Evening Star Newspaper, May 7, 1926, Page 8

STAR. WASHINGTON, Db. ‘liest time pructicahle, that zet to the farth ahend STAR 2 e he wants | axt Novth ! ship wnd we et fizht, ne Wilkins THE EVENING With Sunday Morning Fdition. e Away of the miy o the news Byred WASHINGTON, D. C. TRIDAY. ....May 7.1928 has hezun his i The leut George Dew [ the THEODORE W. NOYES. Editor Hubar Plane, it thiee ke he o from known parts of (he eurth Wil- Plane, the Detroite Aown the Leiween The Esening Star Newspaper Company he will New York Office: 110 Fast 47nd St Ruropsan Ofia 1o P St London, Fagisr st tive explorers o & Y Pawa and pass K ST bt u W reglons, has w this ' miles wher ship has not ver s Sundar me e rity at A0 cente pec month: Aaile 45 cents mer monta: Sundsv oalr, ° per month. Ordeca muv he acnt bT phANe Main BONG Callstion 18 earriar at the snd of sacn month 1 Is given (o the plane ¥ not hed the e that " Strike the Nighis e (he wbsorbing topic. but this ven- which wdd honowledge of Planes of internnt b the wiention of mil- ihanks and nt ow mnd has nas du it naed were not for the general the Rate hy Mail—Payable in Advan il e Maryland and Virginia. Dasly and Sundas 1 $9.00° 1 mo. Daflr anle Iy $8.00 1 mo Sinday onis 170 83000 1 mo. Britain news of mipending polar would ture ey ueh o our ANl Other Siates and Canads, the we live on Paile andt Sunciax 1 v aile i M miae oy remains 1 ter nai in s Lierest wod g1 tions, RS Pass the Traffic Bill! With the eud of the present session ess i sight d only few for action the hill smending the District 18 Iying unheeded probably the important affecting | Weshington brought to the attention of < | session. the traMc bill has bhad dif { ficuit progress Gl of f $1.000 and the 13 as 0 N1 duve for legisiative ac stwnds & o The GOVArn § . va chance of being overlvoked Reporied fuvorably from the House Distriet ittee after wian zling and passed by the House the LIl was sent the Senate District ON A0 committes. Here amendments were UETher e und the measure was report PN | ed out One attempt ha been made to cull it up in the Senate, which is fell 10 he the proper GRUCE. 1§y, i failed due to the objection of & $1.000, and gy, Following its passage by the scele 10| Senate, if it is passed, the bill must the a0 for agreement on the Thea the House and have 10 col ol Mamber The Aatociatad P e of a I It ar not atherwise creq Jnd alzo the lo-al news 5 Al righta of publication Satihas heiein Kra Aleo Teseved « e P | the trafe code « The Retirement Compromise. | Appreval hax besn given by tione! Federation of Federai Conncil to the compromise The Arst an the K e mos measure N Ploves igress when it convened for this vivement amendment proposed by Rudgar Director 1 hich fixes e e npon A mAasimum senuit enactment oW, HAow This sum reguiremants of i s ol d meet g ey s recs ned that can N ol its adoption but it the hest wnenitanis iy mant that Hone it is much ahtained Al present. an il the hope he ruised to Lemaining perhaps soomn. o with that Ather accssion amendment can he secured 1o bk osiil. the muximum 1 1o the $1.200 point 8 \With the mavimum At the remsinder the annuity of propertion. the condition wilt 20 to conferenc he e set 860 x month i ref e oy $58.33. Thin 8ddi-| Lo e or more thua | gy pe wore thun stipend. W4 udied thonsuud Washingloninus are difference § griving thelr uutomoblies without the SUPPIV | samblance of legal right: decisions nre DASIS | Leing rendered by a judge in (he i Potice Court which have created havoc with orderly enforcement of the law funds for new automatic lights are ba Ling held up; the traffc ditector's au thority is being questioned; the e hd d""“i traffic code is in a snarl and motor- genes end officials of ihe Disivict v @ hopeless dilemma. the el gngress certainly do vears Begpgve this condition prevail through HONONANLE oy the Summer. The Guffic bill must " pase. In its present shape it ix a €l controversial measure, providing mere When | tor hanges in the code e L ud clerification of the powers and suthority of the traffic director, Mewbers of the Senate District com DY ot SnRA | wittee should make sure that the bill the point of possibie employment out-{ (o Ligught before the Nenale al the of N ‘ wod ! L iest opportunity unce there re entively dependent upon their 80- | yh5,id push for its pussage. Furiher i ThEy: Hoiln0l | delay is inimical to the wellare of the M eniorableSmudiion i0-{ Natonal Capital and should not decd. in same instances, that keen sufl- | (,jaraied by those in Congress charged it occurred because of | nuitants patervially retieved M Those whe now e i tived ey will dras 35 onethivd of tien of A month the i mewntioe wue present mean the and sufcient a broader 5. aspe of the in many hetween penuiy Sl of retived pu eialiy The need is for A1l ann lower tan end o these on the whase annuities are the m The fact that those alvea lirtle. if #nything th = 1o the f nittaness in vetivad piid 5 oy of contributic more The Govern of them adopted o1 lesse o nee a n n th e b ans provision for ment should have retirement principie did. The zer petitioners for & retivem not wish Lo many tore i earhy were e on frer heic ex Analiy enacted v, Congress Conziess the snsctment e the v these people. susiuined necessary law was at 0 ntributions by the employes hope cuses puswed is of 0 o lone period side the service » nuities, wernme sia [ themselvas in & s0 desperate, be fering was endured, and is of rec- | qith responsibility toward the District ard, many oo Ll of suicient funds for tenance. { | deuth B Proper SUS{ gritish affairs at present leave the gentlemanly orator, who capitalizes a collection of moral slightly at & loss. The aphorism Be good and vou will be happy™ often deprived of its apparent plicity when infiuential effort serted to present arbitrary tions between good and bad. here shouli he no deubi about the 22 of this hill a1 the pre the compro =hould | in Con the gavels fall, nih. this long-delaved 81 of justice will have been effected, nt ses Azreement the %1 follawen by so that Probihiy mise of wony maximum sim- e speady action is as- crese. tore distine next m B .-oee The Exodus From England. People used to tell their troubles 1o » policeman. Now lecturers tell Taurist Eogland, 10 18| P b fatieoine: microphone. of the general! already paralvzed | transnortatton effacied tilment of supplies. The ex cAne yessmbies the fligh of travel- ers Auring the Summar of 1914, save | that rhiriesn ago the tourisis wers scallsre over Europe in arent had long dis- tances 16 26 10 1each a nentral zone, I the France receiving mout people, are visitors 1o renoried n are feeing ) British Peace Rumors. Quickly histe an ‘seconnt ke, which has and a cur- following u declaration by the British “Frade Union Congress heads that the general strike would not be called off a8 a preliminary to | the resumption of negotiations for the settlement of the mine atrike word from London that Premier Bald. and J. H. Thomas. labor chief, in conference last night. The of this meeting appears to have kept a for some ho was verified todsy and the an tood all and . come: numhers | win s | whe every | nrecant insianc of these were erossing the channel by toen A rossible mezns and reaching it from | put it capital zud elsewhere Eng- | land with sericus difficuliv. Alrplanes are in great enormous prices are heing paid for this means Had the strike | three months the in nouncement immediately reporis that a settlement pect. There is. tion of the ter ve rise to is i pros of course, no indica conditions upon demand and 8 ot nf reaching France Solkatee which a pesce move may A zovernment n Loudon states (hai the general sitna tion 1s improving, with workers tric Kling overtures for ncenrred two o " later annouacement with the ride of tourist travel at ite | height the sitnation would indeed be | one af extremas difficuliy Withaut doube Brivish mant is g1ad 1o have (hese gues pickiy. It keeping food. and rouriste buck 1o thelr jobs or making protection if they rety Transportation is betier newspaper publication has been part resumed. On the other hand, number | there have been some additions to the England | ranks of the strikers as unions and the atiilie hioke was not | groups heretofore responsive to o neverihe =« ol i w ’Ifi ' ertheleas add t the general strike eall have joined the Indeed it wanld not be | waikout. the included | many people. seeking eaier | Niving the continent | Auring the prevalence of the strike. | govern- | go | to have & hard the n serviea and i zoing the alrhy tima people supplied | ith nzh the at whoe were in when very ok Crear. thay the hurden. surprising it exodus English condivions Disorders continue in different parts of Great Britain, chiefly, ig to be noted, cotland. In the Scottish citles the militant Communist senti- ment is stronger perhaps than in Kng- land save in certain paris of lLondon which have been radical breeding grounds for vears. The disorders. however, have not been of a serious = ! character. They huve mostly taken The News From the Arctic. the form of attacks upon the emer The Ryrd plane pre- | gency (FAOSPOIL, Ny vehicles having Wminary Aight in the Arciic sky and | been wrecked by mobs al- | sengers injured. But “The | the mobs have besn quickly dispersed by the police. is on P limit 1o the possibili- | <uve those which pre- allorment of | There iz no ties of radio. vent an unrestricied time 1o all comers . —oe has mads a W some s tuned its in every to reach the North fving north from evidently I heinz for case tampt ole Amundaen xirship, T.ake lLadoga Leningrad, landed Thuws far there has been no use of at Vadse, the swth tip of conti- | the soldier The have been nents] Enrope neavest Spitzbergen, | kept in readiness, but within barracks. course, aud the cuble | There has been no show of force be- hour that the ship | yond the constabulary. This is Lase wl | pursuance of the policy of the gov The Wil- | not to recognize the strike o begin its | gs warfare until there is a4 show of Barow, Alaska, inized force ugainst the govern damaged { ment_ itself. long as the police from can handle the situation and quell the disorders they will be alone employed for that purpose. In the ubsence of regular news which hopes (o ex- | papers irresponsible dodger sheets re; today sue have made their appearance in l.on- two-hour trial { don and other cities with the conse. reparte recsived | quence of the spread of rumors here from his haxe Kinze Rav.'|througheut the 1'nited Kinzdom that It ta elear that Comdr. Ryrd plans te [ have eansed much distrass of mind !el‘-g&ré!zhujen on his polar Sight near resnmed i1s may tell st landed at Kings Bey. kins plane. fight from has been se Fairbanks. A message Onlo, Norway, save: “Lieut. Comdr. Rich- ard E. Byvrd, who has besn making expariments with the Fokker mo: wny in the explorers Spitzhergen. ernment f reudy arly st isly near | | plana with he plore the Arctic caeded ficht, ons in making & aceording 10 ai Amundsen | platitudes, | in | and have euntrlbuw? omewhat to the | thwi 1 exampie o po b once | disturiances, spread yesterdis the would close Pl sloons were this conntry, wod thus shut Ol [rom (heir ) vush for the j ot u few drinks or. There w s e i o wre the ol prrently there is no hasis f althongh i cuntinnes is pussibl und Cluse ot port rioting ey government muy housen us 1 mewsire Pretiminacy notice AU Copenhagen by the cent ization of the Dauish Tradg | # general strike in thal conn; port of the British workers. Vel o Le seen. 1 might po up shipments of food supphe: would inflict upon (he Danes Britamn, but damage the British. P Buldwin's reference (o eed not Le interpreted apprehension as Lo ultimate is primarily a serious rem moters of disturbances whic be beyond their ow n evitubly Admonitions against Al present the state of England is giving the man [ told you so” 'he pessimist have must ot o —e— All proper banguets are oughly dry. “The cold, g of morning after” ne only remorseful reflectic some of the in: after-dinner speakers may exuzgerated, . voe e optimisms slightly opeans for many American ot hesiiate derstuud icw does seurching study and arvive at her " ——— o of own conc i descrived us fa political ¢ entirely deprive of ussuming some Chi aos. not oh privilege atlitude modern of towurd civilizations, e It Mussolini merc jight be tempted seve nearby nations prepared estsblish ence school for dictators, were to ann to a col few insunity charges enjoyed Harr most of the emin his side. Verv to fuce success had ol by who talent The new government off cuifom, “The British Gazette - The of found in all his [1mporiant and his own home town. e Monuments to W. I. B not prevent Darwin from b ored in the libraries s —oe SHOOTING STAR Wales h travels an Prince BY PHILANDER JOBNS: Into the Future, When vou ride in the hack man car You look on the traveled You smile as you puff a 0o Through the scenes that near to far You are looking on nerve When look brace your For the misiy And vour heart make the curve, With & faith in the builders not swerve—— When brac you your nery “Ave golug to make st the banquet in Yes, answered Senator s one of the peculiariti time thal compels an orator bimself ax & rival (o & good you your Try, Tey! It al first you don't Try, try sagain' You will get just what vou Dear old refrain’ Set the mystic Turn the levers fast or On the patient rad-i-o Jud Tunkins save a jazs be so tiresome that recited in sections by the it may be honorably heipful, as vaccination. Defiance, “Why do the fRaseisti w shives? I dunno, Hallvoom: * the tyrant Siinwsed nless iU's in lanaodries.” “Préblen Kach “problem’s” a That leaves us 'mid dwell, We listen and have (o keep The answers nobody can it Conguering the Dem ““Are you in favor of prohi Lop. conquered 50 completely worst licker won't cost the “I notices,” said Uncle better every day testity in no investigation: .- New Version. From the Rastan Transerint. rise.” is helieved to be onk of "We Won't Go Home T the “eivil usually professed an inability politics that people have heen Morrow honor Young turaor e nment es calle i people na o great | make sure Ap- or the re le that “lops the public e en given vul org Ualon of ey in sup. Just how this can help the Rritish sirikers is [ s 1o Great »ssibly much more | han upon war” of It terms result. \der 1o pro h must in n control. rioting bhave al- reudy been widely disregarded. affalrs in who savs another opportunity his dav Otherwise the world would be deprived the pessimistic phllosophy many find entertaining, though gloomy. which now thor dawn brings thitt spired by ray w ns have been vears to Amer- make beun politics lusions. being al- That does of the mpathedic the more enary, he pounce to he rrespond- able with the Thaw, legul rent cial may publi he expected for some little time 1o be ex | ceedingly deficient in comic features. has never vihing so \ecesting as affairs in ryan will eing hon- ON. of a Pull wav. d cligar fade from As you ride in the back of a Pullman Yesterday. scenes and drab; beats strong &s yvou that can. look on the Morrow you Aund you ride in the engine cab, Banguet Haubit, speech a Sorghum. es of our o asser cook.” eed, 1 need lights aglow, low tune may the alphabet as radio an. nouncer is comparatively interesting. “A truth may be disagreeable,” said Hi Ho, the Chinese philosopher; “but the same ear black Ny eflance of Hmited blessing doubting to guessing. tell, on, bition?" “1 am,” answered Uncle Bill Bottle- “I want to see the Demon Rum that most."” the n, “dat de gentleman who said we was gettin’ ain't called on to The new song. “Walting {or the Sun » version Mo el i aution, | THIS AND THA EW ELL in BY CHARLES E. TRAC our sei Yyonne douhted What sivls in Miny ing fore the th | tiee Py Their complaint, be it ix only wgainst (he preity i creatures w of artracting me Those of average homely looking ones cording (o those who v girl in business e who causes all declare Certalnly there is something about A curve of a cheek, a pretty bobbed | man head or bright eves (lo sav not a thing | Kxit of suld gen ubout stockings) that causes office workers (o stop for & chat. ISvery time a man ceases hin own activities long enough 1o ask pretty Miss Mary if she doesn’t think it beautitul day there is a direct loss in dollars and cenfs which any efliciency expert could chart without half try ing. Equally good dollars and cents ure lost, {00, when Mary stops the trickle | eideriv gentleman. of her taper fingers over the keys of | [ixclamations of we do with the pretty | we hegan indusiry 7 ) Mixs feel that they arve a disrupt- | 18dy 8 n . upsetting the remainder of | told the office s personnel. getting htile work done | (0 Uk, and today nselves in general causing an of - ure of finding the to take on the aspects of w tew A« a mriter of col i too beautitul ¥ shall vaderstood # givis. those | s possess (he power as supar does Hies ‘looks, and the do very well, ac sppuse the prel he latier 1v the the trouble, they n abservations | enough if we s [ batt hour we witn rintrance of two fright Batrance of ano i | it of irat twe elicitations by auce of Miss Yvon Disclaimers by iPelicitations by winningly at Bill, and make him the | startling admission that she, foo. | thinks it a perfect dear of a day,| Details of recent whatever that i | o oxox | We recently spent @ half howr or | 50 reposing In w comfortable chair | not far from one of these pretty girla in industry. (No, her name i« not Mary.) Our plain intent was to pass a few pleassnt moments (thou, too, Blul“l!‘i 4l (he same time we mude personal investigation al first hand of (his| charge (hat the pretiy girl, per se, is {u bane to indusir We wanted to wee nographer really is | force that she is said to he. We had | & suspicion that the prettier they are the brighter thev are, on the principle that to those who have shall be given, et All the women on the slage who be come “stars” are good looking. Why should 1t not hold good in an ofce” Is there any particular reason why the pretty girl should nol grind out ax miich typewritien matter in eight hours as the less favored girl? Must bright eves fnvariabiv spell fizures zone wrong in the other fellow's book? “These were some of the questions we proposed Lo ourselves, ax we (00k up our seat in the big leather chair and settied back to watch the wheels of the workaday world go round. Out of this investigation. we thoughi, ought to result someihing momen(ous, some solution tigat might earn us an andowment from some big foundation. Come to think of it, we always had a secrér belief thai we ought to be andowed 1s there a man alive who does not feel that the world would benefit if he were suddenly lifted above the petiy work of struggling for his dally hread” We doubt it. Ceriainly. speaking for ourselves, we feel there ! would be mutual benefit in endowing us, What might we not produce, if we might give over thix mundane truggle and let the free winds of in- | are like lilacs, scen <piration blow through us at will? [ness. And there i With some such thoughts as these. charming than the Y vonn * * est by Miss At this point order tion to the board Our follows: At fira expensive step. tha ness would be lu: After all, we bu consider matiers ahori-sighted polic too short for us over the years. W 1t mukes us shu the perfecily good is going 1o waste | 'employ for lite o | married. ‘The eusiest way lem would be 1o 1 nice annuity. Ca sion, if you will. JusL 50 you do it blush 1 bu it 8 preuy ste the discupting pire wutomatically married | of many a fickle, b | | i { | 1 blight of beauty s to devote his whol Think what # place in American pretty girls gain would be lar elimination of waws While the abo recommendation private opinion® it work?—in peace WASHINGTON OBSERVA BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. | gation a 5050 prohtbition lssue * Watson's sepaforial primary « in Indiana means. his friends that he'll run for President in Not even the specterof a Cool idge candidacy, apparentiy, will terrify the sage of Rushville out of another Attempt to gratify the ambition of a political lifetime. Waison will ba 64 by the time the next national cam paign rolls around, bui claims that | vacent events have made him = bov lagain. Few know the Watson-Cool "Mga episode at the Republican na | tional convention of 1920. “Jim" wax | chairman of the lIndiana delegation | Harry New. now Postmaster General. vice chalvman. Soon afier the voll call for the vice presidentlal nomina tion set in. one of Murray Crane's floor men went to Watson and asked for a few Indiana votes for the Goy- ernor of Massachusetts. “Hell, no™ was “fim's” 1ejoinder. “Massachu: se(t's already got the leadership of the Senaie and the speakership of the House!” While the colloquy was in progress Indiana’s name was called. Up swod Harry New and shouted “Furly voles for Calvin Coolidge! Ao ow o “hm ry title of & new East. that may | impending Aght fc Lausanne treaty { author can consular ser consui general &t | Turks burnt | vears ago. Copi politico-historical slon of & large by Mohammedan have been sent Committes Opp Horton argues tha ers are not blame medanization of Gerard. vice treaty committee ace for the hook In the foreign se vears. mainly in 1 » o8 Judge Federal Court | for the United judgeship to fused to allow appoint Wallac gon. Judge Dietr President Taft in gation of hix com liam FE. Borah made & splendid bench the Frank in whi ¥ Representative Mary K. Norton, | Democrat., of New Jersey, recently I had a visit from her hushand. Robert F. Norton, a .Jersey ity businese man, who came to town to celebrate their nineteenth wedding anniversary. The gentlewoman from .Jersey ask ed her consort if he’d run across a recent newspaper article published back home. In which she was referred to &% 8 widow. “Well”" refoined the Congresswoman’s proud husband, “it {wasn't so far off. I've been buried 1(’\!! since you got ino politics. in posirecently Dietrich was the Montana proceedi Iast * o ox % Burion K Vice President Dawes, who would {like (o shut off unnecessary talk in the United Staies Senute, doesn't stand for It in his own home, it ap pears. Not long ago the general and Mrs, Dawes were entertaining at din- ner and later in the evening provided {for thelr guests a program of music by & small orchestra of visiting Euro. pean acists, ‘the Vice President is all atiention when there’s music in the sir, and evidently expects his guests to preoccupy themseives with it. too. Well, on the occasion in ques tlon. some of them didn't. They found ithe selections a little too high-browed for their taste, and preterred conver 'sation. Dawes quietly stepped over to them, tapped them on the shoulder and appiled cloture. P Wheele + ox Washington of Natlons-—the br hard luck. of May, armament bles on (he center of the centraie the inte Along comes th strike and blois | earth not only ol | but onto the back | possible that the « islands Here when (b 17th WO | troublous premier anarchy and ruin, ment may he excu enthusiasm for di Copyrikl France is one of the suffrage field which womankind has still to congues The delegation from the National Woman's Party, which is going to the International Suffrage Alliance con- ventlon in Paris this month, expects that fts personnel will make a deep impression on the French politicians who withhold the ballot from (he bob. bed-haired sex. ‘The American delega- ton will include Miss Jessie Dell United States civil service commis sioner. She 13 not only the vccupant | e e Sr-\lie hisnew: mceq 1o the| corieaice andl g American Government (o be held by a woman, but 18 chairmun of the Wom an’s Parly “Government Workers Connell,” That is a body (hat sounds more Sovietish than it is. Its purpose is to equalize the status of women in Government service with that of men | all along the line. oA o ox This observer is the survivor of w recent week end sl Atlantic City. Though it is the umbition of Jersey men like Senators Kdge and Kdwards to make the Mosquilo State as wet as the abutting ocean, Atlantic City, externally at least, Iy 100 per cent prohibitionist. ““The Shore” was packed with the usual Saturday-Sun- day throng of visitors, excursionists and conventionites. But neither on the boardwalk nor in any of the de luxe hotels was thera the sign of & fask, the suggestion of hootch or the slightest indication of drunkenness. Desplte ite reputation for conviviality, | onr bo; Atlantic City, in other words, exhibits | for ou enforcemant in full working order. Six arts! When will out of Jerzey’s 10 memhers in the | aut of its Jethargy House of Representatives are dry. hut | directed activity f the two wet Senators make the dele- day? Gi 1 vead with mucl in Friday’s Star ihe bill 1o stop nil Most heartily do 104 at work in order sent (o a military A little over twe a paper with lieved a compulsor for our youth of prevented much vampant. We all compulsory {erime is less on t { fore, onr foreign | advantage over w is not necessary the st spect, self-reliance cision, loyalty, de to say Would that Will Dot he necessiry nuance of midd) | lovelv dreas of \iis Modest disciaimer < by Detalls of adventures of bovhood by Exclamations of tremendous reconimendation, ‘T'he term of the pen insurance against were i« George Horton suiched former member of the Ameri that ced reaty’’ to all members of the s president N Y said 10 be backing him for the coast vacatled by that Geneva continues to plav conferenc | the Geneva pow-wow. talking about —ewoes Ano‘ller Mother Ap ian Military Training To the Editor of The Stac: “Dovothy Potter Benedici,” pre letter in a similar training nothing of the phvsical velopment it accomplishes. more awaken to this very urgent need for —ves, and a similar training girls 1o include the domestic awaken | FRLDAY, MAY 7. 192 I entific observal Now. this v iy beautiful. g we when she first came have ole d husiness fact the pleas rid agrees she we . ox to give vur full. 1t will be v that during the essed the following. voung men. conversation. ther young man Stll brighter conversation young men. Soulful talk on part of third young (leman aged latter up e, man appeat girl. Enirance of elderiv Exii of middle-aged han. an elderly man vonne latter. tremendous inter {her typewriter long enough (o smile | ear bv our subject. Exit of elderly party. Entrance of verv voung gentleman adventures inter .. * x in our sludy we thought it advisable to withdraw. in to formulate our v ommenda of gOvernors briefly, ix as Pension all (he pretiy girls his seem t might ze siness men have 10 in_ extenso. he of today is much We look forward e are men of vision dder to think of all time Miss Yvonne if she stavs in our even until she gets 1o solve thix prob etire Yvonne on a Il it a beauty pen Cell it anything jon would ex when the lady kot It would be, in fact, a sort Thus young heauty. ut capable. male worker would be saved from the | eyes and be enabled e time 1o hix work hoom would take business if all the pensioned: Th ger than from the te motion ve in our it must official not bhe thought for a moment that it is our Personally, Mias Yvonne and all he fers may be allowed to—shall we call wa hope pleasant sis and beauty. Thev ting the air of husi " no flower more lilac TIONS ombination on the . * he Blight of Asia™ I8 the siriking book on the myvstic plav a role in the or ratification of the with Turkey. Tis 2 distin was the of vice. Horton Smyrna when city a couple es of his work. & survey of the in part of the earth ism since Christ by the “American the Lausanne nate. ¢ the Christian pow less for the Moham sia. James W of ihe auti has written a pref The author was rvice for nearly 30 he Near Easi. * x Dietrich Idaho is tates Circuit Court ch the Senate 1e resident Coolidg> 10 MeCamant of Ore ich was named by 1907 at the insti of in the wwade, Senator Wil- | of Tdaho. reputation est and R He on h has the is McCamant. judge in the which resuited trial ngs vear in the acquittal of Senator v in his home State. * % friends of the lLeague reed s ot exine in is the blithe month ne preliminary dis which assem was (o hold (he id stage and con rnational limelight. e British zeneral evervthing else f the front pages. crisfs in John may ramify into With & British “the road to a British govern- sed for suppressing Isarmament. ht, 1928.) proves h intevest (he letter (April 301 signed testing litary waining. o 1 agree wilh Mrs. 0, have a bov. And, because I so much agree, I um today hat my boy may be trainiog academy. ) weeks ugo | wrote vein to a local atement that 1 be- 'y military training today would have of the crime now know that where is In practice he rampage; there neighbors have the s in two wavs, It to call it ‘“‘military training” if the name and idea irks the peaceful mind. sory physical training, clude the teaching of ‘‘obedience, r Call it “compul- letting it in- . self-restraint. pre- mocracy, manhood, de- parents might America of the real need for or_our vouth of te. ANNA J. HALL, an | we ure convinced [ ver ultimately (he saving to any busi- | auite th line | 'Balloon Races Are | Of Scientific Value! To the Editor of The St ‘Yhe editorial on balloon in last day's issue brings up certgin questions i which I believe readers should be interested The facte brought ent in your edi- | rrect, but the opinions | 1 Inferences seem rather mislead- ing. You sav that these balloon ruces are of doubtful value yat im- | mediately go on to give the waivs lin which they ave of value | You suy that they demonsticaie it {littte beyond the skill and judzment the pilots. el us sug for { argument, thal balicon ricing hai Ino value at all except as i =port.' ! RGN it might be well worth while | if 1t brought out the skl and iz | ment of the pilots. Railocn | ing can be iegarded von line, [« pure sport, but why apologize it any more than for aoy other fine sport? In thig respect §i is not even necessary to find dlrect practical uses for it, vel, ax u matter of fact | there 18 no sport in the world that hax such practical value. It ix ‘n part the very limitations in 1< cou trol that glve u free balioon grestest value for aining purpo Any alreraft fs very mariodly o fecied by winds and weatier cond tions, even though It mav have means of locomotion within itself In & free balloon thix particnlas factor of wind and weather hecomes the controlling one. The weath~ facior can thus be accurately led by fiself and experience that can be applied (o the tion of any kind ol aircvai. Storms similar to thar which stroved the Shenandoah can he safe- iy negotlated in a free balinon. and under such conditions tat they wiil noi he masked and ooscured ihe | speed and engine power of the air {evafi fiselt As far as safely seem (o infer that very 1geIous. opposite races | | rial are ¢ # if ope is concerned balloon racing As n ‘e In the wiol- 1 | tory of the big international ! which have usuully been held | comparatively dangerous ount | there has heen onlv ene in which any fatalitles occurred. this, it vou will, with an: | series of wutomobile or racen. But even allowing risk will occasionallv he the contestants, is it not {ter that occastonally one or be sacrificed fn the pursimit of meteorological experfence than that we shonld have anv more Shenun- dosh disasters and conatles< #ir plane accidents. due (o fnsnMcient knowledge of meteors'ogl-al condi- tions ™ It fs true that because of limita tions of the human mind. when faced with the infinite combinations of n: ture, prearranged plans are not {ways fulfilled. Currents may sought which du not exist. and cur | rents may be followed which do not { ultimately lead to the desired lunding | place, but these are the things which | give balloon racing iis principal | charm. They are the things which | show better than anvthing else that | we are still very far from knowing #li | there 18 to he known about tha waath | The extent which scienee doss 1 win races, however, may readily beap | preciated from the fact that the same man. Ward T. Van Orman, has been the winner of the American national vace thres times in succession. the reason being very clearly that he ha used the best combination of seien tific knowledge. practical skill and sound judgment Coming to vour last paragraph. no one that I know of makes any claim that free ballooning is much help in the construction of other types of air “vaft. but ita contribution to the train ing of individuais in aerostatics, na zation and. more particulariy, in me teorology is of the very first impor tance. One other vou e simila alrpiane that same taken T much be 1vo men | 1 | 1 “l he | | i | auestion that might brought up in this connection “Why must balloons he raced 1o get training value” The Navy has made it @ policy for the past two vears not Lo enter the races, but merely 1o 1se free balioons for necessary routine training purposes. To mv mind this is a mistake, for anvthing worth do ing i{s worth putiing o sionally inie | competitive form. Balloon racing em. | plovs the same principie as ordinary | ballooning, but in some form that | valuable comparisons can be made be tween different plans of operation. It | is also the form that brings out most | readily the best that there is in man: for, define it as vou will, it usually the competitive spirit that | wins in any line of human endexvor ‘o vealize the truth ments, I think vou need only make a 'ulnih flight in a free balloon. and vou mav consider that yon have an fnvitation to go up the next time that vou are in Detroit b Detroit. Mich. RALPH H. UPSON. N, Protest Against Action On Stone Mountain Coins | To the Editor of The Star H is | of these state. | i 1 have read. with no little indigna tion and resentment. the resolutions | adopted by the Daughters of the U nion | Veierans of the Civil War, published in The Evening Star of May the firs:, in protest against the completion of the Stone Mountain Memorial to the living and dead soidiers of the Con federate Avmy. “Their scathing remarks of the men whe fought and died under the flag of {ithe Southern (onfederacy HIOURe sectional national diffevences of senti. | ment,” defeating one of the chief purposes of theii' protestations. There | are honds between Noith and South {too firmly ccmanted for such deroga tory staiements (o be made, and it is « deploranle thing. I think, for any society or fraternity to foster those sentiments. The children of soldiers do, and their children’s chil dren will. for generations to come payv tazes imposed by Congress, and it | seems a gross Injustice that a fitting | memorial shonld not be erected to { honor the heroes who died in a lost { cause. We, who are the daughters {and sons of Confederate soldlers, are {also “loval people of the American Republic.” as were those rebels who, after Lee's surrender, took the oath of allegiance to the flag of the (nited States. Perhaps, if these Daughters of the Union Veterans of the Civil War knew some of the depredations and the dividual pilfering of the Unlon soldiers during the Civil War, they woutd And i “humiliating the fag” a misplaced phrase as used by them iu speaking |of the Confedaraten. ‘The facts of | which | speak are not propaguada: (hey have been told 1o me since child hood by my mother, who, by the way {15 with me in Washington. and who as | {a child witnessed some of them when her home was ransacked and pillaged, | War Is war, but when outrages are | conimitted which have no connection with the procedure of war, nor are senctioned by the rules of wartare, | then indeed those acts sully the flag. Whenever the blots of Sherman's { memorable March 10 the Sea, devas- tating as Germany's march ihrough Belgium, end the hanging of Mrs. Surratt, can be effaced from the rec- ords of the Union Army, then may the Daughters of the Union Veterans pe. i tition Congress not to further the project of a memorial to the brave men of the Confederate Arm AUSTINE BROOKS STEVE el T Skirts. From tha Wichita Beacon, “My fdea of inconsistency,” says Nad mlx‘rmu. dlv wearing extremely short skirts and trying te pull them Qewn all the Hme.” " the Confederate Lerh? distance | 1ake to care for {than this. | 1857 I Republican party | Bristol | Democratic), ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. What is the correct version of | the monntain and Mohammed prov- | F. M AL InF it is given to Mohammed 1o the n's “Essayv on Boldness,” If the hill will not come Mohammed will come < the lnrgest hone in the M “he femiir is the largest. longest and <tronzest hone in the human body Q. How hefore it A I of the p 1ati far does a seaplane travel takes the air? K. McG would depend upon che size e and the horsepower in re h to the wing load. The average howaver. is abaat 106 vards Q. Are farmhouses now generally equipped with plumbing” W, P A In 1920 anly B3890 of the 6 448 343 farms in the United water piped Into the house means oniy 1 farm in 16, States When Washington heen buill —E. M city had i on an un Q had any ciny preconceived plan” A, No modern hean e signed and execur copied site. The vision of Washingion L'Enfant of u it people. the population at London was planned, | ording 1o a | 1 | and actually L save that How much time does it a bahy? D), A. The Children's Bureau an estimate based on a group of 17 voung mothers shows that the care of a haby is a full-time job for 5 hous and 41 minutes every day, and a part time job the rest of the time « H w long should a lassa he G The lengih the use put. Sume are This will A upon ot which from WA failly howeyer such as the sometimes they depends will he 10 25 feer 200d Throw are mich longer Western lasso These feet run as long as A who w the by studente . When did Czerny Kiudes, so often nsed lver—M. T. 6 A. He was born in 1791 and died in W His the head of the Government Printing Office alwavs been called 1he Public Print Ni A, The Government ing Office opened March 4. 1861, The man in charge was called the Superintendent of Public Printing. In 1567, the title wis changed to Congressional Printer In 1836, it changed to Publi Printer. and has remained <o until the present time Q. How many from law A In received ave not voung men gia hools each year? —W. W 4. the degree of law was £.447. The 1975 fgures ahzilable uate Q. Was the hady of G found?—H. L. | A, The body the French ace e vnemer ever of Georges Guyvnemer was not found. He ted missing on Sepiember 11 Shortly afterward. an official of the rman foreign e was sent in reply ta & communi ation of the Spanich ambassador. In this communication it was stated that vnemer fell in the conrse of September 11 a1 m. to the honor graveyard No. 2. south of Poclkapelle. Surgeons found that | he had been shot through the head. | The body could be neither buried nor remaved. as the place had been unde constant fire during the following | nment trie lghting?—J. uncomtortable for of m appoiniment of the | of nok expression merely ah argon days, and it was Impossible proach 1. Afterward it that the shelling had plowed ntire district, and no traces he found of either the hady chine. Q a or the had the fAirst sis £ < What steamer i A. It was the U Albatross research vessel of the Burean of Fisi | eries. The electric lighting system was inatalled shortly after 1880, Why so called Q are “piue fours Al A. The expression “'plus fours” orig! nated from the fact that golfers found the i1egular knickerbockers a bit too zoifing. Designers therefore, drafted a for knickerbockers for golf which 4 inches were added inside seam of exch leg of the knickerbockers, that have an inside seam with # standard length of "0 inches The additional & Inchea \ each leg i the Arop of fon the made n's appar patiern ing in to the usnal ve ane of Is the title of “w o s Yirary A A [ The f Mar the life men he nd powerfu! veat: re ce vorder the i held anis crmber As re independent their positions and titles hee ed in the same line, and they bliciied as 2 powerful hered ity. This ncenrred about welfth century. The acquired the rank of empire. Letween counts marzraves th princes of the Why Is the Indian” . 1. M. R Lo™ ix mersly imperative of the verh the poor ahsaleie snd the Pope's T Indian heen from Fssuy on Mar Tt Indian whase 1 Gad in nd mind What ara clemer 2N Atmosphere the o prineips the air he earth 4 nitre and 2 vapor f oth it W velime oxveen, 3 dinxide 12500 carbon variahie proport Besides these there er comy helium <enon. The nute quantities only by the employment Ky ter are present Q. Which ofessianal wase hall team? w A. ‘ihe Cincinnati first real professional hall, ax everv man on the paid a b A Reds was tha team in hasa team was salars There is anency in the world that can answer as many leniti questions as our Free Informa tion Bureau Washington. D. This highly organized institution has built wp and the per- sanal direction of Frederic J. Haskin By leeping constant touch swith Federal bureaus and other educational enterprises it is in a ) pase on to weu autharitative information of the hiohest order nour quevies to the staff of erperts whose services are free disposal There is wo charge 2 cents in stawps for veturn postage. Address The Evening Star Information Ru reau. Fredevie J. Haskin, director, Washinoton. 1. mate been is under position put at your rxcept Doheny’s Political Switch Draws Satire From Editors Fuiward 1. Dehery's transfer of | allegiance from the Democratic to the apparently was not vegarded as a political event of im portance. but it has heen made the subjeet of much satirical comment by 1 newspapers. Mr. Dohenv an yineed the change with the explana tion that the Republican party ‘more than any other embodies the forces nd jcies which Fave produced our unprecedented era of prosperity 9 “The Demaocratswill not mourn My Dohenv's departure,” remarks the | Herald-Courier (independent . “and so far as noticed | hisarrival in the Republican camp was not made an occasion for a demon stration of welcome. By his own statements Mr. Dobeny does not ap- | pear 1o have heen much of a partisan Asked his politics during the investi gation of the Elk Hills oil lease. he <aid he was a Democrat. but also said e had contributed 1o the campaign funds of both parties.' The New Orleans Ttem (independent Demo atic) snggests that “if times should change there nothing prevent | a good Republican from hecoming equally as good a Democrat.” but the | Milwaukee .lournal (independent) ad- Vises: “The Demoerats ought to be | pod sports and let him go. They should present him with a new trav. eling bag ta replace the little hlack satchel he sent to Mr. Fall’ x oo “However, it is not bie,” according to the Daily Mail (independent “that if Mr. Doheny does the Republican pariy he early date be called upon any prominent official position in it In adhering to the Republican party Mr. Doheny is just as any one else who chooses to cast his veie as he | sees fil. Such transfer of pariy sl legiance. howev is not likely to abata one jot the efforts of the Re publican administiation to proceed with the cases against hoth him and former Secretary Fall.”” he Akron Beacon-lonrnal (Repub. lican) i not at all enthusiastic aver iis party’s recruit. Savs this paper: “News that Mr. E Doheny, politi . all proba- Charleston Republican), vote with will at an to occupy n 1 cal angel to the Democratic party and one time chalrman of its national con- Vention, has pulled up stakes in that venerable institution and is headed for the Republican party, to which he | intends to transfer his membership. | will provoke né jollification meetings | in the last-named party. Mr. Doheny | is a patriol who spouted idealism to his Democratic consorts financed their campaign needs and then took | his pay in oil leases and concessions. | Aund he put all these relations upon | an exalted basis, pleading that they were really transaciions for the glory and safety of the Republic. Let have no such person roaming aron on the Republican reservation.” R | The Lincoln State pendent Den dent of small L. Doheny becomes a Republican.’ says the' State Journal, n the | ground that this party has brought | prosperity to the country, and alone of all national organizations shows | enough political ability to keep the | husiness ship away from the rocks. | ‘The passing of a wealthy oil man | from one party to another is an inci- dent of but little practical impor- tance, but it will naturally be used gleefully by the Democratic speakers it there are any operating in the ' country at present.” “We may assumes’ according to the Baltimore Sun (independent), “that whereas in the past he has ‘helped’ | the Republicans in the interest of playing safe. in the future he will 1)’ the Democrais if there he noed | for playing it zafe.” The Huntington | Advertiser (Democratic) declares the i nsequence. !in | crat | i his answer Republicans are welcome 1o all the comfori. happiness and constrictive leadership his associations can hring 1o the party orzanization.” while 1he harieston Evening Post (independ Democratic) wonders why Mr. Da heny “remained so long in the par which showed him so little considera tion."” o oxox “There will be honest auestioning suyvs the Sacramento Union (independ ent) “of the reason why Mr. Doheny did not comprehend the true worth of political and economic policies until he got so far along. practically 1o the | end. in a long life of political exper | ence.” The Svracuse Herald (inde pendent) adds that “it would be mos interesting if Doheny would get down 10 brass ticks and tell the whole In side story of why he was a Democrat vesterday and is a Republican iodav “The Lynchhurg Advance (Democratic) is sure thai “the Democrats will not mourn his action there is seric doubt if he ever was a Democrat. and the Chattanooga News (Demo cratic) holds that the registration of E. L. Doheny, sr. and ir.. as Repub lieans simply “mav he construed as asting an anchor to windward. “The Democrats will miss him as a zood ‘angel,’ " the San Francisco Rul letin (independent) thinks. “but doubt- less will try to find some consolation the thought that his change of glance will remove the larger of the oil stains from the garments of the party.” “The Little (Democ Rock Arkansas Demo. atic) thus summarizes the situation: “What of the Demo eratie party now that Doheny is sone” It is better off and vet it ix worse off It is better off because it could hardly do much political conjuring with the name Doheny. It is worse off hecause Rrother Doheny keeps the purse strings preiiy loose along ahout cam palgn contribution time.” The Omaha World-Herald (independ ent) concludes that “meanwhile thera are many who will construe Mr. Da heny's desertion as one of the finest and one of the few compliments pald the Demacratic party for some time."” - Bad Roads Farmers’ Greatest Handi To the Fditor of The Star What are the paramount necessi ties of the farmer> To answer this important question intelligently, the seeker for information should step into his automobile and drive far out into the rural districts until the wheels of his auto sink deep into the mud and he is compelled (o call for assistance of the farmers with their horses or ox teams fo extricate him from his unfortunate dilemma. Here The miserable roads unquestionably the farmer's greatest handicap, and good re- spectable roads throughenut the farming districis are the sine qua non for the farm ELESTUS MAR’ ‘- are SPRINGER. An Angler’s Plan for Old Aqueduct Bridge To the Editor of Tha Star: How about putting s wide board walk over on what is left of the old Aqueduct Bridge in Georgetown and making a public fishing pler out of it It would not cost much-to bulld Every fisherman would enjoyv such an accommodation. J. J. WRIGHT. - B More Important. From the Poactland Fxnre \We are not <o muech worried ahont the horse goinz as tn whether horae sense will Bacome axtinet.