Evening Star Newspaper, September 22, 1924, Page 6

6 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1924. M of Remus, has a certain cumull.uvellfllfil and more anxious than the lit- THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY. September 22, 1924 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office, 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. New York Office: 110 Eust 42nd St. Chicago Otfice: Tower Building. Furopean Oflice: 16 Regent St., London, England. The Evening Star, with the Sunday morning edition, is delivered by carriers within the city at 60 cents per month: daily only, 45 cents per month: Sunduy oniy, 20 cents’ per month. ~ Orders may_Le xent Ly mail or tele- phone Main 5000. 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A peculiar situation exists, with three major candidates for President, similar in some respects to that of 1912, when, as a result of a bolt in the Republican ranks, three candidates were pre- sented. 1In this present campaign, however, the third candidacy is not distinctly a party schism, but is ap- pealing to both of the old parties and presumably drawing from beth of them. In these six weeks vet to come the people will be forming their judgment as to the manner of voting. They are now being appealed to by speakers for the respective candidates and by the candidates themselves. Mr. Davis freely and actively, Mr. La Follette less frequently and Mr. Coolidge most rarely of all far this campaign has been free from scandal, and has been conducted with minimum of personal vituperation. For the first time in a great many years there is presented the poss bility of a deadlocked clectoral col- lege. In 1912 there was virtually no such prospect, owing to the fact that from the beginning of the campaign it was recognized that the Republican vote would swing so preponderantly for Roosevelt that Taft had little or no chance for carrying a blockading number of States. At present, how- ever, it is conceded that Mr. La Fol- lette is likely to carry enough West- ern States and perhaps to reduce Republican majorities in other States 10 the vanishing point, giving them perhaps to Davis and leaving the clectoral college incapable of making a choice. In that case the election is thrown into Congress, where, with the present alignment of parties, no choice can be effected save by coali- tion of progressive Democratic or progressive Republican votes. THe real issue of the campaign is, therefore, whether the people shall elect the President and Vice President through their constitutionally desig- nated representatives, the electors. In contemplating that issue doubtless many votes will be influenced toward the major candidate who in the Jjudgment of voters stands the better chance. Thus the question is not so much a question of policies or plat- form-enunciated principles as of result: This situation has been precipitated by the advancement of a third-party candidacy without prospect of success and for the purpose of blockading and wrecking one or both of the major parties in preparation for the or- ganization of a third new party. It is for the people to determine by their votes whether they prefer to mani- fest their will through the older or- ganizations or take their chance with a new one, which at present is com- posed of elements of dissent without intrinsic cohesive power and virtually without a common desire, save that of destruction. a a —_— A part of the pleasure in the life of the Prince of Wales probably consists in looking forward to the unostenta- tious enjoyments available under the auspices of Lord Renfrew. A Confession of Perjury. An astonishing aspect is given tothe scandals affecting the official integrity of the former Attorney General by the publication of a statement by Gaston B. Means, who was regarded as the chief witness against Mr. Daugherty before the Senate investigating com- mittee. In this statement Means dis- avows his testimony, specifically char- acterizing it as a “tissue of lies,” and declaring that it was obtained from him, as were false statements from other witnesses, partly under promisé of advantage and partly under threat of prosecution. The particular induce- ment, however, appears to have been a feeling of pique against the Attor- ney General, who was quoted to Means as expressing contemptuous disregard for him in spirited language. Mr. Daugherty makes public the Means statement in the course of a letter to John W. Davis, protesting the attacks of Mr. Davis on Mr. Daugherty’s conduct of his office in the course of the candidate’s cam- paign. Inasmuch as Mr. Daugherty is himself taking no part in the cam- paign, his purpose is evidently to pro- tect himself rather than to weaken the force of the Democratic attack upon the Republican administration. But inevitably the matter will have some political bearing and effect. For a considerable part of the Democratic emmunition is being fired upon the administration’s record, Wwith Mr. Daugherty one of, the objects of at- tack. A few weeks ago a convict in the Atlanta Penitentiary, serving time for a bootlegging conspiracy, similarly re- pudiated testimony given by him be- fore the Wheeler committee. The dis- | city of great gatherings. effect to discredit the investigation and the conclusions of the committee, even though the credibility of both witnesses has been weakened by their records. In point of fact, the proceedings be- fore the committee were at all stages tainted by the character of those who gave condemnatory testimony. In a court of law much of this testimony would have been eliminated as hear- say and invalid and unacceptable. The credibility of witnesses would have been impugned in court, whereas before the committee that question was not permitted to be raised. The widest publicity was, necessarily in the nature of the proceedings, given to gossip and to unverified declara- tions, to refute which opportunity was given, if at all, so tardily that the public impression of guilt was definite- ly fixed already. The fact that Means has by his own present statement confessed himself to be a perjurer may weaken the ef- fect of his acknowledgment. He is thoroughly discredited as a witness now, as he was, in fact, when he went before the investigating committee. Yet he may be now telling the truth. At all events, Mr. Daugherty is en- titled to the benefit of the doubt which Mcans’ confession raises, however disreputable may be the witness he presents. It is improbable that Mr. Davis and the other campaigners will accept this confession as reason for lessening their attacks. The exigencies of the campaign require continued assault upon the records of the administra- tion. A mere repudiation by a star witness of his damaging testimony will hardly be permitted to spoil such pyrotechnic ammunition. The Holy Name Parade. Washington was the scene yester- day of a spectacle of deep significance. A parade of close upon 100,000 men marched through Pennsylvania ave- nue and massed around the Washing- ton Monument in token of a pledge against profanity, blasphemy and god- lessness. It was not a spectacular ar- ray. The Capital has witnessed many more brilliant spectacles. But it was one of the most impressive demonstra- tion that has ever occurred in this It bespoke a force for good citizenship, which is one of the fundamentals of national existence. President Coolidge, in addressing that great throng at the Monument, priised the spirit of the organization waich yesterday celebrated the 650th #hniversary of its founding. He took €ccasion to remind bis hearers that “#civil, political and geligious liberty #s the essence of freedom, guaranteed by our Constitution.” He stressed the value and importance of discipline. The worst evil, he said, that could be inflicted upon the youth of the land would be to leave them without re- straint and completely at the mercy of their own uncontrolled inclinations. ‘Weakness and depravity, he said, fol- low when the ordinary processes of discipline are neglected. Standards must be maintained, standards of personal behavior, stand- ards of speech and standards of moral conduct. In the Holy Name Society, which the President was specifically addressing, though his words went out and applied to all Americans, is essentially the principle of standard- ization, of guidance and of respect for law, both the law of man and the law of God. There is sound health in a nation which can, as this did yesterday, mar- shal so great a number of its citizens in a demonstration of loyalty to a principle of righteousness. Many of those who marched here yesterday came from considerable distance, at great inconvenience and expense. They had come here to testify under the most adverse conditions to their reverence. To them the President said: “It is along the path of rever- ence and obedience that the race has reached the goal of freedom, of self- government, of a higher morality and a more abundant spiritual life.” ——————— Modern thought might have found more suggestion from the researches at Luxor if they had disclosed any evidence whatever that King Tut conducted an economical adminis- tration. —_———————— A Vice President may lead a life of comparative quietude, but a vice presidential candidate enjoys the privilege of contributing to the pro- ceedings most energetically. —————————— Radio listeners are left in dpubt as to whether the La Follette speakers are giving a responsible part of the campaign entertainment or are to be classed only as “static.” ——————— No candidate can feel safe in rely- ing on a majority in any community simply because the citizens hang out flags and sing “the gang's all here.” School Days. Groups and troops of school chil- dren turned out this morning, end streets near schoolhouses and school grounds were crowded as they had not. been since vacation time began three months ago. The opening of schools in Washington is a day of greater importance to more of our people than the opening of Congress. Many thousand homes have to gear themselves to a schedule which will get the children off to school on time, and it generally requires organization and reorganization to get the children up, washed, dressed, fed and started with the proper books in bags or straps. In many families where some little child begins its school life the day is of wonderful importance. The little one must be escorted through the crowded, dangerous streets, and often mother is the escort, but this responsi- ble duty may be performed by a brother or sister who “started school” last year or some other year and knows the way and the ways, knows the teachers, knows lots of the boys and girls, and all that. Nearly all these little children, in making their bow to the public school system, seem to face the “ordeal” with supreme con- fidence. They have no hesitancy, no stage fright, no homesickness. Near- -eRenganothes tle child. The older children fall in as vet- erans. There are no leaden feet and only shining faces among them. They resume their school work with every sign of pleasure. That the govern- ing authorities have not done their duty to the children of the District is regrettable, and 69,000 school children are to be taken care of as best the school authorities can in a school plant equipped for 50,000. But the children are “carrying on,” and this is a great day for about 70,000 Wash- ington children and a very large num- ber of mothers, fathers, grandmothers and grandfathers. —_————————— Davis and McAdoo to Meet. That should be an interesting meet- ing between Candidate John W. Davis and Willlam G. McAdoo, scheduled to occur upon the latter’s return on the Leviathan today. Mr. McAdoo has been abroad since the Democratic na- tional convention, assuaging his dis- appointment over the loss of the presi- dential nomination. Mr. Davis, to whom the convention passed the ball, has been running with it; and will have much to report on the prospect of the Democrats winning the game. Popular imagination will be in- trigued with speculation over the ex- tent of the real love which exists be- tween the defeated and the successful aspirants for the honor of carrying the ball. Human nature would readily understand a certain bitterness should Mr. McAdoo entertain it, but there is no outward sign of its existerce. Can- didate Davis has met Mr. McAdoo with the outstretched hand of friend- liness and welcome to participation in the campaign. In a radio message to the ship Mr. Davis expressed ‘“Hearty welcome from myself and throngs of your Western friends who have recently honored me with every expression of their confidence, being assured your splendid co-operation means victory in November.” The Democratic national committee announces that Mr. Mc- Adoo will so participate, and will make a coast-to-coast speaking tour. He is expected to “give a good bucket of milk and not kick it over.” Genuine and hearty support by him of the national ticket will not be classed as negligible in its effect upon this campaign. Nothing less than this should be expected until his words show the contrary. —_————————— Nobody will grudge Attorney Clarence Darrow the rest he is taking. There is a great deal of hard work ahead of him if he conscientiously undertakes to assist every Iilinois murderer who is under voting age. —_——— It has been decided that the so- called ““death ray” has no sting worth mentioning. Attention may be re- stored to the need of battle planes, which have demonstrated their ability to make good. o S — It appears to be the fate of a Secre- tary of the Navy to feel called upon to consider weighing anchor every time he is, apparently, safe in port. ——— Campalgn managers avoid stressing golf as a popular appeal. The farmer gently insists that the scythe is mightier than the niblick. ————— Responsibility for the World War is perhaps a less important question than that of inter-responsibility for world debts. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Torches. You've got to be, as best you can, Regardful of your fellow man. Although your lot it may not be To stand where all the world will see And hold the Torch of Wisdom high ‘To guide the step and cheer the eye, Your little don’t disdain to do— And if no greater chance you view, ‘With cheery humor greet a friend, Content to serve a useful end, If you can strike a match and let Him light therefrom his cigarette. Value of Publicity. “Do you intend to go on the stump this Fall?” “Certainly,”" answered Senator Sor- ghum. “Even if my party gets beaten, I'm not going to drift into the background and sacrifice the distinc- tion of being mentioned prominently as among those defeated.” A Line on What to Expect. Since children, when they learn to think, Sometimes evolve a mental kink, ‘Why not, soon after they're baptized, Have infants psycho-anflyzed? Jud Tunkins says a lot of people lost interest in the question of human beings op Mars as soon as they real- ized that even if there were it wouldn’t be possible for us to sell 'em anything. An Unutilized Crop. “Nothing I enjoy more than mint sauce with spring lamb!” exclaimed the epicure. 2 “Yep,” assented Uncle Bill Bottle- top; “but it's goin® to take a heap o’ sheep raisin’ to use up all the mint that has been runnin’ wild an’ neglected for the past few years.’ Ineffectual Eloquences. They say & man who is inclined To wisdom’s way, may change his mind. Our candidates should learned be And from all obstinacy free. Yet in the annals of our State There never was a candidate ‘Whom other candidates could sway And make him think the other way. A Hard Proverb. “A man should be sure he's right and then go ahead. “How're you goin’ to manage it,” inquired Mr. Chuggins, “with a detour sign starin’ at you every time you turn a corner?” “A man runnin’ foh office,” said Uncle Eben, “is liable to feel obliged to promise so much dat he ain’t ginter be able to git much comfort an’ en- elaciedy | session { mentary { the size of the c DISTRICT’S SCHOOL PROBLEM Inadequate Facilities for Education of Youth a Re- proach to the National Capital. BY JAMES E. CHINN. ARTICLE 1V. Eastern High School, East Wash- ington’s magnificent new secondary institution, is the only one of the seven senfor high schools which be- gins the 1924-1925 scholastic year free from congestion. It will take iwo years under a normal growth in the school’s student body before the maximum capacity of its present accommodations is reached. With the proposed development of the junior high school system, Eastern may never be forced to resort to emergency measures, like the other high schools, to provide facilities for its students. The East Washington school, how- ever, passed through all of the make- shift experiences of the other high schools while in its old home near Seventh street and DPennsylvania ave- nue southeast. It is now enjoying a new freedom from overcrowding In its pretentious new building at Seventeenth and East Capitol streets. Eastern’'s growth in the last six and a half years has been unprece- dented, and its new home was not completed any too soon. With a student body of 450 during the 1917- 1918 term, the enrollment grew rap- idly and last year reached the record peak of 1,550, * ¥ *x % Another expansion of the student body will occur this year as the new gets underway. By October 1, Charles F t, priniipal of the school, expects to have at least 1,700 pupils enrolled. Additional clas rooms outfitted during the Summer will provide adequately for the pros- pective increase with accommoda- tions for 200 more pupils awaiting occupancy. The facilities at the chool will not be taxed to capacity until the 1,900 mark is passed. A large majority of the June uates of the elementary schools in Northeast and Southeast Washington elected to attend KEastern. Figures compiled by Mr. Hart show that ap- proximately 300 of his freshmen will come from the East Washington ele- schools, augmented by 50 pupils from out-of-town schools. With the growth of the student body this year, the faculty has been correspondingly increased. Seven new teachers were appointed recently by the Board of Education, giving Mr. Hart a teaching personnel of 75. * Xk x % Conditions at McKinley Manual Training School, popularly known as Tech, are entirely different from those at Eastern. Although greatly overcrowded, Frank ¢. Daniel, prin- cipal of the institution, plans to run the school through the current scho- lastic year without adopting emer- gency measures. As has been point- ed out in a preceding article, Mr. Daniel hopes to avoid the expedient of the tw hift or staggered hour stems of operation by increasing ses. ‘The normal capacity of McKinley's grad- | b | institution building is about 1,100 pupils. The present enrollment of 1500 gives some insight into the crowded situa- tion and the extreme difficulty under which the school functions. Many of the pupils attending Me- Kinley work during the afternoons and evenings in order to be able to continue their education. An at- tempt was made to put the schooll on part time in September, 1922, with the result that many pupils assigned to the afternoon shift were obliged to leave school, so that the school returned to a one-session program. * ok % K ‘Tech, however, is content to strug- gle along in its overtaxed building because there is relief in sight. A site for its proposed new building at econd and T strects northeast, already | has been acquired and Municipal Ar- chitect Albert L. Harris is now at vork on the plans, an appropriation of 35,000 for this purpose having been provided in the District appropria- tion bill for the current fiscal year. An item for beginning the con- struction of the new McKinley w. inserted in the school budget for the next fis year. Its fate now rests with the Bureau of the Budget and Congress. 1f the item succeeds in passing this uncertain path unscath- ed, actual construction of the new building will begin next Summer. In locating the new Tech at Second and T streets northeast, the school ard has sought not only to pro- vide a building large enough for the but to so locate the school as to make it possible for it to serve all of the pupils of the Dis- trict who desire the intensified tech- educ hool pro- and time bring “hool nearer to pu- to the ction where high school not now provided. also at the same education northeast facilities * ¥ * % Officials have found it impossible to enlarge Tech's present building as it occupies the whole plot of ground. The building does not contain a gym- nasium, essential to every high school, and is located in the heart of a section of the city largely occupied by colored people. Most of the pu- pils now attending McKinley from other parts of the city rather than from the territory surrounding the schoo!. When the present McKinley cated it is proposed to install building the Shaw Junior High School (colored), now located in the old M Street High School. The Shaw Jun- ior High School is fart taxing the capacity of the present building In turn it is proposed to utilize the M Street High School building from which the Shaw pupils will be -taken for a business high school for col- ored pupils by transferring the busi- n. department out of the Dunbar High Schoo! which has a capacity for 1,200 pupils, and now ha rollment approximating 2,000, va- IN THE SPOTLIGHT BY PAUL V. COLLI! The United States Navy, with the co-operation of practically all other departments of our Government, is considering the taking of an inven- tory of the oceans, beginning the survey in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. It is hoped that Congress will be broad enough to give the funds necessary for a five- vear enterprise of this very impor- tant character. No mariner claims to know the nature of the deep— whether the ooze at the bottom is ten feet or a thousand feet thick, or what lfves in it. One of the greatest oceanographers has said that the oceans, which cover five-sevenths of the surface of the globe, provide more food for man than does the land. Within the last few days a leading scientist stated that, until recently, science had had little conception of how varied, in their chemical contents, are the waters of the ocean, for the water is not merely a salt and H?O. What treasures of gold and other precious metals are buried therein! What argosies of wealth lie upon the slopes of its mountains and in its deep valleys! What gems the “dark, unfathomed caves of ocean bear!” We may learn to mine the rich veins of this virgin world which Is two and a half times as vast as all the land areas of the globe. Throughout the Gulf of Mexico there are spots where oil is oozing up, and it will be one of the ob- jectives of the Navy to discover just where oil shafts may be sunk to ad- vantage. i * % x % It is only within the present gene- ration that we have had scientific weather bureaus, by which, through many widespread observations of air- currents and conditions, storms may be forecast. No one has vet gather- ed data as to the changing currents and water conditions beneath the surface of the ocean, though it may be reasonable to expect such vast in- fluences to affect storms and tem- perature as do corresponding me- teorological influences of the air. Our globe is not solid, but plastic. It is ever changing its form. Ocean- ographers have learned of the sur- face currents, and they are charted with fair accuracy. But there are uncharted perpendicular currents which bring to the surface the icy waters of the great depths and change the directions of the surface currents. Volcanbes of the sea bot- tom erupt and lift valleys into plateaus, shifting the trend of the deep strata currents, and new islands are brought to the surface or dan- gerously near sea level, where ships are In danger of being dashed to pieces upon their uncharted shores. * K kX The comparatively recent inven- tions of the radio have changed the means of studying the ocean depths. Formerly, a lead was sunk and the line was measured; this was not ac- curate because the sway of the line, sometimes miles in length, depended upon unknown currents in the deep. Such measurements are now made with a sonlc instrument, based upon the length of time it takes for an echo to return from the bottom after the explosion of a bomb on the wa- ters surface. Not only is the ac- curacy greater, ‘but the speed of taking sounding is immensely in- creased. The Navy has found great difficulty in surveying off of foggy coasts, be- cause it is necessary to record the location of the ship as well as depths to make soundings of practical value. The problem has been solved within the last six months by the United States Bureau of Standards, so that ‘accurate soundings can now be in- stantly made, even in the densest fog. When the sonic instrument ex- plodes a bomb, the sound that echoes back from the ocean bottom is measured with an accuracy allowing error not to exceed five feet to a mile At the same time the sound travels to two radio stations estab- lished at different points on shore, where, at once, it is “broadcast” back to the ship. While the sound travels through the water at a speed of about 4,400 feet per second, it comes back by radio with the speed of 1light—185,000 miles a second, or, practically, instantaneously; hence, all elapsed time is credited to the sound traveling shoreward. Distance is found hy multiplving S the seconds accurate modified by 4.400—or whatever speed is taken, since it is by the temperature and salinity of the water. The two sta- tions ing different periods (ac- cording to the distance), and the two lengths marked by arcs on the chart (with their centers at the known stations), indicate, at the crossing of the lines, the exact location of the ship where the tonic depth was taken * ok * ¥ At a conference of scientists and officials interested in the proposed inventory of the ocean, Dr. Barrows said e are interested in the sea be- cause of the rich fertility of the sea. There are what may be called, per- haps, muds of the sea. in much the same way as the muds of the land. The basic matter of these muds not, of course, herbage, but huge swarms of microscopic organisms plants and animals dwelling in the upper levels of the sea. Among these huge swarms of microscopic organ- isms is, perhaps, the fundamental organic principle of the life of the sea; and upon that material based, step by step, rest the larger and other organisms, until the fish you all like to eat really owe their ex- istence to the muds of the sea.’ Dr. Bowie of the National Acade~ my of Sciences and National Re- search Council said: “It seems to me, following out that idea of taking an inventory of the world, that this has a bearing upon the peace of the world. The nations are not altogether fighting because they hate other nations, because they are afraid of other nations. The na- tions do not know where their food supply and raw materials for in- dustries are coming from in the next generations. They see their resources used up, and decide, therefore, that they will grab this or that piece of land that is inhabited by a weaker people. So it would seem that it would add to the peace of the world if we could take an inventory of this country and other countries.” Dr. Slossen, secretary of the Na- tional Academy of Sciences, said: “If we can contribute to educating the public mind through the press, the motion pictures or pamphlets, we shall be very glad, indeed, because we all realize that the ignorance of the public on the subject of the oceans is vastly greater than on mat- ters pertaining to terra firma, and in the future the importance of knowing more about the food ca- pacity of the ocean and the subaque- ous structure of this world of ours will be greater than it is at the present time. “There is a possibility of carry- ing on in the oceans something that might be called cubical agriculture— or farming in three dimensions. Whereas on the land, farming is limited to one single surface, you have in the ocean, farms piled on farms, 500 feet of them, as the dif- ferent stories in a sky-scraper are placed, one above another.” When C. Francis Jenkins, in- ventor of the moving picture and of the transmission of pictures by radio, heard of the project of the Navy, he enthusiastically proposed to supply a camera with a powerful arc light by which the ocean depths might be photographed with distinctness. What deep-sea monsters would be attracted to that mysterious light? ‘What marvelous “landscapes’—great valleys, plains and staggering peaks, rivers and cataracts, caves and preci- pices—would be disclosed! There is far more variety of “scenery” in the ocean than there is upon land, for the loftiest mountain, Mt. Everest, is only 29,141 feet, while the greafest depth of the ocean is 31,614 feet—in the Pacific, near the Island of Guam. Movie films of the depths of the ocean may disclose greater mysteries than if Mars had opened a line of communications equal to the mind of the most imaginative astronomer. (Copyright, 1924, by Paul V. Collins.) _————— In champloning the old-fashioned square dance, Ford probably figures that they will be so unappealing that the boys and girls will wear out a great many more flivvers between sets.—Nashville Banner. There Seem to be two big problems before the people today—where to park and where to jump.—Des Moines come | 1 this | THIS AND THAT BY C. E. TRACEWELL. A tall, lean, lank colored man, brown felt hat rakishly set on one side of his head, stood in front of a store on Pennsylvania avenue. There was a gleam of absolute fas- cination in his eyes as he gazed upon the display of revolvers and wicked- looking knives in the window. “Big boy, yo' is goin’ to be mine,” he breathed, eying a cheap .32-caliber gun, one of the number set inw stand fanwise. The man was not interested in any- thing else in the window, although there was a display of many other articles, more peaceful in nature and less harmful in use. * ok kK I recalled the above scene when I received recently from Judge Gus A. Schuldt of the Police Court the fol- lowing letter: “In a recent article you gave a very interesting survey of D street. There- in you narrated numerous articles on display outside and inside the show windows. I notice, however, you did not mention the most startling and significant, i. e., pistols and knives The large, ostentatious display of these deadly weapons Is, to my mind, the main cause of the large number of ‘pistol-toters. The power of suggestion is potent, and it seems to me that these attrac- tive displavs of deadly weapons, with the alluring cheap prices marked thereon, have a tendency to entrap many who would not otherwise buy them. True, there is no law to pri vent same, but it would seem that, from the standpoint of civic pride 4nd common humaneness, such a prac- be cxcused, even under term of business. It's I believe a campaign of education along these lines might effect a cure.” th * ¥ ¥ * Surely, all right-thinking people in W ngton, white or black, will agree with every word Judge Schuldt ays. The Star for many years has conducted a campaign against “pi tol-toting,” and has advocated con- sistently more stringent laws and regulations. Displays of “guns” in D street win- dows are not as numerous as they used to be, and the number of weapons now on display are not as many as formerly. After receiving Judge Schuldt's letter I made a spe- cial trip around *Washington, and found that D street is not the only offender in this respect In fact, the condition along D street in respect to deadly weapon displays is 1uch improved, it seems to me, ver what prevailed some years ago There are still too many such “lay- |outs” in windows, however, both along this street and along other thoroughfares of the city shop, spectators are ed t note, with about ever thing in the window from radio sets ishing tackle, does not carry a single revolver or pistol. These conditions are encouraging. nd I believe that if city officials would do a little “get-together” work with merchants the last trace of such evil window displays could be re- moved. * % affairs of government it a matter for wonder that officials do not more easily descend to the ordinary human plane, where much could be accomplished, 1 believe, that now lies undone. ake this matter of pistol displays The influence of these window assort- ments on weak minds is unques- oned. Thousands of persons are led o purchase articles, after glimpsing them in a window, that they never thought of buying. That s the reason they have show window: Now, why would it not be a good thing for some high official of the Government, say Commissioner Oy: ter, who is in charge of the Poiice Department, to make a personal visit to all s in Washington still car- rying these vicious window displays? “You are a resident of the National Capital: I am a resident of the ) tional Capital” the official might be- gin. “You, the same as I, want this ¥ to be as clean, safe and fine a city as possible.” A simple request, made in this man- ner, would accomplish more, it seems to me, than columns of agitation and much pow-wowing otherwise. At least, it is worth trying. * k ¥ X €s business.” . yes, business is business. But better city is a better city, and a afer city is a safer city, just as a beautiful city with trees is better than a beautiful city without trees. These window displays of deadly Weapon; suggest to impressionable vouths and older men with youthful minds—the so-called morons, those having the intelligence of the 12- v -old child—the desirability of possessing them. It must not be forgotten that, in addition to the class that buys guns |and knives with malice aforethought, in order to wreak vengeance or other harm, there is a large class of persons to whom weapons have an absolute fascination. Almost every one knows of some boy whose one thought is of guns. This is the child whose mother has to bribe him to get his “artillery” away from him. This shows no in nate depravity in the boy, but only the powerful psychological “pull” of the incessant warfare waged by men throughout the centuries. Men have not played with guns all these ages without a weapon having a tremen- dous fascination. Put a gun in a man's hand—any map—and the killer instinct comes over him. He wants to shoot some- thing. Sure! What is a gun for? 4+ Xk In this matter Washington ought to begin at “home” by cleaning up its window displays and adopting strin- gent laws requiring the strict issu- ance of permits to carry deadly weapons. Judge Schuldt would make an ideal permit officer. In discussing this matter he suggests the superintend- ent of police. “I believe we have sufficient laws to reach the ‘pistol-toters’” he said. “Section 855 of the code provides a punishment of not less than $50 nor more than $500 or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both, which Penalty is not inconsiderable. “It also allows speedy trial, which would not occur in the event the penalty was larger and the case held for the action of the grand jury, with the resultant long delay before trial. “The real trouble lies in the easy method in which weapons can be pur- chased,” continued Judge Schuldt. *“I advocate laws which would require applications to be made to the super- intendent of police, giving the name, occupation and residence of the ap- plicant and of two reputable citizens as references, and stating thereon the reason for desiring said weapon. “The applicant and his references should be thoroughly investigated as to character, previous record, etc. If found proper, the superintendent should issue a permit for the sale of said weapon. No permit should be issued the same day application is filed. Many a tragedy could have been avoided if ‘cooling time' had elapsed before the purchase of the weapon. “I should say that at least a week should elapse between the time of application and the report of the su- perintendent. _Stringent regulations should be made as to prompt report of sales, pursuant to permit, and heavy penalties should be provided in case of unauthorized sales. “The public display of weapons In- slde or outside of show windows or In many s a v ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. Does the English language vary in different parts of the United States as much as it does in different parts of England?—P. G. A. It is said that it is harder for a Lincolnshire farmer to understand a Lancashire miner than it is for any two Americans from different sections of the United States to understand each other. The reasons advanced for the uniform standard in America are the wide use of similar text books and the fact that our public schools are forced to devote much time to the teaching of English on account of the large number of foreigners in the schools. There are many pro- vincialisms in our language, but most of them have been scattered over the whole country and are understood by all. Q finally given up as lost?—S. W. A. The loss of this ship, loaded with manganese and carrying 57 pas- sengers, 20 officers and a crew of 213, has never been explained. After months of search and waiting, the Cyclops was finally given up as lost and her name stricken from the regis- try of the Navy. Q. Please give a recipe for chili sauce.—M. E. M. A. Skin, cut in pieces and put to cooking one-half bushel tomatoes. Put through meat grinder 18 green peppers, 18 onions, and add to toma- toes. Add one and a half cupfuls sugar, three cupfuls vinegar, three teaspoonfuls each of cinnamon, cloves and allspice, five tablespoonfuls salt and red pepper to taste. Cook slowly until fairly thick, usually about three hours, Q. Is black the color of mourning in all countries?—J. H. A. Black is not universally used as a sign of mourning. The South Sea Islanders use black and white stripes, indicating sorrow and hope, while in Ethiopia a grayish brown, the color of the carth, is worn. In Persia the mourning color is light brown, and in Syria and Armenia sky blue, an indicative of heaven. In Turkey it is violet, and in China white, as an emblem of hope. Q. What do hornets make their nests of >—C. E. G. A. The Bureau of Biological Sur- very says that hornets make their nests from bits of wood fiber, which they obtain from old fences and tree barks, chewing them up into a paper- like substance. Q. Could you tell me how large a modern parachute is, what makes it open, and what material is used?— LCE A. A modern parachute has a sur- face of 5 square feet. The resistance of the air caused by the weight of a person suddenly dropping is sufficient to cause the parachute to open. They may also be opened by mechanical means. Parachutes are usually made of linen or k gores, 50 cut that when sewed together they form a portion of a hemisphere. Q. What causes dew?—H. S. A. Three concurrent sources of dew are recognized—the condensation of the moisture of the atmosphere, the condensation of watery vapor arising from the earth and the mois- ture exhaled from plants. Q. Who was the father of his- tory?—M. G. A. Cicero gave this title to Hero- dotus, the Greek historian, who lived more than 400 years B. C. Q. What is a “fogey 25U A. This is a name given to a par- ticular form of bonus or increase in Army pay based on length of service. Maine Election Comfort to Both Old Parties Republican editors point again to the old sayving, “As Maine goes, goes the nation, notwithstanding this vear's reduced majorities in Maine and the injection of the Klan issue, from which their Democratic cotemporaries draw much comfort The Republican viewpoint of Maine itself, is thus expr land Express: “The overwhelming majority of the Republican voters of Maine perceived the real issues of the campaign and perceived them clearly. They saw that they were legitimate party sues as between the Republican and Democratic parties and estimating at their true worth the attempts made to deceive them, t voted accord- ingly.” That the “Republican party is in vigorous harmony behind the chosen leaders is the outstanding fact,” asserts the Buffalo News (Re- publican), while the City Journal (Republican), is confident that the Republicans face the Novem- ber election with new confidence “and the opposition has no vestige of encouragement from the stand point of the Pine Tree State vote While political observers might question the accuracy of the Maine barometer, the Seattle Times (inde- pendent Republican), holds “the evi- dence is convincing when so strong a preference is shown as that regi tered.” The result “leaves Mr. Davis candidacy in desperate straits.” con- tinues the New York Herald-Tribune (Republican), “his supporters are abandoring the West to Mr. La Fol- lette, and now his own home front collapses in his rear—the elimina- tion of Mr. Davis could scarcely be more complete.” Papers in the North- west, like the St. Paul Dispatch (in- dependent), the Minneapolis Tribune (Republican), and the Sioux City Journal (Republican), feel that while the Republicans are properly cheercd by the general results in Maine they will not take anything for granted in the “more muddled” Western and Northwestern States. * ¥ * K From the Democratic view, as set forth by former Senator Hitchcock’s Omaha World-Herald, the situation looks this way: “Making full allowance for the in- creased vote due to woman suffrage since 1916, the Democratic vote in Maine this year is encouraging,” be- cause “it puts an effective quictus to the propaganda put forth by (_,Y)olldgc and La Follette adherents alike that the Democratic party has been ‘elim. inated’ from the national campaign. Had the party percentages of two years ago been maintained, the New York Times (independent Democratic) points out, “Gov. Brewsters majority should have been 15,000 larger. In fact, the Republican majority for Sen- ator Fernald, running on the same ticket, was 15,000 larger. It is thus evident that the special attacks made upon Gov. Brewster, on aocount of his indorsement by the Ku Kiux ‘Klan and for some personal reasons, had the effect of causing him to fail to got. the full Republican vote.” It is plain, argues the Lynchburg News (Democratic), “that the Democrats got the botter of the fight by cutting the Republican majority of 1920 in half.” Another point to be noted, suggests the Baltimore Sun (independent), “is that La Follette did not figure in Maine's election, but he must be reck- oned with in November,” and “it re- quires no_political soothsayer to dis- T O NI e W G of dirk knives, daggers, stilettoes, sword canes and brass knuckles should be prohibited. ‘With the regulations along these lines, I believe pistol ‘toting’ would be materially lessened, as it would strike at {jo-source-of SUpply.” Has the collier Cyclops been | The Fogey act gives a 10 per cent in- crease in pay every five years to off- cers and enlisted men until a 40 per cent increase has been reached. Q. Is {t advisable to use tin eans as containers for growing olantg?— B. M. G A. Tin cans should not be used Besides being unsightly, tin cans rust and kill the tips of the tender roots Occasionally fine plants are grown in tins, but they would have been better if grown in pots Q. Is it cugenically dangerous for first cousins to marry?—T. E. L. A. The United States Public Health Service says that, on the whole, the dangers growing out of the marriage of first cousins have been much ex- aggerated. When there is a physical or mental family defect common to both cousins, this defect is likely to be accentuated in the offspring. The defect may exist without its being apparent. ~ If both individuals are normal, there is no eugenic reason why they should not marry. Q. How many Presidents have been assassinated, and to what political parties did they belong?—W. R. T. A. Three Presidents of the United States have been assassinated, and all of them were Republicans. These myrtyrs were Lincoln, Garfield and McKinley. Q. What is the other name for a Pipe of Pan”—L. M. A. A. The Pipe of Pan was called the Syrinx, the legend being that the water nymph Syrinx was changed into a reed to escape from Pan, who loved her. He took the reed, it into seven pieces of graduated lengt: joined them together and fashioned the instrument which he called by her name. Q. What is the oldest language In the world>—F. E. N. A. Though there is some difference of opinion, many authorities concur in the belicf that the oldest language in the world is Sanskrit. Q. What is the unit of force?— E R A. It is that force which, acting on one gram of matter for one second, will give it the velocity of one centi- meter per second. It is called the dyne. It is approximately the force exerted by a milligram weight under the influence of gravity. Q. What Stfte has the most silk mills?—R. F. A. New Jersey has the mills, but the 1920 census shows that Pennsylvania produced 33.6 per cent of the total value of silk produced in the United States and New Jersey 31.2 per cent. Q. be s0 ca most silk How did belladonna happen to d7—A. W. A. A. Belladonna is Italian for “fair lady,” and the drug was given this name because Italian women em- ployed the juice for staining their skin and to beautify the - ing them a glisteni Q. What is the name applied to the system of lawmaking which consists of a legislature of two houses?— S @ A. The two-chambered system used in all State legislatures is known as the bicameral system (Inform and emtertain yourself by making constant use of The Star In- formation Burcaw. Frederic J. Haskin director, Twenty-first and C streets northwest. There is a wealth of in- formation at the command of The Star readers. There is no charge for service except a 2-cemt stamp, which showid be sed by the Port- | inclosed for direct reply.) Results Give cern that the Republicans would be much more satisfied with the outlook in Republican strongholds if they did not have this candidacy to combat.” The New York World (independent Democratic) insists that “there nothing in the Maine result to indi- cate Coolidge strength in the terri- where Mr. Coolidge needs gth most,” and “apart from its effect on the election, the outcome in Maine establishes the Klan in a posi- tion of influence within the Republi- can party of Maine as effectually as its influence has been rejected in the Democratic party in Texas and Okla- homa.” The Republican party of Maine, therefore, in the opinion of the Louisville Courier-Journal (Dem- ocratic) “stands before the country today as the Klan party and its vic- tory is evervwhere hailed by the klansmen as a Klan victory. * ® ¢ The worst of this sorry development is that it now seems certain to ex- tend into the national paign, and worse still, that certainly has been brought about by President Coolidge himsel.” Incidentally, one thing the Maine election probably settled, sug- gests the Hartford Times (independ- ent Democratic. s the matter of the Ku Klux Klan, so far as Mr. Cool- is | idge is concerned,” because “there is no reason now to expect the President to declare himself.” ek The result in Maine, the Milwaukee (independent) contends, “shows how important it is that there should be a frank and outspoken ex- pression, not from a secretary, Mr. Slemp. to a Mr. Branin, but from the President himself to the people whose Votes he asks. His denunciation will end the issue; his further silence will intensify and give it new life” The Richmond News-Leader is an out- standing Democratic paper that finds “the most reasonable interpretation” of the Maine election to be that “the voters refused to accept the Klan ‘issue’ the politicians manufactured for them.” This opinion is expressed also by the Albany Evening News and many other Republican journals. “Attempts to interpret the results in Maine with reference to the Klan issue,” the San Francisco Bulletin (in- dependent) insist re strained to the degree of pure fiction,” for “the Klan was not an ue in Maine.” The Chicago Daily News (independ- ent) also believes the Klan issue, “of which, unquestionably, both parties were afraid, was a minor factor in the campaign,” which “is a circum- stance that well may give satisfac- tion to open-minded citizens of all parties and of no party.” What cer- tainly is true, the Indianapolis News (independent) is sure, “is that the people voted more on national than local issues, voted with an eye to November, and being Republican, the State went Republican.” And in the Maine results, the Duluth Herald (in- dependent) reads “nothing but en- couragement to the Republican na- tional ticket.” On the other hand, the Lincoln Star (independent), feels that while “the Republicans may well rejoice in the smashing victory which they scored in Maine, they are mistaken in con- cluding that it has any special bear- ing on the November election.” Ise- cause, as the Portland, Oreg., Journal (independent) puts it, “Maine is a New ingland State, and New England is the center and shelter of the Coolidge faction of the Republican party,” so “if Mr. Coolidge should be strong any- where, it is in New England, where the tariff is more sacred than the Ten Commandments, where the people have not yet discovered that there is a lot of the United States west of the Alleghany Mountains and where most of the population are factory owners and their workers with unpronounce-