Evening Star Newspaper, January 7, 1927, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C FfiID AY. THE EVENING STA With Sunday Morning Edition, WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY........January 7, 1927 THEQODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor The Evening Star Newapaper Company Rusiness Office Lith S1 and Pennasiyanis Ave. ew Tork Office. 110 Fast 42nd St. EurcChichke Ofice: Tower Buildin uropean Office. 14 Regent St., London, England. The Evenine Star with the Sunday morn F edition. ia delivered by carriers within | #ity st 60 canis ner month: dails only centa ner monih: Sundasa only. 20 cents aent’ by mail or in 5000 Collection is made by of each month. Rate by Mall—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. F and .. $0.00: 1 mo., 7! u ir only . " $8.00: 1 mo mday only 1$3.00: 1 mo Se 0 .. 2Be All Other States and Canada. 1er. % g 0 1 mo. 001 mos 38c 3 ¥ $4001mo. Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is excly aea | e the uaa for repmblication of all news d Patrhon cradited o 1t ar not nherwise ore 1ad in this paper and also tha local news Dublished harein_ Al richia of publicati apecial diapaiches herein are alfo res Increase the Lump-Sum Payment. Existing substantive law authorizes the appropriation from the Treasury, | ® the annual national contribution | toward the Capital's maintenance and | municipal uphuilding, of 40 per cent of the total appropriation carried by the Distriet appropriations bill. For 8 few vears the appropriations com- mittess have not exercised to the full the appropriating authority and power givan hy the substantive law. These committees have recently, Con- gress assenting, appropriated from the Treasury for District purposes each vear a lump sum, considerably less than 40 per cent of the total ap- prépriation. If Congress, with or without District's assent, changes the stdntive law so that it authorizes or | @irects for a fixed period or indefi- nitely the appropriation of a lump sum of nine million dbllars annually instead of the 40 per cent authoriz tion, Congress cannot appropriate more than that amount, it it wishes on some oceasion to do so. This change in the substantive law would involve a distinct loss to the District in two particulars. First, in respect to the ratio plan of national contribution. The #0-40 plan is now the substantive law, and cannot be changed except by a legislative pro- posal which runs the gauntlet of Woth District committees and both Houses of Congress. If hy the Dis- trict's assent the mp-sum plan of nine millions annually were made the substantive law even for a limited period it could be changed back into the definite ratio provision only by the same painful gauntlet-running | process. And, second, in respect to | thé amount of & lump-sum payment under that plan. If the 60-40 plan is the substantive law during the dis- cussion of the amendment which pro- poses to substitute for it the lump- sum payment plan the just amount of that lump-sum payment can be thoroughly considered with seme Pprospect of equitable increases of the nine millions payment by way of eompromise between the House and Senate and in the meanwhile we can urge upon the appropriations committees to make clearly just in- creases in the annual Jump-sum pay- ment, bringing the national contri- bution closer to the 40 per cent of total appropriations which the law authorizes the appropriations com- mittees and Congress to appropriate. It we assent, as the first step in our campaign, to make the nine mil- lons lump-sum payment the substan- tive law we cut ourselves off at once from asking the appropriations com- mittees to increase that amount in justice and we reduce materially our chances of getting such Increase in the amount to be stated in the sub- stantive law. The District’s sound policy would seem to be: (1) Without assenting to & change In advance in the substan- tive law, as proposed in the first sec- tion of the pending fiscal relations Bill, to seek in the exact terms of the seennd section of that bill the creation of & joint committee to examine into the whola subject of fiscal relations and to report whether the percentage ratio proportion plan or the lump- sum payment plan should become permanent substantive law: and if the latter, what the amount of that Inmp-sum payment should he, and what corresponding limitations, if any, should be made upon the amount of contribution to he exacted by Congress from the taxpayers of the District. (2) If a joint committee is not created and the direct proposition 18 made to substitute a nine millions Jump-sum payment for the 60-40 Patio in the substantive law to oppose vigorously both the change in the method of national contribution, and, 4f the lump-sum payment plan is to pravall, the limitation to mil- fons of that lump sum. (3) To appeal urgently to the appropriations com- mittees of House and Senate in- crease the nina millions lump-sum payment in this sessfon's District ap- propriations hill. Existing substan- tive law gives them authority to in- crease this amount up to 40 per cent of the total appropriation. Under the present practice gross and glaring injustices have resulted and without increase of the nine millions will con- tinue to result through the exaction from the District taxpayers of money jn large amount to pay for con- Tessedly projects. 1f these injustices are made clear to the ap- propriations committees they will constitute an irresistible argument either for increasing the lump-sum payment or for financing all national the sub- even nine to national }nm 1mo. $1.00 fore the suhcommittee and fnto the hearings, The Inland Shipway. The droam of & shipway Lakes to the sea; of route from the great centrul food belt | of the Nation to its Atlantie ports and irope, has for decades gripped the imagination of the American public. | The vision of vast of grain and stock, of factory produce and raw materiale passing from the supplying to the consuming points on this con tinent at greatly reduced freight rates 3 avoidance of | s riihend | | record of its | i from the Great A water cargoes ance of entire e [ he assi 1 10 vess i< shipment expe in the case of goods destined | the strategic | n, have for foreign consumption value of the project fn war ti | Fail been factors contributing to the | | general popular interext in the plan. | Ry normal stages the advoeacy of | w shipway passed from that of visionary conception to that of pric protagonism routes ated gressional int | became increasingly active, nnd 11924 President Coolitdge by tical various were ady commission, headed Secretary Hoover, to report on’ the possibilities i of putting the project into effect. As the commission entered upon its study of the pro i, tw main routes were being urged. T lem hefor ) | | one, known as the “all-Amevican | Lake Ontario at O | mstruction of & and from that point route,” leaving wego, involved the canal to Albany it was proposed to pass down the Hud son ver to New York and the sea The other proposed the use of the St | Lawrence River, by means of the struction of locks and dredging opera- | tions, all the way from Lake Ontario | to the Atlantic. The Hoover commis- sion hag new reported. It takes a po- sition unequivecally in favor of the St, Lawrence route. The reasons set forth in support of | this position are as follows: The St. | Lawrence route, would he ex pensive to construct by “hundreds of millions of dollars.” It would be ca pable of carrying a considerably great- er tonnage than the alternative ship Its development would be con nected up with the of | highly profitable water-power projects. Only nine locks would be required, HN' against twenty the “all-American | route.”” The distance via the St| Lawrence would be 1,550 miles longer to New York than were the alterna-| tive route constructed, but 625 miles would be cut off the distance to north European ports. In the matter of an operating season free from ice, both projects are held to stand on the same footing. From a military angle it is held that the above indicated advan- tages more than counterbalance those of American control of both sides of the entire route. The Hoover report is, by its ver nature, confined to the engineering problems involved in the question be- fore the commission. It is an able, conservative and authoritative pre: entation of the engineering factors in the problem, and, as such, leaves no doubt as to which route, from the technical angle, is the more desirable. That there are other angles from which the question must be viewed is apparent. Not the least of these is that, | on the political side, five governmental bodies must be satisfied before the St. Lawrence route can be utilized: Our Federal Government, the government of New York State, and the govern- ments of the Dominion of Canada and of the provinces of Ontario and Quebec. Negotiations seeking the accord of all will no doubt promptly be initiated. It is earnestly to he hoped that they may prove successful. For, in view of the Hoover report, the failure to iron out the political wrinkles involved in the development of the St. Lawrence project would undoubtedly mean either a long postponement or the vir- tual abandoning of the inland ship- | way. For that report conclusively estab- lishes the fact that any alternative route, however much desired in New York State or the East, would be far less advantageous to the country as a whole, and the interests of the coun- try as a whole are those which must control in a matter of such magnitude. The Kast will, in the long run, be benefited to the extent to which the entire Nation is benefited. way. development for S The Nicaraguan statesman who in timates that his country is too small to create any trouble worth noticing is liable to find himself out of favor with a considerable element of im- pulsively patriotic citizenship. e Numerous ball plavers are disposed | to revive the Ananias Club for the personal benefit of Mr. “Swede” Ris- | berg. Taming Night Club Life. Mavor Walker of York and Premier Mussolini of Italy are work- | ing together, but They | both have the same idea on one sub ject, although Mussolini goes a little further with it than doex Walker. In | they both want to tame i ain, of course, New separately. other wor the night club life of th balliwicks., Walker's doi is not as extensive as that of the dic- New York City, but to lift his| obeys, | i respective | | tator; he hax only while hund Mussolinl hus and all Italy A singul: phase of th Italian campaign is that the popular impression that nental Kurope is liberal in its| Interpretation of pleasures than the United States. Gay Italy is evidently no more, and a moderately guy United States 18 developing This is the reason: Mavor Walker | was Instrumental in closing up the | night clubs at three a.m., but that i s far as he went. Mussolini stmply orders all dancing in all cabarets in all of Italy to cease, and hesidex sets a two o'clock closing hour. A drastic order, both HMaliuny sud Americans will udwit. So while the Charleston, the Black bottom, the fox-trot, the Virginia reel und the minuet can be danced at will American- | it shatters | conti- | move on than the and some semi-national projects some other of the supply bill that making appropriations for District Hearings on the District bill hegin Janugry 10 before the House subcome mities. 1t would seem sound policy until three o'clock in the morning in every cabaret in New York, Italian | haunters of clubs must content them ting idly by while the tra playe a snappy jazz tune | selves with s | orehe ean ] 1 R !for the District 0 get ite appanl ba jended at twe o'clock they must trek ! | " THIS - AND fwearily their homes o n that dis likely usslon among Is subject is caume considernble the night club element of the two countries, The talian is probably try Ing to decide whether Rive legs hix while the American ix cogitating on (he same thing. The only hitch in it he would rather his o arms exercise 1At the present time is that the Ameri hoth this to do of find « attends way festivity can still when he a sort of the 1s (nexercising product ting poorer and pos ity & I .. Pullic Opposes Traffic Ruling. A Indignution ix xw nt Trattic Court, who held that ing, 8hipping of lic rent judge In the “No Park- s in front i stewdily incrensing tide of pu the city " ping the rec decision of ntrance husiness establishments were despite the fact that the fo ns have heen regu legal regula tion vear and convict has been in than « larly secured under it before the other three fudges of the court. With the Commissioners acting with commend in filing an appeal, members of the Cong ing ruling the business t the gnation, there ix every immediate and drastic action sure that Washington will not be per manently saddled with able of a able promptness outrageous” and of the city of: business prospect of the A% interests aghast ut prospect - to ax i interpretation an unreason wise and needed regulation, In filing the appeal % have temporarily They the staved Commis the cts of the decision. have an- nounced that arvests will continue to under the regulation, and ste need expect no leniency block shipping entrances to stores. At A meeting of the Senate District committee Senator Glass an- nounced that unless quick action was taken the entire he would see to it that legislation was passed to provide against interruption to an orderly and progressive traffic administration for the National Capi tal. In the meantime fronted by the situation the extraordinary decision. Business leaders are confident, however, that, powerless as the Commissioners and the traffic office appear to be under the ruling, Congress certainly pos- sesses not only the power but the will to set things right, and will.do 0 at the earliest opportunity. Therefore, gloomy as the conditions at present, there is every hope for a solution that will cure for all time the chaos caused by rulings of one of the four judges of the court. When the problem of this unique court situation at the National Capital is solved then, and then only, the city may expect to press steadily forward in combating the traffic evils of today. be made that motor it they by committee business is con created by 100l P ‘Washington, D. C.. will have a new Botanic Garden. It will enable the visitor from the country to relieve his mind of the cares of corn and pota- toes. The sense of abstract artistic appreciation should aroused in agriculture as well in other pur- suits. be .o A “Washington novel’ appears often enough to show that there is an appetite for that kind of litera- ture. Some day literary genius will' recognize the opportunity and write a real one. —.es a Senators who acquire the investi- gating habit never tigation is as cross-word puzzle habit. Inves. the recover. unconquerable as For some reason chemists do not find a denaturing process reliahle for aleohol that would utilize merely cayenne pepper and castor oil. s 3reat prosperity is predicted for the vear 1927. A reliable method is still sought for letting the ultimate con- sumer in on the glad tidings. SHOO' TING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON, Trumpeting. briel blows his korn When Angel I shall be much perplexed, For signals leave me most forlorn And seriously vexed. I dodge to left or else to right, Or straight ahead I run » dodge the motors in their flight. The race—it Must he Won! Kach trumpet that I chance to hear, Yes, even in a band, Brings a sensation very queer And hard to understand. So when at last I'm called to dwell With happiness restored, I'll wonder, “Is this Gabriel, Or only Henry Ford! Avoiding Artificiality. i ever study elocution “Did ) 2 in- quired the friend. “No,"” d “If 1 were to do an nld cuuse me 1o lose friends. must feel that 1 ing forth my soul in unstudied words and not merely speaking a piece.” answered Senator Sorghum. thing like that it They pour- w m impetuously Jud Tunking says you have to read + 1ot to learn things, and then read a lot more to find out which of 'em was true. Designs and Colors. dreamt of a gila queer And a snake’s weird decoration. dreamt of a zebra drawing near With stripes in strange formation. I studied hard the cause to find. ‘o science 1'm a debtor. ‘Phis haunted my unconscious mind A young man in a sweater. 1 monster I Peace myy come among natfons,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “but a family quarrel means war that never ends."” he Additional Letter. “Do you class this trolley road as a public utility?” “No,” answered Miss Cayenne, “as a public futility.” “When a politician sh; said Unele Eben, “he tires his muscles, a sinzer fills the aipwith sweet notes. And when this ing evening is but he savez his voice an' takes no chance of starting an argument although it is said that the qual- | BY CHARLE Templeton Jones. 120,000,000 victims the United States, everything. The next time Jones takes a v tion, he declares. he will take i overalls, with precisely nothing ench pocket uch fx Jones' iden of a perfect va ention to leave his pockethook, his keys, his fountain pen. his mechanical pencil. his pipe, his tobacco, his match box, his handkerchief and a few other ticles behind him As things stand now, J walking guardian heing dne of the of civilization in has a pocket for A in in 1o 8 mere Iy of these articles, he lost £ bill and at an time his keys, which losings so prudence upon his mind v miid obscesston, it word in relation other tmpressed thut it has hecome one miay use such a to small things Jones can remember the time when he had only one key, and didn't give 1 whoop whether he kept it Tost it ‘O happy days!" sighs Jones. ro ended Al that prog e increasing cares. more keys, more pockethooks, including both the money variety and note more personal articles of sorts, Now progress fs wonder conrse. Jones sometimes wonders, which is the most important hix keys! ul, of however the man * oKk sometimes inquires of enstodian of all these the custodians of Am 1" he nimself, “the things, or are they me?" In phrasing this mentally, Jones feels that slightly false to himself, and perhaps giving the wrong idea to othe for re is really no obvious thought on part in relation to these belong question, even he is heing how hig men do. fecling to st ever, he Al prudent finds himself pockets, now and then key holder is still there. Sometimes an inadvertent rub snappy fountain pen, certainly a beauty, both in appearance and utility whereupon he makes a frantic clutch at the pocket, and breathes a sigh of velief to find the pen still there There is an unaccountable sinking feeling, in actually losing some prized possession, that is hard to deseribe. Perhaps’ it is one’s helplessness in the matter that rubs the average capable citizen the wrong way. Efficient men (in the best sense of that much-abused term) enjoy the feeling of superiority wlich the care of one's possessions gives. This is the real sense of enjoyment in prop erty ownership. S ©Out of the crass, material world, so much has been carved for one's self. When it comes to the small per sonal things the average man i with him every day. there is an source of attraction in the int nature of the articles Here is one’s pockethook. of excel lent leather, &0 excellent, in fact. that after 10 vears' nse it shows practically no signs of wear. No wonder one dislikes to lose it! * X % % Templeton Jones daily conducts the following articles to and from work, in pockets as given: Right-hand trousers book and keys. WASH pocket—key- Farm relief, now in the congres- sional, limelight ‘at .Washington, long has seriously engaged the attention of Dr. Timothy A. Smiddy, accomplished Minister of the Irish Free State to the United States. Dr. Smiddy has dis. covered that Ireland’s agricultural problems resemble those of this coun- try in many essential respects. So he's concerned himself intensively with plans for meeting the emergen- cies once again under endless discus- sion on Capitol Hill. On January 13 Dr. Smiddy will set out on a tour of Midwestern cities, including Indian- apolis and St. Louis, where he has heen invited to address meetings on the subject of Irish agriculture. Dr. Smiddy, a County Cork man, is a pro- fessor of economics in_private life. Just before entering FErin's diplo; matic seryice he was dean of com- merce at University College, Cork. * K x * Eberhardt, American ragua, in whose hands pterests now repose, was the first member of the United States consular service to be trans- ferred to ministerial rank under the Rogers foreign service act, passed by the preceding Congress. IEberhardt was sent to Managua in March, 1925, and has made a creditable record there under dificult conditions. In Latin American matters Eberhardt Kknows his onions as thoroughly as any man at Secretary Kellogg's command. A Kansan by birth, Eberhardt has been in the foreign service continu- ously since 1903, beginning with a clerkship at Mexico City. Since then he has functioned in various capac- ities in Mexico and Brazil. He speaks Spanish like a grandee. Prior to his elevation to the rank of a chief of diplomatic mission, Eberhardt was chairman of the executive committee of the foreign service personnel board at the State Department. x ko kX Partisan politics_cuts little figure the voung life of Nicholas lLong- worth, Speaker of the House. Rock- ribbed Republican that he is, “Nick's" hosom companion, in and out of the House, is Representative “Jack” Gar- ner of Texas, ranking Democratic member of the ways and means com- mittee. They are the Damon and Pythias of the lower branch of Con- gress. The Speaker hardly ever graces an official or social occasion without Garner, and vice versa Cynics suggest that “Princess Alice’s” consort plays shrewd politics when he chums around with the Lone Star ex- 1 pert on taxation. But there is an un- denjably strong affection between them. Another of the Speaker's Dem- ratic playmates ix Representative rrett of Tennessee, the mi- der in the House. * ok K ¥ Calvin Coolidge may b, leaf out of the presidentill booklets of Grover Cleveland and Theodore Roosevelt in locking horns with Con- gress on the naval issue. The present squire of the White House knows that those two celebrated predecessors materially enhanced their fame and prestige by telling (Congress on occa- sion to go hang. The President is not unaware that his popularity with the country at large I8 greater than that of either House or Senate. It is par- ticularly greater than the esteem the Senate enjoys “back home.” Poli- ticians are now recalling that Mr. Coolidge risked, at @ perilous moment, a confiict with Congress on the sol- diers’ bonus. The presidential election of 1924 came along, and it did not dévelop that his break with the House and Senate on that issue did him any harm. Indeed, many authorities felt it did him a world of good. The Pres- ident evidently considers that a stern and stubborn attitude against naval expansion at this time will strength- en, not undermine, him in public favor. Charles C. Minister to > particularly vital in in e torn a oK oK K There's an _impression abroad that the Middle West is indifferent ito preparedness, and especially to naval preparedness, on account of fits re- moteness from salt. water. Repre- entative Henry R. Rathbone, Re- E. TRACEWELL. With | vavious | @e if his | against his vest will fail to reveal his | q | left INGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. TI'HAT handkerchief. Same pocket trouser pocket—small Left-hand | pocket comb Trouser watch pocket—watch. Right-hand coat pocket-—briar pipe, | mateh box Small money pocket, | change, car tokens, Loft-hand coat memorandum hook Inside coat pocket -letters Right trousers hip pocket buok Left -hand upper vest pocket Wiain pen and mechanical pencil Lower right-hand vest pocket-—Key Lower left-hand vest pocket —box jeads for future use in pencil. Upper right-hand vest pocket—old insu col post package receipts. Thix private collection -« | every m ymew hat sim ilar one, ntly dispored. Some their watch in the vest pocket, and thereby add to thelr impedi- | menta one gold chain and one cigar cutter, the latter hitched to the chain Some men carry their pocketbook in another pocket. Others add jack- knives to thelr daily possessions or cirios of various sorts, and some even carry bits of string with them, prob ably ae relics of hoyhood daye. in same pocket —leather pocket- | 1 2 of Bl n will have a s Ithough differ entlemen carry upper left-hand | [ * o KK done service | he is almost | hia pocket- cach one of Jones has Jones' kevhook has so many years that as proud of it K8 he ix of | hook. 1t has six hangers | which is occupled, although | totally gotten what the very smalil | key on the fourth hanger from the | The keys, reading from vight is fo | lert to right, with their uses, arve as| ollows: Thin, flat key ~locker. H Chunky key - desk drawers | Identification tag, sent unengraved | by gentleman with eye to business, | who said that for 25 cents it would | | he engraved “for dog.” Jones I"‘[\Hn.d | “Have no dog, but will hang tag in | key book." Very small key—use unknown. Large key—front door. | Two keys on one hook flat, the other round-—keys writer at desk one ver: to type | Not only does | perpetual lookout lones have to be on that this book has | hot'slid from his trouser pocket. but lit is also necessary to reassure him- | self that no individual key has fallen ‘n|f its hanger, since the hm_‘h is very old, and liable to such iling. ‘ Jones makes no apology to any for carrying the small ymb, as | hair is quite unruly it is one's business, anyway The pen and pencil are held in by firm . clasps, but he has to be sure| | that he has not, in a moment of ab-} | straction. laid one or the other of | them dowp somewhere. and simply | there, for some Kind soul to one his and no it | piek up Before leaving for morning. and upen returning home again from same, Templeton .Jones | Ands nimself unconsctously patting I hie various pockets to see if he is | “all there"; and when he is observed lin this maneuver by associates some of them are unkind enough to declare openly that he is not. Jones is, however, simply a victim of supercivilization. What he needs (and wants) is a pair of overalls with- out pockets. the office in the JANUARY 17, { way 1927. Police Laxity Flayed. Nonchalance Surprises Citizen As Cars Escape Crash. To the Editor of The Star I note with interest an article in The Evening Star of January 4, 1977 by William Ullman. in which the su perintendent of police and the direc tor of traffic are alleged to he con cerned with “the hazardous situation now prevailing” regarding “the reck lens opevation of light delivery trucks whose careless speeding and usurpi tion of the rights of pedestrians and oth motorists has turned the traffic stream of thé Natlonal Capital into a menacing maelstrom.” It is further stated in this article that the director of traffic deciares “that the unbridled exhibitions of lawless driving by de livery car operators constitutes the gravest traffic situation in the city today,” and that he invites the as ristance of the public in the endeavor | to put an end to this practice. Al of which is very true. You may perhaps understand my polnt of view in making thix com ment after consideration of the follow ing account of an fncident which oc | curred about a year ago One fine morning, while strolling down Seventeenth street, I arrived at the corner of Seventeenth and R streets, where I stopped temporarily, perforce, to allow traflic to pase this moment a Ford delivery truck was approaching the intersection from the east along B atreet. At the same time a Cadillac lfmousine was ap proaching the intersection from the north along Seventeenth street. The two aforesald motor vehicles arrived at the inter @ction simultaneousiy, the Ford truck traveling at an approxi mate speed of something in excess of 20 miles per hour and the Cadillac at an approximate speed of 20 miles per hour or slightly less. In this situation it would appear from the traffic regu Intion prescribed by article 2. section 2 (d), that the truck should have looked out for and given the right of to” the Cadillac. However, driver of the truck was no doubt un familiar with such rigid and unneces sary regulations, and so continued at unabated speed across the intersec- tion, forcing the Cadillac to come to a very abrupt stop in the middle of the intersection, the Cadillac thereby avoiding what appeared to be an in evitable collision. (No doubt the Cadillac had four trusty brak Concurrently with the officer with a motor cycle standing on the opposite corner of this same inter section. I fully expected to see said police officer forthwith mount hi chariot, proceed after the truck and place the driver of said truck under arrest for any or all of the following charges: (a) Failing to slow down upon approaching a street intersec- tion: (b) driving at a speed in excess of that allowed by law; (c) falling to give the right of way, as required by law, and (d) reckless driving I would not even have been sur- prised to have heard him congratu- late the chauffeur of the aforesaid Cadillac for the excellency of his brakes. But no! The officer remained nonchalantly at his post. This seeming indifference to take a hand in a_situation where an inex- cusable collision was only averted by the prompt footwork of a driver who no doubt had a keen desire to save his car at all costs aroused my curiosity no little. So T approached the officer and engaged in the following conver- sation with him: “Officer, 1 am curious to know whether vou observed the near col- lision between the Ford trmck and the Cadillac & moment ago.” Officer—Well, I saw the two auto- publican, who sits in the House “at large” for Illinois, says it's a mis- taken impression. “I hail from the most populous of all Midwest com- monwealths,” sald Rathbone to this observer. “We are not pacifists in Ilinois, and I believe our state of mind on national defense is charac- teristic of the corn-belt region as & whole. We want peace, and we want more disarmament, but we also crave safety and security. I expect to vote for the three-cruiser program, believ- ing I am expressing Midwest senti- ment. If we want to bring about further disarmament at sea, We must have some leverage—we must possess a bargaining basis. That means ships and authorization to build ships.” * % Xk X Reports are circulating that the President and Mrs. Coolidge may not vacate the White House to put it under repairs when Congress ad- journs, as has all along been planned, but stay there until it's time for their Summer vacation. The executive family has an embarrassingly big batch of choices of Washington pri- vate residences, which have been ten- dered for camping-out purposes. That may be one of the reasons the President will decide to use the White House until Summertime. The West continues its drive to induce Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge to vegetate in the wide open spaces where men are men and corn is surplus. Colorado and South Dakota are at the moment the most active .competitors. If the President does net_succumb to the siren song of the Midwest or the Rockies, it will probably be due to his desire not to do anything this year that might savor & bit obviously of 1928 politics. * K K K Washington is full of American foreign_envoys home for consultation with the State Department. They include Ampassador Hammond from Spain, Minister Gibson from Switzer- land and Minister Brentano from Hungary. Minister MacMurray is on his way from China, and so is Min- ister Stetson from Poland. Ambas- sador Fletcher (Italy), Houghton (Great Britain) and Collier (Chile) have been here during the Winter, as has Ambassador Sheffield from Mexico. Ministers recently reporting at head- quarters included Einstein from Czechoslovakia and Washburn from Vienna. 'Our chiefs of diplomatic mis- slons abroad are entitled to 30 days’ annual leave, with pay, and exten- sions on emergency to 60 days. They may spend their leave in the United States, but must pay their own travel expenses both ways. (Copyright. 1827.) - Denies Life Terms Will Deter Crime To the Editor of The Star: In connection with your editorial in a recent issue of The Star, “Life Terms as Crime Deterrents,” I beg to inform you that many States now have what s called the ‘“Habitual Crim- inal Act” which covers the argument you put up. West Virginia, for one State, has that law and at this time they have many men serving “life” under that act. One man has “life” for stealing, a pair of shoes; one has life'" for stealing a_ chicken. While I was a_convict in the West Virginia State Prison at Moundsville many men ame there for “life” for petty crimes under that criminal act such as you speak of. I knew of one case where a man got “life” for stealing a bottle of beer. Birt Sprigs got “life” for big- amy. When I left Moundsville they had 1,200 convicts. Now the average dpily " population of that prison is 1.895. Severe sentences will not keep other men from committing crime, Iam very well posted on this subject. E. E. DUDDING. S ey The Final Analysis. From the Arkansas Gazette. No man can be called a complete failure until he has(iyled his hand un- successfully at song. ¥ mobiles pass each other, if that's what vou mean. . ““Then I am further curious to know why you didn't follow the truck and arrest the driver.” Officer—What would I arrest him for? “For deliberate violation of traffic regulations, thereby engendering seri- ous collision.” Cifficer—There wasn't a collision, was there? “No. But it was for no other reason than that the Cadillac, which quite obviously had the right of way, gave it up and jammed on his brakes.” Officer—Well, no dimage was done, was there? The irrefutable logic of the officer’s replies was not to be denied. So I con- tinued on my way to ponder on this new and startling theory, sa ably ex- posed by the police officer, for curbing traffic hazards. But let a car be found parked in a place where an in- nocent little sign proclaims “No park- ing”! No altruistic inactivity here— this is a serious traffic menace, re- iring prompt action! e Lo v L. W. COMSTOCK. Safer Truck Driving Campaign Is Praised To the Editor of The Star: Your printing of the traffic article by Willilam Ullman is a public service of the first order. The Capital Cit which should be the paragon and thus leave a lasting impression on the Visi- tors, 1s just the reverse in regard to traffic. The principal is responsible for the acts of his agent, I believe our legal friends tell us. If this theory is ac- cepted in our scheme of civilization, then the business men of this town have much to answer for as to the traffic situation. Drivers of large trucks pay little or mo attention if they think they can slip around a corner Or Aci a street on the red light or when you have the right of way. If a few of us would ram them and collect dam- ages it would awaken the owners. The drivers know the stores carry blanket insurance. They have no moral responsibility in the matter be- yond personal injury, and in that regard they seem willing to take a chance because of the size of their trucks, Another situation that should be corrected is the end parking of the moving vans, the coal and big delivery trucks. This blocks traffic on many of our streets. The driver goes into the store and has his entire bill of goods checked by the store manager after unloading. Then he chats a while. I timed one such perform- ance for 42 minutes after the truck had been cleared. This was on Con- necticut avenue and McKinley street. The truck left about a foot between the radiator and the street car tracks. You can see a worse situation two or three mornings a week at Lamont, in Mount Pleasant, where the cars start. . Strange to say, there is hardly a morning I go to work that I do not see the user of dealer’s tags jump the red lights or beat somebody to the crossing when the other fellows cl.t 1y have the right of way. For the good of all, business men of this town should call in every driver and tell him he is the traveling ad- vertisement of the concern he drives for. It would also help the morale to strip fancy uniforms from some of them and impress upon them the fact we are all allke when we sit Coen belrili ke wiSA I e autonias e Your next step should be to put this :diplomatic immunity” bunk as to uto driving in the ash can and leave it thers. RUSSELL T. EDWARDS, ——————— The Charleston Curve. From the Flint Daily Journal. These are days when a fellow bow-legs must bow to the man knock-knees on the dance floor. s To Be Remembered. From the Wychita It is just as well to remember that a rail grade crossing is just as deadly unday in 1922 a4 in 1926, interesting if | the | observation | {of the above detalls, T noted a police ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. Are American children of toduy all ag they were a generation J. B, W. | A. The Public Health Service says | that as a whole American of today are probably a little taller than children of the same age were one generation back, hecanse of im proved sanitary conditions and health habits, ago Q. Does the ability to hear high notes or sounds vary with age” E. R K. A. The higher | aifferent people, 1000 vibrations a second people can hear sounds pitch than can older Q come many S b in agricultural pursnite and 30 per cent of the are found in mannfact mechanical pursnits Q. How many are employed by How with to 40, Young of higher people. pitches vary from 20,000 Of the working classes who to this country te live, how find their way to the farms « Less than 15 per cent are found Retween 460 foreigners ring and eity the Po many mail earriers t Office De- partme clerks?— 1 A A. There are now 48337 rlers and 68281 clerk Rockne horn in this was he educated city car Q. Was Knut country? Where A. M A. Knut descent. He was try. He is a Dame University Q. How £ Norweg this coun- of Notre Rockne born in graduate many pieces of linen are laundered for Pullman cars?—N A. The Pullman News says that | ahout 300,000,000 pieces of Pullman are washed and ironed each inen ar. Q. Can he served cooked vegetabie? i A. They may be. To cook, peel and | sllce lengthwisze in four parts. Boil rapidly for five minutes. Season wita hutter, pepper and salt. Cover closely. turn fire low and cook for 30 min utes. cneumbers as a . Who was Caruso’s teacher?— R. H. A. He studied singing with Gug lielmo Vergine and V. Lombardi. Q. Which is the longest canal in Europe?—W. F. A. The Berlin-Stettin Canal, 136 miles in length, is the longest in Eu rope. Q. Who decided that President Wil n should represent the United States at the Peace Conference?— G. 0. B. A. President Wilson notified Con- gress that he intended to he the rep: resentative of the United States and head the peace mission to Paris in 1919. Q. What were the trade dollars and when were they recalled>—R. R. C. A. The trade dollar of 420 grains troy was authorized by the act of February 12, 1873. It was intended for circulation in Oriental countries as a substitute for the Mexican dollar, which it slightly exceeded in welght, but by the terms of the authorizing act it was made legal tender in the United States in sums not exceeding $5. This legal tender quality was withdrawn by the joint. resolution ap- proved July 22, 1876, and the colnage was Hmited to such amount as the Secretary of the Treasury should con- siden sufficient to mect the export de- mand. The act of February 12, 1887, provided for the retirement of trade dollars and their recoinage into stand- ard silver dollars or subsidiary silver. For six months after the passage of the act they could be exchanged at the Treasury or any subtreasury, dol- lar for dollar, for standard silver dol- Jars or subsidiary coin. The total number of trade dollars coined was 35,965,024, Q. What is milk sickness, the ail- ment of which Abraham Lincoln’s mother died?—S. K. ‘A. It is a peculiar malignant disease occurring in part of the Western United States. It affects certain kinds of farm stock, especially cows. and persons using the meat and dairy products of infected cattl& In man it causes uncontrollable vomiting and other serious symptoms. Its origin in cattle has been variously ascribed to the presence of certain plants in their food and to polluted water. Q. What part of ireland is bog and mountain?—C. M. A. About 5,000,000 acres of the children | | 20.000,000 acres of land in Ireland are I marsh, barren or mountains w hlm is the religion of the Egyp- -D. D. More than nine-tenths of the in habitants of Kgypt are of the Sunnite | Mohammedan faith. In the remaining one-tenth are Copts, Jews and Chris tians of various denominations. Q. Where is the heaviest growth of timber United States, and has | he tract ever been glaciated?--J. A. L A. The Forest Service sayvs that the 'I"k\l”' growth of timber in the United States is on the Olympic Penin- |sula in the State f Washington. This area has been glaciated at sev eral periods, Q. What is the function of the ash constituents of food”- A, M. E A. Their furction is to hufld the | bone. teeth. muscles, nerves and tissue; to enter into the composition of the living cell in every part of the body and to regulate body processes. Q. What causes mineral springs ber?—-W. F. A. Mineral waters containing smal| quanuties of iron and manganese are known to color glase amber when the glass is of ordinary eomposition Q. When did originate?—W. E A. The Proh party formed by a convention meeting Chiengo D Q. When were Arizoha admitted ¢ A. They were admitted in Q. Which of the farmers’ co-opera tive associations is the largest?—H. C. A._In number of mambers, the Bur ley Tobacco Growers' Association s the largest; it has 108000 members. In volume of business. the California ruit Growers' Exchange stands first, with sales of oranges and lemons in 1925 totaling almost $70,000,000, | g Q. In what country fur coats worn”—M. D. A. Despita the fact that the cli | mate of the United States could not | be termed rigorous, the demand for fur coats is so great that this country consumes more fur than any other in the world. Q. How mueh of the region around the South Pole has been visited?— G. H. A. The South Polar region is di vided into quadrants. The American quadrant, from latitude § degrees to 90 degrees west; the Australian quad- rant, 90 degrees east to 180 degrees east, and the Pacific quadrant, 90 de- Rrees w to 180 degrees west, have been explored by various expeditions. The African quadrant, from longituds 0 degrees to 90 degrees east, is the unknown region. ; Q. Is it necessary to write out the name of the State when addressing a letter?—J. Z. A. On page 21 of the 1926 Postal Guide, section 112 reads as follows: Write plainly the name of the per- son addressed, street and number, number of rural route or post office box and the name of the post office and State in full.” Section 113—"Do not abbreviate. (This applies espe- cially to name of State)" Q. Where is the office bullding owned by Fred Stone?’—A. R. A. It is located on' Forty-second street, New York City. Q. Where is the island named “Bou- vet"?—W. B. M. ‘A. The Island of Bouvet, in the Atlantic Ocean, is located southwest of the southern extremity of Africa, Iatitude 54 degrees 26 minutes south, longitude 3 degrees 24 minutes east, and is under the protectorate of the British Transvaal. Q. How long did the “Commercial Advertiser” run under that name?—J. D.S. 'A. The newspaper, printed In New York City in 1787, called the “Com- mercial Advertiser” ran from 1797 to 1900 under the same name and the same kind of management. What do you meed to know? ls there some point about your business or persomal life that puzzles you? Iz there something you want to know without delay? Submit your question to Frederic J. Haskin, director of our | Washington Information Burcau. He is employed to help you. Address your inquiry to The Eveming Star In- formation Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washington, D. C., and in- close 2 cents in stamps for return postage. c the wa to ohibition party A tion was A n ptember 1 New Mexico he Union” 1912 and A H are the most Congress Under Members of Congress barely had a chance to settle themselves comfort- ably in their seats after the Christmas recess before being bombarded from every side with requests to ‘‘remove the chaos from the air.” Some action at the present session is demanded by radio listeners, whose case is strongly supported by the press. In its comment on the situation the Indianapolis News calls attention to the resolutions adopted recently by the Broadcast Listeners’ Association of Indianapolis. insisting that as “the interests of the listeners are pal mount” the legislation now pending “to remedy chaotic air conditions is incorrect in principle and that what Congress needs to do is to start from { the listeners’ end of the problem.” In similar vein the Port Arthur News says: “The public has bgen made the goat long enough. It is high time its rights in the matter were attended to. The whole development of the sclence of radio, nearing the day when sets will be as necessary in the home as a fivver or a straight-eight in the ga- rage, depends upon it. Af the Harrisburg Telegraph puts it: “Fans do not care how the clearing of the air is accomplished. They are only interested in—how soon? Con- gress should waste no more of its time |and the people’s time in passing the buck."” “What an industry that might have a great future and what thousands of | owners of sets demand is control and regulation, without which there can be no satisfaction from listening in is the comment of the Youngstown Daily Vindicator, which sees Congress itself as “up in the air” on the sub- ject. As to the extent of the industry and the number of persons incon- venienced by the present chaos in the air, the Kansas City Star says: “It is estimated that there are more than | 20,000,000 citizens of the United States who are listeners to radio programs; that more than 5,000,000 citizens are owners of radio receiving sets; that the investment of these citizens as Individuals in radio is millions of dol- lars, to say nothing of the investment which broadcasting companies and commercial operators have in the industry.” The Star sees “this great radio listening public, together with its large investment in radlo,” as Hkely to suffer “‘a tremendous injury unless immediate steps are taken by Clon(ren to prevent confusion in the afr.” * Kk % While recognizing this duty that lies hefore the Senate and the House as “a hig order,” the Columbhus Eve- ning Dispatch declares “it can and | must be done,” and the Pittsburgh Chronicle- exppesses the Bombardment By Radio Fans Seeking Relief hope that “Congress will soon take the necessary action to relieve a situa- tion that i= becoming Increasingly complicated.” As to the responsibility for the chaotic situation, the Buffalo Evening News places it squarely upon Con- gress, recalling that “two bills for the regulation of the radio were in- troduced last Spring, but when ad- journment was taken neither was on the statute book.” The Topeka Dally Capital explains that “in the main the question is whether the Department of Commerce or a new commission. the former favored by the House aad the latter by the Senate hill, shall have charge of the management of the relativeiy few avallable radio wavelengths,” and the Capital an nounces its belief that “compromise by the two branches of Congress on radio regulation is making favorabl» progress.” The Champalgn News-Gazette thinks there will be action Senators and Representatives can be brought to a realization that national authority is actually and urgently needed in this proper.and popular fleld.” The Ana conda Standard thinks “the ultimate form of agreement is likely to be for a commission within the Department ot Commerce, but with very wide au- thority to control all matters of radio policy,” although the indications are that this proposal will “be accepted as a temporary measure. * oK Xk As to the extent of the present confusion, the Rutland Daily Herald declares: ~ “The overlapping wave lengths of the rapidly increasing num- ber of broadcasting stations make the rural 14-party-line telephone & marvel of unimpeded communication. and the Omaha Evening World-Herald say: “‘Because there exist no rul no regulations, no laws to govern radio broadcasting, the air is filled with anarchy and screeching discord. 1t is little less than a holocaust in which all the noble arts and sciences are put to death In one grand masf sacre.” In the face of this chaos, “Congrest continues to dilly-dally, while a situa tion which becomes truly alarming continues to develop from bad te worse,” chides the Worcester Evening Gazette, which quotes some Congress men as professing ‘‘to feel that any Government Fegulation of radio is re- pressive.” On this point, the Gazette assert: “Of course, the ideal way ‘would be for every one to have the right to open a radio station on his own responsibility, if he had the money and the inclination. Rut toe many radio broadcasting stations means that no broadeasting static’ will be much good, and that will ki | radioquicker than anything else, explains this paper,