Evening Star Newspaper, July 17, 1926, Page 6

WASHINGTON, D. C. BATURDAY.......July 17, 1028 All Other States and Canada. ly and Sunday.}yr. $12 mo.. 81 et S Member of the Associated Press. oyl oty R ited to it or not ered- published herein. All rights of pul ) 4 ©f special dispatches herein are also A Martyr for Reform. An editorial crusader against crime and municipal corruption has been slain at Canton, Ohio, a clear proof that his efforts, coftinued for many months, to expose and clean up evil conditions have been fully justified. This yourlg man, feariessly conduecting a campaign of Accusation and ex- posure, has waged his ight in the face of threats against his life. They did not deter him. Knowing the risk hé ran, he persisted, secured thé convic- tion of two men for narcotic traffic— who were later released from prison through some mysterious influence— and the suspension from office of the chief of police, who was later restored to duty. This case is of country-wide impor- tance, for the conditions against which Don Mellett fought prevail in many other communities in the United States.” Municipal graft and corrupt connection with the underworld of crime and vice have become a national disgrace. Mellett fought local condi- tions, which are, sad to say, 8o char- acteristic as to constitute a general evil in America. That this crime was plotted to si- lence the editorial accuser and prose- cuter is plainly evident. A gang of men waylaid him as he was entering the garage at his home. FHe was riddled with bullets. The assassins, it is indicated, came from & distance, but they may have been local thugs who went out of town merely to appear to come from elsewhere. They fled ‘without leaving, so far as now known, a trace of their identity or present whereabouts. Police activity in this case cannot eommand public confidence, in view of the fact that the slain man was the ae- cuser of the police themselves. Con- sequently it is félt that there is little likelihood of a solution of the crime as long as the research is conducted solely by the municipal ofganization. Hence the dispatching to the scene of & representative of the State govern- ment for the purpose of probing and acting is some assurance that the mat- ter will not be left to an undependable suthority. Municipal corruption, with connec- tions between the police and the crooks and criminals, has been a fre- quent cause of scandal in this country. Some years ago a system of police “protection” for the underworld of ‘vice and crime was uncovered in New York. The late Richard Croker, mitting on the witness stand in an in- quiry that he “worked for his own pocket all the time,” and refused to state the source of his income, was believed to he the man “higher up” who got the final rakeoff from the regular collections from gamblers, prostitutes, hold-up men, drug ped- dlers and swindlers, who had been al- lowed to continue in b without molestation. Later a New York police officer was convicted of complicity in & c¢onspiracy for the killing of a wit- “ness in an important gambling ring case, and was later executed, with members of the gang through whom crime was actually committed. Nu- merous other cases have come to light, and there is reason to believe that many others have failed to reach public attention through the difficulty " of exposure and proof. Don Mellett died a martyr to a cause in which he was enlisted. He catried ‘on his fight against odds, and, so far s he was personally concerned, he lost. But his death may be the means of effecting a clean-up of corrupt con- ditions in Canton and perhaps in other cities where there is good reason to believe similar evils exist today, —— e France is grieved because of her debt to America. Monetary relation- ®hips among nations as among indi- ‘¥idualities represent formalities upon “hich future faith and respect must depend. A debt contemptuously for- given is an affront to honor. —————— Discussions of disarmament continue on broad lines which do not undertake to limit the sale of deadly weapons in & manner which makes murder an evéryday occurrence. Byrd Aims at South Pole. Comdr, Byrd, having gone to the North Pole, plans to reach the South Pole. His purpose is to lead an -expedition ‘which will include scien- tists to make studles of antarctic geology, meteorology and sea curs rénts. There is no question that land forms the South Pole of the earth, Land is known to occupy ‘all the frea within the circle ot 70 degrees gouth latitude and in many parts of | the antarctic land extends from the Pole to 65 degrees. Ice fields and §ce barriers extend up to the 60th degree and through those ice fields ®na across the barriers a number of pxplorers have found their way. ' Within the 70th degree of south + fatitude and between'the 140th and . 370th meridians of longitude a’ part bf Antarctiocs has been roughly ex- plored by Mawson, , Wild, names of many explorers and their dispute. - i The land at the South Pole Iy & plateau 10,000 feet above sed level. Amundsen reached the Pole Decem- ber 11-17, 1911, dnd Scott gut there January 17, 1812. The continent from the seda to the Pole, varying from about 1400 to 1,700 miles, is marked by high mountain ranges. A number of veléanic mountains have been seen and somé of them have been climbed. Among the high mountains set down on the map are Mount Nanseh, 16,000 feet; Mount Markham, 15000 feet, and Mount Terror, 13,000 feet. & ‘The continent of Antarctica is a big field for bold and scientific explora- but not enthusiastic. *You'd better put out a ling and try your luck,” urmed the President. < “No,” sald the governor, “I'm not much at fishing.”. S0 a great opportunity Here is 3 revelation of the effect of environment upon public men. A few weeks ago the President was himaself “not much at fishing.” He evén in public ‘statement belittled the sport. But he goes to the woods and lakes and at once becomes a convert to the rod and line. He catches first a single pike—or;, pickerel—arid then progreases to trout. He will soop be casting flies instead of using spinners or worms. He has become a . The governor, New York born and bred, has lived all his life within the scent of the sea. Yet he has never had timé to respond to the lure of the line. Very few real Manhattanites are fish- ermen. They go to Coney Island anda dip in the sea, but do mot fish. They 80 out on “ehowder parties” and have rollicking good times, but rarely drop fines overboard. Though fardrs of the coast, they are landsmen. They might have fishing every week; some of them, with leisure, might have it every day. But they prefer the pis- catorial pursuits of the pavement. The President, born in the interior and kept hard at work throughout his lite, finds himself as o fishérman when he goes to the edge of a lake with leisure to try his luck. With the zeal of the convert, he seeks to get the ad- | governor into the game. Nothing doing! Here are two remarkably popular men, one the head of the Nation and the otheér the head of its most populous State. They are altogeéther different in temperament and in their appeal to the ' public imagination and affection. One has just become & fisherman, and without question has thereby strengthened his hold upon the public favor. Has the other lost a trick in the political game by confessing that he is “not much at fishing”? Time may tell. +atot————— A little thing like a duel between Italian statesmen seems a small mat- ter. It Mussolini restores ail' the glorles of ancient Rome there will | be gladiatorial combats. e S s Cafilaux travels by airplane. The currency conditions in France are dire, but the minister of finaricé still has car fare. i R mma— The Boy and the Dike. Vernon Tenold, a' South Dakota boy, fourteen years old, saved his boat from sinking in Lake Norden by plugging the léak with one finger and keeping the hole closed till the boat floated dshore. This cslls to mind the story of the boy who stopped a leak in & dike with his right Wand, held it till the next day and saved his countrymen from death by ' flood. Among schoolboys it is a Very famil- far story and how old it is may be determined by ‘snme earnést person with a flair for research. The story of thé broken dike is a reading exercise in various elenjentary Latin books and is ome of the pop- It 18 ‘not easy to brians. One authority says they in- ~Jutland, or the Chersonesus of .the Romane.. - Tl ik 5 H i fated into Latin by late teachers for instruction and often the 'y of boys? — et e Billions of It anybody wants to know what is | ture’s bufletin which states that thir téen billion ice cream cones were con- International debts threaten to pile up until some unit of financial obliga- tion may have to be invented corre- sponding to the “light year’ in as- e Horse racing is described as the “sport of kings,” but fishing and hunt. ing have for some time been regarded as the sports of American Presidents. P O LS A T R L Actress secures a divorce, but jilts 3 the man she had promised to miarry. As art now stands, your lawyer is your only true press agent. ——— In the popular ‘imagination, Muscle Shoals still stands a8 & magnificent force of nature being allowed 'to go to waste for the lack of Henry Ford. = P — The country 1. prosperous in._an extraordinary degree. The prosperity, as usual, does not apply to the people who margined the wrong stocks. —— et New York proposes to yery visitor & dime. Any head waltey will laugh at the thought of so small a tip. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON, The Great Offense. It's hard to catch a killer. It's hard to eall the bluff Ot each bold bottle filler With the illicit stuff. A Nittle chance they’ll ‘hAnd you For almost any crime { Save one. They'll surely land you For parking overtime. g You may involve the nations In’ complication strange, With reckless innovations That cause a cruel change And jar the Constitution, With safety all sublime— But you'll sure meet retribution For m overtime, . v s Limited to Art and Seience. - ¢ *“WWere matters of politics discussed on 'the ccéasion of ‘your visits to that eminent official?” - “No,” answered Senator Sorghum. “It makes life kind o' dull.. When men who know all dbout politics meet that's the one subject they’re not sup- “ | posed to talk about,” . ' The Fretful Farmer. THe farmer says e Wants relief, " Upon the Board of Trade He vows he'd like to go And prosper in transactions brief, While brokers manfully exchange + The ticker for the hoe. Jud Tunkins .says the willing worker always suffers. ‘The man who knows how to fix ‘the radio is kept 80 busy around the neighborhood that he fiever gets w chance to ‘hear the o ddadit No Baconian. speare?”’ . | had f |8 tattoo on his spine the fiuisance o “Stop!” said the Colonel. “Theré cream hing coming yet—ice The great folks saw that the play was not over yet, and that it was only polite to stay and eee it out. The word “Ice eream’ was no sooner than it paseed from one to down the tables. bfiu *{ian "(;I;I',‘.M'. Miss Green! do you think it's safe to put that cold stuff into your stomick?" sald the Widow Leech to a young married ladv. “You don't rug! nd 1 she zn turned in the direction from which it came. A group instant- iy gathered around the person who uttered it, who was ne other than Deacan Soper. “He's chokin’t He's chokin’!” was the first exclamation. “Slap him on the back!” Several heavy beat such that the deacon of his vertebrae “He's black in the ‘Widow = Leech, @et to him, 't yo? , can' A “If you will move, my good lady, perhaps I can,” said Dr. Kittredge, in a calm tone of voice. “He's not chok- it #ald Dr. Kittredge, ‘“‘Deacon!” The sudden attack of Deacon Soper had begun with the extraordinary sion of intense pain, his eyes staring wildly, and, clapping his hands to his face, ‘he had rocked his head back- ward and forward in speechless agony. “It's all right,” sald the doctor, as #oon as he saw his face. “The deacon had a smart attack of neuralgié pain.” ‘The doctor kept his counteénance, but his diaphragm was shaking the change in his waistcoat pocket with . | subterranean laughter. He had.looked S8V reasons:. First, use every. body would have attacked .t if it had come in with the other luxuriys; Wmm -.(‘:'.n‘ to 'l'l. f ex| ) of fts tendency to of experience) 2 "‘lfl use through his once what had ppened. The dea- con, not being in the habit of taking his nourishment in the, congealed state, had treated the ice cream as a pudding of a rare species, and, to make sure of doing himself justice to its distribution, had taken a large mouthful of it without the least pre- caution. The conséquence was a sen- les and seen at d | sation, as if a dentist were killing the There is someéthing so audacious in the conception of ice cream (continues Holmes) that it is not strange that & population unde ced by the lux- ury of great cities upon it with It T were an American journalist in search of sensational subjects of world interest, I should take the next boat to England. Then after a few weeks of, intensive study I should write a series of articles entitled, “The m‘..ot“euzlsd m :’n‘:hm‘wo:‘umhhx;g Tl et SR, gratulations of his friends. 1 lost their optimism France. Most Amazing Country in the World.” | gertai Beéing an Englishman myself, I am unable to look at my own people with in close con- n the impartial eyes or the sharp fresh | worid vision of foreign observers, and I can | says only describe feebly certain astonish- ing facts and impressions ‘which leave me l; 5 | Today, for instance, as I write these words, England has reached the eleventh week of the coal strike, which has stopped the wheels of in- dustry in many factories so that there are now three million workers unem- including oné. million miners. England worrying? Certainly not. In the heat wave, with brilliant sun- shiine beating down on cities and the eountryside, England—the great mass of the English ~people—is life without any visible ‘shadow anxiety or care. Rallway. stations are crowded with holiday makers on their ‘way to the seaside, Sport of every kind — cricket, tennls, golf, boating and racing—has 1lured - im- ‘mense crowds’of the laughing: youth and smiling old age. L This morning certain trade statis- tics were published in the news- not sent with the death . or serious injuries but " | clen o many great cities ng Er.;hd to temporary b ham, Poplar and many ot! n. boroughs poor relief is m‘:l.l': on such a generous scale to un- H i Ty ligl . But most ml- have another kind of . They decline to worry ‘hits them between the eyes. me even more cheer- gg:rggg it a;g;ga;gggw ‘§§§§§§§E§i - H ;- Al Jevery year; or soldier furni Justice of the peace for the coun- major of its yeomanry, ' of the poor, governot the mmar school, chairman and, most important of all, in . commissary for the French quartered at Axcester on pa- role. Narcissus Westcote 1§ a dream- ily, ty, maid of the early ninetéenth ecentury, 88 years old, neither handsome nor gifted, fond of her garden, submis. sive to her brothers, a house- keeper and a creditable hostess; yet ?{the romance s concerned with her. LA B A The French prisoners have trans- r from a qulet little place are cro every morning about 11 when the London malil coach arrives, announced by a cheerful biast of the guard’s horn. The prisoners of the better class have funds which & 8] freely for the isions whi country . people in to the market. Gen. Rochambeau, the Vi- comte de Tocqueville old Rea Admiral de Wailly-Duc! in are great addition to the rather Hmited social life of the , Westcotes. The December ball at the inn is an unusually briiliant affair, because a I, M. Charles Raoul, ashen-gray, with shoulder fon _his not-so-submissive-as- usual sister Dorothea go on a five day journey by .chalse in a snow. u;‘»:o macross Dartmoor to Princetown prison, to carry an sage to M. Raoul best of descr) trat in the chapter about this Journey: “Snow lay in thick drifts on the skirts of the great moor and snow whirled about them as they climbed, until day broke upon & howl ing desert, across whieh Dorothea peered but could discern no features. Not leagues but years divided Bay- fleld from this tabléland, high over all the world, uninhabited, without tree or gate or hedge. Her eyes were heavy with lack of sleep, with - the bite .of the north wind, Towards 100 glock, the carriage bogan o ‘the-lee -of Crockern LR A The poems of Vachel Llnd.p'. new volume, *“‘Going-to-the-Stars,” were com| on & tramping tour around and near St. Mary's Lake, about which are niné encircling mountains. A previous volume, ‘“Going-to-thé-Sun,” was the result of a simflar tour in Glacler National Park. The poems of the two volumes are alike in their rapturous worship of natural besuty and the imagination inspired by that beauty. The qualities for which Vachel Lindsay is enthusiastically ad- mired by some and.disliked by others in full 1] appear v uhuSy of mountains, treés and ani- mals. xR cau has o amples in W“M of mfllfl o minor example, not involving risk 3‘&» i u-: :n the, bungalow scientists’ lore th vampires discovered that “the color N S oy " nce - portant fact asce! nights they swept . hardly & Sper . or accepted toe or finger, or all three, and the cots a floor in thoh morning looked like an of teof- | by smarting | pygmies Q. ‘Where are the so-called “‘Baths of the Damned”?—0. E. G. A. They are situated about 40 miles from ter from. a T ot Lo on " Vi superstitions nmu“M this phenomenon. Q. What was the pay of the Revo- futionary soldiers?—J. H. H. By a resolve, July 29, 1775, Congress privates $0.00% month, If September of the following year, yielding to force of elrcum- stances, Congress voted to give all men enlisting for the war a Y. They were to trecelve land in propor- tion to thé rank. Nonm officers and privates were allotted 100 acres. After further debate, Congress added to the Iatter ‘a suit of clothes . Janey; it the Q. In a cribbage game, the cards were played in the following order: 3,1, 2, 4, 5. Runs of 4 and 6 were counted. Another ace was then played. Does this count a run?—M. B. A. The sequence would be blocked the first ace, as the 3 needed is counted a run of 8. Q. Will the men who attend the Press Congress in 8witzerland in Sep- n_opportunity to vi o of Nations ‘sessions?— G. A. ‘They have been Jnvited to at- tend meetings of the e and will be seated in the press correspondents’ gallery, very much as Washington Q. How much money has . béen given by Americans for musical prog: ress?—F. E. M. A. The Etude says that up to 1925 about $100,000,000 has been given to musical-educational-philanthropic purposes in America. Q. What was the total number of fiyers belonging to the Latayette Es- cadrille during the World War, and how many were killed?—H. L. L. A. The total number was 210. Of these 65 died and 19 were wounded. Q. Who furnishes the money for the peace monument, “Christ of the Andes”?—G. R. A. Upon the initlative of Senora de Cogta, president of the Christian Mothers' Association of Buenos Aires, the women of the city undertook the raising of funds and had the statue Q. What is the correct plural of cheese?—E. C. A. A. Dr. Frank Vizetelly, editor of Funk & ymr-l of cheese is cheeses. ' It dates rom 1300, and may be found in Langland’s ‘Vision of Piers Plowman’ «‘Twey grene cheses.' . The plural is used in Instanees where various varieties are considered, or numhers are specified: ‘The cheesemonger stocks cheeses of all types—Ameri- can, Brie, Camembert, Cheddar, Dutch, Edam and many others.’ “The farmer had 50 cheeses in his chéese- room.' In speaking of the article in its attributive sense or referring to it in bulk, the singular form of the word is correct, thus: '‘Cheese sand. wiches'; ‘great quantities of cheese’ ‘the cheese b Q. Where are tril or races of to be found?—O. F\ ‘Wagnalls, says that “The | s by 1 foot 9 inches, 5 sty Q. Can _frozen amite be ex- ploded?—H. €. L, —_ i T o e e Tuch diminiehed, e it is — W‘ 'W\ll a forage ration?: A. For horses the forage ration ‘consists of 12 pounids of oats and 14’ pounds of hay; the mule, being light- er, is fed only 9 pounds of oats, but ;‘ho same quantity of hay as the orse. Q. What is a tiger in poker?—G. L. A. This is a poker hand which is seven high and deuce low, without & pair, sequence or flush. Such a hand beats a straight, but loses to a flush, if counted . n r?—W. C. B. A. Al h planted together, the ¢ | will not. intermix. Q. Were the police in “The Last wimln." r:li strict of Columbia pol . 8. A:They weré not regular District of Columbia policemen.” r forms, however, were genuine. Q. What does the Crittenden Dak in Washington, D. C., commemorate? —E. J. R. A. In the Botanic Garden is the Crittenden_ Oak planted in 1863 by J. 8. Crittenden. The tree marks the spot of a 'debate between several statesmen, in which John Crittenden made a splendid, though unavailing, effort for peace between the North and Sotuth, A short distance south of 1his tree stands Elm, “a scion o Wi at the west front of the Capitol. . Q. Why is a_diploma often ealled X. @. C. . eepskin” is used to describie a diploma frem the fact of its being engraved on parchment. J parchment, was made of the skins of sheéep. Q. How long should a formal-call be?—M. L. B. 7 A« A caller should remain approxi- mately 20 minutes. The call sh be returned within two weeks. Q. Where is peppermint raised commercially >—G. G. T. A. The most important pepper- mint-producing,_countries are th \ Peppermint s Srown on. & smalle M t is grown on a T scale in Germany, France, tuly,' Russia, China and Southern India. Find out whatever you want to know. There is no room for igno- rance in this dusy world. The person who loses out {8 the one who guesses. The person who gets on {s always the one who acts upon reliadle informa- tion. TAis paper employs Frederic 4. Haskin to conduct an information burean in Washington for the free use of the pubdlic. There is no charge exoept 8 cents in stamps for return postage. Write to him today for any desire. Address The Eve- facts yomu 3 e :’l:cflI!u' Information Bureau, Fred- & Tapiros, prodably | . . Haskin, Director, Washington, _BACKGROUND OF EVENTS BY PAUL V. COLLINS, “The late World War, according high authority, was fought for two distinet objectives: To make the world safe for democracy and to end an wars, The allies and their asso- clates who avowed ‘thése aims were victorious, hence one should expect to find the alleged objectives well es- tablished. A review of today's state of the world may be a check-up on the accomplishments aforesald. How well ished is democracy? How safe is the world against a revival of world war? WA * | tion, liament balked at the . - key, after her dun-:“ me ‘nrl "y changed her governime a king- dom to a republic; but, & day or two discovered a revolution about to 13 prominent statesmen upon the pub- streets of Smyrna—to make Tur- attempts to dis- democracy. he | uolve-the Polish Parliament and over. pointed President, to 10| new war. Today, in 1926, the war danger in Europe s greater than it § was 12 years ago. As in 1914, when there was a Huropean poli- ticlan were all there is hardly a politician to see the return of war, though the events taking place in , when seen from a nt of view, constitute the prélude to a néw war, which ‘'may break out moment.” at any He cites what he terms 12 new Alsace-Lorraine proble: which might precipitat Y The Memel _question, the Viina ques- the .. Danzig. question, the Upper Silesian question, the Western Ukrainian question, the Ger- the Hungarian lowing- fully he is h“u-mu e 5 g&'-‘ T f i i aigg‘ 1