Evening Star Newspaper, April 5, 1926, Page 8

. s R THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Kdition, WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY..... .April 5, 1926 THEODORE W. NOYES. . .. Editor ewspaper Company o nnsylvania 4 The Evening Ave ad St Ohicago Of European Office London, ¥ Tne ¥ g edit the AR Other States and Can 1 Sunday.1 vr. $12.00: 1 Mewber of the Associated Press. « tled The Assoc patehies {tad in Ated Pros e fOF re ited v e otherw the of pub 10 it Debate. The Wet-Dry Today a debate opens at the Capitol Yo reported in the Con- by day, but 1in a 3 of all who s is the de- n the deles copies. stion, ope ed by virtue o istent declarations by opponent the law is a fuil- ure, that the eighteenth amendment is & nullity, e Lreeding Awlessnes nd that mod- enforcement act, if dment, is ¢ st of natior by nded e and majority of ANl thes rtions are d advocates of prohibition. Tl law is being vio- knowleds 1t would be n ostrich-like act t-deception ny that pro- 1 are veing made and gold in this country. But the friends shibition do not v rd the pres violations of the law as indicative of faily Nor do they agree that the vecent so-called of popular will de- ag ation or the on the > law. « does not fol that the hearing ‘h opens today in the Senate office Various building will lead to actior specific proposals are T upon ome of which the committee which 18 conducting the hearing will perhaps report later. These prop: rawing ous proposal to to submit the r vote, would lead te, far beyond the .en generally estab- f adjournment. t this hearing will a debate upon the stion h some excur- ic details of the pro- Each side will have sent its hibition situation. six full days in which to pr case, opposition being heard first, the defenders of the law and the So far as has eamendment cond. been now arranged there will be no pebuttal or surrebuttal. This plan ary for the dry side ablish its contention during its argument and testimony, with ohibitionists enjoving the priv- nswering without risk of re- s to he borne in mind through. | nz that a congressional | vear, with every | se of Representatives | on i seat in the H 1d one-th: the balance. ( quently the political sct of the debate is strongly evi- Much that is said at the hear- need to be interpreted in the nating conventions and to be held. Notwith- sparent evidence of an overwhelming se »nt for modifica- d repeal in the recent mews- olls there is no apparent dis- on the part of bitherto dry to change sides. standing the Congres of ancient ged in precise had no facili- ration Complete cannot mar othe: , each depend- to blame ac: in ich powe r liable ma srity. N, at least sufficient- Iv mild to prevent the need of hold- Ing Easter parades with the assist- ance of snowshoes ——— Pennsylvania Partisanship. who has announced for the Republican nom- Pennsylvania senator. 1z on the part of the Stute emploves between now and primary time. He has issued a statement which tells all the Common- wealth workers that while they are of course at full liberty to vote as he climaie ws G Pinchot his candida ination for th ship, wants no t y please, they must not engage in active promotion of other candidacies than his own. This is the text of his statement to that effe Persons holding public office under (he present administration who are so out of sympa with it that they can- not refrain from active opposition to it ought in common decency to resign. They cannot be efficient and useful members of un administration to which they e openly disloyal and agninst widch they are at wur. Nobody wan take exception to such a proclamation. The governor has the right to expect at least quiescent ovalty, whatever may be the mental reservations or the personal prefer- ences of his subordinates in the State government. The senatorship is a thing apart from the governorship, to be sure. A State official may have de- cided preferences on the score of the | e {au man to whom he must report and to whom he is responsible during the remainder of the term. But does it follow that a State of- | ficer is at liberty to go forth in the primary campaign and work for the nomination of his chief for the sen- atorship? The governor's statement silent on this point. It does direct- ¢ indicate that no State funds and no forced contributions will be permitted to flow into the primary expense ac- count on his behalf. - Yet it leaves open to deductioh the question of whether a State officfal who takes off his coat and works for “Pinchot for { Senator” will be disciplined as ex- ding the rights and limitations of Al position. om e i Save 0ld Ironsides! “Old Tronsides” must be saved, must w2 preserved as a patriotic monument for the inspiration of the youth of America. That is the slogan of a cam- paign for the collection of funds authorized by act of Congress. Under this act the school children of the country have been asked to give their pennies and thelr dimes, to the end that the gallant old ship, that bore ¢ Stars and Stripes so effectively ing the War of 1812 and contribut- ed so largely to the maintenance of the new Nation, may not pass through decay into the sea of meye memory, but may be kept as a permanent sou- veni American valor. Of all the children of the country those who should most eagerly con- tribute are the children of Washing- ton, the Capital. They are, however, checked in their patriotic impulse by the intervention of a rule of the Board of Education which forbids the solici- tation of funds from the public school for any purpose whatsoever. ppeal has been made to the board o | by the local committee of men and { women who are promoting this sub- scription for the saving of the Con- stitution, and it will be considered at a meeting of that body Wednesday. All that is asked is that an “*Old Iron- sides hour” be designated in all the schools of the District, during which the state of the Constitution may be set forth and voluntary contributions may be received. At this time the public school pupils are engaged in preparations for the 1nnual oratorical contest on the sis- nificance and value of the American Constitution. Though the competltion confined to the students of the high hools, every child in the local educa- tional system is interested. The pri- v pupils of today will be the ora- al contestants of another year, for th a permanent institution, de- signed to stimulate the study and un- derstanding of the national funda- mental law. Therefore it is meet that one hour be given throughout the school system for consideration of the gallant old ship named after the great instrument of law that stands as the foundation of the Republic. Of all the cities in the country Washington should be foremost in this enterprise to save Old Ironsiles. No mere formal rule, however found in general principle, although designed to protect the pupils from promiscuous solicitation for funds, should be per- mitted to prevent the writing of a rec- ord of youthful response to this appeal. The Board of Education without estab- lishing a precedent that will give trou- ble hereafter—there is but one Old Ironsides—can safely waive the rule for this occasion. It should certainly take a chance, lest in the final reck- oning of the fund the children of the National Capital shall be conspicuous land other advertisements. by their absence. ———v The American Adonis. Jean Mabflais, French “student of beauty,” as he is described In print, eavs that the American women, al- ready beautiful, are becoming more beautiful than ever, and that Amer- ican men are 1ving up to their repu- the senatorshiDs i { . yong gor pulchritude, established in the clothing, haberdashery, tooth paste “There is a category of superior beings among them,” he says of American men. But he draws the line on men of great wealth. He says: Will all Americans reach this stand- ard of beauty? Perhaps, unless they are millionaires. For them there is no hope. All the American millionaires I have seen are ugly. Here 1s something to think about. Is masculine comeliness incompatible with American pluto-prosperity? If so, what is the cause? DMost of our millionaires, despite the fact that some enormous fortunes have been be- queathed to heirs, are of the “‘self- made” variety. Some of them are frank, even boastful, about having risen in record time from water boy to magnate, from brakeman to rail- road president, from oil drill engineer to a petroleum potentate. Tt is to think, decidedly. If there is this tendency in American masculine society, must the youth of today choose between pulchritude and pros- perity-plus? Really, Monsieur Ma- bilals has put a poser. ————t Belief in communication with a world beyond persists, but proper facilities for complete interchange of thought are still undeveloped. If those de- parted could speak without restraint what they could tell would be so im- portant and impressive that the first page of the newspaper would have no room for the usual discussion of tax- ation, treaties and police activities. ———————— American base ball remains a mys- tery to most Europeans. It express- s a national love of energetic sport, team work and fair play. It is well worth the study of social psychologists the world over. ] New Words. sion to the dictionary have been given American dictionary. part merit, much, if any, had knowledge of language. of the words there tormer. But £o long as he holds thé 4 Several words nominated for admis- out by the Associated Press on author- ity of the managing editor of a great Some of the words seem to come from the lower of Slangland, Slangleterra or Slangia, and do not seem to have Others show that their coiners were inventive and In some is humor and gense. One of them knocking at the| commission of the governor he has|qictionary fs “chaffeuse,” meaning a no right to express that preference | woman who chaffs, banters or even openly and sotively in opposition tothe! ghasters mere than fo veual, It sup THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. gests “chauffeuse,” but has “chaff” as the stem, with a French feminine end- ing and s oqual to “chaffer-ess.” It is designed as an English word on a French model for smart and polite use. There Is no lack of French words for talkative, chattering, gossiping wom- en, as “babillarde,” ‘“bavarde,”| IBvidently George Washington was “causeuse” and scores of others, but | about to assume a new role as helper “chaffeuse” fits the woman of bright |0f every Tom, Dick and Harry in the banter. United States who pined for an in- In a competition for a word mean-|§:":5‘{l‘" salary. This much we saw ing a person who Is cruel to animals | '\ hatn can make vou great,” de- there were submitted “anicus,” a re-|clared the elaborate booklet, advertis- versed play on “amicus’; “brutan,” :‘r;it:;"n“r.?‘ orflth{s‘nmn who hlwg I»ee;n The last, a lacker-of-pity, won. The|was to become first, if we could word “sportascrapana’ is proposed for bell;;\'e n;mrhcyvs. in the long list of 9 g mail order heroes. sl bt el d ol I id for hundreds of others ppings relating to sport. Perhaps it |he can do for vou,” said the letter might be written “sportascrapiana,” it|{which began “Dear Iriend,” and following the form of “Washingto-| Which continued: niana,” “Shakespeariana,” Dickens- | velon v 1o n broan e vet fana,” etc. Another new word is[a bit of doubt about it, bo: ‘midinla,” meaning a section of a )rls‘ium\m‘ ;'z"d oL YEUE CIne) o e " . y Ol ad a le o vashington’ ")";"1‘1"" :"}' frequented by midinettes. | nyre, nis capacity, vision and general. dinette” is itself not an old word |ship, creep into your own being, and and of slangior or slangus origin, |8ive you a new spirit of Decision, the which was applied to the working girls who flocked to the streets for lunch and fresh air at midi, or midday. Three other words proposed for the dictionary are “snig,” something one power to think and uct!” ““The “Dear Friend” (who is yourself, tries to obtain that one has not seen; " bogus, phony, unreal, and of course) is asked to examine critical- meaning real or genuine. 1y the volume, and “see if powerful guidance does not shine through them. The English language could survive it “snig,” “brummy” and ‘“‘dinkum” If not, return them at our expense.’ were not parts of it. Certainly that is fair enough! “The important thing,” we are as- British Society Shaken. Hunting accidents are causing al-| sured, “is to ascertain their effect most complete demoralization of Lon- upon yourself. Are you standing on the brink of great things?” Come to think of it, maybe we are! And suppose, in our innocence, & yawn- ing depth of these interesting great things spreads before us—well, what of it? ‘‘Washington will give you courage, will fire your ambition, enable you to make the successful plunge!” x ke x don’s soclal season. Two well known| So now we have George Washing- hostesses have had to cancel dinner|ton, general, statesman, surveyor, homebuilder, business man, suddenly rties because they lost contact wi Lo V lost contact with | goCeloping in this year of 1926, into their horses in a cross-country chase, . “America's atest developer f three weddings have been postponed | mer o S and two guests ut o recent wedding | Perhups he is, after all—who can doubt it? Listen Never will you have an oppor- tunity to advance yourself in so pleas- ant and normal a way. Mail the in- closed form to he risk is ours. The gain to you may be beyond calcu- lation.” Now for the “big punch:” “To act when convinced is the mark of the man of Decision.” Surely we will offend the man who wrote us this nice letter, if we do not immediatély sign on the dotted Une. He seems to be such a pleasant fellow, we would not willingly allow him to suspect that our power of De- cislon is not as gigantic as that pos- sessed by Washington. Undoubtedly it would be somethine. indeed, to acquire Decision under tne guldance of Prof. George Washington, maker of great men. “This man can make you great.” So says the charming booklet, into which we now dip, our appetite whet- ted by the letter. Perhaps, after all, we do stand on the brink of big possi- bilities! “Men had only to know him to be- come great,” says our booklet. That is very encouraging. No study, no work, no toil, all they bad to do w; to say, “Glad to meet you, General,” and automatically they begame great. ‘What, the book does not say that? “Men had only to know him to be- come great."” “What Washington did for scores of others, he can do for you also! With Washington's aid you can get on in the world.” In our spineless condition, thosa words are soothing. We look at the had to DLe carried in on stretchers. Crutches are becoming more popular and decidedly more necessary than anes and it is @ brave hostess indeed who will make up 2 dinner list before a hunt takes place. From the foregoing it would seem that the Prince of Wales inaugurated a farreaching fad when he developed the habit of falling 6ff his horse. Fash- fonable London, it appears, has de- cided that fnasmuch as the Prince| started it there is nothing to do but follow along or be left out of the swim. It may be that the fud will reach such a stage that a sling-held arm or bandiged head will be the password to enter London's most ex- clusive homes. —_——— As an evidence of national prosper- ity it may be noted that Mr. Bernard Baruch and Admiral Grayson have purchased a race horse for $10,000. The ten thousand is little compared to what the horse may cost the owners and a lot of others in the future. st The wet and dry question is to fig- ure prominently in elections. Old John Barleycorn, though often scorned and sometimes repudiated, has always managed to assert himself as a busy BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. politician. strong face of the great man, and aréd e Congressmen who are tempted to quarrel in public retire from publicity after a brief verbal interchange. The old duellng grounds at Bladensburg are still there—but, alas, how changed! st Easter Monday egg-rolling furnishes & gladsome reminder of national pros- perity. An egg has not yct become too expensive to flgure as an unimpor- tant incident in pastime. —— et ‘When Trotsky laments the fact that America holds financial control in the world he echoes the protest of the grasshopper against the ant in the fable, e One of the problems of political economy at present is that of prevent- ing the bootlegger from asserting him- self as a perpetual profiteer. -t ———— Pugilism has become a literary dem- onstration which produces a thousand columns of print to one round of actual fighting. -t April Fools’ day took the liberty of a laugh at the expense of the weather experts who designate the date for the arrival of Gentle Spring. —————— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON The Holiday That Scored! Holidays confuse the mind. Disappointments oft we find. Christmas made us grieve because Now there is no Santa Claus. New Year Day brought shabby luck. Resolutions haven't stuck. And the Ground Hog came and went, Adding to our discontent. False and fickle proved the line Penned by old St. Valentine. Here, amid the wintry blast, Vernal skies are overcast. We admit, in chill distress, April Fool was a Success! Rubber, reform or rebellion—whict of the three, if any, is the real rea- son for Pres lidge's sudd desire for a of the Philip- pines? Does Secretary Hoover plan to trim the rubber claws of the British lion by tapping the virgin resources of our islands in the Malay Archipelago? Does the administra- tion plan_ sweeping political conces- sio; to the Filipinos Is revolution brewing in Luzon, Mindanao, Samar and the rest of the 7,000 islands and islets that comprise the Philippines’ Few authorities in Washington be lieve that the underlying purpose o Col. Carmi A. Thompson’s mission t Manila has yet been made clear Mystery s not confined to Capito Hill, where Senate Democrats are de manding light. In no quarter has the Presldent’s action caused greate: astonishment than at the -War De partment, which is in responsible charge of Philippine affairs. Secre- tary Davis is understood to have been taken completely by surprise by the Thompson “survey.” It may alter his plans for a trip around the world this year, including inspection of our military establishment in the Philip- pines. * President Coolidge seems {o have an incorrigible partiality for Cleveland men when tough ministration jobs need attentlon. The selection of Col. Thompson for the Philippines business follows osely the designation of Henry G. Dalton of the Lake Erie metropolis to *“survey” the United States Shipping Board. It was Richard F. Grant of Cleveland, working with ‘Washington's cognizance, if not at Coolidge instigation, who settled the anthracite strike. When the Govern- ment emploved special counsel for the Teapot Dome and Elk Hills oil prose- cutions the President went toa Cleve- land law office for one of them, former Senator Atlee Pomerene, In 1925 Mr. Coolidge sent Representative Theodore E. Burton of Cleveland to represent the United States at the arms traffic conference in Geneva. At Paris, ever gince the war one of Uncle Sam’s tick- lish diplomatic outposts, a Cleveland- er, Myron T. Herrick, has continued to functlon as American envoy, despite continual ambassadorial shifts at Lon- don and Berlin. Mr. Coolidge was nominated for the presidency at Cleve- land. That may explain matters. r does he seem to cherish a grudge for Cleveland’s going La Follette in 1924. “They say” that if *“Cal” as- pires to a second term, the G. O. P. w;ul reassemble at Cleveland in June, 1928. Supposition. “I suppose you know all about the League of Nations and the World Court.” “I'm glad to hear that,”” answered Senator Sorghum. “In many in- stances the confiding supposition that he knows all about something is the chief asset of a statesman’s career.” Unemployment. A Theory looking flne and fit May soon proceed to shirk. We had uncornmon hopes of it Till it refused to work. The Insignificant Lamb. “Did you get caught in the mar. ket?"” “T lost money, but I won't say I got caught. Nobody appeared to know I was there.” ER Teuneo Matsudaira, Japanese Am- bassador to the United States, is with- out confirmation of Tokio news that a betrothal is contemplated between his eldest daughter, Setsuko, and Prince Chichibu, second son of the Japanese imperial house. Setsuko is at present a 16-year-old pupll of the Friends’ School in Washington. She speaks English fluently, plays basket ball, tennis and hockey, and dances with the skill of an American flapper. Not long ago Setsuko appeared at a school party in bewitchingly pretty Japanese costume, and, despite the Slippers that go with it, proved equal to any ballroom steps of the period and was in lively demand as a part- ner. Before coming to Washington a vear ago, Setsuko's mother was chief lady-in-walting to the Empress of Japan and in charge of all cere- monials assoclated with the introduc- tion of foreign women at the Tokio Jud Tunkins says real greatness is so lonely that it is liable to feel like a “Big Bertha” in a flock of toy pistols. Health Culture. ., MONDAY, APRIL 5, 41926." Reply to Dr. Stelzle’s Prohibition Figures To the Editor of The Star: In your issue of April 1, you quote Dr. Charles Stelzle of New York as saying that prohibition is a great suc- cess in the United States because ar- rests for drunkenness were reduced from 506,737 in 1914 to 408,762 in 1924, without taking into consideration the increase in populatfon. You do mot give the citles from which these com- parative statistics were taken. How- ever, the decrease is shown to be 7,985 —about 114 per Dr. Stelzle was touched by the very thought of re- ceiving his personal aid. ““Wushington had the same obstacles you have. DId you miss going to col- lege?" (No, we went, Mister.) 0 did he.” (Not go, of course.) “Ho was malnly self-educated. e struggled not only with difficulties out- side of himself, but within himself as well.” Next we see a map of Virginia anaone of the Anti-Saloon Leaghe sars Marviand, with homes of great men Who predicted that national Prott “made by Washington,” and are os-[bition Would make America a sober sured that “What he did for these others, Washington will do for you.” Again we are touched by Washing- T have before me the licensing sta- tistics for England and W for G b o emaeh et [ 1924, Theso statistics show that in o Intorent I T T th. be, the | ingland and Wales, In 1914, there were 15, convictions for drunken- last, for which the first wus mad “From these pages the living Wash- ington strides forth, the most power- ful personality of modern times, hold- In1 in population, there wer convictions, That was 4, notwithstanding the in- only d ness. crease 79,082 ing out his strength for you to grasp, :;fli% of 104,746 convictions—57 per his example for you to follow, his - 2 o courage und steadfastuess and I have also a report of the Min- Sourcefulness for you to use in at.|istry of Labor of France which shows taining the goal of your heart's desire, | that the average arrests for drunken- o vl 4 ess | Paris in 1911-13, inclusive, “Here is an opportunity which may [ 1€ss i s 911-13, ve, be the turning point of your entire | Were ~314]5:75-md from 1919-22, in- life! Tuking Dr. Stel: own figures und assuming that the; accurate, we thus find that England and France, without prohibition, are making great strides toward temperance, while the United Stat under prohibition, is making no progress at all. It is inter- esting to compare arrests for drunk- enness in Washington, under prohi- bition, with London and Paris under regulation. On the basis of arrests per 100,000 of population the figures are: London, 3 Paris, 500; Wash- ington, With ake advantage of it! fail the inclosed form promptly.” ¥ kK ¥ k¥ Here, on the last page, we find a beautiful cut of the Washington Monument, seen through the Japanese cherry trees, and are told: “The touch that will unchain the Bigger Man within you, if anything can, is the touch of George Wash- ington. “Simply_knowing how Washington fought will put behind your punch that extra pound of force that wins Success. Will you let George Washington help you to the front?” How can we resist such a appeal? Will we let George Washington help us to the front! We most cer- tainly will, and count it a privilege, sir. under prohi- Wi bition, almost eight times as drunken as London, and five times as drunken shington, as Paris, it is quite apparent that prohibition is worse than a failure as 4 temperance proposition. The City of Chicago, under prohi- bition, with only 8,000,000 population, had more than 12,000 more arrests for drunkenness in 1924 than England sweet Always, always, we have been pin-jand Wales combined, with 40,000,000 ing to unchain that Bigger Man | population. within us, and let him go roaring| You quote Dr. Stelzle as sayin adown the ages. We have pictured | prohibition was adopted becaus the chap all the way from Senator | 000 saloons had become o stench in from Indlana, to national hero, saving | the nostrils of the Am the United States from forélgn in-| When Dr. Stelzle vasion by putting into effect miiitary combinations learned over the chess board. But hold! there is a joker there. “The touch that will unchain the Bigger Man within you, if anything clured that the saloon was a great boon to the laboring man. No brewer or distiller ever gave such praise’to the saloon as the poor man’s club as can, is the touch of George Wash: | Dr. gave it. But that was ington.” before he became one of the highest There, now, that deucedly clever | priced propagandists of the Anti advertising man, who got this master- | Saloon Leagus J. B. DEBNAM. ——————— Clla;r on “Hardships™ Of Dry Law Rebuked To the E Apropos plece up, made a terrible blunder. “If anything can.” Wow! what a_sneer, what a what a covert slap at our lack college education. “If anyth Surely the guy must think t ing can! Dearly we would love to have behind our punch “that extra pound of force of The Star of the chatter going on that wins Success,” for success is|over the “hardships” brought about hard to win, indeed, as every one by the Volstead act and the divorcing knows. of one from their rights, 1 would like We stand on the brink of those|to ask a question, “What are our big things, and surely we need cour- age to make that successful plunge. We long to unchain our Bigger Man and George Washington's touch w do it “If anything can.” We throw d pamphlet in des; Nothing can, not even Wushingtos We are lost, and th Al there is rights in this matter’ It is true that God has given us alienable rights, but only so far as | we are governed by reason, conscience and self government to the exercising of these rights. Can any one obfect to this reservation? Furthermore, I don't see where any one or multiple of one is trying to take away u ng which is right. the letter and to it. Our Big Man will have to stay [ The movement is to give rights to litle. 1l; to the protection of those who Dear friend, we cannot sign on the | have to bear the brunt of these so- dotted line, called rights. If proh’bition was not Let George do it! right, there never would be this stir over it Would any thinking person consider this an unreasonable situation were they subjected to abuse, ending often in deformity, cripples, broken bones and sickly manifestations, and yet all these can be laid at the door of these so-called rights, these outside forces. Where is the mother love, where is the father love, while the seed of re- bellion and disobedience to law, and right thinking, through the opinions and conversation, expressed before the children, along this line, bear fruit? The cause is not prohibition—we all know the evil it is trying to abolish —but rebellion and disobedience to the law of good. As for those who deliberately break the law to do something that they have ‘never cared for before,” but want to exercise their rights, how often they simply cut off their nose to spite their face, and they “get it in the neck,” often, through a “flare- back” in their own children! Did the “Grouchers” only realize that the widespread rebellion fs through just such an attitude, spread- ing to the young of our land, and realize that it will take a lifetime to there were, up to the end of last month, 2,644 roll calls. Sheppard has missed but 14 of them—an average of only about one a year. One of Shep- pard's achievements during the pres. ent session is the passage of a law granting honorable discharges to the service men of the World War who “fibbed” about their ages in order to get a chance to fight. Some 5,000 of these hitherto have been deprived of veterans' benefits and privileges. All with good service records are now, inder the Sheppard law, restored to he honor list. P e Do departmental officials read the nnual reports of a chief, the secre- ary of this or that executive branch f the Government? Well, some do, ind apparently some don't. In th solumn not long ago appeared a sta- istical statement affecting certain | tamp it out, they would hang their Federal activities. One v last week | heads in shame. a subdivisional chief of the depart.| We all know criticism will bring to our attention, first, the thing criti- cized, then our curiosity, end:ng in a closer observation, whatsoever the much talked of thing may be. ment in question called up by tele- ohone, said there’d been “a lot of in- quiries about that,” and asked where he information came from. He was told it was culled almost verbatim V. WHITE. from the 1920 annual report of his lef. “Well,” was the subdued re- T ply, “that’s all right, then.” Walker Got Cash for U. S. Ok ¥ % Californians in Washington are going to give a banquet in honor of the retiring president of their State soclety, Represéntative Arthur M. Free. One of the reasons Californians like Free is because of his practical contribution to the sclution of the Japanese peril—he is the father of two sets of twins. Four of his five children are boys. With his quartet Mr. Iree is the ranking member of the joint congressional committee on twins. In the Houso the only other father of doubles is Representative John C. Ketcham of Michigan. In the Senate are threc members each of whom has twins—King of TUtah > 3 N Dak P | to save the Union. Walker was sent Frazier Df_?\onh Dakota. and Ma; by Lincoln as a special envoy to field of Texas. ‘| England. The writer is curious to know just where the authority can be discov- ered that will support this statement by Dr. Dodd as a matter of historic fact. If Dr. Dodd is correctly re- ported, it is time for students of the history of our Civil War period to refresh their memories by such new- ly discovered sources as may have come to the attention of Dr. Dodd. Until this revelation the trend of opinfon on the source of Walker's financial ald to the cause of Lincoln and the Northern armies has always been in a different direction. Dr. | Dodd himself is not without some responsibility for this slant of belief. On August 15, 19 in the last one of a_series of lectures on “Little Men of Great Influence in American History,” anent the KEuropean mis- sion of Waiker, Dr. Dodd sail “Walker began to borrow for Lin- coln. Lincoln was in sore need. Walker went to Holland, where he borrowed miore for Linceln. But it was at Frankfort, German that Walker performed miracles. There he.induced Jewish bankers to lend to the United States $250,000,000. It ‘| was as great & stroke as winning the battle of Gettysburg. Lincoln was saved in Kurope. Our history books—even an article by Dr. Dodd in the Araericana, 1920, Volume 28—speak of help from ¥ rope, but never mention England as a helper. Some of them mention Germany, but not all of them. Heretofore the letter Walker wrote “to the people of the United States, From Germany in 1863 To the Editor of The Star The Evening Star of March carried a small item, transmitted by the Assoclated Pre: be a report of an_ address delivered Dr. W. E. Dodd, professor of his- at the University of Chicago, before an audience of the cit of Urbana, Ill. According to this re- of. Dodd said: “Because of the financial aid_he obtained from England for the Northern army dur- ing the Civil War no man did more than Robert J. Walker of Mississippl * Over at the Department of Agricul- ture they're perfecting a mechanical device that looks like a cross between a speedometer and an adding ma- chine. It's called a “cropometer,” and its place is on"the dashboard of an automobile. As the car starts to pass, say, a fleld of oats, a button is pressed, which records the number of feet of grain fronting the road .at that particular spot. When the car comes to the end of the oats frontage and starts in on corn or some other crop, a corresponding button is press- ed, and the meter registers the num- ber of feet of that field which borders the road. Willlam ¥. Callander. chief of the United States Crop Reporting Service, recently rode with the State crop renorter of Georgla from Atlan- ta to Washington, approximately 800 miles. “We measured the field crops all of the way,” says Mr. Callander, “and found that the frontage meter worked verfectly. I belleve it will be of considerable future importance in giving us a check on crop areas. also on crop damage.” D. A. ‘McCandliss, Mississippi’s agricultural statistician evolved the iden of the “cropometer but it was worked out by a technol- ogist in Secretary Jardine’s beehive of bucolic lore;‘ * ¥ “Civic Vietory Dinner” is the tiile of the feast which friends of Senator Burton K. Wheeler will hold in his honor on April 15. It is to celebrate “ithe inglorious end of the conspiracy” court. The traffic cop stands undismayed With gestures strong, yet wise. How few, like him, are getting paid For taking exercise! % ¥ ¥ %k In these duys of prohibition war- fare at Washington, his friends re. call with pride that Senator Morris Sheppard, Democrat, of Texas, author of the eighteenth amendment, has al- most a 100 per cent perfect roll call record. Since he entered the Senate “'am “Joo™ Beiley’s successer in 1914, “De man dat always kicks, Uncle Eben, “is an egotist. De man dat never kichs is @ hypocrite® against the junior Senator from Mon- tana. Wheeler himself, and his coun- sel and colleague, Senator Thomas J. Walsh, will be the speakers of the evening. Norman Hapgood is chair- man of arrangements. ‘“The com-|gaved the Union and how. He sai monyealth owes him a civic garland” | “T went to Europe under the appoin (trom Ben Jonson's “Catiline”) is the [ ment of Mr. Chase, but with letters slogan ‘of the ovddslon. also from Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Seward, Oovrrieht, 19908 .. ' So bitter then was the hostility of November, 1867, in which he made his own record of the events, has been accepted as authentic and exhaustive. In that letter he tells the American people the story of who it was that L_——m—'_—— THIS AND THAT purporting to | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. lish sparrows in the Tk 8 A.' The English sparrow was intro- Q. When made? 4 A. They were few years of th ing the early pa How long have there been Eng- were the Elf Terry clocks ited States”— : ade during the last ighteenth and dur- of the nineteenth duced at Brooklyn, N. Y., about 1852 and for the first 20 years it was prac- | centu tically confined to the cities of the 4 i Atlantic States, but since that time{| Q. What arc the largest rai has spread throughout the United |Centers in the United Stat States und Canada . . me of them ¢ hicago, with Q Is an A ntering; St. Louis, 24: of low amperage will give cle Toledo, 16; New und stronger reception than Buffalo, 14; Cincinnat!, charged A battery?—W. O. J A. The Loomis Radio College s: that its many years of experience i radio reception convince it positiv any that signals will be recelved over j ; greater distance and with better tonal | company increases it quality when the filament lighting o o storage battery s fully charged, |*POnding increase in its assets, tho stock is said to be *“‘watered” by the Sometimes, in tuning, it is found that | the battery power needs to be de.| creased somewhat by means of the | 1 | fnere rheostats which control the filurnent | lighting. However, the effect is very different from opefating on o partly charged battery. . When and by shioned long H. A. Hansard in his bool called phia” ~ (printed in London : “The introduction of the round instead of the long, is an {mprovement in the art of printing, for which we are indebted to the in genious Mr. Eell, who introduc them in his edition of the Dritish Theater,” publishgd 1791-1802. 1inous ia. How the has not been mined as extensivel) that in coal of Russi as . were the changed in wi 'S QW S. e is the bounda: ntic Coastal Piedmont Belt to the west ed by falls or rapids streams, due to the rivers can more soft unce idate the and which {in m 1 fact that the rapidly in the rock of the cc hard cry cent regior marked th the W developed which is many cit Washingt Philadelph con and M t Q. How are wienerwursts made’— G. H. E. A. They are made of finely minced lean beef and fat pork, flavored with corlander, mace, lemon’ peel, etc., and sometimes garlic and shallots, stuffed into sheep casings, and twisted off into sausages, ubout 31 to b ounces each. They ure then dried and smoked until the; brown calor. Q. What is the work of the Theo- sophical Soclety of Adyar, Madras T. S. D. | A. It is the organization that taken on the huge work of cstabl tng a library of valuable and rare manuseripts. It has, within a period of 20 years, been ablé to collect 12,8 manuscripts. The manuscripts printed books in which the library is e interested Do, ) of he 1 Q { leng never attains th The largest on rec known o be 8 fee A. ceive a fee in programs were of charge whom Conce | single le however pecially those that bear chi lgion and philosophy. It is also rich in the collection of works in the Chinese, Japanese, Slamese, Burmese, Pali and South Indian languages, besides nu- merous wor in® all_the important European languages. During the first half of the year 1923, eight tours were undertaken for the collection of man: scripts, over 60 collections being examined in the course of these tour: when enerall Daniel &i Webster, t0 $100 for a ) Emer sh ¥ the line nce It appears in the poem called “On a Distant Prospect of on Cole lege.” Q. When did England begin to have secretaries of state or prime minis- ters?—D. M. W, A. The first mention of an English King's secretary of state is under Henry III. Owing to the press of work, two secretaries were appointed and until 1794 two seem to have been the normal nunibs Q. Are all vocal cords of the same length and thickness?’—G. W. G. A. They vary both in length and thickness. Q. How are positions in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing obtained? You want to ow something? Yod wish to be positive beforc uow go ahead? Well, The Evening Star will tell you what you want to know and zive you assurance before you proceed, Our Washington Bureau can answer any question of fact propounded to it Here is the university of information —a great, free educational institution, established solely to serve you. Send in your question and get the right answer. Inclose 2 cents in stamps to cover the return postage. Address The Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Wash- ington, D. C. positions are filled from the list of applicants who have taken service examination Sectional Line-Up Defeated Long-and-Short-Haul Bill In what the Omaha World Herald , Des Moines paper, “that the ‘Middle calls “n sectional lne-up, breaking | West’ is interested in lower rates for down all party lines,” the United | long hauls. The ‘Middle West" turned States Senate rejected the Gooding- Hoch bill dealing with the question of railroad rates on long and short hauls. Arguments both for and against the measure appear in current newspaper comment, though doubt is expressed that a solution acceptable to all parts of the country ever will be reached on this question, which has been debated in Congress at vari- ous intervals for some 40 TS, As to the sectional divis on the bill, the Seattle Daily Times allocates the opposition to it “on the Pacific out to be Chicago and Interests direct= ly related to Chicago.” The Topeka Daily State Journal puts the situation as follows: “The Gooding bill brought up the question of justice to inland shippers or justice to the railroads and the roads won} therefore, the Middle West will con: , tinue to “pay for the competition of the Panama Canal.” * % Recognizing merit in the declara tion of the proponents of the Gooding» x Coast, in New England and in the [Hoch bill that the present rates Middile West” and the support “in |amount to “discrimination against tha the Intermountain States. Sxplain. | interior, particularly the intermoun. ing this lime-up, the Omaha World |tain territory that lles between the Herald says: Rockies and the yet conced- “The Coast States are naturally in- | Ing that “there s on both side: apolis comes to the conclusion that “there can hardly be denial, though, that the long-haul rate plan is a form of subsidy to the railroads, paid by the interior.”” The Grand Rapids Press feels there “is no rea son fifty million people should be mads to suffer in reduced markets for the sake of the two or three milllon who mjght benefit by the Gooding bill,” ‘The Janesville Daily Gazette also co siders that the bill sought ‘“spectal advantage for a strip of territory which is least populated of all the United States,” and that its provisions were “economically dpsound. The Providence Journal concurs in the opinion that the measure was sount and the Louis! Couries Journal insists that to the wholesale and jobbing interests of in" territory” could ti the Lill have been benss terested in securing extremely low railroad rates for hauls from coast to coast. The lower the rates the greater their advantage over producers and shippers in the interior States. Of the Pacific Coast Senators, Hiram Johnson of California was the only one who voted in the affirmative. From Maine to Florida, Senators from Atlantic Coast States, with only two exceptions, cast their votes against the bill. New England cast a solid negative vote.' % Much of the credit f defeating the bill is attributed by the Chicago Tribune to Senator Deneen of Illinois, who, according to this paper, “‘spoke for the entire Middle West,” which only asks “the chance to rrmyw!»‘ with the Eastern Seaboard in the Far |} e Western market.” T The purpose of the defeated bill as ad outlined by the Des Moines Evening Tribune News was “to make it im possible for the railroads to make a cheap coast-to-coast rate and keep up rates in the interior.” The Tribune News thinks the opposition of the raflroads was based on the contention that the roads had to meet Panama Canal competition on coast-to-coast freights. “The curious claim was made against the bill,” continues the On_ the other hand. the Philadel phia Evening Bulletin asserts that ¢ because of water competition, “the Pas cific Coast_enjoys transportation ads vantages discriminating against the Mountain States, and {f the Inter. state Commerce Commission will nok find some way to put the Mountain ates on a fair competitive rate basis, then the matter clearly appears to call for correction by Congress.” In fact, the Spokane Spokesman Review predicts that, “without a shadow of doubt, Congress will eventually pase this important measure for regional Jjustice and national welfare.” But it Is to congressional interfer. ence in rate making that many object. To have “let down the bars for Cone gress to settle delicate rate questions by its own action would inevitabl mean political bargaining and ex changes of favors,” says the Spriage field Republican. The Baltimore Sum affirms its belief that “there cou'd be no stability in railroad rates if every city, every State and every railroad which thought they had a grievance start propaganda for relief by = ——————— Louls Napoleon and the late Lord Palmerston to this country that, whilst the so-called Confederate loans had nearly reached, in Iurope, p: in gold, our United States stocks could find no place on the London or Paris exchange, and our cause no hearing in the leading press of either | city. * * * It wus then, at the pe- riod of our deepest gloom and danger, that & still emall voice was heard in our favor from Holland, where Frank- 1in had negotiated our first loan. It was then that the still louder notes of hope and sympathy fell like music upon my ears from the great German fatherland. 1 visited both countries, unheralded and unknown, in 1863. Satisfied that any public call for a would be defeated by the machi- nations of France and England, I never announced my official capacity aor asked for any American loan. I published my flnanclal essays o my own name. merely as an American citizen, exhibiting the vast yesources, the wonderful progress of our coun- try and the tainty ot ¢ success in erushing the vebellion ST result was that in a briet perlod the people of Germany, emphatically the great masses of the people, took sev eral hundred millions of our loan at the same rate as our own citlzen: As it s impossible to suppose there can be any {ntention to mislead or motive for the misrepresentation of long-accepted facts, it seems only proper, in the interest of sound scholarship and a clear, historic_per- spective for what promises to be a long but most interesting futuge, to offer the author of a grave e &n opportunity to correct his no'(;-. The Ghicago Dally News, upholding the Interstate Commerce Commission. considers it would be “departing from | the first canon of sound legislati to ask Congress “to tie the hands of a body of experts.” ~The Green Bayv Press Gazette prefers “judicial rates to legislative rates” and was opposed to the bill because it would have d® prived the Interstate Commerce Coras mission of ‘“discretionary powers 1 now possesses.’ Relief will come to the Central States in the opinion of the Duluth Herald through “the opening of the St. Lawrence to give them the benefit of cheap water transportation to the markets of the world.” The Lake Deseret News thinks the “que tion of Western freight rates wi never be sulved satisfactorily until rates through the Panama Canal, cgg> trolled by the Government are justed so as to be more in kee with overland chargea" P