Evening Star Newspaper, June 22, 1925, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY. .June 22, 1825 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office: and Pennsylvania A 11en St Nex York' dffice: 110 Eagt dnd St. Chicago Office: Tower 5 European Oftce: 16 Regent St. London, England. The Evening Star. with the Sunday morn- ng edition, is deliversd by carriers within the clty at’ 60 cents per month: dally only. 48 cents per month: Sunday oniy. ED fonls per ‘mont . e nen Tofaphone Main 6000 Toliection {8 mede by carrier at the ead of each month. Mail—Payable in Advance. aryland and Virginia. Nt L . 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The health officer of the District expresses his astonishment that Washington should be thus included in the list of cities where sanitary methods are lack- ing. The local Heal!th Department, he points out, has prided itself on the rigid enforcement of the pure food laws, both Federal and District. In- spectors are constantly making rounds examining food supplies, and bringing charges and effecting confiscations ‘whenever impure foods are found. The sanitary conditions {n the markets are under constant inspection, and this is the first intimation for vears that they are not satisfactory. 1t conditions are s the department's statement indicates, reformatory meas- ures must at once be adopted. There 18 no need of additional law. The pres- ent statutes are adequate for the pro- tection of the consumers of food. Pos- sibly the number of inspectors {s not sufficlent. Dr. Fowler, however, though he could, of course, effectively usge a larger force, avers that the in- spection is adequate. Evidently a dit- ference of judgment exists between the local und the Federal euthorities. Though the department’s statement does not specify Washington, its gen- eral allegation is that in addition to the insanitary vending of meats deal- ers are guilty of deceptions as to qualities and extortions in price. Such & broad statement cannot be accepted as proof. It may be that fraudulent methods are practiced here, that short ‘welghts are given, that inferior meats are sold for the price of superior grades, thet, in short, actual fraud is practiced on the purchasers. It is surely in order for the Department of Agriculture to produce proof of these charges, which, standing as they do in | sweeping terms, assail the credit of all dealers and likewise weaken the faith of consumers in the integrity of pur- veyors of this necessity. ————— France is evidently apprectating the fact that the tax-paying public is t- self a creditor, expecting returne on its Investment in the form of pros- perous commerce and a secure cur. rency. Any debt conspicuously ignored leads to a fear that others will be treated in the same manner. ————— Russian peasants dislike the stories reaching them of large sums expended in promoting communism abroad. They are every day becoming stronger for economy and the avoidance of en- tangling alliances. ———— Washington Is a big city now and 1s entitled to an occasional police shake-up such as every other metrop- olis indulges in. The Soviet government is deter- mined to be noticed even when not formally recognized. Hard Coal Negotiations. Processes leading to an agreement between anthracite coal miners and operators or to a disagreement and a suspension of mining September 1 are to be set in motion within a short time. The tri-district convention of the miners opens in Scranton, Pa., a week from today. The demands of the miners will be formulated, it is re- ported, including an increase of 10 per cent in wages. About July 10 or a little later committees representing the miners and the operators will meet to discuss the terms of a new agree- ment to be effective on and after Sep- tember 1. According to published reports, the mine operators are likely to demand a reduction in wages of from 15 to 20 per cent. In addition to the demand by the miners for an increase of 10 per cent in their pay they will seek again to have the “check-off” system adopted, by which the union dues aire collected by the company directly from the pay envelopes and turned over to the union The stage seems to be set for an- other struggle in the coal industry, a struggle in which the public suffers greatly, but during which it is com- pelled to stand by until the opposing forces have settled their differences. So far, and notwithstanding the se- vere lessons which the people have had in the past, no plan of adjust- ment between the miners and the op- erators which will prevent strikes and the consequent suffering due to lack of fuel has been developed. In 1923 a shutdown of the anthracite mines was threatened, as it is today. A commis- sion, headed by John Hays Hammond, ‘was appointed by the President to aid in bringing about an adjustment and to devise plans of relief in the event of a strike. In the end, after a brief suspension of work, Gov. Pinchot of Penngylvania, where the anthracite LY mines are located, prevailed upon the operators and the miners to sign an agreement which gave the miners a 10 per cent increase in wages. At that time production of bituminous coal, to be used as a substitute for the hard coal, was speeded up; plans were laid for giving bituminous coal pri- ority in shipment over the raflroads in the case of a long anthracite strike, and a campaign of education to show the users of anthracite how they might use the substitute fuel was out- lined. - The President’s coal commission submitted a lengthy report, with many recommendations; there was talk about legislation by Congress to rem- edy such situations. But nothing came of it all. And now the anthra- cite consumers, of whom there are a great many in the District of Colum- bit and the Northern cities along the Atlantic seaboard, are faced with an- other shortage of coal unless the op- erators and the miners are able to agree prior to September 1. Whether they will agree or not is a gamble. But if they fail to agree and the mines are shut down there is not the slight- est doubt that the consuming public will suffer, at first from inconvenience and cold and then financlally as the prices of fuel mount. It is not a pleasant prospect, even in the torrid season. The miners and the operators should be made to un- derstand that the public has had its fill of such happenings; that it does not like to shiver or to be “shaken down.” The price of anthracite can- not increase continually without its reaching a point where the people will abandon it and find some other kind of fuel. And once the people become accustomed to using a cheaper substi- tute the market for hard coal may be materially changed, a result that might have its effect on both miners and operators. There is ample time before the ex- piration of the present agreement for the miners and the operators to reach a settlement. Those leaders on both sides who have the interest of the in- dustry, the workers and the public clearly before them should be able to work the matter out successfully without a suspension of mine oper- atlon. ———————————— Father’s Day. Father's day passed quietly. Many pleasant words were sald of father, and some of them were true. In the churches many pastors had a‘good word to say of father as a general principle. Tobacconists say that the fathers who remain among us were honored with cigars, pipes, pouches, smoking tobacco and plug for chew- ing. Perhaps some doting offspring took chocolates and bonbons to father, but those who carried to him a pipe or bundle of cigars knew him better. For the father who has passed on there were flowers for his grave. It his spirit were conscious he loved best the blooms that came from the old home yard. There are many good points about father. He is a pretty good sort, with all the frailties of his sex. He does not touch the sensibilities of boys with homemade sugar cookles, ginger bread, pound cake, applie ple, hot bis- cuit and peach preserves as mother does. But he can tell storles of In- diens and of his victories over them and other desperate men which make young hair stand on end. Why, we boys belleved that father could shoot a8 straight and quicker than any other man who wore boots. He could fight 8o fast and gloriously that he was unlickable. When father was 2 boy he was the fastest foot racer, the truest marble shooter and the best lariat thrower in the country. We were led to think that the Civil War would not have been fought had he been absent. It was he who brought about the surrender at Appomattox, or, on the other hand, or other side, it Lee had taken his advice there would not have been a surrender at Appomattox. As we got older and believed that we had gathered to ourselves all knowledge worth having, we began to ook on father as somewhat of a four- flusher, but as we grew still older and gained useful knowledge we veered to the opinion that though father may not have been the greatest American of his time, he was a pretty good old sport. He did not have our modern notions about the evils of lotteries, seven-up and toddies, and there are many of our cults and isms he never heard of and wduld not sanction if he had, but still, here is a flower to his memory! With the girls father was always a hero. As he grew older the girls loved him more. Passing into Stlence and Mystery the girls, perhaps grown gray, think of father with a tenderness they cannot tell. ————————— Philosophers assert that nothing is made in vain. Beauty contests and cross-word puzzles will no doubt demonstrate their usefulness in pro- moting physical efficlency and intel- lectual progress. ot The uncensored Fourth of July ora- tion is quite likely to assert itself as one of the problems of the near future. End of a Long Man Hunt. A man hunt that has lasted over 12 years came to an end yesterday in New York, when J. W. DeKay, in custody of an agent of the Depart- ment of Justice, landed in New York from England, a prisoner charged with complicity in a bank failure at Providence, R. I. DeKay was. indicted in April, 1913, for misapplication of the bank's funds, with others, includ- ing the president of the bank. He evaded arrest for more than 11 years. He was pursued through many coun- tries. He established himself in busi- ness here and thers, but always hed to move on when the long erm of the law regched out for him. At last, more than a year ago, he was arrested in England by Scotland Yard detec- tives at the request of this Govern- ment. He resisted extradition, and the case has been pending for 12 months. In April last his extradition was ordered and now he is back to face trial. The pursuit and capture of this man {llustrate the persistence of the law. It is sald of the Canadian mounted police that they always ‘“‘get their man.” Just so the Government of the United States never remits in ita pur- suit of a known fugitive. Remarkable tales have been told of ,these man chases, some of them stretching around the world, into the most re- mote regions. Usually the fugitive conceals his identity, slipping away from one hiding place to another when his features are recognized and his s solved. DeKay, however, made no concealment of his identity, but depended for his immunity upon the difficulties of making arrests in for- elgn countries on charges brought in the United States. While he was in flight the Great War was fought. That interrupted the pursuit and increased his chances of evading arrest. While he has been in flight his brother and the former president of the bank have been tried and convicted and have segved their sentences. Had he stood trial with them, and had he been con- victed as they were, he would today be a free man instead of a prisoner facing prosecution and punishment. Arlington County Jail. Sheriff Fields of Arlington County, Va., appeals to the citizens of that county for the improvement of the Jail at Fort Myer Heights, which is overcrowded, insanitary and unsafe. The jail was bullt 20 yeurs ago, and the population of the county has since Increased’greatly. Arlington County is a thriving, rapidly developing com- munity. It is not proud of the fact that {ts jall is inedequate. There is no particylar credit to a city, town or a county in outgrowth of its penal equipment. But it {s an inevitable con- dition of human soclety that the larger & community the more nu- merous the lawbreakers, and Arling- ton County has had that experience in its growth. But this is not so much a question of size or the proportion of lawbreak- ers to population as it is of decency and safety. At present thers are 49 prisoners in the jall, with sleeping ac- commodations for only 27 at one time. In consequence the inmates sleep in relays. Sanitary conditions are bad. There are no facilities for the proper segregation of prisoners. In short, the Arlington County Ja!l s in a dis- graceful state and the sheriff asks for prompt rellef. Arlington County has thrived rve- markably since the purging of that region, before its name was changed, of lawless elements and corrupt politi- cal conditions. It has attracted many homemakers from Washington, who have found there comfort and con- venience and opportunity for more healthful existence than can be en- Joyed in a city. It has developed a strong clvic spirit. It has a most prom- ising prospect of future advance. Now it must clean house and equip itseif properly to take care of the derelicts and lawbreakers, providing a modern, sanitary place of detention just as it has provided modern school buildings. e The spotlight Is an erratic {llumina- tion. It turns to the artist, the singer, the dancer, the show girl, in a manner which defies the calculations of stage management. With the unintentional assistance of Col. Bryan the monkey now takes the center of the stage in dazzled and unsought pre-eminence. —ae—. The dlscovery of the North Pole will not be popularly regarded as a thor- oughly completed enterprise until it has the advantage of e reliable system of transportation for the benefit of Summer tourlsts. ————— A marriage of two film performers is described as ‘“‘quiet” when the re- port cccupies only a fraction of a celumn on the first page of every newspaper. ————— A New York college professor says beer is really an excellent drink. Even college professors mix their tenses. In respect for the United States Con- stitution he should have said “was.” —————————— Society is always in a condition of progress and change. The solution of one traffic problem is quite likely to create another. ————— SHOOTING STARS. BY PRILANDER JOHNSON. Fishing. Fishing is a pastime neat ‘Which soothes each earthly doubt. It often brings a bit to eat And more to talk about. The patient fisherman disdains ‘The river, lake or brook, To write of ““fishing” with great pains, Or read Tke Walton's book. They who enjoy this pleasure fine Are those, T truly think, ‘Who spend some time with hook and line, But most with pen and ink. = Discretion. “Do you enjoy shaking hands with your constituents?”’ “Yes,” answered Senator Sorghum. “It makes 'em feel friendly and ac- quainted. And ‘howdydo’ is one thing you can always say without fear of starting an argument.” The New Word of Scorn. The gtatements which-my fancy strike I greet as aids to righteousness; And anything which I dislike Is propaganda; nothing less! Jud Tunkins says evolution has started so much argument he thinks maybe one of our ancestors was a harangue-a-tang. Happy Days. “How I long for the days when I was a happy barefoot boy.” “Stick around!”- exclaimed Farmer Corntossel. *“We've already got the barelegged girl, and if the price of shoes keeps up a lot of us will be es barefoot as any boy ever was. " Trouble Hunting. A.bold explorer is like other men ‘Whom we have known before, He scarce is gotten out of trouble ‘when He straightway starts for more. “A lazy man,” said Uncle Eben, “is obliged to convince somebody he is so smart dat a few of his wise words kin mk.kph:eot,gnk\lm".__ Ten years from now the hundred of boys and girls who were graduated last week from the various high schools of Washington will realize that it was a “commencement” indeed. Life has many such commence- ments, which seem, at the time, to be endings rather than beginnings. There is the grade-school “‘commencement,” now quite formal; then that of the high school; then thdt of the college, for many. Having completed the prescribed course of study, the student is told, in effect, that he may commence again upon a new course, where the teacher is Life and his fellow scholars are the public. At the time no graduate can possi- bly realize just what he is ‘up against” in ‘commencing the more serfous business before him. If he did take it too seriously, as a matter of fact, it probably would handicap him to just that extent. Much as the fledgling, fresh from the nest, commences his prescribed course in aviation, guided by the par- ent bird, the fledgling citizen of the world begins his flight into the un- known. Unknown it is, all the future, not only to these young men and women (most of whom are not any ways near A8 smart as some of them imagine they are), but also to the “old grads’ ‘who have preceded them. This s one of the charms of life that lures us on, intriguing our fancy With hopes that may or may not be realized. To the graduate what dif- ference does It make, after all, whether all his dreams come true or not? He has his dreams now, and as he is true to them so shall his reward be. * xox % Does this sound like a commence- ment address made by seme solemn old party in a frock coat while the students writhe in agony beneath their cups und gowns? I hope not. I, too, have experl- enced that torture. And yet, I ask you, what else could those solemn old gtldr;‘" have told us other than they It the graduates of last week im- agine they were bored by the bro- midic advice, what do they imagine the distinguished speaker of the eve. ning felt about the proceeding? o Here I am,” no doubt he mused, ‘faced by a lot of young folk who are commencing life. "Many of them im. agine they are ending it, rather. They hope I will not tell them what to do, and the officials are looking for me to give them sound advice. If I tell them the old truths—which are all the truths there are—in human conduct, they will call me an old bore. If I do not do it, the school officials will pri vately tell each other they made a mistake. Not that I fancy this busi- ness of speaking earnestly to boys and girls—ah, hem!'—young ladies and gen: tlemen, excuse ~me. Personally, I Wwould rather be anywhere in the world than on this platform tonight. Now that I am here, however, what can I do but tell them how the world looks to one who has gone through the mill, one who knows that commencement is commencement indeed?" * ok % % To each young graduate there will come times of doubt, when life will seem hardly worth while, when every- thing he touches seems to turn out badly. Then it will be well for him if he will recall that once upon a time in The Evening Star he read an article by some old chap with white whiskers 10 insisted on telling him that the ebility to “keep a stiff upper lip” was ?:lnllcrf the maln factors in a success. e. It is an appropriate moment to observe that Grace Goodhue Coolidge has weathered triumphantly a year of poignant trial. No circumstance has been more remarked in Wash- ington than the fortitude with which the first lady of the land has borne the grief which afflicted her in July, 1924. She has bravely refused to wear her heart upon her sleey Everybody knows that the smiles Mrs. Coolidge has for all occasions screen a very deep sorrow. But she has suppressed it in order that the exalted duties that fall to the wives of our Presidents may be punctiliously ab- solved. Some of her friends once feared that Mrs. Coolidge might not cgnatinually succeed in suppressing hér emotions. That she has done so is at once a tribute to her courage, hler consideration and her constitu- tion. * k% % All records for passports are being smashed at the State Department these days. Hitherto, the issuance of 1,000 a day of Uncle Sam's credentials has been a high-water mark. For many weeks past, owing to this year's stampede to forelgn parts, Secretary Kellogg's young men and women have been grinding out passports at the rate of 1,600 a day. As they cost the tidy sum of $10 aplece, it means that State Department revenue has been accruing to the extent of nearly $500,- 000 a month. Thanks to passport fees and consular invoice fees abroad, the United States for:‘ifn service is virtually on a self-sustaining basis. X ok ok % Albert Jeremiah Beveridge has just concluded a fortnight of research at the Congressional Library in connec- tion with his monumental “life” of Lincoln. The Hoosler statesman-his- torian claims to be immersed in that work, to the exclusion of all other interests. Nevertheless, Senator James E. Watson plans to put in a busy Summer in Indiana digging in against the menace of a conteat with Beveridge in the 1926 Republican primaries. Beveridge will return to Washington periodically during the next year for more Lincoln data. One of the gems he recently disinterred was docu- mentary evidence of Lincoln's bitter and unsuccessful attempt to be made commissioner of the General Land Office. The Great Emancipator was an 'insatiable seeker for office in Illinois for years before national honors gave him immortality. B Although the new foreign service law (Rogers bill) increased the pay of junior officials at our embassies and legations abroad, salaries of ambas- sadors and ministers were not raised. Ambassadors still have to worry along on $17,500, and ministers on $10,000 a year. One of our $10,000 envoys has just asked to be transferred to a place where he is not required to live above his income. It happens to be a capital where the representative of the richest country on earth is expected to keep up a correspondingly fancy front. The minister in question finds it hopeless to try to do so on his Government pay, which is all he has. He is going to be sent to a less expensive job. * %k ok % His friends say there is more than meets the eye in last week’s defeat of Senator Walter E. Edge's primary candidate for the governorship of New Jersey. Senator Edge, once Governor of New Jersey and twice elected to the United States Senate, has a very busy presidential bee buzzing in his capable head. He is young, as well as ambitious, having just turned 50, so that even if the lightning should not strike him until 1932, he would still be {n presidential prime. The re- jection of the Edge bernatorial favorite is the first us setbacl the Senator has encountered in all of the 25 and more that he has been & BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. tor jn Jersey politics. Even News No matter who you are or how great % fellow you were in school, no mat- ter how many ‘“honors” come to you or how many times your cadet com- pany won the drill,’ there will come times when people seem to have for- gotten all that. These things, while always a per- sonal satisfaction, probably will be singularly unimpressive to men 10 vears later. The snappy, jeweled fra- ternity pin (which you probably called a “frat” pin) will not carry the weight it once did. The brothers delighted in telling each other then how the magic flash of that gemmed article in the future would open doors something after the manner of the magic sesame of the fairy tale. ‘Ten years later, however, when you attempt to butt your way into the office of some exalted “brother” with the aid of the aforesald pin, you are likely to find that it is a vest adorn- ment to him and nothing more now. The old pin will always be a sign of a certain kind of achievement, and at certain times and in certain groups it will ever have its old potency. No longer, however, will you find it neces- sary to walk with the hands in the trousers pockets in order that the coat may be kept open so that the pin will show. Dear graduates, young and old, do you remember the scorn with which you held those members of rival or- ganizations who pinned their insignia almost out to the line of the buttons on the vest in order that no wight might miss seeing their “pin"? Surely you do, because you prob- ably did it yourself, as well as held fll;)ur coat open! Such is fraternity e. * % % You will almost forget, too, how to give the secret “grip,” which you al- ways secretly regarded as a bunch of bunk, anyhow, although you never even whispered that dire suspicion to any of the dear brothers. As a matter of cold fact you will be glad to get away from some of the selfsame dear brothers, who are by no means as dear as the ritual said they were. All these things will pass into their proper places in the world of men, but there will be one thing of great im- portance left, and that single thing will be the abllity to “keep a stiff upper lip." Lacking that, will be, then, the ad- vice to “keep a sUff upper lip.” This is a case where advice is very good, because one must remember about it before he can do it. He may not con- sciously put the thought into words, but he will act on it just the same. He will find life & great deal like schodls—only more so. If he found *‘college politics,” he will find a larger version of the same. If he encoun. tered suspicion and hatred, he will find well grown specimens of the same in the larger life of business. There will be heartaches as well as backaches, and also several assorted samples of what in childhood we called bellyaches. Each one of these aches will require that he keep a stiff upper Iip, as the saying fs. Above all, he will have to keep the upper hand on the tendency to become cynical over the misunderstandings he will encounter, the suspicion he must face, the willful misrepresentation that will cut into him like a knife. Life is not exactly “dog eat dog" any more among civilized men, but it has a surprisingly similar appearance at_times. Then the old graduate (he will be that in 10 vears or 15 vears, or maybe 20) will find that if he keeps a stiff upper lip in this matter, too, he will be the happier and better for it. his own precinct at Ventnor, on the outskirts of Atlantic v, e unfaithful. e Tt * % ¥ x Paul Bartlett, American sculptos and French academician, is mnlfi‘n; his semlannual sojourn at his Wash. ington studio. The rest of the time he inhabits his workshop in Puarls, Wwhich was once the studio of Bar. tholdi, sculptor of the Statue of Lib. erty. Bartlett thinks Americans don't read their newspapers, though the best in the world. “Met a fellow the other day,” said Bartlett, “who asked me If Gutzon Borglum had got out alive from that mountain cave to which those dogs were trying to bring serum.” Bartlett, who must be a wet, has chiseled a new statue of liberty—in chains. * ok ¥ Col. Frederick A. Fenning, the new Commissioner of the District of Co- lumbia, holds that he is performing a national, rather than a local, service in launching an anti-noise crusade in Washington. “The Republic's think- ing is done here,” Fenning says. “It cannot be done amid din and racket, There’s no community in the country where the need for the maximum of quiet is 80 urgent. Some noise is unavoldable. But much of the rumble and roar in Washington is unneces. sary. It must be muffled.” Milk ‘wagons, motor trucks, omnibuses and street cars are the four sources of bedlam at which Fenning is mainly tilting. O t the ‘A: g ver a e 'my and Nav; they’'ve just installed a cougleClg? ornate and highly palished brass con- tainers for waste paper and other ref- use, that once served a deadlier pur. pose. ~They originally were shell cases for Germany's long-range pro- Jectiles. In their present utilitarian form they are inscribed with the legend: “Busy Bertha, Verdun, 1918.” They measure 18 inches in diameter. (Copyright, 1025.) Coolidge and Mellon Overcome Reticence There are advantages in public service despite serious drawbacks. The careers of President Coolidge and Andrew Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury, prove this. Both men have benefited as a result of their govern- mental service. President Coolidge is overcoming |bee: his reticence. He is a much better mixer than when he became Presi- dent. He has more self-confidence. His appraisement of human nature is more accurate. To meet his fellow citizen has pecome a real pleasure for Mr. Coolidge. Andrew Mellon, one of America's richest men, was a banker of rettring disposition when he accepted a cabi- net position under President Harding. Men had come to him for financial advice or help. His whole life had been that of a cool, calculating banker. It was said of him that he had never delivered an after-dinner speech. Perhaps that is an exag: eration, but when Andrew Mellon of Pittsburgh went to Washington he ‘was known as the shy banker. Although he is past 70 years old he has agreed to remain as Secretary of the Treasury. He has also broken his habit of a lifetime and is making cpeeches. Public service has so hu- manized him that he dares to invade the Democratic strongholds of the South to proclaim his tax theories. The chances are that Andrew Mellon k |is getting as well as giving more out of life than at any other time of his long.and useful career. ; Student Muzzey Is Defended Tells Says History Truth About U. S. To the Editor of The Star: In the past few years I have been aware of much discussion as to the use of Muzzey's text book on Amer- ican history. I, as a student of the above book, will endeavor to show that I have In no way been harmed by 1its so-called unpatriotic -remarks and am not at a loss for want of facts. First, let us take the question why Muzzey failed to touch on several im- portant battles and prominent men. The answer is this: The text must be studled in accordance with the length of the school term, and at the same time the important facts must be digested. So Muzzey condensed his text into a more compact form in order that the facts can be quickly and thoroughly grasped. Further, we must have bare facts &o that the great financial measures and cam- palgn issues of the administrations can be studled with more dfligence. These two were passed up in the graded schools because of their in- tricacles and were left to be develop- ed in the high schools. We, the stu- dents of Muszey, are asked if we know anything about Decatur, Perry, Jackson at New Orleans and Hull, Of course, we became well acquainted ‘with these brave men and their fa- mous explolts in the graded schools. Muzzey touches on the fundamental events that went to mold our Natlon into its present powerful state. Then, some one quotes Muzzey as saving the Revolution was a ‘‘cause- less, wanton, wicked rebelifon.” But wait, they falled to include the en- tire sentence, which reads, “Thou- sands of people in the colonies could agree with 4 noted lawyer of Massa- chusetts that the Revolution was a causeless, wanton, wicked rebelilon.” Can there be any pro or con when the people themselves believed it? Then the article reads that “Hayes had fraud written across his brow.” Again, it has been misquoted, as the correct sentence will show, “His face appeared in the Democratic press with the word ‘fraud’ written across his brow.” Then, still a third instance in which the information has been twisted to suit the objectors, they say, “When Guiteau shot Garfleld it was in order to rid his country of a traitor.” Muzzey doesn’t want to con- vey that idea at all. Those are not his words. The true sentence is, “He did it, he (Guiteau) sald, to rid his country of a traitor.” All Mr. Muzzey is trying to do is to give us the truth. Not a truth hidden far under a veneer of lles. Why give us a book tilled with melo- drama, which pushes the truth far into obscurity? Is it not better for us to see how generations before us met the difficult problems confronting them? How else can this be done without the truth? I have just finish. ed studying this book, and I, as well a8 my classmates, are just as true and patriotic Americans as when we started. Why give us some sugar- coated thing? Give us the truth and we can accept it with a grain of salt. Muzzey says himself he did not fill his history with battles because he wants to show the coming generation how our great country was formed and the critical events that tempered the steel for further trials. I, as a student of Muzzey, appeal to you, give us the text fliled with truth that we may better assume the most noble ambition of our lives, becoming a citizen of the United Etates. BARRY THAVIS. Believe Headlights May Have Caused Tragedy To the Editor of The Star: The numerous comments that have been made by Mr. Eldridge and others on the tragedy that occurred the other night on Kiingle Road Bridge, as pub- lished by you and other Washington papers, fail, in my judgment, to in- clude what might be a correct guess on the cause of the automobile leav- ing the bridge. Mr. Eldridge gave the impression that the driver was an inexperenced one because he had had a license only a few weeks. He also has indicated that the ‘poles in the middle of the bridge may have been the cause of the accident. He has even indicated that the narrowness of the bridge may.have been a contri- buting cause. Ke may be right or wrong in all of these particulars. T wonder if it has ever occurred to him that the primary cause of this dis- aster may have been due to the bril- liant headlights on automobiles. As there was no one left to tell the tale, the real cause may never be known, but the fact remains that the brilliant headlight i{s undoubtedly a potential cause of night driving accidents. Any one who has ever ridden in an auto- mobile on a narrow road or narrow bridge facing a brilllant headlight knows how completely blinded is a driver facing it. Every automobile driver has doubtless had to stop his car many a time on the approach of an automobile with blinding head- lights. It ought to be clear to any one that it is impossible to have brilliant head- lights whose rays will not be higher than the plane of the light itself. Au- tomobile roads are not planes. J. 8. ABBOTT. Proofreader Knows Nothing of Shepherd Among the 12 jurors eventually dis- covered in Chicago who had never heard of the Shepherd case was a proofreader. Another was a street car conductor. It {s not so surprising that a conductor of a street car never heard of it. He is a busy man taking up faresgnd telling people where to get off and has little time for soclal gossip. As he is on his feet all day he naturally goes to bed directly after his evening meal. It might seem strange, however, that a proofreader never heard of the famous Shepherd case. Yet this is not so unreasonable as it appears su- perficially. Consider the proofreader. He reads not only everything that gets into print but a good deal that is thrown out, owing to the pressure at the last moment of more important matter. A proofreader cannot be ex- pected to distinguish and remember What got into print and what was dis- carded by the editors and makeup men. Everything the proofreader reads therefore is equally unimpor- tant, since it may or may not have n thrown out. Moreover the proofreader does not read for information and the satis- faction of his curiosity, but reads as a servant of the public and all other readers, protecting the public against abuses of the language. With this responsibility of preserving the lan- guage resting upon him a proofreader has little time to consider what he reads merely for his own gratification, and to expect him to remember every- thing he reads is preposterous.— Topeka Capital. $250 Monthly Is Prime Marriage Requisite A questionnaire submitted to 595 girls, co-eds in the Southern University of California, reveals, we are told, that they desire for husbands young men “‘who are respectable without being of the ‘goody-goody’ fype, and who have a decorous attitude toward life and its recognized institutions.” Further, “‘other qualifications needed are an income of at least $260 monthly, with assurance of advancement.” Why didn’t they say that in the first place? The rest of the questionnaire is of no - Cvariotts Observer, ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. Pleass give names of some good bathing beaches near Washington ‘where one can spend the week end.— PP A. A few of them are Piney Point, Md.; Chesapeake Beach and North Beach, Md.; Bay Shore, Md.; Colonial Beach, Va.; Benedlct, Md., and Chapel Point, Md. Q. Why are the time signals now sent out from the navy yard’—W. O. A. The lift over ie only temporary while the power is being increased on the signal sets at Arlington. Q. What city in the United States is lald out similar to Washington, D. C.2—N. B. A. Indlanapolis, Ind. The char- acter of the town was influenced by L'Enfant, the designer of Washington, for one of the surveyors who made the town plat had aided in the work at the National Capital. Q. Are there regulations about car- rying plants from one State to an- other?—P. R. A. It is agalnst the law of most States to carry nursery stock, such as young white pine, across State bound- ary lines without a permit or nursery certificate,, Touristé who dig and transplant plants from one place to another make it difficult to control plant diseases and pests. Q. When did women first serve on a jury in this country?—W. T. H. A. " The first jury containirig women was drawn in Laramie, Wyoming Ter- ritory, in March, 1870. Q. When will the British open golf championship be played?—T. W. A. It is to be played at Prestivick June 25 and 26. Q. How long have fishhooks been in use?—W. A. T. A. A recent excavation in Mesopo- tamia brought to light & fishhook that must have been used before 3000 B. C. However, long before the dawn of his. tory fishhooks probably were used. Bronze barbed fishhooks were used by the European lake dwellers. Where {8 the throne of England actually situated, and of what does it consist?>—P. T. D. A. The throne is in the House of Lords, separated from the woolsack by & brass rail, except when the sov- erelgn is present. It is & Gothic chalr, made of oak, and is_occupled by the King when he opens Parliament. Q. What caused the trouble in Hon- duras?’—R. G. A. The recent troubles in Honduras ‘were originally the outcome of the bit- ter presidential contest of 1823, led by Gen. Carfas, Dr. Bonilla and Dr. Arias, none of whom obtained a majority of votes. The election was therefore thrown {nto Congress, which, on ac- count of factional dissension, did not reach a decision until January 31, 1924, A_ at midnight, when the term of Pre: dent Lopez Gutierrez expired. He later declared himself dictator, dis- solved Congress and deolared martial law. The United States severed rela- tions and uprisings resulted in varfous parts of the country. Gutlerrez died soon after and was succeeded by a cabinet controlled by Dr. Arfas. The other two candidates waged war on the government forces. President Coolidge sent Sumner Wells as peace. maker to the peace conference that was called. No specific conclusion was reached and fighting continued. Q. Should one say “The man died of influenza,” or “with influenza,” or “from influenza’?—E. B. H. A. "Correct English” says that the form “He died of influenza” should be used. Its author, Mrs. Baker, ex- plains that one dies of a disease, from hunger, by violence, and for another. Q. What kind of wire is used in an electric coffee percolator?—L. F. E. | | completed after research among A. It is usually an alloy of nickel, chromium or copper. Q. How are church flags made?— cicE. A. There is only one flag for all the Christian churches, which con- sists of a white ground with a blue field in the upper corner and a red cross. It is made just llke any ordi nary flag, out of bunting. Q. What is the Irish Hills district in Michigan noted for?—G. T. K. . The Irish Hills district, eo named because of its resemblance to Killarney, Ireland, is noted for its magnificent views. From one hilltop 25 lakes may be seen. Q. What are the names of some of the fast frelghts on the Pennsylvania Rallroad?—T. H. A. the names are “The Gas Wagon,” “The Bison,” “The Blue Goos Hummer,” “The Arrow" and “The Eclipse. Q. Are all the objects in the Freer collection on exhibition at the Freer Art Gallery in Washington?—I. 8. It A. There are 18 exhibition gall in the Freer Gallerles of Art. comparatively small number of ok are exhibited at one time. All ar however, available for the use of stu dents from 10 a.m to 4 p.m., excep on Sundays and Mondays. The ga lery is always closed on Monday. Q. How many names has the Island of Haiti had>—L. T. G. “Little Spain, This was modified to “Hispaniola” by the English. It later was called Santo Domingo by the Spaniards. More rece and at pres ent it has borne and bears the name Halti. Q. 1Is it true that some people eat cats?—D. F. W. A. Cats are eaten by the Chinese and in the island of Savare preferred to sheep and goats. A young one, wel cooked, s considered better than h: or rabpit. It is said to taste someth lke the American gray squirrel, bu; even tenderer and sweeter. Q. How many men lost their 1ix in the World War, and what suffered most?—G. G A. The most recent calculations, ords of the governments of 15 bel erent natlons, show that 8,461,595 men lost their lives and 21,099,935 were wounded during the war. Ruman suffered the greatest average I 44.76 per cent of her men under arm: Q. Are New York and London in the same latitude?—G. A. M. A. London is 700 miles north of New York City Q. What is the heaviest element’— R. 'A. Osmium is the heaviest element on earth, having a density of about »_ times that of water. Q. What will take an imitation marble finish off a slate mantel’ F. M. A. Probably rubbing with pumice stone and water or fine emery i water will rem it. It may be aece sary to use several coats of paint or varnish remover first (Letters are going every minute from our free information bureau in Washington telling readers whatever they want to know They are in an swer to all kinds of queries—on all kinds of subjects from all kinds of peo- ple. Make use of this free service which The Star is maintaining for vou. Its only purpose is to help you and we want you to bdenefit from it. Get the habit of writing to The Ster Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Twenty-first and C streets, Washington, D. C. Gitlow Anarchy Case Decision Is Indorsed by Press Opinion The decisfon by a majority of the|organized form of society called gov- United States Supreme Court that | ernment, made up of many homes, New York's criminal anarchy law is | must expect the same sort of resist- jamin Gitlow should be confirmed has resulted in widespread American com- ment on the limits of free eech. Gitlow was found guilty of advocating force against the Government. The great volume of comment is favorable to the majority decision. Among American papers which note the mer- its of the minority opinion of the court are the Lynchburg News, the Topeka Capital and the New York World. The traditional attitude of the press on the subject of free speech is up- held by the Chicago Tribune, which, however, approves the majority apin- jon of the Supreme Court. “‘We should like to side with the minority jus- tices,” declares the Tribune. “Jeal- ousy of any restriction on free utter- ance is natural in the press. Another reason why we should like to side with the dissent is because American life is suffering at this time from a pest of prohibitions. But with any prac- tical regard for the actual problems of social order, we cannot think that the principle of free speech covers the deliberate preaching of a transforma- tion of our institutions by methods of violence. There is no system which so ruthlessly tramples down dissent or criticism or protest, which so tyr- annously denies free thought and uli terance, as that of the revolutionary radical, the communist, the maximal- ist or bolshevik.”” So also the Duluth Herald holds that there should be “freedom to advocate change of any kind whatever, but no freedom to uc} vocate change by violent method: The Herald believes that this “surely is a platform on which free speech remains undlsturhedgdull:\d all rightful reserved. u"'r'fl;fn:r:n‘:rchy and sedition in the bud “is the only safe and sane course, says the Springfield, Mass., Union. which remarks: “One Gitlow might not be able to cause a bloody revolu- tion,” but the harm that might be caused by a hundred or a thousand Gitlows is easy to conjecture.” As to the right of revolution, the Fort Worth Stay Telegram quotes _Drinlel Webster to the effect that it is *‘un- questioned,” but adds: “It must frankly be admitted to be a revolu- tion, and those who engage in it must not whine if they are visited with the punishments made and provided for such dcts as theirs. That is the trouble with our revolutionists of to- day. They want to eat their cake and have it, too.” . * * % contention that “every govern- m;l::: like every individual, has the right to protect itself from violence' is made by the Omaha World Herald. “And ours especially,” continues the ‘World Herald, “has that right, so long as the ballot box is open, 8o long as citizens enjoy the franchise right and so long as the right of appeal to rea- son, from press and forum, is undis- puted.” The Pueblo Star Journal ex- plains that “it would not be illegal to advocate a monarchy by amendment of the Constitution, but it clearly would be treasonable to try to bring about establishment of & monarchy by forcible means.” Pointing to changes that take place under constitutional liberty, the Flint Journal states: Git- low would take this liberty away from the people and substitute a tyranny of his own.” “He who would with force and arms invade a single home, - clares the Wall Street Journal, | valid and that the conviction of Ben-|ance. If he gets hurt in his venture, he has no right to seek redress or pro. tection from the organization he sought to destro: Denunc! “noisy purveyors of anarchy tered by the Los Angeles Time: holds that America “is for those c petent to become Amer s of the constitutional type.” Check upon li cense is indorsed by the St. Paul Pio neer Press, which asserts that “it is because we assent to submit to cer- tain restrictions upon human actions that we remain free.’” The Salt Lake City Deseret News concludes that “a righteous cause will stand on its mer- its and make its appeal without resort to force.” Opposing those who ungqualifiedly indorse the majority opinion of the court, the Lynchburg News suggests that “the decision will be productive of some uneasiness in many quarters and there will be & strong inclination to agree with the dissenting opinion of Justices Brandeis and Holmes. Un- der the decision it appears altogether probable that laws may be enacte which will constitute a graver dang: to liberty than the danger they are designed to avert. It is better that a few men should be allowed to preach revolution, if that be inevitable under the doctrine pronounced by Justices Brandeis and Holmes, than that the rights of the great mass should be unduly abridged.” * ok ¥ ¥ The ultimate results are viewed a: most important by the Topeka Caj ital. *““The question.” says the Capit is not so much whether freedom of speech is correctly defined by thi Supreme Court decision, as whether a policy of repression is the best policy for the Constitution itself, the per petuation of the Government and pof¥ ular education, and training in pul affairs and politics. This nation was founded on the right of revolution and the exercise of it. The new de cision raises the question whether loyalty can be inculcated by law, or by force, and whether limitation of freedom of speech is a short cut to patriotism and loyalty, or rather danger. Most liberals think the lat ter, as do Justices Holmes and Brar deis.” The Chattanooga News adds: “The theory of the fathers was that the people have sense enough not to be misled by such harangues as Git low is said to have perpetrated. They believed that the open air would prove & sufficient disinfectant. The altered modern construction puts a severe strain on our institutions.” “The decision in the Gitlow case may be good law,” states the Balti more Sun, “but the New York statute is an unwise one. More converts arc made to communism by creating mar- tyrs out of communists than by their arguments. The rule of common sense requires, in this country at least, that revolutionary agitators should not be taken too seriously.” The New York World, similarly, argues that ‘“two judges have adhered to the older, and, it seems to us, the sounder, doctrine that the speech of a wind-bag like Git low, which creates no ‘clear and pres- ent danger,’ should, however much we may dislike it, nevertheless be toler- ated.” It is proper to inquire, adds the Waterbury, Conn., Republican, “whether the overcautious policy of repression may not be tending to work Injustice upon perfectly peace- able and_constructive critics of the present order who are yet entirely loyal to the Constitution, within & liberal construction of its intent,”