Evening Star Newspaper, June 17, 1925, Page 6

6 STAR Edition WASHINGTON, D. C U3IE EVENING { frontier of Spanish territory, he is in a position to prolong the contest. Premier Painleve's visit to the front WEDNESDAY. . ...June 17, 1925 | 5ave him a complete knowledge of THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office 11th St. and Pennsvlvania New Vork Office: 110 East Chicazo Office: Tower Bui European Office: 18 Regent St.. London, England. The Evening Star. with the Sunday morn- ing edition, is delivered by carriers within the city at'60 cents per month: daily only 45 cents per month: Sunday only. 20 cents Per ‘month. Ordera may he sent by mail or telephone Main 5000, Collection is made by carrier at the end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily 4 S ay. ...1yr. $8.40: 1 mo., 70c Baily aniy Sundey 7238001 1 mo. a0 Sunday only .. r.. $2.40: 1 mo.. All Other States. and Sur +r.$10.00: 1 mo - et o T Sunday only $3.00: 1 mo.. 2 Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dis- Patehes Sredited fo 1t or not atherwise cre Ned 1n this naper and alxo the local ne published herein. Al rights of pub ot apecial dispatches herein o Support the Traffic Directer! An astonishing lack of co-operation between the Commissioners of the District and Director of Traffie El- dridge shown in the change the Commissioners have made at the south end of Connecticut Avenue Bridge while the director was on an inspec- tion tour through the Eastern cities. After carefully working out a plan for the frictionless flow of traffic through one of the heavily congested lanes of the city, Mr. Eldridge, in the performance of his duty, left Washing- ton to inspect traffic in other cities. No sooner had he turned his back on the National Capital than the Commis- sfoners, acting on protests of tenants of an apartment hous who claimed that the nof eated by the normal street traffic ‘disturbing,” changed the routing of automobiles back to where it was before. The Eldridge plan for traffic at this point was the logical solution of a bad situation. It eliminated criss-cross traffic lines and routed automobiles in such @ way that there were no con- flicting arteries of travel. But that is not the serious part of the change made by the Commission- ers. If the director of traffic is to have his powers curtailed in such a manner there seems to be little shope that Wushington may expect improve- ment in the general situation. Mr. Eldridge since his appointment has devoted his days and nights to hard work. He is probably the most competent man who could be obtained to fill the position. Under the condi- tions which surround him, being forced to work through the chief of police and the Commissioners, he has accom- plished material benefits for Washing- ton. If, however, his carefully laid plans are cast aside because of “noise creat- ©d by automobiles running along the streets of the city” and the complaints of a few citizens, what chance has he of correcting the traffic evils at many points in Washington? Director Eldridge should have the utmost co-operation from every citi- zen, every policeman and every Com- missioner. He is the man who has been given the job of installing a sys- tem of modern traffic regulation in Washington. If his plans for better- ment. go astray in some cases, as they may do, he is the man to rescind them. He should be supported and not hampered in his efforts to make Washington the safest city for auto- mobile traffic in the world. is s Arctic exploration might be facili- tated by establishing schools Far North and educating the Eskimos to a point enabling them to make and ‘record scientific observations. Much hardship may be averted if the North Pole can be regarded more or less as a local issue. ———— Assurances are offered to dispel the apprehension that Harry Thaw con- templates a series of visits with a view to rescuing the old town from the clutches of the Volstead act. Chinese rioters are showing a rather reckless and uninformed disposition to break into world politics. o Painleve Granted Support. Premier Painleve of France has been glven of confidence by the Chamber of Deputies, 436 to 34, on the Moroccan question, but in circum stances that render the value of this support somewhat ot the 104 Socalist member db- stained from voting, with sup- porting and five opposing the premier. This abstention is significant of a pos sible defection of Socialist support, upon which the ministry virtually re- lies. Painleve has heretofore declared that he would resign rather than allow a definite breaking up of the Left bloc by dependence upon the votes of the ationalists. Should the Socialists de clare an open opposition to the minis try’s policies, it is probable that the premier would tender his resignation. A realignment of French parties probable in the event of a national election, and no forecast can confi- dently be made as to the result if the chief issue should be the Moroccan campaign. Finance Minister Caillaux has managed thus far to prevent any break on the questions of rehabilitation of the franc, abstention from a capital tax levy and the payment of foreign debts. On such questions it would be possible for the minister to “go to the country” with confidence. But the Moroccan war adds an element calculated to create doubt. The war in Africa is not popular. It is re- garded as an extraneous burden. Only & successful short campaign can pre- serve the prestige of the government. A protracted campalgn, costing heav- 1ly in money and in lives, would be a serious handicap in the event of a general election. The campaign in Africa has settled down, it would seem, to a war of attri- tlon. France and Spain have reached an agreement for co-operation on the coast to prevent the importation of arms by the Riffian rebels, but there a vote questionable. 95 four I tional | the situation which he has thus far refrained from disclosing. His silence, even in view of the favorable vote granted vesterday, is interpreted as a sign of doubt on his part whether the French Army can force the issue in Morocco to the end of a speedy victory. i e s > A “Dry” Straw in New Jersey. A victory for the ““drys” in New Jer- sey, which Senator Edward I. Edwards once boasted he would make as vet as the Atlantic Ocean,” is not without its significance. State Senator Arthur Whitney, backed by the Anti-Saloon League, in the primaries vesterday de- feated the so-called “liberal” candl- cate, former Attorney General Thomas F. McCran, backed by Senator Edge by a substantial plurality for the Re- publican nomination for governor. The strength shown by the “drys™ in this New Jersey contest was even sreater than indicated by the plurality attained by Senator Whitney. A third candidate for the Republican nomina- tion, former District Judge Cornelius Doremus, ran as “bone dry."” The \Whitney supporters charged that his candidacy was fostered by the “wets" in order to split the “dr: vote and make it possible for McCran to win. The “drys” are rejoicing today, par- ticularly in view of the frank declara- tion by Senator Edge on the eve of the primaries that the campaign had “developed into tke old fight between the so-called wets and drys, with Mec- Cran unquestionably receiving the lib- eral support.” Prohibition, like the tariff, was for a long time a “local in many parts of this country. It is no longer local e, although it is still strenuously opposed in some of the so-called “wet’” States. The Republican administragon at Washington has set its hand to the task of enforcing the prohibition law the country over. Republican leaders who seek to con- trol in their districts and States and at the same time to handicap the na- in the enforce. ment of the law might do well to give this matter a iittle thought. The real test in Jersey will come next November when the sup- porters of Senator Whitney and his Democratic opponent go to the polls to choose a governor. The Republicans will be ' committed through their candidate to the prohibition law and to alignment with the Republican ad- ministration in Washington in its ef- forts to stamp out violations of the law. issue! a administration New Frail Bridge Railings. Twice within a few weeks motor cars have crashed into the railings of bridges in this city. machine was checked on the edge of the structure, hanging deep ravine. Its singie occupant was un- hurt, but the bridge railing was wrecked. The latest accident of this character was tragic. Three occupants of the machine that collided with the bridge railing were killed in the fall to the bottom of the deep valley. In the first case the railing was substan- tial, in the second it was a compara- tively slight barrier. This Klingle bridge accident last night calls attention to the urgent need of a stouter construction at point of heavy motor traffic. The bridge carries all of the travel on Con necticut avenue. It is an old-type structure, not suitable for modern pur- poses. The railing is not stout enough to withstand a sudden thrust, as this latest happening proves. Indeed it requires no such tragedy to denote the danger. The railing on the Connecticut Ave- nue bridge, through which a speeding car forced its way, to hang upon the edge, is a stouter construction. That bridge, however, is wider, and there use whatever for any mishap. The Klingle lridge is not wide enough for the heavy traffic that it carries. It should be replaced with a concrete structure much wider than the pres- ent, and with solid railings as a pro- tection against serious accident. This matter should be considered by the Commissioners in their present esti- mates for urgent recommendation to Congress. There are several bridges in the Dis- trict that are open to question. They carry heavy traflic and are subject to doubt at all times. One of them is a In one case the over a lin the near neighborhood of the scene | of last night's tragedy. It has been patched and rehabilitated, but it is at best a makeshift. It, too, should be replaced with no more delay by a modern, solid, dependable structure. — e A long war in Morocco is expected by France. In Morocco they are still plowing with crooked sticks, but the inhabitants manage to master the use of firearms. It is still difficult to en- able the industries of peace to keepd pace with the arts of war. S A Spanish artist declares that the women of his country have the most beautiful knees in the world because they kneel much in prayer. In this, as in other instances, virtue is its own reward. = s A (_}hastly Railroad Wreck. One of the most disastrous railroad wrecks in the Eastern part of this country in many years occurred yes- terday near Rockport siding, N. J., when a seven-car passenger train was derailed and 36 persons were killed and over 60 were injured. The accident is attributed to the effect of a severe storm which caused a land- slip in a cut, covering the rails. The storm had burst with sudden fury, and no knowledge of the condition of the track was had by the train crew, or, it would seem, by dispatchers. It must have occurred shortly before the train reached the point of derailment. So far as known there was no fault on the part of the railroad forces. It was an unprecedented happening against which no provisioning, under the existing system of track inspec- tion, could be made. The question arises whether the pro- posed system of automatic train stops which the Interstate Commerce Com- mission has ordered for installation would have operated to warn dis- is thus far no.co-operation in the land | patchers or train crews of the con- il Spain resumes.the ag- 'ditlon. of the lns, THis ‘s ‘& me- | | | THE EVENING gressive against Abd el Krim on the | chantcal question which can be an- swered only by experts in transporta- tion. The road on which the accident oc- curred was the old main line of the system which was abandoned for through traffic some years ago-upon the completion of a cut-off now used for the greater part of the service. The train was a special, carrying sev- eral score of former immigrants headed for New York to take steamer for a visit to their old homes. It was routed over the old line to avoid in- terference with the scheduled traffic. Probably the line has not been as closely watched as formerly, perhaps was not subject to regular inspection. If that was the fact it has a bearing upon the responsibility for the ac- cident. In routing the speciul train over possibly unsafe stretch of track the railroad company took chance that would probably have been perfectly safe but for the visitation of nature. It is distressing to record a railroad catastrophe of this magnitude in these days of efficient raflroad ndmin- istration, of effective safeguards and of a high percentage of sufety on the rails. Twenty or more years ago such tragedies were not uncommon. Yes- terday’s wreck is a gruesome anach- ronism. a The Harding Roses. There is news that rose bushes planted in a little flower garden at the White House by Mrs. Harding are dy- ing. and that though expert gardeners are doing what they can for the plants it is felt that it is not possible to re- store them to health. It is hoped that the outlook for the rose bushes is not desperatc as reported. There should be a consultation. There are plant specialists of all kinds in Wash- ington and many noted rosarians. To unscientific persons who have roses growing in the garden it seems strange that these White House roses should be so sick that the cuse hopeless. There are rose diseases, but there are remedies and cures. A rose bush which has taken root is tenacious of life. It may wither, languish and seem to die, vet fresh green sprouts will spring from the root. It may be that the Harding roses are not happy in their soil, may have disagreeable neighbors, have not enough sun and air or have been too richly fed. It is common knowledge that a rose bush may take a sickly hue and come back. With tens of thousands of rose bushes growing in Washington, many of them flourishing without cz it seems strange that these White House roses should die. There is sentiment in many rose bushes. Some have been grown from cuttings from a bridal bouquet or from a grave. Some have been transplanted from the garden of an earlier home. Some were planted by a hand that has withered and have be come beautiful memorials. is re, N The lack of imagination is one of humanpity's misfortunes. Inability to realise in Winter the need of a Sum- mer bathing beach is now causing a large measure of distress. ——— Communists are being prosecuted in Sofia on the charge that they dangerous. While resenting the in- conventience they will no doubt appre- ciate the compliment. —_— dealing with Mexico it has al- been difficult to determine whether a demonstration on the part of our neighbors was political or tem- peramental. are In ——.— The refusal of Gov. Charles Bryan to be drawn into the quarrel concern- ing evolution indicates a discreet re- straint which should command the ap- proval of his party. ——.—s SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON Good-bye. Good-Bye, Old Friend. Upon his way Each one of us must go. Some friendships are but for a day; Some for a year or so. Good-By see Life’s strange old story through. I'd ne'er have had you weep for me; T'll cherish smiles for vou. , Old Friend, since we must Yet in my heart, 'neath skies so dark, Or skies so brightly shown A place you'll hold which none may mark Save one; myself alone. He who a-journeying must go Sets forth with spirits high, While we who linger plodding slow, Can only say, “Good-Bye.” Limitations. “You have had a brilliant political career.” “I don’t know about that,” answered Senator Sorghum. “I have enjoyed much applause, but I've never ac- quired enough influence to establish me as a motion picture power or a promoter of Florida real estate.” Subversive Suggestion. The ludicrous now wins applause *Mongst many thoughtful folks. Let's have Joe Miller write the laws While lawyers write the jokes. Jud Tunkins says he believes the Bible, but he can't say what his state of mind may be before the politicians get through with it. International Debts. When ledgers they attempt to post My interest comes to an end. A billion dollars is the most My feeble mind can comprehend. Exclusive Distinction. “I danced . with the Prince of ‘Wajes,” remarked the charming young ‘woman. 1 enjoy a more exclusive distinc- tion,” replied Miss Cayenne. “I believe I am the only feminine person in the country who declined an invitation to dance with him. Fashion Note. The Summer garb that ladies wear Drive prudish persons to despair. It they the price tag could include They would display more amplitude. “Home, Sweet Home,” saigy Uncle Eben, “used to be a song. Now it's a parking problem,” . : ST AT STAR, WASHINGTON D. C, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1925. THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. To The most high, mightie and magnificent Empresse, Renowned for pietie, vertue, and all gratious government, ELIZABETH, by the grace of G Queene of Englan Frlufu;"):‘fid Ireland, and of Virgmia, Defendour of the Faith, ete., Her most ‘humble servaunt EDMUND SPENSER, doth. in all humilitie dedicate. present and consecrate ¥ these his labour: To live with tie clernite of her fame. So runs the dedication of “The Faerle Queene,” published in 1590; since that date many things have come to pass; but it Is the eternitie of {he fame ot Spenser, Shakespeare others of that 4 4 N Slizabeth live e i i Undoubtedly a great ruler, she was wise enough to foster, not hinder, the full-blown genius of her age; and to. day, in America, we understand and appreciate, for 'this is the Eliza bethan age of the United States. Today “this country stands, much as old Englarnd did then, flushed with life, vigor, wealth, success, with the fullest appreciation of all the gre: things of old, and the deepest deter- mination to ‘make the present and coming yvears full to the brim. Achfevement and happiness rule now, as they did then. Through the humility of the flowery dedication of the great “poets’ poet,” as Spenser has been called, rightly enough, we see the pride of the artist No doubt, as he finished that dedi- cation, he smiled down over the tre. mendous ruff of his laced and frilled collar, chuckled up his sleeve and said to himself: “Elizabeth, old girl if Lhe truth were known. I should cate you, to live wi: of_the Fairie Queane | ¢ Sternitie There hus been a great deal of talk during the past 10 or 15 years of Tma Elsts and Imagist poetry, a sort of {mpressionism in which ' images of things are thrown on paper in an ef fort ‘to make the reader apprehend them as the writer did. ne may be forgiven for believing that the adherents of this schont wui their faith in “images” because they are unable to write real deseriptive prose, the sort that Dickens turned out so tirelessly. That old maste took a hundred pages to describe & scene or person, but when he finished you had a most lively, living image of the scene or person. Imagery, however, is no new thing Edmund '‘Spenser, whose rie Queene” was written entirely in the stanza named after him, was perhaps the first magist. His lengthy, some. at dull and certainly little read Poem outside of the classroom is filled with perfect images, struck off after the other. There are images of knights, fair ladies, strange processions of vices and virtues, dreamy caverns where gold gleams like light, and fairy fields where the asphodels blow and streams run purling to far-off s “The generall end therefore of all the h:mk? is to fashion a gentleman or noble person in vertuous and gen. tle discipline,” Spenser said in his in troductory letter, addressed to the right noble and valorous Sir Walter Ralelgh, knight, “Lord Wardein of the Stannerves, and Her Maiesties Liefetenaunt of the County of Corne wayll Right here let us pause to notice the large number of letters used in the old English, letters that time has dropped for the zeneral good of all of us. Also the spelling of the word ieutenant,” showing where the sometimes 'heard modern pronuncia- tion of “leftenant” comes from. * k ¥ X In looking over my old copy of this monumental poem I find that I| had underlined very few lines striking me particularly. “The Fairie | Queene” is not what one would call quotable; it must be read in the mass, ' one as | as it were, to get its mass effect. Perhaps it is just as well that the author never finished but six hooks, the first three in 1590, the second trio in 1596; a larger “‘Faerie Queene’ would have been more than the world could stand. We would love to have two more movements to Schubert's “Unfinished Symphony,” but Spen- ser’s unfinished epic of fairyland is well left unfinished. There is enough of it to satisfie any one! “Spenser created a new world, which, from its first appearance in the firmament of literature, had a special charm and fascination for his brother artists, who, generation after generation, delighted to wander in it,” says John W. Hales in his introduc- tion to the Everyman editior ‘Of all the poets he is the most po etical,” declared Hazlitt. Perhaps that is enough, of itself, to scare away the average reader, who does not claim to be a poet. Yet most readers are familiar with the first line: A gentle knight was pricking on the plaine nd with the character of the gentle Una and her milk-white lamb. The Red Cross Knight, as he is called, because he wore upon his breast “a bloodie Crosse,” the dear remembrance of his dying Lord, may be seen in an flluminated window in the national headquarters of the American Red Cross here on lower Seventeenth street. - H. A. Taine, in his “History of glish Literature,” devotes 32 pages to Spenser, of which 10 are quotations, saying of the poet, “Spenser leads us to Milton, and thence to Puritanism, as Plato to Virgil, and thence to Chris: tianity. Sensuous beauty is perfect in both, but their main worship is for moral beauty.” It is interesting to note that Milton said Spenser was his_“poetical father. Edmund Spenser was born in Lon don in 1552, dying in 1599 in want, ac cording to some chroniclers, although others scout this. His first poem, “The Shepherd’s Calendar,” was published in 1579 a was dedicated to Sir Philip Sidney. After that all England delighted to call him master. He was a close friend of Shakespeare, it is said His long stanza, with the long last line, was his alone, being necessary for 'the lingering flow of his images and vast design. The gossip of his age has it that he was a sort of poor relation of the noble Spensers and Spencers, to whom they paid no par ticular attention until he began to be famous, after which they delighted to_invite him to tea! “The nobility of the Spensers has been illustrated and enriched by the trophies of Marlborough,” wrote Gibbon, “but I exhort them to con sider “The Faerie Queene’ as the most precious jewel of their coronet.” * x ok x Perhaps the average reader will get more from the smaller pieces of Spen ser than from his masterpiece. Talne quotes some of this lesser verse, after saying that Spenser has an adoration for beauty worthy of Dante and Plotinus. “And this because he never considers it a mere harmony of colour and form, but an emanation of unique, heavenly, imperishable beauty. which no mortal eye can see, and which ' fs the masterpiace of the great author of the worlds.” For that same goodly hew of white and red With which the checkes are sprinkled shall decay And those ' spread Upon the lips. shall fade and fall away To that they Were. even 10 corrupted clay That_kolden Wyre, those sparckiing stars 50 bright, shall turn 1o light. But that faire lamp from whose celestial ray That ight proceedes, which kindleth lovers fire., Shall never be exti But. when the wit Tpon her native bl For it is heavenly cannot die, Being a parcell of the purest skie weete, rosy leaves, so dust and lose their goodly nguished nor decay: spirits doe_expyre, WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE League of Nations agreements to the | contrary notwithstanding, Admiral William . Sims, U. S. N., retired, is confident that poison gas will be used in war by any country with its back to the wall. “There is in my opinion no doubt on this score,” that gallant seaman writes this observer, “partic- ularly as the necessity for its use as a weapon of defense would bring out the facts concerning the value of poison gas as a weapon that would achieve required military results with out excessive casualties. See Admiral Mahan on the subject. Nothing could be more absurd than to sanction in- flicting ghastly wounds upon an a tacking enemy by high explosive shel and at the same time forbid the use of a gas that by temporary disablement affords a more efficient opposition to military operations.” ok ok ¥ When the President and Mr: idge want musical diversion at $ scott this Summer, they will ha: Navy Band aboard the Mayflower play “Lord Geoffrey Amherst.” Near- ly everybody knows that this Amherst College anthem is the President’s fa- vorite piece of melody. It is struck up by every band and orchestra that know their job whenever the Cool- idges are within earshot. Nearly all the service bands wind up their radio programs with it. “Lord Geoffrey Ambherst” is one of the most stirring college songs extant. It has an in- spiring march swing, well suited to its its martial words: Oh. Lord Geoffrey Amherst w the King a soldier of And he came from across the sea. % To the Frenchmen and the Indians he didn't do a thing In the wilds of this wild countree. And for his royal majesty He fought with all his might, For he was a soldier loyal and true: And he conquered all the enemies That came within hid sight. And he looked 'round for more when he ‘vas through ! Lord Geoffrey Ambherst, a British general, who fought in North Amer- ica, founded Amherst College, Presi- dent Coolidge’s alma mater. * *x % * It’s an open secret that the appoint- ment of Secretary Kellogg's former law partner, Robert Edwin Olds of Minnesota, to be an Assistant Secre- tary of State causes some heartburn- | ings within the Department of State. For a long time, and particularly since the enactment of the foreign service law (Rogers’ bill) our ‘‘career” men have been making a consclentious ef- fort to professionalize the American diplomatic service. They are spending their jives in perfecting it, and have a little human resentment of “out- siders.” Secretary Kellogg apparently thinks the infusion of extraneous blood will not contaminate the State Department system. Mr. Olds’ selec- tion, apart from its political aspect— another administration plum to the Northwest—is due to Mr. Kellogg’s de- sire to have an international lawyer at his elbow. Secretary Hughes used to lament the lack of such an au- thority in the department, and his consequent inability to devote his en- tire time to matters of policy. * K ok x In his speech at Trinity College, Hartford, the other day, Gen. An- drews, new Assistant Secretary of the ‘Treasury in charge of prohibition en- forcement, described . the skillfully organized business system under which the bootleggers operate. Their very latest adventure in high finance is a merger. It has just come to the knowledge of Washington authorities that several of the biggest “syndi- cates” In existence have decided to expensea by their activities and interests. Not long ago a New York bootlegger was convicted in the Federal courts for evading the income tax law. It be. gins to look as if Attorney General Sargent might have to invoke the Sherman anti-trust law against boot legging combines. * % ok % Every now and then science, in- dustry or finance kidnaps a best mind from the United States Army or Na Worcester Polytechnic Insti- tute, at Worcester, Mass., has just captured Capt. Ralph Earle, U. S. N, for its presidency. Capt. Earle until recently commander of the naval torpedo station at New- port, R. 1. For years both West Point and Annapolis have supplied great enterprises in America with executives, tempted from the armed services by the vastly greater emolu- ments of private life. Secretaries Weeks and Wilbur both quit the vy soon after graduation. * % % % Kentucky has no intention of let- ting the neighboring Commonwealth of Tennessee hog the glory of the evo- lution trial. Blue Grass newspapers nowadays are systematically referring | to young Mr. Scopes, America’'s Mid- summer hero, as “‘our fellow citizen of Paducah. monkey law isn't Paducah’s only tamous son. Irvin Cobb also comes from that Ohio River community. Early in the war this writer heard Cobb introduce himself at a luncheon in London as follow: I may not be the greatest war correspondent in the world, but T'll be gol darned if I'm not the first man from Paducah, Ky., that ever wore a wrist watch! A Friends of Senator Samuel M. Ral- ston, Democrat, of Indiana are dis- turbed by reports of his serious ill- ness. For many weeks past Mr. Ral- ston has been prostrated at his home near Indianapolis by a combination of internal ailments that stubbornly re- fuse to yield to treatment. Political assoclates from Washington who de- sired to pay their respects to Senator Ralston at the time of Thomas R. Marshall's funeral were told that the Senator's condition was critical. A year ago this week, on the eve of the |Democratic national convention, Ral- ston’s name was on all lips as the surest compromise candidate. He could undoubtedly have been nomi- nated but for self-elimination. The Senator will be 68 years old on December 1. (Copyright, 1925.) America Is Proud Of Lack of Background Europeans say America is unpleas- ant because it has not background. Their cities have each a thousand years of history: ours are anclent if they have a hundred. Americans have always lived in the future. Our history is an ever-repeat- cd story of the pushing back of fron- tiers, the overcoming of obstacles, the blazing of trails for future genera- tions. Our lack of background is our pride. Under 2ll the hurry, the nolsy clatter and crash of our swiftly moving life there is the shape of a lovely dream— the dream of what our country may be_some day. g Let the dream stay, always, until America is in fact what the spread- eagle orator calls it finest, hap- piest, sanest place in the whole world. Politics at Large By G. Gould Lincoln Republicans and Democrats lined up yvesterday for the fight which is to come in two congressional districts to fill vacancies in the House—the Fifth Massachusetts district and the Third New Jersey. At the same time State-wide primaries for the nomina- tions for governor were held in New Jersey, and Senator Edge, can leader, and_his machine rec a jolt when State Senator Arthur Whitney, backed by the Anti-Saloon League, won over former Attorney General Thomas F. McCran, the selec- tion of Senator Bdge. Commissioner A. Harry Moore of Jersey City, unop- posed, received the Democratic nomi- The doughty defier of the | nation. Religion, as well as the prohibition question, played its part in the Re- publican’ contest for the gubernatorial nomination in New Jersey. McCran is a Catholic. The Ku Klux Klan, which is strong in some parts of New Jersey, went after him strongly. Senator Edge picked McCran to run s a “liberal” and also in the be- lief that MecCran might split the Democratic vote in some of the large cities which are strongly Catholic. s contests for the House, while spectacular as the gubernatorial fight in New Jersey, may reflect more correctly the attitude of the country on natonal politics. 1In Jersey there s already a Democratic governor, and been for years, in fact, ever since Senator ldge relinquished that office to come to the Senate. In the fifth | Massachusetts district the vacancy is| due to the death of the late Represent- ative John Jacob Rogers, Republican Mrs. Rogers, his widow, won the nomination vesterday hands down over James W. Grimes, former State senator. The Democrats nominated Eugene Noble Foss, former governor and former member of Congress. He was unopposed—in fact, in the prim- aries held yesterday most of the dis cord was among the Republicans, Mrs. Rogers has taken a keen in terest in politics, and is well posted on public issues. She is clever and if elected will add much to the appear- ance of the House. For several years she has played a prominent part in work among the disabled veterans at Walter Reed and other hospitals of the Government. She was designated by the late President Harding to in- vestigate conditions in the hospitals caring for the veterans, and she was continued in such work by President Coolidge. The election in the Massachusetts district will be held June 30, but that in New Jersey goes over until No vember, when the governor and other State officers also will be chosen Not unnaturally the Democratic lead are making strong efforts to bring about a victory in the M chusetts district. It is the first ssa op lic setniment since their overwhelm ing defeat at the polls last Ncvember They realize that they face a hard| task in the Rogers district, which he been strongly Republican in pa vears. If they cannot win, at leas they hope for ‘a reduction in the Re. publican majority * % % Former Gov. Foss strong candidate by the Democr s not reside in the fifth r of fact, but that is rated against him. Indeed, when was elected to the House some rs aga he ran in a district in ich he did not reside. The Demo- ats are hoping that discontent due to the fact that many of the textile| mills in the fifth district are either not operating today or are running part time will help them. In fact Gov. Foss' platform has been the res- toration Massachusetts industries to the position, which, he maintains, they no longer hold, particularly the shoe and textile industries In the third New Jersey district, Stewart Appleby won the Republican nomination for Congress, defeating Frederick Schneider. Appleby is the son of the late Representative Theo- dore F. Appleby, whose death last December caused the vacancy which is to be filled. J. Lyle Kinmouth, pub. lisher of the Asbury Park Press, was nominated by the Democrats. He, too, was unopposed It is an unusual circumstance that in the primaries yesterday for two | congressional vacancies the widow of lone of the dead Representtives and the son of the other were nominated * k% ¥ There is a third vacancy in Con- gress which is to be filled before long, the vacancy due to the death of Representative Williams, Republi- can. The primary is to be held July 21 and a special election August 18 The Republicans and Democrats both have several candidates in the field for the nominations. The best the Democrats can hope for in this strongly Republican district is to cut down the Republican majority. Representative William Oldfield of Arkansas, chairman of the Democratic | congressional campaign committee, “whip” of the House and mentioned | as a probable successor to Clem Shaver as chairman of the Demo- cratic national committee when Mr. Shaver decides to step out of office, plans to go into the fifth Massachu- setts district within the next few days to aid in the campaign for the | election of Gov. Foss. Later he will |®0 to the Middle West and the Far West in the interest of the Demo- cratic party, speaking in many places. Mr. Oldfield is pot making “issues” just at present. That is a job for the Democrats in the next session of Congress—aided and abetted by lapses on the part of the Republi- cans, he hopes. But he does believe that the tariff will be one of the im- portant questions which the voters [will have to pass upon. Incidentally, in his opinion, the recently announc- ed decision of the President against a reduction in the sugar tariff rec- ommended by a majority report of the United States Ttariff Commission is going to help bring this question to the fore. is counted not he | of * ok ¥ % “The United States Tariff Commis sion,” sald Mr. Qldfield, “‘was created originally by the Democrats in 1916 to be a fact-finding body. It was a bi-partisan commission. 1Its sole duty was to investigate costs of production and allied matters and to report its findings to the ways and means com. mittee of the House. We need all the information and facts we can get in framing tariff laws, and the service performed by the commission along this line has been very valuable. But the Republicans undertook to change the duties of the commission, with their so-called elastic provisions of the Fordney-McCumber tariff act, giving the commission authority to recom- mend to the President increases or reductions in the tariff rates—though by no more than 50 per cent of the rates established by Congress. Presi- dent Coolidge, in declining to accept the srecommendation regarding the sugar tariff made by the commission, portunity they have had to test pub-|Z Q. Where did President Harding help harvest wheat in the Summer of 19237—D. H. A. Precident Harding went into the wheat fleids near Hutchinson, Kans., which is in the south central part of the State, on June 23, 1923. Herana binder and shocked a few sheathes on a 100-acre wheat fleld known as the Chester O'Neil farm Q. Why was Portsmouth, N. H., chosen for the Russian-Japanese con- ference in 19057—0. L. A. The naming of Portsmouth, N. by President Roosevelt as the ace where the conference between envoys of Russia and Japan for the framing of a peace treaty should take place, was on account of the climatic conditions. The conference took place in the Summer and it was judged that less hardship would be entailed through hot ieather at this place than some others, which were named. Q. When will be finished?— A. The completion of this ship canal is due in 1929. Its estimated cost s approximately $100,000,000. Q. Why is an after-dinner speech called a toast?’—A. S. T. A. The origin of the term is some- what doubtful. An old practice was to hand around a cup of wine in which each guest dipped his piece of bread or toast while wishing good _]t_he Welland Canal j health or good luck to the owner of the cup. Q- What were the swords made of that were used in the conquest of « i by the Twelve Tribes?— . A. The swords mentioned in the Scriptures had blades of iron. Q. In England is the word govern ment followed by a_singular or a plural verb?—D. ‘A. C. ,A. When the word refers to the 1hugl!><(;1 government the plural verb Q. Who were the four beauties of China?—T. G. S. A. They were Chao Chun, “the most patriot| Yong, “the most beautiful”; Tiao Chan, “the most pa- triotic,” and Yong Kuei-fei, “‘the most artful.” famous Q. What is osteotomy?—H. M. W. A. In surgery it is the operation of dividing a bone, especially beneath the integuments, 50 as to remedy de- formity. In anatomy it refers to the dissection of the bones or of the osseous system. Q. In the heyday of Volga River trafit how many barges (freight car- viers) plied the river’—'. M. E A. ‘There were upproximately 000. By 1 however, there were id to be not more than 5,000. Q. When were diamonds first dis- covered in Brazil?—G. W. D. A. They were discovered in 1730 In the following 10 years stones total ing 200,000 carats were found. It has been estin:ated that the total vield of the Brazilian field from discovery to the present time is well over 15,000,000 carats. Q. Did the United States Govern. ment ever make a $3 paper bill?— W.H. T. A. The United States Government has never issued $3 bills. State bank notes were issued before June 3, 1864, when the national banking system went into effect. Large concerns, banking houses, produce dealers, etc., issued notes of all denominations, and they are of no value today as far as the Government is concerned. They were redemed only by the concern by which they were issued. ? 922 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN uniform have to have a permit to carry a revolver or rifle when off duty?—R. W. C. A. A soldier is not allowed to carry arms except while on duty. All arms are kept closely checked and are lock- ed up in the arms rack at headquar ters whenever a soldier is off duty. Q. When is the Henley regatta held?—A. R. T. A. Its annual regatta is held on the Thames in July. The Oxford boat races are also held on the river there, and Americans often participate in the open events. Q. In what kind of soil will alfalfa grow?—P. E. W. A. For its best development it re quires a deep, mellow, well drained soil. It will not thrive in an acid 80il. Where red clover falls alfalfa will not be a success. If the soil is sour some form of lime should be ap plied. Q. In the expression, *‘to the manor born,” should the noun be spelled “manor” or “manner”?—M. W. A. The expression, to the manner born,” may be found in Shak ~Hamlet, act 1, scene 4. Mod thorities maintain that th spelling of the word is “‘manne that the interpretation of not correct, even though is an old variant spelling Q. In reinforcement when wet, th KT V. A. If you the awning of the tent full, as it will rope. correct * and anor anner anor.’ 4 sewing rope in a tent which canvas or are by hand 1d the shrink avers : Water, 3.3 per cent; fat, sugar, 5 per cent, and 1 or ash, 0.7 per cent gravity ranges from 1.029 to 1.034 60 degrees Farenheit. The gravity stands in relation amount of water and other ents. he spec con: Q. What does the “B" stand f Donald B. McMiilan's name’—O. A. His middle name is Baxt Q. How runners of ol of modern athl A There are no paring the perform: runners with t ancient records are too v parison Accordi historians, u certain outrun and catch raced a horse from and beat it. Pk Athens to Spa fourth century | that one Drumos | of his Olympic vi | Epida on the tance of nearly 90 n | flies | (The Bureau of Information Washington, D. C., is prepared to give you accurate and authoritative infor- mation on any question of fact that {you ask It has at hand the un- paralleled resources of the Federal Government, with its hundreds of laboratories, its thousands of special- ists and its great libraries. It is a university of information in the fullest sense of the word. As an institution it is unprecedented. The Star en- gages its services purely for the con- venience of its readers. There is no cost except 2 cents in stamps, which should be inclosed for reply. Address The Star Information Bureau, Fred- eric J. Haskin, director, Twenty-first do £ re of the with Greel those same Q. Does a United States soldier Press Resounds Stimulated by the success and sig- nificance of the recent Southern In- dustrial Exposition, the press of the country on both sides of the Mason. Dixon line sound high praise for the progress of the South and express high hopes for its future. “As basic sources of wealth,” Chattanooga News believes, the South has “soil, climate, waterpower, rail and water transportation, and thou- sands of miles of coast line”: it pre duces crop that grows,” and “has coal, iron, copper, marble and timber.” The News holds that “the South's devel- opment is only just fairly begun.” The Tampa Times also points out that “the aggregate value of the South’s cotton crop during the 20 years from 1904 to 1923, including seed. amounted to $22.074,000,000, or nearly three bil- lions more than the combined value of all the gold produced in the world from 1492 to 1923." The Times adds that “selling the South to the Nation and selling the South to itself are outstanding keynotes of the present moment."” the chiefly to cotton raising and while the staple still remains the chief product of several States,” according to the I Indianapolis Star, “diversified agricul- ture, the textile industry and the steel manufactures of Birmingham have wrought great changes.” The Star considers that “even greater industrial progress awaits the development of waterpower resources, and New Eng- land’s textile leadership is threatened by the rapid increase in cotton mills.” * % ok % New England adds her meade of praise to Southern progress and pros- Leader calls attention to the favor able showing of her railroads and this disinterested tribute _inspires the Nashville Banner to declare that it is becoming generally recognized that “the great fleld of opportunity for the brawn, money, energy and comfort of citizens of this country lies in the South.” “The value of for- eign commerce through Southern ports two years ago, when the total reliable data were furnished, was six times as great as in 1880,” adds the Banner. “Were Horace Greeley live, his advice would be, ‘Go South, young man and old man.’"” Another great figure of the past is recailed by the rovidence Journal, which remark: t was scarcely more ‘than a genera- ago that Henry W. ;:fx:)‘ousg orator, thrilled “the country with his eloquence concerning a new | “ way down the line” to as sillullhaen extent as the condition of the Treasury will warrant. The re- ductions favored by the Democrats will reach the “little fellow” as well as_the “big fellow.’ has clearly shown that the talk of taking the tariff out of politics— which was advanced at the time of the enactment of the elastic provi- sions of the law—was idle. In fact, he indicated that he believed the com- mission should be constituted along partisan lines, 5o as to make recom. mendations in accordance with the tariff views of the party in power. No doubt this attitude of the President will lead to a demand in Congress that the commission be done away with. Certainly an effort will be made to bring it back to a bi-partisan fact- finding body, as it was intended to be when first set up.” * ok k X The De:;m’c‘r:uow:i House, ll:‘ the opinion of going to -for ‘& ‘veduction of the tixes | ing In other words, the Democrats are not intent upon keeping the rates on big incomes and successful business high merely for the purpose of im- posing burdens on them, but they do. believe that if there is to be a reduc- tion of taxes it should benefit direct- ly the man of small means as well as the man of large. “The Republicans say: ‘Reduce the taxes directly on business and big incomes and the rest will benefit in- directly because more capital Wi flow into productive business; saild Mr. Oldfield. “But the Demo- crats say: ‘Let the man of modest means benefit directly from the tax reduction, ag well as the big man and big business—why make the little fellow take a chance of bene- For Prosperity cotton and nearly every other | While the region “‘was once devoted | perity when the Manchester (N. H.)! and C streets northwest.) With Praise of the South South that had risen from the ruins {of slavery. He has proved a true prophet. The things that have ma terialized are probably greater than even he ever dreamed of “The next task.” declares the Bir mingham News, “is to educate own people into a fuller appre of what they have, and to tr: our own youth to be able to serve, not as hewers of wood and drawers of | but to take leading parts, and no pushed aside to make way fc from a distance who have been edu cated so they are competent to do the | necessary big and well paid work.” Recognition of the fact that there a_“little less materialism in the South than in the rest of the coun- |try.” is given by the Altoona (Pa.) | Mirror. “Every American,” says the Mirror, “should consider the South a glorious part of our common heritage and cordially indorse the efforts of its people to contribute to the Nation's prosperit Of the absence of m: terfalism the Mirror offers the judg ment: “A bit of the dream spirit. a | zood slice of romanticism, is essential | to the perfect symmetry of our national life.” The Knoxville Sentinel further reveals of the spirit of the new South |in its admonition “to make sure we haven't lost all individuality and be- come strait-waistcoated into ‘drab uniformity.’ " However, the Sen tinel holds that the Southern Exposi tion in New York “furnished ocular demonstration, not only to North erners, but to Southerners themselves, that the great stride the South has struck in the industrial race is no dream or figment of exaggeration.” * % ok % a ation That success has crowned the strug- | gle of the South is acclaimed by the Charlotte Observer, which declares that “the industrialization of the South has become a subject of an alysis by the financial and economic authorities of the Nation; the marvel ous development is now a matter of common acceptance,” pointing out that “‘once more the ancient port of New Orleans promises to become, if not our greatest port, not far from it.” The Canton, Ohio, News accepts this verdict of the Charlotte Observer, “whose enterprise and industry,” if says, “give proof of the development to which it calls attention.” “The time is coming on the wings of industry and experience when the difference between the sections ap. proaches the vanishing polnt,” re. marks the Houston Chronicle, and the Atlanta Journal rejoices in the faot that “far-seeing men elsewhere pro claim so great a faith in what our region is and is to be. If others be. lieve thus in our destiny, shall we not believe in it ourselves, and work loyally to speed its fruition?” Further evidence of this faith comes from Michigan, where the Ann Arbor Times: News declares: “The North is glad to hear that the South is awakening, and more than glad to welcome thé proof that the report is true. Because, after all, there is no North nor South.* and the praiseworthy pride of the Southerr: press “is just another thing to make us rejolce that we are Americans.’ “There is no_question that people of other parts of the country are com- ing to look upon this as the land of opportunity,” in the opinion of the Charleston Post, which finds justifica. tion in the statement of the New York Times that, “the old South, which was_exclusively agricultural, is dis. appearing before the new South that is well balanced between agriculture and industry.” It is “cause for pride in every section of our common coun- try,” concludes the New York Posty