Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1925, Page 6

THE EVENING ‘With Sunday STAR Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. Tower Buil 14 Rexent St., London, Chicago ( Buropean Of The Evening Star, with the Sunday morn- € edition elivers ho city at 60 cents e 45 cents per month per morth Ord telephone Main carrier at the en 00: 1 mo 061 m 00 1w All Other States and Canada. AR e 1yr 15r d Sunday ! S0 imol. The Traffic Bill. oduced the «ive Blanton of ate i the bill t airector been in Represen . and In tt Having House by Texa Cappe the powe the District gainin me of th desirable legislative items to be enuct ed at this Cone Giving first eutho e &l of Kansas s of t of Columbin is rapidly momentu most sess th n of traffic directol o since ho took oftic Ly over the vehicular traffic of tty, the bill, If passed by Con- shou:& result in immediate im- nts fn an admittedly serlous for the real situation. Hampered by fty, Mr. Eldridge carry out effectively the ter traffic code passed at the la It is to cure this condit tional legislation is neede Clear-cut e the bill opposition from the District or It provides simply that the trafic di rector shall have assigned to him the s of the Police Department on duty. It gives him authority to te all vehicular traffic, including cars, and it solidifies his posi- s an important member of the y of the District to the t of the bill, ridge can trol traffic in Washington. He will have the power to accomplish the betterments which Congress in- tended code. He “figureh In giving euthority toes. Appa » division of author been unable to 18 of the and concise in structure, sunte either members of Congress. rould mb. reg street will 2 ad be no longer only a Mr. Eldridge additional the bill steps on no one’s ntly ¥e only opposition from the street car com- vho believe that they possess hts In the traffic scheme and the sooner it is borne | m that every user of the rate in promoting the better will be ms in the bill may These may climlnated without disturbing rable features of the measure, give the director a mobile specially tralned. traffic of- the laws laid down by s to enforc lized traffic and en- have long been the aim in of this city trongly behind ipport the move- c control in the powers therefor: Sltion estate is creating nio its holders and pro- | as it continues to call | ons by the income | moters except for In tax colle The French pesple are probably be- ginning to suspect that they have too many military experts and not enough reliab attitude of Col. 1 is that of a defendant, and Eometimes Mitch deliver- The Senatorial Status. Political considerations would the deci Benate committea on pri electio inst Gestrn: aside, it ion of the ileges and ing the Senator- om North Dakota is fusti- fled by las the precedents. In this zovernor of the State appointed a Senator to fill a vacancy caused by death. There is no pro- wiston for such an appointment in lieu of an election, but there is a provision that the governor may appoint State officers. Is a tor of the United States a State officer? On that ques- tion the issue of the status of this appointee and his right to sit in the te. A Senator of the United States rep- resents his State. He does not, how- ever, discharze any State duties. His salary is paid by the United States. His expenses in going toand from his State to the scene of his duties are paid by the Federal Government. The oath administered to him by the Vice President the United States, or, In his absence, by the President pro temnore of the Senate. He enjoys no immunity from arrest or molesta- tion save in the discharge of his du- ties here at the Capital. He takes no part in the enactment of laws for his State. He performs no administrative duty for his State. Save for the fact that he represents his State In the pational legislature he is not recog- pized as a member of the State organi- zation. The Congress of the United States is created to enact laws for the gov- ernment of the Nation. It is a dele- gate body composed of members of the House of Representatives and of the Senate, the former apportioned to the population of the States, the latter two in number from each State. Its rea- son for being and its function are purely Federal. The contention that a Eenator is a State officer is contrary to the Federal principle of government prganization and if carried Lo its logl seem th the pend: is « in the future, ae- | in the passage of the traffic| ! kota. {is desirab) | this country. cal extent would destroy the funda- mental character of the Congress. In former times when Senators were elected by the Leglslatures it was occa- sfonally contended that they could be “instructed” as to their votes by the Legislatures. Rareiy however, did Sen- ators yield to or follow such instruc- but, on the contrary, they re- sisted them on the ground that they were officers of the Federal Govern- ment and not of the States, and that the source of thelr selection did not render them subject to directfon or control from the State capitals. This question was never settled legally, for there was no legal method of deter- mining it. However, in the course of time the principle hecame established that “instructions” could not be en- ed and that once elected Senators to follow their own con- It wonld seem that this principle is | determining factor in the ¢ rator-designate from North Under the present senatorial elections by direct vote of the people, instituted by constitutional amendment. in mos! vacancies are filled by special elections and ap- pointments by governors are rare Tt that the Senate roll be system of complete, and yet emergencies ise to render ppointments. save by spe. m by th la ping with the spivit of nth amend vacancies un- it ent for the di- Ltors i ———— No Writ for Chapman. By deeision of the Federal judge at tfond. Gerald Chapman is denied a writ abeas corpus for his return to the Atlanta Penitentiary to ser out his term of twenty-five years for mall robbery. He therefore, re- manded to the custody of the State of Connecticut for the execution of the sentence of death imposed upon him for the murder of & policeman. Un- less further reprieve is graated pend- ing appeal to higher courts, Chapman will be hanged on the 3d of March. If appeal is taken and further reprieve is granted the execution will be post- poned until the United preme € the question at issue, purely a ques- tion of law as to whether a commuta- tion of sentence can be imposed upon a prisoner for the purpose of the exe- cution of a severer penalty in another jurisdiction. In his decision yesterday Thomas swept aside the contention that commutation could not be im- posed upon Chapman. He declarel that there is no constitutional right ® incarceration, that the right of s prisonment s not inalienable. fre found that there is a difference be- tween pardon and commutation. A person can decline a pardon, but, as Judge Thomas holds, he cannot de- cline a shortening of his term. Chap- man having already served a part of his twenty-five-vear sentence, the re- cent action of the President in com- muting it is not an obliteration of the stain of gullt, nor would it restore the prisoner to his civil rigats. A pardon, holds the judge, imvolves a grant which cannot be hrposed agafnst the will of the granter. A prisoner may refuse to accept the gift of the state, but the state does not need hi: quiescence to its right to his s tude. Probably never before was such a case brought into court. The whole purpose of the present contention in behalf of this prisoner is to prevent the execution of sentence. Should Chapman’s claim be granted by the highest court the spectacle would be presented of a law breaker citing his owr crime as a bar to the infliction of peralty for another crime. It is contended for Chapman by some who are in sympathy with him that he was not granted a fair trial, | that the evidence against him was not conclusive. The higher courts of Con- necticut have sustained the trial as fair and the verdict as warranted by the evidence. His escape from punish- ment, even at the cost of a veritable lifetime spent in prison elsewhere for another crime, would be a severe blow to the cause of law enforcement in At present the gravest public apprehension is felt lest the law be defeated by technicality, delay and chicane. This present decision tends to relieve that feeling of fear. ————— o s, Judge { i By bringing up the question of whether Dr. White has a right to ap- pear for compensation as an alienist, Mr. Blanton brings the Loeb-Leopold case into Congress. There appears to be no kind of complicated discussion that Congress can depend on escaping. Anger, Gun and Crime. “Another case of a man, in the heat of passion, being able to buy a gun in the open market without any ques- tions being asked,” said Inspector Grant of the Police Department in this city vesterday regarding a shoot- ing affair. He added: “It is just an- other illustration of the necessity for a law governing the sale of deadly weapons."” A better illustration of that need could not be found. Three men en- gaged in a fist-fight and one of them, angered beyond control, hastened to a nearby store, bought a gun and ammunition, and within a few min- utes he rushed back to the scene of the conflict and shot his two antag- onists. He then went home and bar- ricaded himself, but, fortunately, when the police arrived he did not shaot, but submitted to arrest. His two vic- tims will live, but have suffered pain- ful and dangerous injuries. ‘There is no way to prevent such deeds as long as it is possible for an impassioned person to buy a weapon in a hurry. Had the law been other- wise; had there been by statute a requirement that the purchaser of a gun must get a permit to buy before a dealer could without severe penalty sell him a weapon, this man's crime probably would never have been com- mitted. As long as the law stands as it Is today, merely requiring the register- ing of names and addresses of pistol purchasers, crime will be promoted. In this case there is no element of interstate commerce. There is no Iikelihood that the frenszied man would have gone into another jurisdiction to t poned due public curiosity Hlike to ! question of whether a Dawes plan can THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1925 tims. For evidently his passion had cooled quickly after the crime, as he made no effort to resist the police. So here was an instance of the al- most {nstantly obtainable weapon serv- ing a criminal purpose, that could not have been secured under a proper statutory ‘regulatio: ‘What more can be asked In the way of proof that the District needs protection against the easily obtain- able deadly weapon? This case should be taken into consideratfon immedi- ately by the District committees of Congress to cause the presentation and the pressing to prompt enactment of a bill which prohibits under severe penalty the sale of a deadly weapon to any person who has not obtained from a designated public authority a leense or permit to purchase it. ——t—— Have a Heart! It would really seem as if the urbun sparrows were having a hard enough time to' muke a living nowadays in modern conditions of transportation without driving them out of thefr nightly roosts in order that thelr chief enemy, the automobile, may be parked heneath unsullied. The plan to rout them out with a fire hose from cer- tafn trees in the business district has aroused protests from those who have v friendly feeling for the: little chat- rers plan will be Iy been post Perhaps the ibandoned, having alr because of the a ousal of un Sparrows are oddly gregarious and | semble in multitudes in cer 0 one has ever yet de- termined w they pick particular trevs, and from time to time shift from one tree to another. Their night Iy chirping just before settling down to rest sometimes becomes a clamor heard above the noise of the truffic. To many ears this is not an unpleas. ant sound, bolng far more agreeable than the honking of motor horns and the clanging of car bells. True, the city’s house cleaners are bothered and some car owners are annoyed. But a motorist who parks in certain places does so at his own risk. Would it not be well, therefore, rather than rout the sparrows out from one tree to another—for they will surely go elsewhere and perhaps be more of a nuisance than In their former roosts—to post “no parkl signs or warnings of the risk beneath these particular aviary apartments? —————— tain roost The attention of Clarence Darrow | has wandered over such a wide range of topics that he has been unable to rush to the assistance of a number of unfortunates ®who faced capital punishment. ———e—. The stand taken by Clarence Dar- row concerning the relations of n: tions has not vet destroyed hope that the question of a world court can be settled without calling in the psycho-| analysts. R Soviet politicians would lfke to get | rid of Trotsky, but find it necessary to have him available in case the populace demands somebody for whom it can give three genuine, heartfelt | cheers. ————— In the attack on the World Court Senator Borah of Idaho and Sen- ator Reed of Missourd find another of | those occasions on. which party lines must be effaced. | o Motion picture stars have become the only people who can be sure that | their popularity with the masses will | remain Intact for an indefinite period | of time. ——— Attention is eagerly directed to the be devised that will promote order in the United States Senate. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Condescension. “Canada’s profit on liquor is forty per cent.”—News Item. Our Lady of the Snows, In beauty great, With a majestic pose Serene in state, Where icy gems are bright, On us looks down. The Borealis light Makes her a crown. Yet she can condescend, With heart inclined, The yearnings to amend Of human kind. To her the pilgrim goes From lands afar. Our Lady of the Snows Is tending bar. Ominous. “There is a remarkable number of musicians in Congress this session."” “Yes,” agreed Senator Sorghum. “And I'm worried about it. Out home we never yet got a church choir to gether that didn’t wind up in a fuss.” a weapon | | charmir | zoing to my { where hu THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Mary Roque looked up languidly from the red velvet divan. The lobby of the Hotel Lorton was filled with the elite of Oloikeye, men gathered from all parts of the United States at the call of this particular section of Florida. They were all talking real estate, Just as Mr. Merkton L. Jones, presi- dent of the realty and finance cor- poration named after him, was orating on the same subject to Mary and her compunion, Col. Longanberry H. Ball. Jones, th the shrewdness for which was famous, had spotted Col. Ball as man with me vy the moment he laid his da eyes upon him That the old fellow ad daughter registered all, rath helped matters. vely ludies always like to take the nice trips furnished prospects. \When the gentlemen w obdurat the realtors worked on them through their womenfolk. What woman could resist the lure of an all-day automo- bila. trip—free (registered 25 Maisie sily into the face of Jones, we 1 estate, ame here h, re she sald. althy, didn’t we, ves,” hiustered the Catch him felling the suave r tate man that he wa in town h his real runaway daughter! hearty w s rathier enjoy one over om the blustering, optimistic Floridian, “Ah, ¥ 4 niled hand on the divan Sha moved over. He went on: ery one says that at first, until they see what We have to offer. Then they get int sted, beeause it is just like finding money—-—" “We ure afraid it is like finding money in wn empty April-fool purse with o string hitched to it. We ruthe spect this hoom business.” “Boot Ejaculated Merkton L Jones, with infinite scorn. “There is no pom, my dear voung lady 0NrCes Florida are to light, that is all There is no boom." He said it quotes (1 Is N Deat P each i putting supe Jones, resting a at Mary's head. well known poem, “There h ile seemed to capi . iss Ball, vou the prop. w great and glorious ive - upon « “It is true that our readjustment of values is commonly termed a ° 'y incorrectl: hole d to <ing up. and, believe me, king things move.” rubbed bis ringed fingers fied air, as it highly th the momentum he was irt to his particular sec onrushinng Common -ased able to tion of wealth Mary Roque was entranced. then, was Florida' * * “Father,” she suddenly said, “I m room for a time—I will let Mr. Jones entertain you The two men looked after her, whilé Mary tr across the crowded lobby, men mak ay for her, turn- ing around to gaze after her, mouth ing covered comments as she passed They had many flowers in the South ut “none exactly like Mary Roqu She_ seemed set apart, different wi n nquenchable difference, even he: is of types from all se tions of the country were converged, Once in her room, Mary ripped out = m: So th; much in the fashion one | of her evening dress, and quickly donned a walking costume suited to the climate, a light dress with a white skirt and a top of gaudily flowered staff, which she had purchased in Washington as the very latest thing for Southern wear. With a jaunty lght hat set well down over her blond bobbed hair. Mary started out again, leaving the hotel in the night by another entrance, so that she did not pass through the lobby. 1If she had, she would have seen Mr. Jones seated familiarly by the side of Col. Ball, now and then placing his hand on the latter's knee, as he waxed in pralse of Florida. AMary Roque ducked out into Central venue, started at lust on her chase the genuine Maisie Ball, the real purpose for which she had come to Flovida. She was a feminine blood hound, was Mary Roque, who stucl the scent until she found her quarr She did not imagine it would be difficult to locate Malsie IHennick, nee Ball, for the old man had told her the ighter was a “dead ringer” for herself, only “meatier,” as Col. Ball phrased it, not being able to get away from the talk of the hog busine “A meatier Mary Roque,” grinned Mary to herself. walking rapidly down main street of Oloi ». Everything was bustling. A < band was playing down the street, in the Central Park. while along the avenue men and women were scated solemnly on painted Lenches The afr w almy, with just a cool something in it that m ht wrap | acceptable. Mary, none, did | not regret its absence. gleaming eves wider open than usual, hoping to run across a light-haired girl she expected to instantly recognize, althouch she had never seen her. Mary Rogue had that sort of luck. It is the sort of chance sometimes called “one's star.” Mary never went down F street, b in Washington, with out run ning across a friend she wanted to see. If she had arrived at that particular spot 15 seconds earlier, or 15 seconds later. she would have missed them. She wi always there at the pre - necessary second. Tonight was hoping to walk right into M Ball, as impossible as such ing might seem. Stranger t happened, Mary kept tellin Then it happened. Just as she v into the srows saw pas street » band i since Ie Something scemed 1o tingle inside | her. as if an electric button hud been | pushed. Tt w 4 I the newspaper man when he sudde that he has run into It was the electric mo €S to a detective when he finaliy starts on the real trafl. It was the exact second when the blood hound begins to bay, deep-throated. in the night The girl there w there could be no doubt of augh. that cheap imi clothes, that terrible SR | her bold forehead. that made-up com- | | plexion. that too short skirt “A meatier me—t k heaven I am | {mot fat' said Mary to herself, push ing into the crowd of sor- row ept over her. isie was | han she had pictured her— | nd the old man did not even suspect He had a “flappe ' daughter of | the extreme nd he re nher- | real st ment that con | d | Like—like Roque, with utterly wit glimpsing ha: what women o are, and for w for herself. me,” breathed Mary in her throat, in he elf, vision of t geldom | h she made no claim Pershing Has S ‘mpathy and n people in South America four-decade dispute between Chile and Peru over the possession of Tacna- Such is the impression tg be 1 by a study of the comment of Amer n press. Vi ver the merits of the con- le and Peru over ve that Gen. John J. Pershing, id°nt of the plebiscite commission, | has acted otherwise than justly er in keeping with bd will toward both pa ze,” says the Atlanta her affirms: ‘“‘America s him too well, and g0 does the world, to entertain any notion to the cont. 2 Journ: % Recognizing the s way th declares th shing’s f: to acquit himself brilliancy in a lomatic missi, * % diffic Omah: ilties in the World-Her- s and difficult dip- vertheless,” con- tinues this journal, “we should like, both for his own sake and for the credit of the country he represents, to see him emerge from the final settle- ment of the Tacna-Arica dispute ac- claimed by both sides for his fairness, Jjustice and impartiality.” Calling attention to the fact that “the job was none of the general's choosing, nor of this Nation's,” the Asbury Park Evening Press recalls that “‘the disputants asked President Coolidge to decide the controversy; he decided in favor of the plebiscite that Chile agreed to hold when she ed the territory, long ago, and he sent :-L;r.uhlng to see that the vote was a Feeling that the problem is a diplo- matic rather than a legal one, the Schenectaly Gazette suggests: ‘‘Possi- Jud Tunkins says he wishes there was a chance of Christmas bootleggers bein’ myths, same as Santa Claus. Organized Agriculture. “You farmers must learn to be busi ness men! 5 “Mebbe,” answered Farmer Corn tossel, “but how are you city fellers goin’ to eat when we subdivide and g0 into the market with nothin’ but town lots.” . Unmodernized. ‘We had a little party Down to Pohick-on-the-Crick. Our appetites was hearty And the provender was slick. SI Stmlin brought his fiddle. Such figgers he could call, As “Ladies to the Middle” . An’ Salute Your Pardners Alll™ The Charleston I've attempted, And other steps, besides. I'd rather be exempted From syncopated pride. So, if I had a million, I'd dodge the ragtime trick And dance the old cotillion, Down to Pohick-on-the-Crick. “Clothes and manners gits old.fash- ioned,” said Uncle Eben; “but common bly the real solution lies in sending to assist Pershing a_diplomat famlifar with conditlons, who can advise him how to settle the trouble on a diplo- matic rather than a legal basis. That is what is needed.” The New York World, also, feels that an error was made by the United States “in ap- proaching the quarrel as a legalistic rather than a diplomatic question,” and declares that the “total result is that the United States has fairly well burned its fingers.” e Giving what it frankly states is a “bit of advice to the State Depart- ment,” the Baltimore Sun would have the Government bring Gen. Pershing home and let Chile and Peru fight the thing out between themselves.” In this suggestion the Buffalo Evening News concurs, stating: “Unless Chile recedes from her present position, un- less both countries support Gen. Per- shing’s effort to solve their ancient problem for them, President Coolidge might as well close the matter."” However, the Boston Transcript thinks the situation is not one lightly to be dismissed. “The Tacna-Arica negotlations stand,” the Transcript says, “beyond doubt, as the most im- portant international undertaking in which the United States Government has been engaged on the Western Continent since the war.” Because of the great issues at stake, the Al- toona Mirror believes “the American Government should greatly emphasize its friendly intent toward its Spanish- American neighbors. It should take great special pains,” In the opinion of the Mirror, “to demonstrate by its con- &t his gun and then sought his yic-'sense is alWeyH & scarce novelly,” duct toward those nations that 1t v ympathy At Home in Tacna Effort! Gen. Pershing has the confidence of the A his difficult pos where he has tried to seeks their welfare and has no desire to_indulze in spoliation.” Whatever the result, the Kalamazoo | Gazette feels that the “United States | will pay a heavy price in 1 part of the losing di years to come and it will be man years, we may expect, before Ame can diplomacy will allow itself involved again in_such a job.” The San Francisco i comments on the fact that *w! -1 carno has increased hope for Fu- ropean peace, it is doubtful if the Chilean-Peruvian plebiscite in the Tacna-Arica_district will do as much | for good will along the Pacific coast of South America." Ex ok x The consensus of opinion seems to be that Chile is at fault at the present time. “The difficulty s that Chile holds Tacna-Arica and faces the chance to lose it, while Peru noth- ing to lose and everything to g s: the Oakland Tribune. Calling the actions of the Chileans “obstrep- erous,” the Seattle Daily Times ad- s them ““to calm down,” as it notes sending of the United States r Denver to Arica, Chile. Con- tinuing, imes “The with- drawal of Chile from the sessions of the commission and the inflammatory speeches of President Alessandro ure sufficient justification for the prudent move. The presence of a warship or two has a quieting effect on trouble- makers w Wright Corrects Errors In World Court Letter To the Editor of The Star: In my article on the Borah World Court plan which appeared in Sat. urday’s Star there are two or three typographical errors which perhaps should be corrected in order to keep the record straight. About half-way down in the second column a line was dropped out. I said that “American adherence to the court may be secured without the formal rejection of membership in the league.” The next sentence should read: “This should be satis- factory to the ardent pro-leaguers in that it secures American admission to the court, which they consider the first step into the league, while leav- ing the latter question of league membership for further consideration upon its merits at some future date.” In the third line of the last para- graph, the word ‘“although” in a quotation from Prof. Hudson should read ‘“altogether.” In the nineteenth line from the end, I have been made to say that Senator Borah “is not only ‘standing for our doing nothing,’ " etc., whereas the insertion of another ‘not” after the word ‘“only” gives my real meaning. May I take this occasion to say that my article was not intended as a complete case for the divorce- ment of the court from the league or as a defense of the Borah proposal in its entirety, but simply as a refuta- tion of those objections which Prof. Hudson raised in his article appear- ing in The Star earlier in the week? I need scarcely add that Senator Borah had no knowledge of my action, but I trust that he will not consider it an unwarranted intrusion on my part. I also hope that it will cause no diminution in friendship on the part of Prof. Hudson, for whom I have the greatest respect. HERBERT F. WRIGHT. She kept her | | And in the compa { mighty civ | by stde. * | obvious] j outlook NEW BOOKS AT RANDOM LG M. ROVING THROUGH SOUTHERN CHINA. Hagry. &, Franck. The Century Co. "%, Into the back door of China from this side of the world by way of the Atlantic. Or, if you please, salling the Pacific, on the other hand, stralght up to its front door. In either case it Is at present a matter of such ease and speed as to rob the experience of its old glamour of strange adventure. Instead the experiment now takes on the plain colors of everyday business circumstance. Soon also, without doubt, travelers will tuke the Far East by way of the air. different, this, from taking the traln 20 or Boston And when that approach- wrives the few remaining cabonds and nomads that are now roving the far places will have drift ed off into the vague domain of hap- pily remembered things. And the Orient, like the rest of the world, will have become a turmofl of tourists, concelvable only as a bedlam of con- fusion and weariness and torment. There are ways of traveling in the Far nd elsewhere, however, that do not suffer gaping, Jjostling crowds. Ways that do not lose the lure of a single companfonship nor churm of room and lefsure. For in respect to China, there is e Harry ¥ and the Frank rpenter the Willard Straight for Japan, the Lafe: route, dventur ior H f th to tr and and, arn trail ing ch f body, in stude. for enjoyment. Re receiving mind, in omplete partaking and y. 100 much cannot be’said in pr of seeing the world through print at the hands of way- wise und enthusfastic travelers. * £ % % We've trail throt with Harry ing Thr Iready footed more than one far and strange places ranck. Therefore, “Rov- ugh Southern China” with him mble. We know exactly, as and means, what we are ex- pected to do. And that is just to go along whether the trafl be easy or hard, just to ook, just to listen—lest we miss a point here or there. Harry “ranck is - a simon-pure vagabond the heart of that word mean: 1 to stroll or wander. ind Puritanic peo- a stroller is an idler, idle is to be viciou where o perfect it we, a thrif sume th: to be ry Franck, a 100 per cent vaga. bond, s here given his certificate of character, which he probably for. since it is in this his value as a ranck believes t cannot bLe seen and v from a club window. So he gets lown among the people. He w: the niry to see them working in the *lds. to see them in their homes, to atch their cus hat center so fully upon the family and the forbears. v of this gulde who ariably stands aside to let the country and its people reveal them selves ns in to feel that we a inted with the Chine: h the essen- tial Chinese, rooted in beliefs and practices that, centurles before we w ht of, ped and sustained ons. Whether in some ce where tribal customs ! or in the denser centers contacts with the Western are changing the externals of it ways this funda- tl strain that M Franck seeks the point of departure for any sort of u = of these Orientals. 3 K ¥ % - ed in getting acq That is, wit remote provi still prev. where With him we visit the great cities of Southern China—Shanghai. Canton, Foochow. Here, still the author is on the trail of the Chinese in his essen- tial character—even though he does | make pictures of these superimposed colors of the Western civilization that has so nearly cap- tured and reshaped the nativa towns of the coast nd the immediate in- these great citles in its individual st and the West side a real blend do these two make, despite the efforts that are being made by the Chinese Ives to take on Western is of business and all that is called general progress. A touch of politics in the south, at Canton and roundabout, accompanied by a ek of the purpose and work and character of the late Sun Yat-Sen, opens out into a somewhat general upon the political confusion that China now is. And this brings into view another high light that this author throws, so often, upon the pure numerical strength’ of China's native population. And. going along here, we meet over and over again ties in the characte {the conjecture as to what native China —united and taught in the ways of the West—would mean, might mean, to the polftical texture of the whole world itee!f. Without stressing the matter great- . these are the two themes that Mr. Franck touches many times—the real nature of the Chinese and the many millions that there are of them. However, this is no treatise upon any single subject. Rather is it & ple- turesque and highly interesting pan- orama of Southern China at the hands of & very observing man who is deep- ly absorbed in the outstanding char- acteristics and trends of one or an- other of the peoples of the earth. A great adventare this—roving through Southern China with Harry Franck. * ¥ k % TEMPLE BELLS AND SILVER SAILS. izabeth C. Enders. D. Appleton & Co. A book of delightful impressions gathered by this writer in a leisurely going up and down and round about in China, A distinctly human book whose author is clearly captivated by a thousand and one sights relating to daily life, or going back into the dim past for an explanation of this cus- tom or that one. As little like a travel book as one can imagine. Yet it is a travel book, built upon the author's moods and impulses as the foundation of each day’s recordings. No real dyed-in-the-wool traveler, bent on making a book of pure informa- tion, would spend hours in a court- room listenimg to the cases against this and that lawbreaker. Yet, where else could one find out more—not only about Chinese human nature itself. but about the great legal institutions of the country and their modes of procedfire bringing out customs as old as time. A wonderful day the lady had in court, as you will agree when you read her very understand- ing and humorous sefzure of its busi- ness. An eye for pictures goes with this roaming about, and surely China 13 of all places the most picturesque. A gift of story telling, too, is the lady’s own. This comes out In a sym- pathetic recital of customs very beau- tiful in their origin and continuance. One should have more time and space for this truly charming book. Read it. Read about ‘‘Midnight Drums and Mysteries,” or “A Night on the Great ‘Wall,” or ‘““Worshiping the Sacred Snake,” or “Up the Great River, —oh, read the whole of it, for every page of it is sympathetic and beau- tiful and tremendously human. Bobbed Robbers. From the Willlamsport Sun. Not greatly | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN. Q. What products of this country are most in demand in Cuba?—E. C. H. A. The principal imports of Cuba from the United States are foodstuffs, textiles, metals and metal goods, ma- chinery and drugs. few American . Please name - school.— sculptors of the modern R. M. C. A. Among the notable ones are Paul Manship, Janet Scudder, Evelyn Longman, Anna Hyatt, Danlel Chester French, Cyrus Dallin and Charles Grafly. Q. What is the relative strength of the gelatin derived from agar-agar and animal gelatin?—H. N. C. A. The estimated strength of agar- agar is tight times that of animal gelatin. Q. Why daid John Oxenham turn from a business career and become a Vi ?—H. P. J. & ':‘1\'."1"19 author says that he took to writing as an alleviative and alter- ative from business; found it much more enjoyable than business, so dropped business and stuck to writ- ing. Q. Should children wear all-wool or silk and wool underclothing in the Winter?—A. R. C. A. Mixtures of cotton and wool or silk and wool are to be preferred. The mixed fiber in the garment maintains a more uniform body temperature and thus helps prevent colds. An un- dergarment made from a combination | ot wool and some other fiber Is much the all- skin perts. as the silk less irvitating to wool, according o also more easily « i or cotton prevents some of the shrinking. In all-wool underwe which has been washed many times, the fibers shrink and become matted together. This prevents good venti- lation and increases the scratchiness of the wool. Q. Why isn't it necessary to allow for the kick of a gun, in sighting at a target?—lI. C. A. A shotgun begins to kick the moment the bullet begins to leave its resting place in the gun. The reason that a person does not have to sight his target below, is because this fac- tor s allowed in the manufacture of | the gun. The gun is so made that the bullet may be aimed directly at| the target. Q. How is the paper pulp made that is used in making type impres- slons for newspapers?—R. H. D. what like blotting, which is used as he bodv of a stereomatrix mat or flong. The mat is made usually by ting a number matrix paper tozether, using a special ste and facinz it Wwith stereotype ssue. The matrix paper is made in ais country apparently by only a w mills. The same is true of stereo ‘pe tissue. The matrix paste is usu- 1lly a great secret of the man maki: up the mats. There is now, however. a tendency to use a ready-made a mat, made abroad, which is something like a spongy cardboard. rapes been used [§ A. The cultivation of the grape and of sheets of the | Bible characters and from many pas sages of the most anclent authors. The grape was probably introduced {into the south of ance and into Italy by the Phoenicians about 600 B.C. Q. Is the Instruction of the deaf « recent development in education?- L D. R A. It is recorded in history that a deaf mute was taught to pronounce words and sentences by an FEnglish bishop In the year 685, and from that time isolated cases of the same kind are mentioned till the latter part of the elghteenth century, when a schoo! for the teaching of articulate speech to mutes was started in Germany. Q. What are the orfgin and mean Ing of the term “rubber,” applied t. the material of which shoes, tires etc., dre made A M. A. Soon after the elastic materta! which is so called, otherwise calle caoutchouc, becamo known in civilized countries it was noticed that the ms terial possessed the power of remov ing lead pencil marks from pape: when rubbed over them. From it first known production and use hav ing been by Indian tribes of Soutt America, it came into commerce a “Indlan rubber.” Q. How did Sacramento becoma the capital of California?—C. E. W A. Before being admiited as State, the capital of California was Monterey, alternate! with Los A geles. Montere. S the ca 1840 to 1% Angeles |10 1847. M tal from 1847 | mitted | such in 1834 Q. How is whole wheat flour | pared”—w. G. 1 A. Whole wheat flour is simply the entire wheat berry after the outside husk has oved, ground fine | without tak from it the bran or middling. | Q Where is the Dismal Swamp and what game may be found thers? —J. W. A A. The Great Dismal Swamp e & morass is southeastern Virginia ang northeastern North Carolina. It tends fror Norfolk 30 to 40 mil 3 1t contains 1 Dru d and is traversed by the D P Cana ich conne bemar s been re e found | Swamp f Vir, Bear | cer, opossums |1 cd Dis ' in . wi squ {and raccoon | (our Washinaton rmiati | reau does mot take a vacation | on the job every day during he answering que Its special ser: question of | any weager sible to ma It is for our reader is to answer a fact on any subjec any time. It e a complete enumera of sabjects giing an adequa of the “scope and range in bureau can serve you. Its can only be summed up in t “whatever you want to in your question and ge | su Inclose a turn posta, the making of wine are of the mos: remote antiqui appears fror Scripture his oah and other | formation | director, Twenty-first and { northucest, Washington, D. C.) BACKGROUND OF EVENTS BY PAUL ¥ One of the major issues which will be before Congress at this session js | that of registration of allens. A bill has been introduced by Representa- tive Aswell of Louisiana (H. R. 10 which, it is understood, has the gen eral indorsement of the Department of Labor. It will be taken up by the committee on immigration within a few da: The bill provides that every alien shall register immediately upon e try into this country, and each year ‘hereafter. For the first registration 1 fee of $10 and for each subsequ: egistration $5 will be required When a registered alien removes per- manently from the district wherein he is registered he s report to the post office of ‘the district from which |, he removes and to the post office of | Keepers of hotels | the new domicile. and boarding houses are to be quired to report to the post office anv guest suspected of being an alien. There are 7,000.000 urinaturalized allens in the country. No other na- tion holds so large a percentage Every alien eligible to citizenship, who can show registration cards covering five vears and can read and write the English language, “‘may, without any previous declaration of intention, ap- Dy to any court within, or nearest, the district in which he Is registered authorized to naturalize aliens, and if found qualified, shall be admitted to_citizenship. “Any alien who is sentenced to im- risonment for a violation of any pro- fon of this act shall, upon the ter- mination of such term of imprison- ment, be immediately taken into cu tody and deported. * ¥ x % Not all parties, either in the De- partment of Labor or in Congress, who are supporting the general pro- posal to register aliens agree with all details of the Aswell bill. Chairman Johnson of the House committee on immigration does not favor compulsory registration, but supports voluntary registration, which, T he argues, will benefit the legitimate | immigrant by giving him the means of proving the legitimacy of his pres- ence in the United States; and, after five annual registrations will enable him to get full naturalization, without | the very great trouble of bringing two citizens as witnesses, who have known him for five years. It is common for immigrants to move from State to State within their first five years, and, therefore, it be- comes very expensive and difficult for them to produce the required two wit- nesses when they ask for citizenship. Voluntary registration, Mr. Johnson says, will separate the legitimate im- migrants from those who have entered through immigration *“bootleggers.” ‘The Secretary of Labor, Mr. Davis, sald in his lust annual report: “Linked with the proposal for a bet- ter selection abroad of immigrants to this country, I favor this plan for the enrollment, or registration, of the allen, following his arrival in the United States, with provision for an annual census of the unnaturalized, and a system of education in Ameri- canism which would give every alien an opportunity to learn the English language and something of American history, traditions, ideals and institu- tions. Primarily, I recommend this enrollment as a means of helping the alien to help himself to the best that America affords, because only by real- 1zing the best in America can America realize the best In the alien.” The Secretary questions the possibility of developing a good American out of an immigrant who has been smuggled in. “He is a law violator when he arrives and ke remains one,” says Mr. Davis. “He ought to be weeded out and sent back whence he came. “Enrollment would enable us to know those among our allen popula- tion who are here to preach the down- fall of all law and order and the ob- struction of authority. It will mean protection to the ali=n from the wiles and schemes of the nationals of his own country and those born here, The bob-haired bandits are in|through the -establishment of places, training for Christmas banditry on|the creation of committees, and so on, Dad's pocketbook. he can secure reliable and Ll from, which - | gress to any m ’. COLLINS. ) accurate n.” argues Secra * ok % % There is active opposition i asure for {One of the chief opponen ler voices . as follows 1. The bill bears the charactert i ould lea his reasons, in stics Secretary was |4 treaty.” 5. “While su Constiution, the land, the propos be, if indeed it tional.” ty fs, by the law of the ure ought to not, unconstitu- * % ok % to Representative Celler, the Department of Labor declare: 1 stering al F ns is no more gl Italian of for, United the civil a Yy in oes not re- fens tion being a nstitution, Articie i by Mr. Celler, as squal pro n of the whether citizens that clause 1s not requirement lavw fens. Further dge remarked d world whic e registration of al As to th violation of our ¢ XIV, section 1. cit guaranteeing law for all p or non-citiz violated by of regist more, as President Coo! in his recent message, aliens have no inherent ‘‘righ in this country, until they become citizens, except the protection of the common rights of man, in life and liberty, so long ns they do not violate the laws of the v nitting them. . California went bevond the proper functions of State legislation in “attempting to legislate against aliens—a_function that belongs only to the Federal Government. Justice Wilbur would not question the right of the Government to do what a State might not do. The United tes Supreme Court, in judgment upon the California Chinese act, May 15, 1893, (149 U. S. 698, U. S. Supreme Court), said: “Congress has the right to provide a system of reglstration and Identifica- tion of any class of aliens within the country, and to take all proper means. to carry out that system.” ¢ *« @ “Congress having the right, as It may see fit, to expel aliens of a particular class or to permit them to remain, has undoubtedly the right to provide a system of registration and identifi- cation of the members of that class within the country, and to take all proper means to Ty out the system which it provide * ok ok X The fact that the proposed systermn would do away with the need of wit- nesses in connection with application for citizenship papers is shown to be an important relief for both the ap- plicant and the courts, by a statement made last week by Judge A. N. Hand of the United States District Court, New York. He sald that two days a week court sits to hear an average of 300 applications a day. These require two witne o< each—900 persons, In line, to fil nto a room whose capac- ity is 150. n the two days 1,800 per- sons mus ppear in court to enabie 0 become citizens. The imends reform so that all that work can be done by the Natur- alization Bureau, with appeal only to the court. No court, he says, can really consider the testimony of 1,800 persons in two days. The registration cards would elimi- nate the economic loss of idleness and travel of the 1,200 witnesses, say the officials of the Department of Laber. (Copyright. 1925, by Paud V. Collias)