Evening Star Newspaper, August 11, 1925, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR With Suaday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, TUESDAY. .. August 11, 1925 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .XIditor The Evening Star Newspaper Comps 1siness Office T Pennwivania Ave 110 East 42nd St Tower Building. St L 11th st New Yo Buropean a Office Office foc: 18 Rese Star. with the Sunday morn- Tolivered by enta’ par o nih day onty max he sent by mai c Evening dition City at 6 its per n Cotlection is made by | ch month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia fay....1 vr. S%.30:1mo 111yl 8800: 1 mo J15r.$2.40: 1 mo Daily an Daily only Sunday only All Other States. and Sunday...1¥r.$10.00: 1 mo only. 1yrl 0: 1 mo only 1yr. $3.00:1mol. Daily Daily Sunda; Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Pross is exclusively entitled the use for republication of all news dis hes credited to it or not otherwise cred- i this paper and also the locil news hlished her 11 rights of bublication hes arein are also reserved The District’'s Needs. Gen. Lord, the director of the bud zet, ina ent made yesterday at has been con sulting President, indicated his willingness that the District should have abundant appropriations, to take owing needs and to meet 1ents due to recent neglect He made it clear that he is willing to to “anything within rcason™ ich the District asks. s sround for gratification in itement of the budget director, and at the ension. wampscott, where he the care its require for w same time reason for some The District undoubted wrger appropriations than tve heen made in late years, but it does not full scale of its necessities at the c of cquitable sharing pense of Capital maintenance by st of the ex- development and the Federal Govern- ment. Explicitly, it not want the of District taxation lfted on the basis of the lump-sum appro- priation principle in order to catch up more rapidly with the arrears due to war-t and skimping In submitting their estimates to Congress by way“of the Budget Bu- reau the Commissioners should be zuided by the substantive law, which provides for an appropriation of forty per cent of the total from the Federal fund. They should mot. and probably will not, regard the lump-sum princ ple as established. Only on that basis of Federal-District funds for Capital maintenance is there any justification for the review and re- vision of the District estimates by the Bureau of the Budget. If Congress should return in the framing of the next District appropriation bill to the definite proportion principle of Fed- eral-District contribution there will be some urance of conservatism in the ing of District tax money. On the lump-sum basis, however, there is Mo incentive for Congress to spare the District taxpayer. The director of the budget has noth- ing to do with the fixing of the policy of Conzress in respect to a division of the cost of the District, It is his duty to prey the budget of national ex- penditures to accord to a definite policy of retrenchment. If $9,000,000 i8 to be the limit of Federal contribu- tion to Washington's upkeep and ad- vance during the next fiscal vear it is of no moment whatever to that official whether the.total District allotment 13 $30,000.000 or $39,000,000. It is, how- ever, of very material moment to the District taxpayer. Hence, enthusiasm possibility of a large, a aking District budget, is tempered, however urgent are the needs which are now indicated as worthy of satisfaction. does limit > economil atio sper re over record somewhat — e Paris says her theater is being de- moralized by Americans who insist on tmproper exhibitigns. The assumed obligation “to give the public what it wants” threatens to become a matter of international consideration. s e The late Col. Bryan is described by his intimate biographers as a man of extraordinary digestive capacity. His estate, however fully enabled him to meet the high cost of living b e r———— girls bathe under public showers in New York. Managers will put a stop to this. or else there will be no use of buying a ticket to see the show. Chorus e Potomac Park. Plans have been made for bringing the new section of West Potomac Park Detween the Lincoln Memorial and the river into harmony with the remainder of the k. Between the older river wall and the new one along the west drive near the point where the Memo- rial Bridge will cross, and near the pedestal of the Ericsson monument,is an expanse of humpy, ungrassed dirt dredged from the river. It is out of harmony with the park, but that is only a temporary defect. The road along the west side of the upper sec- tion, of the park will be abandoned and’its site converted to parkland, and a new drive will be made close and parallel to the river wall. That part of the dump area not taken by the new road will become lawn, planted with trees and shrubbery. The direc- tor of public buildings and parks has said that the improvement may be made before the unveiling of the Erics- son monument, which is to take place next May. The expanse of dumpland between the present drive and the river has been a subject of specula- tion, and the explanation made by Col sherrill clears up the matter. From the railroad bridge and far below Hains Point the Patomac, from the park to the Virginia channel, has shoaled, and the familiar river grasses are luxuriantly growing. The leaves are 50 long that they float on the river at low tide, and, with the advance of the season, they are making the river . green at full tide. The condition calls to mind the marshes of the Patomac before the filling of the flats. It is a problem for the engineers. Dredging will give temporary relief. Perhaps with the river deepened and narrowed rrieve within | ¢ s fand gravel want appropriations on the | shows that his talents | flood water and the tides would have enough scouring effect to prevent shoaling, but Washington's experience has been that with some Spring floods the present width of the river is need- ed for the passage of the water. Taking care of mud brought down trom the watershed of the upper Poto- mac, a part of which will settle in the relatively calm water below the fall line, is a big question. Potomac Park may be extended to the District line off Alexandria, and the shoals along the r s<ide of the river may be and parked, but mud, sand will continue throughout | the vears to come down from western Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia, and a part of matter carried by the river will settle near Washington. Washington wants to preserve its viver, and to have as great width as possible. This will call for periodical dredging, and disposition of the dredged material will become more dif- ficult. Perhaps in coming centuries mud pumped from the river will render arable great stretches of swampland in Maryland and Virginia, and perhaps farming districts will be bullt up from the hottom of the river. But | These things, if they are to come at all, far in the future, and Washingto- ans of a later age will meet their problemms as they arise e Budget Cutting and Defense. The budget estimates for the fiscal vear 1927 are before the President for his approval. Dispatches from Swampscott, the Summer capital, in ate that the total budget figure 111 be in the nelghborhocd of §3,080, 000,000, & cut of some §20,000,000, most of which is to be off the appropriation for the Army and | { the Navy | The responsibility for the budget {Hes with the President, though the details of the estimates are worked up by the Bureau of the Budget upon figures submitted by the various ex- ecutive departments. It 1§ of the greatest importance, therefore, that the President give these details care ful scrutiny before the budget be | transmitted to Congress. President | Coolidge, comménder-in-chief of the Army and the Navy. as well as Chief Executive, upon whose shoul ders rests the r&¥ponsibility of seeing that adequate national defense mea: ures are taken, doubtless will regard with especial care the proposals to slash expenditures for the military and naval services. It would be par- ticularly unfortunate if, in the de- sive for economy. the bases for na tional defense should be allowed to suffer severe Injury. The Army of the United States in its present strength is not regarded by foreign powers as a military men- ace.” Its personnel hus been reduced to about 118,000 men and 12,000 of- ficers. This in a country whose pop- ulation has passed the: 110,000,000 mark and whose territory is of tre- | | mendous extent Its numerical | strength is below the mark set by the national defense act and is far below the recommendations of Gen Pershing for peace-time strength. The Army should at all times be of | lopped skeleton organization about which the national defense may be built in | case of emergency. This will be im- possible if by whittling away appro- priations here and appropriations there the amount of money actually | needed to feed, clothe and transport the personnel is brought below the minimum requirements, as well as the money required for ammunition | and for the upkeep of the Army plant. | For several years the plant of the | Army has been allowed to deteriorate in the interest of immediate economy. | There has been a serious lack of | funds for repairs to buildings, even | for paint necessary to preserve them. | Unless a halt is called, this deterio-| ration will result in heavy expendi- tures of money In the future. It has| already resulted in making bad living conditions in many Army posts, both for enlisted men and officers. It is well understood that the econ- omy program of the President is popular, and justly so. While many members of Congress are interested in the Army and Navy and proper | national defense, it is scarcely to be| | expected that they will lock horns | with the President in an effort to in- | crease Army appropriations. All the more reason, therefore, that Presi. dent Coolidge should weigh carefully | the proposals to cut those appropria- | tions still further before transmitting them to Congress, It mukes the re. | { sponsibility for national defense rest even more vparticularly upon the shoulders of the President. ————. A course of instruction at Johns | Hopkins University is contemplated by John Scopes. The move is correct. The desirability of preliminary educa- tion for educators cannot be too clear: ly emphasized. —_— e Ku Klux prestige will be enormous- 1y enhanced in the rural districts if it can be demonstrated that the cere- monies of the organization can be relied on as a rain-making influence. ———— Arctic exploration is still awaiting | | the genius who will show how to make an inexhaustible natural ice supply avallable to the ultimate consumer. ——— A Futile Crime. A few days ago an explosion oc- curred in a chemical laboratory in a suburb of Berkeley, Calif. In the debris a human body was found, muti- lated almost beyond identification. The face had been seared by acid and the tips of the fingers were missing. At first it was supposed that the body was that of Charles H. Schwartz, a | chemist, who had lately been in spme trouble in court and on whose life an insurance policy of $140,000 had been written. Further investigation, how- ever, led to the conclusion that the body was not that of Schwartz. It was afterward identified as that of an itinerant evangellst ‘named Barb. Search for Schwartz was started, and detectives representing the insurance company involved discovered that an apartment in Oakland had been en- gaged by a man answering his de- such strength that it can furnish af THE EVENING door a shot was heard. On entering they found Schwartz dying of a self- inflicted wound. He died without mak- ing any statement. In a note which he had left to his wife he sald that 4 stranger had come to the laboratory demdnding money and assaulting him, and that he had slain him in self- defense, and then had caused the ex- plosion to conceal the homicide. The fact, however, that care was taken to make identification of the body diffi. cult, if not impossible, leaves the vir- tual assurance that Schwartz had plunned his own disappearance for the widow to collect insurance, and had lured a victim to the laboratory for the purpose of slaying him. He had engaged the apartment at Oakland several hours before the explosion oe curred. This case recalls one of several months ago, aftso in California. in which a body was found in a burned hayrick and was first supposed to be that of the farmer, for whom a large insurance had been issued. Dental evidences, however, led to the conclu- sion that the body was that of an- other, and it was afterward identified as a laborer who had gone to the farm to do some work. The farmer was finally found, after a long search, was tried and executed for the murder of the workman. Schwartz has escaped this fate. The fuct of particular in- terest in this case is that Schwartz was known as & student of erfminol ©ogy. and had engaged in speculations on the methods of murderers. Thus bas & mystery which has been called the “too-perfect crime” been solved. e——— Parents have difficulty in keeping their children interested in school This state of affairs, in view of the frat and playground activities, is al most incredible. There Is apparently little appreciation by present vouth of the departure from days of “readin’ and ‘ritin’ and ‘rithmetic too | taught to the tune of a hickory stick." SRR Pennsylvania avenue is the parade | thoroughfare of have any “great anxfety, come to Washington, and try to get it off your mind the world. economic 1t you soctal D. or It has been asserted often that Americans eat too much. The steady rise In food prices may eventually preve a blessing in disguise ———— In addition to being a sclentist and a navigator, an Arctic explorer ought to be able to hold his own as a radio an- nouncer, SRR, DO Slight embarrassments arise because Europe co. “teously insists on taking American politicians seriously than Americans do. more S There is always hope. The loser in a “beauty contest” may easily become a most charming hostess lated home. = adbs Mussolint is a great dictator who set Italy free, but made the freedom strietly conditional on her ability to abserve his regulations. - Many questions are discussed at a coal conference. The consumer al- ways knows the answer in simple arithmetic. ———— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON Sports and Statesmanship. Where orators in fierce debate Once told us of affairs of state While people waited, all intent, Upon the mighty argument, “Why can't those orators behave?” We next inquire, in accents gay. “Who won the base ball game today?"” “Who won the beauty contest prize Where photographs scorned all dis- guise?” “Who won at golf? Who won at whist? Who leads the tennis-playing list?” These are the questions that we ask Regardless of the serious task Which they so bravely undertake Who raise a call for Country’s sake. Meeting an Exigency. ‘You are talking about everything | except matters of state.” 41 loolJu my duty to do 3" an swered Senator Sorghum. “As a pub- lic man I have my responsibilities. It is dangerous just at present for me to discuss politics. Yet I must say some- thing. The public ear resents an abso- lute silence the same as Nature abhors a vacuum.” Bootlegs and Stockings. The smoke screen scatters new alarms Concealing bootleg traders, And also hiding all the charms Of flapper promenaders. Jud Tunkins says a wise man knows he is liable to make mistakes, but it's foolish for him to admit the fact out aloud. Not the Same Town. You had vour day, Oh, K. K. K. In Washington polite Where people always find a way To hail a guest aright. And now they say, Oh, K. K. K., You have it on your mind To treat New York to your display So gentle and so kind. I fain would say, Oh, K. K. K. You face & different chance. On past events not far away 1 pray you cast a glance. Think what dismay, Oh, K. K. K. Through that Convention spread Where Democrats were peeved one day By less than what you've said. Unrejoicing. “Aren't you rejoicing about high price of wheat?’ “No,” answered Farmer Corntossel. “Whenever you see extraordinary high prices guoted for wheat you can take it as a sign that me and my fellow agriculturists haven't much of it to put on the market.” the “De Bible,” said Uncle Eben, “is mighty helpful an’ comfortin’ to folks scription. . When policemen went to the place to arrest him tney found it to half its present width the flow fi locked, and while they were at thy dat’ regard it as something to study instead o’ something to start an argu- ment.” i o C:f in a well regu- | STAR, WASHINGTON Small boys in thelr growth go through the various stages in the development of the race, according to psychologists, who have made deep study of this matter. From the ac tions and games of boys one can trace the evolution of our kind. If this is so—and one can scarce doubt it—I would like to inquire what stage of development boys are exper- iencing when they build roller skate wagons. Those who are not familiar with wagons using roller skates as wheels may thank their lucky stars for a certain amount of peace and quietude in_their neighborhood The boys of their community have not yet succumbed to this universal stage of boy development. It is just a question of time, however, until their voungsters “‘fall” for this phase of _development Then such a racket as never was heard in any other way on land or sea will greet their ears, and they will revert wistfully to the hours when they read about these merry little noisemakers in this col- umn, and wondered what on earth the writer thereof was talking about. One small boy, on a very {roller skate wagon, or scooter, can make more noise than a fire engine itruck. Espeeially on the new style concrete ind up at their best. Trucks ought not to be allowed to make so much mnoise in the city,” snaps the good housewife. “Just listen to that.” Looking out the window, however, one fails to find any sign of a truck Instead. he sees little Jimmie Doo little, 5 vears old, rapidly heaving into sight on his recently constructed wagon x % Now, roller skating itself is no quiet occupation on sidewalks, as thousands of nervous persons can attest. v Sunday morning can breal i th more completely than any {number of women sewing or men mowing lawns, Those who have he; skates, however, have real noise. Once the tached to small wagons, fairs nly called { noisemaker comes .into being w rd only roller vet to hear a wheels or narrow af i In this cont of the male sex can make more noise than 2Z-ton truck. it vou do not believe it, make yoyr boy one. He will soon show It seems that the average normal voungster at least once in must have a roller skate wagon. These movements come and go in waves, jus the collecting mania makes its appearance at least once in the life of every boy. I refer par- ticularly to stamp collecting ¢ real boy has to have a roller gon. He will even o to the extremity of tearing the rubber-tired disc off his brand-new vehicle, in order to “have u wagon like Bobby's got.” Some boyv the fashion knowing where after boy ‘succumbs wagons suddenly become “no good Envious eyes are cast at that first roller skate wagon to blossom fort) on the streets of the section. “Watch me go!" shouts leaping onto his homemade with his left leg, pushing off with his sturdy right Away he goes, to be sure, propelled with tireless energy, while the rest of the gang stands around speech less. There is a look .in thelr eyes, you in a neighborhood starts after that there is no it will stop. g Henry. quiet | small | streets do_the skate wagons | a | tion his lfe | , D. C., TUESDAY, THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. however, that bodes ill for the peace and quiet of t:xe‘nelghborhnoo. * % Pretty soon more roller skate wagons appear Day by day the neighborhood gets noisier and noisier (or more noisy und more nois hich is it?) Each boy leads his contraption down the back path with- all the pride of the automobile racer turning slowly into the track. The worse the wagon better the boy likes it It is one thing, of course, to have your father muke the wagon for you. He can do a neat job; there is no doubt about that. The way he affixes the rear portion of u roller skate to the axle is clever, it is distinctly another thing, how- ever, to make your own roller skate wagon. A few old boards, surmounted by a soap box, and the best part of a pair of skates will result in a weird vehicle far surpassing any one-hoss shay that' ever fell to pieces in a The funny part o their elders—is that the boy v-ho man ages to work up the worst-appearing wagon manages to arouse the envy of all the other boys. Perhaps the secret of the matter lies in_this That the heavier the woodwork more noise the wagon will make Roys are noisemakers. The simple statement of fact solves more than one mystery of boy |life—at least for such of their elders | as may not have outgrown their own perpetual boyhood, although perhaps | they do resent somewhat the amount |of uproar the kids make. | A boy can no more help making {noise than a savage, for a boy is, in avage. (See works tinent educators.) Noise comes as natural to him |songs to birds, barking to dogs, | meowing to cats, grunting to pigs, | mooing to cows. If he can make noise in no other | a boy Will simply vell out of sheer exuberance of spirit Maybe it is Nature's sly method of |developing his lungs, giving him a | good chest for the remainder of his |tife. Nature seldom comes out flat- {footed with a demand for some a “because it is for you, |but lures us into r ction “with | some offer of sweel Boys love to shou | whoop, cry out | beat drums, blo jon the sidewa | Because they | noises. they love wagons. A boy on one of these things has | reached the very peak of noisemaking perfection Absolutely in no other way car future Presidents make so much | noise in the world | "And the best part of it is—from their standpoint—that they can keep it up all day long, and far into the {night, too. Mother may zet tired of | seeing “that ugly thing” in the back ;\l|d. but Johnnie never tires. of operating it Father may say, thing around in the next block,” but | that hakes no difference to Johnny. | “He would just as leave operate it |in the next block as on his own. If vou will listen to Mrs. Mannington, Who lives in the next bloc |would a darn sight rather! | Time, however, which heals looks, the least to the | way, ht seream, holler, . screetch, roar ns, bang sticks clash tin cans re born to mak their roller-skate . Johnny roller | things, will put an end to roller skate | { wago | As Sunumer wuanes and Fall comes |on the boys will grow tired of them, |leaving them deserted in the base- {ment for the joys of foot ball Thank heav: Blamed Coddling _of criminals and in- efficlency of judicial and police sys- tems are blamed for the serious in- crease of lawlessness in the country {by a large section of public opinion. Discussion of the subject comes as a result of the launching of a national crime commission, sponsored by Judge {Gary. Gov. Smith of New York and former Ambassador Child Legal processes are dec “ruinously ack™ by the ew York Herald-Tribune. “Judges have not enough power, and are frequently tim orous in the extreme in exercising the | power they have,” adds the Herald Tribune; “sharp lawyers twist stupid juries at their will, sentences more often than not are grossly inadequate, and the parole system tends to become a gift to all prisoners of shortened terms.” This paper believes that a national crime commission, made up of men of action, With. full weight of public pressure behind them, may pro duce something. besides talk in behalf of American law and order.” Better {methods _also are held indispensable by the Baltimore Sun, which advo- cates “greater vigilance in detecting perpetrators of crime, expedition in prosecuting of it and severity of pun ishment." ed to be Y | Fallure to punish is emphasized by | the Wall Street Journal. “It is long 0dds that the American criminal will not be caught,” xays the Journal. “It is further odds that when he is caught he will not be tried. It is still further odds that when he is tried the evi- dence will not be sufficient to convict. When he is convicted he has further chances on appeal, helped by techni- calities not affecting the facts in the case. If he is finally sent to jail it is certain he will not serve all his sentence.” The same position is taken by the Roanoke World-News, with the declaration that “when courts reviee their procedure so that technicalities will not be permitted to save crimi- nals from punishment we shall get somewhere and it will not be neces- sary for private citizens to form as- sociations to stamp out crime.” PR “What is needed,” asserts the Hart- ford Times, “is not so much more severe punishments as more certain punishments. If bandits and killers could bank with certainty upon pun- jshment of some sort, it would not make much difference what the punishment was. In many parts of the United States the laws' delays and: technicalities make it almost impassible to punish crime ex- cept after the most exhausting and expensive legal gyrations.” Remaking of court procedure is demanded by the San Bernardino Sun, which holds that “all the chances are now with the criminal; life and property are not go- ing to be safe until the chances are all against the criminal.” It {s not a question of “the efficiency of the police system," in the opinion of the Albany News; not a question “of apprehending the criminal so much as a question of the admini- stration of justice.”” On the other hand, the Lansing State Journal in. sists that “while crime is using pretty much every device known to modern science and invention, we are still con- fining our police efforts to what they were at the beginning of the present century, or even earlier.” * ok ok % “Crime is not going to be checked or stopped,” asserts the Dayton News, “simply by deploring its nce, or conducting a survey to give proof of its existence. Reliet will come only when there s recognition that one crime cannot be condoned and another punished. If this requires repeal of laws defining as crimes those atts most people are not offenses, that Coddling and Lax Justice for Violent Crimes| | should be done. Respect for law de- mands observancé of all laws.™ Treatment of desperadoes the Syracuse Herald to_ declare | “we have gone to the extre | pering or coddling them.™ tional impulse that takes hold of a | large part of the public when a erin inal is fighting for his life is at least partly responsible for the increase in j crime," says the Charleston, W. Va., ;L) v Mail | We have bheen creating too many | new crhme: is the explanation of | the Brookly gle. Some thought- ful people,” adds the Omaha Worl Herald, “argue that unjust laws, silly laws, unpopular laws, unnecessary laws, tend tq bring the whole bod: |of law into disrepute. so that good law, along with the bad, loses its hold on people.” tht of pam S In support of the crime commission the Charleston, S. C., Post suggests that “if it can by its researches find the cause and ‘segregate’ it the scientists do disease germs, there may be a better chance of fighting crime than at present.” “When the leading minds of the country get together on any problem and give serous thought, something fay be expected to happen,” in the opinion of the Ann Arbor Times-News “It is to be hoped that this movement will be fostered until it becomes a great national effort sa the Greensboro Record. ““The underlying cause first must be located,” advises the Memphis News.Scimitar. “Noth- ing short of an overwhelming public sentiment will be effective,” states the Bellingham Herald Among the causes suggested are: “Evidence of degeneration in recent crime news” (Flint Journal); “Com- promisé with criminality as a political expedient” (Salt Lake Deseret News): “Indifference of citizens to condjtions that weaken the very foundation'of the Government” (Danville Register); Sins of modern society” (New York Times); “Respectability of crime in America” (Watertown Times): “Laws (St. Paul Pioneer-Press). To all these things the Houston Chronicle em- phatically adds, *“Organized deflance of the prohibition laws. s — Chinese Bandits Like Others Those Chinese bandits are very like other bandits all over the world, they are in the business for all they can get out of it, and they are not at all lack- ing in what s sometimes called ‘“nerve,” and really meaning insolence. On July 20 a party of these Chinese thugs murdered ~ one American, Morgan Palmer, and mmde a prisoner of another, Dr. Harvey J. Howard. According to consular advices, the bandits demand vansom in a large sum of money .for Dr. Howard, and also demand that cartridges be sup- plied them. That is to say, they ask not only that the murder and other crime they committed be condoned, but they actually be rewarded with money for their deeds, and that they be supplied with ammunition to con- tinue their operations. . Which {s strikingly illustrative of the regard in which the so-called gov- ernment of China is held by the Chinese themselves. It is unfortu- nately the case that the government has over and over again compromised and dealt with bandits until the lat- ter have come to regard themselves as on-a footing of equality with the au- thorities. .They make their demands as though they had a perfect right to make them, and, what is more to the point, i& is unfortunately true they mostty Cotlect —Baganaw News ey i collect.— naw News- Courter. ur | ‘Take that blamed | all} impels | ‘he emo- | without public opinion behind them' | AUGUST 11, 1925. NEW BOOKS AT KANDOM . G. M. KING EDWARD VII. Sir Sidney Lee. The MacMillan Company. Sixty-five years ago next month— the 20th—a -certain English youth crossed over from Canada to Detroit. Setting out from this point he began a tour of the cities of the Middle West and the East—Chicago, St. Loufs, Cin- cinnati, Pittsburgh, Washington, down to Richmond, then up to Philadelphia and New York. These cities, along with the rest of the United States, have grown and matured amazingly within the intervening years. Never- theless, there must even at that time have been much to interest this young English traveler. He could recall, and no doubt did, that less than $0 years before—often-the span of a single life —the United States was no more than a string of seaboard colonies, depend- encies of the English crown. And he must also have Jooked with keen con- cern upon the presidential campaign then in full swing, that in a scant six | weeks later named Abraham Lincoln the head of the republic, precipitating thereby another war in the name of jhuman freedom. But not even the political turmoil of an impending elec- tion could, wherever he went, divert from this traveler the crowds who followed his comings and goings in free and full evidence of their admira- tion and friendship. A New York writer summed the joyous progress of this young Baron Renfrew: ‘He may consider himself a lucky lad if he es- cape a nomination for President be fore he reaches his homeward-bound fleet.” This, the visit of the Prince of Wales to the United States in 1360. Bt x Just the other day—60 vears or thereabout after the visit of the prince who became Edward VII—there came this way upen much the same errand of friendship another roval lad, the grandson of King Edward—himself now the Prince of Wales. And so alike are the two in all points of per- sonality, in their equal gift for friend- ship, in modesty and good sense, in {tact and readiness, in their power to win and charm, that the two seem like one and the same. The one a re- al, a reappearance of the other. | So, reading Sfr Sidney Lee's “Life of { Edward VI one at a hundred points | of pure personality expressed in char- acter nd attitudes feels that he is also, parts of unfin- !ished chapters in the life of the King's | grandson, as well—the present Prince | of Wales and future King of England P A notable story. this one by Sir Sid- ney Lee. A distinct act of crea- tion besides. Not man<created out of the dust of the earth, to be sure. A certain man re-created, instead, in his own living image out of a huge | bulk of material—documents official {on the one hand, Intimate and deeply revealing on the other. Fragments in bulk, these, from which to choose and co-ordinate for the complete and rounded figure. for the true and living figure of a man set down within a circuit of activity and influence |that embraced In varying emphasis the wide world ftself FEH Before this author was the man {himself—as memory, association, the {word of friends, the word of the world, as rumor and reputation and | something of truth made him—as these make all men. Out of this mass Sir Sidney Lee, with his seasoned knowledge of life, with his knowlege of hunian nature in its various reac- tions, set himself to the task of repro- {ducing this personality and chara ter—finding the true proportions, cor- {recting wrong impressions by way of |the evidence in hand, streugthening truth in the same manner, re-estimat- ing values, projecting fair and logical conclusions. This material was the clay, the colors, with which inspired sculptor and painter portray the inner truth by way of outer form. Something after this fashion must Sir Sidney Lee have worked over the |life of Edward VII up to the time of his accession to the throne of England * | From this so competently |and deeply interesting book a man emerges, tangible and vivid. One | Whose long training and wide ex- {perience and persenal temperament equipped him for kingship at a_spe- clally vital juncture of world affairs. A man of political sagacity whose ef- forts were all toward peace through- out the world. A man of keen un- {derstanding and kindly ways. Jeal- {ously guarding the prerogatives of | his high station, he expended himself i freely in many. ways for the encour- agement of the arts and the promo- tion of institutional schemes. A man of soclal qualitjes and with a keen interest in the sports of land, { This is the ripe perfod of the Prince {of Wales, a period to whose com- pletion the author devotes this biz volume of preparation, portraying tha childhood and somewhat harshly re- stricted vouth of the queen’s eldest son. The whole carefully considered {history is, in sum. the natural and logical sequence of events applied to the character and destiny of Ed- |ward VII during the years prior to i his investiture as King of England. * o % x THE SCHOOL FOR AMBASSADORS. l J. Jusserand. G. P. Putnam's ons. The former Ambassador of France to the United States introduces this general survey of the history of diplo- macy . with the whimsical suggestion that diplomacy may at no distant day fall into direct word-of-mouth com- munications between London and ‘Washington, Paris and Berlin, and so on back and forth around the globe, disposing of international matters with the increasing celerity of trans- acting all other business. This possi- bility out of the way’ M. Jusserand reviews diplomacy as one of the old- est of the arts of officlal intercourse among nations. In evidence of the long lineage of this art the author | quotes authority to prove that when Pandora opened the fateful box that released all manner evil things upon the world, at that moment arose the necessity for the institution of diplomatic. relations to supplant the earlier mpre open ways of warding off difficulties settling disagreements. From this point the author gives in careful detail ‘the development of this institution, the suecessive periods of its growth under special stimulus, and the sum of its benefits as a whole Upon the peace of the world and upon the amicable and civilized character of international intercourse. The bulk of the discussion, however, is given to the individual preparation for the as- pirant to a diplomatic career. Out of a fund of personal experience M. Jus- serand in a genial mood of easy in- formality discusses the matter from' every pertinent angle of approach. The point of the discussion is that rig- orous training in diplomacy should take the place of the haphazard treat- ment which too generally prevails at the present time. The author's owh view of the matter as this I8 projected in so much of detail here suggests to one the proper course of study for certain definite parts of this proposed school. To-this useful and interesting interpretation are added here other themes that come together in this book under the bond of M. Jusserand's individual personality—chapters of his- tory, literary criticism, appreciations of this genius or that one, and a de. lightful “Possible Meeting of Chaucer and Petrarch.” produced ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN Q. What is the proper position for the feet when walking’—H. M, A. A. The Public Health Service gives the following information on standing and walking: In using the feet, it is important to (u) toe out a little, if at all, (b) throw the weight rather toward the outer side of the foot, () try to learn to use the toes to push as the foot leaves the ground, (d) in standing try to grasp with the toes, (¢) in tire. some long standing toein on the weight-bearing foot. Q. Who revived polo in this coun- ty?—T. L. A. Harry Payne Whitney gathered the first “big four,” composed of him- self, the two Waterburys and Dev- ereux Milburn. He trained them along lines of fast galloping and offensive tactics, and finally took the team to England in 1909 and won back the internatfonal trophy, which had been held there since 1886. Q. 1Is there a sugar school in the United States?’—L. R. A. There is a sugar school in Baton Rouge, La., connected with the State Agricultural College. This school has been in existence for several years. Q. How old is Paderewski’—M. C A. He will be 65 years old the 6th of next November. Q. What is the difference between a Boston bulldog and a Boston bull terrier’—A. G. A. There is no difference. Boston bull terier is the regulation breed and Boston bulldog is a synomym. Q. 1Is there any bird that will eat tobacco worms?—G. W. D. A. The Biological Survey says that crows and quail are birds known to devour the worms. These birds have been known to eat them to such an extent as to wipe out these pests in a_community. The cuckoo and prob. ably some of the larger native birds are also instrumental in eradicatin them. Q. Please state the longest distance straight across the United States, and straight north and south—C. C. D A. The Geological Survey says that the easternmost point of the United States is West Quoddy Head, near Eastport, Me. The westernmost point is Cape Alva, Washington From West Quoddy Head due west to the Pacific Ocean the distance is 2,607 miles. The southernmost point of the mainland is Tape Sable, Florida, 49 miles farther south than the most southern point in Texas. ¥From the southernmiost point due north to the 19th parallel, the boundary between the United States and Canada, the distance is 1,598 miles. Q. Why doesn't California have thunderstorms?—G. A. K. A. There are sections along the im- mediate coast. and also others over the interfor where thunderstorms rarely occur, the reason for this being that little, if any, rain occurs during the warm months of the vear. at which times such storms are likely to occur. It is very generally stated that such storms as do occur are rarely of a severe nature. In the mountains of California thunderstorms are rather frequent during the Sum- mer months. Q. Where 1s° the macaron! mage that s consumed in this country A. V. E A. Practically all used in the United States is factured here. Prior to the War -we imported an average 110,000,000 pounds a year from 1faly but our importations from that coun try are now less than 4,000,0 and we araz exporting more aggregate imports of that comm of the m: Q. Does lightning strike a tree the sky or is it conducted fror groynd up through the tree’- A. The Bureau of Standards that it is not scienti lly correér t say that lightning strikes in the that a projectile strikes A stroke ¢ lightning may be liken resulting from strain glass. It may start the path which it and travel up, down tions at once if some point between it rection of current flow either direction, depending ¢ the cloud is p charged. boint i ultin take or in both dire beginning i ernationa United St Q How many i are there over the ico border?—L. J A. The Internatic Commission, United ays that there wer the Rio Grar forms the United At El Tex | Bridge, Stanton Street |are used for foot vehicle, and the tween the cities Juarez, Chihuahua tral Railws Brid; Northwestern Ra |Rio, Tex., a tempor | for ' foot 'and au | Eagle Pass, Tex | bridge.” and a | Laredo, Tex., a f |and a railroad bi Tex., & railroad b used’ for foot a | Q. What colors | antmai sources A. The chief an use are cochineal ice, Q. Do Catholic dominate A. There | olics, 8 955 Jews in Switz predominate in 12 | Catholics in 10 | Without popu | government which action can long endure | the words of Woodrou | was one of the great wuth Government. Uncl | responsibility in cdu and has made ava immense Government | information. Our W {will act as agent for any data that it | of the Government ta { submit your question a cents in stamps to cc your reply. Address formation Burcau, Fre i director, Twenty-First northiwest rests up BACKGROUND OF EVENTS BY PAUL } Father Gabriel prophesies that the coming Winter will be cold. Presi dent Lewis prophesies that it will be coalless unless the miners get what they want from the owners of‘ the mines. - President Coolidge “ain't sayin' a word,” and that emphatically. but indications are that plans are making to anticipate the probable tie- up of the coal supply There is no part of legislation af fecting the general public which ap- pears so lacking as the needed laws giving the President full power to pre vent public disaster such as alwavs accompanies a strike in coal produc tion and in transportation. The coun try is threatened with both this Fall— a coul strike September 1 and a strike tving up all transportation Novem ber 1 R 2 The drastic plan of President Roose. velt in 1902 to seize the mines and op erate them in defiance of any injunc- | tion has been held as his rashest usurpation of power, and such as none but Roosevelt would ever have dared to undertake. forcible seizure was accepted by Presi- dent Wilson and President Harding and, tentatively. by President Cool idge. All the Presidents have taken the attitude, as indicated by President Harding in 1923. when he appealed to both miners and operators to settle their differences, and added “Fafling in that, the servants of the ‘ American_people will be called to the task. in the name of American safety and for the greatest good for all the people.” In 1919 President Wilson wrote to the officers of the United Mine Work- ers a warning that he would take action, backed by force, although there is no specific legisiation giving the President authority to fix wages or adjust terms of labor. He said: “T can do nothing else than to say that the law will be enforced, and the means will be found to protect the in- terests of the Nation in any emer- gency that may arise out of this un- happy business.’ In another letter, addressed to the Secretary of Labor, President Wilson said: “The interests of the public are of such vital jmportance in connection ‘with the production of coal that it is incumbent upon them (operators and miners) to refer the matters in dispute to a board of arbitration and to con- tinue the operation of the mines pend- ing decision of the board.” = a President Coolidge's first message to Congress after the death of Presi- dent Harding had suddenly lifted him Anto the responsibility indicates his attitude on the whole question: “The cost of coal has become un- bearably high. It places a great burden on our industrial and domes- tic life. * * * With the enormous deposits {n existence, failure to sup- ply ought not to be tolerated. Those responsible for the conditions in this industry should undertake its reform and free it from any charge of prof- iteering. ¢ * ¢ 2. hot favor Government own- ership or operation of mines. * * * The Federal Government probably has no peace-time authority to regu- late wages, prices or profits at the mines or among dealers, but, by ascertaining and publishing facts, it can exercise great influence. ¢ ¢ ¢ President Coolidge urged in that message that ‘“the President should have authority to appoint a cemmis sion empowered to deal with what- ever emergency might arfse * * * and by controlling distribution to prevent profiteering in the vital necessity."” But Congress failed to act upon his recommendation, The President has no statutory power. Just what are the limits of the power of the Execu- tive depgnds upon whether the Presi- dent conbtrues his authority as only thgt which is specifically given him in the words of the Constitution, or the Rooseveltian construction that he has all power for the public welfare not apecifically limited or restricted by the Constitution. To the legalistic his_hands are tied by inaction the Constitution, while to the extra-legal minds the end justifies the ®0 long as there 8 no ‘“thou Yet the same plan of | . COLLINS. shalt not atutes Presid initiative nois to protect tr merce and mails a fied Gov. Altgeld { claimed gubernator: affairs in bis State | interference. There have bee: to criticize Cleveland's action in | protectin, “the eneral welfa even if Gov. Altgeld were corr | his technicality—which no co | upheld | President Wilson | Harding took more tions in their cr Mr. Cool has vet expr The ove: of Massachusetts in 1902 President Roosevelt the coal famine continued throughout the Northeast cially in the cities, would be ing and consequent disorder that frightful _consequence follow.” President Rooseve quently wrote “It is not too much to say situation which confronted vania, New York and New and, to a less d ee, | the Middle West, in “Oct was quite as serious as if been threatened by an | hostile army of overwhelm >k ox % Pe How long will civilization to pendence upon thé crude p | digging carbog out of the r | transporging it thousands of where it i eded for com heat”? Within 3 s of ever: | tory and every home there is | cooling source of heat taking. Mr. Ediso s coal should be Wurned a of the mines and converted {tric energy which would jupon cables hundreds of n ipower and_heat | A German engineéx, now com |ward with a plan _to:tap the heat, 3 miles below the surf and pipe it to whegever 1t is neede just as water is piped under. press to every home. * k x % 100 feet downward earth, the temperature r gree centigrade—nearly 2 Fahrenheit. Three miles down. 330 Fahrenheit. Water boils at level at. 212 degrees Fahrenheit, 3 miles down there is double atmospheric pressure and the bo point s 248 degrees, which is still degrees lower than the heat found that depth; so all water would be cor verted into steam, superheated The plan of the German engineer as follows: “T'wo shafts would be drilled down 3 miles, where a ch wou be cut in the solid would zigzag with ri every few hundred fe shaft water would descend bend the water falling fro vious bend 500 feet above rate a turbine—water turbines in the first 2 miles down, steam tugbines below ' that - depth. These tutbines would create electricity which would be deliveréd mbove by dngulated cable By the time the wafer reached th chamber, it would be superheate: steam, which would rush up throus the straight shaft, and at the surfac it would be piped throughout the city or the factory, for power, heat ar electric light. No fuel would ev again be needed, for one such outf would supply in heat and power the equivalent of 70,000 tons of good coal |a day. There would be no more soot no more coal to haul, no more strikes in_mines, and no more prophecies of exhaustion of the world supply fuel. As the earth’s supply of heat is i exhaustible, a man's use of it wou be limited only by the number of shafts sunk to the proper depth. There has never been a shaft 3 miles down, but_men never flew above the clouds until some one invented the air plane. No conception of the capacity of the great world power plant ha ever been dreamed, except by scien tists. Men keep on laborfausly dig ging coal—provided the operators and miners agree. (Copyright, 1925, by Paul V. Cofitae) Bvery in i degr