Evening Star Newspaper, March 3, 1926, Page 8

] TEE EVENING STAR ‘With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY.....March 3, 1926 THEODORE W. NOYES The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office: 11th St New York ( . Chicago Offire Luropean Office: 14 Regent St. England. ing. London, The Evening Star. with the Sunday morn Spe edition. is delivered hy carriers within he city at' 60 cents per month only, 45 cents por month: cunday only. 20 cents per month. Onders cat by mail or telephone Main £00 lection is mads by earrier ut the end of eachi month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advanee, ryland and Virginia. Datly and Sunday 1 ¥r.€000: 1 mo., 75¢ veen 1 5.00: 1 mo.. 50 00, 1 mo.. $12.00: 1 $4.00. 1 mo Member of ¢ The 4 o th pat v fted in th publish of sy wted Pres o e ted 1so the 1 ts of i nape ati 0 reserved. Rail Merger Dis Disapproval merce ( of the Var combination of t the Int ite f the application Lrothers for the Nickel 1w Ohio, Marauette R Com mmission Chesaneake and Pere Hocking Valley iroads does not end the effort to unite nission rule reje ever portation pla ponents of the ¢ free 1o renew their petition after s revision as they may der cient to meet the ohjections on which the denial The embrac & d the il pplication s the proposed solidation without, how: sappr seneral trans The are pro- now con is ba proposed a lines merger than the ¢ would have 9,000 miles of imission esti- more hich mates to be worth more than $1,250, 000,000 114 have covered an ar ranging f to St. Louis travers It w t wi m ing or touching ten make the strongest in the count: in the world. With an 1 cial structure such a syst sentially Ids that mino. d equitable 1 further that wr with the intention ke control in the hands of its pro ponents, even though their interest is a minority onc fact. Such an ar. rangement, it wes, is not in cord with sound railroad practice. to be self-evident that rest requires t the strongest ound finan- em would be weals however, e The com- mission int are not . It accor holds arranzed cogni ping in dec ac- It the 1t the entire the railroad, bonded in excess of one-half of its investment, and not a powerful tew, sh sible for its man- agement. This can be done only by glving them the power to control the management. o lethargy ordinary stockholder in exercising | their power been d. that should nevertheless be in their hands | to use as they see fit, 1t bly certain r should be uni ship and mana head exy more efiic vield a g asserts it public body which is inte of stockhoiders o 1l be responsible | corporations has power | is unquestior that this country desirable ilway owner- | ement, t peration, over- | Snee of 1o permit | tion and to tne public. | It is x there should | be competition t No | section of the country | ven over to Fortun Commis ient” administr. to| tof pater service that tween aleo d e systems. single are should railway terst senting be monopolistic tely the In ion, repre- | erest, em- | system, ‘ommerce the public to check either monoj ir is combinations that | st In monopoly proposed Van Swei not unite di rectly competing lines or systems. It does not follow from the dey of the Interstate Commerce Commis sion that rail consolidations will definitely checked. The Van ingens not undertake to revise | their proposed reorganization plan. This particular combination may dropped. But other unions | will he proposed, and in the light of the ssion’s ruling on this one doubtless will in future propositions avoidance of the flnancial faults are declared to be tnimical interests and to the powered are this cas does t - or unwise, | ; i of question The zen merger enter. does jon be Swer- m: be eventually com there be which now both to ownership public welfare. o No doubt Dr. Coue was right in de- claring the world better every day, but in view of various news items, this is no moment for lecturers to seek to prove the accuracy of his theory. is growing e ———— Art beco fair when a tenor whose singing is entirely sat tsfact to having thing at because of his politics s 4 puzzling fear him ory has some- thrown ——— Save a Span. Use of the north span of the Aque- duct Bridge L recreation g been discussed since the abandonment | of the and whether the exten the canal and Water street to the abutment will be so used | ts a matter which Congress will prob- | ably A bil | is pending which provides for the re-| moval of the Aqueduct Bridge and the transfer to the District Commissioners of the north span. Engineers have re- ported that there to] preserving that part of the bridge. The director of the budget has re. ported to the Sccretary of War that retention of the would be “in contlict with the financial program of the President.”” the inference being that an additional appropriation would be required for its improvement and upkeep. The Secretary War has recommended to the House military affairs committee that the bill be amended to provide for removing the whole bridge. but the action of the War Department is not final, and it is for Congress to determine whether the north span of the bridge shall be preserved. The report of the engineers is con- vincing that the span may be pre- served, and the desirability of it as a r has bridge span Te determine at this session is no objection span dis { that re | the plan of | | chased { the bill. All he asks, ! recreation pier has been urged by civic associations in Georgetown. The outlook on the river is fine, and the span gives a way from M street to the towpath of the canal and to Water street, and by that means persons reach the boat clubs and private boat- houses on Water street and the homes of a good many persons living between the canal and the river. The canal towpath is a popular walk in good weather. The north span could con- itinue to be useful as a thoroughfare, and as a recreation pier would mno 1doubt be of beneiit to the population of the western part of Washington. As a relic of the Trans-Potomac Canal, the old toll bridge and the “Free Jridge,” or Aqueduct Bridge, it would keep a historic structure and a land- mark in the memory of the people It would be very easy for Congress to meet the objection raised by the di- or the budget and also to give District the canal and Water street o of the old bridge as a recreation pler. of e When Is a Sign? motorists are taught drivers from out of town are to read signs and to helieve One of the former had occa- slon to circle the Capitol for the first time in a year or two the other day. He approached from the Peace Mon ument, ascending the curved roadway on the to the open plaza, where ished to t to the left. Con- had apparently just adjourned, plaza was filled with hurrying i ngton urged them he v gress for th At the top of the inciine the vist was haited by a red light in a He pulled up in a position where he could read, plainly printed on the south side of its base, the legend, “Turn left on white light.”” He looked up to the top of the kiosk. and there, sure enough, was a White glass globe. He waited patiently for it to flash. Nothing happened and cars hegan to “queue up” behind him, while passing pedestrians gave him derisive glanc Finally he became consclous noise over and above the hausts, horns and conversations. It came nearer. It proved to issue from the open mouth of a Capitol police- | man, who gesticulating wildly, with his long blue coat flapping about his knees, was rushing toward him from nis usual post of duty and roaring omething at the top of his lungs. This proved to be the phrase, “Turn left on the green lizht,” repeated over | and over until it became a sort of carse scream. When the officer got within range tne driver remarked mildly, “The sign here says to turn left on the vhite light.” The answer with (he words, “That don't 10 differ-nce——"" and was ac- ied by such a violent that the driver pau: ynger, but “stepped on it.” meantime things seemed to be in parlous staie back where the officer should have been Consultation with the manager of one of the city's leading paint stores the fact that one-half pint of good quality prepared paint for out- use ccsts as little as 40 cents, while for the inconsequential sum of \ quarter a brush, not of the best, per- cireling automobiles, mo kiosk a of a new began make ompa the arm discloses door ! haps, but good enough, may be pur- With perhaps a dozen strokes of said brush, a coating of said enamel \dequate to obliterate the misleading motto could be applied and a lot would remain for some other odd job about the Capitol Building. If the personnel the Capitol police and work forces are too busy to do the job, there is one citizen of Washington (name and address furnished on request) for the benefit of his fellow motorists, who, | will be delighted to undertake it. If the | needed 65 cents be impossible of appro- priation or expenditure, he will even {dig down in his plus-fours and meet in fact, Is kindly permis his reward will come in the admiring appreciation of those who behind the steering wheels of the District and of the Nation. ———————. Settlement of the coal strike at this assurance that there will be & reasonable supply of anthra- cite by the beginning of next Winter. ——o—s Whenever there is a movement to promote peace, # suspicion is sure to arise that somebody is going to try to play politics fon; sit time conveys P The Stock Slump. In a three-million-share market, the largest in the year and one of the largest in the history of the Stock Exchange, “Wall Street” yesterday shook down practically the entire | stock list, nearly every security show- {ing a net loss on the day" transac- tions. While a few stocks showed net | gains, these were In small fractions, while the losses were in considerable terms. It has been estimated that “paper profits” of at least $1,000,000,- 000 were wiped out in a few hours. ot actual however, there were probably but few. That Is to say, the intrinsic values of the sécuri- ties were not affected by yesterday's slump, the climax of a reaction which began last Siturday. The earning powers of the corporations, the securi- of which were beaten down In price to the lowest levels of the year. have mot been lessened. The pros- pects of dividend maintefiance and even of dividend increase are not dl- minished. The high level of stock market prices attained recently after a series of advances during several months is cly the result of a speculative movement. This alivays develops in a steadily rising market. It finally be- comes the major factor and requires reaction in correction. The setback of the last few days, and particularly vesterday, has been of a wholesome character. Some years ago the late James J. Hill, the Western railway.magnate, characterized the collapse of the in- flated security market of that period as an attack of finanecial indigestion. The market was gorzed. The process lof its relief was unpleasant, but in- evitable. This is what is just now happening In the exchanges. Investors who pay outright for their securities have no occasion to be alarmed by thesc reactionary move- ments in the stock market. They are not subject to “call.” -They are not losing anything. Their dividends are » loss ties EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. as secure as dividends can ever be. Unless they have other holdings of a speculative nature, on which their margins are inadequate, there is no occasion for them to be concerned re- garding the collapse of prices. The country is in sound condition and these present movements in the stock market are calculated to keep it in that condition. A Grade Crossings. Despite the objections of property owners within the area that would be affected by the change, the Senate District committee has approved the bill for the elimination of the grade crossing at Michigan avenue, in Brook- land. The objectors to the plan point- ed to the Monroe street viaduct as affording a sufficient means of cross- ing the tracks off grade and urged that the raising of Michigan averiue to effect a similar safe crossing by that highway would inflict heavy damages upon them. The committec has taken the ground that the correction of the Michigan avenue crossing is essential, regardless of the existence of another crossing off grade within a short dis- tance. Any other view would have logically involved the complete clos ing of Michigan avenue at the point of crossing the railroad tracks, which would haye imposed an even heavier damage upon the property owners. At the same time the Senate com mittee asked the District Commis- sioners to submit a statement show- ing the remaining grade crossings in the District and the cost of with a to whether provision cannbt be made for eliminating them all at one time. This is a move in the right direction. Tt is far better to cure these evils at one stroke than to attack them one by one, stretching the process over a long period and thereby inviting disaster. As the population of the District in creases the chances of accident at any one of these points become greater. Furthermore, it is highly desirable that the District should be completely relieved of the grade-crossing menace in order that it can with the greater force demand that Maryland correct similar conditions in the area lying immediately outside of the District boundary. The District people are endangered at these Maryland cross ings as well as are the Maryland people. Washington cannot effec- tively contend for the correction of these conditions in the neighboring State as long as it maintains such conditions within its own area. There should be no grade crossing on any frequented highway, either within the District or anywhere with- in the area of heavy travel outside. In Maryland and in Virginia also are numerous grade crossings which are taking lives from time to time. Even- tually they will all be corrected. In the construction of new roads, and in the improvement of old ones under State highway plans, these level cross- ings avoided. The of eliminating the crossings on old roads is a costly one and may require many vears for completion, but that end is in sight, even though its attain- ment may mean a heavy expenditure. The District, at least, should be com- pletely purgzed of this evil in the shortest possible time. Sieiame T emoving them, view letermining are process A large element of the speculative public will never cease to feel reat surprise at cach new discovery that the New York stock market cannot keep golng one way all the time. I Intimations by Germany that she might feel compelled to organize a league of nations of her own at least implies an admission that she regards the general idea as a good one. — v ee It has appeared a matter of such graceful ease to effect tax reduetion that each performance brings popu- lar demand for an encore. R O, SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Plaint of Posterity. Some of our greatest men have had Defects that are considered bad. With expletives they oft made free, And took strong liquor with their tea. When called upon to heed, today, The lives of heroes passed away, We strive, too oft in vain, to reach Their dignity of deed or speech. Their gift for high, courageous thought We seldom find that we have caught. Their grave defects, sad to relate, Are easiest to imitate. - Side Stepping a Boomerang. “Are you in favor of reducing the pay of Government workers?” Jo,” answered Senator Sorghum. “The idea might travel too far. I have managed by great care and per- spleacity to get the reputation of be- ing something of a Government work- er myself.” Quarantine. Keep out that moral turpitude, With vigilance courageous. It is a malady most rude And terribly contagious. Jud Tunkins says we're getting mixed up in our minds, wishing our own taxes were less and yet envyin' the man who has to pay more. Cause and Effect. “What is the cause of these wild parties?” “Foolish money,” Cayenne. answered Miss The New Sport “I understand Crimson Gulch is en- joying a real estate boonr.” “Yep,” answered Cactus Joe. “We've got the old place mapped out for miles around. Disposing of much?” Not to outsiders as yet. But I won two corner lots and the site for a department store in a poker game last night.” Spring Song. The Fates have serenely relented. By fears we no longer are vexed. With the full dinner pail we're con- tented. ‘We'll have the full coal scuttle next. “A still tongue makes a wise head, said Uncle Eben, “providin’ you's talkin' 'bout de right kind of a still.” . A Miss Mary Roque, that terrible girl, who spoke frankly when she was pald to do so, and scarcely at all when she was not, had no intention in the world of picking a quarrel with Mr. Chester Frothingham. Mr. Frothingham, as city editor of her favorite newspaper, merited and received her greatest respect. Not only was he a likable young man, he was a very capable one to boot. Mary, therefore, had the most pro- tound admiration for him. To those not actively engaged in the produc- tion of a modern newspaper, the work seems to radiate glamour as the stove does heat. From the North, East, West and South (as the word “news” supposed to mean) the work of the world comes rolling in. There is a romance to newspaper making that few occupations in civilization possess, partly due to the 1t that news deals with the funda- mental springs of human conduct. Ambition, greed, love, the struggle to get on, every turn and twist of the mind of man, every kink in that in- tangible but mighty fabric—these are some of the sources of news, And any cne, for scarcely no price at all, may safely and quietly, in his armchair after supper, regale himself with what the whole world does and says, and just how it did it and said it, und the probable course of events to morrow. Here is the “real thing” at last. This folded paper, which one casually picks off the doorstep, comes s near being a daily miracle as most men will see; yet there are those who now and then take up their p ok at it hastily and throw it e declaring, “There 18 not a thing s { * ok k¥ g in it llest day that ever was, there is love. romance and mystery in your newspaper. And there is more than that—there is the of hundreds of trained, capable, energetic men. A modern rewspaper is printed not only with ink, but with brains, en- deavoring to make the news of even the dull days interesting. So it was that Mary Roque admired Chester Frothingham, city editor, under whose direction the local news was gathered, written and put into print. She accepted gladly his invitation to lunch, when she chanced to meet him in front of her favorite eating place. The last thing in the world she desired was to quarrel with him. “I can only spare 20 minutes” he smiled, “so we cannot stand on cere- mony.” “I would much rather sit on a chair,” grinned Mary, and this_they proceeded to do, he seated with his back to the North, she to the South, across a little plain table without cloth. The West and East stretched to_either side. It was a so-called Bohemian at- mosphere, although just why the in- formal should continue to be known by that name was beyond our Mary. Even the existence of the “Bohemian quarter” In Paris could not account for i You must Mary helplessl: be very busy” said not knowing what to say. She was somewhat awed by this solid, stolid young fellow, who knew so much, and had been through so_much, including the World War. Frothingham smiled. “We are always busy,” he replied. “Now please, Miss Roque,” he remon- strated, “please don't!" “Please do not what?” asked Mary, almost passing out of the picture work | D. C, WEDNESDAY, paper man yourself, once” smiled the city editor. “They usually do.” * ok Kk X “Don’t worry about me,” Mary. do newspaper work. I do not believe women have any place in it, as a rule.” ‘Many of them clamor to get in, though.” “Probably. But you never saw me kicking my heels at your front door.” “No,” smiled he, amused at tbe pic- ture suggested. Pretty Mary Roque, tapping her medium-height heels against the news department door, would have been a sight, indeed. “You see, Mr. Frothingham, women as a rule are not good enough sports to do newspaper work. At least, that is my idea of it.” “I wouldn’t be surprised if you were right, at that,” he encouraged. “There are cortain departments, of course, where women fit in, but*in the field of general newsgathering. “My idea_exactly,” broke in Mary. Then her habitual modesty came to her rescue. “But forgive me, Mr. Frothingham. Why should 1 teil you my ideas? They cannot possibly inter- est vou.” “They do, however, Miss Roque, be cause your work closely borders on that of a newspaper man.” ‘I _know, but——" she hesitated. “Perhaps I had better give you my ideas ax a plain citizen.” “If you please,” said he, taking a sip of coffee—and so he brought it on himself. “Well, there is one thing I noticed in your paper yesterday—that story about there heing no anthracite coal here for several months yet.'s ! “I wonder where vou got that in. | format because only this morning | a neighbor of mine told me that Peter- ou_know Peterkin, the coal ad promised him two tons of hard coal next week.” * ok ok K The smile vanished from Frothing- ham's face, and, as it did so, Mary realized that she “put her ot into it.” She had “got herself In Dutch,” as the saying is. “You had better not speak of mat- ters of which you have made no investization,” ‘sald Frothingham, evidently nettled that the work of one of his men had been questioned. Mary liked his loyalty, but not his tone. She smiled her most innocent smile. and replied: “Mr. Frothingham, I would as leave take my neighbor’s word for it as yours. And now that ! T am on that subject, I may as well that I didn’t like that story of vours, either, in which you stated that soft coal is as clean as hard. You know that isn't so. The tension was electric, Frothingham was a gentleman, so managed to smile, and the incident passed off. TLere was noticeable coolness between the pair, however, as they passed out the door. Squarely in front of the door of the hotel was a big truck. The man was unloading several tons of coal. It was anthracite! Unquestionably, it was hard coal! Mary smiled one of her most en- trancing smiles, such as only a triumphant woman can manage. Frothingham saw the coal and the smile at the same instant, and knew at once that he was licked. He grinned in a sickly fashion. “Lwok at the name on the wagon,” cooed Mary, remorselessly, pointing with a gloved hand; and Frothingham replied “Tell me that you were a new saw, in large letter “‘Peterkin.” WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE On the evening of Friday, March 5, President Coolidge will foregather with the newspaper men of Washing- ton at the annual dinner of the White House Correspondents’ Association. It is the occasion on which he is accus- tomed to unbend and get things really off his chest. Presidential remarks at these functions, in accord with time honored custor, are kept strictly con- fidential. Mr. Coolidge, in social con tact with the White House news men is considerably more communicative than he is at Gridiron Club dinners which are of a more ceremonial char acter. More than once the White House correspondents have hankered to report the President’s confidences at their annual party. They unfail- ingly reveal him, contrary to popular belief, as a wit of the first water, with a gift for subtle irony. He usually utilizes the opportunity of getting back at the scribes who, 104 times a vear or thereabouts, have their fling at the “White House spokesman. Secretary Hoover, Postmaster General New and Speaker Longworth will be among the newspaper men's other guests of quality at Friday’s frolic. * ok K x Birth of a Borah-for-President boom in Tllinois creates no undue excite ment in the Idahoan’s bosom. In the first place, it lacks mnoveity. The mallbag of the chairman of the Senate committee on foreign relations is hardly ever devold of suggestions from some corner of the tall grass that Borah pitch his sombrero into the presidential ring. Last Summer when it was suggested that Borah was the logical commander of the forces left leaderless by the passing of La Follette, this observer sounded the Idahoan on the subject. Borah did not encourage the iden. The work in the Senate, to which he de- votes his entire time—discussion of public questions and the absolute freedom which he enjoys in advocat- ing or opposing volicies or programs —this, Borah said, is his work. He apparently will never take the time to look after the machinery of a political party. He is engrossed in public questions and finds his enjoy- ment and remuneration in h(_'llylnl; to mold and direct national opinion on important issues. Borah 1s too pas- sionately addicted to flocking by him- gelf ever to accept the shackles of such an organization as he would need to be a presidential candidate. * %k k X The suggestion is here offered that the Army polo fleld in Potomac Park, Washington, be christened “Queke- meyer Field” in honor of Gen. John J. Pershing’s gallant young aide, who has just succumbed to pneumonia. Maj. John Quekemeyer was the finest type of American soldier of the era “fighter, sportsman, gentleman. e was as much at home in the saddle as a broncho-busting cowboy. Horses were his insatiable hobby, polo the game he played hardest and best, Whenever it was known that “Quek would be in a contest the fleld adja- cent to the Potomac would be thronged with devotees of the Army’s favorite sport, and the major, a dash- ing cavalryman, never failed to give a hrilling exhibition with his mount and mallet. There aren’t many mill- tary monuments in or around Wash- ington named after Southern soldiers. Quekemeyer was a Mississippian. Tvery Dixie heart would beat the faster at the thought of “Quekemeyer Field” across the river from old Vir- ginia. SBAEEN Nothing said_or done at the recent meeting of the National Education As- sociation in Washington pleased its thousands of attendants more than Her. bert Hoover's tribute to them. When the Secretary of Commerce eulogized the teaching fraternity as “utterly in- conspicuous in a _sensation-loving country” and as a class which *sel- dom figures in the headlines of the newspapers,” he struck a responsive chord in the pedagogical Bureau of Education says the average salary of schoolteacher in the United States is $800. A famous base ball player-manager has recently been engaged for three years on an annual guarantee of over $50,000. Thanks to the efforts of Dr. Frank W. Ballou, su- perintendent of schools in the District f Columbia, plus the generosity of ongress, the minimum teacher's sal- wy in Washington is almost $1,600. * ok k ok heart. The There never w thility that the e invitation of ment Association vestigate s any serfous prob. Senate would accept the Better Govern- of Chicago to “in- the big city on Lake Michi n’s southernmost shore. A precedent literally limitless in its possibilities would be set if the inquiry had been ordered. As far as the criminal ac tivities of aliens are concerned, the leportation division of the Department of Labor is always looking after these But lack of funds and inadeduate per- sonnel, to suy nthing of the tallness of the order itself, make the observa- tion uf foreign crooks a very difficult proposition. Whether it would be any simpler under a system of registering aliens, such as Secretary James J. Davis so ardently advocates, is a ques. tion. Chicago has always been infested with dangerous characters of foreign origin. The Windy City's present trouble is with Sicilian gunmen. Thirty-five vea ago it was German anarchists, addicted to bomb-throwing, who kept the community in a state of terror. It required an elaborate necktie party on the gallows of the Cook County jail to put down lawle: those days. Perhaps some- rt now would be more Senate Investigation, k% Wollnar Bostrom, the new Swedish Minister to the United States, says that he seems predestined to dog the diplomatic_ footsteps of Sir Isme Howard, K. C. M. G., the British Am- h,l'isl\an to this country. . During the war Sir Esme was hls country’s envoy at Stockholm—one of the most delicate civilian outposts John Bull had to maintain In those days. After the war Howard was British Ambassador to Spain and Bostrom was Swedish Min- ister at Madrid. A couple of years ago Howard was transferred to Washing- ton, and now Bostrom finds himseif s colleague here, The Swedish envoy s a remarkable resemblance, in face and figure, to the late Lord Northeliffe. Soon he will be a familiar sight on the Washington tennls courts, but he claims he’s far too much out of practice, though once a Swedish amateur champion, to be worthy the steel of Helen Wills or “Bill” Tilden. * ok Xk * Now that it can be told, there was Imminent danger, about a week ago, of cloture under rule 22 again being em- ployed to insure passage of the tax bill in the Senate. Certain Republican Senators of progressive hue were ready to launch a filibuster. If they had carried out that intent there would have been a grave possibility of tax reduction not becoming available on March 15. When wind of the projected time-Killer reached certain Republican leaders they indignantly blurted out their readiness. for the second time in the session if necessary, to petition for cloture and impose it. The would-be filibuster instantaneously collapsed. (Copyright, 1026.) Vague. From the Boston Traveler. The chap who starts his remarks with the words “Generally speaking, generally is. Noise From the Courts. From the Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. News from France gives us an ink- ling of what is meant by & tennis “racket. “I never had any ambition to | MARCH 3, - 1926. Politics at Large By G. Gould Lincoln It Secretary James J. Davis of the Department of Labor decides to make a bid for Governor of Pennsylvania and is successful, President Coolidge may have a real job on his hands finding a new Secretary of Labor. It is reasonable to suppose that Org: ized labor and labor generally will urge strongly that a real labor man be named to head the department. From the administration’s point of view it will be extremely desirable to find an outstanding figure in the labor world who is at the same time a Republican, and a supporter of President Coolidge during the last campaign. The Repub- lican national ticket at the last eles tion received the votes of a large num- ber of workers, members of labor unions and members of no unions. It is true, however, that very many of the leading figures in American labor supported Senator La Follette, to whom the American Federation of Labor pledged its support, the rail- road brotherhoods and many other or- ganizations. * Kk % X Perhaps it is a little premature to discuss a successor to Secretary Davis when he has not yet announced his candidacy for the gubernatorial nomi- nation. = Even if Secretary Davis decides to enter the lists, it does not arily follow that he will resign once the office of Secretary of Labor. Some of his friends think he would be foolish to give up his present job until after he was nominated for governor. A Republican nomination for governor In the Keystone State is regarded as tantamount to election— just as the nomination of a Democrat to be Governor of South Carolina is regarded as equivalent to a final choice by the voters of the State. Before the end of this month the uncertainty now manifest in Pennsyl- vania politics must have cleared up. At present Senator Pepper is the only avowed candidate for the Republican nomination for the Senate, and while there has been much talk of guber- natorial candidates, none of them have actually reached the open campaigning stave. Representative Thomas W. Phillips, jr. of Rutl T howeves has received from Harrisburg the blanks for filing for candidate for the Republican nomination for governor and it is expected he will soon start clreulating them. Another potentfal candidate for governor is Samuel T. Lewls of York, Pa., state treasurer and former auditor general, from which office he was drafted to become treasurer. Mr. Phillips is serving his second term in the House. His father was a member of Congress before him. Outside of Congress he is en- gaged n ofl and gas production on a large scale and Is wealthy. enator Pepper is taking no part in the selection of a gubernatorial candi- date to run on the Republican ticket with him, but it is understood that he will be consulted in the matter before the chofce is actually made by the political powers of Pennsylvania. * k %k ok Representative Oldfield of Arkan- sas, chairman of the Democratic con- gressional campaign committee, has returned to Washington from Ok homa, where he went to attend Dem- ocratic meetings in Tulsa and Ok homa City. The situation in Okla- homa. according to Mr. Oldfield, is looking up for the Democrats. The State in fact, really Demacratic, he insists, notwithstand: ot that it is now represented in the Sen- ate by two Republicans—Senators Harreld and Pi Oklahoma’s first electoral votes were cast for Rryan in 1908, and only once has it “zone Re- publican” in a president election— in 1920, when the late President Hard- ing carried it It was the ly State outside the solid South which John W. Davis carried against President Coolidge in 1924. Senator Harreld, Republican, is up for re-election there this year. The Ku Klux Klan heen active in politics in Oklahoma in recent vears, and, as in many other States, the Klan has many Republi- ans among its leaders. Represent- ve Elmer Thon Democrat, prominently. mentio; as the prob- .,1 able Democratic nominee against Sen- | ator Harreld * o ox % Senator Oddie of Nevada is one of those Republicans who will be called upon to defend their in the Senate against Democratic attack th coming Fall. Ray Baker, former di- rector of the United States mint un- der the Wilson administration, garded here as a probable nominee of ‘he Democrats against ator Od- die. J. G. Schrugham, the present Democratic governor of the State, may alsd be a candidate for the s atorial nomination. President Cool- idge carried Nevada in 1924, though the combined vote for Davis and La Follette was greater than that cast for President Coolidge. If Mr. Ba- ker pets into the race his fortunes will be followed with no little interest here, where he has many friends. PR Representative J. N. Tincher of Kansas, Republican, will not be a candidate to succeed himself. He is serving his fourth term in the House. After he leaves that body Mr. Tincher proposes to devote himself to the practice of law. The Representative of the seventh congressional district of Kansas has faith in the political future of Speaker Longworth of Ohio and believes that the Speaker will be President one of these fine days When the time arrives Mr. Tincher will do his best to see that the Kan- sas delegation lines up for the Speaker. seats 1s Wik e More and more often the name of Senator Willlam B. Borah of Idaho is mentioned in connection with the Re. publican presidential nomination in 1928. Senator Borah himself is say. ing nothing about it. The political pendulum must swing mightily to wagd ‘the progressives, however, if Senator Borah is to be a serlous con- tender for the nomination. The latest report regarding his possible candi- dacy comes from Chicago, where it is said that some of the lenders who are opposing the renomination and re-election of Senator MeKinley on the World Court and other issues are ready to swing the Illinols delegation to Senator Borah at the next national convention, provided they remain in the saddle. It is much the same ele- ment in Chicago which supported Sen- ator Hiram Johnson of California for the nomination in 1920. * ok N As Spring approaches the talk of adjournment of Congress is growing. The wish, however, is father to the thought. 1f Congress adjourns sine die by June 1, or a little later, it will have moved rapidly considering the legislative program that still awalts action. Many of the appropri- ation bills are yet to be passed. Other subjects demanding attention are agri- culture, railroad _legislation, coal, merchant marine, Muscle Shoals, the Italian, Belgian and other war debt settlements and a large number of lesser matters. It must be admitted, however, that the administration has been much more successful in getting its legislative program handled favor ably by the present Congress than in the last. During the present ses- sion President Coolidge has faced no such defeats as the passage of the soldiers’ bonus bill over his veto in the last Congress. iIndeed, he has seen the Senate ratify, his proposal that the United States enter the World Court, with reservations sug- gested by himself. The tax-reduction bill, following the administration's plan, has been passed. The effort to make another Teapot Dome case out of the Aluminum Co. of America, in which Mellon is financlally interested, failed in the Senate. The 1s re- | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Q What is a monkey-bread tres?— A. The baobab, a native of western and northern Africa, is sometimes called the monkey-bréad tree. It Is one of the largest known trees, its trunk being sometimes no less than 30 feet in diameter, although at that size its height will not be over 70 to 75 feet. The fruit tastes like ginger- bread, with a pleasant acid flavor. The juice is used medicinally and also jas a seasoning, and the pulverized leaves are also used similarly. M Q. How large is Hyde Park?>—L. D. A. It comprises 290 acres in the west central part of London. Q. Has an electric typewriter been invented?—H. A. D. A. Steady advance is being made in the development of the electric type- writer. The essential feature of the latest machine before the public is a toothed shaft which crosses the in- strument under the typelevers. The shaft runs by means of a small elec- tric motor which can be attached to a plug at 300 revolutions per minute. As the keys are struck, whether light- ly or heavily, the typelevers engage the teeth of the rotating shaft, oper- ating them as the fingers would do. A method Is provided for increasing the strength of the impression so that several carbon coples can be taken, and a simple apparatus pre- vents two keys being pressed down at one time. Q. What country has the most gypsies?—R. C. L. A. Rumania has the most. are about 300,000 there. Bulga 95,000 and Spain 50,000. Q. Will you please give me the latest immigration statisties?—C. D. A. In November, 1925, Canada sent the largest number of the immigrant aliens, 8,494; Germany sent 5,242, Irish Free State, 2,079; Mexico, 1,66 Sweden, 1,234, and Scotland, 1,125. Less than 900 each came from any of the other countries. Q. What painting In Mrs. Jack Gardner’s collection excites the great- est interest?—C. §. E A. Mrs. Gardner's blographer, Morris Carter, says it is “El Jaleo,” by John Sargent. There has Q. Was the recent bakery merger the first of its kind?>—N. L. T. A. It was only 16 years ago that the first consolidation of bakerles was effected. This merger, now known as the Gene Baking Co., brought under one head bakeries in Buffalo, Providence, _ Washington, Cleveland, Rochester, Boston, Louis, New York, Jersey City trolt, Toledo and New Orleans. § 1910 other consolidations have been effected. The Continental Baking Corporation, the Ward Baking Co., the Purity Bakerles Corporation, are the most Important ones. Each have from a score to more than 100 plants. The Purity Bakeries Corporation is one that has recently been formed It is a consolidation of 25 baking plants, mostly in the Middle West. St. De. Q. How far away can an airplane be seen?—M. H. H. A. An airplane can be seen under favorable conditions from about 10,000 15,000 feet. { Q. T would like to know whether Helen Wills and Suzanne Lenglen had Canton, | nce | | nationai, | personal BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. ever played tennis against each other before this year.—L. H. E. A. They had never met until their recent match, in which Helen Wiis was defeated. Q. Is the flame of an acetyleno torch injurious to the eyes because it i3 bright or because of gas or other rea- son?—A. F. E. A. The flame of an acetylene torch is Injurious to the eye in proportion to its brightness. If it is so brizht that on looking at it and then wink- ing the eyes an outline of the flame can be seen on the retina, goggles should be worn, The effect is the same as that of looking directly at the sun. The parts of the retina af- fected are apt to be permanently in- Jured. Q. What is rouge made of?—D. L. A. Rouge is usually composed of such ingredients as carmine, tale and gum arabic. Q. When was SOS adopted as a dis- tress signal and what was the signal before that?—F. G. A. CDQ was used as a wireless dis- ss signal before SOS. Since 1911 SOS has been used universally as the wireless distress signal by wireless op- erators. Q. What, when and why daid Ter- ence MacSwiney starve himself to death?—S. C. A. Terence MacSwiney, lord mayor of Cork, was convicted of inciting re- bellion against the British crown and sentenced to a term of imprisonment He denied the right of England to in- terfere fn Irish matters and entered upon a_hunger strike in prison which resulted In his death, Q. What will t fron without J. H. 8 A. Soaking in kerosene or immers ing in a hot solution of 15 per cent ammonium citrate should do so. Q. How many school children are furnished transportation to school?— ake the rust off of injuring the metal” A, pupil transportation =t public expense is being carried on in every State. In 24 States reporting to the Bureau of Education there were 0,379 pupils furnished transporta- tion at public expense. Q. Where did barbecues originate —J. Y. A. The barbecue is an of Southern origin, said to have been prior to 1700. Q. fresh air?— A. ence in the amount of heat St r may air bec t use of vitality that institution and the word used in Virginia 1s stale afr harder to heat than . €. T, There is no appreciable differ- absorbed. teel coldar than fresh smaller responss in it gives. No man can take knowledge from yow. It is the pass key to the door of suceess. It is life’s greatest treas- ure. Knowledge may be acquired by the simple effort of using the free in- formation sérvice that The Evening r maintains jor the pl-asure and profit_of its readers. The scope this bureau is national and and no subject is el or too broad to enlist the attention of a specialist Send your query with 2 cents in stamps for return postage to Frederic J Haskin, director, The Evening Star Injormation Bureau, Washing ton, D. € ’ o meatary | ! Now that important legislation which was supported by both major parties is disposed of, the prospect of political fi s in Cong s is wel- comed by n s ltkely to | have a wholesome effect A epting as a fact that on the Democrats will make no truce,” the Charleston Evening Post (inde- pendent Democeratic) explain that “this attitude, it is said, has been adopted in consequence of numerons inquiries which have come to the | party leaders at Washington from all parts of couniry as te whether | they are fr opposition or only a sub- sidiary political element, and the warning from party scouts that un- less they begin quickly to build up a record .on which to before the conntry this Summer, there will nothing on which the party can re to promote the candidacies of I crats offering for Cc " The Post argues that “it have two schools of thought operating in political world, each sharpening the other and making for better govern- ment by check and counter-check. In short, that the business of an opposi- tion is to oppose.” * K from now he 1gres: well to * “There are ample opportunities for Democratic attack,” as the situation is viewed by the Seattle Dail (independent Republican), wh ts these issues: “The tariff being thrust again into the political arena. L'nrest in agricultural districts is being ted. The kindlier attitude toward business af- fords an opportunity appeais the radicals. Although they partici- pated in passing the World Court resolution, the Democrats would not be slow to seize upon failure of this fnstitution to function as expected.” The Times feels that “there is much in this Democratic activity to please the majority p it is less difficult to hold the party k on individuals and blocs when there is a vigorous and functioning minority organiza- tion.” The Roanoke Times believes that “frequent political fireworks are 1d it predicts “Pat Harrison, J Robinson, Tom Heflin d other sharpshooters on the Democratic side will be in their element, for political warfare is more to thefr liking than a political truce such has pre- vailed.” “No one wants mere captious opposition,” declares the Palm Beach World. “No one is interested in pin- prick attacks predicated on small fail- ings. But one who appreciates not only the importance but the necessity of a virile and wide-awake opposition will be satisfied to have the Demo- crats go along complacently without taking proper cognizance of actions of the dministration that are legiti- mately open to attack. If the oppo- sition speaks to the point and does not merely splutter rhetorically, it will serve the best interests of the country.” for (Democratic) displays of in prospect, * ok k% From the viewpoint of Democratic strategy, the New York Times (inde- dependent Demo atic) observes: “All depends, the judicious would say, on where those lines are drawn. If the commander of an army draws up his line of battle in a_way to make it exceedingly vulnerable to the enemy he might better have not drawn it at administration’s air policy seems on its way to success. So far as agri- culture is concerned, the Haugen bill providing for a division of co-operative marketing has passed the House and is expected to pass the Senat an administration measure. The admini tration's proposal that a Federal boar be established to advise with regard to the disposal of the surplus crops is as far as Congress is apt to go in legislation dealing with that subject, notwithstanding the demands from lsome quarters for the passage of the Dickinson bill. re N |a.” the | Country Appreciates Need In the opinion of the Canton Daily News (independent Democratic), f the tariff questi ented in concrete form, i will | bring more concerted action than any |other issue.” The Asheville Times (independent Democratic) pleads for a return to fundamental prin "The Demos tic " this insists, “should eir to w princiy government the in, re Then the part those principle down tc victors 1 1 can he pre: undoubtedly leaders paper hear find out 1 stand by even though ain and again be its banner: must b ) S the bul aws Tribi m! defeat ag comes to There where in the Waco “It should be t1 sane Democr will need one in leed they need one now.” Of the present need | the Waco pape 1f Deme make in the congressio his year, they will be i to go into the national « ith hearts beat ing, bands colors fiving as of yore. It will bhe for them to throw into rd a lot of dead issues. If they are going to | win this win on eco. nomic iss ishes,” remarks ne (Democratic) safe and They sion of crats showing ssition n n play necessary ing that 1 the tand 1 Journal (in ‘it 1s the pro- who are holding reactionary "he depe gressive I the for gain mos ional majorit savs: Demo- greatest s and polt- Ten't it Demo. teachings and make the by the Wilson upon which to eratl n T t heights under the tea cies of Woodrow Wilsan for the possit onal and prin thought The Baltimore 1sserts that the United when it stened to the bls hé ed Progressive ts principles in the sc ind dds that is that it 1s f Republicans Democrats as they consider the Py real opponents.’ iples e the Sun (independent) cratic party in to decline lishments and for- ambles for quite possible to ignore the do today, and to ressives their the Den States begar otes quence According t« (independent try is not t sion Transcript, ), “the coun. long party lines, and today it is assaving the political field in term rther inization and 1 ative The Transcript further says, “We believe in the two-party system strong opposition party, but -rely by these cannot be evolved n conjuring the party names,” and “the real fight next Fall will be & duel be- rvatism and radicalism.” would Le Demoeratic policy ¥ on the political skyline the Democratic of simple-minded ind non-partisan righteousn for God an country,” suggests the Springfield Republican (independent), | which is of the opinion that “if they | have helped the Republican President they a1st accept the consequences yvea, they should take pride in their conduet.” The Lincoln State | pendent Republican) mbers of Congress who play poli- _most assiduously during the re- malfider of the session will not find the record a notable as: in the next election.” Of the that the Democrats would part company with the administration, the Racine Jour- nal News (Republican) observes, his might imply that. after sery ing their country for best inter ests in sinking partisanship, they would now forget the benefits they helped te confer and again return to their old habits and enjoin pasti- sanship.” record Journal thinks (inde- that i