Evening Star Newspaper, March 11, 1927, Page 8

L4 . . THE EV NING S TAR., WASHINGTON, D. c., FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1927. fl-;————————— flelds and hills and trees—Patterson {Imm enjoyed a fine fighting reputation ¢ THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON, D. C FRIDAY. . March 11, 1827 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor The Evening S Business Office: 11th $t. and Pennsylzania Ave New York Office: 1 Chi repe r Newspaper Company The Event {ne edition. 18 the Syt 66 cenis bor onts. 20 cgnts ‘month, e Eleohons Main $000" “Collction ie made by e at end of each monih. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. aily and Sunday...] yr. $0.00: 1 mo. 700 $6. 1 Dy ;:l\r« Siuday"oniy.. " - 35:00: 1 mo: 25e All Other States and Canads. 2 00: 1 mo.. $1,00 RE TS 700 1 mo *ie Sunday only.. . $4.00: 1 mo.. 3b¢ Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusivels entitied 1o the uke for republication of all news dis- atches credited to it or not otherwise cred: in (his naper and also the local news Diblished horeln A1l richts of publication ©f special dispatehes herein are also reserved — e Park-Playground for Northeast. Negotiations have been started by Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, executive officer of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, for pur- chase of the historic Patterson tract on Florida avenue northeast, lving between the railroad tracks and Columbia Tnstitution for the Deaf. as a park and playground for the north- east section of the citw The usual $600.000 annual appropriation for purchase of park, playground and tract should be acquired now But Congress has fixéd it so that the Government will not be “held up” for an excessive price SRR The Marines at Shangha “The Marines have landed and the situation is well In hand,” ran a dis patch to Washington from a certain foreign part on an occasion historic | leatherneck annals. When the Marines paraded through the intern settlement at Shanghai last week, chances that they did more assure the safety of American lives and property in China than actusl fighting operations ever complish. The huskies from Quantico and San Diego are an immensely ini pressive outfit. They are not only that by virtue of their workmanliks ap pearance, but because of what is be- hind their khaki ranks and spotless accouterments. They the majesty of American power. They jr carnate the iron hand within Uncle Sam'’s velvet glove. As Lejeune’s men tramped down the Bund at Shanghai in peaceful tread, they must have carried conviction to the dullest-witted spectator that wan- ton violation of Amer interest human or material, would be a reck less adventure. In very real fashion the Marines at Shanghai typify the fundamental spirit of American nu- tional defense. Our Army and Navy are maintained for peace. war. They are the insurance policies which the people of the United States ¢ against fire and dent They are insurance on the lif2 of the Republic itself. ———— . Artificial Respiration. are could ac represent can not burglary school sites was enlarged to $900,000 this year with a particular view to acquisition of this area, ideal for park purposes, and long advocated. There is nothing in the legislation, however, that is mandatory, the will of the conferees of Congress on the appropriation bill being expressed in & letter to the National Capital Park and Planning Commission which con- veys the hope that the whole or part of this tract may be purchased. The Patterson tract is the last re- maining large area in that part of the city. Fronting on Florida avenue is an extensive fleld, slightly above he street level, which was used first by the District National Guard before it went into service in the World ‘War, and at that time called Camp Ordway. Later it was used as an engineers’ camp during the war and named Camp Meigs. It has since been occupied by a wrecking concern and most recently as a circus ground. In the rear is a considerable eleva- tion, beautifully wooded with old trees. For many years efforts have been persistently made to have this beau- tiful tract purchased by the Govern- ment, and legislation has been con- sidered in the last four Congresses which specifically provides for its purchase. It was until recently in- cluded in a bill with Piney Branch and Klingle Valley. Both of the latter tracts have in part been acquired, but not until real estate developments had despoiled much of their original parkway attractiveness. The citi- zens’ associations covering: the north- east section of the city have re- peatedly campaigned for this site for & community park. About a year ago the Patterson tract was advocated as a site for a model municipal market on the prin- cipal grounds that it lay alongside railroad tracks, that there was a large, undeveloped area, and that the principal highways for farmers in the near-Washington trucking sec- tions lead mear this tract, making it easy of access. But after a careful study it was shown that physical conditions made it practically impos- sible to use Patterson tract for a big market center. The citizens and business associations in the north- east section also opposed the market plan, as did representatives of Colum- bia Institution for the Deaf or Gal- laudet College, the unique institu- tion for educating the deaf and dumb, whose beautiful grounds are directly east of theé Patterson tract. The plan under consideration now is for the National Capital Park and Planning Commission to purchase as large a section of the Patterson tract as possible, to take in the land along- side the Gallaudet College grounds, &nd including the wooded hill in the rear. This would leave a strip be- tween the park and the railroad tracks for commercial use. This tract is admirable for a park and playground, having both level land close to the entrance from Florida avenue with high ground and woods in the rear. There is an ex- ceptional chance to build here a pub- lic bathing pool, as during the time it was occupled as Camp Meigs there was such a large cement pool con- structed, It has also the extra ad- vantage of lying beside the Columbia Institution, or Gallaudet College, cams pus, which would give an exten- sive and attractive stretch free from . the congestion of row upon row of small dwellings that characterizes that neighborhood. It is very desirable that the Pat- terson tract should be acquired now. The Government is willing to buy on fair terms and the owners have always encouraged the efforts to in- terest the Government in this land. The only question is whether the trustees of the estate will be willing 10 accept a price for part of this area which is within the restrictions that Congress placed upon the $900,000 fund available for park purchases. All of this $900,000 cannot be used for this one park site, as the plans of the National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission include several other projects that must be taken care of or the land desired will be forever lost for park purposes. Of the fund available $225,000 is exempt from the limitation of 25 per cent mbove the assessed value of the property. If the owners wish to sell to the Government now is their chance— and evidently their last chance. For the civic Interests_ of the northeast section, for the interests of Columbia Institution, and in the in- The long fight is ended! Albert Frick of Chicago, kept alive by forced respiration for Your days and five | nights, died vesterday from exhaus- | tion. More than fifty of his co-work- ers with the Public Service Company of Northern Illinois put up a brave struggle to save their comrade. Be- | reft of all power to breathe naturally, | Frick was unceasingly tended by his | triends, who, in shifts of fifteen min- | utes, took turns pressing on his dia- phragm to induce air to enter his lungs. It was torture for Frick and | torture for those who worked over | him. Yet for one hundred and eight hours his heart continued to beat and death was held off. Finally, however, hunger and exhaustion stepped in to defeat life in an already weakened frame and the spirit passed on. Thus is finished one of the most re- markable cases on record. Although the patient failed to survive, the effi- cacy of artificial respiration was again strikingly demonstrated. Hand-breath- ing saved Frick from death for more than one hundred hours. This case should, therefore, siress the necessity of individual knowledge of respiration methods. Near-drownings and as- phyxiations can be robbed of much of their danger, and many lives can be saved if forced-breathing methods are known to the rescuer. It behooves every one to attain a complete work- ing knowledge, so that in case of emergency artificial respiration can.be administered with speed #hd deftness. Everyday Heroines. Three extra nurses were employed during February by the Instructive Visiting Nurse Society to fight the increasing number of influenza and grip cases, according to reports made at the meeting of the board of managers, In the battle against disease germs, and that germ of all evil, ignorance, the nurses of this society play an important part. Their sector in this | world-wide battle is the District of Columbia. Each additional nurse is a new regiment thrown into the ceaseless contest. There is no release in this war. KEach one of these faithful workers is an everyday heroine, going about her task of good. Each one of these nurses is, in a special sense, representative of this faithful profession, whether its mem- bers labor in hospitals or homes. The Instructive Visiting Nurse meets many million more germs a day than the average nurse placed at one point of the line, for the visiting nurse visits scores of points. Like the doctor, this nurse comes and goes, carrying healing in her little handbag, and a great deal of common sense in her head. The work this Winter has been more severe than usual by reason of the increased number of persons suffer- ing from respirational diseases. Severe colds, influenza and grip have been complicated this season by symptoms centering In the stomach, intense and prolonged nausea being a major symptom in many cases. These diseases are sometimes looked upon by the thoughtless as not seri- ous ones, but any physician or any nurse, including the visiting nurse, can tell a different story. The seque- | lae of suffering from a severe case is | often more dangerous than the dis- case itself. | empting Spring days bear their full share of danger to the careless. The germs of these diseases, ever on the increase, are just as willing to make themselves at home in the sys- tem of man during March and April as during January and February. Help the doctors and the nurses in the great war by being careful! e O e Whatever may be the economic con- siderations involved, geology con- tinues to assert itself as the para- mount issue in Japan. —— O n The Yielding Yaquis. ‘When the Yaqui Indians of north- ern Mexico go on the warpath it is now the custom of the authorities of the sister republic to send out bombing planes wherewith to chasten them. The military commandant of the State of Sonora recently reported that some three hundred rebellious Yaquis who attacked a ranch were first severely punished and next dispersed by air- craft. No longer are columns of plodding soldiers or rurales compelled to toil onward and upward into the almost but they find it difficult to fight or es cape a low-flying plane that can ski the mountain follow ca vons at specds of from ninety to & couple of hundred miles an hour Dispatehes of this sort must be read with deep interest by the living nant of the forces which oper ted against Geroni Victoria, Nawhez, Mangus Colorado, Cochise ant other chieftains of those Apache tribes which were the Yaquis' countuspart in this country, only a little vorse. One reads enthrailed of the for W« marches, the sleepless nights, the burning sun and the fircless meals enduved by United States soldier Miles Lawton and others back in the eighties these inhuman their under tops and 18 under when on the trail of savages, Stripped to clothes, walking in moccasing over vol leading their weary more often than they rode, in canic rock and he the end they wore out and brought in { their savage Their wounded ansported on litters, endured agonies Always the column went forward. The white man finally conguered the ved ane neestors countless generations had sisted on that arid, steep and tex country. although it heen that it took on an diers, working in one Apache. In those da) away from their families e zation for months at a time. ton. later a general, then a giant of a oung officer, lost fifty pounds in one Today a couple of avia- finish the morning papers after breakfast, take a leisurely smoke, mount their planes, go forth and prosecute successfully an entire Indian war before lunch. The world does move, and any middleaged or older Yaqui would be among the very first to admit it. Geronimo’s comments up in the happy hunting grounds op these modern improvements would be well worth hearing. whose tor sub ble said aversed and as erage three sol vs, to run down and regions, men were nd from all Law- campaign tors can e becomes a question whether pean music and dancing can send over a sufficient supply of art to keep up with the supply of American money. ARl S 1t Euro) One of the popular songs cites the early patriots as ng, “Give me liberty or give me black bottom.” A censorship even for tin-pan alley gpay yet be considered. JERE——- The corner saloon has disappeared and nobody wants it back. The ques- tion now is riddance of the gentleman- ly bootlegger who rejects the uniform of the white apron. ———t—————— Edison has attained a ripe old age. Counting the hours he has refused to squander in sleep, his share of actual living would far exceed that of the average person. ———— Chinese deserters go from one army to the other. The successful general will establish a system of one-way traffic. ———— Radio makes it possible for eminent personages to talk over thousands of miles. What is actually said apparent- ly does not yet much matter. e~ An effort is being made in New York to prevent the volunteer play censor from becoming an unsalaried press agent. e —r————————— Delicate questions arise in the dis- cussion of whether certain groups of citizens shall be allowed to vote and, if so, how much? B SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Appeal to Friends. I've made my income tax return. Through hours of discontent I tried to show what I could earn And also what I spent. My brain becomes a trifle stiff ‘When figures I assail. 0Old Friend, please come and see me if They throw me into jail! Bring oranges and cigarettes And also magazines, And marigolds or mignonettes To cheer the prison scenes. Should I be found a nickel shy, My lesson I must learn. Please do not let me suffer by My income tax return. In Explanation. “Your constituents say you do not speak as well as you used to.”" “I was engaggd in a filibuster,” an- swered Senator Sorghum. “My re- marks were not supposed to represent intellectual enlightenment, but physi- cal endurance.” Musical Setting. When legislators disappear We listen for the news, And every night expect to hear The “Senatorial Blues.” “Our invention of gunpowder,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “‘proved like the idle word whose consequences we cannot measure. All Attended To. Jud Tunkins says asking a rich man how he got his money is merely a trivial effort to interfere with the income tax collector. Cutting Corners. The corner barroom is no more. New methods Time reveals. The bootleg flivver we deplore— It has been put on wheels. Benefit of Experience. “You have made Crimson Guich one of the model communities of the coun- try! said the traveling man. “We have done our best,”” an- swered Cactus Joe, modestly. “The old Gulch has had enough experience with hoss thieves an’ hold-uppers to know how to treat all kinds of law- breakers rough.” Physical Contest. Oh, Congress came and Congress went. ‘We ask in tones polite Not “who excelled in argument?” But “who has won the fight?” Selfish Attitude. inaccessible spots used as bases of operations by these redskins, liable, as often as not, to eventual failure, if “lvolution may be all right,” said Uncle Eben. “But dem monkey an. cestors ain't done nothin’ whatsom. the | M Pandora’s The fruits of the new bo. It are just beginning to snow. jcold weather sets in, Instead of ills flying forth the lid was r: rows of shi ulips! This was our new Pandor destined to bring forth, in the Spring (1927, deo volente, rows of bright blooms, best of vernal flowers. What queer brown gnomes they {were, the bulbs, cleaned, shining when light tan bulbs. which resided the flower itself. the tulip, unlike most bulbs the verituble blossom, not just | possibilities of bloom | A bulb it possible, more mys- | terious than a seed, although the lat- | ter ix us mystic ation as this in b For holds the into and i, ready to 3 come being at the touch” of | moisture v ither a box of bulbs. or u box seed, In bright packets, is a box of beauty, a treasure chest of tints and tone ting, as the song says we all are, “for the sunrise.” . * k% ¥ Only the promise of color is held out so far, Even the Springlike days of February and early March have pushed the tulips but half an inch above the soil. Let this weather continue, how- ever, and beds will burst into bloom before their time, red, white, yellow, pink, the lled early varieties ling the procession. he stately Da s and Cotta arieties will come next, these in May, sometimes blooming even into June. : Between come those called Breeder, with many varieties, and the queer little hotan! tulips, as some call them, important among these latter being the Kaufftmannia jor “water lily” tulip. Tulips for several centuries have held the affection of men, previous to which time they grew wild in various parts of the world, notably on the north shore of the Mediter- ranean, in the Levant, Armenia, the Caucasus, North Africa (home of the gladiolus), Persia, Asia and Japan. The romance of the tulip struck a high point in the “tulip mania” of the sixteenth century, centering in Holland. Some idea of it may be gathered from Alexandre Dumas’ “Black Tulip,’ a romance of those days. The “tulipomania,” however, merely & form of gambling, o we need not get excited about it now- adays. Those who mortgaged their homes lands and future for a few new bulbs did it as a speculation, not for love of the flowers, or peculiar interest in their cultivation. Tulip lovers in the background. in many nations, were those who made the “mania” possible, since the spec- ulators saw, in the ardor of the “fans,” a sure revenue for them, if the particular bulb on which they “plunged” caught the public fancy. * % Ok was The clear colors of the tulip are not surpassed in any other flower in culti- WASHINGTON BY FREDERIC Impending marriage of Senator Dill, Democrat, of Washington, will not diminish the dimensions of the bachelor bloc in the next Senate. It was five in number up till the time Dill decided to take the matrimonial leap, and five it will remain, for a newcomer, Senater-elect Tydings, Democrat, of Maryland still lives in single blessedness. The Senate’s other unmarried members are Walsh of Massachusetts, Hale of Maine, Mc- Kellar of Tennessee and La Follette of Wisconsin. “Young Bob” ranks, from the standpoint of eligible prob- ability, as the most likely one of that quartet to step off, as he's just graduated into the thirties. Serfators Walsh, Hale and McKellar, being com- fortably across the hali-century line, are looked upon as confirmed and in- curable bachelors. McKellar stresses his unwedded state in the official au- toblography contributed by him to the Congressional Directory. There are several widowers in the Senate— among them Curtis and Capper of Kansas, Walsh of Montana, Fess of Ohio and Heflin of Alabama. * K K K Washington on June 3 and 4 will be occupied by the veterans of the 94 Division, which made history in France nine years ago. Half a dozen of its famous leaders and mem- bers happen now to be on duty here, including Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune, Maj. Gen. Hanson E. Ely, Wl om- xi{md:‘d its 3d Brigade: Lieut. Col. Hanford MacNider (now Assistant Sec- retary of War), who wound up in France as the 2d Division’s ad- jutant; the Rev. Dr. Jason Noble Pierce, the divisional chaplain (mow President Coolidge's pastor), and Lieut. Comdr. Joel T. Boone, U. §. N., one. of the division’s surgeons (now of the White House medical staff). With these high and mighty buddies to steer things at the division’s forth: coming reunion, the 10,000 “Indians axpected to attend it are counting on a hot time in the old Capital town. Committees have just been appointed to shape things in that direction. * K K K B te funds withheld from " Shsh-fund qomtm{}lee, x‘t it the huge pile of Pennsyl- lglol:(l: ::natorml ballots already seized by it were in for an indefinite period of dust-gathering. Such a collet:uon of votes has never before bea:n seen lr; the District of Columbia. They total more than 500,000 in number, fill l"nfire than 3,000 individual metal ba ot boxes, and are strewn over nearly ;;,n acre of floor space in the calacom‘s of the ‘Senate Office Building. x; addition, there are about 500 bags of unvoted ballots, tally sheets, veting registers and other election docu- ments. ‘The aggregation concerns only votes in Philadelphia an Allegheny Counties. It is under lh'e exclusive control of David S. Barry, sergeant-at-arms of the Senate, wh'o carries around with him the only ke?s to the vaults that are in existence. Two of Barry’s Capitol police force jare on guard over the ballots day and night. With the Reed sl * * Kk K nver, Colo., is the latest city to '.hg:ew its hat into the ring as an aspirant for the next Democratic national convention. It seems to enjoy the backing of Willlam . McAdoo's friends. William Jennings Bryan was nominated at Denver in 1908 for this third and last presiden- tial licking, but Colorado Den'nocrat_s think that circumstance doesn’t mili- tate against the Rocky Mountain metropolis’ claim as an ideal conven- tion city. George F. Milton, editor of the Chattanooga News, a high Rfleat in the McAdoo temple, observes: “It is not too early, to remind the Demo- cratic _national hcommll!eeu of! the of selling the -convention for a Ir;:‘gz\! check. The lair of the Tiger is no place for the next convention. Let's go Welt!’; * ok X Practice before Government de- partments at Washington and at the bar of the District of Columbia con- tinues to be the favorite recourse of lame ducks. Congress had ed we saw only neat | with nature's protective coats, within | soil, followed by sunlight and fresh | THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. a tre- vation today. > bulbs has | mendous business in the: Jarrived last Autumn, just before the|been built up between this countr¥ | of upbitration | and Holland | ery flower lover dreams of the time when he may journey to the |land of dikes, ana see the Holland | tulip fields in’ bloom Surely that must be a sight worth | crossing several oceans to see! Acres | up s of these flowers, in stiff rows, bringing forth the essence of their’ mathematical bea their al most chemical coloring: Once in the hands of the breede | a distinct race of men the world over | patient, plodding, loving men, of | whom the late Luther Burbank was | the highest type, the wild growing tories of their own It is not ally realized 3 by the average gardener, that the tulip (Tlipa) is of a genus of bulbous herbs We are not accustomed to regarding an herb, any more than we think of the rose as a | | | to the lily family wonderful group that orld some of its grandest flow Today the original |are almost forgotten, or so and recrossed, by the hybridizer they are lost. ) Those who grow tulips merely fa their authentic touch of Spring. their beautiful colors, little about the careful, laborious work of the breed- ers. They are only known to us through one strain listed in the cata logues, the ‘“Breeder tulips,” once more coming into favor, after the vogue of the Darwins. * % x % The florists have a way of looking at tulips tulip is either good or and pure or stained, in cold good and pure ave the “breeders.” ones that are put into commerce From these nearly perfect ones have developed many bizarre; they called, flecked with contr: One group is sometimes called *‘pa rot,” from their variegated petal Some go by the name of “serpents. There is always a taste for novel- ties, and after one has glorified in the standard varieties some of these queer ones may be tried. The double tulips, which look more like water lilles than tulips, are fa- vored by some, but most enthusiasts re- main true to the cllp-sgaped single varieties, either in the Perfect form or with the reflexed petals Perhaps the most satisfactory method of planting tulips is in orderly rows, to bloom together, preferably of the same variety. The stiff grace of the tulips, if one may call it so, shows to perfection from this method of planting. : Despite the favor in which the 30- inch Darwins are held, the shorter “early tulips” are regarded with af- fection by many. These are often seen growing in porch boxes, on the sunny side of houses. As one goes around Washington late in April. and during May, he should keep his eyes open for the blooming of the tulips, among the most beautiful and interesting of flowers. belong gives the common-sense To them, form The the OBSERVATIONS WILLIAM WILE. most distinguished members of that honorable political fraternity fol- lowed precedent and hung out their shingles as local attorneys-at-law, They are Irvine L. Lenroot of Wis- consin and John Philip Hill of Mary- land. Huston Thompson of Colorado, though not a lame duck, opened a shington law office earlier in the Winter, followsg his retirement from the Federal Trade Commission. Eminent lame ducks of earlier days now in lucrative legal practice on the Potomac include Frank W. Mondell of Wyoming, ' Philip P. Campbell of Kansas, A. Owsley Stanley of Ken- tucky, Porter J. McCumber of North Dakota, George E. Chamberlain of Oregon and Thomas P. Gore of Oklahoma. A former Seecretary of State, Robert Lansing, and two for- mer assistants to the President— Joseph P. Tumulty and Slemp—are also Washington lawyers. L John Coolidge is being advertised by promoters of the citizens’ military training camp movement as a sample of what Army camp life can do for an upstanding American boy like the President’s son. The other night, in a radio address broadcast from New York City, Col. Peter E. Traub, chief of staff of the 77th Division, said: “We sent John Coolidge back home from three citizens’ military training camps a better citizen and a better man, and we have done the same for every other young man of good moral character who has come to u: Col. Traub called the camps “bridge builders of democracy,” because, he said, their aim was “to build a bridge for the youth of America to cross in safety in any future grave emergency confronting our beloved country.” T Col. Thomas Edward Lawrence, he brilliant young British officer- author whose ~ amazing xperi- ences In Arabia have just been pub- lished in a limited American edition of 10 purchasable copies at $20,000 apiece, was one of the picturesque figures at the Paris peace confer- ence. This observer had the dis- tinction, while attending that con- clave, of bringing Col. Lawrence into personal contact with the latter’s brother-colonel from Texas—Edward M. House. Lawrence, who lived the life and dressed the part of an Arab sheik during the World War, came to Paris mainly as the emissary of the Emir Feisul, who aspired to be King of the Hejaz. They were the days, early in the conference, when Woodrow Wilsgn seemed monarch of all he surveyed, and all roads in Paris led to the door of Col. House, who was still his prophet. * Kk ok % One of the stories being told of Associate Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes of the United States Supreme Court, apropos his recent eighty-sixth birthday anniversary, is that each year he engages as a secretary some new graduate of the Harvard Law School. According to the story, Holmes insists that the youngster must promise not to get engaged dur- ing his twelvemonth of service. “But I reserve the right” the merry old Jjurist simultaneously observes, “to dle or resign.” The dean of the Su- preme bench is said to favor youth- ful legal minds as those with which he can most usefully become dispu- tatious or from whom constructive criticism can most effectively be sought. (Cooyright. 1927.) ————— Bucolic Cemputations. From the Omaha World-Herald. Farmers are doing some figuring and their favorite figures are 1928, pistrubb e S The New Music. From the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. The auto horn having broken into opera, some venturesome impresario will next try a locomotive whistle. SRS S T A Line From Home. From the Waco (Tex.) Times-Herald It seems to be Tom tulips came to have names and his | today. | ¢ [Arbilralion Crusade ‘ Activities Explained To thé Editor of The Star | Because our relations with Mexico | continue to be discussed on the front I page of the ¢ papers, there is much argument everywhere on the subject While the weight of thinking people un- doubtedly favors that method of settling Internationial disputes, helieve that the Bryan treaties alr | provide for y arbitr opinfon among an obligatory he Bryan treat on, the disputants be the recommenda tions of » commission. The Root treaties except questions of vital in terest or national honor Believers in a peaceful settlement of all disputes hold that. with arbitra- tion established as the proper pro n of honor or %, an impartial commission will be the final instead of war “allure to * by the decision of the arbitra will set the offending try ndship of nations—will |s tol outsid | The American is engaged in to the public providing speak William Allen bitration crusade White, editor will of frwin i Gale, nationally known write Bishop McConnell of the Methodist j Church, the presidents of Smith and | Wellesley Colleges are among, the many who are supporting the crusade and signing the petition calling the at tention of President Coolidge to their suggestion. The petition reads as fol- | FPresident of United the the . a citizen of the United States, respectfull . request that you negotiate j treaties providing for arbitration or | adjudication of all disputes that may arise between the United other nations. beginnir Such treati auto- Ily outlaw war between the con- racting parties and inspire similar lacton throughout the world.” These signed petition cards are | either sent direct to the President or are forwarded promptly to him upon receipt at the office of the crusade, 114 East Thirty-first street, New York City. The number received daily shows the popularity of this means of expression. Unsigned cards will be supplied gladly on application and correspondence on an pect of in- ternational arbitration is welcomed. v AM FLOYD, American Executive Secret bitration Crusade. L Dogs Kept in Citie: y Regarded as Menace ‘Mo the Editor of The Star In your editorial entitled “A My: tery” in the issue of March '\7 {)orl have, in the argot of the day, “said a mouthful.” You treat the subject of the barking dog in a facetious vein, which T do not seek to criticize, though it does seem to me that the whole sub- Ject of keeping dogs in cities is neither humorous nor a mystery. I am taking the opportunity afforded by vour editorial/to offer the opinion that it is time people of common sense in apartment houses, in block houses —indeed, in the whole crowded areas of our big cities—to revise their no- tions about keeping dogs. It does not appear to have occurred to the aver- age man and woman that keeping a dog under the restraint necessary in the city is not fair to the dog. He is an animal that craves movement over a wide area. He does not take kindly to the back yvard, to being cooped up inside the house or other- wise restrained as an animal in the Zoo. No dog so confined can be either healthy or happy or indulge his nat. ural habits. The fact is, putting the restraint upon the dog required in the city is a species of torture that ought to” arouse the activities of humane societies everywhere. Ar- { which has not, so far as 1 know, been called to public attention before. It [Is that people who keep dogs in cities {are not at all careful about placing | them under much restraint. The owners of dogs seem to act on the pre sumption that they must have the pleasure of keeping their pets and the neighbors must stand all the annoy- ance. Up in our corner of Georgetown one family keeps a wolfhound as a sort of protection to the small boy of the family. This dog several months ago i formed the habit of rushing out at passing automobiles and barking loudly at them. Latterly other dogs, emboldened by his example, join in the chase, and now it is a pack of dges that keep the streets resonant hours on a_stretch with their raucous barking. Nuisance? Yes, a nuisance to every- body except the owner of the dog and the policeman on the beat. Nelther of them has, so far as is known, tried to stop a growing public menace, for the dogs are beginning to chase chil- dren about and set timid women run- ning in their pursuit of canine sport. In observations about Washington extending over a period of 25 years I have never known a man who owns a dog who was entirely willing to keep him within the bounds of order or to accept the fact that the animal was a | nuisance to his neighbors. repeat, it is time for people of good, common sense to revise their notions about the propriety of keeping dogs in cities. J. C. RANSOM. Says Prohibition Law Had Due Consideration To the Editor of The Star: A few people who should know bet- r still talk of prohibition being lipped over withiout the serious con- sideration of the people. Two-thirds of the States and more than 90 per cent of the area and more than 65 per cent of the population of the Nation were under prohibitign be- fore the eighteenth amendment was adopted. To achieve this result, the question had been more widely discussed than any other single issue for more than 70 yeal S0 that every person less than 90 years of age had lived in a country where there had been a con- stant and intense agitation of the question at least ever since he was old enough to vote. 1t it was “slipped over” on anybody, it was on the great cities, where they are snobbish in their self-conceit and supercilious in their assumption of supersophistication. And yet they so simple that they cannot grasp the humiliation of their confession that they were too blind to interpret the meaning of a movement that was » vast and so deep-rooted that the cighteenth amendment was ratified by an overwhelming majority never be- fore approached in the Nation’s his- ory. 5 lTAymi because they had never seen the great civic, social, economic and moral benefits of prohibition they are now so blind to its benefits that they scoff even at irrefutable documentary evidence of the good it has achieved. ‘W. G. CALDERWOOD. ———————— A Golf Warning. From the New York Herald Tribune. Mr. Rockefeller was a millionaire pefore he was 30, but it took him 50 years more to break a hundred on a golf course. ———e—————— A Timely Tip. From the Lynchburg News. Anybody looking for the year's prize for nerve can win it by approaching But your editorial hits at something’ | | | What house was meant in the ! “My Old Kentucky Home"? 1B P, The home described in the song is Federal Hill, a mansion near Bards lh)""‘ Ky Q. Has the prime minister of Great Hnlu.m a direct salary?--A. D, The office of prime minister does not carry a salary with it, but the | prime minister generally holds an- | othey otfice, for which a salary is paid. Q. What A. P A. The Italian word means is applied to the oW _strip which separates the Maritime and the Apennines from the Med anean between Nice and Spe does “Riviera™ mean? “coast.” Who were the “three friends’ in Longfellow's sonnet, iends of Mine '?—J. J. M. . They were Cornelius Conway Feiton, president of Harvard Colle Louis Aga and Charles Sumner. Q. ship, In giving the dimensions of a the length between perpendicu- lars ia cited. What does this mean?— A. The length between perpendicu- lars means the length from the stem to the fore part ofehe rudder post. { Eixcept for the very largest ships, this is the length that gives the best basis of comparison. Q. Does the engine or the propeller of an_airship make ‘more noise?— . B, N. A. The Army Alr Corps says the propeller of an airplane makes a greater volume of noise than the en- gine. It may be to your interest to cite in your argument that when tests made of propellers at MecCook eld, Dayton, Ohio, the sound of the propellers can be heard all over the city, sugar trees grow country?—C. B. M. A. The Bureau of Plant Industry says that there is no sugar tree in this country. There s a sugar palm, to which you may refer, which grows in_tropical countries. You probably refer to the maple tree. All maples have sweet sap, but from only a few species have sirup and sugar been produced in paying quantities. The sugar maple (Acer saccharum) and the black maple (Acer saccharum nigrum) are practically the only trees used for this purpose. As a tree for the pro- duction of sirup and sugar in com- mercial quantities, the maple tree is confined to the eastern and northern United States and the neighboring western parts of Canada. Q. Do in this Q. Why is the siphon pipe leading from a steam boiler carrying 200 pounds of steam to the steam gauge always cool enough to put one's hand on?—F. L. McM. A. The Bureau of Standards says that the siphon pipe is always cool enough to put one’s hand on it with- out being burned because it is full of water condensed from the steam. Water is a poor conductor of heat. This cold water protects the internal mechanism of the gauge. Q. Does any State other than Geor- gia own and operate a railroad? c.c A, The Texas State Railway is owned and operated by the State of Texas. Q. Why does fire give light’—F. D. C. A. The light of an ordinary yellow flame is due chiefly to incandescent particles of carbon suspended in the gas. Q. What is a moron?—L. B. F. A. A moron is an individual with ar- rested intellectual development whose mentality corresponds to that of a normal child from 8 to 12 years of age. [ ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. the diphtheria serum in Alaska, die? - E.R. A alto did not die of exposure as/ was reported at the time, but later appeared in varlous cities in_ the United States with his master. Balto and his sled were for a time on exbl- bition In a dime museum in Los An- geles, Calif. Recent dispatches state that a deal has been closed whereby Balto and his six companions were purchased by the Cleveland, Ohio Balto committee, and are to become residents of the Cleveland Zoo. Q. What becomes of the macerated money after it leaves the United States Treasury?—H. P. N. 4 After the money is macerated the pulp is made into sheets by thel Bureau of Engraving and Printing nd is sold to the highest bidder. 1t used to be that one would see a great many souvenirs made from this pulp Nowadays this is not done to such an extent. Are both King George and Queen related to former Kalser Wil A. The Queen of England s a dis tant cousin of the former Kalser, both tracing descent from George ITI of England. The former Kalser and King George V of England are firs cousins. Q. Mary helm Q. How much weight is lost i blood when a hog is killed?—I. A A."A 200-pound hog would lose or 4 pounds of blood in killing J Q. How long did Lincoln live afte being shot?—W. 3 A. The President died April 1865, the day followins the firing the fatal shot. Q. How karats?—A., Gold Kkarats. fine. Q. Is there a ray Gamma ray?—S. R. The Gamma ray ds really a super-X-ray, and shorter even than this is the Millikan or Cosmic ray 1t is estimated that there are 635 tril lion of them to the inch. Their origin has not been established nor a use found for them. fine K 1000/1000 fine is Gold coins are equal 1 900/10, shorter than tiff Q. When was the Russian empire founded?—J. M. A. About the middle of the ninth century a Scandinavian leader, Rurik, came to Novgorod with a band of war. like followers in response to an in tation to establish order and unity. From this event the Russian his- torians date the beginning of the Russian empire, the foundation of which they place in the year 862. Q. Who executed the statue of “Peter Pan,” and where is it>—W. A, A. “Peter Pan,” by Sir George Frampton, R. A., is in Kensington Gardens, London. Of it it is said that this is the one London statue with which Londoners are familiar. Q. Who began the custom of having an Arbor day?—G. L. J. A. In 1872, as a member of the Nebraska State Board of Agriculture, Julius Sterling Morton originated the phrase “Arbor day” and instituted the observation of that tree-planting fes- tival. From that beginning all Arbor days in all the States have originated. Find out whatever you want to know. There is mo room for igno- rance in this busy world. The person who loses out is the one who guesses The person who gets on is always the one who acts upon reliable informa- tion. This paper employs Frederic J. Haskin to_conduct an information burcaw in Washington for the free use of the public. There is no charge except two cents in stamps for return postage. Write to him today for an ‘ Q. Did Balto, the dog who carried " D. Supreme Court’s Oil Decision facts you desire. Addre: Evel ning Star Information Bureau, Fred- ericcl. Haskin, director, Washington Contrasted With One by Jury Public opinion throughout the coun- try, as reflected by an undivided press, acclaims the decision of the Supreme Court nullifying the Doheny lease of oil reserves and denouncing the oil magnate's transaction with the Gov- ernment as tainted with fraud and cor- ruption. In the unanimous action of the highest court, compared with the jury verdict acquitting Edward L. Doheny and Albert F. Fall of criminal conspiracy, many editors see a grave reflection on the reliability of the jury system. “As harsh as truth and as uncom- promising as justice,” is the descrip- tion given the decision by the Boston Transcript (independent Republican), ‘which continue “In fact, it is jus- tice, and for every true citizen of the United States it is unchallengeable, absolute. It disposes of all evasions, all sophistries, all palliations and spe- cial pleadings in these devious,_ oll cases, * * * This sweeping leci- sion, saddening in its revelations but of purging and saving force for a whole Nation, is by no means the last chapter of the tragedy. Such crimes as this conspiracy—and cl:lme is a word which the Supreme Court does not hesitate to use in the matter—de- mand the fullest expiation. If the de- cision is m:l ‘Ol;'?wg?lml:( . cleaning, the :‘l?:ani(ed States will have spoken in ‘n“"\‘khiltfl the Nation is to be congratu- lated that its heritage has been re- trieved from the looters, it should not forget the circumstances under which these black pages in political history were brought to light,” observes the Louisville Courier-Journal (Demo- cratic), while emphasis upon the dis- olosed corruption is placed by the Arkansas _ Defnocrat (Democratic), Madison (Wis) State Journal (inde- pendent), Philadelphia_Evening Bulle- tin (independent Republican), Worces- ter Telegram (Republican), Jackson Citizen-Patriot _(independent) _and numerous other papers, including the Charleston Evening Post (independent. Democratic), which calls the lease transaction “one of the most disgrace- ful proceedings in the history of free government”; the Omaha World-Her- %1d (independent), which says ‘“the court has written in indelible ink the title ‘grafter’ after the names of these two venerable reprobate: the Mil- waukee Journal (independent), which sees “a stigma that will endure as long as memory retains their names or history makes mention of then and the New Orleans Item (independ- ent Democratic), which declares the court “puts the right brand on the wrong things done by these miscre- ants.” > EE R “How can this court’s decision and the jury’s verdict'be reconciled?” asks the Detroit News (independent). “Who dares say that justice to society was rendered in the jury’s finding which set the two conspirators free? What lawyer, conscious of his obligations to society, is proud of the lawyer’s part ng so patent a -miscarriage The rg Advance ask: ‘hi E,,n‘,’:,,‘{,’, that “acquittal of Fall and Doheny ecompletely to convince the ::‘buc‘:'hn fil& and " col enter intg o worthies.” Fall and Doheny in carrying out ‘this corrupt conspiracy and whose testi- mony misled the jury in the criminal trial cannot escape popular censure.” A reflection on the decision of thg jury also is seen by the Younmow‘ Vindicator (Democratic), Newark Eve- ning News (independent) and Cincin- nati Times-Star (Republican). “At a time when many men were making the easy assertion that great wealth cannot lose in the courts, the Supreme Court handel down a unani- mous decision to prove the contrary m. the Oakland Tribune. In public confidence in the court’s Judgment in cases of this kind is ex pressed by the Chattancoga Times (independent Democratic), Portland (Oregon) Journal (independent Demo- cratic), Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch (Inde- pendent Democratic), Reno Evening Ga zette (Republican), Seattle Daily Times (independent Republican), Akron Bea con-Journal (Republican) and Pasadena Star-News (independent). ’!;ne Rock Island Argus (independ ent), St. Paul Dispatch (independent), New York Herald-Tribune (Republ can), Baltimore Sun (independent) and Duluth Herald (independent) think the public had already made up its mind as to the gullt In this case, and aceept the court’s opinion as in agreement with existing sentiment. * % ok ok 'hose mindful of great services to their country,” says the Atlanta Jour- nal (Democratic), “will not forget that it was Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana who struck the first challeng- ing blow against those oil leases which the Supreme Court now declares in- valid as having been procured ‘by con- spiracy, corruption and fraud.” The decision is referred to by the Raleigh News and Observer (Democratic), a: “Thomas’ J. Walsh's decoration 0; honor,” and similar tribute is paid by the New York World (independent Democratic). e words can overpraise the little group of Sernators at Washington,” in the opinion of the Dayton Daily News (independent Democratic), “who, in the face of powerful opposition and public ridicule, ferreted out the transaction and forced this restitution.” The ,St. Louis Post-Dispatch (independent) holds that “it was more than a battle for oil; it was a fight for honesty, the outcome of which often hung in the balance. The country has got more than its oil reserve at Elk Hills; it has got back itg good name.” The Indianapolis N (independent), obf that “it has been a long road,’ says: “The victory for the people— for truth—is sweeping, complete and encouraging.” But the Columbus Ohio State Jour- nal (Republican) laments that * has gone to jail yet or seems in immi- and the Utica serts that “it will be a sad commen- tary upon our judicial and institutions if those who were princi- in ‘which high- cludes: “It inevitably be gratifying to b tribunal in this terests o presexving fog the future ! pob actual defeals The Yaquis haye'eyer fob me m.mnmmnfi ‘the to yush the