Evening Star Newspaper, October 2, 1924, Page 6

EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. . .October 2, 1924 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor Evening Star Newspaper Company sess Office. 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave New York Office: 110 Eust 42nd St. Chicago Office: T Kuropean Ofice: 16 Itex The Evening Star. with the Sunday morning edition, 15 delivered by carriers within the @ity at 60 cents per month: daily only, 45 eents per month 20 cents’ per month ders ma 1or tele Plone Main 5000 Collection is made by car- Fiecs at the end of vach mout! Bate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginin. Daily and Sunday.1 yr., $8.40;1 mo., Daily only 1¥r., $6.00;1 mo, Sunday only .....1yr, $2.40;1 mo., 70¢ 50c 20c All Other States. Daily and Sunday.1 yr., $10.00:1 mo. Daily only 1yr, $7.00:1 mo., &unday only 1yr. 85c 60c $3.00;1 mo., 25¢ Member of the Associated Press. The Associa 5 exclisi e us tion of 4 ot otherw the local ntitied Hero or Goat? Who will be the hero of the world Which one meries games? player who team? Or. ich will make defeat will did stand n out as the for hand, w! error man st to win tive other one fatal bis sid In his to every wor ries there is one . a pitcher who sht game dige picuous s in an and thus s the decidir a batter who per; . or hone run, in pinch; fielder who mikes one of those hair-raising “im Possil * stops and throws or catches that bring th madly checring Nohody 1 wiiot of cuch, Beider. » cracks out haps a trip the supreme a single or a do even a a foretell Perhaps just who will 1 tor there pitcher, Perhaps there will be stellar both sides. But it Quite that when the series is r one name will be on the f lips of that of the “hero of the a a and a ~mers on is assured @erics.” Then there £ is the man melancholy who will pull the that enemy advantage, haps a winning advantage. hail is a game of was a series | Nobody can will man on bas pros the w I For base uncertainties. Never ayed without an error. tell what It may merely . there to langu, his mates fail at the bat let in a flock of runs In such player is on do his hest. not merely the fin areate one make error an ev a single put while Or it may error do, a a series of games toes, determined to there is a big stake, the honor of winning, but 1l reward., which is much the victors than 1es this eagerness and this determination will bring about a biun, dgment or ance. In ment from his for losers. Somet of perform- a world series there uncertainty that is an ele- of is nt the regular s leazue. For the league teams fairly well acquainted with other, know the peculiarities plaver and the temperament of each team whole. Now, with the tionals and the Giants in contest, weet virtuall tion the “series csting to the are an- of each one as a as strangers Tt is this strange- o thrill ball base, is ng ng that the hero be one of the Na- And here is also hoping that develops “goat” he a Washington uniform. But whether hero or goat, every man on the “home team” will get the checring applause of the multitude for having done his best to bring the world pennant to the Capital in addi- tion to the league pennant which is mow for the first time afloat here. —_———— The concentration of Gov. Smith’s admirers on “East Side and West Side” does not prevent them from cherishing some hopeful “‘up- ®ate” sentiments, also. hopi es will series a v ——— hanksgiving will soon be due, As presidential year, the campaigners will indorse it with mild mental reservations. lamation usual in a S A long, hard winter is predicted. The calamity prophet is least objec- tionable when he limits himself to that always elusive subject, the elimate. e . It is being suggested that Mr. Wheeler talks much rougher than Mr. Dawes and in a more cold-blooded and deliberate fashion. D um— Keeping the Game Clean. Professional base ball is a clean sport, maintained on a high standard of honesty and remarkably free from the taint of personal misconduct and corrupt intrigue. Tt has gained its hold upon the interest and the patronage of the publi~ largely be- cause of this from dis- honesty. Four years ago u scandal occurred in the disclosure of the efforts of a gang of gamblers to bribe certain players of one of the western clubs engaged in a world series to throw the games in order to make a winning for the bettors. The players who were involved were identified, some confessed, others were found guilty upon investigation, and all were disbarred from organized base ball forever. They are still under ostracism, without hope of restoration. The effect of this disclosure of cor- ruption was wholesome rather than harmful. The prompt and thorough punishment administered demonstrat- cd to the country that the game is straight despite the fact that occa- sionally individuals may yield to temptation and seek profit in crooked work. Now, on the eve of the world series games, comes the announcement that two of the members of the New York National League team have been plecad on the ineligible list, which wmemme that they have been bflrr? freedom on | the | thousands to their feet | tor the | hedule within the | of | Al unsuccessful | rom organized base ball, because they undertook to bribe a player on the Philadelphia team to “throw” to New York the game which would finally decide the championship of that league. Player Sands of Phila- delphia immediately reporged the offer to his manager, who brought it to the attention of the base ball commis- sioner, Judge Landis, whose presence in the game is an assurance of the highest integrity. Investigation proved the facts, and the suspension followed swittly. It was an inconceivably foolish per- formance, this attempt to bribe a player. There was little doubt of the outcome of the race. There was every chance that the player would, as he did. instantly resent the imputation of corruption. Tt was a shockingly dis- honorable thing to do, inasmuch as both player: participants in a sport which is founded for patronage the faith of the public in its squareness. | Only one of the two banned men is | lly a player. The other The action of Judge which is to be cheered by all fans and | tollowers of the game, will fortunately, affect the chances of the | Giants in the series. Washington wants to win the series and the title of world champion, but it wants to win cit and not by reason of ippling of the opponent. were upon is coach. on m n ———— The Towa Question. Will Senator Brookbart bolt the Republican party or will the party fire him before he bolts? That is th present question in lowa. The Re- publican central committee of the State has been 10 meet today to consider the Senator's status, of his denunciation of Gen. and his demand that he be wn from the presidential Pomorrow the Senator is to at Emmittsburg in his sena- campaign, and it is reported he contemplates there including the President in his denunciation and climax with a repudiation of party and ticket and declaration for La Follette. - If the State central committee de- cides to “beat him to it” and declare him to be out of the party, his own idiation of the national ticket will fall somewhat flat. But what will be the result of the parting, whether | effected by Mr. Brookhart's own initiative or by that of the State com- { mittee, is the question of moment. Will he be able t Ty bodily over to La Follette all of a major percentage | of which has nominated him another term the Senate by an overwhelming ma- | jority at the primary? Or will that | following regard him as worthy solely summoned a his own following, for in every | ! of support in his own candidacy while | voting the straight Republican ticket otherwise | Pepublican equation. 1ts 13 electoral votes hay | campaien, inasmuch | that La Fullette will other Western States which have heretofore been rated as dependably Republican. What Brookhart may do in Towa, moreover, Norris may do in Nebraska, where he is running for re-election with extreme care not to divulge his presidential preferences. | More and more the campaign con- | centrates between Coclidge and La Follette, not that there is any likeli- carry | | | hood that the latter will secure more | electoral | than a small minority of votes, but that he may get enough to blockade the electoral college and so throw the election into Congress, where his following may effect an anti-Coolidge choice. The Brookhart defection, whether spontaneous or compulsory, may have an effect upon the result. . ——————— Snthusiasms are essential to the life of a nation. The great American game gives opportunity for them, free from any suspicion of ulterior motive or fallacious persuasion. After the world series is over the public can return to the study of campaign {issues with rested nerves and a | clearer thoughtfulnes: | —_——— 1t is reported that American tour. ists are not meeting with the in- variable courtesy they once enjoved |in France. Diplomacy is an official accomplishment and not a popular pastime. | ————————————— In order toaccommodate contenders in the position of La Follette and Wheeler, several States might ar- range to include an “et cetera” de- partment on the ballot. e ———————— The farmer who has not had a share of confidence and courage must face the fact that no market, how- ever favorable, can develop demand for a crop of weeds. — Gaston B. Means has been caught in so many fibs that even the income tax authorities have grown suspicious of him. ——————— There is no politics in base ball. Voteless Washington has as good a chance at base ball supremacy as any city. Flood Losses. Large losses by flood due to rain are reported from many places near ‘Washington, but in this immediate neighborhood no very great damage seems to have been suffered, though fleld and garden crops were injured in the upper Eastern Branch Valley. The Star's Iyattsville correspondent says that “Bladensburg, East Hyatts- ville, Brentwood, the Metzerott road section west of Berwyn, East Berwyn, Lakeland and other communities in Prince Georges County are recovering from floods caused by heavy rains.” Traffic, which was interrupted on the Bladensburg section of the Washing- ton-Baltimore boulevard, is being resumed. Tides of the Eastern Branch and the swollen strdams that enter the upper valley of the Eastern Branch, which is sometimes called the Valley of Indian Creek, from the north, west and east, often flood the lower lands of the valley floor. There have Landis. | for which Gov. Smith and the Demo- not, an unusual value in this | s it is expected | the certain | for the purpose of deciding who shall | | influence with hi | know lowa, as has been already stated, is | perfect one of the important States in the | keeper THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1924. —_— been many proposals to raise the Washington-Baltimore road at and near its crossing of the Kastern Branch at Bladensburg and other proposals to dredge and wall that stream and Northwest Branch near their junction, for the safety of property in the lower lands and to prevent the interruption of traffic by flood, and these things will probably be done. e Roosevelt and Enforcement. In his speech at Oyster Bay last night, accepting the Republican nom- ination for Governor of New York, Col. Theodore Roosevelt avoided a down- right commitment on the wet and dry question other than an emphatic declaration for enforcement of exist- ing Federal law and a promise that he will work for the re-enactment of the State enforcement law, which the Legislature repealed last year. At the same time he gave no hint how hie felt about the suggestion that Con- | gress amend the Volstead act to per- it the use of light wines and beet, cratic party of New York stand. Chiding the Democrats for repeal- ing the State enforcement law und taunting them with failure to urge re-enactment in their State platform, while their National platform eriti cizes the Republican administration with failure to enforce prohibition law, he said the Demo crats are running with the hare and hunting with the hounds. Refraining from declaring his own position, he said: “Whether or not you ‘and I approve of an individual 1 there one course open to u and one only if we real Amer ns and that is to enforce it as long it remains the law.” He there- upon pledged that he"would do all in his power to secure the enactment of proper statutes to assist the pea officers in the enforcement of the Vol stead act. If the Republican hopes, said to be confident of capturing both branches of the Legislature this Fall, materialize, whether Col. Roosevelt is elected governor or mnot, he will t held to this campaign promise drys and will be expected to use party in the Les ou W, are which are his | | [ i | put the National | | new THIS AND THAT BY C. E. TRACEWELL October—month ning Nationals! Brown October ale, turning leaves, melancholy days, all the other age- old characteristics of this month, glve way this year to base ball. At last—after all these ages—the Washington base ball team has brought home the bacon. Is there a Washingtonian here or afar who did not thrill at the news that rainy afternoon when it was determined for good and all that the ball team representing this city in the American League had won the pennant? Champions of the league, with every expectation of becoming cham- pions of ‘the world, the Washington base ball club, headed by Clark Grif- fith and the redoubtable “Bucky” Harris, received a right roval weld come upon their triumphal entry into the city. October—month of the world se- ries—in Washington! ook ok It is almost too good to of pennant-win- Whew! true. Here we have been waiting for something to happen all our lives— and it has happened! our noses the thing we have dreamed of since we were kids together has come true at last. The rest of the United States will forgive us here in Washington if we on donable strut. You New York, ng pen- nant winners is something decidedly and umazingly pleasing to us here in the National Capital. We are not used to it like vou are. You are so large, so filled with talent of all kinds, drawn from the length and breadth of this broad land, that seems quite the thing for your to win pennants, :shinton has been sitting ide the Potomac for years, ing for something to happen” many croakers say that is a bad thing to do. He who sits around waiting for something to happen will sit in vain. That is what they but we know they are all ast once! Since the world has grown up. and naturity for its base ts are crowded with automobile a real city. No more can brand Washington as a sleepy see, ‘wait- Now wrong. with it has ball team, ington come Our ne to cap th American 3 over Clark Whn a Man Comes climax, autumn League pennant Griffith Stadium to Himself” wa lature to re-enact the enforcement |the title of one of Woodrow Wilson's his party to that policy. The com- mitment is a campaign bid for dry | votes. —————————— No candidate has yet displaced in popular favor the leader of a radi frolic “gang™” or a favorite motion picture star. However art may seck to serve in a practical way, the artist dominates S Inasmuch they have not been neard from recently, it may be med that young Leopold and Loeb better than to attempt any crimes on the penitentiary as —————————— impression gains ground that ent contention in China is An pr assume responsibility in organizing it for bigger business in the future. —————— Among Gov. Charles Bryan's ad- mirers are those who believe the luck of the election may prove even more erratic than that of the New York Democratic convention. ve——— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHIZANDER JOHNSON Momentarily Displaced. Our President, though good and brave In tasks that are immense— Could he go forth, a game to sav And bat 'em to the fence? Could Davis swiftly slide to first? Could Bryan's pitching arm Bring hope when luck secmed at its worst And friends all felt alarm? Could Bob La Follette sphere And tear the leather loose? Could Wheeier nimbly persevere ‘With speed of crucial use? smack the We pause and let them stand aside Till later in the Fall. | While many point to each with pride— They cannot play base balll Tardy Tribute. Sverybody cheers when you men- tion George Washington.” “Invariably,” replied Senator Sor- ghum, “when a great man no longer stands a possible chanrce of being elected to anything people seem willing to applaud him almost unani- mously.” % Shattered Calm. For ages China used to be In philosophic clover, She’s got a load of TNT And started life all over. Jud Tunkins says there is so much slang in his neighborhood that or- dinary grammar sounds like a dialect. An Exploded Fallacy. “You must pay close attention to what thé old folks say.” “But you can have your own opinion about some things,” protested the confident small boy. “My father and my grandfather have both been saying for years that the Washington ball club would never win the pen- nant.” Romance Eliminated. “Do you think children are better than they used to be?” “I honestly do,” answered Uncle Bill Bottletop. ‘“When I was a young- ster there was always some boy in the neighborhood who wanted to be a smuggler or a pirate. But I don't believe there’s a boy today with romantic aspirations to be a rum-run- ner or a hijacker.” Saint or Cynic. The critic is misunderstood. ‘His fate is often sad. You like him when your show is good, But not when it is bad. ‘“When a man has made de same talk exackly de same way ten or 'leven times,” said Uncle Eben, “T can't make up my mind whether to call it a speech or a vocal 1&“0“." ilaw, for he has definitely committed | | of most men. | come as- | i | White I { within ! doubtedly an unkind fate that W ington triumphed, for the base | idge | say est essays When rent equaily There comes a time when they themselves, one w 1es 1o wchieve in the life et hep” to ¥ or the other, and to realize just about whe and what they stand for. be a book that does it, it an stand may It may be a friend, it may be a chance word | or thought flung out some one who only But he gives help, because he himself. When the w succoss, t random hopes to 1 helps a man by wound man comes to himself, in Mr. Wilson meant, he is a whether or not he has gar- nered riches or stands applauded be- fore the sight of other men. It is this coming to one's self that counts, | either for a man or for a base ball team Today the Washington club has found itself, and a city joices. One does not have to be a fan to join in the pleasurable feeling that sweeps a great city. Success is success, wherever vou find it. and, when honorably won, is pleasing to all right-thinking people It is not for nothing, Washington, D. .. Capitol of the Nation, is “base ball mad.” We are crazy as Junebugs, and proud of it: i When most of us were lows, hopping around base ball then that in knee Zight under | they | re- | little fel- | breeches and “blouses,” we used to £o up 14th street in the evening to ‘see the Bulletin,” to get the results of the ball games. It was before the day of electric score boards or radio. Not a child in the neighborhood would have gone to sleep without knowing “how the same came out.” No youngster in this very good base ball town—base ball enthusiasm is no new thing here—would have rested easily in his bed o' nights without having stowed away in his memory the results of the games, especlally of the contest in which the “Sen- ators,” as they were known then, had taken part. By the way, the Wash ington club still is called “Senators” in almost every out-of-town news- paper. Those were the days of burly Ed Delchanty, who slammed out home runs for Detrolt, “Dee-trait,” as it was pronounced by nearly all the fans then, as it is now. Delehanty was the reigning behe- moth of the diamond, and the boys and their elders never missed a chance to see the “Babe” Ruth of that day do his stuff. Many of us harbor the | memory of seeing Delehanty knock four home runs in one game—or did we just read about it? * % % ¥ We were 6o enthusiastic about base ball, in those days that we were not content with going to the games at the | park, watching for the scores late every evening when the team was out of town, playing base ball ourselves and talking it intorminabi l We had to play an indoor ame, introduced, if my m me right. by Edmund R wo with dic of dot. bases on combinations ating hits, here | five for a three-bagger and so of & real ball s provided for, in a way that out in an amazingly realistic on. u worked ner At first small paper diamonde, with count.rs as men, were used, but after «xperience with this “indoor bas. i ame such proficiency was reached that the whole ed in the mind | Those who remember that game will recall how exciting the contests were, having all the uncertainty of a real game, with the ecore one day standing 2 to 0, and the next day running inte [ an 15-inning contest { The big point was that in no case was the contest ridiculous. There were no 7 68 scores, or anything like that Whoever invented the system of scoring did & 2ood job of it. The boys kept regu- lar le; in operation, scoring them | slicially, as in the ¥big league.” It was an interestin clean game, and one of the best uses €ever were put to. Its reintroduction would be a good Fame was pi * K ok % m sunshine of Obtober now low spot: upon its grasy mold Kk leaf falls; the birchen bough bright spoil like arrowheads of to | | n Culien Bryant, | poet, did not have a base ball diamond |in mind when he wrote of the “low | spot.” but all Washington is looking for- | ward today to such ideal base ball | weather when the world series gets un- der way at a certain low spot at Seventh street and Florida avenue ! | You should have seen “Jim” Preston, | superintendent of the Senate press gal lery, good old Mr. Fixit for correspond- | ents at the Capitol, going around the ‘day after” with a smile that simply refused to disappear from beneath that biack mustache of his. Washington had won the pennant' Washington is going to win the world series! Here a whole city waits, united | n 4 common bond of hope, We something to happen, and we plcture the triumph in advance. There ix an electric something in the air that wae not_here before. Hoor: sport lover, want | WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE “Coolidge luck” extends even base bail. Here is Washington, for the first time in 3% vears, winning a pennant and giving the President of the United States a chance to make a House base ball speech ad- dressed straight to the heart of every fan in America. The President hap- pens to be Calvin Coolidge and Calvin Coolidg> happens to be up for elec tion. The world series is playéd five weeks of election day. The President-candidate attends and clothes the games with a distinction they never k before. To every namlet in the land will that fact be bulletined. In every base ball bosom, from the Maine pine woods to San Diego, a new pride will swell. From the opposition standpoint it is un- sh- ball vote now threatens to become a Cool- landslide. Incidentally, the President’s little speech of welcome to the home team is the wittiest of his career. to * ok ok % Gov. “Al” Smith will have much to on the stump this month about paramount national and Sta But he gave the game aw vate conversation the in pr other There’s only one real issue before | the plain man and woman of Amer- ica,” he said, “that’s the question, ‘Where am I going to park my car? * x k% Senator Brookhart's smashing at- tack on Gen. Dawes is making all the politicians wonder whether the Towa radical has now signaled a bolt from the whole olidge ticket. If Brookhart won't vote for Dawes, he can't vote for Coolidge, for it is impossible to split a ticket in the polling booth. Electors, not presidential and vice presidential candidates, are voted for, as all the world knows. There is no method of instructing electors to support A for President, but not to vote for B for Vice President. Until Brookhart noti- fies an anxious country to the con- trary, it will look very much as if he had definitely left the G. O. P. reservation, as far as the national ticket is concerned. As to the Sen- ator’'s own preference, as between Coolidge and La Follette, there is hardly any secret. But he wears the official Republican label, and may shrink, like Hiram Johnson and George Norris, from publicly casting it off. * K % % A presidential year is the season when Uncle Sam’s diplomatic chick- ens, If one may speak so irreverently of ambassadors and ministers, come home to roost. Washington swarms with American envoys who have nom- jnally applied for vacation leave, but are actually here because it's election time. Mr. Kellogg, who has remained in London, is almost thé only notable exception. Mr: Herrick has been home from Paris for many weeks. Mr. Fletcher recently arrived from Rome, Dr. Schurman came from Pe- king in September. Mr. Houghton, from Berlin, and Judge Brentanp, from Budapest, have been in America for several weeks. From Northeast- ern Europe have come Mr. Kagey, our Minister to Finland, and Mr. Coleman, envoy to Latvia. Latin America is represented by Minister Cook, from Venezuela; Minister Gelssler, from Guatemala; Minister Bailly-Blanchard, from Haiti; Minister Morales, from Honduras; Minister Schuyler, from Salvador, and Minister Ramen, from Nicaragua. Mr. Dearing, who repre- sents Uncle Sam at Lisbon, is home presidential | rom Portugal; Mr. Hood from Libe- and Mr. Jay from Roumania hert Woo Bliss, Minister to Sweden, will shortly arrive from Stockholm. In addition to their vital | interest fn knowing what administra- tion will be in power after March 4, 192 our diplomats are anxious for light and leading on the new foreign | service law. * ox ok x tepresentative Frederick R. Lehl- bach of New Jersey, who was at the White House this week, discussed foreign shipping matters with the President. Mr. Lehlbach was acting chairman of the House committes | which went abroad this year to check up on the transatlantic opera- | tions and activities of the United ates Shipping Board. Incidentally the committee looked into the diff culties of the American merchant | | marine in competing with long-estab- | lished and heavily subsidized Euro-| pean rivals. One thing which the com- | mitteemen ran across is the likeli- hood that Uncle Sam henceforward will have to pa ome pretty heavy maritime taxes at various Old World | ports. Governments are not in the | habit of taxing one another, but it scems the United States must now step up and settls certain little ac- counts incurred by our ships. * kK x % This is the open season for the “come-outers.” That is the name the politicians give to personages who, shedding their regular party clothes, {don those of the presidential opposi- | tion. To date, the Demoorats: lead with “come-outers,” with names like President Hibben of Princeton, Presi- dent Thompson of Ohio State Univer- sity, Theodore Marburg, envoy to Selgium under Taft, and Ida M. Tar- bell, all of whom are “out” for Davi The Republicans are said to have a formidablo list of “come-outers Democrats who are going to vote for Coolidge—ready to spring at a psy- chological moment. One of them is due to create a sensation in New York, when his name can be made | public. Judge John Ford, Republi- { can, of the New York Supreme Court, is the star La Follette “come-outer” to date. * Ok ok % Henry Ford's Dearborn Independen discloses that Curtis D. \vm?:rdlcmal another hobby than law and the Navy. It is Sunday school work. The Secre- tary of the Navy was teaching & young men's Sunday school class in Los Angeles when called to San Francisco to be chief justice of the California Supreme Court. But at the Golden Gate he goon established “Judge Wilbur's Public Welfare Class” at the First Congregational Church. -Soon after he became Cal- vin Coolidge's first cabinet appointee Secretary Wilbur, addressing the class, said: “Already I have been asked many Navy. You know I got my ed at Annapolis, and that I Know oo Navy. Though it is a good place for our boys, it can be made better; and If T may here state a policy to you, it is that I pledge myself to try and make the Navy a better place for our boys.” (Copyright, 1924.) ————— A congressman’s wife, waking him in the middle of the night, told him that there were robbers in the house. “Impossible,” 8ald the solon. “There may be robbers in the Senate, but not in the House."—Flogda Times-Union. | inquiringly | ing the | These | graph album he would have {ter what his a | brandt, | that neither times to State my policy as to thej! FLOWERS For the Living Melville E. Stone. BY GEORGE ADE. The men who wield the most influ- ence seldom make the first page. Some who have a right fo be celeb- rities deliberately hide behind _their jobs. In the case of Melville E. Stone, for @ good many vears he has given publicity to the doings of other world builders and suppressed all informa- tion regarding his own spectacular achievements. “Spectacular” is the word, To col- lect and sort and classify all the news of the world every day and then get it to a hundred million people is a real chore. “Mel” Stone held down the job for @ long stretch of years, smilingly and without turning a hair. While he was chief executive of the Assciated Press he was in close touch with all the important doings everywhere on the map. The biggest compliment you can pay him is to record the fact that the news service he rendered was so unbiased and above suspicion that every newspaper in America that could afford to pay for it wanted to get It. The editors who handled the press telegrams every day could not detect any propa- zanda in the P reports. Melville Stone never got over be- ing a good reporter. He always found in the news of the world a savor of romance. He retained his first en- thusiasm and the pride of achieve- ment, and that is why he is still a boy at 76 He founded the Chicago I It was the first low-priced paper in the Middle West. Mr. Stone had bring in a carload of pennies from Washington and put them Into the circulation so newsboys could make change. He was the first publisher in Chi- cago to rush “cxtras” into the street This was during the labor riots in 1£76, in Pittsburgh. The paper acquired wealth and influénce, after’ which “M. B sold out and went seeking new experiences. The job to which he nded, general manager of the Associated Press, brought him into contact with notables of Europe and America. For a matter of 30 y with Iy News, circulation, ars he chatted presidents, poten- ates, prime ministers, politiciai promoters, business moguls and sorts of large and small persons seek- welcome glare of publicity. must have been interesting years for Melville E., because at prac- tically every interview he was sitting sv_and the party of the other part s trying to make a favorable im- ion. If he had carried an auto- a list of all the celebrites who h been in action since 1890. And rard to find the name of a man who had succeeded in holding back any real news from Mr. Stone. Now he is mer younger men how hinery. in popular that possibly it was a mis- take to let his age slip into a para- graph above. Well, anyway, no mat- ma; and who could ask for a lovelier Christmas pres- ent than that? (Copyright, 1924, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) Tomorrow: Fannie Hurst. . - Dry Law Not in Force ve advising the to run the ma- He lives at the Lotus Club, In the Philippines Editor of The Sta The press reports Mrs. Mabel Wille- | Assistant Attorney General in charge of prohibition enforcement, as saying that the prohibition law ap- plies to the Philippine Isla this a fact, or is the lady mis A most cursory examination of the laws and decisions of the Supreme Court would- indicate that she is in error. The court held in the insular cases, 152, United States 1 to 391, that the Constitution of the United States did not apply to the Philippines ex poprio vigore, that is, of its own force, but only when, and to the ex- Congress made it applicable. Iso Dorr versus United State. United States 149 The onl portions of the Constitution ever ap- plicd to the islands by Con those amendments thereof ¢ the bill of rights. whi act of July 1, 1802, and which today fs practically the constitution or or- Zanic law of the Philippines. It, therefore, necessarily follows that the cightcenth amendment has no application to the islands, as Con- gress has not made it applicable. The second question is, “Does th: Volstead act apply to the islands? A final and complete answer negative is found in the first section of the aforesaid act of July 1, 1902 which provides in substance that no act of Congress shall apply to the Philippines unless it is expressly ! made applicable thereto in the act it- Congress has never made the| self. Volstead act applicable to the Philip- pines, either in the act itself or oth- erwise, which it has the power, how- ever, to do. It, therefore, follows the ment, nor the Volstead act has any application whatever to the Philip- pines. ALEXANDER SIDNEY LANIER. o Obregon’s Service Likened to Hidalgo It is too early to say, but it is quite | possible that impartial historians of the future will rank Alvaro Obregon with Hidalgo and Juarez as a true friend of an exemplar for the peo-| ple of Mexico. The outlook as to his standing will be clearer six months from now when Obregon as president <hall have laid down the reins of atate Obregon, whose constitutional term expires in December, has served in a severely testing time. He has en- counterd stiff difficultis. He has had to contend valiantly with personal political ambitions like those that have been a curse upon Mexico for many years. To an outsider it appears that Obregon has tried to steer an intelligent course between conserya- tism and liberalism, taking into due account the while the force of tra- dition on the one hand and the call of reform and progress on the other. His success under all the circum stances is commendable in high degree. His has been a task worthy of the ablest statesmanship. We are told In a dispatch from the border that Obregon has made up his mind to retire to private life at the end of his term, and that he will do s0 either in MeXico or in this coun- try. It is represented of him that he feels he has served his day to the best of his a$ility, and that he should eliminate himself henceforth from the political complex of his country and give free and full leeway to his suc- cessor—whether Gen. Calles or Gen. Flores—to shape his administration and exercise the power yestéd in him by the people. 1f Obregon follows his program, and If he keeps his name purged of dis- honor as Mexico's servant. he will have set an example of incalculable value to his people, and he will go on the scroll of theé country's really great and good men. Americans like to think that the comparatively peaceful and orderly national elec- tion a few days ago is an earnest of less turbulent and more prosperous times ahead for Mexico. Diaz kept the peace with an iron hand for a third of a century. Obregon may have Initiated a-longer era of peace with gentler and _still _more _effective methods. On this score we shall have better light within the coming year. —The Minneapolis Morning Tribune. would be | New York, and is €o juvenile and | in the | eighteenth amend- | ANSWER Q. Is it true that monuments have been erected to apples—B. R. J. A. Monuments or- markers have been erected to a few of the most noted varieties of apple. In 1895 a| monument was built to the Baldwin at Wilmington, near Lowell, Massa- chusetts. The first in New York was erected in the town of Camillus, Onondaga County, on the original site of the Primate.apple trees of | John T. Roberts of Syracuse, in 1303. There followed one to the Northern, Spy in 1912, and the McIntosh Red in the same year. A monument to the Wealthy was erected at Excelsior, | Minnesota, in 1912, | Q. What Is meant by “Pittsburgh | plus"?—T. B. B. | A._Under the system adopted by the United States Steel C prices on rolled steel products manu- | factured at and shipped from the| company's plants outside Pittsburgh | were based on the Pittsburgh price plus an amount equul to what the freight rates would be if the goods were actually shipped from Pitts- burgh. orporation | Q. Was the visit of King Ferdi- | nand and Queen Maria of Rumania recently made to England considered | successful>—H. P. 1. ! A. The purpose of their majesties’ | visit was to obtain large loans. From this standpoint their visit was a com- plete failure. | Q. What is Gothle art?—R. T. A. A. The term Gothic was originally applied by the Italians to the point- ed architeture which preceded the Renaissance, because the Italian ar- | tists regarded the new style as worthy only of the barbaric Goths. The orroneous idea that the style was Germanic became prevalent and the term Gothic was generally adopted. Q. Why can not chickens he hatehed in the vicinity of the big gun proving grounds?—q. N. A. The Department of Agriculture says that there is a common belief among poultry men that a severe thunder storm or heavy blasting in | the vicinity of an incubator cellar affects the hatchability of eggs While no specific explanation has been offered concerning the posille effect of the firing of big guns. pou try specialists believe that this some- | times affects hatchability. Q. Iow does Mars compare with | the earth in size?—M. V. W. A Mars has a diameter of 4200 miles the earth's diameter is| 920 Considering the sun a| globe two feet in diameter, Mars | would be represented by a rather large pin head and the earth by a pea | Q. Is the term “norther” for north vind a New England expression?— vy A. This term originated in Texas. Q. In his poem, “The Truce of the ar,” what does Kipling mean by Adam-Zad"?—T. H. F. A. The shikarris of Kashmir call the bear é‘Adam-Zad” meaning “the son of Adam.” The name used because they see a resemblance be- tween the anatomy of a man and that of a bear. Q. 1Is it possible to obtain parts for automobiles which are no longer | made?—P. F A. Parts-for practically all makes of automobiles can be obtained from firms specializing in this business Q mile B Where is the largest bell world?>—N. H. A. The bell of Moscow largest. It was cast in 1735. It is feet high, 21 feet in diameter and welghs 432,000 pounds. Q quotation: sitg is the AL M. H. | The story is that the head of | Scottish clan of MacGregor was | once seated at the table in a position which did not befit high oftice When some mention was made situation he is said to have r in the words of the now famo tation. What is the meaning of the | “Where the Mactregor | head of the tabler—| the Q. Has the plan to have the statue of Hermes tour the United States been finally abandoned?—G. H. S A. The friendly offer made Greece to lend this statue to th United States was not accepted. T'he fgure s carved from Parian marble, which becomes brittle with age, and museum experts in this country re- garded the danger of injury as too zreat. The statue is by Praxitele and ranks as one of the most vaiuabie works of art in existence. by Q. I have been told that goldenrod is not dangerous to hay fever vie- | tims. Is this true’—L O. S A. Goldenrod is unjustiy as a main cause of hay fever. blamed | The Defense Test Gets A Of Most Editors; Others Dissent Now that National Defense da: hi!.‘ come and gone, the general feeling of | the press seems to be that, after all.| there was nothing in the occasion to | alarm the most ardent anti-militar- ist or the most suspiclous of the | world's nations. Nevertheless some editors insist that the demonstration | was objectionable, and the New York World, while granting that “from the vantage of Chicago or New Yor 1 may be easy to regard the day’s| | mobitization as a fire-drill,” suggests | that “for Japan it had another mean: | M ehoes of political controversy may | be noted in the discussion, but large- Iy the comment is non-partisan. The | ew of many cditors thus is ex- d by the Birmingham News: All over the United States sons| and daughters of the Republic rallied | to the colors, but not in any spirit of | braggadocio, nor eould the most criti- | cay say that there was evidence of a military gesture in the test, or any- | thing that would give to the rest of the | world the idea that the United States | has a chip upon its shoulder. Rather | it was a wholesome exhibition of a | peaceful nation that does not want to | fight, and does not propose to main- | |tain a great standing army, but de- pends upon the patriotic co-opera- | | tion of all the people as a matter of | | defense, if defense is necessary.” There | is “no more military spirit in the Na- ition today than there was a week | | ago, a month ago, or a year ago,”| continues the New York Evening | Post, which characterizes Defense {day as “a sober ands thoughtful day, |in ‘which we held up to ourselves and | | examined the slender and admittedly | inadequate military power of these | United States.” i Y * % % % i As a demonstration, the Oakland Tribune considers “there is nothing in Defense day to justify the great amount of discussion it provoked, but as a roll call and test it served a purpose.” It was an assemblage, the Salt Lake Desert News declares, that “gave undisputed evidence of a united | people loathing war or the possibility of war, but manifesting a disposition to defend and maintain the standard of liberty whenever that standard is unjustly assailed.” Indead, a “convincing proof of the loyalty and the patriotism of the American people,” is the way the Seattle Times puts it. The pacifists need not worry, agrees the Lansing State Journal, because “all that hap- | worla® | Martin, S TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN plants most troublesome to hay fever victims are those which have pollens 80 Hght as toebe easily scattered by the wind. Some of these trouble- making pollens travel several miles in the air. Goldrenrod pollen is so heavy that it is rarely blown even a few feet. Consequently fairly elose contact with goldenrod s necessary if it is to irritate the nasal passag of a susceptible person. ¢ Q. What pereentage of American women are really fat?—A. A. A We know of no complete Statistics on tMis subject. It is re- ported that clothing manufacturers classify 45 per cent of the American women as “stout Q. What method of capital punish- ment Is most widely used in this country?—B. L. F. A. In the majority of the States hanging is the method of capitaj punishment. In 15 States electrocu- tion is used, in one the criminal is given the choice of shooting or hang- ing, and in Nevada gas is administer- ed in a lethal chamber. Q. Please =tate at what President’s funeral “Lead, Kindly Light" w sung?—B. W. J. A This was the favorite hymn of President McKinley and it was sung at his fungral. It was one of the hymns sung at the funeral of Pres! dent Coolidge's son, Calvin Coolidge were bases first indicated on a base ball field—A. E. S. A. Bases were first indicated posts standing four feet high. Q. Please name several historic ardens in New England?—U. G. A. Among the historic gardens of 3 ion are the Longfellow gar- ibridge, Mass.; the Peabody garden, at Salem, Mass, and the Wendell garden, at Portsmouth, N. H. Q. How by Q. 1t is possible to multiply Romar numerals>—W. N. H. A. The following method erally used: It is neces: member t L is XXV, half of VI {s ITI and half of Vis 1T with I remainder. Write the numbers to be multiplied side br side. Double the first one and take 1alf of the second, putting down an O if there is no remainder and an I f the remainder is one. Ths tw« numbers thus obtained are et down under the original numbers, and the process is repeated until the second column ends in I. Then cross out the lines that end in O and the su: of what remains in the first columns will be the product. is gen to re- Q. What is the population of the -W. P. T. The population of the world has estimated by Col. Lawrenc, official geographer of th. tate Department, to be 000,600 A 1,752, Q. Why are cab Jehus?- 3 W. 8 A. Jehu as a colloquial name for a, coachman, or for one who drives recklessly, is derived from a Biblical source, Il Kings, ix. 20 “The drivi is like the driving of Jehu, the of Nimshi, for he driveth furiously. drivers called’ be M Q. What shor included in = first aid kit>—>M. A. A nail brush, soap, bandages iodine, absorbent cotton, roll gauze, toothpick swabs and adhesive tape are the most important articles in a first aid kit. To these may added a medicine dropper, boric ac solution, new skin, listerine, scissors safety pins, aromatic spirits of am- monia and two triangle bandages Q s A. Jerome was the noted Americar ckmaker who originated the one- day br: movement, which enor- mously ed the American clock business a market f American Europe. He was born in Canaan, Conn., in 1793 Who was Chauncey Jerome?— increx and How does a submar it is in trouble and surface?—E. R The latest device for detecting ymarine trouble is the sub-* rine osciilator or sounding beli which can be heard up to 10 or 1f miles and can be picked up only by vessels.that have listening devices There is also the submarine recogni tion signal ejector, which fires bomb that comes to the surface anc goes off upon reaching it Q that ot A (Space can be given in this column 1o only a few of the questions that pou into our office daily. Those belicved tc be of greatest public interest are seicct ed for publication. Any reader is privi- leged to ask any questions he chooses however trivial or profound. and it wil be answered direct. Inclose a 2-cent stamp with your query, and address The Star Information Bureaw, Twenty-first and C streets northwest.) pproval pened was that American citizens wera practicing that springing to arms overnight that Mr. Bryan spoke of so confidently a few yvears ago.” Regarding the observance of the day as “merely a_country-wide fire drill, designed to show the first steps to be taken in case of another war emergency,” the Cleveland Plain Dealer regrats that “political or other considerations made it impossible tog t bevond the circle of! military units. The Duluth Herald, however. glad the day is gone, “for in this com- munity, at least, whatever it may have been in.other cities, it all but divided the people into armed camps, cach glowering &t the other as hough there was something to quar- rel over; and the pity of it is that ond both sides were good people, good citizens, who were thoroughly &in- cere, thoroughly convinoed that they were patriotic and right, and utterly unable to see how anybody could take the position the other side did. Perhaps the day might have been more successful, suggests the Omaha World-Herald, had there been “a bet- ter understanding on the part of the average citizen as to just what was expected of him, for in spite of the elaborgie preparation and in spite of a greal deal of newspaper publicity maybe becavse of the controversial nature of some of it, the public was just a little bewildered over how it) was expected to perform.” However, the World-Herald adds: “In Omaha the people seemed to take the affair rather solemnly, and that perhaps is a better evidence of deep-seated pa- triotic feeling than a great deal of flag-waving and cheering:’ LI If Defense day makes us think, the Newark News believes “it's going to pay,” because “it is just as apt to im- press us with the seriousness of war as it is with its pomp and panoply. It is apt to remind us of the great fact that war of today is not a mat- ter of professional armies, but of the uprooting of a whole nation in each and every one of its myriad activi- ties. It may lead us one step farther on the path of learning to ‘think in- ternationally, which in the chang: world is one of the things we hay got to do if we are going to maintain, our peace and our position.” To thi; the Indianapolis News adds that th defense act of 1920 “is now definitely on record, for it has been tested and found to be praductive of the degree of preparedness that ordinary prudence dictates.”