Evening Star Newspaper, April 14, 1926, Page 8

HE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY. ... .April 14, 1928 THEODORE W. NOYES. The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office: | 11th St. and Pennsylvania® Ave. New York' Office: 110 East 43nd 8t. cago Oftice: Tower 3 Buropean Office: 14 Regent St.. London, England. The Evening Stor. with the Sunday morn ing edition. is delivered hy carriers mmi{. the city at 60 cents per month: daily only. 45 cents per mouth: nday 0\:‘7 - varrier at the end of Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Dai d 1 yr. $0.00: 1 mo.. Dally o, Sumday- - A% 0: 1 mo. on| Sinday only All Other States s nd Canada. d Press in exclusively of all new it or not otherwise and also the local news 1i rights of publication rerein are also reser published herein ©f special dispatches “Wu Is for Wu. The question “For whom will Wu be?” is with waverings and fluctua- tions in the rvesponse gradually an- swering itselfl. Last Autumn Chinadom disputed whether Wu Pei-fu with allies repré senting Central North China would join Feng Yu-hsiang, represent- nd Red Russia, to elim- Tso-lin, representing Manchuria and Japan, or would com- bine with Chang to crush Feng. It was recognized that in either event the two survivors, having disposed of the third member of the triumvirate. would fight to a finish the question of supremacy between them- and ing Mon: nate Chang - ultimate sclves. For Chang and Feng and Wu hate and fear one another. No one of them can resist the combination of the er two and the game played be- tween them {8 to so maneuver as not to the isolated third whom the other two combine to crush. The Peking government, represent- Chang and Feng, some months be I | tears of pity are being shed. was created. experiments. Because a large number of Wash- ington motorists are shown, by ac- tivity on the part of the Police De- partment, to be, law-breakers, it does not follow that unnecessary regula- tions are in force. It shows, on the contrary, that never befors has Washington had the enforcement that it is getting now and that mo- torists here are extraordinarily in- different to trafic laws because of the mess that has been the result of an almost total lack of co-operation with the traffic office. It is time for a showdown. Either the office should be abolished or it should be supported by the agencies of the District and Federal Govern- :| ments. The trafic office cannot stand alone. 1t must have the support of Congress, the Commissioners, the police, the courts and the public. Without this support the traffic of- fice is useless., The facts must be faced and action taken to avoid ut- ter disintegration of the entire traf- fic enforcement machine in a city of 500,000 persons and 100,000 autemo- biles . R The Illinois Primaries. Returns from the Illinois primaries, though not complete, indicate the de- feat of Senator Willlam B. McKinley for nom:nation for another term by a Republican candidate who pitched his campaign directly on the issue of the World Court. Senator McKinley fa- vors the adherence of the United States to the court with reservations and so voted in the Senate. Mr. Smith, chairman of the Republican State commitiee for Illinois, opposes any form of adherence to the court. He was aided in his campaign by Senator Borah, who went into the State and made a number of speeches. The conclusion is plain that the ver- dict of the Republican voters in Illi- nols is adverse to the action of the Senate in adopting the protocols for American adherence to the World Court with reservations. proclaimed Wu a rebel and or- dered Feng to attack him, which Feng, acting on safety first principles, wise- v proceeded not to do. Next Feng, after Chang had with difficulty beaten and killed Kuo, one of his subordinate | ierals, who at Feng's instigation had deserted and attacked him, denounced Chang as the arch traitor to China and called on all Chinese to combine to save the country from him. And last month Wu and his allied gen- erals issued a formal proclamation stigmatizing Feng as the traitor who was betraying his country to Bolsh® vism. Wu hates Feng as a double traitor who treacherously betrayed him personally when, as Wu's trusted leutenant, Feng deserted him at a erucial point in the battling a few years ago between Wu and Chang. How has Wu ered last Au- tumn’s conundrum “For whom is Wu?” First his allies co-operated with Feng to chase Chang's forces out of China proper into Manchuria. Then Wu co-operated with Chang to attack Feng or to threaten him with attack and finally to drive him out of Tien- tsin and Peking and into self-exile in Mongolia or Russia. And lastly, with FFeng personally eliminated, Feng's army is apparently combining with Wu to send Chang back to Manchuria. Thus Wu has been, first with Feng against Chang, then with Chang against Feng, and finally with Feng's soldiers against hoth Feng and Chang. He has been consistently and all the time for \Wu, and, he proclaims, for China as against Soviet Russia, Japan and the rest of the world. What picture will the next turn of the handle of the Chinese kaleidoscope produce? e Y a The difference between an investor and a speculator is the difference be- tween a man who buys for the sake of legitimate dividends and the man who margins in hope of guessing the market. ] A dictator's precarious. is willing when evervbo position is naturally He is usually a man who to sume responsibility 1y else is afraid of it. et A Blow at Traffic Regulation. Another blow was struck at fic enforcement in Washington yes- terday when the Commissioners ordered Director Eldridge and Maj. Hesse to confer aund recommend abolishment of certain regulations in order to cut down the number of ar- ests. This action climaxes the long siring of uppercuts administered to| the traffic office by various agencies. Congress created the office of traf- director, but failed either clear- to define its powers or to ap- propriate enough funds for its proper operation: a judge in the local court has consistently rendered ex- traordinary decisions in traffic cases; the Commissioners have failed to support the director in the enforge- mient of regulations they themselves af- 1l ¥ approved; the Police Department has evidenced, up to this sudden spurt of activity, only a grudging co-operation and section of the public whose toes have been stepped vn by the promulgation of essential regulations is bitter against traflic enforcement of any kind. And now, because Washingion is getting enforcement for the first time in its history and a considerable percentage of its motorists are shown to be totally indifferent and con- temptuous of essential regulations, it " is proposed to abolish them.’ These regulations for which the majority of arrests have been made are two in number, parking overtime and parking at night without u .ght. Is there any official who will sug- gest that Washington should be the first city in the United ’States to eliminate parking regulations in the downtown congested distriet? Is thers any one who will advocate abolishment of the regulation re- quiring lights on parked cars at night? These are the two rules for which mest of the arrests have been' ‘Whether this action in Illinois is an indication of sentiment on this subject elsewhere cannot be definitely determined. There are other than World Court questions at stake. Sen- ator McKinley's opponent, chairman of the Republican State committee, has been cultivating the fleld for some time while the Senator has been at work in Washington, rendering valu- able service to his State and to the Nation in his legislative capacity. It may be that the World Court issue was not after all the determining question, but that Chalrman Smith simply proved stronger with the peo- ple than the incumbent. If in other States primaries were held with this issue definitely drawn and with the same result, it would be a fair con- clusion that the majority of -the people do not favor American adher- ence to the court regardless of reser- vations. On the Democratic side of the Illinols primaries the race was a walkaway. George E. Brennan, Democratic State boss and one of the national hierarchy of the Democracy, scored an over- whelming victory over his contestant for the senatorial nomination. He was running as a wringing wet candidate, standing for the maximum of modi- fication and repeal. He flung his challenge as an anti-prohibitionist without the slightest reservation. He has been nominated as the Demo- cratic candidate almost unanimously. But it is to be noted that the total of his vote is at the present reckon- ing very much less than the total of the Republican votes cast in the same primary, 5 Thus, yesterday's 1llinois voting in- dicates two rather diverse tendencies. One is that the majority of the Re- publican voters of the State do not favor Amerfcan adherence ,to the World Court, and the other is that the great majority of the Democratic voters faver drastic modification and poseibly repeal of the prohibition lasw. Just how these two verdicts will com- bine at the election in November re- mains to be seen. et The honor of starting the base ball season by tossing to Vice President Dawes. Through the long Summer months the fans will wait in suspense to determine whether for the purposes of the national game| g oo, he is a mascot or a hoodoo. et Towa has a Democratic Senator. The question now is, “Can he last more than one round?” 5 Off in the Lead! There have been many wonderful ball games. ip Washington, but none, save perhaps the concluding contest of the world series of 1924, that gave the faithful Capital followers of‘the sport quite so much joy as that of yesterday opening the season of 1926. As a rule pitchers’ battles, as they are called, are mot especially thrilling. The base ball crowd usually prefers a hard-hitting con- test with plenty, of action. Yester- day’s was a pitchers’ contest of an unusual character. Opposed on the pitching mound were two veterans of the game, one, the local represent- ative, the dean of pitchers. Walter Johnson was starting his twentieth consecutive season in major league base ball. He never pitched a better game. Not a run was made for fif- teen innings off his delivery. Only six hits were collected by the enemy. Only three bases on balls were al- lowed by the *“grand old man” of the game. Nine of the foemén struck out. Some pitching! And his op- ponent in the box did almost as well. At the outset, indeed, Rommel, famed for pitching strategy, looked slightly the better of the two. But that was only in the beginning. As the game went on and on, and still on, past the legal limit, the big man in the white uniform, acknowledged master of his craft, one of the most beloved ball players ever in the game, grew bet- ter and better. And in the fifteenth, as if with prescience of happenings to come, he bore down and retired 8 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, ’ 'THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. made and because of which bmar'the opposing side with puny pcps. Then came the big blow-off. Walter's These regulations were in forceiantagonist had shot his bolt. Crash long before the present traffic office| went the bats, four of them in suc- They are not new rules | cession. in any eommunity and they are not|ered In by a finger-breadth. They are essentials |next three went safe and the game The first blow was gath- The was won, a contest long to 'hé re- membered, a fitting opening for the season, a happy augury for its com- clusion and for another pennant for ‘Washington. The most striking feu- ture of the game, which was played by both sides with speed and preci- sion that. showed the sport .n its best form, was that it was between the two teams that tho public con- sensus regards as the chief con- tenders for the 1926 gonfalon. s o Russian Monarchists. It is reported from Paris that the Russian emigres who just held a meet- ing there to promote the restoration of the monarchy failed to agree upon a formula for an offensive against the Soviet. A motion for the formation of a permanent committee to carry on an getive struggle to drive the Bol- sheviki out of Russia was rejected by a narrow margin. This leaves the refugees without a directing force to co-ordinate their resources and en- ergies. Factions have developed among the emigres, who early in the conference developed the usual three groups of right, center and left, the right comprising the nobility, the cen- ter the merchants and financlers and the left the industrialists. The mem- bers of the center and left are prac- tically the only ones with any means, the members of the right all being without financial resources and there- fore with nothing to lose and every- thing to gain. The right is numerical- ly the strongest faction. Under the rules of procedure a two-thirds vote ‘was necessary to adopt the resolution. Out of 457 delegates 297 voted for the formation of the committee and 146 against. This negative vote with fourteen abstentions prevented the necessary two-thirds, The result is that the anti-Bolshevik movement is left somewhat in the air, and the failure to adopt a definite program has caused a feeling of chagrin and bit- terness. The impression in Paris ap- pears to be that the Bolshevik gov- ernment at Moscow is for the present secure against any organized mo- narchical movement, R TR By studying United States journal- ism the South American editors have doubtless found new inspirations. A number of them will hesitate to risk startling their readers and spectators by putting into immediate effect all the typographical and pictorial novel- ties that have been brought to their attention. e After reviewing the public utter- ances of President Coolidge on a num- ber of subjects the conclusion becomes inevitable that without going into hair- splifting in abstruse philosophies, he is strictly in favor of taking the direct simple course and enforcing the latw. Sl Owing to differences in language, the personnel of war in China is as difficult to discuss accurately as the cast of a Russian music drama. Lan- guage still remains a barrier to com- plete international understanding. ————— The surprise experienced by Smed- ley Butler on finding hard drinks ten dered on a festive occasion speaks very highly for the consistent abste- miousness of his friends and follow- ers among the Marines. —————— Classic dances under the cherry trees are sufficlently beautiful to ban- ish for the moment all sordid consid- erations as to whether or not the fruit crop is liable to be a faflure. — et After lengthy and energetic argu- ments it appears that nothing has yet been sald to change the minds of many on either the wet or the dry side. R et New sopranos and new tenors are being constantly discovered. It takes a little time to adjust them satisfac- torily to the old operas. ettt SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON Obstinate Urge. the first ball fen | The robin is a merry fowl ‘Who sings a glad refrain: And when belated blizzards prowl, He walts and sings again. y in hope of true content, The old world plods along. You can't suppress an argument. You mn"t suppress a. song. Bettered Conditions. “Has anything been done to make the life of the farmer easier?” “Considérable,” answered Senator Sorghum. “Every farmer I know of now has a flivver in the barn and a motion picture theater in the mnext town.” Base Ball Relief. Those public questions of the past ‘Will vex us as of yore. An easier one arrives at last— “What is the base ball score?” Jud Tunkins says children should obey their parents and in some cases not try to imitate ‘em. No Inducement. ‘I can't get distance on my radio.” “What do you want with distance? All the bands are playing the same tunes.” Out-and-Out Socialist! “Are you in favor of prohibition?”” “I am,” answered Uncle Bill Bottle. top. “I understand only the rich cap afford licker and I'm in favor of any- thing that’l.make wealth careless and start a redistribution.” Hopes. The robin trills his little lay. We're hoping he is here to stay. The tiny buds are on the trees. ‘We hope thesilly things won't freeze. ‘The Spri bids v hope anew. ‘We hope the hopes will all come true. “Wif a good many men,” said Uncle Eben, “education don't mean much ‘ceppin’ de means foh makin’ long From the letter-box of This and That: .“Your section of The Star has been a pleasure to me ever since I came to Washington. I lke ypur | criticlsms of poetry and keen glimps- es you give one of the literary world. “I wonder how many there are who, like myself, look for you each night, as for a ftriendly volce. “Last night I read about your ex- perfence with Calycanthus, and, as I read, my dearly loved and greatly honored father stood before me— speaking in his measured voice with those little buds in his hand. “Later, when I should have been asleep, I wrote the verses I am tak- ing the liberty of sending you. Here they are.”s The poem alluded to is regarded by the writer of this column as dis- tinctly the best he has received, and he takes pleasure in printing It here: Calycanthus. Memories of childhood come throng- ing, Memories filled with strange longing, Visions of places, Long ufiseen faqes, Border of sweet mignonette, One scent T cannot forget! Little brown shrub unassuming, Little brown choc'late bells blooming, Oft I*have held you, Crushed you and smelled you, Each year you hring to me yet Memories 1 cannot forget. There in our garden enchanted You by my father were planted. White-haired he stands, Brown buds in his hands, Holds them all dewy and wet. (Their scent brings him back yet.) “This, child,” he said, “as no other Thing, brings the thought of my mother, 'Twas her favorite flower And to this hour Her face it calls to me yet. Sweet face I would not forge Years have been waxing and waning, None of that garden's remaining— ‘That loved silver head, Long since with the dead, Each Spring time comes to me yet With this odor I cannot forget, SR ¥ A mother in Mount Rainier, Md., sends the following, which takes up a problem of universal interest to parents: “I want to express my appreclation of your articles in The Star, and to ask you for the books by Dumas which should be read consecutively to be properly appreciats You mentioned them about two weeks ago and I intended to save the paper but neglected to do so. “Also, could you advise me as to a good encyclopedia for a boy in the 6th B grade, one which will meet his needs through the higher grades and through high school? “I was on the verge of buying a set of last year, but my son's teacher did not give me much en- couragement asa to their purchase. “Several different sets have been introduced In this neighborhood, each educator claiming special merits for their particular work, until I was Senator Daniel F. Steck of Iowa is an outstanding figure in the Ameri- can Legion. In the capacity of chair- man of its legislative committee he probably had more to do with the en- actment of the bonus bill than any other man in the United States. Steck functioned on that occasion in close, collaboration with Col. Hanford MacNider of Jowa, now Assistant Secretary of War, then the legion’s national commander. He is a sturdily built Hawkeye in the middle forties Ilind of oldline Pennsylvania Demo- cratic ancestry, his father having emigrated to the corn belt after the Civil War. The newest Senator was | captain in the Signal Corps of the i84th Division, National Guard, made up of men from Towa, Minnesota and the Dakotas, and served with that command throughout the World War after a tour of duty on the Mexican border. He practices law at Ottumwa, Towa, and once was elected county attorney in a rural district. Capt. Steck's friends are confident he wiil give a worthy account of himself in the assembly to which Iowa in days gone by sent such men as James Harlan, William_B. Allison, Jonathan P. Dolliver and Willlam 8. Kenyon. R Smith Wildman Brookhart will go |gunning for Senator Albert B. Cum- {ming’ scalp In_the Jowa Republican | primaries on an agricultural platform |calling for the same sort of govern- lnlentfll ald to the farmer that is given {to the rallroads—that is to say, Brookhart advocates the solution of the crop surplus -problem through a guarantee to the farmer of a price {for his output equal to ‘“cost of pro- duction, plus 5 per cent.” The gentle- man from Jowa, who has just been pitched outside of the senatorial { breastworks by the colleagues among whom he served since December, 1922, thinks that what is sauce for the transportation goose ought to be sauce for the agricultural gander. Under the Esch-Cummins raflroad law the carriers are assured a “fair return” of 5% per cent, while public utilities generally are “‘guaranteed” a little more than that. Brookhart, only a day or two before he ‘“ad- Journed” sine die on Capitol Hill, set forth his farm panacea in a New York magazine article. “Cost of pro- duction, plus § per cent” has the ring of his paramount issue. ok k% President Coolidge is not wearing mourning for his father, having never resorted to that practice on any oc- casion of previous bereavement. I'or a while after “little Cal” passed on, in 1924, the President carried a mourn- ing band on his sleeve, but he has eschewed even such a badge at this time, nor is Mr. Coolidge affecting black clothes or necktfes. Mrs. Cool- idge, too, apparently does not believe in mourning garb. She wore white after her son’s death and her Easter clothes this year, only a week or so after the loss of Col. Coolidge, were white throughout. % ok ok Dr. William Mather Lewis still gets newspaper clippings from all over the world about the keep-awake test con- ducted by students of George Wash- ington University iast Summer. One notice that arrived this week from the British Isles convinces Dr. Lewis afresh that English humor, after all, is not “heavily dfsguised,” as Mark Twain used to allege. An English newspaper, commenting on the test, observed, “Eight students of George ‘Washington University kept awake for 60 hours, but the rest of the university attended lecturesasusual.” * ok KK ‘Washington's Pan-American jour- nalist guests, who gave the Capital 8o delightful a Latin flavor for a week, left town unanimous in the view that the program which they so valiantly survived will be of lasting Oen:.l:g orth, South and D. ¢, WEDNESDAY, completely: confused and could not decide which to buy. “I am sorry, too, for we find the need of such a hook imperative. “Yours very truly. b, *o®¥ % “Dear Sir: Thank you for your fine definition of ‘ingellectual honesty. I mwish it might be broadcast, for I am quite sure thousands of persons have never given this matter a moment's consideration. “1 do not judge hastily, as I fully realize if we all took those two words seriously we would deal more honest- 1y with our fellow creatures, not only in our transactions regarding money, but in our general attitude toward each other. “I read This and That with much interest, and enjoyed particularly your article on letter writing. “Sincerely yours, F Conan Doyle's indebtecness to Id- gar Allan Poe is touched upon in the following: “Sir: I am a daily reader of your column and enjoy it greatly. I have long felt that certain of Conan Doyle's stories are much like those of Edgar A. Poe's. “May I ask you to kindly state your opinion of the similarity of Poe's and Doyle's fiction. You, of course, are familiar with both and may find time soon to give your readers your opinion. “It goes without saying that Doyle is not in any sense comparable to Poe ‘as a writer. J. A. MacM.” Edgar Allan Poe invented the detec- tive story, in the modern sense of that term, and to that extent Conan Doyle is his debtor, as are all other writers of detective tales. The “invention” of the detective story was a sheer stroke of genius. Just how much it was such a stroke 18 perhaps shown best by the fact that many of his cotemporaries tried to “run it down.” Griswold, Poe’s literary executor, who had a private grudge against the strange genius, in his unparalleled memolir went so far as to deprecatd Poe's invention by declaring that it was no great matter, that he had sim- ply built up a complex situation and then unraveled it, and so deserved no particular credit! k% Is fried mush the State dish of In- diana? We begin to suspect so, after reading the following: “Some days ago you wrote an essay on fried mush, proclaiming its excel- lence, especially as a breakfast dish. My mother well remembered her younger days in Indiana and the fried mush she used to have; it brought back recollections for me, too. * the article in The Star along to the mald who presides over the kitchen in our apartment, for her information, and this morning we had fried mush. “Real fried mush! Like you read abou¢, with plenty of butter and sirup. The kind of fried mush that {s brown- ;}1 on both sides and hot in the mid- e. “We thank you for writing about it, because some time soon we are going to have some more of the same kind. It is a food fit for the gods, but, as you say, has to be cooked by an ex- pert, one who knows how to brown it on all eldes and have it steaming hot in the middle. With best regards, very truly yours, E.R.8.C" J. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE prejudices or remove long cher; misunderstandings. But they help. There was a notable effort on the part of spokesmen of the United States to avold any “slopping over” in references to Pan-American amity. Nobody handed out ‘“propaganda’ for the Monroe doctrine. What repre- sentatives of this country did pro- claim was that, as far as the United States is concerned, we are proud of the ‘‘unique solidarity of ideals” which the Western Hemisphere pre- sents to the world. That sentiment was cordially reciprocated by the visitors. All concerned are of opin- ion that the Pan-American conclave of journalists is a milestone in the history of the 21 republics. Already & movement is afoot to send a fine delegation from this country to the ;;n;:nd congress at Buenos Aires in EE Of the nine lawyer representatives selected by the House to conduct the impeachment trial of ¥ederal Judge George W, English of Iliinols before the bhar of the Senate four were county prosecuting attorneys before coming to Congress. One of the others was a judge one is a former attor- ney general of Virginia. One served for & time as president of a State uni- versity and another is a former Jaw partner of Coleman L. Blease, now Senator from South Carolina. Of the five Republican managers, two—Rep- resentatives Stobbs of Massachusetts and Hersey of Maine—come from New England. The thres others are Representatives Michener of Michi- gan, Moore of Ohio and Boies of Towa. ‘The four Democrats are Representa- tives Summers of Texas, Montague of Virginia, Dominick of South Carolina and Tillman of Arkansas. : * ok % Josephus Daniels, the man who put the Navy on the water wagon, is in ‘Washington for the drys’ day in court at the Senate prohibition hearings. The North Carolina editor - statesman calls the hearings a “grandstand play.” Daniels’ opinion of the wets' case, as recently presented, is that “the Ied- eral administration has been asleep ut the switch.” He is firmly convinced that before the friends of prohibition have finished their story it will be shown that, admitting much disap- pointment in the enforcement of pro- hibition, “it is a thousand per cei better than the open saloon and still.” And that, according to the former ruler of the U. §. Na-vee, “is the real issue.” * * % % Don Miguel Cruchaga, the new Chilean Ambassador to the United States, who has had to plunge forth- with into the Tacna-Arica muddle, is a, distinguished professor of interna- tional law, having occupied that chair at the National University, in Santl- ago. Thus the United States and Chile are represented at their respective capitals by men 4f the same profes- sion, Willlam Miller Collier, our envoy to Chile, being in private life a college professor, Dr. Cruchaga has been a diplomat by career since 1907, when he e Chilean Minister to Argen- tina. lous to that he represented his country at The Hague conference. Dr. Cruchaga has also'been Chilean Minister to Germany and Ambassador to Brazil. Of a retiring, studious na- ture, Washington is likely to find that he prefers the intellectual pursuits to the foibles of society. (Copyright. 1026.) Legal Dentistry. Fromi the Lansing State Journal. New York is taking the final steps in revising its laws to control crime. 1t finds that beside some laws needing teeth there are other laws with teeth that need fllling. » APRIL 14, 1926 Politics at Large, . ‘By G. Gould Lincoln In the coming congressional elec- tions the regular Republican organi- zation has two objects in view. First, to retain control of the Senate and House against the Democrats. Sec- ond, to beat down and submerge to the lowest possible depth the - in- surgent Republican progressives who have proved a thorn in'the side of the administration in the Sixty- eighth and, to a less extent, in the Sixty-ninth Congress. The ousting of Senator Brookhart, the insurgent from Iowa, removes from the Senate one of those who have made- up the group which caused the regulars the greatest amount of trouble. Whether the vote which eliminated Senator Brookhart from the upper houseé was a wise political move remains to be seen. If Senator Brookhart enters the pri- maries in lIowa for the Senate seat now held by Senator Cummins, as it is expected he will do, and he is de- feated for the nomination by the vet- eran, Senator Cummins, the regulars will feel that they have achieved a real victory over the insurgents. On the other hand, if Brookhart should win the nomination it will be a sad blow to the national organization and an evidence that the insurgent spirit has by no means dled out in the Middle West. * k% * ‘The Democrats, of course, stood to lose nothing, but rather to gain in the seating of Senator Steck in the place held ever since the elections in 1924 by Senator Brookhart. They not only have increased their strength in the Senate by one additional Sen- ator, but they have sent back to Towa a man who may cause a great deéal of trouble to their opponents. Senator Steck insisted that he is a “true Democrat,” but admits that he is a conservative. It is expected that-he wiil be found aligned with Senator Underwood of Alabama, Sen- ator Bruce of Maryland and other conservative Democrats in many of the votes that are to come during the present Congress. The new Senator, having won his contest, by the way, is due to recelve a neat little sum for back pay, something more than $10,~ 000, for the year that he was kept out of his seat in the Senate. * k% % The next contest between the op- posing wings of the Republican party is set for the special election on June 30, when Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota, Non-Partisan League, is to lock horns with former Gov. Hanna, a nephew of the late Mark Hanna, the candidate of the conservative Republicans of his State. The regulars feel that they havea chance to win in this election. The ousting of Senator Brookhart by the Senate, however, is likely to redouble the efforts of the progres- sives in North Dakota to elect their candidate. * ¥ % % One of the bitterest fights sched- uled for the campalign this year will be found in Wisconsin, where Senator Lenroot, the candidate of the “Stal- warts,” is to face Gov. Blaine, a La Follettite. For a number of years the progressives in Wisconsin have striven to eliminate Senator Lenroot. But in the past he has succeeded in defeating them. During the campalgn for the nomination and election of Senator Robert M. La Follette, jr., Senator Lenroot took the offensive against the progressives, but without avail. Benator La Follette was elect- ed by a huge majority. Senator Len- root has made formal announcement of his candidacy, and it is expected that the Stalwarts will put forth their utmost efforts to elect him, and first of all to win the Republican nomination for him. The campalign is to be one of the flercest on record. Gov. Blaine is not without his ene- mies among the progressives, some of whom he has offended during his in- cumbency as governor. Furthermore, a “wet” candidate has announced he will make a bid for the Republican senatorial nomination, a young man not particularly known in the State. But the “wet” and “dry” issue is coming more and more to the front as the year progresses. This candi- dacy may cut into the strength of one or both of the other two candi- dates. Senator Lenroot has been a “dry,” and Gov. Blaine, on the other band, has been reckoned as a ‘‘wet.” R More and more bitter is growing the campaign for the senatorial nomination in Pennsylvania, where Senator Pepper, Gov. Pinchot and Representative Vare are the candi- dates. The hope. of the friends of Senator Pepper is that the opponents of Mr. Vare, who is running on a wringing wet platform, wijl concen- trate in the Pepper camp. Gov. Pin- chot is “bone dry.” He has denounced again and again Secretary Mellon and the Mellon organization in Penn- sylvania, which is supporting Sena- tor Pepper. With the Mellons bacle of him _and many of the supporters of prohibition, Senator Pepper is likely to present a very strong front. Should the Anti-Saloon League be- come convinced that it is necessary to ‘throw its weight to Senator Pep- I per in order to prevent the nomina- tion of Mr. Vare, there is little doubt that Gov. Pinchot would suffer considerably theseby, and Senator Pepper would stand a very good chance of winning. That is the set- up for which the friends of Senator Pepper are hoping. * % % ¥ Two Senators who voted against the World Court in the Senate last January go before the voters of In- diana May 4 seeking renomination, Senator Watson and Senator Robin- son, both Republicans. The senti- ment in the Middle West against the World Court as evidenced by the vote against Senator William B. Mec- Kinley yesterday is likely to be re- flected in Indiana in favor of Sena- tors Watson and Robinson. At the time of the vote in the Senate on the World Court it was reported from Indiana that the people were overwhelmingly against ~American adherence to the World Court. The Ku Klux Klan, which has consid- erable strength in the State, was fighting it. There have been recent ructions in Indiana, where Gov. Jackson, who appointed Senator Robinson to fll the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Ralston, has been critical of the vote of Senator Robinson against the President on the World Court issue. A split in the Klan ranks in Marion County also has caused some trouble. But with the object lesson in Illinois, demonstrating sentiment in" that section of the country re- garding the World Court, the pros- pects for both Indiana Senators sem to have brightened. ' "Seasonal Sentiment. From the Christian Science Monitor. It is only in the harsh Winter months that the commuter says a :Wx? in the city is worth two in the ush. ————ett——— Ex| From the Detroit News. A speaker in Seymour, Ind., sa: the “farmer of America duurvuy: :Inm in-the sun.” Goodness! Doesn’t e get it? And Narrow-Gauge, Too. From the Flint Dally Journal, TR s e w0 2 coo ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. What city runs its street cars the fastest>—W. J. L. A. Such a comparison has not been made since 1923. At that time St. Louls was credited with the highest [average speed, 10.9 miles per hour. Q. Why don’t people take sulphur and molasses in the Spring as they used to?—R. A. B. A. The Public Health Service says that since people have paid more at- |tention to a properly mixed diet and secure such a wide varfety of vege- tables and fruits both Winter and Summer, they do not require the so- ,called sulphur and molasses Spring itonic as our forefathers did. - Q. Is it true that it is ever too cold to snow?—M. W. A., The Weather Bureau says that the greater number of more or less heavy snows come with scutherly to (easterly winds—i. e., in what is known tas the “rainy” portton of the cy- clonic or storm area. These winds generally are relatively mild. As the storm 8 the winds come from the northwest, roughly, and are relatively cold. In short, pre- cipitation comes with relatively wa: easterly to southerly winds, and clm weather follows with relatively cold northwest winds. If, then, the Win- ter wind 8 from the northwest, it is cold, and from the wrong direction to give much snow. This, presum- ably, is the origin of the saying, “It is too cold to snow.” This statement, however, is not literally true, for light ENOWE can occur at any temperature; and, indeed, it occasionally happens that heavy snows occur when the sur- face air is quite cold. Q. What {s the story of the Clyde Fiteh play, “Beau Brummel”?—H. B. A. “Beau Brummel” is a story of a concelted dandy, living by his person- ality alone, who plans to marry Marianna for her money. Upon dis- covering that Marianna and his nephew Reginald love each other, Beau gracefully withdraws his suit for her hand, although such a move means imprisonment for debt and dis- grace. Beau retires to a garret with his faithful servant Mortimer, and lives a miserable life, until finally rescued by the King, Marianna and Reginald. The play is famous be- cause of the well drawn character of Beau Brummel, the.strutting, fastidi- ous gallant, who when his great mo- ment arrived rose to it glorfously and proved his real worth. Q. What percentage of snake bites prove fatal?>—H. C. A. The average mortality from bites of the American venomous snakes is a little more than 10 per cent, but, due to infrequency of bites, fatalities are extremely rare. Death from the bite of the rattlesnake is of rare occurrence. One factor which accounts for the rarity of accidents of this nature in the United States is that our citizens do not habitually go around bare-legged. Another e planation for the scarcity of accidents is that rattlers do not generally in- habit lands suitable for cultivation, and, therefore, much frequented by man. The tendency of the rattle- snake to rattle whenever disturbed and to continue the rattling «s long as the disturbing influence is present also explains why victims are not more numerous. Q. How can a dent be taken out of a table?—E. G. A. To remove a dent from a table apply moisture and heat. Wet a cloth with warm water, not hot, and lay it over the dent. Hold near a hot iron, but not near enough to scorch or char the wood. Repeat until the bruise comes up, then lay over the bruised surface a cloth dipped in linseed oil. Finally rub with a mixture of equal panl"‘h'ot turpentine and linseed ofl and pol Q. Can enlisted men in the Army and Navy pilot airplanes?—B. T. § A. An enlisted man in the Army Air Bervice after completing his pilot training can pilot an airplane. An enlisted man in the mnaval aviation provided hLe has flying designation can pllot a plane. Q. What was the top-notch foo! ball team in 1925?—D, S. A. The leading Eastern and oul standing foot ball team in 1925 wus Dartmouth. Q. What river s the widest?—I. « A. The Amazon River is the wides: in the world. It is between one and two miles wide where it enters Brazil and gradually increases in breadth to 60 miles at its main mouth. Where it enters the sea the distance across the water from headiand to headlani is fully 150 miles. Q. I have seen Sorolla’s painting “Beaching the Boat,” but 1 do mot understand it. Please explain the process.—T. S. . A. The Valencian people have a pe culiar way of beaching sail boats. They drive several yoke of oxen into the ocean and hitch them to the prow of the boat. Under her keel ways are laid and the vessel is then dragged in through the surf to the beach. Q. What is the derivation of tle word budget?—B, W. H. A. Budget s from the old Frenci “bougette,” meaning a wallet. The use of the word in its present sense is from the custom of bringing int the House of Commons all papers T taining to matters of expenditure, (;9 P. leather bag. and laying them on th: table. Q. When did Sa fame as a chef?—V. A. Brillat Savarin was never a res chef. He was a I'rench gastronom author and judge. Savarin was born April 1, 1755, in Bellay; died Febru ary 2, 1826, in Paris. He is famou« for his “Physiologle du Gout"—Gas tronomy as a Fine Art—a work dis tinguished as the fineat literary ana! ysis of the art of drinking, abound ing with wise comment relieved b sparkiing wit and humorous ane dote. General, 1789; judge of the Court Cassation, 1792; Mayor of Bellay, 1792, wken to escape the Revolution he fled to New York and earned a living a tutor of French and music, and member of a theater orchestra. Ile returned to Paris in 1796, and until his death was a judge of the Cour of Cassation. He was also a mis cellaneous writer on archeology and wolitical and social economy varin attain J Q. If the Government doesn't recommend insulators for lightning rods why are they used on the White House . D. K. The Bureau of Standards says that non-insulation is advocated be cause insulators are not necessar) The White House probably has insu lated rods because at the time these rods were erected insulators were commonly used. Insulators are not harmful, simply useless, except as they may serve asa support to the rod When in doubt—ask Haskin. He offers himself as a target for the ques- tions of our readers. He agrees to furnish facts for all who ask. This is a large contract—one that has never been filled before. It would be possible only in Washington and only to one who has spent a lifetime in locating sources of information. Has- Kin does mot know all the things that people ask him, but he knows people who do know. Try hinf. State your question briefly, write plainly and in close 2 cemts in stamps for vetumn postage. Address Frederic J. Haskin, director, The Evening Star Informa. tion Bureau, Washington, D. C. Farm Relief Uncertainty Impresses Many Observer The uncertainty that exists in the agricultural sections of the United States as to production and prices is reflected in newspaper comments on the efforts being made to find some method of relief for the farmer. Con- fidence in some quarters that Con- gress will act at this session is bal- anced by lack of faith in other sec- tions that any worthwhile legislation will pass. “Leaders of the movement in Con- gress to pass some sort of farm relief measure at the present session have already said that a vote on it is cer- tain to be taken,” says the Richmond Item (Independent), optimistically; while the Philadelphia Evening Bul- letin (Independent Republican), on the aother hand, declares that “‘notwith- standing the various bills offered to Congress, it begins to look as if there will be no measure of farm relief of the kind that agriculture demands and perhaps none of the administra- tion sort.” The Charleston Mail (In- dependent Republican), which sees little prospect of farm legislation by the present Congress, lays this to the difficulty of framing the proper meas- ure, and says: “In the House of Rep- resentatives are ut least five different measures, all aiming to bring relief to the farmer, and yet there are seri- ous objections to each one.” * &k As to the attitude of Congress to- ward farm relief,. the Davenport Democrat (Democratic) believes *cer- tain elements at Washington are plainly antagonistic to the demand of the Middle Western farmers that they be recognized as having as much right to favorable legislation as have the mercantile interests and the indus- trialists.” and the Bristol Herald- Courier (independent Demoeratic) avers that “the Eastern Republican leaders have not the slightest desire to put agriculture on u basis of equality with other industries and will not make even a slow, faltering step in the direction, unless whipped into the line through the force of Middle Western sentiment.” The more lenient opinion of the Norfolk Daily News (Independ- ent) is that “many of our most conscientious and intelligent congress- men doubt if it is possible to relieve agriculture from its economic strain by any kind of relief legislation. Others equally conscientious and intelligent,” continues this paper, “belleve that the problem is susceptible to solution, but have no formulated solution to offer.” The Schenectady Gazette (independ- ent Democratic) charges members of both houses of Congress with being “willing to support almost any sug- gestion, however lacking in business principles it may be, if only they can corner the farmer vote,” but, at the same time, being “apparently unwill ing to devote the time and effort necessary in order to learn what can be done in a practicable manner.” Pro- testing against Congress wasting its time on a discussion of the prohibi- tion question instead of in’a study of the farm problem, the Janesville Gazette (Republican) contends that “farming is the base of the economic pyramid of the Nation. It {s milk, and not beer, that will save the dividends he urban dweller! ok K KK On the question of the justice in the demands of the farmer for some sort of Government aid, the Asheville Times (independent Democratic) says: “The farm leaders of the West may not have worked out on sound economic principles their proposals for txl:u‘l relief, yet t(l't’;yt -.ra logical enough in demanding a Congress 'hicg can take care of American by means of a pro- tective tariff should not balk at aiding the farmers in marketing their prod ucts in such a way that they will not be forced to sell on a world market when quotations are unfavorable.” ‘The New York World (independen’ Democratic) considers that the farm ers’ “real grievance is with the pn tective tariff” and declares that “equ: table tariff revision is a remedy fa: simpler and far more practicable tha anything which has yet been spon sored in the way of a subsidy to agri culture.” The Syracuse Herald (inde pendent) finds two opinions in Con gress on the relation of the tariff to the farmer, one group fuvoring ‘ high tariff wall against all food impor- tations” and the other group believing that “the tariff Is a mischievous obstacle to agricultural prosperity be- cause it taxes the things the farmer has to buy, while not affecting the price of things he has to sell.” . Contrasting the attitudes of the twa major political parties toward the question, the Omal Vorld-Herald (in dependent) sa. ie Democratic doctrine is special privilege to none. And in the light of Democratic doc trine the prospect of American farm- ers subjected to the control and direc tion of the Government is abhorrent. If the farm interests should ever guri. to Demoeratic policy for relief ther ‘would make their fight not for favors. but for equal rights. But,” continues the World-Herald, the farmers “have chosen instead the Republican specia! privilege way, and have demanded to be taken into partnership with speciai privilege. And the answer from M: Coolidge and his administration is blunt and emphatic No. The Yakima Daily Republic (Repub- lican) volces its opinion that “almost all of this talk in Washington about farm-relief legislation {s pure bunk. All that is necessary to do is let the agricultural ‘industry alone and it will take care of itself. The farme: and every other business man is sub- ject to the law of supply and de- mand.” The Sioux Falls Argus-Lead er (Republican) sees the future auto- matically bringing higher prices to the farmer because “the world’s foo supply is not keeping up with the population; consumption in our own land grows faster than production the only conclusion the student of economics can come to is that farn: prices will rise, slowly but steadily % % Kk % ‘The administration bill, or Secretar. Jardine’s bill as described by th ‘Watertown Times, will “be bull: around a farm board,” and the Times further says “this board will dea! with the surplus problem in several ways and would be instructed to re port to Congress any further legisla tion that it believes may be necessar: for the future.” Discussing the pos sible passing of this bill by Congress the Columbia Record (Democratic) says: “Those who have had dealing with the Tariff Commission and other boards and bureaus can tell the farm ers what a joke they are about to pull there.”” This bill 'is “the com promise plan,” according to the Wil- lamsport Sun (independent), which says “the House will pass it just be fore adjournment” and then the Sen- ate will include it in “the unfinishe! business of the upper chamber to be called up when it reconvenes in De cember next.” The Sun thinks thai. to the farmers, “thé plan may appear |=‘o"u':'m onesided to be a compro- Il He was deputy to the States 4 1 v