Evening Star Newspaper, January 6, 1927, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. ,WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY. January 6, 1927 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor — ¥he Evening Star Newspaper Company Businasa Officn . 11th St and Pennavivania Ave. New York Office: 110 Enst 42nd 8t Chicago Office’ Tower Building uropean Office: 14 Regent St.. London. Encland The Evenine Star. with the Sunday morn- ition. s delivered by carriers within B citr 'at 60 centa ner month. dafls only cente ber month: Sundaxs only. 20 cent B v'ha fent by mail or Bolehons o o0 oY e 00, Collection is made by hone Main K00 tion is ma H of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. ly and Sunday....1yr. $0.00: 1 mo iy only 130880071 mo.. unday only 157.8800: 1 mo.. All Other States and Canada. aily and Sunday..1 yr. $1200: 1 mo aily only 1 yrlTSR00: 1m0 unday only 1yr. $4.00: 1m0 78e Member of the Assoclated Press. The Associated Press ia excinaively entitied fo tha use for republication of all news dis. atches cradited 1o it or vot atherwiee cre tad in this papar and a'so the local news Publishad harain Al righ publication ©f special dispatches here alno reserved The Shipping-Entrance Ruling. There are two distinct phases to the extraordinary dec Yesterday by a judge in Court when he held that entrance, no parking” signs. In the downtown section to the business of the city to carry are illozal and therefore can be fgnored at wil by the public. The | first phase is the urgent and imme- | diate need for an appeal to the Dis- trict Court of Appeals against the ruling, which, so far as it may | ate, will virtually paralyze the frde ! of the National Capital, and the ond is the striking lack of unifc ity in the decisions of the Judges of the Traffic Court. The appeal should be expedited in every possible w AMerchants of | the city cannot and should not be penalized Lecause their stores are situated wilhin the congested shop- ping district where parking is at a premium. The shipping entrances which, by the ruling yesterday, have been held invalid are solely for the purpose of unloading trucks carry In~ goods to be sold by the partic- uiar merchant and the discharge of goods for delivery. They no: cxclustvely for the use of one per- son and they are most assuredly o vublic necessity. If the Commissioners in the exer- | cise of their general powers und the | traffic office with its specific author- | ty cannot regulats the traffic of ! Washington for the benefit of the | entire public, then the Nationel ital is indeed facing a sorry situa- tlon. Congress. of course, the legislative body for this community, | but Congress has delegated author- | ity in matters of this kind to those in close contact with the conditions namely, the Commissioners and the | traffic office, ana their decisions, | based on public need, showla not be | arbitrarily upset in 8 manner caleu- | ‘ated to create’confusion and dis- | tress. i In view of a recent decision of the | Court of Appeals, which upheld the | m rendered the Trafile “shipping erected e mit | on ope rm- four | are is powers of the traffic office in bar- | ring solid-tired vehicles from =rterial | highways, there is every reason to | believe that the peculiar ruling of | yesterday will be reversed. No time | should be lost, however, in getting 1he matter before the higher court. The other angle of this remarkable case is the serious condition of jus- tice in the Traffic Court. For more than a vear shipping entrances have made possible the bLusiness of the city. For more than a year arrests have been made and convictions securad before three of the judges for infractions of this same regula- tlon. Yet when u case of similar character is brought before the | fourth judge the regulation is over- | turned in its entirety and the busi- ness of the city is thrown into tur- moil. This condition has obtained come time in the Traffic Cour ways, however, with the same judge acting as the dissenter and the arbiter of the traffic destinies of the | community. Justice should be dis- | vensed in equal ,ortions evers judge of the court. They should act in unison and one of the four should not be in a position speak for or overrule the other three. If the shipping-entrance regul-.tion | is illegal it should have been o held | by the four judges acting as a body when the first before them under it. If this had been done a new and legal regula- tlori could mrompily have been writ- ten, the present confusion would not ex and District not be compelled ruling by the awaited. for . al- by a to case was brought business would suffer while of Apy to Court uls s SRR The Emperor of Japan was slightly indisposed afte; Year. | There is absolutely no evidence how- | ever that to an effort customs of modern civi just w disposition was due | » convivial ization form - Botanic Garden Bill Signed. Yesterday President Coolidie the bill reccntiy authoriz the $822,000 for the the extension of the south of its present Two squares are o be on these suitable buildings be erected. including conservatories and hothouses for the growth and display of plants. Thus at last a matter of long standing is settled and an insti tutlon that has won a place among the notable attractions of the Capital 13 to be given a proper equipment. The Botanic Garden is one of the “show places’ of Washington. It is maintained as a propagating garden for the supply of Government officials with plant specimens and as a means of public education in horticulture, It attracts many thousands of visitors. ‘In its long-time situation in the Mall, sizned msed by Congress | of of land for Botanic site in the z appropration purchase Gare M v acquired. and wi supply. suppls | there | Some months-ago The Star, co-operat | ing with the Operative Builders of the | reat poker pl | not 11, las played today or the conditions un-| pected to compete for | THE EVENING B8TA! R, WA despite makeshift extensions south ward, which have been inconvenient, with the interposition of a broad street between the sectlons of the garden. The old fronframed green house constituting the principal fea | ture of the Garden in the Mall has the achievements | become decreplt, and at times it has bsupports the been necessary to close it to the pub le for fear of accidents. Now that the bill authorizing purchase the lands required the permanent location of the Garden has been signed, this work can proceed speedily. There can doubt that the funds will be supphed promptly. They be carried in | one of the appropriation bills enacted | at this pr Indeed, to in sure expedition in the accomplishment of the project, which is desirable from all péints of view, this should be the procedure. The early clearance of the Mall at the eastern end. in conjunc tion with the Vlishment of boulevard leading from the Capitol Station Plaza to the Memo- rlal, is de Acquisition of the lands within the Mall-Avenue tr for pultic of early the for Botanic of be no may ent session. i to Lincoln irable. building uses is in the w The whole broad program of Capital development | fs under way, and this present meas ure for the permanent location of the Botanic Garden is one of the units in the series of enactments making for | the final evolution of the ideal Wash- rccomplishment. ington. ) Washington's Building Record. public the Dbuildings: show Figures made by District inspector of that the calendar private building operations underta just during vear 1926 en and authorized in Washington com- | prised a total of $57, 826,515, These constructions extended | over the entir from small private individual dwellings to the larger apartment hou; a expenditure range of works. s, from shops to Lig stores, from garages to | great office buildings. They comprise, in short, all the items of the equip- ment of a growing city. It has been said by some during the past two or three years that Wash ington was being “overbuilt,” ing that the supply was coming to exceed the The housing equipment, perhaps. has overtaken the demand, which, during the war period. was in excess of the mean of constructions demand. But replacements are needed and in process A change in location the active buflding works ax of provision evident in progress the outlying sections of the District ix in in Readjustments ave proceeding, neces- sitating Washing- ton is, new constructions. in short. in a state of transi tion In point of quantity construction this veport of the building inspector is gratifying. showing that there is the| capital for the work and presumably a demand for the product, a sure of local prosperity and progress. equation, howev is doubt . and on this point in the public mind District, conducted & contest for bet- | ter'designing and planning for dwell- | ings, with the view of improving the appearance and advancing the com- fort of the community. That enter- prise unquestionably® advanced the standards of - private constructions. | | But there ix more to be done, and re- ently the Commission of Fine Arts expressed the wish to be empowered by act of Congress Lo exercise a super- visory jurisdiction over the private | building enterprises in the Cafital, with view to the correction of faults of architecture and the even- tual improvement of the aspect of the This supervision would supple ment that which has already been un dertaken, in the absence of any defi- nitely empowering law, by the archi tects working in conjunction with the Distriet government in capacity. A great programsof public building is about to be executed, with the pro- vision of the necessary housing for | the executive administration of the | United States as an object. It is as- | sured that as a result the Federal | equipment of the Capital will be es tablished on the highest standard of | wrehitectural suitability and attractive- | It is desirable that Washing- | private equipment should de-| velop on similar lines r———— Wood alcohol has its advantages. | In most cases it acts so rapidly that | a man does not have time to go home | and beat his wife. ! c——— base ball is exciting and | same time a comparatively form of gossip. a an advisory ness. Winte: at the harmle: e No Base Bal! Law Needed. Rer ative Kelly of vania has anv ‘ed abandonment of | the plan to ask Congress to establish | Federal control of base ball. That is a wise decision. It will save time and | There is no conceivable which the United jurisdiction over the sport, lled a onal’ private business, entertainment conducted for the amusement of the people, who can take it or leave it as they 1t not ig luxury. It is not interstate commerce although in the organization of league several States are included Pennsyl- u trouble. ground on States could take even though it sport. 1t is ¢ “n; is a an enterprise, wish. is a ic necessity, but a| al nd | teams in plaving the eircuit cross| State boundaries Is that have “old stuff y of recently de- They do | the | he scanda all the veloped ard affect int game der which organized base ball is m ducted at present, established scveral ago consequence of very situations which are now in their reminiscent outcropping arousing @ | storm of indignation and sympathy. Yet the proposal of a national super- | vision over the game is a gratifying | evidence of the desire on the part of representative citizens that sport be kept clean and that it be managed with fairness and scrupulous | integrity. This betokens the very es.| sential of public support of an institu- | tion that has become firmly estab-| lished and that adds very greatly to| the enjoyment of the American peo- vears in those immediately west of the Capitol, it has dbeen cramped in later years, and has'been compelled to restrict its work [ ple. Sporting standards must be kept high. Base ball, though professional- 1zed and commercialized, represents a the |, wholesome appetite on the part of milliong of people for athletic compe- titlons. A local partisanship for ciflc teams s manitained despite the fact that Individual plavers may bo shifted from city to city. Pride in of the “home team™ ubs. The Il recovered from the setback the proof that th rede f without Gov rvision. act base 1 19 sport of 1920 is surest can nitse ernment intervention or_ s Repres doning mission pressing by his proposition the public s and integrity in his plan for a Federal com has rendered a service In ex: demand for fairne the conduct of the sport e Tolerance. prevalent Intolerance fault and is the basis of much unhappiness and Tolerance, therefore, is much to be desired. But New York wife who her = a misunderstanding. in the case of just appeared in court with d it would seem as if tolerance | that my limit In created which to a a fault doubtle tolerance been stretehed constitute 1 record least is worth “Your honor,” told th he beats me regularly, he has kick my sister, Lie has broken up the furni- ture, scattered all the house, gets drunk, has threatened to kill and abuses my mother 30t he is a good man, your honor. and I would ‘hlxr' wonld a at ) . B 1S in of notic event she world money over many times constantly me him discharged.” So there v n ince plus sring woman, scem only her mate to commit It might be a much u are! Tole the case of this long-suff tolerance would however to these indignities. better plan if she little intolerant and heavy flatiron off hi: was on one of his spr certainly him era had come into his home would then be his turn to show what 4 fine example of tolerance had done encourage were to become a hounce nice head while he That would that new convince a and for him i e of Japan is at and with loss of he has The Emperd flicted with a fever new His physic The condition may of appet ans sy no serious illness, possibly be due b yming passing exyu wise intert a happy escitement emperor, which and should in the an is iene no with the enjoyment Yea [, w regulating the Roman nizht clubs Mussolini may be willing to reviv grandeurs of Rome, he draws the s 0ld dissipation. - By the ancient line In communic lished with Mars or V case tion is nus it is safe erudite. will get a few ja e From Hiram Johnson's declarations t may be inferred that Americar except there are battleships in the re when “kpot. yers, spe- | that | ntative Kelly, although aban- | | | | it | i i of [ hard estab- | gardening was only i {to predict that the old planets, how- | yry, The | ever {question of quality enters into the |thrills such as they never dreamed of sz | in | | r | revive them {aid ex | there was a world of scorn THIS THURSDAY BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. The Winter meeting of the Esstee Garden Club, held recently at the home of the president, Mr. Tem- pleton Jones, was enllvened by a bit- ter discussion upon the relative merits of rain water and city water for cut { flowers Mrs. Thompson, a small dark lady with gold eveglasses which sparkle on her face like dew on a pansy, held out for rain water, while Miss Nester. ‘W snappy blonde, insisted that ordi- wv hydrant water is good enough for any flower that wi ever cut. he meeting had been a most har- monifous one until this unfortunate topic had been introduced, but after that it developed into a courteous ~foraill, with neither of the prin- cipal contenders_ willing to yleld a drop of their precious liquid. Miss Nester, who wore the latest <hade in chiffon hose remarkably well, championed the District water supply, dectaring that nothing could be better for cut Howers than Potomac water, ruight. Uafter an” satd she, that cut for indoor vases are dead and no amount of water will The waters of Paradise itself would not do it, let alone smoky yain water that has run down through soot and grime and all ‘that sort of thing.” ‘Templeton Jones, presiding mafes- tically in a Windsor chalr, thought that hie had never known rain to come down exactly that W but he said nothing, his position requiring that he merely look important. This he llently Nester ar thin, rain tortu finding its way to earth after for hours with solid banks grime and other crass mate- Miss picture ously battiing of soot, Do you mean to tell me,” she said looking brightly at Mrs. Thompson, “that water all clogged up with coal dirt is good for flowers® * * “Certainly it is," gleamed Mrs. Thompson. The six gentlemen present shifted theiv positions in their respective chairs and settled down to honest en- joyment of the battle. Iach one of them had heen wonder- ing what he had come for, but now he knew. It was to listen to the ladies fight it out if it took all night “1 mean,” hastily continued Mr Thompson, “that pure rain the only kind there is— flowers. Really, my ter, rain water is not paint it.” Col. Sow dear Miss Nes- s black as you by chuckled. The colonel had « reputation for being rather siled with his troops, but T wwe flareback had a consum- ing interest in all growing things. He I for his flowers and vege tables with the loving tenderness of a mother guarding her flock. He it was some st idicates that while he | ip o0 who had given luster to the entire urt of rdening in Esstee alley. No one eould look at the handsome Col. Sowerby, 4 he-man, if there ever was one, and think for a second that a feminine occu- ion N water rain went on her glas the table s because W, true Thompson, the light of best f very fuct taminated b “Ordi minerals. hydrant and in her opening word, “is bound to be full of minerals, no matter how fine the puri- fying system is. Why, they even in- wate water— | good for cut | of the| troduce certain minerals at the reser- voirs to clarify 1 EIE “But,” insisted Miss N. difference does it make” “That's what I would like to know,” asked Col. Sowerby, but not loud enough for Mrs. Thompson to hear him. Miss Nester thanked the colonel with & radiant smile. “If 1 were a flower,” she started to say, whereupon the six gentle- men, aided and abetted by the pres- ident, mentally cheered “It'T were u flower and were cut and put into a vase 1 am sure it wouldn't make much difference to me whether they placed me in rain water or city water,” continued Miss Nester, triumphantly. “Theoretically, rain water should be best, but actually [ don’t imagine it makes much difference.” In the discussion of whether it is hest to sprinkle on the evening be- fore the Weather Bureau predicts & frost the next morning, Miss Nester .nd Mrs. Thompson found them- selves at loggerheads again. Mrs. Thompson, who privately detested Miss Nester, for no better reasons than those aforementioned chiffon stockings, immediately took the opposite side, when the vivacious blonde declared that one ought to sprinkle. Now it happened that Miss Nester was right and Mrs. Thompson had a sneaking idea that she was, too, but hastily flung down the gauge of battle just the same. “Why. T don't see,”” she began, peer | tng out as if looking intently for Miss Nester's reasons—-1 don’t see why one | should water just before a frost. 1 am certain that such a procedure would cause ice to on the plants.” “Well, all T know about it is that I read somewhere that frost came about through a combination of a certain lowering of the temperature with a certain dryness of the atmosphere, and that if you sprinkled you broke up the combination,” said Miss Nester sweetly. Murmurs of approval came from six maseuline throats, with President Jones maintaining his judicial calm. {771t seems to me that ice would | form. and it would crack the poor | plants,” insisted Mrs. Thompson. “What has been your experience, Mr. Jones?" Thus ter, “what form called upon, the president found himself in a pretty fix If he upheld Miss Nester ne would alienate the Thompson faction, whereas if he spoke in favor of no | watering it would bring down upon his devoted head the pretty scorn of | Miss Neste Between the two he unhesitatingly made his choice “My devotion to the truth,” he said | smilingly, “makes it necessary for me to I have read the same thing Nester and In the same hook, 1 imagine. But, ladles tlemen, there are still many to attend to,” and he hastily merated them. After these purely business affairs . were attended to there was still time for the indefatigable Mrs. Thompson to inquire if any one had ever heard that English sparrows have a par- ticular aversion to the yellow crocus and will pick them to pleces wantonly. 0 one had ever heard of such a | thing, especially Miss Nester, who | rather looked upon the idea as a | covert attack upon her own gleaming | halr, although she did not say so, of cpurse. suddenly matters enu- R The farmer looks forward to pros- perity during the year 1927. The theorys is that sooner or later luck is hound to change. e marries a rich The press agent is always best man at the divorce if not at the wedding —————o— SHOOTING STARS. An actres: man. BY PHILANDER JOHNSQN The Journey. When January slips along om day to day, Although the winds come blowing strong, Our hearts grow g: “or, here we are some days beyond The New Year chime And some days nearer hopes so fond Of April time. So, blow, old Boreas, as you will. Although your storm B Our hearts are warm. ‘Il hurry on without regret With jest and rhyme. For journeying our sails Toward April time, W are set Letting Them Rave. “What do you say to criticize voyr policies?” ing,” answered Senator Sor- ghum. “I'm obliged to them for advertising the assuniption that I have definite policies and that they are worthy of discussion.” people who much Lamps. Aladdin, the scamp, Had a wonderful lamp. He rubbed it. A djinn did the rest, His toil seems too much As marvel we touch, When merely a button i pressed. Tunkins s whisky is in some as a compara- tively mild adulterant for poison. Jud used now is hard to content mind,” Hi Ho, Chinatown. “A busy he could loaf and an idle man seeks something to get busy about.” the. human the sage man wishes ‘It said of Unfair. wonderful charming ha radio means “You must e a set. It of entertaining i when 1 have yenne. “There ed to depress a pos is ex- with turn it on Miss C: never * said nothing so caler young man as to put him in that he interest [ tion where he feels MeCormack or Fritz John The Passing. Send the Christmas tree 1t was bright and fine. sw we are prepared to say “None o' that for 17 o mine! Send the old-time song away With the old-time jest They have made the moments g Let 'em go to rest. Send the old-time friend away-— Pause before you do. Plenteous is the glad array Faithful friends are few. “De nearest some o' dem boot- legger customers got to a happy New Year,” sald Uncle Fbhen, “was a bri smmshiny room in a hospital.” [ it, ids us depend on strength and skill, | jmmobile | { | i | i | spectacle.” | cluded The death of Emperor Yoshihito of Japan and the elevation to power of his son, Hirohito, have turned the eves of the American press upon the record of advancement made during the reign of the dead ruler and the qualities of the son which point to still further development along mod- ern and democratic lines. “Japan mourning is an impressive J the Providence Bulletin, “one which in its sincere and profound grief stirs universal sym- pathy. There has been scarcely any hysteria among the inhabitants, for during the Emperor's serious {llness they have gradually realized that his death was imminent and prepared themselves for it. Rupert Brooke's line, ‘frost, with a gesture, stays the waves that dance and the wandering loveliness, aptly describes this, light- hearted people standing now In an attitude, praying their leader into eternal bliss. A million of them stood with bowed heads in the flickering lantern light as the funeral cortege moved between them toward the silent capital. The scene adds another graphic picture to those of Japan—pictures upon all themes: Joy, SOTTOW, {error, CCSLAsy. ‘ive are given no account of the number of loyal and admiring sub- jects who preceded or followed the Jamented Yoshihito to the kingdom beyond the veil, through the hara-kiri roite,” the Charlotte Observer says, “but ineidental to the funeral was a donation of 1,000,000 ven to the chari Japan_ by the incoming I3mperc The burial ceremonies of !take shape of imposing events run- ning through a couple of months, in- being a contract to build a highway to the tomb, for comple- tion of which 3.000 coolies are im- pressed into service.”! The Brooklyn Iagle explains that “the Japanese have always been given to funeral pomp’; that “they love to associate display with death” and, “because of the importance of ancestors in oriental ideology. death and burial are surrounded with pecullarly im- pressive ri s The antiquity of the Japanese na- tion is emphasized by the Reno Gazette i ronnection with these cere- monies. “Our republic is 150 vears old,” observes that paper, “but Japan has @ history that harks back to the seventh century before the Christian era, and Yoshihito could trace his ancestry, without a single bi the genealogical record, to who was crowned in 600 B. one of the long dynasties whos is told upon the imperishable ypt or found upon the day ts of the Chaldean plains an compare with such a histor: When William the Conqueror won at Hastings, more than 17 centuries had passed since the first of Yoshihito's ancestors had worn a crown, and it was about that time that the Shoguns grasped the temporal power. Then for generations the true rulers of Japan retired to a contemplative life from which they emerged only in 1868." ‘Hirohito succeeds to the throne of his fathers at a most critical period of the world’s history,” says the Pitts. -gh Sun, which reviews his qualifi- ations, saying: “He has been broad- ened by travel abroad. He was the first_member of the reigning family to visit foreign lands. He has done much to shatter many of the time- honored traditions of old Japan. By his democratic leanings, the religious Veneration in which he is held by his people has been heightened by real popular affection.” The Indianapolis News adds to this estimate that “it is a tory stone a curious fact that while many of the supposedly wise men are writing very learnedly of the impending, if iirogressive Reign Expected From New Japanese Emperor not imminent, overthrow of western civilization, three Japanese emperors —the one just dead, his father and now his son—should all see, or have seen, in it a model by which to pat- tern the life and civilization of Japan.” * ok kX “Yoshihito was modern in_thought and enterprise,” avers the Utica Ob- server-Dispatch. “He has been re- garded as anxious and ready to co- operate to the fullest with other na- tions in guarding against war. And yet he was most zealous for his coun- try and devoted to its interests and welfare.” In_ the new Emperor rhe Springfield Union recognizes that there are “blended the Orient and the Occldent, the ancient and the modern, |the " imperial and the democratic, which have been so strongly blended in the modern rise of Japan to her present place in the world.” The Minneapolis Tribune adds that “even more than his father and grandfather, Hirohito has had contact with the world and learned what cosmopolite signifies; he may be expected to carry on in the spirit of Japan's new day.” “Hirohito, for five vears regent of the empire, seems to suggest in his young manhood’s undertakings the vigor and clear vision of his grand- fathe: the Kansas City Journal-Post remarks. “From the latter he is sald to inherit a fine regard for America, a sentiment his own father scarcely can be said to have held The Herald feels that “it is presumable that Hirohito will find a way to incul- |cate in the coming generation many of the progressive ideals he is known to cherish.” The Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch pre- dicts “policies at variance with many which have been heretofore character- istic of the empire’s government,” and the St. Paul Ploneer Press sees evi- dence that “the occidentalization of Japan is more than skin deep.” The Toledo RBlade, referring to Hiro- hito's experfence as prince regent since 1921, believes that “in his own right he may rule with a firmer hand, for there is no one to dispute the ac- cession of one ‘descended from the gods' in a royal line so old that its obscure beginnings can be traced back only in myth and tradition.” “Most of the progress was achieved during the two generations closing with the death of Yoshihito,” records the Greensboro Record, “but they are only nominally responsible for it The real credit goes to the veteran educated and trained statesmen who really directed the policy and des- tinies of the country.” The Buffalo News adds the thought that “it is still true that the mundane politicians struggle for control of the govern- ment much as in other parliamentary countries, while the ‘Son of Heaven' smiles down upon them benignly and indifferently.” SO0 S PO The Spice of National Life. From the Portland Sunday Oregonian. One significant thing about our na- | tional life, in its varied phases, would seem to be this—we are never with- out our scandal. ] Meeting a Daily Need. rom the Jacksonvhlle Times-Uni Dealer—You can have this car for $1,500, and we will throw in a bicycle. Customer—What's the bicycle for? Dealer—To ride from the place where you park your car to your place of busines: s B Excuse for His Livi From the Birmingham Age-Herald. A bachelor past 65 in Italy is ex- empt from paying the bachelor tax. That is proper. Maybe the fact that he is a bachelor accounts for his Hving s0 long. : , JANUARY 6 AND THAT ind gen- | 1927 CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING By Frederic J. Haskin. Bcarcely a day passes at this season of the year without carbon monoxide gus getting in its deadly work of polsoning one or more people. In a fow recent cases suicides have chosen the carbon monoxide exit from this vale of tears. Accidental deaths from this gas oc- cur most often because people have never learned that it 1s better to be cold than to be dead. They think of the momentary discomfort of opening doors or windows to the ley draughts of Winter and they decide to take a rhance. The next thing they know, as the Irish bull expresses it, they don't know anything—death has stalked them successfully. There are also many needless fatall- { ties from carbon monoxide because, in spite of all the warnings of health authorities, public safety councils, in- surance companies, automobile manu- facturers, gas companies and numer- ous other agencies, people will not understand the deadliness of this ga: and how it can get in its work with- out the victim's receiving the slightest warning. To such people gas of any kind means an odor. They simply can't or won't believe that carbon monoxide is almost absolutely odor- less and that there might be suffi- cient quantity of it in a room or a garage to cause death without a per- son's being able to detect its presence until it is time to send for the cor- oner. Most of these fatal accldents occur in garages through the running of an automobile engine without opening the garage door or windows. Here in there vietims who suffer ause they incredulous or skep- They will say nothing can hap n if they run their engines for only A+ minute or two. They take the chance and topple over. Surgeon General's Warning. Here's what the Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Serv- ice says as to what even a small en- {gine can do in an average sized garage: n tests of the exhaust of a small 23-horsepower automobile engine it has been found that it discharged ap- proximately 25 cublc feet of gas per minute, samples of which gave an average of 6 per cent carbon monox- ide, or 1.5 cubic feet of deadly carbon monoxide gas per minute. Of course, larger engines will give off more. “Now a ratio of 15 parts carhon monoxide to 10,000 parts of air is con- sidered a dangerous concentration to be exposed to for a considerable time, jand the small 23-horsepower engins in warming up and giving off only one cubic foot of carbon monoxide per minute would contaminate the air of a small closed gar feet, to the danger point in minute The Surgeon General also explains | the poisonous action of this gas, pointing out that it depends on the | fact that it has a much greater affin- ity for the hemoglobin of the blood than has oxygen. Hemoglobin at- tracts carbon monoxide about 300 times as strongly as it does oxygen. By combining with carbon monoxide the hemoglobin of the red blood cor- | puscles is prevented from giving up |its oxygen to the tissues. Death re sults from paralysis of the respiratory apparatus, i The attack of carbon monoxide poisoning comes on insidiously and consclousness is gradually lost. Even though the victim may become aware of the danger, he is often unable to escape from it because of the great loss of motor power. ‘“The automobile | worker in a small garage is most fi quently the victim,” concludes this warning. t therefore behooves every person who runs his engine in a small garage to see-to it that the room is properly ventilated by having the wImI‘mvs and doors opened if he expects to run the engine for eve a f(‘\\\’ minutes." S e ‘A person may he literall - mersed in the gas and never s sp’:t it until he begins to grow dizzy or be- comes paralyzed,” says a warning is- sued by one of the large insurance companies. “The next stage consciousness; the next, death, “When death does mnot come, the effects may readily be depression, lowered vitality and lessened resist- ance to disease. The feeling of tight- ness across the forehead, headache or the tired feeling after an automobile ride may not be due to eyestrain, but to a leaky engine exhaust releasing carbon mionoxide. A more or le { constant exposure to small amounts of carbon monoxide gas leads to a chronic poisoning which may mani- fest ftself in various symptoms of ill health.” Closed Cars May Be Dangerous. According to this authority, with the Increasing popularity of closed cars there is Increasing danger from carbon monoxide poisoning to people who form the habit of riding in the coach, sedan, limousine or coupe with all windows tightly closed. A leaky exhaust plpe from the engine may admit the gas into the car and there i8 no more warning of its presence than in the closed garage or room. Even in an open car, with unlimited fresh air, there can be enough carbon monoxide in the air close to the en- gine to produce serious effects upon those who breathe it Cabins of motor hoats are likewise | fertile fields for carbon monoxide tragedies. The engine is usuaily in a well sheltered place, hence the ven- tilation is likely to be poor, and boat- men should never work over engines so situated without stopping to get out into the open air at frequent in- tervals. Nor is the engine driven by gaso- line, whether in an automobile or a motor boat, the only carbon monoxide threatening me to life and health. The gas range in the Kitchen, the gas water-heater in bathroom or basement and sas logs and heaters| in living rooms or bedrooms may prove to be equally dangerous. Gen- ly speaking, no gas-burning ap- paratus should be operated in @ house unless it is connected with @ chimney or pipe. The gas range in the kitchen may have been operated, without a sign of trouble, for years without i pipe or chimney connection to carry off dangerous fumes t may be gen- erated, and then some fine morning it suddenly begins throwing out the deadly carbon monoxide and another household tragedy is recorded. With a range of that kind, the only safe course is to open a window when it is belng used. Taking a bath or dress- ing in a bathroom heated with a gas heater is always dangerous un- less there is good ventilation, while to sieep in i room so heated without opening n window is to give death a special invitation to call during the night. In a case of are bout 3 arbon monoxide poisoning the first aid is to get the victim fnto the open air. A physician should bo summoned at once, of course, and an effort made to secure from a gas company, fire station or some other agency one of the ma- chines that are used for the resuscita- tion of persons overcome by gus Better far than any first aid or the most herofe, skilled treatment, how ever, is that ounce of prevention the exercise of simple, sensible pre cautions—that will make that Kind of poisoning practically impossible - Too Often the Case, From the Lynehburg News. States’ hts would be more re- apected ey weren't so often used as the resort of those who oppose Tme ticular progressive sugge: tion. i ge, 10 by 10 by 20 | ANSWERS TO Q. When dld the Barnum & Bailey Circus make its first trip to Europe? How long did it stay?—\W. V. F. The Barnum & Balley Circud em- ked for Europe, Thursday, Janu- ary 18, 1844, It visited England, Ire. lund, Scotland, Belgium and France ”th‘ returned to America in February, 1847, Q. Are lists of homesteaders kept in alphabetical order”—J. M. ¢ A. The General Land Office does not an alphabetical list of the names sons making homestead entries. Q. What sized shipped in?—E. L. A. At the present time the most used sack for late patatoes is the 150- pound sack. It is said that not so long ago the 165-pound sack was the common package for potatoes, and even 180-pound sacks were used at times. During recent vears, however, there has been a tendency toward smaller sized sacks for potatoes in large terminal markets ba sacks are potatoes Q. Tt is claimed that the sun is the source of all energy. How can the energy of a waterfall be traced to the D. L. + A. The Naval Observatory says that the energy of a waterfall comes from water which has fallen from the clouds in the form of rain or snow, and these clouds are caused by evaporation which {8 the result of the sun's energy acting in the form of heat on the surface of oceans, lakes, etc. Q. Tn what school was carrying the ball introduced into foot ball?—P. &E A. The introduction of the carrying feature into foot ball is_attributed upon a memorial tablet at Rugby to a schoolboy named William Webb Ellis, who, in the closing minute of a drawn | game in the Autumn of 182 'with a fine disregard for the rules of foot ball as played in his time, first took the ball in his arms and ran with it thus originating the distinctive fea- ture of the Rugby game.” In the 40 | vears that followed many clubs sprang up throughout England, some playing the kicking and others the carrying game, but all handicapped.by lack of uniform rules. Q. Did Charles I of England have an impediment in his speech?—P. B. A. King Charles never wholly out- grew this defect. Q. How old is Jack Holt was he born?—F. H. A. He was born in Winchester, Va., May 13 and where Q. How much coal does a passenger | and freight steamship burn in cross ing the Atlantig”—R. H. . The amount of coal which would {be used on a transatlantic trip would { depend on the size of the vessel and the speed it attained. A combination freight and passenger vessel with a gross tonnage of about 5,000 tons in a | QUESTIONS BY FRFDERIC J. HASKIN. would burn about 30 tons of coal a day. All of the more modern vessela are ofl-burning ships. An ofl-burning steamer of the combination type, 11,000 gross tons, making about 18 knots, would burn about 60 tons of ofl on an average of 350 or 355 miles per day. Q. Please oxplain how an athlete gets what in termed “his second wind." —B. C A. What 1s termed “second wind" comes when the body and muscles of the bodv get accustomed to the work. For instance, if a man {s running, at first he is fatigued and then he be- comes accustomed to the exercise and it is not such a strain after the mus- cles and body are caught in the rhythm. Q. How i the people of Alaska and Hawall become citizens of the United tea?—A. A. L. Citizenship has often been con ferred on large bodies of people by the annexation of territory as a result of cession or conquest, and it was in this way that the inhabitants of Louistana. Florida, Texas, Alaska and Hawail be came citizens of the United States This is known as “naturalization by incorporation.” . Q. Is it true that the principality of Lichtensteln has no debt?—H. 8. A. This 1s & fact. The budget fo: 1924 balanced at 627,805 francs. Q. Where did the {dea that a ca: has nine lives originate?—B. E. 8. A. The notion concerning the nine lives of a cat goes back to anclent Egypt. The cat-headed goddéss Pash: was sald to have nine lives, Tt ! amazing how a thought will persis through the ages. Q. Please explaln how cars go up Magnetic Hill without using any power.—A. § A. The Los Angeles Chamber of Commerco says that the grade at “Magnetic Hill" s an optical deluston While it appears that it is an up crade, it §s in reality a 2 per cent downgrade. such cases of deceptive grade are common fn mountainous country. ~Irrigation ditches viewed from a distance sometimes appear to run up hill. Q. WIil & radiator throw out the same amount of héat if it 18 covered with a cloth or paper’—F. R. B. A. The Bureau of Standards says that it will not emit the same amount of heat as when uncovered. Have we had the pleasure of serr- ing you through our Washington In formation Bureau? Can’t we be of some help to you in your daily prob lems? Our business is to furnish you with authoritative information, and we invite you to ask us any questior of fact in which you are interested Send your inquiry to The Evening | Star Information Bureau, Frederic J Haskin, director, Washington, D. ¢ Inclose’ ¢ cents in stamps for return 12 or 13 day trip across the Atlantic Behind closed doors, in executive { session, the United States Senate is discussing ratification of a treaty with Turkey. It is predicted that a vote will_ba reached late this afternoon. We had a treaty with Turkey before the World War, which the govern- ment of the Sultan abrogated because we entered the war against Turkey’s allies, though not against Turkey. The Sultan was deposed in 1922 and the new republic offers to make a new treaty, parallel with what she has al- ready made with 27 other nations, in- cluding Great Britain, France, Ger- many, Spain, Italy. Japan and her tra- ditional enemy, ece. This new treaty was executed at Lausanne Au- gust 6, 1923, and signed by President Coolidge, subject to ratification by the “advice and consent of the Senate.” More than three years have elapsed, owling to strong opposition, but ratifi- catlon or rejection is now to be de- termined. * k% % Following the victory of the World | War, the allies imposed extremely se- vere terms on Turkey. in the 1920 treaty of Sevres, which, although Tur- key had been signally defeated, she refused to ratify. By the Sevres treaty she lost wide territory, includ- | ing Smyrna, which was assigned to Greece. That country was backed by the allies, particularly Great Britain and France, and felt itself strong enough not only to hold the city of Smyrna, but to invade surrounding territory in Anatolia in 1922 The Turks rallied a spirit of nationalism and drove back the Greek invader: following with a massacre in Smyrna On reliable evewitness it is now stated that when the Greeks first landed in Smyrna they killed about 500 Turks; when the Turks triumphed they killed 0 Greeks in Smyr That Turkish victory put a new face on the Turkish status and resulted in a conference at Lausanne between the allies and Turkey, in which the United States had no official part, but sat in as “observer.” Immediately following the conclusion of the treaty of Lau sanne with the allies, Jul h 1 . A similar treaty was offered to the United States—and signed by our Ex- ecutive August 6. Our treaty was the outcome, not only of the allies’ nego- tiations, but of official “conversations" covering several months, between the | Turkish delegate and our Minister to Switzerland, who w acting under instructions from the State Depart- ment. The other negotiators and “ob- servers” at the Lausanne conference were our Ambassador to Italy, Rich- ard Washburn Child, and Rear Ad miral Bristol. We had had no part in the Sevres treat refused by Tur ke a Under the terms of the now pend- ing treaty we lose the old “capitula- tion including extraterritoriulity and the exemption of our citizens in Turkey from taxation, but become assured of all the rights and privi- leges of Turkish nationals, with the same rate of taxation. The Turkish Republic has adopted European codes of law and engaged European legal advisers. In matters of marriage and divorce, Americans retain the juris- diction of American ' courts located outside of Turkey. All commercial relations are based upon the ‘most favored nation” clause, but these commercial clauses remain in force only five year: We had never held a ¥ spe- ciically glving us any “capitula- tions,” beyond the clause granting us whatever rights the “most favored nation” held under its treaty, hence when the alliex made their new treaties surrendering their rights, that automatically carried our loss of the same. There have been no serious “atrocities” since the r ublic was | formed. Senator King, & Mormon, is con- cerned over the dangers to Prot- estant missions and schools in Turkey upder the pending treaty. but, wit out exception, all the missionaries and teachers in Turkey are urging the rutification. In America, Bishop Manning of the Protestant Episcopal Church induced about 100 Episcopal bishops & yvear ago to SIgn a protest agalnst the ratification, but since then at least five of the bishops have | tre: @ College oppression, operation and appreciation shown by the Turkish government to these in- postage. BACKGROUND OF EVENTS BY PAUL V. COLLINS. has been presented, representing every phase of American activity in Turkey, including colleges, schools and missionary and philanthropic enterprises, advocating the ratifica tion of the treaty, it scems to me to be my duty to withdraw furher oppo sition.” He adds: “We are bishops of a church that, God forgive us, has never done a_stroke of Christian work in Turkey! Indesd, we have not even m amongst Mohammedans anywhere. The editor of the Churchmar., the oldest relig journal in America and the only liberal national weekly religious fournal of the Episcopal Church, declares that “when the matter came before a session of the House of Bishops “ * * in the gen eral convention” in October (1926) “the House unanimously turned down the Bishop Manning proposed opposi tion.” * ok ok % The ratification has been urged from a business standpoint by Seeretary Hoover of the Department of Comi merce, who points to the effect of de lay upon our commerce, “There is involved.” says Mr. Hoo ver, “not enly the trade with Turkey. but with all the areas surrounding the Biack Sea, for one of the important provisions’ embodied in the original treaty (with the allies), which is ex tended freely and without obligation to the United States by our treaty, i the assurance to ships of treaty na tions of the freedom of hte straits through which vessels from Black Sea ports must pass.” Under Turkey law, the import duty on goods from non-treaty nations is from 50 to 60 per cent higher than for goods frum treaty nations, but it is provided that the lower duty may be permitted for six months, with one six-month renewal, for a nation which is considering a treaty. Our year privilege under that law will éxpir February 20 it we fall to ratify. * x While our commerce with has fallen in recent years. use our rivils have stepped in #he For example, we must bu tobaceo to blend with ou The tobacco must natur in_ Turk ar before it can e shipped, and the purchasers. there fore, require their own wurehouses But no citizen of a country without ions iw permitted to owr hence we must buy ou British or French or s, paying a premiun to the middlemen. which adds to the r cigarettes in America sold to Turkey of wheu! leather, cotton cloth, ete Wl of $15,980,548, and in ,038. In 1 Dot y goods amounting to 925 $14.647.517 demand fc af s Turkish cigarette: 1 estate, totxiceo from Ttallan warehouses Turke: 492, and in Iy has our bacco for our cigarette creased that it is forecast fiscal year's purchase will amount to 20,000,000 —all through foreign mid dlemen with warehouses. The balar of trade is all for Turkey, vet the ov position is quoted as stating that “American commerce with Turkey actual and potentlal, is a trifiing mat ter. « * It i3 more & benefit (v Turkey than to America.” PR So grea to in Turkish blends that thi Persons of standing who have lived for years in Turkey report that the modern Turks hold America in the highest esteem, because we have demonstrated that, unlike Europe, we have no ulterior motive dealing with them, as proved by our refusal to accept 4 mandate over the Arme nians, when all other nations were umbling for mandates and “conces sions.” They look upon their Presi dent, Mustapha Kemal Pasha, as the ge Washington of Turkey,” and deposing of the Sultan and of the republic as .their declaration of independence. They ny most emphatically that the Turks have interfered with the A ican colleges. Dr. Albert W. Staub. director of the colleges, states: “The colleges have now the largest enrollments they have ever had Robert College, 788; Constantinople Woma College, 480: Internationa Smyrna, 300. Instead of there has been more co thewr founding at withdrawn their signatures. These include Bishop Brent, who writes from London July 9, 1926, saying: “In view of the fact that a petition stitutions during the past two years than ; history.” at any other time in their tbonyright. 1927, by Paul ¥ Coliins.)