Evening Star Newspaper, June 15, 1925, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. - WASHINGTON, D. C. ‘MONDAY June 15, 1925 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Offica: 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave,. Na&‘\’nrk 8%0- _lrlfl E‘g|fi‘i“=’gs‘. o oo Tower Butlding. Puropean” Office: 10 Rexent St. London. England. The Evening Star. with the Sunday morn- Ine edition. in delivered 1 fera within the city at 60 cents per mq 45 cents per month: Sunday_only. r‘month. Orders may he sent by mail or slephone Main 5000, Collection is made by carrier at the end of each month. Paits and Sunday ailv only Sunday only . All Other States. aily and Sunday...1yr..$10.00 Baiiy ama, ¥ 00 Sunday only .. L850 1 60c Member of the Associated 5 The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dis- Patrhes credited to it or not otherwise cred- ted in this paper and also the local news published herein. All righta of publication ©f special dispatches herein ave also reserved. Mexico's Rejoinder. It was to have been expected that the Mexican government would promptly join issue on the statement of the American Secretary of State regarding the relations between the United States and Mexico. President Calles’ declaration, which was yester day given out by the embassy in this is, however. much more vigor- ous and indicative of resentment than was anticipated. Indeed, there is cause for surprise on both sides; first, that the Secretary of State should have found it necessary to issue so sharp a warning to the gové¥nment of Mexico, and, second, that President Calles should have countered so quick- 1y and so sharply. At the time Secretary Kellogg's Statement was published it was evi- dent that a condition graver than the public had a basis for realizing had developed in the relations between the two governments. The only specific hint for such a condition given by the Secretary was that of an impending revolution in Mexico. President Calles. in his rejoinder, denies the right of the United States to place the government of Mexico *“on trial before the world.” He denies, furthermore, that there is any cause for complaint on the part of the Amer- jean Government regarding the fail- ure of Mexico to fulfill all obligations. He asserts that under no circum- stances will Mexico permit foreign in- terference. It is most unfortunate that so sharp an exchange should have occurred. Tt must be assumed that there is justifi- cation for the statement of the Secre- tary of State, which, it appears, was issued after consultation and which has the tacit indorsement of the Presi- dent. If the situation is so grave that such an explicit demand for the pro- tection of American rights is neces- sary it is well, however, that it should have been {ssued. Yet it would appear from President Calles’ reply that there s no just warrant, that Mexico has fulfilled all obligations, and that the United States has no ground for com- plaint. In these circumstances the Ameri- can public is mystified. It must await further developments before judging the merits of this controversy, which cannot fail to complicate the relations between the two republics. ——r—————— North Overton Messenger. North Overton Messenger, for more than a third of a century a valuable, faithful member of the editorial staff of The Evening Star, has dled with suddenness that shocks his great mul- titude of friends and his associates. He was an exceptionally competent observer of political conditions, and his writings on economic subjects, his reports of great meetings and conven- tions and his congressional commen- taries established him in the esteem of public men as well as the readers of his reports and observations. For many Mr. Messenger enjoyed the confidence of the political leaders of this country, a confidence which he cherished and always respected. Gift- ed with an exceptional sense of news perception, and with a style of expres- sion that was particularly vivid, he ‘was an authority in his field of par- ticular journalistic endeavor. The Star was proud of his service for it, and now that he has passed, untimely, it expresses a sorrow that cannot be measured, and that will be shared by this community and by those in pub- lic life who knew and respected him. vears —_— e The war will not be popularly re- garded as entirely over until taxation has been restored to peace-time levels. —_— e Pimmet Run Bridge. Citizens of Fairfax and Arlington Countles, Va., have celebrated the opening of a concrete bridge over Pimmet Run. When one crosses from the District to Virginia by Chain Bridge he turns to the right around the point of a high hill and on his left is a deep ravine through which flows a stream which enters the Po- tomac a few yards below Chain Bridge. The road which leads west and has the creek on its south side 13 the ancient Georgetown and Lees- burg turnpike, now a main automo- bile road between the District and a wide extent of northern Virginia and connecting with roads leading throughout the Piedmont region and Shenandoah Valley. Where the old pike rounds the point of the hill at Chain Bridge a road leads to the left and with connecting roads serves a large part of the counties of Arling- ton and Fairfax. This road crosses Pimmet Run on the new comvrete bridge. It is an im- portant bridse to the District and Virginia. The concrete bridge re- places an iron truss bridge sup- portod' by stone abutments and it was that bridge which gave way under a loaded truck. It was a type of bridge considered the last word in bridges in the mid-70s and the 80s and many bridges of this kind still span creeks in the neighborhood of Washington. Two of our river bridges, Chain Bridge and the “new” Pennsylvania avenue bridge, are of that type of construction, jhough the 4va -work of the river bridges is much heavier and rests on stone plers. They are, of course, stronger than the Iron truss creek bridges. These bridges were built before trucks, weighing several tons and carrying loads of 10 tons, came on the road. Traffic has changed and roads and bridges must be built to carry the new traffic. In celebrating the opening of the new bridge there were a number of speeches. No doubt the speakers re- viewed the history of bridges at that point on Pimmet Run and it may be that they treated of the history of Pimmet Run. There is not much gen- eral information on the subject. Péb- ple have difficulty with the name. The name is spelled in many ways, though the Geological Survey sought to stabilize the spelling by putting the creek name on a map as “Pim- mit” Run. It is commonly said it is an Indian name. Generally, when a creek has a strange name it is sald to be an Indian word, though many creeks near Washington bear names of early settlers or a corruption of those names. Pimmit or Pimmet may be Indian, or may represent our an- cestors’ effort to spell ‘‘Pemetop, “Plimicon” or one of a hundred In- dian sounds, but it may be named for some early seventeenth century set- tler whose name was Pimmet or Pom- mit, Plummet, Pimmons or something of that sort. P————— The Sugar Tariff. President Coolidge has decided a reduction of the tariff on ar, as recommended to him by three members of the United States Tariff Commission. The reduction recommended would have amounted to a half cent a pound. The Tariff Commission consists of six members, one of whom did not take part in the sugar report, and two of whom failed to agree with the other three in their findings. The President has acted wisely. He has acted as it was well understood he would act, in fact, soon after the re- port of the Tariff Commission was conveyed to him nearly 11 months ago. He has been led to oppose the pro- posed reduction In sugar duty by his consideration for the American farm- er, the American consumer and the United States Treasury. American domestic production of sugar amounts to something more than a million tons annually. About one-quarter of this is cane sugar, produced almost entirely in Louisiana, although a small quantity comes from Texas, and efforts are being made to establish the industry in Florida. The other three-quarters are beet sugar, produced in the States of the Middle West and the West; an industry that is growing, an industry that today is really very considerable. The consumption of sugar in this country has jumped to about §,000,000 tons a year; the per capita consump- tlon has been figured at 103 pounds. It is clear, therefore, that we produce a little more than one-fifth of what we use. In recent years the consump- tion of sugar has increased very greatly; in fact, faster than the pro- duction of domestic sugar, for only a few years ago the domestic production amounted to about one-fourth of what is consumed here. The Tariff Commission’s majority report found that the differential be- tween the cost of production in the United States and Cuba had fallen be- low the protective duty of 1.764 cents per pound. It recommended that the duty be reduced to 1.2302 cents per pound. The minority report favored & very slight reduction to 1.7616. In announcing his decision against a reduction of the sugar duty Presi- dent Coolidge points out that the wholesale price-of sugar has declined, and also the price to the consumer, until sugar shows a much lower rate of increase over the pre-war prices than nearly all other commodities. A question in the mind of the Presi- dent is whether the direct and im- mediate benefit of a reduction of a half cent a pound in the cost of sugar to the consumer, provided, of course, he got the full benefit of the tariff reduction, would offset the loss which might be entailed in the end. Should the proposed reduction result in wiping out, or even seriously in- juring the domestic production, the American consumer would be at the mercy of those who control the pro- duction of sugar abroad and its re- finement here. As long as this coun- try produces a large part of the amount of sugar that is consumed here the ochances for lower prices of sugar are far better than if the do- mestic production were wiped out and the duty on sugar reduced or even done away with entirely. The duty on sugar produces much revenue, which is used to keep the wheels of government moving. The reduction in the duty proposed by the majority of the board would have reduced that revenue by $135,000,000. This indirect form of tax would have had to be made up by some direct form of taxation or some other indi- rect tax. The hope of material reduc- tions in the direct Federal taxes now levied would have been dimmed by just $135,000,000 had the President approved the recommendation.. The sugar beet is being grown more and more by American farmers. It furnishes a means of diversification so much needed, particularly in sec- tions where wheat has been almost the only crop in the past. Its produc- tion has become a really great indus- try in many of the States. And a blow at this industry would be felt seriously by a very large number of American farmers. ———————— In the course of time Mr. Jack Dempsey's much-heralded profits may create doubt whether he is to be classed as a pugilist or a financier. —r————————— Bathing Beach Complexities. Representative Madden's disappreval of the plan to reopen the bathing beach on the Tidal Basin is based upon his knowledge of the purpose of the act of Congress which can- celed appropriations for the_ mainte. nance of the already established beach and the construction of a second beach. He says he was not in favor of the law as it passed, but now that it is the law he does not sanction its violation. Thus a most unfortunate situation THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D, O, MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1925. THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. of public bathing facllities, and no way appears open at this time to remedy this condition. There are a0 appropriations for the mafntenance of beaches. Public subscriptions would doubtless be made if an appeal were sounded, provided assurance was glven that the use of the Tidal Basin, or any other water for this purpose, would receive later congressional ap- proval. While Representatiwve Madden is but one member of Congress, he is, nevertheless, a most important and influential member, and his position as chairman o! the appmopriations committee of the House gives him an authority which must be recognized. ‘Whether a way is found this Sum- mer to provide public bathing facili- ties or not, this question must be considered and decided by Congress at the next session. It is not thinka- ble that the Capital community will be permanently denied an accommo- dation that is virtually a measure of public health and safety. Already a serious loss of life has occurred as a result, it cannot be questioned, of the lack of proper public bathing es- tablishments. No matter what the difficulties, there must be some solu- tion of this problem, and the present complication of divergent congres- slonal advice is not to be regarded as a discouragement. e Senator Oscar Underwood is begin- ning his campaign to ascertain if his senatorlal services are still' desired. The general public will be surprised if Alabama does not stand ready not only to back his senatorial career, but to pledge him 24 immutable votes for the Democracy’s next presidential conven- tion. Whatever may be the outcome of the discussion starting in Tennessee and reaching back to the Garden of Eden, Col. Bryan has elevated Mr. Scopes to a prominence which will make him a formidable competitor in the lecture field. ———— Promise by the Weather Bureau of a season of genuine June is es- peclally gratifying considering the reputation for strict veracity es- tablished by this branch of public service when its reports Were much less cheering. ———— The fortune of Hugo Stinnes is found to be less than the estimates of it during his lifetime. German money for a while displayed such erraticisms as possibly to confuse even the most experienced private sagacity. ——————t———— “Don’ts” for warm weather include advice to avoid alcohol as a regular feature. The admonition has addl- tional value now in providing for im- munity from trouble with the prohibi- tion euthorities. ————— ‘When the National Coal Assoclation meets in Chicago some incident of its proceedings will no doubt be that of breaking the news as gently as pos- sible concerning the prices for next Winter. Every Summer calls attention to the fact that the progress of Washington, D. C., has been so rapid that it has outgrown its water supply. s ———— Eminent disputants inclined to ven- ture into realms of abstruse specula- tion show the need of some system of temper control. . It appears probable that Hinden- burg has been able to persuade the Hohenzollerns not to embarrass the administration. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. A Worthy Pattern. Had a little argument at Pohick on the Crick. We talked about zoology, arithmetic And history and poetry and literature and art. There wasn't any subject that we didn’t take to heart. ‘We spoke in deepest earnest and our tones were often loud, Yet the neighborhood is peaceful; for nobody got so proud That he was willin’, in the hope of provin’ he was right, To spoil a pleasant argument by of- ferin’ to fight. Life wouldn't be worth livin' if all argument should cease. So, no one ever thought of makin’ work for the police. Our clashes of opinion bring us joy from year to year As we hold our conversations free from any trace of fear. A meetin’ which produces neither anger nor distress Is now-a-days regarded as a notable success. The folks that start the verbal clubs and brick bats fiying thick Should come and learn our methods here at Pohick on the Crick. likewise Discreet Restraint. “Are you in favor of providing bath- ing beaches?"” “I am,” answered Senator Sorghum. “But that's as far as I will permit myself to be quoted. I don't intend under any circumstance to be drawn into agitation for amending the Con- stitution to regulate bathing suits.” Jud Tunkins says the clock-watcher now has a little extra work on hand in watchin’ the thermometer. A Word for the Classics. “Are you fond of classical music?” “Yes,” answered Miss Cayenne. “It's a relief to attend a concert where you can be sure some well meaning person isn’'t going to come up and insist on dancing.” The ‘Pedflm. It is humanity’s desire ’ To find some person to admire. ‘We choose some person large or small And stand him on a pedestal. But, as the human story goes, There are but few who hold the pose And men observe, with grief or nirth, Each year, some idol Back to Earth. “If folks out my way,” said Uncle Eben, “had been as incredulous "Bout money matters as dey is 'bout Science dar wouldn’ have been near so much | populta, Waskington bas bean deprived | Stesngoeds bought = . | | There are, of course, dance orches- tras and dunce orchestras. It is only the proper sort that can win the re- spect of the music lover. Such an orchestra, however, has his deepest admiration. It will not do to tell him that the appeal of the modern dance orchestra is largely that of the tom-tom drums ot the African savages, the so-called “drums of doom” which beat thelr hearers into a frenzy. There is a great deal more to syn- copated music, as played nowadays, than the primitive appeal of the steady beat, and any one who does not recognize this is lingering be- hind the procession in the old days of the Gibson girl, absurd hats and rag- lan overcoats. Any one who has listened enough to a really good dance organization, and who also has steeped himself in the music of the old masters, say Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart, (just for a trio of them) knows that the two belong to- gether. Beethoven, I am convinced, would be delighted with the work of our syn- copators, while old Papa Haydn would listen entranced to a good ar- rangement of some of his old tunes, as worked out today for the saxo- vhone, plano, violin, clarinet, drums and banjo. As for the music played, go through the works of the old masters, and you will find scores of simple melodies not very much unlike the motifs used by of the popular song composers ybe the moderns get a large share of their tunes from little knowr. works of the ancients—who knows— and who cares? * ok ox % Right there you have one of the greatest contributions of the dance orchestra to music. It plays great compositions in a manner acceptable to those who would not listen to them any other way. A great orchestra leader in the older days of music in this country, when told that the American people did not like Wagner, replied, “Well, den, let ?‘:m listen to him until dey do like America has listened to Wagner's music since then, with the result that, in the main, America can be sald to sincerely care for the works of this great music master Today the dance orchestras of the land nightly are thumping out strains from the great composers in fox-trot versions, with the result that thou- sands are being “‘exposed,” as it were, to great music, after a fashion, at least. Nor is it hardly fair to sit back smugly and say that those who can. not get thelr good music except through such strainers do not count and should not be considered at all. The true musician, the real music appreciator, has something of the zeal of all enthusiasts. Having discovered a thing that appeals to him heart and soul, he is not content to go off, like Jack Horner, and sit in a corner with his ple. He feels the urge, as old as kind, to share his discovery athers. He feels it worth while 80 even if he has to painfully others into an appreciation of 80 wins his own heart. And If it were not for this great urge in most of us where would the world be? It would be sunk in a darkness deeper than that of the Middle Ages, when the desire for sharing the great and good things that men had pro- duced was nipped in the bud by vari- ous factors which are too compli- cated to be considered here. The point is, that most are never so happy as when sharing a good man- with to do train what thing with others. Music is one of the good things of the world. Every man is a poet when he listens to music and a creator of it when he plays it. * K k% No one who truly loves music, then, will sneer at the man who honestly likes popular music, who does not “understand,” as he says, the great musicians, and who takes genuine joy in the thump-thump of the dance orchestra. Rhythm, melody and harmony— these three are the basic factors in all musiec, simple or complex. The dance orchestra has them all, with the accent on the first and the sec- ond, especially the first. Each dance orchestra, whether it plays for fashionable dancers at & swell hotel or elsewhere, is an un- conscious educator, and as its director has some conception of this fact, and as its members are trained mu!‘lunl. so will its influence be felt. No doubt some players will be as- tonished to be told that their pow-pow about “Red Hot Mamma” has any educational value. The tune is not a particularly good one, and the name is a vulgarity and a desecration. .Yet even such a thing as this, in the hands of skillful dance players, has a lilt that carries it across. There is something of the steady surge of the sea in the underlying beat of such an orchestra. © It is life! It is more than 4-4 time —It is the ceaseless activity of crea- tion, underlying the world, standing behind and underneath the entire universe, the restless energy of atoms and molecules, hurling themselves tirclessly and endlessly against, each other. When the saxophone wails, and the old banjo beats in with steady chords, or the piano crashes harmoniously, or the bass horn rumbles in time below all, we feel related to all that exists. From this standpoint, the orchestra ceases to be simply an orchestra, and becomes an instrument of greater ex- pression. I hope that no reader feels that I have overdone this idea. I, too, love the greater organizations, such as the Philadelphta Symphony, and know that no dance orchestra contains such a master violinist as Fritz Kreisler. Yet the smaller, lesser organization has its place, and because of its great- er prevalence and the tremendously greater audiences which it entertains daily, has perhaps infinitely greater possibilities for good. ‘The standard of such orchestras has been raised considerably in the past 10 years by reason of the fact that greater rewards have come to such musicians, attracting many who for- merly did not feel such playing profit- able. The future of these little orchestras, commonly of about 10 men, sometimes twice as many, will be limited only by their own refusal to play the best music. At present the trend is just the other way, toward more and better dance arrangements of the classics. Such orchestras should rule out, too, for their own good, the needlessly vulgar in words and actions. Too much “trick stuff,” absurd -motions while playing, and songs with vulgar words, should go by the board. ‘There is too much good stuff to bother with the poor, too much good, clean muslc, decent songs, to spend time appealing to the lowest tastes of the low. It should be a thought to thrill any dance musician, whether he plays in a trio or larger organization, that one of the old masters could step into his orchestra without any shame whatever, for the old symphony bodies were primarily dance orches- tras. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE Several of the big guns of the United States Senate contribute to ‘“The Searchlight on Congress” their views on Vice President Dawes' plan to turn off the gas. Senator Borah leaves no doubt of his uncompromising op- position: I do not know what changes Vice President Dawes proposes with reference to the Senate rules. I have not seen any statement which he has made indicating just what he has in mind. In a gen- eral way it seems that he would adopt strict cloture. I am opposed to cloture in any form. I have never known a good measure kill- ed by a filibuster or a debate. I have known of a vast number of bad measures, unrighteous meas- ures, which could not have been killed in any other way except through long discussion and de- bate. There is nothing in which sinister and crooked interests, seeking favorable legislation, are more interested right now than in cutting off discussion in Washing- ton. If they can succeed in re- ducing the situation to a point where they only have to see one or two men, either to put through or kill a measure, they are masters of the situation. I am opposed to it in any shape or form. * K ok X France has politely, but firmly, de- clined to permit the United States Army to send a military air observer to look at the war in Morocco. The French are making so extensive use of aircraft in their operations against the elusive Riffs that our War De- partment thought useful information could be derived. It was planned that the air attache at the Paris em- bassy should go to Morocco, if he were welcome. The French author- itles pointed out that they were in- viting no foreign observers, and there- fore could not extend the desired courtesies to the United States. France’s position in the matter is not unusual. It is uncommon to permit foreign officers to observe military operations that are regarded purely “colonial.” When the nations have a real war with one another, observers are given front seats. * ¥ k% Senator Willlam H. King, Democrat. of Utah is on the Atlantic on the first leg of an extensive expedition of in- quiry in Europe. After visiting Lon- don, Paris and Berlin, King will go to Constantinople, and possibly ~ Ar- menia. In the Senate next Winter he will strongly oppose the ratification of the Lausanne treaty, on the ground of its injustice to the Armenians. Later in the Summer Senator King will visit Geneva. He desires first-hand informa- tion about the World Court, prepara- tory to taking an active part in the fight for American entry when it comes before the Senate in December. * k ok k¥ Representative John Philip Hill, Re- publican, of Maryland, inveterate wet, is spying out the land with a view to entering the lists as a candidate for the United States Senate in 1926. If he determines to do so, he will seek the seat now held by Senator O. E. ‘Weller, Republican. One day last week Hill addressed the State Firemen's Association at Ocean City, Md., and his friends consider the occasion as the opening gun of his fight in the senatorial primaries next Spring. Hill told the firemen that the Dawes plan for a revision of the Senate rules is “an_Anti-Saloon League attack on the fundamental principles of the Consti- tution.” * ok * % There's a certain attractive forelgn embassy appointment that will soon be filled, for which no fewer than 50 applicants have put in e bid. Most of 'them. are rich, some have experienca in diplomacy and all have political backing. It is not easy for President Coolidge to find @ way out of a quan- dary like this, which confronts him practically every time & diplomatic plum is available. To serve Uncle Sam abroad, and rub shoulders with royalty or republics, is still an ambition eager- ly cherished by our people. *x % % Senator Edwin F. Ladd of North Dakota s ill in a hospital at Balti- more. He was en route to his home State by automobile when an attack of neuritis decided him to return to the East for treatment. Later in the Summer Ladd aexpects to make his first visit to North Dakota since the Republican majority expelled him, and Senators Frazier, La Follette and Brookhart, from the Senate caucus. President Coolidge’s 1924 campaign manager In North Dakota, former Gov. Louis B. Hanna, is likely to op- pose Ladd in the 1926 senatorial pri- maries. The contest will give North Dakota Republicans a clear-cut oppor- tunity to show what they think of the disciplining of Ladd at Washington. * % % ¥ To hslg out Government employes who are being released from the Fed- eral pay roll this Summer, the Depart- ment of Labor {s making e special ef- fort to find jobs for them. Robert M. Pilkington, Who is the superintendent of the United States Employment Service, announces that he has listed “a number of experienced stenogra- phers, typists, bookkeepers and other high-grade clerical and professional workers.” The Government employ- ment service is maintained as a pub- lic utility and there are no fees. (Copyright. 1925.) Constantinople Dying... Fall of Former Turkish Capital Is Tragedy of Europe. One of the tragedies of latter-day Eu- rope is the fall of Constantinople from its former high estate as capital of the Ottoman Empire. Ten short years ago the Sultan of Turkey ruled over a country of 618,724 square miles, with a population of 20,000,000. Today the territory of the Turkish Republic com- prises 174,900 square miles, with a population of barely 8,000,000 For a country of such dimensions the possession of a capital with a pop- ulation of over a million was a luxury it could with difficulty afford, the more so as two-thirds of the inhabitants were of foreign race—Greeks, Armeni. ans, Italians and other Europeans of various categories. The policy of the new regime was to clean up the new state and Turkify it. The first step was to decapitalize Constantinople and transfer the gov- ernment to Angora. Then it under- took the task of Turkifying the coun- try at high pressure. At Lausanne the Turkish delegates proclaimed the in- tention of the government of Mus- tapha Kemal to expel from Turkey all non-Turkish elements, especially the Greeks and Armenians. One and a quarter milllon Grecks were deported. This was the death warrant of Con- stantinople. Without the Greek, Ar- menian and other foreign busniess ele- ments the economic and commercial life of the city was doomed. Since then Constantinople has been a dying city. It is dying without dignity, in squalor and misery. — Yakima Re- public. Faith in Names. From the Lyons (Kans.) News. A Lyons man named his two trucks ‘Willlam and Charles Bryan, figuring that at least one of them would be rupning &t any doe . ~ No Conflict Seen. Writer Says Science and Religion Are Based on Truth- To the Editor of The Star: John Thomas Scopes has suddenly leaped into notoriety and given the little town of Dayton, Tenn., such fame that gigantic plans are under consideration and consummation for converting it into a Summer resort of no mean proportions, the opening date being set for July 10, a time when siz- zling heat is generally a part of na- ture’s program. One of the remarkably strange things about the evolution theory is that whenever it comes conspicuously be- fore the public the average person seems to forget all about the myriads of other living creatures which in- habit the earth and give exclusive thought and attention to the monkey, though there is no evidence that man- kind has any near relatives in the monkey family. There are right at this moment,” according to figures furnished us by knowing ones,approxi- mately 1,800,000,000 people living on our world. Has a single one of this vast number ever seen a monkey go through the metamorphosis necessary to relegate the monkey into a non- existent background and bring man out of the ruins into noonday vis- ibility? If so, he should at once be summoned to the Summer camp at Dayton, where he might be a most important and valuable witness, if this trial should go bevond the is. sues of State rights and constitu tional guarantees. If the monkey in the ages of the long ago evoluted with man, why Is he not performing the same feat today”? Has he lost his man- making capacity? If so, when, where and why? It s no difficult task to rummage around among the ruins of antiquity and resurrect both religious and scientific theories that thinking, rea- soning, progressive man had to throw into ages-old wastebaskets, such, for instance, as metempsychosis, which, in reality, is a religious continuation of evolution after man goes through the experience generally termed death. It is well to keep in mind the fact that a theory is of little value until by experimental tests it reaches the stage of demonstration. Then, and not till then, do we know that it is founded on truth. There cannot pos- sibly be any conflict between true science and true religion, for the basis of both must be absolute truth. Jesus found much fault of the re- ligious people of His day for spec- tacular displays, such as occupying uppermost seats in synagogues, mak- ing long public prayers, tithing, etc., while they neglected the worth-while things which proved the value of re- liglon to mankind. When the rich young man inquired of Jesus as to how he could make the most of his life, Jesus did not tell him to make a spectacular display of his money by erecting a monumental structure of brick and stone, but He practically told him that all about him were the poor and needy, the sick and the suffering, the bleeding and the dy- ing, and he could ease the burdens of those less fortunate than himself by investing his money in human beings and lifting them up to better and more comfortable stages of life. No one scoffs at helpful religion or sclence that is proving its value to the human race. It is when unprovable ecclesiastical dogmas and mere scien- tific theories are persistently pushed to the front and the people are left in their distress and suffering without a remedy that vigorous protests are heard and religion and -science ridi- culed. Every normal person believes in re- ligion of some kind and also in evolu- tion of some kind, but when we are told that the way to raise men is by a process of monkey-culture or when we want an apple tree we should plant an embryo oak and watch it grow into an apple tree our minds will not tol- erate such insults to common sense and intelligence. Possessing a mind that naturally functions through scientific channels, for many years I have watched with keenest delight the trend of all the leading schools of thought, both re- liglous and scientific, toward agree- ment, and I foresee the day when sci- entists and religionists will clasp hands and the two practically become one. Honest scientists as well as hon- est religionists are seekers of truth, and truth is the same and of the same origin whether it is labeled sci- ence or religion. Until a perfect ba- sis of unity and harmony is reached through their researches, it is wise for both religionists and scientists to en- deavor to prove all things, hold fast to that which is good and let their mod- eration or toleration be known of all men. R. B. McCALLEY. Submits Two Queries. Writer Discusses Crusade Against Teaching of Evolution. To the Editor of The Star: Two questions are suggested by the case of the People vs. Teacher Scopes, namely: 1. Has the State of Ten- nessee the right to forbid the teach- ing in its public schools of the theory of evolution? And 2. Is that theory true? The right of the State in the mat- ter seems to me to be unquestionable. A majority of the people of Tennes- see might conclude that the State, out of economy or from other suf- ficlent motive, should not teach in its public schools astronomy or geology or mineralogy or music or pharmacy. That conclusion would not attack the truth or value of those sclences. It would not destroy the right of any one to study those subjects by him- self or in private schools. It would not limit the freedom of the press or of speech or of education. It would provide only that these studies should not be taught, at the taxpayers' ex- pense, in its public schools. The State, having, by a law within the scope of its authority, forbidden the teaching of evolution in its public schools, and Teacher Scopes having, as he admits, violated that law, there is no case. The State has not forbidden belief in the theory, nor prohibited the circu- lation of books advocating it, nor stop- ped the making of speeches in favor of it. It has solely excluded the sub- ject from the course of studies in its own schools. Why_has the State taken this ac- tion? ~ Because the school books issued by most publishers teach evolution not as an unprovéd theory, in the way of which are many difficulties, but as an established fact of Science with a big S. 2. Is the theory true? So far as the lower forms of life are concerned, there does not appear to be any grave objections to it, but so far as it at- tempts to explain the origin of man there is no conclusive proof that it is true, and there are serious obstacles to its acceptance. There is no scien- tist more authoritative in authropology than Prof. Rudolph Virchow. He states positively: “Man has not descended from the ape nor has any ape-men existed.” The arguments against evolution are too numerous to be set froth here. Some of them are stated in the books ““God or Gorilla,” by Alfred Watterson McCann; “The Old Riddle and the New- est Answer,” by J. Gerard; “The Theory of Evolution in the Light of Facts,” by K. Frank; “The Church and Science,” by Sir Bertram C. A. ‘Windle and “The Case Against Evolu- tion,” by George Barry O'Toole. LOUIS W. REILLY. vt Has No Cinch. From the New York Tribune. Every industry has its drawBacks. Look how many trials are encountered in.theollbusinces, . . ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. How did the number of deaths in automobile accidents last year com pare with the year before’—I". B. A. The number of motor fatalities 1924 for 1923 was 16,452 and for 17,345. Q. Which parks _has R. 0. W. A. Last Summer Rocky Mountain Park stood first °with 224,000 visi- tors. Mount Rainier was second with 161,000; Yellowstone, third with 144,000; Crater Lake, fourth with 64,000, and Glacler, fifth with 33,000 Q. What minerals are the most important in food?—L. R. A. The Bureau of Home Eco- nomics says that calcium, phosphor- ous and iron are the most important minerals in nutrition. Q. T am told that there is an in scription to the Glory of Almighty God on the Washington Monument, the highest structure in the United States. Is this correct?—L. D. J. A. The inscription on the east face of the aluminum cap crowning the Washington Monument is “Laus Deo,” meaning ‘Praise God.” Q. What are troops of the line? Staft officers’—I. W. P. A. Troops of the line are those troops which enter into aotual com bat such as the infantry, cavalry and field artillery. Staff officers are those who prepare plans for national de- fense, for mobilization of forces, and have general supervision of all ques- tions affecting the efficlency of the Army. Q. If wood has begun to rot will a coat of paint stop the process?— & TR A. It wood has begun to rot or iron has begun to rust, the rotting and rusting will continue after the paint has . been applied. Q. Are mines in Michigan deeper than those in Brazil>—K. G. A. In the Michigan copper district there is a mine with a 8,700-foot shaft, one-third of a mile longer than the shaft of the Brazilian mine situated near Minas Geraes. This is 6,726 feet deep. The Michigan mine shaft is inclined at an angle of approxi- mately 38 degrees, which makes the mine shallower than the Brazilian ft which has a vertical depth of 6 feet. national visitors?— of the most. one the . What was the seating capacity of the Coliseum and the Forum?— R A. The Coliseum of Rome seated 87,000 people. We do not find any definite statement concerning the ca- pacity of the Forum at Rome. The Forum Romanum was the market place and center of political oratory of the city. It was not equipped with seats, but was the gathering place of large crowds. The length of the Forum is 102 meters; its width from 45 to 46 meters. Q. Who Introduced the organ for church_use into Germany’—W. T. K. A. It is supposed that Louis the Plous introduced this instrument. Longfellow’s Glory Lasting, Despite Departure From Fact What does it matter if there was more poetry than truth in Longfel- low's famous ballad, “The Wreck of the Hesperus?” Records disclose that while the schooner Hesperus was damaged in a storm on the New Eng- land coast, it was the Willlam Badger that was among the lost vessels and furnished the dramatic incidents that | impressed the poet. A staff contributor of the Providence Journal calls attention to the fact that the Hesperus story was ‘“not Long- fellow’s only performance in rough- hewing history,” and that “a familiar parallel is his powerful version of Paul Revere's ride.” The writer adds, however, that the famous author is so far from being unique among poets in this respect “that his historical fail- ings may be regarded as partial proof of his genius.” “Who are those strange beings who are constantly discovering flaws in the works of great men?” asks the Jour- nal. “‘One never meets them. They labor in dark places, on fatuous er- rands; and their sole earthly reward is the glee that arises within their iconoclastic hearts when once again they trip up genius with the smug documentary proof. When they die, they must go to a particularly humid corner of the nether kingdom, there to remain until they have written a book that has no mistakes in it; and, as books and men and mistakes go in this and that world, it follows that we, who are kinder and better people, will never meet them in Heaven. “What does it really matter whether or not the Hesperus was wrecked or merely lost & bowsprit? It seems a pity to intrude unimportant facts into works of independent merit. It is really pleasanter to suppose that the poor old Hesperus went all to pot.” * ok k *x “No matter how this may injure Longfellow's reputation as a report- " declares the Middletown, N. Y. Times-Press, “we confess to a certain unhallowed joy in the fact that the Hesperus staggered safely into port with nothing worse the matter with her, perhaps, than a ripped jib. Even in youth the tears that we shed over this distressing disaster (which never happened) were considerably augment- ed by hearing the poem recited in sing-song fashion by overbright little girls with pigtails down their backs. The metrical pattern of the poem readily lends itsqlf to a mechanical rendering which the aforesaid bright little girls never muffed, if memory serves correctly, ind it is small won- der that strong men have been moved to tears by it. “No other poem has given rise to ‘more genuine sorrow, with the possi- ble exception of ‘Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight’ The late Amy Lowell raised considerable of a storm in lit- erary circles in Main Street by deglar- ing unequivocally that Longfellow was a fair translator, but no poet. The Times-Press feels that it can with no degree of safety take any sides in this literary controversy. But it does not hesitate to say that Henry W. was a mighty poor reporter.” The Savannah Press cites other in- stances of a parallel nature in literary history. “It will be remembere marks the Press, “that Byron, who wrote the beautiful story of Chilon, lived to take it all back. He got his history mixed and all the stirring things he wrote about Bonivard. He invested the prison of Chilon with terror, it is true, but he twisted his facts. One of the guide books at Chilon declares that the poet invests this spot with much of the interest which attaches to it, but it is an error to identify Bonivard, the victim of the tyranny of the Duke of Savoy, with Byron's prisoner of Chilon.” ‘The judgment that Longfellow was a ‘“very bad reporter” is indorsed by he Louisville Times, which continues: ‘He has come in for this kind of dissection more than once. There was joy among these delvers into inac- curacy when it was shown that ‘The Skeleton in_ Armor’ was that of an unarmored Indian and that the ruin about which it had been written was Q.. Where do shad go after spawn- ing fn_the rivers?—A A. The Bureau of Fisherles says that after shad spawn in the river they go back to sea Q. Can I have my name added to the Cherokee rolls?—C. G. H. A. The Indian Office says that the Cherokee allotment has been made and that the rolis have been com pleted. If your name was not on these rolls allotment is not available. Q. Is Bob pitcher?—P. R. A. He is no curved ball pitch Q. When id trench warfare be- gin in the World War S. A. E. A. During their advance to the Marne, the Ger ns left sappers be- hind them to intrench a position on the Aisne to which they could return if necessary. After their retreat from the Marne, following the first phase of the Battle of the Aisne, September 18, 1914, they took yp their position behind the trenchesand the trench warfare, which featured the World War, began Q. What is a live glacler’—A. H. R A. It is one which reaches the sea. Shawkey a spit ball a spit ball, but a Q. How many people are divorced before they are 21 years R. M. A. The Bureau of Cen last year there were 1 males of 15 in this married males of 1 1%, and according to the divorce age. At 15 At 16, the number was 6 and at 17, the number was 99, Divorees for the corresponding ages were, re spectively, 499, 1,268 and 2,792. The total for girls under 15 wa 9. were married 30, Q. What causes the odor noticed in water {n which flowers have been kept for a day or two?—W. M. C A. It is due to putrefaction of the sugar and starch which coms fr, the stalk of the stem Q Why was a statue to Oliver Cromwell erected at Westminster? A R A. It is claimed that Carlyle mads Cromwell such an appealing char acter that English opinion was re- versed to such an extent that the statue was erected in the palace yard at Westminster. (Find_out whatever you want to Kknow. There is no room for ignorance in this busy world. The person who loses out is the one who guesses. The person who gets on is always the one who acts upon reliable information, This paper employs Frederic J. Hos- Kkin to conduct an information bureaw in Washington for the free use of the public. There is no charge ercept 3 cents in stamps for return postage. Write to him today for any facts you desire. Address The Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washington, D. C.) scholar who found flaws in Kipling's “Mandalay”. *ox ok x “It has already been chronicled of Longfellow,” states the Des Moines Reglster, “that when it was called to his attention that his ride of Paul Revere was unhistorical, he merely smiled and excused himself with the license of the poet. That might have been deliberately erroneous, but his diary proves that the error about the Hesperus was Longfellow's error. The fact does not affect his poetry as poetry, at all, of course, but it is a’ little amusing to discover that he did not rearrange the facts in this particular case, but took his notion from his own careless recording”” On the other hand the New Yo vening World inquires: “Are we left in the mood to accept In the matter of the Hesperus the details of a delver among musty files as against the rhymes that have come down through 80 years of schoolboy repetition “It is explained by the seeker after prosaic truth,” concludes the San Francisco Bulletin, “that Longfello: must_have been confused, but that is probably a misapprehension due to an all too literal mind. As a poet Longfellow would read the two stories and make it ‘The Wreck of the Hesperus' instead of “The Wreck of the Willlam Badger', for purely poetic reasons. What could the bard do with a name like William Badger? In the great book that keeps the recor: of the men that go down to sea i ships there will be due entry of th sinking of the William Badger; nor will there be flying fishes on the road to Mandalay; but for many years to come youth will recite the glowing lines of Longfellow and men will sing the Kipling ballad.” ——— Good Golf Indicates Neglected Business “Any business man who plays a golt course in less than $0 must neg- lect his business.” Such is the jude ment of Felix E. Gunter, formerly of New Orleans, who has come to St Louis as president of the Liberty Cen- tral National Bank. It is similar to that of the English philosopher, Her- bert Spencer, whose recreation was billiards. “To play a good game of billiards is the mark of a liberal edu- cation,” he observed. Then, turning to the opponent who had beaten him shamefully, “But the uncanny skill you have exhibited is the result of a misspent youth.” Hobbfes are # be encouraged as long as they do not distort the sense of values. It is when the avocation usurps the time of the vocatlon that it ceases to be a sport and becomes a liabil] Mr. Gunter's verdict on the man who does the course under 80 is len- ient. Such a man has not only neglect- ed his business, but he has neglected his wife, his children, his church, his clubs, his friends, his duties as a citizen. On top of all that the man who says he does it under 80 is, gen- erally speaking, a liar, by 10 to 15 strokes.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. s s Wet-Thumbed Readers At Library Are Scored To the Editor of The Bta: Can you aid in a needed sanitary campaign? Some of the readers at the Library of Congress wet their fingers in mouths and turn the pages of the book they are reading. It is so nasty a habit and so chronically done that fastidious users of books handle them, often, with feelings of repugnance! Other people sneeze out into the air—no handkerchief used—resume work of reading; also resume the re- current sneezing in same way. Others cough In the same way. Influenza tests in 1918 proved scientifically that the moisture from a violent sneeze travels 15 feet. The Library of Congress should have In conspicuous places at every not a relic of the Norsemen but mill built by an American colonist. The-Times alsq-cites the case of the. desk and every catalogue section prohibitory warnings with a pepalty for. abuses. B. LQUDUN,