Evening Star Newspaper, November 10, 1924, Page 6

HE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. D. C. WASHINGTON, MONDAY.....November 10, 1924 THEODORE W. NOYES. . . .Editor "The Evening Star Newspaper Company | Lusiness Office, 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. New York (ufce: 110 Enst 42nd St. Tower Building, cut St., London, Kngland. with the Sunday morning rriers within - the daily onl 20 cent y Chicago Office Europeun Office: 1 The Eyening Star. edition, Ix delivercd by city at 80 cents per mont cents ‘per month: Sunday ool month, Orders may be sent by phoue Main 5000. Collection is made by ear- Tiers at tie eud of each ionth. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday. .1 yr., $5.40; 1 mo., Daily only........1Y¥r., $6.00; 1 mo. Sunday only.......1yr, $2.40; 1 mo., All Other States. Daily and Sunday.1 yr., $10.00; 1 mo., Daily only.......1yr, $7.00;1mo. Sunday only iy Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled o the. ‘nse for republication of all news dis patehes credited 1o it or not otherwise credited in this paper and local news pub- All of publiciition of also_reserved. also the rights Henry Cabot Lodge. Henry Cabot Lodge entered public life from a sense of duty. le had wealth and leisure, with no impelling | necessity to engage in a political | reer. He had abundant opportuni- ties for activity along congenial lines. He chose public office because he felt that his citizenship cbligations re- quired such irst entering the House of Representatives of the Massachusetts Legislature, where he served two terms, he then came to Congress and sat in the House of | tepresentatives here for eight years. In January, 1893, he was elected Sen- | or, and has sat continuously in that body since the 4th of March, 1893, or more than 31 years. Thus for nearly 40 years Mr. Lodge participated in | the National Legislature, and always with distinction Unusually gifted intellectually, Mr. Lodge applied himself throughout this long service with the thorough- mess of the scholar to the study of public affairs. He was, however, al- ways a partisan, a Republican, con- scientiously upholding the policies of that party. He consistently deveted himself to its advancement. To him its principles were guides. Senator Lodge w a notable speaker in the field of legislative duty, always fully prepared with his ma- always ready in defense against attack and always finished and polished in expression. He lacked | the fire of the orator. He had in speech as well as in writing a style that compelled literary admiration even when the matter was challenged. In temperament Mr, Lodge was in- disposed to and disqualified from close and cordial associations. He had warm and enduring friendships. He won the admiration of men for his intellectual abilities. He did not, however, gain a great following of partisans, for there was always a distance between him and the majority of these with whom he dealt in public affair. Mr. Lodge made contributions to American history in his congressional service, as he made contributions to American literature in his voluminous exd always finished writings. His dill gence in both his literary and his political service was unflagging. Dur- ing the pendency of the Versailles treaty before the Senate he was inde- fatigable, despite the advance of hi vears. He scemed untiring. Though of a frail type, he had e sturdy strength which sustained him in his incessant efforts, Estimates of Henry Cabot Lodge as statesman and scholar are limited in | their value now by the nearness of his personality. He has passed with but little warning, and it is impossible to survey his carcer impartially be- cause of the fact that there was full expectation that he would once again take his seat in the'Senate in Decem- ber. Partisanship will dictate judg- ment to a great degree. Those who | service. disagreed with Mr. Lodge’s course in | connection with the treaty of Ver- sailles will, perhaps, estimate his en- tire service of two-score years as a legislator from the angle of their dis- sent, Others will recognize the stead- fast devotion of a man of great ability and of flawless integrity to the task of the practical development of the highest principles of Americanism in the National Legislature during a pe- riod of 40 years. s Reports from old King Tut continue to come in as reminders that after the lapse of a comparatively few cen-| turies local and national, and even ! international, political issues become relatively unimportant. s Russian dancers continue to com- mand more consideration in this coun- try than Russian politicians. s Spanish Troubles. Now Spain is in turmoil with a revolutionary outbreak in the north- ern section, which, though quickly suppressed by the government, is be- lieved to indicate a serious weakening of the dictatorship. The immediate cause of this weakening, however, is not attributed to the strengthening of the revolutionary forces so much as to the prospect of another military, failure in Morocco. Dictator Rivera may conceivably score such a succesd in Africa as to overcome the tide of dissent which is steadily rising at| home. But the situation south of the Straits is extremely difficult and the chances would appear to be against the restoration of _Spanish prestige by a stroke of arms. Reports come of the infiltration into Spain of bands of armed men heading for varioxs centers. They are cross- ing the Pyrenees in groups from Frazmce, and hints are given that representations may be made by the Madrid government to Parls| with a view to strengthening block- ade at the frontier. But it is obvi- ously up to Spain primarily to pro- tect its boundaries if there is an or- ganized revolutionary movement seat- cd'in France. The French government might conceivably as an act of friend- ! post-election {roads are handicapping ship for Spain seek the source and supprees it. But just now the French government has its owa m‘uble@n. little disposed to be concerned over an anti-monarchist reaction in Spain. Rivera’s methods have been ruth- less and drastic. He caused the exile of large numbers of eminent men, in- cluding all who were suspected of revolutionary inclinations. In the main his housecleaning was justifiable and wholesome, but it has gone so tar that it has concentrated the anti- monarchist sentiment in a land be- vond his own reach, from which it | may now develop as an irrepressible popular movement. Democratic Goat Seeking. Now those Democrats who want to find out which particular blow it was that “almost killed father” last Tues- day are digging into the election re- turns to see how the McAdoo sup- porters behaved toward the party nominee. And, according to some fig- ures just printed In one of the party organs that has never been particu- larly partial to Mr. McAdoo, there is evidence of a disposition on their part cither to stay at home or to support the third party ticket. Thus it is pointed out. with a statistical table offered as evidence, that, for example, in Tennessce, one of the strongest McAdoo States, the Davis vote was about 40,000 less than the vote Riven in 1920 to Cox. In Kentucky, it is also noted, Davis received mnearly 100,000 votes less than Cox. California gave Davis 125,000 votes less than it gave Cox. All of these were McAdoo States at the New York convention So harsh are the asperities of the Democratic discussion that question is even raised as to the | genuineness of the illness of Mr. Me- Adoo which prevented his participa- tion in the campaign. There is, it is true, public record of an operation. But, operations and operations, and they suggest that this was a most untimely one from the point of view of Demo- cratic welfare. Has it come to this, that Mr. McAdoo must produce a phy- sician’s certificate to the effect that surgery was necessary? All these things are the natural aftermath of defeat. It is inevitable that there should be search for a “goat.” First it was La Follette, but La Follette was originally a Republi- can and can hardly be used for Dem- ocratic party blamebearing. Now it is McAdoo's turn, or rather the turn of his followers. All of this is very interesting, but not so much to the point as that in the judgment of most observers of the recent political cam- paign the person chiefly responsible for the Democratic defeat was Calvin Coolidge. Good Roads Bond Issues. Two adjolning States voted at the general election last week on_road bond issue amendments, Tilinois and Kentucky. In the former State it was proposed to issue $100,000,000 in bonds for extension of the State road sys- tem. The voters approved. In Ken- tucky a plan was submitted for a 75,000,000 issue, $50,000,000 to go to road building. The voters rejected it. Thus Illinois will go forward in the important work of improving the State highways, while Kentucky will lag, with its roads in bad condition. | Yet of the two Kentucky needs good roads more urgently than does Illi- nois. A large part of the State is mountainous and communication is difficult. There are regions in the eastern part of the State which are veritably Inaccessible because of the lack of dependable highways. It was hoped that the State would bond it- self, and with its own funds, supple- mented by Federal money, make a substantial beginning on a good roads system. Other questions, however, were involved in the bond-issue pro- posal. For instance, of the $75,000,000 issue $6,000,000 was to have gone to pay off a State debt incurred before the Civil War, This was undoubtedly a factor in the rejection. States that fail to invest in good themselves seriously in their development. Eco- nomic advancement is one of the sure results of liberal good-roads expendi- tures. Maryland has found this to be true, and the voters of that State ar@ now quick to respond to proposals for extending the State's highway sys- tem. North Carolina has made a most promising start, and is already realiz- ing the advantages of modern road construction. It is to be regretted that Kentucky has not grasped this opportunity to start a work which must eventuglly be undertaken, and which is sure to bring in large divi- dends upon the expenditure. b Democratic statesmen may as well face the future with fortitude, with- out discussing the old question of whether W. J. Bryan is a mascot or a hoodoo, ————— Publication of income tax payments no doubt caused some revisions by people whose business includes com- pilation of the so-called “‘sucker lists.” —————— Too many people are participating in prosperity to warrant any serious effort to make it an object of popular resentment. ———————— Babies Have Rights. The state continues to restrict what from immemorial time have been con- sidered individual rights. In the case in hand it may be argued that the de- cision is for the protection of the rights of one citizen against another. From one point of View this decision takes from a husband what he perhaps believed to be a fatherly prerogative and gives increased protection to a child. The complaint of the wite against the husband was sustained by the court, and the decision seems to be agreeable with a long line of de- cisions reducing the authority of a husband and increasing the authority of a wife. Perhaps the time will come when the legal status of a husband will be brought to about the legal status of a lamp on the kitchen table, but in the case in question one is in- clined to believe that the husband was wrong, that he invaded the bailiwick of the wife and that the child was Jjustified in making a wall of protest. A dispatch from Cleveland says: “Spauking @& ¢-moenth baby is nothing hints the opposition, there are | Judge Samuel Sibert ruled today in sentencing John O'Boyle, 22 years old, to the workhouse for 60 days. O'Boyle was arrested on complaint of his wife, who stated that while she prepared breakfast her husband was delegated to care for their 9-month- old daughter, While she was absenf from the room O'Boyle spanked the baby, she told the court.’ Many persons will admire the grit and determination of Mrs. O'Boyle in taking this case to court, and many will hope that when John comes home from the workhouse he will take his morning exercise by raking the lawn or chopping wood. He may hold baby on his lap for a few minutes, but he must keen his spanking inclination under control. Forest Fire Reports. The farest fire situation in the first and second mountain ranges west of | Washington—the Catoctins and South Mountain—appears from meager news | dispatches to have improved during the past twenty-four hours. The out- turn of people in those sections to pro- tect villages and farms from the sweep of the flames seems to have been ef- fective, and up to this hour none of the hill villages has been reported de- stroyed. Here and there in the wide- spread forest fire region light rain has fallen, but a downpour is needed to put the fires out. The weather fore- cast for the District of Columbia and nearby territory is “Partly cloudy to- day and Tuesday; Warmer Tuesday; moderate northeast and east winds.” Rain may fall in the mountain dis- tricts of Maryland and Virginia, Farther west in Maryland than the Catoctin and South Mountain ranges the news reports state that the fire situation is very much better. It is said that the fires in the Allegheny Mountains in Allegany and Garrett Countie have been brought under control, but that in Randolph County the fight against the flames is still being carrfed on. Forest fire news comes from many places in the East. Thousands of men are fighting forest fires in New York, New Jersey and New England. In Kentucky losses from forest fires are | estimated as high as $350,000, but the situation generally throughout the | proved, as rains have aided in several sections. the American timber supply fast enough, and effective measures ought to be taken to save the woodlands from fire, which is generally started by careless or foolish- men. Tens of thousands acres of woodland in the Eastern States have been burned this Fall and other thousands will be de- stroyed unless Fall rains set in soon. B e—— For the past few years the most re- liable prophet before the public has been the one who announced that the Winter's coal was not going to be any cheaper. —_— e A good campaign slogan is a valu- able asset, but not so valuable as the ability on the part of a candidate to refrain from saying the wrong thing. P When every family owns an air- plane the traffic police will be obliged to scan the skies as well as the street intersections. ——————— That' phrase of Mr. La Follette's “When I am elected President,” will go into storage for at years. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Shifted Responsibility. ‘The moron wears a sunny smile And says, “Life is immense! ‘What might imply in others guile, For me is innocence. “And it I choose to slay or smite, Don't call me to desist, or bring me questions impolite. Go ask the alienist,” Candid Estimate. “The election indicated that you re- tain the entire confidence of your old friends.” “I'm not sure I had their entire con- fidence,” answered Senator Sorghum. “The opposition was under so much greater suspicion the folks decided they’d rather take another chance on me. Communism, A communist I would not be; For, as I've gone life's weary way Not one of them I've chanced to see Who seemed to make the business pay. Jud Tunkins says he can't see why a man with plenty of money should run for office, unless he's a natural born trouble hunter. Marksmanship. A-hunting Father boldly went In yonder vacant lot. The quail and rabbits roam content, But Father’s full of shot. Experience. “Would you marry a man whose wife had divorced him?” “I might,” answered Miss Cayenne. “He may have had the experience that would make him easier to get rid of if we didn’t agree.” After the Election, We've talked of our judicial force In many a grand oratlon, ‘We'll now return to the discourse On Mars’ population. We've talked about affairs of state And of the Constitution. ‘We'll now resume the old debate Regarding evolution. — . Total Depravity. bootleggers in Crimson “Any answered Cactus Joe. “The clientele here never encourages a bootlegger to hang around when he ought to be on his way roundin’ up more supplies.” “I never yet saw a man,” said Uncle Eben, “dat was as tired after workin' eight hourg as he was after injoyin’ hisself 16 State is reported as considerably im.| The sawmill and ax are eating into | THE PEDESTRIAN +BY GUS A The Bible tells “the Lord knoweth thy walk.” He certainly must have a huge record of “jay- walkers. The present traffic regulations have no provisions relating to the pedes- trian. The “foreword” of the regu- lations only defines the relative right of vehicles and pedestrians as fol- lows: “The fact that streets are pri- marily intended for vehicles and street cars must not be construed as relleving drivers from the responsi- bility of exercising all possible care not to injure pedestrians. “On the other hand, pedestrians should avoid interference with traffic, and to this end should not step from the sidewalk without first looking to see what s approaching; should cross the street at right angles and only at the regular crossings; should stand on the sidewalk or close to the us should face the front of the car when alighting from it, and observe the traffic on the right before moving to the sidewalk,and If crossing behind the car observe the traffic in both directions. >edestrians on sidewalks should keep to the right and when stopping should not obstruct a crossing nor an entrance to building.” City Walkers Careless. Washington is notorious’y ered a “jay-walking” city. be because it is the city of mag- nificent distances and that the space between blocks is too long. There- fore, a short cut across the street or a diagonal dash over crosswalk saves much time, but eventually the same is lost in the hospital. In no other city of the United State it is said, will 50 much Zig-zaKRIing be noticed as here. In foreizn cities the street walkers are careful plus.- In Paris it is to the extreme, as the pedestrian is arrrested in case of an accident to him in the street. mobile tourists visiting Washington have repeatedly commented upon our proclivities for reckless walking and many are afraid to operate here. They put up their machine for the duration of their visit, using taxis instead. “Jay-walkers" embrace the follow- ing: The “sleep-walker,” or one whose mind is far away and walks across in- tersections and streets in a somnambu- listic state. The “deep-in-conversation” walker, whose mind is on his talk and not on his walk. The “astronomical looking for stars | them when a truck hits him. The “head-bowed-down™ seems to be intently looking for some- thing. He usually finds it The “sight-seer” walker, for sights and sights not sights which thet crowd the arrival of the ambu The “omnivorous-reade walker, whose thirst for information is such that he can't stop his education even while crossing streets. Still Other Kinds. ‘“umbrella-hidden” walker, consid- It may walker,” who is who look: the real The who he does the anesthetic which he will later require. The “jazz-walker” who is under the impression that -the street is a bali- room and prances over it in every di- rection. The “obstinate or deliberate” walk- er is the post-graduate of all the walkers. He is the one who has such an inherent contempt for the driver of autos that he ostentationsly and brazenly hogs the crossings, and, in- deed, invites disaster by slowly and deliberately walking in front of motor cars when he knows that drivers must act quickly to avoid hitting him. This ss of walk seem to have an Inborn hatred for autos in general and persist in their foolish tactics, no doubt from an ex- aggerated idea that the walker has the right of v under all and ever e o Press Sees in British Election Receding Wave of Radicalism With conservatism victorious in Great Britain, where the electorate {delivered the Labor party a tremen dous rebuke and repudiated the poli- icies of Ramsay MacDonald, American editors see a definite trend in Britain back to the two-party system and the beginning of a recession of the wave of radicalism which has swept over the Western world. servative party in the British parl mentary elections,” declares the Seat- tle Times, “has a far greater signifi- cance than the mere change in gov- ernmental leadership. The results show clearly a definite trend toward common sense that is world wide. They indicate that the great masses of the people are growing sick and tired of the dangeraus folly advarced by radicals, ranging all the way from red communism in pink-parlor social- ists. They are unmistakable signs that Europe js turning from the dem- agogues andis looking to wiser lea ers for guidance.” Coming as it does in the voice of an overwhelming vote, the San Francisco Bulletin agrees that it “carries with it assurance that the tide of radicalism that in recent times has been running swiftly is now definitely checked.” The result in Great Britain, the Duluth Herald believes, “proves again that the example of Russia is the greatest obstacle to progressive lib- eralism,” for, while “the British know that socialism isn't bolshevism, the stupid intrusion of the Russian Com- munists at a psychological moment showed the British voters that, though socialism may not be so af- frighting to many as it used to seeqn, just behind socialism comes com- munism, for which Russia is an ex- ceedingly poor advertisement.” * k X X Britain’s rebuke to labor, according to the St. Paul Dispatch, “is admin- istered not so much by reason of what Ramsay MacDonald has done with his power—for he did not really have power—but rather because of the things his party would do with control were it granted.” In fact, the New Orleans Times-Picayune thinks “MacDonald, actually a Dprogressive Liberal, might have held Britain's confidence had his cause and govern- ment been before the public under such name and banner.” The chief reasons for the fall of MacDonald, as cited by the Salt Lake. Deseret News, “were the Russian treaties and ‘the famous Campbell case, the latter in- volving charges of communistic in- fluence within the ranks of the Labor party.” The Birmingham News also attributes it “to the fact that Mac- Donald played rather fast and loose with the Russian Soviet, promising good English pounds to re-establish it economically and all that sort of thing, but the sound Briton tempera- ment opposed it, and the general feel- ing overseas seems to be that a rather deadly incubus has been lifted from the British mind.” | Bestdes the two factors mentioned, the Kansas City Journal feels, “if one cares to look farther, there will appear a deeper reason for its down- tall, and this deeper reason lies in the inability of socialism to adapt itself to a world of reality—it is the recurrent history of socialism wher- ever it has been tried.” The significent incident of the vic- tory, aside from the result itself, the Hartford Times notes, is the declige Judge, Police and Traffic Courts. track when waiting for a street car; | Auto- | and generally finds | walker, who | sights upon | dreads a slight drenching more than | “The smashing victory of the Con- | . SCHULDT, condition. They cross the intersec- tion when the machine has entered the crossing and is half way over and has the right of way. They seem to delight in the confusion and irritability of the drivers as they strip thelr gears and jam on the emergency brakes. It is true that this sometimes occasions impolite re- marks from the drivers. They are really not “jay-walkers" they are “‘mad- walkers.” | Should Obey Sign. Pedestrians should realize that the “stop-stop” and “go-go”sign also ap- plies to them. Indeed its primary object is to protect the walker. In many cities the signals are operated according to the pedestrian travel, which the traffic follows, but gen- erally it controls the vehicular trafiic which the pedestrian must follow. But it all means that vehicles and pedestrians must go in the same direction when the way is clear. The white lines painted at cross- ings are not meant for ornaments. While it is hard to realize that these | white lines are the only protection | between the walker and driver, im- agination should visualize them as high stone fences through which no! driver can pass with impunity. This being 8o, remember under no circum- Sstances to cross a street Intersection | diagonally. This practice puts to |naught the entire scheme of trafiic regulation and is a prolific cause of accidents. Keep Your Eyes Open. Other important factors to be taken into consideration by the pedestrian are that they should look out for |autos coming around corners; for jtraffic at alleys; for backing and turning cars; that they should not pass behind a street r or get out |of an auto on the left-hand side. An- other good rule to remember is to! look to the left before stepping from | the curb, and when at center of street | to look to right. Statistics show that the non-ob- servance of these rules of walking is | the itributary cause of the major- ity of accidents. One of the most dangerous prac- tices connected with the traffic situa- tion is promiscuous skating in the Str s. Many erious accidents have happened because of this, and near- accidents are a daily occurrence. We do not want to deprive children of their play, but safety requires that skating be prohibited in the streets If it is allowed special streets should be designated and closed during the {times skating is had. Children dart- ing out from the sidewalk after a ball or to prevent being caught are lalso prolific causes of accidents and | should be prevented. Education as to |the danger of such practices would seem to be the only way to reach this | |evil. As a matter of fact, all play| should be prohibited in the streets. Streets for Vehicles. If it were properly and constantly stressed that streets are for vehicles and sidewalks for pedestrians, there would, no doubt, soon be a decrease | in_our casualty list. It will be noted that the “fore- word” of the traffic regulations is simply advisory and not mandatory and that there are no regulations promulgated anent pedestrian trafic. | | The time will no doubt come when! Jay walking” regulations will pro- | tect him from himself. | There is no valid reason why drivers and walkers should not co- | operate in the observance of the rules ! of safety Operators should be safe | drivers and everything that name im- | | plies, and pedestrians should be care- | ful walkers and govern themselves | |accordingly. ~With ~safe drivers and | | careful walkers functioning, accidents | | would be restricted to a minimum, | perhaps it would be the millennium. | " After all, the solution of the “jay- | walking” problem is simply to “watch | your step. i | | | i | | | of the Liberals. This is also the view of the Detroit News, which claims | “the leaders of that party must now face the question whether they shall attempt to bring it back to a position of influence or allow it to disappear, part being absorbed by the Conserva- tives, the rest going into the Labor | camp.” “Much will depend,” the News | adds, “on the attitude taken by Mr. Lloyd George, who, because of Mr Asquith’s failure to be re-elected for Paisley, becomes the unchallenged head of the Liberals in the House of Commons.” According to the Cincin- nati Times-Star, “in the readjustment that is going on, from which only two | parties can emerge, either the Labor party or the Liberal party must be destroyed. Ramsay MacDonald evi- dently has decided on the destruction of the Liberal party, and has chosen the present as the most propitious time. But Liberalism is mbdre than a party in British politics—it is a set of great principles. Driven from the side of Labor, it may leaven the mass of Conservatism. In that event the Labor party, without the steadying influences of Liberalism, may be driven toward communism, and under Anglo-Saxon institutions communism sows the seeds of death in any politi- cal inclosure to which it gains ac- cess.” S s Above all, the Baltimore Sun thinks “the British people apparently incline to the belief that with major issues to bqy settled according to one or two allernative plans there is no need for a third party.” So “the political atmosphere in Great Britain has to that extent been cleared of the un- certainties that attend a three-sided Parliament, with its resulting govern- ment by coalition or suffrance.” In this connection the Canadian viewpoint is interesting, as volced by the Toronto Globe, which maintains “the Laborites openly desire the ex- tinction of Liberalism so that they may take its place in a two-party system. It is too soon to write the epitaph of a party with such a his- tory. Great Britain has become a country of political surprises, the greatest surprise of a century being the advent of a Labor government. An electorate so untrammeled may re- store the Liberal party as quickly as it has dethroned it when it turns against Conservatism, as it probably will in due time. In the meantime there is a great advantage in the as- surances of an era of settled govern- ment after three general elections in as_many years.” Probable results of the Conserva- tive victory are not reassuring from the standpoint of those who are con- cerned in world peace and amity, thinks the Omaha World-Herald, which insists “it .means more than a break with Russia. It means, perhaps, a chilling_with both France and Ger- many. Tt forecasts the throwing up of barriers against German commerce, which, together with the American Fordney - McCumber barriers, will make it extremely difficult for Ger- many to earn the money to pay reparations to anybody, and so im- peril the workability of the Dawes plan.’ The Cleveland Plain Dealer, however, does not share these misgiv- ings, as “it is not to be imagined that Baldwin or any other Tory leader will make an effort to repudiate the Dawes plan or impede the work of carrying out the Dawes policies.” | procured { world FLOWERS For the Living Bernard M. Baruch BY ARTHUR KROCK When Baruch had made a great deal of ‘money in Wall street, playing its game on the level and outwitting most of those who were playing it on the level and otherwise, he turned back to the abstract passion of his life, and that is public service. (Paragraphs like that above are usually to be found under quarter- page cuts of leading citizens in ad- vertising space paid for by the lead- ing citizens themselves. They are usually secretly autobiographical. But this time the stuff happens to be true. There is no man I ever knew who has worked harder or more in- telligently to square the world's eco- nomic circle than B. M. Baruch.) The abstract passion of his life. I say “abstract” because the definite things he wanted to do when he set out in life he accomplished cotem- poraneously with his money making. One was to provide his wife and chil- dren with the advantages of life. The other was to do the same thing for his parents. He was a little over 30 when he achieved both, and one of the fruits of this accomplishment was the splendid public service to New York City of Dr. Simon Baruch, released by his son’s grateful bounty from the cares of private medical practice and free to devote the re- mainder of his long life to sanitation for the masses. Thus, indirectly, at the beginning of B. M. Baruch's ca- eer his success went into public service. By 1911 Baruch was one of the first men in Wall street. His per- sonal equation completed, he turned his fine mind to abstract economics. By birth a South Carolinian, and the son of a Confederate soldier, his pref- ence for the Democratic party was inborn. At this time Woodrow Wil- son began to illumine the political scene, and to his aid Baruch turned in the belief that Wilson's ideals, pursued through Democratic prin- ciples, would help to establish that economic balance in the earnings of all classes of toilers which is his goal. Throughout of the Wilson administration Baruch was the President's admiring sup- porter. But their personal rela- tions—later to grow deeply inti- mate—then were formal. During the immediate pre-war days Baruch's counsel, when sought by Wilson, proved always so wise, dis- interested and penetrating that he was asked to mobilize the industry of the Nation for and during the war on behalf of the Government. This service Baruch rendered as chairman of the War Industries Board, sever- & all his business and financial connectoins to do a brilliant, flaw- less, spotless task. He was to the army of workers in America what Pershing was to the army of soldiers | in France. He was Wilson's chief economic adviser during the peace conference, and the tentative sum he fixed for German reparations in 1918 became the capital sum basis of the Dawes report in 1924. Post-war problems brought agr cultural depression, and Baruch turn- | ed his energies—voluntarily released from money making—to bear on the farmer's condition. The result was the spread of the co-operative mar- keting movement which he was the first important man to initiate in this country and from which have come the farm bloc, higher agricultural prices and the political independence of farm workers. This is only the briefest sketch of what Baruch has done in a broad gen- eral way for the masses of human- ity. His personal interventions are count! He is always worrying his prosperous friends trying to find jobs for young unknowns. He is less than old, tall, very 55 years very { handsome, as slender as when he was | a South Carolina boy, soft in speech, gracious in manner, with prodigies already performed. If there is any world-wide problem loose that has economics and up with it, the free service of one of the best living reorganizers can be For no matter how often | Baruch vows that the human race, being ungrateful, he intends to play for the rest of his life, he can always be entrapped by something large and useful. The League of Nations, the American farmer, the memory of Woodrow Wilson, the plight of a friend, a gallant plece of horse-flesh, a good grouse season in Scotland, the economic situation—any of these are as a trumpet to Baruch any- where, any time. (Copyright, 1924.) oo Describes Rescue. Correspondent Tells of Saving of Child in Pool. To the Editor of The Star: I trust you have space in your newspaper to record an accident I witnessed Sunday afternoon about 3 o'clock. It happened very quickly and few people were at the spot. 1 would life the man concerned to be congratulated on his presence of mind and ability to make quick de- cisions. The facts are as follows: A little colored boy playing on the edge of the large lake in front of the Lincoln Memorial fell in. He tried to get up three times and each time fell face down and slipped a little bit farther away from the edge. A man about 40 feet beyond, upon hearing the children about there scream, ran back and stepped into the water, grabbed the colored boy by his blue blouse and landed him on terra firma. The gentleman then joined his com- panion, a man, and after attempting to squeeze the water from the bottom of his trouser legs, walked on. The little picaninny scampered over the grass to an automobile where appar- ently his parents sat. When I went down to the bank a little later I noticed how the floor of the pool slants down—is probably slippery—which accounts for the lit- tle fellow being unable to gain a footing, and how easily he could have drowned. ALIDA A. BAKER. Praises Chicago Ban On Grade Crossings To the Editor of The Star: T notice an editorial in your issue of November 3 commenting on Chi- cago's grade crossings which gives a reader unfamiliar with the facts an impression that Chicago is in no- toriously bad shape in this respect This is far from the truth. The abo- lition of grade crossings in Chicago was in some respects a very difficult problem, but I know of no city that has tackled the problem as effective- 1y as has Chicago, or that has gone further in _the abolition of grade crossinga While I have not been in Chicago much for the past 10 years. I can say with definiteness that a very large proportion of such cross- ings had been abolished by track elevation above the streets and that ordinances for abolition of the re- mainder had been adopted previous to 10 years ago. The acoident as to which your editorial comment is di- rected happened in an out-of-the-way section of the city, where it was not possible to adopt track elevation; but, deplorable as this accident was, I feel sure you do not wish to give the impression that a city which cov- ers so0 large an area as Chicago—un- doubtedly the greatest railroad cen- ter in the world—has not gone far in abolishing this evil. While I can- not state the exact percentage of grade crossings removed, I think I can safely say it is well over 95 per centy FREDERIC A. DELANO. the earlier vears| human nature mixed | . TRAFFIC REGULATIONS ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Q. When will the Kentueky Derby be run next year?—W. M. A. The date for this race has not been annopnced. Q. When is Children's Book week? —M. J. A. The second week of Novem- ber—November 9-15—is = Children’s Book week. It was organized about seven years ago by the library de- partment of the Boy Scouts of Amer- ica, and now universally observed in co-operation with the American Li brary Association and the women's clubs of the country Q. How far South can the aurora borealis be seen?—P. E. G. A. The aurora borealis is some- times seen as far south as 20 degrees north latitude, though at very infre quent intervals. Q. What pay does Gen. Pershing receive, now that he is retired?>—H 8. D. A. Gen. Pershing was retired on his annual base pay of $13,500. Q. In the Southern Hemisphere do the people say “Spring” in May or in October?—V. R. J. A. October is a Spring month in the Southern Hemisphere. Q. In what way does the immigra- tion quota apply to Canadians?>—G. e H Persons born in other countries who reside in Canada are treated as citi- zens of their native land. Thus nat- uralized Canadian citizens, as well as those who emigrated from England to Canada, are, under the United States immigration act, subject to the quota restrictions applicable to the land of their birth. Q. What is cream of tartar made from?—D. P. A. Cream of tartar is prepared by dissolving argol in hot water and re- moving any coloring matter by means of clay or egg albumen. The cream of tartar is then separated from the filtered solution by crystalllzation, and may be purified by recrystalliza~ tion. Q. How far does direct rail con- nection extend between North and South America?—G. M. D. A The Bureau of Railway Eco- nomies says that, according to the latest map, the United States has rail connection to Mexico City. The new Pan-American Railroad, which is not quite completed, will make a connec- Mexico, Central America and down the coast of South America. This new Pan-American Railroad to date is completed from Mexico City to San Salvador and from San Salvador to |San Jose it is under construction. ¥From Lima down the coast to Puerto Montt, also from the western coast of South America to the eastern coast {of Buenos Aires, it is under construc- { tion. | Q@ Who was the first man to make {a balloon ascension in the United | States?—W. W. F. A Jean Pierre Blanchard, a | Frenchman, made the first ascent in | this country. At 10 o'clock on the | morning of January 9, 1793, the bal- |loon arose from the' Prison Court | Philadelphia. President Washington was among the spectators. | | Q. Are potatoes that become green, discolored by laying on the ground, poisonous?—A. C. L. A. The Department of Agriculture says that the discoloration of your potatoes is undoubtedly due to sun scald. This does not render the pota- toes poisonous or unhealthful for food. | Q. Who invented clock?—D. W. A. The balance clock, the first of modern clocks, ascribed to Pope Silvester 1I, A. D. 996. Q. What_does iml»an?—M s. A. “Amen” is a_word of Hebrew |origin, meaning “Thou hast said it" |or “So I believe.” Q. grown, and what is the best?—B. T. N, A the rlodern | the word | “Company halt!" (“One, three!") t eas Tomorrow will be Armistice day. The nation—the world—has been on the march for six years. though filled with hope. has not yet ceased SEE Armistice day! The fog has given the margh uncanny weirdness of un- reality, like shifting scenes upon a theatrical stage. As we go on there are batteries under camouflage pour- ing shells against a gray wall of opaqueness, We cannot see far ahead. In the wood and along the road lie | the enemy dead. Upon a hill-slope a chaplain with a detachment of men {is burying a hundred victims of yes- | terday's battle—Americans, al Nearly 11 o'clock! What this rumor that the war to end wars is | to cease at 11 o'clock? Watches are The battle “One minute “Why, listen, boys! The guns are not firing!" Silence! Awful silence! vociferous silence since world came out of chaos! “Hark! The boys at that next battery in the rear are trying to cheer!” But we can't cheer—it is too awful—this hush!" All the world in fog—and hushed! A captain remembers the found a few days before, upon the body of a dead soldier on the field of battle: Ye who have fath to look beyond the tragedy of world at strife, And know that out of death and night shall come the dawn of ampler life, Rejoice, whatever anguish read the heart, That God hath given vou the priceless dower To live in these great times and have your part In freedom’s crowning bour. That you mas tell Your s light high in the heavens— Their beritage to take— “I saw the powers of darkmess take their flight; 1 saw the morning break." Camouflage is stripped from the guns! . There, upon the gory field, “Old Glory” is waving in the breeze, and the fog begins to lift. . Victory! The war to end wars is won! The most the cosmic * e That was six years ago tomorrow. Men say that the war is over—that war which “ended wars.” Have not the nations announced from Geneva that the “powers of darkness’ have taken their flight and that dawn has gilded the eastern horizon? Not in the Near Kast, for, sinoe our armistice, Greece has been defeated by Turkey, Smyrna has been devas- tated, Armenians by the hundreds of thousands have been massacred or driven into deserts to starve. Not in Hejaz—one of the honored members of the League of Nations; she is now at war, and the holy city of Mecca is in the unholy hands of enemies of the deposed caliph. Not in bolshevik Russia, where tyranny is more ruth- less than under the most despotic czar. Not in Darkest Africa has the ‘promise been kept. Behold the de- feated armies of Spain in Morocco! Her throne totters. And what of the Sudan? Has she seen her sons “tak- ing” their heritage of freedom? Not in the Far East, where the most populous nation in the world is today A. The quota restrictions are not | applicable to native-born Canadians. | tion from the Urited States through | What is the oldest forage crop | two, | It is weary, | lines | River, City of Sacramento. BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. far as known, to be cultivated solely for forage. It was grown by the Greeks and Romans. According to Pliny, it was introduced into Greece from Media at the time of'the Persian wars with King Darius, about 470 B. C. Media or Persia is probably the region of its original culture. Red clover is the most important of all leguminous forage crops, both on ac- count of its high value as feed and from the fact that it can be so well employed in rotations, Q. What is meant by “the Black Hole of Caleutta?—A. R. L. A. This name was given to an apartment fn Calcutta in which a party of English were_confined on the night of June 20, 1756. The gar- |rison of the fort connectéd with the English factory at Calcutta was eap- tured by the Nawab Siraj-ud-Daula, who caused all the prisoners taken to be confined in a_room 18 feet by 14 feet 10 Inches. This céll had only two windows, obstructed by a ve- randa. Of the 156 persons who spent |the night in a horror of thirst, heat |and agony from pressure only 23 sur- vived the experience. Q. What are capers?—N. A, W A. Capers are unexpanded flower buds of a tropical plant preserved in vinegar. They are imported, but are falrly common in shops, and are most often used in a gravy to give relish to boiled mutton or to garnish salade. Q. What is mean sion “The man M. L. A. In political parlance a “mug- wump” is a man with no fixed be- liefs or party affiliations. Horace Porter in the Cleveland-Blaine cam- paign of 1584 perpetrated a bonmot that became famous when he said, “A mugwump is a person educated beyond his intellect.” by the expre: is a mugwump"”?—E, Q. How can I tell how can will hold?>—R. K. D. A. Measure the diameter and height of can in inches. Multiply the diameter by itself and the product by the height. Take one-third of 1 per cent of the total, and this answe will be the number of gallons, cor- rect to one-fiftieth. For exact re- sult, 2 per cent of total may be much a s the proper time fo- against smallpox?—S A. The Public Health Service ad vocates vaccination during the first | vear of life and again at about the |age of 10 vears. After two successful | vaccinatians protection usually las: a lifetime. Q. Where Carlo?—M. C. A. Monte Carlo is about a mile northeast of Monaco, the capital of |the prncipality of Monaco. This city is situated on a promontory in the | Mediterranean about half-way be- tween Nice and Mentone, France. the famous Monte Q. What was the first woman's | club in America?—C. W. A. A. The Sorosis Society claims the place as the first woman's club i1 America. It was organized with 12 members in 1563 by M Jane C. Croley of New York City, and was in- corporated in January, 1869. The ol |ject of the society is to further edu |cational and social activities of women and to bring together for mutual helpfulness representativ women in art and sciences and othe- | occupations. Q. Where is the American River —A R W A. The river is in north centra California, rising in Eldorado Count and emptyinz into the Sacramento a short distance north of the Gold has beer trequently found along ity banks. (Frederic J. Haskin is employed b this paper to handle the inquiries of ou~ readers, and yow Gre invited to cal upon him as freely and as often as yo. | please. Ask anmything that is o maite- of fact and the authority will be quoted wou. There is no charge for this serc- ice. Ask what you want, sign your nams | and address and inclose 2 cemts in stamps for return postage. Address The Star Information Burcow, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Twenty-first and ¢ Alfalfa is the oldest plant, so'strcets northwest. | IN TODAY'S SPOTLIGHT BY PAUL'V. COLLINS. warring in civil strife. Not in Souti | America, where Brazil is in revolu | tion and’ where Chile has recently de- posed her President. * x ok % The f of Armistice day pers Horizons are restrained—Ilost. Writers are warned not to give war settings to their stories, for no magazine editor will consider war stories. “The ris over—forget it. he gentlewomen of a Christian as- ociation denounce “Education week" because the commissioner of ed cation permits a World War veter- ans' organization to participate in the program, although that organiza- tion’s constitution pledges to “com- bat the authority of both the classes and the masses; to make right the master of might; to promote peace and good will on earth; to safeguard af\d transmit to posterity the prin- ciples of justice, freedom and de- mocracy * ¥ ¥ ¥ Last Saturday men and women wore orget-me-nots” as tokens that the gold-star mothers had not wept alone; that the 25975 broken-bodisd veterans today in militady hospitals, the 35505 who are being trained to further independence and the 188,800 veterans who survived their wounds and are facing future usefulness, re tabilitated, are not forgotten. . The Nation is paying monthiy compensation” to 59,400 parents and children of men who gave their all to the defense of freedom. It 48 pay- Ing more than .a million “Wollars a ay 1o co-operate. with (thgugl to *“compensate”) the & e sick and bereft, and there is no longer maladministration in this sacred trust. - * ¥ % % he peak of hospitalization o World War patients was reached in March, 1322—30,890. Since then the number has decreased until last sur~ it was only 22 Eight thousand, net (in excess of deferred cases ar- riving), had been relieved or had died. But the people insisted that the law must not be hobbled with technical handicaps. A more liberal construction was found in the act of June 7, 1924, which admits véterans of all wars who need hospitalization, whether they prove their diseases were of war origin or not This is not charity, but honorable recognition of national duty. It is increasing the number in hospitals at the rate of 200 a week. No war is “over” while a wounded veteran lives. * ¥ * % The wounded are not despondent, Nor are they lost in self-pity. If a leg is gone—it is gonme; but, thank God, there are a good leg and two arms left, and there is a work for \wo arms and a leg to do. If eves are gone—the heart trusts true triends to lead, even in darkness, to ways of usefulness. There is cheer, hope, confidence, resilience. “These are they who have come up through great tribulation.” The visitor to a veterans' hospital comes away chastened by his own self- pity, that he has not before knowsn courage, such as that. (Copyright, 1924, by Paul V, Collins.) \]