Evening Star Newspaper, February 4, 1927, Page 8

8 E EVENING STAR 1 nounced that a map of the world, cov- With Sunday Morning Edition. | ering several acres, with real water — ——————— | for seas and rivers, real railroads, WASHINGTON, D. C. | boats and smoking volcanoes, is being public road are not expected to search out and discover every intersecting private road, that if they were their speed would be reduced to such 'an D. ©, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 19217, Supreme Court Decisions Against Liquor Traffic To tiio Editor of The Star ANSWERS l extent that the distance covered would; It is urged by some opponents of BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. WRIDAY........February 4, 1027 e & THEODORE W. 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Al rizht f epecial dispatches herein are also reserves An Asiatic Locarno. In the recemt discussion of Chin affairs the imediate crisis Mintster Sze, and in the reported com ment of the the Canton and Peking governmer the | possibility was st ed of ) pointment simultaneously of co-operat ing delegates by South and North China, with power to negotis by and i representatives of the new treaties with the nations that|on the measure now under considera- { tion and on which final action should have material interests in China. It it is conceivable that South China | be taken this afternoon. and North China can, while civil war [dozen relatively small chang e | been made in the bill duving dis is raging, co-operate 1o nego! treaties of equality and justice With|of it in the House, and the principal Europe and America, the end sought | changes have: been in the interests of It will be as- | Afa aumed that the government of South {‘manding influence of the united Mary- can be surely attained. carry out the | China can and will | treaty agreements in South Chin: North China. In dealing with the two Chinas at one time the foreign natic will find what they have been secking namely, organized power, or powe which can, singly or collectively trol and speak with authority for all @ China, and which, co-operating, may con- | confidently be relied upon o meel the | o Gy he interest of one of the obligations of protection and justice |, o jnortant of our District institu- imposed by the new {reaties. More- | over, this co-operation of the two| Chinas, if effected, will put behind the Chinese representations the convine- ing force of power to compel assent, if it is not voluntarily granted. United China, if able and ready to respect and protect the rights of the foreigner, can shape its internal affairs on lines of justice to suit itself. All*nations will negotiate, and no nation trading with China, and having many nationals resident there, will expose itself to the effective China boycott, or venture to attack it with armed fore But if the two Chinas will not thus get together soleiy for the purpose of negotiating just treaties with the for- eign nations then the old dilemma re- vives to vex and injure. On first thought it might seem that the remarkable success of South China’s campaign for the subjugation of Central China, with the threat of a like fate for North China, points to the unified China and the respon- sible dominating central government which the United States has been seek- ing in order to put into effect its sym- pathetic and helpful policy of “Falr | play fox China,” to which it is thor- oughly and sincerely committed. But actual conditions as they are de- veloping do not justify complete opti- mism. If Canton conquers Shanghai the world may be required to recog- nize a Canton-Hankow-Shanghai near- bolshevik government, as well as a Mukden-Peking government. But who is confident that Canton will subdue Peking and Mukden, or permanently control Shanghai? The reported mass- ing of Chang Tso-lin troops to co-oper- ate with Wu Pei-fu's reorganized army in an attack upon Hankow suggests that the solution of our problem of wise treaty-making may suffer addi- tional delay, to await the result of a great battle between South and North China at or near Hankow. All the world may well hope and pray for the day when at another Lo- carno Europe and China (with Amer- ica sympathetic and co-operating) can get together establish genuine world peace, or, at least, to eliminate & threatening cause of world war, on the basis of the existence of stable, ac- tually controlling government, or gov- ernments, in China, and through the framing of just treaties by negotiators conferring on equal terms. * i | to While endeavoring to imp and morals, few leading are 1 to fac somewhat ungrateful attitude on the part of mine workers who insist on an in- | creased wi the pl the Charleston ve art a financiers compell ge scale which will permit asures of the jazz band and | Making “Joggerfy” a Joy. “Bounded on the morth by Canada, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south the If of Mexico and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.” Thus quavered the voice of the vouth- ful geographer in the grip of the oral test of days, groping in his memory for the picture of the map of North America, and watching the teache: for signg of disapproval Perhaps he then down to draw a map, with many wriggles of his pencil to indicate coast lines and with cater- pillars for 2in ranges. Map making was rather good fun. The rivers were hard to keep within their bounds. The cities slipped out of place. State lines were of a sort to give some trouble. But when the job was done there was a sense of achieve- by earlie face sat moun { ¥ mail of | Fuego tomorrow afternoc "!to the Aleutian | ing! | Mongolia Jo/the best way of elementary teaching. { The 1| the world as a vesult of their adven- e | tions commitic and | of Representatives Zihlman. Repub. that the North China government can | and will perform a similar function in | jnoluded « provision for the | with Gladstone. | | | 1ad out at a school for American boys near Paris. It is to cost 1,500,000 francs; which now equals about $60,000. The continents will be Jaid out in con- crete with the topography indicated. | The seas will be deep enough for the to ride by boat from port to port. The railroad trains will be drawn by steam engines. That, as the boys themselves would cay, will wap. Think of iting New a or Tie del m, or going slands in the morn- ssing the Himalayas | striking up through Tibet and to the frozen steppes of Rus: Or from making the journey from the Cape of Giood Hope to Cairo as Cecil Rhodes had dreamed of doing. Making a play of a lesson task is ome Zeala be a Think of ¢ and roung mind is susceptible of last- impressions through such exer- Doubtless the at this ing bovs asughly acquainted with all parts of ‘ures on the concrete and water map. all becowe practical geog- couriers of trade, | T The well | worthy of general adoption and of | in other lines of education. - District Appropriations. Never hus the Touse more staunchly behind the appropria- ! on a District bill than | They may vaphers, explorer: consequence idea is extension before stood Only a half have cussion and people through the com- nd delegation under the leadership t. These wding ave- m. and Tydings, Democr s ST Ie: enstrict line, at a cost of and the resurfacing of a 300 p of Alabama avenue south. east, leading to a small Maryland ¢ [ Sixteenth nue ¢ 4 - i n- munity. 00 By far at a cost of § i the most desivable amend- | tions was the reinsertion of an item approved by the budget bureau and the President of $121,000 for 74 new school teachers for new school buildings to be opened up during the coming year to relieve serious existing congestion in 50 buildings. Although Representa- tive Griffin of New York, a member of | the subcommittee that framed the bill, and who has analyzed the local school situation carefully and sympatheti- cally, made a persistent fight for this item, it was defeated by a vote of 67 to 13, Three relatively unimportant amend- ments were: Addition of $200 a year s0 as 1o provide salary for promotion to the grade of inspector, which he formerly held, of Capt. Albert J. Head- lev; an item of $15,000 for resurfacing the approach to the Highway Bridge and reappropriation of the $12,500 { available last year for acquisition of the Sherman Circle triangles, which has been delayed by the setting aside of the condemnation awards as ex- cessive, el Gladstone Is Cleared. Despite the fact that he was singled out for a charge of gross immorality by an author who stands high in the new school of mud-slinging and char- acter-blackening, the name of the late | Prime Minister Gladstone stands cleared before the world. Capt. Peter Wright, the English author, in his book, “Portraits and Criticisms,” said | that Gladstone was the “founder of the great tradition of publicly speak- ing the language of the highest and | strictest principles and privately pur- suing and possessing every sort of a woman.” The seventy-three-year-old son of the great statesman Immediate- 1y took up the challenge, and in a let- ter to Wright labeled him a lar, a fool. & coward and a foul fellow and dared him to sue for libel. Wright sued, and the case has just been con- cluded with the jury exonerating the Gladstones, father and and, in effect, pinning the life stigma on Wright of being everything that he was called by the vounger Gladstone. There will be no quarrel on this side of the Atlantic with the verdict. When | an author sinks so low in his own and | the world's estimation that he must, ‘to win a few paltry dollars, slander men and women who have long since passed on to a better world, it is time that the public should lash him with its scorn and contempt. Wright's attitude the witness stand was cocksure and defiant. To support his charges he even had the | sublime effrontery to name living woman as one who had been intimate | She promptly denied | h a charge, and it is the hope of | those interested in the case that she | will sue Wright for every cent he pos- sesses In the world. She would be practically certain to recovet heavy damages and it would serve as a warning to those who would debase the great art of writing by vicious and contemptible practices. s | | 01 on a s Pre censorship is frequently sug- gested. Without the power of a decent press behind it, press censor- ship would fall. And & decent press already offers a decent reading pub- lic opportunity to obtain all the news without the taint of morbid sensa- tionalism. R R Right of Way. An important ruling has just been ment. “Joggerfy” eyes shut spelling, because there was something ot an adventure in every description. The p jungles, polar bears and crocodiles. Now a new idea is advanced in the, \handed down by the Court of Appeals jorgun ought to be a heap mo’ pupular | Navy, has addressed a remonstrance to Representative. Morin, chairman of dresses,” way of making the study of geograph; even more._fascinating, It is -ane ad it all over rithmetic, | Appeals. because one could see things with the | main highway out of his private road It was far better than| zot into a controversy with a driver essay at | did not give lim the right of way. The ‘tures in the book | motorist from the private road con- were fascinating—elephants and cam- | tended that he had the right of way els, pagodas and pyramids, {gloos and | inasmuch as the public road driver made by the Maryland Court of A motorist turning into a on the public road, hecause the latter | highwiays be negligible, and that not only did public road motorists have the ab. solute right ‘of way, but that it volved upon drivers entering main road to unusual avert accidents. This plauded by ever: at had de the to use care will be heartily ap motorist who, while thirty-five miles an the terrifying perience of seeinz a gawky lad dilapidated flivver pop from a concealed may have been a flivver, b hay wagon or a he nd bugsy but the effect is the s tightening of the muscles, a swerve, a grinding of the brakes and visions of learning to play a harp. And there have been times, too, when the simple minded driver from the cone has had the sublimc about right dictates of decency would demonstrate conclus Iy that an thirty-five miles be halted fo at perhaps two mile the the public Liglway Maryland carrying fast through Pry States decision bowling along hour, has ex in a suddenly out voad. It it may h not 'n a 3 is me, a sudden nerve to when all courtesy of way safety, not traveling shou'd tomobile hour autemobile an traveling which interloper an hour, for moment is an on does not go far enough modern on ont the theory the State the o tiathic ically liave ali Western rominently displiyed at ing of the main h ghway, private public. 1t makes not the slightest difference whether the intersecting road is a mud-path leading to a barn or a branch public The high way which serves the most people is given absolute right of way, and woe betide the offender against this portant regulation! These States also prohibit the stopping of an mobile on the concrete or macadam of a main roud. In order to stop, the motorist must pull completely over to the side. In this way through traflic moves rapidly and safely, with interference from intersecting roads and no sudden and unsignaled stops by the car ahead. Having settled signs every cross road. auto no this satisfac torily—u case, incidentally, which never should been before courts because the answer is abyious - Maryland should g0 a step turther and incorporate the safety steps which have been used with such success in the Middle West. o case, have now The phrase “Hoover tinge” ha been invented by Senator King in connection with suggested radio leg- islation. of insinuations by fiction that Secretary Hoover is not a “colorful” personality R “What The old interrogation be- cowmes of the flies in Winter?” has been superseded by fhe question “What becomes of all the winners of beauty contest The humble flivver has a way of asserting arbitrary claims to right of way on the road. It may feel a cer- tain family pride as the offspring of a two-billion dollar “corporation. s The ground hog's predicted bliz zard has been postponed on account of the weather—but it will probably arrive. . to imply an impression that he has outgrown a comparatively small peninsula like Italy ———— Radio control becomes u gressional problem. There is such a thing as legislative stati —r———— SHOOTING STARS. con- BY PHILANDER JOHNSON Germs, Large and Smalk The Grip Germ is a tyrant still, Too grewsome to be funny. He has the might to hurt or kill Though lacking “pull” or money. The Grip Germ brings a fear com- plete While working devastation Destruction finally he’ll meet . By self-intoxication. Oh, Grip Germ, you afflict us all And seem a shabby beggar, Much like the prohib agent small In league with a bootlegger. Conservatism. “Your constituents are enthusiastic over your public remarks.” “That shows how desirable it is to be conservative,” said Senator Sorghum. “I haven't said word since 1 wished everybody a Happy a No Difference. My Radio! My Radi You bring far cities near. The Jazz in San Antonio Is just the same as here. Jud Tunkins says the man who wants to be boss s too often a bad workman tryin’ to conceal his tracks. mpty forms of respect,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “get no practical results. We worship our ancestors in hope of disguising the fact that we are not obeying them.” Judicial Cares. A judge should have much larger pay. His duties grow The things he hea Are positively, ter Hints of Wealth. “They say you are engaged marry a title” “I'm so glad,” exclaimed Miss Cayenne, “it isn't true! But the sug- gestion that our folks have epough money to support such a rumor will vastly improve father’s credit.” unbearable. from day to day ible! to Honest Confession. When you and I were young, M: We were, 1 frankly vow, As funny and as wild, maybe, As we say youth is now. [ was on his left, and entered suit on this ground. 1In the opinion Jjust the-ceust, holds-thal, otorists. on & “If folks was descended f'um mon- keys,” said Uncle Fben, “de hand Aan itds,” Middle | im- | the | This ought to help dispose | writers of semi- | Some of Mussolini's remarks seem | BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Is there any one who doesn't like do to se schemer fall into the trap he has sot for another? There i i something about such & situation that satisfies one's sense of justic He got what he deserved,” Is the common | verdict A cla instance |4 man being hoist by is that of Nathani pecunious landholder, who selected the wrong way to pro to the wealthy Miss Dunstable, detailed by Anthony Trollope in “Framley Parsonage.” Mr. Sowe would bhe a hand of the patent medicine modern methods. 5 Sowerby had a married sister, Mrs Harold ith, whom he had worm her way into Miss Dunstable's conti dence, and thus fid out what sort of woman the rich old maid really w Mrs. Smith, being a great scheme herself, took lier time about the affair. She never breathed a word of it. hut carefully observed the intend ed victim. The carefree Miss Dun stable made all sorts of fun of the many suitors who came to her pre ing love and devotion, but who knew all the time were only her money Crafty Mrs, Smith never gaid a word She kept her counsel. The time was not ripe for AMr. Sowerhy to propose. The exact method must be determined The heiress seemed to get along Mr. Sowerby very nicely seemed to enjoy being in his company. Iverything looked propitious * a sic in_literature of his own petard Sowerby, im e vy decided that he slic s of the strictly heir after on with Crafty pes ns usually overshoot the mark, howeve They ure too crafty - their own good. 1f this were n s0, this would be a poor world for of us who are not crafiy. When Mrs. Smith and her brother put their heads together as to the best | way of winning the wealthy lady, they came to the following agreement: That the sister was to make the proposal in her own way, which was to be a strange way, indeed. To the credit of Mr. Sowerby, let be said that he did not approve altc ether of the scheme, which was, in truth, rather startlinz. It was so up to-dats. dndead Sawarhy did have the heart to try it himseil, delegated it to his sister. The plan was to tell Miss Dunstable freely —and frankly that Sowerby wanted to marry her for her money but at the same time he had a high | regard for her, and that she would be hetter s the wife of the Parlia- { ment menber, than as Miss Dunstable, | “If she really likes you—and 1 think | she d she could forgive you any | other crime but that of swearing that | vou loved her.” advised Mrs. Smith. “1 whould hardly know how to pro | pose without say ymething |it.” hesitated Sowerby. ! “But you must say nothing | word: you must tell her that you are gentleman of good blood and high station, but sadly out at elbow “She knows_that already.” “Of cou know it as coming f) mouth. And then you c you propose to set yourself marrving her—by marrying the sake of her money. To Sowerby’s remonstr clever sister replied, “Your first object is her money, and your only chance for success is in telling the truth.” “The full details of this unique court- ship may be found in chapter 24 of Trollope’s .novel, but for those who 1 it m n t your own 1 her f her r i | i Now, according to Washington tea- table chatter, it's the Senate ladies’ organization that’s looking into the qualifications of members. They met in “executive session” at the White House on February 1 for the transactions of “biennial business” at the invitation of Mrs. Coolidge. What took place there has not been | closed. But it is an open secret that | the {time have heen considerabl over the question of eligibilit | delightful and exclusive set cally, only the wives of Sen one-time Senators may bel club, which meets regularly for lunch- eon in one of the Senate restaurants. Latterly discussion has arisen to { whether the relative of a { Senator, serving as his official ess, is entitled to membership. A question also has come up about a lady who enjoys access to the charm- {ed set because she married a man ho was an ex-Senator. The Senate ladies never adopted by-laws, so the “constitutional” problems which've hobbed up will have to be settled on merits and not by rule. * Kk kX Mrs. Thomas R. Marsh: diana, widow of the late Vi dent, was the founder of the ladies’ organization, which come a real factor in the political life of the Capital. It was brought into existence during the war for the pu pose of sewing and knitting for the Army and Navy. Members found the recurring contacts so pleasant that it was decided to perpetuate the clyb, and it has been a going concern ever since, The ladies bring their own r tions—picnic style—although now and then one of them entertains in more formal fashion at her own residence. The only rule is “once a member, al- ways a member.” There are no lame ducks. The wife of the Vice Presi dent is e tion. Mrs. Harding, while White Tlouse, retained her member- ship as the wife of a former Senator Mrs, Coolidge, acknowledged to be the most beloved member the club has ever known, is an almost unfailing at | tendant. Former ac e members, e when they return to their own States, live up to their entertaining oblig: tions and come to Washington periodi- cally for the purpose. * K K its hos! 1 e of In enate has be- in the st . American to be the fi by birth, but claims Texas as his resi dence. He has occupied host, the counselorship of at London, for n serving there under th adors—Harve: Kellogg Houghton, Sterling’s promotion to Dublin will be in Lne with the De- partment of State’s policy of promot- ing meritorious ‘“‘career men" under [the new foregn service law. He en tered diplomacy, after graduation from Harvard_and eight vears as a rancher in Texas, in 1911 a secretary at St. Petersburg. After that Sterling saw duty successively in Chira France and Peru. He is 50 years old, and once was chief of the Western European division at the State partment. the arly em- four ik There's the seed of a merry row be tween the Army and Navy in connec tion with a bill introduced by Repre sentative John Philip Hill, Republican, of Maryland, concerning the future rank of major generals of the line. The bill, which is before the military affairs committee of the House, would give these Army officers, when ‘assign ed to certain specified duties, equal rank with admirals in the Navy. Curtis D. Wilbur, Secretary of the not | Presi- | De- | | up fellow and win the | v him just | | smith | course, my Chie | was | win the woman who had, in her she | | together | 50, not a | that she does: but she must | more at | it by | pos | | | dis- | tion adies of the Senate” for some | issued agitatad | William to their | Hou rheoreti- | the tors or of | United States Senatc g to the | #entative of the S ' his_present | widowed | in ) oSt Lhave -officlo head of the organiza- ©fve S not happen to have the handy, we continue our paraphrase. Mrs. Smith called on her friend, M magnificent home in Lon arefully led up to the que the conversation, d, in her he; one cour: M cha e of the preliminary s Dunstable remark acteristic v wother without any excuse of hunger. The mere pleasure of de- stroying is reason enough Well, my dear,” began Mrs. Smith an see her clearing her throat mission to you today is cer v not one of destruction, as you admit when you hear it. It is rather, very absolutely of salva I have come to make love to will tion. cation, T suppose, the shrewd “Then the not for myself,” replied heiress. Trollope say “It was quite clear to Mrs. Harold that Miss Dunstable had im mediately understood the whole pur- port of this visit.” Jut Mrs. Smith was determined to through, on the lines she out. Miss Dunstable calling for the Mrs. Smith resolutely went on, “Of object is to secure my Remember, this proper way to pres ) often laughed at impecunious rds who had vowed that they loved game. She the thing Lad mapped was ruth re brother's happiness her a of the “You that made very d Mis: if us it for think and a vou brought mateh of it, thing for Dunstable, 1 Mrs. would be whom?" “Yes, “or For exs Smith which of haniel, us? then,” said Mrs. Smith, . “It would be a very good thing for him. Now that's hon- est, or the mischief is in it.” The mischief was, indeed, in it-—at least for the hopes of Mr, Sowerby. Good was in it, however, for Miss Dunstable, for the chances were thut if Sowerby had protested his love, he might have been accepted—and that would have heen bad for Miss Dun- had Sowerby nothin that sort that h as any M, 1 oth love, 1o dhaut wthing of ¢ do_believe regard for you ever does have or any woman of mine. What would vou have me say? If 1 told you that he w for love, vou would say 1 was trying to cheat you; and now because 1 don't tell you ou say that he is wanting in de I 'must say you are hard to has man of true his votion pleas “Of course, to expect am not such an that any gentleman should love me," said Miss Dunstable, with her usual sarcasm: “and I feel I ought to be obliged to your brother for sparing me the string of complimentary declarations which usual on such oceasions. [ do feel grateful to him, and perhaps nothing will be necessary than to give him a schedule of the property and name an early day for putting him in ssion.” Smith saw that she had lost— another tack. She would Mrs but tried nee, the too- | send her brother to Miss Dunstable do not do so,” answered the heire: “Why torment either him or me? I do like your brother: in a cer- tain way I like him very much. But no earthly consideration would induce me to marry him.” Her unspoken word was: “Now WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. the committee. Mr. Wilbur writes “As the Navy Department will be af- fected adversely by this bill, it is requested that the committee give to the Navy Department an opportunity to present its views in opposition to certain provisions of the bill. * koK % Statistics of the congressional of Novemi 1926, compiled official sour have just been in_handy pamphlet form by Tyler Page, clerk of the e of Repréentatives. They show vote cast for each nominee for and for Repre- Seventieth Congress. The figures for New York disclose a somewhat amazing state of affairs. No fewer than 309,414 votes are recorded the Empire State as “blank. void and scatterin, That means that an equivalent number of voters practically disfranchised by reason of their own ignorance of the way to mark a ballot. In the senatorship contest alone there were 131,447 of these inadequate ballots—a total con- siderably in excess of Justice Wag ner's plurality over Senator Wads- worth. In many congressional di ricte, there were more than 10,000 id and scattering” ballots. suspicion Is Justified that the fate from than one New York candidate, by this sad may have been decided democrac, hibition of our literate * ok Kk Senator Willlam Cabell Bruce, Dem { Maryland, is a master of the sh launguage, as becomes the man now generally regarded as the scholar of Congress. The other day Mr. Bruce sprang a cultured but uncom mon idiom upon the Senate. He was referring to the abusive letters which are reaching him because of his stand inst religious bigotry. in me,” exclaimed Senator Bruce, “no sensations except those of immitigable scorn.”” Most men would d “unmitigatec Senator < once asked by Chief Jus tice Taft why the former had chosen Benjumin Franklin and John Ran dolph of Roanoke as the subjects for the only two biographies Bruce I ever written. “Because,” the Balt morean replied, “Franklin was the most normal man 1 ever heard of, and | rdolph the most abnormal * ¥ * * sentative Democrat, of New Jacobstein, who has Meyer York, Frederick Augustine Sterling, slated | come to be looked upon as one of the Minister to|real agricultural the Irish Free State, is\a Missourian! House, has just g of the body a economists en that rophecy of the 1927 farm outlook. “Reviewing the forecasts of the De- partment of Agriculture,” Jacobstein said, “the year 1927 gives promise of m-{a very fine crop of dissatisfled farm- and | ers and an abundant crop of presiden- tial candidates for 1928." Jacobstein represents Rochester, N. Y., one of the country's throbbing industrial districts, but he used to be a pro- fessor of economics at the University of North Dakota, where he learned ail about the problems of the wheat belt at first hand. (Conyright. R Meeting the Meat Bills, From the New York Herald Pribune The cost of living is still declining to decline. - Peace With Patches From the St. Paul Plonecr Press. Well, a_patched-up Navy will be all right if Government can keep peace patched up. v Relic of Bygone D From the Baltimore Sun. You never hear a girl “That was when I ays. any more, in short book | dear | ' Dunstable, at the latter’s | 'c on, and | o on of the | that | are o many among us tearing | elec- | were | | | | | carelessness, but it is actually crim- | young women which maintain fire- prohibition that the measure is un- | constitutional and that it is supported | chiefy by extremists. The Supreme Court of the United es may piobably be considered the st authority on the constitutionality | iy law, and also to be singularly trom the radical extreme or hys terieal type of mind, since the judges on the Supreme bench are chosen from the more mature, scholarly and “onservative jurists. To trace the his- tory of prohibition in ‘the highest judi al body of our Government is, there- fore, both interesting and informa- tive, Is it true that there is a win- some church in voted to athletics?—C. D. W A. There is a chapel window in the Sports Bay” in the cathedral of St Q. dow in | voted to the representation of differ- ent sports. In the two panels are shown efght major sports—polo, golf, tennis, base ball, horse racing, rowing, track and field and foot ball. sports are shown in small sections— | steeplechase, cycling, basket ball, hand | ball, swimming, gymnastics, yatching, Eighty vears ago the liquor inter ests were opposing the restrictions and regulations which were imposed upon them as an invasion of their per sonal liberty. In the decision, written by the then Chief Justice Taney, the | court unanimously upheld the right of the State te yestrictions and a license, dec If any State internal traffc jurious to it impose in retail and spirits in cltizens nd culated to produce idleness, vice and debauch jery, 1 hing in the Constitution of the Unlted States to prevent it fr vegulating and restraining or from prohibiting it altogether thinks proper.” deems the in ardent Again v St in decision 1 police posw n to the destruc nui may be prejudicial to the ¥ may be re ot he acknowleds uxtends oft property A Fver morals of tion of hated, health or moved Again ‘It i% not necessa usUtying the Stat under consideration the ap palling statisties pauper- | 1sm and crime which have their origin {in the use or abuse ardent spirits, g If a loss of revenue should {acerue to the United States from a | diminished consumption of ardent spir |its, she will be the gainer a thousand | fold in the health, wealth and happi | ness of the people.” Again, in" Beer Co. vs. Massachu [elwus (87 U. the Supreme Court e y the isla rra ke ion now for 1 Lo’ If the public safety or the public morals require the discontinuance of any manufacture or traffic, the hand of the Legislature cannot be stayed from providing for its discontinuance by any incidental inconvenience which individuals corporations may In 1890 of a century the Supreme ciseo whick third D to n me nda more than a a case came Court front San hag been eld by legal authorities to be the most f mentul of all liquor It e of Christiancan vs. Crowley ( U. 86). Christianson contended that he had a constitutional or in herent right to sell liquor, which was at that time a recognized commodity {of general commer The report was | unanimous, and was written by M Justice Stephen J. Field, whorn the {drys considered distinetly unfriendly o prohibition. These excerpis aie significant: “Jt is urged that what a man may drink, equally with what he shall ea {is not, properly, a matter for legisla tia . By the general con currence of opinion of every civiliz {and Christian community there | few sources of crime and misery equal to the dram shop. * * * There is no | inherent right in a citizen to sell in- toxicating liquors at retail. It is nota ege of a citizen of the State or a | citizen of the United States. As it is 4 business attended with danger to the community, it may, as already said. be entirely prohibited. No one | possesses an inalienable or constitu tional right to keep a saloon tor the sale of intoxicating liquor. It is not a natural right to pursue an ordinary calling. F 1 * Xk & The same conclusion is reached from {a somewhat different premise in the | case of Lawton vs. Steele (152 U, , in_which the United States Su- preme Court, in discussing the extent | and limifs of the police power, said: “It is universally conceded to in- | clude everything essential to the pub- |lic_safety, health and morals, and to {justifty * * * the prohibition of places where intoxicating liquors are sold.” It would require a volume to reprint 1l of the decisions upholding the legal {and ethical soundhess of prohibition which have been pronounced by the United States Supreme Court and the | supreme courts of the several States Not only is’there a consistent una- | nimity in the conclusion, there has been a growing judicial that any law sanctioning any trafiic or practice which is injurious to the public safety, health or morals is in iteelf unconstitutional, in spite of the legislative sanction. This sentiment | was tersely expressed by the United State Supreme Court in Stone vs. Misslssippi, a lottery case (101 U. . 814), where it was held: “No Legislature can bargain away the public health or the public morals. The people themselves cannot do it, much less their servants.” * % Kk conclusion” of those decisions deal divectly with prohibiti | shows that since the first case that came before the Supreme Court for decision the right of the people to pro- tect themselves from the physical, cial, economic and moral ravages the liquor traffic been given the vigorous and unanimous sanction of that august_tribunal. W. G. CALDERWOOD. Abolishme! The | which nt of Schoo! Firetraps Is Urged From the Canton Daily New: The burning of a boy in one of the private sc ginia came very near being a ghastly tragedy. Tt should bring the coun- ! try generally and State authorities | specifically to the necessity of doing | away with these old firetraps in such | | institutions. We are living in a day when there should be no fire menace to the lives of four or five hundred splendid young American he residing in groups. To domicile them in an in- flamniable structure, without fire es- apes, 1s not only a bit of regret able | inal. On the night of the fire these voung fellows were driven into ‘the snows of Winter without clothing. In fact, they all had a very narrow es- cape from death. In some of the old Virginia towns there are buildings of historic value which should not be destroyed by, the enforcement of a_program of safety in construetion. They should not be used, however, for dormitory pur- poses. They could easily be turned into libraries or museums of art. It is horrible t6 think of these boys going to their rest and sleep with a lurking menace about them. There is certainly an_opportunity here for some magazine having a national cir- culation to conduct a survey show ing the institutions operated for the education of both young men and traps. This unfortunate occurrence should be made the most of by Virginia au- thorities, and_it,should be a_lesson, not only to this’ commonwealth, but others. The plain truth is that if any school is not financially able to guarantee a measurable element of physical safety to Young representa- tives of American homes, then it should be closed up. 1 is the’ are | sentiment | | thousana miles. | York Times (independent Democ bowling, billiards, skating, hocke | soccer, fencing, wrestling, pole vauit | trap shooting and motor boating | What is the average vocabulary of an elghth-grade pupll?—W. M. M | A. In one study which was made on thie vocabulary of children in va | ous grades of school, it was found that the average vocabulary for an eighth grade student was 2,135 words. Q o help Haus a workshop been opened to the rehabilitation of nervous glrls?—F. J. 8. A. A therapeutic-industrial work- shop for the rehabilitation of nervous girls and women h been opened re- cently by the Vocational Bureau, New York City. The aim of the workshop is to form a bridge be tween recovery from mental illness and { re-entrance into industry, and in some instances where an early diagnosis of an imminent bhreakdown {made it has functioned tive measure as 4 preven Is the person writing under the name of B. M. Bow woman 7--0, M. A. B. M. Bowers i< the pen name of Mrs. Bertram \clair Bertha Muzzy Sinclair Q pen w Q. of coal in the United States A. The average price per coal in the United States in ber, 1 s as follows: Stove coal, $15.64; chestnut, $15.41: bituminol $10.24 per ton. Q. Who business exe A, Nation's Business gives this credit to Edward Wentworth Beatty, chairman _and president of Canadian Pacific Railway, chairm of the Canadian Pacific Steamship, Ltd, and head of the varied enter- prises of that company. These prop- erties include 20,000 miles of railroad, $25,000,000 chain of hotels, ! tons of 'shippi 115,000 miles of telegraph wires, 100,000 'emploves scattered from Furope the Far East, a §£20,000,000 irs tion p ject, millions of acres of farm lands and an express company serving the en- tire railway system and the world. Q. Are many people in India killed Te P | According to the latest avail- | able statistics in 1925 snakes killed 19,308 people and 41,004 snakes were destroyed. | Q What are the reasons | belief_of the theory of —C. B. F. A. One of the many reasons fo: | the belief in the molecular theory is | that there are no known facts that are in opposition to this: assumption, The results of the kinetie theory of gases have placed the molecular con- What is the average retail price 72—k M ton for “world's biggest C. A is the | for the America de- | | John the Divine in New York City de- | Minor | Adjustment | had been | rs a man or | Novem- | 425,000 | molecules? | | ception of matter in position, but even without this theory, ‘there is a great accumula- tlon of electrical and optical evi dence in its favor Q. What is the name for wealthy Mexicans’ country homes?—A. I M | o, The accepted desigmation of a wealthy city dweller's country seat is “huerta"~—thus, the “Huerta Calderon” is the residence of Senor Calderon, ete, The terms Jardin™ d “finca,” as well ‘estancia, are also used. The word “haclenda includes a_wealthy man's residence ;,Al\d also his farming or ranching | property, but “huerta” is as stated. a | Q. What was the favorite dish of | of Woodrow Wilson?—R. D. G. | A. Mrs. aft former house- ,kl'onm- at the White House, says that {about the only expressed preference ’J\- could remember was that , chicken salad for Q. How much was Madame Schu | mann-Heink pmd for her first public singing?—\W. E. D | A. Madame Schumawn-Heink first { sang in public a duet with Maria Wilt, famous soprano. For this she re ed about $6 | Q What | valuabler—H, R. G A. The value of Oriental rugs is determined by several factors such as | the number of knots. the fineness of | the material, the beauty of the colors | details of the aes ind the age makes an Oriental rug Q. How many visitors are there to Washington in a year?—T, In 1926 70.100 convention people visited Washington and the railroad figures state th 100,000 people came through the turnstiles of Unfo Station, these people being from out town, Were e any fashion plates slonial days?—L. H. C. . Fashion plates did not appear until the beginning of the nineteenth century. The latest fashions were displayed on jointed dolls sent from France to the various nations, Some | of those sent to England eventually reached America Q. Has any estimate ever hee made of the amount spent for ¢ dren’s parties?—Ww. o, A. No estimate for the country a whole is avaliable, but recently was sald in New York City alon parents spend more than $200.00 annually for such parties. Q. 1Is there a preparation that car be used on ordinary white cloth tha will hold water and admit the sun’'s =W, W. The Bureau of Standards sa: | that paraffin is used on ordinary wh cloth to hold water and admit | sun’s rays. Q the | the Frederic J. Haskin is -employed hy this paper to handle inquiries of our readers. and you are invited to cail upon him as freely and as often as you please. Ask anything that is a matter of fact and the authority will be quoted you. There is mo charge for this service. Ask what you want, sign vour name and address and incloge ¢ {cents in stamps for return e | Address The Evening Star :mfl- | tion Bureau. Frederic J. Haskin, di | rectar. Washington, D, ¢. | Bitt |in the pres: |tated by the actlon of the United States Senate in refusing to seat Sen- ator-elect Frank L. Smith of Illinois pending an investigation of his right | to become a member of the upper | house of Congress. Much of the | uncertainty relates to the fact that while it is charged that public service interests were involved in his election to the next Congress, his present posi- tion is based upon appointment to the present Congress to fill out an unex- pired term. The constitutional right of the Senate to look beyond the reg larity of his credentials is questioned by some, defended by others. It is denied by opponents that his selection affects only the State of Illinois, (he simple fact is that the moral effect of excluding the Senator-desig- | nate and Senator-elect from Ilinois for a flagrant offense,” in the opinion of the Chicago Daily News (independent), “would be salutary, while aceept ance as a member of the Senate would be demoralizing. It is absurd to say that his exclusion for just cause would set a dangerous precedent.” The Daily News also feels that “the tender re gard expressed by some Senators for the wishes of the people of Illinois must be thought somewhat out of true.” The Rockford Star (independ- ent) adds its testimony that the ‘re- sult will be hafled with the utmost satisfaction in this State by those who have felt all along that Smith's ac tions in relation to campaign funds | were indecent.” Observing the atten- | tion that is given to “campaign ex- penditures, their source and size,” the | Bloomington Pantagraph (independ- ent) suggests that “the lesson s not be lightly forgotten.” “Was Smith the ‘deliberate choice of the voters of his State'?” asks the Dayton ly News (independent Dem- atic), Wwith the comment: “Not by a ‘That is the real point action.” The New ratic) Che chatter about State rights The right of the people of State to have two Senators is sul ject to the condition that the qualifica- tions of both those Senators are ac cepted by the Senate.” The Pittsburgh Sun (independent Democratic) says that “these are bad days for State rights, particularly for the rights of States to elect as corruptly as they desire to the United States Senate men as unfit as may please fhem.” The Indianapolis Star (independent) takes the position that the man must be “acceptable to the Senate. The Toledo Blade (independent Re- publican) affirms that “the definitely voted its' disapprov: ciple of the ‘ring of gold’ in an un- hallowed alliance,” while the Portland Oregon Journal (independent) remarks that “notice has at last been served that government still belongs to the people and that it is to be clean.” The Davenport Democrat (Demoeratic) suggests that “the Senate has learned something from what happened to Newberry and to the Senators who Bupported him. It is his misfortun that Smith had not learned as much. The Lincoln State Journal (independ- ent Republican) declares that ‘“the deciding factor was the effect of huge expenditures of money by wealthy men to influence an election,” and that “with the decision we believe the pub- lic will generally agree.” The Sioux City Tribune (independent) also em- phasizes the “political tragedies which befell those who voted to seat New- | berry." Insistence upon ‘“‘qualification of clean hands” and “condemnation of s has marked the debate | to the Senate's add: is too thin. Bitterness Marks News Debate on Rejection of Smith of the country precipi- | hould | P “A victory ‘for honest senatorial elections, honest froin beginning to end, honest in intent as well as in ac- tion, has been won,"” states the Lynch burg News (Democratic), and the Bir- mingham News (independent Demo- tic) regards the action as “bound to be of political value to the Nation. The Roanoke Times (Democratic) hold: that “the Senate could not have ad- | mitted this man without seeming to {put the seal of its approval on the | methods used to effect his nomina- | tion.” The Charlotte Observer (Demo. cratic) a “Tt true_ that a | United States Senator represents his |own State in Congress, but he does | more than that: He votes and exerts {# more or less powerful influence on the affairs of the Nation and some. times upon its very destin A simi lar position is taken by the Baltimore Sun (independent), Madison Wiscon- sin Stfte Journal (independent) and Nashville Banner (independent). The Hartford Times (independent Demo- cratie) recognizes “honest conviction of what considerate public opinion will approve.” | | * * Severely critical of the action of the Senate is the comment of the Clnein- nati TimesStar (Republican), which says: “The Senate has proclaimed that it has final authority to pass upen | its own membership; that the people | of a great State like Hlinois may vote | for a representative in the upper house of Congress, but that their action is {only a nomination subject to the ap- proval of the Senate majority of the moment. The precedent is full of dan- + direct threat to pop- ular government in the United States. The Louis¥ille Courier-Journal (Demo- atic) insists that “to deny him ad- mission when he meets all the consti tutional requirements for. admission is to abolish the Constitution and sub- stitute the unbridled will of one branch of government, which may re- sult in untold mischief."” “A Republican majority,” warns the Providence Journal (independent), “could indeed by an arbitrary exercise of its power admif all the Republican Senators-elect and keep out all the Democratic Senators-elect. Who could prevail agalnst such an unjust pro ceeding?” asks the Journal. The Du- Juth Herald (independent) warns against a self-continuing Senate keeping itself in power without regard to the wishes of the people of the sev- eral States.” The Wichita Beacon (in | dependent. Republican) makes the dis- tinction that “the elected Mr. Smith hould be barred perhaps. but even with such considerations it is not clear why the Senate rejected the appointed Mr. Smith.” The Rock Island Argus (independent) empha: s that “TIi- nois has a seatless Senator who holds credentials whose validity is not ques- tioned.” The New Bedford. Standard (Republican) describes the matter as “a dangerous precedent.” The Worcester Telegram (Republi can) and Charleston Daily Mafl (in- dependent Republican) charge “usur- pation of power," and the Chattanooga Times (independent Democratic) finds that “the Senate exceeded its consti- tutional authority.” The support of a “bad precedent” is disapproved by the Charleston Evening Post (independ- ent Democratic Richmond News- Leaddr (independent Democratic) and South Bend Tribune (independent Re- publican), and the Seattle Daily Times (independent Republican) sees “an em barrassing precedent.” +“The truth of the matter is,” de- clares the Springfield Union (Republi- n). “that moral motives had nothing the use of money by public service cor poratiohs” is hailed by the Raleigh News and Observer (Democratic) as “a new departure,” while the Flint Daily Journal (independent) believes that “the issue at stake is as much ‘con- t unbecoming a Senator’ as it is gl VSRR e Any. ) Herald. persons were killed by From thée Bos “Only six" automoblle aficidents In Massachusetts. last. week. al violation of any rule, written or ritten, regarding the size of cam- gn expenditures.” The St. Louis #-Dispatch (independent) views the as “m y an incident in the issue 8 the use of to whatever to do with it. It was one of the usual political performances, carried out for hoped-for political ef- fect.” A similar position is taken by the Harrisburg Telegraph (Republi- can). while the Bluefield Telegraph (independent) sa The reason the majority of Democrats voted Is plain to us. The reason that stalwart Re- publicans voted against Smith is be- ing sought. As for the third-party crowd, claiming to be Republican: they. wanted to show that they