Evening Star Newspaper, August 9, 1925, Page 38

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. SUNDAY. August 9, 1925 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Tower Buil Chicago Office : Tower Bul European Office: 16 Begent St.. London, England The Evening Star, with the Sunday morn- fng edition, in delivered by carriers within the city at' 60 cents per month: dally only, 45 cents per month: cents per month fers may be sent by mail or telephone Main 5000, Collection is made by carrier at the end of each montb. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. and Sunday 8.40: 1 mo., 70c ngySunday . 1T 3880 1 mo- B0 y only 1yr.. $2.40: 1 mo., 20¢ All Other States. Daily and Sunday...1 yr.. $10.00; 1 mo., 85¢ Datiy oy ST 1 I S4200¢ 1 Mo 60e Sun, $3.00: 1 mo, 25¢ Dail Dail: Su lay only. .......17¥r. Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dis- Ratches credited to it or not otherwise cred- *tad fn this paper and also the local news Published herein. Al rights of publication ©f special dispatches herein are also reserved Belgian Debt Negotiations. Important negotiations relating to the Belgian debt to the United States begin here tomorrow, with the Bel- glan commissioners meeting with the American Debt Funding Commission. The successful settlement of the Bel- gian debt doubtless would give added hope for agreements with France and Italy for the funding of their debts to United States. Involved in the question of the Bel- gian debt is the proposal that the part of the debt incurred prior to the armistice shall be paid out of German reparations. The Belgians base their contention for this treatment of the debt on the assurance which President Woodrow Wilson is said to have given in Paris. The United States has been particular, however, since the close of the second Wilson administration, that the debts of the allied nations to the United States shall be paid without regard to the German reparations. The United States does not desire to be placed in the position of a collector of reparations from Germany, in which it does not share. Once this country agrees, however, to swap the debts owed by Belgium, France or Italy or any other nation for the rep- arations, which Germany, under the terms of the Versailles treaty, must pay these nations, then the United States becomes in fact greatly inter- ested in the payment of the German reparations. America is not a party to the Ver- sailles treaty of peace. That pact was never ratified by the Senate, although President Wilson and the other mem- bers of the American delegation to the peace conference took part in its negotiation. While the United States would be glad to see the nations which were its allies during the World War obtain from Germany the reparations to which they are entitled, it is not fair to call upon the United States to act as the collector of the reparations. In the end, all debt-funding settle- ments entered into by the American Debt Funding Commission with the debtor nations must go to Congress for its approval. The feeling exists that it would be folly to agree to permit the payment of part of the Belglan debt with German reparaticds, in view of the strong sentiment in Congress against such a transfeg of obligations. Furthermore, such a concession to Belgium would be seized upon by other debtor nations to have their debts to the United States settled in the same manner. The United States is no usurer. The fairest and most equitable terms will be offered the Belgians and the other debtor nations. But the United States feels that the time has come to reach a definite understanding with regard to these debts. It is particu- larly unfortunate that arrangements were not made in the year immediate- ly succeeding the signing of the armi- stice for the funding of these interna- tional debts. In those days the aid which the United States rendered the allled nations was fresh in mind and heart. The sense of obligation had not been dimmed by the propaganda of many foreign politiclans, as it has been in recent vears. Through this propaganda the peoples of France and Italy perticularly have been led to believe that the debts to the United States really do not exist, certalnly not morally. It is this attitude on the part of these peoples, an attitude which has been developed largely for political advantage, which now makes it the more difficult for a settlement of debts which are just. The principal lever left in the hands of the United States to bring about a settlement of the debts is the need of some of these countries for additional loans. It would be unfortunate to be compelled to deny further credits, yet the position of the United States be- comes particularly ridiculous when American millions are loaned to debtor peoples who refuse to admit thelr obligations under previous loans. —_——a—— A clash between sclence and re- ligion invariably leaves the final im- Dression that neither was seriously hurt. Camouflaging Crime. A commission of citizens recently organized in New York for the study of crime in the United States, with e view to finding means to combat this growing evil, has started its work cago denounced the report as incor- rect, and claimed that it had been put forth for the purpose of injuring Chi- cago. Just why any citizen should wish to befoul the reputation of his own community is beyond conception, and the mayor gave no explanation of his assertion. It is undoubtedly the desire of each municipality to present the best front possible, and to mimimize the prev- alence of crime. But such endeavors do not lessen the lawlessness or aid in the solution of what has become Amer- ica's gravest problem. If any city gains the reputation of being the most jmurderous in the country it naturally is ashamed, but it should be even more alarmed and determined to cor- rect the evil. Local conditions may encourage crime. Lack of police efficiency, lack of court co-operation, the prevalence of crime-breeding sentimentality on the part of the people, from whom juries are drawn—these are elements n the making of murderers. It is futile to close the eves upon them. The murder records grow, and the false pride becomes another factor in the terrible equation. This experience on the part of the volunteer crime commission shows that the evil is national in character. The commission should include repre- sentatives of every State and every large city. It should have the co- operation of all municipal and State authorities in the collection of re- ports. It should be given the encour- agement and aid of judges, State and Federal. It should be assisted by all large national organizations, repre- sentative of the business and indus- trial activities of the country. Crime is the great American prob- lem, and no side:stepping or camou- flage will conceal the fact. ———. The Government’s Building Needs. . Senator Reed Smoot of Utah, chalr- man of the Public Buildings Commis- sion, is going to the bat at the next session of Congress for the appropria- tion of money needed to erect Fed- eral Government bufldings in the Dis- trict of Columbia. Mr. Smoot, & mem- ber of the Senate appropriations com- mittee and chairman of the finance committen, takes direct issue with Representative Madden of Illinois, chairman of the House appropriations committee, on this matter. The latter, in an interview recently given at Swampscott, turned thumbs down on the proposed $50,000,000 bill for Fed- eral buildings in the District of Co- lumbia. President Coolidge is strongly in favor of the Smoot measure for better housigg of the Government's depart- ments in the District of Columbla. At its last session he urged in a message to Congress the enactment of such legislation. He probably will do so again. The measure was included in a general bill, providing for the con- struction of public buildings through- out the country, which finally falled because it took from Congress the power of specifying In just what places the money appropriated should be expended, and left this important matter in the hands of the Executive. The proposal to expend $50,000,000 for the construction of much-needed Government buildings in Washington over a period of years is & real meas- ure of economy, not extravagance. The Government will save a huge sum each year now expended for rent- ed buildings in the District. It will place under a single roof bureaus and divisions widely separated, making for greater efficiency, and it will do away with fire hazards which now menace public records of great value. Too many members of Gpngress look upon expenditures in Washington for the Federal Government from a provincial viewpoint. They ses such expenditures benefiting the District, when, as a matter of fact, the real benefit is to the Federal Government. If any money is to be expended they wish it spent in the States, whether it be particularly needed there .for governmental purposes or not. The tradition has grown up that the Con- gressman who can dig deepest into the Federal Treasury for expenditures in his own State and district obtains a political asset of greatest value to himself. At the last session of Con- gress it was generally admitted on all sides that the need of public bulldings in Washington was very great. But too many took the view that their own districts must share in any ex- diture that might be made. ——————— 0Old King Cole was described in the nursery rhyme as convivial and melodious. At present King Coal is merely loquacious. People love parades. The example of a “qulet inauguration” appears to exert very little popular influence. Cancer Discovery Priority. A German physician claims priority in the discovery of the germ of chicken cancer, which, it is hoped, will lead to the development of a cure of the human disease. He asserts that he had reached a point in his re- searches some time ago similar to that later attained by Drs. Gye and Bar- nard of London, who were recently acclaimed as the ploneers in this great endeavor. A British commission of sclentists, says the Berlin bacterlolo- gist, visited his laboratory and later published a report of their observa- tions, and he declares that Gye and Barnard took advantage of thelr dis- closures. Dr. Gye, in London, denies any knowledge whatever of the Berlin work, and asserts that his own en- deavor and that of his colleague, the by seeking information from the va- rious cities regarding the prevalence of lawlessness. A spokesman for the commission has just stated that diffi- culty has been encountered in the lack of co-operation on the part of munici- pal officials and civic bodies. Camou- flaged statistics have been returned in response to the questionnaire sent out, doubtless due to a desire to con- ceal conditions out of a mistaken sense of local pride. Consequently a statisticlan expert In homicide and suictde has been engaged to study and wverify or correct these reports. Recently figures were given regard- ing the prevalence of murder in Chi- cago, compiled by a civic organization in that city, showing a startling state of affairs. with the “crime line” ris- fang rapidly. Later the mayor of Chi- microscopist, were wholly original. Not much interest will be evinced in this controversy. It is of only his- torical importance whether one man or another made the first step toward the definite goal of cancer cure. The point of importance is that the spe- cific organism which causes a disease allied to human cancer, if not actually identified with it, has been isolated, and that this discovery probably means that the cure of the disease which takes so heavy a toll in human life will ultimately be found. Since the announcement of the Gye- Barnard research in London much has come to light showing how closely allied have been other lines of labor in bacteriology. Hundreds of physicians and special investigators have been pursuing this inquiry in all lands. 4 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, 'AUGUST 9, 1925 For cancer s an almost universal disease and is recognized the world over as the most serious menace to lfe apart from the epldemic diseases that carry off their victims in great {numbers during brief periods. As in | the case of notable fnventions labora- I tory workers have been pursuing al- most identical lines, and it would be indeed surprising if there were not coincidence of discovery in time and in character. In after years the ex- act measure of credit may be allotted to those who made the first practical steps toward cancer cure. For the present it suffices to regard the work of Gye and Barnard as vielding the greatest comfort thus far given by science to the victims of cancer. L Bus Terminal and Armory. A proposal to combine the proposed bus terminal and the long-sought Na- tional Guard armory has been ad- vanced. Each establishment is greatly needed. The bus terminal is an ftem of recent urgency, while an armory for the District’s citizen soldiery has been on the list of Capital require- ments for many years. There is some danger, however, in putting the two together. It may be that it will work out that Congress, recognizing the two necessities, will grant the necessary authority and ap- propriations for the structure, but it must be remembered that the needs are diverse in character. A bus ter- minal, while a public conventence, will still be a strictly private institution. A National Guard armory should be just as strictly a public bullding, erected by public funds. Let there be both a bus terminal and an armery. If they can be com- bined, in a manner to insure per- manent and satisfactory tenancy for the organized militia, the union of the two purposes may facilitate the de- velopment. But it must be borne in mind that in the designing of a struc- ture for an armory first consideration must be given to the convenience of the guardsmen, just as in designing a transportation terminal first considera- tion must be given to the conventence of the public. Whether these two es- sentials can be combined s a question of architecture. Washington wants no makeshift or compromise for the sake of getting something that does not fully meet the needs of both the Na- tional Guard and the traffic. ———— Dayton, Tenn., has by this time re- verted to fried chicken, with a sup ply adequate to the local demand. The local epicures probably do not care whether they see another frankfurter sausage as long as they live. ‘The trouble with the so-called “mod- ernists” {s that they insist on tracing the earth’s history back through mil- lions of years instead of only through a few thousand. ———— The marines patrolling the Treas- ury do not make the city look like an armed camp. The arrival of numerous motors maintains a resemblance to a tourist camp. —————— Disguises will probably be aban- doned by the Ku Klux Kin. There is no use of a man's trying to be at the same time famous and unidentified. ——— ‘The process of counting Iowa ballots goes on long after some of the Iowa voters have probably lost interest in either Mr. Brookhart or Mr. Steck. Mr. Haynes remains in office, but his title no longer has a “kick” in it. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Homely Songster. I listen to the katydid Back yonder in the trees. He keeps himself securely hid While jazzing at his ease. I heard the robin's early lay, The mocking bird's light call. “Our melodles,” they seemed to say, “Are finest of them all.” And yet, friend Katydid, your song So homely, yet sincere, With hopeful meaning ever strong, Seems sweetest of the year. The Welcome Sign. *“Was there much enthusiasm when you went home?"* “No,” answered Senator Sorghum. “They are afraid to display the sign ‘Welcome to Our City,’ owing to the fact that a bunch of grafters inter- preted it to mean ‘Help Yourself.'" Poetic Caution. The poet once wrote bravely On the topics of his time, But now he murmurs gravely In & reminiscent chime. Don’t leave him unbefriended If he quarrels with his luck. Where the primrose path extended, Now he finds 'em raking muck. Where the poet's feet went dancing In obedience to the Muse He 18 now discreetly prancing In a pair of overshoes. Jud Tunkine says the world is get- tin’ better every day, but the cost of living in it is rising in proportion to the improvement. The Upward Trend. “I can remember when you said you would be happy if wheat sold at a dol- lar & bushel.” “Yep,” admitted Farmer Corntossel. “And I kin remember when you could get a good seat at a circus fur twenty- five cents.” Misuse. A man, whate'er his station, Does not use his time aright ‘Who employs a brief vacation As a chance to start a fight. A Start. “Has this evolution controversy been of any human benefit?” “It has, undoubtedly. It has at least led & number of people to read, for the first time In their lives, the open- ing chapter of the Book of Genesis.” “‘Safety First' is a good motto,” said Uncle Eben, “but it was over- worked by de gemmen dat brought loaded dice into de game,” EVERYDAY RELIGION BY RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, D. D., Bishop of Washington. Understanding the Times. First Chronicles, xii. 32. “Men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, and all their brethren were at their com- mand.” Men of balanced judgment are rare. The capacity to wunderstand with discrimination the signs of the times and to properly evaluate them is a rare gift. Most of us judge the movement of our times superficlally. In the language of the poet: One part. one little part we dimly scan, 1‘!:;:::1 the dark medium of life’s feverish Yet dare arraign the whole stupendous plan If but one little part incongruous seem. The above text refers to a crisis in the life of the country over which the young King David reigned. He had called to his standard the loyal men of the nation. They gathered at Hebron and there pledged themselves to fealty. They came according to | their tribes, each tribe distinguished for some peculiar gift or quality. Among the last came the men of the inconspicuous tribe of Issachar; they were not the most distinguished, and they had little to offer in the fleld of conflict, but one thing they had in large measure, discerning statesman- ship. They were men who had under- standing of the times to know what the people ought to do, and as a re- sult of this, they had a position of commanding influence. One might call them men of strategy, those who had the genius to lay the plans of the campaign. It was not so much a question of their strength nor of their prowess, as of their judgment. Repeatedly crises arise in the life of states and nations. At such times the men who lend the greatest aid are not always the most conspicuously ag- gressive. The country needs soldlers and a constabulary to enforce the laws. It needs well ordered regula- tions, but when the test is on, the Heralded the greatest sideshow ever offered to the tourists of Yellow- stone National Park, Old Plains week will be celebrated, beginning August 30 at the Buffalo Ranch. The feature of the affair will be a buffalo round- up, staged upon the prairies close by the Lamar River, which will serve to revive the interesting experiences of the Indlans and the first ploneer settlers of the Great West. All the thrills and picturesque sur- roundings of a real buffalo round-up are promised, with the dumb actors drawn from the Lamar River herd, which numbers approximately 800 head, a mafority of the buffalo now being within the park boundaries. Hundreds of Indians, costumed and accoutered as in primitive days, and scores of rip-roaring, rearing, tearing cowboys will comprise the human cast. 01a Stage Coaches. - Leaving civilization behind at ‘the Canyon station, visitors going to the Buffalo Ranch will ride in old-time stage coaches, with teams of four or six horses, and one of the stirring experiences of the trip will be the fording of the Lamar River under conditions that will simulate the dangers and excitements that beset the traveler of years ago. At the ranch, in addition to the en- grossing drama of rounding up the great herd of buffalo—the same, by the way, which movie fans all over the country have seen in the picture, “The Thundering Herd,” visitors will be given the opportunity of visualiz- ing this great country as it was so many decades past. Typical Indian camps, with their teepees, open fires, travols, chiefs, braves, squaws and papooses, and exhibits of the handi- work of the tribe, will be open to spection. ‘nTphe:re will be Indian dances and mystic ceremonials and the 1925 tenderfoot will have all the hair- raising thrills of the tenderfoot of half a century ago except the possibility of actual hair-ralsing. There will be no scalping of palefaces, although 0ld Plains week is supposed to be a lark for the Indians as well as a treat for Yellowstone visitors. Record Attendance Expected. Inquiries and reservations already recelved indicate that all records of travel in this greatest of all the na- tional parks will be broken during this celebration. Already new marks have been set up this season and it is believed that the end is not in sight. Up to July 15 a total of 51,835 visitors had been clocked at Yellow- stone, as compared with 48,938 for the same period last year and 41,538 in 1923. Of this year's travelers, by far the largest number—37,513—came by automobile, and required 11,679 cars for their transporation. The largest number of travelers on one day was 2,655 on July 7, on which day a new record was also estab- lished for the number of automoblles entering the park in a single day, 527, as compared with a previous rec: ord of 502 made on July 22 last year. A Million Visitors. Exact figures are not available, but it is estimated by the National Park Service that since the first known entrant, John Colter, more than one million other Americans have visited the Yellowstone and been awed and enchanted by its wonders and beau- tles. This, together with the steady growth of park travel, is hailed as evidence that Americans are realizing more and more that they do not need to go abroad to find magnificent scen- ery. At the same time it has been impressed upon them that it is good business for them to do their traveling at home, the beneficent effects being felt by almost every line of industry and business from transportation to banking and from agriculture to hotel keeping. Pl:'nn%e reaps a golden harvest from tourists annually and practically all of them foreigners. Very few are her own people. Of the foreigners, the majority are Americans, their proportionate number being exceeded only by the open-handed manner in which they scatter their money about wherever they go. On the other hand, comparatively few Europeans come to the United States on sightseeing trips and it is a measure of enlightened selfishness for Americans to do their holidaying in their own country. A Vast Wonderland. Few persons who have not visited Yellowstone Park have any real con- ception of the extent of this vast won- derland. Perhaps some idea may be conveyed by the statement that if the scenic marvels of this national reser- vation could be spread out in a strip one mile wide along the shortest rail- road e from New York Clt{ to . there would still be tely 216 square miles for a side trlp from New York to Wash- ington. is startling computation is based upon figures which show that the shortest rallroad route across . tI continent between the cities named measures 3,170 miles, while the Yel- men who are its chief force or power, | its truest guides, are those who, With rare discrimination, understand the times. They are those who, Seging far an end sublime ok e pir i+ Agsinst the spifit of the tme. Our post-war period has been hec- tic and confused. It has been an age fraught with perils and it calls for sober, sound and reasoned judgment. In no place ought we to look for it with a greater sense of assurance than in the Christian church, but sometimes we seem to look in vain. Where there should be tolerance and charity, we find intolerance and strife. ‘Where there should be the spirit of comradeship, we find the spirit of an- tagonism. Where there should be unity, we find division. The supreme word that needs to be heeded today is the one spoken by Jesus, “One is your Master even Christ, and all ye are brethren.” Dif- ference of opinion there will doubtless always be concerning methods of ad- ministration, but agreement there must be concerning the great funda- mentals that alone secure the power and permanence of the church. The classic phrase, “In essentials unity, in non-essentials liberty, in all things charity,” needs to be remembered to- day. No one with a fair understand- ing of the times would consistently undertake to emphasize points of dif- ference, and no one with a fair under- standing of the mind of Christ would dare to create lines of division. The people of the world have been brought together in such intimacy that raclal distinctions have lost their old mean- ing, and what concerns the peace and security of one natfon concerns all. Statesmanship of the rarest kind, coupled with humllity, is the supreme need of the hour. The Christian church of every name is challenged to disclose these attributes, and disclos- ing them to have all their brethren at thelr command. President Coolidge wisely sald, “We cannot depend upon the Government to do the work of re- ligion.” If the Christian leaders of every name can only be wise enough to see the opportunity which the pres- ent time affords, they can literally ef- fect a new world and hasten the day when “the kingdoms of this world shall become the kingdoms of our Lord and His Christ.” (Copyright. 1926.) Yellowstone Park Celebration BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN lowstone embraces 3,386 square miles, more than the total area of Rhode Island and Delaware. In the background of the many fea- tures of which the Yellowstone boasts, says the National Park Service, there are beautiful mountain ranges, many crater formations, and lakes and streams of unsurpassed beauty that almost any State in the Union would be glad to have included among the outdoor attractions of its playgrounds, and Yellowstone has such an ample supply of these features that every State could be given a worthy nat- ural setting without apparently harm- ing the attractiveness of the Wyoming wonderland. Automobile Camps. ‘The automobile camps of the Yellow- stone were especially prepared for the heavy tourlst season now on, and are said to be second to none in the con- veniences offered by the national parks of the country. Water has been piped from the purest mountain sources, and streams carrying the supply to the camps receive the best of protec- tion from the ranger service. % ¥ Wood in abundance is furnished to the campers free of charge, as are the comfort stations, tables and garbage disposal facilities, and a guide service to points of interest. One big camp has a laundry and shower baths, with hot and cold water, and the grounds are electrically lighted. For those who desire a rest from the everyday campfire cooking, the park supphes lunch counters, delicatessens, stores and gasoline service stations, the com- modity prices of which are under Gov- ernment control. The automobile license fee of $7.50 per car, which is good for the entire season, entitles the holder to all the splendid camp fa- cilities and to enter the parls as many times as he pleases and stay indefl- nitely. The camps themselves offer a va- riety of settings, the surrounding to- pography always giving a new atmo: phere after the day’s drive. Towering pines and shade trees abound at each location, while tents and permanent tent houses are situated in picturesque sites, cool spots during the day and conducive to invigorating sleep at night. Fishing {s reported good in many park waters. No license is required, and fishermen are restricted only by the legal ltmit of 10 fish per day per person, and by thelr own skill with the rod and reel. A Woman. There was a woman in the moner’s life. She is Mrs. Bryan. Bhe is gifted. She could share in his mentality. She could understand his purposes and his problems. Above all, she is a womanly woman. He alone knew the part she bore in his great career, and he cannot speak. How many times was her strength his strength? Many a gibe and many a jest were thrust at him. More anathema was never heaped upon a prominent Ameri- can. How many times was it the knowledge that one loyal backer was at his side and facing his opponents with him that enabled him to meet ridicule and criticlsm and defeat with the universal good humor and kindly spirit that characterized his life? There's a woman back of most great careers. The encouragement, sym- pathy and support of a woman has been an unrevealed secret in many an important life. And there is much reason to believe that a woman who mourns her dead was aid and strength and buckler when Mr. Bryan carried on.—Portland Oregon Daily Journal. We Do Not Count the Cost Let us “fess up.” By nature we are all more or less reckless. From the early days of our childhood our mood is destructive, We break our toys when we are young and otherwise indulge in youthful {conoclasm. And this destructive mood is deeply rooted. When the fire alarm rings out, everybody rushes to the scene. As the flames devour works of man which have cost thousands of dollars and days and months of ‘labor, we stand by looking on fascinated by the scene. It was a “great fire.” A “wonderful” spectacle. How many of those who look, how- ever, con-hzcr .2" losers? ‘!;In; Th“ch sympathy in aggregal ere Ilfl crowd of “fire fans?” It is human nature not to count the cost.—Shreveport Times. Com- To Accelerate the Plaster. From the Chicaro News. A porous plaster will sometimes re- he | move the effects of a strain or wrench, but you'd better keep the wrench to uid in the lasters. Capital Sidelights Representative George Holden Tink- ham, many times a Mayflower de- scendant, 18 one of those worldly wise individuals who know just how hot it is in Washington—by comparison— and yet he elects to spend much of his time here during the Summer. The other night, when the sweat was rolling, Mr. Tinkham recalled that just two years ago he was hunting in Africa and quartered at a small town on the geographic Equator, yet there was ice all about and snow-capped mountains.- When he was starting on that trip he went to the State Depart- ment to “get the correct dope” on how he should prepare. He made careful inquiry as to the proper amount of extremely light clothing. In reply he was asked, “How many Summers have you been in Washington?” and replied, “‘Seven.” ‘‘Then you needn’t worry— you'll find no greater heat in Africa,” he was assured. While he was in East and South Africa Representative Tink- ham says the thermometer never reg- istered above 85 degrees, and there were some nights when he wished he had his well known fur overcoat with him and on him. * k k% If the reports brought to Washing- ton by observers are to be credited, the radicals have fallen on evil days. The West and Northwest, which were inclined to radicalism during the agri- cultural depression of recent years, are turning their backs on the reds, in the face of the great crops and im- proved prices for produce which are promised this year. Senator Smoot of Utah, Republican, for example, who has recently come here from the West, declares that never before in the his- tory of the West has thre been such crops as those this year. Before this prosperity, he insists, unrest and radi- callsm has vanished. John Adams of Iowa, former chairman of the Repub- lican natlonal committee, a shrewd po- litical observer, has informed the President that the Northwest is strongly with him and his policies. Senator Smoot says that the Demo- crats are making little impression on the farmers of the West in their plea that the farmers line up against the Re.publlcan protective tariff. “‘Almost everything the farmer buys, except some of his clothes, is on the free list,” sald Senator Smoot, “‘while his own products are protected by the tariff. Harness, agricultural fmple-. ments, all are on the free list. * x % % The recount of the Towa vote in the last senatorial electfon to determine whether Senator Smith W. Brookhart was re-elected, or whether Steck, his Democratic opponent, is entitled to the seat probably will be completed about September 1, those in charge now gay. The vote in 29 counties has been completed and indicates very little change. The Steck people have challenged 1,250 Brookhart votes and the Brookhart people have challenged 474 ballots cast for Steck. When the entire recount has been completed, the challenged ballots will be laid before the Senate committee on privileges and elections for determina- tion whether they shall be counted or not. Republican regulars in the Senate insist that “the man who is shown to have the greater number of votes will be seated.” They refuse to be drawn into any comment as to whether they would prefer, from the regular point of view, to see a Democrat in the Senate rather than the insurgent Brookhart. There {s this to be re- membered, however, that if Steck, the Democrat, is given the seat, in all probability Senator Brookhart will be a candidate for the Republican nomi- nation against Senator Cummins, who must come up for re-election next year—or against any other regular candidate for the nomination. With Steck seated and Brookhart elected in Cummins' place—if he should be so lected—the Republicans would be worse off than they are now for administration votes. Greece Not Guilty of Atrocities in Exchanges To the Editor of The Star: ‘With deepest regret we have read in your paper correspondence from Bulgaria in which we have falled to note that degree of impartiality which is conducive to the creation of a fair public opinion. The impassionate description of the crime of R. Kurtova, if any such crime has ever been committed, seeks to prejudice and not to enlighten the public. An unblased spectator desir- ing to form an honest opinion would not overlook, in formulating his con- clusion, the crimes perpetrated by Bul- garians against Greeks in Bulgaria. In this respect we might well call attention to memoradum submitted by the Greek representative in Geneva to the League of Nations last Jan- uary concerning the murder of four Greeks—Stephano Tsarkiris, Assimia Gasga, a Greek woman; Serge Gasgas and Basile Shatta—in the town of Stenimaka in Bulgaria. In Burgas, another Bulgarian town, a bomb was hurled in the house of Kokinos, a Greek citizen. On the 6th and 18th of October, last year, the house of the Greeks in Vedena, Bulgaria, had been pil- laged. Abstaining from the mention of further atrocities which might well here be added, it will suffice to point out the murder committed but just a few days ago in the town of Steni- maka, Bulgara, on the person of Nicholaides. Justice and fairness to American public opinion should equally demand the story of the crimes perpetrated by Bulgarians upon the Greeks in Bul- garia. * * % Concerning the question of the vol- untary exchange of populations, I might add it is based on the treaty of the 27th of November, 1919, between Bulgaria and Greece, and in execution of article 56 of the Neuilly treaty. The purpose of this convention was to simplify and facilitate the mutual exchange of the minorities of both countries. This convention author- ized a commission of four members, one Greek, one Bulgarian and two members of the League of Nations, to supervise the aforesald exchange of populations and ‘the liguidation of their respective estates. Tiere is no doubt but that this measure, taken by itself, is harsh and, to be sure, no country was obliged to suffer mmore than Greece under the most trugic circumstances, obliged, as she was, to recelve, feed and clothe 1,500,000 ref- ugees and this without any previous legal obligation. Any one with the slightest concep- tion of the question of nationalities in the Balkans, realize the enormous difficulties incident to its solution. Through exchange of minorities a great forward step has been taken to the end of eliminating in the future the various national frictions and of assuring the establishment of peace- ful relations among the Balkans. Over and above this its aim and purpose is to eliminate the fertile field of pro- fessional propaganda and the perpe- tration of eternal frictions between the neighbors. Such a policy is prob- ably far from conforming with the desire of Bulgarians who are constant- striving to perpetuate the Balkan entanglements and thus menacing the peace and tranquillity of the world. The citizens of Greek de- scent, having fought under the banner of the Stars and Stripes, cannot but with a deep regret view such publi- cations calculated to engender the American public opinion with national strifes, particularly in view of the fact that America has taken the lead in the world-wide movement of rec- oncilation. [CAN VETERANS OF HEL- MEN AND AFFAIRS BY ROBERT T. SMALL. Word comes from White Court, the Summer White House on the New England shores of the Atlantic, that President Coolidge is not likely to emerge from his newly complete iso- lation for some time to come. The President also has solved the problem of what to do with so much spare time. Every one wondered what a va- cation would be like to a man who does not play golf or tennis or ride or hike or particularly care for the deep sea varlety of yachting. Recently the President has been putting in any- where from two to four hours a day posing for his portrait which eventu- ally will hang in the Statehouse at Boston, in the gallery of governors of the Old Bay Commonwealth. When the Statehouse portrait is done there must be another painted for the White House at Washington, although the latter may not be start- ed this year. The Boston picture is be- ing done by E. C. Tarbell, who says the President is a splendid subject and “model.” Mr. Coolidge himself finds posing a pleasing pastime. He is a man of quiet moods and long silences anyway and the still contemplation of a portrait pose is not the difficuit task for him that it would be to a strenuous man like Roosevelt or a high-strung official like Secretary Kellogg. There has been perturbation in some minds over the insistent demands made upon a President to pose for various photographs with various per- sons and things. Mr. Coolidge does not ask for any consideration in this re- spect. If the proposed picture is not a desirable one to his mind he does not hesitate to refuse. As to photography, by and large, however, he has no par- ticular objection and is willing to stop, look and listen almost at command, to give the “camera boys” a chance to ply their calling. Mrs. Coolidge also is’a very graclous subject for the photographers, but has drawn the line at a picture invasion of her swim- ming pool. * ¥ ¥ ¥ As one looks back upon that amaz- ing scene in the courthouse yard at Dayton, Tenn., it was an odd clash of witnesses ‘and intellect between Willlam Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow. Bryan, the scholar, the teach- er, the college graduate, the doctor of learned degrees, against Darrow, the product of the Ohlo grammar schools. I am not sure, {but I doubt if Darrow ever went be yond the sixth grade. His parents Iwere poor and could not afford to send him to college. He read his own law and when he finally was admitted to the bar nearly 50 3 ago, he began by representing the poor against the rich. And yet, there at Dayton, Darrow was placed in the position of the advocate of sclence, of the higher learning, of the schools and colleges which are fighting against being fe tered in what they shall teach Bryan, the college man and educa tor, defended the passage of laws which would hold the schools to a strict acceptance of and accountabil ity to the Bible. Also in his cross-examination of Mr Bryan, the Commoner protested that Darrow was attempting to take him into flelds of science to which Mr Bryan had given little or no atten tion in his life. When the one defense expert wz permitted to take the stand to the court what he would tell the if allowed formally to testify was ask ed as to his college and scien degrees and began to roll off a dozer or more, Mr. Bryan arose to remark that he guessed he had just abo as many letters as he could affix after his own name. “After all, they amount to little or nothing,” opined the witness. “1 agree as to that,” sald Mr. Bryan * % ¥ x It now seems that the whole pro ceedings of the Dayton trial are to be published, uding the Br: xamination and presumabl liberd]l extract of all was matched defense but not accepted in evidence Arthur Garfleld Hays, one of the d fense attorneys, is said to be edi the manuscript for book productior It is to be hoped the compilation will include the speech which ) had prepared for delivery be jury, but which was omitted wk case suddenly was submitted v argument and with a reques Scopes for a verdict of guilty. (Copyright. 1925.) Fifty Years Ago In The Star Fifty years ago and indeed for many years later a_thriving business . was done in this city Ticket and elsewhere by rail- road ticket ‘scalpers,” Scalpers. (50, S\ent and soid wn- used coupons. here mostly in th They had their offices neighborhood of Sixth _and Pennsylvania avenue. In The Star of August 3, 1875, is the following on the subject of the legal status of these salesmen: ““Have ‘ticket scalpers’ any right which rallroad companies are bound to respect? was the question involved in a late case of the Baltimore & Ohlo Raflroad against one Hilleary of Cumberland. In March last the com- pany seized twelve tickets over their road from Hilleary, who is agent of Baltimore scalpers, on the ground that they were stolen. The tickets, or coupons, in question were unused portions of through tickets from Pittsburgh to Washington or Balti- more, the original tickets having been used from Pittsburgh to Cumberland only. The local fare always being proportionately - higher than the through fares, scalpers could buy and then sell these coupons at a profit. Mr. Hilleary recovered the tickets through the decision of a Cumberland justice of the peace, which was to the effect that the holder of a stolen ticket, provided he is an {nnocent third party, becomes the owner of it and the com- pany must accept it at its true value, the same as any other negotiable paper. “Not content with this decision, the company sued out a writ of replevin for the tickets and carried the case to the Circuit Court, which has de- cided that tickets from Pittsburgh to Washington, after having been used as far as Cumberland, are not salable by the holder to a third party for transportation to Washington from Cumberland, and that the company is not compelled to take them if it can identify them. “Should this decision be sustained by the higher courts, it will have the effect of breaking up the business of the scalpers. The latter assert, however, with great reason, that it will not be sustained and that if a passenger wishing to go to Cumber- land from Pittsburgh chooses to buy a ticket good from the latter city to Baltimore or Washington, and when he arrives in Cumberland sells the unused coupon, there is mo way in which the company can evade the honoring of the latter. This point has already been so decided, we believe, by the higher courts of Illinois.” * * Though he died 50 years ago, the stories for children of Hans Christian . Anderse e still The Children’s pernaps. the m perhaps the most Story-Teller. popular of all the juvenile works. In The Star of August 5, 1876, is the following about him: “The reading world will hear with sorrow of the death of the Danish story writer and poet, Hans Christian Andersen, in the seventy-first year of his age. The death of a great author, who has spoken through his works to millions of readers, is a loss to be deplored not only by his own nation but by the entire civilized world, and is only compensated by the fact that his works survive him to instruct and improve in all future times. Like many another celebrity, Andersen was born in poverty and in his youth passed through many of the tribula- tions incidental thereto, only to rise to eminence in later years. He began by writing a number of plays, none of which met with favor, and sub- sequently brought out ““The Improvisa- tore,’ a romance called ‘O. T., ‘Tales From Jutland,’ ‘The Sand Hills of Jutlane ‘Only a Fiddler,” ‘Journey to Amack,” and a number of other volumes. He endeared himself to the youth of all lands by his ‘Tales for Children,’ ‘The Wild Swan, a fairy tale, and other entertaining stories. In 1844 he visited the Court of Den- mark by special invitation and the next year received an annuity which kept him from want, for, llke manv possessed of fertile genius, he was always poor in purse. His works have been translated into most of the European languages.” Provincialism. It the present trend of events con- tinues, there will soon be no provin- cialism left in the United States. Iso- lation is what makes people provincial, and isolation is rapidly becoming a thing of the past. The telephone was the first medium to connect far-lying districts with the life of the cities. The automobile next furnished a means of rapid and con- venient transit. Now the city has been brought to the small town by means of the radio. When Prairie Depot, Ohio, can listen in on concerts as far east as Newark, as far south as At- lanta and as far west as Kansas City, then that town partakes in a measure of the characteristics of the cities. They have something in common to- her. ‘The great national roads form an- other deprovincializing element. A This and That By Charles E. Tracewell. No garden is complete without Humming bird. Certainly no creature of genuinely welcomed each 3 this lttle bird, wit plumage, long bi teresting wa One does not have to be a natural to enjoy watching a Humming t What difference if you fall into popular error of thin Any one, wi pedia, can correct that error. point is personally watch low as he heads for a ably a Gladiolus, I thought (until I read the e ja!) that the Humi the Glads beca; pollen, but find tt these flowers are of the deep sh usually found in the tropics. The Humming bird, as he heads for the open blooms of some vari Gladiolus, 1s a study in suspended ani mation. He darts across the garden at | speed, as 1f to | heart’ of the flower, 6 inches of it, p and stops dead in t Perhaps no other power. His wings beat so rap: they can scarcely than the blades of an el be individually glimpsed in Having spied his prey the Humming bird slips int flower and eats his breakfast, lunch or dinner. As a matter of fact, he has no set meals, but eats constantly. * ok ok % top dr ht > And what do you think, children? The dear little Humming bird is de- vouring ants! Cruel fellow, to eat the sweet little ants. It may come as a shock to hundreds of ladies who speak of the Hum g bird as “sweet, g” and to know that almost entir: Such “bugs” as go into nectar are the Humming bire literally and figuratively. cyclopedia Americana v be taken w s do not seel nor ‘suck’ the nectar from flowe; has been popularly supposed. Now there goes another of our be- liefs! We had always supposed the Hu ming bird was after honey, that a: of food, to our mind, being m seemly for such an ethereal I imagine the Humming bird ea greedily the ants that flock around | lowers, particularly the Gla it is good riddance, for the a always up to something. One of the favorite occupations of ants is deftly placing aphids, or plant lice, on the roots of Aster seedlings. The Aster plant begins to wilt, from no visible cause, but an inspection of the roots will show them covered with white lice. Doses of tobacco w poured around the roots sometimes is effective. 3 x ok ok % The Humming bird, as stated, prefers the Glads to any other flowers in the garden. He visits each variety in turn, scorn- ing the great Hibiscus blossoms and humbler blooms. ‘Whirr! Bill first, he darts at the Schwaben, hums his wings 6 inches from it, then proceeds in. No sooner tn, than he is out, to go to the Ruf- fled Glory. In—out—then away to Panama ‘where he stands himself in the air for a second, looking into the heart of the glorious pink flowers. In—out! He goes on, then, to the glory of Holland. In—out. He hur ries on to Elora, translucent in pink and white. In—out again, and across the yard to the Primulinus, Maiden blush, into whose small corolla he dips. Thence he flies to the great, expand- ed flowers of Halley, before which he stands in the air—then goes into. Out he hums, to visit in turn E. J Shaylor, Le Marechal Foch and Shell Pink. All this time Jack Spratt, the cat, has followed the Humming bird from flower to flower, creeping along in high hopes of capturing him, which he will never do, as he is much to slow. sparsely settled district, however far it may be from the larger centers, can not grow self-centered and peculiar when cars from 10 different States pass through town every day. In fact, the danger lies in the oppo- site direction. Towns tend to grow rather too much alike. Without labels it is difficult for a stranger within a distance of 500 miles to be able to dis- tinguish one town from another. Town spirit is also becoming more difficult to foster. Communication and easy travel have brought this about. There may come a time when the people of this country have extended their travels around the globe so widely that they will not appear even as dis- tinctively American.—Danville Bee.