Evening Star Newspaper, August 8, 1927, Page 6

[J ~ THE EVENING STAR ! With_Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. JIONDAY........August 8, 1827 — THEODORE W. NOYES....Edito: The Evening Star Newspaper Company B bean Ol I;"l'a Regent St. rl.o-d' on, E oo ent St.. London, Rropa Dy iy £ vening Star, with the Sunday morn T el s delivered by cArriers, within the city at 60 o Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virgin aily on § Sunday only 1 ve $300: 1 ax All Other States and Canada. Priv.ant Sunday 1 er. $1700° 1 mo ity onis s TSR 00° 1 mo Sundav onlv ..l 1vrl $100: 1 mo. 35e ted Press, entitled | of news dis not otherwise ered =0 the. I ehs of ein are Member of the Ass ptchos cradited 1o 18« Ftad in this naper and nobiished Al of xpecial ¢ —== Tadicalism on the Rampage. While have beer committed ci since Gov, Fulle his decision adverse to zetti, thus far at this w has been no loss of life and the dam- age to property has been slight 13 are to be partisanship. numerous in s oatrages dierent announcement of > and V iting ther ttributed to Sace It is not even cortain | that every happening of this kind has been due to explosives. For example, » building collapsed in, this city Sat- urday night that was at first believed | to have been dua to insensate radical- fsm. It is now thought to have been caused by the general weaknoss of the structure. Certain demonstrations, however, era unmistakably the work of those who think to frighten the Governor of Massachusetts into an act of clem- ency for the condemned men. A strike has been called in New York for tomorrow which it is esti- mated, will be participated in by De- tween four hundred to five hundred thousand people. Strike orders have been sent out at the instance of the Sacco-Vanzettl emergency committee by a number of the unions, including the garment workers, pocketbook . workers, necktie workers, butchers and maritime transport workers. Other unions may join, if not in the strike, in a monster protest meeting that has been called for four o'clock tomorrow afternoon in Union Square. The police commissioner announces that he has not refused a permit for this meeting and that it it is orderly he will not intervene. There can be no guarantee, however, of an orderly assemblage in the circumstances, and out of the meeting there may arise occasion for police intervention pos- sibly leading to general rioting. Evidence that the Sacco-Vanzetti case is being utilized to foment dis- turbance comes from several foreign cities, where meetings are being held under the auspices of radical organ- izations at which speakers denounce the United States in unmeasured terms and call for a world-wide movement of the roletariat” for vengeance upon the “capitalistic state” which permits - such injustice as that which is charged in the Massachusetts case. It is, of course, apparent that these demonstrations are inspired by a de- . liberately distorted view of the matter. It is altogether unlikely that any ap- preciable part of the muititude of protestants has read even a summary of the proceedings. A fixed idea pre- vails among these fanatical people that Sacco and Vanzetti have been condemned because of their known radical views and that they are as- suredly innocent of the crime. for which they are to die on Wednesday. There has never been a more flagrant cass of deliberate misrepresentation = by red agitators against the good name of an established Government nor one more futile. The grievous misfortune of the matter is that some of our own people with ample means for under- standing the processes of law and the course of justice and the proceedings in this particular case should be now aiding In the agitation, which has for its purpose not simply the succor of ’ Bacco and Vanzettl, but the weakening of the foundations of civil administra- tion in the United States. —_——r—————— So far as conferences are concerned, the Geneva hotelkeeper shows his dis- cretion by remaining strictly neutral. ———————————— It is always.the privilege of “‘anar- chists” to take credit for any building collapse, however it happens. A Nearby Road Danger. It takes only a holiday drive over the new Defense Highway to show why this stretch of concrete is rapidly becoming recognized as one of the most dangerous roads in this section of the country. Yesterday on this fitteen-foot-wide artery were jammed thousands of motorists from Wash- ington, Baltimore and other’ points who were desirous of taking advan- tage of a beaujiful Sunday to drive to shore resorts. Two lines of travel occupled practically every available inch of the roadway, and minor acci- dents were numerous, while serious mishaps were avoided by either luck or skill. It is not necessary to be a statis- ticlan to compute the factors that s:rve to make this highway a men- ace to every motorist who travels it. Fifteen feet wide, the road is constructed over a type of soil that makes an accident inevitable if the motorist, by accident or design, should - stray off it for a few feet. Automo- biles of the smaller class are some- thing over five feet in width, larger cars are six feet wide, while busses are still wider. Taking the middle class, that of the six-foot automobile, it can be seen that two cars of this type passing each other will have a foot of concrete to spare on each side and there will be a foot clearance in the middle, while it a bus and an automobile or two busses should meet, the clearance . space Is reduced to practically noth- ing. It is axiomatic that a road is wide enough only when it permits use by the largest vebicles, and it can I “|and that he will in no way readily be seen that the Defense Highway fails lamentably in this re- spect. 5 Besides this factor, there are a great many motorfsts who refuse, either fear or hoggishnoss, 2 proper amount of road space, and they contribute to the gen: dangers of the narrow highway. When it Is impossible, for safety’s sake, to drive anywhere but on the con and when there i3 litt'e road elear: ance under the most favorable con s, it can easily be scen that ess or bullish motorist can creat T'or the present every motorist who s this highway should, before he ake a resolution that he ve the Golden Rule, that he carefully and cons add to the And while mo- torists are doing their share to pro- mote the s d officlals ¢ Maryland should get busy immed fely to devise ways and means of ening the entire road or so bulld- o rety. w linz up the sides that an accident will not neces compe’led Otherw y result if a motorist is to leave the concrete. mishaps and fatalities will continue to occur on a road that should bo and was designed to be a benefit to all the communities that it serve S Pawes at the Peace Bridge. Vice President Dawes sounded a common-sense note in his discussion {of American-British relations at the | formal opening of Pea | the International Bridge at Buffalo yesterday. the recent failure of the 1 three-power naval conference as his text, Gen. Dawes declared it was “unthinkable that Great Britain and the United States, solemniy pledged to the principle of equality (in naval strength), will again place upon their peoples the burden of com- petitive naval building because tempo- rarily their experts disagree in their practical interpretation of that prin- ciple.” Gen, Dawes virtually predicted that the great work of arms limitation, in- augurated at the Washington confer- ence in 1922, would be carried on. The Geneva failure was but a postpone- ment and an incident in the onward march of agreement among the naval powers, he said. This is the sane view to take, There must be fair terms of naval limitation as between the United States, Great Britain and Japan. They can be found. At the Geneva confer- ence just ended the naval needs of the three nations were set forth clearly. Because the British and the Ameri- cans could not come to terms on the total cruiser, destroyer and submarine tonnage, nor on the size and arma- ment of cruisers, the conference re- sulted In a deadlock. But there is no good reason why after further study of the situation an agreement should not be forthcoming in the future. After the failure of the Geneva con- ference, predictions were made in some quarters that a race in naval building would ensue. Such a race could only come between the United States and Great Britain and Japan. If the pre- dictions were, indeed, founded on solid reasoning, then the race would come particularly betweén Great Britain and the United States, since the Geneva conference went to smash because these nations could not agree. But war between the United States and Great Britain is unthinkable. It is as far from the thoughts of the peoples of the two countries as alpha is from omega. It is, therefore, unthinkable, too, that two great nations of common- sense peoples should engage in & naval building race, burdening the peoples with taxes merely for the sake of keeping up appearances. It would be essentially stupid. The Congress of the United States will never enter into such a program of spending. Doubt- less there will be increases in the naval strength of the United States, for In recent years the program has been allowed to lag, and Britain and Japan today are far ahead of the 5—5—3 ratio in the matter of cruisers and new destroyers and submarines. National defense is not to be neglected. But a real race in naval construction, with an orgy of spending, between this country and Britain, with no purpose in view, would be mere folly. The opening of the great Interna- tional Peace Bridge, linking the United States with Canada, the prized domin- fon of the British, gives a far better yard measure of the relations between the two nations than does the failure of the Geneva conference. The Vice President of the United States, taking the opportunity afforded him, wisely gave emphasis to this fact yesterday. r——————— Those “good old days” are evidently gone forever, when the Summer ab- sence of Congress meant a relief in the traffic congestion. -t A cowboy costume is a political ad- vantage in including a hat large enough to compel attention when “thrown into the ring.” ————roe—. Leonard Wood. Tributes to Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood that describe him as one of the most valuable citizens of the United States during his generation cannot be re- garded as unduly fulsome. His serv- ices to his country, rendered so capa- bly and in such a spirit of self-denying devotion as to set him apart in a class of special distinction, are not at this present time to be fully measured. For Leonard Wood wrought construc- tively for the future, while performing tasks of immediate importance. The career of this man, brought to a close suddenly, covered a series of activities that would have overtaxed the strength of most men. He was soldier, statesman, administrator. His surprising advance from comparative obscurity was due not merely to the personal interest of his great admirer and devoted friend, Theodore Roose- velt, but to his own exceptional quali- fications. The Spanish-American War afforded the occasion, When the dy- namic personality of Roosevelt effect- ed the organization of the famous “Rough Riders” regimsnt of volun- teers, Leonard Wood’'s name first came to notice, as he was chosen colonel. There were many who regarded him |as secondary to his friend and admirer. | But, as events proved, Wood was in | some respects the superior man. He lacked the dimatle quality that Taki Gene; to glve | THE _TVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C quickly drew and held public notice, but he possessed the steadfastness that ultimate!ly brought him recogni tion. In two major assignments to duty Leonard Wood proved his rare value—- in Cuba and in the Philippines. Gift- {ed with the capacity to understand {lho peoples of those islands, and ex ceptionally as an adminis. he brouzht order out of the 08 in Cuba and set the now republic on its way to successtul | development. Later he did the in the Philippines, his second tour of duty there being particularly difficult because of the deplorable condition that had resulted from the mistaken policies of his predecessor. 1t is a melancholy reflection that despite his ailments, his severe suffe inss and his advance in ye: Gen. Wood contemplated a return to the fslands to continue his work there, which he regarded as unfinished, and that he sincerely hoped to be able to go there on t sfon. The a feeling of general gratification when upon his arrival in the States from Manila he announced that he exp ed to return. That he had paid too heavy a toll for his continued activity, however, was made shockingly evident when the sad news came Saturday night that he had died under an op- eration which he had hoped would relieve him and make possible his re- sumption of duty in the fleld of his greatest endeavor, Consideration of Gen. Wood's serv- ices to the country should not, how- ever, be limited to his work in the insular regions. e served invaluably in his reorganization of the Army following the Spanish-American War. He brought the military establishment up to a high point of efficiency, pre- pared it, in effect, for the great trial of 1917-18. It would have been appro- priate it he could have been assigned to command the overseas forces. Io- litical considerations prevented, and, while he had hoped to have that su- preme honor, he accepted the disap- pointment philosophically, in the spirit of good soldiership, and rendered such service as was possible in a whole- hearted co-operation. Leonard Wood might have been President of the United States but for unfortunate conditions attending his candidacy for the nomination in 1920. That he would have made good in that office is assured. e had the qualities of administrative success on the largest scale. His fairness, his Jjudicial disposition, his patience, his accurate judgment of men, all would have been the elements of exceptional efficiency in the highest command the country can bestow upon a citizen, But it was not to be, and today the people of the United States mourn this gallant soldier, this inspiring example of American manhood and citizenship, as one who did his duty to the utmost in all situations and contributed incal- culably to the welfare of millions. ————re—. No hint is dropped by President Coolidge as to where’ he will bestow his mantle of presidential prestige. His Sioux friends have given him a “‘war bonnet,” which may call for con- flict before it can be awarded to a worthy successor. ———— Bootleggers are usually caught be- cause of the nervous haste which at- tracts attention of the police, who might have Jet them pass had they been content with a moderate pace. “The wicked flee when no man pur- sueth,” ————— President Coolidge goes no further than to say he does not choose to be a candidate. He leaves a number of possibilities to struggle by implication, with the interesting suggestion, “Now you ask one.” b Lindbergh, despite his desire to see Europe, continues to receive ovations in his home land. He defers to the good idea, “See America first.” r——— . Swimming the English Channel has begun for the season. Some super- athletes think of substituting this plunge for the morning shower. r—e— SHOOTING STARS. endowed ame ars, BY PHILANDER JOHNSON, Oversupply. New laws are greatly in demand. ‘We are compelled to try To regulate the sea and land, And to police the sky. Perhaps we'll find a simple way To ease this earthly lot, If we the precepts will obey Which we've-already got. Looking for Trouble. “Every small boy hopes to be Presl- dent of the United States some day.” “Yes,” answered Senator Sorghum. “The interest in politics depends large- ly on the unconquerable human in- clination to look for trouble.” 01d Swimming Pool. Toward the swimming pool she set Her course, 'mid wondering eyes. She could not swim a stroke, and yet She won the beauty prize. Jud Tunkins says the clothes don't make the man, A cowboy costume does not necessarily create a presi- dential candidate. Practical Matrimony. “Would you marry for wealth?” “No,” answered Miss Cayenne. “And yet, I should insist on a hus- band who has sense enough to keep from going broke.’ “One word of intellectual honesty,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “suffices to drown a pandemonium of jazz orchestras.” Sad Surmise. The katydid on his hind hips doth play A tune that makes the August night 50 gay And leave us in our sorrow to sus- pect That jazz requives more legs than in- tellect. “De one man dat sho’ nuff believes in signs,” sald Uncle Eben, “is de man dat makes a good livin’ paintin’ ‘em.” e Another proof of Lindbergh's fear- lessness is made evident by the fact that he is willing to write a book and take a chance on the literary re- viewers — LY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Recently you told us ou do not like, but isn't ass, material, and o for such hot weather? “1I wish you would give us some- thing along esthetic lines, say poems, the sort of poems you like, not_the ones you do not like. “And I don't mean just to name the poems. T don't mean a list of posme, like the list of books you got up for the young lady at tne high school, but “the poems themselves, printed entire. “Maybe you would tell us what are your favorite poems, and print them entire, because nobody is going to the that a trifle on, espect up this hot Sincerely yours. Wk cll, my favorite poem is “Wait- by a man who was a poet by inct, mot by trade—John Bur- roughs, friend of Edison, and of Ford, and of the birds. Rurrou s prefixed this poen volume, “Tha Light of Day,’ is given here cntire: Waiting. Serene, T fold my hands and w or care for wind, or tide, or sea ‘e no more ‘gainst Time or Fa or 1o! my sown sh to his and it te, all come to me. I stay my haste, T make délays, For what avails this eager pace: I stand amid the eternal w And what is mine shall know my face. Asleep, awake, by night or day, The friends 1 seek are seeking me; No wind can drive my bark astray Nor change the tide of, destiny What matter if T stand alone? I wait with joy the coming years My heart shall reap where it hath 501 And g The v, roer up its fruits of tears. waters know draw The brook that springs in yonder heights; So flows the good with equal law Unto the soyl of pure delights. their own, and The stars come nightly to the sky; The tidal wave unto the sea; Nor time, nor space, nor deep, nor high, Can keep my own away from me. Poetry, to me, is the saving in metrical form of some thought that can be better expressed that way than in prose. Try the above, M. 8., some time when you want to become ac- quainted with some one, but don't know how to go about it. * ok ok X George Eliot wrote prose, but oc- casionally ‘she lapsed into verse, and occasionally wrote something great when she did so. “Oh May I Join the Choir Invisible,” is such a poem, de- spite its didactic strain: Oh may T join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their pres- cence: live In pulses stirred to generosity, In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn For miserable aims that end in self. In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars, And with their mild persistence urge man’s search. To vaster {issues. So to live is heav WASHINGTON The strike in the unionized bitumi- nous coal flelds, now in its fifth month, receives scant newspaper space in competition with presidential politics, ieneva conferences and the Sacco-Van- zetti case. Two hundred thousand miners are idle and most of the mines in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and central Pennsylvania are shut down. This week sees a new effort to settle the deadlock between John L. Lewis, the mine union chief, and the coal oper- tors over the wage scale. Gov. Done ahey of Ohio has called a tristate conference, with the governors of Il nois and Indiana participating as me- diators. Lewis and the operators have consented to renew discussion “‘with open minds.” Neither side is optimistic of settlement, however. Meantime, to- tal bituminous coal production up to July 23 of this year, according to the Government's figures, equaled and was even a little ahead of the total to the same date last year, due to in- creased activity in the non-union fields. So danger of a coal shorage is still remote. It is a fact, however, that the current weekly consumption of bituminous coal {is exceeding the weekly production by about a million and a half tons, so that the 75,000,000 tons of reserve bituminous in the hands of industrial consumers last April is slowly shrinking. Some pes- simistic observers profess to think that Mr. Lewis is playing a waiting game, and that when the Autumn frosts come he is planning to call on short notice a new strike in the an- thracite fields, expecting’ thereby to force the hani‘of the soft coal barons. * ok ok Of the 1,100 delegates to the Repub- lican conventlon next year, 492 will be selected in_presidential primaries be- tween the 13th of March and the 29th of May. These primaries are likely to prove the real battleground of the nomination fight. New Hampshire will set the pace and sound the key- note on March 6. North Dakota will vote on March 20, and Michigan on April 2. The other primary dates so far fixed are April 3, Wisconsin; April 10, Tllinois and Nebraska; April 24, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Ohio} May 1, California; May 7, Marylan May 8, Indiana; May 15, New Jerse May 18, Oregon; May 22, South Da: kota; May 29, West Virginia. * K ok ok Ex-Gov. Lowden continues to stand pat on his statement earlier in the Summer, “I know of no man who has ever run away from the Presidency.” He has forgotten the case of at least one man who did just that. In the campaign of 1868 a group of influential friends of Gen. Willlam T. Sherman put forward the name of the great sol- dier as a presidential possibility. Sher- man gave out this statement: “I am not a candidate. I will not accept a nomination. 1If, in spite of that, I am elected, I will not serve.” That ended the Sherman boom. * % Xk X The boom for Will Rogers, as the Democratic presidential standard-bear- er, which was started in jest, seems to have caught the fancy of more than one serfous-minded Democratic chief- tain. A political commentator discuss- ing the avalilability of the versatile mayor of Beverly Hills listed his qualifications in this order: (1) He is honest. (2) He has a sense of humor. (3) He has plenty of cash. (4) He has a wide acquaintance. (5) He is popu- lar with the masses. (6) He is a suc- cessful (a) cowboy, (b) author, (c) actor, (1) mayor, (¢) husband and father. Perhaps when W. R. makes his per- sonal mppearance at the show being staged by the National Press Club in the Washington Auditorium on August 27, he will take that occasion to an- nounce whether he ‘“‘chooses” to run. * ok ko Careful compllation of American in- vestments in foreign securities, ex- usive of political war depts, just pub- lished by Dr. Max Winkler, New York financial expert, has been a revela- tion even to bankers His figures show a total of 13,000,000,000 American dol- lars now invested outside our own country, without taking account of war debts. This far exceeds any pre- vious estimate, and is nearly double the omg;u:l estimate of the Dgp;r iment ot a l To make undying music in the world, Breathing as beauteous order that controls With growing sway the growing life of man. So we.inherit that sweet purity For which we struggled, failed, and ARON|Z With widening retrospect that bred despair. Rebellious flesh that would not be subdued, A vicious parent shaming still child, Poor, anxious penitence, is quick dls- solved; discords, harmon| Die in the large andscharitable afr. And all our rarer, better, truer self, That sobbed religiously’ in yearning song, That watched to ease the burden of the world, . Lahorlously tracing what must be And what may yet bo better—saw within A worthier image for the sanctuary And shaped it forth before the multi- tude Divinely human, raising worship so To higher reverence, more mixed with ove— That better self shall live till human Timo Shall fold its eyelids and the human its Its quenched by meeting athered like a scroll within the tomb, Unread forever. This is life to come Which martyred wien have made more glorious For us who strive to follow. reach That purest Heaven, be to other souls The cup of strength in some great agony; l-:nk]lndle generous ardor, feed pure ove, Beget the smiles that have no cruelty, Be the sweet presence of a good dif- fused, And in diffusion ever more intense. Sa all T Join the choir invisible, Whose music is the gladness of the world! May 1 * koK ok From the rather solemn heights of the ahove blank verse let us descend to the pure lyric of Alice Meynell's “The Lady of the Lambs”: She walks—the lady of my delight— A shepherdess of sheep. Her flocks are thoughts. them _white: She guards them from the steep. She feeds them on the fragrant height, And folds’ them in for sleep. She keeps She roams maternal hills and bright, Dark valleys safe and deep. Her dreams are innocent as night; The chastest stars may peep. She walks—the lady of my delight— A shepherdess of sheep. She holds her little thoughts in sight, Though gay they run and leap, She is so circumspect and right; She has her soul to keep. 8he walks—the lady of my delight— A shepherdess of sheep. * k¥ ¥ Our ¢pace is gone. You see, M. 8., it is impossib: You will have to 80 to the library, afterall! And there read “Crossing the Bar” by Tennyso: ‘Linég to a Water Fowl,” by Bryant; and “The Blessed Damo- zel,” by Dante -Gabriel Rossetti. These are all “Poems I Like.” OBSERVATIONS of Commerce. The geographic distri- bution of Americap foreign invest- ments, . according Dr. Winkler's statement, is likewise surprising. Can- ada is listed as the biggest user of American capital. We have invested $2,500,000,000 in Canada, which far ex- ceeds total American investment in Europe. Cuba is in second place, with $1,360,000,000; then Europe, $1,300,000,- 000; then South America, with $1,230,- 000,000. Our_ Mexican investments, according to Dr. Winkler, exceed a round billion, and American capital in the Far East is approximately half a billion dollars. The outflow of capital was ‘$1,000,- 000,000 in 1923, $1,500,000,000 in 1924, over two billion in 1925, the peak year, and last year it was only slightly under two billion dollars, * Xk %k ¥ ‘The American delegation to the In- terparliamientary Union, which meets in Paris August 25, sailed from New ' York last week. The delegation is headed by Representative Theodore E. Burton of Ohio, and comprises Sen- ators Tyson of Tennessee, Barkley of Kentucky and.Thomas of Oklahoma, and Representatives Porter of Penn- sylvania, Roy G. Fitzgerald of Ohio, Howard of Nebraska, Purnell of In- diana, Montague of Virginia and An- drew of Massachusetts, The Inter- parliamentary Union is the nearest authorized American approach to a League of Nations, The gnlted States contributes $6,000 to its maintenance, and the delegates to the annual meet- ings pay their own expenses. This year the contemplated world agreement for the suppression of the narcotic drug traffic will be the uppermost topic of the conference. Codification of inter- national law and removal of tariff bar- riers are also on the program. {Copyright. 1927.) PHILOSOPHIES BY GLENN FRANK The followers of this column have found out long before this that I find in reading more than a storehouse of information for professional use Reading is with me both a business and a sport. I read as some men ride—for stimu- lation. I go to books as some men go to ball games—for relaxation. I would rather catch a fancy in a sonnet than cast a fly in a stream. I enjoy days on mountain or in forest; I visit with keen interest the ancient shrines of ancient faiths; I covet the satisfaction of walking along the main street and the mean streets of mighty cities; but, in the end, I find that every interest fades before the interest in glowing ideas and great personalities. In books and in men I find my greatest profit and my greatest Ppleasure. And books are a more constant source of profit and pleasyre than men, for within the four walls of my library I can bring together the dis- tilled essence of the mind and person- ality of more great men than a thou- sand men could meet in a thousand lifetimes. The other day I came upon an old tribute to the joy of reading that is, I think, worth passing on. It was from the first English book on the joys of reading. More than 100 years before the {invention of printing Richard de Bury wrote a book called *“Philobiblon.” Later this books was printed in 1474, 130 years after it was written. In it was this tribute to books: “These are the masters who in- struct us without rods and ferrules, without hard words and anger, with- out clothes or money. “It you approach them, they are not_asleep. “It investigating you interrogate them, they conceal nothing. “If vou mistake ghem, they never grumble. “If you are ignorant, they cannot laugh at you. MONDAY, 'AUGUST 8, 1927 , THIS AND THAT g acco-Vanzetti Agitation A Menace to Government To the Editorsof The Star: ‘While all the radicals, communists and anarchists of the world, and of our own country in particular, are working themselves into a fury over the action of Gov. Fuller in the Sacco- Vanzettl case, and threatening dirc ces to our public officials and orderly government, it is about time the sane, loyal and law-abiding people of the United States made their opintons and position known in regard to theso enemies of organized govern- ment and our social system. Are we to permit without protest our courts and governments to be dic- ated to and their functions controlled such irresponsible people, and neg- lect to glve public support and ap- proval to our officials inthe honest and fearless discharge of their duties? The people of the United States have been long-suffering with these two allen miscreants and enemies of our institutions. Notwithstanding the fact that they are avowed anarchists, committed to the overthrow and de- struction of our Government by vio- lence, our people;, misled by the tre. mendous propaganda in behalf of Sac co and Vanzetti, have been disposed to suspend judgment respecting their guilt until the governor could investi- gate the case and make public his find- ings and conclusions. This he has now done, after three months of the most painstaking and exhaustive investiga- tion, aided by three of the most dis- tinguished citizens in the State. Their conclusions are unanimous that these men had a fair trial and are gullty of the murders charged against them. This ends the matter. It should be ac- cepted in loyalty to our institutions by all good citizens, and is so accept- ed by them. These men should be ex- ecuted forthwith in vindication of the law and for the protection of socfety, and further agitation and discussion of the matter ended. . If the courts of our land are to be held up to ignominy, and their judg- ments reversed at the dictates of a class, and especially such a class as represent these criminals, we will soon be relegated to a primitive state of so- clety where every man will be a law unto himself, where there will be neither safety nor security for life or property, and the weak will be the victims of the vicious and strong. The heart and mind of the over- whelming majority of the American people are sound, and no one should doubt that the governor and authori- ties of Massachusetts have their ap- proval and support, which they will make known in no uncertain way should occasion demand it. But they should not await the commission of overt acts. Thelr approval and posi- tion should now be made known through the public press and in other public ways. These officials are en- titled to manifest demonstration of public approval and support, and nothing less is demanded in the interest of soclal order and our insti- tutions. ‘The vicious and violent letters ap- pearing in the papers over the names of these two criminals, which they should never have been permitted to give out, confirm the mind of every right-thinking man that they are a type who would not hesitate to com- mit murder either from motives of gain, revenge or the promotion of thelr radical ideas, and strengthen the 3 ANSWERS Q. Ts it true that when a person is | on a feather bed lightning will not strike him E. M. her Bureau says that ly safe place, not be- cause it is a feather bed, or, indeed, a bed of any kind, but because it is in- doors and-away from a stove or chim- ney, and often even away from a wall. Inside a ho near the center of a room, {8 the best place to be during a thunderstorm. Q. How can anybody tell a real peerl from an imitation?—B. S. 8. A. The Bureau of Fisheries says that recognition of a genuine or imita. tion pearl is somewhat like recogni- tion of a person—a matter of famil- farity. Those who are at all familiar with pearls can detect imitations at a glance, Yet there are deflnable dif- ference: The genuine pearl has a specific gravity of about 2.6; its su face is usually somewhat iridescent, giving a faint play of colors; its sur- face does not give a sharp and well defined reflection of such things as window bars; the hole is obviously drilled; the genuine pearl can be scratched by a sharp knife; opaque. It is not affected b, or amyl acetate, but is readily at- tacked by acids. Q. lag. J. A. The pledge to the flag is: “We pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation indi- visible, with liberty and justice for all” The flag pledse was changed at the National Flag Conference held on June 14, 1923. Q. Out of 100 average men starting out at 25, how many will be rich ai 55, how many poor, how many dead L. B. A. According to the Devney eco- nomics table, 1 will be rich, 13 well to do, 40 of moderate means, 23 worth nothing, 23 dead. Q. What Army officer was c: “Old Fuss and Feathers”?—E A. Winfield Scott was a d rian and this, with his formality, lee to his Army nickname of “Old Fuss and Feathers.” Q. When did members of the ‘Washington family live at Sulgrave Manbr?—V. N. A. In this house of pure Tudor de- sign the Washington family lived during_ the reigns of Henry VIII, Ed- ward VI, Queen Mary, Queen Eliza- beth, James I and two of James’ sons. The period represents about 120 years. Q. Who invented the machine for attaching soles to shoes automatically? S. Please give the pledge to the 1 . E. J. A. John Ernest Matzeliger, a negro, who was born in Dutch Guiana in 1852 and who died in Lynn, Mass., in 1889, invented the first machine that performed automatically all the oper- ations involved in attaching soles to shoes, Q.- Is there such a thing as a milk- ing machine?—H. T. A. On large dairy farms today the milking machine, a modern labor-sav- ing device, is being introduced. This convigtion that the verdict of the Jury and the findings and conclusions of the governor and his aides are right, and that these men did in fact commit the murders for which they were convicted. ALEXANDER SIDNEY LANIER. Lieut. Williamson Did Not Dodge Responsibility To the Editor of The Star: Referring to the editorial which ap- peared in The Star on August 4 in re- gard to Lieut. T. B, Wililamson, I have to inform you that the statements made in the editorial did a great deal of injustice to this officer and created an erroneous impression. The facts in the case are as follows: As soon as information was recefved by the Navy Department of the inci- dent in question, inquiry was made by the Bureau of Aeronautics as to what Navy planes were in the air in this vicinity at that time. The records of the Naval Air_Station, Anacostia, showed that a Navy plane had left Anacostia shortly before the incident occurred. A telegram was sent by the department to the commanding officer of the organization to which this plane was attached, directing an investigation and report. These steps were all taken by the department on the morning after the incident oc- curred. Lieut. Williamson's first knowledge that his action had aroused eriticism was doubtless obtained upon the re- ceipt of the telegram ordering the in- vestigation, so that this officer should not be charged with concealment or deception. The facts in the case will be brought out in the general court- martial, and doubtless it will be shown that the facts as stated above are cor- rect. I feel sure that The Star will be only too willing and ready to correct any unintentional injustice on its part towards this young officer. W. A. MOFFETT, Rear Admiral, U. S. N. Narrow Maryland Highways Dangerous To the Editor of The Star: I was very glad to see the editorial in The Star in reference to the nar- row construction of the Defense Highway, recently completed from Washington to Annapolis. Maryland, o far as I am aware, is the only State in the whole United States constructing 15-foot roads for main highways. For instance, the | new road from Henderson Corners to Frederick is 15 feet wide, as is the road from Baltimore to Aberdeen (di- rect road). These roads are too nar- row, and with the constantly increas- ing truck and bus traffic and increased speed of traffic, it makes it all the more important that the width should be increased. If through the medium of your pa- per you could bring about the in- crease in the minimum width of road construction in Maryland, you would certainly have done a good work. ‘WM. R. ELLIS, The Chase for Pictures. From the New York World. One grows used to seeing pictures of people of all*types and classes hid- ing their faces from a camera which, because they are “famous” or because there is a vicarious thrill for somebody else in their intimate joys or griefs, pursues them with the good taste of a hyena. There is probably no such thing as real privacy left in modern life. But there are certain limits to moderate decency which are fre- quently overstepped. .. ——————— Waterway Improvement. From the Kansas City Star. A few years ago to call attention to waterway development needs was only to invite criticism, maybe in the form of ridicule. A picture of the benefits of river transportation often was termed the work of a visionary who lacked sound business judgment. To- day the situation is different. is more precious than all riches, and nothing that can be wished for is worthy to be compared with it. ““Whosoever, therefore, acknowl- edges himself to'be a zealous follower of th, of happiness, of wisdom, of science, or even of the faith, must of necessity make himself a lover of bool ki Happy the man who adds to all else that he is and has a genuine love books! > (Copyright. 1927.) i, machine is operated by electricity and is a great help to the farmer with a large herd-in a region where labor is scarce and wages high. Q. Where are quicksands found?— W. F. R. A. Quicksands are especially com- mon in glacial deposits and may be encountered almost anywhere within the region invaded by the continental ice sheet. TO QUESTIONS - BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN. Q.. How long is Berlin's “Unter den Linden"?—A. L. A. The thoroughfare that bears the name is only half a mile in length. The strcet extends in both directions, under seven different names. Q. If the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Ship Channel were actually now, how soon woul traflic>—F. S. A. The (reat Lakes-$t. Lawrcnce Tidewater Association says that if the treaty is drawn in 1927 digging could begin in 1928 and ths waterway be opened for commerce In 1934, 4 it bé ready for a Q. Do all the bricks in a brick wall have to withstand the same pressure?—C. B. T. A. The Bureau of Standards sa that all the bricks on the same layer of a brick wall have the same amount of pressure, but the layers below must stand the pressure of those above, therefore, the top layer has least and the lower layer tha most pressure in an ordinary brick wall of usual design. Q. Where is the oldest coal mine in the world S. K. A. The oldest working coal mine is probably one in Manchuria, which is said to have been worked first 3,000 years ago. Q. Why water?- will a needle float S. A. The surface tepsion produces a “skin” effect and the needle may be 80 lightly laid on the water surface that the skin effect is not overcome by the needle’s weight. . If the needle is wetted first, the surface tension uf the water is easily overcome and ths needls sinks. Greasing the needle prevents wetting. on Q. How many persons does it take to cause a riot?—E. S. A. The legal definition«of riot is tumultuous disturbance of the pea by three or more persons assembled of their own authority. Q. How many days were there i a year according to the Greek calendar?—E. G. A. The Greek calendar had 334 days. It was 11% days short of a solar year. This calendar included 12 months of 30 and 29 days, alter- nately. To make up the loss of time, an extra month was added in alter- nate years except that every. eight or nine years the extra month was omitted. Q. How many miles of railroad are there in the world?—A. A. The total railway the world is 757,834 miles. Q. Where is the Battle of Flowers held?>—B. C. E. A. While battles of flowers are held in connection with many carnivals, Villefranche sur-Mer, the great French Mediterranean Winter. resort, has an event known as the Battle of Flowers. You want to know something. You wish to be positive before you go ahead. Well, The Evening Star will tell you what you want to know and give you assurance before you proceed. Our Washington Bureaw can answer any question of fact propounded to it. Here is the university of information —a great free educational institution estabdlished solely to serve you. Send in your guestion and get the right answer. Inclose 2 cents in stamps to cover the return postage. Address The Evening Star Information Bu= reau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washington, D. C. mileage of The restoration of the Navy’s oil re- serves to the jurisdiction of the Navy Department, six years after -their un- fortunate transfer to the Interior De- partment, is hailed with satisfaction throughout the country, and a policy of safe-and-sane conservation of this gift of the soil to man is hoped for from now on, as the press voices the desires of the Nation. “The transfer to the Interlor De- partment and the subsequent negotia- tions by Albert B. Fall with E. L. Doheny and Harry F. Sinclair of leases covering the Elk Hills and Tea- pot Dome reserves made a dark chap- ter in our national history,” comments the Erie Dispatch-Herald, as it notes that “the regaining of the ground lost has been slow and tedious, involving complex legal processes. The oil left in these reserves should be guarded by the Navy against a time of need— the one purpose for which the lands were_ first set aside,” declares this paper. The Lexington Leader is grati- fled that “Navy inspectors are to be placed in charge of the properties, and every precaution is to be taken in the future to protect the interests of the United States.”” In discussing the declaration of the Navy that its future policy will be “to keep as much of the oil in the ground as is possible for the longest possible time,” the Leader says, “This is unquestionably what Congress intended in the laws covering the reserves when they were estab- lished,” and the Geneva Daily Times concurs, saying: “This is as it should bex. It never should have been other- wise.” * K ok X The importance of conservation is seen also by the Santa Ana Register, which says, “Conservation should mean not only holding certain re- serves, but also the curbing of waste, the complete exhaustion of a well be- fore abandoning it, and the adoption of more efficient methods of drilling, pumping and refining.” Excessive drilling is seen by the San Bernardino Sun as one of the enemies of conserva- tion, this paper contending that “the present wastage of oil which is going on through multiplied competitive drillings is not only an economic crime, but also a crime against the people of the United States as a whole."” Speaking of the fact that in the naval reserves just regained “many wells now in operation will be closed, and arrangements have been made with neighboring operators whereby offsetting wells will either close or pay to the United States 55 per cent of any increase in production resulting from the shutdown of Navy wells,” the Manchester Union remarks, “All this will command popular satisfaction.” That no country in the world has been ‘“more guilty of reckless destruc- tion of natural resources than our own” is the statement of the Hartford Daily Times, which sees as a “patent national misfortune” the fact ‘“that in the absence of efficient Federal: regulation the American forest was slathered down to the lasting depriva- tion of imminent posterity. The dam- age can be ameliorated, but not com- pensated,” continues this paper, which foresees similar wastefulness in the oil resources. The Fort Wayne News-Sentinel thinks the industry “is in need of im- proved stability. . Indeed, growing overhead expense makes such im- proved stability absolutely impera- tive,” says this paper emphatically, as it sees in lack of such stability “the principal reason why the indus- try today feels the shock of sudden price fluctuations and the other effects of erratic crude oil production very much more keenly than in former times.” The Ann Arbor Times-News warng that.'“a nation whose oil supply is exhausted will be at the mercy of 0il Conservation in Future Becomes Matter of Concern tion. The Nashville Banner pictures the “man on the street” as disposed ‘“to take the position that when nat- ural sources of" oil are used up, science will have providéd something else that is just as good or better,” and the Banner : “There ix rea- son to belleve that the man In-the street may be just about correct in this regard. Science has made few failures in this industrial age when it has been called on to solve a prob- lem as large and important as this motor fuel question is.” The “sup- plying of foreign customers with oil produced in foreign oil fields” is seen as one means of conservation of American sources of oil by the De- troit Free Press, which predicts that “the day will come sooner or later when, with our rapid pace in both production and consumption, the American oil wells will spurt their last,” and which calls attention to the “already urgent need for conser- vation of our oil wealth so that we may be sure of an abundance for fu- ture emergencies of national defense.” Concerned at the fact that “effort to curtail production of il in Okla- homa by agreement” has been inef- fective and that legal contests are now under way as the operators op- posed to any control by ghe State proceed to the courts “under the dua process clause of the Constitution,” the Baltimore Sun, states, “If the States can do nothing to check such reckless abuse of an indispensable natural resource, we sha® be brought face to face with the question whether it is not better for the Nation to sur- render control of it into fewer hands, under regulation if necessary, rather than to stand by while it is depleted at a rate which will mean irreparable disaster.” On this question of uncontrolied overproduction, the Philadelphia Pub- lic Ledger remarks: “Overproduction, caused principally bi a few fields, is driving the small bperators to the wall. If they are eliminated from competition, the result may be dis- astrous, both to the industry and to the country. It would threaten the coming of Government control. But many operators seem unwilling to curb the output, although this ap- pears to be the only sure way out of the dilemma in the oil industry.” The Sioux City Daily Tribune declares that “the oil industry is entirely out of hand and its efforts to aid itself have proven futile.” UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR Ten Years Ago Today Government {ssues call for 251,900 men to entrain for camp on Septem- ber 1, involving a third of the new army, which will total 755,700. Five days to be allowed for mobilization. Crowder urges haste; asks governors to tell their draft boards to certify the lists quickly. * ¢ * Senate passes food-control bill by vote of 66 to 7 and the measure goes to President for his signature. Also passes food survey bill. * ¢ ® Jed- eral Trade Commission requests Gov- ernment to fix coal prices without further delay. * * ¢ Department of Agriculture calls on farmers to sow enough acreage to produce a billion- bushel wheat crop in 1918, * ¢ * Elihu Root maintains that if this coun- try gives its unqualified encourage- ment to Russia, both moral and finan- clal, a separate Ru: -German peace will be averted, * * Sepate con- firms nomination of Bainbridge Colby as a member of the Shipping Board any aggressor.” * ® R X Some interesting discussions of the various phases of the situation in re- gard to oil resources and the oil in- dustry taking place on the edi- torial pag: the press of the Na- after considerable discussion by a vote of 34 to 16. * * ¢ Slight increase in U-boat sinkings this past week. * ® ¢ War Industries Board de- elares it will exert all its powers to protect public and allies from prof- iteers. Backs President's stand for fair profits to all,