Evening Star Newspaper, July 26, 1926, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR With Sumhy Mornin, Editlon. MONDAY. ...July 26, 1926 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Buslness Office: hicago Office: Tower Building. Europeas Office: 18 Recent St.. London, ‘England Star. with the Sunday mor- delivered by carriers within t' 60 cents per month: dajly onls per month: Sunday on% 20 cent " Orders may be sent by mail or telephone iain 5000, Collection is made by carrier at the end of each month Rate by Mall—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday 1 ve. $0.00. 1 mo. nly 1yr. 88000 1 m 1¥r.$3.00: 1 mo.. B ally o Sunday only .. All Other States and Canada. 2.00: 1 mp.. $1 00 BT Sh, Sunaey 3 S Yk St Sumiay oty 11 $3.00:1mo 366 Member of the The Associated Press ix exclusivaly entitled 10 the use for renuhlication «f all news dis- d 10 it or not otherwise cred- ehta 'of publication ublished herein. All rig OF upectal dispatches herein are also reserved. T e e 1yr] ssociated Press. The Texas Primary. Wider interest than usual is taken by the country at large in the Texas primary election which occurred on Saturday, owing to the fact that the fortunes of a woman governor, whose tenure of office is generally regarded as a camouflage for her husband, are at stake. Mrs. Ferguson's election to that position in November, 1924, was the result, it would appear, of a division of the Democratic vote at the primary. In Saturday's nomina- tion balloting likewise there was a division, but not so serious as that of two years ago, and the present in- dication is that Attorney General Moody has scored a commanding lead, if not the actual mafjority of the votes necessary to the immediate nomination. Returns show somewhat fluctuating resuits, but only on the score of the majority. In case neither of the leading candidates gets more than fifty per cent of the votes cast, another primary must be held, with the two highest as contestants. Before the primary the two chiet candidates, Mrs. Ferguson and Mr. Moody, pledged that in the event of either gaining a lead over the other ‘the loser would immediately resign office. It is now to be observed whether Mrs. Ferguson will keep that promise. Her husband, who has conducted her campaign for her, mak- ing all the speeches, even as, it is asgerted, he has discharged in fact ull of the duties of the governorship, issues a statement which intimates that charges of irregularities in the primary will be brought. That may signify an intention to ignore Satur- day’s vote as a mandate for resig- nation. The Ferguson regime in Texas hes been one of turmoil and trouble. At one time there was a move for the ouster of the governor on the ground " ‘of impropriety of official conduct. A call was issued for a special session of the Legislature to move impeach- ment, but it failed to be carried into effect. Mrs. Ferguson has been obvi- ously guided throughout by her hus- band, himself former governor of the State and ousted from that position, thereby becoming ineligible to hold of- fice again. That she was his “stalk- ing horse” in the campaign of 1924 was generally accepted, and had it not been for the division of the Denmio- cratic vote in that year's primary she would have been defeated. Now in a clearer fleld, with virtually a straight. out contest between two candidates, she is beaten for the mnomination, which is equivalent to election. The whole episode of the Ferguson election and administration has brought distress to the people of Texas. The result of the Saturday primary is evidently the effect of a general feeling of chagrin that the highest office of the State has been made the pawn of a personal political game. —————— Col. Ned M. Green evidently tried to Tetoncile the old treating customs with present rules of prohibition. He also sought to revive the ancient query of the East Side politician, “What is the Constitution among friends?” Taken altogether, his under- takings represented a large order; one which he could hardly expect to de- liver in good condition. ———— Ever since the Prince of Wales first fell off a horse he has been regarded et only as an arbiter of English fash- Won but of American cowboy comedy. ———— Discord at Moscow. Gregory Zinovieff, who has been %knewn heretofore as Lenin's Boswell, and who was his fellow exile in Switzerland and France, returning ‘with him in the famous “sealed train” from the former country in the Spring ®f 1917, has been dismissed from his office in charge of the political bureau ‘of the central executive committee of the Communist party at Moscow. This description of Zinovieff's office is an index to the highly complicated sys. tem under which a few extreme radi- cals are managing the affairs of Rus- sia. What is known as the govern- ment, or, in popular terms, the “So- viet,” is actually merely a division of the Communist organization. The Third Internationale is the parént body. It subdivides into various groups, but all are ruled by a small coterie, m veritable iInterlocking di- rectorate. - Zinovieff, whose réal name is Apple- ‘baum, even as Lenin's was something eise, and as, in fact, most of the bolshe- viki have gained their world repute under aliases - more Slavonic than Teutonic, wag one of the inner circle, one of the elect, just as was Trotsky, who came to grief and was then re- stored to favor. He is accused of an intrigue aimed at the undermining of the executive committee of the Com- munist party. That committee has now in formal proclomation de- nounced him, and declared that all op- position to it must be suppressed mercilessly, as a continuance of the tactics pursued by Zinovieff and others Sould wreck the party. w s ’ dismissed outright and without condl- tion. Lashevitsh, an alternate mem- ber of the political bureau, has been dismissed as assistant commissary for war and forbidden to hold any re- sponsible post in the govérnment for two years. This time limit is granted in consideration of his past sefvices. If he is good he can return to office. Zinovieff, however, is ousted per- manently. Others have been similarly disciplined. These happenings plainly indicate that affairs in the Soviet government are far from harmonfous. But when it is publicly announced that “‘only steel unity and the restoration of iron discipline” can rescue the Communist party and Leninism from disrup- tion, it is plain that discord prevails at Moscow. Zinovieff's méthods of in- trigue were dramatic. He promoted and atténded a secret meeting held re- cently in a forest near Moscow, to which only chosen members of the op- position were invited. But evidently the invitations were not issued with entire success to insure secrecy. Prob- ably there were present at that meet- ing “unofficial observers” from head- quarters. Tt is a well known fact that the old-regime system of esplonage and counter-espionage by means of which the government kept in close touch with all subversive movements is being maintained by the Soviet. In other words, the Communists do not trust one another and are continually alert to note evidences of disaffection and plotting. In these circumstances hope some- what revives that Russia may some day, perhaps soon, be redeemed from bolshevism through a breakdown of the Soviet. The personal ambitions of those who maintain the Communist syndicate are its greatest danger. Persecution and punishment do not seem to quench them. Human nature is, after all, manifesting itself at Mos- cow, despite the extraordinary mode of management which has been main- tained with success for nearly nine years. ———— e Thrillers. Accidents are featured in the news today that reflect the public taste for “thrills.” At Coney Island thirty-six people were badly hurt in a collision between two cars on a device known as the “thunderbolt ride,” a so-called scenic railway on which the vehicles, actuated by gravity, slide down undu- lating tracks without other means of power. One of the cars falled to make the grade of an uphill space and slid back into the hollow, to be met by an oncoming car. The wonder is that many were not killed outright in the collision. These devices are common at all amusement parks and resorts, not that particular type, perhaps, but various schemes for “thrilling” dashes that are attractive because of their very danger. They are supposed to be regulated and inspected, but accidents are 80 numerous during the resort season that it is evident the safe- guards against mishap are undependa- ble. At Whitesville, W. Va., a bridge on which 125 people wefe crowded to view a free carnival act collapsed and all were thrown into the river, five dying instantly and others being more or less dangerously hurt. These peo- ple had assembled to watch a man, his clothing saturated with gasoline and set on fire, run along the bank and plunge into the river. As the per- former made his run beneath the bridge, which was a frail suspension affair, the crowd shifted' from one side to the other, and the structure broke. The performer was caught in the falling mass of humanity, but managed to escape and get into the water with only a few brulses and burns. 3 Human curiosity is certainly beyond understanding. The ‘‘dip-the-dips"” and the roller coasters at the amuse- ment parks cater to it. They are at- tended by people who want to know how it feels to flirt with death. In the West Virginia case the crowd as- sembled to see a ghastly spectacle, a human torch. It was a “th*® for them. They got it, but in a different way from their expectations. There is another item in the news of yesterday which reflects the crav- ing for dangerous spectacles. A pair of trapeze performers in & big circus tent fell sixty feét to the ground when the bar on which they were sitting slipped, and were desperately injured. Probably a great majority of those Wwho attend these performances are attracted by the risk of aerial per- formers, who take their lives literal- 1y in their hands whenever they grasp their flying rods and hurl themselves through the air. R There are European statesmen who fail to see why the U. S. A., with no wars in immediate or remote contem- plation, can want to go on accumulat- ing weaith for mere purposes of secur- ing economic order and improving so- cial condition: ——— et Hay Fever. Hay fever makes its annual ap- pearance in the news. Summer is advancing and the pollen of a thou- sand varieties of plants is in the air. That the sneezing season is here is shown by a New York ftem that “Twenty clinlcs in this city are glving treatments for hay fever and have immunized 8,910 patients this year.” There is some comfort in the assurance with which the statemént is made. Perhaps it is inaccurate to set down any part of the year as the hay fever season, because the malady is common in Spring, throughout Sum- mer and seems to do its worst in that part of the Fall before frost forms. It is fair to say that late Bummer #nd early Fall are the parts of the year when hay fever is at its worst. There was a time when hay fever was a mysterv. Then wise men settled that it was caused by in- haling the pollen of roses and gbiden- rod. The roses of May and June and the goldenrod of August and Septem ber got all the blame. As the pollen theory was elaborated many of the charges against the rose were with- drawn, the accusation against golden- rod was made with leas certainty, and ragweeds, the grest and the small, "r pointed out as the culprits. Some experts now tell the world that much of the theory of a few years ago 18 wrong and that any pollen will do its devastating work on systems not immune to the frritating polson. Tree buds in early Bpring, and even fruit tree blossoms, all the grasses of Bummeér and the weeds and flowers ot Fall may be gullty of giving one “hay fever." It is believed that medical science has made much headway against this malady and that at some time all peopie may be able io travel the coun- try roads and walk in Summer flelds and Autumn woods with safety. Up to the present the only relief whick many persons get is by going to some part of the land where there Is little pollen in the air or by going to sea. Most persons are immune to the ef j fects of pollen. They are lucky. Mak- ing persons immune by inoculating them with the particular pollen or the pollens which give them distress seems to be doing much good and the eradication or control of hay fever may be near. B Paris and Her Visitors. It would seem that the Parisians are becoming rather ashamed of their outbursts of animosity toward Ameri- cans and other tourists, who have, been made the object of attack and affront for several days in the French capital. The press of Paris has be- | 8un to deprecate the maneuvers and manifestations as harmful to France, which they certainly are, and as not justified by even the annoying con- duct of tourists. There is nothing to suggest that the conduct of the vis- itors in Pariy has been any more obnoxious or less considerate lately than in the past. Unquestiofably some of them, perhaps many, have been taking advantage of the low rate of exchange to spend money more freely than usual. Some of them may lay in large stocks of goods. But so have the French people themselves been buying freely in consequence of the fall of the franc. There was fn- deed such an orgy of spending by the French people during the recent rapid decline in the exchange value of the franc that the government sounded a warning that this indulgence in bar- gain hunting was promoting the de- cline. As for the mishehavipr of the tour- ists, there is no evidence at all that it has been more pronounced recently than in the past. Paris has had rowdy visitors for a great many years and indeed has welcomed and ex- ploited them. A veritable industry has developed in catering to the prurient tastes of a certain type of guests in the French capital. Paris has organized at least a show of vice to entertain the free-spending visitors. Now this fact is being realized and it is noteworthy that some of the Pari- sian papers are protesting the propa- ganda of the purlieus that has brought in large ‘profits in the past and has given Paris an unenviable and unde- served repute throughout the world as a sink of iniquity. R Visitors who are insuited in Paris may be persuaded to revert to the old motto, “See America first.” It has been made pretty clear that this coun- try can provide all that any thrill- seeker may crave, from night clubs to mountain scenery. — e As the deadly demonstrations of a crime wave are considered, the wood alcohol ' performer becomes as con- spicuous a murderer as the gunman, ———————————— Pa Ferguson is now charged with demonstrating how a husband may interfere with a woman's political career. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Standardization. The horse and buggy is no more. The vehicles displayed Along each road that we explore Are factory made. The food which we must daily meet In cans i{s now arrayed. And nearly everything we eat Is factory made. The girl with cheeks that softly glow, Her charms need never fade. Even complexions, ws all know, Are factory made. Foresight. “What a noble structure the Wash- ington Monument,” remarked the visitor. “Yes,” answered Senator Sorghum. “One thing I particularly admire about it is the fact that in spite of numerous delays they got it completed before the present prices for masonry set in.” General Condition. Welcome to our city, From every State so fair! Thermomt 'S rouse pity Right here, as well as there. But, bring the wife and baby, As hitherward you roam. We hope our hot waves, maybe, Will make you feel at home. Jud Tunkins says freedom is the natural right of every nation, but some dictator is always liable to come along and monopolize it. Delicate Question. “Pop,” suid the boy in queer clothes a8 he powdered his nose, moron?" “Hush, son!” answered the old man with a tear in his eye. “It's a family secret.” Luck of the Game. Out where the limpid wavelets swish, On man's affairs we look. While one official gets the fish, Another gets the hook. “Money."” said Uncle Eben, “is what malkes some people tired 'cause dey has to work and others ‘cause dey has to loaf.” .t The Way In. From the Springfield Daily News. 1 jclared Beveridge, : THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O. MONDAY, JULY 26, 1926 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. There are, of course, two kinds of motorists, the kind sort and the other kind. One of the former spled a small tortoise painfully ambling across Massachusetts avenue the other morning in front of Nicholas Long- worth’s home. The motorist knew that if he al- lowed the creature to crawl on its way {t. would shortly be reduced to turtle soup. So he stopped his car, got out, and picked it up. As he had suspected, the reptile was Injured, probubly having been tossed by a wheel. landing heavily on the concrete, injuring his lower shield, or plastrom. The creature was about six inches in diameter. The thoughtful motor- ist, being alone, allowed the tortoise to sit beside him, and downtown they sped, the driver conscious of having done a good deed, and the turtle-—— 4 Well, it would be pretty hard to say what the turtle was thinking about. Of all queer critters on land or sea, the members of the group Chelonia are the queerest. They re. semble the ‘“heathen Chinee” of Falithful James. Perhaps the tortoise was thinking to himself: “Hot dog! Here I go for an auto- mobile ride at last. I thought this feller had a kind heart, that is the reason I rambled out right in front of him. You can always tell a feller by looking at him. “I'll bet he is not one of the chaps who goes arbund sneering at others who call mé a turtle. As a matter of fact, while T was lurking in the grass the other evening, I heard two scien- tists discussing my family, and one sald usage does not warrant restrict- ing the term ‘turtle’ to the acjuatic Chelonia, though sea turtles ara rire- ly called ‘tortofse,’ and land turtles oftener ‘tortoise’ than ‘turtle.’ So take your choice, #olks.” * k% Having delivered this address in tur- tle (not tortoise) language, the travel- ing reptile became silent and looked at the whizzing world from far back in his carapace, into which he had re- tracted his head and most of his legs. Surely no tortolse (or turtle) ever went on such a ride before. He buzzed along the tree-lined street, stopped at the flashing of red lights, looked out over hurrying crowds of grown-up ladies stealing the little girls’ stuff by wearing knee-length skirts and bobbed hair, past big buildings, traffic police. men, alongside busses, big cars and little cars. Finally he was seized by the upper shell (the carapace) and firmly escort- ed to a large office, where many men were working. Placed upon a desk, he immediately went into his shell again, being of a very retiring disposition. Strong men stopped work to take a look at him, and one fair girl took him in her arms for a petting party, but discovered that a tortolse is about the poorest excuse in the world for some- thing to pet. Nobody ever says “Nice turtle! Nice turtle!” to a tortoise. It just isn't done, that {s all. After a while the omnipresent office boy appeared upon the scene. He bore the turtle away to show to his mates, and on the way conceived the bright idea of pasting a label on the crea- ture's back. ‘This he did with a generous hand. ‘When the motorist discovered the deed, howe: he declared that the creature would b uffocated, and washed off the label and its adhering paste. * XA K He then placed his charge in a wire waste paper basket and put the bas- ket on top of his desk. The tortoise dawelt in simplicity at the bottom of his pen, poking out his head now and then. Rattle of typewriters annoyed the reptile, it seemed. He kept mov- ing his crooked legs in and out, and once even darted out his little tongue. “Why don’t you give that turtle to Bill Jone: spoke up an assoclate. “He has a big place and would like to have that turtle; it would eat bugs in _his garden."” So the tortoise changed ownership. No sooner had Jones got possession of the Massachusetts avenue speci- men than he spied the injured plas- trom. He thought that here was a case for the medical clinic of the in- stitution for which he worked. The doctor and the nurse thought 80, too. An injury draws the world closer. Even a suffering turtle arouses sym- pathy. Note the human chain that had lifted & common land tortoise off & busy thoroughfare and put him into a medical clinic 1. Kind motorist. 2. Bill Jones. Doctor 4. Nurse. After the wound was cauterized, the creature was given back into the hands of Jones, who kept it in a paste- board box until it was time to go home. As he lived on the bay, Jones placed the tortoise in a suit case for safe transportation. It was the hottest day of the Summer, but the turtle put up no holler at all. He had seen some queer doings since morning, and was game for anything by this time. At the shore the fresh breeze re- vived the spirits of the encased fellow, clamped by Nature beneath his up- per and lower shells. He could smell the air, and he began kicking his legs and darting out his tongue. “What on earth have you got there?” asked Mrs. Jones, as hér hus- band carefully opened the suit case. ““A tortoise,.’ replied Bill. “A tortol said Mrs. Jones, in ac- cents of scorn. “Why, what are you going to do h a tortoise?” “Put him in the garden. “Why, he won't like the garden.” ou wait and see,’ calmy replied Bill Jones. who felt something like a hero, a deliverer of turtles, as it were. “Watch him wiggle!” he cried, as he held the critter aloft. “He smells the breeze and the moist land. I'1l put him over there in the fern bed.” The family stood around as Jones lowered the tortoise to the ground in front of the cool fern bed. The turtle had his four legs, his tail and his head all stuck out in anticipation. He caught the earth with his feet, wagged his tail and nodded happily at Jones. ‘“Good-by, old man, I'm off!” his little pright eyes seemed to say, and he disappeared, going at the high turtle speed of 2 miles an hour. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS George Washington Post, No. 1, of the American Legion, a District of Co- lumbia legion unit, has pitched Gen. Pershing’s hat in the ring as candl- date for national commander of the legion when the next election comes along. It is surmised that this action was taken without asking the gen- eral's “by your leave.” The vote of the post to instruct its convention delegates to support Pershing was unanimous. So far as thls observer is aware, this is the first post in the country to start the Pershing boom this year. The legionnaires hereabouts who will wear a “‘Pershing for Na- tional Commander’ button argue that the prestige of the Pershing name abroad would be a big ald in” pro- moting the success of the Paris con- vention next year, to say nothing of the appropriateness of having the general lead the boys on their return to France as he did when they went across to fight. It is safe to say that Gen. Pershing’s prestige and popu- larity has steadily enhanced with the passage of the years since the armi- stice and with it a more widespread recognition and appreciation of his achievements as commander-in-chief of the American forces, which {s more than can be said for some of the other famous military figures of the World War. U o e 2 Cheyenne, Wyo., is the meeting place of the conference of State gov- ernors, whose 1926 conclave takes place this week. Nellle Taylos Ross, Governor of Wyoming, will be official hostess. “Ma"” Ferguson of Texas, the only other governor who wear: skirts instead of trousers, may be too much engrossed with her Texas pri- mary fight to be able to get to Chey- enne. Last year the governors met at Poland Springs, in Maine, with the President close by, at Swampscott, but unable to attend, lest it lend cal or partisan tinge to the proceed- ings. State ‘‘problem: and State executive “perplexities’” are on the in- crease with the growing complexities of our times and the multiplicity of our laws, and the governors get to- gether once a year and compare notes. Taxation and economy, road building, education and prohibition enforce: ment are some of their major prob- lems, especially in those aspects where State and Federal viewpoints some- times clash. * Kk In sharp contrast to the statement of Senator Cummins in Towa 10 days ago that President Coolidge would not he a candidate in 1928 for various rea- sons, including his alleged disfavor with the Western farmers, and quite different from the cautious statement of Bascom Slemp at Cincinnati a day or two later to the effect that “it” Cool! is not a candidate in 1928 Nick ngworth was entitled to serl- ous consideration for the nomination, comes a declaration from former Sena- tor Albert J. Beveridge of Indiana, ad- dressing a Republican gathering in Massachusetts last Wednesday. The Hoosier Progressive, it will be remem- bered, has at different times in the past been something of a thorn in the side of the Old Guard Republicans, and he prefaced his present Coolidge eulogy with the statement that he was not always entirely in accord with the Coolidge policie “‘However,” de: 1 am fivst, last and all the time exclusively, for Calvin Coolidge, and I look for his renomi- nation by acclamation and his election by an overwhelming majority in the next national campaign.” According to Boston newspapei count: break of cheers and applause greeted this statement from the assemblaj which included Senator Butler of Mas- sachusetts, Senator Moses of Hampshire and many other ow England political notables, the ococa- sion being the formal launching of Senator Butler’'s campalgn for re- election. * ok koK % A striking illustration of the in- equalities in postal rates wns afforded a Washington book seiler recently when he mailed two small parcels of identical - size and wel one ad- dressed to a customer in San Fran- cisco, and the other bound for a far- awa village” in British India and deetined to pass through Frisco en Any politiclan who desirés to see |to I next during the “tell it to President few weeks will first have to tell the Marines. package to San A le&ar of the brave old days of the American: Navy is contained in the list of provisions and- hospital stores of the famous old frigate Con- stitution. The records of the Navy De- partment show that for a three-month cruise, the stores on ““Old Ironsides’” included 33,124 pints of rum for the crew. The crew numbered about 400 and each member received a half pint of rum a day. The list 6f hospital stores, outside of julep, disclosed that the principal medicines were French brandy, sherry wine, port wine, low white wine and porter. Raising the “Save Old Ironsides Fund” to defray the cost of restoring the historic ves- sel which has lain for long years warped to its pler in the Charleston Navy Yard at Boston is making slow but sure progress. American school children started the fund with their -pennies. Now their parents are asked to aid the cause. Secretary Wilbur recently issued a glowing in- dorsement and promised that his Navy Department would “‘co-operate.” It still remains a bit of a mystery just why the Government should not foot the bill. * ok ko Maj. Walton A. Green, head of the prohibition “‘under cover” division, quits the Federal service this week. Gen. Andrews. who appointed Green and had proclaimed him his “‘strong right arm,” accepted the major’s resig- nation “with profound regret” on th eve of Andrews’' departure for KEi rope earlier this month. Green's r tirement was generally hailed as fore- casting for a certainty Andrews’ own resignation. But Maj. Green insists there is no connection beétween the two. He says he is leaving the pro- hibition unit in order to “have a free politi- | appeared hand to write the inside story of the prohibition fight” for newspaper syn- dicates and magazines. Several pro- hibition articles from his pen have in a leading weekly in re- cent months but were devoid of sen- sational revelations. Both Maj. Green and Gen. Andrews have main- tained a sphinx-like silence when in- terviewed by Washington newspaper correspondents as to the activities of the prohibition under-cover division. Perhaps now the real story is to be told. Maj. Green is a journalist of long experience, once publisher of the now defunct Boston Journal. He ought to have a good story to tell and will know how to tell it .well. * ok ok % ¢ Attorney General Sargent of Ver- mont, the greatest fisherman in the cabinet, as well as Mr. closest friend, is clearing his desk this week preparatory to an August vacation at his home in Vermont, and is going to join the President in some fishing expeditions at White Pine Camp later in the Summer. He has been reading about Mr. Coolidge's fishing exploits with many a quiet chuckle. The Attorney General s as good a story teller as he is a fisher- man and the fishing yarns after he arrives at Lake Osgood will make these mystical pikes pale into Insig- nificance. (Copyright. 1026.) Recollections of Daniel Webster To_the Editor of The Star: Passing the statue of Daniel Web- ster near Scott Circle, the other day, put mé in mind of the two old houses built adjoining on C street between Third and Four-and-a-half streets northwest, now the site of the Arizona Hotel, where Webster and Henry Clay 1ived side by side and used to hold con- versation over the fence which sep- arated them. There was an old print- ing office around the corner, run by Mr. Wright, and he worked for both. He made it a_business every morning to call upon Mr:. Webster and see to him_and very often accompany him to Congress ‘under a large umbrella, which Mr., Wright owned. Webster beirg out sometimes of a night-time, making speeches and telling jokes of which he was fond, would sometimes next morning have a headache pnd his friend Mr. Wright would work on him with red peppér and sweet oil 8o as to fit him for_his work on the floor of Congress. Webster's head was angle- and was often spoken of and the floor. shaped while commented upgn iy ‘m: JOSEPH I l Coolidge's | oq Dog Strongly Defended As Not Needing Muzzle To the Editar of The Star A letter from Mrs. J. T. Heck criti- cizos what she claims amounts to a flouting of the dog-muzzling law, and states how many times she has read in_the papers of people being bitten. For Mrs. Heck's benefit, permit me to say that a vast majority of cases veported are untrue, and I say this from actual experience it was al- leged that a certain dog bit a certain child. The papers in Washington, ex- cept The Star, came out with flaring headlines, stating two dogs had at- tacked the child, knocked it down and ‘were tearing its clothes off, etc. When asked about their source of information, the editors claimed they could not remember it, and since the law holds it impossible to libel a dog, what could the owner do about it? This notwithstanding that the pub- lished account was an absolute false- hood. It is true that The Star was not among the papers publishing this ac- count. If Mrs. Heck will personally investigate, she will find the facts and will, T believe, reach the conclusion that many things published in certain ‘Washington newspapers are, 10 say the least, inaccurate. Dogs are the most faithful and in- telligent animal known. Read the ac- count of how a dog tore burning clothes off a child of a certain police leutenant just a few d ago; get some actual first-nand experience, and then ask yourself whether yvou would muzzle such a faithful companion. I defy any person to show where a dog has taken human life, as claimed by Mrs. Heck. A dog is just as much entitled to defend himeelf as any hu- man is. ‘This reminds me of a court case a few di ago, in which it was sworn that boys stealing apples caused a dpg to bark and this annoyed the neigh- borhood. The judge asked the witness if he would kick a dog if the dog was on his property and the ys were stealing apples out of his tree. The witness replied, “‘No, sir, but I would not expect the dog to bark if they were stealing apples from the next door.” In one case, it was claimed a dog bit a child. The doctor swore in court that he had seen many dog bites; that in his opinion the mark on the child had been caused by a pin or a nail: that there were no indications of a dog bite on the child. Understand, this doctor was paid by the person claim- ing the child had been bitten. R. A. HARMAN, Craving for Simple Life Declared “Bunk” From the Cleveland News. A vast amount of nonsense is talked and written about the fervent long- ing many Americans are said to have for a sweeping movement backward toward simplicity in living. They are described as poor, nervous victims of high-pressure conditions which they can scarcely endure and are ready to revolt against when leadership comes and a start is once made. One might think, if he came from some other sphere to survey condi- tions on this earth, that enormously strong and formidable barriers had been erected #o prevent men and women, sick of the complex and bur- densome life of the twentieth century from escaping it, in whatever degree, and. finding the simple ways of exist ence, which they are pictured as crav- ing constantly. . But that, of course, is “bunk.’ There are still wide regions where life is crude and plain and dull enough to satisfy the most extreme taste for vegetatiny It is cheap and easy to exist that way, if any one really for all that it means and im- les. Entertainments can be avoided, et reduced to the plainest food pos- sible to. desire and clothing made ex- tremely plain, cheap and easy to wear, take care of and cleanse. There is no law against doing without practically all of the frills and refinements, the rich interests and many-sided filling out of modern life. The truth is that no one except a few freakish persons here and there really desires the conditions many are said to hunger and thirst for every da; ‘What we often and quite generally covet is all we want of the fruits of a complex and opulent civilization, without worry or much hard work in getting such abundance of the full life of the times. Speed and Energy of Falling Bodies To the Editor of The Star: In The Evening Star for July 23, 1926, was an editorial about the catch- ing of base balls dropped from high points. Do you not agree there has been some mishandling of mathemat- ical and physical laws in making the statements regarding the “striking force” and the speed of falling bodies? Assuming “in vacuo” conditions, i.e., neglecting the resistance of the air, lf1 correctly recall the laws of phys- ics, the following are the facts: In one second an object falls about ‘v feet and acquires a velocity of about 32 feet per second; in two seconds an object falls about 64 feet and acquires a velocity of about 64 feet per second falling about 48 feet the second second, and in the three sec- onds an object falls about 144 feet, acquires a velocity of about 98 feet per second, and falls about 80 feet during the third second, etc. From these data We see that the velocity varfes directly with the time, and as the square root of the distance, not the square of the distance, as stated in the editorial. For, in the above examples, the distances are 16, 64 and 144, or in the ratio of 1, 4 and 9, and with square roots in the ratio of 1 2 and 3, and the velocMies are 3. and 96, also in the ratio of 1, 2 and 3 However, the energy of the blow ' triking force” In your editorial, varies as the square of the velocity Therefore, we have the velocity vary- ing as the square root of the distance, and the energy varying as the square of the velocity, which makes the vari- ation of energy directly proportional to_the distance fallen. Correct? In the 'above discussion I have assumed that by striking force you meant striking energy, but if we wish to go further and find the force which must be exerted through the catcher’s or flelder’s mitt or glove to stop the hall, then we must know how much the glove moves with the hall before it is stovped. For the energv ab- sorbed is the product of the force and the distance through which it works. If the catcher lets his mitt or glove “give” two feet under the impact, he must exert a certain force; if he lets the glove “give” only one foot, he must exert a greater force to absorb the same energy of blow. C. C. TERRY. e eoee The Pace-Making Prince. From the San Bernstdino Sun. The Prince of Wales has agitated Pritain more by turning up his trous- ers than he did when he nearly turned up his toes. r—oes The Wholesale Romeo. From the Detroit News. - The young man who admitted in court that he was éngaged to fourteen different girls certainly has had a varied ring career. S i ‘ A Poor Chance. From the San Antonio Express. . How can William B. Wil win with the polls-watcher vote against BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. How old is President von Hin- denburg of Germany?—D. A. He will be 79 years old on Oc- tober 2. Q. What makes crooked?—0. T. A. Most of these rugs have a woolen warp. They are apt to be crooked on account of the elasticity of the wool. For this reason, cotton is supplanting wool, especially for the large rugs made to order for the European and American markets. Q. What is the best kind of wood for fuel’—D. W. F. A. Shellbark hickory ranks first in fuel value, with chestnut, white oak, white ash and red oak following in the order named. Q. What 1s the “apron” on a loco- motiv 10 A. The sheet fron plate covering the space hetween the locomotive and the tender. Q. How much ground should be al- lowed for a base ball diamond in a playground?—A. R. A. It depends on the size of the A full-size dlamond, 90 requires about three-fourths of an acre of ground. A small boy's diamond, 60 feet be- tween bases, can be put on half an acre. Orifental rugs is t - Q. What causes fvy polsoning?— M. A. It is caused by a non-volatile oil contained in all parts of the plant and which remains in the tissues indefinitely, even after drying. Con- tact with the plant or with objects that have come in contact with it will cause poisoning. Q. Is there a Japanese symbol for fdelity?—R. E. M. A. In Japanese art, the bamboo is used as a symbol of constancy and fidelity. . How can a pipe organ be kept clean?—A. M. G. A. Usually pipe organs are kept in proper condition by using a vacuum cleaner. Q. Is there anything that can be done to make it possible to work in quicksands?—C. H. A. To make it possible to operate in quicksands, engineers are accus- tomed to congeal them by forcing into them brines and other liquids at low temperatures. Q. Why don't the Philippines come under the provisions of the Volstead act’—E. F. J. A. The Philippine Islands are not an integral part of the United States. Consequently neither the eighteenth amendment nor the Volstead act ap- plies to them. Q. What did Ethan Allen believe would be the future state of the soul? A. Biographers of Ethan Allen say that he believed in the transmigra- tion of the soul after death into beasts or fishes, and often Informed friends that he himself expested to live again ‘n the form of a large white horse. Q. What is the procedure when taking an automobile into Canada for a trip?—M. N. A. You have to register when crossing the Canadian line. It s necessary to take your United States registration card with you to prove to the authorities that you are the owner of the car. The authorities will give you a touring permit which is good for 30 days. Upon leaving Canada the permit is forfeited at the United States-Canadian line. If you stay more than 30 days a bond is placed on the car according to the value of the car. Q. What s the population of Japan?—A. C. D. A. The population of Japan, cluding Formosa, the Pescadores the southern half of Sakhalin, is ap- proaching 100,000,000, Its area is about 260,000 square miles. The population of the continental United States, ap- proaching 118,000,000, is spread over an area of 3,000,000 square miles. Q. Why does the Bureau of Home Economics refuse to recommend the cold-pack method of canning fruits and vegetables’—A. B. M. A. The theory in cold-pack canning was that bacteria were killed by the shock of the cold dipping. This the ory has been proved to have no sci entific basis. Q. How many bills were introduced in the last Congress?—L. F. A. There were 17,812 bills intro- duced and 759 passed during the seven-month session. in- a Q. Can coffee be kept in an air- tight container if the liquid is strained off the ground: V. J. D. A. The Bure: of Chemistry says that if the grounds are strained from the coffee and it is corked in an air- tight container it will not keep in a stablg condition unless chemically treated. The tannin in the coffee will pass through a chemical change Did you ever write a letter to Fred- eric J. Haskin? You can ask him any question of fact and get the an- swer in_a personal letter. Here is a great educational idea introduced into the lives of the most intelligent people of the worli—American newspaper readers. It is a part of that best purpose of a mewspaper—service. There is no charge except two cents in stamps for return postege. Address Frederick J. Haskin, Director, The Evening Star Information Bureaw, Washington, D. C. Killing of Don R. Mellett Spurs Battle for Decency The murder of Don R. Mellett, pub- lisher of the Canton Daily News, by gunmen because he fought the under- world in the Ohio city has turned na- tional attention to municipal crime conditions, with demands for house- cleaning. There is universal insistence that the slayers and their instigators shall be caught and given the full penalty of the law. Mellett's service to the community is held to be typical of his profession. Tributes to his courage and character are many. Former Gov. James M Cox, owner of the Canton Daily News, in the course of a statement eulog: ing the dead publisher, say: “How foolish were the assassins and those who goaded them on! The taking of a single life in the present circum- stances is of no avail. When a gen- eral falls at the head of the army, the spectacle of his sacrifice moves his followers on to increased devotion to the cause. The soul of Don Mellett will go marching on. No one deserv- ing of the name of citizen fails to know now that what Don Mellett said was so in Canton, is so. In fact, the conditions are even worse than pic- tured. The cruel deed of assassination is abundant evidence of that. It is sad to think that his career ended as it did, in the very flower of his young manhood, and yet time will not be long in revealing that the aggregated results of his labors were stupendous. The significance of his death will be more generally commented upon later. That is the task of continuing days. Crooks, official and otherwise, have but made matters worse for them- selves. The Fort Wayne News-Sentinel holds that “the motive of the murder was & warning in a very positive, un- mistakable way that the law-breaking element is not to be hampered by the law-abiding.” The Bridgeport Post looking beyond the crime, affirms that “those who think they can say the final word by the argument of the gun betray their own bad judgment; when the gun speaks, the fight has only begun.” The Lima Morning Star sug- gests_that “a perfect vindication of ! Police Department,” which the Canton News had criticized, “‘will come when the assailant is brought to justice; not the man who carried the gun and fired the shot alone, but the man who proposed the deed, ordered it done, and in all probability paid hand- somely for its accomplishment.” * K X % “The thing that laid him low," ac- cording to the Canton Daily News Mr. Mellett's own paper, ‘‘was the slimy, slinking personification of the Lcrime hierarchy that has throttled for years this falrest city of & great State, that under the domination of the devil's agents has been made the ha bor of safety for life's pirates. Let the good peopls of Canton reflect. Whose life ie safe if this thing may continue? Yesterday it was Don Mel- lett. tomorrow, it may be your home that is laid waste by the assassin’s bullet.” The New Haven Register points out that he sad thing is that a worthy life had to be snuffed out by the dastard hand of the assassin before the community awoke to a reallzation of the piti- ableness of its situation.” The Youngstown Vindicator urges “every assistance in the search for the murderers,” with the assertion that “every city has a great deal at stake, for while it is bad enough that a man must lose his life because a police department is too corrupt or indifferent to do its duty, it would be dangerous, indeed, if the murderer were to escape; good government in every city would suffer from the " ‘The Rock Island Argus be- lieves that “if money and active forts can accomplish the arrest of the perpetrators of this vile deed, they will be brought to justice,” altho the Bloomington Pantagraph feel “it is a shame upon a col munity which requires the sacrifice of a brave man's life to arouse it from its lethargy.” ““As the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church,” says the Altoona Mirror, “so the death of men like this Canton editor may promote the downfall of the evil conditions that he denounced.” The Cleveland News also sees In Mr. Mellett “a martyr to civic decency and the freedom of the press,” while the Boston Transcript remarks that “Mellett will not have died in vain” if there Is to result “the aesertion of the right of honest ?oop to an honest government, not for a year, not only while this tragic event in the life of the city is fresh in the public memory, bul, bonsshy ¢ | public playgrounds, | and efficiency that shall endure.” That Mellett's peril is to be recog- nized as a hazard of good journalism is pointed out by the Allentown Call, with the statement that “the history of American journallsm is full of stories of men who have suffered keenly through the revenge of those who have resented publicity for their criminal acts.” * k% The Lancaster News-Journal de- clares that: “In the eyes of the world one man has been killed by a band of thugs. In the eves of the newspaper fraternity, an editor and crusader has paid the price of a campaign to pre serve law and order in these United States.” The Grand Rapids Press says: “His courage and his martydom , take a place in the proud annals of the American press. and should have & place as well in the dynamic mak- ing of history.” “By every right vouchsafed to an American citizen,” contends the Chris- tian Science Monitor, “young Mr. Mel- lett should have been safeguarded and protected in his determined campalgn in defense of that soclety of which he was a part. He had offended no one whose position should not have been assailed. That he had the courage to press forward, undaunted and un- afraid, realizing that he lacked effec- tive aid, and that he likewise lacked, perhaps, even the sympathetic sup- port of those to whom he had the right to look, dignifies the service he 80 generously gave and ennobles his probably conscious sacrifice.” The conclusion that there must be a clean-up is emphasized by many papers, including the _Springfleld Union, Braoklyn Eagie, Indianapolis Star and Springfield, I11., State Jour- nal. The St. 1 Dispatch states: ““Whether theére is any more criminal- ism in Canton than elsewhere we do not know, but the people of that efty now have had a challenge which they cannot let pass.” What is more, the Indianapolis News calls it “a chal lenge to soclety,” and the Sarasota Times, “a terrible blot upon the name of the State of Ohio.” “May Canton come awake.” cries the Oklahoma City Daily Oklahoman, “to capture and hang the mob that hatched this high crime against the Nation, purge itself of the cancer within the breast, and, in so doing. ghock many another complacent American eity Into taking stock of what is going on within its municipal gates.” THINK IT OVER Living Memorials By William Mather Leswis, President George Washington University. A mother who recently lost her son has decided upon a remarkably fine memorial for him. She has arranged to pay the college expenses of a par- ticularly promising young man who otherwise would be deprived of the opportunity for higher education. Doubtless she will find an increasing element of comfort in the realization that what she would have done for her own son she is now doing for an- other, to the ultimate benefit of so clety. What a helpful thing it would be if all the memorials throughout the land were of a similar nature. The success of a memorial project should be measured by its contribu- tion to human welfare and happiness. ndowments for the treatment of children, the provision of loan funds for ambitious students—these are a few of the countless needs common to all communities. In making provision to answer_such needs as these the donor may well feel that the one whose name is memorialized is thus made a perma- nently living force. The day of the useless memorfal — the memorial which serves no altru- fstic purpose—is drawing to a close. More,and more we see evidences of broader and really constructive thought in connection with them. And when the desire for useful memorials becomes universal many of the prob- lems in connection with the adequate varrying on of soclal welfare activi- ties ‘'and educational enterprises will be at an end. Then the millions upon millions of doliars which are now an- nually spent for dead memorials will be diverted into channels where will create. ead Ei crippled