Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1925, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR|cton and before bonus days. The With Synday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY . .January 28, 1925 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. . Edi The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office, Lith St. and Penasylvanie &ve. New York Office: 110 Eas. 42ud Bt. Chicago Office: Tower Buf'ding. European - 18 Regent St London, The Evening Ster. with the Sundey mersing edltion. is delivered by carriers within the city 9 80 cenrs per moath: delly ool rents per month: Sunday ouly. 20 couts per month. Orders may he went by masl or fele phone Maia 5000. Collection fs mude by ear- Tiers ac the end of each momth Rate by \lul—;;m in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Paily and Sunday Daily only Sunday only. 1y, $6.00; [ mo., 56¢ ..1yr, §2.40; 1 mo,, 20c Al Ofher States. Daily and Sunday.1 yr., $10.00: 1 mo., $éc Daily only 17, $7.00; 1 mo., 60 Sunday oniy -1yr, $3.00;1 mo., 35¢ Member of the Associated Press. The Aswociated Press is excinaively entitied to he ‘use for republicaion of all mews die- Jatchies credited 1o {t or uet otherwlse credited o this paper and also the local gews pub. lished ‘herein All ‘rights of publication of spectal ditpatches hersin_are _siso reserved. Memorial Bridge. With no dissent from committee the Memorial Bridge bill, recently passed by the Senate, is now before the House of Representatives. The com- 151, $3.40: 1 me., 70c | bonus increased tiis, but the basic scales were not changed. When re- classification was effected about $i66 was added to the base pay on the aver- age. The employes in the lower ranges. however, got little more, as a rule, than the equivalent of the bonus, the aterage increase were computed for those who received without bonus up to $1.800 a year under the old scale it would be found to be far less than $600, would be, in fact, not much more than $236 or $300 a vear. The increased pay has not been given to those who need it most. It is true that those in the higher ranges are under obligations and are meeting necessities that require freater com- pensation for their proper support. But they do mnot feel the pinch of neceseity as do the Government work- ers In the lower ranges, whose margin beyond bare needs is at best very stight. Grievous disappointment was feit over the reclasstfication procedure ow- ing to this fact that the average of increase for those in the lower ranges of the pay scale was so slight, was, in fact, so little, If anv, above the elim- inated bonus. Reclassification cannot be accepted as conclusive and final, despite the fact that the average of overnment pay has, as the President states, increased about $600 a year. e For Two Eastern Parks. mittee strongly recommends its pas- sage, the reasons for the im- mediate construction of this link be- | tween the Capital and Arlington and | the South. It says: “Your committee | feels that the work on this beautiful | and patriotic project should be begun | as early as possible, especially in view of the fuct that after the work started it will be at least five years hefore bridge be opened to traffic.” One is at the remark of the House committee in favorable on this meas- ure is particularly striking: “The in- orsement which the Arlington Memo- rial Bridge proposition is receiving throughout the country is surprising. There is cause for deep gratitude in this country-wide expression of urgent indorsement of a project pertaining strictly to the National Capital. It sts a national coneern for the ment of the Federal City, felt by millions of people who regard this as their “other home.” Time was, a little while ago, its report | when it was difficult to arouse any interest in projects pertaining to the improve- ment of the Capital on the part of the in the States. Some of those who visited the District were aware | of the needs of the city, but rarely | gave expression to their feelings on | the subject. Recently, however, owing doubtless to the fact that American citizens have visited the Capital in large and constantly increasing num- bers, this attitude has changed, and there is a keen and intelligent interest in all pians for the realization of the ideal of a Capital City of a style and on a scale commensurate with the im- portance and dignity of the country itself. The Arlington Memorial Bridge is particularly an item of national in- terest, rather than loeal. It is designed to connect the city with the great na- fional cemetery, where lie the dead of the w in which the United States has participated. It is propesed as a Needed link with the national mecca, the place of highest reverence. Tt will | be a symbol of the firm union of the States, of the united spirit that pre. today throughout the country. It will be a practical means of access and an inspiration to citizenship at the same time. Time remains for the enactment of this measure before adjournment. The fact that from the committee was unanimous is signif- icant of a desire in that body for im. mediate action. No changes are pro- A few minutes of attentien in the House will put the bill In the way of approval and signature. The way is now open for the consummation of this project, so long ago proposed and s0 often delayed. people vails the report House posed. SE—— Fighting the Snow. Prompt and vigorous action by the street railway companies in the han- dling of yesterday's snow kept the tracks open and the traffic moving. | This decided improvement upon the conditions of New Year day and the day following. when, owing perhaps to the difference in the qual ity of the snow. and largely, it is evi- dent, to the lack of adequate provi- sion, the tracks were biocked and car | traffic was suspended. the same mahner Cleaning Department and " consequently city’s vehicular traffic moving without diffic heing light been handled, and with a large engaged in re- moving it from the main streets down- town it will not remain to meit and freeze and form blockading piles and ridges, was a the went Street vigorous- the been kept The snow, has ulty. has casily force The success of snow handling lies in prompt and persistent attack. No! cost is too great in this effort. This city should never again suffer from street conditions such as those that prevailed after the New Year storm. e L ery time the word “economy” is mentioned by an eminent official the experienced and observant ment worker shudders. Govern- | Curiosity beginning to assert ftself as to what Herrin, LI, does be- tween riots. — The Average of Pay Increase. i President Coolidge’s statement in | the course of his public talk at the| “business meeting” of the Govern-| ment Monday night regarding the im- | provement in the condition of the Government employes is susceptible of misunderstanding. He noted the that there been an average increase in compensation of about 3600 a throughout the depart- mental service. But this increase ap- plies to all grades in the s and has heen effected chiefly by larger ad- es in the higher ranges of the fact has vice, | va pay Formerly the average compensation in the Government was between $1,000 and $1,100. That was before reclassifi- | Great | service. | when Secretary of the Interior Worlk has T the way to removal of the only threatening barrier to giving the 75, 000,000 or more people in the Eastern States the benefit of national park facilities for recreation. He recom- mends passage of the Temple bill ap- propriating $10.000 to cover cost of steps preliminary to acquisition of the Blue Ridge area in Virginia and ap- propriation of $5.000 for a like study of the Great Smokies area in North Carolina and Tennessee. He would have the Blue Ridge area acquired as the first national park in the South- ern Appelachians, with the Govern- ment committed to acquiring the Smokles area as the second such park. This ought to satisfy all the parties in interest and assure enactment of the proposed legistation at the present session’ of Congress. To have permitted a conflict to arise between partisans of the two | park areas could have served only to becloud the issue and probably would have defeated any prospect of favora- ble action at this time. The Blue Ridge area is fairly entitied to prec edence as between the two sites. It was first cheice of an impartial com- mission which made a thorough study of the problem, not on account of physical superiority. but because of more ready accessibility to the largest possible number of people. Passage of the Temple bill, amended as propused by Secretary Work, would probably assure eventual acquisition of beth park areas, as it is could be acquired without serious bur- den on the national Treasury. Prestdent Coolidge has given hearty indorsement to the proposal, and the Bureau of the Budget has reported that it is not in conflict with the Presi dent’s fiscal program. All proponents of Appalachian national parks, regard- | less of the particular sites they ma: bave championed. are to be congratu- lated upon the progress thus far made. All that is necessary to a successful issue is united eoffort in suppert of what is now a jeint program which has the prestige of official backing and the merit of being fair and reasonabie, e The rise as related to the demand. Despite a complete control of the market, it is still considered necessary to offer a courteous explanation to an inquiring public. / e France sends to this country dip- | lomatic representatives of such tact- | ful and must circles matters. courteous qualities that it become a pleasure in official to talk even about e eaee— When the Senate has something of particular interest on hand, it occa- sionally ealls the attention of the press to the fact by going into exee- utive session. e Several Paris editors display an in- terest in pubiic modesty by referring to the debt as something everybody ought to be too polite to talk about. Retirement Annuities. The annuities of retired Govern- | ment employes should unquestionably be increased. The matter has been discussed for several years, but has re- cently been given extraordinary prom- inence by the Secretary of the Interior in a letter to Semator Stanfield, chair- man of the Senate committee on civil The Secretary of the Interior urges legislation at the present ses- sion of Congress to relieve “actual dis- tress existing in many cases” of Fed ! eral anpuitants. The matter has been discusséd by the cabinet, for in his let- ter the Secretary of the Interior says: “I am authorized to state that the members of the President’s cabinet fa- vor increased annuities for retired Government employes and hope that | Congress at the present session will come to the assistance of the thou sands of retired Federal workers by increasing their annuities under the retirement law.” The facts are presented that the average annual rate paid annuitants is $546.30. About one-third of the annuttants, who number about 11,000, receive the maximum of $720. and about one-third of the' number re- ceive less than $432. The question of Government contribution to the re- tirement fund is discussed. and it is | made clear that the fund from which annuitles are paid has been created and is maintained by deductions from salaries of active employes. “The Government,” says the Secretary of the Tnter has not vet been called upon to appropriate for the support of the retirement fund, and the time such paternalistic assistance will become necessary by reason of the depletion of the fund is not vet in sight” Statistics show that the fund is increasing in a way which was not anticipated . when \\the system of retirement annuities was or. which, of course, was eliminated. It! believed both | | in the price of gasoline is explained by the scarcity of supply | money | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. entered on five years ago. Two rea- sons for this, and they are the im- portant ‘reasona, are the inirease in Government salaries and the inclusion of certain classes of Government em- ployes within the scope of the re- tirement act. The saiary increases swell the retirement fund by the greater amounts deducted from the salartes, and deductions from salaries not subject to retirement deduction when the retirement system was insti- tuted also increase the fund. The Government and its active em- ployes should and do feel a sympa- thetic regard for those employes who after years of labor have passed out of the service by reason of their age. It should be assured that amnuities of retired employes are sufficient. ————— A Favored Mortal. No personage s the recipient of more adutation than the great singer. In gratitude for a brief respite from ordinary cares, people offer their heartfeit gratitude, expressed not only in terms of speech but in the form of pecunfary recognition. Kven the less eminent artist is made the ob- ject of especial faver and set apart from other men and women. In many instances the criticism he had to endure in making a career is com- pensated for by immunity from cen- sure for personal faults or misfor- tunes. Most fortunate of all public figures, the great artist moves amid no rivalries, save those of others in his own field of prominence and these it is the duty of tactful management to ®ombat without asking the per farmer to nndertake the cares of gen- | eralship. The singer affronts no one; | he formulates no public policies; he advecates no taxations, save those willingly met at the box office. When he lifts his voice he does not agi- tate the mind with doubts; he confers a kindness. We are hero worshipers every one and by the grace of nat- ural gift the song celebrity, with no effort on his part, save one which | brings him happiness, is acclaimed in peacetime as perhaps the greatest hero of them all. B Popular enthusiasm is such in con- nection with the determination to make Washington a glad and giorious spot during the inauguration, | dent Coolidge. though favoring a mild | demenstration, may feel constrained to follow his custom of avoiding any waste of words. et When it comes to the presence of representatives of the allies in Co- logne, Germany makes no pretense whatever of hospitality. = e Although Mr.. La Follette is com | paragively composed for the present. Mr. Brookbart of Towa finds it neces- sary to carry on the oid fight. — e —— It is becoming customary for the United States Senate to have a dis- | cussion every time the title “Attorney | | General” is mentioned. | o Residents of Herrin, Ill., might find it advantageous to get together and | hold a peace conference i | | o SHOOTING STARS. BY PHTLANDER JOHNSON. Peace Dove. The Peace Dove is a gentle bird Of limited capa | Remarks from heard Thet show a mild mendacity. her are sometimes Her song is not enough, T vow, | Tosilence threats piratical, | For military science now ‘ Is largely mathematical. | O, Peace about And get you to a nunmery. We need some bird to figure out New stuff for modern gunnery. Dove, turn you ’‘round Consistent. | “What do you think of the argu- | ment about prohibition?"” “There isn't any argument.” an. swered Senator Sorghum. “Every voter in my district is for it all the time, drunk or sober.” I | — | Ancestral Trait, A simple savage long ago Believed a comet. carried woe, And that eclipses caused much harm. Unless folks knew the proper charm, | Which could dispel the evil great Impending o'er their mortal state. A wise man said, “Dismiss your fear. Behold the skies with greater cheer. Thought will go speeding through the air. We'll learn to tame the lightning's glare Whose underlying force shall start A lamp, or help to drive a cart.” The savage raised his ¢lub. The blow Fell hard and laid the wise man low. “Your punishment,” he said, “is due For saying things that can’'t be true!” And we today plain fact neglect While superstition finds respect, Jud Tunkins says the busiest look- ing man on earth is the one who is trying to hide the fact that he's not doing much. The Real Myste: “Why do many divorced?” “Why some of them get divoreed.” answered Miss Cayenne, “is easier to understand than why they got mar- ried.” | s0 people get The Government Worker, “Economy.” he murmured with a frown-— T've oft employed it. When Uncle Samuel down, I can't avoid it.” cuts expenses Reluctant Auditor. “Do you headphones on your | radio?” “No,” answered Mr, Growcher. “We have a loud speaker. I use earmuffs.” use “Politeness don’t cost nuffin’, Uncle Eben, “unless it comes fum a salesman dat succeeds in landin’ you.” e e Party regularity consists in follow- ing the leader until the trough is reached.—Baltimore Evening Sun. that Presi-| | There are “lessons” and “courses” on everything—how to get rich, how to have a good memory, how to be an orator, how to inveigle the boss into increasing your salary fourfold within a year, how to “make people do what you want.' how to compel them to buy something they do not want. But as far as I can recall no one has ever offered to the eager public greedy for self-improvement. a course on “How to Keep From Getting Run Over,” and so | have decided to do it myself. This ought to be even more valuable than a course of self-im- provement, since it is in reality a lee- ture on seif-preservation. Do you juggle around in the middie of the street while automoblles dart at you? What would you do if, while standing on a car platform, you saw an unusually pretty girl wink at you across the way? How would you handle such a situ- ation as this: You are standing at the rear of a parked car, when sud- denly you feel yourseif impelled for- ward, the motorist starting to back out without realizing that youw are back there? What, you never thought sbout it? Then. by all means, you should read this course, whick may save you from imminent physical ruin, complete demolition, and allow you to continue to grace the family fireside for years to_come. These “Lessons in Crossing the Street™ cost you absolutely nothing— you do not even have to slgm @ cou- Pon or send them back after five days if you do not care to keep them. Try these eight easy lessons in the privacy of your own city. If honestly practiced the accident rate here would be greatly reduced, I am con- vineed INTRODUCTION. The very fact that scores are killed and hundreds are Injured in the National Capital every year points te the necessity for these lessons om how to keep from getting run over. It is mot possible to put all the blame on the motorists any more than it §8 to say the pedestrian is entirely at fault, or the trafic laws. Where human nature is involved there will be ervors of judgment. It is very necessary, then, for the Pedestrian to give thought to this matter, for by doing so he will be able to avert injury and perbaps even death. LESSON Do not walk out on the street at any time, day or night, without first looking both ways. This primary law of street | gation “is violated thousands of times a day, especially by women. who are lacking most in the essential of _agility. Tt will not do to way. up the street, when the real danger Hes in the other direction. How can the pedestrian tell which car will run over him? He cannot. 50 the only sensible course is to re- gard every car as a source of danger. It is especially necessary to look both ways when walking out from the curb between parked automobiles. The pedestrian who takes this principle well to heart has gone a long way toward preserving his own life and freeing the motorists from heart strain. There are very, very fow automobilists who actuaily like to run over anybody. LESSON 11 Don't stand arked cars. Having fully observed Law I, sur- veyed the avenue for approaching cars, it will not do (o stand inno- ently behind the big Hinousine while vou gase across the street at the snappy lady. The street navi- look just one i long at the rear of i is no place for sueh open admiration even of a thing ef beauty. The miotorist, starting to back out. cannot see direetly him and may give you guite a bump, according to his initial velocity. LESSON 111 Don't get caught napping street car piatform. This s one of the most dangerous places for a pedestrian to start day dreaming. The danger, commonly on While there has teen a great deal of discussion as to how far the United States is committed in “en- tangling alliances,” -~ through the agreement on reparations payments reached by the recent Paris confer- ence, there appears a genmerab tonme of approval in the press that a defi- nite position Is taken by this coun- try. Editors generally appear to be perfectly willing to let future de- velopments determine Low {ar America is involved in responsibility for collection from Germany. “Under the agreement,” says Boston Transcript, “we are to | the re- annually, be- 1926, on ac- count of the costs of the American Army of Occupation. This to con- tinue until the entire cost is wiped out, which will probably be about 17 vears. “Second—21% per cent of all the re- ceipts from German the Dawes annuities. “Third—A share proportionate to our 2% per cent on any distribution of railway bonds, industrial deben- tures or other bonds. “Finally—All our rights under the Wadsworth agreement of May 23, 1923—superseded by this agreement —are waived. * A significant * % phase of the con- ference,” according to the Seattle Times, “is that for the first time since the Versailles treaty failed of ratification American representatives are participating efficlally in the | peace settlement. Tt camnot De doubted that from now on America will have officlal delegates on th | ground looking after our interests.” { While in the opinion of the St. Paul Dispatch, “America, by the terms of the very favorable settlement which Ambassador Kellogg has negotiated in Paris, is now a partner once more with its former allies for common action with respect to Germany.” { Since “the. newly designated Secre- tary of State was one of the nego- tiators of the Paris agreement thinks the Indianapolis News, “It also may be interpreted as shedding light on his probable policy in the office he soon will fill.” Logically, | adds the News, “there must be an increasing union of effort between | the republic of the West and the na- tions of Europe. * % %% Referring to Senators who raised the point of “foreign alliance,” the New York Times says: “It will be enough for most people to know that Mr. Coolidge has, in fact, approved throughout the agreements reached at Paris, Americans in general will be- lieve that this is a sensible and prac- ticable way of getting our due from Germany. and wiil pay little attention {to the excited gentlemen who act as if they thought they could rail the seal off that bond.” While the New York Herald-Tribune thinks: “Tn signing the Parls protocol the United States was attending strictly to ifs own business and defending its own urgent interest, Germany owes us be- tween $600,000,000 and $300,000,800 for Rhineland occupation costs and war damage claims. We are-trying to col- i bebind | pr Editors Generally Not Alarmed | By Terms of Paris Agreementl | | gentlemen WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 928, 1925. - Politics at Large BY G. GOULD. LINCOLN. Willlam M. Butler, Semater fronr Massachusetts amé chatrman of the unrecagnized, lles in the fact that the platform gives one a feeling of safety. Y Automobiles come by so cless ts the platforms that a pedestrian who um- warlly steps off may be struck. He may have looked for cars approach- ing, but sudden}y a friend hafls him. He turns, returns the greeting, and then—his mind has been diverted from the Grand Law of Attention, which is necessary at all times when on the styeets. “Hello, Bill,” he cries. then steps off the platform, without think- ing where he is. LESSON IV. Never give a motorist a chance to kiil you. How ds you know which type of man Js at the wheel? There are three main types of mo- torists: (a) the careful. (b) the care- less. (¢) the criminal. Motorists, ¥ am convinced, are like a well kmown brand of soap. They are 39 44-160 per cent pure, including the careful and the eareless. A care- less man who injurfes some one may be as conscious-stricien as the care- ful_man. The other 56-100 of motorists in- clude the utterly indifferent, the. ignorant, the mean and the viciou Any car that approaches you may be driven by ome of these vulturés in human form. Why, therefore, take a chance by standing out in the street where one of them can run over you? No, the sensible thing is to wait until your atreet car comes to a halt, then leave the curb. Never allow yourself to be caught in the street with a means of retreat cut off, and the street car fust slow- ing down, bloeking egress that way. This is & fundamental law of life in a great ck: LESSON V. Do not fead while crossing the street. We ail love to read, but the open street is no place for it. The streét dedicated to traffic, but you would never know it, to watch persons crossing while reading the newspaper, a magazine, or even a book. If you must read in the open, go out to Rock Creek Park, and even) then keep off the roads. LESSON V] Guard at all times inst distrac- tion of your attention from the main issue of getting across the street safely. We have considered this sub- ject somewhat under lesson 3, but pluce it here for emphasis. Not only never allow any one to distract your own attention from the issue, but never call to any one when you s he ts intent on his seif- preservation. Beware of looking at Even a chicken cros t on the other sid the old joke, steadfast. the girls. the road to , according to and vou shouid be as LESSON VIL Wait 10 minutes on the eurb rather than 10 days in the hospital or 10,000, 000 vears in eternity Never a day goes by here but shows untless instances of old ladies and taking chances to catch cars, gaining half a minute, forsooth, when they have all afternoon to achleve their destination It is better to wait—and wait— and wait—than to be Injured. LESSON VIII Don’t try playing tag with automo- biles. In most cases a severe attack of dodgitis on the part of a pedestrian merely serves to hopelessly confuse the motorist. Stand still and give the 99 44-100 a chance to miss you. On the other hand, take no chances with the indifferent and the criminal. Dodge, if you have to, and dodge well, if you value vour immortal soul. CONCLUSION. The reader, by:this_ time. will is that the writer is absolutely seriou although he started off in a lght vain. Every man, woman and child in Washington needs to take lessons | In crossing the street; and if this Course on How to Keep From Getting Run Over saves but a single life. it will have been tremendously well worth while. i lect that sum through adherence to the Dawes plan distribution agree- ment. Our European allies owe us about $10,000,600.000. It will help them to pay us if they recelve the reparation sums due them from Ger- many. We have an enormous stake in the successful operation the Dawes plan. At Parle we bre stmply exercising common sense in protact- ing assets of immense value to our heavily burdened taxpayers.” The Cleveland Plain Dealer believes we cannot consistently be a party to the agreement affecting the collection of debts due us without at the same time supporting the machinery of col- lection.” The United States “has come off with flyimg colors at the in- terallied financial conference,” de- clares the Louisville Courier-Journal, which adds: “The face value of its aims remains unchanged, a definite plan of payment has been agreed upon and the Government takes a new attitude regarding European af- fairs by insisting on a tangible in- terest in the Dawes plan. It has made concessions and won its point.” * X % % “What moral and indirect effects the Paris accord may produce in the course of time is a distinct question, ays the Chicago Daily News. “The isolationists will indulge in the lux- ury of sorrow, but judicious Ameri- cans will not worry over vague pos- sibilities. The Paris accord is anothe: long step toward world pacification and international stability and good will. That consideration is quite suf- ficient for the present.” Fight as hard as they will, says the Philadelphia Public Ledger, the isolationists “will find it hard to shake the confldencc of the courtry in the Hughes a sertion that this Government has as- umed no new legal or moral obli- gations and is : s free as it ever was from commitments. “Advocates of close co-operation between the United States and Eu- rope,” says tme Lynchburg News, and they are growing in numbers— “can well afford to rejoice with the administration in its triumph. Their reasons may not be exactly the same, but their satisfaction need be no less for all that.” In the view of the San Antonio Express: “Our Government henceforth must stand with the allles as a partmer in any dealings with Germany touching reparations. It ob- tained the elimination of the clause providing that the American war claims be limited to $350.000,000, when the Paris conference’s agreement was most ready for signature. In re- turn Washington undoubtedly pledged co-operation with the other signa- tories in event of further related disputes with Germany.” ————e—— French finance ie turnin; T nto i powder magazine, pot onty #ith the knowledge of bat obviously RS of LT great powers; which are holding u ‘heir hands in horror at what Il'luv! dosed to be gotng on In unoccupied lermany. E. P MORCEL, M. ¥. —————— You can estimate your standing in a hick town by the number who try to borrow money from yow.—Jersey. City Jersey Journal, | i Republican nationak his first political speech since becom- ing Semator I mended the stremgthening of party allegiance and loyalty. addressing the Senate, committee, in t December, recom- lines and the development of party He rwas not but the Re- publican Club of -Massachusetts, in Boston. Ho made an interesting ad- mission—coming from the national chatrman of the Republican party— in comnection with the overwhelming election of President Coolldge. The huge vote east for President Cool- idge, he said, was made up in part of men and women who voted for Cool- idge, the man, rather than Coolidge. the Republican. It is these voters, Mr. Butler said, whom the party must win to itself permanently i pogsible. “We must prove to them that our party is worthy of the President. and that the President is typieally = product of our party,” said Semator Butler. * w3 Chairman Butler's appeal to strengthen the feeling of party alleglance and to make, if possible, permanent cenmverts to the Repub- lican cause shows a shrewd grasp of the situation. The voters in the country have worn the party yoke more and more lightly as the years have progressed. The so-called in- dependent vote, which owes allegiance to no party standard has grown to vast proportions. Senator Butler pointed to the benefits to be devived from party government—and declared that the system of party government s it developed in this country has een to the interest of the whole people. All our efforts, and T am speaking plainly,” sald Mr. Butler. “will come to naught unless we sycceed in de- veloping, not only among the rank and Tile, but among the leaders and our duly elected officials an apprecta- tton of the necessity of party loyalty. It was in recognition of this situa- tion, Mr. Butler said, that “certain gentiemen were lately stricken from the Republican rolls.” He had refen- ence to the action of the Republican caucus of the Semate, which has sought to read out of theé party Sena- tor La Follette of Wisconsin, and three of his followers in the last campaign—Breokhart of lowa, Ladd and Frazier of North Dakota. Senator Brookhart is looking for- ward _with considerable confidence that his right to a seat in the Senate —contested by his Democratic oppe- nent, SBteck—will be confirmed. He won the Republican nomination In the primaries. While his Repubiicanism was challenged by the party organi- zation in fowa during the campaign. and the State centrai committee has sent resolutions to the Senate urging that he be not seated because he abandoned the Republican national ticket and followed La Follette, maintaina he received the greatest number of votes cast for Senator and cannot be denied the right to repre- sent Towa in the Senate for the next s1x vaers. Reports that have reached Senator Brookhart indicate, he savs, that probably thousands ef “straight Re- publican” baliots were not counted for him, although he was designated as the Republican nominee for the Senate. A mumber of election judges raised the question whether these ballots should be counted for Brook- hart, it e sald. The fact that & straight Republican bailot—which means the voter indicated he desired to vote the Republican ticket ail down the line—incinded Brookhart was tho great advantage which the Senator had in the election over the La Follette presidential ticket in lowa Senator Cummins of Towa, President pro tempore of tie Senate, comes up for re-election twe years. heyce. Should Senator Bivokharf be dénled a seat In th& néw Congress and his Democratic opponent be seated, it is tikely that Semator Brookhart would enter the race for the nomination for Senator against Senator Cummins in 1926. *x % % In a little oyer three weeks time the Conference for Progressive Poiit cal Agtion—which nominated La Fo’ lette for President last July—wili meet in convention in Chicage o tackle the question of setting up & new political party. Senator La Foi- lette has gome to Florida for his health. He is not expected to be in Chicagoat the time of the convention. He was not there as a matter of fact when the conyention nominated him Jast Summer. But some of his friends expect the Semator to send to the conference a miessage, and in that message to set forth what he thinks a new political party should stand for, and what its organization should be. it one is to be formed. It is no secret that Sepator La Follette has long belleved there should be & mew allignment politically in this coun- try—that the liberals should be gathered into one group and the con- | servatives into another. if he could be the father of such a party, it would be the crowning glory of his career, s admirers say. But if Semator Follette sends to the convention a message outlining the kind of a party a new third party should be, and th convention deviates from his sugges- tions, then Senator La Follette could scarcely be expected to lend the welght of his name to the proposed organization. s * K ¥ ¥ At the convention in Chicago will be varfous schoois of thought on the new party idea. The Sociallst delegates are all for a new, liberal party, and 0 are some of the Farmer-Labor dele- gates. On the other hand, delegations from the great organizations of labor, the American Federation of Labor and the rallroad brotherhoeds, look askance upon the proposal. -They prefer to proceed along the line of non-partisan _political effort which they have followed traditionally, sup- porting those candidates and plat- forms which they believe more friendly to labor, without seeking to make themselves responsible for any single political party. While there will be a serious effort to organize.the new political party, it is admitted that the movement is not so strong as It was a few months ago—in_ fact 'before the Coolidge avalanche descended upon the Pro- gressives and the Democrats. * k¥ ¥ The Democrats are still groping about for fssues and for healing remedies for their party wounda Sonator Paf Harrison of Mississippl, keynoter at the disastrous New York convention, - Is speaking in many cities urging party harmony. Tonight he makes a speech m Columbus, Ohfo, at a Jackson day banguet. There is much talk about getting back to the principles of Democracy as laid down by Thomas Jefferson. The Democrats who have demanded that the party become radically progres- sive are not quite 5o vociferous now. They saw Mr. Coolidge capitalize the conservative, ‘common sense of the American p not go long ufo. and the results awhich it brought him. The titulér head of fhe Democratic party—John W, Davis—has recently returned to’ this country. It may be expected, {t is said here, that Mr. Davis will from time to time give utferance of .advice to bis Demo- cratic ussoclates, but that he has no idea of seeking the nomination for President four years hence. He holds the title of leader. by reason of bis selcction to heall “the party ticket and he caonaot entipely ~escape the responsibility which such leadership lays upon him—even if he desired to ‘da 80, which Be does not. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN Q. Hiw many trees are there in Washington. D. C. and what kinds | are represented?—F. W A. There are about 105,000 trees in tae National Capital Practically every kind of tree that will grow | in that climate is found. The main varieties planted along the streets and in the parks are sugar maple, yeamore maple, red maple, eim, lin- den, sycamere ash, pin oak, homey locust, gtnkgo and horse chestmut. Q. Which is the largest national cemetery in this country?—J. C. M. A. The Arlington National Ceme- tery is the largest national cemetery in the United States. It has an area of 408% acres. Q. Why will a safety match ignite when rubbed on glass, when it will not on any other smooth surface?— 0. R A. Probably because the very smooth 2nd hard surface of the glass makes the point of contact of the match head small and the friction is all at this small point. On a rougher surface the match head is worn off. It the surfacs is softer than glass the head sinks onto it enough te increase the area of contact and thus the heat- ing effect is distributed over too large a surface for the temperature at any paint to becone high enough to ignite the composition. To light the match on gias® requires a quick sweeping stroice with firm presaure. Q. What js “desert soap” composed ot?—D. M. B. A The yucca plant that grows in dosert regions is sometimes called desert soap. It is used for a detergent and for washing fine laces Q. What is the omnibus pension 3. W. M. It is a bill granting special re- lief to certain persons entitled to pension. Congressmen place names of espectally deserving cases on a list and a bill containing these names is brought before Congrese annually. Q. How many people and how many nations are there in the world toda¥?—G. A A. The estimated population of the world is 1748.000,000. There are about 70 independent nations at the present day. : Q. Where is the Hudson River the widest>—R. L. F. A. The greatest width of the Hud- <on River ig 3.1 statute miles. This point is just below Haverstraw, N. Y. Q. T have noticed a star which rises about $ o'clock in the southcast, moves up and down, then goes side ways. What causes. such a move- ment?—J. S. A. The Naval Observatory says no such motion as you described in vour letter i possibie. A similar report which Prof. Simon Newcomb once in- vestigated, turned out to be due to “upposing that a star which had just risen was identical with another which had been seen fo rise some time before and was really high up when the other rose. Q How many dimes made in 1584 are marked “S"7—G. H. B A. The letter "S” is the mint mark of the San Franciseo mint. In 1884 there were 24 dimes made bearing this mark. Q. Which iy the smallest bird in the world>—E. T. S. A. There are two species of hum- | ming bird whieh are practically the jsame size—they are found in parts of Costa Rica and the West Indies. “Helena's Humming Bird," however, ts considered the smaller of the two. It is found in Costa Rica. Q. Please give pronunciation of the |name of a city in France spelling “Pauw"—R M. C. A. It is pronounced like the English name “Poe.” Q@ Why do leaves fall from a rub- ber plant which is growing indoors? —P. C. H. A. Tt is probably due to the fact BY FREDERIC Tsuneo Matsudaira. the new Japa- nise Ambassador to the United States. sail from Yokohama on February 5 and reach San Fran February 20. Preparations are under 1 California. They are in charge of Francis B. Loomis, president of the Japan Society of America and former For a brief period in 1905 Mr. Loomis was Seeretary of State ad interim. After Mr. Matsudaira has been enter- tained in San Francisco, he will hurry across the continent in time to pre- sent his credentials to President Coolidge before March 4. A great ban- quet in San Francisco will be the ciimax of the festivitics in the new envoy's honor. The attendance of | acores of Pacific coast editors will be ne of its features. Mr. Matsudaira i is expected, soon after arrival, to make an important pronouncement of Japan's “American policy,” in light | of exclusion legislation, which still rankles in Nippon's bosom. R Representative William R. Green of lowa, chairman of the ways and means committee of the House, wiil spend the Spring in Europe, gather- ing data on revenue laws, for use at the mext session of Congress. He expects to pass most of his time in Great Britain. which Mr. Green thinks is ahout the only country on the other side that has anything val- uable to teach us in the reaim of, tax- ation. When Premier Stanley Baldwin was negotiating the British debt set- tlement in Washington two years ago he stressed in prideful accents that Britain “from the beginning of the war was the heaviest taxed na- tion in the world” adding: “We financed our military operations to a greater degrec than any other na- tion by making the present gemera- tion pay. It is our way to pay as we &0, so far as we can. The total an- nual per capita taxation in Great Britaln amounts to more than $100. Incidentally, Representative Green hopes to find our British cousins bet- ter posted on American geography than they were the last time he was in England. “A London lady.” he says, “once asked me where | was from. 1 said, ‘Towa’' She rejoined: ‘How cxtraordinary; I've always pro- nounced it ‘Ohlo. " * % % Close students of the political psychol- ogy of Calvin Coolidge #ay he invariably carries out his precepts by example. The President's economy program IS a case in point. When he was asked this week whether there is any definite plan for cutting down the Government's pay roil by $62.000,000 Mr. Coolidge explained that what he had in mind was ex- emplified by racent action at the White House. It had been found possible to dispense with the services of two mem- bers of the clerical staff. That's what *| the careful Vermonter expects subor- dinate executive chjefs to do—to lop off superflucus employes wherever possible. Washington receiveq a chock when it heard of the -President’s plan for deci- mating the civil service. But the 35,000 or 40,000 odd persons who eventualiy may be released are employed all over the country, and the Capital will only be relatively affected. * % ¥ ¥ Senators Pepper and Reed of Penn- eylvania, we are toid, are on the war- path for more Repubiican patronage for Keystone State faithful. They feel that the Commonwealth of steel, cval and about | way to give him a hearty wgicome in | | Minister to Venezuela and Portugal.| that home atmosphere is much too dry for the plant. To remedy this put it inte & room and set a pan of water on the radiator so that the atmos phere will absorb the moisture. Of course, we aseume that the sofl is go0d conditien Q. In the South Carolina mountains one hars the term “blockader.” What is its meaning?—C. E. A. A. Du Bose Heyward in a footnots in his recent book says that the old mountain distiller, whese fight has always been for the principle of per- sonal liberty, has always referrsd to himself as a “blockader.” The poet adds that the “blockader” is nmot to be confused with the post-Volstead- ean “moonshiner.” Q. What is a Lactars medal’—G. R A It 1s a gold medal presented each year by the University of Notre Dams, Indlana, to some Roman Catholic cler- gyman in recegnition of distinguished service rendered by him to the ceuse of religion or education. It is given on Mid-Lent or Lactare Sundazy. Q. Who was the one-armed Freneh general who made a partial tour of this country a few years ago?—F. J. B. A. The noted French general who has only one arm is Gen. Paul M. C. G. Pau. On August 6, 1870, during the Franco-Prussian War, he was wound. ed by the explosion of a shell in the Battle of Foreschwiller, as a result of whh:.ih his right arm had to be ampu- tated. Q. Didn't the steamer Whalsback. running from Chicago to Milwauk=e, meet with an accident a few years 2go?—S8. J. B A. The Bureau of Navigation says that ts hes no record of a steamer of the name of Whaleback. It might be posaible, however, that you have ref- erence to the Christopher Columbus, a steamer of the type termed whale- back. This vessel was in a collision on June 30, 1917, that resulted in the loss of 16 of her passengers and th« serfous damage of the vessel Q. Can you give me statistics cor cerning the professions emtered into by graduates of Howard University Washington?—P. W. H. A. A recent report states that the School of Religion, together with it associated schools, has given to th- Nation 3,733 doctors, 859 lawyers, 117 business men, in addition to 474 me: and women trained for spiritual and soctal service. Q. What makes submarines stay a various depths?—3M. M A. There are a number of things | which make a submarine stay at vary | ing depths in the water. First, this depends upon the size and weight of the boat; second, the density and con- dition of the water, and third, the mechanism of the boat. Some are built to go deeper than others. The coast submarines are constructed so ax to stay at a more shallow depth | Seagoing submarines are constructed | s0 as to remain at a depth of from 200 | 1o 300 feet. | | | vide funds for burying soldiers?—: | R A | A. If a veteran dies in a Veterans' Bureau hospital, he is allowed $100 | for burial expenses. also if any vet- j eran dies without sufficient assets to | meet the burial expenses, the Vet- | erans’ Bureau will provide an amount | not exceeding $100 to meet the de- | ficieney. | Q. Does the Veterans' Bureau pro- (The Star Information Bureaw will answer your question. This offer applics atrictly to information. The bureau can- not give advice on lcgal, medical and financial matters. It does not attenpt to settle domestic troubles, mor under- take cxhawstive research om any sub ject. Write wowr question plainiy and briefly. Give full name and eddrces ond inclose 2 _cents .im.stamps for. Teturn postage. ' All replics are sent direct to the ingquirer. Address Frederic J. Haskin direetor. The Star Information Bureax, Twenty-first and C streets morthwest.) WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS WILLLAM WILE oil has become the Cindereila of the G ©. P.. entirely out of keeping with her historic role as the eource of campaign war sinews. Examination of the roll of Federal higher-ups doesn't exactly dis close that Penn State is out in the coid To begin with, it has exactly one-fifth of the Cabinet—the secretaryships of the Treasury and Labor. It has a couple of our prized ambassadorships—those to Italy and Spain. It has four coveted foreign ministerships—to Greece. Al bania,’ Honduras and Liberia. James Montgomery Beck. Solicitor General of the United States, is at least 50 per cent a *Pennsylvanian. Pennsylvanian are chairmen of the House commitiees on foreign affairs, naval affairs. b ing and currency. ciaims, judiciary printing. post office and . roads and Labor Department expenditures. Boles Penrose was the champion patronage getter. Perhaps when Pepper and Reed are in the Senate as long as the Fhiladelphia boss was Penn will again bestride the Federal universe. * X o % M. Franklin Bouillon, the French slatesman who is Teported to be com- ing to the United States on an unofficial visit, 1s famed in Europe as a man whom La Belle France is accustomed to send abroad on private and personal missions. ft was in an unofficial, pri- vate and personal capacity that Bouil- lon made his famous sojourn in Angora, the capital of Young Turkey. a couple of years ago, and there laid the founda- tions of the Franco-Turkish treaty that paved the way for the new deal in the Near East. The suspicion is bound to rise that Bouillon is headed for the United States on matters connected with the French debt. He commands our language fluentls, and on his maternal side claims descent from Benjamin Franklin. * * % % John E. Snook of Idaho, who has been in Washington on the way fo his new post as warden of the Federal prison at Atlanta, was a United States deputy marshal in the rough-and- ready days of the Klondiks gold rush in Alaska. His specialty was round ing up bandits who were tough as they ever made ‘em. “Two-gun men were the rule rather than ception, and Snook fought them their own way. - The most notorious outfit Snook had te deal with farthest north was the “Soapy” Smith gang While taking one of Smith's gunmen 1o jail at Sitka, Snook was shot twice and still carries the bullet marks of that aencounter. Before he was through with them, 11 members of the Smith gang were brought to book under Snook’s direction. The new master of Uncle Sam's lock-up In Atlanta discussed the recent escape of Gerald Chapman from that prison in terms that indicate bad cess to that accomplished highwayman the next time he attempts to absent him- selt without leave. AE G !+ Pro-Soviet “partisans, since Japan | came® to terms with Moscow, have been-jubilating that the ¥nited States is now the only first-rate nation that boycotts the bolshevist government That ism't so. Uncle Sam is in splendid company in refusing rela- tions with the Communists. In the first place, all of our sister republics of Central and South America stand with us. except Mexica. In Europe states like the Netherlands, Belgiun. Spain. Poftugal, Crechoslovakia, Jugu- slavla,:“Rumania, Bulgaria and Swit- zeriand_have declined to recognize Soviet Russia. (Coprright, 1925.) the - ex