Evening Star Newspaper, November 5, 1926, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY.. November 5, 1826 - THEODORE W. NOYES. . Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company asiness Office: 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. New York Office: 110 East 42nd St. Chicago Office: Tower Bu:lding. . 14 Regent St.. London, England Tha Evaning Star, with the Sunday morn- tog edition. is delivered by carriers within ihe city at 60 centa per month: daily only. 45 cants 1. Sundays only. 2 e sent by mail or 0. Collection is made by h month elephone M at carrier at end of e Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. <137, $0.00: 1 mo.sT8e 17 $4.00: 1 mol b0 1yr.$300: 1 mol. 25¢ All Other States and Canada. there, operated by a watchman. Last|the bank door for support after be- night, according to witnesses, watchman failed to lower the gates until the motor car was on the track. Maintenance of safety gates—which are only safe when they are down to give warning—is tantamount to giv- ing the road user a right of way when they are not lowered. The driver should not be expected to ‘“‘stop, look and listen” if the gates are up at a crossing thus equipped. Negligence or tardiness on the part of the watchman in operating the gates should be punished even though no accident results. When lives are lost, as in this latest Long Island case, the punishment should be severe. But punishing the watchman for his negli- gence does not cure the evil. His fault is evidence that the crossing is not sufficiently protected. “There is no guarantee of safety at a place of heavy traffic save in the elimination of the Daily and Sunday..1 yr.. $12.00; 1 mo.. 91.00 | crossing. Dail N s 8.00° 1 mo., 76c ) Doy i §08 1m0 J8C] There is no need of watchman or Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exolusively entitled ® the use for republication of all news dis- ted to it or not otherwise cred aver snd aiso the o in. Al rights of pul “hatches herein are also rese: atches cre: nes ation rved ‘West Still Republican. Revolt in the West and Middle West egainst the Republican party and ad- ministration of Government failed to materialize in Tuesday's electlons, notwhhstanding the rumblings of dis- appointment over farm-relief legisla- tion in the last session of Congres: A review of the election in the States west of the Mississippi and in the corn belt States east of the great river shows that the Republicans held their own. Where Democratic vie- torfes were won they represented a swing back to more normmal condi- tions. Republican senatorial victories were recorded In California, Oregon and ‘Washington, the Pacific Coast States; in Nevada, Idaho, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, South Dakota, North Da- ¥ota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, In- diana and Ohio. Democratic senatorial victories were recovded in Arizona, Oklahoma, Missouri and Kentucky. Of these four States, Oklahoma is or- dinarily Democratic by from 40,000 to 50,000 votes. The two Republican Senators elected there came into office in the wake of the Harding and Cool- idge landslides and because of dis- sensions among the Democrats. In Missouri and Kentucky the political sentiment is shown by the fact that the Democrats have majorities of the Hduse delegations, and in Arizona the single member of the House, now Senator-elect, 1s a Democrat. ‘With the exception of John J. Blaine of Wisconsin, no new Republican radicals were elected. Both Nye and Brookhart, in North Dakota and Iowa, respectively, have been members of the Senate, although the latter was ousted last Spring In an election con- test which seated a Democrat. In Wisconsin there is no farm revolt against the Republican party. The La Follette faction, which put Blaine into office, has dominated t State for years. Indeed, Wisconsin is ad- mittedly well off in its agricultural communities. The Republicans held their lines well In the elections to the House in the West and Middle West. They gained one seat in California, one in Kansas and another in Minnesota, from the Farmer-Labor party. The Democrats picked up two Republican seats in Illinois, three in Missouri, one in Nebraska and probably one in Kansas. Here was no wild scramble to defeat the Republican party. In gubernatorial elections the Re- publicans overturned Democratic ad- ministrations in Wyoming, Oregon, and perhaps in Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico. The Democrats chalked up a gubernatorial victary in South Dakota and another in Colorado, where Republicans have held sway. The farmers of the West and Mid- dle West ave still falthful to the prin- ciples of the Republican party, it ap- pears. They do not see the wisdom of repealing the Republican protective tariff, as they are urged to do by some of the Democratic leaders. They fear the loss of domestic markets if the standard of living for the indus- trial East should be lowered by such & political prank. Indeed, several of the Democratic candidates in the elec- tions announced they would not seek reductions in the tariif schedules on the industries of their States. This was true, for example, in Colorado, where Sweet, the Democratic nominee for the S announced he would support the duties on sugar and wool, which vitally affect the people of his State and which have been directly under Democratic attack. The farmers of the West believe that the tariff can be made more ef- fective for agriculture: that a system stabllizing to some degree the agricul- tural industry of this country can be devised and set up. But they still hope and belicve that these benefits will flow to them more surely through the Republicun party than the Demo- cratie. ——ee— Many people seem to know all about se. The great mys- tery lies in the fact that the mystery has not been exposed. - On the towpath of political affairs that Democratic mule is a persistent old animal. ate, Negligent Gateman, Four Dead. Most of the grade-crossing accidents eccur at places where there are no barriers and even no watchmen. In such cases the responsibility rests upon the motorist or driver who at- tempts to cross the tracks without as- suring himself that conditions are fa- wvorable. But when a vehicle is hit by a train at a crossing that is equipped with a gate and a watchman the re- sponsibility rests upon the railroad company for the fault of its agent. Such a collision occurred last night on Long Island, when a train struck a motor car and four persons were killed and three were probably mortally in- fured. This crossing is notoriously danger- oua. It has been the scene of numer- ous fatal crashes in the past few years, A “safety gate" is maintained | gates at the crossing where the high- way goes over or under the tracks, and that is the only kind that should be tolerated. But while the day of emancipation from this menace to life is approaching the railroad companies should be compelled, by the applica- tion of the severest possible penalties, to insure dependable watchman-and- gate service at these points of con- stant danger. Resignation Stops Impeachment. By his act in resigning his office Judge George W. English puts an end to the impeachment proceedings which have been instituted against him. The managers for the House of Representatives have adopted a resolution to the effect that the,trial, which was to have started In the Senate next Wednesday, be postponed until December, thus giving the House an opportunity to instruct the managers. This course will doubt- less be followed, and in all likelihood the House will, in December, instruct its managers to withdraw the case. References have been made to the Belknap trial, which occurred in 1876, in somewhat similar circum- stances. Gen. Belknap, Secretary of War under President Grant, was ac- cused of malfeasance in office in con- nection with certain Army post con- tracts. Before the House could act in impeachment he resigned his of- fice. The point was immediately raised that he could not then be im- peached, being no longer an official, but the House proceeded to vote ac- cusation and to ask the Senate to try the case. The Senate organized as a high court and sat in judgment. The defense entered a plea of non- Jurisdiction, but the Senate, by a ma- Jority vote, denled the plea. The case was tried in part upon the issue of the alleged misconduct and in part upon the issue of jurisdiction. When the vote was taken, on the first of August, 1876, the Senate re- fused to convict. The following edi- torial, printed in The Star of August 2, 1876, analyzes the vote in & man- ner which bears out the judgment of the House managers In their action in the English case, just taken: An analysis of the vote on the articles of impeachment in the Bel- knap case shows that of the twenty- five Senators voting not guilty twen- ty-two, including Mr. Eaton of Con- necticut, voted thus without reference to the merits of the case, but because the Senate had no jurisdiction. Of these twenty-lwo _Senators several said that while differing from a ma- Jority of the Senate on the question of jurisdiction they felt bound by the dction of the majority and should, therefore, vote not guilty. Three Sen- ators, Messrs. Conover, Wright and Patterson, voted not guilty because in their opinion the charge of bribery was not sustained by the evidence * ® * It will thus be seen that had the twenty-two Senators, who consid- ered themselves bound by the action of the Senate on the question of Jurisdiction, voted guilty on the merits of the case, Gen. Belknap would have been convicted by a vote of fifty-nine to three, the three being Messrs. Wright, Conover and Patter- son. The trial, while it has been an ex- pensive proceeding to the Govern- ment, has established a precedent which will hereafter be regarded as governing In similar cases. It was In one sense an entirely useless pro- ceeding, since, as Mr. Conkling sald yesterday, the respondent IS now in- dicted under statutes which impose on him, if convicted, in addition to other punishments, disability to hold office, and this was all that would have followed a conviction by the Senate sitting as a court of im- peachment. The action of the House managers yesterday in moving for the postpone- ment of the trial, looking to its eventual abandonment by the with- drawal of the impeachment, thus fol- lows that precedent. Nothing would be gained by further proceedings. The accused judge has resigned, and in- asmuch as his removal from office was the object of the accusation no end would be served by trial and con- victlon save disbarment from future office holding. An impeachment trial is usually a long procedure. It is highly probable that if it were started next Wednes- day the trial of Judge English, who in his resignation denies any degree of guilt and who would be expected to defend himself vigorously before the high tribunal, would be so pro- tracted as to run into the regular session of the Senate, seriously im- peding the legislative work of Con- gress. Abandonment of the proceed- ings is, therefore, in the interest of an orderly advancement of the busi- ness of the short session. ———— The case of Aimee McPherson re- tains the element of suspense. In re- questing a deliberate attitude of pub- le opinion, the radie announcer has little more to say than “Please stand by.” An Unusual Ending. An encouraging chaprter in the an- nals of banditry in the United States has been written by a Detroit police- man, who, in breaking up a bank hold-up, succeeded in killing one rob- ber and seriously wounding another, although struck three times by the return fire of the criminals. It is generally the other way around, with the policeman killed and the bandits escaping, but in this case the robbers met a Tartar in Patrolman John Dom- becky, whose aim was good despite the fact thet he had to lean pgainst the | ing shot. Officer Dombecky is not seriously injured.. He will be all right again in a short time to patrol his beat in the same alert manner that enabled him to “spot” the attempted hold-up. The bandits made a serious mistake in staging a bank robbery in Dom- becky's territory. It was only last September that he shot and killed a man who had just slain his partner, Frank Marcinkowsky, during riots in Detroit. Although not presuming to dispense advice to the city of Detroit, and more particularly to the police de- partment of that municipality, it would seem that this brave police- man has more than earned his spurs and merits a decided promotion. He has been in two gunfights with crimi- nals and has brought down his man in each case. —————————— Ty Cobb. Even those who have booed the loudest when Ty Cobb came strolling in from center fleld to argue with the umpire or to stall in removing a pitcher will feel a keen regret that they probably for the last time have seen this great player in action. After twenty-one years of brilllance with the Detrolt American League base ball club—years crowded with action from the time he was a sensational rookie, fresh as paint, but with poten- tialities that drew him immediately into the spotlight, to his term of six years as manager—Ty has resigned his post and will no longer play with the team of which he has been so important a member. Cobb, unquestionably one of the greatest players who ever lived, smart, quick, a fine fielder and a better batter, was notoriously unsue- cessful as a manager. Dissension be- tween him and his players developed soon after he was placed in charge and this fact spelled fallure for his often expressed pennant aspiration for the Detroit club. Brilliant him- self, it was said that because certain other players were unable to emulate his feats on the diamond he would be- come disgusted and that this was one of the reasons for his inability to maintain harmony on the team. Once a base ball man always a base ball man, and Cobb after more than a fifth of a century on the major league diamond may try again as a manager on some other club. He may become,a “magnate,” acquiring ownership. But his playing days are just about over, although there are still few batters who can meet the ball with his uncanny skill and few men, it any, who possess his knowl- edge of the nation@l game. He is one of the notable figures of base ball history and one of the chief con- tributors to the popularity that base ball holds from coast to coast. His passing from the field, therefore, will be mourned by players and fans alike and the horizon will be scanned for another coming Ty Cobb. — e A drama with no profanity has lit- tle chance. The audience prefers to be “treated rough.” Mussolini found that out and applied the principle to politics. —————————————— Public opinion is largely negative. Voters are engaged more in telling what they do not want than what they do. —t— Thanks to friendly offices of Queen Marie, Lole Fuller has been able to appear again in a spectacular tour of the United States. ——o—t————— If public opinion is as powerful as represented, broadcasting will compel judge and jury to share responsibility with the microphone. s e ‘With so many Democrats intruding, Vice President Dawes may find it harder than ever to make the United States Senate behave. David Walsh of Massachusetts now regards the politically gigantic Mr. Butler as his Goliath. R SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Why Not? The years all swiftly glide away, We stand in mute surprise; The laughing youth of yesterday Has now grown old and wise. So, let’s forget the ancient wrong— Or, maybe, make amends! ‘We won't be here so very long, ‘Why can’t we all be friends? As nations polish up their steel And at revenges hint, Amid the threats our hearts reveal Of love a lingering glint. Let’s cherish it. A rancor strong In sad confusion ends. ‘We won't be here so very long, ‘Why can’t we all be friends? ‘Valuable Combination. “I understand you were re-elected.” “Yes,” answered Senator Sorghum, “I had a campaign backer who could keep his pocketbook open and his mouth shut.” Rehearsal. A cuss word Willie dared to fling, His father spoke in rage; “Tush!” Willle said, “I'm practicing To go upon the stage.” Jud Tunkins savs clothes has changed a lot since a lady who wore a “Mother Hubbard” got herself talked about. “Power,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “may come by accident. True authority comes only by wisdom and patience.” Roll Call. Although it seems a mighty change When we are greeting statesmen strange, Ideas new do not appear And all they seem to say is “Here!" “Friendship ceases in a crap game,” said Uncle Eben. “It revives agin when de loser has to borrow."” Strength They Save. From the Boston Transcript. Smoking is said to be “sapping the vigor" of our women, but think of the strength they save in not having to 1ift their skirts on the crossings! “A few weeks ago a young lady from Washington, D. C., called upon me, and when I mentioned your oat stories she told me that you knew very little about cats, as your ac- quaintance with them was limited to Jack Spratt,” writes a steady reader at Greenwich, N. Y. As this gives us an opportunity to tackle again a favorite theme, we are glad the young lady said just what she did. It is a text made to order. There Is a too prevalent impression that one must have dealt with large numbers of anything in order to know the subject. Like most of the common beliefs, there is a grain of truth in it, of course. The trouble is that it does not go far enough nor take into con- sideration the subject. If one essays to speak of the dollar and its power he must necessarily deal with a quantity of dollars, as a single dollar possesses very little, if any, power nowadays. A man who proudly held aloft a dollar bill and cried, “Behold! I have a dollar, and with it will tell you just what money can do,” would be set down as deficient In sense as well as cents. Only the man with the dollars of Ford or Schwab can know exactly what one can do with dollars. Rocke- feller knows, as Carnegie did, what the power of money is, what one may do with it for others, and what he may do with it to help his own soul on its long journey. ok With fife, nowever, all is different. When one deals with life, certain avenues of the mind and heart are opened up. One finds imagination of vastly more importance than the adding machine. The ability to “put two and two to- gether,” as'the saying has it, works out grander sums, in dealing with life, than mere mathematical astuteness. In this realm there comes into play what Willlam Blake so well put in his “Auguries of Innocence’: “To see the world in a grain of sand, And Heaven in a wild flower; Hold infinity in the palm of your hand And eternity in an hour.” This is a special instinct, and by its use one may know more, through one specimen, than others would do with a million specimens. Some call it intuition. Women are popularly supposed to have a monopoly of this specialized instinet, but it is found in men quite as often, although they generally call it a “hunch.” To have a “hunch” about anything is to have a very positive idea upon it without having any reasons to. ad- vance for the support of the main 1dea. The “hunch” commonly has some relation to action, especially in the future. One has a “hunch” that so and so will happen; if the predicted event comes to pass, it was a good “hunch”; if something else happerns, the “hunch” was a poor one. Intuition, seeing with the “eve of the mind,” is vastly broader, dealing with time past. present and future. It may touch upon mysticism or prac- tical, everyday knowledge. This direct knowing, which we call intuition, as contrasted with specu- lative, Treflective knowing, often D. ©, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1926. meets the sneers of the world. “You say you know—how do you know?” And there can be no answer. The poet knows he is right, but when confronted by the mathe- matician he is silenced. He cannot answer. Jesus knew the futility of argu- ment before Pilate. His intuition of great things was beyond the power of most men to understand. He had immediate apprehension, whereas the overhelming bulk of humanity has only some portion of mediate know- ing. ERE Albert Payson Terhune knew the soul of the dog as well in his first collle as in his tenth. Experience teaches the mother some practical lessons in bringing up children, but her instinctive mother love is no greater with her third child than with her first. The lover of flowers gets as much satisfaction out of one glorlous rose as from & basket full of them. A wonderful sunset, such as one may often see over the National Zoological Park (perhaps better there than any place else in ‘the District of Columbia), is enough for the sensitive man or woman. What need has such of seeing a sunset over the Mediterranean? He would not shrink from the experience, but he has no particular need of seeking it. To have seen one sunset is to have seen all sunsets. Nor is this a mere provincial outlook. It fis, rather, the fine product of natural Instincts for beauty, combined with common sense and real contentment. There are many men, accused of being in a rut, who possess gifts the accusers do not credit them with owning. How else is it possible to account for many of the Government officlals, sclentists and others, who seem to the “practical fellows” to be holding down jobs far below the ability of the incumbents? The explanation is that there o more in the job than appears to the eye. The scientist busy with his little world of investigation, calmly calculating impedances, 18 truly hold- ing infinity in the palm of his hand, and knowing eternity in an hour. He may not look at it exactly that way, and certainly his detractors never do, but that is exactly what he 1s doing, nevertheless. Much the same thing holds good in all walks of life. The sensitive child in school, yonder colorless little fellow, sees a world in a grain of sand, and Heaven in a wild flower, at his play, in the great world of “make believe,” where the careless elder, who has lost that fine spirit, sees only dirt and muss, may Heaven help him! The woman who sits alone, having knewn the love of one good man and true, despite all of his human imper- fections, does not,seek for six “soul mates,” in order to broaden her ex- perience, but holds fast in her waiting soul all that Love has to offer. Life is deeper than feet, wider than miles. Its hidden depths are plumbed v those who dive without ever seem- g to dive, by those who understand although they may not be able to tell iust how they understand. The wis- dom of life has nothing to do with numbers. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. There's more than meets the eye in the announcement that Mr. Cool- idge’s first post-election White House guest is Alexander P. Moore of Pitts- burgh. The former American Ambas- sador to Spain is held in high esteem by the President as a political scout. Moore crossed the éountry on at least one occasion during the past year, sounding out “trends” and conveying his impressions to Mr. Coolidge. King Alfonso's Yankee pal still looks upon himself as a reporter, and poli- tics remains the thing he's fondest of investigating. The presumption fs safe that the former newspaper pub- lisher will leave Washington with a presidential mandate to sally forth and survey the effects of the late Re- publican unpleasantness. Undoubted- ly the “assignment” of the reporter politician is to find out whether the Republican Senate slip is synonymous with a Coolidge slip, as the Presi- dent’s foes allege. * K K K Senator Borah will open the Wash- ington speechmaking season on No- vember 16, when he addresses the tri- ennial of the National Council of Jewish Women at its convention ban- quet. The chairman of the Senate committee on foreign affairs will ap- propriately hold forth on “Interna- tional Relation: He is expected to enunciate certain keynote features of American foreign policy in_light of current events at home and abroad. A thousand of the leading Jewish women of the United States will hold conclave at the council triennial. The president of the organization is Mrs. William Dick Sparborg of Port Ches. ter, N. Y. Mrs. Alexander Wolf of Washington is chairman of the local committee and will preside at the banquet. The Council of Jewish ‘Women with branches in every nook and corner of the Republic, special- izes in welfare work. It is particular- 1y concerned with the problem of re- lleving population congestion In cities largely inhabited by Jews and in en- couraging Jewish settlement in agri- cultural communities. ERE The cause of preparedness will lose an effective friend when James Wadsworth, jr., Republican, of New York, leaves the Senate. As chalrman of the Senate committee on military affairs, Wadsworth has fought long and valiantly for adequate treatment of the Army at the hands of Congress. His “Gettysburg address” in Pennsyl- vania last year, at the dedication of a New York battle monument on the historis field, was an eloquent attack on the fallacy of reducing military ap- propriations below the margin of na- tional safety. ‘“Jim” Wadsworth had | just received his B. A, at Yale in 1898 when he joined the United States Army for service in Porto Rico. Dur- ing the World War Senator Wads- worth visited France at his own ex: pense to inquire into the needs of Pershing's Army at first hand. It happens that Senator Warren of Wy- oming, Gen. will inherit the chairmanship of t military affairs committee by dint of seniority. * K Kk Six or seven important Senate com- mittee chairmanships will fall to rank. ing Republicans in the Seventieth Congress because of the disappearance of present chairmen. The patents committee loses both its chalrman and ranking member (Butler and Ernst, respectively). Norris will become its head after March 4, 1027. Senator Means of Colorado will give way to Senator Capper of Kansas as chair- man of the claims committee. Senator Harreld of Oklahoma will surrender the chairmanship of Indian affairs to Senator Curtis of Kansas, himself of Indlan ancestry. Leadership of the important committee on privileges and electlons, now in the hands of Senator Ernst of Kentucky, will fall to Sena- tor Watson of Indiana. The Vare- Smith unseating controversy will keep the Watson committee in the spotlight for many a hectic dgy. Senator Smoot of Utah will supplant Senator Stan- field of Oregon as chairman of public lands, and Senator Warren of Wyo- ming will inherit from the late Senator W-[m which three votes were tallled for Pershing’s father-ln-la:! Fernald of Maine the chairmanship of public lands. The printing com- mittee, now headed by Senator Pepper of Pennsylvania, will have & new chairman_in the person of Senator Moses of New Hampshire. * % ok % There's an interesting project afoot to establish a *‘Lincoln shrine.” The prime movers are five Civil War vet- erans and Grand Army of the Repub- lic men—O. H. Oldroyd, John McEl- roy, John Middleton, Frank J. Young and E. W. Creecy. Mr. Creecy is also an active member of the Loyal Legion. Their proposal is that the Govern- ment, which owns Ford’s Theater in Washington, where Lincoln was shot, shall abandon its use as an office building and convert it into a dig- nified museum of Lincoln relics and memoirs. The Oldroyd collection, re. cently purchased by the Government, is housed across the street In the ram- shackle building in which Lincoln dled. The place s not fireproof and Is otherwise unsuitable for sheltering 8o priceless a national treasure. The orginators of the shrine scheme would like Uncle Sam to assemble under one roof—preferably Ford's Theater—all the valuable Lincoln trophies extant. The Government itself has a number of them, scattered throughout Wash- ington. Boxed up at the Smithsonian Institution 1s the chalr in which the Great Emancipator sat when assassi- nated. The War Department has the pistol and bullet with which Booth shot Lincoln. LR Primary slush funds are not to be the only thing talked about in the Senate when “BIll” Vare, Republican Senator-elect from Pennsylvania, comes up for banishment. Events in Philadelphia on election day will be discussed, particularly in the so-called “zero divisions” of Vare's home town. ‘There were 76 divisions in which, ac- cording to police returns, Vare re- ceived a total of 16,709 votes and ‘Wilson, his Democratic opponent, a total of 32. In 44 of these divisions Wilson's vote was returned as zero. In the other 32 Wilson was given only one vote apiece. Voters in a division “Vilson are ready to make affidavits that at least six persons voted for him in that precinct. “Zero divisions” are familiar features of Philadelphia ma- chine politics. But this time it “is planned to bring them to the attention of the Federal body which Vare is about to adorn. Steps in that direc- tion have Blrea.d); b:ell taken. * November 2, 1926, marked a nota- ble anniversary in the annals of radio and of American politics. It was on November 2, 1920, that the air was used for the first time for general broadcasting, when the Harding and Coolidge landslide was recorded. KDKA at Pittsburgh was the station ywhich functioned on that pioneer oc- casion. A couple of months later— on January 15, 1921—the first “pick- up” from a banqueting hall was sent along a wave length. Herbert Hoover was the speaker, in Pitts- burgh, appealing for European relief funds. ERE IS t Washingtonians have received | coples of a magnificently printed and illustrated Sesquicentennial edition of the American-owned Japan Advertiser of Tokio. Secretaries Mellon, Hoover and Davis (Labor) and Senator Borah contributed to the edition autographed tributes to the importance of Japa- nese-American trade and friendship. (Copyright. 1926.) Unecrowned Queens. From the Glendale Evening News. Among other things beauty con- tests indicate is that a lot of the pret- tiest grils are too proud to enter. Rather Loose Line. From the Hardware Journal. Even in telling fish stories some mph never know where to draw the 0. 4 THINK IT OVER Teaching Parents. By William Mather Lewis, President George Washington University On the Western coast new educa- tional ideas spring up and flourish with great frequency. And we need new educational ideas. Inertia is hard to overcome in the fleld of child train- ing. For instance, can you give a logical reason why eight vears should be de- voted to the elementary schooling of children instead of six, seven or nine? There is no loglcal reason, judged from the standpoint of twentieth cen- tury requirements. We just carry on for eight years because generations ago, when the educational and soctal demands were vastly different from those of today, that period was estab- lished. : But I digress. ‘Speaking of California, they are about to educate parents there. An en- dowment of $22,500 has been given for this work and an assistant state su- perintendent appointed to direct it. It may or may not be significant that this man was formerly engaged in physical education. Perhaps he will teach the parents how to ply the slip- per, an art which was effective as an educational adjunct in the early days, but which of recent years has fallen into disuse. To education of parents! That is an exceedingly important thing. The child i{s not a minlature man, but a distinct type of individual, with his own aproach to the problems of life. You cannot talk down to him. He must be met on his own level. The parent who fails to do the best by his child is he who cannot or who will not un- derstand it. All success to California! May the system spread eastward. “It is a wise father who knows his own child.” (Covyright. 1926.) Volunteers to Halp In Armenia Proposed To the Editor of The Star: The hapless Armenians who had found a haven of refuge in the Cau- casus and were gallantly striving to establish themselves as a nation are again the victims of an overwhelm- ing disaster. The recent earthquake has rendered more than 150,000 peo- ple homeless and foodless. More than 84 towns have been leveled—an un- paralleled calamity for these people. This has numbed the whole race and they are in desperate need of succor at once. Thousands of them are in danger of death from exposure and starvation. Desolation, pesti- lence, spread of malaria, influenza and other diseases, with recurring earthshocks, are keeping the popula- tion in a state of panic and disaster. Fatalities exceed 1.500. Thousands are Injured and damage to property is well over $60,000,000. Something has to be done—and done quickly. The task is so stupendous that none of the present-day relief agencies operating there can cope with the situation Knowing of the previous generous responses of our people, I am wonder- ing if volunteer committees cannot be organized in every community to help gather funds to cable to Armenia or to reliable persons or agencies at once, either through the President of the United States, the State Depart- ment or the American Red Cross, for immediate life-saving work in Ar- menia, D. A. KURK. Impatient Driver Seen As Danger in Traffic To the Editor of The Star: While driving a small car north on Fourteenth street, I was compelled to stop behind a street car, which had stopped to discharge an old gentleman. He descended from the rear platform and crossed the tracks to the other side of the street, hesitating to let the street car pass and then again to see how T was going to proceed. I waited until he had crossed to the south- bound track before making a start ahead. . Directly back of me was walting a heavy roadster. (I do not know its make.) The instant the street car door was closed and before the car started, he honked his horn with the evident purpose of goading me to move ahead. When we did get into motion and he passed me, I asked him if he expected that I was going to run the street-car passenger down and kill him so that T might prepare a clear way ahead for him, or words to that effect. He replied that he only wanted me to get out of his way. Com- mon sense dictated under the circum- stances that the only way to clear the way for “His Majesty” was to proceed forward. This type of driver is one upon whom the spotlight of public attention might be focused to good advantage until he desists from the practice and admits that, until he has clear vision ahead, he will have to leave the matter of moving at the proper time to the one ahead, who can see. He may rest assured that the driver in front of him is behaving just as he would if he were in the lead, HERBERT A. CHURCH. Pedestrians Urged to Keep on Left Side To the Editor of The Star: Somewhat in line with your timely editorial of recent date about right- hand turns, may I suggest that If pe- destrlans would form the habit of walking on the left-hand side of the street as far as possible, one element of danger at crossings, I am sure, would be at least greatly lessened, since it eliminates the danger of step- ping in front of a car approaching in the same direction from the rear and making a right-hand turn. This plan seems a perfectly obvious one, but the simplest expedients do not always occur to us. Of course, it 13 not always practica- ble to walk on the left-hand side of the street, but in a great many in- stances, especially in the residential districts, it is. V. E. HODGES. Downs’ Rise to Fame Inspiration to Youth From the Anniston Star. Lawrence A. Downs has become president of the Illinois Central Rail- way System, and in his selection for the important position there Is inspi- ration for American youth. Lawrence A. Downs not a great many years ago was earning $60 a month as a rodmas From rodman at $60 a month to the presidency of a great system at a salary of many thou- sands a year is a long jump, but Mr. Downs made it and in doing so he furnished evidence that faithful serv- ice, a desire to get ahead and the constant working toward a high mark can bring the humblest worker to the highest place, and frequently does so. Mr. Downs did not become presi- dent of the great railway system he now heads at one leap. He had to work himself up by degrees, and there is where his determination, his ability and his faithful service count- ed. Pushing ever upward, he went from rodman to assistant engineer, then roadmaster, then chief engineer’s assistant, where he had charge of the maintenance of way department for the whole system. ANSWERS TO OQA What {s World Wide Wireless?— . F. A. It is a system of radio com- munication which includes North and South America, Europe and the Far East. It was made possible through the financial, commercial, technical, engineering and research support of the General Elsctric Co., American Telephone and Telegraph Western Electric Co., United Fruit Co., West- inghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co. and Radie Corporation of America. Q. How much larger are the forests in Canada than in the United States? —A. L. C. A. The United States has about twice as much timber as Canada. Canada’s timber supply has never been very accurately estimated, but it -is approximately from 800,000,000, 000 feet of saw timber to 1,200,000,000,- 000 feet. The United States Forest Service estimates that the supply of saw timber in this country is 2,200, 000,000,000 feet. Q. How much land do negroes own? —N. L. F\ A. They own more than 30,000,000 acres of land in the United States, valued, with other property, at more than $1,000,000,000. Q. How much did the Milwaukee sew- age disposal plant, a model of which is in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, cost?—V. S. A. The cost of this plant was $10.- 000,000 It is said, however, that 100 tons of fertilizer, at $20 a ton, is dis- posed of daily by the plant. With a daily income of $2,000, the initial cost does not seem 80 great. Q. Who invented the omnibus?— S. H. A. A. It was conceived and introduced in Paris by Blalse Pascal, about 1661. He also invented fhe pushcart. Q. What is the English-Speaking Union?—E. M. P. A. It 1s an organization one of the purposes of which is the promotion of the English language. The headquar- ters is at 845 Madison avenue, New York City. Q. What composer has been called “The Man of a Thousand Melodies"? —A. M. G. A. Franz Schubert has been so called, although the Etude, in writing of this, says that it 1s “a libel upon his enor- mous fecundity, because he might bet- ter be termed the man of 2,000 melo- dies.” It is probable that no other composer of history produced so many themes, many of which are immortal. Q. What assistance does England give to her merchant marine?—G. S. A. Assistance is given to the mer- chant marine of the British .empire through government loans at ex- tremely low rates of interest, a rather extensive Naval Reserve program, and two or three large malil contracts, and the provisions of the Trade Facili- ties act. By virtue of that act the government agrees to indorse notes given to shipyards in connection with new tonnage. The total amount of assistance given to the merchant ma- rine of the Britlsh empire by the gov- ernment amounted to approximately $9,500,000 in 1924. Q. How old is Trinity Church In New York City?—M. E. W. A. Trinity Church in New York City was organized under the provi sions of an act passed by the Colonja’ Assembly in 1693. The original build ing existed from 1696-1697. The pres- ent building dates from 1839. Q. Did Caruso smoke and use snuft?7—E. H. A. “The Authorized Blography of Caruso,” by B. V. R. Key, makes no mention of Caruso's smoking. Before singing, he used a pinch of snuff to clear his nostrils. It was currently re- ported that Caruso frequently smoked in his dressing room. Q. Which session of Congress was held for the greatest number of days and which the fewest?—A. T. A. The second lon of the Fortleth Congress was the longest in the history of that body, Decembe: 2, 1§67, to November 10, 1868, 345 day# The least number of days was 38, by the Eleventh Congress, first session, May 1809, to June 28, 1809. Q. Are the American crawl stroke and ¢ overhand stroke the same?— 8. L M. A. The American crawl stroke is : fast rear drive and a slow arm pull— that s, from a four-to-ten beat kick to one arm pull. You no doubt re- BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. { linen?- THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. QUESTIONS fer .to the double overarm stroke which is_commonly called trudgeon stroke. The only difference between this stroke and the American crawl is the kick. The scissors kick is used with this stroke. Q. Do_ bluefays and orioles rob nests?—F. K. A. Bluejays are notorious robbers of the nests of other birds. Orioles are not. Q. What does the following quota- tion mean: “Sit tibi terra levis"? —H. . A. It is an epitaph from Horace meaning “May the earth be light upon you." Q. What is the natural color of S M. A. Natural linen has a gray or tan color. Formerly linens were grass bleached. This slow process of white ing the linen did not injure the fab- ric as _our chemical bleaching does. Linen loses from 25 to 30 per cent of its weight and strength when chemi- cally bleached. The thrifty hourewife buys unbleached or half-bleached linen and gets additional wear from it. She can grass-bleach the linen until it becomes) snowy white. Q. What ts burlap made of?- . G. A. There are many kinds of bu lap. The coarser kinds are made of jute, flax, hemp or manila. These types of burlap are used for Wrapping. There 1s a finer kind made from simt- lar materials used for curtains and upholstery. Q. Which player was the most to his club valuable in the major B. 4 Louls club 1s considered the most valuable to hi club in_the National League an George Burns of the Cleveland club in the American League. A Q. At what temperature does sea water freez K. M. A. It freezes at 27° F. The ice is fresh. Q. In what countries do women vote?—H. 1. H. A. Women at present exercise the franchise in the following countriest States, Great Britain, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Holland, Rumania, Servia, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Poland, Esthonta, _Czechoslovakia, Ukraine, Russla, Lithuania, Latvia, Jamafca. Q. What does the abbreviation p. q. following a lawyer's name In a legal notice mean?—W. C. 8. A. It signifies “per quod” means whereby. In this case it means the lawyer attaches his signature, and the reason whereby it is officlal is the fact that he is a notary appointed at a certain time, giving the expiration of his term of office. Q. Did the Indians use salt?—E. B. W A. ‘According to the “Handbook of American_Indians” not all of the tribes of Indians were accustomed to using salt; whether from difficulty of procuring it, the absence of the habit, a repugnance for the mineral or for religious reasons, it is not always pos- sible to say. Sait exists in enormous quantities In the United States, and it was not difficult for Indfans to ob- tain it. . What kind of shoes were worn during the Middle Ages?—T. D. A. Most shoes had soft uppers, sometimes closed to the ankle or highs er, but frequently open down the front and laced over with decorative straps. Stocking boots, woolen gaiter shoes and simple leather soles sewed to the end of tights were also worn. Tops of high shoes and boots were often folded over or trimmed with fur. During the thirteenth century pointed toes of shoes increased in length, when the points were some- times turned up and back and tied to a garter just below the knee. High wooden clogs were worn to Increase the height. In the last quarter of the fifteenth century pointed toes began to be succeeded by round ones that later became broad and almost square. This is a speclal department devoted solely to the handling of queries. This paper puts at your disposal the serve ices of an extensive organization im Washington to serve you in any ca~ pacity that relates to information, This service is free. Failure to make use of it deprives you of benefits to which you are entitled. Your obliga- tion is only 2 cents in stamps inclosed with your inquiry for direct reply. Ad- dress The Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C. N vy’s Role in War and Peace Is Given Appreciative Comment Navy day this year served its pur- pose in reminding the country ot the part played by ships of war and peace in national life and progress. From the interior as well as from the coast comes comment reflecting general ap- reciation of the day's significance. “This Nation has become a great power,” says the Dayton Dalily News, expressing a view held by many papers, “and as such it must of neces- sity accept certain responsibilities. It is a force for stability in a troubled world so long as it Is strong enough to command respect. Nothng will contribute to its strength or to its respect among other natlons more than a navy and a merchant marine malintained in the interest of peace and international fair pl. E The selection of October 27 as the day to be commemorated because it was the birthday of Theodore Roose- velt is regarded as highly appro- priate by the Chattanooga Times and other journals. The New York Eve- ning Post calls Roosevelt “oné of the stanchest friends the American Navy has ever had,” and says he is “gen- erally held to be the father of the modern sea forces of the country. To the San Antonio Evening News he stands out as having been ‘“the tireless apostle of preparedness, and particularly of a strong first-line defense.” While not disparaging the record of Theodore Roosevelt, the Hartford Times recalls that under “Wil- C. Whitney, who was Secretary of the Navy under President Cleve- land,” the United States Navy ‘“‘was transformed from an almost colonial status to the beginning of its present supremacy.” EE Referring to the purposes of such an anniversary as Navy day, the Man- chester Union outlines it as having “the broad general purpose of pro- viding opportunity for better ac- quaintance with the sea-going branch of the national defense, of creating understanding that the Navy is not merely the concern of coast States,” but that, “as a matter of fact the service is representative of every part of the country.” In the opinion of the Nashville Banner, the American people “as a general rule do not realize as fully as they should the debt they owe the Navy or their ob- ligation to take an interest in it and see that its needs are met and its standing maintained,” and this paper reminds the reader that “the Navy is our only dependence for protecting our foreign business and commerce in time of need.” The Casper Daily Tribune empha- sizes the fact that “the prosperity of this country has always been in direct relation to the condition of our overseas trade, which our Navy always has and always will protect as well by its diplomacy as by its gunfire.” As the Santa Barbara Dally News sees it, “the Navy and the coms mercial fleet g0 hand in hand and both must be preserved in full strength if the flag s to keep its place on the sea™ “The Navy as it is today is more than a police department,” observes the Long Beach Press. “It is a dip- lomatic agency and a United States Chamber of Commerce, carrying the flag, the ideals and the trade of Amers fea to the four corners of the globe.’ Of the merchant fleet the Flint Dally Journal gives its opinfon that “the merchant marine is as important in the life of a country as the ships of war, though fts work IS not so sp tacular.” In similar vein the Knox- ville Sentinel remarks that “America 1s in dire need of an enlarged mer- ant marine,” and declares that it parent that all persons and fac- tions are agreed upon this particular point, but the diffcrence arises as to whether 1t shall be privately owned or Government owned.” - e That “the trade of America and the Navy run hand in hand” and a “weak Navy will ultimately mean a weak merchant marine” is emphatically re- iterated by the Lynchburg Dally Ad- vance, which holds that “America cannot afford to give inadequate sup- port to the sea forces of the Nation." The Jackson Citizen-Patriot recalls that Roosevelt “advocated strengthen- ing of the Navy not primarily as an Instrumentality of warfare, but as a form of national insurance of our water-borne commerce.” The Arizona Daily Star reflects that “in every quarter of the globe are ships of our Navy at this minute. They are there,” continues this paper, “protecting our interests, our citizens and acting as an arm of our Government.” As the San Francisco Bulletin phrases |it, “America has never proceeded on ti understanding that ‘trade follows the flag,’ but it has almost from the beginning that our flag must be prepared to follow and protect ouf trade when necessary.” Considering the Navy from the angle of war, the Houston Ch: declares “the Navy is our first line of se, and it happens we do not her lines so lotg as we keep that first one sufficiently strong.” The Boston Traveler agrees with the late President Rooseveit as to the ‘neces- #ity of keeping the fleet at a high standard _of strength and efficiency,™ and the Burlington Gazette sounds a note of warning to “unthinking peo- ple who would scrap the Navy or re duce it to a state of inefficlency whereby its effectiveness for any pur~ pose would be rendered ath”