Evening Star Newspaper, August 12, 1925, Page 6

THE With Sunda. EVENING STAR Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY . ..August 12, 1825 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Bustness Offics 11th St. and Penngylvania Ave. Neg Vork Office: 110 Eagt ddnd 8t. Chicago_Office: Tower Building. European Office: 18 Regent St.. London, Englan The Evening Star. with the Sunday morn- ing edition. is dellvered by carriers within the city i’ 80 cents per month: daily” only. 45 cents per month: Sunday only. 20 cents r month_ Orders may be sent by mail or iephone Main 5000 Collection {s made by carrier at the end of each month. Mail—Payable in Advance. yland and Virginia. ..1yr.$840: 1 mo. i 1mo s i1mo Rate b{l Daily and Sund Daily Saly “undey Sunday only All Other States. aily and Sunday...1yr. $10.00: 1 mo.. Daily onis $7.00: 1 mo Sunday only $3200: 1 mo! Member of the Associated Press. ‘The Associated Press is exclusively entitled 1o the use for republication of all news dis- Patthes fredtied o (o Dot othersis cred- ted in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of publication of gpecial df ches herein are also reserved. Bond Issue and Building Program. Suggestion has been made that funds for the execution of a large public building program, to give the Government structures which it ur- gently needs for the transaction of its business, should be raised by means of a bond issue, thus spread ing out over a period of vears the cost of this work. The President has taken the matter under consideration and may at the next session of Con- gress recommend this measure as a means of economy. At present the Government is paying out approxi- mately $28,000,000 annually in rent. That it would be economy tb build is well established. The present ques- tion is whether the cost of a construc- tion program should be taken out of the current revenues or should be pro- vided for out of the sale of bonds. This is an actuarial question. A bond issue would, of course, entail interest, which would be added to the rents paid during the period of construction. Such issue, how- ever, would spread the cost over a long period and would relieve the budget of a large item annually for the five or ten years to complete the construction program. At present the Government is con- ducting its business in a most un- businesslike mannef. It is doing what no large commercial or Industrial corporation would do. It is spending current revenues for rents when it should be owning its own fixed plant. There is no ground for believing that the Federal activities will diminish beyond the present point. The post- war reductions in personnel and in Federal services have been effected. From now on there will be a growth. The present situation makes not only for waste of funds, but loss in effi- clency. A corporation would be re- garded as badly managed if it un- dertook to carry on its work in such conditions. Particularly is the Government's need in this respect great in the City of Washington. Here for many years the Federal departments and bureaus have been functioning in inadequate space and with poor correlation of units. The story is a familfar one, familiar to legislators as well as to those having business to transact with the Government. There is loss of time and there iIs loss of service in this situation as well as loss of money in rents. In computing the cost of a bullding program, however many millions are involved, gain in efficiency should be reckoned as a credit, as well as the saving of rent. The cost of a bond issue may upon examination be found to be slight when these factors are taken into the computation. R e TR an necessar; A course of study at Johns Hopkins University is in contemplation by John T. Scopes. If he entertained the slightest doubt about evolution in Day- ton, Tenn., he may rely on having it removed in Baltimore. [ The French people are represented as holding an attitude of resentment toward America. However, the Amer- ican aviators who go into Morocco are still popular. Massacres are again threatened in Russia. No readjustment of govern- mental forms serves to eradicate fixed traits of national temperament. — e Commercial Aviation in America. Commercial aviation in the United States on a huge scale at last gives promise of becoming a fact. President Coolidze and his administration will place the Government squarely back of the movement to make America supreme in the air. The movement for greater air travel development is proceeding along several lines. The most recent proposal is for the es- tablishment of a daily dirigible air- ship line between New Yoork and Chicago, for which it is urged that Los Angeles, pride of the Navy, be leased. A group of engineers and financiers, including John Hays Ham- mond. jr., has advanced this proposal serfously and has interested the Pres- ident and Secretary, Hoover of the Department of Commerce. Their plan looks to ultimate extension of the dirigible service to other Western citles, to the South and the Panama Canal Zone, and to the West Indles. In the field of heavier-than-air craft Henry Ford has thrown his genius and his millions into a project which will use airplanes in his business and provide daily transportation between Detroit and Chicago and other cities. The Government's particular con- tribution toward the development of the science of aviation comes largely through its appropriations for air- craft for national defense and for the postal service. Millions of dollars ; for new airplanes were appropriated { for the present fiscal year, and it is " reported that the air services of the Army and Navy will be allotted $19,- £ 000,000 more for the fiscal year 1927 } in the budget to be submitted to Con- , gress next December. These funds : make it possible to develop still fur- ! ther the factories engaged in produc- ing alrcraft and aircgaft motors. Such )dfl elopment 18 essential to the busi- ness of commercial aviation as well as to the construction of aircraft for national defense. America has been a pioneer in avi- ation. It boasts the first successful heavier-than-alr craft. Americans have broken world records and estab- lished records again and again in aviation. The aircraft was seized upon by European nations, looking always for new weapons of attack and defense, and, through military meas- ures, has been greatly developed. The same incentive did not exist in the United States—does not exist today, although the value of the air service in war is becoming increas- ingly clear. America's supremacy of the air is sought now, particularly for commercial purposes, though it is well understood that commercial and military strength in the air will go hand in hand to a very considerable degree. The United States, with its vast territorial extent, is peculiarly adapted to commercial aviation in an age where speed is a prime essential. The accomplishments of the postal air service, traversing the continent on regular daily and nightly routes, have. been wonderfully successful. They have blazed the way for the commercial activities of the airship, and recent legislation by Congress has thrown open to private contract the carrying of the malls by air, a kind of mail subsidy which should go far to encourage the entrance of com mercial concerns into the business of transportation by afr. If the Government can still further ald in the development of air trans. portation through the lease of Los Angeles and the Shenandoah to commercial concerns it seems the part of wisdom to make such leases. Germany pinned her faith largely to the lighter-than-air craft befors the World War and used the Zeppelins to prosecute the war. The Navy and the Army have made experiments with the lighter-than-air craft which hould prove of great value in the maintenance and development of dirigible services from one part of the country to another. AT e Y ‘Weights and Measures. The superintendent of weights and measures explains various needs of his office in his annual report to the District Commissfoners. A small in- crease in inspectors is asked, as the service of these men is needed for bet- ter protection of citizens against fraud. The superintendent wishes to detail two inspectors to enforce the law requiring standard containers for fruits and vegetables. He mys: “It has long been the practice of some shippers and wholesalers to employ in handling fruits and vegetables con- tainers of a multiplicity of sizes and of such construction as to be decep- tive.” He believes that a vastly larger sum than the salary of the inspectors would be saved to the people of Wash- ington through enforcement of the law, and he says that “the business would be placed on a plane of ethics far different from that which it now occupies.” Supt. Roberts wants one inspector to spend his whole work-time in the inspection of milk bottles, and from his report indicates good reason for this. He also believes that the protec- tion of the public demands supervision of the quality of gasoline and motor oil. He says: “There are many grades and qualities of these commodities selling at different prices, but with no supervision the motcrist has no way of knowing whether he is receiving a high quality when he pays a high price. New legislation would be neces- sary to enable the department to as- sume control of the situation.” The gasoline matter is important. Dilution of gasoline by some dishonest dealers and misrepresentation of oils have been taken note of by the major oil com- panies, and they have said that one of their reasons for going so exten- sively into the retail trade was to protect the reputation of their prod- ucts. The inspection force of the office of weights and measures is about what it was several years ago, when Wash- ington was smaller and more compact than it is now. The business of selling food and all other kinds of supplies has grown, is still growing, perhaps at a faster rate than the population, because people need or desire more things and are in better circum- stances. The office of weights and measures has proved its worth to the people of Washington over a long time, and this important branch of the public business should be well served. r——— At the age of 89 Uncle Joe Cannon has joined the Methodist Church. Some steps In life ere so important that they should be undertaken only after the mogt mature deliberation, — A rich New York realtor who ad- vertised for a girl to adopt found to his disappointment that advertising is an art, and should be directed by business experts. . . Traitors to Their Trust. There is reported from Chicago the arrest of the chief of the Federal nar- cotie division for the Chicago district and three of his assistants on charges of bartering drugs for the loot of rob- bers. It is charged that these Federal agents have been trafficking with both the drug peddlers of Chicago, which is declared to be the central source of supply for the entire country, and with crooks and thieves. Drugs seized in raids, it is alleged, have been traded for stolen property of value. In the apartments of two of the arrested men were found goods of great value identi- fied as having been taken by thieve: from their owners. Evidence also ap- pears of corrupt connections between the drug peddlers and the Federal agents in securing light penalties. These four men have formed a nar- cotic raiding squad greatly Yeared by the purveyors of drugs in Chicago. Their chief had acquired a wide repu- tation as a lecturer on the evils of drugs. If the charges against him are true he evidently succumbed to the temptation to profit richly by his of- ficial opportunities. Opponents of prohibition point to the difficulty of maintaining an honest, uncorruptible enforcement organiza- tion as one of the reasons for the abandonment of the policy. Is it to be THE EVENING argued similarly that because mem- bers of anti-narcotic forces are like- wise susceptible to the temptation to graft the law against the sale and use of habit-forming drugs should likewise be repealed? Unquestionably the drug evil is a menace to pubMc heaith and morals in this country today. There is no telling how far this vile trade has ex- tended, how many victims it has made. It has gone irito all parts of the coun- try, into all classes of society, has reached even the children. The fight against it must be prosecuted vigor- ously. It.must not be remitted be- cause it {s hard to find honest men to wage it and to keep them honest aft- er they have started their work. These men who are now caught in betrayal of their trust should, if convicted of the charges against them, be given the utmost possible punishment as an example, ———————— Street Trees. The Engineer Commissioner has re- ceived from the superintendent of trees and parking a request that the annual appropriation for maintenance of trees and parking be substantially increased. The money now allotted to that work is not enough. The cost of planting trees, removing those that have become useless through age or injury, trimming and spraying is set forth. The matter of cultivating trees in the nursery and taking care of saplings set on new streets is dis- cussed. The Engineer Commissioner is quoted as saying: “If it were not for the shade trees we have on nearly all ur streets *Washington would not be regarded as the beautiful city that it 18.” Washington’s reputation as a tree city should and must be main- tained. It is one of the distinguishing features of the Capital. We should hold on as long as we can to such follage-fringed streets as we have, and on the old residence streets and on streets in newer Washington trees should be kept green and hearty. As the city spreads the cost of planting trees and the cost of replacements and maintenance will increase, but in every part of the city where people have homes there is the demand for trees. People want economy, and there cannot be any just charge that there has been extravagance in tree work in Washington. The cost of keeping up the tree beauty of Wash- ington is not large, and there is no way to have trees on the residence streets without paying for them. They are worth the cost. e A “foolproof” flying machine is hoped for. So desirable a result must be sought in @ perfection of mechan- ism, but it must have the accompany- ing aid of a selective process in the intelligent assignment of responsibili- ties. —————__ The rapidity with which “Klans- men” are able to assemble and dis- perse calls attention to another im- portant nfluence Henry Ford has exerted on our complex civilization. ——— One of the penalties of a consplcu- ous career lies in the fact that it may cause his enemies to ignore his epitaph and continue to regard him as a vital influence in human thought. —————— No restriction will be attempted by Turkey Wwith reference to the costumes of women. This will probably result in the removal of the face veil, which at least concealed the identity of the wearer of gauze trousers. ——————__ It is stated that the general public is losing interest in cross-word puzzies. A retrogressive literary impulse may next land on alphabetical building blocks. —————— Congress 1s no longer so powerful as to enable Washington, D. C., to dispense with traffic regulations mere- Iy by announcing a Summer vacation. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. An Arctic August. A few men have the real sense When August days are hot. Most of us seek the life intense In some frequented spot. We frivol at a big hotel And hear the jazzy roar; A few men have the sense to dwell Upon an Arctic shore. We think the beauty contest “‘grand,” I'd rather see the belles Assembled on the icy strand ‘Where the rude walrus dwells. T care not for the Northern Pole 'Mid quietudes immense. I merely say that they who stroll That way show common sense. An Evolutionist, “What do you think of the theory of evolution?” “I am strong for it,” answered Sena- tor Sorghum. “Then you believe in it?" “I don't know a thing about it. But it is mighty valuable in giving us something to interest the public in that doesn’t relate to taxes or police powers. Evolution has been almost as valuable in taking the popular mind off its real troubles as base ball it- self.” The Ways of Publicity. With “propaganda” in the air 1t's very plain to see That half the stuff the scribes prepare Should be marked “adv Jud Tunkins says for many a man a “holiday” simply rests the con- science by enabling a man to own up to everybody that he is not working. No Evolutionist. “Would you be willing to admit that your grandfather was a monkey?" “Certainly not,” said Miss Cayenne. “Dear Grandpa is still living and, moreover, is in a position to distribute by bequest a very tidy estate.” Those Palmy Day Protests. I cannot sing the old songs. I must quit, Although T think them good. In simple honesty, T must admit 1 never really could. “Dar is two kinds of religion, Uncle Eben; “one brings peace of STAR, \ WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, 23 THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. The world admits the truth and jus- tice of many precepts which it does not practice. Among them is the mystical for- mula of the Vedas, Tut twan asi, “This is thyself,” spoken with refer- ence to every living thing, “be it man or beast,” Schopenhauer tells us. This is thyself. So the Hindoo mystic (I use the term Hindoo very loosely) thinks of the lesser creatures of earth, the tigers, elephants, monkeys, snakes, in- sects, fishes, birds. Each thing that has life is to him something to be treasured, not to be made into chops for his breakfast, neckpieces for his wife or playthings for his children. Anclent Egypt, remote in time and customs, held a somewhat similar re- gard for certain animals, notably the cat, which was revered as a sacred animal. This veneration, however, was far short of the Vedic principle, “This is thyself," spoken of every living thing. The latter voices a deep truth which the average person, then or now, wz;um be willing to admit—theoreti- cally. Unless everything about us came into being through mere chance, the “fortuituous combination of atoms,” as the great Roman poet, Lucretius, sald, every living thing must have had a common Creator. All are, then, brother: sense. This w in the larger the sublime message of the Old Testament, a message which was written in shining letters of gold forever in the New Testament BX ke y Yet how few even begin to practice t? Perhaps, in this very practical world in_which we live, it is Impossible. Maybe it will require another world, as we have been told, for this humane principle to be carried out in fact as_we believe in it in truth. Yet it is encouraging‘to know that to & certain extent, at least, thousands of persons do follow the formula: “This is thysel Unconsciously they regard each beast they meet as they would like to be regarded themselves. There is no self-conscious application of the golden rule, however. Such persons have an interest in animals that strikes down into the very fiber of their being. To them anything that lives s a thing of beauty and interest. Some creatures, such as snakes, they fear, but even then would will- ingly trade their fear for favor. Cer. tain “bugs,” such as mosquitoes, they ruthlessly slay, not being at all silly about such things, for in everything there must be a dividing line. In the main, however, they are faithful followers of the principle, “This is thyself.” 't being cruel to themselves, they are not cruel to other animals. How could they be otherwise? I have a letter from on my desk before me. part “I have kept myself from writing vou many a time when I have wanted to, but this time I just must rejoice with you in the recovery of our friend Jack Spratt. “Each day when I scanned This and That, hoping for Jack's return, and found Epictetus and Marcus Aure. lius, T am afraid I did not give suffi- clent attention to the latter's phi- losophy and meditations. “My love for and interest in such a one It reads in ani- mals has kept me a constant reader | of your column. It is a splendid work you are doing, this educating the public at large in animals and giving pleasure to those who already know and love them. “Wouldn't it be a lonely world without animal pets? They do glve so much affection and loyalty.” * ok ok X Any one who gets the idea of this is thyself” in his head will never thereafter be either thoughtlessly or purposely cruel, or even indifferent, to animals. Animals are the people God forgot, in that He failed to give them the powers of language which are ours, thus depriving them of the ability to help each other progress. So we call them the “dumb brutes.’ Of all men who ever lived, prob- ably none had such great affection for the creatures as St. Francls of Assisi, most universally beloved of all the saints. Today Protestants and Catholics unite to honor his memory. He was a friend of all created things, being regarded by many in his own day as a sort of amiable madman, when he talked to birds and beasts as if they were human beings There are many stories extant of these lectures, and many pletures of St. Francis speaking to the birds. Something about such a picture touches the heart. Here was a man who believed to the full in the phrase, “This is thy- self.” Animals, to St. Francis, were brothers and sisters, little feliow be- ings in a world whose praise it was nec ¥ to sing. He must have felt convinced that the Creator, if He had not given these litle brothers of field and air the powers to reply to Him, yet had equipped them with very capable looking ears and the necessary intel- ligence to understand Him. One may have doubts that the creatures actually did grasp the full significance of the saint’s appeals for pepance, but there is little doubt that the animals and birds did understand him in some measure. Those who love animals will under- stand. el There have been several new books published recently on St. Francls. This great man was born at Assisi, In 1182, and died there in 1226. The son of a rich merchant, he was re- proached with extravagance in dress as a youth, but soon began to devote so much of his father’s money to re. palring old churches that Bernardone, sr., protested. The son then took on the dress of @ common laborer and began to beg funds to help church repair, and worked at them himself. He heiped the ill, and generally went around do- ing good. As far as T can find out, he never became a priest, although he later founded the Order of Franciscans, first called the Preachers of Penance. The genuine piety of the man attract ed thousands of followers, so that more than 5,000 friars attended the first general chapter of the order. These men preached absolute pover- ty and practiced it, depending on of- ferings for their livelihood and work in_this world. They wera dominated by the ch: acter and enthusiasm of their founder and leader, but I suspect that many of his followers did not follow him af all in his love for animals and birds. I suspect that there are many living who look at the pictures of St. preaching to the birds without the slightest big of understanding, and, if you could get their honest opinion, would be willing to admit that in their opinion he had an amiable weakness. Those, however, who nave dog and cat friends will belleve that the ani- mals and birds understood, in their way, what St. Francis was telling them, in his. This little dog is you. This little cat is you. Treat it so. a Banishing Severe criti his Fascisti h of the Italian dictator's order expell- ing from Italy George Seldes, Rome correspondent of the Chicago Tribune. The action of the Italian leader is interpreted as evidence of the weak- nese of his regime. Seldes was charged with misrepresentation in connection with political assassina- tion. “With the exception of England and possibly of the Scandinavian coun- tries,” " declares the Omaha World- Herald, “the curse of censorship is over all Europe. So long as Italy and Russia and other countries pe t in the effort to conceal and suppress, so long will the correspondents believe there is something which ought to be known and bend their energies to- ward trying to discover it. A gov- ernment which seeks to present its case to the people of the world through suppression or distortion puts itself in the light of having a poor case to present.” Serlous injury is seen also by the New Yory Herald- Tribune “if the outside world be- comes convinced that the Fascisti are fearful of fair comment and criticism and employ drastic means of prevent- ing it.” St Mussolini's action was taken be- cause ‘“‘the American correspondents were telling the unpleasant truth con- cerning his dictatorship,” according to the Akron Beacon-Journal, which remarks that ‘“dictatérs do not like such truth.” The Akron paper con- tinues: “Censorship has not been able to blink the fact that popular yearn- ing for rule by their men on horse- back is waning in Europe. In spite of war and calamity, no people can be forever submerged or deprived of their right to a voice in their own gov- ernment.” The stupidity of a policy which “gives rise to all manner of suspicions” Is seen by the Buffalo News, which believes that “people abroad may regard the policy as in- dicating that the Ttalian government does not feel secure” and that “this may prove very embarrassing when Ttaly comes seeking loans.” “This one action punctures the whole bubble of Mussolini's preten- sions as the popular leader of a popu- lar regime,” the Baltimore Sun as- serts. “Quite obviously the Fascisti leaders are at least as ‘eager to keep the truth about their government sup- pressed as are the Communist dicta- tors of Russia.” Nothing that Seldes has written, however, the Louisville Post states, “could paint the Italian government in a worse light than it paints itself by barring him.” The expulsion “smacks of the old days in Russia,” the Watertown Times holds, with the added comment that ‘‘Mus- solini's cause must be weak, indeed,” to attempt to ‘“‘silence a foreign press which might criticize him.” 3 * ok Kk K “What is probable is that Musso- lini has created a machine he can no longer control,” is the explanation of the Uniontown Herald, which savs “he must know that riot and murder are weapons no government can use and live; the attack on Signor Or- lando at Palermo can only be re- garded as the beginning of a reign of terror in which no man may speak his mind without danger to his per- son.” Considering Mussgolini's “re- cent tyrannical acts” the Philadel- phia Inquirer {s of the opinion that they “suggest he is no longer sure of himself; the rigid censorship’of the press is a confession that he is be- ginning to fear public opinion.” “The people of this country will not disapprove,” in the judgment of the Kansas City Journal, “if Mussolini, who has shown a conspicuous dis- News Weakens i ‘Writer Italy’s Dictator m of Mussolini and | position to step on whatsoever thing been the chief result | got in his way, found himself stepped on.” Charging also that “the Fascist mind is addicted to strong- arm methods.” the New York World calls the action against the corre- spondent “a brilllant plece of stupid- ity,” for at some other place than Rome “there will be no dearth of persons glad to furnish information,” and “In such case the government be unable to present its side.” “The undertaking of any govern- ment to shape the news reports will de- feat its own object in due course,” the Charleston, C., Post avers, for, as the Detroit News declares, ‘“‘thers is only one thing for a government to do if it wants to improve the news sent out about it, and that is to be- come such a good government that all the news will be favorable.” The fur- ther conclusion that Fascism ‘‘can’t stand the peaceful test” and that “every new outbreak of Fascist mob- bery means the closer approach of the end of Fascism” is drawn by the New Orleans Item. * ok ok ok A new spirit, in which “‘the old hopes of the Fascisti—to save Italy from the tyranny of bolshevism and the dan- gers of capitalistic exploitation which would oppress sincere patriotism— have given way to a supreme effort to maintain the dictatorship” is ob- served by the Peoria Transcript, which finds in it a lesson for other nations. Explaining the position of its cor- respondent, whose work met with the opposition of Mussolini, the Chicago Tribune states: “The Tribune has no prejudices against Faacism. It knows the social and economic disorders and government weaknesses from which Mussolini rescued the land. In turn, he is establishing a personal despot- ism, and the Tribune does not care for a news service which ignores the news and furnishes only government bulletins disguising what is actually happening.” ‘“There is no free press in Italy, but the free press in Amer- jea and in England can hardly be muzzled b Mussolini,” says the Brookly gle. “It is not to be ex- pected that a good newspaper man will color his news to suit the policy of any government,” adds the Roa- noke World-News. ————. A Great Sportsman. Finley Barrell, internationally known Chicago financier, is dead, but the sportsman’s heart beneath the business exterior of the man showed itself again recently, when his will was one of $25,000, to the Izaak Wal ton League of America, of which Mr. Barrell was an enthusiastic member and national director. Those who knew him best, say that business was of second consideration to his sports afield and astream, If it was a case of money or a trip into l!:. out of doors, the business had to wait. The walls of the study of his Lake Forest home are covered with trophles of the chase—mute testimony,to his flnon-lns aim and expertness in ang- ng. But far better than a great fisher- man and a great hunter—he was a great sportsman; a man who never took more than the limit and who be- lieved in the precepts of true sports- manship with a whole heart. Finley Barrell did his part to per- petuate sports afleld and astream for the little chaps to come, that they might enjoy the things he knew to be really worth while—Cham News-Gazette. . A UGUST 12, 1925. Politics at Large By G. Could Lincoln ‘The World Court is going to play its part on the political stage when Congress reassembles next December, just as the League of Nations did back in 1919 and 1920. President Coolidge has several times recom- mended to the Senate favorable action on the World Court protocol which has been tucked away in the Senate foreign relations committee ever since it was sent to the Senate by the late President Harding two or three years ago. And the Senate is to take it up “for consideration” on December 17, under a unanimous consent agreement entered into at the special session of that body last March. President Coolidge, it now appears, is going to the bat for the entrance of the United States into the World Court, with certain reservations sug- gested by former Secretary Hughes and Presidnt Harding to keep the United States free of the League of Nations. _Furthermore, it appears that the President is having some success {n lining up Republican Sena tors for the World Court, notwith- standing the opposition of the “irrec- oncilables,” led by Senator Borah of ldaho, chairman of the foreign rela- tions committee. *xwx Democratic national leaders, as well as members of the Senate, predict that the Democrats in the upper house will support the World Court proposal advanced by the President. Indeed, they could not afford to do otherwis even though some of the reservations aimed at the League of Nations ma; be distasteful to them. Doubtless, the Democrats will enjoy any rumpus that may arise between the President and the “irreconcilable” Republicans. They will encourage such a row and laugh up thelr sleeves while it is going on. But in the end, they will vote for the protocol—unless, indeed, the President should yield completely to the “Irreconcilables” in the matter of reservations. Two Democrats made a bad bull—politically—during the last Congress when they opposed the administration on its tax reduction plan, some of the party leaders are willing to admit today, and they are not going to make any further mis- takes either on taxation or the World Court just prior to the congressional campalgn, if they can avold them. The strategy of the “irreconcilables will be to load down with reservations the resolution proposing ratification of the protocol. This {s the method by which they caused the defeat of the League of Nations proposal. Their hope is to add reservations which will cause the Democrats—whose support the President must have—to refuse to vote for the resolution in its final form. * x ¥ % George Moses according to ampscott, t protc ator of shir patches from & that the World Cy adopted “with res tions. tor Moses is one of the “irreconcilabl and has had no love for the World Court proposal. He is one of the Republican Senators who come up for on next year. Reports from that former Gor bert Perkins Bass may make a con- test for the Republican nomin. against Senator Moses. Gov. Bass is a progressive—he was a Roosevelt fol- lower in 1912—and has been a thorn in the side of the Moses organization for some time. Senator Moses is Pres- ident pro tempore of the Senate, and is violently opposed to the President of the Senate, Vice President Dawes, in the matter of the rules reform urged by Gen. Dawes. Mr. Bass is for the World Court and for amendment of the Senate rules. Mr. Moses declared his independence in New Hampshire when delegates to the Republican na- tional convention of 1924 were being chosen. He said that he would go to the Republican. national convention uninstructed if} elected. Whereupon the voters elected 'a man pledged to support President Coolidge for the nomination. New the dis- now says 1 will be * k¥ % The Democratic national committee, through its chairman, Clem Shaver of West Virginia, and its finance di- rector, Jesse Jones of Texas, is plod- ding away at the job of paying the Democratic debt incurred during the last campaign, and so well have they advanced along this line that Mr. Shaver hopes to be able to resume or- ganization activitles, in a modest way, by the time Congress meets next De- cember. While the chairman of the national committee is going ahead with his campaign to clean up the debt—a duty which he takes very se- riously, and as an obligation on the management of the last campaign and the party—Representative Willlam A. Oldfield, chairman of the ional Democratic congressional committee, is going to make a “swing around the circle” 'in an effort to stir up the West to vote for a_Democratic Con- gress a year hence. Mr. Oldfield leaves here next Saturday on a trip that will last a month and take him as far as Seattle, ‘San Francisco and Los Angeles. He is going to preach the doctrine of Democracy up and down the West, in an effort to make the voters understand that the Republic- an party is the party of the rich, and that what the ordinary, everyday run of citizen needs is a liberal, not a rad- ical, party to tle to, and that the Democratic party is such a party. Mr. Oldfield has boundless energy. He a genial and pleasing personality. He is bent on instilling some of his own energy and enthusiasm into the party workers and the rank and file of the Democrats in the West, in preparation for the congressional campaign next year. * ok xx Some of the Republicans in New Jersey have concelved the idea that it would bea fine thing to have the Pres- ident sponsor the gubernatorial can- didate, Whitney, and make his elec- tion an administration issue next No- vember. Of course, the President would be delighted to see a Republican elect- ed governor in New Jersey. But why in the name of all political sense should he be called upon to make his administration an issue in the Jersey election? There are enough local is: sues to make the outcome decidedly doubtful, so far as the Republican ticket is concerned. A defeat, under such circumstances, could only be re- garded as a repudiation of the Cool- idge administration by the voters of New Jersey. It is not considered like- ly here that the President will be drawn into any such position. % ok Out in Towa Senator Cummins has already opened his campaign head- quarters for renomination and election next year. While there are a number of younger men, who would eagerly seek the Republican nomination if Mr. Cummins should step aside, it is en- tirely unlikely that Mr. Cummins will fail to be renominated. There is one contingency, however, which might change this view of the situation. Should Senator Brookhart, the Repub- lican insurgent, fail to retain his seat, and Steck, the contesting Democrat, be seated in his place, then Brookhart undoubtedly would seek the nomina- tion against Cummins, and it is said, might win {t. Should this come about, the regular Republican organization of the Senate would be worse off than ever, with a Democrat occupying one seat from Iowa and Brookhart the other. * ok ok % Democratic leaders here are follow- ing_the New York party row with no littie Interest. They look for a victory on the part of Gov. Smith and Tam- many over Mayor Hylan and William Randolph Hearst in the city primaries. Furthermore, they predict that what- ever the outcome, the Democratic or- ganization of New York City will ve- tain jts strength. Tndividuals rise and fall in New~York, but the organization’ ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERI Q. What is the license number on the President’s automobile?—F. W. N. A. His personal car is a dark blue limousine bearing the tag—District of Columbia, 1925, 100. The number 100 is always reserved for the President’s car, Q. Who holds the record for roping and hog-tying a steer’—P. G. A. A new record was set during “Frontier Days,” in Cheyenne, when Mabel Strickland performed the feat in 24 seconds. Q. Are clippings of privet and box poisonous to animals?—D. L. A. The foliage of both plants is dan- greous for animals to eat. Clippings should be destroyed where animals graze. Q. Are these considered “dog days"? B. W. A. Dog days comprise the hot, sul- try season of Summer during parts of July and August; so-called from the fact that the rising of the dog star irfus, the brightest star in the heav- is coincident with the rising of the sun. The anclents thought that this conjunction caused the intense heats of Summer and the maladies which then prevailed, hence the popu lar supposition that dogs are specially liable to go mad at this season. It was by mere accident that the rising of the star coincided with the hottest season of the year, in the times and countries of the old astronomers. Its rising depends on the latitude of the place, and fs later and later every r in all latitudes, owing to preces- on. In time the star may rise in the dead of Winter. Obviously, there is variation in the limits of the dog days, although they are usually counted from July 3 to August 11—that is, 20 days before and after the rising in unison of the dog star and the sun. The date given by Roger Lang as the beginning of dog days in about 735 A.D. is July 14. Q. Why do some potatoes turn dark after being cooked?—F. S. B. A. Such potatoes have been submit- ted to too low a temperature in stor- ing. The injury does not amount to freezing. Q. How can temperature written in rr;!)‘!xrade be changed to Fahrenheit? —D. N. A. Fahrenheit i{s equal to (3-5 C) plus 32 degrees. For example, 15 de- grees is the same as 59. degrees Fah- renheit. Q. Is the trainer of Papyrus also the trainer of the horses of the King of gland?—T. F. A. Basil Jarvis trained Papyrus and brought the horse to America. He has a brother who is the new trainer to the King, and another one who trains the horses of Lord Rosebery Q. Who were next to Gen. Pershing during the war? B. A. The officer next in rank and command to Gen. Pershing was Lieut. C J. HASKIN. Gen. Hunter Liggett. Next was Lieut Gen. Robert L. Bullard, both retired as major generals. Q. What is the music struck on the hour, half and guarters by the West minster chimes’—E. A. V. A. The chimes used in the Westmin ster clock are the same as the Cam bridge chimes, which are founded on a phrase in the opening symphony of Handel’s air, “I Know That My Re deemer Liveth,” and arranged by Dr Crotch for the clock of Great St Mary’s, Cambridge. Q. What is the total stock of mone in the United States’—T. W. W. A. The total stock of money, includ ing United States paper currency in circulatign in forelgn countries and the amount held by the Cuban agen cies of the Iederal Reserve banks—a of July 1, 1925, was $8,425,74) compared with $8,748,400,249, July 1, 1924, A. Mvopia, or short-sightedn condition in which the rays from a dis tance are focused in front of the ret ina of the eyes which results in the image being blurred. Such an eye i permanently focused for near object but may be corrected by the wearing f concave lenses which diverge the rays and in this way prevent their coming to a focus too soon. Q. Is it proper to drink a thick soup from a bouillon cup?—F. M. J. A. Heavy cream soup is frequentl served in a bouillon cup. Whether o net it is correct to sip this variety of soup direct from the cup appears to be a controversial question. One sees many people who carefully observe the rules of good form sipping crear soup in this way. 7The first two or three sips should be taken with the bouillon spoon. L& Where is the Galactic Circle?- T A. This is the great circle in the heavens which coincides best with th Galaxy or Milky Way. The nort pole of this circle s situated approx mately in right ascension 12 h minutes and deciination plus grees, the circle crossing the Equa at the points whose right a: are about 6 hours 47 minutes and 15 hours 47 minut (Government statistics bring out the fact that the uneducated man has only one chance in 900 to attain di tinction. There is no reason why any one should live under such a handicap in these days of free schools and free information. This paper supports in Washington, 1. C., the largest free nformation bureaw in ecistence. It will procure for you the answer tn any question’ you may ask. Avail yourself of its facilities for your self improvement. Inclose @ 2-cent stamp for return postage. Address Thr Star Information Bureau, Frederic J Haskin, director, Twenty-first and ¢ ! streets, Washington, D. C.) WESTERN OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Portland, Oreg., is one of the solid est citles in America. You can p: its people no higher compliment than to remark upon the air of settled prosperity which it personifies. It is smaller than Seattle, San Francisco or Los Angeles, vet none of these creates a more vivid impression of bigness, progress and wealth than the hustling metropolis of the Columbia River country. Portland is the great central market and_support of the Pacific Northwest. Last year it ex ported more, wheat than any other port in the United States. No other city in the world is surrounded by so dense and extensive etands of timber. Five States of the Pacific Northwe: contain 950,000.000,000 feet of timby which is 43 per cent of country’s standing timber supply 600,000,000,000 feet, or 64 per cent, are in Portland's trade territory. It is the water grade route from the mountains that gives Portland its spe- clal advantages over rival harbors north and south. Besides, it s the only fresh water harbor on the Pacific and considerably nearer that ocean than either Tacoma or Seattle. Bulwark- ing and buttressing Portland's eco- nomic advantages {s the strongest banking capital on the coast outside of San Francisco. With a metropoli- tan district of nearly 500,000 inhabit- ants spread over an area of 66 square miles, it requires only casual obser- vation of Portland’s potentialities to share her citizens' confidence in their future. * % ¥ ¥ Tt is admitted on all hands that the Ku Klux Klan has shot its bolt in Oregon. The invalidation of the school law by the United States Supreme Court was the knockout blow, though the movement was reeling to its finish before that. The Portland Telegram i given the lion's share of the glory for dispatching the Klan. That journal conducted a courageous and single- handed fight against the hooded or- ganization, facing unflinchingly an ad vertising and circulation boycott that cost it dearly. The anti-Klan crusade waged by the two young Wheeler brothers, proprietors of the Telegram, is entitled to rank one of the outstand- ing achievements of American jour- nalism. Their property is coming into its own now, a triumphant exemplar of the battling tradidons of the news- paper profession. * % * % ot many outsiders know that the Oregon school law was officially cham. pioned in 1922 by the Scottish Rite Masons for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States, through the Grand Lodge of Oregon, rather than by the Ku Klux Klan. In the so-called voters' pamphlet {ssued by the State on the eve of a general election the argument fn favor of the compulsory education bill was sponsored by 11 high Masons on behalf of the Masonic organizations of Oregon. But the Ku Klux Klan generally received credit for the measure and for its eventual enactment by the Legislature. Klans- men, one is told, having had wished upon them the name of the authors of the law, decided they might as well have the advantage of the game and of what they hoped would be its politi- cal dividend. * % ok % President Coolidge’s dictum that the States ought to do more for them- selves and not look so habitually to Uncle Sam finds wide, but not gen- eral, acceptance in the West. Oregon is a case in point. In her eastern half there is a 50,000-acre irrigation scheme, known as the Baker project, which Oregonians want the National Government to carry out. Almost every other State in the intermoun- tain and coast region has an enter- prise of the same sort in the hopper, for which Federal funds are sought. In most cases the execution of these projects is beyond the financial abil- ity of an individual State, even though a single State is often destined to be the sole beneficlary. On these occa- sions Western Commonwealths are not jealous of State rights. Wash- ington can go as far as it likes in invading thém, as long as it does the work and puts up the cash. In Ore- gon the title to 35 per cent of the continues. For that reasen they do not believe that the Democratic ruction will aid the Republicans greatly when efection time rolls round. If Gov. Smith should lose in his fight to oust Mayor Hylan, his préstige would suf- fer a severe blow. But such an out. come is not expected. |1and is still vested in the United ates, so that Oregonians feel it i< | incumbent upon the Government to | be generous in the realm of irriga |tion and reclamation. They thini | there ought to be a good deal of Fed jeral road building, too. Forest fires |are one of the affiictions under whici | Oregon suffers. They cannot be coped with if highways and communications to these national timber reserves are not available. o San Franclsco, revisited after a lapse of five vears, reveals ever new | splendors, architecturally and other jwise. It is still full of beauty, ro mance, atmosphere—and misty fogs | Since the Golden Gate was passed in ation by Los Angeles, San Fran ome to realize the neces | sity of making a genuine communit | effort to retain their ancient metro politan eminence. Of course, the | don’t admit for the fraction of a sec {ond that Los Angeles is in the same | class as a city, but there is neverthe | less a determined and concerted effort nowadays to impress the world with San Francisco's importance. Unques- | tionably it retains metropolitan tra ditions of its own, rooted in the dis tant past, that a not likely ever to be taken from her, no matte t modern laurels Los Angeles may w Will Irwin, whose epic, “The C That Was.” written while quak fire were laying San Francisco waste 19 years ago, has just contributed to the Nation's Business what he calls a thoroughly partisan article. Its tit] |is “The New San Francisco—City of Destiny and Fame.” Irwin, like other present-hour visitors to San Francisco finds a city stepping into another era with the whole bay reglon facing | brilltant industrial future through the | use of oil, water-power and raw ma | terial from California’s hinterland | Characteristic of this modern develop ment is the Richmond district, which was virgin sand-lot territory in 1505 Today it is a completely built-over residence district, with thousands of homes averaging a value of $15.000 each, and tapped by fast car lines g e Los Angeles, which is packed and crammed with automobiles as well as people in its throbbing business streets, now regulates pedestrians as well as motor trafic. This observer came in personal contact with the svstem on his first plunge through the maelstrom. Unaware that the cla ing of a bell is the signal for foot & well as wheel traffic to move - given direction, he started ac Broadway. A traffic policeman s ingly informed him of his de meanor, but the incident did not end there. I had proceeded only half & block along my way when a mounted traflic officer rode clattering up the street. Presently I beheld him at the curb alongside of me. He beckone me to his side. Thereupon, with p liteness, but becoming firmness, he notified me that if I didn't bear the obvious stamp of a newcomer he would have given me the privilege of contributing $5 to the Los Angeles city treasury for having violated the pedestrian traffic rules. Then we em barked upon a discussion of said regu lations, in the course of which I learned that accidents to jay-walkers like myself have been reduced 50 per cent in Los Angeles since pedestrians were obliged to cbserve the same re strictions as our drivers. T I asked one of the foremost citizen< of Los Angeles what is most on sout! ern California’s mind nowadays “Water supply” is what I expected him to say. But he didn’t. What he replied is that southern California principal anxiety is that the United States at large should cease to exac gerate the troubles that now and then overtake this region. Just because 4 dozen lives or so are snuffed out in an earthquake at Santa Barbara, Los Ar geles doesn't think the country should be led to believe that this corner of the Union is no longer fit to inhabit Nor does southern California like the idea of being portrayed as a pest house because foot-and-mouth disease temporarily plays havoe with some its cattle-herds. Travel .in this rection was seriously haited a vea ago because of the widespread im sion that all southern California w: in quarantine. The chief emotion therefore, of the denizens of these fa vored parts is a passionate desire for a calm and judicial view of their oc casional trials and tribulations. (Copyrizht, 1925.)