor boy of grit will get his medical education whether he is helped in this way or not. Any learned profession whatever will have entered upon the downward path when it attempts to close ite doors to all except the sons a daughters of wealth. Brains a high_purpose must be the password. not dollars.—Columbus Evening Dis- patch. - COURAGE “I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.” —HENLEY. David W. Griffith decided what his life work should be, but heghad to alter his plans many times and un- dergo severe hardships on the way to attainment. As a boy in La Grange, Kv., he lis- tened in wonder to stories read by his sister, and resolved to be a great writer. At eighteen he left public school and started as a reporter on a Louis- ville newspaper. Assigned to write theatrical notes he saw & play for the first time in his 1ife, and made up his mind to be a dramatist. Told that all great play- wrights started as actors, he obtained a place with a stock company. The salary was small, and he ran an ele- vator in & dry goods store to provide a living. Next was an actor with a trav- eling company. earning $18 & week in season. During one summer he sold books. In_another between-season period he shoveled ore in the hold of a ship. After several years on the road, be went to New York to be a writer Success finally came with the accept- ance of a poem, a story and a play. The play was rewritten, but fafled. Seeing.a moving picture, he resolved fo bé a scenario writer, preplrofld a icture play and sent it to a produc- Pag Sompany, but never heard its fate He wrote one for the Biograph com- xisted and probably will never tetet " PREMIER MUSSOLINg. Man is Inownhy- at any rate, the onservative X, . Acades i EDWARD SHANKS. By a law which governs the animal kingdom each species is possessed with the power to live five times as long as it takes it to grow to maturity. Man reaches his full stat- ure at twenty, so he should live to 100. That few persons live to this age 18 no- fault of naturé, but. the. result of broken laws pertaining to right livIng. 5 —DR. JAMES W. MUNK. The thin, flat figure beloved by the smart_woman of today is unhealth- ful. It causes women to compress their bodies in a_dangerbug manner. The women of 1880, with thair cor- ut?d.h m waists had better gen- eral e 5 - —DR.J,- DOLEBIS (Paris). . , and was paid $15. Then he de- Ded $o ba & movie plcture director. Although he received little encour- agement, he_‘hung around the Bio- graph studio until the iliness of a di- rector gave him a chance. He in- troduced new ideas. The producers did not like them, but the public did, and for six years he made one and two reel pietures. At thirty-three he started making “The Birth of a Nation.” Originally it was planned to cost $50,000, but ex- penses ran .ten times that ‘amount, and he had to spend all his time away from the studio raising money. Then came the fight to save the picture from suppression. That cost ~him $300,000 in attorneys' fees, but the success of the production made mo- tion picture history. - Grifith made other large films, be- came rich, and now, at forty-three, is rted to have sald he will make m‘; two more big productions, then retire. g (Copyright, 1924 ~ \