Evening Star Newspaper, October 27, 1924, Page 6

6 THE EVENING STAR With Iml-y- Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY. .. .October 27. 1924 THEODORE W. NOYES. . . Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company <iness Offier. 11th St and Pennsylvania Ave | New York Office: 110 East 42nd 8t. | Chicago Office Tower Building. Luropean Ofce: 16 Liegent St.,London, England. Evening Star. with ¢ on, I detivered by ai G conts per month: cents per munth: Sunday only, 20 cents’ per mouth. Orders mas e sent by mail or tel. Main 5 Y wade by car at the ¢ Sundas moming earriers within the daily only, 43 Rate hy WMail—Payable in Advance. Marylan, mo.. 10¢ | mo., 50¢ mo., 20¢ ¥ only All Other States. . $10.00:1 $7.00:1 $3.00;1 mo., 85¢ | mo., 60c mo., 25¢ | unday. i yr 1, e, Member of the Awsociated Press. The Associated I'ress is exelusivels entitied 0 the use for republication of all news dis- Patehes credited 1o it or Fivise cradited uis paper and al we pub hod hes A rig Tiaily only . Sunday only Income Tax Publicity. of the income \dvou: individual pressed oy publication of the tax by Senator returns La Follette in a statement which goes so far as to de nounce the course of the Treasury of ficials in warning the newspapers that law forbidding publicity was not specifically repealed. Mr. La Follett holds that publicity provision of ter enactment was mandatory and in this he disagrees with the G ernment que: stion which thi is ex he the the 1 authorities, the is a sug anger in the statement. e attributed to the fact publication actually took depriving the third-party chance the | of the Treasury | who regard tion as doubtful. There may thus ndidute Republican of having ig: it yielding to the of the 1o accuse cretary red the law that from | 1t demand for the repeal of the ity provision, those who are for its adoption at the last session will at the sion seck to go further in the of spreading the returns the One stion they lists pavers printed Record. First sion of newspaper lists for such re- production. Then may come resolu tions calling upon the Treasury for of- ticial lists, which may be offered for Record printing. | Tt is furthermore indicated that as | anter to the effort to secure repeal | those favoring publicity of returns will seek the further amendment of the law 50 as to require the display for publici of the complete re- | turns of the taxpayers, and not merely the amounts computed as the payable taxes. In other words, the report now runs, it will be sought to spread upon the public records the sworn state- | ments of the taxpayers, with all the details of their incomes, exemptions ind debts, the fullest possible exposi- tion of their financial effairs as they are revealed in confidence to the Gov- ernment. However the clection v 80 next weelk, it is evident that the income tax hattle will be renewed in Congress, | nromptly upon reconvening. The pres- state of public feeling is undoubt- edly hostile to publicity of returns. Whether that feeling will grow to the point of a demand for repeal that can- not be denicd depends, perhaps, some- what upon the complexion of the new- elgeted Congress. Before the expir- ing Congress assembles the character of its successor will be known. If radi- calism is repudiated at the polls the demand for repeal will be strong and insistent. The political effc tion of the returns is Jecture. is intimated S0 far pre public responsi next ses- matter before is that of tax- Congressiond] the submis- tax people. will sugg, have t com seek 1o in the may a of the publica: a matter of con- ntment cannot be held zainst the administration for the fact of the law. It cannot be held against the Democratic party for the initiative which led to the cnactment. It cannot rest against the Republicans for doing what the law commands, though an rt is being made to make partisan capital against the Treasury officials for the confusion of understanding re- specting the legality of newspaper publication, for which Congress itself i9 to blame. The conspicuous fact of the whole case is that this publicity of returns law is a token of the so-called pro- gressivism in the name of which the third-party leaders are now contend- ing for political supremacy. It gives a | pointed hint concerning what may be | «expected if that party should gain con- trol, directly or indirectly, in conse- quence of the election so s0om to be held. ————— The fact that Charles Evans Hughes ieft the Supreme Court of the U. S. A. at the call of duty duves not prevent him from feeling an abiding faith in its integrity and a profound respect for its importance as a bulwark of the Nation. Lew Dockstader. With the passing of Lew Dockstader #oes another of the old-time minstrels who once in black face gave great amusement to the American people. Few of them remain. That style of show has passed out of vogue on the large “circuits” of the country, though { probably the chief cause of the dec the | pulice | were {in traflic accidents | ruled minstrel companies still tour and draw sood houses in certain sections. Gone are the big troupes with national repu- tations that held the boards at the largest theaters of this and other cities of considerable size, usually for a week at a time. Gone is the old-time parade of the performers, with their natty fancy costumes, their shining high hats of gay colors, their twirling canes, their wide-skirted frock coats of satin, the Psnd, also in gay array, @ving “‘concerts” at the theater doors Mst before the performance. iew Dockstader was a great “end man.” He held many a conversation with the interlocutor, who gravely ad- dressed him with momentous ques. tions of a searching nature, to bring out the witticisms that caused the loyse to rock with merriment. Min- stgel jokes were never subtle, but they ot the laughs. Dockstader held his own with the greatest of the * men.” He had an unectuous hi In the “olic” that followed\the ensem- ble number he shone as a spacialist in a monologue and again in sketches. He had not the agility that made George Primrose one of the clewerest of dancers. His was rather the style of Barlow, West, Rice and the others of a distinetive school of minstrelsy. Vaudeville's development has been ine of the minstrel show. Dockstader him- if went into the “big-time” circuit long ago, and gained a great vogue in 1 monologue that always amused and s fresh in its allusions to cur- A8 alw: rent topics. for mers have ¢ boards eral and aused his act to be seasons, newd | forgotten by many of the theatergoers But there remain a multitude of peo- ple who will always cherish the recol lection of his solemnity, his funny old “plug hat,” his ill-fitting white glov his loose coat and his voluminous trousers. He had become an institu- tion, and his passing is a matter of sincere regret. For his entertainment always clean and never failed to wais e — A Safety Conference. Hoover has called a na- tional conference to meet in this city December 1 Its purpose will be to obtain organization and co-operation of all activities the reduction of traflic accidents. Representatives of departments, insurance com sifety council: labor and Secretary in panies, commerce, 1tions . chambers « unions, automobil other orgunizations | from all parts of the country will at tend. In' 3923 no notes Mr. than 675,000 personal injurk Hoover, ther 2,600 deaths, and property to the extent of $600.000.000 alone in the United States. This is 4 casualty record equal Yet the deaths and injuries and property lc been incurred in a time of profound peace, in the course of the ordinary business of the country Too heavy is such a toll to pay for rapid transit. The doubtedly a necessity. It cannot be out of existence. It must be rezulated to the point of safe scrvice. The people need instruction in the usc f the streets and highways, both as pedestrians and as drivers. Plainly, in the face of these figures of loss, pres- ent conditions are unbearably bad. Is it the fault of those who drive, or those who walk, or both? There is little value in considering where lies the fault of this condition save in seeking to find a remedy. Duoe that remedy lie in more regulation or in Some persons advocate the withdrawal of restraints and the im- position of more severe penalties for nsibility can be Others hold to a stricter regu- less damage to those of some wars. motor car is un- less? accidents where resp: placed. lation ties. Probably one of the prime causes of | the mishaps is the incompetence of drivers, who are licensed without suf- ficient regard for their qualification. Recklessness prevails to a shocking degree, with utter disregard for the rules. Yet the great majority of drivers are careful and rulerespecting, self- protective in their caution. A small percentage of careless drivers can do a great amount of damage before they | are themselves put out by their own disregard of the law. The co-ordination of rules of safety is desirable to effect the greatest de- gree of reformation. The conferenc in December will aim at the establish. ment of a standard of safety through- out the country. This is a large task, but in view of the tremendous cost of carelessness it is well worthy seeking, and the hope of the people is that out of this meeting will come some ad- vance toward safety. ————— The aggressive intellectuality of Germany has not prevented her from attaining great success in the art of letting other people do a large amount of the worrying. ——ate—— The farmer will naturally be in- clined to attach importance to the fact that agriculture is not very lib- erally represented in the list of large incomes. . One of the great political problems in the minds. of many citizens is that of seeing how large a portion of the taxes he can make some one else pay. ————e—— Attention is again drawn to the fact that the income of the educator and the clergyman is much less than that of the pugilist. ———————————— The farmer can get more than usual for what he sells, but is still entitled to the customary sympathy when he is obliged to make purchases. ———— British Campaigning. Critics of the American electoral system, who have in the past com- pared it unfavorably with that of Great Britain, especially on the score of the length of the campaigns, will have cause to modify their aspersions in the accounts of ruffianly behavior at the political mectings that have been held in England recently, Rowdy- ism has prevailed to an extent to give the managers of the three parties con- tending for supremacy occasion for vigorous protest. Hooligans have broken up meetings and attacked speakers on numerous occasions. One candidate was felled by a blow with a lead pipe. The attacks have come ap- parently from men incited by pelitical opponents and perhaps hired for the purpose. The assaulted candidate be- longs to the Labor party, and his as- sallant is believed to be a Communist. Conservative and Liberal speakers have been likewise boohed and hustled, and in some cases compelled to close their remarks. Nothing quite of the sort has hap- pened in this country during the pres- ent campaign, though in one or two meetings feelings have been manifest- ed somewhat strongly, as, for in- stance, in one of the cities of the Southwest a portion of the audience arose and with clamors of dissent walked out of the meeling, which was being addressed by a United States Senator. There has been some heck- ling here and there, but no violence has been manifested. The campaign on the whole has been orderly and ih a spirit of good nature and fajr Illness has kept him off | ses have | togther with more severe penal- | THE KEVENING [cx mpaign has made for the intensity of the feelings that have been shown. Fere the contest is spread over three or four months. There the campaign is concentrated into less than a month. Therve is time here for partisan steam to excape without violence. That is at least one of the advantages of a long period |of canvassing for votes. The pse of the radio for the broad- casting | of speeches has undoubtedly |'hua an'eftect in keeping the temper af the prople even. Tt is impossible to work ups s rage against a talker who | |is, perha thousand miles dis- | tant. The utmost that can be done is s, o | to hamg wp the ear phones or to turn | {off the Tuud speaker. Neither action | affects the man at the microphone in the least. | Compludnts against the length of the campaigni in the United States are heard evely time the people are called upon to decide upon their adminstra- tors and {legislators, but there is no dispositiory, it is plain, to change the system by curtailing the period of | agitation @d uppeal. The vast extent of the country calls for at least three months’ wprk. Candidates cannot cover the dvbatable States, if they take the road, in less time, and render effective service for themselves and { their causes. Certainly, in view 8 the | rancorous manifestations. in England lin the present ghree-week campaign | there, no demand is likiy to be heard | tor any material shortening of tho pre- election period in' this gountry. R Regular Army Records. The report comes that records of the Regular Army for the 100-year period from 1812 to 1912 have become dilapidated as the sesult of years of constant handling, hat some of the | original muster rollsz have been backed with tracing cloth o keep them from falling apart and ‘that many of the rolls are almost illegible in places. The adjutant general says: “The only practicable solution is to abstrct from the muster rolls all the data pertain- ing to each of the 500,000 or more in- dividuals concerned, and following the system so sucessfully applied to the of volinteer organizations in Fed to dransfer those dal to index-record cards.” As the case stands the original record must be withdrawn frone tlle and swvhrdf | whenever certain dinformation is in- quired for. Tt has been said that the Government is slow in adopting mod- | ern filing and index systems, and the plaint of the adjutant general seems to show that the Government is not up-to-date in its keeping of old records of the Regular Arnsy. It may be that it is behind the times in keeping other records. Under the present plan not only are the records being worn out, but the time and clerical effort in get- ting from those records data needed must be wasteful. { | | i record al sert " —_— During his stay in this country the Prince of Wales frequently appeared in sport costume, but never once tried to impress us with the sword and knickerbockers of court regalia. Th i1ad has tact. ) ———r———— | -French comment dwells on the fact | that while American enterprise deals in big sums, it is also compelled to pay handsomely. This ehservation ought | to have its effect in international debt | adjustments. | e, | The advantages of brawn over brain | may be estimated by comparing the income tax of Jack Dempsey with that | ! of the Rev. Percy Stickney Grant, ——e————— The agitations of the present make the ability of Calvin Coolidge to go on keeping cool a mark of valuable dis- | tinction. H ——————— Among the non-taxable securities may be mentioned the stock in trade of the bootlegger. i SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Unabashed. ould mot reprehend the rule, or hiss it, Describing it as enterprise illicit, If my income tax grew bigger Till it reached the proper figger To be set before the world in terms ex- plicit. It my superior luck or my endeavor Should seem to stress the fact that I| am clever, T am here to tell the Natjon That its broadcast publication Would occasion no embarrassment whatever. Friends of the Orator, “Would you not feel disconcerted if your audience should fail to applaud?” “There’s no chance of that” an- | swered Senator Sorghum, “if you have | your wits about you. No matter what | You are saying, your audience will al- ways cheer if you work around to the mention of “George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.” Trying to Cheer Up. The housing problem’s cares expand And leave the world in doubt, Let's organize a picnic grand And all go camping out! Jud Tunkins says the Government ought to pay him a little something for the week or two of hard work he puts in figuring his incomé tax. Still Groping. Although investigations by the score Have caused me agitation, I do not feel I've added to my store Of useful information. / Insurances. ““Money doesn’t insure happiness.” - “Very true,” said Miss Cayenne. “But the lack of it insures a great deal of discomfort.” In the Bobber Shop. The rules of courtesy have left me vexed. T'll have to let my whiskers grow complete. For, when the weary barber hollers “Next!” Unto & lady I must give my seat. “Riches have wings,” said Uncle 2 oot i | exqui AR, WASHINGTON, D;: THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Of the making of books there is no end, and of the returning of bor- rowed books there is no beginning. This is one of the most curious habits of mankind, this unanimous failure to return borrowed hooks. Tt almost seems as if clvilized beings have entered into a secret consplra- cy in the matter. man can pat himself on the back, and say: “In this I am not as other men. Behold in me one man who faithfully and promptly returns the books 1 borrow from my friend Like all boasters, he would be liar, and the father of a lic. There is no man living who returns the book he borrows. None of us do. Diogenes, searching with his lan- tern for an honest man, could not hold a candle to the booklover hunt- ing with a flash booklover who returns the books he borrows If there is & man—or woman—in Washington who honestly believes he—or she (what dificulties the Ing- lish lang Eets one into!) is this rara avis, let him or her step for- ward. I will be glad to blazon the name so that ull may see. What is the secret of this failure, seemingly arrived at by the common consent of mankind, to return the books which one is loaned by u friend? Let us probe deep into the matter, for this is a thing much more worthy be given to the public than lists of income tax returns, which are no- body’s business, anyway' But why my good friends will not return the good bouas which they borrow from me—well, now, there is something worth knowing! Certainly it is not because they have any felonious designs upon my books. The booklover and owner can have no guch thought. To do would be to insult the goodly com pany of all those who hold com- munion in the name of literature. What & solemn thought it is tha; who love the best books form the greatest society, with most ancient lincage, the world today. Many secret ortly before ar, are at their “ancestr: in societies, founded or after the Civil great pains to trace " back to Saracens, or Arabs, or such peoples. This they do deftly, and it is a harmless and pleasant thing to do, no doubt. But the Truly Royal Societ Booklovers has no need to establish any history, or coats of arms, or scek for’ proofs of prior existence. Every library since Alexandria has been the chapter house of this so- ciety. Every book, from the papyrus to the latest volume from the press has been the charter, and every reader, from that day to this, has been a 'signed and sealed member. Down through the ages the booK- lovers have come. At first they were a small band, often cut off from th rough life their times, and held in contempt, perhaps, by those who thought that life was spanned by a sword. Slowly, through the vears, it be- Ean to be perceived by the mass that the booklover had something which nobody else had. So education grew Today those who enjoy good books are legion. They own books, thew lend ‘books, they borrow books—and they do not return them ow, why is it? This universal failing of mankind must qgrise through the subconscious feeling of every man that a book s a precious thing. There is nothing else to account for this miserly, grasping clutch with which friends have been so kind as to loan us. We ought to be grateful. We are grateful. We thank him cordially when he hands us the red volume light for another | we hold onto the books our | with its gold top. We assure him we will be careful with it, neither allowing it to stay out in the rain or get its back broken by the boorish hands of the unthinking. Weo assure him, furthermore, that the book will be kept out of the reach of little Jimmie, whose favorite indoor | #nort is marking up the new books that lie upon the library table Jimmy s indiscriminate in his en- vors. It makes no difference to hi her the work is xolemn or frivolou high brow or low br Stubby pe clutched in etubby fingers, he can e pletely 81 the margins of an entire book in a few minutes v invariably selects a nic soft black pencil for this form of art work speaks well for his artistic ability in the years to come. Of course, the owner of the book will have another in terpretation to put upon it Maybe the little Jimmies of the world have more to do with the failure to re turn borrowed books than is commonly suspected. No amount of gum e can biot out their iniquities. 1€ a for father does manage to get up enough courage to bring back the volume he does so with fear and trembling, and hurriedly makes his exit before the owner opens the page: T A borrowed book s like five-dollar bill. No sooncr is it borrowed than we feel it is ours. In seme astounding way we Eet the idea, furthermore, that it al- ways has belonged 1o u That the queer It belongs to somebody wo feel that it times even go to the ting it in our own 1 know one man who bLorrowed a book, locked it in his bookcase, and then swore the book was his. His wife had to sncak the key out of his pocket in order to finally get the volume away from him That what the 1 will do for a man! There have been cases of men amored of books that they have stule them out of public libraries, finally getting =0 careless in their piifering that the officials discov- ered their dercliction Probably most librarians could re- count tales of this kind., but it is hugely to their credit that seldom is such an individual prosccuted Most often these cases are who do not have the money the hooks they crave, and inner urge for the personal sion of the great books of the they fall into theft which cannot be condoned, case of this kind, m often is, as stated, a crime the forgiven, a borrowed is of it. else, but %, and some- extent of put- collection. is ve of books of t to buy world someth but, in ¥ be excused, and Surely, if there is that haft of books. sort of thief, in- als good books e h man prove a real benefactor, in would save us ing our books. we never expect to see them again. We feel about our loancd books as Ben King felt about his $10. We eby apologize to his spirit for the nge of a few words in his “If I should Die Tonight If 1 should die tonight ad you should come to my,cold corpse and Weenin 12 1 ‘shound And woe. ot that he of loan- nd heartsick o'er my lifeless clay— die tonight, sLosld come in deepest grief and ;, “Here's that book T borrowed loog I might aries in my I And say, “What's th It 1 should die tonight, And you should come to my cold corpse and Clasping iy bier to show the grief you feel, say. if 1 should die tonight, And(}n hould come to me, and there and he And o white cravat i t 'bout returnin’ boks T once did But 1'd drop dead again. IN TODAY’S SPOTLIGHT BY PAUL ¥ At the Near East in the great banquet hall of New Willard Hotel last Friday néng, grace was said by a bishop Then a little girl of 7 years the God fs great and God is good And we thaok Thee for this food; By Thy hand must we be fed, Give s, Lord, our daily bread Awen? 1t was impossible to picture itely sweet and winning child as a bit of Armenian salvage which had been abandoned by the roadside. four years ago—a walf, meager as a skeleton—thrown out to die, by the enemies of her ancestors. Turks had slaughtered her parents and sepa- rated her from her relatives and friends, starved and then abandoned her. Later in the evening, the same child thrilled the company with: My country, 'tis of thee Sweet lund of liberty, Ot thee 1 sing. Somehow, that anthem took a deeper meaning from the singing of Azadouhi than it had ever had be- fore. She had long ago captured the heart of a relief worker who had taken her out of the midst of 60,000 other Armenian child réfugee or- phans, sheltered and fed her by the Near Kast Relief orphanages, and had adopted her Loving caré and plenty of food had wrought wonders, and so the “waif” was now singing: Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing. It would have been @ wonder if tho sentiment behind that tragedy and baby gratitude had not brought tears, unshamed from many a sym- pathetic heart. * % ¥ ¥ Diplomats and statesmen were present. The Ambassador of France spoke eloguently, and the President of the Unifed States made an address which outlined the great co-operation given by this country to the spffer- ing nations—to the victims of war in the Occident and to the victims of earthquake in the Orient. But in that distingulshed company, the queen of all was Azadoughi, for such not only {in the Kingdom of Heaven but even of such aro wandering, starving, be- reft thousands of orphans gathere from the dreary roadsides and deserts ;;e Asia Minor, and rescued—by Amer- ca. “In_our country,” said President Coolidge, “are many exccedingly modest souls. Constantly they depre- cate their own assumption that our country has done nothing for Europe, made no contribution to the world welfare. Perhaps they may be slight- 1y heartened by this recital. Per- haps if they will contemplate that our country has done many times over what any one country ever did for another, and probably many times over what all the countries of the world put together, ever did for other countries since the beginning of time, they may find some slight relfef for their mortification.’ * x £ ¥ The rescue of 60,000 orphans and their nourlshing and care, is not the work of our National Government, but of individual American hearts, quick to respond to the sufferings of the oppressed, and especially to that of the pathetic tens of thousands of weeping, starving, orphaned babied: Never before in the world's history have there existed such numbers of helpless children, bereft so cruelly, and b;llncln: between death or lob'- ing rescus by strangers—even by and m from another hemis- eve- | her | Societ childish voice sweet and clear, sang: medan Turkey the Christi that | | | | | COLLINS. Reltef dinner, | the language of sympathy was all- | sufficient. America ister re is accustomea to ef through the Red but in the case of Mo admin- Cross am- n emblem was fanaticaily barred. Early in the World War our Minister to Turk. Henry Morggnthau, appealed for ro lief, on behalf of the Christian Ar- menians, who Were being massacred by the Turks. The organization for rr!x"f, made up mainly of m ton- aries ‘:url*ar)s' on the ground, came at first jn the form of a committee. Then, s the work grew enormousty he organization was incorporated by it of Congress as the Near kast He- lief and since its incorporation fts financ have been continually audit- ed and its transactions reported to Congress. That gives it official | status—the same as the Red Cross—— but its funds must all come from | private contribution Through the Near Kast Relfer |nearly $86,000,000 in money and sup- plies have been distributed and it is timated that more than a million lives have been maved. At the time of the last report to Congress 29,000 orphans were in the sole care of the relief orphanages and 21,000 were partially dependent, besides 40,000 outside the orphanages who been placed in homes in Italy, Greece and other countries. thirds of the children in the or- phanages are under 12 vears of age— many of kindergarten infancy. "The children are not only physically cared for, but they are educated and fitted by vocational training to become self-sustaining. * ¥ % x The saving of children is not the whole of the work of the Near Fast Relief. After the defeat of the Greek army and destruction of Smyrna by the "Turks, thousands of Greek and Armenian refugees were at the mer- cv of the Turks, who Intended to butcher them, according to Moslem custom. An American, H. C. Jaquith of the Near East Relief, who, through years of experience with the Turks, understood their psychology, sugzest- ed to the commanding general that, | “in view of the great bother” of hav ing to slaughter so man refugee: it would save lots of trouble if the were simply turned over to the Near East Relief to get them out of the country. This suggestion was accept- ed, not in mercy to the refugees, but to get rid of them with the least bother. i When the work of interchange of populations, according to the Lau- sanne treaty, began between Greece and Turkey, each nation was entitled to appoint’ a neutral inspector to watch the work of transfer n the enemy country. Greece selected H. C. Jaquith as its representative to watch Turkey, and on the same day, with out knowing Greece's choice, Turke: at Angora, chose H. C. Jaquith as her representative to watch Greece. So he watched both countries in that most tragical transfer—a great indi- cation of the high prestige of the Amerilan organization and its work- ers. Throughout the world a special co- operative sacrifice is asked in behalf of this great humanitarian effort. It is_that on Suriday, December 7, all people should live on the same simplo diet as is given to the orphams, and then contribute the amount saved from tho normal diet. The promise is being given in all ranks of society, from the White House down to the humblest home, in the mame of the Golden. Rul, y ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. n| might | 27, 1924. FLOWERS For the Living Chauncey Depew BY SCHUYLER PATTERSON Two Sunday edition featurs writers wero standing on the steps of the Public Library in New York. News was sca ditors were implacable What to do? . ve got it ‘e Lo interview some one. Yine” said the second: co Chuuncey Depew. He'll out. He always does. | "1f Chauncey Depew possessed | two of his many attribute liness and his age—he would yet pgrson of great interest to the country. Being what he is, however and, in addition, rounding out the 915t vear of a career flled with useful ctivity, he has frequently been de {cibed as America’s foremost citizen 1n that lifetime he has satisfied the anibitions of -three ordinary men. He has attained prominence politically, | having served as Senator and having | | been named for the presidency of the | United States. He has become multi- millionaire. He has been president and is now chairman of thq board of directors of the York Central Railroud system. Opponents of big business and | assailants of woulless corporation: ve never found in him a target at first; “we'll “we'll go | help us but is kind o th be | | | Q. Have you an idea of how much paper money is made each year’— rC A. The world's production of paper money was in 1921 estimated to be about 8,000,000 tons annually. Q. Whers is the Prince of Wales ranch in Canada and what is the text | referred to in connection with it” N. L. G. The ranch, known as is at High River, Alberta {is “As for m d my house Iserve the Lord,” and hanis over a bookshelf in the din he E. P, toxt w) unframed ng room mono a ar What is expelled automobile?—J. B. H A. Tests made b Mines on automobiles showed the per cent of carbon mono exhaust gases varied from {per cent to 14 per cent bout T per eent. It hus been found that 4 parts of carbon monoxid 10,000 parts of air is the safety | percentage of from the exhaust the Bureau ot that | e in (O] averaging Can one-dollar gold pieces be ined from the Treasury? P, H. = reasury Department {no one-dollar go'd pieces for bution. When such coins are ceived they are recoined Q. How many Q. obta r colleges | which to shoot. His utterances at the 8300 banquets which he has attend ed in the course of an extended and varied after-dinner King career Chiuncey has the of pos wense of & hearty interest in the his fellow man. It is & widely known fact that the door fo his office in the Grand Central Terminal Building | swings r all who wish to en ter, whether they be of the country’ wealth r Di® own organization most hur laborer And the caller, whoever he may will leave with the feeling that he has drun at the fountain of wisdom; that he has talked to a man to whom years brought a phi- losophy Of tolerance and pattence coupled with a keen desire to do | good turn where he can | Chauncey Depew was born in Peeksville, N. Y., April 23, 1834. 1o | graduated from Yale when he was 22, and two years later was made q aciegate to the Republican State con- | hich he ted Depew reputation | humor and well-being of | | be deep has been cle every year s en delegate-at-large lican national convention | de such Ar outstanding ot to ate. It derbilt and hi rk Central wn lined pan and Secretary kh Cornelius Va he New ¥ s chief recreation is public speak rakin a tonic to and pi Through all however, he of hi n car said not an ocet | | i | extremely watchful | digestion. “I have always b ful of my food,” he said rec | response to an ‘inquiry as to what b }ascribed his longevity. “My health| due, more than anything else, 10 that fact: that I have always been | very careful what got inside of me” | { (Copyright. 1921.) in 0l1d Gravel Valuable Base for New Road | To the Editor of The Star: article Star_of | ber 14, entitied “Seek New in Road Building—Research Councilj | Wants Material to Effect Big Saving ccondary Highways,” has at- cted my interest. 1t is pointed| out that our gravel roads, which | ost in the neighborhood of $8.000 {4 Tmile to construct, and which are capable of carrying light traflic of a few hundred vehicles a day, have to be replaced by pavements costing | $55.000 a mile, in order to Ccarry | economicall greater traffic. | pointed out that these $£35,000-a-mile | | roads are capable of handling any | { amount of traffic and that there is | sorely needed a pavement which will | fall somewhere between the §$5,000 gravel road and the $35,000 higher { tvpe of construction to handle traffic | of from 500 to 2,000 vehicles per day {\hich is the trafic on by far thel { larze majority of our highways. In [order to fill this gap on roads car- | rying a medium traflic I would sug-| | gest the following procedure: 1 'he $8.000 gravel highway which| has successfully carried a light traflic need by no means be discarded It should be retained and utilized as | & foundation for a himh-type sur- | facinz. Years of traffic have com- | pacted the gravel untl it is firmly consolidated, but, owing to its lack | of binding material, it is unable to | stand the abrasive force of a great number of fast-moving automobiles. if the surface of the old gravel is | trued up it is then ready to receive ja course of from 2% to 3 inches of | broken stone. | An | r is After a light rolling | {to set this in place the stone should | be bound together with an asphalt | paving cement, which should be ap- | plied at the rate of 1% gallons per | square yard. The surface is then covered with stone chips and thor- oughly compacted by rolling. In or- der to make the pavement absolutely { watertight it is often well to apply a second application of asphalt ce-| | ment, this at the rate of about one- half gallon to the square vard, which | is covered by small stone chips and | | finished by rolling. This surface, | | known as the asphalt macadam type, can be laid at from 75 cents to §1 per square yard, which is approxi- | mately $8,000 a mile, the figure sug- gested in your article of September 14, thus effecting a saving of ap- proximately $23,000 per mile, or {making possible the laying of over four miiles instead of one mile. The old worn gravel road, which 1s costing annually large sums to be maintained, is too frequently di carded worthless_and an_entire new pavement laid. The practice de- seribed above of salvaging the foun- dation for a new pavement is not necessarily a new one, as it has been tried successfully in a number of instances and deserves being brought to the attention of the pav- ing officials and the general pub The asphalt macadam type of pave- ment is capable of handling com- paratively heavy traffic successfully with a maintenance cost of consid- erably less than the cost of main- taining a gravel road under light traflic of but a few hundred vehicles rver day. Massachusetts State High- way Department, which has under its jurisdiction an area of 3,079,610 square yards of asphalt macadam pavement, gives as the average cost for maintaining them for the year 1923, 2.85 cents per square yard, or an average for an 18-foot road of $301 per mile. T. E. PENNYBACKER, General Manager the Asphalt Asso- ciation. ———————————— In the old days, too, there was a filling station on every corner, but it had the shiny mirrors and brass hardware.—Detroit New: Things are pretty bad, but up to the present writing, no law has been passed to make men’ wear the new style trousers.—Charleston Post. _Another way to get your husband 3 is to tell him suppe: A [ | ful States?” land-grant are thers in the United L. There are now 68 ticipate in the Federal istitutions 17 ored persons Alaska, Hawaii and Porto Rico re- $50,000 annually from the Fed- ent for their land-grant ~olleges which 4ppropriation or these | tor and are Al States Q. What was the length weight of the javelin used i Roman legion?—T. J. ach javelin was ab shaft was 41 feet wood an inch in di remaining length was barbed pyramidal head. and the % ut 6% feet| length long. of tough ameter. The given to the the origin of the word H. from the Iri a “plunderer’ Q “Tory”?—S A. 1t comes idhe,” meaning suer,” and was originally applied to Irish brigands and guerilla ghters. About 1680 it became a nickname for Duke of York tor- or tpur- the supporters of the afterward James 11 How much sugar ir produced | in the Hawaiian Islands?>—G. L. A. In 1921 564560 tons were made in the Territory; of this amount the land of Mawaii contributed 4 tons. Q. How steps take a minute?—T. J. M. A The War Department says that there 90 steps to the minute The double step is 180 to the minute. Q. Would it be possible to break a glass Ly getting the same pitch or tone on a violin?—W. J. B. A. The Bureau of Standards sa that this ible. Such experi- ments have b Q 1 does a mar are What was the first waltz ever d?7—T. Lo G. said that “Ach du * composed in 17 first waltz. Q. —H. B A. The present Russian credited with a strength of under arms and a total trained man- power of 5,432,760, with compulsory training. lieber s the Tow big is the Russian army? Q. Are automobile tourists allowed o arive over the mountains in Yel- owstone Park?—G. K. A. Mount Washburn, which has an elevation of 10,000 feet, is the high- est point reached by auto roads in the Yellowstone Q. How mu n average mile MW, S A_ The cost per mile to lay rail- road trackage depends entirely on whera it is laid; however, according to W. G. Raymond" llements of Railroad Engineering” it costs ap- h does it cost to build of standard railroad? | when }th t proximately $35,000 per mile to lay v equipped trackage. Q. What languagse is used at inte: national conferences where a numibe of_different nations are represented’ e D A. The French because it is Latin was language of the ascendancy Louis XIV it i merely a o not a provi language is used most generally know: formerly known as tl diplomacy, but throwmgt of the French und ecame French. T} of diplomacy ur international system of card I P that pe Q. How did the dexing originate?—| A. It orded the Revolulionary of a French abbey books on playing cards them alphabeticall is re s ear riod an inm wrote titles nd arransed tray done to tting stiff?—G. Ao s rai sponged good co Q Wh keep When with s34 al pottery in TEoD) term that difference hetwee ?—E. G. C. il are being Q. kerosene A. Kerosen ame, t il il dn and shales. Q t forr if Were thie + named for who was he’ w The trees were named in hor Sequoia, who was the f and 4 Cherokee woman cquoia is far > Cherok A of white man mixed bloc inventor of He was 1 1760, and grew with tribe. He becs a hunte trader in furs, and also & craft silverwork. in the last year hia 1ife he became interested in tr a lost band of the Chervkee tr aceording to* tradition crossed the Mississippi River be American Revolution, and vandered mour We He stift v quest in_ the he met b > aly bet i the T up Q and How A 3 r cople engag: nd ‘abou Q. At the time of the Revolution d England trade or protectiv have frec Q At that ,‘ land was tarift gh En mported to were not ‘ts of t attempt wa: such produ A rongest time Gre »n near the ears?—J. W. A. Mosquitoes buzz the entire timo that they fiving, but the eound i3 so faint + rule that it cannot b heard until it reaches the vicinity of th ear. Q. What was the name of United States Senator who by fng his vote saved President Johnson from being convicted of treason J. Y. Edmund Grason Kansas, in changing his vote for the acquittal of President Johnson, de- feated the effort to impeach Johnson. The vote of the Senate was for conviction and 19 for acquittal, lack- ing one of the necessary two-third to convict the President (The Star Information Bureaw srii ansiwer your question. This offer appiie: strictly to information. The bureat con not give advice on legal. medical ond financial matters. It docs not atiemp: to settle domestic troublcs. nor to wnder take exhaustive researci on any swbject Write your question plainly and briefly. Give full name and address and inclose cents in stamps for returm postage All replies are sent direct to the inquirer. Address Frederic J. Haskin; director, The Star Information Burcai, Twenty- first and C streets northuesi.) Senator Believe Muddle Is Cleared By Ford Muscle Shoals Aect too much in- ntial campaign Nearly everybody terested in the presid right now to et excited over Muscle | Shoals. So Henry Ford's withdrawal | of his offer for the famous Govern- ment property in Tennessce Valley | passes with only ripples of comment, | compared to the storm which raged e proposal was alive. | In Tennessce itself there is reall and keen disappointment, and the Nashville Banner declares “it me:nns‘ that the mulcting fertilizer trust { won its fight against the cheap pro- duction of agricultural essentials and for a continuance of high prices |4!K the agricultural intere: of America.” - the press is disposed to! feel that Ford's action clears a mud- | dled situation and opens the Way to| proper disposition of the big project without political intereference. ord’s offhand withdrawal,” through the pages of a thagazine, the New York Herald-Tribune ob- serves, ‘has about it something of that startlingly casual quality which prevented him during the three years this ‘simple affair of business debated in Congress from ever once appearing to explain it. ‘We do not,’ he remarks, ‘intend to be drawn into politics’ and it is upon this lofty and detached note that ho closes one of the oddest chapters in recent political history. Perhaps it is just as_well, for he has al- ready drawn Muscle Shoals, the em battled farmors and the massed real- | tors of the Tennesseo Valley into politics and kept them there for three ars, while his retirement now sup- Plies the first valid hope that’they will ever be taken out * X x The Topeka Capital thinks Mr. Ford's examplo is not one of tho most admirable kind of citizenship any- way, becausc “he speaks in terms of { contempt of politics or government.” The Birmingham News takes some- what the same view, and adds: “He or his representatives have practiced evasion and equivocation. And at the last he has not come out boldly and made his withdrawal in_a letter to Washington officials. His loval fol- lowers in tho House and Senate arc left all at sea. The men upon whom he has depended naturally feel crush- ed and distllusioned.” Of these followers, the New York World says: “They seemed to have been under the fascination of the name of Ford and to have given little attention to the actual merits of the Ford terms. He was the miracle worker, and nothing elsc matterjed. By throwing up the role for which he \was staged by his admirers, he should help to put the whole Muscle Shoals project back where it belonds as a straight business problem. The Buffalo News agree: sible now to dispose of the Muscle Shoals question on its merits, without consideration of politics. * * ¢ The country has lost nothing through the withdrawal of Mr. Ford's bid. It should have lost heavliy if his ofter for the power and nitrate plants had ‘been pted. = joARanke av when W | drawal of Mr. | vision of other bids and property from gaing the way so much left-over war'properties; for he focused public attentior upon ‘th. matter, and, though this fpeusing proved the undoing of his own efforts to et control on his own t [ has served to awaken the Jublist ™ what o valuable possession it b Muscle Shoals. s In the opinion of the EI Paso Her ald, Henry Ford was right in callin off the offer, because “no ‘busife: man can permit a proposal to dangls in the air forever—the Governmeii has been wretchedly indecisive it handlnig the Muscle Shoals offe Responsibility for the delay and confusion, the New Orleans Times Picayune insists, “rests entirely uges the Republican party, whose leader have squabbled d Jageled - arki dodged the issue while the Degid crati tood ready to vok pon it,” Mr. Ford's disgust 684 the Muscle Shoals mess will be shares by millions of voters and should find emphatic expression at the polls next month. The wonder according to the Minneapolis Tribune, that Mr. Ford did not throw up his hands and quit long ago. “If he had been deali with private agencie the Tribune add: “instead of with the Gaovern- ment, under conditions that gave politiclans & chance to play t game, the whole matter would have been decided one way or the othey and almost forgotten.” o e News-Scimitar 10 likely that the witlk ¥ord will cause a re- nd indo&e other bidders to enter the ficld. “It would be better,” continues this pas per, “to wait five or ten vears for satisfactory bid than to rush in and sign a contract that would tie the resources of Muscle Shoals up 50 or 100 years, and prevent the uso of that exceptionally fine natural re- source for the public benefit” dn this connection the Springfield Union remarks that: “Renewed demands for Government operation and maint.- nance may be expected. Perhaps other more advantageous offers wiil be made privately. The President, furthermore, has hinted at an impar- tial commission to investigate posdi- bilities, which may, in the end, off: the best means of disposal.- Vie: from any angle, however, the with- drawal of Mr. Ford is scarcely calami- tous.” = N The Richmond News-Leader ugue‘& that Mr. Ford still hopes the Govern~ ment will agree to terms acceptable to him, and that “beforc the new Congress has been in session threo months, it is safe to predict, a new offer by ¥ord or a new offer to Ford will be discussed; then the old con- troversy will begin all over again.” The Newark News also thinks Mr. Ford tactfully leaves the way open for a counter “bid” by the National Government, but declares “he should - not Eet it for there is posewehes paucity of brains or nrgmdu in America that Mascle SHo ann The o gards Memphis it