Evening Star Newspaper, August 29, 1924, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR “'ih Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY........August 29, 1924 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor £ Star Newspaper Company and Penneylvania Ave. | 10 East 420d St. - Tower Building. at St.,London, England. The Evening Star, with the Sunday morning edition, is delivered by carriers within the city af 60 cents per month: daily only. 4% cents per month: Sunday only. 20 cents per month. Orders be sent by mall or tele- phone Main 5000. Collection is made by car- riers gt the cud of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday.1rr., $8.40; 1 mo,, 70c Daily only .......1yr., $6.00; 1 mo., 50c Sunday only .....1yr., §2.40; 1 mo, 20¢ All Other States. Daily and Sunday.1 yr., $10.00; 1 mo., 8¢ Daily only ......1¥r, $7.00;1mo. 60c Sunday only ....1yr. $3.00;1mo., 25¢ Member of the Associated Press. ‘The Associated Press is exclusively entitled o the use for republication of all news dis. Datches credited fo it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local newx pub Lished herein. ~ All rights of publication of atecial dispatehes herein Judge Caverly’s Responsibility. Yesterday in Chicago the “trial” of two young men who are accused and seif-confessed of hideous crime clused with an extraordinary scene. The court denounced the pri for having in his closing address made a “cowardly and «astardly attack upon the integrity of the court,”” which was “intended to a4 mob and intimidate the Judge Caverly ordered the marks of the chief prosecutor icken from the record. The defendants in this case having pleaded guilty under the laws of the State of 1llinois, it has been incum- bent upon the court to listen to evidence and arguments for and against @ sentence of capital punish- ment. Judge Caverly vesterday plainly pointed out this obligation. It would perhaps have been much better had the requirement of the 1aw to this effect been clearly set forth at the outset so that the public, which is heenly interested, would understand the for protracted pro- ceedings. An intense public aroused in this case, Chicago, where the crime occurred, but throughout the country. The youth of the accused, the nature of their diabolical offense, the wealth of the families, this one of the celebrated causes of American judicial procedure. Appre- Lension lest the Wealth of the de- fendants' families might lead to evasion of the highest penalty by employment of all the known of delay and extenuation able to rich defendants has pre- ©d universally. The fear was somewhat lessened when the plea of guilty was entered. But the public did not then understand, as it should now clearly, that the court had no alternative but to permit a full show- ing of reasons why sentence of death should not be pronounced, and at the same time a full showing of reasons to the contrary by the prosecution. Attorney Crowe, and in fact all of the counsel in this case for State and defense, have proceeded as though the case were being tried Dbefore a Jury rather than before a judge alone. Judge Caverly's rebuke is deserved. Such remarks as the chief prosecutor uttered in his concluding address have unquestionably been calculated to arouse the public mind on the sub- ject of the court’s responsibility, whether so intended or not. On the other hand, Judge Caverly is not likely to allow his resentment of the prosecutor’s excess of zeal to sway his judgment as to the penalty. Leo- pold and Loeb are the ones on trial, not Attorney Crowe. One man only will determine this case—Judge Caverly, whose course bhas been scrupulously proper from the outset. He has recognized its fmportance. He has given the fullest freedom which the law comménds to the defense as well as the prosecu- tion to present facts and arguments bearing upon the question of penalty. }e declares that he will take ample time to read and ponder the record, which is not only his right but his duty. However convinced the people of this country may be—and all are interested—that capital punishment alone will meet the ends of justice and serve to preserve the morals of the youth of this land, this one man must judge. Should he give that de- cision swiftly either way he would be subject to criticism for prejudg- ment, which is the worst of faults in a court of law. Manifestations of partisinship are out of place in such a proceeding. This is a larger question than fate of these two vouths. It is a question of the righteousness of the law, and there is nothing in the career and the record of the man upon whom now rests the great bur- den of decision to indicate that he will not do his duty fearlessly and conscientiousiy. a ccuting attorney reason the ices va —_————————— People have a love of the pictur- esque. If Gen. Dawes were a dema- gogue he would satisfy the popular fancy by saying “Hei.n Maria” at least once during each speech. Attacks on Motorists. Dangers are many in automobiling, and they seem to be increasing. Glar- ing headlights, skidding, speeding and honehead driving by the other fellow cause many accidents. And now we have the danger of bees and grass- hoppers. On the road from Washing- ton to Annapolis a bee boarded a car, stung the driver, who lost control and hit a tree. An assault by a bee is calculated to make any driver lose control of the car and himself for a few seconds. It is likely that the col- lision with the tree seemed to him a small thing compared to the collision with the bee. Bees have no right to assault the driver of a car when that driver is obeying the rules of the road and giving no premeditated offense to bees. There ought to be a regulation against a misdemeanor or a felony or breach of the peace of this kind, and a proclamation should be sent to the queen of every swarm, posted at the entrance to every papler- mashe nest of hornets and proclaimed interest has been | not merely in | the |- indiscriminate conduct is forbidden by the District Commissioners, the high- way commissioners of Maryland and the Governor of Virginia. On Connecticut avenue, only a few miles from the District Building and police headquarters, a woman was driving along quietly and keeping out of the way of pedestrians who in- sisted on walking under the wheels of her car, when suddenly a grass- hopper sprang on her. She lost con- trol, the machine ran on the side- walk and turned over on its side. The lady was not hurt. Great good luck! That grasshopper was not a perma- nent resident of the District, but one of our numerous Summer visitors. The incident shows to what lengths a grasshopper will go, or hop. Jump- ing on a car in motion is mere sport to him, but jumping on a woman is a reckless indignity. on which all good citizens should frown. Our traf- fic authorities should take note of this. Tt is understood that our traffic authorities have a few of those things popularly called “problems,” and one more will not matter. They should forbid every grasshopper from jump- ing on a woman while she is driving a car and should make it an offense, punishable by dismissal of the case in the Police Court, for a grasshopper to jump in anybody's car. o A Murderous Traffic. In the murder of Policeman Lei fnger Washington has a shockin fllustration of the desperate characte of those who are now cnguged in breaking the prohibition statute and defying law and order. It is, of course, only assumed that the occupants of the motor car, upon the bumper of which this intrepid officer was cling- ing in an effort to halt it and effect an arrest, were engaged in bootleg- ging. More speeders or joy-riders would not have fired at him, nor would he have fired at them. It may be that the fact will never be known. s | l | | i i | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. Consolidation of some of these Institu- tions with others might make for economy, but whether one organiza- tion will merge with another is for the organizations concerned to deter- mine. The authorities would be right in directing that at the end of a rea- sonable time orphan asylums, hos. pitals, homes for the old and poor and other charitable institutions in which persons live shall be fireproof. ————,——— One-Fifth of 1 Per Cent. It may be for only a day, or it may be for longer. It may be for the season, or it may be only for the last few bitter days of struggle. But, any how, whatever happens, the Wash- ington team has forged to the front in the American League race in one of the hotrest fights ever known in organized base bail, and it has done this by virtue of a sensational victory over the erstwhile leader. It is hard to understand, when one gets down to cold analysis, just why there should be such emotion over a situation of this kind. But there it is, a deep feeling pervading the entire community, more intense than any feeling that has been aroused thus far by the political campaign, almost as deep a feeling as was aroused by incidents of the late war. And yet th re onl playing the national g gonfalon of Washingto playing other who represent seven other that the major g America for nearly half a century. There a few who fail to tuke an interest in lase ball because the teams are not strictly and truly and exclusively —reprcsentative of the respective cities of the circuit. That has been the case for a great many years, and yet never was base bali 8o popular as it is today, especially in Washington. For Washington has been the sufferer from reserves and re tion and & half. are men,” . But of against has been me are A perennial This crime may go down as one of jenger for years, it flashed to the the unsolved myster Every effort. of course, will be made | cecond on two to trace the slayers. They may pe haps be identified through their car. | pow it which probably now bears mark the battle so bravely waged by the victim. If the car had been stolen, as is sometimes the the occu- pants may perhaps case, all have tended to make | though the machine itself may be d covered. This tragedy shows that the peo-! ple who are flaunting the law against Nquor traffic are desperadoes, armed and willing to kill if cornered or pur- sued. Policeman Leisinger took a perhaps desperate chance in making an arrest, but he is to be honored for it, and in this hour of their bereave- ment the members of his family, his blind wife and two children, are to be comforted and their needs rel | i i ved by the generosity of the community. | for the word “milling. front a few seasone ago and finished occasions. It but just place by mas finish second this vear, holds the first of i margin of two minute but adequate points, the equivalent of one-fifth of | Tomorrow but then 1 per cent. different tale may tell tomorrow a is not be found,|another day. ———————— Great pains have been taken perfect a process for s photographs from Chicago to New York. The assumption that it is worth the trouble to show New Yorkers what anything in Chicago looks like is one of the interesting features of the experiment. to —_—————— The close of the Democratic con- vention brought a much needed rest The end of This is a battle between law and |the Leopold-Loch trial will give the lawlessness. It cannot be surrendered | Word “grueling” a holiday. because it is hard to win. The police cannot be encouraged to lessen their activities because one of them has gone to his death in the discharge of duty. Rather must the efforts of the enforcement squads and detail: and the police force in general, be redoubled to catch all violators who, as this case shows, are potential mur- derers. It is due to the honor and the mem- ory of their dead comrade that all of Washington's policemen resolve to do their utmost now to stamp out this traffic. ——— Judge Caverly will take a week or S0 to think the matter over. He is not so prompt in making up his mind as the crowd that showed signs of becoming clamorous. The substitu- tion of deliberation for impulse is the reason for having courts of law. ——————— A strong combination might be ar- ranged, so far as the Republican vice presidential candidacy is con- cerned, by letting Gov. Charles Bryan do the running while Brother Williamn does most of the speech making. —————————— Experiences with foolish finance should cause Germany to feel lucky that Ponzi was not among her ener- getic and aspiring citizens. He might have found a way to make matters even worse. e ———— Defense day, like a fire drill, enables people to have a clearer idea of what they would do in an emer- gency, hoping at the same time that the emergency will never arise. ————————————— New Buildings for Asylums. It is reported that the corporation counsel of the District has tentatively approved the fire regulations for or- phan asylums and charitable institu- tions proposed by the fire chief. Be- fore returning the proposals to the Commissioners he will form an opin- ion whether action by Congress will be necessary to put them into-effect. The fire chief recommends, with other things, the abandonment within five years of frame buildings housing orphans, invalids and others depend- ent on charity. The agent of the Board of Children’s Guardians is re- ported as in favor of the proposed regulations.\ It may be that the ex- pense to which the organizations will be put will force consolidation of some of them. This question came to the front at the time of the Bruen Home fire. No life was lost there, but the Fire De- partment reported that fire protection was not satisfactory. The fire chief reported that in the District there are charitable associations which care for orphans and invalids in frame build- ings and in other kinds of buildings which do not give inmates modern protection from fire. It is known that some of our beloved and necessary charity organizations which care for children, old persons and the feeble poor carry on their work of mercy in old buildings. Some of these are of brick with wood interior. They ‘were built before we knew as much about fire protection as now. We must come to the time when orphans and the aged poor and sick shall be taken care of in‘-modern | | { i | | i —_——————— obody grabbed the forkful of hay pitched by President Coolidge, tied a ribbon around it and put it in a private museum. The souvenir hun- ters are becoming remiss, ————— A reward of two hundred dollars offered for the apprehension of the killer of Policeman Leisinger seems but a trifling sum for so important a purpose. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSO After the Interview. There was a little interview Electrically sped, The world gave much attention to The things they said he said. But presently into dismay The public mind was led, When next he said he didn't say The things they said he said. And now behold the thickening plot ‘Which fills our minds with dread! They say he said, though he says not, ‘The things they said he said. Urgencies. “Your constituents have views against liquor. stand on the question.” “I don't stand,” answered Senator Sorghum. “I'm bein' pushed.” Triteness. I'm glad we didn't hear from Mars, Talk brings so little that is new; We might have heard amid the stars, “Say, is it hot enough for you?" positive How do you Jud Tunkins says: What's the use of winnin' a poor argument an’ losin’ a good friend? Misapplied Energy. There is a gentle lure to vice, Whilst labor goes astray. Some of us will keep throwing dice ‘Who should be pitching hay. Trade Tricks. “I saw two intoxicated men down the road.” “They ain't sure-enough intoxi- cated,” said Uncle Bill Bottletop. “They act that way to attract atten- tion, bein’ employed as decoys by one of our leadin’ moonshiners.” Plain Speech. We don’t say “goldurn” any more ‘While talkin’ down to Struthers’ store. Our expletives we bluntly state Like orators or actors great. ‘We're speakin’ up. We do not try A phrase direct to modify. 1 wish thoughts were, in all this biz As phain as what the speakin’ is. Needs of the Future. “In considering parking problems for Crimson Guilch you must be care- ful to preserve the city’s breathing spaces.” “Maybe we won't need ’‘em,” answered Cactus Joe. “With flivvers coming from all directions, every- body's already holding his breath.’ “De way education works,” said Uncle Eben, “depends on de man dat has it. It may do nuffin’ mo’ zan give him more an’ bigger words to ‘spress foolishness.” inadequate | sources for a genera- | “tail nding colored | s , D. 0, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2! on every bull thistle to which bumb)e!buildings- and the people ot the Dis- bees resort that such'indiscreet and | trict will have to furnish the money. FRENCH IRON-GERMAN STEEL BY FRANK H. SIMONDS. ‘The discussions which are begin- ning in the London journals and the outspoken comment of Philip Snow- den, chancellor of the exchequer in the British Labor government, over the consequences to British industry of some Franco-German economic combination following the applica- tion of the Dawes report, is a strik- ing evidence of the dynamite which still remains in the whole repara- tions problem. In recent days there has been an- nouncement that the German and KFrench potash interests have made a combination which will abolish competition in the American and other markets. Before the war the ermans had a monopoly of potash production, but by the cession of Alsace to France they lost a field twhich was y valuable, but had been only slightly developed. The French promptly began an intensive exploitation and divided the Ameri- can market with the Germans and at the same time brought a great reduction in prices. Now the two industries have adopted a common policy and competition will be re- placed by combination. * % % x This potash incident is a small thing, in itself, and of no direct im- portance to the British, who do not produce potash, but its significance is_patent when one comes to con- sider the possibility of u combination of ¥ iron and German steel, a combination not only frequently dis- {cussed but to many minds inevitable. In a s tiris only restore the since then Rubr iron were “married,” has it The divoree ed when Lorraine | Franc As t {has more than half of the available iron of Europe and Germany almost none. Political troubles, however, {have led the Germans to buy their iron supplies from Spain and Sweden rather than France and the result | has been disastroux for the Lorraine iron mines. But Germany is now to undertake to supply France with a | very large supply of cou! under the | Dawes plan, and this supply will be ucd for ng period of vears. pre conditions Lorraine war and as was restored cont Thanks to sold by the Tow now this coal, which can he ench government at a veuch iron industries can witi German advan- it ix obviously to the both to avoid a ruinous npetition. The effect of the war been to lengthen the hours of in Germany and reduce the while the French currency is { worth hardiy more than 2 reached British Germany. { Both France and Germany are then funder the Dawes plan in a position | separately to undersell British heavy industries. that the operation can be conducted with much greater efficiency. More- over, not only does the threat lie | against British iron production, but | also agalnst British coal, for France, IN TODAY’S levels nor has it in “Welcome to our Continent!” is the greeting of the millions of Americans as the heroes of the world flight land upon the shore of the continental { mainland—Labrador. They started from Santa Monica, Calif.. March 17, and have experi- enced the most remarkable adven- tures since Columbus sought western passage to Cathay and Mace Elan flanked South America and en- tered the great Pacific. There were four crews of two men each: one bumped into a mountain in the Aleu- tian Islands, and then there were three. Three crews went swinging through the skies: one machine was totally disabled before reaching Ice- land, and then there were two. (Lieut. | Wade and his mechanic, whose ma- chine was damaged through no fault of theirs, will rejoin the fiyers at In- dian Harbor, Labrador. With a new machine they will continue the jour- ney across the American continent.) But_ Licuts. Lowell H. Smith and Eric Nelson, with their mechanics, have nearly encircled the globe in a tour already nearing 20,000 miles. They have spanned the oceans, have touched at Japan and China, have traversed the tropics of India and crossed the mountains of Asia. They have seen the old civilizations of the Far East and the Near Fast and the distracted ions of Europe which so recently struggled in a world war. They have tralled the uncertain ex- plorations of a thousand or fifteen hundred years ago through Iceland and Greenland (Vinland) and have [come at last to the home continent— upon the terra firma of Labrador. What welcome do they find on that {bleak coast? It is hardly fair for jthem to knock at our back door and expect the same “welcome.” upon the doormat as if they had approached a | more conventional entrance. ox Eok Travelers who have ventured into Labrador tell us that it is the most dismal country on earth—a country with no soil except along the valleys of rivers; a region of bleak flat rocks which geologists classify as “archaic.” scarred with the marks of glacial and land slides, swept bare by storms, covered decp with snow and ice nine months of the year, and with a tem- perature sometimes too bitter for mere mercury to record. There is less known about the Labrador Penin- ula than of any other region upon earth. Few persons could answer quickly as to its boundaries or its government. Labrador Peninsula extends from the Atlantic Ocean to Hudson Bay and from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to Hudson Btrait. One-half of it has never been explored and more than three-fourths of it is in dispute as to whether it belongs to Canada or New- foundland. (Newfoundland is not a part of Canada, but an independent province of Great Britain). Accord- ing to the Canadian government, the territory of Labrador under New- foundland jurisdiction extends only about 50 miles along the Atlantic coast, and to record that contention Canada hae issued a map showing in red all the rest of the vast peninsula— an area of 324,000 square miles—as belonging to Canada. Newfoundland has retaliated by a map indicating in bright green thta her Labrador ex- tends over nearly the entire penin- sula. The century-old dispute will be settled some day in England, but the utter barrenness of the land prevents cither party from growing excited over it. The entire peninsula has a popula- tion of only abdut 12,000—mostly Eskimos—of which total the sec- tion along the Atlantic coast ac- credited to Newfoundland jurisdiction has 4,000, nearly-all of whom are de- pendent upon fishing. The Eskimos were said to be among the. most sav. age people on earth two centuries ago, but today, thanks to the mis- sionaries, all have been converted to Christianity and live in friendly rela- tions with the whites. Nowhere is there a more outstand- ing character than that of Dr. Gren- fell, the English medical missionary who has spent more than 30 years upon that bleak coast—the only sur- geon in the entire region. Dr. Gren- ell has learned to look on the bright ide, even of Labrador. He says: “The climate of Labrador is not xcelled anywhere in the world for «ombination would | cents on the | dollar. Taxation in France has not yet | who Yapres If they combine it is plain | the | Italy and Belgium will all share in the German coal deliveries, and thus British exports of coal to all three countries will be greatly diminished Unless the British can in some way provide that the prica of the coal delivered by Germany to her creditors on the continent is fized at a price high enough to enable the British iron and steel production to compete, or some provision is made to shorten the hours of labor in Germany, the outlook for British heavy industries is grave in the extreme. Adherence to free trade evem threatens the British with dangerous competition in the home mraket, while in the world outside of Europe American competition has already become a factor. LR B N To meet this menace the British have at least one card, they hold the notes of France for upward of $4.000.000,000; scaling down, actual cancellation, seems Inevitable, but the British may be able to use this lever either to Insure thelr own participation in a general European iron and steel combination including Britaln, France, Germany and Bel- glum, or to restrict competition, which might be fatal. Of course, there remains the pos- sibility that British policy might so act as to keep Irance and Germany at loggerheads and thus make any agreement in the economic feld im- possible. But this is to presuppose an international morality which would bhe at least Machiavellian and also to ignore the fact that the United States will patently use its influence to bring about inereasing! aceful conditions rope and to promote Franco- German reconcilliation €idine What particularly is interesting { now is to see whether France will at e situation exists today France | o i last become a first-class industrial country. Her lack of coal has hitherto prevented this, but now she is assured of coal for a long period and has a practical monopoly of iron in Europe, that is among the larger countries. Such an evolution would change the whole character of French interests and policy, it would prob- ably mean a considerable expansion of French population, judging from | the axperience of all induxtrial coun- tries. and it would certainly mean an accentuation of Anglo-French rivalr: In any event there is no mors in- teresting cireumstance to keep in mind in the next few months than the effort of British statesmanship to guard against a competition which is already feared in many quarters and can hardly be exorcised eave by exceedingly skillful diplomacy. And in this connection one must also watch the maneuvers of the French, and particularly of Louis Loucheur, nts the French heavy in- dustries and has been for many months working to bring about a Franco-German combination. Whi the French were in the Ruhr all such operations wera out of the question, but now the French are to retire the conditions change and the very re- tirement might be greatly hastened by some economic agreement. (Copyright, 1924, by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) SPOTLIGHT { BY PAUL V. COLLINS its bracing and ® e invigorating effect. ‘There has somehow got abroad the idea that Labrador is con- tinually wrapped in fog. This is an entirely erroneous idea and has arisen from the fact that at the line of junc- tion of the gulf and polar currents in the region of the Banks of New- foundland and England more or less fog is prevalent. fog is almost left behind at the Strait of Belle Iste. ® ® ¢ The rainfall is exceptionally light.” This record of weather is of special interest to the world aviators now seeking good flying conditions south- ward It has been proposed to dam the Strait of Belle Isle between New- foundland and Labrador—a width of nine miles—in order to divert the polar current and icebergs from en- tering the Gulf of St. Lawrence The theory is that by so doing the cold ill be driven away from the Prov- ince of Quebec toward KEurope and thus the climate from Quebec to New England would be greatly modified. Dr. Grenfell eoxpresses a personal skepticism as to such an appreciable effect. Turning the currents of the ocean might bring unexpected results. If the polar stream met the gulf stream while the cold waters were flowing eastward it might influence the gulf stream to parallel it and so divert the warm waters from the shores of New- foundland. England might exercise her imperial influence against having cold water turned onto her shores. She is reported as protesting against damming the flow of the gulf stream between Florida and Key West, as it would change its direction and cool the whole of Western Europe. * x % The entire living of the people of Labrador is derived from fishing. English free-traders protest that the Labrador fish cannot enter United States markets without paying high tariff—to which American fishing in- terests see no great objection. That fishing interests may not be consid- ered of small importance, it is claim- ed that the productivity of the sea or the earth’s water is greater than that of the land—not only in Labrador but throughout the world. Perhaps wrong is done in under- estimating the wealth of resources of Labrador, because of its barren rocks, and overlooking the inexhaust- ible supplies of fish in its ocean waters. Predictions are freely made that the land will ultimately be found rich in minerals. (Copyright, 1924, by Paul V. Collins.) Out on Sweet Adeline. A young man is to be tried in Flint for singing “Sweet Adeline” at a late hour of the night, to the terror of the neighborhood. The technical charge against him is disturbing of the peace. But since the complaint is that he sang “Sweet Adeline,” specifically, it would seem that it is the song that is on trial. Had it been any other tune, no complaint, presumably, would have been made. Most cities have ordinances against disturbing the peace by making a ince these ordinance ome under the head of “rout The police sometimes get caught in the vicinity of a riot, though no one ever heard of them putting down a rout. 1ls “Sweet Ade- line” a riot? We hear an objection from a gentleman who insists that it is murder. But clearly he has con- fused the thing performed with the performance. There is nothing homi- cidal about either the words or the music of “Sweet Adeline.” And yet— and yet— g ‘Well, the truth of the matter is that there is something about “Sweet Adeline” that is different from other songs. It acts on the human system like moonshine whisky on an Indian. It is a sort of vocal loco weed, which drives its perpetrators crazy. There is scarcely a note in it that cannot be held, tortured, garroted. It is the only ‘song In existence that can be rendered in all keys at once, both major and minor, and usually is. One has only to look upon its execution- ers, their vacant, expressionless faces raised to the sky, their glazed eyes ) it not| | street As a matter of fact, | THIS AND THAT BY C. E. TRACEWELL. 014 clothes and the man T sing, D street, and its second-hand stores. Here were a theme for great Homer: but even he would have had to invoke the Muses. Since the nine are dis- tinctly out of cate now (except as bise ball players), nothing is left but to depend upon one's unaided ob- servations. D street is a cotorful place, in the drab way of many business thorough- fares, which are not wo much notable for their blues and greens, their reds and yellows, as for their more delicate mauves and brown, with all the in- termediate shades. So has time painted D atreet, leav- ing a mort of dust color over its stores that harmonizes with the tint of the paving, until sidewalk and house fronts seem very much akin. This is the tone worn on by passing vears. It is the color of old things, | Where yet the slogan of paint has not made its way Hehind this hue of age, however. | rests no atmosphere of stagnation, or lack of “pep” to use a word con- | trasting strangely with these scenes. In the background is the hum of business, xood business. thank you. Whatever political parties come and B0, however nations may fa!l and rise, P strect goes its accustomed way. Business " as usual” must have originated here. * % % % D street is divided into two dis tinct areas, that extending from th Ellipse east to the Post Ofice De- partment Plaza, ending at the station of the electric r ilway that runs to Alexandria and Mount Vernon, and that running thence on eastward to the ecourthouse The former is not of the real D| It has no particular flavor, Buci as the latter half of the street possesses, LUt is one of @ piece and pare 1 with scores of downtown ways Getting into D at Tenth ctreet brings the pedestrian immediately into the heart of the second-hand store district. Here are “old stands” galore, famous among the homes of Washington. Par Northwest, in aristocratie homes where everything is distinctly first-hand,” the minions of the D street merchants are wont to come to bear away used articles for sale to lesser lights of this city. Here they are today on D street, standing on the sidewalk, where cus- tomers may see and feel them as they pass. No necessity here, indeed, for walking through plate-giass doors or passing down stately aisles under the eves of haughty clerks. Here is pre- served the common touch. * ¥ x ¥ Is there not something to be said for the D street m for ethod of doing bu 1 know fancy stores farther up- town into which persons with plenty of money in their pockets actually are afraid to enter on account of the somewhat hostile atmosphere which Erecs ‘l'him at the door. ean Jacques Rousseau, in his ; autobiography tells of sundmg":r‘\::;- hours gazing into a store he waa mortally afraid to enter. This “store timidity” {s something I never have geen mentioned in any book on sales- nship or in any of i Faxtsines Yy of the business et it exists in many persons, de- spite their best efforts 1o overcome {t—men as well as women and chil- dren. Just why they shrink from entering a store they would ba un- able to explain. A real psycho- analyst might be abls to do it. From the merchant's standpoint, however, the explanation has no bearing on the case. What he should Want is a recognition that many such persons exist, undoubtedly a great many more than he would suspect. Then should come the methods to be used in overcoming this phase of “buyer's fright.” Too elaborate entranaces tend to scare some away. When they do enter and find themselves confronted by high-and-mighty sales people eye- ing them from all points, their de- moralization is complete. One of Washington's largest department stores seems to have solved this problem by a modest entrance and clerks that attend strictly to busi-| ness. £ D street stores run to clothing and musical instruments. No one could tell where yonder brown suit came from, as it adorns the dummy just outside the door. Maybe it reposed upon a financier or a broker or some other luminary of funds. A cleaning and pressing put it into shape for another trial at life. Dare s0o much as to cast a glance at it and the alert proprietor, a tall man with a sturdy neck, will hail you. Running the gantlet of D street is not what it used to be. There was a time when to so much as glance to left or right was to be grabbed by the proprietor of the shop at hand. They no street. Finicky new ways are being intro- duced, but as yet the impressions are not overstrong. Here they do busi- ness in the way it was done cen- turies ago, when their ancestors were the merchantmen of strange, Ereat cities far across the seas. On D street one gets glimpses into the past of a great race. Once the fore- fathers of these sturdy men were herded into sections of cities. They were forced, in some cities, to wear yellow robes. One of them was named Rothschild. He was the banker for the petty King of a German principality, and so great was the king’s trust in him that when he was forced to flee he gave all his money to Rothschild. Rothschild called in the men of his race, and to each gave a certain sum of money. “Meet me in London,” he said. as he distributed the fortune. Months later the bearded men came trickling into London, there to meet Rothschild, and each man turned over a full money belt. 1t was this same Rothschild who made one of the greatest plays in financial history. He stationed himself on the edge of the battle of Waterloo and watched the fortunes of that great conflict. When he saw that Napoleon had lost he passed the word on to a man he had stationed with him. This rider took the word on to another, and so it passed across Bel- gium to the sea, and over the channel to London, where the agents of Rothschild were waiting. When the word arrived they bought all the Eng- lish notes available and had a “cor- ner” long before the government itself knew that Wellington was the victor. longer do that on D e Something of these things gleams through everyday D street scenes, and stands like a wraith behind these old stores and shines out from sec- ond-hand cornets and mandolins. Surely one never knew there were so0 many musicians in the world as have - left their instruments behind them here—for a consideration. Or were they faint-hearted musicians, who, finding the saxophone not =o easy to play as the glowing adver- tisement said, gave over the struggle, much to their own relief and that of countless neighbors? Radio sets now may be seen on D street. Nothing is too old .r too new for this street. Here is a restaurant with “Hot Dog” painted in bold let- ters on the front wall. There s honesty for you, frankness in frank- furters. That is D street all over. ——— fixed on nothing, to know that they are intoxicated by a drus more powerful hashish, bhang or majoon. ‘Sweet Adelin in our {of Lebanon still exist?—: opinion, violates the Volstead act, and should be suppressed with the utmost rigor of the law.—The Detroit News. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKI Q. Who owns the track?—M. F. A. The Latonia Agricultural As- sociation was granted a charter by the Kentucky Legislature in 1882. The first race meeting was held in June, 1883. This track in the hills of Kentucky is accros- the Ohio River from Cincinnati. In 1918, after sev- eral changes of control and manage- ment, but without interruption of racing, Latonia passed to the hands of the Kentucky Jocky Club, which also owns and operates the Churchill Downs property at Louisville under the supervision of a State racing commission appointed by the gover- nor. Latonia race Q. How much lumber s cut in this country annually?—J. M. T' A. The total amount of timber re- moved each year from the forests of the United States in standing timber is pproximately 22,405,500 cubic feet. The possible lumber production from this material amounts to 52,943,700,000 board teet. Q. Would an Englishman drawing a disability pension lose the pension if he became an American citizen?— W. G. A. The British embassy says that the fact that a British subject changed his citizenship to that of an American citizen would not neces- sitate his losing his pension for serv- ice rendered the British govern- ment. Q How much do four fours and a seven count in cribbage’—J. M. A. Fours (double royal) al- ways count 12 because “fours” can be made into six pairs. It foliows that there would be six fifteen-twos, which would count making the hand composed of four fours and a seven, count 24. Q. What is the oldest city that is still in existence?—G. S. A. Damascus has beeq thought the oldest city of the world. The origin of this city is unknown. However, its foundation is attributed by Josephus to Uz, the son of Aram. Q. How long have carnations been cultivated?—C. E. R. A.—They have' been cultivated for more than 2,000 years. The monthly tree or perpetual flowering carna- tions are the varieties grown under glass In the United States. Hundreds of improved forms have been produced in America in the last 20 years and are now in demand in Europe. Q. Where is Fort Benning?—M. ¥. A.—Fort Benning, is =outhwest of Columbus, Ga.. adjoining the city limits. The infantry school is maintained at { this post. Q. Do many of the famous cedars S. S. A.—Aithough the number of fa- mous trees ‘has decreased consider- ably, of late years they have been carefully tended and preserved and a goodly number still exist. The best known group in the Lebanon range consists of a group of 12 ancient glants—how ancient no man can tell —in a grove near the village of Eden, surrounded by 400 vounger trees, none of which probably is under a hundred vears of age. Two of the “patriarchs” of the celebrated group measure respectively 60 and 80 feet in girth of trunk. Q. What is the term for the habit of opening the Bible at random and being guided by the first verse that one reads’—A. G. N. A. Bibliomancy is the term applied to divination by means of a Bible. Divination by means of peotry was common in the Roman world, and with the coming of Christianity the Bible became the accepted book for use as guidance. The custom is to open the book at random. and apply to the occasion the verse which first meets the eye; to choose a passage by laying a finger or pin on the open page; or_to accept the first words from the Bible that are heard upon en- tering church as having a particuar message. Q. Who was St. Edward?—A. §. A. St. Edward was the name given to the English King, “Edward the Confessor,” who died in 1036, W early days were £pent in exile at th. Norman court of France. Ha wa recalled and crowned King of Eng land at the death. of Hardicanut. 1042 or 1043. His entire reign wa one of civil strife, but he upheld church and religious life of the na tion and built Westminster Abbe the most famous English church. H. ;vla:; canonized by Pope Alexander 11 Q. When were postal cards fir {ssued?—C. E. A. They were first issued on Ma 1, 1873. Q. Will teeth cayed cause bad breath?—T. E. A. The unclean condition of th mouth resulting from tartar deposi on the teeth is a comman causs « halitosis. Q. Is there any way to keep peeled peaches from turning brown U. P, A. Peeled peaches will disenlnr unless handled rapidly. It is claimed by canners that this discoloration c: be removed by blanching the fruit a few minutes in boiling water. Q. When does the realing season on the Pribilof Islands close’—L R H. A. The season for taking fur sea on the Pribilof Islands closes ecarly August. that have mnot de How old is a codfish whicr ighs 26 pounds?—R. F. 2 A. The Bureau of Fisheries that the weight of the fish direct proportion to its age body of water where the food suppiy is abundant a codfish might weigh oo pounds in two years, while in anot body of water with different cond' tions it might take four years « more. Q. Has the number of guns, comprising the military salute, significance?—H. L. C. A. The origin of the custom of fir- ing 21 guns for the international su lute has been traced as follows: Origi- nally warships fired a salute of seven guns,sthe number seven being select- ed because of its mystical significance from antiquity. Although the salu at sea was seven guns, shore bat teries were allowed o fire three gu: 1o the ship's one. The reason for this was that sodium nitrate was large uxed in the manufacture of powd. This was easily spoiled at sea, but could be readily kept land. Tt multiplier 3 was selected probab because of its symbolism. With the development of the manufacture c powder, the number of guns for the international naval salute was madr to correspond with that of the land forces. On August 1%, 1875, a resolu- tion adopted by the United States provided that salutes be re for gun. At this time the British s lute was already 21 guns. therefor this number was accepted by the United States. is Q. What is the principal town o Prince Edward Island, Canada’—C. | P A. Charlottetown, with tion of about 12,000 municipality on Prince land. popula- largest 1s- the Edward is Q. Where are the deep obtained frem which iodi —G. M. B. H. A. Todine obtained from s weeds, especially those thrown up of the north coast of France, the coast of Spain and Iceland and the west coast of Scotland, but its principe source at present is the mother liquors of the nitre works in Chile. maintains for the pleasure and profit of its recders an information service under the directorship of Fredermwc J. Haskin The scope of ihe burcan is natimal and international. and no subject too elementary or too broad to enlist the ypersomal attention of « specialist Addresss The Star In formation Burcau, Frederic J. Hus kin. director, Twenty-first and C streets northwest.) (The Stor Bryan’s Address Called Straight, Honest Talk Charles W. Bryan's speech accept- ing the Democratic nomination for Vice President is described by the press generally as a straight, honest talk. But in the words of the Duluth Herald (independent): *Rather un- usual interest attaches to it because of the very curious fact that the vice presidential candidate stands as good a chance of becoming President as the presidential candidate on the same ticket” For the chance that Mr. Davis or Mr. Coolidge “will get enough electoral votes to win the election is at most no greater than the chance Mr. La Follette will get enough electoral votes to deadlock the electoral college, in which case the House of Representatives would try to elect a President and would fail, and the next President would be the man the Senate elected Vice President,” and “if the Senate, be- cause of this situation, elected a Vice President, it would be Mr. Bryan.” Republican papers express little concern about the possibility. As the Ohio State Journal (Republican) says: “Gov. Bryan seems to be a sensible, patriotic man, not very profound, perhaps, with good ideas as to economy and honesty. But his election would i be deplorable because we can do so much better and because he would not be the people’s choice for that officy On the whole, Evening News (independent) agrees with what it calls Mr. Bryan's char- acterization of himself a ‘safe’ man offering no panacea for every il ] and beset by few ‘ism: Whereas the Atlanta Constitution (Demo- cratic), commenting on this possibility of Mr. Bryan's becoming President, considers his theories of government as ‘good generally,” it still feels that “in some of his recommendations he was vague enough to leave a doubt as to just how he expected certain cherished accomplishments to be brought about.” * X X % It is freely admitted, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer (inde- pendent Democratic) that “Bryan owes his nomination to the desire of the party to win the agricultural States.” Accordingly, says the Pittsburgh Ga- Zzette-Times (Republican), Gov. Bryan regards himself as “the apecial advo- cate of the agricultural interests,” but the farmers will hardly be im pressed by Brother Charlie’s bromises at a time when they are doing very well, thank you, without any help from the Democratic party.” His promises “to do something for the Middle Western farme i to the St. Paul Dispatch (independent Republican), “are difficult to recon- cile with his party's attitude toward the McNary-Haugen bill at the last session of Congress.” On the other hand, the independent papers, of whose opinion the St. Lous Post-Dispatch seems typical, regard Bryan's “statement of the farmers' ease as singularly convincing and wholesome.” And the Providence Livening Tribunc (Independent) states plainly its opinion that while “the tepublican party cannot be held a together responsible for the farmers’ distress, it has not shown in its four years in power an intelligent under- standing of the farmers' needs.” Moreover, the Roanoke Times (Demo- cratic) is sure that his views “are the Newark | the views of the West, and he wi receive a sympathetic and downright enthusiastic hearing from the pec of the West when he hits trail next month.” i The Philadelphia _Eve: (independent Republican) _ sees Brother Charlie’s speech “a lifelike and accurate imitation of Brother Bill'—a statement which the Brooklyn Daily Eagle (independent Democratic) contra dicts with these words: “Gov. Bryan s not another William Jennines Bryan He is totally lacking in those unctuc artifices that have helped to make his brother famous. He is not an orater He is not a phrasemaker and he is anything but picturesque.” Republican criticisms of the as a whole may be summed up in words of the Minneapolis Morn Tribune: “Neither the pith of Coolid nor the grace of Davis is to be fou in the Nebraska pronouncement. Wha we find instead is a long succession o bombastic generalizati which 1 human being in his right mind ever dreamed of challenging. We learn that Mr. Bryan favors ‘equal rights for a and special privileges for none’ " Ti. speech, however, the Kansas C; Journal (Republican) believes adroit harmonizing of the incongruous ments of which the Democratic v al ticket is composed.” Moreov as the Lincoln State Journal (ind: pendent Republican), a home towe paper. points out, “if his neighbor Took in vain for the expected hot st let them remember the ic under which the speaker spoke.” f “no longer is he free to lash out in the old, free, casy and entertaining stsle.” but he “must walk circumspectly dow the aisles of his party platform and of its leaders mind.” The Alban: Knickerbocker Press (independent Re publican) finds it “a long step from the measured presentation of the Davis case to the slather of pratitudes ant bromides of the vice presidentiul nomine+.” speec e On the other hand, the Lincoln Star (independent), another of the ‘“old homers," declares that Gov. Bryan “did not utter a single wild word,” U “stated his views with a moderation and restraint that were commendabl~ while at the same time he hit out straight from the ehoulde: The Springfield Daily News (inde- pendent Democratic) finds the address sound from beginning to end,” since Gov. Bryan “is no novice in appraising the situation in the United States.” and “his pointed etatements and his ac- cusations against the party now in power, far from being the envolvement of a radical mind, disclose the keen perception of a nation's duty to its citizenship." The New York World (independent Democratic) asserts that it e “a modest and sensible speech, devoid of flourishes.” Declaring that the speech was fille! with vigor and force, the Fort Wayn: Journal ‘Gazette (Democratic) sces in the governor a man who “can lay down a proposition of government and give it concise and illuminating exposition in a fashion that is convincing of the fact that he knows what he is talking about, and has the yet greater merit of :u‘\nl rdlo ob“e v;ho hears or reads him n any doubt of what he is talking about.”