Evening Star Newspaper, August 6, 1927, Page 6

r Vv e—— THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON. D C. SATURDAY......August 8, 1027 THEODORE W. NOYES. ... Editot et Tho Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office Ll 110 F 1 New York Office Chicagn O Eurovean Ofice ania Ave 4 Ing ed: the city fents per b Sundavs < may e F000 Collection 18 made by sach month end of Rate hy Mail—Pa; Maryland Ww Advance. ia. 1 ma 1 mo 1 mo hle nd Virgi 1o 000 e Sio0 Tor SO0 and Sund AN Other States and Canada 1w SHae Lo St I 1 mo, vt S Member of the The As 10 1he Al news dis biherwise ered ) the docal news Wre ol miblieation reed o <ing Horse of Anarchy. attributed to sympathizers Vanzetti have York. cach fortunately Sacco and been ed in New tin n enexploded with comm and R have I out taki slight damage to property. of explosons case with lives and causing but The comn sevaral = any these the date of the axecution indics cidence days befe of the condemned prearranged pre of the the Sacco-Vanzetti propag la of violence. That these acts of violence will nnt cha the of events ssured The Governor of Massa- chusetts will not yield from his decision that in his judgment the men have been given a fair trial and that he believes them to be guilty of the crimes for which they are sentenced to die next week. The Fedaial courts will not lend a more willing ear appeals for delay and review. Tt is a hopeless proceeding. and, furthermore. it is not sincerely designed to aid the cause of the prisoners who are now await'nz death. It ism <eizure of the occasion for a renewal «f the manifestations of incendiarism and wholesale assault upon society that men, es m of terrorism on anarchists who are case for a course is G are part of the radical program of | given by a public executive to any ju- | miliar with that form of ne operations. At a meeting held in this city last night, called in the interest of Sacco and Vanzett!, speeches were made at- | tacking the Constitution of the Unite States in terms which, if tae country were at war with a forewn enen would justify prosecution. Man some eminence gave expression sentiments which mark thera hostile to the system of govornment under which they live. They were perhaps unthinkingly fomentiny the enarchistic spirit that prevails smong a small section of the people of America. Upon them and others of their kind rests heavy responsibility for the outrar-s that have already been committed and those which, it 1s to be feared, will be perpetrated elsewhere before the Sacco-Vanzetti reaction has subsided. There is an issue in this matter far more important than that of the fate of the two men who have now, after a most exhaustive trial and series of appeals and executive “eview, been condemned for murder. That is whether the orderly processes of law in this country are to be permitted to follow their course or ar2 to be set @side by radical partisanship and re- placed by clamor and threats of violence. Are the courts ur the mobs to rule? 3 Even as the smoke of the hombs exploded in the New York subways ‘was drifting through the streets &n influential newspaper of that city was printing an earnest appeal to the Governor of Massachusetts to grant a commutation of sentence to Succo and Vanzetti “as an act of wise mercy out of respect for a very important part of the opinion of mankind.” Those acts of senseless terroiism utterly negatived this plea. They demonstrated that whatever doubt may exist on the part of a section of the American public regarding the guilt of the condemned men is dis counted and discredited by the de- termination of a very small of the public to use the case as a means of advancing the cause of &narchism in America. The so-called “friends of Sacco and Vanzetti” are in truth not their friends, but the enemies of societ Their demonstrations, their hombs, are designed not to save those wretched of to men from death, but to destroy the | structure of government. To heed them, in fear of heavier assaults, would be to surrender the safeguar egainst anarchy. e aee— Wealth often turns to the activities of the collector. Unele Sam may yet hecome deeply interested in the collec- tion of battleships, not with serious intentions of practical use, but for dis play to admiring friends. o —— A Flat Failure. enver's courtesy traffic zn does not seem to be working very well. In fact, it is not working well at all. The campaign, designed 1o bring order out of chaos ¢ streets, was begun flic violators, in- stead of being arrested, were to be t0ld to “zo to church.” Serious in- fractions, however, were to be treated in a diffcrent way Motorists of this type sent to the safet they would courtesy. ns have v try-out cam fi be whom were to r, from re- ceive a lecture on More than a score of per: been injured in the five of the new system and hundreds of violators are appearing before the director to listen of wis dom, but not to heed them. A typi- cal case has been cited to demon- strate how badly the campaign is going. A youthful motorist skinned his knuckles in cranking his to words Philadelphia | bombs | o | as | portion | car. | director. “Thank you, kind sir.” said the youth. “Hey, how do you get that way?" bawled the cop. ake this here ticket with.a disturbance arge on it.” “Thank you, very answered the motorist. “Thank my eve” shouted the | policem ome on to jail with | me.” And to jail he took him | mulcted, in violation of all ethics in the churchly plan, by a fourteen- dollar fine, |10 was predicted some day | these columns that the Denver plan [ would fail his prediction is now reiterated The the city fathers the I | much,” o, o in sooner of Rocky metropolis come to their senses the | | sooner traffic will be controlled and the longer will residents find selves v ar—. — x France and the Sacco Case. patches Paris indicate & srdinary tension of feeling in re 1 from ext zard to the Sacco-Vanzetti case. er de- of that city lead newspaper: voted four times subject as to the break-up of the Ge neva naval conference, The tone of the unanimously in favor of clemeney for the condemned men, the organs of the “left” ding, a miscarriage of justice, while those of the “right” advise the United States to find some method to aveid a step that will be condemned by | millions. One Paris paper asserts that the exccution of Sacco and V press s almost they | will overcome all the good that Lind- | | bergh accomplished for friendly | Franco-American relations. This clamor can no more affect the of justice in the Sacco-Vanzetti terrorism | coun: case than the program of which has been ina | explosions in several | country. If the execution ! men negatives the friendly sentiments engendered by the Lindbergh flight | that outcome is to be deeply deplored | But a yielding now in the face of both | anarchistic demand and uninformed | foreign sentiment would be a sur- | render to no good end of the law proc- esses of the United States. An attempt has been made to liken | the Sacco-Vanzetti case to that of | Dreyfus. There is no resemblance and there is no warrant for coupling the | two. The military trial of Dreyfus was a tragic farce. The trial of Sacco and Vanzetti, covering seven was an open, fair proceeding, clima ing in the most exhaustive review ever this these in of cities ve | dicial case. | A miscarriage of justice may per- | haps have occurred in this instance. Sacco and Vanzetti may possibly have | been wrongly accused because of their known radicalism. But they surely were not railroaded. They had every possible opportunity to prove their in- nocence. They were given an extraor- dinary range of appeal. They were permitted the fullest communication with their counsel, and they had, more- over, the benefit of a defense fund of several hundred thousand dollars col- lected in their behalf from sympa- thizers mostly of their own way of po- litical thought. Dreyfus was friend- less and alone in his defense in the first stage of his case, and not until Emile Zola aroused the French public conscience by his accusations was he given an opportunity, with adequate legal assistance, to clear himself from the charge of treason. This present ebullition of French sentiment for Sacco and Vanzettl is not inspired by an understanding of the case, but by misrepresentations that have been assiduously spread by the propagandists here and abroad upon American institutions. Upon further reflection the French people will doubtless realize the injustice of | this demand for a surrender of the | American judicial procedure for the sake of nourishing a friendship be- tween the two countries which if it is 50 frail as to' be menaced by this case is not worth preservation, e The swan has again appeared ahead of the boat in the Potomac Basin. The youngsters who love a touch of imagination in their pleasures have accorded it affectionate welcome. It s a task well worth while to restore a few moments of fairyland for the | enjoyment of childhood. —— et | feels under obligation to look into the judicial merits of a case when its | superficial aspect happens to afford | him material. e A New Flying Becordt One of the first world’s flying rec- ords to be established in the present { era of record-breaking aviation devel- | opment has been bettered by a team | of German aviators. When Johann | Risticz and Cornelius Edzard brought | their Junkers machine to earth yester- {day at Dessau, Germany, they had | been continuously in the air for fifty- | two hours and twenty-two minutes, (and had by a substantial margin | broken the record of Clarence Cham- | berlin and Bert Acosta for the endur- | ance flight. There are four major records which are coveted in the world of aviation. They are speed, endurance, distance and altitude, | | i | | America now holds the go-to-church | distance record and half of the alti- | | tude ! marks. France is_ supreme for | land plane speed, Italy for seaplane | speed, Germany for endurance and | France again for land plane altitude. Chamberiin’s flight from New York to ermany established the distance rec- | ord, and Lieut. Carlton C. Champion, | jr., last month near this city, made the seaplane altitude record. | S0 it behooves America to get busy | on a program that will result in a re. turn of these major records. Lieut. | Champion. a few days ago, was elated because he believed that he had broken the land plane aititude mark. His altimeter registered forty-seven thou- sand feet, seven thousand feet higher | than man had ever flown before, but | his instruments were so damaged in the landing that the record was not ! established and he will have to try again, Lieut. Al Williams is flying a expected easily to regain the to he | Mountain | them- | ble to enjoy life and health. | ay by actual measurement twelve | arated by bomb | who have seized upon it for an attack | The habitual agitator too seldom | ship backed by private capital which | He removed the front license plate so | that it would not happen again and speed records, but a recent accident started off to the repair shop. | threatens to delay the trials and Stopped by a policeman, he told his|keep him out of the Schneider Cup story, but inasmuch as the officer | races, the blue-ribbon speed event of was not feeling very churchly helaviation. The endurance record, which ordered the offending motorist to the has just passed into German hands, ‘ should be quickly regained. Several ships In the United States are capable of remaining in the air for sixty hours or more and there will be many volun- teers for the job of piloting them to { new marks. It would be a decided | feather in the eap of America, the | birthplace of aviation, if all of the | ed securely in the pockets of Uncle Sam, - “Chcose” and “Cal'late.” President Coolidg major records res | | peculiar method of stating |date next year has started quits a re ar of the | | search into New England ver T is a great overhauli dictionaries of dialect, but it {littl> thought to bring to mind anoth s peculiar to the soil * quite as much indeed, has been shown to be. That “caleulate.” Tt is usually late.” 1t is indi 1= S0, s “choose” the word | this to ask mous | { pronounced * [in dts of | knowled speeiiic meaning to ¢ n deulate” | t ewhere to it {means o estimate, sure, | weigh or balance. But in New | fact. eckon™ | the United States, Dixon line when he is convinesd 1t is just the same in more southerly parts of the *Mason Relow | na son a pe He is not study He is Ther the fons | ing or groping for f {CH sot in | i pe | | his mind.” He knows, | culiar likeness between seneral | words, in of | s in which | | meanings of hoth viow |the degree of positiven | »d in ihe vernacular of | To | culate, in the ordinary sense to figure out. As local | wrived | are u; | respective | their |and to regions. reckon lis to compute. lidioms they both mean to have aps intuitive conclusion, not iocination instinctive lat a perl | through any process of tor computation, but by knowledge. Had the President said last Tuesd: I' that 1T will not run for Pr N ilander and evary person fa miliar with the New England idiom | would have known that that put him | | definitely out of the reckoning. Just | | so, if Mr. Heflin or some other son of the South who has been honored by presiden mention had said “I | reckon 1 will not be a candidate in {1928 he would have spoken, not a | | senerality, but a positive statement of | fact. The President's of hoose” carried the matter a | somewhat more remote field of spec jon, for the country is not as f: ion as it |is with “cal'late,” which has been cel. ebrated by local colorists in fiction un- | til it has acquired in its indigenous use |a specific significance, choice into |u — s Homicide trials have been remark- able of late for the widespread public attention they commanded. They are | going further fn public interest and | threaten to hecome matters of hlh»r‘»! national ‘concern. The responsibilit ivs; of a grand jury that hands down a | carefully considered indictment are | becoming very great, indeed. o Several thousand cigarmakers may go on strike in Tampa, Fla. The in- convenience will not be very widely felt. A general bootlegger strike might be regarded as something more seri- ous. | - Wonderful studies in facial expres- sion might have been obtained by the | camera men had they been able to photograph the newspaper men during the President's recent announcement. S eors. Hints are dropped that Mr. Levine is somewhat like one of those pas- | sengers who want to go forward and | tell the engineer how to run the loco- | | motive. -—on— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. | Discouragement. Oft by his ecstasy complete, | Our hearts were stirred. | The mockinghird, whose song sweet, Now goes unheard. was | | Each rhythmic or unusual sound He'd imitate, Till auto horns came gathering 'round In numbers great. | And now he will not even try | To sing a note. | He tells us. with a twittering sigh, “I've sprained my throat.” Busy Vaeation, “How have you been spending your vacation?" Same as usual,” answered Senator Sorghum. “Fishing?"” “A little. telegrams.” At the Hotel De Luxe. I asked the rate in accents gay. The answer stopped my mirth. T said, “I fear I cannot pay More than ten minutes’ worth.” Figures. Figures won't li Not now,” said the saleswoman. “They used to, but we have abolished the ancient line of corsets.” But mostly answering : Jud Tunkins says superstition is the handy means for a lazy man to explain something to which science devotes patient study. Results. “What would a Geneva convention composed entirely of women have | done2” [ “They would have accomplished a little something,” answered Miss Cayenne. “They would at least have taken their knitting along.” sald Hi Ho, “keeps his therefore, “An honorable man,’ the e of Chinatown, | word once given, and is, { jealous of his speech. Truthful Katydid. | While this old world may seem to <kid | Let this small comfort not be lost; | Last night the truthful katydid | Began to sing, “S | Frost.” Its comfort, not so very great, Amid the turmoil and regret, We may as well appreciate, For it's the best we're going to get. “A man dat loses his temper,” said Uncle Eben, “gits little sympathy. It ' lin This and That, and expec at he will not be a eandi | gne of (he len Garden.’ * | boundary hed requires | the “Down | Suffe! assured | ing on all_householder | flowers by simply cuttin It this we s much space to that |1y 4 ccallate” signifies an assured | forded thousamds who mus as the word | Washington from the middie of Au | town, | contemplatively wasn't nuffin’ very valuable in de fust plaosy” lof the n THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. box—from Maryland— fish week's letter Delaware, and turtles and rom the Pennsytvania, about weeds 1 | hawks: “Wynnewood, Pa. your articles ial th of July on the when you say thi weeds were used with interest ous ordinary for *“This is an excellent idea, provided the deadly enemy to ma cs. Recently it st The Star that this was to be an open season for rag-weed. “This is bad news for hay-fever suf- like myself and I am writing Ju to consider starting a this scourge by call- to destroy it fer ade against found. n be done before the plant off the tops would be a he wherever “This ¢ e done relief until frost comes. Tany consider hay-fever hut those who suffer know tragedy. Sincerely yours, . 1. “Milton, gust k a it « joke, a Del, r Si um one of those lucky people who have six weeks' vacation. Part of mine is heing spent on the edge of a Delaware peach orchard. 1 have in the orchard’ and brought with me from Washington. we going on, 1 may s here arve both eats and the lat do not seem bloom, there being only one Ik in evidence; but the cats blooming nuisances some of the time. That, however, is beside the mark. ‘hat T really want to say - ppened to be in and was amazed at the 3 of weeds and wilding growth the paved street. As I gazed around me, | said to myself: ‘Mr. Tracewell would be in- terested in this, for here are most of the well remembered weeds of my Vir- ginia childhood, conveniently gathered narrow space the length of half a lock.” musing, T drew from my hand- bag a pencil. cast around for a_bit of paper, saw none but a paper bag, remembering Opal Whitely, created the opportunity and jotted down on the brown paper the name of the weeds I recogni Here they are: Morning glory, honeysuckle, Jeru- salem oak, smartweed, pepps :weed, marshmallow, burdock, row dock, plantain, lamb's quarter, day flower, all sorts of grasses, wild carrot (Queen Anne’s lace), and, curi- ¢, oxalis and wild violet, “There were a number of other plants, familiar_in appearance, whose names were unknown to me. “With Summer, siste one want flower to ment along ours sincerely, A. B. W.» * Xk *x ¥ “North Beach, Md. “Dear Mr. Tracewell: Your column is always the fi one we look for when we open the evening paper, and we most always agree with you, with a few exceptions, such as your strong disiike for spinach. We understand ir horror for heer and onion: mile at your antagonism against carrots and honey; but spin- ve wish yow could taste:some of this much-hated vegetable prepared in tha way we do it in France. You would qu feel sure! “But this is the real reason for writing you: We are lucky enough to own a coitage right at the edge of a wide salt-water swamp, surrounded by woods on one side and by the ba on the other, and we thought you wgweed is not included, for it is | ot ¢ ated in | i) to| wishes for a pleasant we | ly change your mind, we | children might be interested to catch a glimpse | of the wild life we observe from our | front porch. | “Being at the end of the street, everything is quiet, and from our ammock we watch interesting rab- | bits, young and old, gravely munch- |ing poke salad and other weeds, always on the alert and scampering ay at the least noise, For the past few days they have heen getting | bolder, being seen right by the kitchen | door, notwithstanding the fact th: lour " collie dog Teddy was lyir Covies of partridges are also ng at first mis- | taken for chickens by the children But, strange fo say, they won't be scen when the hunting season comes | ne for which I am glad, for I | think it cruel to kill such harmless {little_creatures. | “Water moccasing (voung ones) [ have on some oceasions been kitled | by the head of the house (when clean ling up dead le nd debris), hut | only ear All we now 'k snakes, a_harm- S species. es and tortoises of all kind: are brought to | the house by the children, but after {examining them they ar rned loose, after much discussion as to | whether they ave snappers or not. | “We did not know there were | many different kinds—some with the | bottom shell & beautiful orange color. )hers are red and bl nd 1 yellow. We have just been c e | spied, quite often b |argument, Was the turtle just A snapper? As we came near ol fellow he mouth and ' of | sound; also, instead of hiding inside his shell, h rted running fast, and | when a stick was presented to him {he bit it viciously. So we decided he | was a snapper. His head was black | with yellow spots; so‘wus his necl » to say, his legs were with red spots, and so was the skin and shell-like membrane between the two main shells (upper and lower). The top as black and rather smooth, while the bottom shell was | yellowish orange and with a design of squares. His eyes were vellow. | By the time 1 have written this about | him he is gone back to his fami * ok k¥ “Frogs also surprise us, ranging | from almost liliputian size to propor {tions greatly appealing to those who | think frog legs a delicacy. Insects | wtract us also and we wish we knew | | more about them. This morning we were admiring a locust and wondering at the ways of nmature; for we have |found many shells discarded by this | | fellow as he grows. marvel at| ! the way he can soar up in the air. | “As to birds, we have all Kind from the tiny wren to the larg |crane. A party of nine of these big | fellows passed” over our heads the lother day, way up and in single file, | keeping their positions like airplanes | would. Catbirds, bluejays, red-head- 2 s — mourning dove wks, robins, beautiful red b ny others which we do not see | the whippoorwill, hoot owl, *Ve do not mention the buzzards t we like to watch is the fish | hawk when he is fishing. Our cottage | |is about two blocks from the bay, | | but ‘from’ our front porch we can see | {him circling over the bay, then| swooping down and coming up with | | the fish' wiggling between his claw: “And what is prettier than sail- | boats on the blue waters of the bay!{ | Do you wonder that we think our | little estate of 105 by 100 feet a small | Garden of Eden? = Of course, the swamp makes it much bigger. The | are taught to respect all| those wild and interesting creatures— leven the dog leaves them alone. | Ple overlook the mistakes. As you may. have guessed, I am a French | girl and have been in America eight | | e Sincere regards from Mrs. We Clearing of Air Motive as Coolidge “Chooses” A desire to clear the atmosphere in velation to the Republican presidential nomination next year is credited to President Coolidge in his statement, “I do not chopse to run for President in 19 " The word “choose” Is vari- ously interpreted, and while the New England idea of finality impresses a | portion of the public, others believe that it indicates a sincere desife to let the party and the public do their own choosing. The tradition against a third term and agitation on this point are widely accepted factors in the situation, which appear in second- day thoughts. 'he test of what he means will be found in what those who round up delegates actually do.” says the New York World (independent), with the conclusion: “Time will tell. But until we know, and we’ shall know soon enough, the World for its part pro- poses to believe that the President was telling the simple truth, that he meant what he said, that he does not choose to run in 1928 and that he will ke whatever steps are necess decision.” The I (independent Democr: s: “If the President’s deci sion is a_bona-fide withdrawal, as we assume, it does him credit. It nips in the bud a dangerous attack on that most valuable American tradition, the two-term rule for President. It assures to Mr. Coolidge pohitical freedom to perform his duties and employ his opportunities with an eye single to his country's larger good.” * k% X to suggestions as to politic 2y, the Baltimore Sun (independent Democratic) holds that “there is one reason for taking Mr. Coolidge's announcement at face value that rises above all such political con- siderations—the simple fact that he is the President of the United States. The dignity of that office forbids the use of petty aldermanic devices.” This similarity is seen also by the Pasadena Star-News (Republican), which suggests that the President's statement has thrown the situation “into utter confusion.” “To suggest that because he does not say that he would never, under any imaginable circumstances, accept a nomination, he may be putting out a feeler, Is out of place,” according to the Milwaukee Journal (independent). “Why should he say such things? Ttoosevelt said them and regretted them. Mr. Coolidge has decided not to run for another term, and throws the door wide open for all aspirant The Chicago Daily News (Independent) helieves that “while it would he absurd to assume that nothing could induce the President to accept renomination next year, pparent that he has acted in good faith to eliminate him- selt from the contest. If he is not actually eliminated, the high quality and the public apprecia- tion of his services must be held responsible.” Referring ok ok ok “In assuming that Mr. Coolidge Is X Weeks Till | chlefly governed in his refusal to try for a third term by respect for those precedents which are the true safe. guards of our republican form of gov- ernment,” the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (independent) “finds itself in agree- ment with the mass of serious jour- nalistic opinion.” The third-term tradition is accepted as a_ factor in the Coolidge decision by the Lynch- burg Advance (Democratic), the Co- lumbus Ohio State Journal (Repub- lican) and Winston-Salem Sentinel (in- dependent), " Is Believed “We are inclined to think that means that he will not run, and means that if any further expr of renunciation is needed it will forthcoming,” ys .the Springfield Union (Republican), and similar senti- ments are expressed by the Bluefield Daily Telegraph (independent Repub- {lican). The St. Paul Dispatch (inde- pendent) feels that “President Cool- idge is not the sort of man to d shabby equivocations and ches litical tricks,” That the field open” for other candidates is affirmed by the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin (independent Republican), Providence Journal (independent) and Jersey City Journal (independent Republican), while the last named ask: “Is there any Republican except Calvin Cool idge who can hold the party together and lead it successfully through the coming campaign?” “It may be that he simply felt that his greatest usefulness to the people of the United States lay in the past and that some other choice of the peo- ple might better take on the burden.” remarks the Rutland Herald (Repub- lican), and the Manchester Union (in- dependent Republican) also observes a possible “hesitation toward assum- ing the burden of another term at the ite Flouse.” The President's a tion impresses the Worcester Tele- gram (independent) as one which will “make his admirers all the stronger in their admiration and his critics less critical.” “These words,” states the Portland Oregon Journal (independent), * 3 eliminate Mr Coolidge. Probably he 9o intended them. But they do not close the door. There is nothing in them to prevent him from consent- ing to be commandeered.” The New Orleans Tribune (Democratic) advises that “politically minded people inter- pret the President’s statement as an invitation that he be drafted as pre: idential nominee in 1928, thereby placing the responsibility uarely upon the Republican part. The iikelihood of Mr. Coolidge's being drafted is suggested also by the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel (Republican), Oklahoma City Oklahoman (inde- pendent) and Duluth Herald (inde- pendent Repub:ican). * ok ok K “will make his history, since a time when he could be The announcement in general opinion was t renominated without formidable op- position” in the opinion of the Kansas City Journal-Post (independ- ent Republican). The Cincinnati Times-Star (Republican) holds that as “Mr. Ceolidge has ‘chosen,’ only the overwhelming desire of the Nation can choose Mr. Coolidge” The Cha lotte Observer (independent Demo- cratic) comments: *“Without making such an announcement, Mr. (‘Oolhla_'-‘ perhaps would have won the nomi- nation after a fight. As a result of the statement, he doubtless has visions of winning it by acclama- tion.” It is far from complimentary to President Coolidge that in so many quarters his laconic statement is in- terpreted as slyly cryptic, as slea as a bit of shrewd policy, y designed to bring him, with the leas squawking, the nomination for which these interpreters may be still hanker- ing,” avers the Omaha World-Her- a1d (independent), and the Tndianapolis Star (independent Republican) draws a ‘pleture of Mr. Coolidge ‘“enjoying a series of deep-throated chuckles as he surveys the effects of his sudden | vears Chop! | tion about routes and somewhat startling announce- ment respecting disinclination to! choose to run n A THE LIBRARY TABL By the Booklover. slands of the Mediterranean,” not “The Islands of the Mediterranean,” | - is the title of Paul Wilstach's book of | {1€ travel. He explains that he chose his | *° e ose his | motor vehicle | title with purp: Beinend | de Pennsylvinia has the great- L | est number, : New York is sec- which and | ong Illinois third with happy | §'yog. v skillful %o by his | of some | J i est | He is not. The Hergesheimer | family is Pennsylvania Dutch. The < mother was the daughter of Scotsman, Thomas Mackellar. Q. How many automobile dealers) there in the United States?—| ry visited 5 nds should he His choice w least he has be make it seem irring pictu of the beauty spots in th of inland sea It is said that there are many more than 500 islk: Medit n . indeed, there ar more 00 in the Acgean Archi- | Hergesheimer was born and brought pelago out of sight [ up a Presbyterian. ot from which | phantom fleets | Q. How fast is th W1 anchored for eter. | New York growing?—M. . priciously and less ue | A: During the last six years the population has increased only 6 per | cent as against 17.9 per cent in the eding decade. What was the attitude of the consort of England toward at the time of the Ci AL O was Joseph Hergesheimer a How fast the population of d to stone More nd s ring fining them ge for m remote, their no uses by n erally as mere ners” Major iish), i the Balearic | America Spanish dependency, was.| War h's first stopping ! A Q. prince nds, a Wilstac pass he ¢ an Mo of Valldemos —T. He against permitting in the mountains of the me upon old stery, n the whi his ime and wrote of his compositions. Corsica is, of course, full of Napoleonic associations, “h in mountain and co: 1 hest be ng for m statement . is not what it used to he, not 100 interesting unles s the repository of Nipoleonic but of these it has abun- is also one of It - Parched, almost Sicily, beloved ¢ the author with Malta, low thickly populated and. his.« the ar in was the alteration of draft_of a letter submitted to Queen Vietoria, which in its original form might have resulted in war. Q. Did sugar_erop last A. It was the largest in - tory of the island. but the price of gar was the lowest since 1914, C His last work village | a f:l\lm;.’“ some | Tort, yea the were signers of tion of Independence ons?—D. N. D. sighers 9 Of the 6 Masons: Benjamin__Franklin. Hancock, Hughes, William Hooper, Fr ewis, Thomas Nel son, jr.: Robert t Paine | thew Thornton and William Whipple. ally famous, he said farewell to the | Q. At the Bible western Mediterranean, | opened inaugura- * oK ok ok ‘m:m'. -8, M. € % A. At the last chapter of Genesis. Livingston turned down How many were hief sources of tréeless Sardinia = and 3 hington's what In the Wilstach vi Rhodes and | Chancellor the leaf. tern Mediterranean ted Corfu, Tinos, Cypru “Corfu s beginning of the Nearer Corfu one is in Greee Brindisi, in the heel of Ita and is on awaking in the mornin sailing along the coast of Albanis with the variegated green Island y Corfu ahead. The contour of Corfu | broken by highlands and lowlands, | And hair of prey it valleys and cliffs, peninsulas and bays. i s Kitel nd its coloring is enriched by the sil | x O Yok B “fin‘\iv}fmhm i ver green of endless olive orchards, |\ The New York Historical So- ¢ the vivid green of terraced vine-| uiirl <avs that there were no exact . by the blacker green of clusters | [o 8 S0 T el Kitchen. That ypr and by the blinding white | 1o was given to the section west 1\!‘(I“::lunl‘lgurl;::u.»(r.‘ nd ntlrxlzrx‘ge.«s_tm"!‘u':i: { ,,{ h-r:,.md Al- venue between Thirty- E 2 B . ecighth and For oo B aartens apieita LncERFu it mong the Ionian group. ogr lone | o ex toHiE of the Cyelades, not quite fo lurge as Staten Island, is famous because of its miraculous icon of the Annuncia- | ion, to which about 50,000 people an- Iy make pilgrimage. Visiting tempts one to become an a ologist, at least temporarily, for here are the ruins of the Hom Minos at Cnossus, rer iest known uropean ci mbing about through the ex: Mr a snake dispose of the s a v of animals that it swallows?—A. T. A. The Biological Survey says that the gastric juices of the <nake are 1 ve powerful and active. These cos are capable of dissolving hones wallows whole. at night | visualize the world with the United States left out; how different would be the picture! What part does this country play in world prosperity and advancement? A cable dispatch from Paris to the New York Times appeared yesterday, wiving some statements by Dr. Julius Klein, director of the Bureau of For- It one could ges of the palace, if one sination only half a chance, rise, the porticoes and courts may be repeopled: and if one listen perhaps one may hear echoing through the labyrinth the savage be lowing of the imprisoned Minotaur. Rhodes has only one city, “a_water- i Benest wonne,” crested . by the | mevee.. B Kiek surope, Knights of St. John and Jerusalem, | Annual tour of ’;‘;f‘ei‘;;"‘j“’if")nfi‘:ml;e In the renowned ancient city, buried | studying commerci’ PR NG pator deep bemeath the foundations of the | Incldentalix, ¥ S PI lishea last present one, L‘ic;rn sl;mim_lnnd“('n :E‘“lf i;" e lumn, that American r ade his home in exile. ; mn. 5 ::f:)l«u:n’: ‘irlleuhlonv!y detached position | tourists spend half :‘\_r::‘:lléoer“::!l'l:::ta:f bt the northeast corner of the Medi- | nually in Burope. Ll terranean, It is the last of the is- | Commerce, through S¥ESEHCE Cupy lands in the old b from S];aln to lhf; i\r:(;: x;:?“n‘;:,: f::mlm e Burone Holy Land." At Famagusta, one o at the afounc sperifSLCens its four es, the Tower of Othello | annually exceeds v I feraa e guards the main gatews Seven | addition, the Americans who resie miles north of Famagusta is the site |abroad more or less DETHZTTULY OF ancient Salamis. At Limasol is a | spend not less than $30.000, s <-f.|:.‘v1 where, according to udmcdlle_\'nl | ly—money sotten “;I‘f)sn:.h;l:e”;}’x:’i;;d “hronicler, Richard Coeur de Lion.|States. Dr. says 250,000, :»k\‘xlv.l)ilr‘x‘ullenln the port on his way {o tnel oo ot m:so:‘n;;n oes :-»'::'cokF:zm‘he(;me Holy La cas married to Princess e am sen }t{«:’rlin:—ffif‘q,o}\ Navarre. At the close | folks by European immigrants n‘agr: n: of his book Paul Wilstach prints a | America, amounting to many milions. {able giving the nationality. area,|cannot be ascertained with Acclftrr rentest length and width and popu-| Against this total of American fition of all the islands he visited. He | money going to swell Buropes pros: Lives in a note valuable informa- | perity, —only _some §70,000, K and means of trans- | 75,000,000 comes to America to cover Furopean tourist travel in the Americans _touring Canada _spend | some $200,000,000. while Canadians in | the United States spend about 27,000,000 Next month the American Legion | will take some 20.000 veterans to Paris to attend the Legion convention and revisit the battlefields. It is be- lieved that they will average $300 apiece, which will be a fair pour boire of $10,000,000 for our friends, les Francais, who. according to one of their eminent statesmen, find Ameri- cans so insufferable. T B Europe is slowly regaining her commercial prosperity, and a large <hare of credit for that fact is due to the excellent market in prosperous United States. Contrary to general impression, "we are buying much more from Europe today than even before the war, in spite of our sup- posedly “prohibitive” protective tariff. What we buy does not inter- fere with our protection of American industry, for it consists either of raw materials, partly finished goods or— still more significant—luxuries which only the skilled specialists of Europe can produce and which do not com- pete with American production. These non-competing luxuries may become subject to a higher revenue tariff. Our total imports from Europe since’ the war have amounted as follows: 1921, $765,000,000; 1922, $991,000,000; 1923, $1,157,000,000; 1924, $1,096,000,000; 1925, $1,238,000,000; 1926, $1,236,000.000. | * Of the total, the following amounts represent the’ finished manufactures imported into the United States: 1921, $432,000,000; 1922, $400,000.000 (the year of beginning the McCumber- Fordney protecti 2 000,000; 1924, $4: 000,000; 1928, $466,000,000. This shows that, while the tariff has barred out competition with American productive labor, the general prosper- ity of our market has actually given Europe a bigger outlet than ever before for her own productions of non-competing luxuries. The factor of greatest importance In commerce is always the possible sales market for goods produced: hence Europe is as much interested in the prosperity of her American market as are the Americans. Wipe out America and Kurope would be bankrupt over night. * ok ok x Furope has not kept pace with the rest of the world since the war, for it takes vears to regain productivit and buying power, The exports of the United States to Kurope in 1 were T4 per cent greater than in 191 but to the rest of the world, our ex ports were 134 per cent greater than the year before the war. The trade of the world is a little greater now than hefore the war, but that of Fqul;ope is considerably less than in 913. urope's exports In 1925, rated by price, showed an increase ortation. Uk * x * * 1¢ it costs you more than $2 a day to live at home, travel in Burope and save mone: But be sure to take “‘Ilh‘ you Frank Schoonmaker's book “Through Burope on Two Dollars a Day,” vou may not be able to do it. , on two dollars a day vou do not stop at the most expensive hotels nor eat in the most renowned restaurants, but, as the publishers say in their preliminary note: “It is the | amiable suggestion of the publishers that any one who, having read Through Europe on Two Dollars a Day,” exceeds his budget has only himself to blame.” Mr Schoonmaker is a wanderluster as well as a budget maker, and the first 10 chapters of his book are descriptive of his travels and experiences in different countries: only the t three chapters are given over to railway fares, hotel rates, the cost of satisfying hunger, and a budget for each country under con- sideration. After all, the net conclu- sion of Mr. Schoonmaker is that only in France, Italy and Belgium, where exchange is low, is it possible, even with the strictest economy, to live and do any traveling on $2 a day. Hi French budget, exclusive of Paris, al- lows averages of 40 cents a day for room, 12 cents for breakfast, 30 cents for lunch, 36 cents for dinner, 12 cents for tips, 20 cents for baths and laun- dry, 15 cents for extras, and 35 cents for travel. His Itallan budget is slightly for eachitem of living cost, le: ng about 10 cents a day more for travel. * Kk ok ok Among the more serious biographies | of 1927 is “Memories of a Happy Life, by Willam Lawrence, Bishop of Massachusetts. The bishop has lived almost 77 years and has found them very happy years. Years full of work they have been, too, and of interesting s all along the way. He has ment and benefit every- where. Iiven an attack of typhoid fever and various surgical crises he found, if not enjoyable, at least help- 4 y ade him mo pathetic and understanding toward his parishioners and other human beings in general. He had planned a business % er, but the influence of Phillips Brooks led him to change to the minis- try. He anticipated little success, for he had a poor voice and had never been able to speak well in public. Con- sistent and _determined efforts over- came these difficulties. Retiring at 76 from the active work of his episcopate, he says he looks forward to much more enjoyment in_ life, especlally in “comradeship and sympathy and friendship with the younger genera- tion.™” ,000:000; * ok ok ok Even if there were not plenty of other signs of the probable nomination by the Democratic party of Alfred E. mith for the presidency, the promise England to take sides in the struggle. | eign and Domestic Commerce of the | United States Department of C m- | now on his | States. | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN. for the steamer through the Pan- B. ma Canal Commission possible for the Levia- through the Panama G. 1s it possible Leviathan to p {ama Canal?>—A. M. A. The Par |says that it i than to pa | Canal. How old is Paul Whiteman?— A, This celebrated conductor is 3. He was born in Denver, Colo., in 1891, Q. Is restricted immigration the reason for the shortage in domestic | help?—V. G. | A. Immigration sponsible for the servants. There w ze prior to the wa tion was unrest 1 Q. Is more than on week days A. It depends somewhat on the lo. cation of the consumer. The averaze American family uses three times as | much eream on's . but less mill | At Christmas anksgiving time times as much cream aws are not re- reity of domestic an equal s . when immigra- am used on Sundays H | three or four | is used. Q. What we k names for the four winds?—iL M. F. { "A. In Greek mythology the winds were known as follows: North wind, | Boreas; south wind, Notus: casi wind, Eurus. west wind, Zephyrus. The north wind was also sometimes known as Aquilo, the west wind as Favonius and the south wind as Ausi Ap- | parently there was no second name | for the east wind Q. Is the white butterfly considered pest?—G. C. A. The common cabbage worm is | quite widely known to gardeners. | Many do not know that the white | butterfly, common in the vicinity of | cabbage plants, is the parent of this | pest. " The caterpillar becomes the white butterfly, which in time lavs ! the eggs from which come a later | brood of caterpillars. | Q. Where is Sitting Bull buried? MF. K A. Milita Ageney, in_0ld Rock buried anding Dak. ng Bull Cemetery is at | The answers to questions printed | here each day are specimens picked from the mass of inquiries handled by the great information bureau main- tained by The Evening Star in Wash- ington, D. C. This valuable service is for the free use of the public. Ask | any question of fact you may want to | know, and you 1will_get an immediate reply. Write plainly, inclose 2 cents m stamps for return postage. and ad- drcss The Evening Star Information Bureaw, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washington, D. C. BACKGROUND OF EVENT BY PAUL V. COLLI There is much guesswork and loose talk about the activity of the various countries. League of Nations statis- ties show that the trade of central | and eastern Europe in 1925 amounted to only 114 per cent more (in the de- preciated money) than in 1913 in par | money. The exports of Russia were | 62 per cent less than in 1913, regard- less of the depreciated value wf the ; those of Germany were 13 per | cent less than in 1913, aside from the Iloss of value of the mark. Omitting | Russia, Germany. Austria and adjoin- ing states of eastern Europe, the res of Europe—the countries of the allie shows no material decrease—nor in- crease—measured in money, but a great decrease in quantity. The total foreign trade of Europe was 50 per cent greater in 1925 than in 1 excepting the falling off in Great Britain due to the coal strike. In the last three vears the improve- ment has been encouraging to west- ern Europe. | * ok ok x Prior to the World War, the United States took 10.5 per cent of the total exports of Europe and sent into Eu- rope 15.9 per cent of their (Europe's) imports In 1925 we took 17.7 per cent of Europe’s exports and sent her | 20.4 per cent of her imports. This does | not indicate that either our own pros- | perity or our protective tariff has in- jured Europe, The prosperity of the United States | has saved Europe in her distress, for | it has helped make up for the loss of | markets ir. Russia and other parts of eastern Europe. The exports of the five countries of the allies in the war since the armistice have increased to the United States 76 per cent and fo the rest of the world only 27 per cent. Neutrals of the war period sold to the United States in 1525 goods to the value of $2,063,000,000, and to all the rest of the world only $3,791,000,000. 1 * * x * Greatest of all the significant fig- ures of improved trade are those relat- ing to the raw-material countries — Argentina, China, India, Ceylon, Brit- ish Malaya, the Dutch Indie tralia, the Union of South Afri Egypt. Before the war these 10 coun- tries sold products to the United States to the amount of $198,000.000 and to the rest of the world § 000,000. Tn 1925 they sold us 01 000 and to the rest of the world 800,000,000. Their exports to the United States had increased 360 per cent, ns against an increase of only 87 per cent for the rest of the world. It is not possible to point out any section of the world which has not found in- creased prosperity -directly due to the prosperity of the United States. In 1923 American investments in other countries totaled_$8,105,000,000 and two years later $10.105,000,000. This is apart from loans, either by the Government or private banks. It re- fers to American purchases of foreign stocks and honds and establishment of business enterprises in foreizn countries by Americans. Is it for this overflow of business that some foreigners are so fond of airing their dislike of Americans? (Copyright. 1927, by Paul V. Collins.) UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR Ten Years Ago Today American hospitals are doing splen- did work on section of British front. apaci a single command. * * * Ruling from the War Department op United States Army to 1 as volunteers, * * * Only 4,548 men war strength. Marine Corps but #70. an women living in war relief organizations. Wil son embargo enra. the Germans, and the President is denounced as a violator of internatiol law and rights of neutrals. They claim the embargo forces small nations into *“‘combatant measures.” * * * President, in con- ference with W Industries Board, outlines his policy and maintains that allied countries must be treated fairly and get low prices along with thi ¢ Ameri- canize .. of 32.4 per cent over 1913, but the value of money had depreciated so that prices were inflated 57.5 per cent; hence the actual quantity of goods e: ported showed a decline of 25 per cent. At the same time, the trade of thé res: of the world showed an_increase in values, measured by current money, about 100 per cent and in actual qulmg‘v of goods about 30 per cent. That difference indicates roughly the price Europe is still paying for the demorali- of the publication during the coming Autumn of no less than two biog- raphies of the New York governor may be taken as indications of the strength of the movement. Norman Hapgood and Henry Moskowitz are writing and Harcourt, Brace & Co. will publish “Up From the City Streets: Alfred E. Smith, a_Study in Con- temporary Politics™; the author of the second biography will be Henry F. Pringle, its publisher Macy-Masius, and its title “Alfred E. Smith: A great war's destruction and Crluc}l Study. . i > ition 1d us country and its consumers. * Peace talk futile at this time, sayvs President Wilson, indicating tnat the time is not ripe for negotiations. Dis- trusts Germany’s motives, * * ¢ New organization formed, under war pressure, to interchange patents, ends trouble between aircraft manufactur- ers. * ¢ ¢ Committee on Public In- formation discards the practice of news elaboration, and henceforth will ive out only bald official statements. seeks to control all govern- S s *