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2 CHE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. -—— WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY. ceewe .January 5, 1925 THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Basiness Gffice, 11¢h St. and Pennsylvania Ave. New Yok (ifice: 110 East dnd St. Chicago Offics: Tower Tuildi Buropean Office : 16 Regent St., London, England. The Evening Star, dition, !5 delive ety at 60 c centa per month with the Sunday morning carriers within the nth; daily o 5 only, 20 cents per month. " Orders may_be t by mail or tele phone Main 5000. Collection is mude by car- Tlers at the end of cach mont Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance, Maryland and Virgini: Daily and Sunday. .1 yr., $8.40; 1 mo,, T0c Daily only........1Yyr.,$6.00; 1 mo., 50¢ Sunday only. J1yr, $2.40: 1 mo., 20c per Sunday All Other States. Daily and Su Daily only Sunday only. 0.00: 1m $7.00; 1 mo. $3.00; 1 mo,, Member of the Associated Press. putches cred n this pay lished ~herein special disp: ‘Why an Economic Conference ? Without ques tlons which his proposal nomic and dis may be pos fnquire as to iy rah in i international eco- e, it offending to distinguished eign relations com expec hag iament confere with, what t chairman of t1 mittee piist would d by Altruistic impulses commended to ther always are be accom- suc . and how. to be and if wishing could € the world prosperious and happy ery would But often it demonstrated that the world's n ot America that have becorfe disposed specifica when some new project all the evils that came of war vanish overnight. American people have so altruism is to let to ask for ons ® comes along with a recting in the wake In the nomic ¢ first place, Why onomics twin an eco. nference? and armaments are not questions. remotely re- governed arma- would not be armed to- And the United States might *d to the teeth. Politics of armaments, and any which brought about dis- Europe would have to The Wash- which brought | naval armaments 1 conference, pure and gements entered of ical en- benefi e incidental They lated. ments are, in f. 11 economics day. well be the conference arm is twin armament in be a political conference ington conference about limitatic was a politic simple, th into by it made limitation arman » were p which flowed from. it v by-products Is Senator Borah willing the United States hould enter into political en- gagements with the European powers, Germany and Russia, as well as our the war, which would be of consequence sufficient to induce ¥ Poland and the little entente to disband their armies? Would he vote to ratify such engage- ments if they were submitted to the Senate? If changed his views since Woodrow Wilson brought back from Paris the proposal that the United uld go joint gua or gland for the security associates in late nce and , he has States with Ei ance And if the United States pared to ente gagements, s not pre- nto such political en- | what would we have to| we took our place at the conference table and proposed that the sean disband their armies? Good advice, perhaps; but we | have deluged Europe with good ad-| vice, there have succeeded chiefly ettt heartily disliked. There is; in fact, tial thing we offer when Eurc nations and in g ourselves just one substan- 1 take into such a conference for the purpose of trading, and if we to take that one thing in with us and to trade with it Hurope would have a hard time under- | standing why we Refer- had to the owed this by s of ngnt to pro- read: eco refuse ame at all. ence is debts Government Burope. of Senator pose such a “Proponents of governmer In an ad B s erence 1ce announcs intention to L onal confe nomic d disarmament rence are inclined zard the war debts as a particularly strong lever to bring agreements for a tor the reduction nents. There just t debts could be used duction L through through ¢ latic that we should are wo ways the war | ing about re- lents, b by It Senator coercion purchase hardly Borah in- into a conference collec not disarm intend that we nt by debt | reduction or | is his program it is stuff of dreams. N European nation has one soldier un- der arms t owes money to the United Ne “perils” i armed | would be ery cent of the $12,000,000,000-debt America was The it has ny and 1t threats or is conceivable tends with methods Europe Therefore, he must should purchase threat of if a drastic ion disarmam concessions, ellatic otherwi as unstable as one of the which » rope removed if ¢ wiped out, Americar not caused has not arming, even ti ability pay debts. The d relationship to prevented any nations from se which profess in- on their owed America has no armaments in Europe. If this is all Senator Borah offer, the only re of his conference vroposal will be to cmbarrass his Gov- ernment 'in rts to have the European debt funded and to impede more practical ways of bringing about @ reduction of European armaments. to penny to its ¢ e National Tree Plantation. The American A Advancement takes its stand for;a national arboretum at ‘Washington and approves the Mount Hamilton tract as the site for the great tree garden. There came be- fore the association from onme of its gections, through the executive com- ociation for the of Science explained to the botanical section of the association’s convention that a body of botanists named to choose a site for an arboretum had favored the Mount Hamilton tract and that the matter had been presented to Congress in 1920. Bills for the cre- ation of the arboretum failed at the last session of Congress. The resolu- tion as adopted by the botanical se tion has been approved by the asso- ciation and sets forth that the pro- posed arboretum “will of great value to botanical science, to economic interests and to the general public,’ and also sets forth the reasons why the arborgtum would be of value. The tion says that ‘“Washington is ideally located for a national boretum; in a moderate climate, where an unusually large number of | Northern ana Southern plants may be grown together.” The argument of the scientists will probably ‘have weight with Congress. The have hit upon the Mount Hamilton tract because of its size and its variety of soil and sit- uations for a tree plantation. It will also adjoin the Eastern Branch Park when it is created and will be part of a large park system. Another rea- son is that only a small section of this land has been built on, and the prop erty may be bought at low cost. be associ ar- scientists ——— Tammany Facing Another Fight. Tammany Hall is to face another fight next Fall in its attempt to elect the mayor of the city. Tammany has fought many a battle in mayoralty campaigns and only occasionally lost, through the fusion of opposing polit- ical elements in the greater city. But the defeats have been temporary; a mere frost-biting of the tops, with the roots unharmed and firmly imbedded in the political soil. Proposed anti- Tammany plans contemplate going after the roots. Charles D. Hilles, Republican na- tional committeeman for New York, is the proponent of a plan which con- templates attacking Tammany, not alone by fusion methods, but, as sug- gested by Mr. Hilles, by an “infusion.” He says the Republican party in New York should cultivate the body of high-minded citizens, not necessarily affiliated with it nationally, but anx- ious for good municipal government. In a statement issued last Saturday Mr. Hilles deprecated the kind of fu- sion “made up in part of a number of mushroom organizations, some of which are under the aegls of Tam- many Hall, set up in other cases for the sole purpose of getting office for some of their members.” Mr. Hilles advises that the Repub- li should organize immediately and begin a campaign of education to impress upon the people the “in- efficiency and dishonesty so charac- teristic of Tammany's record and to keep before the public the hypocrisy, waste and stupidity of the Hylan ad- ministration.” He points out that this cannot be done in a day, nor can it be done effectively in the heat. of the cam- paign. He counsels the nomination of a ticket of such caliber as will make a general appeal, not alone to busi- ness interests, which regard efficiency and economy as of paramount impor- tance, but also to those citizeng, who desire above all things an adminis- tration pledged to devote attention to the humanities and to the making of the life of the average city dweller healthier, safer and happler. Mr. Hilles concedes the magnitude of the task ahead. He likens Tammany to a great army, with trained officers and zealous enlisted men subject to daily training in discipline. If Mr. Hilles can raise an opposing army betimes, he and his forces may render the greater city a vast service and.also put a crimp into an organi- zation charged with having a baleful influence in national politics. —————————— The favorable business outlock so confidently announced for the U. §. A. indicates no condition in which the world at large cannot share if plain common sense can prevail to ef- fect organizations and readjustments contemplating an abandohment of grudges and a practical participation in commercial enterprise and-intellec- tual interchange. ————————— Personal conference with repre- sentative scientists is now sought by William Jennings Bryan. The monkey- and-parrot time at Madison Square Garden may have convinced him that this evolution theory is worth looking into. e ——r—t———————— Among nations, as well as individ- yals, matters are regarded as pro- gressing favorably so long as it is possible to mention a long-standing {debt without risking a show of ill feeling. e Radio and the Theater. Certain theatrical people are report- ed to be disturbed by recent events in radio. About three weeks ago one of the phonograph and phonograph rec- ord making companies put “on the air” a concert by several of their “re- cording artists,” among them being Florence Easton and Mario Chamlee of the Metropolitan Opera. The affair was such a success that the recording company will radio a weekly concert. Thursday night another, and perhape the largest of the phonograph and rec- ord companies, put on a concert by two singers of renown, John McCor- mack and Lucrezia Bori. The concert was radioed by so many stations that it was receivable by every crystal set owner in the Eastern half of the United States, and, of course, by all tube-set owners. It is estimated that six or eight million people heard the singers. Without doubt it was the largest concert audience the world has known. The transmission of this concert caused one of the important theatrical producers to sa. Radlo constitutes the greatest menace that the theater has ever faced.” The theater of the spoken drama faces a ‘“‘menace” in the moving picture. The moving pic- ture is reasonable in price, and pic- tures and titles often tell a great ¥ mittee, & resolution for the creation Bere of a matignal arboretum, It was dramatic story in a dramatic way. The radio “menace™ will increase, The| THE EVENING users of radio will multiply, and more and more will they expect nearly per- fection in their sets, Radio is to be-! come one of the great educational agencies. Already it is giving short lecture courses to more people than half a dozen big universities can reach in the traditional way. Already plays are sent through the air. One of the radio theater companies, the General Electric Players, at Schenectady, per- forms regularly, and when one of the local broadcasting stations relays a play the “radio audience” is large. The results are good. Every word spoken by the actors is heard, and the plot and situations are easily followed. 1t is not possible that radio and mo- tion pictures will destroy the “the- ater,” but it will probably reduce the number of theaters and actors. The spoken plays will be those that are really worthy paying a fair price to see, and the actors will be those who haye sufficient understanding of the dramatic art to speak their lines so that people will not have to guess at what they are talking about. Motion picture and radio competition will be good for dramatic art and for actors of talent. r———— Motors by the Million. The automobile industry is now cele- brating its silver jubilee. In 1924, a quarter of a century from the begin- ning of motor car use in this country, there were registered in the United States 17,700,179 motor cars, which was an increase of 2,000,000 cars, or 16.28 per cent, over the total number reglistered during 1923. Such a development means that traffic control presents the most seri ous problem that faced by the municipal and State authorities. It means that in a very few years the mere matter of moving traffic will be one of the greatest difficulty. In eight and a half years at this rate the num- ber of cars, in the United States will have doubled. One of the most difficult aspects of this question is that of the parking and storage of cars, In the cities car storage has become S0 grave a prob- lem that motor manufacturers are fearing the loss of a considerable mar- ket for machines. Yet thestotal con- tinues to mount. In citids where a large percentage of the people live in apartments individual garages cannot be had for perhaps as many as half of the ‘motor cars in use. In Washing- ton this condition prevails to some ex- tent, and many of the motor cars are left at night in the streets at the mercy of the elements and in danger of being stolen. In New York parking is absolutely prohibited during the business hours. This militates against the value of motor cars for individual transport. Washington has no such rule, but im- poses certain time limits, which are not effective. It is impossible to foresee the future in respect to m utility of such wide use and such rapid increase. Present efforts to cure the traffic evils in Washington may result in effective laws and means of enforcement. But in the framing of such laws and the provision of such means thought must be had for the high rate of increase in motor use. This silver jubilee year of the motor industry has its causes of question as well es gratification. ——e———————— Preparations for the presidential in- auguration have had the advantage of a fine opportunity for rehearsal in handling a heavy snowfall. Long jail sentences for all reckless motorists might create a new phase of the housing problem. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Sight and Hearing. It is & saying, far from new We've heard from day to day, The less a feller has to do, The more he has to say. You cannot judge a man by sound As surely as by sight. The person who just stands around May holler day and night. And yet with usefulness so small ‘When measurement you try, ‘There’s nothing visible at all Unto the naked eye, So let loquacity be gay. ‘The silent friend is true. The more a feller has to say, The less he finds to do. Political Harmony. “Statesmen no longer wear beards. “We defer to feminine standards,” answered Senator Sorghum. *“Most of us haven't enough hair to be worth bobbing, and the least we can do is to keep our whiskers cut.” Who? ‘When we are through with war so rough And bills through billions range, Who shall be generous enough To murmur, “Keep the change?” Jud Tunkins says he's sorry he made fun of the neckties his wife bought, Last Christmas she took him seriously and didn’t give him any. Advantage. I'd like to be one of the artists To whom I have listened with glee— But T'd rather be one of the public And have ‘em all working for me, Polite Pretext. “How did daylight-saving work out in Crimson Gulch?” “We kind o' thought it was a good thing,” answered Cactus Joe; “the time o’ day was somethin’ fur the boys to fight over without castin’ no reflections on one another's char- acter.” Ancient Sources. “Where did the piot of that new play come from?" “I don’t know where they got the plot,” said Miss Cayenne, “but I have it on good authority that the dialogue originated on one of the early canal boats.” -+ “Of course, de world is gittin' bet- ter,” said Uncle Eben; “but in all my days I never knew a time when dar was so many things & man could git arrested for,"” {9753 ; STAR, WASHINGTO THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Be yourself. This is one of life's hardest lessons —placed seventh in our list of 10—a lesson that all too few even realize extsts. There can be no personal consider- ation of a matter until one realizes that the problem is an actual prob- lem. Theory is one thing, practice another, personal application another. Yes, that is good advice, to be one’s self,” vau say, reading here, probably sublimely unmindful of the fact that the shoe fits vou. It fits me, it fits most of your friends and acquaintances, but that it really fits vou—well, that is another thing! Yet it does fit you; even as it fits me. Most of us fail to be ourselves a great deal of the time. We are never ourself when we think one thing and say another. We are not ourself when we do something that we do not want to do. We are not ourself when we say one thing and do something else. We are not ourself if we sit through a symphony concert when we crave jazz. We are not ourself when we drag out to dances and shows, all the time wishing we were home with a go06d book Conversely, we are not ourself if we stay in the big chair with a book, no matter how good it 1s, if our soul wants bright lights and the up-tiddy- up-tiddy of the saxophone and the bass horn. . No, we are not our own self if we allow others to talk us into actjons against the inner self, that colorful personality which, for right or wrong, is the best we have to offer to the world and to ourseif el o After all, is not that the gist of the matter It is what I have to offer myself that counts in the long run. And what counts in the long run is what really counts, If I feel ashamed of myself at any time I am terribly ashamed, indeed. This is not like that shame felt when the bum soprano comes onto the stage. You feel a guilty something spread over your entire being as the lady opens her rather large mouth and lets out a few blasts. She cannot sing. That is the simple fact of the matter. You know It; every one else in the audience knows it; her friends know it; her enemies are painfully aware of it The world seems to know it, with one exception. That one large excep- tion continues to emit awful sounds at accurately spaced intervals. When the music calls for a sustained note— which is about every other bar—her voice quivers in that tremulo known to the art and science of singing as “vibrato.” Some of the most noted music critics have dubbed this spasm ¢ epiglottis “the viclous vibrato.” It is worse than vicious, if that were possible. It is criminally negligent. You feel terribly ashamed for the lady. You particularly fear that final high C which experience tells you the singer surely will attemot to reach. They always do! Sure enough, here she goes— whe-e-e. e-e-e-e-and-the-0-00-0-0-0- 0-0-0-0-00! She slips and slides on the note, her voice doing everything from a handspring to a Jack Demp- sey shift. You feel terribly ashamed, and so does every one else. All cover their shame with tremendous applause, while the innocent cause of it all accepts the plaudits with great smiles of triumph. Most men and women are pretty decent, after all! Editors View With Suspicion Mussolini’s Proposed Election Benito Mussolini, premfer of Ttaly and man of surprises, has sprung a new surprise. From a virtual die- tatorship gained by revolution he suddenly arises in the Italian House of Deputies and proposes to revise the election statutes and seek popu- lar opinion at the polls under vir- tually the old election laws of his nation. In making this move, many American editors believe, he has dis- armed his opposition of its strong- est weapon against him. The press of this country, like the people of Mussolini's own country, are wonder- ing what the motive is and what the outcome will be. “It 1s now a little over two years since the Fascisti seized control of government in Italy,” observes the Baltimore Sun, “and during this period it has been impossible to as- certain what the Italian people themselves think of the overthrow of constitutional rule” The elections Jast May were no index, the Sun holds, because of Mussolini’s manipu- lation of the election laws through his hand-picked deputies. “Since those elections,” the Sun adds, “have occurred the murder of Deputy Matteotti, the exiling of ex-Premier Nitti and a number of other inci- dents which indicate a growing undercurrent of unrest. So serious has this become that it is said Mus- solini no longer dares to exercise censorship powers for fear of launch- Ing an organized revolt. This free- dom of the opposition to express opinions, coupled with the fact that in the election scheduled for’ next March each constituency will return its winning candidate, indicates that a real test of the popularity of Fascism is now coming.” * X %k X “The abstention of the opposition parties from Parliament weakened its representative character,” in the opinion of the New York Herald- Tribune, “the bitter attacks of the opposition press seemed to have shaken the premier's position, and what he himself characterizes as ‘the stupid and idiotic violences’ of his own supporters was undoubtedly bringing him into an impasse. The transition from the dictatorship was being ruined for a very obvious political purpose. Mussolini has ap- parently decided to checkmate his enemies by going the whole way. Vhile the Providence Tribune thinks: fussolini is taking a big chance. Either he will prove that even on the basls of democratic principles, which he despises, he has the confldence of the Italian people, or Fascismo will pass out of existence as a powerful political force.” “There may be many mutterings against the Fascisti today,” in the opinfon of the Boston Transcript, “but if Mussolini should be forced out of office, the call for his leader- ship is likely to be soon renewed. The great contributions of states- manship which Mussolini has made will come to be assessed at their true value, if the Parllament ever again becomes a mere wrangling house for small factionists. Let a new govern- ment come in with a weak fiscal policy, let the budget and the bonds of the consolidated loan go crashing, let the lira begin a new process of depreciation, and quickly enough the Italian people will be heard clamor- ing for a restoration.of good fiscal government. Blessings are most be- loved when they are lost.” * ok ok K According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer: “The Faccist plan was sup- posed to assure the Fascists a perma- nent majority, but Mussolini finds a permanent majority somewhat awk- ‘ward as long as the minority declines to take any part in the affairs of gov- ernment. D. C., MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 1925. No, enced when one is untrue self. Even the most careless person hus had times when he realized, if only for a moment, that he was being un- | true to the best in him, and so has experienced that personal sense of shame which comes when he is run- ning counter to that eolorful inner personality which is the best he has to offer both himself and the world. It may be only for a second that this light from the dim beyond il- lumines the dark r es of his being, but its flare, brief though it may be, shows him for once just what he stands for, and what he stands against. this is not the shame experi- to him- * % ok X A man has to be at least 30 years old before he comes to this realiza. tion. Younger men may think th understand, and perhaps a few of them do, but it is a safe estimate that one must be of the age men- tioned before he can begin to get hep to himself in this matter of being true to himself, This is such a complicated world, with such a mass of detail and al- most inextricable interwoven social relations, especially i civilization, that almost finds himself now and t monkey out of himself cause some one else is ing to type. If a man is a big, bluff fellow, he ought not condescend to drink tea simply because a friend of his drinks ea. He ought to stick to what he likes to drink. Here again we can go to our ani- mal friends with real profit to our- selves. Think how we visit friends and manfully consume oysters which we loathe, simply because th good hostess has placed them be- fore us! Put. an oyster In front of a cow. Bossy wiil turn her nose up at it. You see, the cow 18 true to herself. Set a saucer of orange juice before a cat. See how much of it the feline laps up. The cat simply remains itself. An animal is plactdly and eternally itself. It does not read a certain book because its friends read it and pronounce it good, nor does it yield to the bullying phrase that Not to have read So-and-so is not to be well read.” simply thus revert- a * ok k% We have become so s Sinclair Lewis pointed out, that live like sheep. We buy houses in flocks, go to the same shows in herds, wear the same sort of clothes in groups and probably will float to heaven on airplanes cut exactly alike. In these externals, of course, it does not make so much difference. That is where those readors made a mistake who took “Babbitt” too seri- ously. Basically, George Babbitt was a pretty decent chap, 1 met him the other street and we greeted with mutual admiration It is the internals of the situation that count. It is standardization applied to the mind and soul that irons all the pleasing wrinkles out of a man and smoothes him down like a piece of starched linen, that 10 men met together are only 10 samples of 1 instead of 10 dif- ferent men with 10 different minds. A man ought to be himself if the heavens fall because of his temerity. Look back over history, over life as we live and vou will find that those who amount to something, all those colorful personalities that we read and talk about, are what they are because they have dared to be them standardized on F other day each old constitutional method of voting to coax the minority parties if not into co-operation at least into partic- ipation.” The proposed new bill, in | the opinfon of the Pittsburgh Ga- zette-Times, “would apparently the people more freedom in choosing their legislators. But it is believed that in case they ‘misuse’ their free- dom to the disadvantage of Fascis- mo’s position in absolute control of the government, Mussolini will over- rule the decision.” “This referendum,” declares ths Louisville Courier-Journal, “may ap- peal to the public and increase Mus- solini’s popularity. It may mean the end of Mussolini. Nevertheless, its dramatic suddenness was typleal of the man and perhaps the only remedy for the parlimentary tangle in which Italy has found itself following the growing opposition to Mussolini and his followers.” The evident aim of Mussolini, thinks . the Muskegon Chronicle, “is gradually to re-estab- lish the relgn of law and order that he has had to shatter as he advanced to power, and the difficulty that even a man of his dynamic force finds in undoing a thing that he once con- jured, only illustrates again what a demon is lawlessness when once it is loosed.” e “It was but natural” declares the Waterloo Tribune, “that rulers—dic- tators, in fact—would split up into factions. Ruthless in their dealings with the Communists, they become ruthless in their dealings with dis- senters in their own ranks. They are said to have murdered one deputy who became unruly. This deputy had his friends and supporters. There is a clamor. now for an end to the dic- tatorship and return to representa- tive leadership, and so strong is this demand and so broken is the Musso- lini party that the dictator himself is for return to ‘rule of the people.’” The San Antonio Express, however, belfeves “Mussolini obviously con- siders that the Fascist organization could vanquish its foes in a general election or he would not have Intro- duced a bill radically modifying the election law.” In the opinio (Maine) Express: “Mussolini has been Italy's savior.” It declares: “He saved it from toppling over Into the maelstrom of bolshevism. He sub- stituted a strong government for one that was weak and futile.” the Portland Feeding the Brutes. From the Birmingham Age-Herald. It is said that the White House breakfasts are having a soothing ef- fect upon many Congressmen. The give | woman of yore demonstrated that she knew something of man's tempera- ment when she advised: “Feed the brute.” Not to Be Overlooked. From the Red Wing Bagle. Coolidge never split any rails to speak of back in Vermont, but he did swing a mean sap-bucket. The im- portance of this fact at the opening of the buckwheat cake season cannot be discounted. Latest High-Brow in Favor. From the Philadelphia Public Ledger. He who was once derided as a walk- ing dictionary is now consulting en- gineer to the cross-word puzzler. For Speed Limit Only. ¥ the Los Angeles Times. "Phey do mot need parking restric- le hopes by, restoring the tions on the road u.j-, VITAL THEMES The President’s Oil Commission. BY IDA M. TARBELL, Historian of the Standard 0il Co. President Coolidge probably was listening to his wise Secretary of Commerce when he appointed a cab- inet commission to consider oil con- servation. For a good many months now Mr. Hoover has been worrying over the multiplying and growing drains on the national petroleum supply. Some two years ago he called a conference of oil men, urging them to economize at home and extension into foreign fields. 01d oil men—those the 60s or 70s and catting in California, Te and Mexico — laughed at = Mr. Hoover. They have been hearing at interval all their producing lives these cries of approaching exhaustion and they quote Nature's answer to every alarm. Their figures are startling. In 1500, they will tell you, we were producing, in round figures, 64,000,000 barrels of ofl; 10 vears later produc- tion had risen to 210,000,000; five years later, 1915, to 302,000,000 bar- rels; In 1920 to 143,000,000, and now it is over 700,000,000 barrels. Why worry with such a record? There is always more where this came from. Mr. Coolidge’s commission will face one difficulty at the start, and that is the instinctive hostility of much of the oil trade. For over 50 years & powerful group in the industry has ght every attempt to curb its to force it to better service of the public. The oil gam- blers have been on the side of this leadership; have most of the oil trade journals. *To read them one might suppose that the Government was the malicious enemy of the in- dustry! This element can now be depended upon to at it can to hamper Mr. Coolidge’s commission, but the is past when it is all- powerful. There is an altogether modern spirit growing up in the ofl world — enlightened, sensing that if the industry is to be stabilized they must aid, not hinder, attempts of the Government to, find out whaf regu- lation is wise and what unwise. There is even an clement In the ofl trade today that goes so far as to talk out loud of regulation in the industry’s inner sanctum—the Na- tional Petroleum Institute. The most stirring feature of recent meetings of this fine organization has been an attempt to persuade the industry to a far larger degree of regulation than Mr. Coolidge's commission will probably dare to advise. And the institute listened, and a good number of its members applauded! The suggestion came from Henry L. Doherty, one of the big men in oils He proposed that henceforth the petroleum world pledge itself to do no drilling except by State permit and that it seck and adopt a plan of development which will result in P e community interest To be sure, the old leaders have 80 far successfully sidetracked Mr. Doherty’s proposal, but the member- ship has shown its interest by cheer- ing the idea of its open discussion. It is pretty certain that it will not who started in are still wild- is | be long, if Mr. Doherty sticks to his guns, as he has the doing, before we will tional Petroleum considering how reputation of have the Na- Institute openly S0 to harness oil as to produce according to needs, prevent waste and serve not only the individual company but the whole community. (Copyright, 1924.) ————. Diplomacy as a Career. The death of Edward Bell, Ameri- ean charge d'affaires at Peking, has evoked widespread expressions of tribute. They are well deserved. Mr. Bell's career gave peculiar proof of the ue of continuous and compre- hensive experien in the ationa’s professienal diplomatic corps. After serving in Egypt, in Persla and in Cuba, Mr. Bell was a secretary dur- Ing six successive years, including the whole w period. in that most inten- sive training field of diplomacy, the bassy at London. In Tokio he was rounselor, and charge as well, be fore undertaking the same posts at Peking. The concentration and con- tinuity of his work in the Far East, combined with his fine native abilit; made it possible for him to take over the full responsibility of these missions during the Ambassador’s absence, and to discharge that re- sponsibility with entire excellence and aptomb. That is the type of competence whith this Nation’s foreign service most urgently requires. Since the cniefs of American missions abroad come and go with each change of the administration at home, it is vital that at each embassy and legation there should be members of the per- manent diplomatic corps deeply versed in the affairs and practice of the mission concerned, and able to serve the chief with expert advice at every critical turn. More young men in the American foreign service should be given the advantage of specialized training which Edward Bell had. Thanks to the new law governing the diplomatic corps, more young men are likely to benefit by Just such an opportunity. The youth of today, who decides to devote him- self to the Nation's foreign service, has at least the assurance that his country will pay him a living wage for his work as secretary, and that his tenure wil be permanent. He may reasonably expect that the De- partment of State will =0 plan his assignments as to provide him not a scattered and unrelated experience, but an assured field of special com petence, permitting him to attain, if his character and capacity are equal to the attainment, a place of dis- tinguished importance in the diplo- matic world—Boston Transcript. e A Plea for Chlorine Gas Treatment To the Editor of The Star; I noticed in a recent Star a state- ment from one of the scientists, now holding their convention, that the gas treatment had little or no real qual- ities for the cure of colds. I would not, of course, dispute such a distin- gulshed authority, but here are the facts in_my own case: Last May I had a cold which had become realy serious. My cough was 50 bad that I could not sleep. Night after night I coughed the entire night. 1 was treated by a first-class special- ist, but my throat continued so in- flamed from constant coughing that the treatment did not seem to do any good. My specialist doctor suggested that I try the gas treatment. I took three treatments and the effect upon me was wonderful. My cold entirely disappeared, and my throat was so much improved upon the elimination of the cold that I was in a compara- tively short time relieved from my throat trouble. I did not see my phy- sician any more, but used the sprays he had given me for my throat, which seemed to become effective after the cold was removed. During the last month I have taken the gas treat- ment for another cold, and it did me lots of good, though, unfortunately, I developed a new cold afterward, ow- ing to the frequent changes in the weather, and have not been able to take the gas treatment again. There is no doubt that the gos certainly n 4, X, M. NORTON, ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 3 BY FREDERIC J. HAS, Q. What year was it that the rail- road across the Mall and the Sixth Street station were abandoned?—W. H. D. A. The first train was operated in Union station on October 23, 1907, at which time the Sixth Street station ceased operation. This station was torn down a year later. Q. With what material is the Capi- tol in Washington built?—R. W. A. The center part is of sandstone, painted white he wings are mar- ble. The dome is of cast-iron coated with copper, and painted white. Q. How was the name “New Or- leans” selected for one of the airships making the recent trip around the world?>—J. M. F. A. Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick per- sonally ted the names of the planes which made the round-the- world flight from a representative city of each section of the country New Orleans was picked as a city of the South; Boston, of the East; Chi- cago, Middle V attle, West. Q. What is the name of'the disease which causes the feet to grow to enormous proportions?—W. L. B. A. It is known as acromegaly Q. When is the bridge Buffalo and Fort Erie to be W. S. P. A. The proposed bridge between Buffalo and Fort Erie is still under consideration by the War Depart- ment. Hoth Canadian and congres- sional authority have been obtained. Q. How much food must be car- ried for dogs that pull sleds the Far North?—H. M. F A. Each dog will eat of food per day pulling & load of from 1,000 to 1 pounds, will eat the equivalent of its load in from 35 to 50 day= Q. Is it true that a person dream- ing of falling from a great height will from the shock if he does not waken before he hits the ground in his dream fall?—S. I. D. A. Physicians say that such an idea is ridiculous, although this is not susceptible of absolute proof, for if any man has ever died from the shock of linding at the bottom of a dream fall he has never had & chance to tell the world about it Q. What is a copyright, and what the earliest instance thereof?—O. M. A. Copyright is a right given law for a limited number of years (in the United States 28 years from the date of first publication) to the author or originator of an intellectual duction, or to his assignee. It is in tended to secure to him the exclu- sive right to his writing or other production, and to make reproduc- tions thereof. According to Justin- fan, a law was passed securing to the ribes by whom books were writ- en the property in the materials used; and in this way, perhaps, he the first germ of the modern law of copyright. between built?— in two pounds 2 ji Q. When was an effective police system established in England?—J. LR A. Sir Robert Peel established a tern in 1829 which resulted in a great diminishing of crime Q. How much did the popul of Chicago increase in the N. A A. The population of Chicago in 1860 was 109,260 and in 1870 it had in- creased to 295,977 Q. What | adjective?” Is “straigh A. Some equalities are of comparison because th, are so absolutely expressed that one cannot think of them as greater or less. For example “round,” “square,’ “unique.” Straight can be compared, hence it is not an absolute adjective. meant by an “absolute " one?—S. Q. Under what circumstances did Verdi write “Aida I A. Ismail Pasha, Khedive of Tur- key, commissioned Guiseppe Verdl to write “Aida” for the opening of the Cairo Opera House. Q. How does the new republic of Germany compare in size with Texas? —A. C. The area of the present republic of Germany is estimated at 185,889 square miles. Texas comprises 265,890 square miles. Germany is larger than any other State in the Union. Cali- fornia is nearest in size, having an area of 158,297 square miles. A team of 15 dogs, | by N Q. Has the te special significan age?—F. A. K A. Fait accompli, an accomplished fact, denotes in diplc an_event that has happened st be ac- cepted or recognized te, how- cever disagreebale Q. Do tralia?—E. A. 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Inclose 2 cents in stamps for a direct reply.) oy Haskin, eets northu WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC James J. Davls, Secretary of Labor, 1s gratified on his return from South America to find so astute a leader as Willlam Green wearing the mantle of Samuel Gompers. “Green inherits a going concern,” says Davis. “He takes command of the federation when all its great periods of stress and storm, whigh Gompers weath- ered, are behind it. Yet Green has grown up with the labor movement and is by mo means ignorant of Its 39 years of struggle and what they mean.” Secretary Davis predicts an uninterrupted career of constructive achievement for the Federation of Labor under its new captain. He sees a guarantee of perhaps even more conservative leadership in the cir- oumstance that Green was one of Gompers’ four chief associates who opposed the indorsement of La Fol- lette by the federation. £ K kK John Coolidge, whose acquaintance Washington socfety is making for the first time, has developed into a youngster of great charm and poise Quring his first term at Amherst. He has lost all the shyness of bovhood, and comports himself as if he'd been out in the great world for years. John favors his mother in type. He is dark, rosy-cheeked and affable. The President is immeasurably proud of the way in which John s shaping. The other night a couple of senatorial friends were at the White House for “pot luck” dinner —the Coolidges often invite intimates for a meal by telephone at short notice. The Pres- ident knew that John was on his way to a party, and he was anxious that his guests should have a look at the boy. So he left the table and pres- ently tripped down the corridor leading into the state dining room, hand in hand with John, in a very natural and affec- tionate sort of a way. * kX * D. R. Crissinger, governor of the Federal Reserve Board, was asked by a group of prominent Japanese newspaners to cable them a message of economic forecast for the mnew year. Keeping step with the admin- istration’s desire to omit no oppor- tunity of exhibiting our friendly spirit toward Nippon, Gov. Crigsinger readily complied. Incidentally, he pald a fine tribute to Japan. “The Japanese Emplre,” he said, “has again demonstrated its financial strength and recuperative powers by the re- markable recovery from the earth- quake disaster which inflicted sc enormous human and property loss in 1923. Not many decades ago such a disaster would have necessitated drafts on economic reserves, which would have had a depressing effect in all financial quarters. Thanks to the soundness of Japan's credit and the courage of her people, this shock has been absorbed without interfor- ing with the general movement to- ward rehabllitation of financial sys- WILLIAM WILE tems and the resur n business exchanges thro world.” of normat ghout the * % % There is said to be ment afoot in the Ken tion to secure a presid for Representative Langley, Republican, to the Federal prison fraud. The basis of the White House, if made, will that Langley was re-elected on No- vember 4 for his tenth successiva term in Congress, and by the largest majority ever given him. His friends and colleagues consider that such a “vindication” at the hauds of the people who know a man best entitles him to expect consideration under the circumstances in which Langley has become involved. It is not likely that the Kentuckizn would be par- doned before serving a part of his sentence, however brief. President Harding laid down the policy of withholding executive clemency from a convicted person before the latter had suffered some mprisonmen Mr. Coolidge on one or two sions has indicated his adhesion this practice. L quiet m 1cky delegu ential pardo Wesley hn nder s at At the appeal to e Senator Borah's suggestions about an international onference to deal with “all creation”"—a certain White House spokesman’s description of them—revives the criticism most com- monly leveled at the brilliant 1daho an. It is to the effect that Borah never quite carries a thing all the way through. It is asserted that he is_a bold initiator, but is prone to falter along the way that leads to final accomplishment. Also, Borah's friendly commentators point out, his gift is that of followership rathe than leadership. The Senote's ablest speaker may break with some of these attributed traditions in his new role as chairman of the foreign re- lations committee, There is a hint along that line in Borah's article in the January number of Seribner's Magazine, “The Republican Victory— What Shall We Do With It?" He writes: “In foreign affairs the most inter- esting Questions of a century are begging for attention. I am just as much opposed to foreign political en- tanglements or engagements as one could well be. They seem to me not only unwise and dangerous, but ac- tually an embarrassment, a hindrance in the great leadership which may, if we choose, be ours in the cause of disarmament and peace.” * X %k X January 29, is Kansas day be marked in Washington by the ar rival of “The Kansas Wheat Gir who is to bring a message to Presi- dent Coolidge. She is being selectec in a State-wide popularity contest now being conducted by 24 of the leading daily newspapers of the Sun- flower State. (Oopyright, 1925 It w