Evening Star Newspaper, April 19, 1926, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. April 19, 1926 THEODORE W 7N0YES. .. . Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company | Business Office o 11th St.an1 Penn-vlvanta Ave New York Office: 110 East 42nd St. Ohicago Office . Tower Building. European Office: 14 Rezent St., Londen, England The Erenine Star. with the Sunday morn Ing edition. is delivered hy carriera w the city at 60 cents per month: dail 45 cents per month: Sunday only. 20 cents per month. Orders may he sent by mail or telenhone Main 5000 Collection is made by carrier at the end of sach month Rate by Mail—Payable Maryland and Virginia. Patle and Sunday 00 1 mo Dai'r onir 0 1 mo. Sundar only 0.1 mo., All Other States and Canada. and Sundax.] yr. 170001 mo. $1.00 The sson pme S 1. €100 1mo. Daite Daile Sunday 1 | the of 8000 feet down the moun- tain slopes, through the forests to the sea, is omp that is so rare that those who witness it have an undy- ing memory of tremendous natural forces at work. In this case the lava flowed at intense heat into the sea and caused it to boil violently. | Great rockets of steam splrted high | into the air. It may be doubted if ever before was such a sight pre- sented. No human or artificial agency could possibly equal this giant mani- festation of pumping millions of tons of molten matter from the interios of the earth, spouting it high into the flowing down o Nor is there azency that ean check ze or divert its course. it must air and sending it sen miles aw human such a disch When the 1 lava starts £ | where it will. latest eruption the native th in Pele, the goddess of fire, revived. Old Kkahunas, or In thi ancient was < exelysively entitled tn the e far renantication of all news s | Parches cradited o it or not ntherwise ered- | Tad I thie maner and al-o the local news | Piblished herein. Al rights of publication | ©f special dispatches he erved. The Aseocrated Pr Americanize the Washingtonian. Tomorrow morning the House ju-| diciary committee will zive considera- tion to the appeal of the people of the District for submission to the people of the United States of a constitu-{ tional amendment which shall | ess the power to admit to voting | the s legs the give Con House, half milli representation in and electoral n Americans of the Districet The vital question to he answered is | whether the the vail n ] tional 1zht is forever ta pre Washinztonians | nouzh Americans to pay na- | that while the taxes and =0 to war they are| not zood enonzh Americans to be rep recented in the Congress which taxes | them { 1ind sends them to war, In all the expanse of the continental and United States, from | ©cean to ocean, from Canada to Mexi- | cn, every territory has heen exalted | inta statehood, and the District of Co lumbia is the only remaining Ameri- | can community whose people are still compulsory accupants of the National Hospital for Politi Defective and Delinquent Americ | The community azainst is already zence and resources fit specified national r of citizens of a State, ens assembled in a limited contizuons ally ns thus discriminated in numbers, intelli- to enjoy the | hts and privileges | We are American in sufficient num- space” and ‘meet the territorial requirements of community about to be admitted full statehood. The District exceeds ! in population seven of the existing | an to | States. It exceeds in population every | new > in the Union at the time of its admission except Oklahoma. The | Ammunity in intellizence, in public | spirit, patriotic devotion, in every dis- | teristic is un- tates. What | State has ever been admitted to the Union which at the time of admis sion had so large. so intelligent and =0 thoroughly American a population | < the District? What new State at the time of admission, measured as to ble resources, was raising so much in local taxes and contributing & much in national taxes as the District of Columbia? In the World War the voluntary enlistments from t*5 District were greater than those viem eizht and the percent- age of voluntary enlistments to total enlistments and registration greater than in fortythree States. If. however, any one thinks that the population of the District is not now fit for admission to partial statehood, no resnits tinctive American ch surpassed in the United new States, Wi reason for opposing this | mendment which mere- | b e in ion in the future to grant this ssentation and [ the District’s fitness until shall see fit to apply it. To vote against our constitutional amend. | ment is to say that the defectives and delinquents of Waghinzten will never be fit for national representation and should be denied the possibility of ever ' « that constitutional I « discr zives sress rep which pestpones the test of Co convincing become fit These gross discriminations against | the Americans of the District of Co- ongress they have | | form ! his priests, made incantations in the that has not heen known fc 1 long time to persuade Pele to check the flow or divert it from the homes. A zood many vears ago a lava flow threatened the city of Hila ind Pele was then invoked with the ancient rites. The lava flow was checked just outside of the town. Pele was propitiated then, but th time she was not appeased and t« a hea toll of property, but for- tunately not as yet of life. R With His Colors Flying. Ups and downs, victory and defeat, in the world of polities are old stories 1o case-hardered Washington and s men in li of whom have “played the & for vears. 1t is the custom to speed the parting the public v me" politician and ta welcome new. Fut the recent defeat of Senator Wil | liam B. McKinley at the Republican sens primaries in Hlinois has ought to his colleagues In the Sen- ate and to a hest of friends in the iticnal Capital a real sense of per- sonal regret. For a score of vears, first in the House and during the last vears in the Senate, he has gone industrious, kindly a sub. stantial American, standing for what is best in the public life of the coun- try. He has had the confidence of his people in Illinois and the confi- dence of the men of his party. Senator McKinley has been guided always by a stronz sense of party loyalty. In the United States. where the system of party government has R orial six way, | prevailed practically since the incep- | tion of the Federal Government, that is no small virtue. Team work under such a system Is essential of else a party must fall. A party without principles cannot live—not long. at all events. Senator McKinley has heen devoted to the principles of the Republican party during all his adult lite. He has adhered to the best in his party. In a measure his loyalty to his party and to his beliefs led to his recent defeat at the polls. Senator MeKinley stood by the Republican party platform of 1924 and by Presi- dent Coolidge, and also by his own ideals, which have looked to justice and peace in the world, when he cast his vote for American adherence to the World Court with the safeguard- ing reservations adopted by the Sen- ate. He was no stranger to the knowledge that the hotbed of anti- League of -Nations sentiment, and with it opposition to the World Court hecause it was set up through the instrumentality of the league, has been the Middle West, his own country. But that did not deter him, if it did others. He played the game accord- ing to the rules and his own convie- ions. His vote for the World Court was made the chief issue in the eam- paign against him. His defeat was intimatelv connected with it. Senator McKinley has given much attention to international affairs. He has been a member of the United States delegation to the Interparlia- mentary bringing about better relations among the nations. In fact, he was the head of that delegation at the conference of the union held here in Washing- ton last Fall. His inclination' has been toward the establishment of a Jumbia find ne excuse in national im- ¢ or national necessity. that the impotent 1o cure this evil is potenc i The suggestion ! nation is an insult | 10 city. | American character No other nation in the w in ades | national representation the people | of ‘its en its Lelow the residents of ! other cities hese © diseriminations are not e hy Correction of them Ame; District of Colum? diminizh that ce In zenuin ment righis o arably ¥y to the const al control | n-mile square. anizing the | A does not |I1NVI'U\'] Conzress of the 1 representative govern nd privileges are insep- | wedded sponsibilities. to oblizgations and re- | Washingtonians | bur- national obligation | denied the corre- | American rights, powers and dened with ever cannot forever he sponding privil - e o1 John recognized man, itinues to get some wonder- ful publicity Rarleycorn, 2 though not as a legitimate business R Pele Unappeased. seven of Imactivity Loa, in the Island of Hilo, is again in eruption and. though in considerably less force than in 1919, it has already taken a toll of property. One entire villag has been destroyed by the lava. which in four days flowed from a Jevel of 5,000 feet to the seashore. A short distance away from Manna Loa is Kilavea, a vast lake of lava, which shows a remarkable relation- ship to the higher vent, now in eruption. There are indications that Kilauea is practically the reservoir from which the lava is drained into Mauna Loa when the latter becomes actlve. Violent earthquakes have been felt in connection with this present eruption of Mauna Loa and there are signs of agitation in Kilauea. It would be unusual if the two vents were to send forth their destroying streams simultaneously. The spectacle of a gigantic stream After Mauna Hawaii, vears Permanent Court of International Jus- | tice, with the United States plaving ts part therein. He has believed in the World Court, and his support of it was consistent with that belief. If he has gone down in the battle of politics, it was with his colors fiying. — e The wet advocates insist that the corner saloon will never return, hut offer no guarantee that heverages will not he peddled on wheels, som thing after the manner of the “Owl" lunch wagons, e Cotton manufacturers are making efforts to restore their fabrics to popularity. In spite of earnest sug- zestions that economy ought to bhe practiced, we remain a silk-wearing | Nation. — ratee—————- A Radio Church. A radio theater has been announced for London, but it remains for Port- land, Me., to inaugurate the world’s first radio church. Yesterday at 1:30 the services at the First Radio Parish, non-sectarian, were broadcast from station WCSH listeners in New England and the Middle Atlan- tie States Rev. Howard O. Hough is the pastor of this unique parish. He resigned his pastorate of the Advent Christian Church because he believed that services would be of distinct and wide- spread benefit to many more thou. sands than could possibly be reached through regular channejs. Business and church men of Port- land have pledged their support to the parish. A violin, a planist and a mixed quartet assist at the service. Nine denominations were represented yesterday, either in the studio audi- ence or as participants in the pro- gram. Telephone calls, telegrams and letters attest the success of the ex- periment. A congregation composed exclusively of radio listepers will indeed be a novel and modern feature of church life. Undoubtedly this congregation "will"grow to huge progortions if the to Union, organized to ald in radio broadeasting of religious | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY,- APRIL 19, 1926 THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. ! of molten rock flowing from a height | Rev. Mr. Hough succeeds in driving home his Sunday message through the ether. The radio offers another way of spreading the word of God to the people of the earth, and the first radio parish should therefore meet with acclaim by worshipers of all denominations. o The Spirit of the Republic. For the thirty-fitth time the Daugh- ters of the American Revolution meet today in Washington in an- nual congress. This organization, formed in this city, has from a small beginning grown into a powerful fac- tor in the life of the Nation. It rep- resents the spirit which brought the United States into being and which held It in unity and which devel- oped it in strength. Pursuing a clearly defined policy, the Daughters of the American Rev- olution have established themselves in the affection and the esteem of the people of this connt They have maintained their orzanization in Dprosperity, have erected in this eity beautiful headquarters home #nd are now about to enlarge it to meet their increased requirements for as- semblage. The value of the work done by the Daughters of the American Revolu- tion is not fully appreciated by the people of this country, for it is a quiet work. In educational lines they active, seeking constantly to strengthen the citizenship of the American people. They memorials of the past that are them inspi Thev partici- pate as non-partisans in all pullic matters. They promote respect and obedience of the law. They potent influence for the m of the highest principles of Am canism. Washington is prond to have heen the scene of the organization of this hody of women and to have wit- nessed its development to its pres- ent great strength. It is proud to have been chosen as the headquar- ters. It appreclates now the enter- prise that these women are mani- festing in caring for their own needs in extension of their equipment in a manner that comports with the diz- nity of the Capital. It welcomes them once again and wishes for them a successful session and a speedy consummation of their prasent pur- pose. a selves ional R Dissensions are threatened in soft coal circles owing to the reopening by the I. C. C. of an old case involv- ing transportation rates. Whether the average reader will burden him- self with an effort to understand the precise merits of the case may be doubted. The point in which the ul- timate consumer interested, the responsibility of paving current ex- penses and indemnifying losses, is now regarded as settled beforehand. is B Kansas City children, who told the court they do not wish to live with their mother, as they regarded her short hair and jewelry as un-Chris- tian, call attention to the difficulties that must arise in an effort to con- duct a household by means of neigh- borhood gossip. oo “In that elder day,” said Rienzi, in the old poem, “to be a Roman was greater than a king!” Mussolini is in a position to assert that this is true today, of one Roman, at least. ———————— Tranquillity prevails in the ranks of the D. A. R., which illustrates the versatility as well as the brains and energy of this great organization. SIS SHOOTING STARS, BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Home, Sweet Home. When the violets and tulips smell like antiquated juleps. As afar the vapors roam, When the agents dry are toilin’ to find | all the brew that's boilin’, There’s no place like home. When there's no more use for the plain cook. book That hangs forlorn from a kitchen hook ; And a real mince ple makes vou feel like a crook— There’s no place like home. When you take the gate a-runnin’ when an agent comes a-gunnin’, Huntin’ footprints in the loam; When each stranger in perspective looks to you like a detective, There's no place like home. You say to your family, “I've had enough! The drink you brew is a pallid bluff. You've got to quit foolin' with the veast cake stuff— Or there won't be any home!" Shifting Responsibilities. “What are you going to say when your constituents demand an explana- tion of the way you voted?" “I'll assume the aggressive myself,” answered Senator Sorghum. “I'll ask ‘em why so many of ‘em wrote me let- ters warning me that if I didn’t vote that way, I'd lose my job."” The Chorus. The chorus sings a chanty ‘Whose meaning you must guess. The thought is very scanty And the wardrobe's even less. Jud Tunkins says a really good job is one where vou can get the reputa- tion of thinking when you are only killing time. Deliberate Deflance. “The clothes women wear are posi- tively embarrassing,” remarked Mr. Elderberry. “Costumes have changed,” answer- ed Miss Cayenne. “Women once se- lected attire with a view to being ad- mired. Now we seek to be feared.” April Playtime. Sweet April, toward blossoming bow- ers Our hopes you too fondly have led. We thought to go forth and pluck flowers. ‘We had to throw snewballs Instead! “One o' de trials of dis life,” said Uncle Eben, “is listenin’ to a man who thinks he's so natchelly smart he kin tell you all about sumpin’ wifout botherin’ to find it out belorehnnd.';fl preserve | i i the State Dej Templeton Jones swore that he was not going to get “all het up” over base ball this year. Jones is what may be termed a mild enthusiast. He belongs to the faction that leaves the park before the game is over. Nine full innings, he says, tire him, unless the game works out so that there is something doing every minute of the time. He likes to see the boys swat the ball, and run around the bases. Ac- tion, says Jones, is the life of the game. In pitchers’ battles, and all that sort of thing, he has only a lukewarm in- terest. The man that can knock the ball the hardest and consequently the farthest is the greatest player, if you listen to Jones. It you listen to Templeton Jones, vou would never suspect the greater interest which thousands take in base ball—luckily for base ball. For Jones, to be quite honest about it. Is a news paper and radio base ball fan. Perhaps he “‘got that wa a small boy, he used to go up on Four teenth street every evening ahout 7| o'clock to “look at the Bulletin Usually the “gang” would saunter up about that time to see how the game came out. Boys got as much of a kick out of the single sheet hang- ing up in the newsdealer's store as voungsters of today do in hearing the out-of-town games retailed to them in their own homes via radio broadcast- ing. Wk This season, Jones somewhat heat- edly told his wife, he was not going to such an interest in the game 0 on the morning of that great opening game. *No, sir, 1 simply will not allow myself to get all het up the way I did last year. “Why, don’t you remember, we were almost as bad last year as the year hefore—and that first r, when Washington won the pennant, we nearly went dippy, don’t you remem- her? Mrs. Jones smilingly admitted that she did remember. “‘Positively heart-rending,” recalled | Jones, eating his second plece of toast. | “Went around all day moping over poor old Walter. seemed to he hanging over \ long. “You know how it {s—a fellow will be at work, everything is all right at the office, the birdies are singing out- ide. God's in His heaven, and all's right with the world, and the positive last bit of that sort of thing, when all of a sudden you will realize that some- thing {s wrong. “A fellow stops to wonder what on earth is the matter. For the life of him, he cannot recall. Debts all paid, an the bes ates, personal friends not insulted, and so on, all nght. vbe he has lost a twenty-dollar bill—feels in pocketbook—no, all there! That's good, it certainly does make nne feel ill at ease to lose a twenty- dollar bill. Well, then, what can the matter he Here Jones waved the remain- der of his slice of toast as if it were some sort of hanner. ““You wonder and wonder—when all of a sudden it comes to vou with the rush of a storm. With the rush of a storm.” went on Jones, rather liking his figure of speech. “Why, it was that game vesterday— of terms with all associ- | don’t you remember that first year we won the pennant’—that game in which poor old Walter went down in defeat?"” * kX K Jones paused, recalling the melan- choly hours before the final triumph. “And that last game! Whew! If it hadn't been for the glorious vic- torv a man would have been left a nervous wreck. “It was a drama, that game, not a ball game. Thel was old Waiter, coming in as the last forlorn hope, a dying gladiator, and all that sort of thing. “And he walked one-and then struck the next one out. And he walked another—and struck the next {one out. Gosh! when the game ended, a fellow was positively limp—happy. but limp just the same. ““The fellows who had enough sense to actually attend that final game that first vear had palpitations, too, but | at least they had the support of their | fellow men. “But he who listened to it in the privacy of his own home, over the ar the burden of those awful moments all by himself. “There was no one there to blow bum cigar smoke into your eyes, no popcorn boy to divert your attention, no human touch, as it were. The voice issuing out of the loud-speaker was the very voice of fate, and all one could do was to sit and take it." Jones, his breakfast finished, had a few more words to say. 'Yes,” he went on, “and last year, while not as bad, in some ways, was worse in others, for we lost—daggone it, we lost! “So this year,” he said, in a threat- ening manner, *'I simply am not going to allow myself to get all het up over thix hase ball business. Maybe I'll go out to see a game. now and then, and once a week look at the results in the paper.” * ok x % i 'hat evening, when Mr. Jones came | home, the first thing his wife asked | | him was, “How did the game come | out. Templeton? “Haven't hea lesslike. “By the way say anything about it? “No,” said his wife. When do they come on agal; Seven o'cloe “Shucks! not. till 7 o'clock?" Jones pulled out his watch at 10 minutes of 7, and held it in his hand until he thought it time to pull the | switch on his receiving set. The | slight hum of the generators denoted | that the station was on the air. Mrs. Jones, in the kitchen, heard a whoop shortly. “Washington won!" roared her hus- band. ood old Walter held them for 15 innings—we won. 1 to 0. what | do vou know about that! Wow! that's | fine. that fine!” The next evening Mrs. Templeton | Tones again asked her hushand how the game came out. ‘Haven't heard,” he replied. not so carelesslike, this time, but still trying to be indifferent. d,”” he replied, care- did the radio | tirement on Fair Play Demands Annuity Increases. | To the Editor of The Sta In view of the fact that numerous, bills have been exploited in Con- gress, besides the makeshift that was passed in 1920. looking like “pensions” for Government employes, but in reality being more in the nature of a compulsory-saving account, it seems that with the ample statistics that we have about the 11,689 who are already upon the “retirement” list, who are drawing an average annuity of only $544.64 (based upon the maximum of $720). and with a surplus fund of some $63,000,000 on and (per Secretary Work's statement), with 368,622 con- tributors, which is being constantly augmented, there should bhe no serious objection 1o the increase to A maximum amount of $1,200 payable to all frrespactive of the ten years' average, the reason heing that all of the employees with the exception of the departmental clerks have bean receiving salarfes warranting the $1.600 average, the departmental clerks in only a very few instances averaging anywhere near the $1,600 ba When the $240 bonus was allowed (which does not count in the ten vears' allotment average) it was gobbled up by the landlords and has never been relinquished. The higher cost of living without compensating ircreases in salaries to the major number of clerks works a hardship upon these required to pay even the 214 per cent that is now assessed, especially upon those who have be- come “0ld” in the service. Much stress s laid upon getting young blood in the service after using up ‘our voung blood” in the past! Retiring those who become 70 vears of age. after from 30 to 50 of constant toil, upon a small pension provided hy themselves. is not very herofc. And the impres- sfon prevails in the minds of the majority of the citizens of the United States that the Government is to pay and does pay this annuity. Per- haps it will some dayv in the remote future—hut House of Representa- No. 768 plainly states present the inflow of assets is about double the outflow of Habilities, and, without Government appropriation whatsoever, the con- tributions will exceed the payments for the next 15 vears.” Why not be fair and pension all those who have served from 30 years and upward with the maximum of $1,200? This feature is not proposed Iin the Lehlbach bill, which has the approval of all of the contributors, remembering that this is not “at the expense of the Government of the taxpayver” outright, and should be a reward for faithful service. Statistice will show that after reaching the age of 70 the “pen- Q. mal?—W. F. W. A. The giraffe i an inoffensive immediate flight, although it is capa- ble of making a stout resistance, and extraordinary raplidity. Q. To what extent does a half-inch rope carrying a_weight of 300 pounds deteriorate in 13 years?—C. N. A. A cordage expert say in 30 years' experience I never knew a rope of any sort to be in use 13 years, and should say that the proper answer to your inquiry Is that the 8 or 10 years ago. and renewed sev- eral times since. The tensile strength of one-half-inch diameter new Manila rope is 2,150 pounds.” Q. What makes sugar sirup crys tallize?—W. H. A. A granulated sugar sirup will crystallize if the proportion of sugar is greater than about 65 per cent of the weight of the sirup. 4. e., if therc is more than about 65 per cent by weight of sugar to 35 parts of water. Q. Why is ivory so often elaborately carved?—A. 8. A. Because of its fine and close- grained texture, its homogenousness and adhesive hardness, its lack of brittleness, its excellent wearing qual- ities and its absence of any tendency substance to engrave. Its smooth, even grain and the coherence of ft= particles lend a fine surface for the engraver's art, and the material lasts a long time. Christmas community idea? M. N, T. Complete returns on cities hav ing such trees are not available. There were four large community trees in New York City lighted at & o'clock, the same time that the President lighted the tree in Sherman tree NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER. President of Columbia University. Two yvears azo | offered a prophecy | about prohibition and gave five vears for its fulfillment. In less than half | BY | animal and generally seeks safety in | Is a giraffe a dangerous ani-|Square, Washington. fights by kicking with its hind legs. | community discharging a storm of kicks with | District of Columbia—the large living “I think |remarkable rope should have heen junked about count of their height and stren to chip easily, ivory is an excellent | firet submarine in 14 | or personal life that puzzles you? sioners” only average about two vears' | the time allotted all that 1 foresaw | life will Central The record thereafter. To be accurate, recite the case of the Illinois Railroad Pension System. ge limit, and 1.95 vears under the incapacitated class. much leeway! It ‘was noticeable, however, that he | turned on the radio at the first oppor- | tunity. “Guess we lost this one,” he | lamented, walting for the announcer. “Don’t rattle that paper—don't want |to miss this. * * * Attaboy! Won | again, by George: What do you know | about’ that? Coveleskie is all right Three to one—say, ain't that great?’ *WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, presi dent of Columbia University, who was a White House guest last week, Is the recipient from Great Britain of as unique a speaking invitation as ever came to an American citizen. He has | been asked to deliver an address in London on the 130th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence next Fourth of July. American “colonies” fn British territory have been accus-| tomed from time immemorial to cele- brate Independence day. But there is no case on record of a Yankee being asked by the descendants of George 111, Lord North and the Barl of Corn- wallis to glorify George Washington's historic achievement in throwing a British sovereign across the Atlantic Dr. Butler, who is one of the countr master orato has taken the invita- tion under advisement. He considers it far and away the most distinguished speaking honor ever proffered him. Rk Battling his prohibition critics means little in the life of Gen. Lincoln C. Andrew: enforcement generalis- simo, his friends say, for he got his training as a scrapper while fighting Moros in the Philippines 27 years ago. As a young major of infantry, Andrews was on duty in the islands during the four turbulent years be- tween 1899 and 1903, and led his troops against the bolomen through- out the insurrectionary campaign. Later he became the first governor of the Island of Leyte. Mrs. An- drews and Mrs. Coolidge were born and brought up in the same town— Burlington, Vt. The general is a na- tive of Minnesota. He was at Cornell University for two years before grad- uation from West Point in 1893. His son and heir, Charles, is a junior at Yale. He's known as “Gen. Andrews” on the campus and has to endure any amount of ragging on account ef his distinguished dad’s present dry occu- pation in life. * ok ok ok Gen. Dawes, having survived a of submergence in the vice presidency, concedes he is now thankful for small favors in the way of public recog- nition. Until he opened the Washing- ton base ball season the other day, Dawes never realized how fiercely the light of publicity beats upon the vice presidential throne. He has come def- initely to the conclusion that the only way for the Senate to make the front page or the picture section nowadays is for some member to make either a wild throw or a wild speech. * K X K G. Howland Shaw, just appointed chief of the Near Eastern division of partment, has been first secretary of the American Embassy at Constantinople for the past four vears. He has, in fact, functioned as our envoy to the Ottoman govern- ment. ¢+ Admiral Bristol, States’ special representative in Tur- key, Is stationed at Constantinople, but the capital is at Angora, and Shaw was Bristol's emissary at the primitive and provincial seat of Mustafa Kemal's power. Like his late chief, Shaw ad- vocates the earliest possible ratifica- tion of our treaty with Turkey. When the Senate comes to grips with the subject, Senator Borah will have the advantage of the young diplomatist's first-hand knowledge of Near Eastern conditions. The chairman of the for- eign relations committee has departed from his_traditions on the Turkish treaty. He is supporting the State Department. % ke It probably will come as a blow to the Vermont maple sugar industry to hear that President Coolidge’'s re- cent gastric derangement was caused by overindulgence in his native State’'s proudest product. Yet that is vera- ciously alleged to be the painful truth. Like most Green Mountain boys, “Cal” grew up on maple sugar. It is seldom missing from the White.House larder, and, when in season, a supply of it is usually kept on hand in the execu- tive offices. * ok ok ok Walter Johnson, veteran Washing- ton pitcher, may, begome the son-in- < the United | WILLIAM WILE ) law of a United States Senator this vear. Mrs. Johnson's father, former Representative “Ed” E. Roberts of Nevada. is an aspirant for the Re- | publican_seat now held by Senator | | Tasker I. Oddie. Mr. Roberts, who | is now mayor of Reno. was in Con-| | gress when “Barney” wooed and won | the Representative's handsome daugh- | | ter Hazel. The Oddle-Roberts duel will be fought out at the Nevada senatorial primaries in September. The winner { probably will have to contest the No- vember election with Raymond T. Baker, who is in the forefront for the ! Democratic nomination. The Adonis- | like former director of the mint is an | immensely popular figure among Dem- locratic national leaders and they are ! ready to go to bat for him in Nevada. Senator Oddie's friends contend that his primary fences are in good shape, although they admit that Roberts’ wide-open wet platform is not without appeal in these days of prohibition | unrest. | * *x X % All this week there will be forest | music in the alr, for the United States | Forest Service has arranged for more than 100 “Forest Week" radio talks. Stations in Canada will join in the broadcasting, too. for the Dominion and the United States this year are observing forest weeks simultaneously and closely co-operating. There's vastly more. interest in forest pres- ervation than is generally realized. The Forest Service has recently dis- tributed over a million pieces of literature on request, which is three times the amount asked for and cir- | culated a year ago. W. B. Greeley, | Uncle Sam's chief forester, claims this is graphic evidence of the uni- versally growing interest in the Na- tion’s timber problems. Paramount emphasis in Forest week is placed on the need for growing tree crops on | all land best suited for that purpose, on the prevention and control of forest fires, and on the duty of each State and reglon to solve its own forestry difficulties. * X ok K One of the Coolidge economy pro- gram innovations Insisted upon by the director of the budget is the tak- ing of discounts on all Government purchases. The chief of finance of the War Department recently re- ported that since the system was in- stituted the Army has saved $1,722.- 061 on its purchases. In pre-budget days nobody bothered about discounts. Nowadays, under Gen. Lord’s save- the-pennies regime, all departments are taking them wherever available. (Copyright. 1926.) ——os Government Annuitants Appeal for Succor. To the Editor of The Star: The former employes of the Govern- ment who have been retired from its service appeal to Congress to pass the liberalized retirement bill at this ses- sion. When a person has reached the re- tirement age, his expectation of life is short. He can expect to live only a few years more. Morituri vos salu- tamus—We who are about to die, salute you! Do not leave us in dis- tress for the little time remaining to_us. The retired employes are dying off annually by the hundreds. Every day sees one or more of them buried. Their end has been hastened, in the case of those still efficient, by the lack of employment, and, in the case of nearly all, by worry caused by in- sufficiency of the annuity. Unless the retired Government em- ployes were exceptionally fortunate, now, in their old age, they must hunt for new and strange employment, or be dependent upon the bounty of rela- tives or of public charity. They can- not get food, clothing, and shelter for $10 a week, which is about the ave- rage annuity Will Congress leave Yhem in this destitution? : WJJBJ,. REILLY, 1 | chier | ligious or moral heliefs. ‘Trusting that Congress and our officials will give this matter righi thought ard immediate attention and not help to reduce our already small salaries b by the facts, I want to say that very { few_of those eligible for retirement 70 years of age are “inefficient incompetent”—but they surely cannot get a job on the outside, even with Henry Ford. WILLIAM o Wet Views by Labor Spokesmen Protested. and 8 WAUDBY. To the Editor of The Star Recently several officers®of the American leration of Labor, notably Mr. William Roberts, said to be representing President Wil- m Green, appeared bhefore the Senate investigation committee on the prohibition law. Mr. Roberts as spokesman stated that “the wage earners belonging to the American federation were opposed 1o the Volstead act.” 1 am a mem- ber in good standing of this organ- ization. thority of Mr. Roberts or any other officers of the organization 1o ap- pear before this committee and speak for me or many thousands of other law-abiding. law-respecting members, who believe in prohibition and say ,we are In favor of beer and lighl wines. These thirsty laborers can speak for themselves and themselves only. They have no right to speak for my political, re- These are for each member of the orzanization to express as they themselves wish, in accordance with their personal ideas. 1 certainly have not author- ized Mr. Roberts to do so, and object most strenuously to his assuming that right. Following these dry and parched advocates of plenty of booze comes to the stand Father Kasaczun from Sugar Notch, Pa. This worthy man told a sorry tale of conditions due, he declared, to prohibition in his community. “Every home has a still,” he stated: “the wives tend them while their husbands work " The Volstead act is responsible for all this and much more. “Give us light wines and beer,” he continued, “and these stills will disappear and drunkenness and such excesses will cease.” Later. in answer to a question as to enforcement, he told the Senators that “hootleggers flourished every- where in Sugar Notch: liquor was easily secured, and, worst of all, more than 20 (20, count ‘em) saloons were doing business every day in his town, not one of which had ever been closed since prohibi- tion came along.” Now the cues:ion naturally comes up as to these 20 thirst emporiums. If they have been operating openly as he states, why such activities at the homes of his parishioners? Can't they take care of the demand? Is it fair to make prohibition responsible for the con- dition he mentions, when by his own story neither prohibition nor the Volstead act seems to have ever been put into effect in the town with the saccharine moniker. By the way, it is reported by the census of 1920 as having a total population of 2,612 persons. Certainly it's well equipped for supplying its citizens with liquid refreshments, law or no law, Vol- stead or mo Volstead. WILL B Troublesome Selection. From the Portland Express. Most people would be willing to he vietims of amnesia if they could only choose what to forget. e Rights vs. Possession. From the Tampa Daily Times. Sure, pedestrians have rights—get- ting them {s the trouble. s R The One Wrong Place. From the Christian Science Monitor. A good slice is welcome everywhere except at the golf tee. ptai b e C. BARNES. Poor Memories. From the Baltimore Evening Sun. Very few successful men remember all the accidents that made them what they are. R B Operations and Discourse. From the Cincinnati Times-Star, Unless you have a major topic of conversation for the rest of yvour life, It was only a minor operation, 8] deductions not warranted | I question the right or au-| | has come to pass—and more. Indeed, | the mass attack of the labor forces | the public confessions of Gen. An ! drews and District Attorney Buckner {and many other law officers, as to {the futility and utter failure of at- | tempted ‘“‘enforcement,” the support ling evidence that came across the | border from leading Canadians as to their sad but wholly confirming ex periences with prohibition—all these | have far outrun my prophecy of April 1924. | "The issue is now squarely before the country. No amount of fanatical zeal for impossible “enforcement’ can i stem the tide of popular indignation |and longer delay an honest examina- | tion of the whole question. Even the almost hysterical appeals of the ear I nest but, as 1 believe, wholly misguid- ed and uninformed women who have just appeared before the Senate com- mittee in Washington can avail little. Their testimony was discounted in ad- vance of their appearance by the strong evidence of Gen. Andrews and others, who had been making and honest efforts to enforce the law: and, in particular, thelr views had been answered by the testimony given as to the changed attitude of the women of Canada. 1 Prohibition Not Temperance. 1 have myself covered the women's point of view a few weeks ago in replying to a letter from a woman correspondent in my native State of New Jersey. . What | then stated has been confirmed by an overwhelming mass of evidence presented before the Senate committee fn Washington. The plain truth is that prohibition has nothing whatever to do with temperance. Indeed, heing itself in- temperate, it contradicts the suppres sion of the liquor traffic. It s de- veloped that traffic to an unheard-of extent and has brought to those who engaged in it unsupervised and un taxed profits so colossal that they represent the revenues of a kingdom. It has restored the liquor traffic to states and sections from which it had aimost, if not entirel disappeared and it brought in its train a corrup- tion and an immorality, public and private, that never can be measured. The prohibitionists are about the only effective friends of the liquor traffic that are left. Prohibition is something quite dif- ferent from the suppression of the saloon. It Is true that the saloon has almost everywhere disappeared from view, but in tens of thousands of cases it has only been driven out of sight. In the Province of Quebec, on the other hand, where a rational, sensible and moral attempt has been made to deal with the liquor problem, there are no saloons and no liquor traffic. Where the United States has signally failed, the Province of Quebec has triumphantly succeeded, as was so strongly established in the recent testimony in Washington. We are a hundred years behind our neighbors in dealing with this social problem. They have found a democratic and an ethi- cal solution and one consonant with common sense, with civil liberty and with free institutions; we have re- verted to the methods of the Dark Ages and of czarist Russia, and are daily violating fundamental and righteous laws in the futile and law- breaking attempt to enforce a foolish and untruthful law. Wine a Sacred Symbol. Prohibition, in so far as it as- ‘sumes drinking wine to be a sin, affronts both the Christian and the Jewish rveligions. There are two ele- ments, and only two, which the Lord Jesus Christ both used and blessed. One was bread and one s wine. For nearly 000 yvears ne has been a sacred symbol in the Christian Charch. Under such circumstances for a mere human being to say that the use of wine i immoral, is plainly anti-Christian. There is nothing more moral or immoral in the use of wine made from grapes than there is in the use of bread made from wheat. Lack of self-control, excess and overindulgence, which lead to drunkenness and to gluttony, are the immoralities; not the wine made from grapes, not the bread made from wheat. No immoral and unreasonable pub- lic act can long stand. The same argument was made for slavery 75 years ago that is made for pronibi- tion today. It, too, is in the Con- stitution and the advocates of “law enforcement” were loud in its sup- port. As slavery was driven out of the Constitution and out of the country, so prohibition will be, and we shall develop a plan to abolish the saloon, to suppress the liquor traMic and to reduce drunkenness to a minimum, which will be in accord- ance both with the traditions of Christianity and the principles of the American ('-nverv\’nent. vears after re.|of the country on the Volstead act.| | ought 1 | long | | measurably | not BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. enteen State capitals had Christmas trees; over 1,000 trees were erected in Chicago, over 500 trees were erected in Roc! er, over 40 trees in New York, over trees in Buffalo. There were 4 Christmas trees in the one in Sherman Square, one in Mount Pleasant, one in Montrose Park, Georgetown; one in Southwest. Q. Why were the cedars of Lebanon enough to find a place in literature? 0. R. P. A. The cedars of Lebanon were the tallest trees known in Biblieal times and references to them were on h Q. When did Cuba become a repuh He?—A. G. A. Cuba attained independence of Spain by tha Treaty of Paris, Decem ber 1, 1898, A constitution, modelad after that of the I'nited States, was adopted February 71, 1901 Q. What part of a progcenium?—R. F. B. A. The term proscenium is applied to the part of a stage between the curtain and the orchestra. Sometimes it includes both curtain and orchestra. theater is the Q. In what year was the Atlantic first crossed by steamship, cable, sub- marine, dirigible and radio?—I. J. M. A. The first steamship crossed the Atlantic Ocean in 1315, the first cabl in 1858; the first airplane in 1919; the the first dirigi- ble in 1924, and the first radio in 1915. What Ho you need to know? Is there some point about your husiness Is to know want there something yon Q. Are many cities taking up the | without delay? Submit your question to Frederic J. Haskin, director of our Washinaton Information Rureau. He is employed to help you. Address your inquiry 1o The Evening Star In- formation Rurcau. Frederic 1. Haskin divector, Wasidmgton, D. €. and close 2 cents in stamps for return postage. Has Prohibition Failed? Dr. Butler and Bishop Manning Present Opposing Views. WILLIAM T. MANNING of New York. BY BISHOP The truth of much that was testified to in Washington is general ceded as to the increase of drinkinz among certain groups and classes of people, the lowering of standards. the flask carrving and other disgusting and degrading practices which have been introduced among those who tn know hetter and to have nobler ideals of life. I recognize the evil and corruption connected with hootlegging, in connection with which let us remember that the respected members of society who patronize the bhootlegger and so create him are just as reprehensible the men whom they thus tempt. and pay, to violate the law. We mu the pictures of these viol law are drawn usually ¢ those who wish to use them as an arzument for the répeal. or modification. of the law. Other 1 e difficult of enforce ment. and are frequently violated, but we do not therefore suzgest their maodification or repeal We must consider this law not in its effect upon certain groups er communities who willfully choose to defy and violate it. but in its effect upon the life of the country as a whole and. so considered, there is. in my judgment. no room for serfous doubt as to its heneficial results. Law Observance Increasing. By a great part of the people we see this law respected and obeved. We see its observance in the country as a whole increasing and not decreas- ing. We see the lives and homes of wage earners and plain people im- benefited by it. \We see in many places jails closed hecause they are no longer needed. The return to the sale of wines and heer, which some are advocating. would in my judgment increase, and reduce, the present evils, and would make any enforcement of the law impossible. T do not helieve that the country as a whole will listen to this. 1 see that some of the clergy say that this law cannot bhe enforced. Instead of sayving that it cannot he enforced, let s do our part to arouse the spirit which will insure its en- forcement. Briefly there are three or four main facts in regard to this question as I see them. This law is not a wrons. or evil or impious one, such as we should be justified in refusing to obex. 1 quote the words of John G#Sargent, Attorney General of the United States: ~ “That a traffic which for generations has heen recognized. and discussed. and written about, by econ- omists, sociologists and jurists as an evil may be marked for extinction by the lawmaking power and agencies of the country is not only settled law— settled bevond the stage of heing longer open to question—but it has been settled, and rests on foundations of soundest reasoning.” Our country had the full right to make this law. The prohibition law being the law, it is the duty of every good citizen to obey it. To quote the Attorney Gen- eral again: “In this country the will of the people, expressed at the ballot box, creates the duty of the eitizen upon the subject voted upon.” The Attorney General no doubt recognizes, as [ certainly do, that a law might he passed by a human tribunal so im- pious in its nature, so contrary to the law of God, and of right. that it weuld be our duty to defy and resist it to the death, but this is not such a faw. If we are ever to resist the law in the name of personal liberty T hope it will be in a higher cause than the right to buy and drink intoxicating liquor. Must Keep Up Campaign. The law has its great importance, but we must not depend only upon the law to promote temperance among the. people. It is quite true that “so- cial legislation is never a substitute for social education.” We need a con- tinuous campaign of information and education as to the evils physical, tellectual, economic, moral and sp} ual, which have cursed the world as the result of the use of intoxicating drinks. T wish that we might 1ift tias sub ject up from the level of mes: taw enforcement to the higher leva, of free, voluntary, willing support of the law for the sake of the common good. In view of what our race has suf- fered through the evils of strong drink. in view of the agony which fathers, mothers and children have suffered from it, in view of the fact that its suppression means the re- duction of poverty, sorrow, disease and crime, we should be willing and glad to make such surrender of our personal liberties, or of our tastes, as this law calls for, and to see pro- hibition fully and fairly tried. ‘We know that it was good for the voung men during the war, and we know that it is equally good for them now. What a magnificent thing it would be if for the aid of those who are endangered by strong drink we should all of us give our full support to the prohibition laws. What better exhibition could there be of the ideal- ism of America than such willing surrender of our preferences and tastes for the good of all, and for the help especially of our weaker breth- st remember. however, that tions of the