Evening Star Newspaper, December 11, 1925, Page 6

6 THE EVENING THE EVENING STAR ‘hufarp it was encroached on by dumps. | of duties and responsibilities to depart- With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY .December 11, 1925 THEODORE W. NOYES. . ..Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company | 11th St w York ffce Chicazo Ol spean Office ~ Tower Building 14 Regent St.. Lotdon, England The Fveni tay_morn- = city at 60 « ents pet e e earriers. within | \ts per month: dally only. | monih Ty only, 20 rents | 8 " went by mail or Main ection is made by | carrier at the end of each month Mail—Payable in Advance. land and Virginia. inday 1 ¥r. $0.00: 1 mo. 1 ¥r. S6.00: 1 mo 1y $3.00: 1 mo. All Other States and Canada. 1yr 1 mo.. $1.00 15r 1n 1o Rate by Ma Daily and Daily o Sunday onl; <800 $4.00 Member of the Associated Press. The Assoclated Press i= exclusively entitled for republication of < e dited to Fire Risk and Insurance Rates. A survey of the fire hazard situati in this city is to be made soon by th National Board of hecause of the part of the la panies.” Tt made, dir fact that this city Fire Underwriters Juine n the insurance com “ize alarm ze fire annonncement, afresh just attentior to the ts hizhly orzanization | desbite oncentrated values | heavy 1 high-pres exposed to | Ia in the ss distriet, vstem. Tt i | the proposed surve v he the that part of causes inprehension on criter he tc the labil 2 by € premiums naid 1.0°9 a unon nce Tt has bee heads of | section of the District and devoted to An attractive would be preserved { park use, and as a connection between Rock Creek Parl it would greatly inc ness. ind Potomac Park ise their useful- Development of Rock Creek Park north of Alaska avenue to the District line will make more useful to the pub- lic the iarge of lind already owned by the Government, and this would be of particular benefit to the new sections of north Washington, which have built up east and west of Rock ‘Creek. One object of the Na- ract s | tional Capital Park Commission is to | preserve streams that flow into Rock eck. The topography of the country ilready been much changed. The of many of the old brooks has been cut and the vales of the brooks are being fast filled and built tion of the streams that is desirable itself. supp! Preser Rock on feed Creek !The brooks and vales are worth pre- serving in order that people may look on what may be called bits of the If the preserved, original scenery of the District feeding not Rock Cres bowlders, and the only w down the valley will be the rain that falls on its immediate watershed. Th Zihlman bill should have the sincere consideration of everybody interested in preserving certain parts of the Dis- streams are ill hecome a bed of dry ter ! trict for public use and for reasons of sentiment. e No Check in School Building. . By zunizations of itiz concerned In the proper f Washington's school sys- AR st the proposed cut in the spriation for new dling to them 1 offi funds put building Protest voiced civie others velopment tem D! construction. the cutting of the 1 th n bill tive-year school: next app would n opard »pria the J pro is most urgently to be hoped that b the program ¢ public They tequate ere wi no check in con tion < ye a ssram means @ q complication have suf n quarte n any this the phase piling up ently more arrears, oblem and heavier costs in of a small fraction we of for pro tect Wast Tk »n in the b eedingly aping a conflagration se been ring its bui tions here a o fighting chances of spread. The is well organized and sipped and managed. Yet the vi essential factor in fire fighting, the supply of water, is always slender, | &nd in the g a lar quickly exhau: For a city located on the shores of zreat river, the water from which be used without fighting in case of need, the continued practice pending upon the store of filtered drinking water for fire ex- tinguishment is not only highly un economical, but is an invitation to dis aster. Many years ago the possibility and need of relieving the ordinary wa ter supply from and of assuring an ample store of wa- ter for fire fighting were urged upon Congress. At that time an effective high-pressure system could have been tnstalled for $100,000. Now it will cost. according to latest estimates, about $1,500,000, or about fifteen times as much. h year of delay adds tol the prospective cost. Each year in-| creases the risk. Each vear, it is now | indicated, will cost the property own e of & major fire, cover- | the supply would be | ed a can ¥ this needless drain ers of the District heavily in terms of additional insurance premiums, exact ed from them by the i panies in con surance com- equence of the compara tively unprotected state of the busi ness section of Washington. There is no economy in such delay There is, indeed, grave risk of appall ing loss, costing infinitely more than the cost of installation. Now is the | time to make this long-delayed move 10 protect Washington, which includes the Government itself, from such a catastrophe o 1t has doubtles o Senator Borah t ! more or less lon have occcupled nistory. been at observed men in prominent who we thew opinions places in | Political not vet massa R— = in Turkey have| far to abolish | as a national custom. | gone so as re R — The Parkway Bill. 1 The Zihlman bill to appropriate | $600.000 to complete the Rock Creek- | Potomac parkway and to carry out | driveway and landscape plans in Rock Creek Park north of Alaska has been introduced in the The of this bill agreement between the Ro Pot Commiss: National Capital Park Commis: avenue House. provisions are mac Parkway n, the | on and With com parkway between Rock and Park, the ommission will pass out of being and further park development will be carried on by the National Cap- ital Park Commission. The appro- priation carried by the bill will per! ‘mft the purchase of the land needed for the parkway. Land values have considerably °d since the proj- ect came into public notice, and the value of land needed for this District improvement is still rising. Acquisition of land, parcel by parcel, has been going on for several years covering Rock Creek Valley between the Zoo and the upper part of Po. tomac Park, and completion of the project seems in sight and could be quickly brought about by the enact- ment of the pending bill. The result would be that the lower section of Rock Creek Valley, which is far from leing a thing of beauty, will be made over that it may resemble the valley e Fine Arts Commission. pletion of the Creek Park Patomac parkway increa w | ctation of this city 1 the 1opted that there ying was the confident exy peaple of w five ear program was 11d be no lack of funds | Soviet building provision was | i 1 upon the assumption of an uninterrupted series of appropriatios school building program is not ot to any reasonable curtailm score of economy. For there i economy in On the the withholding of 4 million dol. st s the necessity to a more than a million later. Each year the school population of the District increases. Its rate of in- crease will advance as the Capital community grows, for the of growth {s always an acceleration when a city reaches the half-million point Suburban Washington, the Washington that lies bevond the boundaries of the two adjoining States, delay. con rate { will continue to depend upon the local stem for educational facili- Congress prohibit school s ties, and unless stint for fire{ h, enrollment of children from be-| terms the | congestion in the District schools will vond the borders on any nerease at a more rapid rate than at present. All these taken into account by tions committees in framrng the Dis- trict bill. Holding the District budget down to a certain figure is not to be justified on the score of Federal econ omy, especially if the lump-sum pro- vision is adhered to by Congress in the shaping of this new bill. The school item of all those in the budget should be maintained at the figure re quired by commitments already made and the actual demonstrated needs of the system. considerations should be the appropria- . Debate on tax Thold attention closely. The subject is jone that makes expert accounting of more interest than eloquence. —.— Departmental Reorganization. A bill has been introduced in both houses of Congress which if enacted into a law will simplify the process of departmental reorganization, ently necded for the ereate ficie and economy of the Govern- ment service. This bill provides for the creation of a board consisting of Representatives, two Senators and a chairman appointed by the President, this board to consider and recommend organization changes. bu- two and consolidations for approval If this is adopled a simple w au transfers the order. will have been found to effect the r adjustments that are on all tnowledged to be needful. It is evident that reorganization by general legislation will bLe accom plished, if at all, with dificulty and delay. Every bill for that purpose that is offered is subjected to prompt and stubborn opposition. Any tlement of the question by means of a direct legislative action would necessarily, if effected at all, be in the nature of an unsatisfactory compromise. 1f these pending bills become a law the two houses of Congress will have in a sense delegated their powers to a majority of the proposed board. These four members of the board will be named, respectively, by the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate. Congress will thus, in effect, have the control in the matter. The decision will be up to the President. But, inasmuch as appropriations must be made by Congress, and no reorgani- zation can be effected without appro- priations for maintenance, the legis- lative body has the final word. It is needless to point out the urgency of this measure of reshaping the business organization of the Gov- ernment. The overhead wastage in the administrative organization due to the overlapping and duplication of functions and the lilogical allocatio Presiden his & and a- sides reduction does not | | i | | i | | | {red government at | was it fenvoy realized that he was getting no ments and bureaus is enormous. True sonomy demands concentration such as in any business establishment. In its organic scheme the depart- mental administration 1s as loose and unbusinesslike today as it fs in its housing. Physically the departments and bureaus are ‘“scattered all over the lot.” Organically they are dis inted and poorly co-ordinated. Th important question is how to correct this condition. The %ill now before “ongress is probably the most effective imswer. Doumergue Hats e Draws the Line. off to President Doumergue of France! He has won in a contest with the Soviet Aml ssador at Paris on a matter that may seem trifing, but is nevertheless vital in the realm of sen- timental politics. It is the custom whenever a new Amb: sador is re- at the Elysee Palace for the band to play the national anthem of his count When M. Rakovsky some time ago announced his intention to call upon the President of the republic to present his credentials, it was made known that the band would not on that occasion play the “Internation al which is the official hymn of the Moscow. There- upon M. Rakovsky sent word that he would not go to the palace until the strains of the battle hymn of com munism were sounded. M. Doumergue replied that the Soviet could suit himself on that that no revolutionar echo in his official residence while he tenant. Recently the Russian ceived Ambassador . but should scory song where by holding to the “‘Internati ale reception music, and he made his formal call to the notes of a flourish from the bugles of in infantry battalion drawn up in front of the Elysee. Of course, thi: does not affect his for- ally accredited representative of the rnment to the French Re. public, but it Is nevertheless gratify ing to sound government supporters ervwhere that France has not rec the music of murd; ———— n and the Debt. d as fol- 1 men: as his has Just us as the Frenchme ench laborers are repor lowing the example of Italians ing small sums to the gove to ald F in its financial M. Briand has receiv a lette ance i from | French workman inclosing twenty-five franes, his day's wages, while Petit sien reports a sum of twelve francs “eived from a building yard watch man, who urges that the government organize ¥ nal was done in Italy. Whatever the feeling in this coun try regarding the French debt, and the result of the recent negotiations, actions of this kind should impress on the American pub dire necessities of the French tion, It aver: w subscription, to situa. also gives an insight into patriotic French mind, that the French people re: res: the nd lize ing conditions in their own show the d country. M. Briand, the premier, is urged in one of the letters to be “the Foch of peace,” to be energetic and to “get us out of this hole.”” He is assured that all Frenchmen are with him. Spirit of this kind augurs well for a tisfactory debt settlement with one of America’s heaviest debtors. — e ——— Tunes like “Turkey in the Straw"” said to appeal most to Henry Ford. If Detroit decides to become a muslcal center, it may develop American music from basic principles are an ——————— racing is still popular in spite Hors of the extraordinary facilities devised | by Florida land salesmen for playing with real money and getting rapid action. ——— About the only course open to the, American farmer appears to be that of trying to be more of a business man and less of a politican. ———r—e——— BY PHILANDER JOHNSON A Statesman Obliges. politics an enemy his srudge will hold, Pursuing it unto the bitter end No matter what you ask a fellow mem ber of the fold, He'll do it as a favor to a friend. In ancient 1f in the Constitution there are things vou disapprove And he can pass a motion to amend, You simply have to ask him to be up and on the move. He'll do it as a favor to a friend. The praises of the Eagle Bird he's never known to shirk And yet if very closely you'll attend, Youwll find a wonderful amount of oratoric work Is largely as a favor to a friend Long Speeches. “Are you going to make any long speeches in Congres: “I don't think so0.” answered Sena- tor Sorghum. “You must have a lot of pull to get the chance, and then you are liable to say something that'll leave you with no pull at all.” Family Budget. n figuring on economic lines Although we may begrudge it, We'll count the average cost of motor fines And put it in the budget. Jud Tunkins says war is terrible foolish, but so is the way a lot of folks entertain themselves in peace times. Joy Unconfined. “What has become of daylight sav- ing?” “Don't know. The problem now seems to be to find some method of prolonging the hilarious nights.” Burning Corn. “When farmers burn corn during a fuel famine is there any special method employed?” “Dunno,” answered Uncle Bill Bot- tletop, ‘‘unless they use an alcohol lamp.” “De man dat makes it his business ta find fault,” said Uncle Eben, “don’t e nothin’ but busy days” > STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, DEC Col. Loganberry H. Ball looked hard at Mary Roque. She, in her turn, looked steadily at him. What if she had deliberately lled to the old man? She had tried to save him pain, and felt justified in the means she had taken. “Miss Roque,” slowly began the big man from the West, “I saw Bill Hen- nick on the street car yesterday after- noon."” a ol que, using Perhaps there v too, over the fate of the King of 17 whom the colonel had just out into the hall. liss Roque, 1 hired you to find fout certain facts about my daughter Maisie,” went on Col. Ball “Yes." “You told Ball?" her ve smiled hest Mary smile. me she 1 gone Florida with Bill to make th tune.” His face began to get r and redder. “Yes, I am afraid T did, Col. T “Well, then 1 find Bill here in Wi fngton, runnin; cet car, and says, ‘Why, hel I thought you were in Florida most dropped the change he handing me for my ticket. “He says Col. Bil, M She-—she left me, me feel sorry for the “I said, ‘She left yc left you He said, ‘Yes, she I said, ‘She beat it, Rill, what do you mean 3ill “Why run away from me, colonel, that's all.’ “I tell you, Miss Ltoque, it nearly knocked me off the platform. ‘My Maisie, run ¥ m - you with? I asked him. Bill says, ‘I don’t know who with, ether she we Jjust gone The “Why Roque to to says, ‘Why to Floridi Ma . Bill, Ma beat i says, she or/w that's breathe u tell didn't There wa been « studio-of! who colot a silen: k Mary out.” ind incr knew 1 Roque, He ter you thou vour hot Yo dan ht: i smiled he we fuce of th a smoked best smile hen facing which combined, in lous manner person fessional tou “Youn you, but find Col. Ball. “Thank you, sir."” “You are a wi ought to know just handle a matter lik lady, T g hea ng woman EXacHy B he went of and 1o this, 1s a bit of a laugh in | THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. who | | neve “Maybe you had a right to conceal matters from me. I ain't sure about the ethics of the thing, or whatever you call it.” “I am not sure, either, Mary Roque. So that is why I come back to you to ask you if you won't keep on helping me “find my daughter,” (He pronounced it “dotter.”) “I certainly will, if you will let me. I feel as it we have only begun in| this case, now that vou have done a little investigating of your own, Col. dl. How does Mr.—Mr. Hennlck take it?" Bill_ savs ain't much worrled | about Maisie. 1e says if she didn't think enough of him to stay with him until_he could make more money, then he don’t care nothing ahout k at all. He said it just like that all.” he said.” I suppose you don't feel the same wity “You bet .your claimed Col. Ball, oftly said he. t hat T don't!" ex-i his cold blue eves ttering. “She’s my daughter, and | oughtn't to he running around | 11 ov e United es by herself., | get into all sorts of trou- | E t bie.” Mary htest ¢hild wn wrinkle Toque susple he had saw he had not the | f what sort of a age” had | over him without creating a | in his simple psychology. | Mary tried to picture Maisie as she knew she bhe—lips reddened, cheeks 1 1 hair falling in furehead, stockings, 1 too littl 1z brains ch thing elsc shuddered inside herself at the ctive brain was calling uy man feit thiat she, Mary was an exact duplicate his yward daugh Yet what st difference w Mar say that, to he without L bit boastful, for women are con ted w L v there was! never Intently at one | ire srowing never seen Probably he 11n hogs the paper-white suck 3 He had special From outside r of Washington traflic, d: louder. If one had lool d have raff earth, “Why, ¢ Tw she answered unexpec t in the hall th tedly. ing the | ft assed some fur- between ed the face of | . as he gum-shoed after hearing every passed between the two | | | Washin, self azain precedented session_a ready ve party strife and ax.z age, sex and previou content will bristle to its end w hizh and low degree. hody will plot and plan wi 19 What happens hetween now and next decide the fate of pa men, not only at the gressional elections, but lential campaign of 1928 new tax bill is of the non-partisan _and bi which made it possible will come to fan end. “No qu will_be the watchword thenceforward. Of such is the kingdom of American politics on the threshold of a biennial fight for the control of Congress * * s with pa The session, ummer may >s and of states impending con- | in the presi way, N it Polit ns aver that the testing time of Calvin Coolidge’s capacity for party leadership arrived. For the first time he has on his hands a House and Senate t front him as Pres ident in his own right. They came into office by grace of t he came—in November, 1924. idge policte hioned by “the from Massachuseits, and not inherited from a preceding regime, are at stake. ick business is not in Coolidge's He never indulges in velt stuft” to accomplish his purpose. His critics say it is not in him, even if he belleved in strenuous methods. But the President’s r ord is not de void of sledge-hammer blows at chological moments. If he is caught in a jam with Congress, admirers are | confident he will hit out, and hit hard. Mr. Coolidge’'s closest confidantes— men like Butler, Stearns and Morrow ~—never know what the President is #oing to do until he gets ready to co it. So the country is monished to be r ly for Coolidge surprises when- ever the emergency demands them. The Democrats no longer will unduly spare the President’s feelings. His honeymoon is over, as far as they're concerned, and the great scolds of the Senate minority—Harrison, Reed, Car away, et al.—will soon blaze away at him. But Calvin Coolidge is worry vroof. Cool- This observer traveled West on the Chicago-bound Coolidge special. These periodical train journeys of the Pres ident are not back-slapping expedi- tlons. He isn’t much of a fraternizer. During the 18 hours between the Po tomac and Lake Michigan, 3Mr. Cool- idge was visible to his traveling com- panions only at dinner and breakfast time. On those occasions he indulges 'n monosyllabic conversation with the dining car steward, but the inter- course has to do exclusively with the business in hand. The President is an apostle of concentration. At meals he devotes himself to food, at least when awheel. Men who tour regularly with Mr. Coolidge v that he prefers the dining car soclety of his wife to that of anybody else. They invariably eat together and alone. * X ok % Watched the President read his morning paper, the early edition of & Chicago journal sent a couple of hun- dred miles down the line. Coolidge turned first to the back page filled with news pictures. He studied it in- tently while his order of orange juice, country sausage, toast and coffee was on the way. It was five minutes be- fore the President betook himself to page 1, with the hiz stuff of the day beneath “strenme:” headlines. Then When the | the | ballot when | man | { which | | |ice h the ins Washington Wisconsin ident Harc nat the th favorit om ip section looked in was his * He: serv Ch - Wa * The other n| in the Windy f the Jewish Theatrical Guild able society. A well known told of a member of his race profession who habitually claims Jews all men and women who hieve celebrity on the stage. The speaker said it reminded him of a New York East Side Jewish boy wh cently stood up in an Americaniz d.. in answer to the qu “Who was Abraham I “A Jew.” When the as - er asked why the iad thought Lincoin was a Jew, he replied: “Well, his first name was Abraham. He had a black beard, and he was killed in Ford's Theater! tion 1nize branch char and 15 * * presentative Fred A. Britten of Tlinois faces a pretty fight with a pretty widow in 1926. She aspires to his seat in Congress and is now an openly avowed candidate for the Re- publican prin ry nomination. Her { name is Mrs. Jacob Baur of the Chi (ninth) _congressional district. | Mr. Britten . has represented | continuously since 1913. Mrs. Baur one of the young Republican leaders of Tllinois. She was cradled in politics, having been pher at Mark Fanna's quarters in the 1896 campaign. e she learned the G. O. P. game from astute teachers as Charles G. Dawes, W. T. Durbin and Albert B. Cummins. Later Mrs. Baur was private secretary to three Chicazo \postmasters in guccession. Durin the war she made a reputation chairman of the Illinois women's liberty loan committee. e engagements in Milwaukee writer to sound Air Serv- in “Billy” Mitchells home town. Milwaukee is 110 per cent pro-Mitchell. He has heen un- officially adopted as its favorite son. If there's truth in current rumors | that Mitchell is coming home next | ear to run for the United State Senate. the section of Wisconsin where he spent his boyhood will ap- arently be for him with a whoop. The Mitchells still rank among the . F. W.'s along the southern shore of Lake Michigan. Alexander Mitch- ell, the colonel's father, was a pioneer Milwaukee banker, and his father, John L. Mitchell, was a United States Senator. “Billy” is réemembered by Milwaukeeans of his own years as a dashing, dare-devil voungster, who gave certain indication of being a “hell-raiser” in whatever field he_ de- cided to invade. In Milwaukee, what- ever happens to Mitchell at the end of his court-martial, his halo is on ice and ready fos delivery. (Copyright, 1925.) ot Square to the Victim. From the Norfolk Daily News. The wealth of King Tut's tomb is pretty good evidence that there was honor among the anclent Egyptian murderers. Speakin: enabled th sentiment that the ! Lior EMBER 11, 1925. Fair Pay for Teachers Who Hire Substitutes! To the Editor of The Star Tuesday and Wednesday The S printed articles on substitute teache: pay. No teacher should be expected to work for less than $4: it is little enough, but hould not be from the salar by a contagious disease contr line of duty. During the school if teachers are infected and h let fever, measles, diphtheria whooping cough, to continue the pres ent system of requiring the suffere pay the bills incident to medical care, pay the substitute and in many cases rry the rest of their life with organs permanently injured by the disease is wrong. It should not be ssary for the teacher to prove that she contracted the disease outside of her school if the disease developed dur ing the school term. Here is n case: A teacher a home properly heated, going 1o school in a coupe motor car to avoid exposure in wet or cold weather, re turning home for hot lunch at noon and dressing properly. This is men tioned to show that she did her part to keep fit. Her portable school was on her arriving frequently as cold as out of-doors, and the week before she was stricken it rained seve < the roof leaked. She took cold, prepared the mucous membrs nose and throat for diphtheria tion. The Health Departm carriers in_her room must bear the ph her bills to regain he recover from this disease with nervous system, heart or kidneys damaged. A Government clerk, wearing high rench heel slipy while negotiating 1 perfectly good flight of stairs in her office building was picked up at the bottom with her broken siherwise in need of a “beauty doctor. receiv ompensation. But a her laid low by a di con acted in the line of duty gets noth Jut_the sympathy of her co-wor Many teachers must earn their iving, some must aid in the suppor of others, and hem is a living in found teacher ing own calamity Congress has required them to work zes of an unskilled laborer but for the war they or less tha 1 oups Thousands o whe toward 1 the weather ferc a wh was Dece Jod and the owed L ». result 11 scattered when Mercury earth sun's rey movs toward the If hundreds of milli have noticed tha planet tionary position ns of Venus t 20 ni a earth, Jan he earth out un's force, re places, cool ro weather 1 they their e ple co o5 sulting of scientific vigilance, Venus. the br « " now seen r sunse rn sky, 0 miles toward Washington Other pi arou u wil the earth about time, Jar 15, atary posttions will v “enus this Janu © the weather in ind 20 record lowing changes: Showers cool, cold ssure followed b uake s in places. This dash Venus directly toward the -arth 1st only a few minutes, but who can tell what records afterward will result during the four davs between Janu ary 15 and 207 D. A. ROVER. Kansas City, Mo, - Occoquan Highway Is Opposed as Unsafe or of The Star opposing the location of of Columbia workhouse On the contrary, 1 believe xcellent institution, very well all that it managed should s are very compete poter. nt 1t men of I The workhouse has taken and untillable plece of or and good manags ment has transformed it into a ver desirable part of the landscape Nor do I oppose the road through it as a private road. The people in the nefghborhood—every man, woman and chili—know every local automo. bile sight. But I do oppose this road as a link in a national h way over which pass incessantly every few minutes of th day a string of automobiles from al parts of the country. These autono- biles offer the eq L pe le methods of escape. Only the dumbest of p oners will not avail themselves of it All that a prisoner has to do is to Step on the running board of some automobile coming from New York Pennsvivania, or anywhere else, and he is out of reach in a few minute: for no one know the machine which he sped av It it were oni a private road this machine would once be recognized. Another objection is that the road from Washington to Richmond is the old colonial Kings highway, wkich followed the easiest ascents and de- scents. In the deflection which has been made through the workhouse climb has to be made to 300 feet above the level of the sea, and then on leaving the workhouse, a descent of 300 feet must be made to sea level. This is very tortuous and exceedingly dangerous.” The climb must be made out of this hole to regain the coastal plain on which the main road rums. All the prominent men who have studied the problem recognize this blotch on the main highway. The Virginia highway commissioner and others interested in the matter have recognized this and sought to change it. As for my part, I object to the taxpayers-of the District of Columbia being assessed to make this unrea- sonable deflection as a public high- way. It adds greatly to the expense of the highway and should not be made. >~ JOHN McELROY. ¥ “Policemen’s Guns’® Are Commended To the Editor of The Star: 1-like your editorial, “Policemen’s Guns,” in your issue of December 7 very much. I am not a policeman nor the son or relative of one, but I certainly sympathkize with them in their difficult task of law-enforcement these days. The pretended concern the interests of well being of pay | ind perhaps | na | and offi- | in| will the automatic led on Sixteenth Q. How soon signals be ins 1 | street’—M. E. S. | ! "A. It is hoped to have them in by | | Christmas ev The boulevard system | | when completed on Sixteentb street |ix to extend from I street to Colo- rado road. Q. TPlease settle an argument. Which are the drumsticks of a fowl, the legs or wings?—W. W. A. The drumsticks are the lower juints of the legs of a dressed fowl. I Q. Is there anything that I can com bine with paraflin that will render it ague and a cl white?—1. B. N. y mixing zinc white (zirn ) with the paraffin. This pigment much used in paints o of fineness, whiteness and coverix Q. When was the last Fulton celebration”—C. A. It lasted from to October 9, 1909 Q. Should suy for radio aerials?—H. J. A. The Loomis Rad that, while it is generall that’ iron in the vicinity of absorbs some of enersy, ports are frequently emplo this purpose on zccount of the chanical advantages. Observe t { ticed steel towers used by all | large broadcasting stations, whe s are also installed us required The aerial should be well from the iron pole and few fe ay from it by a stout rope. The Is should | At right direc Hudson ptember | iro yorts be used A o savs | believed aerial e m sup a ! poss it 1t the h o ther burned money burned and redeemed Genl The Two term means arnful v that the s up in the Spring a ll?—L. H. T. drop fron all through the maj tward « aples of exa swelling is int the s s to interfere jon of th 1. The e finest 0 ith shaft | | but never so great woul profiles of inward entasis is almost |than the cities, | personal 1e ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKI} Q. How old is Nazimova? as she born?—N. R. T. A. She was born in Russfa {n 1879, S0 is 46 vears old. Q. Was the Krag rifle used in the World War? How far will it carry true?—P. G A. The ationa! Rifle Association that the Krag rifle was not used the World War. It w the service rifle of the War of 189 The nev & rifle, with good an will r true to a distanc 1,200 yards. Where Wi i Jt has been sta of China d that the ceme cover a larger Some beautiful bu with monuments, . lakes and bridged streams cemeterfes are small The site of the cemetery is s with great care, the graves be ced on an eminence, if possi eferably looking down! terie are P vate valled lecte How many when b 120 though this count count to white peopl (Did Hask tion of write to Frderie J m any ques- sou You can ash fact and oet the Here is a great ed nto the live people in the newspaper readers answer in a er. most N Snerica part the cational i of the It troduced There i n rector. Burcau northicest, 2 conts 1 Fre The Informa Wasi stre Star | of the present | the anthry believe that must mad onomic basis. and that 11d be stampeded into The operators vided 2 tentat public, i ion produced ind side s ultima upon a sc neither agreement iy to be unj I a commissic wages i to consider In operators ttacking the position Indianapolis ‘s the history such controver | sies and of the present ladjustment. “The min pages i 1 vies of their record of action in coq | controvers states the News, “that do mot meet with public roval There is much of & reg {in their course in the present anthr: ite dispute, when they 1 o act in a more moderate manner, | the operators might at least have met | with them for discussion. That can be said without asserting that they should have accepted the Pinchot pro- ram, which is impracticable in many | respects and could not be ¢ ained | without moditication.” ' To | Baltimore Sun adds of the attitude of t both Mr. Pinchot a assumed the negotiatio jclearly insure | public interests e operat d the miners have position of welcoming s on a basis which would the protection of while the propos of the operators themselves, appar- ently at least, seem to have been | framed purely with their own inter ests in mind Unless, however, there is a “meeting minds hetween overators and * according to the Pittsbus iazette-Times, “there can be not se tlement.” The Gazette.Times further believes that “it were better they be permitted to fight out their differences, even at the cost of considerable incon venience to a part of the public, th to compel resumption of operations of min not endure.” But the declaration that “public sympathy is likely to swing strongly to the side of the miners” is ade by the Philadeiphia Public Ledger, in reviewing the “flat reje tion of ‘the Pinchot plan” by the oper- ators, who, in the opinion of the Ledger, “take upon their own shoul- ders, so far as public opinion is con erned, the burden of full res bility for continuing the present dead- lock.” “On the whole,” s World, “the operators’ letter is an in- adequate justification of their refusal even to begin parleys. The least they can attempt is to make a genuine counter-proposal along the lines traced by Gov. Pinchot.”” Credit is given to the miners, on the other side, by the e s the New York individual lawbreakers, in the mouths of other would-be lawbreakers—per- haps of the same sort if they had the nerve—or individuals of whatever other calling they prefer to be known by, is simply sickening. This sort who are so free with their guns al- ready have an enormous advantage over the officer of the law, and all too infrequently “‘get theirs” before they have laid low some policeman in the performance of his duty. I think we should have more of such editorials, | of their one-time ¥ n | on an uneconomical basis that would | ponsi- | |the Hollywood Citizen ask nd more policemen of the type ccommended. J. §. PETRIE LY - i Public Demands Economic Basis in Coal Settlement omes and a without anthracit verity of the stitutes i enterprise: e State. o indust an pportin not hout and it argues operators appears with revelation of the f. they 1 offer to the strikers t opened the way for new negotiat on what appeared to be fair gr The public’s interest is prim: tered on it can be continy thracite right to expec 15 o result of stampedi into an unfair agreement kezon Chronicle, further ‘the miners have made the hound to be fatal if persisted taking the role of arrogance operator: ndon it.” and that “the have not learned anything of the f. nists holds son us. that guar The suggestion tha ment could have done some the present £t Borah bill had been passed by the Portland Oregon Journ the further comment: “It done something if between and the President measu been previously adopted bany Evening News also says “the public will demand that Congress take some action to prevent a wore situations like this; that the United States is not to be made to suffer ir definitely because of private wars The Little Rock Arkansas Democr also, revognizing that ‘“peopls are weary of the annual wrangling.” sax they will welcome “even Iederal it tervention.” Of the proposal to arbitrate, il Bristol Herald-Courier states: T} plan of arbitration may mnot be the same that the operators had in mind when they urged art ion before the strike, but it is a fair pl Pueblo Star-Journal opinion that “unless something unes pected occurs, it is likely that the rike will be fought to a finish,” wh cs: “What we going to do when it seems imposs ble to bring forth a suggested solutio that will be accepted by the Govern ment as representative of all the peo ple?” “The country ought not,” according to the Richmond News-Leader, “to put pressure to bear on the operators to accept the compromise terms of Mr Pinchot. The strike has not produced and is not apt to cause, real distress among the general public. Unless an thracite is to be put quite out of the reach of the consuming public, the perennial strikes must be ended. is better to soe this one through t to ch up a peace that will be by sain next year.”