Evening Star Newspaper, January 19, 1927, Page 8

8 THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Moy Editio WASHINGTON, D. C. ‘WEDNESDAY . .January 19, 1927 THEODORE W. NOYES. . ..Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office nd Pennsyly Offien: 110 )lice: Tower By 14 ent St Fngla 11th st 1ia Ave ¥ 18 Ne: iding. ago London. « European Office The Evenine Star. with the € fng edition. is delivered by o the city at' 60 cenis per month 45 cents p nth: Sunday per n rders may be teleph n 5000 Colle ily. 20 cents Mt by mail or on is made by | new governor is fiery | has £100 1m0, Iy oniv i 1 mo. Sunday only All Other States and Canada. Dails and Suaday $12.00: 1 s Daily only $8.00: 1 mo. Sunday’ only $1.00: 1 mo | 3 oh i i i Member of the Associated Press. | v Assoc exclnsively entitled | DDlished” Retncr AN rithte 'of pu - The United States and Turkey. ‘ Refusal of to ratify the | aty of La United | tates in a the Senate sanne leaves the It her i peculiar tion in its re ationship lationship vivendi natic e of dir and after nt will hav th the government ands of American eit American property Turkey will be without protection. The natural thing to do under the | circumstances would be for this Gov or 1 i » modus nder which the most tavored the tr has heen tification, that date this | o formal rela- | at Angora. | ens and in expir Febru: Governr tions w The immense | n rights in ernment to seek an extension of the | modus vivendi and to begin lm!nuh-f‘ ately the ation of a new treaty. But even if the Turkish government | neg, willing to continue the existir arrangemert to new fations it seems doubtful, in view the basis of opposition in the Sen- Turkey would be willing h to make that body. Se Senate opposition, reasons for defeat The first is that it fail- ed to provide for fulfillment of the Wilson award to Armenia; second, that it provided no guarantees of protec tion for Christians and other non- Moslems in Turkey, and, third, that it made no provision for recognition by Turkey of the American nationality of former Turkish subjects. But Sen- ator King prefaced his explanation of Senate opposition with the declaration that “the United States is to be con- gratulated on refusing to take into its arms one of the cruelest despotd of modern times.” ‘It would seem, therefore, that in- stead of three there were four reasons why the treaty was opposed, three of them having to do with the merits of the treaty and the fourth with the merits of the Turkish government it- self. Even if Turkey were willing to yield the objectionable points in the treaty, which is exceedingly doubtful in view of the fact that a successful war had intervened between the Wil- son award to Armenia and the nego- tiations at Lausanne, the “cruel des- potism” still would stand in the way of Senate approval. The Angora gov- ernment hardly could be expected to make itself over to meet the Senate's views, for whatever of despotism there is in its make-up is its very breath of life. The absolute rule of Kemal Pasha is the foundation upon which the Turkish government is built, and it is not to be expected that he would regard diplomatic relations with the United States a sufficient return for loss of powe As the situation is today, it is the United States, not Turkey, that stands to lose. Other nations have conceded to Turkey the things which the Sen- ate has refused to this Gov- ernment to cede, and the Angora gov- ernment nsolidating its power and intrenching itself more securely. Kemal Pasha is in position to sit back with an “T should worry attitude toward the Senate of the United Stat wers and undertake ate, whethe to yield enou sptable to King, who led the gives three of the treaty a new treaty ator ma jor of permit is steadily o R — Ll A is likely to lose some of his popularity when he has to select lawyers instead of scena- rio write motion picture star ; - -2 Dan Takes Ma's Place. Yesterday curred in Austin, Tex 4 strange ceremony oc- when t Iy scheduled change of govern place A woman stepped down from the place of authority and the young oflice in t was t man at St or had suc ceeded by @ man, w hield the The newcomer. o ever as his predec done, took an oath which included the ervation that he duel within or had not engaged 1o without the State since the adoption of the constitution | in 1845, and that he had not sent car 1 a ge to duel or acted such an encounter. This had its significance i For if wax that | “Ma" Fer- or| chal a8 second in of the rites of re in the ever a uration duel was fo Dan™ Moody ar between Buson—a words swords o1 of ¥ pistols, but nevertheless u | And the rt of was that “Dan’s” antagonist was not actually the woman governor, but her husband, once ousted from the office and there- by rendered ineligible afterward to serv t the real power behind the throne on which sat his wife, These focs, unreconciled by the lapse of time, marched upon the platform for the ceremony side by side. > lantry wowi2 have in ordinary circum @ances required “Dan” to offer his arm to “Ma.” But he did not go that far. He did not to her. He took her hand when, after the rite was id they officially combat strang great fierceness the matter speuk over had exchanged place ed tation. in and to the governor’s of the hot dinner she o to But it him formal wife he his did not g house partake | individual quarters. | checking d made of its contents by a committee representing both sides. More duello. Just before the, hour set for the change the outgoing governor signed hother batch of pardons, 143 in num- ber, bringing her total of clemencies up to nearly 3,600 during two ye | of office. That number, it is reported, is about equal to the total prison popu- |lation at the time she assumed office. | Thus in two years “Ma’” Ferguson has virtually cleaned out the prisons of the Si and but for new offenses she would have left them clear for her successor. | Texas has passed through strenu- ous times of late. The first woman | governor, camouflaging an ineligible { husband, has not been a success. The and young. He political aspirations. He in circumstances to' prom. her a great su or a Mediocrity is not to be high akes off him eat expected. o failure. A Supreme Court Building. Another step toward the completion of the Government's equipment in Washington taken yesterday, when the Bureau of the Budget sub- mitted to Congress an estimate of $1,700.000 for a site for a bullding for the Supreme Court. Authorization for the building has been given in the general public buildings act, and the commission has decided to include it arly constructions to be un- The site itself has been chosen, being the square north of the Li- of Congress, A study for the structural plans has been begun, and it therefore, to be expected that was the aken definitely Iving immediately is, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, represents the uninsured properties destroyed by fire, or those for the damage or loss of which claims are not entered. Not alone because of the increase, but in the total itself, this fire loss is a staggering penalty paid by the countr: and neglect of precautions. The mil- lions that were consumed by fire were | made up of relatively small items. | New York did not suffer from any conflagration during 1926 or in 1925. From one point of view it might be said that the percentage of loss to total values is trifling. But had one | of the thousands of fires that worked | lout to nearly $28,000,000 in property in 1926 got beyond control the | destruction of hundreds of millions | loss largest city for carelessness | One of the hardest jobs any man is called upon to perform is fo re onele in his own character various | conservative and radical leanings. He finds himself one day inclined to radical sentiments on some sub- ject, yet in the back of his head realizes full well that all.his train- ing and education have been along conservative lines. His conservatism enables him see the absurdities which his more radical and enthusfastic friends do not see; the total result is that some- times he scarcely knows where he stands, so confusing is his own per- sonality to would have resulted. In sense the fact that New | York lost only something under $28,- | 000,000 is proof of the effectiveness of | the fireproof constructions and of the efficiency of the fire-fighting force. Yet that loss is really needless. Had | everybody been careful with matches | and smoldering cigarette and cigar stubs, had every furnace equipment | been in good order, had all electric | lines and fixtures been in proper con- | dition, the year's losses would have | gone down instead of up. But that was not the case. There was careless- | ness and there was neglect, and as a one | ser | erhaps the be: Happy is the man who, like Tem- pleton Jones, has s difficulty by being the things that reall in_the little affairs o Some may call this entire con- atism, yet Jones does not feel it ‘to be so. His method, if it may be called such, allows him to possess satisfactions of the rebel, yet hold fast to the tried and true. And he believes in the true, in So far as he to see the light. No amount of loud invective again: them can swerve him, or induce him to waive one jot of their influence over him. Yet he respects the radicals, 1 those who are so fond of calling conservative in count, radical life. the tried and given result the fires multiplied in number | and the losses increased. | An Open Switch. A Southern Railway train, a fast| express, was derailed at Lindale, Ga., the other day. An investigation with the adoption of the estimate just submitted” the work will proceed shortly Thus is brought close to accomplish- ment a project that for many years has been held back for lack of defini- tion. Long ago it was evident that the Supreme Court, housed in the Capitol since practically the begin- ning of the Government, should have a of its own. It has been ecramped in its accommodations in the old Senate chamber. The judges have been distressingly crowded in their In every branch of the court’s equipment it has been under severe and increasing pressure. Yet there was reluctance on the part of the members of the court to leave the Capitol, and there was difficulty in deciding upon the exact site for a new home. With the location of the Library of Congress on the squares to the east of the Capitol it became evident that the appropriate position for the Su- preme Court was the corresponding area on the other side of East Capi- tol street. This would involve the closing of Maryland avenue for one home block to the east of the Capitol, as was done in the case of Pennsylvania avenue when the Library was located. It has now been determined to take only a portion of the space, leaving Maryland ‘avenue open as at present, and to leave the area to the north to be taken later for some other uses, under the policy which is now defined to surround the Capitol with strictly public buildings. In continuation of that policy it ‘will be next in order to provide for the erection of the projected addition to the House Office Building, provision for which, it is expected, will be made at the present session. Thus while the work is in progress in the Mall- Avenue triangle in the provision of structures for the executive depart- ments, plans will be advancing for needed accommodations for the judi- clal and legislative branches of the Government on Capitol Hill. In this manner the new Washington will be developing harmoniously. e ————————— Valuable Advice. Dr. Charles H. Mayo, world-famous surgeon of Rochester, Minn,, last night gave valua¥le advice to the youth of this country in an address before the American College of Sur- geons. Taking “How to Grow Old Gracefully” as his subject, Dr. Mayo urged moderation in all things, and pointed out that in many cases youth burns up the human engine in the first five hundred miles. Moderation of living in youth and in the first flush of young manhood and woman- hood, added to personal care, will as- sure a long and healthful life, accord- ing to the surgeon. Periodical medi- al examinations for the purpose”of ase in its incipiency are Dr. Mayo to eliminate many that attack the human sys- urged b of the ills tem. Advice from the man who has at- tained a world-wide eminence in his profession should be heeded by dis- ciples of the jazz era. Healthy, full- blooded youth, unfortunately, often fails to “stop, look and listen.” Dis- sipations of youth do not give fair warning of what is later to comes The boy or girl or young man or young woman who indulges in excesses is able for a time to “shake them oft” as far as the immediate reaction is concerned, but they little realize the insidious poisons inside their bodies which even then beginning to make themselves manifest. The hu- man system is a marvelous organism, but premature old age and ill health face those who refuse to give it the proper attention and care in the build- ing-up per Moderation, therefore, should be preached until heedless youth checks its career long enough to think and act. ——— . President Coolidge adheres to his policy of talking no more than is necessary. As a result, his audience through the world grows larger:and more readily convinced of the rell- ability of his mature deliberations. are Fire Losses Increase. An increase of nearly elght per cent in the fire losses in New York City during the year 1926 over 1925 is re- ported by the board of fire under- writers. The losses totaled $27,951,055 in the past year, as against $25,901,362 the year previous, an advance of § 04 , or 7.92 per cent. These fig- ures are computations based upon the which according to tradition the re- tiring incumbent had caused to be pre- pared for the newcomer. He would not step foot within the mansion until ms which are presented for adjust- the figures for those claims respectively, $18,63¢,037 and The difference between cla ment, being, $17,267,676. 2 most scrupulous inventory had bean “the claims end the computed losses showed that u switch had been left | open and evidence was discovered | that the track had been so set in a | deliberate attempt to wreck the train for some unknown purpose. A sig- nal light above the switch was found wrapped in newspapers in a sewer. The switch lock, opened, lay on the | ground. The only casualty was the probably fatal scalding of the engi- neer of the express. There was| nothing to show the purpose of the | miscreant who thus set the switch | for a derailment. i Once again is the need of an auto- | matic train control device demon- | strated. Had such a system been | installed on that line the opening of the switch would have checked the | train at a safe distance. On a prop- | erly equipped line interference with the track, switches or the signals for any criminal purpose is rendered futile by the halting of an approach- ing train. One by one these mishaps occur | to urge the prompt adoption on every main rail line in this country of a system of train control that is error- proof and crimeproof. Delay will continue to cost heavily in lives. Al- ready an enormous toll has been taken during the vears of procrasti- nation. It has been demonstrated that efficient »automatic train con- trol devices are available for sery- ice. The Interstate Commerce Com-| mission has ordered the adoption of such means of protection. Let no more time be lost and no more lives be sacrificed. ———— Many call at the White Houfe, but few have much to announce beyond the facts that Mr. Coolidge is appar- ently in good health and does not ap- pear to have changed his mind on any important subject: ————— It seems scarcely reasonable that a dictator of the movies, in addition to supervising business affairs, should be called upon to consider family matters. ——— China claims to be the oldest civili- zation on earth. In all its history it does not appear to have learned much about the management of mobs. vt Two heads are better than one, but not two heads of a Central American republic. e SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Beginnings. Ben Franklin worked so hard and fast Men thought when he got through There would be little left at last For other men to do. He solved the doubts of years gone by, He checked each impulse rash, He went a-fishing in the sky To catch the lightning's flash. He never saw these lights that shine Nor sought a. place to park While riding in a fiivver fine, Dependent on his spark. The best and greatest of mankind, When they from earth have gone, Foundations merely leave behind That others build upon. Transportation. “Who is your favorite candidate?” “It's too early to decide,” answered Senator Sorghum. “We should at least get through with Santa Claus and his sleigh before looking out for benefits from a political band wagon.” The Communicative Stars. Our destinies the stars display, So said the seers of long ago. ‘We'll throw the horoscopes away, For soon they'll talk by radio. Jud Tunkins no one ap- parently wants to belicve our human beings originated from monkeys—not even the monkeys. % says Ages. “Men lived to be very old in the days described in the Bible.” “Yes,” replied Miss Cayenne. “It was evidently then much as it is now. Men were inclined to be frank, but you never read a thing about the ages of the women.” Lovable Listener. Jemima Jinks is rather dull; No epigrams she seeks to cull From books or from her inner mind; She listens and is calm and kind. She strives not for satiric glee or brilliant shafts of repartee, Yet, somehow, everybody thinks A whole lot of Jemima Jinks. “It looks,” sald Uncle Eben, “like’ themselves progressives. Without them, Jones believes, there would be little progress ihdeed. Jones knows this because of the many utte; urd prejud which he holds in common with most men Often he catches himself frowning upon others because they are doing omething which he was not allowed to do as a youth, but which now, in his older age, he can see there was no real reason for forbidding. It takes genuine mental effort not to be offended in such cases, as every one will realize who will take the trouble to look into their own mental life. ok ok K We were put in mind of this larity of our friend Jones' char | as the result of a letter received from “A. Reader,” a gentleman who mis. undérstands both Jones and ourself, in relation to the recent article setting forth the various pockets in which Mr. Jones daily carriés small personal belonging: “Dear Sir,” say fear that both you Jones are decidedly “ Mr. Reader, “I nd your friend unobservant | males, else vou would long since have noted that the left trousers hip pock- et is especially made for carrying a | pocketbook by having a button at the top of it to prevent the purse from slipping out when the wearer of the trousers is seated. “How many men have you seen carrying a handkerchief in a right- hand trousers pocket? I have noted but one and that one was well known for his objections to all things con- ventional. The conventional—even traditional—place for a handkerchief is either the right-hand hip pocket, the inside coat pocket, or the breast pocket of the coat. Yours for closer observation of the habits of men. A READER.” It ought to be unnecessary to point lved this personal | LR, EDNESDAY, TH!S AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Reader or other, not deseribing where men, as a class, carry their 'kerchief, pockethook, and so on, but simply where our friend Jones carries his. Mr. Reader has hit upon it exacl Mr. Jones is unconventional. He i: unconventional in the little things of life, such as carrying his handker disposal of hat at er, or the way he washes his or the number of shakes he gives the furnace in the mornin; In such matters, Jones is a perfect radical. When it comes to carrying his pock- et hundkerchief, he is the most bol shevistic of men. Temp. Jones flaunts his handkerchief le world, when it in a pocket, out, either to that we were Mr. in the it comes to traditional or otherwis “I carry my handkerchief where 1 please,” says he, cramming it into the right trousers pocket with perfect aplomb, insouciance and all that sort of thing. As for his purse, T. Jones, esq., never once thought of « ing it in his left-hand back trousers pocket, 2 though it hardly need be ed t he does not “tote” it in the pocket given in our description. Jones asked us to falsify thix item, for perfectl obvious reasons, and we were ver, happy to comply. That hip pocket with a button on it i a total loss, in so far as Templeton Jones is concerned, gnd his private opinion is that it is for most men. After we showed him_A. Reader's letter, Jones ed the fifst 10 men hi | met what they carried in the buttoned pocket, and § of them replied “Nothing. | As these | satisfactory to Jones in his own opinion, tistics ought to do, he 1 research in the matter. Several of his friends declared that too much trouble to unbutton vhile the others said they never knew it had a button, and were ¢ discovered that it re men, 5. statistics were perfectly bolstering him Al good sta- ade no further did, so observant * ok Jones is one of the most radical men he world evhen it comes to the dis- posal of his hat at the theater. Conservative, city-bred men, who always do what they are told, invari- | ably place their “lid,” whether of the silk, “iron,” felt or straw variety, on the rack beneath the seat. Jones holds his in his lap, not be cause it is the best place for it, but imply because he won't do as other men do ‘ these little matters. Neither will he drape his overcoat he back of the seat, and sit uncom- v upon it for three acts. holds his overcoat, too If you see a _gentleman peering out over a coat and a hat, in all probabil- ity it will be Mr. Templeton Jones, Washingtonian, ultra-radical. Jones is a perfect fool when it comes to eating lunch. He actually eats what pleases him, not what his friends think he should eat! Did any one ever hear of anything more radical? He is extremely radical, too, in his | treatment of animals, having never been known to kick a dog, sweep a | caf off the porch with a broom, or maltreat mice. He even feels sorry for the little rodents when he catches one in a trap. This is the sort of an unconventional chap Jones i WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Suggestions from various quarters that our squabble with Mexico be arbi- trated revive interest in the make- up of the General Claims Commission established by the United States and Mexico in September, 1923. Its per- sonnel is about as curious a racial| mixture as can easily be imagined. The American member is Fred K. Nielsen, who was born in Denmark. Mexico's representative is a Mexican citizen of Scotch extraction named Fernandez MacGregor. The neutral on the commission is a Dutchman, C. van Vollenhoven, who by profession is a teacher of colonial law at the University of Leyden, Holland. The United States' agent Is Clement L. Bouve, a Bostonian of French Hugue- not origin, who was once attached to the Department of Justice in the Philippine Islands. Mexico's agent is a real product of that soil—Carbajal y Rosas, veteran diplomat and one- time Mexican Minister to London. ERE In advocating an adequate Navy, Senator Frederick Hale, Republican, of Maine, is a chip of the old block. His late father, Kugene Hale, was for 12 years at the head of the Senate naval affairs committee, of which the son is now chairman. Despite the fact that President Coolidge di: proves of expanding the fleet at this time, Hale is convinced that the rest of New England is heart and soul for building up our defense at sea to the full Washington treaty level. Senator Keyes, Republican, of New Hamp- shire, is another northeasterner who espouses preparedness afloat.s If “Boss”” Vare, Republican Senator- elect from Pennsylvania, were already seated, the Navy would have still an- other valiant supporter in the upper house. It was Representative Vare who, four years ago, successfully led the fight in his branch of Congress against cutting down the personnel of the fleet to 67.000—a project vigor- ously pushed by the late Represent- ative “Pat” JI. Kelley of Michigan, aided and abetted by Representative Martin B. Madden of Illinois, potent chairman of the House committee on appropriations. * ok ok ok Mrs. Coolidge is about to take her place imperishably in the collection of mistresses of the White House, es- tablished at the National Museum in ‘Washington 10 years ago—that is to say, a cast of her figure has just been completed, upon which there is to be placed one of the dresses she has worn as First Lady of the Land. For that purpose Mrs. Coolidge has chosen the evening gown donned by her at the first reception held by the President and herself in the White House. It is a simple creation in white silk. Mrs. Coolidge went to the Museum the other day with Mrs. Rose Gouverneur Hoes, descendant of President James Monroe, and one of the originators of the collection, to consult the sculptor of the former's image, William Ig- berts, and determine the position Mrs. Coolidge’s arms should occupy. The First Lady decided she would drop .them at her side in a natural pose, observing, “I am an exceedingly sim- ple person.” It was also settled that the figure of Mrs. Coolidge should show the style of hairdressing that adorns a bust of her already in the National Museum. The collection of dresses of the White House women is now complete, from Martha Washing- ton to date. Each is typical of the fashion of the respective era. W Former Gov. Nellie Tayloe Ross, Democrat, of Wyoming, will spend the Summer of 1927 on the Chautauqua platform. She has just signed a con- tract to that end with Dr. Paul M. Pearson, president of the Swarthmore Chautauqua Assoclation and distin- guished pioneer of the “big brown tent” system. Mrs. Ross will lecture on women in politics, in general, and on her experiences as the governor ot a State, in particular. Young, pre- one advantage of bein' a bootlegger was de opportunity to make nicejan excellent friends in de Way of buioesy”? » possessing and forceful, Mrs. Ross is »,and a career is predicted 2or her 48 an educator: of p- | not *have that eager public to which Chauts qua appeals. The late chief executive of Wyoming is still on the sunn of 50, although the mother of of grown-up giants, who are twins, and one of whom has just won a thodes scholarship at Oxford. Mrs. Ross' maiden venture as a Chautan- quan will carry her over a ruit of New England towns. * * & Alanson B. Houghton, Ambassador to Great Britain, who i prolonging his sojourn in Wash- ington in order to discuss affdirs in China with John V. A. Mac- Murray, our Minister at Peking, i spending a king’s ransom out of his own pocket at the Court of St. James. A friend of the Ambassado who says he was informed by M Houghton himself, avers that it cost the New York ate glass manu- facturer the bagatelle of 000 to keep up Uncle Sam's front in Lon don last year. That's almost 13 times the amount of salary. Now that the’ has an embassy of its own in British capital, Mr. Houghton will to dig so deep into his plethoric pocket. Crewe House, Mayfair, which he took over as a tenant after Secretary Kellogg gave it up during the latter's London am- bassadorship, probably accounted for $30,000 of the Houghton expense ac- count on the Thames in 1926, PSR The United States Civil Commission has just celebrated forty-fourth birthday annive having seen the light of day du the Arthur administration in 1883, The commission gave a dinner part in its own honor on January 15 and one of the stunts of the evening was the roll call of oldest inhabitants. The only one who responded as hav- ing been present when the commis- sion _came into existence was John T. Doyle, who was brought down from the New York City post office to serve as the commission first stenographer. He is now* its secre- tary and the honored dean of the establishment. The present commis- sioners—William C. Deming (presi- dent), George R. Wales and Jessie Dell—happen, as an unusual circum- stance, to have been appointed by three different Presidents of the United States, Wilson, Harding and Coolidge. Wales is a Vermont Re- publican who got his job from a Democratic President and Miss Dell is a Georgia Democrat named by a Republican President. ¢ * % ok Jamieson, former atic Congressman, now practicing lawyer in Washington, publishes a weekly news letter called the Window Seat, which specializes in “inside stuff.” " His current fssue warns prohibitionists that “ther an alarm at the door.” Jamleson claims that “one of the thinking men in Congress declares that the Su- preme Court would get rid of na- tional prohibition when it concluded public sentiment was ready for it.” Which induces the Window Seat to observe that “this may be the end of the eighteenth amendment and the Volstead act.” (Covyright. 1927.) —————___ Coast Climate. From the San Francisco Bulletin. Oregon man Kkills a neighbor in a row over an umbrella. Seems a small matter in sunny California, but-an umbrella means much these days in Oregon. N The Matter of Locale. From the Cleveland News. Capture of a British customs house by Chinese forces would have been much Int it c] _‘:\om nteresting h&d hap- American the its ry, Towa JANUARY 19, i | that 1927. Politics at Large By G. Gould Lincolr. Alabama, through Senator “Tom” Heflin, has started something again It was the supporters of Senator Underwood of Alabama who stirred up the Ku Klux Klan row n the Democe national convention in 1924 and started t convention on its hectie carcer. But Senator Heflin has taken another turn. He accused the Knights of to shove the U the Catholic iticism . of the Knights of <, delivered in the Senate Senator Heflin, was in- an attack on the Cath- this country. While mtinued to insist tion of Catholi solution urged the United nt to cease a policy ting and do some- in Me five other Demo- Senators arose in their places and in arious degrees of eloquence denounced him for dragging a re- ligious issue into the Senate chamber. Not Republican Senator said a word. But the seats on the Re- publican side of the chamber were filled as they are rarely filled. * ko ok 2 reted @ > Church i Senator Heflin the by T tes’ Governn watchful wa 1 of thir a the Senate chamber of the old clash in Garden. It opens augurs i1l for the The clash is a_repetit Madison Square gain old sores. It Democratic party in 19 Ranged against Sen: Heflin in the Sen- ate debate were Senators “Jim” Reed f Missouri, Bruce of Maryland, Walsh f Massachusetts, Ransdell of Louis ha and Ashurst of Arizona. It W noticeable that not another Senator came to the aid of Senator Heflin during the hail of ecriticism that fell upon his head. There is not the slightest doubt that while many may have sympathized with him, all of Democrats wished he had re- rained from his attacks on the Knights of Columbu Senator Heflin comes from a State where there has just been inaugu- rated as governor Col. Bibb Graves, alleged to be the grand cyclops of the Ku Kilux Klan. He antagonistic to the Gov. Smith of New Yor lic and wet, for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1928. The charge was made on the floor of the Senate by Senator Ashurst of Ari zona that Senator Heflin was seek- ing to gain favor with the Ku Klux Klan through attacking the Knights of Columbus; that Senator Heflin \d lost caste with the hooded order hecause he had voted for American adherence to the World Court, which the Klan has opposed. This charge the Senator from Alabama vehement- denied in in The scene in the Senate during the debate was as dramatic as anything that has occurred since the close of the war. There are speeches in the Senate which stand out from the rest of the debate like a searchlight on a cloudy night. Senator Reed’s plea for tolerance and denunciation of Senator Heflin for injecting a con- troversy ovi religion was one of them. The Missouri Senator spoke to a crowded Senate and galleries. It was a great plea—an American plea- It did not prevent a sneering re- m: by Senator Heflin, however, that perhaps presidential aspirations had something to do_with the haste with which, Senator Reed had come to the support of the Catholics, that the millions of Catholic votes in the ates had something to do with it. On the other hand, Senator Bruce of Maryland asserted that if Senator Heflin had more Catholic people in his he would never charge the with being disloyal to the interests of the United States and with seeking to force the United States into a war. * % % Whilé the Demoerats continue to row over religion’ and prohibition, things political are shaping up for the renomination and re-election of President Coolidge. There seems no escape from this conclusion. Dr. E. B. Clements, Republican national committeeman for Missouri, during a t here this week, declared that the Republicans of his State favor the re-election of the President. Mrs, Alvin T. Hert of Kentucky, vice chair- man of the Republican national com- mittee, here to meet woman members of the National committee and of the State committees, expressed the opinion that President Coolidge would be_renominated and re-elected. The Republicans of two of the big Middle Western States will gather for powwows within a month. Kan: day. January 29, the tribe will meet in Topeka. Secretary Jardine will g0 from Washington t address the gathering of Republicans. A similar gathering in neighboring Missouri is to be held Lincoln’s birthday, Febru- 4 12, when Secretary of War Davis will be one of: the principal speake! The fact that the Republicans in these States have turned to the ad- ministration and to the President's cabinet for speakers for these meet- ings is considered significant. £k W w . Hamilton Lewis, former Senator from Illinois and a Democrat, who has been in Washington as one of the counsel for the State of Illinois and Chicago in the case before the Su- preme Court involving the drainage canal and Lake Michigan, sees the prohibition issue as the main obstacle to the elimination of the two-thirds rule for nominating in the next Dem- cratic national convention. Former Senator Lew id All this talk of convention repealing rule to adopt the Re of majority rule ove obstruction prohibition. the prohibition States and West consent to ng up the two-thirds vote necessary to choice, because the States against prohibition are the big States and in themselves can command 4 majority of votes in the convention. The defeat of an anti-prohibition candidate can only be had by a two-thirds necessary to nominate, “Again, the anti-prohibition Eastern States will not be anxious for the uling of the two-thirds rule—be- o this would allow a majority of tes coming from the Western s to overrule the and select a indidate and platform against the t on the farm relief issue against the financial forces by a platform d manding financial legislation and cre- ating a new Federal Reserve Bank law of agricultural uses and putting it In the agricultural West. “The next Democratic convention will be' a_contest between corn and cotton relief for West and South, against tariff and trust privileges now monopolized in the East and North. “If President Coolidge is not a can- didate for renomination, the Republi- cans will try to meet this Democratic alliance of West and South by nam- ing Speaker Longworth of Ohio as business man for President and Sena- tor Wadsworth of New York as a farmer for Vice President, and the Democrats may offset this euphony by ‘naming Senator Reed of Missouri and Gov. Ritchie of Maryland. These candidates represent the South and West. * ok ok ok ““The prohibitionists will have a sep- arate presidential ticket of power- ful nu and will grow into large forces flom the churches of the United States an the ground that the Deme- Democrat the two-thirds »ublican method looks the prime Never will of the South the vays morning or What planets are now?—F. 0. planet is always either a morning or evening star. Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Uranus are now evening stars. Q. How many of the farmers’ co- operative associatlons are incorpo- rated?—D. Y. D, A. There are about 12,000 listed. Of these $3 per cent, or 9,900, are incor- porated. Q. How many flying cadets were Killed last year?—H. H. A. A. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1926, there were no flying cadets killed in airplane accidents while in training. There was one student of- ficer killed in an airplane accident in training during this perfod. Q. What evening star: evening star ach is the difference between n ordinary survey and a geodetic urvey ?—F. W. A. ‘A geodetic survey is one which covers large areas and takes into ac count the fatt that the earth has a curved surface. It is usually called a_ “control” survey, because it fur- nishes geographic positions and other data for more detailed local surveym. In grdinary surveying, the eart¥ & curvature is ignored and pointd f equal elevation above sea leve, ure treated as being plane. This is sat- sfactory for a local survey, but when several ‘independent local surveys are brought together, their lines are quite apt not to “At” unless each sur has been made under a geodetic con trol survey. Q. How many women have been awarded the degree of doctor of civil law by Oxford?—C. E. M. A. Until recently Queen Mary of England was the only woman so hon- ored. Miss Emily Penrose, famous educator, has recently had the degree bestowed. Q. Do any springs in this country contain Epsom salts’—D. B. A. The Geological Survey says that there are many springs which contain small amounts of Epsom salts, par- ticularly in the States of Virginia and Kentucky. Springs being heavily saturated with Epsom salts are Pluto Springs, French Lick, Indiana, and Abilena. Water Springs, Abilene, Kans. Please give the color and mark- of the famous race stallion, Sal- R. P. A. “Celebrated Race Horses” says that Salvator was dark chestnut with a blaze and four white legs. He was a son of imported Prince Charlie (son of Blair Athol) from Salina’ by Lex- ington. He was a triumph of breed- ing, for his sire was winner of the Two Thousand Guineas, 1872, and the fleetest horse, with the possible ex- ception of Macgregor, that England had known since the days of Bay Middleton. Salina, the dam of Salva- tor, was one of the best racing daughters of Lexington; she was the “crack” three-yearold filly of 1871, and was a granddaughter of Glencoe and of rare old Levity by Trustee. Q. Does snow fertifize the ground? —P. T. A. The Department of Agriculture says that it does screen out of the air dust particles and nitrogen compounds which help to fertilize the ground. It is also a crop protector and a source of moisture suppl Q. How long did Jénny Lind live after her last appearance on the stage?—W. H. I. A. Jenny Lind died on the 2nd of November, 1887, at Malvern Wells, England; aged 67 years. Her last public appearance was at Duesseldorf, Germany, 20th of January, 1870, when she sang in “Ruth,” an oratorio com- posed by her husband. Q. Is the postmistress at Hyatts- ville, or any post office of that size, paid a regular salary, or is it deter- mined by the business done by the office?—F. N. A. The Post Office Department says that the postmistress at Hyatts- ville receives a regular salary, such as that paid a postmaster of any second-class post office. Only fourth- class post office postmasters depend on cancellations and box rent. Q. What acid can be used to change the finish on a plece of brass from finish to statuary bronze? K. The Bureau of Standards says one of the simplest ways of producing effect upon brass is to treat it with a weak solution of sodium o potassium sulphide. The darkness of the coating will depend upon the strength of the solution and the length of time it is applied. If desired, can be brushed off in spots, yfeldir a bronze finish. Q. What were the dimensions of Capt. Slocum’s Spray?—A. D. €, A.The Spray was a 9-ton saflin sloop. When finished she was 36 fee 9 inches long, over all, 14 feet 2 inche wide and 4 feet 2 inches deep in the hold. Her gross tonnage was 12 70-10 tons: What constitute “giblets” ar M. A. D Q. why =0 called?” A. The edible internal ta fowls are so called. The word is a Angelicized form of the Krench “gibe let,” meaning “entrails of fowls.” Some writers on the subject of cooking in clude the neck and ends of wings and legs as giblets, Q. In what parts of the United States is specialized farming the rule” Where diversified farming?—M. M. A. Diversified farming predominates in Florida, Michigan, Wisconsin, New York and Colorado, while specialized farming predominates in the South (cotton), in Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota (w at): in the corn b both crops and live stock are raised Attorney General ur W . Ebenezer R Akerman, George H. Williams, wards Pierrepont and Alphonso T all served in this capacity during President Grant's administrati Hoar, Amos Q. Do the ¢ written langus A. Jessie Moth slovakia, selves do n written languages breve over it. The form still used in Pe easier for English printers. Q. oftenest found under city ownership —F. L. W. A. Water works lead public utili- ties in the percentage of plants under municipal ownership. All of the ten largest cities in the United States own their works. In the second group of ten all but San Francisco Indianapolis and every one of th third group of ten have them unde public ownership. to water works in public owne in the United States stand electrie light and power stations. Q. tween A. The Sauk and \Fox- Indians are both of the Algonquin tribe. Sauk translated “people of the yello " in counterdistinction = from “red earth people,” a name the Foxes. Their own name for them selves is “red earth people” because of the kind of earth from which they are supposed to have been created. Which of the public utilities is difference be- Fox Indians? What was the the Sauk and Q. What kinds of planed will have special licen: R. A. M. A. Racing and experimental air planes and airplanes of unusual de sign will be granted special aircraff licenses and shall be operated only i accordance with the conditions ime posed in such licenses by the Secre tary of Commerce. Q. In what State is expectation of life the greatest at birth?—C. M. A. According to the table we have consulted, such expectation is great- est in Kansas, the age for males be- ing 59.82; females, 61. This is a special department devoted solely to the handling of queries. This paper puts at your disposal the serv- ices of an ertensive organization in Washington to serve you in any ca pacity that relates to informafion This service is_free. Failure to make use of it deprives you of benefits to which you are entitled. Your obliga- tion is only 2 cents in stamps inclosed with your inquiry for direct reply. Ad- dress The Evening Star Information Byreau, Frederic J. Haskin, Dircctor, Washington, D. C. Montreal Fire Again Warns World of Danger in Crowds ‘The panic in a Montreal theater in which scores of persons, mostly chil- dren, had their lives crushed out by a mob frenzied at the cry of “Fire!” reminded the world again of the need for extraordinary precaution against disorder in erowded auditoriums. “Self-preservation is the first law of nature,” observes the Ann Arbor Times-News, “but education is needed to prove that stampedes are contrary to that law. At the beginning of every program In every place where audiences congregate, it might be well to call attention to the need of calmness in the event of possible emergencies. Likewise in the schools, cool-headedness could be taught as a more or less major subject. No amount of investigation at Montreal can remove the responsibility for d aster from the shoulders of those frenzied individuals who started the mad stampede. The origin of the fire is insignificant in comparison with the failure of human beings to hold themselves in restraint. In connec- tion with the campaign for ‘better movies’ we need one for the develop- ment of foolproof audiences.” “It is an old story which the Mont- real disaster repeats,” says the New York Evening World—"a fool cry of ‘Fire!" and then the flight of reason from most heads and mad brute panic and the trampling to death of neu.rl}: fourscore people, largely children. The San Antonio Express adds that ‘as the scene of a horror now vivid in the popular mind, the name of Lau- rier Palace Theater in Montreal is added to a long roll, which includes the Iroquois Theater, Chicago; Italian Hall, Calumet (Michigan); the Tacu- baya Theater, near the City of Mex- ico; the Cleveland and Babbs Switch schoolhouses, Drumeculloghe (Ireland) the highest by that con- only through adopting & measures of safety an stant effort that will inc trol.” The Harrisburg that “‘so far as faulty theater exi construction are concerned, publi thority has a remedy; as for the impylse, that is a long and lal process too little understood, to cult to change to hope for much im- provement.” “A erowd can be induced to approve and act on an idea that would not be entertained by any constituent mem- ber alone,” remarks the Seattle Duily Times, with the conclusion that “from any theater orderly escape may be re- garded as alwa possible I'he Albany Evening News adds that “with so n exits from the in these days, audiences can es cas. ily if necessa but ot escape if they give way to pe The Columbus Ohio State Journal sts that “it takes a tragedy to make jeo- ple think more about such th unfortunate fact, but a fact.’ “The awful tragedy will brir another wide safety examin which, evidently, is needed,” Detroit News, which, noting ‘news of the disaster has trave over the world, producing a thr horror everywhere,” concludes that * must create an adequate insoe not only of theaters, but of all put buildings where crowds her that no condition exists that cause similar loss of life elsewhe * ok %k t tion, the thaf alv 4 With a piea for avoid a condition number of children is group auditorium, the Atlunta Cor declares that “the beart of goes out to the stricken hor Montreal”; that “the trazedy the meas in which in one and many more which are synonyms for a most terrible, heart-rending type of disastér. These names are monu- ments to that arch-enemy of the race —fear—the same awful specter which kept primitive man cringing in the cave for so many centuries, and which even in this boasted age of ‘civilization’ has not relaxed its grip. And such names shout a warning which never has been heeded ade- quately.” * ok ok ok “The human race will doubtless never reach a stage when it is not af- fected by mass panics,” according to the Utica Observer-Dispatch, which advises that panic “may be coped with crats are for the repeal of the pro- hibition amendment, and the Repub- licans for the repeal of the Volstead law—by modification. This action of the prohibitionists will throw the issue between the Republicans and Demo- crats upon farm legislation and new peace with world nations to mnrk::ls“ for our mmhm tory party Wwhom that strikes deep at the hearts oi men and women, for child life is low more sacred, than the life of those whose earthfy years are largcly be- hind them.” “Theaters may be mide but they must also be made against the perils of human fears by providing exits adequate to any emergency,” avers i Williamsport Sun. “No stairway sktould be permit- ted in a theater of large capacity un- less it is wide enough to preclude the possibility of hopeless jamming.” adds the Kansas City Times. “The only solace in the whole story is the thought that out of it will come better theater management and regulation,” is the judgment of the South Bend Tribyine. The Manitoba Free Press believes that “the use of balconies by « shows the necessity of indicatins very clearly where the exits are; for chil- dren the signs should be suc they would easily grasp even if they were unaccustomed to attending a. theater.” The Syracuse Herald thinks “it might be wise to legislate against seating children in balconies or gallerfes in wf, vroof - any-theater, to-be'on the safe sidey’ A ildren’ * b 4