Evening Star Newspaper, November 30, 1926, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR)|srs unttorm. The years nave taken With Sunday Morning Edition. their toll of Speaker, Cobb and Collins =———————————————|and If they appear again in the WASHINGTON, D. C. “spangles” of the sport it will prob- TUESDAY. . .. November 30, 1928 | ably be as coaches or possibly as non- playing managers, though the latter THEODORE W. NOYES. . . . Editor | Fl¢ is probably denied to them in the major league. The fifth man to leave The Evening Star Newspaper Company | 38 an American League manager ;is Binlness OMos: Fohl of Boston, a non-player, a genial, ,%::gnw‘ Snd ,‘_";‘;'5"15}:‘.";"4 2}‘\"‘25‘4 likable, popular administrator, but un- PurShicaen n!(:-!hl iy Tower ‘ug‘.ld ng. successful as a pennant chaser. Englar In the National League two man- agers have “hit the skids” this sea- B e b e bt . b stula peromonin: Sundavs oy, 20 geate} (S0 ® el mpho“ A Qrters may b eent Ly position of the latter was no sur- carrier at end of each month. prise after the troubles of the past season which led to the breaking up of the team at a critical point in the race. This is perhaps the first time The Evenine Star. with the Sunday morn- edition. is delivered by carriers within Rate by Mail—Pavahla in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. am Sunday....1yr. $0.00: 1 mo. The ally only ...... ..1¥r.SA00:1mo.50c| on record th: Ffl ay omly . _1; $3.00: 1 mo. at a pennant and world championship winning manager has All Other States and Canada. ¥r..$12.00: 1 mo., $1.00 | triumph. ally and Sunday..1 12.00:1 A Ally gnly ..o lyriTemo0:imo. " 780| Base ball followers will miss the four famous stars who have gone out Member of the Associated Press. | of the game by way of the manager o T At oi Al mrors. x| Foute. Collins, Cobb, Sisler and Speak- r‘t.'drh‘-; m.;a 1 o it or not m:..m-; "n‘:q; er, unless Sisler finds a satisfactory’| DUblianad herein. . ATl rif berth. But other players are coming on. The game will not lack In inter- est for the passing of these great Service-at-Cost the Issue. fielders and batters and runners. The street railway companies unite | There are always stars in the base in a proposal for a merger based upon | Dall firmament. The American League @ somewhat modified serviceat-cost | Changes leave Washington In u principle, which the Commissioners | Unique position in that its team is have taken under advisement. The | headed by the sole surviving player- plan now advanced is that the cor-|Manager of that circuit. ATl rights_of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved porations unite their properties and BO=s- operations under a single ownership Maine Goes “Hell Bent.” end management, protected from| arpe pag gope the expected. harmful competition” within the Dis-| \;ypyr R, Gould, Republican, was trict @ Folumbia and entitled to earn & rea®nable return upon the fair value of the combined or constituent properties. The rates of fare are to be based upon a return of seven and one-half per cent upon that valuation, plus cost of additions. In case the rates should hereafter yield more than the seven and one-half per cent y®turn at that rate during the period of any one vear, one half of the excess isto be used in reducing the rates. For two years after consolidation the present rates for street car and bus service are to remain in force, and if after that period it should appear that the new company has earned more or less than a reasonable return the excess or def- feit will be carried forward and taken into consideration in determining the subsequent rates, ‘This is in.effect the sliding scale of rates against which the Commission- ers have expressed themselves on the | N8 the eleventh-hour opposition of a groundthat the almostinevitable tend-| Reputilcan governor of s own State, ency of the serviceat-cost plan Is ta| R2IPh O. Brewster. fncrease the fare. Consolidation or{ Fulton J. Redman, defeated Demo- merger has been sought by the Com. | €Fatic candidate, has announced he snlssioners! in ‘opder 1o iaqualize ithe | Wil flls'a) contest agdinst M. Gould onaidons of e itwo o paiis now( & ISYSsBAtESHE Mal ot Sataned at such a disparity that h rate of fare| %ith the hearing given before the veganded o Snduly high for one hna| OTSISTy f site in Malus en ihe heen necessary to permit a fair return | charge of excessive expenditures in for the other. Computations based on| the primary. At the conclusion of the valuations contended for by the{ that hearing Mr. Gould was given a companies place the prospective rate| clean bill of health on the ground that R S v o e ki his accusers had failed to produce evi- ent rate, so that there is slight pros.| dence necessary to convict. It is fre- pect of the desired reduction of trans. | auently much easler to make charges portation cost to the public in any|than to prove them. Without at- plan of consolidation on the service.| tempting to prejudge the Gould case, i Gost ais. it may well happen that it is another he great difficulty about this mat.| instance of loose accusation. Admit. ter is that the scale and standard of | tedly there have been influences at \luations of thé Commissioners and | Work in the campaign in Maine which of the companies differ widely. From | make for hasty and irascible action. {he rullngs of the Utilities Commission| The vote cast in Maine vesterday, on the matter of values the companies | Showing that Mr. Gould carried prac- have the right of appeal. There is even | tically every city and county of the now a court proceeding on this point. | State, 13 an indication that the elec- which discloses a disparity of roughly | torate has mnot taken the charges sixty-six and two-thirds per cent ie-|a8ainst Mr. Gould with great serious- tween the official and the corporations’ | ness. If there is to be a contest in the computations. 1t is evident that litiga- | Senate, and apparently there is unless tion under a service-at-cost system|Mr. Redman abandons his intention would be persistent mnd protracted. |to fight the matter out in Washing- The present proposition of the com-| ton, it will come at the session of panies, however, advances the matter |the Senate which begins on Monday. ~omewhat toward agreement upon the | Mr. Gould has been elected to fill a terms of a merger bill that would be | vacancy caused by the death of Sen- cquitable to the companies and to the | ator Bert M. Fernald last Summer. public. Such a measure is likely to | The contest may be a vehicle for air- be pressed for action at the present |ing generally the charges of excessive session, though in view of the short- expenditure and corruption in primary ness of time available it may not reach | elections in other States, particularly enactment this Winter. Eventually | Pennsylvania, Tilinois, Indiana ‘and wmerger must be effected. The present [ now Massachusetts and Maine. conditions unsound and unsutis-| Should the Senate determine that factory. Compulsery consolidation is | Mr. Gould’s nomination was improp- not desirable save upon terms that ave | erly obtained and that he is not sound and fair t all. The issue at|entitled to a seat in the Senate it present is with reference to the serv- | would not result in the seating of Mr. Some adjustment | Redman, his Democratic opponent,! rtee the public against [ who could not by the widest stretch elected to the Senate in the Pine Tree State vesterday by an impressive majority. This Is not surprising in a State as strongly Republican as Maine and would cause comparatively little comment were it not for the fact that if the Republican candidate had fafled the Democrats would have had a plurality in the next Senate. But Maine has made It a practice to “hell bent” for Republican candi- dates. Tt has again sustained its Re- publican reputation and record. The election of Mr. Gould comes on top of charges brought against him of bribing a Canadian official in 1918, when he was intepested in railroad construction across the border. It comes in spite of charges that in the primary election he exceeded the ¢| $1.500 limit permitted candidates for nomination. It comes notwithstand- ‘1ce-at-cost feature, that will gu future burdens rate advances|of imagination be considered as the should be possible and will doubtless choice of the Maine electorate. It Le sought by both sides, as it would, however, result in a second pecial election to fill the Fernald Yesterday's election clearly showed that, unless the Republicans should become seriously divided, a second election could have but one result—the choice of a Republican Senator. The Gould case may prove an im- | portant precedent in the Senate when | it comes later to consider the cases of Smith of Tiinois and Vare of Penn- sylvania, against whom charges have been made of ex ve expenditures in the primary elections. Smith and Vare do not enter the Senate—even temporarily—until the next Congress. e mutually desirable to reach a work- ing basis this long delayed and greatly needed solution of the local traction problem B Mexico has itself very much on its mind owing to its historic promi- nence for undeveloped resources in both wealth and statesmans As a matter of fireside interest on | a long Winter evening, the JHall- | Mills case has completely supplanted the crossword puzzle. e Base Ball Casualties. Every Winter there is a ““turn-over” of some degree in the management of the blg league hase ball teams as vet | erans drop out of the running or shift to other fields. This season, however, Is extraordinary respect to the nnel. Seven of the sixteen major league managers have resigned or have been deposed. The American League has suffered in this respect more heavily than its elder brother in the game. These | changes have involved some of thel most famous figures of the sport. Yes- terday came the word, unexpected by practically the entire base ball world, that “Tris” Speaker had decided to leave base ball for a bus! Vesuvius again grows restless and promises another episode in the way of a great Italian problem which Mussolini himself will not be able to solve. RIS — Every little town will soon have a murder mystery of its own. Why leave the farm for the metropolis? Foot Ball. The foot ball season of 1926 came to a wrtual end on Saturday with a game that for thrills as well as chills established a record. It was a fitting climax to a season of exceptional in- terest, which advanced the Autumn He has been one of the most interest. [ 5POrt in popular favor and set new x,‘,g ::“reg of the game for many sea.|marks for attendance. [t was wit- gons. With him go into the base ball nessed by 110,000 people, the largest discard Tyrus Cobb, George Sisler and number ever present at a foot ball Eddie Collins, all players of the first|game in this country. It was a rank, stars of the brightest magnitude | nip-and-tuck strugsle, between the in their best days, which were only cadets of the Military and Naval yesterdays in fact. Of these four play- Academies, and it ended In a tle, er-managers Speaker was the most made so within a few minutes of the successtul in the handling of his team. |finish. It was played in a severely low Jie alone of the four had won a pen- | temperature, Which, however, did not nant. Great as they were as individual | lessen the enthusiasm of the spec- pertormers, Cobb, Sisler and Collins ! tators or diminish the efficiency of the could mot score the supreme victory. players. ©Of this great quartet probably only| Foot ball has never before reached mwtuumwp-rhsphr so large & number of people as this in changes of higher-up pes been dropped the season following his | season. Enormous crowds have at- tended all the games between the leading teams. The amateur, or col- leglate, games have of course drawn the greatest crowds, because there Were more of them, and they aroused partisan spirit. The professional games have -not drawn so heavily, but have been well enough attended to assure their promotérs a profit on their venture and to promise a good start toward establishing a per- manent circuit. Foot ball may not become the na- tional sport. Base ball may hold its position in that respect. But it is plain from the attendance figures of this season, just closed, that the Autumn game has galned a strong hold upon the affections of the peo- ple and must be rated as one of the leading American institutions. ——et———— A Memorial Stadium. It 15 now proposed that a bill will be introduced in Congress early in the session authorizing the erection of a stadilum on the Speedway as a memorial to Theodore Roosevelt. This plan has merits that should win for it the support of both houses. first place a stadium is needed at the Capital as a part of the national equipment. Secondly, it is meet that the country should eommemorate the services of Roosevelt by a memorial structure here. An earlier plan for the Roosevelt memorial to be located in Potomac Park has met with op- position, as too extensive and as not symbolic of the character and achievements of the strenuous Presi- dent. A stadium, declares Represent- ative Hamilton Fish, § who will present the measure, will be a most fitting tribute to “those qualities of sportsmanship, fair play and love of physical exercise which were pre- dominant in the life of Theodore Roosevelt.”” As to the fieed of a stadium where national events of an outdoor charac- ter may be staged there is no ques- tion. Frequently this lack Has been felt as occasions have arisen for great assemblages of the people. In former years the “White Lot” was the only ayailable place for such gatherings. It has been outgrown. The Arling- ton amphitheater is suitable only for memorlal ceremonies and its capacity is not adequate for a multitude. The drill ground at Fort Myer is the only present suitable place for mili- tary displays, and that lacks in ac- commodations for spectators. Ath- letic games can be played only on one of the privately (‘nnlro.]led playing flelds. Other “cities are equipped in this re spect, but Washington lackin, The work could not and should not be undertaken by private enterpr The Government alone cin and should provide the stadium. The need for this facility and the desire for a m: tional expression of appreciation of Theodore Roosevelt combine to point to early action on the bill which Mr. Fish will present at the opening of Congress. T Discoveries in an ancient tomb in- variably disclose the fact that jew- elry and furniture were abundant while the “comforts of home” were scarce. oo New Jersey has been famous for “heauty contests.” Photographs of its present homicide sensation do not contribute to its prestige in this respect. - ————— A pedagogue is not expected to de- part from the school book any more than a political orator is expected to depars from the campaign text book. ——————— The underworld comes occasionally into court with amazing financial resources which suggest a fear that it has been overcapitalized. o Ben Franklin advocated thrift without foreseeing that a man with too much money on hand might be tempted ter use it in politics. oo SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON ‘War. * Is there any reason why A deadly bomb should fly When our best we freely give For the privilege to live— Is there any reason Why Is there any reason why We should be doomed to sigh As men sincerely grope Seeking friendliness and dope— Is there any reason why? Retlcence. “What is your idea of evolution?” “I never discuss the subject,” an- swered Senator Sorghum. “Whatever my scientific opinions may be, the monkey isn’t sufficiently popular to command votes."” The Chaser. These modern drinks beguile! Oh, heed this mournful text— Synthetic drinks awhile; Embalming fluid next! O1d-Timers. “Do you approve of old-fashioned fiddlers?”" “Sure. Only I wish they would dig up a few of them like Paganini.” a man who loves the sound of his own voice generally has a bad ear for music. “Wisdom, id Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “is of two kinds—one which seeks to work better and an- other which seeks not to work at all.” Source of Prestige. She sang across the radio; Perhaps she is good looking. Her singing’s not so much, we know; She may be fine at cooking. Subordinated Male. “Women play a great part politics.” “They do,” answered Mr. Meekton. “I try to follow Henrletta's career with faithful intelligence, so as to be available in case she should ever need me as an understudy.” in “We all hopes to get to Heaven," said Uncle Eben, “but if some folks finds golden streets, dey’s g'inter tear up de pavin’ an’ carry it off to de safety deposit.” In the | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Three great tragedies of world his- tory .were the death of Jesus, the death of Socrates and the death of Archimedes. Jesus represented the spiritual, Socrates the mental and Archimedes the physical traits of mankind. The death of Jesus of Nazareth was transfigured by sublime consid- erations, but the tragedies of Soc- rates of Athens and of Archimedes of Syrdcuse remain naked in their sorrow. ‘We believe that Jesus triumphed over death, and by so doipg showed us the way to salvation. Of Soc- rates and Archimedes, however—the one a great thinker, and the other the first pure scientist—we know only that they died under cruel and un- necessary circumstances. If the men of Athens had not been so ignorant and so unappreciative! If the Roman soldiers that finally took Syracuse, after the art of Archimedes had held them at bay, had only had one dimu of appreciation for power of mind! move than the for- mer, were deserving of death, and . gt .0 me t it, th2 one by ‘he cup of hemlock, self-administered, at the command of ignorance and jealousy, the other by the swords of ignoramuses sacking a eity The simple narrative of their ends has yet power to move the sensitive to something approaching righteous anger, mingled with sorro’ for an- ger and sorrow span the centuries, if the cause be just. 3 kL ok Tucked away in Plutarch’s life of Marcellus, the Roman commander, is contalned perhaps the best account of Archimedes which we have. Here one Jearns a bit more about this true scientist than the mere fact that he id he could move the world if he had another world to stand on. We are apt to think today that men have a higher respect for the ahstract thinker than mankind did in the days before Christ, but Archimedes was re- spected, not only by his own great city, but also by the harsh Roman con nder who finally captured Syracuse. Marcellus, to his eternal credit, { looked upon the soldiers who thought- lessly killed Archimedes as murderers, having previously given orders throughout the army that the old man was on no account to be harmed. It is a matter of regret that Plu- tarch did not devote an entire life to Archimedes. His plan involved fa- mous commanders, and so worthies of the arts and sciences entered his nar- ratives as aide issues. The passages devoted to a descrip- tion of the curious machines with which the racusans repulsed the lattempts of the Romans upon their city, both by sea and land, form some e most interesting reading in the llel lives. ccellus himself, with 60 galleys, siulted the walls from the sea. He d a great bridge of planks laid upon eight ships chained together, upon was carried the engine to cast and darts. 11 which, however, .em, but trifles for Archimedes and !his machines.” Plutarcly says. These strange machines of Archimedes had been designed as mere amusements in geometry, “in compliance with King Hiero's desire and request, some little time before, that he should reduce to practice some part of his admirable speculations in science, and by accom- modating the theoretic truth to sensa- jtion and ordi use bring it more within the appreciation of people in general.” How that sentence brings Archi- medes down to us! .Plato inveighed against the art of mechanics, declaring that it annihi- was, it would Peace is at last declared to end a car which began in 1837 between the &eminole Indians of Florida and the United States. The Government of the United States appears not to have been aware that such a state of war had continued through all the 90 years since Gen. Andrew Jackson, as charged, betrayed a flag of truce and a surrender of the Seminoles, through Chief Osceola, by abducting and ex iling Osceola. Such a condition is alleged to have continued, until now Chief Tony Tommy comes out of his trench figuratively waving a huge flag of truce and declaring that he will bury the tomahawk if the Great White Father will call off his poison gas and organize a league for peace {and freedom. Furthermore, Chief Tony Tommy is reported as buying a full calico uni- form for dress parade in Washington, vith the view to appearing at the White House to tell the Great White | Father that all is forgiven, and ask- ing advice as to how he can further comply with the necessary steps to bring about the desired end and en- able all his tribe of Seminoles to be- come “good Indians” and citizens of the United States—with all rights and { appurtenances thereto belonging. He has selected the brightest calico in Florida for his court uniform—sans shoes and sans hat and sans every: thing that is not brilliant. He will come as the Toniest Tommy that ever graced F street. His good squaw declines to accompany .him because it is too cold up north to go barefoot in December. P ! At the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, Chief Tony Tommy is counted as a modern Rip Van Winkle in asking what steps ve necessary to achieve American citizenship, for all Indians were made citizens in 1887 by act of Congress. It is not required that they take the vath of allegiance, any more than such an oath is required from any ‘American-born infant. -They are In- dians; therefore they are citizens. They may not be “good In; it there are many ‘‘undesirable citizens who are worse. They may not have fndependent _right to sell property which the Government, or in some cases the State, holds in trust for their benefit, but there are other citl- zens who, being found in due process of law to be incompetent to handie their property, must trust a guardian to protect their interests. s In the case of the Indians, some are found competent, and so _they recelve their property in fee and are as free to sell it or be cheated out of it as any white American. Indians have no sense of selfishness; property. For example, not long ago the Omahas and Winnebagoes of Ne- braska received their allotment of land in fee simple, within six months they had been swindled out of all of it by their white “sympathizers,” many of whom had been active for years in cuitivating in the Indian heart distrust of the Government's beneficent and just guardianship. So, in place of holding a life tenantry on valuable farms, they all became pau- pers within half a year of freedom. * K Xk The Seminoles of Florida are be- lieved to be offshoots from the Musko- gee or Creek tribe of Georgia and Alabama. They became ‘‘wandering Willies,” and the rest of the Creeks called them the “Wanderers,” which in Indian vocabulary means “‘Semi- noles.” They wandered into northern Florida a century of more ago, and there fought other tibes, unill they % they give away their BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. lated the one good of geometry, an ab- stract embodiment of pure intelll- gence. “So it was,” continues Plu- tarch, “that mechanics came to be separated from geometry, and, repu- diated and neglected by the philos- ophers, took its place as a military art * ok K K Archimedes, however, in writing to King Hiero, had stated that, given the force, any weight might be moved, “and even boasted, we are told, that if there was another earth, by going into it he could remove this."” Archimedes showed them, too how it might be done, when he moved a great vessel in dry-dock by his own strength, aided merely by rope and pulley. The king then prevailed upon the sclentist to build him engines for the defense of the walls. “The apparatus was, in a most op- portune time, ready at hand for the Syracusans. and with it also the en- gineer himself,” Plutarch says, suc- cinctly. So “when the Romans got their massed attack under way, they were met by huge stones, violently heaved upon them. “Huge poles thrust out from the walls over the ships, sunk some by the great weights which they let down from on high upon them; others they lifted up into the air by an iron hand or beak like a crane’s beak, and when they had drawn them up- by the prow, and set them on end upon the poop, they plunged them to the bot- tom of the sea; or else the ships drawn by engines within, and whirled about, were dashed against steep rocks, “A ship,” continues our author, “was frequently lifted up to a great height in the air (a dreadful thing to behold), and was rolled to and fro, and kept swinging, until the mariners were all thrown out, when at length it was dashed against the rocks or let fall.” When Marcellus drew up his bridge Archimedes flung upon it a mighty rocky mass, then a second and a third, which broke the whole contraption to pleces. Whereupon, Marcelius retired. * ¥ ¥ ¥ When the Romans saw that Archi- medes used long Yopes to work his engines they tried to get close to the walls, but the old fox of Syracuse was too clever for them, for he had engines ywith short ropes, too. “What!” exclaimed Marcellus; “must we give up fighting with this geometri- cal Briareus who plays pitch and toss with our ships?” And by cunning he in the end overcame him. By this time the Romans were 50 afraid that if they did but see a bit of rope peep out from the walls, Plu- tarch tells us, they cried, “There it 1s agal “Yet Archimedes possessed so high a spirit, so profound a soul and such treasures of scientlfic knowledge that, though these Inventions had now ob- tained him the renown of more than human sagacity, he yet would not deign to leave behind him anv com- mentary or writing on such subjects: but, repudiating as sordld and ignoble the whole trade of engineering and every sort of art that lends itself to mere use and profit, he placed his affection and ambition in those purer speculations where there can be no reference to the vulgar needs of life; studies, the superiority of which to all others is unquestioned, and in which the only doubt can be whether the beauty and grandeur of the subjects examined, or the precision and co- gency of the methods and means of proof, most deserve our admiration. Such a mighty man was Archime- des, who begged the soldiers not to slay him until he had finished the problem he working out at the time. But they slew him. BACKGROUND OF EVENTS BY PAUL V. COLLINS. were driven to southern Florida. Eventually they were victorious and mingled with their defeated enemies, until all Florida Indians became known as Seminoles. They are phys- ically fine, upstanding men and women. In 1812 Capt. Bell of the United States Army wrote to the Secretary of War: “This nation was, before the de- itruction of its settlement in 1812, yumerous, proud and wealthy, pos- jessing great numbers of cattle, horses and slaves.” He described them as honest and attached to the British and Americans. They became involved in war with the Creek ‘“Marauders” of Georgla and Alabama, and later with the whites. The Seminole War was one of the most desperate of our Indian wars. In the 308 many negro slaves, escaping from their masters, fled to the swamp, where they joined the Seminole tribe. Gen. Jackson headed an army against the Seminoles to re- capture these slaves, and he got sev- eral scores of them, which he held subject to the order of the Secretary of War to sell them, on Government account. The idea of the Federal Govern- ment's going into the slave trade caused such revulsion of public senti- ment that it was secretly planned that all the negroes should be per- mitted to escape into Indian Terri- tory or Mexico. That was when Chief Osceola surrendered, and, according to history, was betrayed by Gen. Jack- son and ‘exiled, in violation of the terms of surrender, Hence the per- istent hatred of the white by all Seminoles for nearly a century there- after. AR The effort to persuade the Semi- noles to leave Florida and be settled on reservations in Indian Territory was never wholly successful. Some 500 remained in southern Florida, in the great swamp or Everglades, liv- ing by hunting alligators and other game, and protected by a -natural moat which was impenetrable to the white man against his enemies, the Indians. There they maintained their semi-barbarity, their customs and language. Between 1895 and 1899, the Fed- eral Government bought for them 23.061 acres and set apart also from Government-owned land 3,600 acres. This land is held by the Govern- ment in trust, but the Indians are authorized to farm it without rent. Later, the State of Florida set apart 98,000 acres for the same pur- pose, retaining title in trust, but the Indians claim it is not desira- ble land and they refuse to move ues and mo spirit ofjonto it * k% % Chief Tony Tommy demands that the land be given over to him as chief. The Government refuses to recognize any tribal chief, but holds title in trust for all the Indians, al- lotting to any individual what acres he can cultivate, but not permitting him to sell it. The same is true of the Florida State land assigned to the Indians in common, to be al- lotted, in particular, for bona fide Indian settlers on life tenure. ‘The Sixty-third Congress appro- priated $8,000 with which to build a school and headquarters building on the State land, but the controller of the Treasury ruled that the appro- oriation could not be used for im- nrovement of land not owned by the Government. A movement was then 1gitated among the Florida Fed- sration of Women's Clubs to have the State transfer title to the Gov- arnment, but that was never accom- olished. (Copurighs. 1820, by Paul Ve Collltad. \} ER 30, 1926. NEW BOOKS AT RANDOM LG M. TRANSLATIONS AND TOMFOOL- ERIES. Bernard Shaw. Bren- tano's. E Among the “Tomfooleries” of this Shaw volume is the comic business | of Cashel Byron, boxer, and Lydia Carew, a lady “most rich, most learned, most wise"—and, alack, “most lonely” too. The point of the farcical to-do, tossed off by the author in a week of high spirits, lies with the lady in the case, not with the champion. The smiling purpose here is to open a little window upon the true nature of woman, upon the grain of truth that manly beauty is a lure to every ‘woman, high and low, old and youns. In the play, Cashel Byron, perfect product of physical training, embod- ies the truth before which every feminine heart turns to water. Cashel Byron is not so much a per- son as he is a universal fact.” Non-| sense throughout, as it is intendc * to | be. Yet Bernard Shaw's nonsense projected in a thousand moods car- ries with it many a disconcerting ex- | posure with its flerce flare-back of | incriminating denial. This is the play against which, as a medium for his fillm appearance, | Gene Tunney recently declared. He decided, very seriously, that this was a “silly story,” clearly a product of | Shaw’s green and salad days. In it, like the veriest apprentice, the authér had fumbled both the temperament and character of Byron, the boxer. He estimated, heavyweightily, that Shaw had turned out a “blundering vulgarian” in place, one assumes, of | a master of the high art of fisticuffs. | “That a girl reared in culture and r finement should fall in love with a man whose only appeal is a magnifi- | cent body is absurd.” Oh, age of in- nocence! If Bernard Shaw were to accept the proposed offer of $75,000 | for the movie rights to this play, he, | Gene Tunney, heavyweight champion, would not take 'part in it unless it | were rewritten. No, sir-ee! Isn't that lovely? From man to mandurin is but a step, after all. * ok kK Another critic of Shaw mind—one who does not, like young man, shift the center of grav- ity from Shaw’'s play to himself, to |in a recent issue of his own personal prospects and pre- | constrained to give expr enter in the war at |provisions of the proposed legislation. possessions. Dixon Scott died Gallipoli. A young man who knew Q. Wh used by t A. When , D. C, TUESDAY, NOVEMB 3 en was a motor car first he White House?—W. F. S. the Tafts entered the ‘White House there was a new motor brougham which has been designated as ‘“the first motor car ever to be used at t! Q. Has increased he White House.” the cost of book production in proportion to the sale price of books?—N. P. A. The. Publishers’ Weekly says the cost of book production has beem increased 78 per cent since 1914. This corresponds, as a generalization, to the increase in the sale price of books. Q. What are the penalties im- posed for certificate air comm operating planes without a of registration under the erce act of 1926?—A. M. R. A. A penalty of $500. which may be mitigated by the Secretary of Commerce, is imposed for engaging in intersta ate or foreign air commerce without a certificate of registration, or. navigating registered aircraft without a certificate of air worthi- ness or in violation thereof, or serv- ing as an airman of registered air- craft without a certificate, or in vio- lation of the terms of the certificate, or naviga formity ting otherwise than in con- with the air traffic rules or the Executive orders regulating air space reservations. Q. Where does lightning rank as a cause of fires?—L. S. In 1924 it ranked eighth. The A. cause heading the list was exposure, which me; fires spre: origin. rely means the loss due to ading beyond the point of Next came matches and smoking; then defective chimneys and flues; stoves, furnaces, -and their ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS - BY FREDERIC J. HASK| spontaneous combustion; electricity and light- ppes; sparks on roof! ning. Q. What kind of game animals are most plentiful ih the national for- ests?—G. 8, A. By far the greatest number of such animals are deer. 'There are more than 500,000 deer in these for- ests, out of a total of about 700,000 big-game animals. Q. What is the seating capacity of Albee’s Theater in Brooklyn?—O. D. A. The auditorium seats 3,100 per- sons. This new theater cost $4,001 000, and is richly furnished, contain- ing fine French pleces, tapestries, paintings and other works of art. Q. Was von Hindenburg elected President of Germany by a majority vote?—N. T. A. 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Bill to Enlarge Powers of Commissioners Is Too Broad To the Edi tor of The Star: Upon perusing Mr. Kennedy’s re- v comes to | View of th our | powers of the Comm District of ion: e pending bill to enlarge the joners of the which appeared our paper, I feel. on to opin- ing certain f Columbia, ained res The proposed bill drafted under the how to think and who practiced this | direction art sedulously. say about other writers—about Shaw and Barrie and Kipling and other Always he held to the belief that writer was the only key to his own work. character of each of the authol that he studied Bernard Shaw. is a joy to go along here with Dixon Scott to meet the young IHfshmin | ihe power to 205, | coming over to London in hi Just a pure romantic in those early days, soaked In Gounod and Men- delssohn, Mozart and Michelangelo. At heart a reformer, too. But there seemed to be no reforming virtue in the arts, and so, quite by accident, Shaw became another sort of re- deemer. He fell in with Sidney Webb and the rest of the Fabians. Here was work to do, a whole program of socialism to open up to the ragtag: and.babtail of London poor. But be- fore the blessed vista could be spread out before his audience Shaw had to learn a language that would carry straight across to them. Here was the training, here the school, for Bernard Shaw Listen to Dixon Scott's summa of that achievement in the use of words: “Lightened of | all adjectives, mimble with nouns, turning categories into keyboards, he is wont to ripple us a run and, avoid- ing vowels in order to get the snap of gonsonants, it rattles past us at a rate that makes the best of Swift seem slow, and pelts the brain with stinging drops like driving hail it usual i jey argument, something rich and wild. ity, poignancy, unanimity, ness, an exquisi prompt- be compared with ft in English.” It is with such equipment that Scott passes from Shaw, ism, master of the art of persu and conviction, to Shaw the drama- tist. e And he, too, stands out against Bernard Shaw as a great playwright. Not, like our own young man, he-| cause Shaw failed to make a hero out of one Cashel Byron, boxer. Rath-| er by virtue of the fact that Shaw was driven always by circumstances and not by any deep inner urgency. From artist to political reformer, then to journalist, then to dramatist, the pressure each time from without rather than from within. However, here he is a dramatist. But Shaw lacks sympathy, so Dixon Scott says, counting up against his dramatic powers. He lacks the imaginative sympathy, or the in absorption and delight “the doings of every sort and size of people. Dis- dain is his working principle. e studies human nature in the of an opponent, He possesses a sion of hatred for all the ‘accursed middle-class institutigns that have starved, thwarted, niisled and cor- rupted us from our cradles.’” Shaw's | socialism has clearly made him un- sociable. “His confirmed habit of wip- ing somebody out which he formed among the Fabians” serves to oblit- erate his characters, rendering them ineffectual for dramatic purposes. Again, the very speech, that Shaw developed so effectively for one pur- pose is unsuited for the projection of stage characters. True, he acquired the art of perfect dlalogue in the give and take of his lecturing days. And that is a stage essential. His “words do fit live lips. They leap.alertlv off the tongue as slick and natural as slang, fresh with the colors of actual intercourse.” But this was the dia- logue of polemics, the possession of one certain clique or class. So thiy facility, when Shaw wrote a play, became a handicap since it posted an exclusive set of beings, a limited range of Interests. a monotony of characters, an insufficiency of life in its variety to meet the requirements of the drama. = So Dixon Scott, talk- ing still. All this means that “the stage door of Shaw's theater had to be shut in the faces of a throng of very necessary characters; all the dim folk and foggy folk, the puzzled and perturbed, the groping, hoping. help- less, humble,: unassertive humans, who act by instinct instead of by reason and whose deeds speak’ so much more clearly than their words —all these he was compelled to turn away. For people who don't know their own minds and can’t communi- cate clearly, Shaw has no form of speech that will do. He can write none but definite dialogue and that entatls definite minds. Therefore all the members of his cast seem mem- bers of one exclusive caste.” Ac- cording to Dixon Seott, “Shaw s too soon.” The early gleeful muti the dogmatism of propaganda, gave him a premature philosophy “to which he has ever since clung.” Very interesting this study of Ber- nard Shaw by a serious critic like Dixon Scott. Its prime use, however, lies in the thoughtfulness that is bound to waken in the reader. Here is the critic. Right at hand are the plays of Bernard Shaw. A serious body of opinions, something in the | terestes He was a writer of | which, as great promise, with many things to | zen | study re Ad U submitted many meritorious of the Commissioners, to a then member of the Citi- ory Council, I gave much lting in a voluminous report to the council, contained provisions which met the approval of the advisory body. Therefore he studied the life | Several pro and temperament and impulses and | ve ; who | par appealed to him. It was in such belief | judg It | Equ, ely reported upon, notably thos¢ ning s and members of the Board of ion; ons were, however, ad- to the power to appoint the power to regulate | trades, professions and vocations, and |and standing of th | lessen the It | responsibility tow is deliberately cold and colorless, but | the pr produces a kind of glow, an un-|ple asset to the people. Warmth that almost melts the |added that the almost turns it Into |tion By the Senate would also be lost For rapid- | ¢, the people. preacher of social- | asion | wer of watching | employes in gene As re judges o the been section ha cized seems to a s f that it would be unwis ‘the Commissioners the point judg and Juvenile Co among othel or the mu sent are Yrequent council made and adver: sppoint District efvil ial policemen for the as sy enforcement of municipal regulations L yects the power to appoint inferior ¢ ts, the report to to which reference has nted out that “this ¢ generally been criti- acted upon. It st universally agreed to lodge in power to ap- of the Police, Municipal " for the reasons, . that the Commissioners anicipality which they repre- arties complain- LY be alme ant or litigant before said urts; that the jurisdiction of the Police Court extends to offer e United N District of lessened, dent of the United power of | It s, ite timing and adjust-| tha proposed bill relative to the r ment of its parts, there is no prose to [ ylation of trades, profes and the appointment of ci cation employes in gene to noti profe: Board of tri It Congre growing ceded law i ju ahd that ing s public | mischief. think, th: action b tr: sideration in the you limit | lines for | best qual ses ze an injur. | to organ; ment, as no_right We gress) re and it is sians so and are tion of p erly com may be | fitters. the class the publi terminati rest with executive ment. | of those hand of tion or denial out of the mouth of | Bernard eritical I language of the Sh and Scott, in study enforcement of municipa The power sought by the provi relative to the regulation of trade: sions great to be lodged in three men, who tion of speci monopoly special lines. that the r professions and of protect matter terference is made neces: protection of the general public. have feine and surgery and of | obligation of the state. health, morals trade, profession or vocation es against the that the dignity rts would be nix the Pres ates from the appointment would tend to interest in, and sense of rd, the District by well £ Columbi; ind that dive sident, which is often a valu- It might be safeguard of confirma- however, the provisions of fons and vo- vil s special policemen for the 1 regulations desire especially al, that 1 £ jon and vocations is too are in no ‘'wise responsible to the people. The right to labor is in. herent in man, and while tha ight is subordinate to the welfare of oi ganized society, the process of cur- tailing that right should not be lodged in so small a body as the Commissioners of the Dis- is believed that this power should remain where it now is, in There unfortunately is a tendency toward the crea- , with resultant in the right to labor along 1t will probably he gulation of tr ocations by public stified ouly by the necessity ng the public in general, such regulat n for the pur: pose of creating monopolies or exalt- ial standards ix contrary y and pregnant with 1t will also be conceded, 1 at curtailment of liberty of the people is, in our coun- is to pol at least, a matter of grave con- ern, and should only be undertaken after most deliberate and reful con- This 18 particularly true of vocation. When a man's right to labor along which he considers himself lified and in which he pos- and enthusiasm you do both to the individual and ized society. In my judg- before stated, the State ha to interfere unless that In- ry for the . iDL laws (passed by Con- gulating the practice of med- dentistry conceded that these profes- intimately concern mankind so essential to the preserva- ublic health that they prop- within the supervisory The sam@ and gas- ne said of plumbers But it is submitted that there are many trades cations which professions and vo- o not come within iffecting the public safety or welfare of c: or, if they do, that the de- jon of their status should the legislative and not the department of the Govern- directly Applying the law of supply and de- | mand, it i% not unnatural that groups | established In a particular should the reader either confirma- Shaw himself. A fine ex- ercise, encouraged by the simplicity of this critic, by his aveidance of any ngo, by his use instead of fitted to a fair examination aw plays. The whole, Shaw . provides a joyful adventure for any average. and in- , reader of that whirlwind of nature of ap accusation, finds at the a man, Bernard Shaw, i desire to limit the supply of thei particular commodity and to seel means which will place It within th power of that group to so limit. Bui it is submitted that the accomplish ment of the means should be mad difficult, not easy: that the merits of h_application should be clos srutinized and the necessity of regu tion decided without regard to tl sacial or civic standing of the men bers of the group. It is not believ that this would be possible were (l Commissioners given the powe sought. & Assuming that there may be | stances in which there indisput: s the necessity for regulator rference, such instances are : rare that their consideration woui impose no great burden upon Co gress, whose deliberate action wou safeguard against ill advised and u nted regulation. The Commi sioners are executive officers—u« trained legislators—and often not o terminolog; questionable least whethe ally selected f. the office of Commissioner are qui fied by either experience or traini: to analyze proposed laws or regu. tions dealing with the subject-matt: under consideration. The provision of the proposed 1. igned to give to the Commissior power “to appoint District civ employes as special policemen for ti; vrotection of public property and th enforcement of municipal regulatior in general without additional comper sation” was disapproved by the il 5" Advisory Council in so far as a applied to the enforcement of muni ipal regulations in general. The present power of the Comn: to appoint special policem: ampl The additional _pow: sought, that of appointing Distric civil employes, is unnecessary, mi- chievous in tendency and subversiv of the morale of the metropolitan p lice, the personnel of which is charge. with the protection of all prope and the enforcement of municip. regulaticns. * ok ok The possession of a little extruo dinary authority often has the tend ency to unduly exalt the importane of the individual, and the vesting o civil employes with police powe would tend to produce a group of and wouldbe sleuth ngements of municipal res ulations would often be magnificd in: important ones, and it is conceivabic that no locality in the District woul be free from their overzealous activ Lie No doubt the present Commission ers would use the power with gi care, but, Commissioners come Commissioners go, and there is assurance that other “and differ incumbents of the office would the power with the same discretion he possibility is present that ever: civil employe would be clothed with police power to enforce all municipul regulations. The mischief of such : thing is app: nt It will be noted that mo objectio: was raised by the council to the gran of power to appoint eivil employes s special pohicemen for the protes tion of public property. It is conceded that occaston might arfse through strikes or in times of public disorde; when such power would be highl desirable. But when it comes to the ppointment of civil employes as spe cial policemen for the enforcement of municipal regulations in general that is another matter. It would place in the hands of the Commis sioners a most dangerous weapon for the vexation, if not oppression, of the people. Tt will be noted that there is no limit upon the number f civil employes who might be appointed. In fact, there is nothing to prevent the entire civil personmei from being so appointed. The expend: ture of public money would be na deterrent, for the ppointees are 1. recefve no compensation for their services. * ok ok K Assuming that for reasons of thei; own the Commissioners should exer cise their power under this provisic by the appointment of any numl of civil employes as special poli men (and there is no limit upon th number), what would be the logical!: anticipated eifect upon the morale of the metropolitan police? Tt is & truism that everybody’'s business i~ nobody’s business. It s the duty of the metropolitan police to enforc: municipal regulations in general, a it is conceded that they are perform- ing their duty in this regard efficient ly and satisfactorily, and the evil ef fect of divided authority is too well known to need comment. And what about’ the morale of the civil em ployes? It is assumed that thelr du ties as civil employes require their full time and attention, and yet they may have imposed upon them the ditional duties of special policem To state the proposition is to an swer it. Espionage has grown in this cour try to an alarming extent. It fs, i my judgment, one of our present-d. evils. Under it the people becom: restless and suspicious. It is my firn conviction that any additional legis lation tending to increase present con ditions in this respect would be mos unfortunate, Legislation to extend the powers of the Commissioners along certain lines 1s very desirable; but the bill propose. by them goes too far and should in mended by striking out the provi | ons above noted WM. 5. TORRERSE,