Evening Star Newspaper, September 16, 1925, Page 6

P61 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1925. —_— e e e ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Mortiing Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. ‘WEDNESDAY . September 16, 1925 THEODORE W. NOYES...Editor| The Evening Star Newspaper Company st A Benmarlvants, Av ! ork Ofice: - 110 East 43nd 8¢ ower Buildins 13, I New I g Chicago Office: Ruropean Office: _ 16 Rewent St.. London. Eogland. ‘The Fvenin, r. with the Sunday morn- e edition: 15 Sefivered by carriare within v 3t 60 cents per month: day only. cants per month: Sunday only. 20 cents per !flfln‘l Orders may he sent by mail or telephone Main 5000. Collection is made by carrier at the end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. g.-_‘lxly and Sunday....1yr. 1mo.. 8. only. . 1yr §6.00: 1 mo. Sunday only. [1yri$2140: 1mo. All Other States. Bally and sunday. ...1yr..$10.00: 1 mo aily only ... Sunday only.’. 700 50c 20¢ . 85c 135 239:00: 1 mo. 8%¢ 26¢ 1yr. $3.00:1 mo. Member of the Associated Press. The Acsociated Preas is exclusiveiy entitled £o the uss for republication of all news dia- Patches credited to it or not otherwise cred- ited in this paper and also the local news Dublished herein. All rights of publication of apecial dispatches herein are also reserved The Defeat of Hylan. Testerday's result in the New York primary election was quite according to expectation. Mayor Hylan was beaten for renomination by a ma- jority of approximately 100,000 by State Senator Whilker. Immediately announcement is made by the new papers of the mayor's chief political supporter that an independent ticket will be put into the fleld, and that “it may be taken for granted that Mayor Hylan will head it.” Indeed, it has been “taken for granted” from the beginning of the contest that “His Honor” would bolt. On the 4th of August, or the eve of the conference of Democratic leaders of Greater New York, the mayor put forth the follow- ing statement regarding his regu- larit If T am the choice of the regular Democratic leaders who in party con- ferences represent the majority of the regular Democratic county organiza- tions of this city, and I am designated by them as the regular Democratic nominee in the coming primaries for mayor., 1 will abide by the result of the Democratic voters of my party in the coming primaries. This cryptie utterance was not ac- cepted by the Tammany chiefs as a pledge of regularity. It was sufficient- 1y complex to leave a wide loophole for an independent candidacy and to justify the announcement just made by the Hylan organ. Complete figures of the primary vot- ing may afford ground for conclusion as to the prospect of a successful bolt. At present the returns are mnot suf- ficlently indicative. The Republican candidate is Frank B. Waterman, a prosperous manufacturer, who scored an easy victory over two opponents. Both of his rivals for the nomination have pledged support, thus assuring a united Republican vote on election day. The question is whether this vote will remain solid while the Democratic vote is split between Walker and Hylan, and whether the Democratic split will give a chance for Republican victor, 1t is not assured that Hylan, bolting and running on an independent ticket, will be supported by all of those who voted for him at yesterday’s primary. Regularity counts for a good deal with the rank and file of voters. The mavor's five-cerit-fare issue has been pretty well shot to pieces in the course of the primary campaign by the giv- ing of pledges by both the Tammany and the Republican candidates that they will fight for that rate of fare. The mayor’s chance of election, in the face of the fact that he is not at all likely to draw any Republican votes, and has been unable to muster a ma- Jority from the Democratic ballots, would therefore seem to be negligible. In point of future political effect, however, the defeat of Hylan for the regular nomination and his bolt as an independent candidate will be of seri- ous nce. Yesterday's result was a victory for Gov. Smith, who has higher political aspirations. He can- not now expect united Democratic sup- port in Greater New York in any race that he may run, for the senatorship in 1926 er for the presidential homina- tion in 1928. No matter who is elect- ed mayor this November—and it would seem that the ™mmany candidate has the best chance—-the echoes of the vituperative pre-primary fight of 19 will reverberate next vear and three vears hence to the disadvantage of New York's popular, ambitious execu tive. impor —.— Henry Ford, who has just gone in for aviation, may await the findings of the President’s afrcraft commission be- re ncing the production of a tamily flying flivver. SIPCEe S Some thousands of young Washing- tonians are noting with regret the premonitory symptoms of renewed educational activity in the District. S Mayor Hylan found the sidewalks of New York full of Holes on primary day. Heroic Horse. The hero horse is not new in his. tory, and many horses have won their laurels in war. Horse heroism some- times has been of that kind that does not fiinch when guns pound and shots wnizz, and it is also said that some horses have carried their riders most gallantly in battle and caused medals to be pinned on them when the riders themselves were not so keen about the honor. *News comes that a Span- ish bullfigh! club has determined to »in a me’ial, figuratively speaking, on a orave horse. It is a posthumous horior, but the club will gracefully pre- serve the memory of this gallant bull- fighting horse, once the humble mo- ive power of a cab in Alicante, by mounting his head in the clubroom as a trophy of the sportsmen. This may not give as much satisfaction to the horse as if he had been turned out in a clover pasture, and it is not likely that many horses throughout the world will look up from their oats or take a day out of harness when they read of the honor which the bullfight club pays to a brother horse. This may have been a cab horse, but genealogists will insist that he in- T jherited grand and noble qualities. If his ancestry should be rummaged it must be found that in him coursed the blood of horses, Iberfan, Celt, Car- thagehian, Phoenician, Greek, Roman, Vandal, Visigoth, Arab and \Moor, which successively invaded and often conquered parts of Spain. Perhaps the family tree of this fighting horse ‘would show that he had ancestors who were ridden by Hamilcar, Barca, Puni- cu or by the Iberfan Orisson, by As- drubel or Hannibal. No doubt some of his forebears were ridden by Cor- nelius Scipio in his Spanish campaign against the Carthagenians and re- ceived red wounds at Zama. Perhaps his ancestors were ridden by Caesar in Spain and helped him beat the Pom- pelian partisans. That horse surely had great-grandfathers who served under Alaric and several of the Abder- ramans. Some persons will belleve that this horse lacked horse sense in getting into a fight with bulls. but perhaps in other days he had military training and gave prompt and unhesitating obedfence to his commander. If he had continued in the humble cab busi- ness he might be eating corn and hay today, and at last would have passed calmly to the Elysian meadow, but he went In for glory, and now his head hangs in the rooms of the bullfight club. — Traffic Department Needs. Traffic Director Eldridge, in his first annual reort to the Commissioners, has made several important recom- mendations, chief among them being the abolition of the section of the traf- fic code which provides for annual operators’ permits. During the session of Congress through which the traffic bill made its way nany last-minute changes were made in the code. This particular sec- tion of the bill was stricken out and put back in again within the space of a few minutes. In asking its elimination Mr. Eld- ridge points out that the issuance of 150,000 automobile permits at one time is a herculean task, and that if his authority to revoke and suspend per- mits is extended there is no need of an annual check-up. He might also have added that abolition of this clause would save law-abiding motor- ists much annoyance and trouble, like- wise some $150,000 per year in United States currency. In view of the fact that it is ap- parent that there is no actual need for such a law for the Distridt, it is not believed that Congress will balk in carrying out the recommendation of the Commissioners and the traffic di- rector. Another fmportant suggestion made in the report is that the director be authorized to use the approximately $325,000 per year revenue from tags and -permits for the installation of signal lights and for the expenses of traffic control. In this connection he cites the law which requires that all revenue from the gasoline tax shall be used exclusively for road building and road maintenance. Whether or not Congress can be persuaded to carry out this idea re- mains to be seen. It is evident that if traffic control is to progress in the National Capital a large sum of money will have to be expended. At the present time the traffic office has a mere pittance to provide Washington with signal lights, paint the streets, manufacture signs and in general carry out the multitudinous projects which are expected to make the city a better place in which to drive and walk. Congress, in the framing of the law, provided for an elaborate traffic scheme, but neglected to see that local officials had the necessary funds to put it into effect. As a result the traffic director has only enough money to buy a few experimental signals, a little white paint and a few make- shift “stop” signs for boulevard streets, With the revenue from tags and permits available for this work the way would be smoothed to put the Na- tional ‘Capital into the first rank of well regulated citfes. This fact should be brought forcibly to the attention of Congress when it convenes, and this or some other plan for providing the traffic office with adequate funds should be adopted. e e A slight fire at Bladensburg recalls to attention the fact that one of the oldest hotels in the country is still in service there. The dueling ground, however, is out of commission. — - Leader McCooey of Brooklyn, ceding Mayor Hylan'’s defeat, says, “We will support the nominee.” It remains to be seen how inclusive is his plural pronoun. con- e Warnings are sounded that much of the Florida real estate offered to long- distance buyers is worthless. The Flowery State’s boom will claim many vietims, i e Board of Trade officials ask the po- lice to be more courteous to visiting strangers. Washington wishes to ex- tend the glad hand to its guests. i Fire losses in the United States dyr- ing 1924 reached a total of $550,000,- 000, which is a large bill to pay for carelessness. r—————— District Federal Taxes. Publication of the income tax pay- ments for the fiscal vear 1925 is further evidence of the fact that the District has held its own as a con- tributor to the Federal funds. Its cor- poration taxes were $5,702,674.25, and its individual tax payments weré $6,777,800.58, the total, therefore, being $12,480,534.83. The District paid more in corporation taxes than 21 of the 48 States, more in individual taxes than 31 States and more in total taxés than 27. It is to be noted, furthermore, that In 36 of the 48 States the cor- poration taxes were heavier thah the individual. The national total of cor- poration taxes is likewise heavier, $916,232,697.02, as against $845,426, 352.49 in individual taxes. The District is not a commercial community, has no large industries outside of the Government works, which pay no taxes but are supported by them, and only a small number of other corporations. The bulk of its ] tax payment of $12,480,634.83, there- fore, came from the pockets of the people personally, - literally the tax- payers. These figures are to be borne in mind by those who assail the District people as tax dodgers, as mendicants upon Federal bounty, as undertaxed property owners. They are to be reckoned in the computation of equities in respect to the maintenance of the District by Federal funds in part. The District people individually and through their corporations pay nearly twelve and & half million dollars in taxes regarding which they have no voice or vote, directly or indirectly. This donation of twglve and a half mil- lion dollars in addition to the millions raised for District support by levy upon the propertles of the people is “taxation without representation.’ ———— Chicago clalms the largest public library circulation of books of any city in the world, thereby offsetting its murder record with culture. Per- haps & large percentage of the books are of the detective story type. e The West Virginian who walked barefoot 400 miles in payment of an election bet thereby wins the right to vote the Democratic ticket in 1928. This will serve as a nucleus. — It appears to be of no moment to Col. Mitchell whether he testifies be- fore the aircraft commission as an of- ficer or a civillan, so long as he can talk. ——————— The American Pharmaceutical As- sociation plans a $1,000,000 building here, bringing Washington nearer the mark of being the Nation's headquar- ters. ——e— Farmers in the hard coal district are refusing 'to employ striking miners for harvesting, thus showing that solidarity can work both ways, ———— Young Mr. La Follette carries on with the spirit of triumphant adoles- cence that is one of the signs of the times. ———————— Talk of a $40,000,000 budget on the present basis of District maintenance jars somewhat with the prospect of tax reduction. ————— The September primaries constitute practically all of the political excite- ment for 1925. ——o—e SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Disturbed Sequence. “Did you read my story?” asked the young author. “I read the first part of it an- swered the candid girl. “But after the first two pages it trickled off among a lot of advertisements that were 8o in- teresting that I lost track of it.” ‘The Supreme. “A great artist,” sald Mr. Storming- ton Barnes, “does not care for money."” “But you seem to think of it."” “Only because of the esteem in which the rabble hold it. Applause is often insincere, but when a’'man is willing to give up real currency at the box office you know that his ad- miration is absolutely genuine.” ‘Temperamentally Affected. “Clothes make a gredt difference in people,” said the thoughtful woman. “Yes,” answered Mrs. Flimgilt. “T have known one of my new gowns to change my husband into a perfect bear.” The Price of Courtesy. “Politeness costs nothing,” said the man who quotes proverbs. “You are wrong again,” answered Mr. Sirfus Barker. “You have evident- Iy not figured how much it cost to persuade @ New York walter to look pleasant and say ‘thank you.' " In the Eye. “Your old enemy, Mr. Snortington, is very much in the public eye. “Yes,” answered Senator Sorghum. ‘And he's as irritating there as one of those cinders you pick up while travel- ing on the steam cars.” mitation,’”’, said Uncle Eben, “may be sincere flaltery to de original, but |1t's usually an insult to de intelligence jof de people you tries to pass it off on.” ustom and Costume. It no ‘longer necessary for a is {man to kneel when proposing,” said the sentimental girl, regretfully. “Quite true,” answered Miss Cay- enne. “That idea went out of fashion when men’s:attire lengthened from knickerbockers into a garment which required care to keep it from bag- ging at the knees.” The Welcome Visitor. Only a “rube” in & great big town! Only a mark to be done brown. He likes to look at the buildings high And gaze at the horse cars floating by. He speaks in a manner 11l at eas: He doesn’t say ‘“dem” or “dose” “dese,” Nor “goil” and “curl.” "Tis plain he is whirl, He's awed by the waiter whose tips each day Are more than his weekly wage, they say. It's fun to see how he'll gasp and stare In the dim, dense-heat of the subway air, Or struggle to lift his voice in vain O'er the joyous din of the passing train, It's most amusing to see his feet Clogged with the grime of the oil- soaked street And hear him kick at the price he'll pay For a hallroom cot and two meals a day. Pass him along. He is young and strong. If he kicks, just tell him he got in wrong And he oughtn’t to haybor thoughts of strife When he's having the time of his sim- ple life, Let him complain and fret and frown. He's only a “rube” in & great, big or “coll” for “girl” and strange to the merry . THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. “What curious times for gol: work you have in Washingto: claimed the visitor. “What do you mean?” asked his friend. ““Well, T notice so many people on the streets in the morning at 8:05 o'clock, 8:35 o'clock and at 9:05 o'clock. The Washingtonjan smiled. “Those are th¢ people who are late,” he answered. “They should be getting In at 8 o'clock, 8:30 o'clock and at 9 o'clock, but an unkind fate and a bum alarm clock throw them a bit behind time.” Certainly this thing of being late is among the most interesting phe- nomena to be found In a great city. If we regard workers as inciplent Hamlets, each one strutting his stuff, Wwe must change the famous soliloquy to_begin, “To be on time or late,” etc. ‘Whether it {s worth while o get up 15 minutes earlier in ordér to pass under the wire before the bell rings, or to erd it all by solemnly being late to work morning after morn- ng— Well, that W scarcely a question Wwith many o¢ our wage earners. Being late to Work comes as natural to them as breathing, closer than hands and feet. From the way they B0 on, an investigator from the moon could come to no other conclusion than that being a little late is neces- sary to their happiness. If they are supposed to report for duty at 8 o'clock, these boys and girls will show up at 8:01, or 8:05, or 8:10 o'clock. Never at § o'clock on the dot—or before. * x % % Similarly, if the time for the gain- fully occupied to put in appearance 1s fixed at 8:30 a.m. by the big clock, some of them invariably will present themselves at the back door at 8:31, 8:33, 8:35, 8:40, etc. If they do not have to sign up un- til 9 o'clock, it is a sure bet with the weather wise that some of them will never affix their signatures to the pass book until 9:01, 9:02, 9:03, 9:05, or 9:10, etc. In considering this phenomenum, one may be forgiven for approaching ft from the standpoint of the hurrying workers, rather than the employers. ‘The employers can easier stand the theoretical loss of service than the em: ployes themselves can the sloppy men- tal ‘attitude involved. After all, is not the mental atti tude the biggest thing in life? “As a man thinketh in his heart, S0 s he,” says the Bible, with a startling realization of all that modern sclence has been able to find out to date as to the workings of the hu- man mind. “As a man thinketh, 8o is he.” is & vreferable modern reading. We will leave out for the nonce the reference to the heart, since the anclents had some rather hazy ideas as to the In- ner workings of this complex mechan- ism known varlously as the ‘“body of man” and the “Temple of God.” “As you think, so you are,” then; 4nd as you are, so vour think-tank, to reverse the say'ng, which works hoth w just as easy! Being late to work is, as previously stated in this column, a bad habit. | But it s more than that. It is a sloppy mental attitude, one that in- volves more hurtful cranial processes than can be counted, for every worker is complete in himself, and he alone knows the various mental ‘“slants’” that go to make up his life. * X X % What T am trying to get at here is that it is just as sloppy for a per- son to be late to work as for him to come downtown with his garters hanging down; or, in the case of a girl, for her to board the street car with soiled stockings. One is mental, the other is physical. The mental sloppiness involved In getting late to work probably follows one throughout the day. If I were an employer, I would quietly ease out of my employ those workers who persisted n coming in late, not be- cause of their being late, but simply because I would not like the looks of their mentality. To continually be late shows a con- tinued mental disregard for the wishes of the employer, and an inabllity of the person involved to do what he sets out to do. Practically every worker means to be on time. Prob- ably there are not two in this whole large city who purposely arrive late. In some of the Government depart- ments a system of ‘‘dockings” of an- nual leave has resulted in a minimum of tardiness, but this system, while some would regard it as necessary, and successful, because it ‘‘works’ to a certain extent, goes not solve the problem at all, to my way of thinking, any more than a timeclock does. Men and women who are old enough to get out of the classification of chil- dren ought to want to-be “on time,” not only to work, but in every other appointment. This applies to wives who keep their hopeful husbands waiting on street corners for hours at ‘a ttme, and to all others who solemnly promise to “meet you at 2 o'clock” and then never show up until , or 2:30 o'clock. Perhaps it should be stated In this connection that the wives are not always the ones who are late! There is many a good wife, too, Who has been kept waiting for hubby to put in appearance, which he finally does, accompanied by a choice array of ex- cuses. Generally, however, the shoe is on the other foot. * Kk * The fine thing about getting to work on time is that here {s some- thing we can do. There are so many things we cannot! Did you ever stop to think about that? Few of us can ever be Henry Fords and pay a personal income tax of $2,000,000, and precious few of us, in- deed, can ever sit in the White House as President of the United States. Not very many of us, after all, are going to possess great estates, or pose in a “commodore’s” cap on the bridge of our private yacht, or find ourselves in the “public gaze,” what- ever that s, or be saviors of man- kind, or in various other ways en- dear ourselves to this and the com- ing generations. Each one of us, in particular, has many limitations. One has to go through life unable to ride a bicycle, another never able to dance the light fantastic toe, as Milton, I believe, phrased fit. . Some of us will reach the Great Be- yond without having played golf on the links of this world, or ever hav- ing sat in a poker game for more than a penny ante. We will not have read Joseph Conrad yet (although we meant to!), nor will we have man- aged to buy that extra table lamp the living room begged for so long. As to playing the plano, we cannot do It, nor can we play base ball as well as Johnny Dugan, 12, who some day is going to earn $50,000 a vear as a major league player. It takes us more years than we would care to tell to earn as much as our youngest boy Bill, the jockey. But there is one thing we can all do, whether we are just setting out on the journey, or warping in on the other side. Wo can all be on time to work! We can catch the 7:20 a.m. bus instead of the 7:40, or the,7:52 instead of the 8:04, or the 8:30 instead of the 8:40, and so we can arrive at 8 instead of at 8:01, or at $:30 instead of at 8:32, onat 9 sharp rather than 1 minute ter. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Col. (then Brig. Gen) Wiliam Mitchell had a chance to demonstrate in actual warfare the value of an “in- dependent air service,” and according to official evidence failed to get away with it. The occasion was the Meuse- Argonne battle, which began seven vears ago this week. It was thus de- scribed by Maj. Gen. Hugh A. Drum, Pershing’s chief of staff in that 47 day campalgn, before the House sir- craft investigating committee last February: “In the midst of the Meuse-Ar- gonne battle Gen. Mitchell was per- mitted to take practically all of his planes, approximately 150, into the air at one time in a large air armada, to go oven and beyond the ground battiefleld, and to bombard the enemy’s airdromes to the rear. This plan was based on the theory that when they were bombarded the enemy’s planes would be forced into the air and then be destroyed by this armada. Nothing of the sort occurred. In- stead, while Gen. Mitchell’s armada was in the air, and passed over the battlefield and beyond us, a corps chief of staff called me on the phone and said: ‘I notice your big parade in the air. It is very fine, but I have a message asking me to get planes down on our lines, be- cause the German alrplanes are machine-gunning our ground troops, and we have no protection from them. In other words, the Ger- man air forces penetrated to loca- tions above the ground back of our front line, and did not stop haras- sing ouf ground troops until our planes came back and drove them fr. - * % ¥ % Gen. Drum asserted that events like those “showed conclusively that in- dependence of the Air Service was found not to work—that its most ef- fective use was bringing it up and operating with the ground forces. Drum related another episode in sup- port of that theory: “The American Army began on November 1, 1918, an attack which broke through the German lines and penetrated to the outskirts of Sedan—one of the decisive engage- ments of the final staif> of the war. We knew that In a certain woods was German artillery, which was the mainstay of their defense at that time. From the beginning of our attack we had our alr forces constantly bombing, those woods. Finally the 5h Corps, with the 2d and 89th Divisions, pressed for- ward and broke through the Ger- man lines. By evening they had captured those woods and driven the Germans out. We found a large amount of German artillery wkich had been concealed. There is no doubt that the bombing by our airplanes of those woods caused the Germans to abandon their guns. Thus, two actual situations in the greatest battie that Amer- ica has ever been engaged in show conclusively, to our mind, the field of action for the Air Service. They prove that it is an arm of the Army that must tie into the team of the other arms in order that the ground man, as he always will, may win the decision.” * k % x There was a characteristic example of the Coolidge way of doing business in connection with the appointment of the Air Service board of inquiry. An hour or two before the President announced the personal of the board, he was in protracted conference with Howard E. Coffin, president of the National Air Transport, Inc., with reference to the carrying of the mails. Although Mr, Coffin’s name was on his little list, Mr. Coolidge gave the | Detroiter no glimmer of the fact. The aeronautical expert took a train for the South the same evening, and got the first news of his appointment next (li_.ly from a newspaper in South Caro- ina. * o ox % Washington is classic training ground for American newspaper ex- ecutives. Throughout the | country there are metropolitan journals in command of men who made thejr names as members of the press gal- lery at the National Capital. The latest to be graduated from Wash- ington into the editorial sanctum of his own paper is Arthur J. Sinnott, who has beconie managing editor of the Newark Evening News. Sinnott & year or two ago thought he pre- ferred the law to journalism, and gave up his Washington correspond- entship to practice at the New Jersey bar. But the pursuit of the nimble item lured him back to the Potomac. In 1918 Sinnott represented the Ne ark Evening News in Europe. He is considered one of America's keenest political reporters. * * % % Although strictly unofficial in char- acter, this week's “Conference on American Relations with China” at Johns Hopkins University is expected to throw much light on existing condi- tions in the troubled East. The 2,000 Chinese students who are studying in the United States will be prominently represented. These young Chinamen, many of whom will be leaders in their country in after life, are the motive power behind the drive, both ip China and abroad, for ridding their country of the despised foreign yoke. They look upon America as their mast pow- ;rfllxl‘and dll(.!lntel}el!&d ally in the ef- ort to make China mistress own_destinies. 7 sl the United States will be unofficial, but vigilant, observers at Johns Hopkins. * Ok % ¥ Scene at Washington's 3 fic Court: ¥ % S Eatimeal Judge—What's the charge? Policeman—Parking without light at 11 p.m. Judge—What has the defendant “Detonda endant (a colored man Well, judge, the car ba!onged); - me, but i wasn’t in my possession at the time. Judge—What do you mean? Defendant—Well, you see, I was away. from Washington for 60 days this Summer. Judge—Where were you? Defendant (embarrassed and stammering)—Well, judge, to tell you the truth, I was confined! The charge was dismissed. * ok ox % One of the questions that Repre- sentative Willlam A. Oldfield of Ar. kansas, ichflllrmafl of the ‘Democratic congressional campaign 'committee, has been asked most often during his Western trip is what the Democrats have up their sleeve in the way of a 1928 presidential candidate. ~An- other thing Mr. Oldfield heard nearly everywhere is that if there is to be any renewal of the McAdoo-Smith feud three years hence Western Dem- ocrats would consider it a waste of time and money even to hold another convention. Their insistence is upon a -candidate wholly unidentified with the battle of Madison Square Garden. There is some interest beyond the Mississipp! in the personality of A. Vie Donahey, the Democratic Gov- ernor of Ohio, who swept thirough to Al Smith, in the midst of the holocaust. 2 a Japan’s emissaries in | Politics at Large By G. Gould Lincoln Robert M. La Follette, ir., is on his way, in all probability, to the seat in the Senate formerly occupied by his father, the late Senator La Follette of Wisconsin. If he be elected Sep- tember 20 to that office, he becomes Wisconsin's junior Senator, with three years of service ahead of him, before he has to stand for re-election. While he succeeds to the senatorial Job ofchis father, who is to wear the progressive leadership mantle of the late Senator in Wisconsin? Wil it fall on.his shoulders, young though they be, or will it be snatched up by Gov. Blaine or another? There are those in Wisconsin who scent a coming war for this leadership in the State between Bob, jr., and the governor. La Follette bears a magic name in this State. He has been in Washington, while Gov. Blaine has been {n Wisconsin raistng discord among the progressives. Aloof from these factional differences so far, La Follette would seem to be in better position to take the leadership than the governor. But the gov- ernor is ambitious. His eyes are set also on the Senate, and he plans to run for Senafor next vear when Sen- ator Lenroot, Republican, comes up for re-election. At present Blaine is giving his support to the candidacy of Bob, Jr, The latter, it has been confidently assérted, will in turn give his support to Blaine in the sena- torial fight next year. When the late ‘Senator La Follette was alive, his word was law In the Progressive party of the State, no matter who was governor. Those | Who broke with him were read out of | the Progressive party, as in the case | of Senator Lenroot and former Gov. McGovern, one of whom is now sup- porting Coolidge and the “stalwart” faction in Wisconsin, and the other is a kind of middle-of-the-roader. It did not matter who at in the guber- natorial chair at Madison, La Fol- lette ruled. If La Follette, jr., goes into the Senate, people are asking, will history repeate itself? The pro- gressives, naturally, are going to have a leader in this State, or they ure going on the rocks, sooner or er. ok ¥ In some quarters the election of La Follette, jr., to the Senate will be heralded as the sure indication of the defeat of Senator Lenroot next year at the hands of Gov. Blaine. But the facts in the situation do not warrant any such offhand assumption. While Senator La Follette was allve he sought with all his might to destroy Lenroot politically, putting up a can- didate against him {n the 1920 sena- torial primaries. Lenroot, however, refused to be destroyed. He won the primaries and he won the election as Senator. If the progressive faction, under the leadership of Senator La Follette could not defeat Lenroot, there does not seem much reason to believe that with La Follette dead the progressives can take Lenroot' measure next year. The present senior Sepator from Wisconsin is an able campaigner. With a record of progressive leader- ship in the State Legislature, and in the House of Representatives, where he fought Speaker Cannon in the great rules fight 18 years ago, it is difficult to convince a great many of the Wisconsin voters that Lenroot does not stand for progressive gov- ernment. He is a hardy campaigner, undoubtedly the ablest speaker in the State. He has to aid him, too, the fact that Blaine has raised serious trouble for himself within the pro- gressive ranks while he has been governor. Some of Blaine's progres- sive enemies may not vote for Len- root. They may not vote for the governor, either. La Follette, Jr., is a stronger candidate for the Senate, despite his youth, this year than Gov. Blaine would have been, it is freely sald here, and Lenroot will certainly be a stronger regular candidate for the Senate next year than Roy P. Wilcox is today * * % x x One of the really refreshing features of the primary campaign for the sena- torial nomination fn Wisconsin just closed was the frank confession by Senator Lenroot of the way in which jcandidates for office were picked by the La Follette progressive organiza- tion in the old days when Lenroot himself was a leader and one of those in the inner councils. He charged that a small group of the leaders, three or four, got together behind locked .doors in the ‘capitol, at Madi- son, and then and there decided who should be run for office by the pro- gressives. Their names were put for- ward and the progressive voters in- vited to go Into the primaries and vote for them. Lenroot made this statement while he was giving a plc- ture of his conception of the way La Follette, jr., was declded upon as the candidate of the progressives for the senatorial nomination this year. “There were present,” he said in this speech, which he made through- out the State during the campaign, “Gov. Blaine, Herman L. Ekern, Young Robert, and probably Con- gressman Nelson to act as secretary. After the governor had locked the doors he moved the nomination of Mr. La Follette for candidate for the senatorial nomination this year. He voted ‘aye,’ and so did Ekern, and Mr. La Follette, since his name was up, re- frained from voting, The secretary declared it a vote. The same progress was gone through in determining that Gov. Blaine should be the candidate for the Senate against me next year, and Ekern should be the candidate for governor.” This Imaginative picture of the way the so-called “Madison ring” does business caused chuckles of joy from the “stalwart” audiences. * % % % With Robert La Follette, Jr, as a candidate for the Senate on the Re- publican ticket, talk of the formation of a_new liberal party to challenge the Republican and Democratic par- tles is at a lower ebb than ever. The Socialist mayor of Milwaukee, Daniel ‘W. Hoan, is attacking the La Follette faction vigorously for what he terms the desertion of the movement started by the late Senator La Follette a year ago for a new party, with which the Socialists were ready to throw in their Jot. On the other hand, the La Follette people declare that there exists no third party today and they were en- tirely within their rights when they entered the Republican primaries. * K K K News is drifting back from Colo- rado to the effect that Senator Means, Republican, elected last year to fill out the unexpired term of the late Senator Nicholson, may have a hard time suc- ceeding himself in the elections next year. Means was the candidate of the Ku Klux Klan, powerful in the State last year. But the Klan in Colorado is split up into two organizations now, and Means is at outs with one of them, if not both. Former Senator Alva Adams or Gov. Sweet is expected to be the nominee of the Democrats against Means. This is one of the seats which the Democrats are hop- ing to pick up in their drive to win control of the Senate in 1926. Notwithstanding some optimistic Democratic stories from Utah, where Senator Reed Smoot, Republican, stands for re-election a year from now, Democrats who are in a position to know shake their heads sadly and admit they see no way of stopping the chairman of the Senate finance committee. His activity in behalf of the tariff on sugar and wool make Senator Smoot solid with substantial portions of the voting population, one of the Democratic jeaders from the State asserts. * ok E Kk |° Representatives Willlam A.- O Q. Does it cost more to train a child in kindergarten than in the first grade’—E. L. R. A. The cost of instruction in kin- dergartens {s lower for both 1926 and 1922 (vears in which the survey was made) than that of instruction in the public school. Q. Ts the normal temperature of birds higher than that of man?— K. G. M. A. The average temperature in man is about 98° F. Many birds which are constantly in motion have higher temperatures—from 100° F. to 118°. Swallows and quick-flighted birds have higher than fowls that stay near the ground. Q. Where s Blarney Castle?— J. 8. McB. A. Itis in Ireland, five miles north- west of Cork. It was bullt in 1446 by Cormick MacCarthy, Q. What is metallurgy?—J. F. F. A. Metallurgy is the science of ex- tracting metals from ores and adapt-: ing them for manufacturing purposes. It includes the study of chemistry and electricity. Q. What is “rayon"?—J. A. S. A. The term “rayon” is a name for the fiber formerly known as arti- ficial silk. The new name was ap. proved by -the National Retail Dry Goods Association in the Spring of 1924, later by the Silk Association of America, by the largest producer of the fiber and by others. The adoption of the new name grew out of the fact that artificlal silk is not a real silk artificially produced. Q. How did “'ss, of “‘scilicet,”” come to be used on docu- men H. T. M. A. “Ss" 18 a symbol of unknown antiquity, which was formerly worn on the collars of the superior judges and lord mayors of England, also by persons attached to the royal house- hold. It was supposed to signify “‘sovereignty” and in this sense was adopted as the badge of the house of Lancaster. Later it became a sign of judicial or majestical authority. Q. What 15-day period during the Summer averages warmest in Wash- ington?—W. B. M. A. The Weather Bureau says that the warmest 15-day period on the a: erage is embraced between July 16 to 30 inclusive. During this time the average temperature is slightly more than 77 degrees. Q. Has Mexico death rate’—S. D, F. A. Owing to the inadequate drain- HOW UNCLE BY WILLIAM the abbreviation y an abnormal Article No. III. The shadow of a coming decrease in the cost of maintaining American sea power fell across the Navy Depart- ment during the fiscal year but lately closed. As if to blaze the way for the President to ask Congress to reduce this branch of the service, Calvin Coolidge’s professional money-savers seemingly concentrated on a drive against naval expense during the past 12_months. More than 500 individual listings of savings effected in 1925 stand today in the record. They run the mone- tary scale from a few cents to mil- lions. Among the lesser practices one notes a new rule requiring typists to | use the “full width” of their type- writer ribbons before turning them in for replacement. Ons can shut his eyes and visualize a dignified clerk carefully examining a smudged. worn ribbon and handing it back to the crestfallen typist with instructions to turn it and use “that eighth of an inch on the bottom.” Call it petty, if you wish: the answer is that fewer typewriter ribbons were bought last year by the Navy Depart- ment than at any time since the war. Marine Corps Reductions. Among the larger items one learns that the strength of the Marine Corps was undergoing a gradual reduction, amounting to about 8 per cent, during the fiscal vear 1925. Here is the way it is reported to the Bureau of the Budget: “United States Marine Corps—The principal saving has been effected by the method of reducing the enlisted strength from 19,500 to 18,000, the lat- ter being the number appropriated for during the fiscal year 1926. “One method would have been to the former number to June 30, 1925 (the end of the fiscal year 1925) and then to effect reductions by dis- charges. The method adopted, how- ever, was to reduce recruiting and to allow the actual number to fall pro- gressively by routine discharges; also to reduce the number of appointments in the non-commissioned grades, allow- ing the actual number to fall progres- sively in the same manner. “By these adopted methods there was a large saving in recruiting ex penses, in transportation, rations, pay, equipment, etc., amounting to several hundred thousand dollars, the actual amount not being susceptible of ex- act estimate.” And again one notes among Marine Corps economles that: “Orders involving travel have been restricted as much as practicable, sav- ing approximately $19.000 during the year. “The number of enlisted men de- tailed on duty which would entitle them to quarters and ration allow- ances has been reduced, resulting in a saving for the year amounting to $67,000. “The contemplated program of ac- tive duty for training of reservists was not carried out during the year, resulting in a saving of $37,000. Cut Down Personnel. At the Philadelphia depot of sup- plies the commissary storeroom was rearranged and six men were di: charged. So was the clothing factory, tional congressional campaign commit- | tee, has been greatly encouraged by his trip through the West, which took him as far south as Los Angeles and as far north as Seattle. His plea to the Democrats has been, at every stopping place on the transcontinental trip, to build up their organization now for the congressional contests next vear, instead of waiting until 90 or 60 day before the elections. The issues he stressed for the coming campaign have been tariff, taxation, and the ‘“inter- ests” control of the Republican party. As Mr. Oldfield points out, the Demo- crats have to jump from a party mem- bership in the House of 183 in the present Congress to 218 in the next, in order contral. But, he says, the Demo- crats had only 132 members of the House after the Harding landslide in 1920 and after the 1922 elections they came back to the House with 205 members. * k ok * Senator Wheeler of Montana, Demo- crat, campaigning for La Follette in ‘Wisconsin, coined a new phrase which may rise yet to sting the Democrats —‘progressive Democrat.” The regu- lar Republicans have suffered lon, from the ‘“progressive Republican. They could put a flea in the ear of their regular Democratic col- leagues about this progressive designa- tion if they desired. The Democrats had to survive the “stiver Democrat’" and “gold Democrat” era, however, before the Republicans were bitten with the progressive and conservative division within their party. It would age and sewerage systems and a soil permeated with the refuse of cen- turies, the city long had an annual death rate of 40 to every 1,000 inhabt tants, a larger proportion of mortality than in any other civilized city of the world. The conditions which pro- moted this high death rate have large Iy been remedied, and the city com pares favorably with others in salu- brity and in decreasing its death rate, though the unhygienic manner of life of the poorer ciasses swells the mor tality. The city is naturally healthful, and in fts climatic conditions is a de- lightful place of residence. Q. When was the K. of C. organ- ized?—J. H. B. A. The Knights of Columbus was organized under special charter grant- ed by the State of Connecticut, 29th of March, 1882. Q. Where are the most valuable forests of the British Empire and are they more valuable than those of Ger- many?—W. C. A. The most valuable forests of the British Empire are in Indfa. The lat est report sets the amount of revenue, 1908 to 1909, as 1,697,120 pounds, ap proximately $7,000,000. The revenus from the forests of Germany in the same year was almost $100,000,000. Q. Are divorces ever lawful in the State of South Carolina’—C, S. A A._ A statute was in force {n South Carolina from 1874 to 1877 allowing a decree of divorce for certain causes but was repealed in the latter year At present divorce in the State is pro hibited by article 17, section 3, of the State constitution (Today 1we especially invite our woman readers to make free use of our Washington information bureau It is in o position to give service of great value. The mext time some household problem comes up in your own home—some task that you think might be done better or more easily if you knew how, some annoyance that you think might be done away with— sit down and write to the information bureau about it. Ants in the pantry, moths in the clothes closet, what food to give children in hot weather, cara of babies, and hundreds upon hun- dreds of ‘other questions relating to the home, have been worked sut and are at the disposal of women who care to send their questions to the bureau. Inclose 2 cents in stamps to cover the return postage. Address The Star Information Bureau, Tien ty-first and C streets northwest, Fred- eric J. Haskin, director.) SAM SAVES P. HELM, JR. where new sewing, pressing and iron ing machines were installed to such economy that “§2 employes have been dropped.” Readjustment in the station ery department also dispensed with the services of one clerk. At one navy yard it was found that the cost of making wooden deck chests 15 inches high was $44, whereas by reducing the height to 14% inches the chests could be made for chests naturally were lowered. By bearing down hard on all pur- chases and applying up-to-date busi- ness methods to its administration, the naval bureau of supplies and ac ¢ :nts was enabled to return to the asury a total of $4,500,000 from its sropriation during the vear. At Puget Sound, Wash., naval de- signers allowed bidders to modify slightly certain details and specifica tions of the contract for constructing a pier to cost about $1,100,000. This in itself w new thing, as most contractors will testify, for Army and Navy engincers generally have stuck obstinately by their own plans, re- gardless of cost, in the past. In this case, however, the modifica- tions saved the Government about $200,000. A ‘naval bureau cut its number of passenger automobiles during the year from 243 to and its trucks from 1,372 to 1,345. The Bureau of Yards and Docks also rearranged its classified fleld service o that 44 clerks were ng longer needed. Air Service Economles. Among the many pages of listed savings one notes that the Naval Afr Service. now the subject of much discuesion, “by strenuous efforts has maintained its civilian personnel, both in the bureau and in the .fleid, at such numbers that an appreciable balance will remain unexpended.” Also, that “by arbitrarily reducing allotment at certain stations and by postponing public works projects as far as possible, the bureau has been able to accomplish much additional flying, with but a small increase in funds. Further, one reads “The Bureau (of Aeronautics) has continued its policy of utilizing sur- plus material to the maximum pos- sible extent. During the year it placed in operation a number of H-16 and F-3-L_flving boats. Although these were lacking in many fmportant military characteristics, this action avoided the purchasing of new ma terial. Tn such a wealth of citations indi vidual instances of savings are hard to select. Of interest, however, are the savings recited by the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. Among these one finds the following “Due to rapid strides in the devel- opment of new and more efficient rem edies, 2 number of drugs are gradual ly becoming obsolete. The planning sectfon has analyzed some 500 items used in common by 38 shore stations with a_view to reducing stock which is gradually falling into disuse. As a result of this analysis such drugs will not be carried in stock at supply depots and in hospital storerooms, but, in view of the small quantity used, will be purchased locally as needed, obviating the pyramiding of stocks that soon become useless.” Lower Price for Milk. One reads also of a brush between the commanding officer of the Naval Hospital at Brooklyn, N. Y., and what he terms a combination to raise the price of milk. Here Is his report: “Our milk was being received in 10-quart cans. The contract price steadily went up until it reached such a ridiculous figure that ft would have been cheaper to go outside and buy milk at retail. “I had the whole matter thoroughl: investigated, and the explanation of- fered was that our requirement that the milk be dellvered In small cans was so expensive that they had to raise the price. I knew this was not true, but only an excuse, and that a combination had been formed to raise the price on all Government milk. “So I made a requisition for cans and supplied all that we needed f the hospital, and then hai a new contract made requiring deliveries in the standard 10-galion cans. During a single month, under this contract, we have saved over $860, which not only paid for the cans, but also showed a saving of over $600.” These savings are not charted by the Navy's past. They are new, the result of a policy—one wonders if it is not a pressure—from above. They smack of the way of Calvin Coolidge, and, though the details are not of his conception, the pelicy which dic tated them is his, and.the professional seem the Democrats have enough trouble -on their: shoulders already idfield w@w na at e mhla i without edding to their money-savers who helped carr: the details carried on them the approval.