Evening Star Newspaper, January 22, 1926, Page 6

~ V b THE EVENIN( STAR i TON S . = THE EVENING STAR]|cthér astonomical wiumph. Now!later a cabinet list was in his hands | With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON. D. C. TRIDAY.......January 22, 19 23 The Evening Star Newspaper Compan Bux r‘:» \)'!w;r\ 116y st ennesi anta Ave O T o B . Chiage Ofice: Tower Building =<ovean Offic v 14 Rezeat £t Lond Ligiand, ith the Sundas me ves i Pt et Ber nonth 100 M 2000 rier at the end of cah mentd n cants) D mail n Rate hy Mail—Payveble in * Maryland and Virginia. <n.00 wna "0 fon e hea ANl Other States and Canada R0 10 B | Member of the Associzied Press Asroe sted Press ix o A City of Ideal Homes. development veral linss. ashinzton public P of Was T he. the alonz the ‘nning izton re are v autiful ion of the Wash he ad ve plans throuzh und the pro The ington prosnerow vancemen (< busine b ures for There health mo. i and tans u heme of develn commumity that wil for the world, «nd in the heppine del n ele. sipment The Star i5 conc “ll these phe e It now u speciiically the just summar der 10 premoce namad of the work ed that of encouraging home ownership atiractive architecture s an idea! ncement e fystering this end i now €ponse ration, anno ¢ heen niide. homes demens of wwhich ha 1 Washin nians nzly becoming home { tendency which was hastened tme conditions when, overpopulated me scant. small hitecturi nz. how nany vears seen inerea: tions be there ceommod: cmerzer chance for giving heed With its pas ever, the opportunity pron- arly 1o develop rezity, and it is for the purpose of encouraging this develon Fousin considerations has come ment that The Star has in cc with the Washington Chapter of American Institute of Architects or- ganized an advisory committee the auspices of which Detitive co s taken. ranging in sell ing to the present tentative n $9,000 to §30.000. Thi oposed demon stration has the approval of not the Ameriean Institute of Architects but of the Co-operative Luiliers sociation and of the indzpend ent builders It is believed that throuzh thi onstration the will be pr: srmed the means nece. the Wush- tngton beautiful und the Washington comfor 1t the 1 hoped. . that public e will advanced and th “d of su 1 domestic architecture Ii thet serving in the fu 1l 12ad to the evolulion of pital City its inhabi junction unde of ¢ un . accord be ng price ruetio from 1any s dem people or It to N Washinzten crically of sry same time. is Lasi be R may hed, ture c which all #nts will be proud. —— Pre-ident Dawes ed hi of reformi be discouraged periences of Gen. Smedley 1 unusually with buoyant confidence. has it Raniz Vire has mnot s the U. s, by the ex Butler, who difficult task The Senate like other human or- no o approached but vroblems ions i Iphia one s going with those to of compare P*hil ‘- ra time fested little int Since uropean nations mani- est in U. 8. politics, taking up the study they have displayed a marvelous accuracy derstapding — The Mervel of Space. her astronomical discovers «nnounced from Chicago, the 1 ©f observations at the Mount Wil- A nebular ch identified as a uni- computed to be 700,000 light years distant from the earth and 4,000 1 vezrs in diameier. These are figures, They indicate a cosmic condition virtually beyond the of the mind to conceive “Thouzh reduced 1o Mght-vear term hich sign the number of yeu 1. v erse the int ening snace—they fail to denote within the of human imagination the true rensity of the outer area, in which et on which we have our be- the me Tt has been N . is * " erse upendous upacity tor hizh scope s by st mote of relative s ald that the mind can not grasp, cannot truly conceive, space. ! Lveryihing in the physical life of man | & s its definitlons, {dentity, specific tangible quality. Space with- out limits or bounde, without defini- tion, without proportlons. must re main merely a concept of theory. As. tronomy has pressed farther and far- ther into that mysterious realm of infinite distance, identifying planets and groups, nebulae and star masses through patient and marvelously skill- ful research, aided by successivel: more powertul instruments. i A few years ago announcement eame that measurements had been made of the great star Betelguese, which had for centuries been known as one of the elements in the constel- lation of Orlon, a particularly bright fixed body. The astronomers described a stellar mass infinitely greater than the sun of this system, an incandes- cent body of almost inconceivable vastness. The means by which these measurements were madé were be- vend the comprehension of laymen, but K: resuit THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor’ Is onl. | ned in; the | As its | i comes this present discovery, identify- with the assurance that it would have : ing as a universe a vague patch in|the support of a sustaining majority | the heavens which was first observed |in the Reichstag. by the late Prof. E. [ | 1884, that seen from this { the fuintest blur Quadrillions the carth larger planet Barnard in earth is but separated from system, doubtless L of which this member, is ganism held in space by the ! mutable laws that maintain this uni verse and held furthermore in a rels ! tionship with this. Yet the question lis ever present. does this | extst That it had | 700,000 vears ago is deduced f astronomical caleu on. It mar have ceased to be veritably uncountable length of time before the development of lite an this pianet miles than th: minor § { | 5 1 is a an arne im tod it Tizhi m the present —— Iatrusive Legislation. Jus applat District committee of th v Underhill ing \ o s evo ed ~ing of House, Rep: terday when, the entitive o s. vefer indirectly pensic veported, 10 the . which, was ve lured that for mother cently d | | o | When IHindenburg was elected Pres ident of Germany fears were express ed he was merely the stalk horse for the monarchy. He b however. conducted himself with sirict fidetity to Republican principles. His sincere concern is for the muintenance of government. This latest action in lest ivirtually dictating the formation of & | | universe | its entity | L sistently | the | committee should give more intensive ! consideration to what the people of the District ave most interested in.and in- veizhed ugainst those outside of this community who are seeking to use the District nent thei special projecis of {reform. A hope prevails that this view of the matter will be taken by the House and the hill in que:tion is brouzht consid eration as an experi ground 1 own social Senate when A disposition 1o wse the Instriet forcing bed for lezislitive veget tion has apparent for some vears. Al sorts of schemes have heen proposed for adoption, with the people | of Washington as the elements of the experiment. Proponents of many of legisl: of whom have failed in their own States 10 secure adoption there. have sought Lo try out their plans herve. In in mothers’ pension system, heen forms social on. zome the case of which that L bill views and wishes of the Dis iet people s prepared under the uspices of the District Commission- ers by a commission named by them and guided by an expert. whase sery ic u w at point the met he s were secured for that purpose. a measure, yet the list moment. when it was under consideration in the House District committee. another bill was substi- tuted at the instance of social reform- ers from elsewhere. who zained the sunport of members from their St The preference shown for this substi tute measure vas a rebuke to the Dis- trict people. to tind a mittee disposition thi satisfactory te. and it is gratifying now member of the House com his dissent om the which has been made 1 the rejection ent of a bill which is per adanted to the locel conditions which the of the munity which specific sponse 1o the often expressed wish ¢ legislators for concurrence local sentiment upon measures the pnblic welfare of the Capital. ——— Save the 0ld voicing ¢ of for the p: tectly meets views com nd is a ve. Forts. Effort preservation of KForts Washington <nd Hunt, near this city. from sale iction. tozether with 2 numnber 'other milit reservaiions Lo be abandoned and put on the m The wiher dur the Secretars uch a wish, and no the Nutional Park Service has asked the delegates to a ‘:c-n:ev'e:-w on outdoor recreation et behind a project authorizing the {transfer of abandoned military reser- vations throughout the country andi heiv establishiment as State parks. Washington is directly interested in he preservation of Forts Washinzton and Hunt. They are landmarks, They are of no military value. of course, but they are suitable for use as pub- lic reservations. It would be a pity to destroy ancient siructure at Fort Washinzton. one of the few re- maininz eszmples of masonry mili- tary works in this country. In the city of Chester, England. is 2 notable example of preservation of old, useless military works. The an- cient city walls that formerly bounded Chester and zave it security against attack huve heen retained and are cherished as a priceless monument. ‘The city, of course, has long since far outgrown its limitations. Buildings rise on both sides of the wall. which now traverses the heart of the new Chester. The top of the wall is a veritable park. a pleasure ground. a safe promenade. 1t is one of the chief attractions to touriste. It is scrupulous’y preserved from decay and is cherished dearly by the people. In other cities in England and on the continent of Europe these ancient military works are kept with jealous care, and woe betide any iconoclastic hand that s Izid upon them in a spirit of progress or economx. Fort Washington is not a heautiful work of architecture. not a histori- cally significant military structure. But it has its meaning as a memorial of the past. The land around it wou'd make a delightful recreation ground. of r that a to the lost irrevocably. ———- The literary market overcrowded. into the League of Nations s reached. Grubb street conditions may be even worse. 1t is Teported that a large amount of propaganda talent will be released for general employment. Col. Mitchell has nothing 1o say. This is one part of his penalty which assuredly will not be modified. e Von Hindenburg. President Von Hindenburg, tired be- yond turther patience of the political controversies that have for several ‘weeks prevented the organization of a responsible ministry, yesterday adopt- ed a policy of direct action. He plain- 1y informed the leaders of the Reichs- tag parties, whom he had summoned to the executive mansion, that their cheice lay between parliamentary gov- ernment and a dictatorship. He gave 1t should not be sold, to be razed and | is said to be When the final decision | as to entrance of the United States linz and ventilating equipment of thai | Fseurity. i | { indeed. veritable fc 1 | | | | which affecting | might easily is being made to insure the! | vears ahead of | | | | i | | | | | I i | | } | | i | | | ' ministry with the alternative of a dic tatorship is the characteristic move of | the military commander, and vet it with the principles which tman President avowed when he took office and which he has con followed since his accession. In his speech to the Reichstag lead vesterday at Berlin Von Hinden Is reported as saving: “‘These exhibitions of & perennial gov The con than ers harg T ernment crisis must cease. dition of the fatherland ever now demands constructive work ould be weil if this sentim France, where cven zreater need of coherent. structive government organization ut the Fog' suggeste more in thers i3 ressed con Keep 0 1t is respectfully architect the Capitol filter be installed as @ part of the heat the that a fog of 1 hoa device grave danger thal the pro- of Congress be veiled in ob Indesd. ve.terday the Senate some time in a state of fox inz the invasion of the heavy ir of vutdoors into the more rarvified. of of deba vas thouzht to be # Buildi without there is ceedings for ' o o atmosphere the arenu it trom the A1 s moke sereen cioak romme, T nicotine smelled of the the chambers of IR than of [ odor accompanied streets rather conference was £ submitted The never It s that 1his should not he Congress should No miet should ever obscure the view dull These present urgently seaedinzs o » he hetozzen the understandin= procecdings in the the World cdly in “open exscutive loors are thrown wide and the people or sen uf Court are snppos The fecting are admitted to the galleries and vis itors of proper the 1 Evervihing is open and above o rhere should be mist mosphere. If this condition throuzh the fack of a foz flier body mizhi take advantaze of it start & filibuster position no in the at. recurs Attacking the proverbial diznity George Washinzton s acquiring publicity still as cisy is old. If. a he + method as it s rumor asserts was a4 I man of ruszed speech when moved to Tiber 1 un- averse to the Washinzton the ability gentleman anzer and « istoms of da questionably had con duct himself as and avoid affronting taste and opinion for the sake of personal unrestraint. ilay ing accepted, with well known diffi dence, the role of leadership. a role in hours of turbulence have been weakened by humen fatlibility, it said. 1o his eternal honor, that plaved it well. not to a to a those must he 5 ny hint of he ——— In pamphlets. AMr. Otto Kahn. di= cussing metropolitan music. modestiv refers to himself as an “amateur’ in art Mr. Kahn is beloved in art e cles beyond any ferms that could he limited by the word “amateur.’ a perfect angel e Oxford Mary who were In Paris for is ridiculed airle pujama s of are wearing Poor Dr. those becanse their time. ] one people they The politicians never dared say alone may venture that Mussolini and The 1o tell only —ooes economisty the world human. There is one form of Fascist never aitempts—the protest agalnst all styles of political bossism. SHOOT: ING STARS. BY PHILANDE Inspirations. 1 shall not eriticize the line Which seems to me in duliness writ. Perhaps it has a meaning fine. Although 1 could not fathom ir. JOHNSON Perhaps it means the welcome naw Of paid-up rent. so hard 1o meet Perhaps it means # pair of choes Fit for a laughing baby's feet Perhaps it means a bright bonquet To gladden a remembering sonl. Perhaps it means a holiday. Perhaps it means a ton of coal. Though it seems needless and obscure. Laborious and all unwise. I know it had some ohject sure And so, 1 shall not eriticize. Conversational Affluence. “Money talks.” remarked the ready made philosopher. “Yes,” answered Senator Sorghum. ‘And a coal conference. like a filibus- ter, calls attention to human capac- ity for being loquacious but uninter- esting.” Trafic Expert. “Po vou understand the traffic sig- nals?” ‘Perfectly.” answered the girl who was driving with an ontof-town license tag. “When the car ahead of me starts, 1 do the same.” Art and Reality. There comes a sorrow, truth to fell, Which must impress us sadly. When people who can Act so well Sometimes Behave so badiy Jud Tunkins says he hates to see a ‘man imaginin’ he's a firebrand when he’s only a sulphur match. Relative Values. If Bacon wrote Shakespeare, so fine and profound, The value is greater, I'll say. For bacon is worth forty cents fo the pound, And Shakespeare .is given away. “Where it's agin de law to het on hoss races,” said Uncle Eben, " ‘tain’ much need foh police authoritv. De them four hours to agree on the com- | percentage machines is busyv all de Wwas accepled as an- Dposition of a coalition. Three hours _tims collectin’ finel o nt were | rd. T He is | physicians patriotism a | BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Out in the front yard the narcissi, {are up fully an inch. What is going | | to happen to them when Winter really comes? | | Covered over with a layer of maple Jeaves. the bulbs found conditions 1o | { their liking, and 100k advantaze of recent warm days to shoot into the light. The only thing to do with them now i 1o keep them well covered. in the | i hope that colder conditlons will hold them in check until their normal hlovming time. several months hence. Washington's snowfall only served as a warm blanket for the narcissi At soon as the few days of almost Springlike weather succeeded. the hulbs thrived ax if it were Spring fn daed. Several showinz plenty of color. although they rose hushes atill have buds | THIS AND THAT will never unfold. of courze. As it was. we had roses from April to Ne vember——eight months, If it had not bheen for the advent of a cold snap in December. there | would have heen fully bloomed roses al Christmas. As ji was. there were veal roses al Thanksgiving. What ix one (o do with these nomads of the garden. which Insiet on grow ing in Winter? - * ¥ * They musi be accepled as facis, and lei g0 at that. You cannot argue with a narcissus. If it finds eondi tions favorable it will send up its stalk despite you. Flowers are’ living cannol talk to them. They are {dumber than the so-called dumb brutes. They neither read hooks nor 1listen to speeches. vel they grow. iust he same. and bloscom in thelr vea R—and sumetimes out of it If thev come up 100 socn and nipped by the frost there is no lamen ftation among them Sorrow is left for the human zardener, who fusses around with them and probably 1akes a =z de more credit himself {than he dezerves After Al it is litte enough can do for the flowers. You place bulb in a4 bow! of pebbles with some water,and in a couple cf months vou have foliage 1 fowers. ! ‘Toward this triumph of nature vou polint ith Frienas congratu Ilate von upon them What beauti ful flowers vou grew!’ they sa Now. | never have any 'uck ‘vith nve Maodest) in | i | ! ou thinge. vet are that we but the pra.se meral: e belongs vou accept vour heart none of i | i | dawn | deerve | filles ditions. | elewhere. You o The p S0 zood zardeners aeur or Jonal. stmply e 1hat the ing conditions are fulfilled. Thi | meane 1more than merely 1he initial {conditions. It connotes constant care | in crder thar conditions ma be zood | throughout the life of the growing | thing L Viere | fe: hest | zre < where many backyard gar |derers fall down in the Snmme hey -tart out in April or Mav with | the vest intentions in the world. They [diz. and plant, andé cultivate—for awhile. When the hot davs come. late July and August ntentions melt in the “1t i3 t00 hot to dig around the plants todas And when evening comes there ie some other 1ask to perform. Deepite lack of caré. baked soil and verhape other inimical conditio most of our common garden frien wil the best they can for us. . v ow however their =ood mmer sun in B were lefi in recent rains Front condition lawne by the snder hich | picture of the in | but i | kept lawns. FRIDAY. JAN [ | melied the snow. Careless persons who insisied on walking across them left whai seemed (o he ruinously targe footprints It is surprising how much indiffer ence toward such mtiers manv shov seemingly having no regard either 1o the esthetic or practical side of wel. | Certainly no one facior | makes for the heaury hood more than zood lawns. and noth ing adds more 1o the value of prop erty !0 the Editor of The Star of a neighbor- UARY 22, 1926 Coal Merchant Denies i Local Profiteering In reference to an in the daily papers, st coal dealers of this city ing and are the cause of prices of coal in this eity. T beg to call attention to the following facts, ticle appearing | ating that the are profiteer- the truth instead of being led to be- lieve that we are gougers, whereas. on the other hand, we are trving to per- form a duty that is s hard one. In this artiele it ix stated that soft coal originating in Pennsylvania, coat ting $2.95 per ton. is being sold for $14 and $14.50 per ton. In the firat plAce the grade of bituminous coal Yel from the way many peaple treat vards and allow children to treat them. one is forced to the conclusion that they regard zrass as zomething 1o be mistreated. and the practical value, in dollare and cents. as a thing hardlv proved. There ix, in this matter, a zensihle mean, hetween the householder who is a erank about his vard. and the man who cares nothing about 1t at all Home owners mav he divided. broadly, inio two main groups—those who have some con- ception of home heantificit and those who have none &1 all i S0 much @ matier of mones mental attitude It for no other make a good show 2 well grassed lawn. vear. and all around tunate as to own a 1t 1s not so hard to draw a very good de of a home from looks Because nothing s no a zreat deal’ * A a class, reason thar one ot hoth front if one is so for- detached house o keep wayv the outside neighbors sav do not think * % o the one’s sign they rent kel nd ont Th proposition. the mosi e 7 Naor As a general ers in a neighhorhood are i treat property. hoth in< side. with Indifference any reflection npon ten: Thare simply a Kink man mind which zllows ane lax in treatment of dnes not belong ta ane e in the 10 e that One mav he the handling of his own when he geis nhold of ok does not mind in the le ine water an it We are all Those who live menis owned by frain from putiing =ny upon such preperiy Many living in apa stance, will sieadfastiy ded walls, when for dollars invesied they fresh wall paper Certainly 11 would own monev uprn znother then, one is living the Wait ur we gel then we will keep 11 waft The fact is fo tten. or looked, that where one is livinz home. and every ideal of home o1 to be carried o1 there Those whe off and ing care of their homes ed, will some day the position of appearances. so their awn homes veritable old maid in bu o A hor in homes o others cammont improvemenrs aps with score of live with tments put up might he puiting one's Properiy— Wait - wait put off 1 even if rent themselves in indifferent 10 they will t indifference heing that with Those who did sweel pea seed last excellent chanee o during the ~prnzike dave zround could Le duz easily It is more common plant seed in March—A\a The cepted day—but earlier makes an Interesting experiment This is 4 flower that does not seem lo do very well in the averaze Wash inglon garden—but ler hope better things next Summer their had ar vecently when the not A plant stumn o such planting Division on Party Lines Marks Aluminum Dispute Comment iminun of the United an the investigation este hy a committee Siates Senate indicates that the matier is accepted by both!af the Natlon affords of the perform-| [ major paviies as a national political [ance of any cahinet officer are divided largely | iczsue. Opinions according to party Democratic and some <ources there is vizorous criticism of Secretary Mellon's connection with aluminum. together with a general ai- tack upon the acts of Attorney Ger aval Sargent. On the Republican side it is charged that the attack s part of a partisin campaign. The Inquiry is based upon # report by the Federal Trade Commission in 1924 that a mo- nopoly existed in the aluminum in- dustry. subsequent fallure (o turn over ihe evidence to the Department of Justice, and a more recent state ment from the Attorney General's of fice exonerating the aluminum inter | ests “Judgment on i lines. From Secretary Mellon should he suspended.” advises the Rrooklyn Dailv Hagle (independent Democratic). with the suggestion that he should not he spared hecause of his connection with the Government neither <hould he he the victim of unjust attacks becanse of his interest a concern accused, hut not vet con- vieted. of illegal acts.” The Milwau kee Journal (independent). however, contends that the corporation is “cod- dled by Government favor.” and that the Investigation. which will deter mine whether it is “also being pro tected by the administration from le- 24l attack on the charge of violating the anti-trust law.” should be “pushed ta a definlie conclusion.’ 0w The Springfield Republican pendent) declares that ‘“the eircum- stances of the case make it inevitably embarrassing to the administration. land naturally the opposition part {will turn it to such political uses a may be possible.” The Sandusky Reglster (Republican) describes a con- gressional investization as combining “profound emotional scenes, villaine, | heroes, character portraval and rare comedy.” and of the present say “TWhen it has Senator Walsh of Mon- tana as stage director, its success as a theatrical production is preordained. Fis name is as electric as Ziegfeld. Gest or De Mille in their respective fields. And when it s whispered that { the tragic role may be essaved by the ‘greatest Secretary of the Treasury since Hamilton’ the public is assured {a hit.” Of the statement issued hy the De- partment of Justice faverable to the aluminum company. the Omaha World-Herald remarks: ““Now it is | brought out that the statement was issued following a conference batween President Coolidge, Secretary Mellon and Attorney General Sargent. Per- haps they talked at that conference of nothing but the weather. But somehow one catches a vision of the President in the role of Stonewall Jackson at Fredericktown: **Who touches a halr on von gray head Dies like a dog. * ok ok ® Attorney General Sargent’s state- ments before the Senate committee in- vestigating the case move the Day ton Daily News (independent Demo- cratic) to observe: “When the Presi- dent named Mr. Sargent, following Mr. Warren's rejection, he explained he wanted an Attorney General who could not possibly have any trust connections. Apparently he got one who does not know a trust when he meets it at his own door.” The Lynch- burg Advance (Democratic) thinks the Attorney General “presented a pitia- hie figure on the witness stand.” and i | March on!' he said.” Ginde- | of | Democratic) independent | save hie exhihition commented on as the most laughahble the history is heing stultifyving and ac Tour frie “To he sure that he knows it ing to the Portland Oregon nal (independent). “some kind <hould quietly whisper 1o Mr. = n that he is Attornev General of the United Siates.” while the Baltimore Sun (independent) voices a public wish “to know what character of busi ness comes mp in the Department of Justice which Mr. Sargent considers worth his personal attention.” The Roanoke World-News (Democratic) is of the opinion that “it is unt kable that ihe Atforney General knows as little about this case as his testimonv indicated.” t o “Two circumstances made the in quiry pertinent. according 10 the New York World (independent Democratic) which has been most active in support of the charges against the aluminum Interests. they a “‘First. the unprecedented action of the Federal Trade Commis- sion in tracting its offer 1o furnish all the evidence in fts files 10 the De. partment of Justice; secondly. a 10 month silence by the Department of Justice. There is no evidence.” con tinues the World. “that Mr. Mellon asked them to protect his company. Nobody who heard Mr. Sargent testify would ever agaln think of him as a man who needed 10 e asked not to do | He showed himself to ?.-1 something. the kind of man who can do nothing with perfect smatisfaction io himself.” Condemning the criticisms. on the other hand. as “the Democratic sena- torlal attack” on the aluminum in- terests. the Springfleld Journal (Republican) asserts that they are “so obviously an effort to get Mellon that the people are not inter- ested.” The New York Evening Post (independent) also declares “it fis pretty generally understood that the investigation is a fishing expedition for the purpose of landing an issue for the Fall campaign.” while the South Bend Tribune (independent Re- publican) refers to “guerilla warfare” against Mr. Mellon, and asserts the ‘effect is to make other husiness men determine that they will not accept public office,” As the situation ap pears to the New London Day (Re- publican), “when the Senate attempts to show that a conference between two cabinet officers and their chief is evidence of wickedness the Senate only stultifies itself.” The Philadel- phia Public Ledger (independent) in- sists that “hope of usinz the tariff as an issue prompted the aluminum in- vestigation.” IR Praising Secreiary Mellon asa public official, the Seattle Daily Times f(inde- pendent Republican) declares that “in his chosen fleld he has the support, admiration and backing of the Ameri- can people.” To this the San Ber- nardino Sun adds: “If the Mellon fam- ily recognized the future of aluminum and saw to it that they acquired the aluminum sources of the world and likewise organized the manufacturing end of the business, the country may applaud rather than criticize.” Viewing the matter impartially, the Champaign News-Gazette (independent Republican) concludes Tf the invi tigation is being undertaken solely to harass the administration, it is a shameful thing.. If, on the other hand, Secretary Mellon is using his official position to gain favers for a company In which he is interested, and it this concern js allowed to break the law because he is a member of the Government—that, too, iz a =hameful thing. At present. however, the Knoxville Sentinel (independent neither has proved the case.” and | Ar presented bv that paper. | Tllinois State | from Pennsylvania i of such a qual ity that it i not popular with the coal- Ibhurning public in Washinzton. the i most-desired grades of bituminous | eoals eoming from Virginia and West | Virzinia. The price of this Virginia coal is not $2.95 per ton. but 20 cents per ton less, or $2.75 per ton ANl bituminous coals are purchased {en the short-ton basis, or 2,000 pounds. I and quotations to us are made on jhis basis, whereas we ave compelled to sell all coal on the long-ton hasis, or 2.240 pounds, or 12 per cent more than the net ton. Take. for instance. the auota tion 1 received from a shipper under date of January 12 from lLvnchburg Va.. of £2.55 per ton. plus the 12 per {cent 1o make this price on the long 11on basis, would be $3.05 per long ton, and 10 this price add the freight rate 1of $2.8¢ per long ton. the price de |livered to our yards in Washington would then be $5.92 per ton of 2.240 pounds. For this coal we get $7 per long ton delivered to our customers, or a zross profit of $1.08. on which we are 1o maintain our business. pav help and derive an income from our invest ment Thers are grades of coals which have 10 he screened prepared before delivery the con sumers who desive this zrads of coal 1 This coal costs ua $10.30 ta 1150 per onz ton. and which we sell for $14 10 1450 per long ton. hut of this coal will ron nearly cent {slack. which is not salezble anly a price considerahly less than the cos {0f the original coal vs. and i preparation and delivers of this zrade of coul takes from two to thrae times |longer than ordinarv softcoal de hveries Articles appearing in the dailv pa | pers would convey the impression thal the coal dealers are laking advantaze {of the situation. Does the avthor no doubt has more o less financial in {1erest in the Pennsylvania coal indus {try. realize that the dealers have to malke thelr living on a less volume of husiness and on a coal that is sold on a starvation margin? |1 know of one instance in this eits {Where a dealer made a contract to de liver to a certain building soft coal ar | hituminous A car own home. 18590 per ton of 2.240 pounds. Today | jthat dealer is delivering this coal per hi= contract price of $5.30 per ton. znd 1T know for fact that he paving 1$5.90 per ton for the coal wholesale { therehy in delivering the coal not ma tinz a cent | There is no profiteerinz { business in this ecity. jare allowed {or $2.84 per in the coal If the railroads to make a zross marzin ton for hauling coal. why Ithen j= the retail dealer not allowed to make half as much? HOWARD DUNNINGTON .- Another Graduate From { The School of Anthracite| | To the Editor of The Sta | 1hn just read in The Star ihe letter of E. H. Heald relative to the lcoal strike sitnation. and T most heart ilv azree with him from my personal perience. hoth with anthracite and bituminous coal. I used for several vears. In m I alwavé had the trouble he speaks about. that when banking the furnace fires for the night and than tryinz 10 et up by in the early morning [ could not zet heating for 1wo or three hours, and then in removing the ashes and cinders and stone and clinkers each morningz 1 filled 1wo to {three canx from each furnace. whereas {in using the low volatile bituminous ! enal in the same furnaces. by banking the furnaces at night in the way. thev did not consume nearly much coal as when using anthracite coal. and when shaking the zrates in the morning as T did with the anth | cite. 1 obiained the heating results in less than one-fourth of the time that 1 did from anthracite, which is very | necessary on a cold morning 10 warm {1he house. Besides this. 1 did not | have more than one can of ashes and | no stone or cinders or clinkers. noth- |ing but plain. fine ashes. which is a | great saving of labor, as well as having ! had the additional heat from the coal |instead of taking it out from the fur | naces in stone and clinkers. T have used this bituminous coal for three vears and more, and T have saved in | expense for heating the same period more than $200 a vear in cost of fuel and considerable labor and time in | handling same. So that T have no de- sire or inclination to return to the unsatisfactory cost and resuits of using anthracite coal So far as T am concerned atrike continue indefinitely D. E. HOORNREEK N let the Common Sense Invoked In World Court Dispute To the Editor of The I notice that “hypocrisy” and “sin ceritv” have been invoked by the pug nacious foes and friends of the World Court, League of Nations. eic May I invoke “common sense”? A clear and direct answer by the readers of vour paper to the following 1wo questions will heip a lot, T am sure 1. Should this country pledge its full support to such first-class na tions of rope as will disarm. and pledge besides to enter the League of Nations itself disarmed when all or most of the natlons have disarmed. what would be the answer of Furope? 2. Should some of the leading na- tiona of Europe propose to disarm pro- vided this country pledge to them ite full support in case of attack and un- til all the leading nations have dis- armed, what would be the answer of the United States? If sincerity of purpose is not an im pediment in the case, will the readers please tell me what prevents either side from advancing a proposal along these lines? EGIST O. BERNE New York City. | { i i i -—ons- Replace Capitol Pages With Crippled Veterans | | To the Editor of The Star Why is it necessary that the law should be evaded as deplcted in a photosraph in The Evening Star of January 19, 1926. entitled “Boys Un- der 16 Working in the National Capi- tol”? Surely some one of the people’s rep- resentatives should get busy and have this violation, which not only breaks the law, but. in providing a teacher for the children, uses the taxpayers’ money to break the law. 1t would improve the dignity of both houses, if, instead of children run. ning around among the members, one- armed veterans or superannuated em- ployes of the United States of Amer- ica in semi-uniform were engaged in the work. | lowed t6 work, and why allow such exception (of all places in the United States) right under the noses of our .hu makers. or. 18 #t lawhreakers? H. Y. DAWKINS. the high ' in | order that the public might be given | ond | the | who | anthracite | two furnaces | The son of John Smith or Tom! Jones, if, under 16, would not be al- ' ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN. States dn not tax?—J. B heritanc A. Alabama. Florida and Nevada do 000or more roll « not have this form of State 1ax. Q. Did the Washington tened? What Mec. A. The Los Angelex emerged from the fog over the northeast section of Washington at exaetly 12:30 o'clocks November 25. 1924. As there was cor siderable time 1o spare between the arrival and the christening ceremon . the airship flew over the city for 1 most 1wo hours. 1t then passed down the river and hovered aver Mount Vernon until ealled by radio for the christening ceremony. The Z-R 3 was rmally named “Los Angeles” Mrs. Coolidge At 4:40 pm. On the des of the airship in large letters ap ipeared “U. . Nav:." and toward tail was a star. Between this siar and the rudder, in smaller hiue letiers, was written “Lox Angeles.” Q. Should a voung lady | zratulated upon her approaching mar- |rlage? 0. | A. It is not considered 1o be in good over chrixe c. M Los Angeles fiy before she was was the date he con 4 wild ducks be | wishes. The prospective hridegroom F’l'itnd ‘The mother of the gzroom- oung woman who has recently been | sratulated A An ideal way ducks in the pan. put a few slices of aninn stonally.” ook from 0 ta 25 minute, [form 1o congratuizte a prospect i bride. She to receive one’s good |is congratulated he bride-elect's I'mother receives the kind wishes of her elect receives kind wishes and con gratulations. In speaking with { married, one offeras her hix wishes ‘...w happiness. Her hushand is con | @ How long <hor roasted? M. O. 1o put them in the roasting pan with {out ctuffing. Pour a litfle hot water salt and pepper the water. Place in hot oven. Raste the bLirde Q In avection hridge. which a rubber. the side that two games or the side which the most points?—AM. S, T. A. The ruies of the Whist Cluh of New York for 0 sav tha! the side which wins more points ix the winn of the ruhber. This is a change from the rule in force at that time, which was that the side winning two games won the rubber. this making the ex pression “winning a losing rubher possible side wins makes Q or World ank ™ —E. A. Briz. Gen. Edward Sigerfoos who died October 7. 1918, was the highest ranking officer killed overseas in the World War. The next highest in rank were four colonels. They w Col. 11 W. Parker killed Septamber 26. 1315 Col. Hamilton A. Smith, Killed July 22, 1818; Col. Elmer Wallace. killed November 5. 1915, and Col. Robert £ Welsh, killed November 5, 1918 The War Americans who held Killed the in the highest the idea of in the manner says that lishing libraries lowed by Andrew Carnegie was pat original with him. B says it was n you throw any light on the sub ject2—W. T. J. A. From manuseripts discovered hy French explorers throughout China and Turkestan it would seem that Houei Tze. a wealthy Chinese me: fol Q A Herbert Hoover is back from Phila- delphia, whera hes went to gzive the | Federal Government's blessing 1o the uicentennial Exposition now promising infant, which has had rath | baptized and christened. after all. in 1926, and not in 1927. as was latterl: projected. So the 150th anniversa of the Declaration of Independence will be duly commemoraied on sched ule time and not a year late. The doors of the “Sesqui” will swing open on June 1 and remain open until Winter comes merce pledged that Uncle Sam would spare “no atom of energy” in the Jimited interval now at his disposal to make the exposition notable. million dollars of Federal money will probably be asked and appropriated. Hoover told a Centennial dinner com- pany in Philadelphia that the exposi- tion for human good the Mount." nce the Sermon on o Capitol is so easy of access for tour. ing taxpayers and other patriots that the official guides seldom fail 10 con- duct par portal. As the doors are always demo- cratically ajar, visitors avail them- selves liberally of the chance to see what is going on on the other side of them. Mr. Dawes is inspected in this fashion nearly every day. As he was undergoing scrutiny this week, Sen- ator Edge of New Jersev happened along and reminded the Vice President of something “Tom" Marshall once said under similar circumstances. A group of yokels stood gaping at the threshold ‘of the chamber. rather 10 | Marshall's annovance. whereupon he | snapped at them: “Either come in. or throw me a peanut!” * ok e % Yet another plan for farm relief the name of such is now legion—was this week. It bears the author ator ity leader in the Senate, as a “'Demo- cratic plan” for helping agricuiture out of its rut. The Vrooman scheme tackles bodily and boldly the farm “surplus problem.” the existence of which was frankly conceded bv Secre- tary Jardine in Illinois yesterday. The same bill was introduced in the Sen- ate in May, 1921, and Is the only farm Texport corporation project that ever passed hoth houses of Congress. BRur it was killed in ‘‘conference” by the adverse vote of the two G. O. P. con- ferees from the House. The Vrooman plan provides for a $200.000,000 “‘farmers’ export financing corpora tion” authorized to extend credit on sound sechrity to foreign buvers of American farm surplus, including 1eorn. cattle. * o ox o Senator James A. Reed. Democrat. of Missouri. arch foe of the World Court or any other scheme that might entangle Kansas City with the ont side world. told the Senate that he doubted if any but a =mall proportion of that body had ever studied the World Court protocol. On a certain day in March, 1922, Reed himself was caught napping on an identical occa- slon. He was attacking the four- power Pacific treaty just negotiated at the Washington conference. He opposed ratification, Reed declared, be- cause the treaty failed to annul the | Anglo-Japanese alliance. Senator Len- root interrupted to ask if Reed was not aware that the concluding para- graph specifically annulled the alil- ance. With a deprecating wave of his eloquent right arm. as if he were brushing out of existence the most trifling allusion, Senator Reed blurted out that he hadn’t given the text of the treaty any particular attention! His confession was later expurgated from the Congressional Record. * ok % ok Richberg. Donald R. the hrilliant young Chicago lawyer who was archi- | side. “‘celebrates the most potent event | The Vice President’s chamber in the | fes of them to the chamber’s | have an in-|chant | score Lit iz often J.| [ ust effected by That | a time of it being born, is 10 he | broughi 1o the attention of Congress Assisiani ative | United name of a former Asaistant Secretary |upon a crosscolntry of Agriculture, Carl Schurz Vrooman | take of Tllinois, and was introduced by Sen- | farihesi Joe™ Robinson, Arkansas. minor- | California wheat, tobacco, hogs and heef | | i {tive influence The Secretary of Com- | | them | proceedings during the big shopmer s of the fifth the idea, an ext t from one ¢ 128 I have = scattered lows: “Libraries T have all the land, that ing may never he the grateful ma ory as long as dark places have | api the licht will he Q. What is mean I think it is the D. R W A. The famn rome is that of 1he | torial contest quished rival tators for their exented wilh heing the me Versol. which the defeated gist has thumb svmholizes sword, and the the death of ihe was given into an un thumb (sword) pointing - man the light of dimmed standing over Tookinz towsare i= passed The [ Shri hot or cold temperature or sudden change f vice versa Q. What 7 tables are considered most G. H. B. AL Cucumber have alwa egerable the enced by < heen 1 forcir ha he W ezerahler Q. 1 he chin Ane Ta Radge e from the | of are of part the thes Wwh Q ame nguage Teutonic Ixland of Britair half of the fifth historically Tow (€ hranch the Fr century heinz iar What il right® Many an those wovds And hard disputes There hant rearhed v het tha iled. Many wndetermined o hr consulted perts he not readily arailabic In fact there are fei rorld that can matc question nf fa a night Bureau that Washington serve you i tion. You are as freely and o Address The | tion Bureau. Fre rector. Washingt Bt has ASHINGTON OBSERVATiONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILF. 1éct-in-chief af - ran and labor, Tenn dubbed his 2 Clarence Darvew Richberg's effort eral counsel hoods. were selling™" the railway executive the United s this ohserver tha estimating the is a o mainiy peace negotiations. Richhers 45. He studied and at the Tniversily of Chicagn his law degree at Harvard | en a couple of novels on econom zines and reviews vears he has sper fecting the interesis ers. In 1922 Rick in “Dar is alized in { railway work herg represented trike. He is camping out in Wash ington for the awaiting actment of the railway lahor a which he is the principal ancestor * ok or o Huston Thompson. Federal 11 commissioner. has returned ington from a speechmaking his Western country He » ervthing beiween the Allagher the Rockies “alive with what he depicts as powsr of monapoly’ ave, the plain people of Amer on is an ardent Woor:ow The war President wanted pointed United Statos Co'arado in 192 The eral trade commissioner the Wilson i more trinmphantiv than West. Wash the the lifa of 2 hattling enlt nn the * oo Mabhel Walker Wi Attorney Gene tes Mre =i ie cmbark hich her Department her 1o variety West. including Among ihe of .Justice activities Federal Portia it supervision hundred-odd 1'nited States attornevs in as many jurledictions. Mrs brandt knows mnear!v 2l of these of ficlals personally. When she is haclk Mre. Willebrandt wiil thr 1erself into A busy Spring of anp hefore the United Siates Court. 1 charge o of Arances Suprems (Convricht 1926 ————— Five-Cent Car Fares And Public Interest the Pditor of The Star The 5-cont car fare seems i | popular with the traveling public. b of course, there are many things bhe considered hefore such a sition ix approved. No person w want to see such 1 veduction if employes’ wages were rediced o 1 this condition. as the raflroad officis have insinuated. The atithorities hate provided facilities for ascertaining the earnings of public service tions. and. of course. these concerns are shrewd enough to see that their published income is kept within such allowance. A “shrewd lawyer is one who can make vou helieve 1h “‘green” is “blue’ and “black s “white,” and another technical laid at his door is that the street rall roads are ‘“losing money” and s stockholders are “on the hog.” But the ‘“quiet observers” of town who have to shell ont § coppers a 5-cent ride are a litile pessimistiic on this proposition. These are also particular about allowinz his lines to parallel their tracks. thus foreing people 1o use the cars and add “grease to the fat sows." The gentleman from Texas (seventeenth Alstrict) ssems tn he on the pablie's H. T. MccONANY o] propo corpor our railroads