Evening Star Newspaper, September 4, 1925, Page 6

THE FVENING STAR bor‘n. Wrought nails and bits of pot- | people afoot because there are more | Y/ith _nday Mornigg Edition. - WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY.. .September 4, 1925 THEODORx W. NOYES...Editor : ‘The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office: 11h §t. and Pennsrivania Ave. New York Office: 110 East 42nd St. Chicago Office: Tower Building. pean Office: 16 Regent St.. London. England. The Evening Star. with the Sunday morn- icfne edition. ix delivered by carriers within the city at 60 centa per month: dajls only. 145 cents per month: Sunday only. 20 cents « per_month. ~ Orders may he sent by mail or teléphone Main A0 llection s made by earrier at the end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Bz a1 2 Sunday only. . All Other States. “"Datly and Sunday....1 yr.$10.00: 1mo., Dafly only .. ... 1Y 00: 1 mo. Sunday only Il1yrl $3.00:1mo. Member of the Associated Press. The Aesociated Press is exclusively entitled 10 the = for republication of all news dis- natches credited 10 1t OF NOt Otherwiss cred ited ip this paper and also the local news piblighed he ANl rights of publication | 91 tpecial dispatches herein are also reserved. pri 25¢ Shenandoah and the Storm. A grave doubt has arisen as to the wisdom of sending the Shenandoah on her fatal trip from Lakehurst across the Middle Western States. There was, in the first place, no specific oc- casion for the voyage or for the par lar time chosen. She was dis- patched for what may be plainly de- scribed as a publicity purpose, to arouse popular interest in the avia- tion branch of the naval service. She | had been thoroughly tested in every condition, was known to be capable of flight, was proved to be strong enough 240 withstand normal stresses of at- mosphere. The only conceivable pra: “tical end which her flight could attain **was the further training of an already competent crew. Some hours before the start of the “flight a weather condition developed | -dn the Middle Northwest which indi- .-‘cated the possibility, even the prob- | ability, of severe electrical storms. | uch storms had prevailed in the - Dakotas and Minnesota before the “Shenandoah left her mooring mast. ! Storms of that nature are not merely local sporadic disturbances, but are part of a geperal condition conducive to such disturbances anywhere within a fairly well defined belt. There was more than a remote chance of meet- ing a violent storm in the course of the flight. | If the great gas-bag airship is of any value whatever in point of mili- Fitary service it must be capable of withstanding any stress of weather, _ however severe or sudden in develop- ment. In time of war it.cannot care- fully select its time and its conditions for duty. Battles, on land or sea, are not confined to fair weather. If the Shenandoah was sent out with full knowledge that it might encounter a violent storm, in order that it might be tested against such an assauit, the experiment brought its definite proof. ill.s ownership by Augustine junior. The { chimneys stbod for years, and in 1813 a5+ | Washington Parke Custis of Arling- tery and glass were found. It was assumed that this was a house, and perhaps the first house, builc by George ‘Washington's grandfather, John shington, when he made his first purchase of the land from Col. Nathaniel Pope. Excavation may es. tablish that a house stood there, but it is not clear that excavation can prove that it was John Washington's house. As t8 the house in Washington was born, to shake one's belief that the site was truly marked. It was the home of Augustine Washington, George's father, who bequeathed it to his son Augustine, George's eldest half- brother. The house burned. and it Is thought that this occurred during which George it will be hard i the site was marked by George ton with a Potomac bluestone monu- ment. Mr. Custis no doubt got the information from members of the Washington family, who knew where the house stood. The Custis marker and part of one of the chimneys were in place when the farm was bought by John F. Wilson, about 1847, and Mr. Wilson and his wife, who was Betty Washington, a descendant of Augustine Washington, were ‘living on the farm when the Government bought the house and land for a wide road from Popes to Bridges Creeks, and built the monument where the Custis marker and the chimney stood Of course, history 58[! many awk- ward twists, and it would be inter- esting and disappointing if the chim- neys which George Washington's adopted son, G. W. P. Custis, marked in 1813 were the chimneys of the Kitchen of the home. All accounts have staled that the Washington house on Popes Creek was a small one-and-a-half story frame house. ———— France’s Debt Commission. A distinguished commission has been named by the French cabinet to come to Washington and negotiate a settlement of the $4,000,000,000 debt owed the United States by the govern. ment of France. It is headed by M Caillaux, the French finance minister, and consists of leaders in both houses of Parliament and of financial experts recognized for their great ability. The | commission will be in Washington by the end of the present month, and after six years the question of funding the French debt will be taken up for the first time with some prospect of a successful outcome. But it is impossible to overiook the announcement from Paris yesterday that the cabinet, at the same time it appointed the commission, also ap- proved M. Caillauxs proposal for a | “gentleman’s offer” to the United | States Government. It will be recalled that when M. Caillaux went to London to confer with Winston Churchill on the debt to Great Britain he an- nounced that he proposed to make a “gentleman's offer.” Whatever the label on the offer made by Caillaux to 1 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. . FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, ‘1925. people in town. Still, congestion on | the sidewalks is not so dangerous or inconveniencing as congestion between the curbs, The deduction that the streets hould be widened is inevitable logic fram the existing circumstances. Y terday all the owners of ‘the proper- ties involved in the proposed pro- gram declared themselves in favor. They realize the need. In'many cases they will be put to great inconveniencs and expense in the curtallment of vault space or the cost of: adjust- ments. But they are willing to bear this burden In order to cure the con- gestion which seriously menaces the general welfare of the city, | r————— The Tongs at It Again. ! Renewal of the tong war in New York occurred within forty-eight hours of the announcement of 2 last- ing truce induced by police pressure on the leaders of the Hip Sings and On Leongs. Four Chinamen have been shot, one fatally, in that city the past two days. On Wednesday a laundry- man in Brooklyn was wounded in his shop, and on Thursday a Manhattan laundryman was killed and his two sons were wounded. These latter were On Leongs. There is no information as to the tongship of the Brooklyn victim, Peace between these rival organiza- tions of Chinamen cannot be coerced by police intervention. The leaders may blandly promise an armistice, but they do so with assertions that they are not responsible, that the “war'" is the act of individuals, that the “‘other side" is faithless to any pledge of peace. Nobody knows with what re- serves these assertions are made, be. cause it is not given to the Western mind fo read the Eastern. ——r———— The discovery not far from An-| napolis of a halfacre plant for the manutacture of illicit whisky indicates operations on a larger scale than those relating to the crock of home brew behind the kitchen stove. et Treasury officials aver that the cost | of preparing the income tax lists for | publication is far greater than any possible increase of revenue through publicity. Something like using fancy géldfish as bait for sunfish. ——r———— Gov. Al Smith uses the short and ugly word in his campaign against the renomination of Mayor Hylan in a manner to endear him to the den- izens of New York's sidewalks, famed in song. ————— So little has been heard from Gen. Dawes lately about the Senate rules that suspicion grows that the soporific quality of the vice presidency is be- ginning to work. e Joseph Caillaux will appear “in per- son” in Washington this month in the leading role in the Parisian version of that sterling old melodrama, “Raising the Mortgage." R THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Dogs—just dogs. I know hot what they mean, but it seems to me they mean something great, as every living thing must. The mystery of life, as set.forth in dogs, is unusually interesting to humanity, for these animals have been our friends through the cen- turies. We love them because they love us. Like us, dogs have to be busy about something to keep from being bored Wwith themselves. They have lived in and our houses so long we do, even (o the extent of manifesting- shame. All friends of dogs daily find op- portunities to admire or help their canine friends, especially during the warm weather, when a bowl of fresh water means so much to a dog. Hundreds of dogs there are in a great city that pine for affection which they do not receive, just as there are thousands of human beings similarly aficted. I know a dog whose family went away and deserted it. He is a nice dog, too, with a playful, affectionate disposition, as far as the neighbors can see. . Yet when the family moved away Fido—we will call him that—was left behind. Now he spends his time playing with the boys of the com- munity, who, to their eternal credit, are very good to him. He is to be seen at all hours whin- ing around some back gate, as if seeking his friends of former days, who once fed him—and then left him behind. No doubt Tr they were to come back he would run to greet them with wagging tail, glad only that his own people had returned. Have they not,” his eves would glow, “looked me up?” * % x x There' is a dog. out Fourteenth strest way that had as a steady chum another dog of the neighborhood. The two were inseparable. At all hours of the day’ they could be seen going around together, pow just trot- ting along. side by side, now rolling over and wrestling, now resting on the grase, solemnly looking at each other. Day after day they were together ‘The first dog, howevsr, which was the smaller of the two. did not indulge in one sport much liked by the larger fellow. ‘The latter was addicted to the com. mon failing of so many dogs, barking at passing automobiles and running after them. A dog does not run much danger in Just barking at vehicles, but when he finds it necessary to pursue each car that passes for a half block, keeping as close to the moving wheels as he can, his days-are more or less num- bered. o A Just why some dogs get their great- est pleasure in life In indulging in this outdoor sport no dog fancier can say. Nine out of ten never bother at all” about passing cars, but every tenth dog seems to_get. his greatest thrill out of such chasing. Harsh commands to desist only seem to make such a dog more de- termined than ever to let no vehicle pass his house without glving it a rousing welcome, Sticks and stones, thrown by passersby, or even the licks of a whip in the hand of the master, scarcely will break a dog of this habit. There is just one ‘thing that will break him, and that is to get run over. Usually that teaches him a les- son. if he survives the experience. ‘Well, one 8ay the two pals were running down street, when along something happened that had never happened before. The big dog went under the wheels, and lay there, while the little dog barked furiously fromr the pavement. . ok A crowd collected around the stricken - canine, up (o whom ran the little dog, whining, nosing his fallen friend. s A veterinarian was called by the dog’'s owner, and the two of them carried the big dog away to see what could be done for him. The crowd, as crowds will, re- mained to discuss the accident. All this time the little dog kept running to and fro, anxiously barking up into the faces of those present. Ag each new passerby came along the little fellow would Jleave the group and run up to the newcomer, barking loudly, as if saving, “Say mister, my buddy has been run over! Come ‘over here and they will tell you about it.” No sooner was this passerby added to the crowd than the dog would run out again to seek fresh persons to acquaint with the fate of his pal. It seemed almost as if he wanted to tell them about it all himself. Each new person was thus greeted, and thus induced to inquire the eause of the commotion, which had all died down. with the exception of the racket kept up by the little dog. % ¥ ® Down town, on one of the old streets that once was strictly residen- tial, but today is becoming converted to business uses. I saw a boy and a dog sitting side by side on a bench. The old front yard of this old | house, still residential, despite the business quarters going up around it. was shady and looked cool, despite | the general heat of the day. | The boy. who was about old, put his arm around | dog, and leaned forward something in his ear. As if understanding eve big fellow listened gravely, then de. liberately nodded his head up and down, in a perfect gesture of affirma- tion, or agreement. It was a pleasing sight. { And ] contrasted it with the treat- ment meted out 1o many dogs. dogs poorly fed, allowed 1o go without water, never cleaned of their. fleas, |chained and kicked around. | Yes, such conditions do prevail; but 1 spare readers the details. There has been many a fine dog sent away |10 execution by those who did not | care for it. The trouble lies in the fact the dog has become a tradition. It is “quite the thing.” you know. to say that all boys love dogs, or that | a boy loves a dog, but, as a simple matter of fact, all boys do not love dogs; some boys love a dog only abstract Puren buy Johnny a dog, and | everybody, including Johnny. is quite pleased at the spectacle of Rover's fidelity to his master. But Johnny, not being at real dog lover, soon grows tired of Rover. It is too much.irouble to feed him, too much bother (o see that his pan is always filled with water, much too much trouble to exercise him—after the novelty has worn off. All 100 often the parents them- | selves care nothing for dogs, either |in general or in particular. so that between child and parents the dog is in a bad way. : ‘The great dog tradition is one thing and a genuine love for dogs decidedly another. Parents ought to that the son 10 vears the black to whisper rthing. the that heart a is fond of | stated that Washington would Trees Sacrificed in Building Garages To the Editor 6f The Star: The removal of ornamental shade trees to make way for entrances to garages should have the consideration of the building department of the District when issuing permits for the erection of such structures. If neces- sary construction plans should be modified in order. not to sacrifice the trees and the beauty of a neighbor- hood before building permits are is- sued in such cases. Sonle time ago a large garage was erected on a street lined with un- broken rows of fine shade trees. The builders obtained a permit from.the proper authorities to remove one of the trees which, while not standing directly in front of the entrance, stood immediately adjacent the curved curbing leading across the sidewalk into the garage, and perhaps wae re- garded as a dangerous object for mo- torists who eould not safely pilot their cars through an entrance nearly wide enough for two cars to pass abreast. Had the building department scruti- nized the plans of this garage more closely before issuing the permit to construct, the entrance of the gar- age could have been made slightly smaller and the tree allowed to stand. The garage has two. entrances on the street in question, the one from which the tree was removed being much wider than the other opening upon an incline to the floors above. In another instance the writer saw an unusually large and beautiful tree sacrificed to make way for an en- trance to a crude one-car garage. The tree must have been quite old. per- haps a century or so, for all but one of its neighbors were dwarfs by com- parison. It was the sort of tree that is highly prized for the beautification of parks and country estates and for which great expense has heen in- curred in transplanting. This tree was one of {wo glant sentinels that stood on either side of the street and i times before Mount Pleasant was cut up into building lots probably stood stately guard at the entrance of some homestead. Had architectural skill or building genius been applied 10 this problem the destruction of this ornamental growth would not have occurred. A lecturer on has be 2 shabby city were it not for its trees. Any observer can verify this state- ment by taking a stroll through a thoroughfare where ail the trees have been removed and young, undeveloped trees set out in their place. The protrusion of the garages be- yond the established buflding line of the block in which they were built prevented the replacement of the de- stroyed trees, for there is not sufficient room between the curb and the build- ing for a tree to grow. The disfig- urement of the locality by the de- ruction of the trees was augmented the protrusion of the garages upon what in other parts of the block is the courtyard or areaway of private dwellings. True, the builders were within their right in building out to the legal line in order to squeeze the last penny out of the investment, but one wonders whether there is a moral right and whether there should be any legal right to uglify a neighbor- hood by uprooting its beautiful trees and keeping out of line with other building construction when large sums are being spent annually to maintain a tree system and in other ways to make Washington a city beautiful. Certainly measures should elvie subjécts be devised to eliminate legal ism of this sort. LEWIS L. ——— YOUNG. vandal- | Q. What was the value of imported farm products for last year?—B. 8. A. The United States last vear im- ported about $425,000,000 worth of crude foodstuffs and food animals, exclusive of wool and cotton. Q. 'Will sharks come into water not more than six feet deep and attack people’—B. A. R. A. The Bureau of Fisheries says | that sharks sometimes enter relatively shallow water. Danger of attack is very slight. That sharks do occasion- ally attack human beings is admitted, but the danger is far more remote than ordinary hazards of life, stich as | being killed hy an automebile or| death from the more common forms | of disease. Q. Has Canada a universal divorce Iaw, or do they have separate laws in the provinces? Would a long separa- tion be consideréd a divorce?—C. 8. A. The majority of provinces of Canada either conform to the clauses of the divorce and matrimonial causes act of Great Britaln in the courts of the provinces, or grant divorce only through special act of the Dominion Parliament. New Brunswick main- tains separate courts The fact of separation does not comstitute a divorce. Q. When wa ed”—A. R. . A. Sir Ernest was knighted by 1909, Q. What s legend ?—V. M A The story of Frankenstein was published hy Mrs. Shelley in 1818. In it a voung student relates how he created a monster with materfals | collected from tombs and from dis- secting rooms. The creature acquired life and committed many | terrible crimes. He murdered a| friend of the student, strangled his bride and eventually met his death in the Northern seas Q. Was the Continental currency redeemed by the reorganized Govern ment?—W. 8. W. A. The Treasury Department saye { that the various issues of Continental currency were never redeemable by | the United States as reorganized un- | der the ‘Constitution. By act of Au- gust 4, 1790, it was receivable at the Treasury in subscriptions to 2 Joan | at the rate of $100 in Continental | money for $1 in specle. By the act of March 3. 1797, it was declared that | { said monev should be receivable as | above until December 31, 1797, and no longer. | Q. How did the privilege of send- | ing and receiving mail free of post | age develop?’—K. C | | "A. This privilege was once joved by the President of the United States, Vice President, heads of de- partments, Senators and Representa- tives and other officials of the Gov- ernment during their official terms. For a time all former Presidents also had this right, but by an act of 1878 the privilege was abolished. By later acts it was conferred on all officers of the Government in the case of | official correspondence. In 1895 mém- bers of Congress were allowed this privilege in their official correspond- | ence Q ackelton knight- Henry Shackelton King Bdward in the Frankenstein | How long does Thomas A. Edi- |son sleep?—F. J. M. A. There have been different re ports concerning the amount of sleep | required by Thomas A.Edison. Francis | | Arthur Jones, in his recent biography, | says that “five or six hours’ rest has been ample to restore Edison to work | sive 13,000 islands, | eastward day’s || ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC 1. HASKIN. have been certified. In the Navy, ap- proximately 549,770 are’ eligible, 359 479 have applied, and 297,673 have been_certified; in’ the Marine Corps, 54,425 applications have been received, out of 68,000 expected, and 53.405 have been certified. Right to make appli- cation expires January 1, 1928, Q. How many schools in the United States have courses in journalism?-— R. R. A. There are universitiex in which schools of journalism have been established or in which a comprehen- curriculum in journalism has been organjzed Q. How man hamas’—E. M. § A. The Bahamas are a group of mostly -reefs of which only 20 are inhabited. The principal islands are New Providence, popula- tion 13.554; Obaco, population 4,463; Great Bahama, 1;824: Andros, 7,545, and Harbor Island. 'The total area is 4,403%; square miles, and the highest point is over 410 feet abhove sea level. The principal city is Nassau, which is situated on New Providence, and is & fashionable health resort. The mean temperature in the hot months is 8% degrees Fahrenheit. and in-the cold months 66 degrees Fahrenheit. There are heavy rains from May to October, and the rainfall in one vear was 63.32. islands ih the Ba- Q. , Is theré any truth in the report that Lake Ontario lately had m severe tidal wave? Has any of the Great Takes had such waves before? A A M. A. The United States Coast and Geodetic Survey says there have un- doubtedly been some unusual fluctua- tions in the Great lakes, resulting in waves of unusual height. It seems highly probahle that these are due to sharp differences in barometric pres- sure and not to earthouake. Q. What is the bright star in the northwest in the early evening?— C.8.B. A. The Naval Observatory sayvs that Venus is now visible in the west in the early evening. and will remain g0 until shortly after the beginning of next yaar. Q. Who was fhe first poet laureate of England?—G. C. W. A. Geoffery Chaucer, lived who | from 1328 to 1400, was the first to as- me the title. As early #s the reign of Henry IIT there has been a versifi- cator regis or king's poet. Q. What attributes of make it appropriate for the national emblem ?>—F. T. A. Some of them are its strength and keenness of vision Q. What time can Bolling Field?—J. A. P A. Visitors are permitted at any time during the day. Bolling Field is the Army aviation field at Anacostia, D. C. There is more flying in the Summer than in the Winter. In the Summertime the fivers fly only be- tween 6 am. and 11:45 am. Q. ‘Which size, tourists visit the “tania” for a day's of holds the record SR P. A. The with a da. westward ships run?— uretania holds the record run_of 676 miles on a trip. The record for an run is held by the Lusitania with 618 miles. important clements in_business success are men. money information and politics. Of these. informatiop comes first. This is what our Washington burcaw offers with- out cost—authoritative information (The four mos | came a big cav. The larger dog made | look to it ing trim.” The inventor trequently | On any question of fact. If you are o after it. “Woof! Woof!"-he barked, - { s s veading | business _man—manufacturer. mier- :Tx:'lmi“: re’r’ii.?fi?’fi'&'fin’fln!x‘,‘(. ading | ant, salesman or investor—The Star's Information Bureau can help Q. What proportion of<the number | you. Think over "hz poss bilities of of men entitled to the benefits of the | this free service with relation to your ‘World War adjusted compensation act | business and then submit your queries have made application for it?—H. 8. | Inclose 2 cents in stamps to cover the Churchill, the tentative agreement they arrived at was lacking in several respects of squaring with what gentle. | i men generally conceive to be straight- forward dealing. In the first place, gentlemen are assumed to be sincere, Men who appear in public with con- tented smiles on their faces are either those who have their Winter's coal in the bins or those who have secured their world series tickets. It it was-not dispatched with such knowledge and with such a purpose the demonstration was sufficient, re- gardless of design. If lighter-than-air ships arc to be “‘nsed in the military or the naval serv- News That “Does Good.” the particular dog purchased for him. | nipping at the turning forewheel. To love doge theorstically is not | “Get out!" shouted the driver. | the same as to love pne dog ac- The little dog watched the perfor- | tually. mance from the sidewalk. Suddenly | Ask any As usual. there Is the dull season, Summer agitation on_the proposition that the newspapers should print only | the news that “does good.” And. of course, also as usual, noth- | ing will come of {t. The people will | dog’ ———— ice as part of the national defense tquipment they must be made strong | enough to withstand the severest con- | ““ditions of the atmosphere. Otherwise “the Government must conduct its aviation work upon a more definitely | '; flependable basis of meteorolagical fore- | (pasts. Inquiry into the present trag- | edy may lead to some determination | _as to the precise relationship between the flying branch of the Government and its weather observations. Tt is in- | “dicated by the circumstances at pres- ent known about the fatal flight of | ‘the Shenandoah that either mot suf- ficient information was at the disposal of the officials who ordered the flight at that particular hour, or that if it was available to the officials they were Aot sufficiently guided by it. For cer- | fainly the Shenandoah went out from | shakehurst into the maelstrom of the | air as though seeking a supreme tm,! which it was unable to withstand. ST Publication of income tax payments | at least gives the family something to figure on evenings in an attempt to conipute the revenues of neighbors who may be mentioned ST e George Washington's Birthplace. 7 Search for the site of the first *WasHington home on tne farm on which George Washington was born is'to be made. A published account says there doubt that George Washington was born in the house the site of which Is marked by a fine monument built by the United States 18! In a news story in The #8tar, it is «ald: “The Acting Secre- fary of War today issued a license to the Wakefield National Memorial As- .soclation to make excavations within the Federal Government reservation At Waketield, ‘for the purpose of Iocating definitely the site of the house in which Georze Washington £ivas born and the site of John Wash- i.Ibaton’s original house' " It is also “%41d that “in applying for the permit #e prostaent of the association said ~he has good reason to belleve that the monument erected on the reservation iy divection of Congress to mark the Birtliplace of George Washington is actually located on the site of an outhpuse and not on the site of the _main bullding in which Washington ; was born.” Tf-there is doubt that George Wash- ington was borr ‘n a house close to Fhe. junction of the Potomac River arid . Popes Creek, in Westmoreland “County, Va., afd that the national monument stands ori the Site of that IBouse, the doubt must have recently arisgn: . There has long been the be- liet fhat an earlier Washington house <tood near Bridges Creek, which is A mile and a half above Popes Creek. ;ind the inference is that it was the fiouse which the immigrant John AWashington built on the land be- is | funding {that they have “hog-tied” the Amer. | confirm or dissipate that impression. | justment of the debt question. |day. and they do not “pass the buck The London agreement is not sincere, and its chief purpose seems to be to pass the buck to the United States. If M. Caillaux and his commission are coming to Washington to make an | honest effort’ fo reach an agreement | on terms for funding the long-overdue debt, they will find the American Debt- Commission in a generous and friendly state of mind. But if they are coming here with any notion ican commission by the so-called Lon don settlement they will have a rude awakening. There is a very wide- spread impression in this country that | what Messrs. Churchill and Caillaux | really sought at London was to place the United States in a position where we would have either to sacrifice a large part of our just claims or stand before the world as a grasping and hard-hearted creditor. The Caillaux commission, by its attitude, will either All Americans hope that they s, a wrong idea about the London agree. | ment and that France really desires to reach a falr and businesslike a Al Americang know that thelr Govern- ment is ready to be fair, even gener- ous, with ¥rance, if such is made pos- sible by a reciprocal spirit of fairness on the part of the French commis- sioners. But if the French are not animated by such a spirit, it they are coming here merely to stall, as they stalled in London, the American peo- Ple feel that they can abide the conse- quences. It is desirable that the French debt should be funded on a basis fair to both countries, but such funding is not in any way essential to this country. If France can afford to continue in default, America certainly can afford to have her do 80 — e The striking coal miner may be tak- Ing a “hard-earned rest” from labor, but there is no real vacation for the consumer, who will pay for the holi- o rmeee Street Widening Favored. Unanimity of opifion on the part of- the owners of the properties involved in the projected street widenings was expressed yesterday in the course of a hearing at the District Building. They were unreservedly in favor of the proposed changes, in order to af- ford greater traffic space. They were even favorable to an extension of the program of widening, by the inclusion of street lengths not now embraced in the proposed program. The simple fact is that the streets of downtown Washington are not broad enough for the trafic of today, certainly not broad enough for the prospective traffic of tomorrow. They were laid out many years ago, when horses supplied the only motive power, when vehicles were few and conges- tion was unknown, unconceived. Broad sidewalks were then a neces: iween 1652-8. Many years ago signs were noted that a house once stood nearer Bridges than Popes Creek, and that it was nearer the Washington family burial ground than the house o which George Washington was sity, because the great majority of people moved afoot. That the sid walks, as then laid out, were too wid however, is evident, They are wider than 1s needtul today) “There are more TraMc Director Eldridge has not gone so far as to insist that “Stop” painted on the pavements at certain places about town applies to the fire | engines. | me— ‘Washington’'s base ball club is do- ing its best to keep the State of Penn- sylvania from see-sawing in a world e r—a—— An airplane lost in ‘the Pacific Ocean seems to be as hard to find as the traditional needle in a haystack. ¢ SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. A Philanthropist’s Discovery. Men are suspicious, for a fact! ‘When gratitude you seek to gain By an unselfish, kindly act. They rise and ask you, your game?" “Wha Wrong Kind of Discipline, No,” said the base ball manager. 1 will not recommend & married man for the position of umpire.” “Why?" inquired the applicant. “‘Being married hurts his capacity for quick decisions. It gets him out of the habit of having the last word.” A Small Solicitude. “I'm looking out for No. 1,” said the boastful man. “You should study your arithmetie,” replied Miss Cayenne. “No. 1 is the next thing to a cipher. “Dar ain’ no use o' tryin' to git credit for what you pretty near did,” said Uncle Eben. “Ef guessin' close was remunerative, everybody could git rich off'n hoss races. A Discarded Sentiment. How oft I remember a song of my chiidhood Whose soft. simple cadence would tenderly swell, . Enhancing the delicate charm of the wilawood, “The Old Oaken Bucket That Hangs in the WellL.” No more do the waters come sparkling and splashing To cool us when weary we tufn to repose. A scientist chap with hig instruments flashing Has brought a once happy career to a close. There were things from a bullfrog down to a bacillus- Disporting theméelves in the erys - taline flow. Invisible monsters stood ready to kill us, . ‘Whose names were too long for a layman to know. With brickbats and brush it is cov- ered completely, And all that remains the old story to tell > Is the village quartet that still 50 sweetly About the old bucket that huni | the well, > ;lm‘“ v THE VOICE OF BU BY WILLIAM ARTICLE V. Through the length and breadth of American industry the fixed idea pre- vails today that there is too much government in business. Too many regulations that serve mainly to harass the regulated, too many re- strictive laws, too much expensé in reporting to varlous forms of gov- | ernment, too many public job hold- ers, too much suspicion on govern- ment's part of business and too many narrow-minded, little politicians sit- ting tn broad chairs made for states- men. Right or wrong, o runs the indus- trial and commercial indictment of American - government, read by this correspondent B numerous replies to his question, “How can we attain a greater degree of prosperity?” The indictment has not beeén drawn by any particular or especial Industry: the thought seems common {0 many men in many industries. They argue that government itself is acting as a brake onthe prosperity it seeks to promote. Take, for instance, the views of R. H. Gross of Boston, millionaire copper and coal magnate. As presi- dent of the New River Co., operat- ing 10 great producing companies in West Virginia, Mr. Gross says: “One of the needs of big business, such as copper and coal, is a more friendly attitude on the part of the Government in the interpretation of the Sherman law. ““Take the coal and copper- business. 1 venture to say that no companies, excepting ‘those highly favored by natural conditions, are operating on a profitable basis. The great ma- jority of operators in both coal and copper are producing at a loss. No one is being benefited except coh- sumers and employes; owners are losing money. “Now it would seem to me that the Government authorities ought to be Just as anxious to help the operators at times when they a{e not making. money as to help the public when the operators have a chance to make unusual profits. “Whenever éoal operators have an opportunity to make _substantial profits we are called to Washington and told that we must limit our prices, which, of course, gives coal to the public and to the big industries using coal at less than the demand would warrant. “This being true, should not the good offices of the Government be used in times like the .present to assist the operators in at least making enough money to give a fair return on capital required to carry on the business?” ‘Would Modify Trust Laws. Indorsement of Mr. Gross’ attitude is contained in a response.from C. J. Welsh, secretary and general man= ager of the Conneaut Shovel Co. Conneaut, Ohlo, who says: “I believe the best way out is the modification of trust laws to the extent of .en- abling competitors to get together and stabilize their, industries, which at the present time is apparently illegal. Surely only a very few iso- lated and very radical people would care to have any producer running his business at & loss or even at such a small profit that any slight reversal might cause bankruptey. A reason- able profit_1s due every producer as truly as a reasonable wage is due the employe.” Once more the same note js sound- ed and again from the coal industry. Says L. S. Evans, president of the Eastern Coal and Export Corporation, Richmond; Va.i: o e < “It is my opinion that the chief P. HELM, JR. impediment to business prosperity is the mass of State and Federal re- strictive laws and the chief -public need is relief from their effect. The tax and antitrust laws particu- larly obstruct business and retard the country's growth. To the extent that this is so, they need mogification. “To protect our country from our lawmakers it would be well to con- sider a constitutional provision that | all laws should become void unless| re-enacted at the end of a specified | time, during which their usefulness could be subjected to the test of experience. Business should be left free to adapt itself to the growth of and changes in our own country and throughout the world.” Thrift and Industry. From John W. Craddock, president of the Craddock-Terry Co.. shoe manufacturers of Lynchburg, Va. comes the following expressio “In a general way I would sav that what business needs is the applica- tion of thrift and industry and to be left to itself, free grom governmental interference as well as from expert advice and propaganda. “The successful business man to- day must develop initiative and work out his own problems, and the great- est fault, as I see it, is the tendency to look to the Government or to some expcg source for advice and guidance, rather than applying the homely and eternal principles of thrift, energy and enterpris Jesse Isidor Straus, president of the great New York department store en- terprise, R. H. Macy & Co., voices the opinion that “the election or appoint- ment of men of marrow outlook, of insufficient education, of inability to interpret intelligently national and in- ‘crnational influences and tendencies ¥ responsiblé for many of our ills.” He adds: ““The chief public need today for business prosperity is to put into pub- lic office—Federal, State and munici- pal—men of better mental caliber and greater devotion to true public inter- est, who are equipped to give and can give deep study and thousht to the consequences of their acts. “I should advocate a prohibition of candidacy for any other public office on the part of any officeholder dur- ing the term for which he was ap- pointed or elected. He should be re- garded as having pledged himself to complete his term of office, health per- mitting.” “We have too much centralized gov- ernment at Washington,” says O. O. Axley, manager of the Southern Lum. r Co., Warren, Ark. On behalf of is company, oné of the largest of the South, Mr. Axley says: “The poli- ticlans need to refer to the States many things that they would like to have a Federal Government handle through bureaus, committees, etc. This was never intended by our orig- inal Constitution. Faith in the Fundamentals. ‘A stronger faith in the fundamen: tals,” Mr." Axley contifiues, “coupled ! with 4 stronger desire to obey laws, constitutes our immediate need. Un- fortunately, we have lost some faith land good in- our.business affairs because of the liticians, for whom we ourselves are rgely responsible.” Make it legal for manufacturers to adjust production to consumption and one of industry's evile, overproduction, will be eliminated, in the opinion of Charles S. Keith of Kansas City, Mo., president of the Central Coal & Coke Co., which also is a great lumbering conecern. Speaking of the latter ac- tivity, Mr. Keith say: “To accomplish this—excess produc- tion—it would be necessary to have it Tegally -to~pdjust to consumption. To get the full ben- continue to read the papers that print | all the news, and there will be the survivors. It is well that ft is so. For greater calamity could befall a democ- racy than to be spoon-fed on pre-| digested news. Some news does good. Some news does harm. Most news does neither. It is the business of the newspapers to print it all; to print it decently, considerately. intelligently, and with regard to the intelligence taste of readers—but to print it! The important reform the news- papers nced is respect for the intelli- gence of their readers. The people have more sensé than editors or poli- ticians think. But, because thev have sense, they dre entitled to all the news, Including the part that “‘does harm.” Otherwise, they would be in- fants, with the editor. as guardian. He may be wise; but he is not wise enough for that.—Gloversville Herald. ———— Four Perfect Women. Some time ago a correspondent in quired of the dditor as 10 who were the “four perfect women.” The question proved a dificult one and for a time appeared to be one of those ‘‘catch questions” which people sometimes employ to prove that editors do not “know beans,” but we have found in an interesting com- mentary by a famous Arablan a state. ment to the effect that “among man there have been many perfect men, but no more than four of the other sex have attained perfection.” The four perfect women referred to by the Arablan were Asia, wife of Pharaoh: Mary, mother of Christ; Khadijah, the Prophet's first wife, and Fatima. who was Mahomet's lovely daughter. Possibly this is the answer to the Inquiry. If it is not “we give it up,” for in all other history with which we are at all familiar perfection is not ascribed to any woman and to only one man. Even He did not claim perfection for Himself.—Relling- ham Sunday Revellle. ———— Home Stayers. From the Memphis Commercial-Appeal. You can appreciate the great change in the last hundred and fifty years when you remember that on his mid- night ride Paul Revere found most of the folks at home. —_——————————— efit it is necessary to have both a re- duction in taxes, with taxes levied on the basis of output rather than so much per year on the land, and lcgal right for the manufacturers to axree to adjust production to consumption.” Some of the leading men in the realm of commerce and infustry frankly throw up their hands at the question, “How can we attain greater prosperity?” Take, for instance. 8. W. Reyburn, president of Lord & Taylor, New York, who says: “Your question is toe hard, now that I, have acquired a little discre- tion. Twenty-five years ago I could have answered it in a few minutes. In the interim T have rendered judg- ment and made prophecies on poik- ical and economic questions of a pub- lic nature on a great many occasions, but to my chagrin I admit I was right only about half of the time. “It is only a demagogic politician or a young industrial leader flushed with successes and not yet fully tried by adversity who can put his finger on a single cause and then promise a sim- ple and prompt remedy. A real states. man or & successful and practical | business man of long . experience knows from both study and experi- ence that many causes have brought about the effect and that, if it is an evil omhl‘t'._ will take many eauses to 1Bovyrizhe, 1098.) no | In the Army, approximately 4. 1500.000 are eligible for it, and 2.693. observer knew the pre-war that weathered years of heart-breaking experiences in. mer- ‘fecung the dirigible airship. They were marked by a merciless series of fatalities like that which has just overtaken the Shenandoab. The Ger- mans realized, as the American people unquestionably do, that these blows of fate are the price mankind must pay for progress in such ' adventurous realms as aviation. 1t would be a rash prophet who would opine that because the PN-9 has been lost in the | This { Germany | troyed with heavy loss of life, there will be no more courageous young Americans prepared to risk their all for Uncle Sam's future in the air. In Washington this week it is com- mon to hear officers of the Army and Navy say that ships and railroads exacted a heavy toll before reaching their present state of prefection, and expect to be an exception to the rule. 1f President Coolidge. with the PN-9 and Shenandoah fresh in the public mind, were to call for 100.000 volun- teers for the United States air force, probably 500,000 would answer the summons. Of such stuff, it is com- forting to think, young America is made. % David H. Blair, commissioner of internal revenue, is ready to lend his full influence in favor of repeal of the publicity provision of the income tax Jaw, His opinion is that “it is not worth a cent.” Mr. Blair’'s collectors in the revenue districts throughout the country have not vet had time to report their experiences in throwing the 1924 returns open without stint, but the commissioner's conviction is that the public is vastly less interested in the figures this vear than they were a year ago. On one score Mr. Blair holds very positive views. That is, that the game of trotting out the figures for general inspection is not worth the candle in the form of the revenue benefits the proponents of publicity expected. * ook o “Young Boh” La Follette's friends in Washinzton receive rosy reports of the progress of his campaign to fill -his father's shoes. Outside help is t6 be given him during the clos- ing stages of the primary fight. Sen- ator Henrik Shipstead, Farm Labor, of Minnesota. who worshiped the late Senator La Follette with fillal devotion, is expected to take the stump in Wisconsin for *Young Bob.” 8o ia Representative Fiorello H. La Guardia, Republican, of New York, flw%"wpanm the Progressive cause 1924, La Follétte’s managers also have assurince that Senater Burton S heoler. Democrat, of Montana will come {nto the State’ and speli- bind for the son of Wheeler's run- ning mate in the late presidential campaign. The Wisconsin politicians who were loyal to the elder La Fol- lette are working hard for _the “Crown Prince.”. Representative John M. Nelson. Gov. John J. Blaine and Attorney General Herman L. Ekern all have their coats off and their sléeves rolled up in “Young Bob's” cause. B e Contracts are about .to he signed at the State Department for the con- struction of thie new $1,000,000 Amer- fean emhassy-at Tokio. architect resident in Japan and an associate in this country will prob- 134 have applied. Of these 60 per cent | WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Pacific and three of our airships des- | that the science of airmanship cannot | 4 Colorado. An American | days return postage. Address The Star In- formation Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin Director, Washington. D. C.) |ably be intrusted with the work ef | arawing plans for the most magnifi- |cent diplomatic establishment the United States has ever reared on for- elgn sofl. The site will be that on which the American embassy stood before destroyed by earthquake and fire two vears ago this month. At the back of that plof of ground the Japanese government has placed at the disposal of the United States a hill, on the slope of which will be huilt the umbassadorial residence. The hill commands a splendid view of the entire City of Tokio, and onr future embassy is destined to becoms one of the landmarks of Nippon's capital. The construction through- out will be of reinforced concreis with & view to makinz the buildir proof against both earthquake and fire. Tt is meant to be evidence of America’s equally enduring belief in the maintenance of peace with Japan ox e | The letter “C." because of prominence in the President’s name. has always been associated with the life and times of Calvin Coolidze. It | was Senator George H. Moses of New Hampshire, whe said that the G. O. P.s principal asset in 1924 was the “calm and cautfous Christian char- acter of Calvin Coolidge.” The forth- coming European debt negotiations in Washington will be dominated by names that begin with “C"—Coolidge, Caillaux, Churchill and Congress. New | England's_religious regard for the sanctity of honest debts is now well understood in Kuropean capitals, and the statemen who are coming to sei- tle up are fully aware of what they are up against in the Vermonter from Massachusetts. h * x ¥ Something like popular education in the mysteries of co-operative market ing will be provided when Aaron Sa piro, Young Western agricultural ec omist, hales Henry Ford into court at Detroit_in forthcoming libel proceed ings. The trial will be held later in the year. Sapiro, who was accused in the Dearborn Independent of con spiring with fellow Jews to exploit the American farmer through co-oper- ative organizations. expects to put on the witness stand in his defense authorities like Frank O. Lowden of Illinois, president of several national farming associations, and Senator Ar thur Capper of Kansas, leader of the farm bloc, who considers Sapiro a genius. Former Gov. Willlam E. Sweet of Colorado may also testify for Sa- piro, who helped Sweet put co-opera- tive marketing laws into. force in Sapiro’s friends say he is anxious to place Mr. Ford in the wit- ness box and cross-examine him on the intricacies of the farmer's marke: ing problems. *oxox % One of the foremost United States Senators from the South is reported to have mopped up a fortuné—not in Florida—in real estate speculation in his own State during the Summer. Four months ago he started out to earn enough on the chautauqua plat- form during the recess to make both ends meet during the congressional season in Washington—a practice in which he has regularly indulged since he arrived on Capifol Hill. The statesman-plutocrat in question ha« just notified his_ friends that those 8 are over, and that his addreas, 4l further notice, is Fasy street. (Copyright, 192