Evening Star Newspaper, June 24, 1925, Page 6

¢ ™ THE EVENING STA With Sunday Morning 'Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY June 24, 1925 THEODORE W. NOYES. Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company ' Pennesivania Ave hi, ice: 110 F..A?‘( 4[‘.“:\11 St. Chicava Office: Tower Building. European Office: 16 Recent St.. London, 18, Res ered by earriers within * month. daily only. oty 20 cents iy e sent 1y mail or . Nection 15 made by B ‘month. . in de the city at’ 60 cents 45 cents per mo {57, month - O elephone Main 5000 varrier at the eud of e: Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. 1y and Sunday £8.40: 1 mo only " 13r 8000 ay ony 1yr.$2.40% All Other States. aily and Sunday...1yr. $10.00: Daily only ... 1yr., $7.00: Sunday only 1111wl Member of the Associated and al I richta of publication stches herein are 2 the local news A New Anti-Liquor Plan. A new plan of Federal prohibition enforcement has been devised and will go into effect on the 1st of August. which {t is belleved will be more ef ficlent than that now in operation. The country is divided into a serles of 22 districts co-extensive with the areas of the judicial districts and dis regarding State boundaries. It is based upon the hypothesis that the Federal function in prohibition en forcement 1s to stop the sources of supply of lquor, its importation, the diversfon of legitimately manufac tured alcohol and the fllegitimate manufacture and transportation of al cohol and alcoholic beverages. It will leave to local enforcement largely the “mopping up” of wet places in the retail sense. Effort will be made to develop local enforcement. The Treas ury Department, under which prohibi tion enforcement directly falls, will work in close co-operation with the Department of Justice. Thers is evidence of constant prog ress in the enforcement of the Vol stead zct, despite the sneers and jibes and boasts of those who violate it and who hope for its collapse, if not its re. peal or amendment. Recently a con- centrated campalgn off the coasts re. sulted in breaking up “rum row,” the fleet of smugglers awaiting oppor ber of Senate bills and resolutions in- troduced was 29,332, as compared with 82,632 introduced in the House. The Vice President calls attention to the manner in which the self-inter- est of the Senators operates to force through, without real consideration, a great many of the bills enacted. The legislative jam, brought about by lengthy consideration of important bills which for one reason or another are vigorously contested by a minor- ity, is compelled to yield at intervals to allow the less important measures, in which individual Senators are strongly interested, to rush through pell mell, many of them acted upon after the mere reading of the titles. Such a system does not lead to well considered legislation. The threat of filibuster has forced many an amend- ment upon an appropriation bill that a majority of the Senate disapproves, and such amendments are frequently retained in conference with the House, merely because it is realized that some Senator stands ready to talk the meas- ure to death if his wishes are not ac- ceded to. It is not & pleasant picture, partic- ularly when raised for the observa- tion of a people who have been taught to belleve in majority rule. In the last eight Congresses, seven extra sessions have been held, due, in nearly every instance, to filibustering cs in the Senate. Clearly, unlim- ited debate does not prevent legisla- tion so much as it delays it, or per- mits legislation to be jammed through in undigested form. The habit of having Congress al- most continuously in session, which grew up in the last 10 or 15 years, is scarcely a good habit. It leads frequently to demands by the States to have matters handled by the Fed- eral lesislature, which, as a matter of fact, should be handled by the States. It makes it easler for States to shift or avoid responsibilities, thrusting them upon the shoulders of Uncle ‘am. It would be far better from many angles if the Congress would complete its work each year as expe- ditfously as possible and go back home. The belief seems to exist in the minds of some members of the Congress that the country cannot take a breath successfully without their assistance. ——r—. From Washington to Swampscott. President Coolidge's departure from Washington for the Summer leaves the Capital a bit “flat” in respect to official activity and news. The White House is turned over to the refurbish- tunity to land their fllicit cargoes This was a demonstration of the pos- sibility of sweeping out to sea these contraband carrfers. It did not com pletely stop the supply. Liquor has continued to enter the country from abroad by sea and over land, but not in the same quantities as before the sea raid Enforcement is possible. It is upon that principle that the Treasury De- partment’s new organization has been planned. Integrity on the part of enforcement officers of all degrees is an essential. It has never been be- lieved to be impossible to organize an honest, loyal force. Hypocrisy and in- fidelity are not dominant characteris- tics of the American people. The chief trouble ahout enforcement lies in the slowness and the leniency of the courts in the prosecution and punishment of liquor cases. Enormous profits are made by violators who are financially competent to fight legal proceedings, securing bonds with- out the least difficulty, protract ing cases unduly and meanwhile con- tinuing their practices. Bonds should increase in cost, trials should be more speedy, punishment should be more severe. The measure of enforce- ment is the efficlency of the courts and the co-operation of the Depart- ment of Justice in this new plan is lculated to increase the effectiveness of the fudiclal process. — e President Coolidge is now enjoying a vacation in Massachusetts. Vermont loses an enviable distinction for the lack of a shoreline. It is at present a rather long way from Washington to a satisfactory bathing beach. ————————— Russian Communists feel perfectly eompetent, tp take charge of the dis- putations of any country excepting Russia. e Dawes’ “Brass Tacks.” In a carefully prepared statement, setting forth the inaccuracy of some of the arguments of the opposition, Vice President Dawes last night again urged that the Senate rules be amend ed s0 as to prevent “filibusters” and s0 as to permit real majority rule in that body. The Vice President was addressing the Chamber of Commerce of Manchester, N. H., the home State of Senator George Moses, President pro tempore of the Senate, who has aligned himself against the proposed reform of the Senate rules. The Vice President presented an a: ray of facts which can scarcely be pooh-poohed away. Furthermore, he laid his finger on a principal source of opposition to a change in the rule permitting unlimited debate, the re- Iuctance of Senators to yleld individ- ual power. Gen. Dawes charged also that the present system results in secret legislative bartering in the Sen- ate; that individual Senators hold up the country’s business until they re- ceive concessions in legislation in which they have a personal interest. This is a serfous charge, but one which Gen. Dawes insists can be sub- stantiated by many fllustrations. Opponents of majority cloture in the Seaate have urged the country to Dbeware of the plethora of legislation which would follow a change in the Senate rules, limiting debate. Vice President Dawes has had compiled statistics showing the number of bills and resolutions put through the Sen- ate, where unlimited debate exists, and through the House of Representa- tives, where majority cloture can be invoked by moving “the previous question.” In the last five Congresses, he shows, the number of Senate bills and resolutions passed by the Senate, with 96 members, exceeded by 182 the House bills and resolutions passed by the House, with 435 members. The Senate passed 3,113 measures intro- . duced In that body, while the House passed opli- 2831 Yet the total num: ers and repairers and caretakers. The executive offices are all but closed. One of the most interesting centers of information and interest in the coun- try is shifted to Swampscott, and the “Washington date line” will for a time cease to figure in the public prints as conspicuously as usual. But the Gov- ernment continues to be centered here, and the happenings of the great ad- ministrative organization will still make news of importance. The President’s vacation, however, is of much more consequence than the slackening of news Interest in ‘Washington. He has been a very busy man for a long time. It is urgent that he rest as far as the Chief Executive ever can rest from the strain of his routine of duty. His health is an asset of national importance. His strength is one of the resources of the country. President Coolidge has chosen a place for his Summer sojourn that is convenient of access and affords ample comforts, and also permits that degres of seclusion which is essential to a restful relaxation from the cares of office. Mr. Coolidge is not a man given to sports or exercises, but he has his own ways of letting go of the reins of responsibility. At Swampscott he will have opportunity to rest in a congenial atmosphere. A President of the United States can never take a vacation in the full sense of the word. From the time he takes the cath of office until he ceases to be President he is on duty wherever he may be. When he travels he is in communication. When he rests he is subject to call. He cannot transfer his authority to any one. He has no un- derstudy for temporary relief from routine. ‘Washington hopes that Mr. Coolidge will return from Swampscott much benefited by his change of scene and partial relaxation from duty. He will be facing a time of constant stress and labor when he puts the *Wash- ington date line” again on the front page by re-establishing himself at the ‘White House. For his sake the Capital is glad that he has gone to Swamp- scott for the Summer. - —————————— Paris sends abroad reports of e wild ball at which clothing was but little worn. Fashjons change in pub- licity as well as in dress, and it is possible that Parls, in exploiting nudity as an essential of gayety, is overplaying her hand. ——— e Tennessee might have derived more advantage by engaging Col. Bryan as a real estate promoter instead of a zoological expert. —~—————— A Tragedy of Law Enforcement. Two lawbreakers yesterday morn- ing in flight from the police drove their motor car into another machine with such force that one of the occu- pants, a sister of mercy attached to one of the hospitals,in this city, a most worthy woman, greatly beloved, was killed. The fugitives whose flight caused the tragedy were bootleggers. Now a protest is voiced against the practice of the police in enforcement of the prohibition law ofschasing “rum cars” through the streets of this city in a manner to endanger innocent per- sons. If because of the chance that in their flight from the police rum run- ners may cause damage to others they are to be relieved from pursuit, en- forcement of the law is checked, is, indeed, almost nullified. There is, of course, no comparison between the death of the woman victim of yester- day's accident and the transportation of a few bottles of fllicit liquor. In- trinsically it would have been far bet- ter that the bootleggers escape for the time than that this woman be killed. But if a fear that such acci- dents result checks the police in their efforts to overtake lawbreakers, whethgr bootleggers or other erim. THE E inals, @ premium is put upon unim- peded filght through the streets and the capture of fugitives is rendered virtually impossible. To remit pursuit of criminals, Whether bootleggers or burglars or highwaymen, because they may in their flight cause the injury or death of others, would be to lead to the vir- tual repeal of the criminal laws by motive power. It has been sald that the police need not press the pursuit of fleeing law- breakers if they can but obtain de- scriptions of them or of their motor cars. This is not the case, as & prac- tical matter. The description of a motor car is a very fallaclous guide to identification. Its number is not a de- pendable index. Recognition of occu- pants of a car in flight is difficult, al- most impossible, especially in the darker hours. As long as the law prohibits the sale and transportation of liquor it should be enforced, and not by feeble methods but by the most direct and thorough means. That {nnocent lives should be sacrificed in the enforcement is most deplorable, but it is more de- plorable that an element of public opinion should be so swift to urge re- mission of law enforcement because of this incidental sacrifice of a valuable life. I Enforce the Fireworks Rule! A general order has been lssued to the police for strict enforcement of the regulations forbidding the sale of dangerous fireworks in Washington Already two people have been arrest- ed for violation of these rules. A little boy was dangerously hurt the other day by the explosion ofa firecracker that had been obtained from a local dealer. These rules were adopted some years 4g0 as a means of preventing accidents in Washington in the course of the “celebration” of Independence day. Washington had made & gruesome record of fatalities and crippling in- juries. When the regulations were adopted and strictly enforced the num- ber of casualties dropped to a very small figure. The “safe and sane’ ob- servance of July 4 thus effected rep- resented a large saving of lives and limbs. Still the children of Washington have been obtaining supplies of fire- works from stores across the boun- daries fn Maryland and Virginia Most of the mishaps due to explosions have been attributable to these sup- plies. Now it would appear that Dis trict venders have also been selling these dangerous goods, and the pres ent order to the police is to effect a clean-up of the local area. It dealers are not aware of the fact that the law forbids the display and | sale of these dangerous goods they should be made so by direct actfon. | The lives of the little folks of this city are endangered by their enterprise. | It will probably require only a few ' arrests and punishments to stop this deadly traffic. ————. The election of another La Follette to the United States Senate would by | no means assure a continuance of the forceful influence he represented. ‘But it would imply a splendid tribute from his State to the merits of a powerful and conscientious man. oo Mexico has a number of citizens who regard antagonism of United States neighbors as 'a matter of patriotic principle without gaking the trouble to find out whether there is any proper reason for it. r————— The Germans are practical, deep- thinking people; yet emotional. When a4 suggestion of communism is made they recall their old affections, and preter the goose step of monarchy to the jazzy paces of the demagogue. ————s As a simple country gentleman Harry Thaw still claims the right to g0 to New York occasionally for a look at the tall buildings and the cabarets. — e It is stated that the ex-Kaiser does not desire to re-ascend the throne. His income is liberal, and he is perhaps excusable in preferring the life of a retired business man. M- SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.* Learned in the Laws. The traffic copper is a friend Who claims my earnest praises. Advice he's competent to lend On life's important phases. As up and down the road he goes To make his observations, I reverence him as one who knows All traffic regulations. A Threatened Morale. “Are you in favor of prohibition?" “I still am,” answered Senator Sor- ghum. “But if these bootleggers keep on acquiring wealth they are liable to develop a political pull that will compel me to waver.” Good 01d Days. We talk about the “good old days.” Our grandsires did the same. The previous eras men will praise And scorn the present game. Perhaps, ere long, 'mid our applause, ‘We'll gaze into the trees And breathe a gentle sigh because ‘We are not chimpanzees. Jud Tunkins says he admires the lightning bug as one of the few sources of {llumination that don't send month- 1y bills. Not Saying. “Did you dance with the Prince of ‘Wales when he was in this country?" “Yes,” answered Miss Cayenne. “Is he a good dancer?” “Why should I commit myself? There are diplomacies to be respected in social diversion as well as tn inter- national interchange. Casus Belli. All men want people to be free. All men dishonor flout. If there “another war” should be, ‘What would we fight about? “We is all full of patriotism,” said TUncle Eben, “and every Fourth of July we tries to say it wif frewarks.” The following interesting letter, written by M. B. D., has been re. celved: “Since coming here, over a year ago, I have followed your articles in the evening paper. I never wrote a writer before, 80 you may feel that your articles are unusually interesting to me. “I like your articles about womeg, gardens, cats, dogs, Calliopes, and others too numerous to mention, When you get on music, however, I could sc ch your eyes out. “What in the blazés are you doing? | Trying to cater to the crowd, with |the idea they like that noisy, junky i wailing? “In the first place you will put some time to good use, by asking around in different places. You will learn that most people like good music. I fear that it is too much you speaking I don't mean that vou like it. I mean that you just concluded that most people do. _Well, they don't “I don't say that a melody of Ber lin, Romberg, Fox, Fisher or any other person of that class is not ood and enjoyable. But those hideous ‘mommer-papa Jazz bo baby’ things My blood boils when I hear those shrieks. 1 like ‘Katrina,’ ‘Yearning For You,' and melodies of that kind, when they are played as written. Do you like those mutes, those trombone &hrieks, those clarineite walls? I can only picture hideous savages yelling their damned heads off over nothing, when I hear that junk. “Did you ever watch a crowd of did you ever listen to what 3y y about the music, did you ever watch expressions that go with such music, and finally, did you ever try dancing to music and then try dancing with it? “Spend an evening at the They have an orchestra that plays music. Drop in at the ——. They play the sume things—only how different the result. Go down to the Sylvan Thea- ter and hear the Marine Band. Get an ear full of music “After you have done those come back and write something about music. T hate to see a good man go Wrong. With good wishes for vour con- tinued success and with hopes for your musical future, I am,” etc. * &k X ¥ I certainly fear for that musical fu- ture of mine, myself! When I think of all that one might know about the great art of musle, it is no wonder that some one is shocked to find any one venturing to praise a good modern dance orchestra. (I must stress the adjective here, that distinc- my recent article.) Yes, sir—or should it be madam?—I shudder at the depth of my musical ignorance. But I have done the best I could. I have only reviewed scor of the prominent artists and music organizations to come to Washington during the past 10 ve: I have only heard the Marine, and Army Bands, Sousa ization, the Philadelphia Sym the old F n Symphony, th ! York Philharmonic, New York Sym. | phony, Boston Symphony, Flonzaley ete only had the pleasure of hear- Kreisler, Kindler, Heifetz, Cortot, ls, Rachmaninoff, Leginska, El among the instrumentalist and McCormack, Werrenrath, Galli-Curci, Farrar, Braslau, among the singers, to mention the first that come to mind. I only have about 500 phonograph records, most of which are by the above and their brother and sister artists of musical fame. (I may add that I have several score dance rec- ords, although I do not dance.) In ‘addition, I have heard, and most of them more than once, most of the well known operas, both grand anc ‘enator Ladd has left in North Dakota. It i fence. It stands on the campus of the State Agricultural College, at Fargo, of which Ladd was president for five vears preceding his election to the United States Senate. The fence was put up In connection with his fight against the white lead interests. To were buying inferior Ladd had the North Dakota slature build him a tall fence sev- eral hundred yards long. Then, as chief chemist of the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, he conducted a series of systematic tests with various grades of paint. In that field he was a specialist. American farmers today give Ladd the principal credit both for the better quality and the lower prices of paint. * ok % % Although he was labeled radical in polities and was typically Western in his_point of view, Edwin Fremont Ladd was born and bred a New Eng- lander, like Calvin Coolidge himself. He originated in a small town in Maine, and his early professional life as a chemist was spent in the service of New York State. 0 he emigrated to North with which he was forever after prominently identified. Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana is an- other ‘‘Western” radical who hails from New England. He was born in Hudson, Mass., just outside of Boston, but has lived in Montana since 1906. On a private occasion in Washington, shortly after he became President, Mr. Coolidge expressed astonishment to learn that his own ancestral sofl was the breeding ground of so many West- ern irregulars. * ok ok k In President Coolidge’'s budget speech, on the eve of his departure from Washington. he spoke of the service Gen. Lord is giving to the country “at a very great personal sacrifice.” The director of the budget recelves a salary of $10,000 a year for saving Uncle Same tens of mil- lions. He probably could advertise that his services were on the market and sell them within 24 hours at ten times their present remuneration. It would be easy to name half a dozen corporations that could afford to em- ploy Lord on such terms as chief of their money-saving department. * K kX Everett Sanders, assistant to the President, who will be in charge of the branch office of the Summer White House at Lynn, Mass., has always hankered to spend a vacation near Stoughton, Wis. When asked why, Sanders says that he used to pay his way through college by selling maps in Wisconsin in Summer time. The Stoughton area had an insatiable ap- petite for maps, and Sanders “work- ed it” triumphantly. His record, of which he still boasts, was 28 cash customers among 30 prospects. Some- times he regrets he didn’'t go in for salesmanship instead of politics. EE Stephan Panaretoff, late Bulgarian Minister to the United States, is to become an American citizen. In taking out his papers, Mr. Panaretoff, Bul- garia’s first envoy at Washington, has a celebrated precedent. Edmund Charles Genet, the first French Min- ister sent to the United States, adopt- ed American citizenship. Genet was recalled for trying to embroil this country in war. Panaretoff was kept at Washington for accomplishing the exact opposite—namely, restraining ‘America from going to war with his country. Mr. Panaretoff, who is now 76, came to Washington in 1914, He had previously spent 44 years as pro- fessor of history and languages at tion having been made very clear in | prove that the farmers of the West | aint at high | | | WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE munumnm;!{nherl College, Constantinople, which a wooden |is supported by American funds. The | sort of | with an old | music lover, as stated in the previous light; have personally studled the scores of these masterpleces, and have been interested in music of all kinds since childhood. I am perhaps the only person in the world who played through on a mandolin every note of every part in Bizet's great masterpiece, “Carmen.” If you do not think that something of a feat, my advice {s to try it! Adapt- ing the grand bass songs and themes of that opera to the limited range of the mandolin makes an interesting Summer afternoon’s work. * k X k The writer of the letter quoted makes the mistake of not being a psychologist. One should accept for a fact the following statement: That no one is going to praise anything not ordinarily praised until he has a back- ground behind him that enables him to do so. For instance, take a collector of glassware. 1If he is a genuine col lector he will seize upon some funny looking old bottle and call it a gem, where the ordinary man not versed in bottles would be afraid to make any comment at all, and if he did so would probably ask, “What is that ugly old thin; Similarly, world’s a man not well read in the | sterpleces of literature | would hesitate long before signing his name to an article praising the old- time “nickel novels.” The man to whom music Is not a second nature, who does not familiar with books as he does r of shoes, {8 not going to run the risk of being thought an igngramus. He plays feel as safe! o I quite agree with my correspond ent that most people like good music. The term, however, probably {ncludes more than many would be willing to admit. Similarly with orchestras, dance and otherwise. There are good dance orchestras, and they do play good music, and they play it with a weaith of Interesting instrumentation that would delight the old masters. I wonder if M. B. D. has ever heard Hayden's “Children’s Sym- phony”? It has whistles and drums and bird calls, and even rattles that keep whirring around over the top of the musical tones in a most distress- ing manner. There is a little child’s Christmas horn that blurts out, off key, time and time again. For the day and is composition it was almost Y& it is art, in its way. one has to have heard dance s and dance orchestras, as stated in the former articles, be fore he is in a position to appreciate just how good some of them are. It is only the good dance orchestra that wins the appreciation of the real article on this subject. * X ok * As for Music with a capital M, that is a subject that the writer of this column has been reserving for a later day, for, next to Books, he likes Musle best of all. To write of Music decently is one of the hardest tasks in the world, as any one knows who has ever tried it, because it is difficult to translate sounds, rhythm, tone, melody, har- mony, into cold type. Much that is daily written about Music is the greatest bunk in the world, as witness sentences speaking of “delicate traceries of lace pat. tern,” etc., a laudable striving but almost a complete failure. Some day 1 hope to tell M. B. D. and others a few of the things 1 know—and do not know—about Music So, you see, I, too, have hopes for my usical future! former diplomat has accepted the chair of Near East history at George Washington University and will also write his memoirs. * X X X The administration is doing the Dest it can to keep the peace between Paul and _Minneapolis. The maller of the Twin Cities recently bagged three major Federal appoint ments in succession—the secretary- ship of State, the solicltor general ship and Mr. Olds' assistant seere. taryship of State. The pendulum has now begun to swing in Minneapolis’ direction. George Akerson, assistant managing editor of the Minneapolis Tribune, has been appointed secre- tary to the National Commission for the Philadelphia Sesquicentennial ¥ position of 1926. It's a $5,000 job. * K x % Czechoslovakia, like Switzerland, has neither a port nor a fleet, but it has a ship and a merchant marine flag that is all its own. The ship recently dropped anchor in the har- bor of Baltimore. It {s the £,700-ton freighter Legie, and flles a flag show- ing a red lion rampant on a white field. Czechoslovakia bought the Legie from a Japanese steamship company. She is docked, when not on the high seas, at one of the two piers assigned to Czechoslovakia at Hamburg under the treaty of St. Germain. The Legie is now cruising around ti® world as a floating ex- position of Czechoslovakian indus- tries. She has made two trips to Viadivostock and has visited ports in both North and South America. Her officers and crew were members of the Austro-Hungarian navy. * k% X The Secretary of the Navy is about to leave Washington for the Pacific coast on a joint official and private journey. He has a number of im- portant dates on his calendar of both kinds. He is to see his son married, participate in the cruise of the An' napolis middies in the waters of Ore- gon and California and then make a maiden inspection of the Panama Canal, which Mr. Wilbur has never visited. He plans to return to this side of the country by way of the canal and look over some of our naval outposts_on both ends of it. Capt. Walter R. Gherardi, the Secretary’s naval aide, will join him at San Fran- cisco. (Copsright, 1925.) o American Rush Pose, Declares Dean Inge America’s rush is mostly pose, re- ports Dean Inge on his return to Lon- don from a visit here. And unques- tionably with certaln elements—to which the “gloomy dean’s” observa- tion presumably was limited—this is true. But a deeper, wider and more understanding view would have led him to a different conclusion. The rush that, within less than a century and a half, has carried Ameri- ca from a hardly held place among the lesser nations to unshakable position as a world power second to none, that has swept it from small begin: nings to record-breaking economic achievements is no pose. It is the real thing and is general here. This Dean Inge would have seen if he had read America rightly.—Cleveland News. Calls Swampscott Noisy. e & qutat muma M Coolidge picked t T ‘loisy place 10r & SUCmErS FRsE: & i VENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1§25 THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Politics at Large By G. Gould Lincoln The progressives in the Northwest and the so-called “stalwart” Repub- licans will clash at the polls late this Summer or in the Fall—a whole year before another political contest there was expected. The death, first of Sena- tor La Follette of Wisconsin, followed almost immediately by the death of Senator Ladd of North Dakota, has changed almost overnight the political situation in that part of the count It looks now as though it was prac tically certain a special election wiil be held within a short time in Wisconsin to fill the vacancy in the Senate caused by the death of Senator La Follette. A similar election may be necessary in North Dakota to flll the Ladd ancy in the Scnate, although it may develop that Gov. Sorlie, & Non- Partisan Leaguer like Senator Ladd hus the power to appoint a Senator to serve until the next general elec. tion s held, November, 1926. If these LWo senate 1 contests are staged this Fall they take on no little political &ignific , and it may be expected ¢ effort will be made by th * The row will be between the pro gressives and the regular Republicans —~the followers of President Coolidge —Just it was in Wisconsin and North Dakota last year. The Demo. crats are not figured at this juncture to have any chance to win either one of these senatorial contests, though they probably will name candidates. The Democratic party in these States has been little more than a name for years. The primaries for the may of the States, depending on which fu tion obtains t Republican nc tion. But they may not. Feeling runs high. Independent or fusion canc dates may be brought forward by the opposition in both North Dakot Wisconsin. The chances of the lar Republicans will depend upon the measure of prosperit the Summer metes out to the If crops are good and prices fair, then the conservatives will be listene far more willingly than if crops are bad and prices low. * x * x Senator Ladd would have come up for re-electton in November, 1 Senator La Follette not until Nover ber, 1928. The contests this Fall wi in 4 measure, be a skirmish—a prelude to the battle which is to come for the conty Senate Of the 26 R 1 Senators who must stand for re 11 are from West and the The man chosen to fill the unexpired term of Senator Ladd will be in this list, wh also includes Senator Lenroot of Wi sin, Senator Cummins of Iowa, ator Curtis of Kansas, Senator voding of Idaho, or Jor shington, Senator Means Senator Norbeck of nomination re; larg wh liams of Missouri, recent to fill a vacancy caused by the de of Senator Spencer. The belief in some quarters the progressive movement in the w and Northwest will in some way disintegrate, now that Senator La Follette has passed, is scarcely based on a real knowledge of the sii- uation. This movement has been a development over a considerable period of time, and its roots are deep. It is true that the new third-party movement. of which Senator La Fc lette was the real rallying figure, ms suffer materially through his death. Already from Minneapolis comes the word that the Soclalists, led by Eugene V. Debs, are planning to re vive their party organization, which they submerged temporarily last vear to follow La Follette and Wheeler. But the jssues between the progres- sives and the conservatives have been pretty closely drawn in the past in a number of these Western States, and the contest is likely to continue. e The Demoacrats undoubted seek the present opportunity to re- vive some of their party strength in the Northwest. Except in local and State elections, the Democratic party as such has nof figured in these States in recent years. But while the Demo- crats will seek what advantage th may find in the coming contests, there will be strenuous opposition on the part of many of the leaders to following the advice of Col. William Jennings Bryan to “ditch” the party in the Northeast, and to seek by a consolidation of the South and the West to gain national control. Chair- man Oldfield of the Democratic con- gressional campaign committee is one of those who take the view that the Democratic party is the party of the people the country over, and not of the people of any particular sections. Furthermore, they point out that the Democratic party is far stronger in some of the Northeastern States to- day than it is or ever has been in the st. In their play for some of the West- ern States the Democrats will seek to line up the farmers in opposition to the Republican Fordney-McCumbet tariff law, on the ground that this law increases the prices of all the things which the farmers must buy, and that the protection sought to be granted the farmer on his products is not effective at all. Comes a rumble from Illinois which may give the Democrats added hope of making an effective appeal along this line. The Illinois Legislature, which is strongly Republican, has recently adopted a resolution protesting against the tariff law, and also against the Esch-Cum- mins transportation law and the im- migration law, all put through by the Republicans. If the farmers of the West could really be aroused over the Republican tariff there might be some cause for worry by the administration. For years, however, the theory of the pro- tective tariff, at least tacitly, has been approved by the Western States. * ok ok ok President Coolidge is chusetts for the Summer. His pres- ence there may be of assistance to his friend, Senator Willlam M. Butler, chairman ‘of the Republican national committee, who was appointed to the Senate following the death of Senator Lodge and who must make the race for re-election next year, with former Senator David I. Walsh as his prob- able opponent. According to reports received here, Senator Walsh is doing a great deal of preliminary work for the campaign right now, and is speak- ing frequently in all parts of the State. He has a strong personal following and will be a difficult opponent for any Republican to defeat. Although this is an off year, the importance of the contests for con- trol of the Senate and House, which come up in November, 1926, are re- garded as so important by the various party leaders that not a little cam- paigning—in a _quiet way—is being done in a number of the States be- sides Massachusetts. Senator Curtis of Kansas, Republican leader of the Senate, will spend much of the con- gressional recess in the Sunflower State, making himself solid with the people. Out in Washington, Senator ‘Wesley L. Jones, Republican whip of the Senate, 1s speaking frequently— not on political subjects, but on travel, history and economic questions. He is meeting the people again and re- newing his contact with them ef- fectively. It is not likely that Sena- tor Jones will have opposition for the Republican nomination. But already Mayor Brown of Seattle, a radical, has announced his intention of mak- ing the race for the Senate on the Democratic ticket. Washington went for Coolidge last year, despite the des- perate efforts of the that in Massa- settle the struggle in one or both | BY FREDERI Q. Please give a description of the State flag of Maryland and state the present population.—V. S. A. The State flag of Mary resents the escutcheon of the coat of arms of Lord Baltimore. first and fourth quart Iternately gold » with a diagonal band, wh olors are reversed; the second third quarters consist of a quartered field of red and white, charg a Greek cross, its arms terminating in trefoils, with the colors transposed, red being on the white ground an white on the red, and all being rep- resented as on the escutcheon of the present seal of Maryland. The popu lation of Maryland by the census of 1920 was 1,449,681, A 1925 estimate ces it at 1,537, W : v is it considered bad luck light to three clgarettes from one rstition that it is bad lights from one in the Russian Or Church, where it was cus tomary to light three candles with one taper at funerals led e practice being with ath. Q. ord up’? A. Th rench word and tionarfes do not give an’ / glicized pronunciation for it Howev in the automobile business the pronunciation “coup” 18 often used. Q. fox ed per to pronounce the it it were spelled Is it oupe! How long h: been worn?—V. G. A. It is probable that a marriage ring_encircled the finger of the wife of the first Pharoah. Rome at the beginning of the Chris- an era. Q. When wil built?—R. W. T A. An appropriation has been lotted for the Coolidge Dam and pre- liminary work is under wa It near the town of San C State of Arizona. Q. Is a motor cycle a bicycle or an automobile?—IL. L. H. A. The class to which a motor cvcle belongs may be a matter of opinion; however, in the Facts and Flgures booklet, issued by tional Automobile Chamber of Com- merce, motor cycles are listed under the heading of motor v with automobiles, trucks. Q. How would a that he had reached the and how could he prove it A. The Naval that he would North Pole w sun above the horizon was equal to declination as given in the Nauti Al and remained so wt Tha declinatio distance from Ar wedding rings the Coolidge Dam be the within 35 of the Brit , who found a tent by Amundsen. In the North Pole, which is in tr n, such tangible proof ted. case Arctic Q. How many mo Natfonal Safety Council’—F. A. It has 3 8 active representing 8.000 worksh: 000,000 workers. Q. What languages Balkans H. V. A. Ten languages are spoken in the Balkans. They ‘are Bulgar] Montenegrin, Croatia Albanian, mbers has the B, L are used in the Greek, t book v it that Gen Washington said h: Revolutionary War?—F. 15 “The Crisis,” by Tho e first and most fam d December 19, 8 = No more spirited contest in na- tional affairs h. developed in recent vears than that which is now bei waged between the victorious corned beef and cabbage and its rival, ham and eggs, for the title of great Amer- jcan d A vote taken in New York eating rcles by the United St s Restaurant Owners' Assoclation has resulted in & plurality for the for- mer, with ham and eggs as the r ner-up. Supporters of the latter dis- pute the validity of the New Y verdict. “The result conclusively provincial {s the metropolis,” in the opinion of the San Antonio for apparently it hasn't discc the universal American dish and egg: New York dine: singularly unpatriotic However, the Buffalo ews ventures the sugges- tion that “New York, at most, is only a small part of the United States; some go so far as to deny that it is any part whateve Con- tinuing, the News say event, corned beef and c not the most popular dish country. such a thing. As well accept the vote of Boston for beans ar Phila- delphia for tripe. One must go the open spaces—to the plain peo- ple—for a fair decision. No one hav- ing a broad outlook on the question can doubt for a moment that ham and eggs is the national dish.” P The thought that perhaps the ver- dict is_a joke comes to tke [York Herald-Tribune. “An idea of humor,” states that paper, “may have prompted the voters who, in over- whelming strength, exalt corned heef and cabbage as the favorite dish This solld combination is a main re- liance, along with prunes, of comic strip. The conceit that body should be such a vulgarian as to crave it is supposed to be uproar- If the restaurant pa- trons, however, are in earnest, their taste is undeniably virile. The cholce also accords with the gospel of thrift.” Giving further attention to the humorists, the New Orleans Trib- une feels that the vote “justifies the attention the humorists gave this dish.” The Tribune remarks: “They depict comic characters with an in- n hbage in is the, porters, and it will re-elect Senator Jones, in all probability. The Democrats are intent upon picking up a senatorial seat in Mary- land next year. They are out to win from Senator Weller, if they can, who is one of the 26 Republicans who must make the race for the Senate. The Senator is spending some of his time mending his fences this Summer. He has the backing of the administra- tion, it is understood, for renomina- tion. But he also has opposition in the Republican ranks in his State. Representative John Philip Hill, the “wet"” Republican from Baltimore, is admittedly looking the field over to determine whether he will enter the primaries for the senatorial nomina- tion next year. The Weller seat is one the Democrats hope to snatch away from the Republicans. Gov. La Follette sup- Ritchie himself may enter the fleld against Senator Weller, although he has not yét made any_ announcement of his future plans. He may prefer to seek a third term as governor, d with | ped to win the | any | It is ridiculous to suggest | to]| New | the any- ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS C J. HASKIN. Q recorded? The What is the hottest temperatur W. 0. H. Quarterly Journ: »gical Society the world heat record was brol he Italian settlement of A -desert e rose to 136.4 on dispatch dated Nc is {nfory n, t not give the on which t record was maem. Q. What s mean of 1873"7—M. J. R A. The so-called “crime of 1 was the demonetization Previous to this bi the policy of the Un ing " little from Hamilton's, unlimited ¢ of 15 to 1 great political split, the measure and & Q. What were t “Light_Brigade A. The order f as follows: “Lord Rag “the crime is on Brigade ad | guns of b later the gu fire, O | Light Brigade The brigade fiorses out of A trength of 673 which, from It was in_usey {ere | tion largest | in the wor! the Na-| along | 1 papers | \ (It is gratifuing | uals, busin | teachers and ure, invention ndred other su art and a | burec Wo writing to the | asking for auth nold probi | dren.” A ting the | heip them choosing their ¢ have you that mus t ? Write Frederi rector, The Star Inforn In cents in | Governmen areers stamps Did They Vote Seriously For Corned Beef as Best? tiable cravin G i | mor. the Charlest | beet | mev T not raved over it have not pictured thele: are to be nc reser n comment <hows how | g to expl: hia Bulletin that “apparen 1 sandwich w 1S unwi the pe on the menu and r dignity than a ‘bite. h out of it, the pre exhibited is ex Not corned beef an co cule and enticing of ut it has sol | filling qualities.” This point of v is_shared with the Brooklyn E whose idea of the situation is perfectly clear that New Yorker patronize ordinary t . no fancy tastes. i some food. tisement of t} veyor of trichinae has But that would he bala ories of embalmed 1 | plain the inexplicable are a pure w of time even for the most obs: of Nordics."” W ible. on; * % % * Offering still another the Binghamton Press rer don’t know t the vote was taken, but we ver they are not largely patr ladies’ luncheon parties or by the lat supper crowd. Corned beef and ca bage is decidedly a man’s food. And the men have gone far to r i America’s national dish.” Th to national standing ver, 1s qu tioned by the New York Evening Post which suggests that a “run-off” be tween corned beef and eggs ‘‘woul be Interesting.” The Post believes i is a question whether there are r more ezes eaten in one day than corr ed beef in a week.” This cannot cor tinue, however, he matter is ed by the Bay City Times Tribune which sets forth this procedur, good Americans will feel compelled to patronize more widely the dish upor which the majority sets its sacred seal. Finally, there will come the i evitable movement to compel the pul lic to eat that dish exclusively, whic will likely end in a constitutional amendment to make the eating of any thing else punishable as contempt of court.” In the face of it all, how ever, the Waterbury Republican views ham and eggs as possessor of the high rating “in the regard of Americans of the open spaces, both great and small from ocean to ocean.” The enthusiasm of the food vote is recognized by the Lynchburg News in a comparison which it makes with « recent referendum on public matters in Virginia. The responses there were much less representative than th in New York on food. “Boiled down, says the News, “it means that corned beef and cabbage is more important to the average person than tax equaliza- ED———— =