Evening Star Newspaper, October 18, 1926, Page 8

THE EVENING ST ARlundoubtedly prompted by informa-|grams frequently include popu With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY. October 18, 1926 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company East 42nd & Chicago Office: Tower Buildink. Zuropean Office {18 Recent St.. London ngland. Evenine Star. with the Sunday momn | aditio; at' 60 cents per month avs only. X ho gent by mail or Taction 18 made by of each month. in delivered by carriers within dailv only. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. ay 1 rr., $0.00: 1 mo. Iy and Sund 1y onlr 1 ¥r. SE00: 1 mo Boe unday only . 157 83.00: 1 mo.. 25¢ All Other States a Paile and Sunday..1sr. € Dafly only 1y Sunday only 1vr Canada. R €3.00: 1 mo.. Member of the Associated Press. ‘Tha Assoclated Preas is excl 'y entitled 1o the use for repub I news dia- atcheg credited 1o it or not of i ted in this paper and also the local blished hersin. Al rights of publicatio of apecial diapatihes herein are aleo reserved _— Marie of Rumania. Marie, Queen of Rumania, her son and daughter and an entourage reach Washington today in the course ef a royal journey to the United States, 1 visit of compliment which 18 highly appreciated by the Ameri- can people. This is thelr first trip to these shores, and preparations have been made for thelr entertainment, which will insure them a cordlal we coma and a memorable experience. Washington has received royal v tors on other occaslons, but mone in whom more interest is felt than in the Queen of Rumania, whose vivid personality, charm and political abil- 1ty have made her an outstanding fig- ure in European affairs. Her gifts are many, her understanding of gov- ernmental and soclal conditions is profound, and withal she is a woman of exceptional attractiveness. Rumania, whose Queen now visits this country, is a land tlo history. Its peopls are progressive and ambitious. They suffered severely from the effects of the Great War, in which they were aligned as assoclates of the great alliance which met and defeated the central powers. They were in a situation of great difficult and their national integrity wWas men- aced by the shifting fortunes of war. They played an important part in turning the tide of conflict. During the war Queen Marie was an ange! of mercy for her suffering people. She personally participated n works for their succor from suffer- ing and want. Giving generously of her own means and sharing the pri- vations of the people, she manifested her sympathy and her practical bounty in every possible manner, and endeared herself to all Rumania by her own sacrifices and efforts. This visit to the United States will strengthen the ties of sympathy and interest between the Rumanian and the American people. Many of the former have come here to make their hemes in the lund of wider oppor- tunity, and are contributing of their thrift and industry to American prosperity. They are now rejoicing in the visit of the Queen to this coun- try and participating in the welcome mccorded to her, which Iy heartfelt and sincere, manifesting the admira- tlon felt by the citizens of the United States for Rumania and for its royal consort. et People who stress the possibility of “another war” are not submissively pessimistic. They call attention to the fact that by facing such a contingency with practical preparation this coun- try may do much to avert the calam- 1ty. — e Detrolt should be intorested in the apparent effort to make the visit of Queen Marie a pretext for reviving some of the old-fashioned dances. SR Flortda will rebuild on new and greater iines. Where genuine enter- prise exists a misfortune proves an ultimate benefit i ——e— Skilled Criminals. Students of criminal methods find fn two recent robberies evidence of the high degree of ingenuity which is brought to play in lawless enterpr These robberies occurred in Chicago and New York, the two largest cities in the country. The Chicago affair was a rald conducted by seventeen burglars on a manufacturing plant from which they stole goods, mostly in the form of dlamonds and plati- num, valued at from $50,000 to $100, 600. Just before midnight five of the robbers dropped quietly through a coal hole in the sidewalk and held up the engineer and his firemen with suns, binding them with wires. Leav- ing one man on guard the others went upstairs, overcame a watchman, opened the door and admitted the twelve other thieves. Then one by one the nine watchmen were all seized, bound and gagsed and the yeggmen at their leisure blew open the safes. From time to time during the opera- tion a squad of the burglars escorted one of the watchmen about the build- ing and forced him to sound the twen- | ty-six signal boxes that. communicat- ing with a burglar alarm central of- fice, indicated that all was well in the buflding. The whole operation was cenducted without noise save for the muffled detonation of explosives and without a slip. secured all of its loot it left the build- ing, having been inside nearly eight hours. It was probably the longest “cracksman’s job" on record. The New York crime consisted of a kidnaping. Three women, the wife of & former United States Senator, her @aughter and her sister-in-law, were seized In their own motor car by three | men with pistols. The chauffeur was at gunpoint compelled to abandon the wheel and the thieves drove to a quiet spot, where they robbed the occupants of the machine of money and jewels. They then ousted their victims in the street and drove off, later abandoning the car. No traces whatever of their 1dentity were left. Both of these crimes were carefully T planned. The Chicago burglary was 20 rents | | 0 of roman- | When the gang had | tion from inside the establishment. The location of the entire watching | force was familiar to the thieves and | the contents of the safes were known. | The New York victims had undoubt- ! edly been “spotted” and trailed. The gunmen and the cracksmen work in gangs. They are speclalists lin thelr lines. They calculate their hances to a nicety. They work with precision that would win them hon: t rewards in almost any line of rep- | utable employment. They risk their lives, knowing that they can probably get away with the goods, and they are { willing to take the risk of detection in | view of the slow procedure of capture, trial and punishment. As in the case of the New Jersey mail truck robber they are encouraged by the high per- centage of undetected crime. —————— The Market Center. It would scem as though the Park and Planning Commission had in its consideration of the market problem turned the question upside down. Tt recommends that the Center Market |should not be removed at this time, but should remain on its present site | until the future acquisition of land in i | | that vielnity by the Government should make it undesirable for it to stay there longer. Then, the commis- slon finds, it should be moved to a site {sultable to meet the changed condl- jtlon. The commission also recom- {mends the location of the farmers' market and the commission houses at a Northeast site, with a Southwest site as second choice and the Midcity | site as third, |1t 35 generally felt by the people who use the markets, retall buyers articularly, t the Center Market should be located as the first move, | leaving the establishment of other fea- tures of the food-purveying system to adjust to that location. There is no |immediate urgency, to be sure, in the matter of the Center Market as there Is in the case of the farmers’ market, which must be shifted within a few months to make room for the Internal |Revenue Bullding. But the land oc- cupled by the Center Market and the | commission houses to the west and ecast will assuredly be nceded for pub- He building uses within a compara- | tively short time, and the removal of those establishments is naturally to be expected shortly. | Location of the farmers’ market and the commission houses with ref- erence to the matter of transportation may dictate a site at a distance from the center of the city, and therefore |the center of population. But that conslderation does not obtaln in the matter of the retail market center, which’ should be located with refer- ence to puklic convenience. The farm- ers’ market has a close relationship to the retail trade. The commission | houses have little relationship to it. There is no particular reason why the farmers’ market should be related to the commission house establishments, Nor is there any particular reason | why the farmers’ market should be placed with reference to rail or water transportation. Practically all of the goods shown In the farmers' market | are brought into the city by trucks or ‘wagons from the country round about | Washington. A retail market center located at a distance from the center of the city would not draw the trade necessary {to sustain it. It could not be main- tained without a heavy patronage. The retail buyer with the market | basket is first to be considered in this matter of a site. The conclusions of the Park and Planning Commission in this matter are not final. The question will be considered in Congress, and that con- sideration, indeed, should be fmmedi- ate, with particular reference to the early shifting of the Center Market from its present site. It the Com- merce Department Building 18 to be located on the “five-square site” at the western end of the Mall-Avenue triangle other sites for the buildings for the Departments of Justice and Labor will be required, and they will presumably lle within the triangle. They &re on the list of early construc- tions, and their placement at or about the market section is highly probable. Therefore, this matter of the future of Center Market must be regarded as urgent, and should not be relegated to an indefinite future, as the Park and Planning Commission proposes. B Paris dressmakers call for longer skirts. The French capital has so long ! speclalized on audacious display that its influence toward conservatism has become almost negligible. ——— et Phonograph and Radio. Controversy has started between Thomas A. Edison and some of the | radio people regarding the relative merlts of the radio and the reproduc- ing devices. Mr. Ediscn thinks that the radlo is a failure in rendering musie. Mr. Frank Reichmann, vice | prestdent of the Broadcast-Listeners’ | Assoclation—which title seems to show | that the listeners-in are organizing as | well as the announcers and other con- | tributors to radio programs—says that | Mr. Edison is all wrong on this point. | 12dison says that music of the radio {1s very poor because it is badly dis- torted and that the radio should be | confined to news and reports of sports and speeches, and should not be used for musical purposes. Reichmann avers that the best modern radio de- { vices give distinctly better music than { the finest phonograph. There can be no question that the radio has affected the public use of | the reproducing machines to a large {extent. Until the microphone prin- ciple of recording and reproduction | was adopted by the phonograph | makers, to the improvement of the ! tone, there was a decided slump in the | sales of both instruments and records. Lovers of the phonograph hold that the reproducing instrument has a very decided advantage in tnat fa- vorite selections can be indefinitely repeated. while the radio program | once rendered is gone forever. The same selection may be heard by chance |on another program, but radio man- | agers, as a rule, try to vary their en- tertainments and thus avold repet!- tions. Numbers are, it is true, re- Tpeated by request and orchestral pro- | THE EVENING STAR., WASHINGTON, D. C. " numbers without regard to the fre- quency of their previous rendering. Radio listeners are not, as a rule, particularly discriminating in the mat- ter of tome quality. They are dis- tressed by unfavorable atmospheric conditions, by static, by interference. When the circumstances are favor- able and the “reception” is good they are in general quite content, even though the vocal instrumental qualities are not quite up to the high- est standard of machine reproduction. Perhops Mr. Edison, who is quite or deaf, is not to be reckoned as thor- | oughly qualified as a discriminating | listener-in. It may bLe that his ear has not lost its recepttvity for either pho- nograph or radio tones. Yet as a scientist he is entitled to a respectful hearing and his judgment on the score of the relative merit of the two means of musical entertainment i3 worthy of consideration. ———te Fishing in the Jower Potomac has not yet enjoyed the distinction con- ferred on fishing at Paul Smiths. President Coolidge is a man of tem- perate inclination. Even the most ardent fisherman meeds his periods of repose. ———ee— A great deal of motion picture pub- licity concerns fitself with dfvorces. This makes life harder for the sce- nario writer who is not permitted to adjust his work to themes of personal domesticity. o Base ball ylelds to foot ball as the great subject of sporting interest. Foot ball is still chiefly a game for amateurs, who depend but little on ex- travagant purses or vdudeville engage- ments. ——et There can be no doubt that the Queen of Rumln'h will be highly en- tertained in America. The mix-up with reference to her programs is of itself calculated to afford unlimited diver- sion. B Mrs. Hall speaks slightingly of New Jersey. The joy of living in that sea- side State depends largely on whether you become concerned in a crime mys- tery or a beauty contesf —— e Turkish women have asserted politi- cal freedom, but have as yet demon- strated no great capacity for terroriz- ing Kemal Pasha into a chivalrous attitude, —————————— People used to make fun of “Main street.” The realtors have changed all this. Every “Main street” is now an example of modern enterprise and highly capitalized improvement. ———.———— Florida is rebuilding and is already prepared to launch a Greater Florida boom. Where genuine enterprise ex- ists a misfortune becomes an asset. —————————— Soviet Russia has turned from the philosophers whose theories, however alluring, invited but little credit from the bankers. sots A divorce sometimes creates two motion picture stars where there was but one before. e SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. A Farewell. I bid you good-by, O friend so true, As you launch on the Starry Sea. And I hope you have found me a friend to you As I found you a friend to me. Advantage of Modesty. “You have secured the confldence of your constituents.” “I have,” admitted Senator Sor- ghum. ‘Yet you make few speeches.” “I remain as obscure as possible, so that when anything goes wrong they can’t hold me to blame."” Jud Tunkins says horse racing is the sport of kings, and yet he never heard of a king who didn't want as tame a horse as possible. Sweeping Back the Crime Wave. ‘Most every day we hear about a movement ‘Which ought to check ths tendency to crime. The thumb-print system shows a great improvement. Detective skill approaches the sub- lime. A tiny clue, observed with thought so solemn, Imagination strangely will inflame. ‘We read of it through many & weary column— But the killers keep on killing just the same! Those crooks! We've done our utmost to reform ‘em! ‘We've scolded phrase. We've done our best to feed ‘em and to warm ‘em. Such kindness ought to win from their ways. When any one’s condemned, we send him flowers And sigh that mebbe licker was to blame. To the problem we've applied our highest powers— But the killers keep on killing just the same! Head Work. “You slew the Philistines with the jawbone of an ass.” “Yes,” replied Samson. “I preferred to rely on the head. Think what I might have done if I had utilized the hind legs!” Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, says we waste time in speculating on ‘em In hortatory ‘em whether other wor'ds are habitable ! when our own slums are so obviously overpopulated.” ] Wasted Construction. The Egyptologist reveals today Another cause for ancient discon- tent. Those pyramids much revenue would pay If they included rooms and bath to rent. “A political boss,” sald Uncle Eben, “lays down de law faster dan de re- former kin set it up agin.” &\ ! l BY CHARLES E. The garden s about on its last roots these days. With the exception of the chrysanthemums, there is nothing in bloom, and precious little to look forward to. It is the season of reminiscences. Hardy garden chrysanthemum: while not equal in size to the florists { monsters, appeal to us more, in some respects, because of the fact that they {live and grow in our own garden. They thrive in our plot of ground, and for that reakon it is fair to say that they like us, or else they would not bloom. May there not be an in- telligence in flowers, and an affection, {too? Lurher Burbank thought there was. They are living things, like nimals which wax fat in the hands of good masters. Our vegetables and flowers respond to good treatment, although many otherwise good sar- deners seem to go on an opposite theory. Many flowers surprise us with their excellent blooms under advers conditions, with practically no help cr care on our part, but, with a few legitimate exceptions, they would do better with both. There is no more mystery about this than about many | other matters, wherein all the puzzle comes from the stubbornness of men to see the truth and act upon it. Chance ‘plays small part in the cul- tivation of crops, be they vegetables or flowers. The elements one can scarcely class under the designation of fortune. Drought and flood con- stitute such huge, elemental fortunes that one can hardly call them chance. They are fate. EE Out in the garden now the gladiolus bulbs are ready to be taken from the ground. Stubbornly the long blades refuse to turn brown, but we will dig the corms up, anyway, for they have been in long enough. Some varieties brown their leaves early after the flower spikes have unfolded, others require a longer time in the ground. Forty to sixty days is the time nec sary, according to one of the greates growers in the world. : Timid gardeners, who try to make everything in gardening a matter of doubt and difficulty, will be reassured by the recollection of the fact that Nature has a tolerance, both wide and kindly: as wide as all outdoors and kind both to plant and grower. Nature would be in a preity situa- tion, indeed, if the health of its chil- dren dependent solely upon whether or not men had knowledge or not! She does not work so. It is nothing to her if men un- derstand or do not understand her | immutable forces. The energy we | label electricity was in thousands of vears before marn dl covered it. Even today, ajthough he makes it work for him, man knows ous little about i It is the sams with plant growth. Our fretting andl fuming over them is unnecessary, if we use even the slightest bit of common sense. Na- ture does not intend that John Jone: householder, shall thwart her pur- poses il she can possibly help it. She| has too much faith in herself, and too little in John Jones! So she puts wide tolerance in the gladiolus bulb whether they are left in for 40 d: or 60 days, or 90 days, docs not make so much’ difference. When they come up at last, as the result of an applicd spade and a hearty eful tug, they shall be clean and fresh, as the resuit | of their long contact with the earth Rain has not rotted them, nor drought The recent turn of events in refer- ence to American membership in the World Court has served to give added impetus to the movement afoot to haye the United States take the ini- tiative in sending out a call for a third Hague Conference. The pur- pose of such a conference would be to tackle the subject of codification of international law. Not a very live- ly topic, but, in the view of its ad VO es, a highly "nec ar pr requisite to the successful function- ing of a World Court. A resolution designed to put Congress on record as favoring a third Hague Conference was Introduced at the last session by Representative George Holden Tink- ham of Boston, and is now pending before the House foreign affairs com- mittee. Hearings were held at which noted international jurists appeared to advocate the proposal. A large majority of the committee now favor its passage, and Representative Por- ter of Pennsylvania, the committee chairman, in Washington this weck declared the resolution would be re- ported out early in December, and the steering committee would be asked to give it a preferred place on the House calendar. Representative Tinkham, its author, rabid in his op- position to the League of Natjons and to American adherence to the World Court, started his Hague Conference proposal as a back fire, but has come enthusiastic for it now on its own merits. He is just returned from a flying trip to Geneva and to The Hague with increased hate for the League and increased love for Hacue confererces in general, and a_third Hague Conference for law codifica- tion in particular. * %k ¥ % The same day last week that Harry M. Daugherty, former Attorne: General, was jubilating over the fa ure of a New York jury to convict him as a bribe taker, the little Green House on K street here, which Da erty and Jess Smith occupied tozether in the heyday of their power, was reported sold to mak way for a business building. This has obliterated another landmark. Admiral Dewey, still lives in the gorner hous doors above—her telephone still listed in the admiral's name, The famous Hale mansion, occupied by two gener- ations of Maine Senators, stands on the opposite corner. The house near- by, where Senator Brandegee lived and in which he took his life, Is al- ready converted into an office build ing, and the “0ld” Brandegee house in the same neighborhood, where the Senate round robin to Wilson ite of a new bitt House the mo: The New Shoreham, skyscraper. and the new recent past, bave both closed their doors this year. A new city is rising in place of the old. s More proof that the flexible pro- visions of the tariff law are really | workable and that the Tariff Com- mission and the President are open to persuasion on questions of reducing tarift duti’s is now at hand. Mr. Coolidge has decreed a reduction in the tarriff duties on paint brush han- dles from 333 per cent to 16% per cent ad valorem.! , This is the second time he has changed a tariff rate. The other was on bob whi: quail. Who can now say the Tari® Commission fails to justify its e: istence? * ok ok k Senator Borah, the greatest inde- pendent of them all, has at last com- mitted himself to one definite cam- paign speaking engagement. He has promised his friend, Senator Moses of New Hampshire, 1o make an ap- pearance on the stump in Moses home State and speak in his behalf. Incidentally Senator Moses has a “cinch” and his re-election is now a foregone conclusion. ~ Borah and Moses fought side by side In the jdug up, Dl -[all air malil, reg famous Washington hotels of the|s MONDAY,. OCTOBER 18, 1926 THIS AND THAT . TRACEWELL. dricd. Down there they were in their native element. They were, in truth, the hunter home to his hill. * Xk k X And the grass lies before us long, brown, gone to seed, for this year we carefully refrained from cutting it after August 15, in order to try out an experiment. Last Winter the grass killed out, having been cut close as late as September 6. This year, following the injunction to allow the lawn “to go into the Winter with a long coat of g we have done otkerwise. Heaven alone knows how many dollars’ worth of seed (at seed store rates) fell from our ha; In the amplitude of Nature some millions of seed, at the least, must have fallen to the ground and there taken root. Our lawn should be the better for it next Spring. Then, too, there will be the bencfit secured from the long which will form a_protective covering over the roots. The roots, in Winter, are the important parts of the gr: plants. W we imagine the will be able to withstand the sneers of those who might cast aspersions upon our “un tidy lawn.” There is a method in our garden madness—the same method vature uses, who never puts a mower upon the lawns of her pastures, excep! such cropping as the cows and shee give it. The theoretical principle of the withheld lawn mower, as the se: son wanes, is the actual principle of Nature herself, If we talk deal about Nature, it is only the due of the vital principle of life, without which there would be no gardens, no vegetables, no flowers, no cow: men. Our universe hath in it a o principle, which some men call evolu tion, while others call it God, as the poet said. * ok kX Just as a tidy home, everything else being equal, is better than an untl one, so the well kept garden is prefer- able to the unkept one. It will not do to say that Nature makes no effort to clean up her own | gardens, but allows the old plants to £all as they will, and the leaves to blow where the wind please: is true, but Nature is alw for grateful a part of her and of the God of vhich she is the visible representa- tive. Plant diseases are kept down by a thor cleaning up in the garden in the Tall. Old rose I dotted with blick spot, are best taken off and carefully burned. Tt is a ques: tion whether old zinnia plents mak the garden rmore pict ar well tilled bor if the Jatter has nials. Some advoeate the allowi Jants to remain, on the plea t dd interest to the garden w sered with sno snow, howeve would sca to beauty. The nece: Spring far sideration in the small home ¢ A careful out of old d plants und the tur in large masses with the the action of alternate free thaws to mellow the dirt cedure also exy bur other insect e elements thus tend them. 5 1% nt manure uch pro- is e on the ter, in order th leach into the s fc ving. These are some of Autumn comsiderations in the garden. and World Court tor Norris, re; es te batt other Republic: conduct to sul good on I liam B. Wi - torial nomines in Pennsylvania, and is now on the stump there nightly for Wilson. his e & The President has just made the acquaintance of another of his or third cousins. T J., who hails from Who retains the old of his name— 2 cousin called at the and accepted an invitation to stay to lunch. He announced that h posed to undertake the compi and publication of a Coolidge gene- alogy and family history with bio- graphical sketches of the more i trious members. In this under he will collaborate w F cousin of the President, Dr. E. Cady, a Washington resident President is pretty well posied the Coolidze tree, and must have found a coi versation with which to enterts luncheon guest. The Cooli Association of Am: tion of long standing, comp large part of Massachusetts Coolidges, is not likely to wax enthusiastic over Cousin Fred’s plans. For the asso. tion has an official historlan who has been at work for a dozen years in assembling data for the compilation of a Coolidge genealogical history which the association intends shortly to issue as an official document. L Tost office patrons who have occa- sion to use the Airplane Mail Service will be delighted to learn that plans for changes in the air mail e rates that will render them form and produce a fl p- ble throu out the count rdless of distance or Postmaster Gene very frank confess “Present tem other New factors. different basis pro tion for con- tract routes are extremcly conflicting. They are not only fncomprehensible to mail patrons, but are not entirely un- derstood by ‘postal clerks.” No one rises to dispute this ment. * X The explanation offered for the last- minute cancellation of the plans of a newspaper syndicate to reprint an ar- ticle on Mrs. Coolidge contributed by Herbert Hoover to the American put n of the Girl extensive pub- Coolidge. perhaps to Mr. Coolidge also. resident has not ouraged publicity for himself, but s itedly evidenced strong aver- ng of the spotl famil When th Coolidges first came to Was feminine feature writer interviewed Mrs. Coolidge. Friends of Mrs. Cool- idge quoted her afterward as “hor- rifled” at what appeared in print. It was the first and the last newspaper interview she permitted. Mrs. Cool- idge “stories” are in great demand, but difficuit to obtain. She is never quoted and “news” of her, obtainable from her secretaries, is limited to names and dates. (Covyright. 1926.) ——— b Precautionary. From the Miami Daily News. It is always well to remove all um- brellas from the hall when company comes. Not that they might steal them, but they might recognize some of them. ————. * Surgical Advice. From Tulsa Daily World. A New York surgeon says what Ger- many needs most is prohibition. The war is ended; why carry the grudge further? - h these benefits, | a great| This | the intelligent help of man, who an- | ccond | ed | pro- | tion | Lynchings Deplored. | South Declared in Need of Aid to Curb “Bloodthirsty Brutes.” To the Editor of The Star: It seems that some of our dailies | (notably an editorial in the New York World of October 9) are trying to minimize the awful significance of the fact that two colored boys and a girl { were lynched in South Carolina after ! one of the boys had been declared not guilty of murder and when it was rea- ! sonatle to expect that the other boyv {and girl would also be freed of the| charge. The World rings the change on the idea that the authorities and the better people are altogether blame- | |less of this mob murder, that the | courts had done all they could do. land that there was *no mobbing of a | colored man” by the authorities— | ana that all the trouble is due to the {mere little insignificant fact that! | “Dloodthirsty brutes merely took mat- | ters in their own hands.” | But just that is the gravest phase lof the whole matter: the society {h( the South has so_conditioned the life of {its negro people that even the power of | the State, the authority of the courts {and all the goodness of its “good” I people cannot protect an innocent ne- ro child from being lynched by bloodthirsty brutes.” What does that It means that the South, the | better South, needs the co-operation and help of the rest of the Republic to save civilization in the South. But this is the one necessary conclusion { which the New York World and some {other apologetic sources seem reluc- tant to reach. If the situation is as { the World describes it, an anti-lynch- ing law of the Congress and the power of the National Government are sorely needed in every community like South Carolina. The writer of this letter 1s 45 years and has lived at least two-thirds| ‘= in the heart of the South | not so sure, as is the New ! York World, of the absolute incul- | pibieness of the better South for the | action of these “bloodthirsty brutes. Tio Leglslature of South Carol.na, for example, has passed scores of laws discriminating against colored citizens and “excluding” them from equality in almost evervthing except the equal t to pay taxes. These discriminat- laws give the mpression to the lesser minds of the white majority that the negro is little less than hu- man, and the simpler minds are so 1 that they conclude that if a hould not have the same chance as 2 white 1 in a_public park, on the publ s and in the | ot! uld not have to acknowledga on the lesser] to be mor conclu. al than t tion of these terribly_cons those Sou on the floo for rape ¢ i ch- st ivng 1ogieal 1 philosophy r South” Field Secretary for Advancement of The Pay By William Mather Letwi: President George Washington Univ Several ree interesting that _the in in C we learn erdent : of schools cives $20,000 a year « p, $15.600; $12,500; Philadelphia, st. Louis, §11,000, 2 §2,000. In New el chool prin average $4 W prind £4,591. This ntial betw ¥ men’s has come in for considerable critici In Cincinnati recently a gioup of woman high school teachers v protested to the superin- inst a plan which would chers the advantage. In ate that “such dis- women would be and contrary to Yorl pa tendent ive man the protest the erimination : distinctly re: : of 1s be: @ from the de in New York than the woman e grades. woman teachers in these grades an average of $51 a ar more than it does its men. Further- more, the ave n of woman | teachers i elementary gchool con: s’ tralning heyond high school, while the men | are for the most part college grad- Chicago report of the New ttee on teachers’ round numbers v that elementary teach- spend ahout 55 per cent of r total salary for rent and food.” It would he an excellent thing to ve in every community a citizens’ committes to study the question of teachers’ sa es and_ ascertain whether or not the leaders of our el iven the means to live ce of comfort. fecti grows 1 worries diminish. 26.) when his finan: (Cop: 1 Radio Music Is Held Rival to Movie Show From the Butte Daily Post. What is the favorite Amerfcan form of entertainment? Nearly every one will answer immediately, tures Yet it is just p they are wrong. What happened in Chicago when 3,000 musicians went on strike and left the movie theaters silent was a revelation, The theaters cut the admission rates to one-third and added special film fea- tures to hold their patrons. Yet they were e almost empty. Attendance first day of the strike was only h of normal. look as if people prefer music to movie. 1 of going to the un- accompanied filnis, as they used to do, bly most of the stayed at home and listened to radio ams. And radio broadcasters, it be observed, after trying nearly everything, have settled down to - as their main form of entertain- There is a steadily growing luine of “good music” broadcast, ton. And the movie music usually is good. Solace in Poverty. From Arkansas Democrat. Blessed are the poor. It doesn’t cost them all that money to appeal their cases to the highest court. | 85 Chicago folk | Q. Where is Radlo Central?>—R. L. A. The Radio Corporation of Amer- shore of Long Island—a superpower radio system that sends messages to and receilves them from other nations of the world. Its steel towers cover more than 10 square miles of land. It was opened on November 5, 1921, by President Harding. Q. Which fighter has made more money out of the ring, Dempsey or Leonard?—H. H. McA. A. Jack Dempse; purses have ex- ceeded those of Benny Leonard. jowever, both have passed the mil- lion mark. Q. Do cherry trees often bloom a second time?—M. G. A. The Bureau of Plant Industry says that a second growth late in the season is a frequent occurrence with the cherry and the plum tree s continuous dry spell. This second blooming may also indicate a diseased condition of the tree. If this has oc- curred only on one tree, it is indicative of a diseased condition, while if it is prevalent throughout the entire or- chard, it is a result of weather condl- tions. Q. Are there any triceratops Iliv- ing?—C. T. W. A. There are no specimens of this giant herbivorous dinosaur in exist- ence. It was native to western North America, and had the largest cra- nfum of any known land animal, and the smallest brain cavity in com- parison with the size of the skull. Q. Which colleges for colored people are best endowed >—E. C. A. According to the statistics of universities, colleges and professional hools, published by the Bureau of Eaducation, the following are the most heavily endowsd neero colleges: Lin- toln University, Pa., $650.000: Meharry Medical College, Tenn., $605.712; Gam- mon Theological Seminary Ga., $479.- Howard University, Washington, D. C., $428,819. Q. Docs Henry Bacon's face appear in a mural in the Lincoln Memorial?— G. F. B. > ‘A. Ths head of the architect, Mr. Pacon. appears in the decoration on the group at the left of the angel. Q. How were the original furnish- e A. In Jefferson's time the White Honse was furniched with articles broveht from Philadelphia and which h hien used by Gen, V ring Madison's administration the is said to have been refur- plendidly.” After lobstar has heen bofled, v may it be served A. Lobster may be f Aoviled, ¢ led or used | Q. Fow man needed for tak stie Congress From June 1 ilimans he =5 sealloped, buttered, ullman cars were people to the Yiu- 0?7—P. B to Juna 24, nearly vere used for this Q. 1s the franking pr given to any ene for persox A. The Post Of t the fray P present time has only iy | three individuals for persona The law is as follow ter nt. by the post T Cleveland (Preston), widow of the late Grover Cleveland, her wr 3 and by Ma of the lite er her by ot - writ e, will be conv autogrs 3 z the natural life free of postase of each, respectiv 0. Wil plgs overeat if they are permitted access to food at all time: —W. E. A. It has been demonstrated that there is no danger of overcating when | self-feeders are d. Tt also prevents the overcrowding of t ho which often occurs when they are hand-fed. Q. Of what is th ment of a_gasoline-elc constituted>—B. H. D. A. Of a gasoline engine, a dynamo and moto soline cngine of. say, a capa worsepower, actuates the dynamo through direct driving equip- iric street car ica built Radio Central on the north | the north wall in the fourth ficure in’| ingz of the White House nbmined?f’ a<hington. | the late | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN. connection with the latter. The elec- tric power generated by the dynamo is transmitted to the motors, the latter being in connection with the ecar axles. Q. How many submarine cables | have been laid across the Atlantic | Ocean?—T. N. A. The new cable between Pen- zance and Rockaway is the nineteenth | to be laid across the Atlantic. | @ 1sa Vbottom boat roomier and | speedier than a round-bottom boat?— M. L. 8. A. The Y-bottom boat, being & practically straight-sided boat, when properly built, offers the maximum | amount of room for a given breadth. and, secondly, the form is such that it can’ be driven at a falr amount of speed with small power. The speed limit of a V-bottom boat i3 mearly double that of a round-bottom. type. Q. ‘What is the symbolism of the Thorwaldsen baptismal font seen in many churches? A. The angelic tismal font is emblematic of the in- d dual angelic guardianship which ancient tradition says was bestowed on each child with the rite of baptism and which would continue throughout the earthly life. An exquisite font of this type is in St. Thomas' Epis- copal Church. Q. Is there a difference in the de- grees of murder in Great Britain?— F. N, ‘A. There is not in Great Britaln the difference in the degree of erlm- fnality for murder known as first and second degree as in the United States. All murder is a capital of- fense punishable by hanging. Man- slaughter may be pleaded and is pun- ishable by imprisonment. Q. Of what city is it sald that it is to be “smokeless, dustless, mudless, odorless and slumless”?—J. F. A. Mr. King O'Malley, the Aus- tralian Minister, who is largely re- sponsible for the construction of the new Australlan capiial, said this of Canberra. Q. How moored?— A E. M. A. In the United States the method of mooring is to secure the airship's mooring cone into the mooring mast cup, the Government masts being | each 160 feect t. In the alrship the RSt tndia ) 1o ured in | nose in a roller thrust bearing, which | allows the ship to rotate about the | spindle, and at the same time takes the thrust or pull of the ship due to wind resistance. The mooring free to rotate about its ver- cis, s s secuied to an wunted on ball aliowing the airship swing freely to the wind about the me cup in the center. The ship | can roll about its own axis and change lits angle of inclination. Thus the only strains put on the mooring mast or on the structure of the airship are those due to the wind resistance of are airships {cup is | tical | to | moo of Willlam IIT. Q. Do the register and treasurer aflix their signatures to 1 currency?—M. L. W. Treasury Department says s of the register raved on a plate raving and Frint 1ving of these sig- #oes on currency. They ie man could not possibly his signature to all currency. Q. What is the length of the Pan ?—C. E. M. tal length of the canal from deep water at the CarfoRs2n end thereof to deep water in the Pacific ally 50 mi The resources of our free Infoema tion Burcau are at your service. ¥ou are invited to call upon it as often as wou please. It is being maintained by The Evening Star solely to serve you. What questions can we answer for wou? There is no charge at all except 2 cents in stamps for return postage? Address your letter to The Evening star Information Rurcan, Frederie J. IHaskin, Director, Washington, D. C. Detrolt church and Y. M. C. A. lead- ers who withdrew invitations to labor men to speak on Sunday during the Amerifcan Federation of Labor on have most of the the incident. vitations followed an appe s nizati ttacking the poli of the federation. The viewpoint of the busine is suggested in comment on th dent by the Kansas Clty Journa which states: “Peopl hear labor's concerns p get much better conceptions ideals set up by attending meetings. The same is tru cal jssues and of the interest ented by the countles h are so much a part « fairs. The church timate relation to all thes it is to be doubted, however, w the church needs to be sermont them.” . Put this attitude does not appeal to a largre section of the press. 3 ine that in closing the pu churches to repr i in conventfon a acting against long dent, the Boston T ithat “for seven year custom, in the vari the foderation has me of their representative members the freedom of the churches in the man ner proposed at Detroit. The practice has had a good influence.” contends the Trangeript—“an influence un- doubtedly, in both directlons, as con- ducing to a direct and reasoning view of industrial matters on the part of employing interes a moderate attitude on the part of labor representatives. This moderat- ing influence undoubtedly gets a set. back as the result of the Detroit mis- understanding,” concludes this paper regretfully. * x x The Grand Rapids Herald, also, re- calls that “some of these labor lead- have appeared in the greatest pul- pits in the land, not eampaigning for their industrial fetish, but speaking for Christ brotherhood,” and it in- sists that “this unfortunate Detroit episode cannot be allowed to stand as | typical. It is not typical. The coun 's reactlon to it, in religious cen- ters, proves the contrary,” claims the ent Green is not a man of te speech, and when he im- plied that the anti-union forces were in this instance successful in what he to_control’ the as the economic forces of the community in behalf of their cause, he states the situation as it will be interpreted generally,” observes the Newark Evening News, and the Columbus ©Ohlo State Jour- nal finds the “distressing feature of the action ungdpr discussion to be the zlous as and as tending to | Closing of Pulpits t_o I;abor Leaders Assailed by Press fact that It seems to have heen dic tates hes by the repre. as opposed to fght ¥, as op " This paper holds “the Chamber of Commerce uld be no more imoc e Hod Car orif representative of the of Commerce public zatio o a to the pe tion fssue at the Amer: r is un-Ame the N IHaven Register the federation with havingzs s a rock in the path of all ic_efforts among the labor- e of the United States,” and that “from its record there® no evidence produced that s ehurch in refusing, to perr reof to occupy fts pulp the custom of that church invite outsiders to, an Federa 1 and un to * ok ok % * ction of the Y. M. C. A., in “ing ion that had; extended to President) ss_that or-4 000,000 becaus ling progr ter adv: tlon of the i |orously condemned b Times, which he f “Such a confession is a self- condemnation so severe and com. te that nothing needs to be added’ to it,” and this paper expresses the! hope that “the national body will dis- countenanee any effort that subordi- nates the principles which have been exempiified in its world wide work to any such purely material motive.” “The Detroft eplsode.” says the Manchester Union, “appears to pre- {sent an example of the curiously short-sighted blunder, calculated to produce results quite out of propor- tion to the local conditions which seem to have influenced the action.” In line with this opinion {3 that of ithe Anniston Star, which believes {that “the immediate effect of this | faux pas on the part of the Detrolt jchurches will be to hurt the church as a whole,” and also that “this af- front to labor will very likely have the effect of bringing about an inten- ysified labor-capital war in the auto- mobile city. The Portland Evening Express con- siders the withdrawal of the invita- itions “shortsighted to the point of i folly,” since the act “has the ap- | pearance of, and by many will be in- | terpreted as being, an alliance of re- ligion with mammon,” while the | Brooklyn Daily Eagle regards “De- | troit m s and the Detroit Y. M. C. A. as very timorous in spirit, {else they would not have made such a cowandly surrender to the unwar- ranted demand of Detroit’s Board of Commerce.” explanation