Evening Star Newspaper, September 15, 1926, Page 8

8 THE EVENING STAR)en mairect subsiay, which has been ! Pennsytvante. when Gov. Pinchot was With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. | WEDNESDAY . September 15, 1026 THEODORE W. NOYES. . The Evening Star Newspaper Company B Editor 11tn 8¢ "t Penrarisanta Ave New vn}n’gfi:. _i;';’z-gln-a st e . . Buropean Offics: 14 Regent St. Loidon. England, The Evenine ', Wil 1ne sittion 1s desered” e gtz At 00 cmtapor montly A : on onth.” Ordars imay be. sent [etephions e . Collection is made carrier at end of each month. the Sunday morn- by carriers, within ] MI(’.. i or mail or Rate by Mall—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Paily a . $0.00: 1 mo.. 78¢ ks inn 1mo.. B unday only 373300 1 mo’ 28¢ All Other States and Canada. F:!}_v and Sunday. Py $12.00: 1 mo.. $1.00 98¢ only $8.00: 1 mo., ~ T8¢ unday only Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled 10 1ha e Tor Tepubiieation of All news dis- atches credited to it or not otherwise cred. d also the local news red in ity : published heteih. All rights 'of piblication i 'are also reserved o special dispatches herei No Tax-Cut Stampede. | President Coolidge declines to be stampeded in the matter of Federal tax reductions by Democratic cam- paign propaganda. He has been the foremost proponent of governmental economy and reduction In taxation and he has won the confldence of the country by the saneness of his views and the firmness of his attitude. He has led, others have followed. The political prestige which has accrued to him in consequence is an asset which others naturally would like to annex. It is as easy as it is tempting, therefore, for others, especially for those who are not charged with re- sponsibility for the soundness of na- tional finances, to jump in and whoop it up for still further reductions. Politics would not be politics and human nature would be ‘“something else again” were the politicians able to resist this temptation. But Mr. Coolidge is popularly ac- credited with being some pumpkins of a politiclan in his own right and he has a pretty accurate slant on the workings of the composite American mind. He knows the American people ‘favor tax reductions, because they have unanimously applauded the reductions he has advocated and seen effected. He knows also that they do not want reductions to & point where Treasury operations will be em- barrassed, deficits created and new borrowings made necessary. He knows it is real economy, not camou- flage economy which in the end may prove extravagance, which the Ameri- can people want. Therefore, he I8 unperturbed when Senator Simmons comes out in advo- cacy of legislation at the coming ses- slon of Congress for a further tax re- duction of more than half a billion dollars. He Is as keenly aware as Is Henator Simmons that a congressional election is fmpending and undoubted- Iy has a sympathetic, if somewhat amused, interest in the efforts of the distinguished Democratic statesman to make political capital for his party. Why not? he probably reasons. Neither Senator Simmons mnor his party has any responsibility see that the Treasury is able to meet its day by day obligations, If their pro- gram should prevall and deficits should take the place of surpluses, they would charge it up to Republican mismanagement, all to the further klory and advantage of the Demo- eratic party. But where the President is right and Senator Simmons and his col lengues are wrong is in an under standing of peychology. The Presi- dent has led the people a great deal farther than they had any hope of go- ing in the matter of tax reductions. He told them that so far it was safe to go, and the event has justified his judgment. They now are at pause, waiting for him to tell them when it is safe to go farther. All of a sudden, up from the mass of followers ther arises a would-be new without responsibility come, clamors for to leader, who, for the out- vance. What is the natural impulsc of men under cir- cumstances such th Why should the President be perturbed? e e Gen. Ludendorff is married at the age of sixty-one. The world will wish him well, and hope that conditions will never require him to abandon a peacciul fireslde for a battle camp. A Timely Questionnaire. The United States Shipping Board ie seeking the ndvice of American #hipping men, chambers of commerce and others interested in American shipping as to the best method of per- petuating an Anierican overseas mer- chant marine. A questionnaire has been prepared for submission to these shipping men and otners, asking whether they favor an American mer- ehant marine privately owned and op- erated, or an American merchant ma- rine constructed, owned and operated by the Covernment. It asks also what method they advocate to enable American-flag ships to_compete in the overseas trade with foreign-flag ships. The purpose of the questionnalre is to aid the Shipping Board in framing its reply to the Senate resolution of- fered by Senator Jones of Washing- ton, calling for comprehensive and concrete plans for building up and operating an adequate American mer- chant martne. The Shipping Board, it seems, has taken a wise course. American ship- ping men should be in a position to give advice regarding tne upbuilding and maintenance of an American mer- chant marine. To the layman the necessity of maintalning an adequate merchant fleet, in view of the les. sons taught by the World War, is ap- parent. How this may be accom- plished in view of the laws of the United States, the higher costs of op- erating American vessels as compared with those of Great Britain, Germany, France and other maritinie nation is another matter. At present, under Government op- eration and lease to operating man- agers, the Government is providings as cut from some $40,000,000 to less than $20,000,000. A considerable number | ot the Government-owned ships have been sold te private American ship operators with guarantees that they will be operated for given periods un- der the American flag. But when these perfods, usually five years, have expired, there is nothing to prevent these ships from passing from Ameri- can registry to foreign. The vital need is a system that will insure, as far as it may be humanly possible, that American-flag ships shall con- tinue to operate under tne American flag. This is what is sought by the Jones resolution and by the Shipping Board. Other countries have subsidized pri- vately owned shipping companies. They have found it necessary to do so, even with the more advantageous con- ditions under which foreign ships are operated. For years emtorts have been made to win the Congress to an American ship substay, but without success. Unless some sucn subsidy is agreed upon, it would seem that the Government must continue its indi- rect subsidy and operation of the Government-owned vessels. The re- plies to the Shipping Board's ques- tionnaire will be scunned with great interest. The Life of Racing Planes. The tragic death of Lieut. Harmon J. Norton, premier aviator of the Marine Corps, in the R2C2 Navy Cur- tiss racer Monday afternoon, opens up once more the question of how long a racing plane shall be flown to in- sure maximum safety of the pllot. The board of investigation at the Naval Air Station, Anacostia, has not yet made public its findings as to why this little plane, in the hands of one of the best men “that ever swung a leg over a cockpit,” suddenly plunged downward from level flight, 2,000 feet, into the mud flats epposite Hains Point. The crash of the R2C2 marks the death of the third racing plane in a little over two years, and the death of the third highly skilled and experi- enced airman in that period. The sis- ter ship of the R2C2 collapsed in flight with Lieut. Alexander Pearson at the controls in the Summer of 1924 at Wilbur Wright Field, Fairfield, Ohio, and in October of that year Capt. Burt E. Skeel, piloting a racer of an earlier model, flew into the ground at the start of the Pulitzer race on-the same field. Pearson’s plane was a little over one year old when the left wing strut carried away, sending him to his death. The ship had been given severe usage in the Pulitzer race the previous year and also in the dives and speed dashes for the world rec- ord in November, 1924, by Lieut. Har. old Brow, noted Navy pilot. Capt. Skeel's plane was first flown in the Pulitzer race of 1922 at Selfridge Field, Mich., and was starting fits third annual race when the specta. tors saws the wings come off. Sub- sequently Col. Mitchell charged these planes were “antiquated” and should never -be flown more than a year. The question was discussed at the court-martial. No policy as to the fixed life of a racer was formulated. The R2C2 was three and one-half years old. It was not to be used in the Schneider international seaplane race at Norfolk next month, but was flown here from Philadelphia to serve as the “dog ship” for candidates for the Navy racing team. It was so constructed that a pilot could not wear a parachute, the entrance to the cockpit being so small that these aerlal life preservers could not be car- ried. The three racers built last year and flown for the first time in the Pulitzer and Schneider races are so designed that pilots may carrysa smaller type ‘chute and, by means of a lever, throw open a part of the fuselage insuring a hasty escape it the occasion arises, When the plane was turned over to the air station here, engineers at the naval aircraft factory in Phila. delphia pronounced it sound and air- worthy. It had made four flights prior to its crash, one of them being a cross-country jump of 150 miles. Because speed is the desired object in their construction, the little racers are stripped to the minimum of welght and objects that might pro- duce “drag"” and slow them up. The terrific speed at which they travel through the air builds up more pres- sure on the controls and wings than ordinary service type planes experi- ence. When pulled out of dives or puiled into zooms even greater loads of weight are piled up on what looks to the layman as extremely delicate flippers and wings. Age of equipment is the racer’s worst enemy, and while it has not been proved, or may never be, that this caused the death of one of the Marine Corps’ most valuable pilots, history records that a speedster of this type within its first year of existence, has never claimed the life of an airman. Should not this fact suggest the early passage of regulations prohibiting the use of racing planes beyond what seems to have been established as their full life as even normally safe ships? ————————— The alien immigrant most feared at the present moment is the Japanese beetle. B Cannot Stand for Vare. Gov. Gifford Pinchot of Pennsyl- vania in a public statement has an- nounced that he “cannot stand for Vare.” Only one interpretation can be placed on this statement. The Republican Governor of Pennsylvania is recommending that the voters of the State do not elect the nominee of the Republican party for the United States Senate at the election in No- vember. Furthermore, Gov. Pinchot h eliminated himself as a possible can- didate of the Labor party for the Senate, or as an Independent Repub- lican. 3 “I shall take no active part in the campaign,” said the governor, adding that he would go to the polls and vote as his consclence dictated. As a Re- publican he will vote for a majority of the Republican candidates. [ himself a candidate for the Républican senatorial nomination, he denounced Mr. Vare as ithe head of the gang- sters in Philadelphia. He said.that Vare represenied all thmt is worst in Penmsylvania politics. The governor is consistent. He has repeated all he said of Vare during the campaign and has added something to it, in view of the revelations regarding the Vare campaign before the Senate in- vestigating cammittee. “The whole country knows,” sald the governor, “that Vare's nomination was partly bought, partly stolen.” His direct attack seeks Vare as its mark. But Gov. Pinchot, in his new statement, has calledl into question the consistency of W. [L. Mellon, chair- man of the Republican State central committee and now campalgn man- ager for Vare; of Johm 8. Fisher, the Republican nominee for governor; of Senator Pepper and of Senator Reed of Pennsylvania. The:governor quotes at some length the criticism of Vare voiced by these gentlemen during the primary campaign. Here are a few cholce bits of their comment upon Mr. Vare at that time: “Upstate where every respectable person speaks of the Philadelphia organization with dis- gust the explanation,ought to be made that it is Vare that gives it its bad name’; “The result of the election on May 18 will determine it Mr. Vare or the people are to run the State of Pennsylvania”; “Pennsylvania’s indus- tries will receive a setback if Vare is sent to the Senate because he admits he knows nothing about the protec- tive tariff.” One comment by Mr. Fisher, who is now on the ticket with Mr. Vare, should commend itself particularly to the votera. It follows; “Can you im- agine anything more ridiculous or more shameful than & man who makes a complete platform out of a beer mug?” These are the men who are now supporting Mr. Vare, Gov. Pinchot pointed out. He might have added: ‘Consistency, thou art a jewel!” What the governor did say was that either these statements were not true when made or those who made them are now trying to elect a man whom they know to be unfit, ‘With the organization of Philadel- phia, headed by Mr., Vare himself, and the upstate organization, headed by the Mellons, behind Mr. Vare, it does not appear probable, or even pos- sible, that Vare shall be defeated and his Democratic opponent, former Sec- retary of Labor Wilson, shall be elected. Doubtless, however, many Republicans who have been outraged by the expenditures made in the Vare campaign will not vote for Vare. The real tug will come when Mr. Vare presents himself and his credentials in the Senate and asks to be seated. o Philadelphia’s Sesquicentennial ex- hibition will Include as a climax the Dempsey-Tunney fight. Betting odds are in favor of Dempsey. The super- stitious gambler may be inclined to take the long chance, as he remem- bers that the betting odds were all against George Washington. r———————— Peace arrangements will not be sat- isfactory until they are sufficiently thorough to prevent Americans from being endangered by stray bullets from small-time battles. o Discussion of a market site as yet reveals no intimation of a system of delivery from producer to consumer which will reduce prices. ————tee. The matter of trafic regulations ‘has asserted itself suddenly, owing to an unfortunate collision, as an inter- national as well as a local problem. ———————— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Lone Quail. Somewhere in the meadow a quall piped his note, Just one lonely quail set the music afloat. A hundred stout men trudge that meadow today In search of the quail with the quer- ulous lay. A hundred good dogs all alertly draw near. A hundred loud shotguns bring shocks to the ear, As uniforms brave put the numbers on show Proclaiming to go. the license &-hunting The poor, modest quail looks around in dismay And whistles a lonely and lingering lay, While wondering why, in this world so immense, One bird should demand so much time and expense. Tough Game. “What tempted you to go into poli- tics? z “I had brains but no money,” an- swered Senator Sorghum. “I hag to do something.” “And now you have money’ ‘No. I'm satisfied if my critics will glve me credit for still holding my own and breaking about even.” The Fighting Urge. This world will properly be run And never feel afrald ‘When all the fighting can be done By pugilists well paid. Jud Tunkins says poisoned alcohol is a time-saving device: for attaining an assured result. Political Strategist. ““Henrietta says she is going to run for office,” remarked Mr. Meekton. “Have you any objections?"” “None whatever. I'm going to brace up and remind her that she warnts to shake hands and be affable or maybe she’ll lose my vote.” Art Value. 1 must admit the grand parade Brought no elucidation Of thought—but just the same it made A fine strect decoration. “We done thought,” said Uncle Eben, *“dat Lucindy Jane had St. Vitus dance, when she was only prac- During the primary campaign in ticin’ a new Charleston step,” THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 1 THIS AND THAT One of the best ways to annoy the neighbors is to get a nice dog. A barking dog will make more per- sons growl than any other one thing in the world. A good dog has been known to keep an entire neighborhood in a_turmoil all night long. Surely one couldn't ask anything better than that! Radlo sets, roller skates, loud laugh- ter, “parties” are excellent methods of 'preventing old-fashioned persons from sleeping. One and all, they se- cure results. Old Sam Jones, who has to be up and doing early, and who therefore has to g0 to bed at a proportionate hour, can be made exquisitely uncom. fortable by a few assorted “haw haws let loose about an hour after he has ot to sleep. The excellent Miss Nether, who was brought up on the Bible—fancy, in this day and age!—may be caused to utter sounds suspiciously like unto oaths by the simple process of allow- Ing the boys to toot their automobile horn for 5 minutes in succession be- tween midnight and the early hour of 1 o'clock. These are just some of the “sure fire” methods, warranted to get re- sults—but théy arc slow compared with the return to be expected from a well fed, healthy dog, allowed to guard the back vard all night. * % K ok There is, of course, nothing to guard —but what difference does that make? A dog is meant to guard something, if nothing more than.a rusty back gate. Dogs are such interesting creatures. With what assiduity they guard back gates all night long, when there is positively no danger in sight and absolutely no need for high-class guarding. But how can the poor dogs know that? Their ancestors were brought up in caves, &vhen the slightest crackle of a twig might mean a big bear coming in for dinner, or the advent of a member of a hostile tribe, bent on ousting the master from his nice dry habitation. “Woof! Woof! Gr-r-r-r-r-r-rr!" The dog of 1926 still lives at the mouth of a cave. Behind those up- pricked ears lies a single idea— danger. Everything that moves is hostile. Every sound means an enemy. A dog has no friends when the safety of his master's home is concerned. So the noble creature barks at the swinging of the gate off its hinges down the alley. He roars at the moon, for no other reason than that a cloud passes over it. The very rustling of the twigs is held in sus- picion, for may not an enemy come from the sky as well as from the grodnd? The World War proved that. 8o faithful Rover holds vigil. Your home may be of the very latest de- sign, replete with every device to make life easier and therefore hap- pler, but to Rover it is just a rather fancy cave, and nothing more. True, it is a complicated sort of cavity, he admits, but a cave, nevertheless. He would tell the real estate sales- man, if he were in the habit of con- versing with realtors, that he re- gards the thing as a pretty nice cave, but scarcely worth $20,000, when he can get one that sults him just as well for nothing in the high clay bank around the corner. LY There are few sounds so annoying to as many persons as the yipping of BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. a dog at night. Soundproof gentle- men who never hear the milkmen will work themselves into a fret over the dog down the block. The strange thing s that the owner of the dog never hears it! Not at all. No man yet, in all the world's history, has ever been both- ered by the barking of his own dog, any more than any good mother has been worried because little Annie scarred up her neighbor’s beautiful new table and chairs. The barking dog that offends you is always the other fellow's. . Then what a brute, beast becomes! From a creature he turns into a blamed nui- sance. If there were anything for him to bark about, it might be different— but just listen to him, will you? One cannot even put a window up or down without his making that confounded noise. Talk about your cats! A cat fight, at its worst, is over and done with, but this lunatic is going to do nothing less than bark his fool head off all night long. What a raucous, ugly thing a dog’s bark is! Of course, wé always knew his note was no an- gel's voice, but we hadn’t thought of it as being quite as sharp, shrill au.d ugly as it sounds. Why doesn't some one invent a dog with a soft voice? * K K K If one is not quite willing to let Rover stay out all night, which is best, he can secure excellent results by forcing the old fellow to whine on the back steps for two or three hours prior to midnight. ) Rover, be it known, hasn't the slightest desire to be out in the cold vard, in the damp grass. e only wants to be with the family. The in- terior of the cave is good enough for Rover. The cold, damp grass does not appeaf to him at this hour. He prefers, the living room rug. So he sits on the back porch, nose elevated, and sets up a resounding whinny. “Say, come let me in'” he calls, as plain as a dog can. Old Sam Jones, half way down the block, knows what Rover wants. Rover wants in, any one could tell it. The entire neighborhood knows it. But does Rover get in? Not on his shivering, doggy life! The master is listening to the radio, with all the tubes turned up high, and the loud speaker roaring like a fog horn at sea. How can he hear a little dog on the back porch? So Rover whines and whines, mix- ing in, now and then, a few choice, sorted barks for good measure. This pastime he varies by mad rushes to the back gate, to bark furiously at a shadow cast by a rosebush. Rover never noticed the shade there before, and thinks it must be-up to something decidedly shady, indeed. So he barks at it. This usually hap- pens just as old Jones has dozed off, for the fifth time, and fondly imagines himself sound asleep in his dreams. Rover disillusions him. Rover says vi-yip yip vip! Gr-rrre-woof woof woof!”" What Jones sdys had better be left to the imagination. Another excellent time to let Rover out is 5 a.m. While not quite so good as night, it still has good points. It catches all the late sleepers, who perhaps weren't in bed when Rover was allowed to “hit the hay,” as late as it was. When old Mrs. Potherington, bless her soul, fondly expects to sleep until 8 a.m., how jolly to wake her up at 6 o'clock! This method catches ’em coming and going, and no dog owner should overlook it. Compulsory Auto Liability Demand is being made in many States for the enactment of laws which would require motor car own- ers to take out liability insurance to provide adequate compensation for victims of reckless driving. It is ad- mitted in comment that there is oppo- sition to the plan from some insur- ance companies and motor interests, but the urgent need of such protec- tion for the public is rather generally held to more than offset any objec- tion. The adoption of a law in Massa- chusetts s held up as an example. In that State an official table of rates is issued, but the business is con- ducted by private companies. “Existing conditions are intoler- able,” in the judgment of the Chicago Tribune, which directs attention to the situation in Illinois, where “many more than half of the automobile ac- cldents are caused by drivers who have no responsibility.” As to feasi- bility, the Tribune says: “The pro- posal for compulsory liability insur- ance has been made before and has been opposed from two sources. The insurance companies fear that the State will go into the liability busi- ness to the injury of private enter- prise in the fleld. They point out that experiments in State insurance have generally proved costly, either to the State or to the insured. The automobile trade has joined the oppo- sition because of fear that compulsory insurance, by adding to the cost of automobile ownership, will limit the market, , particularly for expensive cars. Jeither of these objections strikes us as valid. Compulsory in- surance does not imply State insur- ance. Far from taking business away from the insurance companies, the proposed law would add enormously to the volume. The cost of insurance, we believe, would not he large enough to discourage many prospective pur- chasers of automobiles.” R “Any one who is abroad in ths night, or in the day, for that matter, argues the Memphis News-Scimitar, “cannot fail to be impressed with the recklessness of those who appear to be financially irresponsible for any damage they may do. Aside from the benefits or disadvantages that might accrue to the insurance people, there is a deeper obligation to compel irre- sponsible persons to assume responsi- bility for their acts. When a driver predisposed to recklessness realizes that he is likely to be denied insur- ance, and therefore the right to oper- ate a car, public safety will he greatly enhanced.” The Salt Lake Deseret News also declares that “even if the trade did lose a few customers by de- priving the unfit of the right to operate a machine, the community would be the gainer. After all, the general welfare and public safety are of the greatest importance and should receive the first consideration. Com- pulsory insurance would secure re- muneration for damage to property and personal injury and it would therefore go a long way toward remov- ing a grave injustice.” Commenting on the law which will £0 into effect in Massachusetts at the opening of 1927, the Boston Traveler states: ““No one can predict what will be the effect of the law on the num- ber of accidents. Under the most suc- cessful working of the statute careful driving would be promoted and in sub- sequent years the rates would be low- ered. But if insurance should pro- mote carelessness, as it sometimes does, the rates may have to be raised for the next year or two until this tendency can be checked by weed- ing out the outfit. It is expected that the new law, by creating an enormous volume of business, will reduce the overhead costs greatly. On the other hand, the companies will assume many, Insurance Widely Demanded poor risks along with the good ones. 1 The new insurance is to cost automo- bile owners in this State approximately $18,000,000 for the first year.” * Kk K The Massachusetts experiment. in the opinion of the Youngstown Vindi- cator, “will be closely watched by all the rest of the States and hy foreign countries as well.” The Vindicator quotes the Bay State insurance com- missioner as calling the law ‘“radically novel” and as expressing ‘“no fear that such law might encourage carelessness.” The Youngstown paper feels that “the country has been walt- ing for some State to try such an ex- periment as this,” and predicts that “if Massachusetts finds the scheme practical, it will soon be adopted ev- erywhere.” A feature which is em- phasized by the Lowell Evening Leader is that “following a suggestion which had the support of the automo- bile clubs affillated with the American Automobile Asseclation, the rates on the various classes of cars are not fdentical for the entire State, but vary in each of the three territories into which it has been divided.” “The Massachusetts law include every motorist; there is no loophole, according to the PBaterson Morning Call. “The protagonists of the law claim that no law will be easier to en- force than this. The motorist cannot drive for long without license plates before being apprehended, and he can- not possibly obtain his license plates until he has proved that he has done one of the three things made manda- tory in the law. There is no escape and no one is absolved from comply- ing with the law.” The Call describes the three things from which the mo- torist may make his choice. He may take out a liability insurance policy for $5,000, or give a surety bond for $5,000, or deposit with the State $5,000 in cash or securities. ERE The Wilmington Delmarvia Star re- cords the fact that in Delaware the decision has been made by Pomona Grange “to petition the next legisla- ture for a law requiring the owners of all motor-driven vehicles to carry lia- bility insurance,” and predicts that the insistence of the farmers’ organ- {zation ‘“upon protection from irre- sponsible motor drivers is Ifkely to focus the serious attention of lawmak- ers on the subject.” That paper ob- | serves that “in many States compul- sory liability insurance for motorists is already being planned, and out in Illinois a committee of lawyers is drafting a statute which will require all drivers to carry such insurance.” The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin re- marks that such action has been urged in Pennsylvania on several occasions, and urged that “makers and sellers of motor vehicles would serve their own business interests were they to unite with motorists to obtain from the next session of the legislature an adequate compulsory llability insurance law."” Objection to such a law for Con- necticut is raised by the New London Day on two grounds. It holds that “to make such insurance equitable it must be provided by the State, and State fnsurance is not a good idea.” That paper also argues: “Suppose we had a compulsory law in Connecticut. ‘We would still have to receive motor. ists from all the other States. They might not be infured. And what good would our compulsory insurance law be to the fellow who was run down by an irresponsible motorist from New Jersey?” —on—s Difficult Choice, From the Worcester Telegram. The collective intelligence must de- cide whether the world series contest or the Dempsey-Tunney bout is the |primary, is not expected to enter the |does to most important thing“n creation, 926. Politics at Large By G. Gould Lincoln. 1f there is anything in the old polit- ical saw that “As Maine goes, S0 g0€s the Nation,” the Republicans should be fairly well satisfied with the re- sults in the Pine Tree State on Mon- day. They re-elected their governor, Ralph O. Brewster, by 20,000 majority, agd re-elected the State's four repre- sentatives in the House, all Republi- cans, not to mention electing a large majority of the State Legislature. It was estimated by Chairman Old- fleld of the Democratic congressicnal campalgn committee that a cut in the Republican majority to 10,000, or 000, in the gubernatorial race would be tantamount to a Democratic victory, in view of the fact that Maine in more than half a century has gone always Republican except in a very few instances. Two years ago Gov. Brewster was elected by a majority of about 36,000. The Demo- crats argue that to cut this down to 20,000 is a respectable showing. The Republicans, on the other hand, point out that this is an off year, with no presidential election, and that as a matter of fact the vote on Mon- day was 67,000 less than that cast in 1924, when President Coolidge carried the State by a big majority. There seems to be some comfort for hoth Democrats and Republicans in the results. £ In view of the strong republicantsm of Maine, it s scarcely fair to say that as Maine goes, so does the Nation. Maine is as surely Republican as Ten- nessce, for example, is Democratic. But the Maine election is held in Sep. tember, almost two months ahead of the rest of the States. It is the first test of strength at the polle. For that reason some significance has been at- tached to the result, though the size of the Republican majority rather than victory or defeat has been the index used. Only once since the Civil War has Maine gone Democratic in a presi- dential election. That was in 1912 waen the Bull Moose split the Repub: lican ranks wide open, and Wilson carried the State by a minority vote, the combined Republican and Progres: sive votes exceeding the Democratic. * ok X % Stalwart Republicans in Wisconsin are taking satisfaction from the vic- tory of ¥Fred Zimmerman in the race for' the Republican gubernatorial nom- ination. Atty. Gen. Herman L. Ekern, the cholce of Senator Robert M. La Follette, jr., and Gov. Blaine for the nomination, was defeated by about 50,000, Zimmerman ran as a “La Fol- leite Progressive,” but attacked the Madison ring, which is the name given the La Follette organization since the death of the late Senator La Follette more than a year ago. Zimmerman's vietory was due to a shift of about 100,000 stalwart votes from the bona fide stalwart cendidate, Charles B. Perry, to Zimmer nan. Evident stalwarts hope that Zimmerman, if elected governor, will be forced to align himself with the stalwart f: of the Republican party in Wis If he does, and does this openly, a question how long the Progressives who supported him in the primary held a week ago will remain with him. The La Follette Progressives are considering the advisability of run- ning either Ekern or Philip La Fol- lette, the second son of the late Sen- ator, as an independent Progressive against Zimmerman in the general election. There is some doubt as to the wisdom of such a course. It might be better strategy to permit the election of Zimmerman. Zimmerman will be compelled in the end either to join forces with the La Follette Progres- sive organization or swing over to the stalwarts. Whichever course he fol- lows should in the long run be for the benefit of the La Follette Progres- sives. Any actual and open union with the stalwarts would probably spell his political downfall in 1928. # * B * Perry, thé stalwart candidate for governor, received only about 40,000 votes in the primary, as compared to about 140,000 polled by the stalwart candidate for the gubernatorial nom- ination two years ago. It is not_d ficult to see what happened in Wis- consin. this_year. The stalwarts are playing a desperate game to break up the La Follette organization. Senator Lenroot, recognized as one of the ablest debaters on the Repub- lican side of the Senate chamber, will not be a member of the next Congress, having _fallen before Gov. Blaine, the La Foilette Progressive, in the Wisconsin primaries. Senator | Lenroot’s defeat was expected, for the La Follette leaders have long had their knives sharpened for him. He ran, not as a stalwart, but as a Progressive, too. The charge was made in Wisconsin that his candidacy was linked up with that of Zimmer- man. Whether it was or not, he did not receive sufficient Progressive sup- port to put him ahead of Gov. Blaine. * k X X Democrats in Pennsylvania and out of it are beginning to ask themselves seriously whether former Secretary of Labor Wilson, their nominee for the Senate, really has a chance of winning against Representative William §. Vare, Republican nominee. Not a few Republicans have declared their in- tention of voting for Wilson as against Vare, some of them because Vare is a wringing wet, others be- cause they have been shocked by the revelations of expenditures of money for Vare in the primary campaign. The most recent happening which has heartened the Democrats is the an- nouncement of Gov. Pinchot that he will not be a candidate for the Senate on the Labor party ticket, and that he cannot support Vare. If Pinchot had run, the opposition to Vare, which is considerable, would have been split between the governor and Mr. Wil son. Now the Democrats hope this opposition will solidify around their candidate. The drys will do their utmost for Wilson, who is a prohi- bitlonist. Much of the Pinchot follow- ing is expected to swing to him. Progressive Republicans will be urged by Senator Norris of Nebraska to get behind Wilson, too. Senator Nor- ris_will campaign for the Democrat in Pennsylvania. He served with Mr. Wilson in the House of Represent- atives before Wilson became Secre- tary of Labor in the Wilson cabinet. Officials of the American Iederation of Labor have announced also they Wil do thefr utmost to help elect ‘Wilson. Vare, on the other hand, has the strength of the Republican organiza. tion of Pennsylvania back of him, in- cluding the Philadelphia machine, which he himeelf now heads, and the organization of the Mellons in the western part of the State. The desire of the Republicans to retain control of the Senate in the next Congress will cause them to put forward every effort to prevent the election of a Xs)emocratlc Senator in the Keystone tate. * k% % Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota, who recently campaigned for Gov. Blaine and the rest of the La Follette Progressive ticket in Wiscon- sin, is pretty well assured of election to the Senate for the long term be- ginning March 4, next, at the Novem- ber election. He has already been elected for the short term which ex- pires March 3. So strongly did he carry the State for the short term that it is not now expected the stal- warts in North Dakota will make a iserious effort to contest his election ifor the long term. Former Gov. Hanna, who was a candidate against Senator Nye in the June election and race for the general election, The ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Q. What seems to be the favorite pastime of successful men ?>—N. M. L. A. The New York Times conducted a survey of this question and found that out of 240 men 85 preferred flsh- ing, 74 golf, 52 shooting. The ques- tionnaires were sent to prominent statesmen, clergymen, bankers, doc- tors, Army and Navy officers, edu- cators, actors, business men and artists. Q. Isn't there a poetical quotation to the effect that no house is large enough for two families?—IH. G. A. In Will M. Carleton's “Over the Hill to the Poorhouse,” are the lines, “And a very little cottage one family will do, but I never'have seen a house that was big enough for two.” Q. Why has the American Tele- phone and Telegraph Co. stopped broadcasting programs?—B. S. R. P A. With radio in its infancy this company took on broadcasting for experimental purposes. Having reached conclusions, they find it no BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. controlled by the internal revenue department of the United States Gov- ernment. The factories producing this product are given license num bers which must appear on their pack- ages, which are sold under a revenue stamp. Q. How de you form the plural of a family name?—D. L. A. The plurals of family names de- pend altogether upon the names. Some are formed by adding an some by adding “es” and some, when the name ends in " by changing the “y" Into “fe Q. What was the first moving pic ture shown?—C. M. A. The first moving plcture com- mercially shown was that of a ser pentine dancer produced in_Kostey Beal's Mus L e Q. What percentage of cases of murder resulted in conviction in Eng- land last year?—V. R. longer advisable to broadcast. The Radio Corporation of America, whose primary interest is in radio, has taken over the broadcasting, while it is understood that the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. will devote its energies to telephone and telegraph communication, especially to the development of long-distance telephony between business men In this country and urope. Q. Which_Presidents have died in the White House?—T. P. A. William Hen Harrison and | Zachary Taylor are the only Presi- dents who died in the White House. Q. How is renovated butter made? 0. P. A. Renovated or process butter made by working over low g or slightly deteric ed butter. This but- ter is melted down and the oil drawn or ladled out, the salt and foreign matter settling to the bottom of the tanks. ure butter oil remains. This oil 1s aerated and sweetened by hav- ing fresh air blown through it. After this process it is again placed in a churn and some good cream or whole milk added to give the desired flavor. Salt is then worked in and the fin- ished product put into packages. The manufacture of renovated butter is Pr new title and a new offi is, as far as the country and general public are concerned. He has become “honorary moderator of the National Council of Congregational Churches.” Although Mr. Coolidge has enjoyed that d netion practically ever since he entered the White House, he has not hitherto broadeast the fact. Now, he attests it proudly in an autobjographical sketch he re- cently contributed to a national publication. * ok ok Gk Klux Klan, in impe Washington The Ku ial klonvocation sembled, has taken sundry and divers cracks at Gov. “Al" Smith, vowing vigorously and vociferously that none of his faith shall ever dent of the United interesting circumstance, known only to the circle of Smith intimates, that the governor's right-hand .confi- dential man, private secre and general factotum, George Graves, is a Protestant. Grave also a high- ranking Mason. He has been as: ciated with Smith throughout the latter's major. political career. “Al" has no secrets, personal or political. that are kept from Graves. * ok ok ok The Klan appears to have no ob- Jections to Roman Catholics when- ever it suits the purposes of the hooded knights to utilize them. This ohserver is reliably informed that one of the associates of the eminent Ku Klux counsel, who will conduet the impeachment defense of Judge English of Illinols before the Senate in November is a prominent Roman Catholic. He is also a Papal, knight of the Order of St. highest distinction the Vatican con- fers upon a Catholic layman. When Galen Locke, the deposed Grand Dragon of the “Realm of Colorado,” fell from Klan grace a vear ago, his chief counsel in projected legal action against the Imperfal authorities Atlanta was a well known lawyer of Denver. Jewish * koK % The Federated Music Clubs petition_to select verses for u_District of Columb “My District, 'Tis of Thee herewith inflicted upon a voteless community, is submitted by this . My Distriet, 'ti Land without liberty, Of thee I sing. Where Nation’s game is pl Where income tax is paid, Yet, when all's done and said, Freedom can't ring. best suited ayed, Land of the Congress folk, Citizenship a joke, At it we fling. We scorn our shackled right, We mean some day to fight, With all our main and might, And suffrage bring. ‘Why should the District be Black sheep in land of free, Her spirit_galled We send our sons to die, Heed the republ ‘With all patrio . Whene'er we're called. Nation, at large, to you ‘We raise our cry and hue: Hear our fair plea. Tax without voice or vote Sure’s got our noble goat, e rank injustice smote, nd tyranny * ok kK M. H. Aylesworth—a name with which the country soon il become very familiar—probably will wield, as president of the new ational Broad- casting Co., Inc.” as potent an in- fluence over public opinione public thought and public taste as any man in the Uhited States. He does not come to that post of vast responsi- untrained. The broadcasting industry takes Aylesworth from the managing _directorship of the Na- tional Electric Light Association. But stalwarts had pinned their hopes on Hanna. o ‘When 1928 rolls around and it comes time for Wisconsin to send a delega- tion to the Republican national con- vention, it 1s not unlikely that the delegation will go to the convention uninstructed. For years the delega- tion from the Badger State has jour- neyed to Republican national conven- tions, instructed to vote for the nom- ination for President of the late Sen- ator Robert M. La Follette. Unless some outstanding Progressive is in the running for the presidential nom- ination in 1928 the chances are the delegation wiil be allowed to use its best judgment after it reaches the | convention. Former Gov. Lowden of | Nlinois, mentioned as a possible ¢ tender for the nomination. it appears, does not make as strong an appeal to the Progres: of Wisconsin as he publicans of some of the other Westeyf States. A, Statistics for are unavail- able at present. In 1024 42 persons were tried for murder in England and Wales, 10 were ged, 17 adjudged insane, 1 sentenced to seven years anslaughter, 3 to penal servitude ¢ life and 11 acquitted. Q Is against s windows, there a law ‘in Washington aking mops and rugs out of front or back ?—W. 1L . District of Columbia offi- that the ruling on cleaning rugs is as follows: One cannot clean o shake © within 50 feot of a dwelling house used for habitation. It is also against the law to clean rugs in an alley. This is taken to apply also to shaking or cleaning mops. This is a special department devoted solely to the handling of queries. This paper puts at your disposal the serv ices of an crtensive organization in hington to serve yow in any ca- pacity that relates to information service is free. Failure to make deprives yow of benefits to which yow are entitled. Your obli- gation s only 2 cents in stamps in closed with your inquiry for direct reply. Address The Evening Ster In | mightiest utilit t | formation Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS ERIC WILLIAM WILE. his have than United States far wider field implies. The tion is a mis- ffairs embrace the electrical in- activities in the amitied over a such a position ric Light Assoc nomer, in that its the whole f 1 of dustry—light, power, telephony., teleg- aphy, transportation and all the rest of it. lesworth's duties for many years have required him to keep hix finger on the pulse of every situation cting publie utilit Radio hav ing mounted to the level of one of the of all time, Ayles- nd experience would leally for a_job not by Will 1L 1 vorth’s capacity seem to fit him that occupied * % ok Washington hears that moving systematically to of Am exclusion Nippon is directing her sur- population to Brazil. During the 1 year 1926-1927 the Tokio gov- ernment expects to send 6,000 adult igrants to the hig South American children, the rch’ 6,000. s already Japan is ounteract Including and total will probably r Nearly half that number h e to Brazil. In 1927-1928 a quota of 8000 is figured on. Most of the Japanese are becoming farmers in the state of Sao Paulo (St. Paul. whither, at one time, the Germans planned to emigrate in stately num bers, and form a “German colony.” Japanese treasury funds amountinz to $400,000 Iready been spent | on promoting emigration to Brazil. * ¥ % X To date Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Commerce, has ranked as the only member of the Coolidge administra tion with future presidential asp tions. Now comes Dame Rumor, whe deposes and says that Dr. Huber Secretary of the Interior, has a White Ilouse lee buzzing in his shapely and well filled head. Work is chicken, as presidential as o, for 66 ve old the other day. F is in fine shape physically and, according to ecurrent | tale, is not territied by the prospect that he might be 65—or 72—before he The. of | ¢ Washington are holding a prize com- |as anthem. | could gratif reputed ambition. Mr. Joltdge thinks high in executive offi | tician. Colo 10 has come to occupy consic b eminence in G. O. P. | councils since Senator Phipps became | chairman of the senatorial- campalgn committee; Work, a cabinet offic {and W. V. Hodges of Denver, treas | urer of the Republican national com- mittee. e Doubt Cast on Story of Arms Smuggling To the Editor of T It was with that I read on China by “tragi-comic” article John Gunther, in The Star of aturd. in which he stated upon “the highest aythority” that the crisis at Wanhsien, in which Brit- ish officers and men lost their liv was caus sritish_smugglers de livering a shipment of arms to_the Cantonese, mistaking them for Yang Sen's men In the first place, British captains do not smuggle arms under the pro- jon the British navy. Other n ons have been accused at times of renting their flag to Chinese, but |the American and British flags have never heen =0 commercialized and de- led. It is incredible that such an wecusation should be made and le fone to suspect that the rumor orfg- iinated in the Oriental brain of one {who wishes to east discredit upon the | British and alienate the sympathy of the world from them in this crisis. | In the second place, it is extrem | doubtful that there are any Cante in Wanhsien, which is Yang Sen's | stronghold and is protected from all {approach by river and by the famous and fearsome Yangtze gorges, with { their rapids and rocks and narrow passes. It is much more probable that the true story is that Yang Sen attempted to hold the two British ships ‘as transports for his troops and that in trying to escape this illegal cdn | fiscation one of them capsized a gampan with some soldiers in ‘it whereupon Yang Sen declared that his mest valuable soldlers were | drowned and thousands of dollars lost and held the ship in retaliation That s one of the oldest and most popular bits of Chinese strategy and was used to extort money from an American shipping company about three years ago. The British gunboats attempted to rescue the crews of the ships and it | was then that shots were exchanged. T hope that you will publish this letter in justice to the British merchantmen and the British navy, for they have endured too much in | the t three ars in China to {suffer criticism and misunderstand- g here and at home If there is a place where British and Americans do 4nd should stand shoulder to shoulder, it is in this mad agony ef China. ELIZABETH HEMPSTONR.