Evening Star Newspaper, January 6, 1926, Page 6

6 THE EVENING _—— THE EVENING STAR/|!ns the existing zovernments of | standard, and it choice is made be-| With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON. D. C. THEODORE W. NOYES. The Evening Star Newspaper Company Busness Office 11th St and Penns: New York Office. 110 Chicago Oftice: Towe: European Office: 14 Regent St England Biilding London, The Evening Star. with the Sunday mo ne edition, 18 delivered by “he eity at’ 60 cents ner month 13 cents ‘per month: Sunday anlv ner month. - Orders may he sent by ielenhane Main 5000" arrier at the end of ear Gaily ol 1 or Rate by .\hfl—-; able in Advance Marvland and Virgini Dule and Sunday. .. .1 yr.$8.00 Daile anty 133800 nnday only 1yr. $3.00 1 me 1 me 1mal All Other States and Canada. Narls and Sunday..1yr. $12.00:1 ma. §100 Daily ‘on 13r. $8.00.1mo. “unday’ only 130 $400° 1 mo. Member of the Associated Press. The Assoclated Press is exclusivels entitled 1o the ‘use for republication of all news natches credited to it or not atherwise crad itert Yo this paper and alao the local news nuhlighed hecein. ATl rights of publieation f special dispatehes herein are also reserved Street Widening. In the budget of supplemental items of District expenditure just submitted Lo Congress for application during the remainder of the present fiscal r are two for the widening of thor oughfares which have come to be so seriously congested as to call for this radical treatment. These are Eleventh from Pennsylvania avenue New York avenue and Connecticut avenue from K street to the intersec tion with Eighteenth street. Both of these are urgently required and have heen approved by the Commissioners. The appropriations for these will be paid out of the gas tax fund. Washington is in a state of transi tion in respect thoroughfar Modern conditions have changed to require departy from the original street plan. Streets that were suff ciently wide for all traffic of a few years ago are now dangerously crowd ed. contributing to the tion and to the upon street us street to works to its s a city's con, attendin: A recent notable ex es dangers ample of improvement in thik respect i< that of the widening of Thirteenth street, one of the most used arteries, of the business section. Whereas be fore it was dangerously crowded it is | now capable of accommodating u larag volume of travel with little risk. Much is being sacrificed, of course this work of street widening. It = necessary to take out trees and to compact the pedestrian traffic ints narrower spaces. Unless, however, parking prohibited along the curbs more room must be given for traffic. In the business sec- tion especially is the problem difficult of adjusting the ratio equitably be ween foot and wheel tratfic. In the case of Thirteenth street this adjust ment cost a considerable sum because of an initial mistake in the widening of the driving space. Fortunately that mistake was corrected in season. The it is planned no reconstruc in an is moving subsequent street widenings he expected, will be cavefully that there need be tions and delays S0 e The Horse Institute. the fact that the motor replaced the horse, even for purposes, the “Institute of has been founded in Lon With the avowed object of pro interest in horsemanship and this novel organization is said 10 have the support of a large group of Englishmen. Admitting that the supremacy of the r for road work cannot successfully challenged, the founders believe, however, that the horse should azain crowned “king” of bridle paths and byways of the linglish coun- tryside Bewailing car pleasure the Horse has don. moting ridi motor w be As a means of bringing about this desired end, the institute will endeavor to awaken interest in the reopening of a number of bridle paths near London which have fallen into Pne of these, leading from the metropolis to the New Forest in Southwest Eng- land, is more than 100 miles long. The founders of the organization hope to have this route ready for travel in the Spring, so that long horseback rides can be made in comparative comfort. Whether a branch of the institute will be established in America is a matter for conjecture. As far Washington is concerned, such an or ganization would probably be wel comed by every one but Traffic Direc. Eldridge, who, with his leng list of worries, would probably be afraid that an attempt would be made to convert Sixteenth street, Massachu- setts avenue, New Hampshire avenue and Rhode Island avenue into bridle paths for long-distance horseback riders. With horses barred from these houlevards, but mules, goats, dogs and cats permitted, complication would =urely result, and Mr. Eldridge would throw up his hands in despair. e An investigation of the aluminum trust is proposed in the United States Senate. No learned statistician has ventured to offer an estimate of how long it will take to complete the in- vestigations already on hand. ———r e 1t is easy to change ministers of finance, but France finds it difficult as ever to change a franc with satisfac- tory results. = disuse. is as tor ——eae— A Huge Counterfeiting Plot. A gigantic counterfeiting plot. per- haps the greatest ever Kknown, hat heen uncovered in Hungary, the pur- pose of which was to flogd Europe with bogus French francs.tothe vol- ume of thirty billion. The personnel of this conspiracy is notable, including a prince, the ghief of the state police, | the Geo- | government engineers of zraphical Irstitute, two barons, one count, one gemeral who is chief of a war office bureau, several subordinate officers of the army. a retired banker. a deputy of the Parliament and nu merous tradesmen. The prince is al- ready in custody and the chief of the state police has been captured on the | eve of his flight. A political purpose is suspected in this scheme of fraud. Suggestion has been made that it is of Soviet inspira- tion, designed as a means of weaken- Editor carriers within | to| France and of Hungary. In the latter tween those three for a start, that { exists. | which extends Pennsylvania The government is under the direction ! torming one of the WEDNESDAY. . .January 6, 1926 ! °f -\dmiral Horthy as regent. Premier ! the District, should be first named in | | Bethfen is not in political accord with E!he program. Delay in making these | the ultimate country a peculiar situation the rezent and s reported now as wel- | coming the discovery of this conspir- | pr acy as an opportunity to stamp out fof dis ovisions only adds to st. while Imposing mfort und even of danger heuvy burden fascism in Hungary amd pessibly 10 ihe traveling public. | self completely in the saddle | The investizution which bas led to | the uncovering of the plot was started France, from which country spe cial agents were dispatched to find the the bogus notes that had into eirenlation These traced to Hungary and shrewd inquiry there by the French | investigators, who were aided by Hun zarian officials, resulted in the dis | closure. of the conspiracy. Hungar: profoundly shocked by the revelu- | tions. especially it rumored ! that the Archduke Albrecht, an aspi vant to the throne. was aware of the plan to flood the country with bogus notes and gave it his countenance. It is not known how large a volume of false currency was put into eiren lation, but it is ceriain that the plot | had progressed far enough to contrib- | ute the weakness of the Krench by source of Adready zot otes were | o prevent the regent from putting him- | any financial system. It is most fortunate that it has been detected and the source of the counterfeit notes hus been found in time to prevent a ver itable political disaster. r—oe—s y Weather. Dense foz such as has prevailed in and near this eity most dangerous condition. the on. heightens accidepts and menaces health {natel® thus far mishaps have occurred in consequence of the heavy mist that has settled down on the Capltal. A steamer was grounded in the river. hut by zood luck the pas: sengers were enabled to reach shore ! without difficulty and risk. Traffic col | lisions have happened with but stizhr | damage most drivers have exceptionally careful can 1v _be seen Fogg; for two days is a the Fortn no serious wa for heen Pedestrians, who by drivers, have extra precautions zet the way of approachinz vehi In short. the city has adjusted to the fog, for its own security. is not so frequent here as it is | bar taken zainst ting in in some other parts of the world, nota- | bly in England. where it is a very gen eral and a real nuisance. In London. especially, the fogs are notably heavy and serious in their consequences. A “London particular,” or “pea soup” fog, is actually terrifying in its density Persons caught in it are unable to find their way. They lose all sense of divection. Landmarks are obscured and it is necessary to feel along the curbs or walls to make sure headw: In crossing the street a pedestrian often turns and wanders for some ! time between curbs and thus gets tan- | zled and headed in the wrong direc- tion. Some months ago a fog of this character enveloped London and caused ! the practical suspension of business | for many hours. The fog invaded the | buildin Stores had to be closed and public amusements discontinued. The' fog is practically a cloud rest- | {ing on the surface of the earth. It is icaused by the condensation of mois- ture in a particular condition of cool r coinciding with evaporation. Nat urally the foz is heaviest in the neigh horhood of water surfaces, and this ix | why a mist is especially dangerous to navigation. In this city the fog forms from the and the reservoirs making the regions near them espe- | cially thick. Last night, for example, the area of the reservoir near Sol- diers’ llome was the scene of an im- penetrable fog, while all roads near the river were almost completely blocked by the dense clouds of mois ture obscuring the way. Fortunately here the fogs are of short duration though this present one has prevailed | | for longer than is customary. R — i | rivers i wno, wani o bayaste| American films will do no more thun | spoil Ltheir own prospects of entertain- | ment. If movie fans have to come to the 1. S, A. they will in some desree | {offset the American travel that sponds to the lure of light wines and heer. Buropeans . the news Year” parties gs up the question of whether » | bootlez vietim is a suicide or a sub. | ject of accidental misfortune. e Local Bridge Needs. { Efforts are to be made by the Ran-| {dle Highlands Citizens' Association 1o | have a new bridge across the astern Branch at Pennsylyania avenue in cluded in the general bridze program of the District. The present bridge i | entirely inadequate to care for the| keavy volume of traffic. It is the link between two arterial highways. Penn sylvania avenue and the main leading into southern Maryland. | Travel on these routes has increased very greatly in the past few vears and is continuing ‘to grow heavier the District suburbs and the regions in’ Maryland below the boundary de. velop. Prohably within the period re- quired for the construction of a new bridge. say. five vears from the date { of authorization, that traffic will have | | doubled tn velume. There are three bridzes across the Anacostia—the Navy Yard. Pennsyl vania Avenue and Benning bridges. | None of them is a modern structure. None of them is adequate for the ac- commodation ef the traffic using It. At least two of them are under question as to stability. All of them should be re placed with substantial viaducts of the best design and of dimensions suf- ficlent to accommodate all conceivable traffic of the future. Of the seven bridges connecting the ity with the shores beyond the Poto- mac and Anacostia Rivers, only three are of modern, substantial design, the Key Bridge and the Highway and railroad bridges. The Chain Bridze should be replaced speedily. It is in- adequate in width and doubtful in durability. The Aqueduct Bridze has heen replaced by the Key and will soon disappear. The Memorial Bridge. | which will be soon in evidence, will be the best of all in structure and trafic accommodation. The Andcostia H ! | | | road | | should be brought up to the Capital |land. and Fo !the L tew oo Fort Washington. In a bill which has jusi been passed by (he Senate provision is made for the sale of four forts belonging to the aryland and Virginia, together with 8 number ! United States, located in M of United B other properties of the itary use. It i to he hoped that al least one of these will be spared from sale and disappearance as 2 land- mark. That is Fort Washington, the walls of which on the Potomac shove few miles below this city make distinguishing feature of the approach to the Capital from the south. Washington long azo ceased to be of military Iois old-type construction, which, of modern military engage otection what in use. an masonry course, in a ment. would be of no p ever Lo its occupants and no facto the defense of the city in case of in casion. It never 1t thy of perpetuation. figured in any of our no historical meaning. Yet it is cher. i the people of this city us object. A long time scene of the first the National Guard Subsequently it emplacement of illery. The futility fense of this character ity has long since heen evident hostile flect ascending the river be able “reach”™ Washi it gunfire from s considerable tance Fort Washington. How- ever that may be. Fort Washington is cherished, und the hope is feli that in thix now proposed wholesale dispo n of heretofore used for military this par- tenlar reservation its pictur- esque construction. may be spared to remain as a park. In a very few years this city will have spread into Mary- Washington will be in suburbs, and this within reach. and if preserved will be as a park a source of great pleasure to the public. has it encamp. of the familiar the of strict. ago was ment 1 tor the modern A would tn with below needless lands purposes with v easy - France is willing personnel of her guvernment in any way that promises restoration of the franc to its normal value. Money fs a mysterious power within itself and re fuses human domination bevond a cer- tain point. E— If he could be interviewed on the subject. Smedley’ Butler Id very probably conzratulate the people of the United States on the fact that Philadelphia was not permitted to re- main the Capital of the Nation. ——— Boston eliminates the from the rough shows. It ix only hours’ run from Boston to New York. The “popular taste” of the continent’s most cultured city need not go unappeased. ———— Political® intrigue combines with ro. mance to make Prince Carol a figure of Interest. A little music is all that is needed complete the touch comic ope to of oo Taxation brings into prominence the phrase “earned income term of variable meaning. e SHOOTING STARS. RY PHILANDER JOHNSON An Awful Impression. This life seems a terrible thing® 'he news that the chroniclers bring Fills each passing hour with a care That's driving us ‘most 1o despair! A suicide wraps us in gloom. The killers their methods resume. Policemen show courage complete While hi-Jackers shoot up the street. mewhere there are men zood and true. Whose work means the best they can do. Yet to crime our attention must cling— And life seems a terrible thing! Reformers. Are you in favor of reforming the rules of the Senate?” i “I am.” answered Senator Sorghum. “We must limit debate. For a long time 1 have been convinced that near. Iy every person in one auzust body. except me, talks too much!” Mid-Winter Colloquy. The Mine Owner said to the Delegate: “We'll talk things over and seek reform. ! Of course the Public will have to wait. Let's go to Florida. where it's warm. Jud Tunkins savs it's whep the bills come In that you fully realize there ain’t no Santa Claus. One man achleves a sense of tri umph by influencing the destinies. of nations. Another solves a cross.word puzzle. Lure of the Forbidden. What is accomplished by padiock ing a restaurant in New York?" “I dunno.” answered Uncle Bill Rot- tletop, “unless it's to hoost business by making it more expensive to zet in by the back door. A man who doesn’t like dogs for- feits the pleasure of being loved, re. gzardless of his personal faults. Fair Enough. Reduce the tax! That's what we say. Until we do not have to pay. For all our thrift, with honest ends, More than the hootleg artist spends. We are supposed to regulate our dispositions so as to scatter merry sunshine. But it is hard to compete with the man who scatters merry moonshine. “Dar is two kinds of a poker game,” said Uncle Eben. “In one, enemies pertends dey ix friends: and in de emies. venue, nain arteries of on | ex in different parts of the coun- | try. for which there iz no (urther mil- Fort | But it has a significance that | s close to the | | worry to exchange the | o profanity STABR, WASHINGTON, D, BY CHARLES i “How did they come to select you 10 | sell boi ks he asked. “Why. vou ac | tualiy know something about books! “Oh, thank you,” she smiled. “It is a wonder,” he went on, undix- turbed. “they did not pick vou eut to sell corsets, or something.” She smiled again in her clfish man ner, “You see.” the customr went on, “I will be quite frank with you. Vou are absolutely the first book clerk | ever ! mat wha knew anything about bool “It_ix refreshing. Nowadavs the hook-huving public’ has b come used [to having books shoveled at them. { much as if these precious thinzs wers many ton: of coal. |1 know book clerks wh, coal sellers and who use exactly the | same mothods of dispensing their { wares they would utilize in convineing |4 customer that soit coal is as clean as anthracite. " You are absolutely man—and I mean {found who really loves books.™ “Thank you vers much, You are very zood.” The book buver went awar 10d book under hi= arm and fesling around his heart, for there is nothing a booklov anpreciartes more, unless it is a book. than a clerk who « for hooks. too. Under the guidance of such an em nlove the bookman gets real ser e and the store some yosl salesmenshin, ) rather rare article, after all, despite wll the men who stick their shoes between tha door and the sill te pre. {vent one from shutting them-out. | * * i It i= a pleasure 1o wateh Mise Book {ve will eall her that) sell a one volume Shakespeare to two middle d Tadics, "hey are zood the first sales it—1 have aver undorstands and smiled she | with = happy 2000 housewives | have heard that Shakespeare is nec- | escary 1o real eulture. The faer that the cultured human hesrt was in es- 1 istence nz hefore the Bard does not ome peovle a bit. the reallv ed and what an n the “must he plays of ‘Oh, must’ Dlace ted aceent really hakespeare they must my So the two zood souls have sallied out in sexrch of culture in one vol- ume. You %know the sort—limp leather, paper you can read both sides of the page at once. tvpe too small, but boldly placarded as “large type.” Of course, it is large in comparison {with smaller tvpe: Bul that is all About 1o 30 vears ago there was zreat vozue for small print Maybe that helps acconnt for specticles on so many elderly today Then they managed t the Pickwick Papers int bigger than a magazine. This result was not secured hy the use of thin “Bible paper.” as it is called, but sim- ply through the expedient of using a type so small that it was—and is la crime to demand the human eve to { peruse it This was the ! fortunately stll < { with somewhat larzy {true—the 1wo women buyinz. Miss Book As @ good saleswoman. she 1o sell them the faney. “de luxe edition, if she could, but as a real | human being she was determined, too. that the customers should get what ihe fuces cram all of | 4 book no sort of thing—un- ng, althouzh type, it s were intent on iv BY FREDERIC President Coolidge's foes on Capitol. Hill should now beware. He has ac- quired a tomahawk—a real, honest- to-zoodness scalping utensil. It ar- | rived this week in the White House {'mails from an admirer whose identity | has not been disclosed. The Presi- | dent learned of the tomahawk's pres. [ ence in the executive mail baz quite | hy accident. He Is accustomed early | in the forenoon. before the day’s busi | ness has begun, 1o wander into the | mailroom of the White House offices and give things the casual once-over. Now and then the clerks call his at- tention to something they think might be of particular Interest to Mr. Coul- ldge. When the business end of a | workmanlike tomahawk fell out of ‘the wrapping paper It was handed { over to the President with glee. He izrinned from ear to ear. fondled it as if he were musing over its utility, | and. carrying It out of the mailroom s into hix own office. remarked to a White House attache, “This looks 1o me like a pretty fine specimen!” * kak x What Senator David A. Reed. Re- publican, of Pennsylvania. means when he clamors for a bigger hunk of the patronage pie than the administration | has given to the Kevstone G. 0. P. i3 | thut things were different in “Boss” Penrose’s day. When Penn State’s representatives in the Senate were Penrose and Knox, deserving Republicans all the way from the Delaware to the Alleghenies ! shook down Federal plums with regu- larity. Pennsvlvania's patronage for- tunes began to sag with the advent of the Harding-Coolidge administration in 1921. The explanation, known to insiders. never obtained general cur- rency. It was that Harding never forzave Pennsylvania Republicans, e peclally the more plutocratic class, for disgorging campaign funds so zrudgingly. 1In the 1920 campalgn, Mr. Harding once told his observ. ers, the banner G. O. P. State falled utterly to put up the share of the party sinews that, in his judg- ment, was forthcoming. One of the reasons President Harding stubbornly refused Invitations to speak in Phila- delphia was his disappointment on that score. Present-hour patrogage ! \woes in Penn may spring from the me root cause. PR Senator Dill. Democrat. of Washing- ton, who has been lambasting the new District of Columbia traffic rules, especially those In force near the Capitol, may be irked by one regula- | tion in particular. It may be a dis- | agreeable reminder of earlier davs. On the stretch of pavement reaching from the Senate wing of the Capitol to the park fronting the Senate Office Build- ing, the, police have chalked the injunction. “Walk ‘within the lines. Now. walking within the political !lines is something in which Sen. ator Dill has never specialized. He declined, while a member of the House in 1917, to walk within the lines laid down by President Wilson on war legisiation, earning membership in consequence in “that little group of willful men.” At present, Senator Dill objects to walking within his party's lines on the World Court proposition. * o ow % Mrs. Henry W. (Francls Parkinson) Keyes, wife of the junior Senator from Néw Hampshire, who has spent the past eight or nine months in the Far East, sightseeing and writing. recently had an_ exhilarating _experlence in China. She is traveling with her son, who is a Harvard man. Graduates of Cambridge have in consequence feted the Keyes party on every possible oc- casion. and the Orient seems to be liberally sprinkled with them. The: are usually sons, and not daughte: of Harvard, but at a reunion in Shang- bridges should not be neglected. They | yuthuh, friends pertends dey is en-[ai not long ago a winsome Chinese girl joined in the celebration. She who | was helpful, as twavs. | vas going | THIS AND THAT E. TRACEWELL. | ! discover ! | | they wanted, if what they wante Thix is the difficult problem of the veal salesman, o help the customer and the tirm at the sume time. * % % & i Xow here," bubbled Miss Book. | | “is a beautiful edition,” and she pro. uced the fancy affair, with *Willlam | Shakespeare” on the cover in xold. | zold all around the edges, silk marker | und all that sort of thing. ! “Here you have ull the plays, the | tragedies, comedies and histories. and | all the poems, includinz the famous | sonnets,” went on the clerk. : “And hew much does It cost?” asked ! the one with the knowing eves. | “Oh, the price,” replied Miss Look, | as i reluctant to intrude such a | brutal proposttion into an esthetic | | conversation. “Six dollars.” | O zasped the first v second said nothing, but made any comment, would have been “Oh!" too. ! “It really is not expensive: it such a beautiful book,” gurzled Mis Book. “Now here are several other | editions. They are very =zood. t | The print is a trifle smaller in th one for one-ninety-eight. but it s worthy volume, the wume.” “Well,” hesitated the ladies “IC you will take my smiled Miss Book in her charmin way, “vou will pav the extra pric {and get this first one. 1t is s0 auch | better lookinz. and if vou have chil dren around, it will prove =0 much | more attractive to them. “Think what it means a beautiful book lying oa where the children will row familiar with (1. sreat Shakespeare. B dren. of course- She sald it d =imply must Of course.” 1y <he couid yman. The | If she had undoubredly 1t | advie have the 1able cee it and vlay< of the | W have chil oh as if every one in have childven | athed the 1wo ladies as one—and they probably hoth did “Then hy all means let me prevail upon vou to take this heautiful hook |contineed the hanpy salesperson. with | {that electric thrill which comes when one is about 1o make 1 handsome ale Did she sell Of cours the . ow o If vou pride vourself |books. rather fancy {and “literary,” | store. There. in her, vou wili find 2 voung woman who knows more about hooks thun you do, and who is as helpful clerks always are supposed 10 be. (We | Wil “let the remainder of that sen tence zo.) Perchance you may |plexity before three sets of the works ;n' Guy de Maupassant One has | snappy #old on the cover, an- * » on knowin vourself “hooky drop into Miss Book's stand in per iy in |other s in leather, the lust in cloth | The price of the lutter rather ip |peals. but the charm of the snappy |lady is undeniable. Being a lover of jart. and also male. vou hesitate he |tween the two editions Miss Book, noting vour dile lete. whereas this one”—lightly touch ing the cloth book—"is complete. This edition is “The Complete Works. “Thank vou. 1 hadn't noticed that.” pieces.” Of course’ | i |settles it for y ““This edftion.” she savs. flickinz the blden girl with a finger, “is not com ltxne.' she goes on. sternly eving the | brazen crexture, “is labeled “The Mas |terpleces of Maupassant.’ whereas this you say. weakly, zlud to be helped out. ““The complete works is what 1 want. ed, of course. not just the master WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS WILLIAM WILE. iturned out to be the fir: her sex ever 1o Radcliffe College. Mrs. Keves is not | expected back in Washington NEXt Autumn. After Congress ad Journs in the Summer. if it does ad Journ, Senator Keves will travel 1o the Mediterranean to meet his son. Chinese of be graduated from until wife and e ow “Jim” Preston. who runs the press =alleries of Congress. with the rank ar superintendent and the authority of N autocrat, was riding to town on « Fourteenth street car the other dav when he espied. sitting together. Sena tors Harris of Georgia and La Folletts of Wisconsin. It suddenly occurred o me." says Preston. “‘that once upon # time both of those men were rin. ning around the Senate capacities. Harris came there Vate secretary 1o the late A. 8. Clay U'nited States Senator from from 1897 to 1910. and ‘vounz Bob was, of course, his father's confidenti: |man for vear. fledged members of the early environment count: they ought to s pri Senate. If be especially Jegisators.” The late Seonto Avemar Pue Gorman of Marviand once was Senate page: so was David . Barry now sergeant-at-arms of the Senate A8 was Augustus Thomas, plavwright Former Gov. “Jake" Preuss of Minne. sota served a similar apprenticeship. * v % ¥ Washingtonians have come President Coolidge as an inveterate walker, but are less conscious thut the First Lady of the Land is almost a greater walker than her hushand. She walks far and fast. The segret service man who accompanies M Coolldge on her constitutionals nsuxl- Iy winds up fagged out, although the President’s gracious consort gives no indication that her pace is tiguing. Perhaps Mrs. Coolidge makes up by walking what she used to gzet from dancing. In vice presidential dayvs she ‘was one of the Capital's most inde- fatigable, also graceful, dancers, al- though the President has never burned incense at the shrine of Terpsichore. Anybody who knows Mrs. Coolidge’s dancing predilections can realize what A waste of time she must feel it mere- 1y to look on at a charity ball, as she did in Washington one night this week. instead of taking part in floor actlvities. Know * o ox o John W. Weeks. former Secratary of War, who is resting in Washington, with Mrs. Weeks, after spending the early part of the Winter season in South America, will shortly proceed to Honolulu. He has always had a trip around the world as his objective, fol- lowing retirement from public life. ‘The expedition to Hawaii may turn out to be the firat leg of the projectad journey. Mr. Weeks. who is an op- ponent of drastic economy in national defense. was the victim of such a pol- icy in early life. He was a midship. man at Annapolis, and was honorably mustered. out of the service, with others of his class, because a parsi. monious Congress failed to provide money for the upkeep of the Naval Academy, and the Secretary of the Navy had to cut to the bone all along the line, (Copyright. 1925.) Name Them! From the Waterbury Democrat. ‘Who are the “fashion authorities' who say plumpness hereafter is to be the thing, and have they personal reasons? —————— An Example. . WEDNESDAY, JANUARY {n ey, | Lodge und itiuns on the terms suggested by the {in | in humble | Now they're both full. | s for anything | 6., 1926. Politics at Large By G. Gould Lincoln When James T. Williams, jr.. editor the Bosion American, three days ago suggested that Massachusetts send to the Senate former Mayor James M. Curley of Boston next yvear he siarted tongues wagging In earnest The suggestion was made at a bar- hecue at the Copley-Paza Hotel the night before Mr. Curley went out of office, given in the mayor's honor. Mr. Willlams' suggestion was that Mr. Curley might well serve Massi chusetts fn the National Capital. par- ticulurly as a successor to the late Senator Lodge and as an opponent of American adheslon to the League of Nations, the World Court or any other assoclation of natlons whic might i any way bring the United States into he reaim of foreizn politics. And Mr. while modestly _disclaming nny ambition to come to Washington, an attitude of “I'm in" the hands my friends."” Until the launching of the Curley poom, If it can really be called such, it had been supposed that former Sena- David 1. Walsh would be the Demo- atic nominee for the Senute next piember without opposition, in the race for the seat once held by Senator now occupied by Willium M. Butler, chairman tepublican national comnmittee, under ippointment. Senator Walsh has been | in the State for nearly a year, now, and it is reported that he has con- ducted an exceedinzly active, though auiet. campaign fo nomination and election of assumed thi % ox % Political observers both in #nd in the National Capital do not be- lieve that Curley could win the Demo- cratic nomination from David L Walsh The Boston democrac, is nsually held to be strong for Curley has also shown it favor to and in 1924, when Walsh was defeated tor Senator while running Senator Gillett, he had a lead tes over his Republican op- penent in Boston, while Mayvor Curley who had hoasted he would carry Bos- ton by 100,000 in his fizht for the zov €inorshin against Gov, Fuller. went out of Boston with only a 40,000 lead Senator Walsh has kept out of Bos- ton and eity politics to a very great extent. He did not mix ,in the last mayoralty fight at all, when Maleolm 1. Nichols, Republican, was elected, although he was urged to make an effort to bring the warring Democratic factions in the city together on a single candidate. But Senator Walsh has a strong hold on the Democratic voters of Boston, and a very much stronger hold than Mavor Curl the up-State democracy of Massachu- etts | \ *x o % Walsh. it will be remembered. wasx “n opponent of the entry of the United States into the League of Na lute ‘President Wilson and his Demo- cratic supporters in the Senate. Later. | President Wilson wrote a bitter letter 1o a friend in Museachusetts, when Walsh was « candidate for re-elec tion. declaring that the Democrati Senator had been no true supporter of the Wilson administration and it= major issue, the League of Nations. The letter was written while the Lute President was in 11l health. and Sena tor Walsh made no public statement regard to it whatever. Although they have not been “chummy™ in politics, there has been | no open breuk between Curley wnd Walsh up to the present time. - But the former mayor is said to entertain a dislike for the former Senator. which goes back to the dav when Walsh polled a much larger vote in Boston than did Curlev. Some of Curley’s adherents insinuated then that Walsh supporters had voted a slip ticket. and cut the mayor's name. The Curley affair. if it develops into a real candidacy for the Demo- cratie nomination. can have compara tively little bearinz on the outcome of the senatorial election itself, it is believed unless, perchance, Curley should win the nomination. The for- mer mavor would not be nearly so formidable a candidate against Sena tor Butler as would Senator Walsh because Walsh has a much stronger | hold on the democracy in the State ! generully, and because he is likely 10 win some of the independents. who | wrmerly supported Senator Lodge. s % Senator Walsh has not declared | himself one way or the other with ! {regard to the World Court. though {in sume quarters It bas been said he not opposed to entrance into fhat court with the reservations now pro- {posed by the Prerident. At any rate he has not declared himself azainst the court. The court issue probably will he dispored of before the sen- atorial primaries come off In Massa chusetts next September any way It there is a Curley-Walsh contest or the nomination, after it is over and Walsh has received the nomina- | tion—as he may well do—the sup. port of the Boston democracy will Il be with Walsh in the election. 1t has always been hehind Walsh { When he ran’ tor office. * o ox ox | | | i An echo of the bitter fisht which was waged in 1920 for the Republican nomination for President is now being heard in the Senate. The nom- ination of Judge Wallace McCamant ! of Oregon to be United States circuit Judge in the ninth judicial circuft is up for consideration and is bitterly opposed by Senator Hiram Johnson of California. It happens that Judge McCamant was the delegate at the | Republican national convention who horped on a chair and put the name iof Calvin Coolidge in nomination for | Vice President and stampeded the | convention for his nominee. It also happens that Judge McCamant was the “irreconciluble” member of the Oregon delegation who refused to be bound by the presidential prefer- entlal primary of the State, which resulted favorably to Senator John- jters are readinz son. Hence the Johnson opposition to his present confirmation. The appointment of Judge Mc Camant in a sense may be regarded as the payment of a political debt by the President. But Senator Johnson is intent upon payving another kind of debt—not one of gratitude. The friends of Judge McCamant insist that the judge had declared himself for Gen. Leonard Wood for President while he was seeking election as & delegate to the Republican national committee, and had intimated clearly that he would not ever support Sena- tor Hiram Johnson in the convention. Senator Johnson. however, insists that McCamant was hound by the results of the primary to give his support to the choice of the voters of the State for the Republican presi- dential nomination. His argument is that if Judge McCamant was not more punctilious about such matters, he was not fit to be on the bench. Judge Camant now is serving under a recess appointment given him by President Coolidg: During the con- vention of 1920 he voted steadily for ‘Wood for President, defving the John- %on faction who sought to bar him from the convention. * X % % ‘The probable effect of the present World Court fight in the Senate on the political fortunes of two of the most prominent Republicans in the country is being followed with no little interest in Washington and elsewhere. President Coolidge has cast himself unqualifiedly into the fight for ratification of the World Court protocol with certain reserva- tions, while Senator Borah, chairman From the Providence Journal. A philosepher says he never heard a generalization about woman that was not a lle. How about this one? of the foreign relations committee, is just as unreservedly fighting such ratification. 1f Senator Borah is de- teated, where, it Is asked, will it leave ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. What is the meant by “‘monadnock’ R. N. W A. The term is derived from Mount Monadrock in New Hampshire, and is applied to an isolated mountainlike remnant of hard rock extending above its surroundings in the late states of a period of cycle of erosion. Stone Mountain in Georgia is another in- stance of this class, Q. Do the Eskimos In Alaska g0 to public schools?—Al, K. A. There are scho dren and fo Schools for the Territor St sehools term for white chil- native children in Alaska. white children are under 1 Board of tucation, i the natives are under ! the direction of the Burean of tion and these schools are conducted for the benefit of adults as for children. Q. How did the custom of shaking hands orizina ¥ A, Only a0 conjectin In the early duvs the was bared and held out of peace ean he made. weapon hand as a symbol Q. Did Boh Inzersoll die an infidel or not?—J. B. A. There is that Robert G. Inzersoll changed views on religion at the time his death, Biographers of Ingersoll do not make any reference to his having accepted God Q. For named?—A. 1 A. Fort De Russy was honor of Bvt. Briz. Gen. Rene De tussy (colonel Corps of Enzineers. 1 A.), who served with distinction dur nz the War of 1812 and Civil War nd who died November 3 1865 Fort De Russy is a military reserva tion #t Camp Kalia. \Walkiki, Islind of Oahu, Hawatian Territory believ his no reason to whom was Fort De Russy named in can a meerschanm- pipe he e @l M ften eizht paris of isir water containing a little aicoh to it one part of zalbanum. one of zum ammoniac and four ot cohol. This misture i< uzed hot fssin Add part wlal Q. What is the buz f d with that pugilist= practice on hesides 1he regu. lation punching bag®— . k. I A. The bag to which vou refer is filled with sand. Tt is used 10 develop the punch and speed of the bhoxer This bag is a different shape from the reghlar punching bag. It is con tained in a canvas packei. The size varies according Lo the size required It is suspended on a strap from the ceiling. These bags are made upon special order by a dealer in sporting goods, Q. What was Senator MeKinley's Fusiness before enterinz Congress’—H. A. lie wax in the banking and mort: age loan business and ensuzed ex tensively in buildinzg and operatins bublic utilities in 1llinois. The Senator 15 generally recognized as one of the most successful and public-spirited men that his State has produced the So the ot Christian zovernment G . MeH. It is atheistic and las avowed hostility to a belief in the existence of the Christian (¢ Q. Why are frozen raindrops of so many different shapes?—XN. B. L. A. The Weather Bureau sivs that the chief reason for this is the fact that partially frozen drops often col lide and stick together. zivinz shapes that vary with the number and size of the adhering drops. und the extent 1o which they were frozen when they collided. Entirely liquid drops on col lision form. if they unite. only one larger but still spherical drop. caffeine Q. can coffee’—FE. . Al All About Coffee’ is possible 1o extract ffeine from coffee. The ffeine is usually extract ed from the green beans by benzol or chloroform, but a variety of solvents may be emploved such water. al cohol, carbon tetrachloride retone be extracted from says that it jethyl efher or mixtures or |of these. emulsions After extraction the beans may be steam distilled to remove and to recover any residual traces of sol vent and then dried and roasted. | | Q. What [Jantary?—A. F. 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It is said that the finest and most delicate u: that make muscles is in speakin; Q. Has Jean Capart book on Tut-ankh-Amen) Jknowledze of the tomb excavated \Lord Carnarvon?—T. « A. Prof. Jean Capart is a distin zuished Egyptologist, Lord Carnarvon invited 'rof. Cay 1o aceompant Queen Elizabeth of 1 im when her majesty went to Bt to be present when the fomh the Kinz wa apened we firs (author of a first-hand by Qo il o A i hovses or = ¥ Layze hnildinzs or flate have in existence in yme European citfes like Taris. Berlin and Rome for many In Paris, zreat blocks of apariments were erected under the Second Empire (1552701, In Germany and Austria. similar apartment houses were buflt. generzlly of the French mo In _the United States. the arliest apa we built in New | York beiween nd 1873, 10 meet | the changed following the ‘l'l\l\ W | Q dw vears condi What and A words have refe intensive Dbrizhiness rather | mass. thouzh differences volved. 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Haskin, director, Wash- ington. . €. bureaw sines Talk of Recognizing Russia Follows Trade Conference The effect af trade relations hetween the United States and Russia has heen the subject of general discu recent dinner at New York. reported ave been attended hy Russian in- dustrialists and - American bhanke and industrial leaders. “Into recent happeninzs.” the In- dianapolis News suggests, interpre. an extensive move for early recosni- tion of Moscow The conclusion that srowing trade between countries. with the outiook for @ mue larger volume should the two govern- ments establish official relations, will ion since ment in America create renewed pressure for the step. ce knows no | In the long run. comm boundary lines. and economic powerful in making for often desirable—adjustments. 1t will be surprising if considerable is ne heard from now on about the advi: abflit Hf recognizing Russi The American trader, however, the Baltimore Eveninz Sun. ha ready captured the bulk of Russian trade, while most European merchants have heen backward in the matter and have waited for their covernments to act. “Those governments. under pressure from business men.” con tinues the Evening Sun. “have. for the most part. recognized the Rus sian government. Yet they have not Succeeded in capturing more than a molety of the trade which has come to the United States. If there is a lesson in this. it is that recognition isn't all it is cracked up to he. Trade comes without recognition.” PR ““There is much ground yet to be covered. of course.” In the opinion of the Charleston Evening Post. “before Soviet Russia is actually accepted on a basis of equality by the United States, but business relations on a large scale between large dealers in this country and the Communist re- sime at Moscow appear 1o be actually force is avs him? His success in the fight against the League of Nations in 1919 and the suhsequent Republican victory, at the polls in 1920 had not a little to do with enhancing the national po- litical strength of the Idaho Senator. On the other hand, should President Coolidge be defeated in this fight— unlikely as it now seems—where would it leave the President? ‘What will happen should the Sen- ate adopt some of the Borah reserva- tions, designed to cut off the World Court absolutely from the League of Nations? Will President Coolidge adopt the same unbending attitude as that of the late President Wilson with regard to the Lodge reservations and the League of Nations. choosing to take no court rather than a court under such conditions? President Coolidge probably would not go to the same lengths as the late President Wilson in demanding that the court proposal be accepted without the change in the dotting of an i" or the crossing of a “t.”" He has already pro- posed reservations himself, and a few more would not make a great deal of difference, it is suggected in some quarters. On the other hand. adoption of such reservations doubt- less would be held a signal victory for Senator Borah and his prestige would grow rather than diminish as a result of the contest. the two | desired-—and | the established. An economic urest foundation for politica tions. 1f officials of New York b of zreat steel industries and of iextile interests will meet Suviet representa- tives at a dinner 1o discuss husiness relations, it will not he lonz before members of President Coolidge’s cihi net ive plenipotentiaries holdin: commissions from Moscow Nevertheless. the whole thinz 1< 1o the Louisville Courier Journ: to he »n gamble, into which Ame husiness zoes at its own risk. It zoing far,” adds the Lonisville . “if it seeks to push the United < in the matter of recognition American business interests and the American Government realize the irresponsibility of the people and the zovernment”’ of Russia. Mo emphatic is the statement by the Omaha World-Herald that “if Sec. retary Kellogg is sleeping. let him make, for the Soviets are seducing hig business. and he is ton smart a man not to know what t means.” The World-Herald also asks a series of questions bearing on the subject: |“Where was Secretary Kellogg when |these official representatives of red Ru were arranging for admission to our shores? Why are they not now arrested and deported? Can any of us | sleep securely of nights with our cap- | tains of industry, our dukes of dollars. |the rea) pillars of our republic. thus freely exposed to their contaminating influence? When the Secretary wakes. let him tell v for we are all inferested to know: When is a bolshevik not a holshevik?” Is vel too ¥ ok ok % The St. Paul Pioneer Press asseris !that “the present leaders of Russia be- {lieve in only one thing—militant com- munism —— have learned nothing by their failure and forgotten nothing, and our captains of industry and finance have forgotten everything.” The Allentown Morning Call adds that the “bankers and business men cer tainly know better than any one that the Russian principles are anathema to ‘America.” The Fargo Forum. also critical, declares: ““The financlers made # mistake in surrounding their dinner with so much secrecy, for they permit- ted Moscow to trade brazenly in its chief product. propaganda.” “Although Russia is abandoning communism and returning to the capi talist_system. it is still advocating the overthrow of capitalism.” save the Youngstown Vindicator. and the Ann Arbor Times-News declares that “if the Soviet is meddling in everyhody's business, there is good reason to con- tinue the policy of non-recognition, re- gardless of any pressure from big bus}- ness.”” Fundamentally, according to {the EI Paso Herald. “a state of recog- nition and friendliness between gov. ernments is impossible when the agen- cies of ome are trying to destroy the other. ‘“The Soviet authorities have inves- tigated 1n the United States,” explainx the Spokane Spokesman-Review, “and found that public opinion is over- whelmingly back of the Hughes re- quirements" for recognition. The New York World quotes Senator Borah fo the effect that Russia is prepared to accept the requirements—to deal rea- sonably with matters of debt. confisca- tion of property and propaganda—and continues: “Is Russia ready to make good on Mr. Borah's promises? Un- less it is wise to play the estrich there is no harm In fAnding out.”