Evening Star Newspaper, December 16, 1925, Page 6

6 THE EVENING STAR Vwith Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON. D. C. WEDNESDAY .December 16, 1925 THEODORE W. NOYES. . ..Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office 11¢n St. 30 Pennavivania & N icnge OMce: Mower Huliding : ce: Tower Bul Ruropean Office: .14 Regent St.. London, ‘Englan The Pvening Star. with the Sundaxr morn Ing edition. ix delivered by carriara within the city at'60 cents per month: dafly onlv. 45 cents per month: Sunday only. 20 centa per month Orders max he sent by mail or talephone Main 5000. Collaction is made b¥ carrier at the end of each month. Rate by Mall—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Dally and Sundar 1 wr., $0.00: 1 mo.. Daily only PR & 6.00: 1 mo. “unday only 1yr. £3.00: 1 mo.. All Other States and Canada. Daily and Sunday..] yr. $12.00: 1 mo.. $1 00 Dally ‘only A ,sn 00:1mo. 7he Sunday only ...l 1yr. $4.00:1me. 35 Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Prass is exclusively entitled fn the use for republication of all news dis- Patehes credited to it ar not athsrwise cred- ited in this paper and also the local news niblished harein. ATl riehfs of publication ¢ apecial tches herein are also reserved Tax Publicity Repeal. Testerday the House of Representa- Hves adopted the provision in the Pending tax bill for the repeal of the publicity clause of the law, voting Aown without division an amendment 10 retain that feature nd rejecting hy a rising vote of 165 to 23 an amend- ment providing for the publication of the name of the taxpaver, his gross income, normal rate and surtax rate. Thus the House goes on record against tax publicity, and it is the zeneral hope that the same urse will he followed by the Senate. and that this mischievous feature of the tax ~il be eliminated. Income tax publicity has served no 200d purpose. It has pandered to an nnwholesome curiosity on the part of some people regardinz the taxes paid hy others. It has not in the least Aegree promoted the collection of taxes. The publication of the net amounts paid has not given an indic ton of the real circumstances of the taxpayers. Guesses and often unfair and injurious tax- pavers, have been stimulated. The offect in gencral has been to encour- 13 unjust suspicion of tax-dodging through false returns and conceal- ments It was undoubtedly the intention of Congress in enacting the publicity lause that not only should the records he availzble to those desiring to learn amounts paid. but that they should published broadeast. No other interpretation of the law is rea- sonable. The newspapers of the coun- try have rendered a valuable service in publishing at great expense to them lists of taxpayers by brinzing dis- tinetly to notice the unfairness and absurdity of this provision. and it avident from votes in the House yes- | terday that this demonstration is law surmises, to the be is has { aidacy. I by jin on strict party | votes. \ , In this present position Mr. La Fol- |lette stands precisely with his late | father. On the face of the record his | status as a Republican cannot be chal- lenged, as he was elécted under that | designation in Wisconsin. This em. | | phasizes the fact that the Wisconsin defirition of Republicanism differs | from that which obtains elsewhere, ]wnh a few exceptions in some of the {other Western States. There is, however, no indication of success in any effort to organize a third party. Conditions may develop during the present session which will stimulate the independent movement which climaxed during the late presi- | dential election in the La Follette can- But there is nothing to sug gest the possibility of such a third party becoming a determining factor. In the congressional campaign a year to come the independent Republicans | may, with the ald of agricultural dfs- | content, increase thelr numbers in the House. They may cause the election in some close (i stricts of Democrats Lo both House :nd Senate. And it is| possible that by holding their own | they may, with a reduction of the | strictly Republican forces, come to hold the balance of power in both houses of the Seventieth Congress. Senator La Follette is obviously main- taining his status as an independent Republican with that possibility in view. e oo e The School Situation. Public school officials of the Dis- trict have decided that extension of the school system shall go forward | despite delavs in appropriations for | new bulildings the five-vear program adopted at the last session of Congress. In a decision made public vester- day the policy will he to erect port- able buildings on all new sites ac- quired pending appropriations for permanent structures. In this way the school system is enabled to ex- pand as the needs arise, even With- out further action by Congress. It is unfortunate that it is still necessary for the schools of the Na- tional Capital to adopt such measures. Portable schools are but poor make- shifts, and should have been dis- carded vears ago. Under the five-vear building pro- zram it was the belief that school congestion would speedily become a problem of the past. But with in creasing enrollments and delays in appropriations, Washington finds it | impossible to catch up and must take drastic action to mect the emer gency. Portable better than no schools utilization of them sho one minute appropriations permanent modern structures. Three buildings will be completed | the early Spring. Ten portable | schools then will be released, and | the School Board plans to have them under however, at all, not delay for schools. convinced at least one branch of Con-| gress that @ mistake was made in the | anactment the repeal of which i proposed. i At the present rate of prosress on | the bill it will reach the Senate well before the Christmas holidays, and the hope that it will such | prompt consideration there that final | enactment will Le had before the 1oth | of March, when the first payments for | the tax year 1926 are due. Tax re-| turns for the year . however, will vrobubly have to be mude upon the ! Dasis of the present law and the cur- | vent rates. This may lead confusion, but will invelve no loss to the taxpayers. Should the new law be enacted before March 15 re- turns will be delivered and the first payments made the basis of the old rates, subject to deductions in bills for subsequent quarters of the vear now | is receive to some not on tax The does not cause any apprehension of a | loss of valuable LEve thing that is to be said on any subject i5 heing said somewhere or other in ur own country. General reduction of the income tax at least one measure which Con cress can approach without of stivring up storms of popular disap- exclusion of an oratorical alien information. fears La Follette's Status. There is no occasion for surprise in the sta made La Follctte in a letter to ( h ment by Senator irman Wat commitiees Closely follow- in e t junior Sen- notice that ely upon his original declares that he was nominated and elected as a rezular Republican, standing upon the same nlatform of principles and policies hat was “interpreted and applied” by his father, the =ame platform that his father had siood upon in his success- Ml candidacy for the Semate in the Republican party in 1 Durinz his -ervice in the Senate. he sayvs. he will dhere “to the letter and the spirit of form.” and will “follow the in nt course h he has mark- 2d out for himself. Therefore, he sub mits that if, with these facts before the committee, it should assign him to committees as a Republican, he will ccept such assiznments. With this lctter before it. the com- mittee on committees adhered to its viginal decision ana on presentation of its nominations for committee as. signments the Senate voted in ap- proval. Thus Mr. La Follette zoes on the record as a Republican in his rommittee assignments, having re- served to himself full independence of action as a progressive. Nothing has occurred o change the status in either House or Senate of hose members of the Republican party who have adopted the title “‘pro- 2vessive.” In the House they have heen in some cases “disciplined” by amission from committee assignments. They have already voted in that bedy in opposition to the party caucus nom- ‘nees for the Hyuse organization. They ill doubtless there and in the Senate ~ontinue to pursue an independent ourse, accomplishing nothing by their Lizstruction, though reducing the Re- son of ommittee atus isnment to cer on ces as a Republican, the ery Litform he pl rdepend wi A removed to sites already purchased. | Thev will be ready for occupancy at the beginning of the next school vear. Congress must realize the impor- tance of Washington's educational em. It must not adopt com- placent attitude now that the five- | vear program is passed. Appropria- tions should be made promptly, plans | for buildings should be drawn, and work should be pushed ahcud. | Washington Las never recovered | from the period of school building stagnation following the war. It was to relieve this situation that congre: sional action was taken at the last session. At this session Congress should follow up the good work, and no impediments should be allowed to interfere with the completion of this vital project. = el Clifford Grant. The sudden death of Clifford Grant. chief of detectives of the Washington police force, causes distinet shock to this community. A native of Wash ington, having been born here nearly sixty-one years ago, he has virtually spent his entire life here. As a voung man he was in the Regular Army and | saw active service during the Indian | campaigns. Mustered out as a non- commissioned officer in 1883, he joined the police force in that vear and has remained a valuable member of that | orzanization since, a period of thirty- seven years. His qualifications for de- tective service were early recognized. nd he has been @ member of that | branch of the department for years and its chief since 1915. Tnspector Grant's services as chief of the detective bureau have been of the hizhest order of merit. He has had many difficult tasks to perform, many complex problems to solve, and | his success in his work has been ex ceptionally high. A heavy loss is suf- | fered by the Police Department and | by the community in his death, which | is deplored on the score both of his valuable services and of his personal qualities which have endeared him to a very wide circle. — e Murmuringe in France call for dictator. Italy can present a rather strong claim to credit for setting po. litical fashions. many a | ——— The Fourteen Opportunities. For the sum of §12,960 the genero citizens of this community can msurefi the preservation of fourteen homes | during the year 1926, including sixty- | nine individuals. These are the “Four teen Opportunities” which are annu ally offered to the people of Washing- | ton for practical benificence. There is no more appealing fornm of charity, none more sure of affording specific relief. Year after year these opportu- nities have been presented to the com- munity through the Associated Chari ties. and annually they have been ac cepted. This vear will surely be no exception in the record. These fourteen opportunities consist of carefully selected cases of families | threatened with dispersal through the misfortunes of the breadwinners. The death or iliness of fathers or mothers may have caused the misery. Every | case, which has been carefully tested | for merit, appeals to the generosity | of the public. In every case.it is as- sured that if the money is forthcom- ing the family group will be kept in- tact for.at least twelye months, and | | tions. | rise up to twenty stories in height, ac | cording to one authority, the percent hE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON perhaps at the end of that perl Wi"! THI S AND i 'IH AT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. be enabled to carry on indepepdentiy In some of these cases thid is the critical time when aid is required to bridge over. a difficult period. There is one case of a different characte where two old people are waiting for the end and praying that they may spend their last days together. The man has passed beyond the possibility of earning, and the wife can barely maintain herself. ¥or only $10 a week these two people can be sustained for the year. A little less than $13,000 to keep fourteen homes from breaking up and sixty-nine persons from misery and sorrow and suffering! 1t is only a Mt tle In the aggregate, and it is a very little for the people of- Washington to give out of their spare change, a few pennies each sufficing to meet this call, which is the most appealing of all sounded at this Christmas season Let the record be maintained. ——o— New York Overbuilt. During the past few vears New York has been engaging in a bufldinz boom which has brought into beinz a great number of new structures for business and domestic use. involving the expenditure of enormoug sums of money. Skyscraper office bulldings and apartments have risen throughout the city until it is now declared after a survey that the city is overbuilt, that many of the new structures are | more than half empty and that rents are sagging. According to one count, there are 11,250,000 square feet of va- cant space in buildings between Canal and Forty-second streets, an increase of vacancy of more than 100 per cent over 1924. Nevertheless, during the past three months approximately $12.- 000,000 was loaned for new construc- In several new buildings which age of vacancies ranges from 40 to 90 per cent. The rental price of a square foot today is about one dollar, where- as in 1923 from five dollars to seven dollars a foot prevailed. Warning has been sounded that the time has come to stop building, espe- clally in the speculative lines, else dis aster will befall. Naturally the people who rent apartments are not dis pleased with this prospect. Nor are the tenants of office buildings. But those who have taken stock ing enterprises and those who have un- derwritten the loans for them will b certain to suffer. A decided st cy in the matter of furnishinz funds for such enterprises fs now promised, and if the cash is not forthcoming probubly a halt in building will be alled to enable the city to grow up to its present equipment. ————— A plain country fiddler, Mellie Dun ham of Maine, has been introduced to fume by Henry Ford. He expects to make $30.000 by giving a big barn dance in New York. censpicuous politician. but he shines unquestionably as a patron of the arts. ngen- e Nearly every effort to reform fem- inine fashions ends with the philo- sophical conclusion that there is no great harm in them. and woman may as well be allowed to have her own ) e It is possible for John T. Scopes to file an appeal, but the generai public does not care much whether he does or not. Like many other subjects, evolution is interesting only so long as there is first-class oratorical talent available. Mr. La Follette has yielded to no temptation to jump into the spotlight. It is quite possible that he learned from conversations with his eminent father exactly how a young Senator ought to conduct himself. way. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Anticipation. Monzst all the joys that ‘hristmas bringe There's one we now forget. We love the glamour Santa flings Where glad surprise is met. T'll prize the gifts on which I'll glance When Christmas comes again— And also I shall get the chance To sleep till halpast ten. Perhaps I'll get a motor car— Perhaps a house and lot! Or, maybe, just a queer cigar. And neckties, like as not. On these T shall not look askanece. But I'll be happiest when T realize I have the chance To sleep till half-past ten: Last of the Perquisites. ““There are very few perquisites re. maining to the men who serve in Con- gress.” “Very few.” agreed Senator Sor- ghum. “In fact, about the only re- maining perquisite is the advertise- ment vou get if you want to he a magazine writer.” After Thoughts. ‘Shop Early!” sounds the slogan clear. Each day we shop and persevere, ° | And on December 24 We'll start anew and shop some more. Jud Tunkins says Christmas ix a fine institution because it compels peo- ple to be good-natured at least once a vear, whether they want to or not. Still a Believer. “Have you told. your small Santa Claus is only a myth “Yes. And I'm sorry I did. He kept me busy an hour and a half trying to explain exactly what a myth is. Then he decided 1 didn’t know what 1 was talking ahout. and made arrange- nents to hang up his stockinge as usual.” boy Comprehensive Authority. “Are you enforcing prohibition in Crimson Gulch?” “Yes,” declared Cactus Joe. “All us citizens has got ourselves appointed dry agents so that when we discover a stranger with licker it won’t be agin the law to take it away from him.” “Tain’ no use to tell a man it's wrong to bet on hosses,” saild Uncle Eben. “If he’s winnin® vou can’t con- vince him, an’ if he’s losin’ he knows it foh hisself. in build- | Mr. Ford is not a | Keeping well in the shadows. Mary i Roque followed Maisie Hennick and | her escort, a tall fellow in white, wearing a very light gray hat. Mary thought there seemed something fa- millar about the way he carried his shoulders, but let it go al that, being interested only in the g “What luck!" breathed Mary. hit- ting the pavement with soft steps as she followed the two along a side streel. They were going away fre the crowded park, in which the dressed hand was just_sta:tin; ‘Brown Eyes, Why Are You Riue” Alonz through here the thrivinz community of Oloikeve had not done so well by street lizhting as on the main thoroughfare. Lights were far- ther and farther apart, the stores growing meaner and meaner At last they came to a cheap eating place. It was not one of th: uj date cafeterias where tourists got Zood meals, well served. at compaa tively moderate prices, all things con stdered. Tn this place there were no cre tonne curtains at the windows ne neat, white tables decorated with flowers in enamel;: no bustling girls n costume. This place had neve: heard of “service,” or, It it had. had carefully concealed its knowledge. This was much such 2 “hole in the wall” restaurant as may be found in any city or small town. It wax a meager, dimly lit room, with a counter at one side, beneath which was brass rail and along which ran a ro of stools. Several unpleasant looking tables were sprinkled around in the room. At the back was a small steam table. presided over by a curlous looking man in a dirty white counterman’s uniform. He was a peculiar looking fellow, with an almost gray face, in which sardonic eves flashed in stranze contrast. " v orow o Into this place the flashily Maisic and her escort stepped. The lunchroom was well filled with late consumers, including several women 'm that Mary did not feel she would attract undue attention. While Maisie sauntered 10 the coun ter Mary sought u table over against the wall, already occupied by a nwan and two women. They looked at her curlously, but d nothing. Mary immediately felt she had made a mis- take in donning such a snappy ou:fit. She sidled # glance at the counter back of which ran a long, cracked mirror. on which were pasted adver tisements of varfous soft drinks. Sne 80t a zood look at Maisie in the glass The girl was laughing, foking wirn the man who sat on & stool by her dressed unpolished rail. There was « big ad vertisement pasted on the glass ai ectly in front of his face, so that Mary could not catch his reflection “Oh, George! shrilled Maisie. “You don’t mean {t?” Her silly giggle attracted attention even in that place, where almost any- thing went. The two wemen at Mary's table gawked across the room. while the man muttered “nut” under his breath. The zrav-faced counterman stonped nolishing a soiled glass with a terrible locking rag. looked toward the girl and rolled his bright eves wWith aban. don. The man with Maisie could be heard to make several remarks. in the course of which he used unnecessary oaths, hut which got no attention either from Malsie or any one else in the room. It was the usunal thinz here. * ox % ¥ ‘The front door opened with a rattle. Into the restaurant, filled with the Secretary Kellogg's New York speech was the real curtain-raiser for the World Court drama about to bé staged in the United States Senate. There was method in his madness in stress- ing aloofness from European entan- glements as the indelible hall mark of American foreign policy. Mr. Kellogg chose with malice aforethought the occasion to sing this well known num- ber in the Coolidge international reper- toire. It fell on the eve of the court debate. The speech was elsventh- hour notice to Messrs. Borah et al. that charges of embroilment in Old World affairs are without a shadow of foundation. It isn't at all likely that the Kellogg disclaimer will deter the Senate irreconcilables from launching their deadliest thunderbolt — namelv, that entry into the World Court means entry into the League of Nations through the back door. The adminis. tration §s now on record. Both the President and his forelgn minister feel that the record has been made clear enough to knock the props from under any argument that an America In the World Court is an America enmeshed in the chains of European politics. * ¥ ¥ ¥ International interest in the World Court is wholly disproportionate to the tuss and fuming it arouses in the United States. Compared to issues like thelr American debts, their security problems and their trade rivalries. Eu- ropean nations are virtually unco sern- led in the court. Half-a-dozen of -hem have used the tribunal since its organl zation three or four vears ago. but no European statesman ever gets very excited about the court, or, in discus: ling the international situation. ever mentions it unless invited to do so. One of the things apparently entirely re- mote from the average European's anxlety is whether Uncle Sam enters the court or not. The League of Na- tions is an entirely different proposi- tion. It has come to fill a real role in the life of Burope. If the fireworks presently to be set off in the Senate turn on the issue of whether America is some day to join the league, Europe will understand the excitement with which Washington is about to surge. Otherwise they'll wonder across the Atlantic what it is in the World Court that our people find worthy of heat and emotion. x ¥ o Some real oratory ought to find its way into the Congressional Record hefore the World Court is out of the wi There aren’t’ many first-class speakers in the Senate. Members an- swering that description can almost be counted on the fingers of one hand. Certainly two hands would “exhaust the list. In Borah and Reed (Demo- crat of Missouri) the court opposition probably has the most eloquent and skillful debaters in Congress. For the court there will be brilllant counsel in men Hke Lenroot and Pepper, on the Republican side, and Robinson, Swanson, Glass and Underwood, among the Democrats. Perhaps the debate will bring forth some undie- covered Demosthenes. If, as séems likely, it runs the whole gamut of America’'s relations with the world, the opportunity for some gilt-edged speeches will be a rich one. ! * K k% | Admiral William S. Sims, U. 8. N., retired. who stirred up a hornet’s nest by his testimony at the Mitchell trial. is about to spill some more beans. The January number of a national maga- zine will contain, an article by Sims entitled “What's the Matter With the Navy?” The question is answered in the admiral’s hammer-and-tongs fash- ion. Sims is phi'osophical under the fire_of high explosive hurled at him since the Mitchell testimony. Most of the criticism emanates from some of his former brother officers. In re- | Col.- Thompsen of the Navy League, side, his Jong legs crooked up on the | {the Army Alr Service. WEDNESDAY, odor of steaming coffee, faintly tinged with frying fish, stepped one who commanded instantly the attention of the diners. Mary found herself star- ing with the rest. The newcomer was a short, stocky individual who might have been al- most any age between 20 and 40 vears. He had on a gray and black checked suit of the sort once worn only by men at race tracks. He had on his head, in deflance of all Florida etl- quetie, a stiff, black derby hat. A tremendous dfamond pin gleamed in a gorgeous red and vellow tle, above which was a face which could not he adequately described. Tt was a red, square face that had to be seen 1o be appreciated. The ears of this individual had a gnarled, curious look that the wise immediately set down as “caulifiow- ered.” The man evidently was a pugilist, a “pug,” who had not been any oo successful with his mitts, for the really good fighters never let their ears get pounded into such pulp. “Tt’s Bill,” whispered Mary's table “Drunk again,” mutiered her panion. “Wonder how he got broken arm?” The fighting man was carryinz his left winz in a sling made out of & red and biack muffer of the sort worn in the North during the Winter. He rolled up to the lonz counter and took a seat, unasked, al the side of Maisie Hennick “Hello, kid.” he said. *Oh, is that s0?" said Maisie. “Yea, that's " snapped fighter. With this introduction over. the two fell into conversation. Mary Roque could not make out, huddled in her seat. drinkinz a cup of vile cof fer. it they had ever met before. The girl's escort did not seem pleased #ith the new arrangement. He fidzeted in his seat. tried 1o take part in the conversation. zave it un. returned 1o =ullen contemplation of his plate of stew. Bill. leaning on his zood rizht arm. monopolized Maizie for several min- utes. Finally the first could stand it no longer. “Say,” he called, leaning over Maisie so that her head hid his face from Mary. “how'd you get that broken arm? The pugilist bent his jaw in front of the girl from his side. Silence suddenly descended upon the room. Even the counterman for- 2ot to shine his glassex “Punchin’ guys like you,” in a loud, drunken voice. The afr became eleciric. Women at tables began -10 draw closer to their escorts. while the men 2ot their feet squarely on the floor, preparatory for any necessary move. ments that might require agility and speed. Then. when it was seen that the orizinal escort of Maisie was making no reply. either orally or otherwise, the tension snapped. %, The gray counterman gave a sharp cackle, several of the women laughed openly. The tall fellow jammed his gray hat over his eves and darted for the door, leaving Bill in possession of Maisfe Ball. In the boom of conversation that followed, Mary Roque slid out of the restaurant. She knew she could find Maisfe now anv time, and she wanted to_question her former escort. Mary tripped behind the man and touched him on the coat. He turned around. Then his face. the brunette at com that the said Bill for the first time, she saw WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Sims savs, characteristically: no ice. It is a defense of a not a principle.” * ook % Senator Charles S. Deneen, Repub- lican, a newcomer from Illinois, de. poses and savs that 10 days of the strenuous congressional life have al- ready used him up. It isn't the going on Capitol Hill that feazes and fa- tigues him, but the goings on in s ciety. Deneen doesn't wonder that the mortality rate is so high in the United States Senate. He is rather amazed that it is so low. because his experiences in Washington thus far convince him that to weather the vicissitudes of social life a Congress- man must be a man of iron, inclusive of an inexhaustible capacity for late hours. ‘It cuts person, * X ok ¥ “The First World Flight" is the title of the timely narrative of their thrill- 138 experlences just published by Lieuts. Smith. Wade, Harding, Nel- son. Arnold and Ogden. as related to their Boswell, Lowell Thomas. Our globe-girdling Army airmen dedicate their epic “to all men of the air. to those who have gone before us and who made our journey possible, to those who are flving today, and to those who will follow us through the skies in the days that are to come. A foreword by the fiyers concludes: “Chief among those to whom we would offer our gratitude and love are our mothers, who sent us away with a smile and welcomed us home with There is an introduction by Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chief of The “genesis of the ~adventure” i attributed, among others, to Col. (then general) William Mitchell. * ok oW ok ‘“‘Sam" H. Thompson of Quincy. IIL., newly elected anti-Coolidge president of the American Farm Bureau Fed- eration, is a djrt farmer and a banker, who was borri on a 40-acre farm near his present home town. Thompson married when he was 26 years old. and the same year bought an 80-acre farm at $75 an acre, going in debt for the entire amount. On this farm there were born to the Thompsons seven children. Five are now married and living on farms in the neighborhood Lof their father. The youngest boy is about to be graduated from the Agri- cultural College of the University of Illinois. President Thompson is 66 years old. and has been farming since he was 10. His friends scout the sug- gestion that he's a radical, pointing to his conservatism as a banker in refutation of that clmrge. He has been active in farm bureau work for the past 10 years and is a restless ad. vocate of organization in the farming industry on lines that have made big business powerful in the Nation. ‘Thompson heads the Illinois Agricul- tural Association, probably the most militant farm body in the country. (Copyright. 1925.) Plenty of Wiggles. From the Canton Daily News. One who has just put on his wool- ens does not need any lessons to dance the Charleston. ——— One Boom Forgotten. From the Indianapolis Star. In his New York address President Coolidge overlooked the tremendous boom in the Nation’s divorce business. A Happy Ilusion. From the Okmuigee Daily Democrat. 5 Spending makes vow poorer, bul_ it sponse to the shaft aimed at him by |gives yon a delightful sensation of be. | nomines of the Ang rich. DECEMBER 16. 1925. Politics at Large By G. Geuld Lincoln The moderates in the Republican organization of the Senate have had their way and Senator Robert M. La Follette, jr., has been accordsd recog. nition as a Republican, placed on standing committees as a Republican and on the list for invitations to the Republican conferences. Those who favored this course to- ward the young progressive leader of Wisconsin' believe that it was good politics and frankly say so. They be- lieve in conciliating the progressive Republicans of the West and Middle West, particularly in view of the congressional elections which come off next year. Those who opposed the recognition of La Follette—and there were a num- ber who bitterly opposed it—are shak- ing their heads over what=they con- sider the breakdown of party control. They believe that the course adopted may lead to all kinds of insurgency within the party ranks, with immu- nity from party discipline; that it s more or less an invitation to others to flaunt party policies and programs as they may see fit. Furthermore, they | fear that the stalwart organization in Wisconsin will he much_discourgged by the recognition of La Kollette, and will not be encouraged to continue the fight they have been making to wrest control of Republican politics in the State from the progressive faction. * ¥ % % Senator Lenroot, “regular” Repub- lican from Wisconsin, who comes up for re-election next vear, has a des- perate fight ahead of him. Those Re- publicans who insisted upon the recog- nition of La Follette believe that the senfor Senator will be better off be- cause of the action taken by the party organization than had La Foliette been turned out of the party councils and the Senate Kepublicans had en- deavored to say to the Wisconsin voters just what brand of Republican- ism they should wear. . There iz this to be remembered abhout the Lenroot contest next vear. Althouzh the regular Republicans of the Badger State have been split into factions, and were during the last campaizn when Senator Robert M. La Follette, jr. was a candidate, the regulars have alwavs united behind enator Lenroot. Also Lenroot was elected in 1920, in spite of the strenu ous efforts of the La Follette faction to prevent his nomination and election in that vear. He will be opposed by Gov. Blaine, and the governor is not as strong as the progressive faction and by no means as strong a candi- date as was Senator La Follette last September. He may be expected, how. ever, to have the support of the State office holders. The primaries do not take place until September, 1926. and Tenroot has shown himself a resource- ful politician and campaigner in the |past. He will be much in the lime light as administration lcader in the World Court fight. PR Follette. in 2 lettel Chairman Watson of the Republican committee on committees, reiterated the statement made so frequently by him in his campaign that he did not intend to wear the organization collar or become a “rubber stamp.” But the Republican organization had decided to take him in. and was not turned aside by this declaration of independ ence. The committees given Senator Le Follette by the Republicans are not among the Important ones—manu- factures. mines and mining and In- dian affairs of his committees on finance and Interstate commerce, ax well as manufactures and Indfan affairs. It will be remem- hered. however. that when the senior La Follette first came to Washington 20 vears ago as Senator. he was treated no better by the Republican organization in the matter of assign- {ments 1o standing committees than | his son has been. The senior La Follette was assigned to the commit- tee on Indian affairs, too. when he lentered the Senate, and was given a committee chairmanship, chairman of the “committee to investigate the condition of the Potomac River front,” a committee which had never had a meeting, nor had a bill re- ferred to it for consideration. enator La | ! has dealt in more frisdly fashion with Senat# La Folletta Republicans _have turasa a cold shoulder to the $nsurgent Representa- tives from Wisconsin, assigning them to committees, to be sure, but just as thev assigned Victor Berger, the Socialist member, and not as regular Republicans. Nor will they be in- vited to attend the party caucauses * K X X The Democrats of Indiana are in- tent upon winning back from the Re- seat until recently held by the late Senator Ralston and now occupied by Senator Arthur J. Robirison, Re- publican, under appointment by the governor. Evans Woollen, Indianap- olis banker, who might have had a place in President Wilson's cabinet if he had sald the world, is being groomed for the race for this seat. Thomas Taggart. veteran Democratic leader of the State, has announced himself in favor of Ms. Woollen's nomination for the “shart” term— the remainder of the Ralston term. which closes in March, 1929. Mr. Taggart. on his return recently to Indianapolis, gave out a statement strongly indorsing the candidacy of Mr. Woollen, saying: *'T feel sure that Mr. Woollen’s legal abilitv and finan- cfal training in the business world would make him a valuable adjunct to the United States Senate. In my judgment he has all the qualifica- tlons to represent Indiana and the Nation in that great body. About a candidate for the long term, for which Senator Watson is a candidate on the Republican side. the Democratic leader was not so outspoken, although asserting there are many Democrats well equipped to run. Among the Democrats men- tioned for this nomination are Dr. Carleton B. McCulloch. twice Demo- cratic nominee for governor; Frank C. Dailey, former district attorney, and Dan Simms of Lafayette. * X x The Senate privileges and elections committee, after a full hearing, has turned its thumbs down on the ap- pointment of Gerald P. Nve of North Dakota to succeed the late Senator Ladd, holding that the governor of the State had not been granted au- thority by the State Legislature to fill vacancies by temporary appoint- ment since the direct election of Sen- ators amendment of the Constitution was adopted, in 1913. It is expected the Senate will concur in the opinion of the committee. The contention of Gov. Sorlie and Mr. Nye has been that he, the governor, has a right to fil) vacancies in State offices and that a Senator is a State officer. But the committee has sidestepped the ques- tion as_to whether a Senator is a State officer or not by finding that, in giving authority to 1l vacancies in State offices, the Legislature had not intended to include United States Senators. So, while the debate in the Senate is expected to deal with the question, it it not likely that the seating of Mr. Nye. or denial of the !right to a seat, will be settled finally on that issue. d Mr. Nye has made a' favorable im- pression while in Washington. It is understood that this young Progres. sive will return to North Dakota de- termined to seek the nomination at the primaries next June. * ok ok x Neither Gov. Smith of New York nor Willlam Gibbs McAdoo will be the Democratic party for President ta 1928, Senator Cole Blease His father. at the time | death, was a member of the | ‘While the Republican organization | wie House | publicans next vear the senatorlal| BY FREDERI Q. For what purpose was the ship Constitutien bullt?—J. G. A. The Constitution was one’of the six war vessels ordered by Congress early in 1794 on account of Algerian piracies. It was launched on Oc tober 21, 1797, but not completed o equipped until: the following vear. Al Capt. Nicholson for the French, Q. What 15 the iron house or chimney foi A. The ‘metal device in the shape of a Jong 8 frequently seen on an old colonial house has no particular siz nificance. It is merely an iron brace which is much emploved in the old brick houses. Q. Which caused more durinz the wary avtillery fire?—E. S. A. The records known casualties the rifle fire pro duced more than the artillery fire. However, if the total number of un known casualty records were caused by artillery fire, this would swing the lance in the favor of the artillery. here are many casuallies of which there is no record as to the cause. For instance, a grenade wound resembles an artillery shell wound: consequent 1¥. the War Department has never been able 10 determine which fire has produced the more casualties. Q. Please describe the German div ing suit used in locating the British submarine M-1.—\V. G. A. This i» a rizid suit made of aluminum alloy: the arms and lezs are jointed. the joints being made on the ball-and-socket principle. The en- service against H. n old v ualtie fire or rife show 1 of the is able to withstand a pressure up to 25 atmospheres, equal tc a depth of 750 feet, under test. 1t is connecied with the surface hy a light cable con taining three independent telephone lines. Inside the suit there is a normal pressure of one atmosphere all the time, therefore it is not necessary to vaise the diver by slow stages. The diver also wears over his mouth a mask containing a cartridge which absorbs the carbonic acid, and so enables him Lo breathe the same air over and over again. Q Has the American Legion char tered hoats for the 1927 Paris con vention”—E. W. ¢ A. The American Legion has en tered into an agreemeni with the American and foreizn lines, and spe- clal rates will be given for the con ventlon in Paris. There will be two classes of passengers, first and secord class. It is the plan of the legion that although two rates will be paid. there will he no restricted areas for the sec ond-class passengers. The names «f the ships have not as vet been der nitely decided upon. However, “here will be the so-called cabin liners which have accommodations for only |two classes. Regervations will he made in the branch offices of th. American Legion in vari cities | which will be open for this use later Q. How long was the Neveki P pekt?—N. W, A. This stMi. famous in the St Petersburg of pre-war time. extende’ for about 3 miles in a straizht line and was hordered by some of the finest shops and public buildinzs in the city. | .Q | the District of Columbia education”—J. C. A. Approximately one-third of the | total revenue of the District of Colum | bia is devoted to education. This fiz ure approaches $12.000,000 a vear. Q. What are the various kinds seals sold in the fur trade’—M. F. A. The following a~: most of them: Australian seal, the hnproper name for Australian rabbit sheared and What per cent of the revenie of is used for of proper name for seal-dved rabhit or nutria; Bedlamite 1 is improperly known as hair seal: French seal this time the vessel put fo sea under | tire outfit weizhs about half a ton and | dved seal color; Baltic seal. the im-| | is B ——————————————————— e e e e ———————— publican majority ‘ 5 | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS C J. HASKIN. French rabbit sheared and dyed: Hii son seal is the improper name for seal-dyed muskrat or nutria; northern seal is rabbit sheared and dyved; Ro man seal ix dyed rabbit: sealeite, dved rabbit, and near seal, French rabhit sheared and dyed Q. What is the entrance fee for the | Memorial dav anto race in Indian apolis?—F. A. G A. The contesi hoard of the Ameri can Automobile Association save:rhat the entrance fee is $100 | Q. What is the meaninz of the name !magnolia?—J. H A. This plant is sonamed in of Pierre Magnole, a French botanist | of the early seventeent The meaning of the word magnolia is high souled honor | Q. Please giye some methods for pro. {tonzing the life of Christmas trees” | MM | A Any method of retarding evan oration from the needies will prolong | the life of the trec. There are 1wo | practical suggestions that we can | make to accomplish this end. Plice | tree, if possible. in 4 room which can | be closed off and kept | when the tree is not in use Increase s mofsture content of the air. Boih of these suggestions will retard evapos tion and increase life of the leave | There are two kinds of trees com used for Christmas trees. =pruce and balsam fir. The leaves of fir are longer and heavier, and do not dry | out so readily as spruce leaves. From the standpoint of utility, the balsam fir will hold i needles longer spruce under the same conditions cool or ol Thar How much flour does each |son’ in the United State | A Aittle more than a flour is consumed vearly age person Q e | o) harrel the use H of Q. Are the childrer in 1he movies ahle 10 k studies? —F A. The studia whar are a¢ children Fially wond are under the supervision of The | Board Lo: Anzeles Teachers in the studins must he factory 1o the hoa are paid by the moti anies. ‘The average ment of the studio children i to be 17 per cent that of the egular public school children. While the producers mayv use these children four hours a day. their motion piciure | work does not averaze an hour a da One hour of supervised recreation and three hours in the classroom are re quired Edncation nf bhut their h picture con ariain fonnd chool above Q. With what vessels do th States Lines maintain trans: passenger and freight sery M. T. A nd York he United States Lines tain combination passen | freight services between land Queenstown, Plviouth. Cher hours. Sonuthampton and Bremen with the following vessels: The Leviathan Seorge Washinzton. President Hord- ing, President Roosevelt. America and Republic. Q. Are there | Jordan?—D. A. € A. There are two. One helow | Merom the which the road | passes from Damascus to Galilee. The other hridge is below the Lake | Tiberias. bridgzes over the Lake is one of (This' is a special department de- voted solely to the handling of queries | This paper puts at your disposal thr services of an crtensive organizatio in Washington to scree you capacity that relates to information This service is tree. Failure to make use of it deprives you of benefits which you are entitled. Your obliga | tion is only 2 cents in stamps inclosed with your inquiry for direct veply. Ad- dress The Star Information Burean | Frederie 1. Haskin. director. Tienty first and € streets northwest, Wash ington. D. C.) When Bracp Collins Denny of the Southern Methiodist Church advised a return to distinctiva masculine badge, he started a country-whig argument. The bishop said women “cus their hair and wear men's clothes, but they can't wear a mustache.” Some ob- servers belleve, however, that the mod- ern woman would find a way to pro- vide the mustache if she wanted it. “Bishop Denny Is profoundly de- vout,’ explains the Chattanooga | Times. “and a strict constructionist of the Scriptures and a thorough- %oing disciplinarian. But the bishop. as most big-hearted men are. is some- what of a humorist. He enjovs a food joke and himself sometimes’ per- petrates one. Still it will not be sur prising if his suggestion is iaken seri ously before very long. and the day of the whiskers and the natty mus- tache returns to us. even though. as the Baltimore Sun suggests, the ‘safely razor manufacturers may join ihe ladies in a protest against any such reactionary discrimination against modern feminism.'”* Those men who have resented ‘woman’s invasion of the barher shop.” according to the Es canaba Press, “will second the bishon's motion.” and they “will even do him one beitar by recommending not enly the cultivatfon of the mustache. but the casting off entirely of the razor.” * o ow If the bishop's advice is accepted’ in “man may regain his lost prestige in the harber’s chair.” for barbers “who now turn their white-coated back on a chance for a haircut or shave might find it to their financial advantage 10 keep waiting as little as possible the candidate for an expensive chin mar- cel.”” This Jost prestige is due. savs the Register. to the fact that “to its sorrow masculinity has learned that the barber now spurns @ shave cus- tomer when he can cut a bovish hoh pecuniary return.” Perhaps, however. the advi too late. “We longed for a mustache.” confesses the Kansas City Journal- Post. “in the davs when the girls sang |about an ‘ideal who had a diamond ring, gold watch and chain, and a lit tle black mustache.’ but we don't care for one now.” The Journal-Post of South Carolina asserts emphatically in the first issue of Blease's Weekly. published in Anderson, S. C. Senator Blease is contributing editor. Sen- ator Blease continues: “If either should be nominated the party will get a worse defeat than it did at the last election. If McAdoo is nominated there is an element of-the party who will never support him and will cause his defeat “If Smith is nominated there is an element of Southern Democrats who will call a convention either at At lanta or some other central point and nominate candidates for the presi- dency and vice presidency, just as was done at Charleston many years ago, and this will go divide the party that Smith will be overwhelmingly. de- feated. This opinion of mine is not based on his religion, because I have the highest regard for his relizion and under no conditions could be prejudiced against him on that ac- count, but he is guilty of things and holding of views that are much more detrimental to, titm and- the . Demo- _cratic party 4han his celigion.™ the opinion of the Sandusky Register. | in the same time with twice as much | fee comes | re- | fers to “‘sad recollections of thousands | Bishop’s Plea for Mustache Starts Humorous Argument of us who, vears ago. made desperate efforts to coax the mustache along, but nothing seemed to do a particle {of good.” The Manchester Leader also |recalls the many vears it is since “mustaches as creations #nd a m |of personal adornment went out | fashion—that is. regular mustaches nice. bushy ones, admired tremendons Iv by youngsters and often passionate lv adored by languiching maidens. course,” the Leader adds. “one d not count the queer little daubs 1 have defiled upper lips in this az masculine as well as feminine flapne- ism. No real mustaches would re nize one of these abbreviated bristles as a member of ghe family. Thev are &ood attempts, but could hardly be re garded in the lizht of a result or achievement.” * % The Providence Bulletin issues the warning: “Bishop Denny mav have the right idea in his suzgestion of the only possible badge of maseulinity that cannot be appropriated by the so-called gentler sex. It has been demonstrated that women may easily achieve the illusion of whiskers, but 1t is_an exceptional woman who can raise a zood mustarhe. and probably there are few who would care to as sume an artificial one. Still. the men with mustaches should not be over confident of the hadges of distinction There Is no telling to what lensths feminine €ashions may zo.” Support for this view is given hy the Sr. Louis Post-Dispatch., which cites the bishop's claim that “there something the,women could not ape. and replies: “‘How does he know they couldn’t? Of course, they never have. But. then. thev never bobbed their hair until recently. or wore knickers (which, by the way. bishop. they have discarded), or voted or smoked o rettes. Might it not be so with the mustache? You may sav that it is not in her biologv. All right, hishop. Rut remember there is still the lady to reckon with. Remember, ton. sha scales the old hurdles, scraps the old injunctions, seoffs at the old inhibf tions. Without junking biologv, she | has espoused trvology. There is no | stopping her. bishop.’ | * ok ok | “1f he thinke a mustache will halk them.” continues the Ann Arbor Times-News. “he has another guess coming. If they decide to display such decorations, they will purchase sald decorations at a beauty parlor— when the right time comes, if ever it does. It is well 10 remember that the men back in 1775 wore powdered | wige. And today there are such | things as ‘store teeth’ and ‘store hair.’ and there can be ‘store mustaches’ if the women want them. At present it is dificult to see how any of the | great problems of humanity wgr be | solved by the demand of the men for !a distinctive badge of masculinity The Evansville Courier and. Jour- | nal feels that the bishop must have i been moved by “some ultra form of | maidenly dress” and found a way out of it by warning his brethren of the temptations of Eve. “The good bishop. who wears & mustache himself to distinguish him from the ladies.” adds the Evanaville paper,” “might have . carried’ the ~matter a dittie farther in his argument by warning the ladies that the backs of their necks one of these days will be right on the dot to plague them when the style changes. for the razor blade is training that hair 1o he the sort of bristies. ane saex an the upper lpe * ar < of men.” -