Evening Star Newspaper, November 7, 1925, Page 6

‘ITHE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition WASHINGTON, D. C SATURDAY November 7. 1923 THEODORE W. NOYELS...Iditor The Evening Star Newspaper Company offten neelvania Av 110 Fast 10 Tower Buildin 16 Ragent St.. Auen 11¢h St pnd Do New York Office Chicaxn Office Furopsan Offico : don Enel with the Sunday mern- Are within e Evenine Star fng cdition. 18 detisored 1 the cits at 60 per month: dule only 40 cents ver m Shndar only. 20 eents per month. O ho sant By mail Telenhone Main K000 Collection 13 made by carrier at the cnd of each month Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virg Diily and Sunda: sR.40 Daily onlv. .. Sunday onls .. 1o T 100 Danv and Sunda nn Diaflv only Sundav only Prese. tember of the Assoclated ™ 1 the Pat. F Assnelated Preca i e lse for reoublication of p1l ne t0 it or nat othe Vo the I richts of pu wercin at n! e hieation Income Tax Publicity. The House wavs mitice is to be congratulated upon its Action yesterday upproving repeal of the publicity section of the prescnt revenue law. The pub- licity of the amounts of income tax d accomplishes purpose. There s nothing to indicate that it has added a dollar to the revenue ob- tained by the Government from the theome taxes. On the other hand, £ the income law has mevely pandered to the curiosity of the people at larze. 1t has stimulated *he inclination to poke the other people’s business, which, though human unadmirable a trait sessed by man or woman The publication of the amount tncome tax paid. furthermore, is fre- quently no real indication of the in- come of the person making the re- furn. Publication of the detafls of the | income tax returns is not permitted, and for that reason the-exemptions, | neluding interest, deductions for de- preciation, etc., are not revealed. When the urge for publicity, the | muck-raking propensity, was operat- ing to bring about the enactment of the present publicity feature of the law it was still recognized that it would be entirely unfair to reveal to competitors all the business secrets included in an income tax return. One result of the publication of the amount of the tax paid. therefore, has been | to cause neighbor to look with sus plcion upon neighbor. and for the less kindly to comment harshly and sneer- inzly upon what they consider a lack of honesty in others. ." The proposal of the Housze ways and means committee will be hailed widely | as a slap at the “peeping Toms." The | Treasury Department, which collects! the income taxes and has before it all the returns made. is in a position to ok into these returns and to de- termine whether any injustice is being done the Government, and where regularities are found to brinz guilty to book ward and means com income tax the tax publicit Flause ¢ nose into inclina is 28 any an fion hout pos- ir- | the No one has come for- that the department has been aided by any outside person, by any “informer" on his neighbors | or his competit The House com-| mittee proposes that it and the Se ate committee finance. the con essional committees to which are intrusted the ‘duty of framing tax lez- islation. and committees especially areated by either house or both to look Into revenue matters shall be entitled to vine income tax returns, but ne others. The repeal of the clause | doubtless will be resisted in some quar- | ters. It is nevertheless a sign of great | ancouragement that the members of the ways and means commitiee have 1aken steps to recommend repeal. The House itself and “the Senate, there after, will do well if they follow this l#2d. Leading Democratic Senators mave joined with leaders on the Re publican side of that chamber in their | Adenunciation of the publicity of in come tax payments. It has been tried ont for a couple of years, and the country as a whole is pretty well di susted with such publicity R Foot ball asserts itself as the great theme of America. While the world serles was in progress mobody real- ized there was such a game as foot Pall. When Congress assembles foot ball will be forgotten. Temperamental relief is attained by changing the topic of conversation. vet to on publicity ———— Tt Is feared in Europe that Americ will dominate the finances of the world. America has been rather su cessful in matters of peace and pros- perity. Worse things might happen. ———— “Red” Grange. . Tr 1908 the late Walter nounced his selections for his 1wen- fieth annual all:American foot Ball | sam. Early in 1909 he acceded (o nu- | merous requests to pick an “all-all- | American” aggregation, embracing the sleven players who, in his opinion, were the greatest this country had | seen in their respective positions since the early and formative stages of a | =nort that had become of national in-! Camp an torest. Camp's two halfbacks were Harold Weekes of Columbia and Heston of Michigan. Up to within the last vear or two, with new gridiron stare constant- lv appearing, few argued for any change in this imaginary line-up. To- day 1t is simply a matter of individual ehoice as to which of these two ath- lates should be displaced by Harold firange of the University of Illinois. a voung man now plaving his third | and last season, who s held by many | to be without qualification the bes foot ball plaver who ever wore cleated shoes, and who. is admitied by all to be the hest in his own position. Mr. Grange, whose given name was rarly and appropriately supplanted by =ne nickname of “Red,” s just now hy way of belng a national hero. He Aécupies a niche in the athletic hall nf fame similar to those reserved for IWalt, Johnzon and Tyrus Cebh. Per- | White House this Winter.” | should spend the Winter | physicians scem to | |u..: ball eagerly scan the sporting | buges o learn the number of his !touchdowns or his average vardage gained. His achicvements receive al- most as much publicity as the Mitchell court-martial, and it fs safe to say that they command as much general interest. Satu aiter Saturday tn the Autumn “Red” vuns wild against teams which are (he physical equals of his own mater. and which have been laboriousiy conched to stop him. Apparently it cannot consistently be done. The question of just what it ia that places this vouth—not particu larly heavy, no more muscular or apeedy than cther playvers—so above and bevond thousands of r good men is not one to be de- hited here. Apparendly experts find it as hard 10 analyze es do the power- ful. speedy, detensive plavers who lunge for him and come up with a dou- ble handful ¢f dust or mud for their pains. The Fall weather has been, in common parlence. rotten, and the love- Iy autumnal follage, rendered drab by repeated rains and even snows, hus been prematurely stripped by the wintry winds. The colorful “Red” is not only & national asset as a clean liv working example to aspir- inz youth but just at rhis he is w national comtert a many g. h American tm Bus Parking. Use of the streets of Washington for exclusive terminal facilities for ipter ste und sightseeing bus lines, there- veducing the available parking for rvesidents of the city, will be eliminated if plans of the Utilities Commission bear fruit. the increasing number by space soon ‘Public Avoused by of bus permit applications and the | promiscuous use of public thorough- faves for parking and ticket selling, the commission has ordered an inves. tigation, with a view of ending all in- terstate lines outside of the congested district. pending the erection of & union terminal, privately owned property There ix state bus lines being parking concessions in the heart of the husiness sectfon than there is to allow rallvosd or electric trains vse of the public streets for terminal facilt ties. With the interstate and sightseeing busses increasing in both size and numbers, the situation has reached the ucute stage, and the commission, in taking cognizance of conditions, is acting none 100 soon. The larger type modern busses used in interstate travel occupy the space of at least thres automoblles and s a conse- quence the local driver finds the most coveted parking places in the down- town section taken up by privately owned bus companies. Aside from this, there is a decided doubt as to the legality of granting concessions of parking, as evidenced by the vrecent decision of Judge Mc- Mahon, who held that a taxicab com- pany street privileges by a hotel. The solution of the problem lies in the erection of a union bus terminal for all lines. The bus companies should get together on this proposi- tion at the earliest possible moment In the meantime the public streets should be turned back to the taxpay- ers of the city and the busses required to keep out of the congested zone. If this order is put into effect it will not only gratify Washington residents. but will act as an incentive for the on veason for inter- granted valuable no more | bus companies 1o push the erection of a terminal structure. et Col. Coolidge. The Winter climate of Washington | is complimented by Col. John C. Cool idge's Vermont physicians, and a dis- patch says that preparations are being made to bring him “from his cold en- vironment in Plymouth, Vt. to the that “while Col. Coolidge has ve- covered somewhat from his operation last June he is not entirely well, and his physicians have advised that he in a less rigorous climate and be near expert physicians in case of a recurrence of his trouble.” Here we have a bouquet | ot only for Washington's Winter cli- mate, but one for Washington’s physi- cians. Each i8 deserved. The Vermont think that the ‘White House is @ good place for a convalescent. It is not so quiet as Col. Coolidge’'s Vermont home, and not many persons have thought of the ‘White House a® a good place in which to take the rest cure. but one feels sure that Col. Coolldge can be com- fortable there, and that he will find scores of our Winter days bright and not too cold. It fy reported that Col. Coolidge does not approve the plan, and does not like to part with his old | neighbors and the hard Winter of Plymouth Notch. It is hard to leave neighbors who are good, but the colonel will find many kind and thoughtful persons in this latitude. There are still monarchists in Ger many whose unquestioned intellect uality affords scope for every of sclentific theorizing. et Red Caps Found Scholarship. Railroad station red caps are using part of their income for education. Jt is reporied that red cups at the Pennsylvania Station in New York City have endowed an annual uni- versity scholarship for a station por- ter's son who has achieved the best high school record in English, mathematics, history and chemistry The scholarship is valued ut $200 a vear, 200 porters pledging $1 a year each. Some detalls of the plan re- main to be worked out, but the intent and enthusiasm of the porters are plain. 1t is likely that some persons have believed that the supreme ambition of a red cap is to get hold of a man's | grip and pocket a reward. Some per- sons have thought of the porter as a giant in psychelogy and diplomacy, who could pick out the lightest suit case and the one vielding the highest return in silver. Away from his work of helping travelers, the porter seems to be as full of good human nature 2s the rest of us. e wants hic boy to be a fra! vate maw and could not be given exclusive | 1t is said | kind | industrial and economic | THE EVENING Sons who do hot care particularly for |dlso wants that boy to reflect croaui The {on the men who weur red cap. porters show parental pride and class |pride. They seem to have the sume |Pride in their profeesion that follow- jers of other professions sometimes teel. Many travelars have wondered in what way the red eaps invesied the winnings. Some travelers may have Buessed unjustly that they spent th fortunes in riotous living, but here i is seen that part of thefr wealth goes to endowing Yu college scholarship These men, hardworking when a big triin comes in, show that they be- lieve there is something in education and that u colleze course may be 500d thing for the right kind of & vouns man. They show their shrewd- ness in insisting that the beneficiary shull be the right kind of voung man and théy define what they think must be the qualities of the right kind of young man. Above his scholastic ac- quirements the winner of the schol- 1rship must be “an obedient boy tc lis parents £nd teachers, must have | convinced his parents and teachers | that he desires to make his mark In | the world and must be sound in body and in mind.” e, Foreign Flags. A lamentable mistake was mads the | other day in hoisting an Italian Nag over one of the local hotels in honor of the arrival cf the debt commission | (rom Italy. Of course, as soon as the | mistake was discovered It was correct. ed. These errors are likely to occur in certain cases. Some of the flags of foreign nations are easily reversible | without being patently wrong. A flag with a distinctive design that will ap- vear 10 be upside down at a glance cannot, of course, be hoisted wrong save by inexcusable blunder. Flag lore is not so widely known. howsver, erly hoisted without an occasional | mistake. Even the British flug is sub. Ject to misplacement by ona who has not permanently memorized the exact juxtaposition of the two crocsec. The | Chinese flag! likewise, can easily be veversed by one not intimately tamiliar with the order of its stripes. In fact, any arrangement of horizontal stripes without @ “‘top-and-bottom’ design may be wrongly hofsted by one who is not a flag expert. No disrespect is meant by these errors, though their commission betrays a regrettable un familiarity. The American flag is for- tunately of a design that prevents it being hoisted in reverse save by abso- lute blunder or insulting purpose. ex cept when it is thus drawn apeak as 2 signal of distress. e Alien property investigations |tend 1o emphasize the expart countant's importance as @ running mate with the political economist There ure abstruse propositions which can be rendered clear only by being reduced to terms of dollars and cents. ———— If England asserts a rubber monop oly Henry Ford may feel called upon as a patiriotic citizen of the U'. 8. A. to intimate that many persons wiil find tires of no use whatever without the incidental accompaniment of flivver, win ac a ———e—s The dictalorship assumed by Trot sky looks from a distance like one of those offices which secure the holder to free admission to the fair when he shows his badge. ———— grounds Hamlet in modern attire pear in New York. Carrying out the idea to its ultimate possibility. Ophelia |should appear lightly clad as cundi fdate in a beauty contest o Modesty forbade mention in Thankagiving proclamation of gratitude due for a Presidem knows how to keep cool. is to ap the the who ———— A periodiczal coal strike is coming to be regarded ds a national custom Joyous holidavs are compensated for in the law of averages by periods of gloom. Ceen—s SHOOTING STARS. By PHILANDER JOHNSON, Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving? There's a smile for From selfish interest quite free: A smile of gentle tenderness Which makes each mortal care seem less. My Gratitude for wealth Nor even for lons life and health. i noi Which tells of loyal. loving thought. Repose. “What need rest.” “Don’t say it where my constitueats can hear it," pleaded Senator Sor- ghum. ““They are liable (o imagine it'll be a favor to keep me home. As & ter of fact I can get all the rest [ Ineed right hece in the United Staten Capitol vou is a good. long Too late, Was it one apple thai caused i 10 make a dress of fig leaves?" “Yes. Fig leaves don't cost much? | oo “Adam was a financier. 1 think L'l ‘mvm in a barrel of apples.’ | ve Too Much of » Good Thing. T long to dream the hours away Upon some distant, silver shore Until some realtor so gav Selis me the spot, and then more. some Geometries of Fashion. The absence of corsets changed the appearance of women." “Yes, admitted Miss Cayenne. “We now represent a parallelogram Instead of a pair of isosceles «ri. jangles.” | Do you ever violate the prohibi |ton law?” “No,” declared Uncle Bill Bottletop. agents, but 1've got to admit that the life inéurance agents have me good and scared.” “Solomon was de richest man." said Uncle Eben. “His wives was =o nu. merous dat he fes hud to be.” that all of the emblems can be prop- | 1t's for a Smile. with welcome fraught | have | “I ain’t atraid of the prohibition | STAR. WASHINGTON, D. 0, SATURDAY. Shaving Uncle Sam’s Dollars And Saving His Dimes BY WILLIAM P. HELM, JR. ARTICLE V. A selecied group of Government employes, 25 in number, meeting ap proximately once a month, has saved the Federal Government $1.000,000 in | round figures over somewhat less than four vears simply by taking thouzht | of traffic matters. ‘This group, representing virtually | avery branch of the Government ~hich sends its clerks or supplies over (he rails, is designated the Kederal Traffic Board. It has as its chairman Comdr. F. G. Py of the Navy De- partment, and Its accomplishments are summarized by him in the follow- ing terse statement: “The total direct saving 10 the Gev- srnment through the routing of Gov. ment traffic and other accomplish- ments of the board 13 $963,384, of vhich $135.632 was zchieved during the fiscal year 1925 * koo In u report ities made to Gen. H. C. Smither, chief co-ordinator, and by him trans' mitted 40 the Bureau of the Budget, the following instances, taken at ran | dom, are typical of the savings effect. ed and of the manner in which the Coolidge economy campaign was car vied on by this organization. A purchase of 10.000 tons of coul | by the United States Penitentiary at | Atlint: was made on a delivered basis | at the penitentiary. ~ After learning | of this contract sand the rerms, the board was Instrumental in having the | contract changed to &n f.o.b. basis at | the mines, vesulting in & saving on the imnmm of $4,620. | ‘Part of the contract had been de- livered, ut this office was success. ful in anging with the carriers to refund the ditference between the commercial rate and the land-grant | rate, thus ziving tha Government the | benefit of the Jand-grant rates on the entirs contract. ““The Government's purchuse of ce ment from southern cement mills for the Wilson Dam at KFlorence, Ala.. | has been very large. Owing to change proposed by the carriers which would have resulied in & material in- | crease in the Government's cost for | transportation, this board. after fail- ing to convince the carriars that #nnounced change was unreasonable, fled a complaint with the Alabama Public Service Commission, which re- | sulted in an order being Ixsued by that commission sustaining the Govern. ment’s contention #nd stoppins the proposed advance. “The order will also result in & | refund on past shipments. A con- servative estimate of the amount sav ed to the Government upon past und future shipment: will approximate b.00 “‘On a shipment of coal for Missis. sippi River fmprovement work near Vickshurg. routed hy the disirict en- gineer. a vefund of $696.66 was se cured.” .o oex | On one occaston it was f | sirable to move 1,000,000 fect o& lum { ber from the Pacific coast to Eastern points. The Traffic Board. realizing the considerable treight charge in. valved, cast about for substitute meth- ods of transportation if possible. 1t found the Government transports { which, without move the shipment. The lumber was louded on these transports brought by them to its destination a* # net saving. the board reports. of $11.000 under the rail cost which other. wike would have been expendea. One of the favorite economy 0ds of the board on coast-to- ments s the utilization of steamers rather than freight cars. This prac tiee applies, of course, only to ship menis not urgently neaded at destina tion. Another nstance of the ingk effected thereby le Iif und de- While the fuctor in ever more Fasoline motor rransportation important, the seems to be coming around the of street railway that cars traveling on rail must continue | to haul the bulk of passenger traffic {in_and about the larger citles. The | subject has been discussed from all angles. much of the comment empha- sizing the need for rezulation of bus operation and consclidation of services in the interest of the public. Answering its own question “Can the trolley come back?’ the Mil- wankee Journal quotes from stat ments before the Blectric Railway Association to the effect that, ziven congesiion, the street car can move more persons on the narrow road- way of two rails, or four, than the motor cars and mofor busses can transport. “For & time we made speed with gasoline” continues the Journal. “but more and more we are getting in each other's way,” and (he prediction is made that electric cars will be used more intelligently in the future. “with rights of way of their own when possible.” * Ok F % “The public cares little the trollevs stay or go,” remarks the Utica Obgerver-Dispatch. ‘‘vet we cannot dp without them in the | cities, and there is still a place for them’ in the interurban field. The trolley is dependable in all sorts of weather. It is sale and cheap form of transportation. 1s it too late to go after the trade now being diverted to the bus? Is it too late to diverc | the private car owner from his own | machine to a surface car? Traffic | congestion today offers a powerful !ally to the trolley lines in the cities.” Even more emphatically the Spokane Spokesman-Review is con- vinced that “both rail and automo- hile services are essential to modern | life.” and that “the electric car seems to be holding its own In the face of increasing competition.” 1In support pokesman-Review cites stati howing that “last year electric Ay cars actually carried 2,000, | 000 passengers more than the: | 10 years before. Per capita rides in- | creased from 108 annually in 1914 1o 113 in 1924 x * ¥ The chief difficulty 1o ba fonnd in the development of busses. in the | opinion of the St. Louis Post-Dis- | patch. is that in the street rallway | field, as well as in the steam railroad | field. which is affected also by the | competition of trucks, they cut the revenues of the established lines while such lines remain & necessity {to carry the bulk of the traffic. The Post - Dispatch suggests that the | “solution of the street railway prob- lem, in order that both busses and | sireet car service may be maintaines {or a high standard of efficiency, s consolidation of the services under public control and regulation.” In any event, declares the Newaric Evening News, the “bus problem will surely be one of tremendous proportions in the near future,” and this paper advi that “no step should be taken in granting fran- | chises without full consideration— consideration that should apply to the general situation as well as to local conditions, * X X ¥ “The motor carrier.” the Fort Worth Star-Telegram also recoznizes. “has hecome = major facior in trans bus as o | opinion men tee | railw * of this board’s retiv- | the | whether | did | | | reiurn inconvenience, could | m; and | the hoard's aff: hip- | fscal ‘Bus Grows in Impo But Trolley Hol the board’s memorandum Gen. Smither, as follows “Through negotlations with water carriers a saving qf $13,466.69 under the rall cost was effected for the Navy Department upon a movement of 10 large.caliber guns from the Bremerfon Navy Yard to the Wash- ington Navy Yard.” * ¥ k¥ Sometimes the board deals directly with railroads involved in large ship- ments in working out new and favor- able rates. Witness statement from the board's memoran- dum: “On complaint of the War Depart ment against rates charged on traffic in und out of Camp Meade, Md., this office, through conference with the Baltimore & Ohio and Pennsyivania Ralilroads, has succeeded in perfecting 2 new rate adjustment that will result in an annual kaving to the Govern- ment of 320,000, based upon the total business handled in 1923, “‘Ag the camp has been enlarged, which means an increase in the traf- fic, it will be seen that the new ar- rangements will be of material benefit to the Government. 1t is also de- sired to point out that this settlement was effected with the darriers without recourse to the Interstate Commerce Commission “The work of securing proper de- scriptions and ratings of the Govern- ment's tafc s progressing, and a large number of items have been em- hodled in the carriers' freight classi- fication, thus enabling t various de- partmental shipping offices to describe their shipments properly and obtain the benefit of correct classification rating. Work of this character is necessarily slow because of the time required in gathering the detailed in- formation necessary to satisfy the car- riers that fthe ratings requegted are reasonable.” report 1o * * * Virtually everv aepartment of Government utflizes the services the Traffic Board and In some depa ments the saving has been marked. The following statements by Post Of fice Department officials are embodied by the board in its memorandum as illustrative of savings within that de partment: ““Recently . the of demand has been ex ceedingly heavy for postal cards, mak inz it necessary for the department to dispatch cards to certain Pacific coast points in the most rapid manner uvailable. ~Realizing the expense of an all-rall movement ranged to have the by empty return cards forwarded mail storage cars from Washington to New York. and from that point 1o the Pacific crast port via the Panama-Pacific Line thence by rall to destination. 1hereby saving on one carload over the all rail movement $2,887.28, A short time ago the department desired (o forward carload of stamped paper and envelopes from Dayten, Ohio. to the agency at Bruns. wick, Ga. It wae ascertained that ‘his movement could be mada in empa: storage mall cars from Dav ion to New York, thence by the Clvde Stcamship Line 1o Brunswick. at a saving of $61R.75. ‘A @rload of postal cards was also moved frcm Washingion 10 Brunswick by wav of New York at a saving of thun $300 on the carload.” Memiers of the board participate in atrs In addition to their ordinary and other routine duties Commander Pyne. chairman of tha board, devotes his entire time to Fed eral w . The extent of work doffe the board during the vear is disclosed by its that 4,112 route orders were ring the yvear and that these involved the movement of carloads of Government sup- statem issued d rtance, ds Its Own portation. and must be uch It is significant of age of the motor carrier that the interesiz which have the most at stake 11 the present operations favor public regulation. Such regulation s a protection to the responsihie operztor as well as to the public.” here is no doubi.” savs the Okla- homa City Times, “that transporta- tion is in'a transition period. There must be adjustments. The railroads must recognize the motor vehicles and. in many instances, develop sucn carriers themselves The Govern- ment must recognize the change. 100, and see that bus and truck line share the tax burdens in proporiion to_other carrie The Lynchburg News, that “the bu dealt with as of the coming in observing lines are here 1o stav,” commends “sound advice that Liicius 8. Storrs, managing director of the American Eleciric Railway Associa- tion, gives to the members of that organization when he urges that the street railway companies. instead of fighting bus lines, themselves zo in‘o the bus business and make bus linag a part of instead of u competitor to the eleciric railwavs.” * % In one city, at least, the hus tually has put the trolley out business. The Daily Times of Geneva, N. Y., announces the passing of the street’ car in Gene: “Itis o osige nificant event,” savs the Daily Times, “Indicative of modern progress and development in the matter of trans portation. In place of the street car fs Introduced the modern motor bus, which hereafter will traverse the streets of the city carrying passen. gers. There has been considerable discussion as to whether the motor bus would not supplant the trolleyv car. 1t has been the conclusion of opinion at present that this may be =0 in the smaller cities, but in the larger citles ft is believed that the motor bus will supplement rather than sup- plant the electric car. o een New Persian Ruler Not Pro-British To the Editor of The Star: The legation- wishes to call your attention to the cable dispatch from London to The Star regarding the deposition of the Kadjar dynasty, which was published in vour Sunday {ssue of October 31, under the head- ing of “Lordon Not Surprised.” In addition to certain incorrect statements In that dispatch which the legation considers to be based upon the lack of precise information of the reporter and, as such, their correction may be dispensed with, there is the fallacious statement. to the effect that his highnecs, Reza Khan Pahlavi, the head of the pro- visional government, i# ‘“a strong pro-British.” ~ which *this legation wishes to strongly refute. The foreign policy of the Persian government {s, as before, nelther pro nor anti anv nation. And in safe. guarding the national welfare of Persia its attitude is equally friendly toward every nation and every country. The legation, therefore, wishes to request vou to be good enough to publish the substance of this com: munication. B. M. KAZEMI Charze A'Affaires Tmperial Legation of Persia. the following | this office ar- | of | rights and | NOVEMBER 7. 1925. | THE LIBRARY TABLE By the Booklover. Cornish atmosphere which stirs the | imagination, several complex and sub- tle characters and a melodrama equal ' 10 one of Maurice Leblanc’s combine to make Hugh Walpole's latest novel, “Portrait of a Man With Red Hair,” an unusual plece of flction. The ma- niacal hebits of the elder Crispin, the | man with red hair, though very dis- concerting to the other personages in the book, are too Improbable to disturb | | the sleep of any but the most nervous reader. The literary features of the book are the awakening character of Charles Percy Harkness, American dilettante, and the descriptions of the coast of Cornwall, in sunshine and fog. L Harkness is w product of Baker,| | Oreg.. but he has long wince found| | Baker and his two sicters. whose home s there, “not enough.” “He could not live there.” For years he has traveled about, chiefly in Europe, living easily on his adequate, but not vulgarly | large income. Books, a modest collec- tion of etchings, his dlary always ac- company him. When he arrives at a | hotel he sets up his penates and is at |home. ““He had a few things with him that he alwavs carried when he trav- eled—a red leather writing case, & lit- tle Japanese fisherman in colored | ivory, two figures in red amber, photo- | graphs of his sisters in a silver frame. : Then there were his prints. He| 100k out four—tha Lepere ‘St. Gilles,’ | Strang’s ‘Etcher,’ the Rembrant ‘Flight | Into Egypi’ and the Whistler ‘Drury | Lane.”"" "Harkness has alwavs shun- | ned the unpleasant in life, physical or | mental pain; he has succeeded in es- caping most responsibilities; he has | never known any keen happiness, to | be sure, but he has baen comforiable erough ‘and has his mild enjoyments. | To this rather timid and colorless man | {come. through a trin into Cornwall, | eiperiences more thrilling than 2n: he has ever read about — experiences which change his v.hole character, or a1 least reveul him 10 himself os dif- terent from anything he has dreamed. He discovers that he can love, that he is not selfish. that he i35 neither timia nor & coward. “He had been shy of man und was shy no longer; he had | been in love, was in love now. but had surrendered it: he had been afrald of physical patn and was afraid no long- er: he had looked his enemy in ihe eyes and borne no fli will. * x % 3 Walpole's Treliss on tha Cornish coast might be any one of a number of Cornish villages, whers the down| runs “in u green wave to the blue| line of the sky" and the rea below | dashes in and out of the deep coves ut the foot of the cliffs. In mellow ifternoon sunlizht, when the sea breeze s mingled with the scent of roser, the down and the cliffs are alll bezuty and the nurrow paths that drop eharply over the cliff edge seem o lead to friendly exploration. By moonlight und starlight the strong tang of the sea, the frechness of the open skv and the spring of the turf ll speak of freedom. But when the | fog bezins to come in, at first “in little wispy iike tattered lawn.” then thick and dense “like walls of wad-| ding on every side,” the cliffs and the sea below become terrible and men. | reing. Harkness, climbinz up a cliff | path on a starlight night. full of “fine, | brave, exulting thoughts,” suddenly | realizes that the path has gone. | There was no path, no rock, no hill- | side, no cove, no sea, no stars—noth |Ing. He was standing on air. The fog in _one second had crept upon him.” The description of the perilous 3roping of Harkness up the cliff, with the mournful Liddon bell out in the {bay tolling in his ears, and of the| loter wanderings of himself and his | two companions for miles, lost fn the |fog. is the finest part of the book. * ox % % According 1o u recent news dis- ! patch, the school children of Texas 4re not to learn from test books that teach such a thing as_the theorv of evolution exists. Dr. Edwin C. Conk- lin. professor of biology in Py University. in an article on and the Faith of the Modern November Scribner's Magazine, savs [that if the teaching of evolution in tax-supported institutions Is to be | proscribed, then consistency requires |the elimination of the teaching of all (subjects which furnish evidences of | the truth of evolution morphol- |0y, physlology, ecology, paleontology, | senetics, comparative medicine, com- |pavative psychology, and sociology. {indeed, there are few subjects that| are now taught by comparative and genetic methods that should not be banned. . Fundamentalism. if loz- would demand the abolition of the teaching of all sclence and kcien- {tific methods, for science in general, {and not marely thie thory of avolution. {15 responsible for the loss of faith in the old traditions. 1t fs folly to at. empt 1o promote education and science, and at the same time (o for- [bid the teaching of the principal methods and results of science. The only sensible method would be to abol- ish altogether the teaching of sclence and sclentific methods and to return o ecclesiasticism. The only pos- ble remedy for the present deplor- able conditfon fs not less, but more and batter science and education. : &he fundamentalizste, rathar than the sciantists, are heiping to make this an irreligious age.” R ok ow Since Dumas created d'Arlagnan | and Daudet created Tartarin, they have had various imitators. .Jean Afcard. who died recently, trote Maurin de Maures,” the hero of which was certainly a near reiative of Tartarin. Plerre Mille, in “The Mon- arch,” has produced a fascinating llar, the equal of either d'Artagnan or Tar- tarin. Justus is the monarch of Espe- lunque. because he is the only man in the village of $00 inhabitants who thinks and lives as he pleases. He refuses to work. except on rare and v occasions, because most | work seems fo him futile. He suns | himself in the bright, gav country of Provence, drinks the brandy or wine provided by his neighbors, and spins yarns to admiring audiences. Daudet has sald that the man of the south of France does not lie; he simply enter. 1ains himself and others with fllusion: So Justus, according to his 'own ac- count, can drink more wine, shoot more game, catch more fish, make more money (if he chooses). have more mistresses than any one else in his | world, Of course, with his gifls of leadership and improvisation. the monarch is the political boss of Espe- lunque. The climax of the romance is the greatest boast of the monach's lite, which he is obliged to make good. * oK ok K A good story about Chaliapin is told in_a recent number of Living Age, which got it from a Paris jour- nal. A delegation was sent by the Russian Soviet ministry of education 1o call on the great artist, in anticl- pation of the thirty-fitth anniversary { of his artistic activity and to try to | persuade him to return to his native land. TFailing that, the bolsheviks called his attention to his written promise, made on leaving Russia. to give 10 per cent of his earnings abroad to the Russian department of workers' art and figured out from his income tax returns that they were entitled to receive $50,000 from him. Challapin readily agreed, but, since he had left 250,000 gold rubles in a Moscow bank when he left Rus- sia, he told them to draw on his| Moscow account and send him the balance. The fact that the people had confiscated all the funds belong- singer embarrassed | bevond words and sent 1he them away in the utmost confusion. That 1902 incyexse did not prove o' ! with raflway construction troops or ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. What were the colored battalions in the Canadlan, army during the; World War?—J. W. K. A. The Department of National De- fense of the Dominion of Canada says there were no negro battalions with the Canadian army during the late war. While it is true that some negroes served with the Canadian forces, most of them were employed labor battalions. Q. What was the price of admission to the London theaters in Shake- speare’s day?—J. C. D. A. The price of admission to the | theater in' the time of Shakespeare In 1579 admission could be obtained for 1 penny snd 2 pennies. In 1696 there was apparently a regula scals applicable to all public enter- tainments. One penny wus pald at the gate, another at fhe entrance to the building, and a third for quiet standing. Krom this time the prices began to rise rapidly, and by 1604 there were both §-penny and 12-penny seats. 1 Q. What M. H. D. A. H. E. Krehbiel sava: “In a broad sense, but one not employed in modern definition, chamber music is all music not designed for performance in the church or theater.” The critic adds that it is ““a kind of music which, be- cause of fis chastily, is set down «8 the finest form of absolute music.' i chamber music?— Q. What germs Goes the pasteuriza of milk A —D. M. D. When the process is performed. it destroys the organisms of typhoid fever, diphtheria, septic sore throat and dysentery and gives proteciion against the footand-mouth disease. u Q. Has Cuba as New York City?—C. R. N. A. At the time of the lasi census Cuba had less than 3,000,000 inhabl tants. New York hae more than fwice that number Q. any other A. Othey tach mat. Has Cunliffe-Ov names’—N. M. F signatures are Fx-Al Fontenoy and Veteran Diple Q. Was Denver settied before Sun Francisco?—C. D. A. Denver was seitied by 1838, miners 1776, Q. Are English coronets a velvet cap’—R. T. W. A. They formerly inclosed a cap of velvet, but this Is often omlited now Q. Ar gin?—M. B. A. Most modern peoples begin the day at midnight. The Babylonians be- gan it at sunrise, the Jews and Greeks At sunset, but the Egyptlans snd vorn with what time does the dav be properiy | large a population | n written nder | in | The first settlement on the site | | of San Francisco began on October 2. | in a restaurant. Full.dress ix worn at the opera, at an wvening wedding at a dinner to which the invifatten- are worded in the third person, »f 2 ba)l or formal evening entertainmen: at certain state funciions on the eent! nent of Eurcpe In broad daylight. Q. Who has the suthority to deie mine the colors for automobile licen-« plates’—A. M. E. v A. The motor vehicle commissione: | of the individual States determine h- color of the automobile number plate: Q. Why do leaves turn red and ye: low in the Autumn?—K. 8 A. The brilllant colors of Aying leave in Autumn sre due partly i« chemical changes in the decavine choroophvil and partiv to the ex posure of pigment cells praviousi: concealed by an abundance of chloin phvil or other feature of vital activin the “Ma Confede Q. Who was known ax Anthony Wayne of the acy”?—H. 8. A.This hickname was John S. Mosby (1833-1316) in the Confederate service, noted ils remarkable career as a leader o an irregular force of cavalry given . a soldie: tor Q. Why do explosives used in hlasung stumps @ppear 10 be more powarf when the ground is wet’—C. D. A. The Department of Agricu sevs that when the ground is we air spaces are filled with water | &8 the water f« not compresaible. mcr is exerted against rhe | zreater torce stump Q. In Kipling's poem. ““The Na Born,” I find the phrase ““Your {00 the table.”” What is its significanc N. 8 N. ‘A. Ralph Durand. in his Handboo to the Poetry of Rudward Kipling. e« plains this line as follows: "It is old and excellent Scottish custom drink toasts to those whom it ic e- peclally desired to honor with one foot on the chair and the other « | the table.” ie ‘Iriangle. 20vinz seaport on Lake the Federal Govel ment? If not why are there (o ment_markers on jt.—C. M. T A. The Geological Survey savs | the Erie Triangle was sold by | York 10 the Federal Governme 1781. This in turn was sold bv Federal Government to Pennsylvenis in 1792, It Is not Kederal land Lut owned by the State. The marke o benches on this land are mersi: historical markers Q. Does | Pennsylvania @ Erfe. belong 1o the E he | (The Government is spending money to find out how o do ti | The Star, through its Washington | formation bureaw. is ready to tell you | ehat the Governuent has found ou! Theré is information available « practically every subdject affecting daily life of the American citizen. F perts of the highest order are Romans begun it at midnight as we do. Q. When s 11 tuxedo #nd vhen ALY ¥ A. A tuxedo is occasions after 6 n 1 per 1o full-arese wear sult a worn upon informal o'clock. It is ap- propriate to wear @t the theater. at most dinners, at informal parties, when dining at home, and when dining voting thelr entire time and eneros to this great work of promoting public welfare. What do you war know? What question can the burea ensicer for you? This service is free Just inclose a 2-cent stamp to cors | the return postage. Address The Sta Information Bureau, Frederic J. Has | kin, director. Twenty-first and ! streets northwest. Washington, D BACKGROUND OF EVENTS BY FALL } There rejolcing _among the s of the Chinese Republic over issue of the interna- tional conference, which assures au- tonomy in the matter of Chinese tarifts. It is agreed that « surtas of 21, per cent and a luxury tax of 5 per cent will be aaded to present tariffs and come into force next vear. and that, after 1929, China will be free from foreign restrictions. and may fix her policies of tariff for rev enue and protection There is an undercurrent of fcan satisfaction in this international acceptance of the “American plan,” not only in its effect in strengthening China’s income, but in sirengt the republic and. eventually. gi autonomy in other matters. It is tra- dittonal of American diplomacy to ald China whenever possible, as to make her independent of the en croachments of other nations. * ok ok % Yet nat all Chine: have the vision of 2 Greater China -which would bring them optimism in the present increase of Chinese independence. A prominent Shanghai merchant writes that tariff autonomy will prove a great “dis- aster,” even to China, because, here- tofore, foreign powers have been able to keep their agents at tne ports, with uthority (o control the revemies s hey aame from the customs. These agents first applied such amounts as were needed in settling interest charges on foreign bonds, zfter which the balance, if any remained, would be turned over to the Chinese treas: ury. Now, under autonomy, there will be no foréign agents and the Chinese federal government will get nothing, for the tuchans (governors) of the coast provinces will seize the receipts for the support of their rebel armies The eritic has no faith that the fed- eral government could maintain its own revenue collectors at the ports. as i& done in other lands Another phase of the “disaster tariff autonomy, as predicted b: merchant, is that if China free to make its own tariff laws, Chlna will discriminate against cer- tain natlons in a &piteful spirit. To- day that discrimination would be against Great Britain and would imount to a boyeott against all Brit- ish importations into China. Tomor- row, a similar discrimination might be aimed against the United States. ac- cording to the Chinese pessimist. % ok kX The answer fs that treaty stipula- tions guaranteeing to each nation all the henefits of “the most favored na- tion" are common in all diplomacy, and would make special discrimina’ tion impossible. The objector is fr the successful Amer predicts that the border tuchans to reize import revenues frdm the cen- tral government will lead to wars, but that does not seem to he taken seri- ously by the diplomats who have fa. voréd the new arrangement. They say the present situation iz one of persistent wars between the govern- ment and the independent tuchans, in which the government is weak for lack of revenue, hence the right to fix its own rates of tariff will carry with it the privilege and power of protecting the income and give the re- public the means of maintaining of- ficials and armies, L ‘The control of Chinese tariffs by foreign powers dates back 1o 1842, beginning with the treaty of Nanking hetween China and Great Britain. Under this treaty five ports were open- ed for foreign commerce, with a 5 per cent ad valorem schedule for both exports and imports. The United sfl:u duplicated the British treaty in 1844, A downward revision of the rate was agreed to in 1858, owing to the fall in values of goods. Although val- ues increased later, no increase of tariff rates was asked by China until 1902, when the Boxer rebellion indem- nity necessitated an increased reve- nue. The indemnity was raised at the expense of the jmporters from the very natlons receiving the comnensa tion. . COLLINS be sufficient to cover 1 ern nead« of China, with the added burden of the Boxer settlement In 1912 anothe attempt was made to adjust the i but it failed for want of ratification | by 16 or 17 rations. Again. in 1918 another attempt &t internations agreement wis made. An effort to | restore the uctual receipts to a 5 pe | cent revenue level was “agreed 1o in | principle.” “but i netual practice it | produced only 31 per cent At the Washington conference was resolved by the powers 1o yevie the Chinese tariff so s to give Chin {&n actual revenue amounting to 5 ver |cent of imports and exports. After | months of labor by the commission | then authorized. u revision went jeffect January 7, 1923, but still that | has proved inadequate after and-a-half vears of trjal * * x In the Washington conference was agreed that within three months after the new treaty with China ha been ratified by all the powers intes ested China wus to call a conferenc- at Peking for the consideration of he tariffs. The Washington conferencs agreement was not ratified by Franc until last August. hence the confer ence now in session It was reported some that the United States had tu stand that if other nations refused co-operate America would stand alo in supportinz Chinese independence This report was officially depreceted by our Government. Nevertheles: is understood that America's stron- stand in beholf of Chinese intercat had much to do with the outcome of the present Chinese conference. Credii is freelv accorded to Secretary of State Kellozg and to Minister Mac- Murray for the outcome, which can not fail to add one more tie between the governments of China and the United States. | o The details of the ngreement not in all cuses wccord with ihe hopes of the Chinese, but the prin- cipal objective—ultimate autonomy overshadows minor details. One of the chiet stipulations of the foreixzn nations was that all internal tariffx between the Chinese provinces shall be abolished and in place thereof the central government shall make aup propriations for maintaining the ex penses of the provincial governments This i3 agreed to by the federal zo ernment, but trouble is expected from the “tuchans,” who have been fatten ing upon their power 1o collect taxes (called “likin™) on all goods enterinz their jurisdictions. The foreign im porters are interested in prohibiting that provincial burden, as it hat greatly Increased the cost of gooos and hampered trade. Civil wars over that matter are freely predicted, and then will come the test of the strength of the re public. The plea of the officials of the republic has been that it was u to fight the provincial rebels beca of lack of a federal revenue The practice of “ikin" dates from 1853. The word mesans “contribntion of a thousandth"—one-tenth of 1 per cent ad valorum—collected at all in tarstats boundaries. In actual prac tice the extortion amounts to an aver age of about 3 per cent at the de parture station and 2 per cent at each boundary, amounting sometimes to & total as high as 20 per cent batween coast and consumer. * % ¥ *x Even while professing to be willing 1o give “autonomy” 1o China, several of the powers were insistent at firsi in planning to require that Chinx stipulate that she would devote the increased revenue to certain produc tive enterprises, or to the payment of foreign debts -and not permit it to fall Into the hands of the military tuchans The United States opposed any such exaction, for that would in itself be a restriction utterly subversive of roal independent sovereignty of the Chinese Republie. ‘The four yeurs' postponement of complete autonomy permits commeares 1o #djust ftselt. (Copyright. 1025, by Puul V. Collindie -