Evening Star Newspaper, November 30, 1925, Page 6

5 THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY.....November 30, 1925 THEODORE W. NOYES...Editor The Evening Star 114 g DT OMee: | e t and Pennevivani New York Office. 110 Faat 47nd St. Chicago Ofce: Tower Buiiding European Oftice: 14 Regent St. London, &land The Franine Star with the Sunday morn f2€ edition. ta delivered by carriera within ite at A0 sante nar v only nts Ber month Rate by Mail—Payabic in Advance. Maryland and Virginfa. €=.40: 1 mo $6.00° 1 mo. $2.40: 1 mo duy only 700 Koe i All Other States. il £7 00 & £300 unday oniy’ Member of the Associated Press. The Aesoctated P to the ug, & 1 exclugively entitiad Strike Settlement Proposals. Two steps have bee: of the strik mining which a e resumption ard-coal settlement ¢ e is W at month Pinchot ment by the er iing resumed ince of f the U t at this wr the a 1d accept those pro esident It is d whether likewise operators will to t tased In the which Pinchot 1z as a basis for eleven points Gov is madeo for of an im ce of the 1925 wise for intena whateve: tments ra five In one r is 1§ with the © operators, that the I be settled b sspect 1t ntention ) is the contract slation re- posal tha 1st not add vill be viewed by t with atur it fc re is revision of the v ward 1 pay of the present marg enjoyed by the operators. But assured that the adjustment e in the proposal er than to One of the griev. s is that there are the ns of different groups of mine erial incre nchot in t efers to readjustments ratk zeneral advances inces of the mine njust differences bLetween com pensati workers. Should the fuse to make ti er lased upon tihe Pinchot plan of set- tlement continued penston of work will undoubtedly on ther or anothe proposed onus for sus gover program, this pronc s embraces stipulatior the su oal pr in 50 1 ng. A hey ma at no advance in Certainly if they challenge public feel- 18 15 a factor of 1s matter. ave been by Whi in to s be made. substitute fuels, many this pre; will supply return anthraci s newed T of mining, ofl ern ke, A been los be lost in pro. nfidence in ability of the mine perators to produce fuel without in out excessive ad- or it is, after all the And the be the has def- ind more will ntion the bmire imer mine owner to whom con- whitev and 1 what owner, r may s #s of the m the equities contentions, is the last ikes, of the in It will supply for uation h Gov hich the 2 the whi proposul offers and have accepted, to settie the fke and to put the anthracite in lustry upon a basis of peace for at least five years, ners e The refusal of Turkey to accept kistance from the lLeague of Na the bour dispute with pports the that grou #nd even nations often reflect in in- tensified in settling Mosul dary cor: degrec emotions ruther e component versy about g than the intell large scale a quarrel betweer ors concerning . line fence, S A Reesonable Request. Recognizing that there v¥s of killing a cat bes; it to death with crear thirty prominent Ameri jwuled to Senator Bor attempt to strangle Court protocol by lead for a str nate on the United States Court the Hardi jdge resrvations. What that a cleverly worded reservation, of- ed by the leader of the opposition, who {s at the same time chairman of Senate committee on foreign rela- . may prevent a show of the real gth in the Senate. Such a reserva- 1.on might be at the same time diffi- Cult for many Republican Senators to arainst end impossible for the are “‘other W s choking of Tdaho not the World indirection. They htout fight in the proposal to have the the World Zhes ool they fear with ewspaper Company | »ward | ners in | Democratic Senators to vote for, or vice versa. An able tactician and 1 strategy in contests in the Senate, Senator Borah presents the most sert ous obstacle at present to those who support adherence to the World Court. Senator Borah's hope is to arouse the merican people against the plan to ave ountry join the court. The longer hie can delay a vote, the more the question the bet ter the chance of the opponents e court, in the opi i The friends of the court proposal hand, would insist that the the light l aster of i be debated, of the oppunents on the other whole Action greater n the ma a their withou In these irther include i Princeton University, Angell of Yale, Presi- f Amherst, Cyrus H Hunt of Idaho, ¢ 1 manv other widely Hibben of dent | Pres dent ¢ MecCormick, Gov. Chay known men and women, call atten- tion tact the Republican platform upon which President Cool- |idge was elected by an overwhelming last for adhesion the United States to World | Court. The opponents of tae entry of arrie man Catt an that to the vote vear declares by s the country into the court may reply | that the es the adhesion to the ind that the issue in the « cussed pr: ically not | There dues appea {2 measure of Hght and r side of those who call for a clear-cut |issue in the the protocol with the reservations support- od the administration, to which any of the Demcrats have alread cded. Lither two-thirds of the Sen wtors are in favor of having the United States Join in World Court, with these vations, or they not. The entitled to e the matter decided. | R resentative George Hol n Tink- {ham of Massachusetts has come for rd with a proposal a third Hague conference, to be called by the i President of the United States, f the | specific purpose of devising and estal ishing a Permanent Court of Inter- | national Justice “representing directly the sovereign nations. He the present World Court as a cre lof the League of Nations, and that the United States car 0 it without becc Democratic World matter was really not an and npaign vas n the ason Senate, a4 vote on by ad w present are country 1is |ha wa for 1 of slaps at ture sists ot adhere nin ved in the \ffairs of Monroe Doctrine vanis! if this countr; He does not . however, th; tri 11d be any inter e the thin prese league. sees into make the Mc other court | which this { Mr. Tink another method of indirect attack on {the plan to have this and { g at the practical ideal side of the have red to the fact that the nations al- {ready have set up a Permanent Cour: {of International Justice, and that | with the advisers, s weil as the problem reservations now proposed the United States can enter this court | { without reli; | independence involved the iuishing any degree without becoming icague. On December is scheduled to hegin long-deferred constderation of the World Court It should be {brought to a ite and final position. Senate dis- Henry Lansburgh. Lansburgh's H Wast death heton because of s suddenness ind because of the loss which is suf fered in the passing valuable and active and generallv heloved | citize of so a tive of this city, a participant 1siness life during his entire | Henry Lansburgh showe nmunity two sides, both ad ile was an busine devoted the establishment founded ather, progressive, in i tent upo: act o to ansion and development | He was also an ardent member of the | Mascnic order its sirvice. lle was one of those husy ! mien who are never too busy to serve in causes for the public welfare. There was a third aspect, however, of Henry Lansburgh's lif> of which {not many were aware. Blessed with !the true of charity, he gave | freely to all worthy causes and ob jeets. Fis purse was ever open to ap- peals. There was no measure or limit [to his giving, and doubtless he kept no reckening. Regardless of race or faith, ali who were in nead found in | nim a helper. | Such mourned nd quite as active in spivit ian is deeply and sincerel nhe is taken, and es 13 e of life and with lout war ashington is the | poorer for his loss. but the richer for | nis vears of helptul citizenship. o One of the chief difficulties about | =ome of the traffic regulations may lle | in the fact that many people have not | vet gotten used tn them | .oy | Should street ¢ acquire a habit of | skidding, there will be new and impor- tant work for the traffic director. —————— A Change Needed. An inve: “Be Kind zation of conditions at the Animals Rest Farm™ near T Md., has disclosed a situation which will create indignation among all animal lovers. Inaugurated with the view of pro- viding peace and plenty for derelict horses, dogs and cats in their last days, the farth is shown by the in- vestigation to house a collection of mangy, slck, ill-fed dogs, and to be the scene of constant bickering be- tween the management and the Hu- mane Education Society, under whose auspices it is operated. Thotographs taken at the farm are n most cases t0o revolting to he print. They show dogs, with their hind rters paralyzed, dragging them- arcund, dogs too weak to move 1nd dogs pitifully emaciated, apparent- 1y due to undernourishment. When an employe of the farm was asked about the latter group he replied that “‘some of these dogs just naturally howl themselves thin. It is evident that drastic action s needed to remedy conditions. In jus- scives shocks | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, tice to those who have contributed to the upkeep of the institution, and in Justice to the animals themselves, the situation cannot be allowed to con- tinue. Iar better to put the dog in- mates out of their mlsery now than to allow thew to live under such | miserable circumstances. It poor management has brought [ matters to such a pass it is time for a change. If lack of funds has been to lame is up to animul lovers to) sce that these creatures are provided with decent subsistence. James P. Brigge, president of the | TTumana Fducation Soclety, has stated | that $10,000 the farm This sum would seem to be was spent on {1ast vear. jample to buy food and ordinary neces the ant especially with per cultivation of the vield considerable s for als lhe pr “0-acre | tract, which would {return. i Inasmuch as the farm has not been worked, and has been allowed to be- | come as much *run down™ as the crea- tures on 1t, it would seem to be obvious that the blame rests squarely on the shoulders.of the management. Whatever action is taken by the so- ciety to cure these deplorable condl- tions should be immediate. As mat- ters now stand no benefit can be ob- | tained by continued operation of the "!‘:n'm s i — ———— of the bootlegging In- would add enormously to the revenues by diverting the| rgies of numerous industrious and | ighly acquisitive persons to lines of industry whése profits could be | checked up for taxation. Suppressfon dustr national i N | A big corn crop is likely to bring | small prices to the farmer, who is | rapidly becoming convinced that the luw of supply and demand can never be made to work out accurately for his advantage. ———— A change of rules for the ! States Senate may seem more neces | than ever to Vice President Dawes if some of the heated debate already threatened gets well under ! United sary way | - -—— ress will be given a few sugges- ions by President Coolidge as to how is next Thanksgiving message may 56 an even more satistactory and con incing document than that of 1 e thing is now heard of the “Don't * Club, and there is apparently | t I b v i movement on foot among those who insist that war is inevitable, to follow it up with a Society of Pessimists o Love letters are laughed at, while pedantic hypocristes secure respect; | which tends to support the theory of cynic philosophers that to be sincere is to risk becoming ridiculous. ———oe In spite of the old and appealing em. “Beautiful Snow,” every Win- impresses the general opinion | that snow is more beautiful in in- verse ratlo to its prevalence. - Bandits are now working so fast that police reporters of the romantic hool have no time_to see whether their hair is bobbed or not. e The lure of the city is strong. Fiven bandits prefer the brilliantly lighted | metropolitan thoroughfares to the old mountain passes. | R SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Why Loiter? v we'll all find happiness, Great minds agree. From needless hatred and distress We will be free. The world is moving very fast In glad array, And generous cheer must reign at last. Why not today? Some ds It takes a moment now to do Things once believed | So difficult, we laughed anew While wise men grieved. We cannot doubt that human peace 1s on its way. Some day the ruthless strife must cease, Why not today? Tnevitable Worry. “Why ehould you worry about the affairs of other nations? | “My friend,” answered Senator Sor- | ghum, “there are two things that are | | bound to cause worry; owing money | or trying to collect a debt. | | Endless Chain, We must inquire with patience great Into each situation; And next we must investigate The whole Investigation Jud Tunkins says a man who de- cides to take life easy compels a dozen others to work overtime. Winter Nights. “Do you remember the old poem, ‘Beautiful Snow’?” “Never heard of it,”” answered Miss “ayenne. “A beautiful snow of any kind sounds to me like more of a myth than Santa Claus himselt.” Beneath the Balcony. Were Romeo alive today He'd cease his fine poetic tune. ‘Neath Jullet's window he would play A solo on & saxophone. Inconsistency. “People haven't much respect for poetry.” ‘Can you blame ‘em?” Inquired Uncle Bill Bottletop. Look at the number of hip-flask parties that sit up till 2 am. singin’ ‘Home, Sweet Home' and ‘Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes.’ " Fame. He couldn't play foot ball. That stu- dent must pass To oblivion, wiser but sadder. The small boy who stood at the head of his class * Now stands at the foot of Fame's ladder. | he sets D. €, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1925. 1 Union Station at night is a different depot from Union Station during the day. Shadows of evening, casting thelr lengths over the far end of the um- |brella sheds, in the corners of the concourse, along dimly It tracks, bring that sense of the unusual dear to all human beings. Why darkness should remain un usual to us, after all these centurles, is #lmost us much a mystery as the | night jtself, unless it is that human beings were never ineant to be up {later than twilight Perhaps Naty intended us to go to bed with the chickens, as they really used to do In the country, and, somehow, we feel our guilt, we of the cities, we who stay up until all hours, priding ourselves upon It. The night still strikes us as out of the ordinary. Even the hardest rounder of them all never gets entirely used to the shadows. He may muke a great play of life, turning night into day, as he says, but deep in his somewhat sinful heart remains a sense of something out of the ordinary. We are animals of the sun, we hu- mans, living in it, drinking it into our systems, living on foods in which sun- shine is stored away as in packages, so that our familiarity with the night is mostly pretense. Darkness, dusk, night, shades, shadows, gloom, these are terms which mankind long ago ascribed to features of living hostile to him. At night everything takes on aspec new, strange. The imagination is let { 1oos At night anything may happen! * ok K ¥ This gullt of mankind, in particular and gereral, {n daring the night and the unknown, perhaps is responsible for the crimes committed when dark ness covers the face of our portion of the earth, when churchyards yawn, as Shakespeare says, and hell itself garbs for evil. At Union Station artificlal light strikes compromise with the enguif- ing darkness, in a way more dramatic than in the street or the theater. Here, where the great trains come roaring out of the darkness, to deposit their human freight, hour after hour, light welcomes the returning traveler and sends the tearful on their wa As if to break the darkness to the returning one by three easy stages, there are few lights under the um brella sheds. In the concourse itself, huge, almost empty in its bigness, three rows of light, hung high under the shed, do somewhat better for those who come through the gates. The light {s still dim, however, 8o that one has to look close at a ticket as he goes through. Lights close over the train blackboards and at the mag- |azine stand make bright spots in the otherwise dimly lit concourse. The home comer, stepping into the statlon waiting rooms, comes at once into a soft radiance that is perhaps one of the finest jobs of the so-called indirect lighting in the world. There is plenty of light in here. Yet there is no glare. Even when one sits in the wide, roomy henches, with thetr high backs, and allows his eyes to wander to the source of the light, gleaming there somewhere be- hind the enormous statues, one after the other, alternately alike, he does not feel his eyes wink at what he sees Rather a sense of comfort i3 his as he watches the play of light and shadow, and realizes the enormous wattage of the concealed lights, lights 80 carefully, so cleverly shielded that there 1S no sense of blinding power at all. Neither are there any evi- dent shadows, such as one might sup- pose would result from such a system, Secretary Hoover underlines as the banner achievement of the Depart- ment of Commerce, according to fts annual report made public by him today, weste.” Eliminating waste—in words —1is one of Herbert Hoover's less well known specialties. He is conversation ally almost as thrifty as Calvin Cool ‘dge. As an ellminator of unnecessary talk, this {s wtihout doubt the cham- pion administration. Running both Coolldge and Hoover close for taci- turnity honors is Andrew W. Mellon. It is a significant fact that the three pillars of the executive establishment are all men of uncommonly few words. None of them is much of a speech maker, as far as the elocutionary art are concerned. All of them are in stinctively shy. Yet American public life contains only a limited number of men Who, whenever occasion requires, blows. The blows lack the Borah- Bryan-Roosevelt smashing quality, but when Coolidge, Hoover or Mellon opens his mouth something is always sald, and said to the point. * ok kow In one of the hotels near the Capitol largely populated by members of Con- gress lives Representative Edgar How- ard, Democrat, of Nebraska. Having been graduated from the Bryan school of politics, Judge Howard allows his hair to trail gracefully like a mane. The other day a 7-vearold girl who has just come to live at the hotel caught her first glimpse of the Na- braskan and learned his identity. Run- ning breathlessly to her parents, she exclaimed: “Oh, I've just seen (on- gress! And it's got long hair!” Judge Howard is one of the wits of Capltol Hill. In the Congressional Directory forth that he was born “just before tha war'; is “still married,” of Nebraska, “held contemporaneously the higher office of editor of a country newspaper. * K k% When Vice President Dawes arrives at Washington for the congressional session, he fervently hopes and prays that no band will turn out to greet him with his own composition, ‘‘Mel- ody.” The general spoke recently at Indianapolis. The dinner program, he observed, listed a local violinist for a rendition of “Melody.” But the num- ber was not given. President began talking, he told the diners why he'd requested that “Mel- ody” be suppressed. infernal piece is played,” sald Dawes, “I think of some differences I once had with my wife, and how she pro- duced a love letter I wrote her, in which I outlined my prospective con- duct as a husband. It doesn't fit the kind of campalgn I am now engaged in. If those Senators in Washington would hear that plece of mine, they wouldn't think I was capable of mak- ing the kind of fight I'm going to make on their rules.” . * x ok ok A belated Calllaux story is making the rounds of Washington. The first was In New York, following. his futile debt negotiations at the Treasury, his what he'd like for breakfast. The French statesman expressed a liking for some fruit and asked what was on the bill of fare. Monsieur le garcon suggested ‘honeydew melon. Dien!” exclaimed M. Caillaux. “Can I never get away from Mellon? In Washington it was money due Mellon! And here In New York it's honeydew melon! No, no, not” “I hears a heap about de Charles- ton,” said Uncle Eben, “but I's ‘lIUn" kind o' rheumatizial an' I don't feel * w k¥ Among the significant names of members of the executive committee of the newly established Washington . equal to gittin® my feet on my mind.” {branch of the Woman's National Re- unto the Shipping Board, all at sea. ‘the elimination of industrial | can dellver more smashing verbal | and, though once lieutenant governor ‘When the Vice ““‘Whenever that morning the French finance minister New York hotel waiter asked him ‘Mon | THIS AND THAT 'BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. but only a full, free radlance over that whole huge room. * ok ok K We leave the well lit place, with its benches of waiters, some chatting, others nervously watching for the no- tices flashed now and then on the screen above the set of doors, and Ko back into the concourse, where a few are walting for the trains from New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore to ome rolling In along the tracks, each with its red light Arrival of & great train at any hpur of the day Is a thrilling sight to any one who has not lost his sense of pro portion in a world where it is very ensy to lose it, certainly. But at night the trick—and it 18 that- something new, something general sense of unusualness wraps everything at night. We strain our eves to the entrance, way out there whére passing engines now and then send blinding & across hundreds of tracks. The white clouds of steam float silver through the light, then disappear, as if some gigantic stage hand had suddenly dropped an_invisible curtain some- where out there. of that which it is our mors of spine. out there—out there-—surely train, it is the engine! T antcipation pass down our Since childhood we have never been able to watch a_great raflroad train without them. They form part of the romance of raflroading The darkness fa blotted by thing blacker than night itself. We em to s darkness being com pressed before us, layers of night be ing added to night. Then we realize that the long train is already half way down the track to its bumper! * ok ok % As lightly as a feather, the tremen- dous thing slides down the track, while the red caps streak through the gates, one with cap awry, an- other with high flung hands, another all feet, hot-footing it all to the stopping coaches. Slower and slower comes the en- &ine, puffing to a stop at the exact last inch it could cease its forward motion. The action is uncanny, part of this mysterious night, when any- thing at all may happen—and usually does Homecomers waste no time in get- ing through the wide-flur {Union Station at any time of day |espeefally s this true at night. As we |watch the passengers come down be- neath the umbrella shades, they seem to be walking races with each other. One man, two men, then three men and two women, come first into sight They are far ahead of all the They enter the gates, are greeted by | clamorous friends, are whisked a {before we know it They come by t |young men, 0ld wome. | the middle-aged, the well dressed, the poorly clothed, the man of refilnement |and the ma no culture, all hitti t up, pouring into the gate, spreading |out on the other side, appearing a |great mob under the sheds, so nar- row, becoming less and less, almost |nothing, as they get under the huge soma ns, now, old men, the world. Now the stragglers enter, and are lost in their turn Bringing up the rear come the weary conductors, trainmen, ruddy, white-moustaches, glad to be at home, too, one more run done, nothing to do until tomorrow! Such is Union Station at night, which, if you have not visited re- cently, do not so much to go on Journey, to see a picture, tion picture of life in action, the everlasting photograph of mankind in his eternal journey, an ar ving, and a going away again. a mo- WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. | publican Club s that of Mrs W. Wadsworth, jr. The | of the senior Senator from'New York, | who, as the daughter of John Hay, in herited a flair for politics,/ favors American membership in 1 World | Court. Hosts of “regular Republican | women are massing in Washington for | vigorous support of President Coolidge |and of party weasures in the con- | gresslona’ umempign about to open. Assoclaten ~th Mrs. Wadsworth the club activities are Mrs. James Car- roll Frazier, chairman; Mrs. James F. Curtis, vice chalrman: Mrs vice chairman of the Republican rational committ>e; Mrs. David A. ieorge Wharton Pepper, derick H. Gillett, Mrs. Guy D. Goff, Mrs. Charles L. McNary, Mrs. Francis E. Warren, Mrs. T. Douglas Robinson, Mrs. Richard Aldrich, Miss Helen Amory Ernst and Miss Katherine Judge * ok x Representative George H. Tinkham, Republican, of Massachusetts, whe wants the United States to call a con- ference for establishment of a “real World Court,” {s recently back from Europe. There's blood in his eye on the subject of the League of Na tions. He is firmly convinced that membership in the “League Court” would spell the doom of American independence. Tinkham s ready, like the Navy, for either a fight or a frolic in the way of a league argu- ment. If persuasion is desired, patriarchal and plutocratic Congress man from Boston has his pockets fairly bulging with documentary evi- James tals, that the league is the inc: tion' of evervthing evil in hour international politica. Mr. Tink ham is u power in Bay State politics. Harvard man, ex-alderman of Bos- ton, a former State Senator ‘and member of Congress since 1913, he wields {nfluence that, some of his friends say, may be flung in de- structive directions in 1926, if Sena- tor Willlam M. Butler has meantime succumbed to the World Court. * ok ok % It is suggested in Washington that the League of Nations' hand may not be entirely dissoclated with the Karolyls' attempta to break into the United States. The hook on which the suspiclon is hung seems to be the fact that & member of the New York firm which represents Countess Karolyi in her tussle with the State Department is Raymond B. Fosdick. Mr. Fosdick Is one of America’s foremost and most force- ul leazue advocates. He was under- secretary general of the league in 1919 and 1920 and visits Geneva almost annually, If Senator Borah, as is alleged tp be his intention, takes up the cudgels for Countess Karolyl on Capitol Hill there’ll be an entente cordiale between him and Mr. Fosdick that has not been notice- able in the past. (Copyright. 1925.) Free Men! From the El Paso Herald. Free men—Those who tax them- selves to hire agents to make them behaye. Join the Christmas Club! From the Elmira Advertiser. Yes, Christmas comes but once a year; but the enthusiastic celebrant can spend all year paying for it. Adrift. From the San Antonio Express. ‘With apology ta Longfellow: Like A takes | We seem to see something then— | rest. | . young women, | 5| concourse, one of the largest rooms in | al glented wife | in | Alvin T, | the | dence, gathered in Old World capi- | Locarno Conference and League of Nations To the Editor of The Star Articles frequently Star commenting on the Locarno conference which tend to dissociate the results of that conference from the League of Nations. Perhaps The Star will publish an opposite view. The Locarno conference never would have been held if there had been no League of Nations. Some have said the results of that conference were a “blow"” to the league and World Court of International Justice. This shows a misconception of the purpose of the league, the Court and the Locarno conference purpose of these bodies i8 to and establish world peace by means of combination. arbitration and inte ional law. These means hav ing bheen put in successful operation, disarmament will follow as a neces sary consequence. Members of this combination prom- ise to defend any member against an unwarranted attack by cany other | nation. Such combination are not in conflict with the cov of the league, but are recogniz it. Articles 18 to 21, inclusive, of the covenant recognize the right of mem- bers (o enter into “international en gagements, rhitrations,” “treatie Jhligation egional understan ings.”” that ‘are not inconsistent with terms of the covenant, and require t they be registercd with the sec- ariat appear in The Locarno to kee: n careful the covenant, quirements The covenant of the league is simt to the Constitution of the United States. Article 10 of the amend to the Constitution reads: “The pow. ers not delegated to the United States 'y the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States, respectively, or to the people.” So the powers not delegated by mem bers of the league to the covenant are reserved to the members, respec- tively. The powers delegated to t 4 s covenant by its mem bers are very few, compared with powers delegated by the States Constitution of the United S members of the league have th to make as many treatles, or enter into as many international engage ments as they plegse, provided they are not inconsistent with the cove nant, just as the States have to frame constitutions and laws to suit themselves, provided they k in the i f the Constitut The Locarno conference simply utilizes the reserved powers of mem [bers of the Jeague to provid {nate methods of settling dispute tween nations. If these methods fail, the cases may be referred to the World Court or the council of the confernce within th. nd t 1 was very terms of all its re States | provide tribunals and methods of settling dis putes without recourse to the longer d more expensive way of the courts, individual mayv be ap. ed to settle a dispute. But these and inexpensive methods are not low’”” to the judicial system of the subordinate his is just what the Locarno con ference did A. S. DAGGETT, ————— Weather Signs to Be | Noted en December 1 | T | not ~ Editor of The Star 100d weather, e good h last we natura | for symptoms of a change. | For illustration, noti. needle on Decembe It will show t activity, caused by the increased force through which the ear | passing on t day. This is one sigrn when the weather is going to change i Notice the thermometer; it will indi jeate w her too warm for that time i f the ye: This is another sign th {the weather is going to change. ‘m"n the twigs of leafless trees begin- | alth watch out e the compass r ning to move, the % to wave up T wn, and the leafless forest be. coming nolsy on that d. All thesc are important signs that a radical change of weather is going to begin Showers will be increasing in local- tles. All these signs will be caused by the little planet Mercury running directly toward the earth, forcing the {earth away from the sun, which will | result in cold, Wintry speils of weather jfor the rest of that week D. A GROVER, Kansas City, Mo. ———— President Snyder On Hired Athletes From the Greenville Pledmont. Two hundred alumnt College assembled at rence and heard a from President Henry der. Aft agreeing McLeod that foot ball i{s the only sport which is not commercialized | generally, he said, according to the { Florence News-Review. “It i1s the last citadel of amateur sport by gentlemen. If we have to hire our men, the sooner we get rid of foot 1 at Wofford the better. We don’'t want to think of our stu- dents as a purchasable commodity It would poison youns manhood at 1t8 source.” President Snyder then said that some alumni had approached him with requests that he allow them to send a scout “out West” to get a foot ball squad. but he replied: “Gentle- | men. there are two reasons why I cannot permit this: First, it is not i honest: ~second, it reflects on the | physical manhood of our own State.” He went on to say that he likes the color, romance and zest of foot ball, and that dlscipline at college is bet- ter because of sport: Of course, the Wofford president is right. Hiring players is not honest from the viewpoint of clean, honor- able sport and it does reflect upon the physical manhood of South Car- olina. 1If, in the normal course of events, colleges cannot bave foot ball teams without employing play- ers, then it would be better not to have foot ball at all. The usual alibi that one college must hire players bhecause another is doing it is a mighty Door defense. ———— Renaming Cities From the Youngstown Vindicator. The civil development department {0f the Chamber of Commerce of the | United_States finds from a study of the origin of names of cities in 31 States that in the last five vears 63 changes in names have bLeen made. One-third of this number of changes was made in New York. State. The changes made throughout the country in this period outnumbered those of the preceding five years by more than four to one. Last year 24 changes in names were made and the first half of this year 21 towns took new names. The department says that it is ap- parent that interest in local names has increased, due largely to the de- sire to avoid duplication of names and the many annoyances that arise from it. It is many vears since the Post Office Department in_establishing offi- ces avoided the duplication of names in the interest of prompt forwarding of mail without the chance of its being sent to towns of similar names. The changes that have been made of late, such as the shortening by drop- ping a word, are not slight, but new names have’ been adopted. This is possible now, where once it would have been impossible because of senti- ment against such a change. It has been no easy thing to change the names of towns and streets with of Wofford banquet at king speech elson Sny- with Gov. tri World | h will be No- | | | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HAS Q. Can I obtain a patent on a new | machine in which a device that al | ready has been patented to another ,inventor is combined as an element { with other elements, according to my |own ideas?—AL. R. ) | If you have invented a new | useful machine which meets those re quirements of the patent law that must be satisfied in the case of inven- | tlons in general in order to confer pat | entability, the mere fact that one ele i ment of vour machine, considered by litself, has alrendy been patented, will not necessarily stand in the wav of the grant of a patent to you covering the machine. However, the g .' patent to vou upon vour m I ot give vou an fndependent | make and use as a part or ele {it something that has alr been patented by another inventor. You will be liable to the patentee of the de vice, if you actually make the latter and apply it in building your machine, without the permission” of such pat entee, A. and int hine will right to ent of Q. What s the name glven to the grammatical construction which closes a sentence with a preposition” —W. W A. This was named the “Addison fan termination” by Bishop Hurd, cause it was so frequently employe by Joseph Addison Q. When ofcially?—> A. The official termination of the {war, when all peace treatles had been | ratified by their respective govern ments, was August 31, 1921, d War end a1d the Worl 8. & Q. from walls N.E. W A. To remove wallpaper heaping tablespoonful of a gallon of hot water, and apply it to the paper freely with a brush. A whitewash brush fs best for this pur- pose, as {t covers a broader space than other brushes. The water should be kept hot, and after a few applic: the paper can easily be pul the wall. Q. cence, A er's great-niece at ! Q. Is hockey AMW A. In some form known to most of the nor ples of Asla and Europe mans played a game very hockey. Q —M. P A. Sage should be picked the first vear, but three pickings may be made in subsequent years without weakening the plant Q for use one Who is the original of “Inno by Joshua Reynolds?—T. A, R This is a portrait of the painf the age of 6. n anclent gam rn peo. The Ro nilar to S sible to get a license broadcasting now ’—R. D. N. The Department of Commerce says that no more broadcasting tions are being licensed. The: not be licensed until there is a m; rial decrease in the present station A permit is not necessary for the erection of a station, but it is for operation and there are no wave channels open at this time. it pos Q. What Is a snow goose?’—C. B A. The snow goose is an Arctic goose seeninthe United States during its migration, sometimes in vast num- bers. It is pure white except in the black wWing quills, washed on the head with reddish; the beak, which strongly toothed, is pink and the feet reddish. An adult male measures 27 inches long and weighs 5% pounds. 0ss' snow goose i a miniature of the other and is known all over Hud- son Bay country as the “horned wavey. Q. How Many there?—C, C. A. The number of laws on { Federal laws are as of 1924 was 10,48 Q. How tall does sugar cane grow” H. TP A. Sugar cane grows In single stalks, the mature cane reaching u hefght of from 8 to 20 feet. A plan- tation of cane looks much ltke a fi Indian corn stalks of enormous size. Q. Ts it true that America was vis- What solution will remove paper | altpeter to | tions | ed frnml hockey has been | How often should sage be picked” | 1t once | is | the | statute books of the United States| KIN. ited by the Irieh before the tims of ‘L'ulnl’nbus -F. 8 A. A claim to th the discoverers of the tinent has heen put |number of peoples. | Phoenicians, th {Buere, Spaniards, {Irish.” Mgr. Luke | that research in the Vv eran lbraries has broy | terixl relatin, t Brendan { missions | reached turies honor of heir American forward by includi; Egypt North ers has stated atican and La: 1ght to light 1 legend of an I d to have Ame nen and the rv hishop the 1 imbus Q purple prestige A. Purple | kings in the was the finest a the ar It two Kkinds of shells Mediterranean Se tribute its discovery cians and, the sto first discovered ple It Y early days d most The s 1 descent. etor of the Lss Hotel ther st went on coal Anthracite, bituminous, bitur cinder other than A. Cinder £ with the specifications aterial of American nstitute and the Deparunent of merce code “Miminum Rec for Masc Wall Constructi ample strength for in ny type of buil ing to hollow wall ¢ type. Cinder cor blocks have been used struction of a height of mitted and have panel me ights. cte block: « £ wit recognized as nstruction crete h walls tations ay used in skeletor greater 28 (It is the desire and privilege organization this paper mai Washington to reliabl prompt service to all requests formation. This is its purpose and i aim. It often ha however, that readers write in for information and fail to give their names and addresses Such occurrences the bureau helpless and, of o the letters cannot be ansuere order to ax disappointment make certain that your name a» iress is signed to every communication sent to th Bureau. Also be to inclose cents in_stamps for return postan: Address The Star In ation Bureau Frederic J. Haskin, dircctor, T drst and O streets nrest, ington, D. C. Future of the The cloak of evil which the late war spread about the undersea boat still makes the submarine an outlaw in the eves of many American editors in the face of official pronouncements by American officialdom, which ran it among the recognized and neces: sary engines of war. This attitude is explained by the t. Paul Dispatch, which points out “at the Washington conference the British wanted to rule submarines out altogether, the Americans wanted of limitation and the French objected to any restrictions whatsoever. These national policles to date “re- main_unchanged.” in the opinion of the Dispatch. From the time of the conference “until the recent disasters in Great Britaln, America and Italy the submarine had been forgotten, says the Lynchburg Daily Advance, “but is now a lively topic of conver sation,” upon which it makes the comment: ““The submarine is no worse than war itself—it is only an agency of war.” The New York Times finds “Great Britain alone in the affirma tive,” with other great mations still non-committal or waiting some con- certed move, while the St. Louis Post-Dispatch affirms that “‘the meas- ure of success that will attend the movement begun by a number of prominent Britishers to abolish the submarine as a weapon of war de- pends very largely upon whether French naval thought has undergone any change since 1921.” * % K % As to-this point, the Chicago Daily Tribune declares that ‘the French will have nothing to do” with what they call an ‘“Anglo-American pro- posal,” though the Tribune cannot see “with what authority they attach our name to it.” The Rock Island Argus, too, balances British and French agalnst each other, saying that “sentiment is crystallizing In Great Britain in favor of the abandon- ment of this weapon,” but “France Has declared that it will never join in such a program. On the other hand, as the Rochester Times-Union sees & change in the sit- uation “in the fresh atmosphere of Locarno,” it belleves, ‘“suspicions have been dissipated. Never have Anglo-French _relations been more cordial,” which gives hope that ‘“the | ground is cleared for the friendly dis- cussion, perhaps for the settlement, of the submarine question.” On this question the Times-Union declares “this country might well take the lead. Speaking in similar vein, the Springfield Republican says: “With the land frontiers protected by a pledge in which Great Britain shares, it is possible that the French might bring themselves to a concession in the matter of submarines. As for the United - States, no reason has de- veloped since the Washington confer- ence to oppose a reform which it then viewed with sympathy.” * ok kX Numerous papers favor either abol- to include them in the general scheme | Submarine Seems No Nearer Solution | marine. The Salt Lake Deseret ) | states: “Public opinion condem | submarine as a we | direction of naval bmarine were ie Star th: | is no | water boat serving an: in peace the civilized n: well agree to dispense with it in war’; while the Rockford Star contributes the {nformation that “our own Navy officers, even those who serve in t admit that which should Davenport Democr drop the s rine? self as believng that “we could s them easily, if all the nations of world would agr to sign th ind the Saginaw News-Cou that if the elimina 11d be ncec land more than : vs the Albany Eveni that paper asks: “‘Would En ling to relinquish ome other ad vantages of her sea power if the sub marine were banished”” Discussing this same angle of opinion, the Okla homa City Daily Oklahoman asserts of the submarine that “no other arm of naval warfare has ever issued o dead Iy a challenge to England’s domina tion of the seas,” but it concedes that parently the invention of the suh marine reduced the relative strengt of the American Navy as it did that « England.” The Bangor Daily Com mercial sees “the superiority of land on the water increased” if t underseas boats should go, and Ann Arbor Times-News finds country not to blame in seeking outlawing of something that iy “great an obstacle to her absolu command of the s he Charles: Evening Post does not see anythin official in the agitation in England so expresses itself in the words: outery against the submarine in Br ish circles will amount to very litt and the British admiralty will cc tinue to build undersea boats as lor as they are thought to be effective * ok ok There are no dissenting voices when limitation of submarines is suggeste. { “It would not grieve most people were submarines restricted to purely de fensive service,” says the 8an Antonio Evening News. 1In this connection tk I Jersey City Jersey Journal sees in the future ‘“either the abolition of sub marines or great reduction in num and the restriction of their use to tion against combat ships only.” opinfon of these two mnewspape: widely reflected in other quarters & to these limitations being obgerved in the event of real war. This side of the question is voiced by the Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph, which declares that the thing to be outlawed is war {itself,” since “‘there is no such thingas +which people have tong been famillar. ! ishment or-strict limitation of the sub- 'a humane war.”