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6 THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C WEDNESDAY. ..August 19, 1925 Editor THEODORE W. NOYES The Evening Star Newspaper Company 11th Bu«x‘n‘u 0H\|4‘“ ks th st unt Pennayly ve. rars Qe Thwer Buildme Chicago_Office e ot European Office: 10 Regent St.. England. The Evening Star, with the Sunday morn Ing edition. i3 delivered by carriers with the city at 60 cents per month: dal 45 cents per month: Sunday only. per month. Orders may be sent by telephone Main 5000. Collection is mdde by carrier at the end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sund v, 8401 Bally sag, Sunday. .- 1o 3000 I m 0., 700 1T o Sunday only J157.82.40: 1 mo.. : 50 20¢ All Other States. Daily and Sunday...1 sr.. $10.00 Daily only 1yr. $7.00 Sunday only .. 1y $3.00 $50¢ Ie exc 1mo.. 1mo 1mo.. 3 ted Press. usively entitled news dis rwine cred- Member of the A: 4% (o publication ar 180 reserved The Belgian Debt Settlement. The funding of the Belgian debt to the United States has been success- fully negotiated. Ratification of the agreement entered into by the Bel- glan Commission and the American Debt-fundir ission is confi- dently expected of the Congress and the Belglan The agreement, which had the ap- proval of President Coolidge before it was finally made, is generous to Bel- glum. It recognizes a moral respon- sibility with regard to the prearmi stice part of the Belgian debt. result- ing from certain promises made by the late President Woodrow Wils during the peace negotiations i Paris. It remits all interest on that part of the debt—which interest, in round numbers, amounts to $200,000,- 000. Not the most critical could the United States usurious or unkind in view of such concession. Further- more, the Belgians are given under the terms of the agreement a period of ten vears in which small payments are to be made, and the whole period of payment is fixed at sixty-two vears. Belgium, whose territ lated by Germany in complete disre- gard of treaty; Belgium, which brave- ly bore the brunt of much of the fighting, is regarded with esteem and affection by the American people. The agreement just made, which seeks in every way to be just and considerate to Belgium, is another indication of this regard, which was manifested long before the United States went into the World War through the measures of relief carried out with American money and by Americans for the Belgian refugees. The funding of the Belgian debt should have a favorable effect in hastening the funding of the other foreign debts. The suggestion is ad- vanced that France will ask terms as favorable as those accorded Bel- gilum, and that this will make it more difficult to obtain a settlerent of the French debt. It will be recalled, how- ever, that during the peace negotia- tions all the nations agreed that Bel- gium should be accorded particularly favorable terms in the settlement of international debts. And the nations can scarcely now look askance upon the provisions of the Belgian settle- ment with the United States, even though they may be more favorable than those accorded other nations by America. The American Commission has steadfastly stood by the proposition that the German reparations owed to other nations should not be substi- tuted by those nations for debts to the United States. In Paris the un- derstanding was that the prearmi- stice debt of Belgium should be paid with German reparations. It was this understanding that created a certain moral ocbligation toward Belglum which the American Commission and President Coolldge have recognized through the remission of interest on the pre-armistice debt. The United States never ratified the Versailles treaty, and therefore was not bound by the letter of the law. Further, Congress has directed that German reparations should not be substituted for the debts of other nations. The settlement of the Belgian debt brings a feeling of satisfaction, a hope that the debts of nce and Italy will be funded, as they should be, in the near future. Unfortunately the American debts have too long been made the battledore and shuttle- cock of Buropean politics. Propa- zanda has been widely circulated by some of the politicians, seeking to educate the people to a bellef that money borrowed from the United States in time of stress does not con- stitute a real debt. This has created a difficult situation, but the adminis- tration is hopeful that it will be met successfully and that the remalning foreign obligations will be recognized. Cor government. was vio- John T. Scopes has no publicity manager to keep him from heading for a Baltimore college instead of a Hollywood studio, e e The MacMillan Party. Weather conditions in the North Pole region are not as satisfactory as Arctic explorers would have them, and indications point to a hard Win- ter. Winter at the North Pole and in its nelghborhood is never what might be called a mild and gentle season, and it is reasonable to believe that if that part of the world ever be- comes popular with tourists, it will be because of its advantages as a Summer resort, and not because of its facillties for snowballing and other Winter sports. Reports from the MacMillan ex- ploring party tell of rough weather for August. Unless the expedition can become established at an advance base at Cape Thomas Hubbard on Axel Helberg Island by September 2, it probably will be blocked by the advance of Winter. There is talk of a possibility that the expedition may give up its effort to reach the Pole in 1926 and examine the unknown area of land believed to exist in m-‘ \failed. Within gix miles of the Eng-|'em to prolong de argument.” region. If the probably would turn for the tine to an _exploration of Greenland to run down rumors of evidence of eleventh- century civilization there. The inte- rior of Labrador would be studied by our scientist-adventurers. Conversation by radio is going on between the Navy Department and the National Geographic Soclety and the heads of the expedition in the | North. There is no reason for haste in this matter and no reason why more than the ordinary perils should be faced. Investigation of the higher reglons of earth must be conducted over a series of many years, and lives of men who are sclentifically fitted for this work and who are devoted to it should be surrounded with every possible precaution consistent with bold and brave prosecution of it. If this season is not propitious, the | next may be, and there is no thought that the North Pole will try to escape the American explorers. If the Mac- | Millan part; not get to the Pole this season, it is not likely that any other party will, and the main pur- pose is to explore lands about the Pole, if such lands exist. The meeting I place of the meridians of longitude b been visited. Peary got there. What people are interested in is knowing how much land in the high latitudes of the earth, what the topography is, and what the sibility is that those lands may add to the comfort of life on the earth, is pos- ———— The Freight Terminal Project. Residents of Maryland adjacent to the District are vigorously protesting @ project for the establishment of a railroad freight line across country from the lines of the existing rail routes into Washington to connect with a proposed freight terminal located close to the District boundary on the shore of the Potomac. They are presenting their objections to the Maryland Public Service Commission, before which the application of the promoters of this enterprise is now pending for permission to undertake thi struction. In their petition to the commission they bespeak the con- sideration of that body for the welfare of the residents of the District, who are powerless to prevent this en- croachment. Washington is, of course, vitally in- terested In this matter. It is claimed by the promoters of the project that the proposed new freight terminal will supply the Capital with additional and needed facilities for the handling and distribution of commodities, and that it will promote the development of a manufacturing and indust center on the outskirts of the District to the advantage of this community. On the other hand, it is evident that the loca- tion of a large freight terminal on the river shore above the District line would mean the maintenance of truck routes directly through the District and the city on a long haul to reach the community markets and ware- houses. As all of the projected features of this plan lie outside of the District of Columbla, the local authorities have no jurisdiction over the matter. Should the Public Service Commission of Maryland grant permission for the construction of the projected line it may be established, regardless of pub- lic or official opinion in the District. But an essential feature of this plan is a bridge across the Potomac to per- mit union with southern lines and the construction of a railroad through Virginia. This involves the Federal jurisdiction over the Potomac River, and the question has been raised whether the consent of Congress, or, co THE EVENING hausted. channel, but never a woman. day, doubtless, a woman will reach the goal. It is & hard swim, one to tax the endurance and the skill of the stoutest and most competent. There are swift and fickle currents that must be breasted. The water flowing out of the North Sea through the channel is cold, even in Midsummer. Owing to the peculiarities of the tidal flow and the length of time required for the passage, the swimmer must make a circumflex course, greatly increasing the distance from shore to shore. To Gertrude Ederle, though she failed, the cheers of her fellow Ameri- cans go forth, to praise her for her remarkable effort and the nearness with which she went to victory. Per- haps she is justified in her confidence that she will succeed on her next at- tempt. The honor of being the first woman in the world to swim this most difficult stretch of water is worth striving for and all Americans hope that it will fall to one who wears the Stars and Stripes on her cap. Dayton Rejects Scopes. Dayton, Tenn., is ungrateful. After all John T. Scopes has done for it to make it known to the world, Dayton has turned him down. His attorne at the recent trial announced the other day that Scopes was an up- plicant for reappointment as teacher of science and foot ball coach in the Dayton High School, denying that he had accepted another position or was planning a lecture tour. So it was up to the school board of Rhea County to rename or to displace the protagonist of the evolution issue, and the board decided against him and named a Nashville newspaper reporter and former teacher at Day- ton to the vacancy, after subjecting him to a rigid examination on funda- mentalism. It would have heen the merest courtesy to the man who has put Dayton on the map to continue him as a teacher. He would doubt- less have observed the law as the court has recently interpreted it and eschewed evolutionary teachings. In- deed the reappointment of Scopes would have been calculated to remove him from the field of controversy. His rejection, however, makes him a tree agent for continuing the fight for a different interpretation of the law and for a final judgment by the Supreme Court upon its constitu- tionality. Commenting on his fight to keep his automobile factory from being taken over by German finance, Dr. Edmund Stinnes is quoted as refer- ring to Henry Ford as a stronger experience. It is a remarkable tribute raight the ing, although many degrees doubtless have been his for asking. Arctic explorers have had to yield mechanical invention to put the sim- It was thought that the alrship would speedily reveal the secrets of the North Pole, but there are still emer- gencles that compel reliance on the dog sled. ————— The feat of swimming the English Channel was not accomplished by Miss Ederle, whose attitude toward his instructions caused her trainer to declare that if she succeeded, she would be the greatest swimmer in all at least, of the Interstate Commerce Commission, will not be necessary to permit such a construction. In this connection the projected development of the Potomac water- power is to be borne in mind. Present plans, which await congressional ap- proval, contemplate the flooding of & large area on both sides of the river above Little Falls. Any proposal for a bridge and freight terminal estab. iishment on the banks must be studied in connection with this contemplated work. That, it would seem, involves Congress. Thus the people of the District are not enttrely helpless in this matter if, as is urged by the residents of Mary- land adjacent to the District, the project menaces District welfare. Con- sent of the Interstate Commerce Com- mission or of Congress, possibly both, must be obtained for the essential link in the project, the bridge, and also authority must be obtained from the of a line through its territory. The proposal itself does not imme- diately impress the local community as advantageous or necessary. There is no evidence of dissatisfaction with the present freight terminal facilities in and around Washington. There has been no public demand for an increase of these utllities. If there is such need, however, the matter requires thorough study, with consideration for all interests involved, those of the people of the steadily developing sub- urbs of Maryland and Virginia as resi- dentlal areas, those of the people of ‘Washington, those of the Government with respect to its rights on the river and those of the rallroads, which al- ready maintain extensive yards and history. The remark now sounds like a hint of prophecy tinged with sar- casm. FERE—— In some portions of Morocco men are still plowing with a crooked stick. Men recruited from such lo- calitles cannot be expected to stand their ground when something so ex- ceedingly modern as an airplane at- tack is under way. —— e Many Europeans gather the idea that it is wrong for people so gen- erous and extravagant as the Ameri- cans to have so much. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Pretty Soon. Pretty soon the silly season Will give way to moods of reason, And the flappers on the highways won't parade. State of Virginia for the construction ! They'll no more be lightly prancing ‘With no tunes to set them dancing ‘Where the crossing copper lends in- structive ald. Pretty soon the “merry, merry” Of their charms will be more chary, And no more upon the streets in Art engage. Chilly days will loom before It you want to see the chorus, You must view 'em on a comfort- able stage. Occasional Repose. “Have you enjoyed the Summer?” “Not much,” answered Senator Sorghum. “The home folks keep a statesman mighty busy. It'll be a rellef to get back to Washington, where an occasional rest is possible.” freight-handling equipment. (This, in short, is not a matter to be hastily settled by a single interest for the future involvement of great expendi- tures and possibly irreparable damages. ——————— ‘Washington has at least become a big city in many respects, including base ball prestige. A Gallant Failure. Gertrude Ederle's fallure to swim the English Channel yesterday is the third case this Summer of a woman unsuccessfully attempting that cross- ing. She made a brave fight and came close to victory. She had the encouragement of the good will of her two predecessors of her own sex in the 1925 attack on the channel by women. She was accompanied by jazz-making musiclans. She was buoyed by the enthusiastic confidence of the people of this country, whom she represented in her venture. But, despite these favorable factors, she Jud Tunkins says there are so many laws that “crime” is coming to be regarded by too many people sim- ply as a matter of definition. Modified Recklessness. “Young men no longer desire to run away and go to sea.” “No,” answered Miss Cayenne. “A young man's adventurous ambition now appears to be satisfied if he can secure a pair of pants like a sallor's.” Literary Discrimination. Sometimes, when I've been running through The thoughts great men have thunk T wonder just how much is true And just how much is bunk. And frequently T recollect Wise words with much unrest, Because I honestly suspect I like the bunk the best! “All an education does foh some men,” sald Uncle Eben, “is to enable , Men have made the swim across the Some man than himself and one with more | to a man who uses no title of learn- | to the often demonstrated failure of | plest devices entirely out of business. | STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1925, Men, as a class, are as tired of wear- ing trousers as women are of wearing long hair. 1 believe this is shown by the avid- ity with which men have taken to golf knickers, many male Washing- tonlans wearing them to business and around home. There {s a reason! Trousers, the long type introduced during the French Revolution, and still in general vogue, are the most uncomfortable garments worn by hu- man creatures. Why men first inserted themselves into “long pants” will remain as much a mystery as the whole mysterious monkey business known as dress and costume. (Perhaps I insult the mon- keys!) Our word “costume” is really noth- ing but “custom,” now confined to the dress of human beings, the example par excellence of hablt. Today we dress the way we do be cause our fathers dressed the they did, and they wore their gar ments simply because their own fathers clothed themselves that way. Women, ever more daring and pro- gressive in such matters (see Roman history) have made 100 changes to every one made by their more con- |servative men folk, until today, in this | , their clothes are the most sensible in the whole long history of women's costume, 1 ures, how |along with the same old coat | ers, hats, collars, ties, belts, etc., of | e our fathers wore before L her pride ourselves on Iressing sensibly”—when, as a_mat- ter of fact, we are uncomfortable in- side our tight bands. Maybe you have never thought of it that way, but the distinguishing feature of men's costume today is the tight band. Men are worse offenders In this w: at checking the circulation than wom- en ever thought of being, for while the ladies have been junking their various absurd corsets for more sim- ple forms, men plow right along in- closing themselves as of old. In the first place, the coat bunches us all up around the shoulders, and tends to pull down the chest with a lot of haircloth Then the trousers grab us around the waist, especially if we wear a belt, constricting us at the mid-section of the body, within which lie the fun- damental processes of digestion and great nerve centers. Added to this we put a collar around the neck, tending to cut off the es sential blood supply to the brain, and pull it tight with a haiter called a er, trail and r: hen we strap two rubber bands, called “garters,” around our lower legs, at the same time we clamp cuffs on the wrists and jam an air-tight hat on our heads. Having completed this constricting process at all possible points, we strut into the street rather proud of the total effect. Perhaps, from the external view- point, we appear as well as we ever can, but from the strictly personal viewpoint I am sure there are thou- sands, nay, millions of men more or less dissatisfied with their clothes. Nothing suits these men better than to get home and change into the work suit in which they jimmy around the utomobile, or to don their golf knickers for a run around the course. It is true that these selfsame knick- {erbockers introduce two more points of constriction, but the sum total ef- fect is in the escape from the cus- tomary “long pants.” Anything that gets you out of pants is a blessing. I never ses the monks out at the FACTS IN COAL Article IIT. Six weeks' supply of anthracite coal, it is estimated, is stored in the bins of retail dealers throughout the country and at the mines. This is in addition to the stocks in the bins of householders who bought early. How much their holdings amount to can only be conjectured. FPossibly they run to 25,000,000 tons. Certainly the amount is inadequate to meet the Winter's requirements, even if equal- 1y _distributed. The United States Geological Sur- {vey has measured the stock piles of 497 retail dealers in anthracite as of June 1 last. Here is what the sur- vey says: “On June 1 this group had on hand 1,188,000 net tons of anthracite, against 1,006,891 tons on June 1, 1924; 555,514 tons on June 1, 1923, and 488,- 68 tons on June 1, 1920. “In terms of days’ supply, the stocks on June 1 were sufficient to last 52 days at the average rate of delivery in March, April and Ma With the | exception of stocks on September I, 1924, this is the largest days’ supply recorded in the past 61 years, and the figure for that date was based on the Summer rato of delivery, which ordinarily is comparatively low. “It is impossible to estimate the total stocks held by all anthracite dealers, but it is felt that the figures for this group indicate fairly ac- curately the trend of the total.” Rush to Buy Coal. Since the survey was made, how- ever, the public has pricked up its ecars at the deadlock news from At- lantic City and has been rushing to buy its Winter coal. The “Summer rate of delivery”’ has measurably quickened, drawing on the supply and lowering it somewhat. Anthra- cite production has quickened, too, rising from 1,854,000 tons during the week ending July 11 to 2,049,000 tons _a remarkably high figure—during the week ending July 25. Thus the fear of a strike has been immediately reflected in production and sales, sending the former to a level that would result, if maintained, in an annual production of more than 106,000,000 tons. When the official figures are scanned:it is found that the highest annual production ever recorded was about 91,000,000 tons. The strike fear has sent production to a level 16 per cent higher than the highest maintained rate in the past. Six weeks ago there was little mar- ket for anthracite; now the dealers are working overtime. Prices have jumped to match the quickened pulse beats of demand. The day the anthra- cite parley was broken increases in price up to $1 a ton were reported from varlous localities. Indications are that the experience of two years ago, when there was a strike of 11 days, will be paralleled to some extent this year. Price Movements Studied. The Federal Trade Commission made a report recently to Congress, in which the price movements of anthra- cite during the strike threat of 1923, the strike itself and the period fol- lowing it are summarized as follows: “High premiums at the mines for a small part of the supply stimulate speculative wholesaling. In addition, retailers having no regular connection with large company Sources at sta- bilized prices must pay the high pre- miums demanded by {ndependent pro- ducers and wholesalers, and, there- fore, they are compelled to sell at higher prices than would be necessary to yleld a fair profit on supplies from low-priced company sources. “Dealers who obtain their supplies mainly or wholly from company sources and who are unable in times trous. | BY WILLIAM BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Franciscan Monastery in Brookland, as they stroll around in their brown robes, but what I envy them heartily. To my mind, that is an ideal cos- tume. The bathrobe, were it feasible, would make an almost ideal costume. (Let me ’hulen to add that it is not feasi- e. Tmagine a theater filled with gentle- men in bathrobes, or the American League base ball park crammed with robed figures, or F street on a gala afternoon crowded with strollers in nifty bathrobes. Cretonne coats on the girls would be far outdone as Johnny Bellbottom strode along in his gray and blue checked bathrobe, caught at the waist with an enormous striped cord. A one-plece bathing suit beneath the robe and a pair of so-called barefoot sandals might complete this ideal cos- tume, for such it would be, despite the fact that you may smile at its descrip- tion here. The ideal we seek is freedom, in which we are now being outdone by the gals. Maybe since they have come ing locks as superfluous, mere men will some day come to look on trousers in much the same way. Perhaps, after all, the ideal in men’s dress was reached in ancient Rome, when two simple garments, the tunic jand the toga, were all men wore, in addition to a pair of sandals. Tell me not, in mournful numbers, |that the climatic conditions of Kome allowed such dre They wear the full regalia of modern costume in Rome today, do they not? Why cannot the custom be reversed The Roman dress was perhaps the most sensible and comfortable in all the long, foolish history of men's clothes. (See pictures of Sir Walter Raleigh, if you think the word *“fool 1sh” is too strong.) “The toga would g rour way,” objects an objector. e world has need of these people, too,” sald Mar- cus Aurelius, it will be remembered.) Well, the folds of the white toga might get n your way, but inside the affair you would be eminently more comfortable, and therefore happier, |and undoubtedly heaithier. White was adopted by the late Ma Twain as his all-year-round costum and eminent physicians have declared that such clothing is healthier than our prevalent somber shades. The Romans wore a tunic under the toga, putting on the latter for street wear. Roman women had an outside {garment very similar, called the palla. The men, according to history, had uniform way of wearing their outer garment, but the women draped their lae to suit themselves. Even in those far days men were conservative dressers, whereas the women were the most progressive. It il after Caesar conquered hat braccae, or breeches, were introduced into Rome. Therefore, we may, in a sense, add to Caesar's other crimes the blame for introducing trousers! It is interesting to note that the an- clent Greeks wore two garments, simi- lar to the Roman pair. The undergar. ment was the chiton, the outer the himation, & sort of gloak. Thus Romans and Greeks wore but four articles of clothing, includin | pair of sandals. Contrast this simplic- {ity of dress with the bare minimum possible to a male today. He must wear a hat, coat, trousers, pair of shoes, pair of socks, shirt, col lar, tie, sock supporters, belt, under- wear. This array calls for 14 articles, and if he wears an overcoat totals up 15 pieces of clothing and bands of va rious kinds. 1t is too mueh! CONTROVERSY P. HELM, JR. cite to supply the entire market, find it to their advantage to allow dealers handling high premium coal to de- termine the retail price level for the locality. “In this way the public is made to pay higher prices for all anthra- cite, “and frequently competition ceases to be an adequate regulator of prices for coal either at the mine or in the hands of wholesalers or specu- lators. “The high prices pald by whole- salers to producers, f. o. b. mine, were a highly disturbing factor in the entire trade during the period of panic demand just preceding and fol- lowing the brief strike in Septem- ber, 1923. Operators Advanced Prices. “Although the supply was ample, due to the panic demand which de- veloped when the strike threatened independent producers generally made a sharp advance In thelr prices at the mines. Reports from wholesalers showed that prices of $15 or more per ton were pald for about 1% per cent of all the premium anthracite reported ~ for the week ending August 4, 1923, and that during the week ending September 1, 1923, the reporting wholesalers paid in excess of $13 per ton f. o. b. mine, for nearly 36 per cent of the premium anthracite purchased directly from the producer. “Immediately following the strike, the reporting wholesalers paid in ex- cess of $12 per ton for from 30 to 42 per cent of the premium anthra- cite purchased direct from the pro- ducer while as the pressure of the demand decreased, due to the reali- zation that the supply was adequate, the proportion reported at the higher prices gradually decreased until by the middle of January, 1924, no sales were reported in excess of $11 mer ton f. o. b. mine. This represented a decrease of more than $4 per ton in the highest prices reported.” Made Excessive Profits. The cost of this $13 to $15 coal, as indicated by reports to the Federal Coal Commission was $5.68 per ton, at the mine, during the first three months of 1923. The figures cover reports from 66 cofpanies which mined 18,000,000 tons during that pe- riod, or about 85 per cent of all the anthracite output. The $5.68 figure, of course, 'is an average one; in a number of operations it was exceeded and, on the other hand, the produc- tion cost was lower than $5.68 at other operations. Taking it as an average, the show- ing indicates that during the little flurry just before the eleven-day strike of 1923, certain operators de- manded an apparent profit of from $7.32 to $9.32 per ton for their avail- able coal at the mines: that these prices actually were paid for a small percentage of the coal; and that the wholesalers buying it passed it on to the public after adding another profit for themselves. All of which, according to the Gov- ernment’s report, occurred at a time ‘when supplies were ample. It is of interest to know that indicated sup- plies this vear are more than twice as large as they were in 1923. (Copyright. 1925.) 0 Tempora, 0 Mora. From the Baltimore Sun. Old days were queer. When a maid was jilted it was her heart that was effected. not her trigger finger. These Benighted Days. From the Duluth Herald, It takes three generations to make & gentleman and about that many v{w-rwhmnomnmhmmmwm?fl. | | | |of Charles D. Politics at Large By G. Gould Lincoln ‘The political pot continues to boil— in spots. Two of the most active “spots” just now are New York and Wisconsin. In both struggles are under way which may have much in- fluence on the national political situ- ation. Gov. Al Smith has locked horns with Hylan and Hearst in the mayoralty race and the primaries on September 15 will either give the governor a boost in his onward politi- cal march or he will lose some of his prestige. If he wins. as it is expected he will, pressure will be brought to bear to have him enter the senatorial race next vear against Senator Wads- worth. But he may decide to have another fling at the governorship, considering that the best stepping stone toward the White House. There is only one governor of the Empire State, whereas there are two Senators. Thé suggestion has been put for- ward that if Smith runs for the Sen- ate Wadsworth may decide to seek the governorship on the Republican ticket. But it §s not at all likely Sen- to regard a large part of thelr flow.|ator Wadsworth will dodge the fight with Smith. Such tactics would lose him strength nationally and there are those who for a long time have been onfident that one day “Jimmy” Wadsworth would step into the White House as Chief Executive. ¥k The Republicans are having their troubles as well as the Democrats in settling upon a candidate for mayor. Frank D. Waterman is the selection Hilles, Republican na mmitteeman, and other party hieftains, but William M. Bennett and John J. Lyons refuse to acquiesce in the choice. Mr. F nett has been par- ticularly severe in his criticism of the Waterman candidacy, questioning Mr. Waterman's Republicanism on the ground that he once voted for Wood- row Wilson. Mr. Hilles declares that Mr. Waterman did not cast a vote for Wilson in 1916, but that he voted for Hughes. With the Democrats apparently split wide open, it seems as though the Republicans overlooking a bet. If the Republican row continues, any chance of defeating Tammany— if there be any—will vanish into thir air. * * * The campaign in Wisconsir successor to the late Senator L: lette is warming up. The interest in the coming elect in the fight between the progress and the conservatives—the La lette people and the Coolidge-Lenroot- Wilcox followers But the wh country will watch with great inte est the campaign waged b Follette, jr., for the Repub nation to succeed his father. ple want to ¥now how he m in co son with hi whether h s the political gacitv and the crusading fire of the elder La Follette, or gives promise of doing La Follette, jr., § old for ¥l ational b" La lican nom} The peo- ures experi as taken a r's more t campaigns. ator used to give him ging race for the Senate terest in La Follette's ble, in a measure, t ch the cam- paign of Theodore Roosevelt, jr., for the governorship of New York against Gov h was followed the country over last year. It seems to be pretty definitely set- tled that the race for the Republican nomination will be three-cornered at least, with La Follette, jr., receiving the support of the official Republican organization—the La Follette organi- zation, and Roy P. Wilcox that of the “stalwarts,” headed by Senator Lenroot, while former Gov. Me- Govern, one-time La Follette man and later a Bull Mooser, seeks support from both the other factions. Me- Govern doubtless will receive some of the progressive strength of the State and also some of the antiLa Follette strength. The odds still favor the nomination and election of Mr. La Follette, however. One mistake which the anti-La Follette people seem to be ng is to include in their platform attack op the primary laws of sconsin, for which Senator La Fol- lette battled vears ago and to which the State has given its support time after time. The Republican national organization—which, it is declared, i anxious to do all it can to help unseat the La Follette machine in the Badger State—is hesitating a little to place all its eggs in one basket—the Wilcox basket, when McGovern and his fol- lowers are so intent upon making the race. If the administration_comes out in support of Wilcox and he loses, then the administration receives an- other jolt in the Northwest, just where it is anxious to make a good showing. S Etis Chairman William M. Butler of the Republican national committee is ex- pected to start on his Western trip soon after Labor day, according to re- ports received here. He will go to Chicago and there will hold confer- ences with many of the leaders in the Middle Western and Western He may or may not visit Wiscon: depending upon how wise it may ap- pear for the administration to mix up in that row. Even if he does not go to Wisconsin, he will keep in close touch with the campaign there. Senator Butler, in addition to being the President’s right hand man and chairman of the Republican national committee, has become pretty much the whole thing so far as Republican politics fn Massachusetts is concerned. Crane, Lodge, McCall are all dead, and John W. Weeks, Secretary of War and Republican national committeeman be- fore that job was handed over to Senator Butler, is taking less and less part in State politics. Nevertheless, Senator Butler, who comes up for re- election next year, must knit closely together the Republicans of the Bay State, if he is to win against former Senator David I. Walsh, the probable Democratic candidate. Senator But- ler was a Crane man in years gone by, and more recently he disgruntled Lodge supporters by his treatment of the late Senator at the last Republic- an national convention. There is a growing feeling, however, that Senator Butler's prospects are looking up. The President's evident dtermination to do everything possible for his friend and campaign manager is having its effect. Furthermore, as has been pointed out, he seems to be the rallying point for Republicans of the State now. Senator Walsh is working quietly, according to reports, rebuilding his ‘organization. He will make a play for the independent vote in the State, and for the woman vot- ers, it is said. Indeed, he must have the independent voters with him in large part if he {s to succeed, since the Republicans in Massachusetts out- number the Democrats, as has been clearly demonstrated on a number of occasions. * * ¥ X Out on the Pacific coast, in Oregon, Senator Stanfleld will have the fight of his life to come back to the Senate next year. The Democrats are hop- ing to pick up a senatorial seat there and former Gov. West, it is believed, ‘will be their candidate. He was twice governor, and popular, though he drew fire upon himself during his last term because of wholesale pardoning of criminals. The Republicans are re- ported to be dissatisfled with Senator Stanfield and his record as a legisla- tor. But even 8o, he is likely to win the nomination. No outstanding man 2 appeared to contest it with him so expeditior should | lish shore she gave up the struggle ‘ abandon the major part of its plan, it |and was taken from the wafer, ex- THIS AND TH 4 T ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. What kind of marker will be used for the new system of interstate roads?—A. S. A. It is to be a typical United States shield painted white, on which will appear, in black, the name of the State, the initials U. S. and the route number. Q. How many guards are posted at Harding's tomb?—H. L. A. A guard of 26 enlisted men and 1 commissioned officer is kept at for- mer President Harding’s grave. The guard is maintained at the tomb as a mark of respect and to restrain vis- itors from carrying away souvenirs. Q. Are the tennis championship games played on grass or clay courts?—C. H. L. A. There are two national champlon- ship tennis games held. There is a national championship on turf courts and also a national clay-court cham- plonship. Q. What is the extent of the shoe manufacturing industry irt this coun- try as compared with the rest of the world—J. W. M. A. The manufacture of boots and shoes is pre-eminently an American | industry, due largely to the predomi- | nance of American inventions, meth- ods and machinery. Since 1870 im- ports of footwear to the United States have been almost negligible. In 1924, | 014,000 pairs of &hoes were manu- | factured in this country. Q. Where did the most violent earth- auake east of the Mississippt occur?— | C. H. E. A. The Charleston, S. C., earthquake of August 31, 1886, is considered the st violent of any recorded in the United States east of the Mississippi River. Q. Is any comet due to return about 1963?—P. E. | aval Observatory say. ley’s comet will return about 1985 is’ the only cons return can any time. sugar?—F. J. The Bureau of Plant Industry that it is used no longer for ing sugar. This blood was used 0 in the refining a number of years it ha ce in this process | Q. Ts sheep blood used in bleuhlns‘ | of sugar, | f had no- pl Q Should bables be given sun baths?—S . A. B. n baths prevent and help to ‘hen a baby is three | the sun baths 1 ands should be exposed for a few minutes. Care must b 1 not to burn the skin, reddening of the skin gradually tan the baby. TI bath should be for 10 or 15 m only. Each day thereafter the ex- posure 1o the sun sho; creased from three to five mi til the lies directly in the sun one ho the morning and one hour in the te Every few days the body exposed | 10uld also be increased, at first slow- as the Spring s grow more rapidly. Gradually the | v becomes accustomed to the s bath and by the middle of May or the une sun baths can be given |is to the whole body. In the heat of July and August care must be taken to give the sun baths in the early morning before 10 o'clock or in the afternoon after 3 o'clock. The head should be protected when the babs is in the hot sun between 10 and 2 o'clock. Q. Who trains the Chinese chil dren who are sent to America on the fund created by the Boxer indem nity?—C. T. L. A. The Tsing Hua Collegs in Peking, opened in 1911, is in charge of tralning students before they are sent to the United States under the terms of the agreement for the re mission of the Boxer indemnity. Q. How much water is there in fog or can it be measured?—B. A. R. A. Scientists eay the amount water in a given amount of fog can be rellably measured, and in one re corded instance a dense fog off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland wa found to contain 20,000 droplets per cubic inch. > gain some idea of 1} order of magnitude of the quant involved in this dense fog,” says t report of the scientists who measured it, “assume that one cannot sea be yond 100 feet. A block of fog feet wide, 6 feet high and long co less th of a gl liquid wa distributed among drop: Q. Wh ing orig A Tt did_tar iate?’—H. B, led made 2 was 1 onvicted of head cropped and then the feath shaken out upon hin be known, and at ich the ship shall set on first land at touch he sha in the afte A. The that a ra horizc able. (Education makes a people easy lead, but impossible to enslave. Government knows h true statement is and advances and courages in every possible way education ng of i n s of dollars in lds of information and maintaining hundreds of specialistag The citizens , th the in and It spe opening 7 Fenowledge iaborators and many great libraries should have the benefit of all this re-" scarch and study, and can have if ho® will only apply for it. Our Wash ton bureau is in @ position to all Government data that are avail able for public use. Send in your questions to it and secure authorita=* tive information. Inclose 2 ¢ tg in stamps for return postage. Address The Star Information Bureau, Frederic Haskin, director, Twenty-7 streets morthicest, c.) D. Washingtor WESTERN OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Found W himself s: porch of b cratic Berkeley Squart as pblivious, he claim as a denizen of Mars. W nings Bryan had just pas scene, and I was anxious to sound out Mr. McAdoo on the suggestion that he | is the natural heir to the progressive | te. But Woodrow Wllson's son-in law would commune of naught but the glorious zinaias, acacias, rhodo: dendrons and fig trees amid which he has his being and in which he takes a bubbling pride. Whatever “W. G. himself thinks about it, California is convinced he is not through with poli- | Hiea G Diliice Stn RET dribo again a candidate for the presidential nomination, his adopted State will | send a fervid McAdoo delegation fo the next Democratic national dissen- sion. If fate were kinder to him t it was in 1924, there are those in Ca fornia who think Mr. McAdoo would e even Calvin Coolidge a_worthy | race for the State’s vote. Recently McAdoo took into law partnership Los Angeles J. T. F. O'Connor, former Democratic candidate for Governor | and United States Semator in North Dakoga. O'Connor is the man who got up in Madison Square Garden and | denounced the Klan, then seconded the nomination of McAdoo. * * ox % Gavin McNab, leader of the San | Francisco bar and famed throughout | the West as the man who victoriously | swung its votes into the Wilson col- | umn in 1916, has his pessimistic mo- | ments nowadays when he thinks of the future of the Democratic party.| The brilliant and eloquent Scot, who specializes in calling things by their right names, recently wrote Franklin | D. Roosevelt, who wanted McNab's | opinion as to the cause of Democratic | misfortune, as follows: “In the presidential election of 1920 | the Democratic party virtually went | into bankruptcy. The strange thing | in all this, to my mind, is that the | Democratic party has never had the | courage to take an inventory of its affairs to ascertain the causes and to | fix the blame. We of the West, where the States vested Wilson with power, and where, in two presidential elec- tlons since, no State has voted Demo- cratic, wonder at @ so-called party leadership that refuses to examine it self and ascertain the truth, The first duty of party leadership is to take the long-delayed inventory, that it may be | determined whether it is possible to bring a united, cohesive, nationa party, actuated by lofty principles and inspired with enthusiasm, to the serv- ice of the people. If this cannot be done, why the existence of the Demo- cratic party liam G. McAdoo sunning lubriously vine-c Jen- | * ¥ X ok California grape growers have found prohibition a boon rather than a blight. When the eighteenth amend ment overtook the thirsty land panic- stricken wine growers uprooted thou- sands of acres of vineyards, facing, as they thought, the ruin of their indus- Today there is sald to be a greater acreage under grape cultiva tion in Sonoma and Napa Counties than ever before. The price, too, is unprecedentedly high. In pre-prohibi- tion days grapes sold for about §30 a ton. The present price is anywhere from $75 to $90. The railroads that serve the grape counties can hardly cope with the traffic. Home brewers in the East are named as the big buyers of California grapes. * ok ok Mason Lathrop, dramatic critic of the Los Angeles Evening Express, has a claim to distinction that is unique in_American history. He was the only child ever bap- tized in the Capitol of the United States at Washington. Mr. Lathrop's father was a bosom friend of Schuy- ler Colfax of Indiana, Vice President in the first Grant administration. The small congregation to which the Lathrop and Colfax families belonged had not yet established their own place of worship, so when the Lathrop baby came along in 1869 Mr. Colfax suggested to his friend, the proud daddy, lhll‘th Vice President’s of- is | | ident of the fice was at his disposal for the bary tismal ceremony. There it wa on Lathrop is tion pictures at Hoil editor in Waterb views of t! new Movieland 3 ducers, di: tative criticis; 3 creations idered by pr stars as author Speaking of the movies, harder to get into the big it is to get into the V In fact, none but the highly p: few ever ‘does get in. I fluence {s necessary to coveted cards of mission, and t d rather cc descend! Once upon a time every tourist that came to Los Ar geles, and his name was leg his heart set upon a close-up of Ma Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Glor Swanson and the other luminaries the movie heavens. In most cases he realized the dream. The be came a nufsance, the studios we overrun with visitors and the ba were put up. The reason is that t business of *“‘makin i “shooting” a scene is so delicate er complicated, for all concerned, tha the maximum of concentration a the minimum of interference necessary. By masqueradir friend of Will 1 this managed to get behind a few scenes in Hollywood, but was & to feel that he was in the wa of the time—as he probably v * ok % o* observe mo California is such an elon; populous Commonwealth tha ains & branch capital at L to look after the S California_a little more is possible at Friend W. Richardson spends seve: days a month regularly there ters that occupy n ny downtown office building. The ernor is a country newspaper ec by profession and the perennial tate Editorial Ass California rural i him_and are the of Richardson’s gov tion. swear by source strength * % ox % When Brigham Young car Utah at the end of his long trail, nearly 80 years ago, he su a phrase that has become hist Mormon annals: “This is the pla The spot is appropriately marked in the Sierra foothills that are now within the city limits of Salt City. The Deseret News, or the Mormon Church, has launched campaign to make “This is the place the official slogan of the®State. 1 to be used in a drive to tell the of the scenic, industrial, social and educational resourc Utah. Copper is the State staple. At Bingham, seat of Copper Co.. more Jow-grade is blasted out of Mother Earth e day—something like 35,00 tons—than the entire daily tions made for the Panan It seems a tall tale, but is one of things the Utah booster reels off reg ularly and glibly. Tk * In Oklahoma there's a Sinclair ol well that is called a glutton. Situated in the Garber-Covington field near Enid, the well, in the vernacular of the oil trade, has lost its circulation and is glving no returns. That means that everything rushed into the tu of the rotary drill {s vanishin an effort to strengthen the walls of the hole, which s down 2,071 feet and 11 inches wide, and permit drilling to proceed, an almost endless stream of various substances has been poured down the stem, only to disappear completely. To date the oil well has lapped up the following provender Fifteen barrels of crater compound, 1 bale of cotton, 950 sacks of cement, 500 sacks of cement and lime mixture, 20 barrels of iron oxide, 2,700 pounds of beans, 700 pounds of ocats, 10 loads of straw. Despite the feeding of the brute, it refuses to gush. (Copyrizht. 1098,