Evening Star Newspaper, November 3, 1925, Page 6

g™ THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY. ....November 3, 1925 THEODORE W. NOYES...Editor ompany The Evening Star Newspaper Ct 11n se BB ¥ vania Ave fiax\'n;k‘ “‘,’,"é: o 110 Fagta2nd st. Tore Ofen: Tower Buildine. Burooean Ofee’ - 10 Rosent St.. London. Encland The Frentne Star. with the Sunday morn- Ing edition. ia delivered by carricra within the City ar 60 cente per month: dajly only. 38 ety e manih: Sunday onis; 20 centd Der o s man b sent by mail or Tolentions Matn 5000 “Collection is made by carrier at the end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday 1 yr.. $8 40: 1 mo.. atly only s 1 vr. $6.00: 1 mo. Sunday onls. . 1 yr.. $2.40: 1 mo.. All Other States 1yr. $10.00 1 3. 87.00 151 $3.00 unday only. Member of the Associated The Accociated Press fe exclusively entitled 0 the uge for republication of all news dis Patehes credited to it or not otherwise cred fted in this Al news #hts of publication A year ago the cou W throes of a national election which swept into office Calvin Coplidge as President of the United States by the Kreatest vote ever given any man for that office. Klection day has rolled around again, but it is only the shadow of the excitement of 1924 Neither @ President nor the Co is being chosen at the polls governors, in New ginta, will be elected bers of the Hr and the other named fill death. But if the cance from a n 1 O and ¢ two Vir mem Jersey nd one in New Jersey Kentucky e vacancies caused by in will election has little signifi- 4 national political point of view, it ha ning in local and municipal elections. Bitter battle has becn waged in several of the coun. greatest cities over the choice of In New York City tropolis in the approximately one-fourteenth much my execu Ereate whef of the world n is co city gov than passing interest Ruffalo, Indianapolis determining to. s of gov country’s popu the election of a ern- t is of mor Detroit, other me Boston, and day ernment Gov. Al Smith's candidate for mayor of New York, State Senator James J Walker, bat Fra D Waterman, Republ business man for the ty New York Throughout the State the voters will determine whether Goy mal srman ities are who shall hold the rei is ng with I n mayora . Smith's pro: posed constitu amendme: viding for 1 shall be accepted, the trolled wing to the York a Democratic as well as a Den The elections today can scarcely enhance the popularity of Gov. Smith in out of New York the governor, however, it will be a dif ferent story, and the report will go out that “Al 8" Unfortun: and the wet ing predominant parts in some of the held In Detroit. in in the Ku Klux anti-Klanners ts pro nt improvements and whether ssembly shall continue to be con shall 5 New Legislature also by the Republicans or Democ iving a ratie governor. s “slipp in New York. and issues ely religious racial nd dry > play elections today Buffalo Klan and t at The and the Rep! are fighting it ot election in issue also involved While the outcome of the elections seemingly will have little influence, if I affairs, the continu ious and racial divisions future trouble tolerance advo- Coolidge in glon Indianapolis Democrats bn the wet side ans on the dry e gubernatorial ny, on of the nation: eli r t promises it of dent Amer! sp his be ed Damascus to the for compre: Thie bombs Jeaves no remai necesst of world peace hensible and bindir siplomatic infly iing doubt as understanding which will be 1 of civil on all representatives of ne an to stages Thought A traffic think up faster than t prehend and obey them. director will regulations retion nec new - public sarily a little can com- The fact ed as —r———— that th 1 foregone outcome s nclusion does If they go against | | > hard | side | with the Klan | i | | | vent l.xll“h as | Wales with all the means at their disposal. They have plenty of mondy of their own and probably friends, and thus far unaccused asso- ciates with much more. They will be able to put up bail bonds and enjoy liberty while awaiting the slow devel- opment of the case. There is no as- surance that they will not continue their bootlegging. In many cases heretofore persons accused of liquor violations have after indictment prac- ticed their illicit trade flagrantly. The offense charged against these men is punishable by a prison term of two years and a fine of $10,000. The fines are of no moment to those Who are engaged in the liquor traffic. They can well afford to pay them. Prison terms, however, are another matter. If these men are guilty they should be given the maximum sentences of im- prisonment. e The Boys’ Club. Expansion of the activities of the Boys' Club of Washington and the erection of an adequate building, for which an intensive drive for $250,000 is now under way, should meet with the hearty support of the citizenry of prosecution the city. Sponsored by two hundred leading business men of the National Capital, the campalgn to provide sultable pli quarters for underprivileged boys laudable one. Washingtonians wi contribute to this project will have the satisfaction of knowing that they are in bringing about the development of the physieal well be- ing of a large proportion of the youth of the city. With the erection of the new build- ing the club pl from two to three Even with the inadequate structure now in more tl supervised in healthful exer shops, & swimming pool five feet long, bowling alleys, class- rooms, group rooms, a library, audi- torium and locker rooms will be some of the features of the new establish- ment. More than 1,500 boys will be accommodated daily in the swimming pool, with competent life guards duty at all hours. On the roof will be a screened-in playground, which may be used in inclement weather for indoor ball, basket ball, ball and tenni The Boys' Club of Washington has now been in existence for four 3 Its popularity beneficial soon caused it to outgrow its quar ters, which of a partly re modeled residence makeshift the The club s a part of an inte movement which throughout the The Cooli assisting to accommodate thousand boys. six hundred use seventy on ase hand ars and work | nsist private gymnasium and in rear rnational uow has United Canada. onorary president Calvin ind the president is John Hays Hammond. Beginn! the drive for funds will end Wash- citizens failed to ald a worthy cause, and united sup- port should be accorded his project to send it “over the top.” r——— Little mention recently been made of the Senate rules by Mr. Dawes, who evidently prefers to let the subject assert itself in the course of events in a manner that will pre- it from being regarded by the unthinking as 2 mere personal hobby. s ————— Mussolini, after title of dictator, did not hesitate to fall back on a familiar formula and declare that his government must be dependent on the wisdom of the plain people. d ates active vi g vesterday, Xovember 10. have never has ——— Night driving has become so danger- ous that a curfew law for motorists may eventually corhe up for consider- a nt. R A photograph showing the Prince of in knickerbockers is objected to, and properly. A prince should not be expected to meet the exactions of the average beauty contest. —————— A Seeretary of the Navy prepared to weather all storms on land. e Wholesale Crossing Slaughter. A school bus carrying thirty-two children, a fast railroad train, a grade be of must kinds is swifter than physical | crossing—seven dead and twenty-five -k injured! That is the tale that comes from Nahunta The bus had been driven on that route regularly for a The crossing was well known. A freight train parked on the siding, preventing a view of the track, and one of the chil- long time. grade was ot prevent Mitchell from desiring to | gren was sent forward to see if a e the proceedings as interesting ible. ma s po e T A Liquor Conspiracy Unbared. A sweeping, wholesale indictment < been brought in St. Louis against hirt of promi- nence in public aff business, on charges of violating the prohibition law in a conspiracy for the removal of whisky from a bonded warehouse two yvears ago. Nearly 1.000 barrels of liguor were taken from the warehouse and peddled by hootleggers at a profit ¢ more than $1,500,000. Fifteen of the persons have previously been indicted. The Gevernment's chief witness, one of those now accused, is a wealthy Cincinnati hootlegger who recently served part of his term of imprison- ment at Atlanta. One of those in- dicted Is the collector of internal reve- nue for the eastern district of Mis- sourl. Others are political leaders of hoth parties. One is an ex-convict. Some are business men of hitherto un- reproach standing. Others are notorious ligtior handlers. The extent of this conspiracy, as it has been called, makes the present one of the most important cases thus tar developed in the execution of the =aforcemer. While there have been numerous individual tions, this is the largest growing out of a single transaction. It would ap- pear that the Government has abun- dant evidence. It has proceeded to the point of indictment largely upon the strength of testimony given by one who was in the combination and who knows its manifold bearings and ramifications. Now will be witnessed the spectacle of trial. That it will be delayed and protracted is assured. These men ac- cused of breach_of the law will fight e nine perso some rs and able act prosecu- | | | i | protected grade crossing. train was coming. The driver did not wait for the report, but drove on the track. The little lookout was killed. There were no gates, there was no watchman, and apparently there was no warning bell. It was a typical un- There are of them, perhaps thousands in this country, all of them death traps where impetuous, care- less drivers may reach the tracks at train time without check or warning. Such tragedies will be enacted as long as these intersections remain un- protected, as long as trains are run rapidly and vehicles can reach the tracks unhindered. In some of the States moves are being made to cor- rect these conditions at the joint cost of State and railroads. In some laws are being enacted penalizing drivers who cross tracks without first halting and ascertaining the conditions, but these laws are ineffective. They can only be enforced in the rarest cases. In some States all grade crossings must be guarded by gates and watch- men, or at least marked by bells and visual signals. There is no uniformity save in the frequency and horror of the accidents. How long this condition will be tolerated is one of the questions which perplex the people of this country. Every person who drives is a potential vietim. There are over 15,000,000 car owners in the United States, constantly driving, constantly on the roads and using the grade crossings. They are voters as well as drivers, and if they were to demand corrective action, were willing to stand the cost of grade-crossing cure, this intolerable condition would be amended. But every motorist feels that he is im- mune, that he is a safe driver and that such a fate cannot befall him, It may scores, hundreds suming the bold | a more or less desperate ex-| { i clubs | | | | | | | | ! | i | | | | | torious crime wa THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, come to any one who drives a car any day. The pity of the latest grade- crossing case is that little children, in- nocent, helpless victims of another's carelessness, should have perished. o The End of a Long Trail. The usual moral is to be drawn from the death of George Anderson, known as “Dutch,” who was killed by a de- tective Saturday night in Muskegon, Mich., after & long search. A master criminal, slayer, crook, counterfeiter, altogther one of the most dangerous men in the annals of American crime, he finally came to the end that is the fate of the outlaw. It was inevitable that he should die violently in an af- fray or on the scaffold. He had chal lenged society and the law, and he suf- fered the penalty of the loss of his duel, which is the inescapable conse- quence. As far as known the criminal career of this man began eighteen vears ago, when, at the age of twen he was arresied for picking pockets. From that timg on he was constantly at odds with ¥he law, ar ed many times, serving many sen tences, escaping prison and finally a fugitive from Justice hunted by the police of the count His most ne s that of the rol of'a mail truck four years ago two companions, of whom public interest more pointedly Anderson of his exceptional daring and ingenuity in effecting es- ¢ Gerald Chapman, however, was probably more dang a man than Anderson. Chapman i3 now un der sentence of death for murder. An- on, a fugitive, is believed to have been one of the two men who killed Ben Hance and his wife, who had been witne fn Chapman's fi trial, Since their murder in August last An- has been sought s a marked man. He had many os and disguises. His capture was a result of chance. JHe had passed a counterfelt bill in a candy at Muskegon in the course of his opera- tions with the “queer,” or imitation monc \d, the police summoned, he was arrested on suspicion, but before the station he drew a gun his captor. In the meles he with seven, one because no ous des derson He w alias c store reaching and shot was himsel? killed nis own weape Thus sses one who has taken at e lives, perhaps many more, who for over eighteer ears been a lawbreaker. Had a proper tem of punishment prevailed, las has upon the principle of protracted im prisonment for habitual criminals, An derson would have kept in int. He incurable. Sh s, paroles and probations allowed m to continue a criminal career for the better part of two decades, to the great cost of society and finally to the end of sudden death been re. mm——r Radio, though not very remarkable the entertainment it distributes, ed with an element of superiority over some other great in- ventions, such as submarines and air- planes, inasmuch its demonstra tions involve no possible risk of hu- > | man life. o An October snowstorm swiftly dis- appears. It would be a relief to many citizens to find a coal strike equally evanescent v SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. 0ld Boreas. Old Boreas, I have done heard say, Set out to blow the stars away. He blew so hard that far and near The water just froze up tith fear. He blew the trees around the town; He blew the barn and haysts He made the old brick chimle Just like it was a saxophone— Old Boreas, can’t you take a tip And when you make another trip, With all your strength and all your breath 4 Don't try to scar + death Stop strewin® wr ‘neath the moon And learn to play yourself a tune. us nigh t ckage A Practical Economist. have made a study of poli- ‘marked the severe friend. Yes,” admitted Senator Sorghum. But have you made a study of atesmanship? ome. But what's the use of know- ing all about how to run an office if you can’t get yourself into it “You Musical Conversion. I've wept in Italian with hero! In German my feclings have gone to the bad. cardrops in Russian have coursed down my face ympathy stirred at a tragical s sad. I've gotten accustomed in grief to at- tend On numerous sounds 1 do not compre- hend. So I'm turning to jazz with a taste all serene. I don't like the words—but I know what they mean! Jud Tunkins says when you're old enough to know there ain't any Santa Claus you begin to believe in “luck.” Gentler Standards. “Do you believe in evolution?” “Sometimes, when I go to the movies. But think of how much more refined we have become. Where our quadrumanous ancestors threw cocoa- nuts we toss custard pies Statutes Left Behind. “This law was passed by the Legls- lature. “That's the trouble of the Legisla- ture,” answered Farmer Corntossel, “It passes a law and then a lot of its members simply step on the gas and keep on passin’ it.”” The Hour Glass. I take the hour glass in my hand. It shows the flight of Hope and Time. From Florida I brought the sand. Each grain is worth at least a dime. “It's lucky not to have too much sense,” said Uncle Eben. “If a rabbit realized dat a dog and a gun and a man was combined agin it, it would probably quit runnin’ and surrender.” everywhere. | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1925. Shaving Uncle And Saving BY WILLIAM Article 11 By consolidating its purchases of lit- tle things heretofore bought at ran dom by many different branches, the Federal Government saved approxi- mately $150,000 last year on the price of minor supplies bought for use in Washington, according to reports of the general supply committee and other purchasing agencies to the Bu reau of the Budket. The figure does not include the millions saved by con- solidating purchases for the larger ltems o operation such as coal and ofl, In report to the Burean of the Bud- get, Robert Le Fevre, superintendent of supplies, says that the actual per- centage of pri reduction effect consolidation of purchases on prominent items is follows: o tires and tubes. . irpentin Linseed o1l Choesecloth Fl The total purchases under this plan amounted to nearly $500,000 durlng r. A reduction aver ' s one-fourth was cte as brought about by the action o tureau of the through its ting branch, in calling up: rnment departments In the lumbia to estimate the uirements in cert These estimates wer wnd purchases were made general supply committee a distributins agency In previous vears each dey had bought th 1 oth from hand to mouth and her prices than thos {under the consolidation plan. The adoption of this economy, while but fllustration, affords an insizht the extent which economy ds were applied last year n. Lutz Wahl, chairman Budget Bureau's new board on plified office procedure, who has operated with the general supply com- mittee in the work of effecting minor savings, has sent the Budget Bu memorandum of other savi j effected or contemy inz extracts { memorandum sing Thi th all Dis n pre 1 aled the spective modities t in bulk at | minor into met to of the sim- “The use of both & in printing min has been recotnmended v nds of doliars in the annt {graph | bill will be sa 230 differ env t Govern are some 1 he is ur E for ing Office, great v the iriety nber of siz materially and q red with econor it is | sizes can be br | ing made wses where done by contract i Government empl 1 “A survey the Government vices is being made to determine extent to which n are used tc sick employes. Commen e being requested as to the desirability of employing visiting nurses both from the standpoint of the employes welfare and of eeonomy to the Gov ernment. If found desirable, it is be lieved some plan for pooling or cen tralizing these activities with resulting economy can be devised. being by the irses. 3 tment | supplies | much | charged | Sam’s Dollars His Dimes P. HELM, JR. “The development of n the destr ecutive pa a policy to uction of useless ex- p is belng considered Thousands of square feet of office and storage space are now occupied by papers that have no further value and should be destroyed. It is believed that a polic to the length of time Ul executive papers should be retained would result in an even flow of use less papers for destruction. surve been madé of all office reproducing equipment such as mimeographs, multigraphs, photostat machines and blueprint 1 s in use by the .Government service Washington. It is believed that the underload periods of some machine may be used to the benefit of service that have periods overload, with resulting econom * % of | * previous recor | Federal purchasing | Bureau of the Buc has resulted many was made in the following language “Analysis of the general schedule supplies_proves clearly “First pecha jority, ow under { b cts \ bour b et, from which ainor economies, two the ma running £ b small | ing the contr very doubtful the Government's money for of bo contractor’s long ti nst defaul afford quantities d as to make it is worth to spend its for the in price dur it lor v s and risk of formal con. bly busine ers who Mar nd in such question natu these items | to cover in defi needs of slishment tically the dvantage ird has in favor ited pur Federal purcha; itself dn record quantity consolid: wrticles to wh the | needs of the Government can be fore. Such purck e been m: 11 important nodities in price of from with « f savings ng 1 15 bein; for as 1ses b wvings gher long these line stng board b, that t, whe o fuel oil ment, whic e pos: thr Depa nvas pe £ Department Department vy Department careful anc aced befor vernment rec best metho £ the which the irine fror m vy work ent the the best fields the best pack. nds of deli 1, fuel oil . hemp, paint to | and b | peet | provision | ants | . These recommendations | followed in a large number of cases {at a in wving whose size is difficult to ate. (Copyright “Just Another I American newspapers are lot of fun joking about the that Poland wants He ¥ King. The story is treated as another Ford k b conceded that a billio might not be unwelcon and there is sc to what the terprising methe a country. “Hail King Henry roval flivver awaits,’ given by the New to the idea. “The intriguing the News C edges. For Instance, “Ford the old-fashioned square danc nd has its mazurka and Kra wiak, than which none are squarer. and the men all wear square-topped hats anyvhow.” As to the language, the News contends, the man who invented an automobile which makes that sort of moise when cranked in cold weather shouldn’t have any trouble listening to and understandinz debates in the Polish Diet.” ring rumor rd re monarc 1o th ious specul manufac mizght do for such ¥ the News situation has its n | | i “If Freedom shrieked in pain when osciuszko fell, 1vs the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, “she will shriek delight the thought Ford Detroit succeeding the long list Polish monarchs. Mr. Ford's ad- mirers will, we suspect, be able in vears to come to hear some Thad | deus of Warsaw declaim: | “You all did see how on the Lupe I thrice did offer him a ngly crown, Which he did thrice refuse. W this ambition? Couzens ambitious, And Couzens The New York World pictures the coronation: “‘Conceive that scene if you can—War: the ancient capi- tal of Poland, all decked out in the Polish national colors; a great crowd joyously lining the streets squad- Ton of heralds riding white horses, a band, a marshal, a company of foot; Ignace Paderewski, wear! a plug hat; soldiers, sailors, choir boys, dancing girls, ladies-in-waiting riding in gilded coaches, and then, clad in spotless ermine, holding a great golden scepter, the crown jewels on his breast and a light of noble resolve in his eye, riding in a golden lizzie— Henry Ford! Ah, this would be a sight to impress the gods!” ERE of of Yet uys that Henry was an honorable man.” What a v “King Henry of Poland! whale of a_ king he would be claims the Dayton Daily News, while the Manchester Union queries, “Why not King Henry I, asking what price glory f. a. b. Detroit?” The Polish imagination has quite evidently been stirred, according to the Baltimore Sun, which describes the Poles as thinking that if Henry were King “every Polish family would soon own a Ford car and Poland would be a land flowing with milk and honey and American dollars.” In fact, so much do some of the Poles want Henry to rule over them that “they would offer him a part-time job,” according to the Watertown Daily Times, allowing him to “go bach to Detroit and run his garage a part of the year and be King the rest of the time.” However, the Timea believes that even these inducements will “fail to woo Mr. Ford away from Detroit,” and the Geneva Daily Times declares: “It doesn't seem likely that the modest Mr. Ford, after his ill- fated experience with his famous peace ship during the World War, wants anything more to do with with | ord Joke” Seen in Polish Crown Story | European mudd; would probably tfashioned rting and <hy farm flivver i worse horse ie - any ¢ shied ever » Poles want th mndon ¥ question Henry Ford, wheth kingship or not, the ng Day savs. “They genius could re . Besides ow that he is worth ars or more and could debt out hi. o w | Henry's is just what way he Nev expresses it, adding b is to m us as Detroi; business abilit necds,” is the | Evening Post { they want | Poland as prosper | >0l wants its resources deve uong which are its agri cultural gifts,” thinks the Bay City Times-Tribune, and it is the opinion of that journal that “if Mr. Ford could plant his tractors over there in the fields, his trucks and fiivvers on tl roads, much efficiency could be work | up and prosperity would show si | of returning.” Poland's “Kings csidents haven't run t profit, but they argue that Ford | can.” says the Jackson Citizen Patriot | “and the idea isn't quite so crazy | it sounds.” b = country at ¥ | After discussing Ford" business methods the Albany Knicker- bocker Press observes: “It is applica- tion of Ford's doctrine of intelligent, co-operative direction and of the Ford creed that every man Ivation is useful work of some kind” that Poland needs. The Danviile Bee has an idea that when the cartoonists have finished portraying Mr. Ford driving to the coronation ceremony at Warsaw in a pure gold lizie (equipped with starter) we may ponder more seriously over the possibility of business genius of this country being impressed into serv- ice abroad by nations attempting to place themselves on a going basis.” ——— Red Tape. An Italian soldier, who was declared dead during the war, but insists that he is very much alive, is having an embarrassing time. He has married since, and the government insists upon paying his “widow"” his pension. He has also received a nice medal re- citing his good deeds and the battle in which he died. IHis name stands engraved upon 2 monument to “our hero dead.” In fact, the war depart- ment refuses to concede that he is still alive. He is now making the =overnment | testify against itself. because the scurvy Income tax collector not only believes he is alive, but insists upon making the usual collections in the usual harsh way.—Los Angeles Times. i From the Rutland Herald. That Hollander who says America has nothing to compare with Dutch windmills should see our cheer leaders. ——— . Tardy Return. From the Dayton Daily News. A bad deed is always a boomerang, the preacher says, but what makes it so slow on the return trip? facts: | the | Babylon his mighty cit | protection | jts characters enients fthan facts. The Bible | | vith | Ba | { | i land | | | the | | genius and | Shat throughout these long centurl lof man whercin the basic passions of |1ove la | the | sian prince and is beloved by NEW BOOKS AT RANDOM LG M. BELSHAZZAR. William Stearns Dav- is. The Macmillan Company. “The garment of life Is woven of the same stuff, whether for the vilest slave or the lord of the Aryans.” Cyrus, son of Cambyses, speaking. And the 3,000 years, or thereabout, lying in between the mun of the moment and Cyr King of the Medes and Persians, served only to strengthen the fact the heart of man h same. True, the ralment of life has altered marvelously—the mere outer garments of religion and politics and government and custom. Thes have changed, but human nature not at all. And this is the bond between the old nd the new, this unchunging heart remained the d hate work each in its own ine €00d deeds or il links with the story of Belshs 4 out unalterably, itable sequence of Such is the tie t present this ancient zar the King, and of ¥ ok ok % Romance drawn wutomatically sets up before tself a barricade in the mind of the reader. In all secular matters the Bible regis- ters with the average man a complete unreality. Naturally, too. For here is the sacred book of the Christian, its purpose to set out the rules and pr cepts of religion; a book pointed upon | state of mind preoccupied with a world beyond this earthly one of religious ceremonial, a manual spiritual w o the nouris! from P of A book designed for ment of the soul. Therefore nd unreal Oriental svmbols rather is remote in time nees, exotic in atmos as lifted it out of the and has set it in the tenuous and elusive mists of spirit- ual uncertainties, So, it comes to pass that only 4 daring man of valor counts u delivering, alive and sound, romance drawn in-its substance from ¥ Writ. Far from ing rt, however, at so formidable a handicap, this author deliberately takes on a second one. ko fezur s moving in tting, its events ure lien in circumst sphere o the Euph you |duesting great Habylon, royal v 1,600 years before our own era All around your lone little craft speéd the ghosts of ancient argosies freight ed with the fruitage of this rich old len of the world. On either side the river, the lent with Le pure gold of in endless stretch field Sail down es. it of dun es stood | ettle- some bare ombs of foreot re great Baby and the satyr life No ad thing rebuild ithin fts great square whose long, with d enduring ie wonders of the | erect again its each outs splendor, after th » gods. To set up King and priests of delight s old st ancient ten the god others in old way of t the palaces their hanging To pattern the ci and shops and places ¢ nusement dwellings of the people whose business is to serve and protect and fight for king and god and 7 Th azing task achieved, the sec 1e js to reanimate the ancient | ith those who gave it life and ance and splendor and power. | to move the whole—the city, pie, its king—up into the sym’ v and understanding and interest prese les th { | \l intrig eternal moderr of this story of fall of Babylon. B daughter of Cyrus, King nd promised consort of Belshazzar. King of Babylon, becomes here a political pawn in the makeshift | peace between the two kingdoms. Rut | ssaalready loves Darius, the Pe him. He | of Cyrus neess on hoth control and tk Ata At t is who as royal e Kink, accompanie: way to the court of Belshazzar ording to a inter between the coming of Atossa | d the roval marriage. Darius, pre : of the princess and represen ive of his king, remains at the court during this period. It is within this vear that the amazing events of this romance unfold. A vear of intrizue d plotting—Belshazzar against Cyrus and, in a more personal way, against Darius. Politician-priests plotting igainst one another for the roval favor and more than once against the roval power. actions among the soldiery, schisms among the religion s, lend to the common figrce inten- sity of feeling both in the court and in the city itself. Dramatic moments ppear and then make way for those of even greater dramatic force. Here are Daniel, the prophet, and young saiah, both of the Jewish captivity in ibylon. The whole moves swiftly to he high point of treachery that opens | the gates of Babylon to Cyrus, con aueror of Belshazzar and deliverer of his daughter. the Princess Atossa. A deeply engrossing roma wrought out of an intimate knowl- e of the meaning of all histor out of a special grasp of the history of this time and place, out of sympa- thetic knowledge of the heart of man. The author possesses, besides, the| poetic gift of sensing and reproducing the music of the speech of the Orient, of the Bible, to be exact. The whole of this moving tale, gathered out of the Bible and other records of ancient history, reads like a poem whose ca dences charm as much as the imme- diate appeal of its action captivates the reader. nissary the B 1 1 t * K Kk HELE? ¥dward Lucas George H. Doran Co. Here, again, stands the clear pur of bringing the past to life and setting it down before the reader in e sure appeal of its common hu- ty. Edward Lucas White this time puts his classical learning, b special knowledge of history, his art of story telling at the service of one of the great enchanters of men—Helen of Troy. A living theme, certainly, for no matter how much the good people may despise and condemn these ducers of their male folks, they, never- theless, stand triumphant in’ the un- dying quality of their lure. Both art and nature acclaim the Helens and the Cleopatras, whatever self-conscious morality may say in condemnation. Mr. White has not only re-created the surpassing Helen herself in this book, but he has, out of his intimate and keen appreciation of the time in which Helen lived, set around her the full complex of the life of that period. There is here so free a handling of the daily incidents of that life, of the ¢ toms belonging to it, of the material means and modes of everyday exist- ence that one reads in the zest of par- taking, rather than with the detach- ment of the onlooker. You know the immortal story of Helen of Troy. You may have read it, even in its own words. But you will never read it in a clearer sense, not only of its human significance, but of its realism as well. Almost_impossible to bring the an- cient life, or any part of it, into the present. But in this story of the White. organization brin almost a capaclty audience in the Auditorium The funds contributed by have discovered, reproductions of Kin of tomatoes on one { mum | census | Fre |&r Q. How many peopls does the Dis trict Assoctated Charitles help during ar?—M. A The pamphlet i Just fusued by this point number the year 25, WO | the | | | The during 80, 19 tention helped eptember ending There are 6,000 veats in | 5,909 would be occupled | ry audience composed | adults and 3,179 ck 719 public in this this hall and by imagina of 30 Idren. | | spirited work. Q citizens were used What fur cate?—R. D. K A. Among them are squirrel, platinum-dyed chilla, mode, broadtail, wild cat Q. Wi Philadelph ing_Jerus A B A. Modeled closely descriptions and other are considered deli fox, lamb, car: cony chin al and - be an exhibit Exposition in 1926 m of ancient times? the at the how [ sch after bib! Solomon’s Temple, the pool ace he built for one was the daughter of 4 other edifices that g in ancient times ar the Philudelphia I One of the the city will be the the temple. The entire pected to cost ne Q the pal ves (who | h) and 0-foot pre Is it po plant A. The Bureau says that it is not of possibility to tomatoes from 1d is received, individual atten allowing plent pre howe n vield when the one plant takes the nary plants and the possible failur due to insect pests or_disease greater. As many 15 pou tomatoes can be gathered from vine without abnormal effort on part of the grower Q. Whe driven th and Union A. Th ontory, Uta Q. What berger mean A in speal work for casy it is abso rather th n n one » Pacit of ing Does concrete harden as it R. M A. The Portland tion says that conc age, particularly with years. Q. Has a cens taken lately., or will one be the near future?—H. L. C In a campaign to redv in the United 2 liter xt Q Assc ote hardens Cement n the p is of illiterates been taken ir will be tak The censu ac e tes ar. BACKGROUNI BY PAUL ¥ mandates of es present fare the Therein How Near East? rvest. The League Nati mands from the president lea that he obtain from eign minister of France (hi explanation of the hom Damascus. The president of the league, Briand, listens attentivel self, as Minister Briand of plains that it was necess civilization to m ntain its over the Moslem hordes in u the mandate Frar ? over the the nment ien. Surr Thus (= rld is ch military missioner ordered he bombardmen claims in accord with the policy lai down in Paris by the cabinet, in which Minister Briand is foreign minister. is recalled to Paris, though not in ce in his own country. There has been no official disavowal of his mas cre of 1,000 Armenian Christians an several thousand Moslems in Damas cus. \What is even more farreaching than the horror of civilization is the seeming justification in the minds of the Mosiems 1+ whatever revenge they are able to take against Western civilization and Christianity. Fury is aroused wherever there is a Mos to hear the story of how tians” act when in power. ¥k k% French in Syr course by reason of tl mandate from the League of N tions. A mandate is a trust be stowed by one party upon another—a power attorney in some cases, a mere sory obligation in other condition precedent of any manc is that the mandatarius, who the mandate to the mandatum, mu first be the owner or controller the property so intrusted. In present case the mandatarius w the League of Nations, which neither owrnied ne legally controlled Syria. Yet, it undertook 1o give to France what it did not itself possess, and France, being one of the great pow- which controlled the League of ations, accepted the responsibility without confirmation from Syria The exact terms of the Syrian mandate lmited the authority of France to giving advice to the na- ilve government, but France con- strued the authority of ivice to carry with it the authority to compel obedience to that advice. Many members of the net were educated men. The minister of finance had received his early edu catlon in an American mission school in Beirut, and later was graduated from the University of Edinburgl Yet, according to the story of that cabinet member, Abd-el-Shahbander, one of the first acts of the French army of occupation was to throw all the native officials into Jail, denounc- super justify their S their own government supported by both Moslems and Christians, but reb els from _their League of Nations “advisers,” the French. The next step was to bombard the capital and kill thousands of nativ Damascus then paid a fine of $50,000 and 3,000 rifles for being so patriotic to its own gov ernment. Then the Damascenes start- ed to mob Gen. Sarrail, who required most of his army to defend him until he could escape to Beirut, en route to aris. * * One of the consequences of the Mos- lem wrath is the depreciation of the value and security of the many French “concessions” in the oil and other sommercial _resources acquired in Syria, even in the short occupation of that country by its mandatum. The participating of army officers and pol- iticians in the private exploitation of the country occupied by the man-; datum was not contemplated by the League of Nations. In most cases such speculation at the cost of the Greeks and the Trojans brought into long conflict by one frail and beautiful woman the feeling of reality is con- tinually uppermost, subdued people is directly forbidden by law and custom, but it is charged that such prohibition was openly ignored in Syria. ANSWERS TO | the erian cabi- | ing them as rebels—not rebels from) QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. to be made by the General Federatic of Women’s Clubs. This organizs tion 18 co-oper with the Bur of Educ ffort to redu flliteracy country before the 1930 cen American Feder: tion of wgreed to as fut Among othe part in an 1 the Comr A the America cserve omat Suppo the sun )5t of total kefeller Si Our ha. atiof Amor Jundation hese que more dificult ) OF EVENTS . COLLIN the | ‘wivice sinece d Sy | what the Fre be the set the | tiax Frenc t h bomt without loss to Fr: 6.000 Fre wour 1 cur sound the i sanctic Law bubble, »dshed in all the t ttened stian, the yria, and war between Moslen there app no step gue of Nations to hough the avowed rue is to act when e rs unrest between ni- ely cause world unrest holds a League of Nations over Syria, the disq be o ‘“domestic matte 1t from host and Bulgar laims T iy ppe er tween Greece the Franco. which the 0 have t resembles nish _distur with their “colonies” in North Africa. Or still_more, resembles the “domestic rouble which Great Britain is hav ng with her mandate in Mosul. * % % of Great Britain, the basis of the mandate lies in an agree- ment made by the British with Mespo- 1 during the World War, to the that if Mespotamia would aid tish & inst the Turks would protect Turkish- jurisdiction !war. To that end the |Sevres awarded Mosul, of Mesopo {tamia, to the kingdom of Iracq, whi had been set up by the British. In 1920 Great Britain accepted a man- {date over its protege, the kingdom of Iracq Then came a dispute between to the In the | Britis | from eat boun | which was referred to the cc the League of Nations. The council offers three soluti problem (1). Mosul to go to Iracq, provided t Britain will extend her mandate 1945 instead of to its present limit, (2)_ Mosul mainly goe: key, if England cannot be to continue its mandate. (3) be divided between Turkey and Iracy, in the absence of a prolonged British mandate. The Turkish suggestion of a plebi- scite has been rejected by Great Britain and the league, on the ground that the people are unable to compre- hend its strategic importance. Mosul is separated from Turkey by a high range of mountains. Turkey lies between Syria and turbulent | Mosul. The center of the world greatest unrest is in the Near East, now that Locarno has taught Europe the blessings of peuce. (Copyright. 1025. by Paul V. Colllaafy