Evening Star Newspaper, August 12, 1927, Page 6

8 THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Editie... WASHINGTON, D. C. * FRIDAY. ....August 12, 1927 or THEODORE W. NOYES. ... Edit The Evening Star Newspaper Company Buasiness Office e e Tt | would now be the proud possessor of |fore the law is executed to set up Chicago Ofice;. Tower, Builiin. | one of the most coveted trophies in|new arguments and afford a new e T “n\'lnlinn the Schneider Cup, ax Amer- | showing of fact. — ica won the next year, which would [ It is true that the partisans of inaTe Exening Star wit 1he Sunlos mors | have xiven it thres victories in a vow. | Sacco and Vanzetti have hailed the the city ‘at 40 conta per month: dalls onls. | It therefore is a matter of consid-|delny as a victo It is. however, Bor ot BN may e ot by mail o | erable astonishment that Ameri not a vietory, merely a postponement o A i month " 18 Made DY | clous act of & tew years ago has (of the apparently inevitable climax . I heen answered in such a blunt and |of the tragedy. Had Judge Sanderson Rate be M Advance. | ncompromising manner. T of the State court the other day ren Maryland and ginia. .., | States today is in almost identi dered immediately adverse decision LS AN S | e 40 | the same position as England found [on the petition for an appeal from his | oy VP S300 1 mo. 25 ol in 1924, and the refusal of the | unfavorable ruling. there would have ]ulmdy had one leg on the trophy, which had to be won three consecu- tive times. Under the rules of the race. all that the United States had to do was to fly the regulation course to be acclaimed the winner, as there was no other entry. True to the sports manship principles which prevail in| | this country, America, without hesi tation, called off the race. If this ac tion had not been taken Uncle Sam Mle and latter to comply with a reaso THE EVENING STAR. court in practically the same form that it aid when the court rejected the pleas of the accused recently. It may be asked why in this situa- tion a further hearing has heen granted. The answer to this question ix that in a capital case, especially one in which conviction has been based upen circumstantial evidence, as in this one. the courts are disposed to vield every possible opportunity be- been no v course but for the governor Bisiis anit B Wk aIb 0N Wk ey sportsmanlike request is a departure | to deny the plea for a reprieve and to S oniy TN S i me. " ol trom the ideals of fairne which [allow the execution of the sentence. ~ = | should prevail throughout the world. |But Judge Sanderson postponed his | Member of the Assoc e decision over the time set for the exe- epubiication of all news Danger in Temporary Quarters. |cution.-and there was then nothing to it or not otherwise cre o for the governor to do but, in con- ser and also the local news An illustration of the perils to which [aigerat Ptk faot Ehatia turthe b i | Government workers and records ave e |exposed owing to the lack of an ex | vespite. final appeal was possible, to grant a | Wae are in recelpt of a letter from Babette, in which this (we hope) charming young lady informs us that she by no means understood all “the Luctetius business” printed in this column recenily. “I don't know what it about,” she says succinetly, | us consciou stricken. We 1 Prof. Munro's English translation of the Latin of “the old Dago” (as Bab |insists on calling the Roman) clear | enough, but we forgot several things. s all leaving thought lof the classics and have more or less | browsed through them since a child. o doubt Miss Babette finds it's quite from the fox-trot to » why not fox-trot the old Roman? With this idea in mind we shall translate the English of Munro into the English of today, or, rather, the American of 1927, to the best of our ability. Here is our version of the famous passage in the first book of “The Nature of Thin “An old sap by the me of Epi- Drafting Mr. Coolidge for 1928, |tensive and consistent publi '"_"1‘1“' Doubtless 1t the State Supreme | ing program heretofore was afforded | | The drafters are on the job. Daily [p ™ e 00 0" TG ieure in this | COUFt rules adversely when it meets | reports come from leading Republl | vy nioh partially collapsed the | P full bench next week, as there is In varlous pazts of the countrs | ner night, miving rise at first to |CYCTY TEASOn to expect that it will. & ng that Dresident Coolidge be re-|guspicion of radical Incendiarism. A | Trther plea willibe made to the gov. | neminated. notwithstanding his state- | portion of the building was occupied |S1OF for @ reprieve. though every ment that he does not choose to Tun |10 o Lyanch of the Department of | ANl of appeal will have been | for President. Ohio, Hlinois, Pennsyl- | [closed save through application, per- | vania and Colorado were heard from over a wide area owing to the lack i vesterday in the persons of Senator |,f cufficient accommodations in the | ates Bupreme Court than Justice Fess, Representative Hull, Gov. Fisher | Government-owned buildings devoted | 10/mes: who has refused to inter 510 Secretars SAVork ot RO TR Lo A LR e See i wene. (meifsituationdan {luriy inon Department. Al of them were vis: itors of the President in the Black Hill All of them insisted that he | is still available as a candidate for | President, although admitting his sin- cerity in declaring his personal dis- | inclination to run for President next | year. And all of them held him to he! the right man for the job. If this chorus grows in volume as | time goes on, and is hacked by the | demand of the rank and file, Mr. Cool- | idge may vet have to permit himself | to be “drafted” or make a flat state- | ment that he will not run for Pres dent under any circumstances. He has vet to state publicly his reasons for not “choosing” to run for Presi- dent in 1928. He has said nothing about the so-called third-term issue or whether that was an impelling matter in his decision, nor has he declared his determination due merely to per- | sonal inclination. Should the chorus become too strong, Mr. Coolidge may feel called upon to amplify his now famous statement: “I do not choose to run for President in 1928." The votential eandidates of the Re- publicans for the presidential nomi- nation—and there are many of them— | have not vet become active. When the pre-convention campaign gets un- der wav, and when presidential pref- erential primaries are held in many of the States, the Coolldge drafters may find that the public interest in other presidential possibilities has be- come so stron® that Mr. Coolidge's voluntary retirement from the field | must be accepted. On the other hand, it is not difficult to understand that the development of a group of strong contenders for the nomination may bring about the exact stage setting geeded for the nom- inat'en of President Coolidge in the Republican national convention next June. A deadlock in convention, and the Coolidge drafters will find it easy to accomplish their purpose, unless, of course, Mr. Coolidge adds the extra word. Mr. Coolidge has said that he does not choose to run for President in 1928. Some of his admirers may sug- gest that this does not mean he would not choose to run for President in 1932 if conditions were right. No issue could lie against him then of a con- secutive tiird term. He is a com- paratively young man, being fifty-five vears old on his last birthday, July 4, and in 1932 he will be sixty. In the view of many, however, Mr. Coolidge 18 particularly fitted to keep the coun- 1ry on an even keel In these days of material prosperity and development, and is needed more now than he may be four or five years hence. The President must be credited with | all sincerity in his choice not to run next year for President. There was nothing to compel him to make a statement regarding his position. By the mere expedient of keeping his mouth shut the nomination could have been his had he desired it. The draft- ers should keep this fact in mind | when they talk of forcing the Pre: dent to run again ————————— Rumors are in circulation to the ef- fect that Judge Gary will soon retire from active business life. Industry will go on without him, but his fame as author of the phrase “gentleman’s agreement” will commemorate him as a man who introduced the human ele- ment into what threatened to become cold-blooded commercial R T An Ungracious Act. A cablegram from the air ministry | of Italy to the National Asrenautic| Assoclation explaing Ttaly's failure to | postpone the Schneider Cup races as | requested by the United States to al- | low Lieut, Al Williams, America’s only possible entry, time to test his plane and ship it overseas. The as- sociation, on learning that Williams’ first trials had met with a mishap, had promptly cabled the Aero Club of Italy asking for & month’s postponement of the blue-ribbon event of aviation and was somewhat shocked to receive a refusal. The latest comprehensive cablegram, however, explains the mat- ter in getail. It reads, in part: We found it necessary to ask the consent of England, the third entrant in the races. England has today com- municated with us that this postpone- ment would be in contrast to the rules of the race which established that the date on which the race occurred #hould be fixed before March 1. Eng- land states that she is unable to ac- cept the request, adding that if such a request should be accepted, she per- haps would find herself compelled to withdraw from the race. England's stand on this matter is in strange contrast to the action of America in the Schneider Cup races of sm. ‘lh?ir accommodations will havi Agriculture, which has been scattersd number of such structures that are | now used for public purposes. Some | of them were built by the Government itself during the war. They are now so0 | decrepit that their continued use is | 2 menace to life despite every possi- ble expedient of safeguarding them. The present public building program, | for which authorizations for appro- | priations amounting to fifty million | dollars have heen enacted by Congress, | will cure these conditions. Bureaus | and branches of Government servi now scattered in unsuitable quarters | will be properly housed in permanent | structures of a substantial character suitably located. But the program of | construction will cover a number of | years. In all likelihood half a decade | must elapse before all of the construc- tions contemplated under the terms of | the present program are completed | or even begun. Some of the offices now housed in rented quarters and “temporary” Government buildings | will remain for fully that length of | time in such a situation. Meanwhile e been | ice aging and deteriorating. In view of this recent mishap, which | fortunately caused no casualties, it is in order to make a thorough in:qye(‘»‘ tion of all the premises occupied by Government bureaus and branches, both rented and Government-owned, to determine whether they are safe for continued use. No risk should be run of collapses that might cause many deaths, not to mention the destruction of valuable records, the loss of which would seriously impede the Govern- ment’s business. “Danny Dever.” When the National Press Club wel- | comed Gol. Charles Lindbergh with a | great reception on the night of his| arrival in the National Capital after | his famous flight the huge audience found itself puzzled to understand why the song “They Are Hanging Danny Dever” was selected as a part of the ceremonies. The inappro- priateness of such a song at such a time was commented upon. In the light of subsequent events it becomes clearer. Was it intended to be prophetic? Judging from news reports, Col. | Lindbergh's tour of the country in the interest of aviation is becoming wearisomne for, him indeed. One cor- respondent mentioned that his face! was drawn and tired. The imprint of his fiying goggles remains for hours after he takes them off. He is getting “stale.” Banquet follows banquet in rapid, never-ending suc- cession. He flies from city to city without pause, going through a routine which never changes—circles the city, is welcomed at the flying fleld, takes his place in the back seat of an open car, runs the gauntlet of cheering crowds, snatches ‘a few minutes to change from flying togs to evening clothes, rushes to a ban- quet, listens to a tremendous amount of blah, replies to same with a speech on aviation, returns to his hotel, up early next day to exhibit himself before crowds again, then to the fly- ing fleld and thence to the next stop. Such a strain will break anybody down. It would seem more in the interest of aviation to call a halt in this mad pace and allow one of our most re- spected national heroes to take a rest. It it is not done the loss to aviation may be irretrievable. —— et — A so-called “hunger strike” invaria- bly conveys the impression of an effort to substitute personal Inconvenience for convincing argument, The man who sits squarely before his “three meals per day” is the one who shows fortitude in the present and faith in the future. N No Harm in Delay. Apprehension is expressed by some who believe that Sacco and Vanzetti have been proved guilty of murder and that they should pay the penalty for their crime lest the reprieve granted on Wednesday by Gov. Fuller to permit the completion of motions and arguments before the full bench of the State Supreme Court of Massa- chusetts may lead to a long series of delays and the further muddlement of the case in legal technicalities. This, however, is not likely. It all depends upon the action of the Supreme Court lof the State, which has been sum- | moned in full bench to hear the final plea for stay of execution and re- | hearing. hat court has already | passed on the case, rendering an ad- | verse decision some weeks ago in terms which admit of no expectation of a reversal. No new evidence | be advantageously prolonged in the haps, to other justices of the United what the State Supreme Court will do next week, | It wou'd seem to be inevitable that the condemned men should be exe- cuted at the time now set. Nothing will have been gained by the delay, nothing will have been lost. The radical reaction upon the execution | the prisoners will be no more se-| vere hecause of this brief postpone-. ment. But many people, not affiliated | with radicalism, who are not fully convinced of the guilt of the prison- | ers. will have been made to feel that every possible consideration was given | to them and every chance afforded to ) secure a respite, and that all their | legal rights were respected, o The police are convinced that more bombs, most of which do not function, are planted by practical jokers than by arch A practical joker Is al-| ¢s a nuisance. It is safe to abuse He has no friends. o him. It is confidently expected that va-| rious divorce complications will be ad- justed in time to permit all the fa- vorites of the film to go on location in time for the Fall trade. ———eaoe. — [ Theater managers say musicians de- | mand too much money; and yet a true | musician seldom hopes for the com- pensation freely accorded the leader of | a jazz band. | r————— A naval ratio is a problem in math- ematics the discussion of which may hope of indefinitely averting any test of actual strength. —_— et Some of the presidential possibili- ties appear’to contemplate the situa- tion with the manner of one not over- confident, but unwilling to take a dare. s At least the Geneva conference re- vealed a number of expressions in favor of peace and good will which may be valuable for future reference. e SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Labor and Rest. “We're going home on Labor day, Said Hezekiah Bings. “We'll. cast vacation cares away And seek familiar things— The Shome spot, where old friends draw nigh: The gossip with her lore; The cook who boils when she should fry; The salesman at the door. “We're weary of the bellhop's glee ‘While hurrying for a tip. The flatteries offered C. O. D. We'll be content to skip. And for life’s truest joy we'll pray, 'Mid dear old welcomings— We'll hope for rest on Labor day,” Said Hezekiah Bings. Political Pertinacity. “Have you ever thought of retiring from politics?"” “No,” answered Senator Sorghum. “1 shall never retire. I shall follow the rather usual custom and wait to be thrown out.” Rake Off. The pugilists again rehearse, With observations witty; No matter who may take a purse, Tex Rickard lands the “kitty. Unoriginalities. “Some of those so-called Hawaiian melodies sound strangely familiar.” “Maybe that's why we hear so much abeut the ‘steal guitar.'" Jud Tunkins vs he never contra- dicts his wife at breakfast 'cause he can't afford to start an argument that'll make him miss the train. Terpsichore to the Rescue. “Do you enjoy dancing?”" “Sometimes,” answered Miss Cay- enne. “A little physical activity may assist in taking your mind off the jazz and the conversation.” “He who speaks in contempt of his fellow men,” said Hi Ho, the sage of inatown, “should take care to be either very obscure or very powerful.” So, She Poses for the Camera. She won't go in the swimming pool, And I will tell you why-— The water’'s Wet, and, as a rule, Her politics is Dr Sleepless Superlority. “Thomas Fdison says he can go for hours without sleep.” “Wonderful record! lished it without the radio!” And he estab- istance of a “A lazy man,” sald Uncle Eben, “Ia {on *All About Everything, | dinner. curus—votten name, eh?—was the first bozo to work up enough pep to take a erack at the crazy sort of mythology they called ‘religion.’ Al that bunk about Jove and and | Venus—you know what I We studied it in high school: 'his baby rose on his hind legs and renred to go. They couldn’t hold him down with blah-blah ahout Jove and his tin thunderbolts —the more he heard the more he wanted to call their bluff. “So he hopped into his high- wowered car and beat it out for the reat open spaces, where gods are Somé boy, old Ep! ‘hen he taxied hack again, and will present a big lecture next week What T Sharp, eh?” Saw Among the Atoms.’ LR introduction to te as follows: and glorious feelin’ to sit on the nd and watch some Tut in a rowboat trying to tug a Sheba along through the briney, not because you wish him any hard luck, but just becnuse it's great to see what you're escaping yourself. “And it's sharp to watch the sol diers going through a sham battle, but, belleve me, kid. there’s nothing quite so snappy as having an educa- tion, “A bricklaver may make more money, but think of all the stuff you tumble to when you got a sheepskin framed on the wall and know what's what about everything! “Then you can give all your friends the once-over, just like the fellow in one of them crazy ads who bought a trunk full of etiquette books. You know what's wrong with the picture! “Poor sapa! Don't everybody and his old man know that old Lady Na- ture only wants to be let alone? All anybody wants is health and a car that doesn’t break down. “You don’t have to P Book we The t's a grand have statues |in the family hall, or silver and gold on the mantelplece, or real music for You can turn on the radio, can’t you? “That's stuff. Take a ride out Into the country and flop down on the grass, and spread out the old dinner and watch the ants crawl all over your sandwiches. Iverything is bobo! “‘Believe me, you won't get well any quicker because you got a fancy cover- Critical analysis of the probable line-up of delegates at the 1928 Re- publican convention—at the moment a popular indoor sport—has uncov- ered an unusual situation in the fact that apparently none of the principal contenders for the nomination will enter the convention with the unani- mous backing of his home State. Hi- m Johnson's animosity to Hoover will split the California delegation. The warfare between Lowden and the “Big Bill” Thompson faction in Ili- nois will rob Lowden of united sup- port, and Fe: nd_Willis, the Ohio Benators, will cross Longworth in his home State. Those who profess to know the inside politics in Idaho. as- sert that Borah will be unable to ob- tain a unanimous delegation there. It has been a political tradition that the first requisite of any presidential as- pirant was 100 per cent backing from his State. Next year, however, all the contenders will be laboring under the same handicap. and if the convention does not turn to Coolidge, the tradi- tion will go Into the discard. It is worth noting that in 1920 the ©hio delegation was split on Harding, and to the very end four delegates stub- bornly refused to vote for him. Ad- vance forecasts schedule the New York delegation voting for Hughes, the Pennsylvania delegation for Mel lon, and the Imdiana delegation for Waltson, on the early ballots, favorite sons all, but not in the class of real contenders—at least, not yet. * kR €. Bascom Slemp, Mr. Coolidge's former secretary and one of the Republican political master minds, particularly as pertaining to Southern delegates, was in Germany on legal business when the President’s Black Hills statement electrified the world. Mr. Slemp s hurrying home on the first convenient ship to enter the fray. Heretofore he has been vocally em- phatic for Mr. Coolidge's renomina- tion, at the same time being, credited with a readiness to espouse the Long- worth candidacy if the Presiient re- tires, Now, however, though Mr. Slemp has said nothing publicly to account for it, the Hoover cohorts are claiming him as one of their own and the revort is being diligently circulated that the Virginia Republican will play a prominent role in the Hoover pre- convention campaign. kxR Considering the fact that Secretary Hoover has yet to say a single word publicly on his own aceount regarding 1928, Dame Rumor has built up a Hoover rganization” with amazing speed these past 10 davs. Hoover is eredited with luring Will Hays back into the political ring. Former Gov. Coodrich of TIndiana is another Hoosier for Hoover and reported ilready hard at work. Senator Bingham China, is vut forward by mutual friends as the Hoover New Fncland manarer. Gov. Brewster of Maine has declared for Hoover. —Senmator Couzens of Michigan is allocated to the Hoover bandwagon. upon which Henry Ford has already taken a front =eat. Dr. Work, Secretary of the Tn- terior, is said to be ready to enter the HWoover camn if convinced that the Tresident will refuse the nomination. Last. but not least, Indiana friends of Everett Sanders, secretary to the President, now seek to explain the neraistent rumors that Sanders intends to reslgn with the hypothesis that he fe slated to hecome generalissimo-in- chst in the round-up of Hoover Aclogates. * ok ok ok Tentative plane for holding the Re- wublican eanvention next vear in San Francisco have heen knocked into the nroverhial cocked hat by the sudden turn of political events. The Lowden forces and the friends of Tongworth and Borah and other presidential as- nirants are unalterably opnosed to holdlng the convention in the home Rtate of their leading rival, Secretary Hoover. By the same token Chicago land, too. The chances of Detroit and St. Louis are correspondingly en- hanced. The national committee, when #hip was crashed just before it was to | Worthy of consideration has heen ad-|obliged, sooner or later, to be & wWon-| it meets In December. will have to set- be shipped to this country. America duced. The case stands before the derfw amart apologizer.” 1924. Then England’'s crack racing S £ tle the question as best it can, with af Connecticut, though at present in WASHINGTON, THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. For one, we always have been fond | | let. And I'll bet Henry Ford's money don’t do him a bit of good when he kicks his shins against the bed post. No, man. it’s the old bean, in the last anal- ysis, that's a fellow's best friend in times of need. Brush off your think- tank and hop to it. Hope you di feel hurt.” * ok ok x The famous passage in Book 3: *And then this modern generation! You know all that stuff dished up v the preachers about hell fire and { brimstone? Well, hell sure exists, bui it is right here, honey “Take that old fellow Tantalus—we get our word ‘tantalize’ from him. He is supposed to be looking up at a stone just about to drop on him. The sap! Every mother's son is a Tantalus when he is afraid of something. We got to get rid of these inferiority com- plexes. Pass the smokes. “Tityos was another—he was sup- posed o have a vulture eating his Today anybody is a Tit who up bootleg licker. Sisyphus is a guy who was always running for office—first he wanted to he county clerk, and then treasurer, and then mayor, and they turned him down every time. “And all those other fairy stories— nobody believes in 'em any more, not even in Kentucky, but there is pienty of punishment to' dread in this little old world right here and now. Ain't that just too terrible!” e Here i tamous in « lady lov “Don’t fall for a Sheba. Tt is lots easier to keep away from ‘em than to give ‘em the slip once they hook you. Ain't that just too terrible! “And yet even if she grabs you you can give her the old ha-ha, it you gotta 'nough sense to stack her up against other girls. ~That's where they all get by—a fellow falls for ‘em and overlooks thelr faults. “So you see a Tut claiming his gal to be a brunette when she is a high- brown, if you get what I mean. A Sheba who {8 careless with her duds Jjust {sn't orderly, if you listen to her Big Boy. “A girl with cat eyes is so intellec- tual! The skinny one is a slender darling: the short, dumpy lady is called graceful; the fat gal is said to be ‘dignified.’ (My eye! “If she is 8o tongue-tied she can't order the groceries without waving her hands she just has a lisp: it she can't | put up an’intellizent line of talk he says she is just bashful; if she is a regular spitfire, or a teaser, or a gos- sip. vhe is'a Grand Woman. “A sweetie who is about dead be- comes a slim darling: if she is too fat, then she is onlv a ‘larger woman.’ Say, won't somebody call one of 'em a ‘largest woman' sometime? If she has a pug nose, then it is just retrousse; if she is thick-lipped, then she is One Big Kiss. “Oh you men! Tt certainly is lucky tor us gals you fall o hard. If you didn’t you would see that even Venus looks funny eating corn on the cob. Ain’t that a crim * ok Rk There you are, Babette! Accept these trifles, via Lucretius, Roman: via Munro, Englishman: via C. E. T., American, in the spirit they the passage, one of the most cal literature, on one's WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS { complaint on the score of the privacy are written. And write us again! I | | Mr. Coolidge and Chairman Butler in positions of enforced neutrality. * ok K ok Five vacancies exist in the Seventieth Congress, all in the House, and each caused by death. They will be filled this year in November elections. Four of the members who died were Republicans and one was a Democrat. A. E. B. Stephens of North Bend, Ohio, eight years in Congress and for some time in ill health, died before his new term commenced. His. district is overwhelmingly ~Republican. The vacancy in the first Colorado district is caused by the death of William N. Vaile. He was serving his fifth term. The district comprises the city of Denver and is rated Republican. In the death of Representative Stephens and Vaile the National Guard lost steadfast champions. Walter W. Magee was serving his seventh term as Representative from the Syracuse district of New York—a Republican stronghold. His death leaves a vacancy in _the committee on appro- priations. The third Oregon district, where a vacancy exists hecause of the death of Maurice Crumpackel went Democratic in Congress in 19 Representative Crumpacker was serv- ing his second term. Ladislas Lazaro was serving his eighth term from | Louisiana at the time of his death. EREE Now that the American radio public has heard the voice of the Prince of Wales {ncident to the dedi- cation of the International Peace Bridge at Buffalo, it is worth while noting that there remain only two international celebrities who have never yet stood before a microphone, —Mme. Galli-Curci, the opera singer, and_ Fritz Kreisler, the violinist. In lanation it is gaid that Galli- Curci has an incurable timidity of singing into the “mike,” and that Kreisler is unwilling to trust his music and his reputation to the ten- der mercies of static and other in- terferences and the reproduction de- ficiencies of some receiving set: Efforts have not abated, however. to persuade hoth artists to change their | minds and make it unanimous. (Covyright. 1027.) - Gov. Fuller’s Private Inquiry Is Scored To the Editor of The Star: I think you are wrong in saving editorfally that there is no basis of of Gov. Fuller's investigation of the Sacco-Vanzettl case. The privacy is one of many things that makes great numbers of people suspect that Sacco and Vanzetti have not heen accorded their full rights. They believe the two | men should have heen given a second trial, at which all the evidence for and against them could have been pre- sented in public. As you say, “the forms of law” have been complied with in Massachusetts, but in Massachusetts the “forms of law” are not enough. In other States a higher court could have passed on the new evidence that has been pre- sented, but in Massachusetts a higher court could only pass on the conduct of the court that doomed Sac- co and Vanzettl. So Sacco and Van- zettl are denled a new trial, which millions feel they are entitled to. Gov. Fuller's secret investigation, violating the basic principles of Anglo- Saxon jurisprudence, has condemned Sacco and Vanzetti, but it has not set- tled the famous case. OLIVER E. CARRUTH. R Editors at Liberty. From the Boston Transcript. So many newspapers are being drowned in the process of consolida- tion that there will soon be enough laid-off editors to run all the courts, | universities, churches and other activ- | is subfect to like objection'and Cleve- | ities in the country . Elimination. From the Detroit Free Pre: | modern, remembers y 1. That treedom does not mean ab- | Ntrecht of 50 degrees Fahrenheit, the |lute zero, or about —: ‘We Americans are nat elimipating many railroad crossings. It's the other way about. D. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1927, PHILOSOPHIES BY GLENN FRANK I have been watching with intense interest the development of Children: The Magazine for Parents. It is a new venture, journalistically good In technique, and its content rich in the meat of mature good sense. From the August issue T extract these summarized pointers which. as a parent, I have found worth pondering: We used to believe: 1. That children should obey blindly and unquestionably every adult com- mand. That the child should be forced to do hard tasks for the sake of dis- sipline and will training. 3. That all hard tasks were valuable mercly hecause they were hard. 4. That making children do unsel- fish things gave them habits of unsel- fishness. That child training should be & matter of unchanging routine. ‘We now believe: 1. That obedience should be based on understanding. 2. That the child's interest should lead him to do the task, whether it is hard or easy. 3. That the child’s attitude toward his tasks makes them valuable or otherwise. 4. That unselfish actions must bring satisfaction to the child if he is to re- peat them. That child training requires a nstant readjustment of routine and | ideas. The modern parent, whose mind is always: sence of guidance. titled to receive their parents’ best judgment and help in forming right ways of living. 3. That the strict, blind obedience former] demanded of children did not always make for efficiency in later life, but often hindered self-develop- ment. 4. That obedience for its own sake is_not educative. 5. That children whose every act is directed will not learn the self-direc- tion they will need In adult life. 6. That by learning to make deci- sions for themselves, children develop judgment and self-reliance. 7. That simply doing unselfish things under adult pressure does not teach children unselfishness. 8. That restraint and repression im- posed by adults do not teach self- control and consideration for others, 9. That Jearning comes for repoti- tion of activities that give satisfac- | tion, whether these activities are in themselves easy or difficult. These pointers are worth pasting on the nursery wall. (Covyright, 1027.) oo Urges Use of Potomac River for Power Plant To the Editor of The Star: In the photogravure section of The Sunday Star, August 7, you presented some most attractive pictures of that stretch of the Potomac River which embraces Great Falls, and, in your editorial, asked the question, “Park or Power Plant?” And vou state that if the proposed power development, now under consideration, is made, this scenic beauty will be destroyed for all time—or words to that effect. Natural beauty is one thing: but our rivers, both great and small, in the march of developmental improve- ments call for dams and bridges which, instead of destroying scenic beauty complete the picture. One is the com- plement of the other. I feel that a dam, with a bridge over all, on the Potomac River above Chain Bridge, as high as conditions will permit and that is practicable—bringing the falls down to the dam—would be a grander scene than Great Falls in its ural state. What spot in Rock Creek Park? old mill and dam! A park embracing the stretch of the Potomae River which includes Great Falls would be expensive to buy and keep up. a liability without a tangible asset, whereas a power development, such as is being contemplated, wouid be a utility greatly to be desired, and if made in accordance with modern engineering skill and methods, should be attractive indeed! The “white coal” of the Potomac River and its trib utaries, from the standpoint of power if properly harnessed and conserved, would be equivalent, in round figures, to a million tons of “black coal” each year. If a stream of commercial coal, equal In power possibilities to that of the water in the Potomac River, was rolling past us, going to waste, what would we do? A million tons of commercial coal at $5 per ton would amount te $5.000,000, and $5.000.000 would pay the interest on $100.000,000 at 5 per cent per annum, and $100,000,000, wisely and economically used, in mak ing power developments on the Potomac River and its tributaries, should justify the investment. To allow this natural resource, which is everlasting, so far concerns our common humanity, to go to waste, and consume a like proportion of fuel which, when burned up, is gone ‘“‘for all time” and which may be needed by is the most attractive The Pierce future generations, is a sin and 2 shame! G. W. KERNODLE. ———— Gov. Fuller’s Decision Meets With Approval fo the Editor of The Star: It is to be hoped that a large number read your fine editorial of Saturday and expressed approval of vour ideas as to the Sacco-Vanzetti case. Furthermore, it is hoped that emphasis will be expressed as to the justice of Gov. Fuller's decision in the case, adverse to the two men. It seems not understandable to a lay reader of the case why so much is given in the newspapers as to the expressions of sympathizers of these criminals and so little by those who believe in “law and justice.” It my understanding is correct, Sacco and Vanzetti are murderers. Then why should they not suffer the penalty for their crime? Why in a so-called law-abiding coun- try should men of their “views" and standing be permitted to talk, write and_act contrary to the laws of the land While liberty is for all, it is within limits that must be observed by all. These people who have not the right ideas of this country's ideals should go elsewhere. If France and other countries approve of these criminals, why not take them to their govern- ments' protection? Seemingly this Is a good time for this Nation to make a demonstration of the rights and wrongs of freedom of thought and speech as affecting the rights of people. What have these men, condemned for murder, done for this country, or any other, to make better their asso- ciates and the public at large? Should they not he executed for their crime? MARCIADDIE POWERS FARRING- It Is Lonesome! From the Spokane Spokesman-Review. President Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University is worried be- cause he is unable to find any great men, at home or abroad. He saw America first, and now he has finished a tour of Europe, and still no great men. PO, How Pedestrians Can Help. From the Boston Herald. Pedestrians mixing with automo- biles on the highways will save offi- cials much bother by carrying iden- tification cards, Q. Does a $5 gold picce contain $5 worth of gold?—E. 1. T. A. When it leaves the mint it con- tains exactly 35 worth of gold. The value of the alloy is insignificant. Q. In what city is the national headquarters of the Congress of Pa ents and Teachers?—S. T. H. A. The national office of the Na-. tional Congress of Parents and Teach- s is located at 1201 Sixteenth street, Washington, D. C. knows of no reason why the cream on the top of the bottle of milk should sour quicker than the milk, unless it | is a_matter of flavor that the cream | would taste sour sooner than the milk. } Q. What is meant by the term | public policy?—R. E. A. It means general interest. Q. How large a territory does the Columbia River drain?—R. T. A. It drains a basin of 259,000 square miles. This river system is said to contain at least one-third of the water power available in the en- tire United States. ?. “W'hn! is the climate of Holland? | A. The climate of the Netherlands, | often called Holland, is moist and with small range in temperature. The Sum- mers are not very warm, nor_are the Winters often very cold. With an average annual temperature at mean temperature is 49 degrees Fah- That children need and are en-|renheit in the Spring and Autumn| 4.4 degrees Fahrenheit in July and August and 35.6 degrees Fahrenheit in January. Q. What proportion of the automo. biles now made are closed cars?’— C. H. R. A. In the United States 70 per cent of the total production for 1926 were | closed cars and 30 per cent open cars. Q. Assuming an inhabitant on Nep- tune, how large would the sun look to him? Would Neptune's moon reflect | any light?—N. M. | " A. The Naval Observatory says that to an inhabitant of Neptune the sun |apparent diameter would be about one- | thirtieth what it is as seen from the earth, or about one minute of arc— | too small to be seen as a disk by the | unaided human eye. The sunlight re. | ceived by Neptune is about 1-900th of | the amount received by the earth, | equal, to 520 times that of full moon- !light *on the earth and abundant for | all visual purposes. lite gives the hypothetical inhabitants of Neptune less than the hundredth part of the amount of light that ours gives us. Q. What is meant by calling a per- n a_pooh-bah?—W. D. A. The allusion is to one who fill many offices inefficiently. The ludi- | crous character of this name is in Gil- | bert and Sullivan’s “Mikado.” Q. Who is the author of the quota- tion, “Daughter am I in my mother’s | house, but mistress in my own" M. D. A. This is. from Kipling's Lady of the Snows.” | | so “Our Q. What is the membership of the | Society of Christlan Endeavor?—R. C. A. The total membership in this | country and foreign ones is 4,000,000. | | Q. Who was the engineer who bu[l.!t ;‘hesco‘ railroad up Pikes Peak? A. The Denver Chamber of Com- Clarence Chamberlin’s hop to New York from the deck of the steamship Leviathan suggests to many students | of aviation problems that a ship-to- | shore service will be the first practi- i cal contribution of the airplane to ocean transportation. “This fight,” says the Rock Island Argus, “demonstrates that the greal ocean liners can carry airplanes, pro- viding ship-to-shore service, expedit- ing mail and accommodating passen- gers who are in haste.” The Worces- ter Evening Gazette views the feat as “valuable commercially, as well as a much-needed advertisement for Ameri- |can passenger vessels. Once the service is established regularly,” con- tinues the Gazette, “it should result in Increased mail and passenger carrying by the American flag ships making use of it.” “Again America takes the lead in a new development in aviation,” de- clares the Winston-Salem Sentinel, with the suggestion that Chamberlin “has vendered a service that is of considerably greater value than a flight across the Atlantic would be at this time.” The Chicago Daily News also contends: “In view of all recent experience, it is likely to be a long while hefore aviation enthusiasts realize their ambition to establish regular non-stop flights across the Atlantic. The weather hazard is too serious. The ship-to-shore service, time in going across, will be welcomed” by many travelers.” * Xk X Ok “Despite the fact that we may have optimistic views regarding the velopment of ocean travel by a according to the Charlotte Observe: “the fact remains that even the most enthusiastic air supporter could hardly expect such a passenger service until the industry has been more fully de- veloped. But the idea of hopping off a steamship when it has come to within a few hundred miles of its destination is not beyond reason, by any means. Such flights would be comparatively safe and would also deduct many hours from the total time required to cross the Atlantic by steamer. Such part-of-the-way ocean filghts are the proper ones rather than any wild idea of carrying people all the way acress at one flight, at least for the time being." The St. Paul Pioneer Press holds that “in this age of speed, every hour clipped from a journey adds another victory for man's ingenuity,” and that “it would he a rash prophet who would attempt to set any definite limits to what he may do in the future. The Schenectady Gazette tion of water and air travel lessens materially the fuel needed for the latter,” and adds that Chamberlin's feat “again calls attention to the sug- gestion of gigantic rafts, or, as they might be called, artificial islands sta- tioned in the ocean along airplane route: i | | i * ok ok X “It is pretty certain that in the future craft that navigate water and craft that navigate the air are to be close companions and helpmates,” pre- dicts the Detroit News, which adds that “the brave men who have ven- tured all in these first aerial trips over courage inventive genius and capacity for constructive thinking. History will perpetuate the memory of such | men.” The Passaic Daily Herald re- Neptune's satel- | while it will not reduce Lindbergh's | emphasizes the fact that “a combina- | jenforcement of the President’s ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC ). HASKIN. | merce says that Maj. John Hurlbert { was the engineer who constructed the | road. The road was built in 1889 and was put in operation the following year. Q. Which is harder, lead or zinc?- - J. W, H. A. Metallurgists’ handbooks give the hardness of lead on the Mohs scale as 1.5 and that of zinc as 4. Q. Where is Shorediteh in Londor —C. T. N. Q. Which sours more quickly—milk | A. The horough of Shoreditch- f« or crea; H. M. D. immediately north of the city nucleus A. Milk sours more quickly. The |of London. In Shakespeare's time tie Bureau of Dairy Industry says it|two theaters of London were i horeditch. The name was probably derived from that of Sir John Shore ditch. who lived in this locality in the reign of Edward 11I. Q. Who was the first woman?—F. D. A. The first United States Congress woman was Miss Jeanette Rankin of Montana, who was elected to the Sixty-fifth Congress (1918-1919). Q. What is a limequat?—H. H. A. The limequat is a cross betwee the West India lime and the kumquat orange. It is very much like the iime in quality and flavor and has the hardiness of the kumquat. The lime is sensitive to cold to a degree that makes the production of the fruit uncertain in Florida. Q. What is the space?—G. R. T. A. The temperature of space genar- | ally is believed to be very nearly abs . > A Q\‘ Is Lowestoft china still made?— A. The production of this celebrated blue and white china was begun in Lowestoft toward the end of the eighteenth century, bat it is no longer made. Congress temperature of s Q. Does the African octave have the same number of tones as the European octave’—C. R. A. James Ballanta, a negro, born in Africa, trained in the University of Edinburgh and, by scholarship, in the New York Conservatory of Music, has discovered through research that the African octave contains 17 ton: whereas the European octave contain only 12. there alcohol in vinegar?— Q. M. N. A. The Bureau of Chemistry savs that, while there may be a very little alcohol left in vinegar, it is almost always entirely used up by the acetic fermentation which takes place. Q. Why was John Trumbull prisoned in London’—W. H. A. After serving in the Revolution, Trumbull went to London. Arrested | there, he announced that he had heen |on the staff of Gen. Washington. This occasioned his heing confined in he Tower of London for about eight months. The art lifo was saved by a direct appeal to the King made by Benjamin West, with whom the artist had studied. Find out whatever youw want to know. There is no room for ignorance in this busy world. The person who loses out is the one who guesses. The | person who gets on is ahcays the one who acts upon reliable information This paper employs Frederic J. Haskin to conduct an information bureau in Washington for the free use of tie public. There is no charge, except 2 cents in stamps for return postage. Write to him today for any facts you | desire. Address The Evening Star In- formation Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washington, D. C. im- ‘New Possibilities Suggested . By Clarence Chamberlin’s Hop |from the deck of the airplane ecarrler Langley, then cruising off Cape Henry, and after circling about in the air re- turned to its mother ship. But the Langley was equipped with a runway 500 feet long and with receiving gear to arrest the flying machine’s course when it returned. ~ That was quite & different thing from taking the air by means of the runway on the Levia- | than, which is only 114 feet long.” * Kk ok x ‘This feat, it is believed by the Phila delphia Evening Bulletin, “may fore- | shadow some considerable departure in I ship architecture. The great plane carriers which the British and Ameri- can navies devised have their smoke- stacks at one side and a clear runway | the length of the deck. It weuld not be feasible to build a runway higher | than the top of a ship's funnels. So | it is quite on the cards that, as the big liners offer plane service at either end of the trip, they will be reconstructed with a hurricane deck clear for a fly- ing field, and the stacks almost out- board.” Advocacy of _he use of a catapult in launching planes from liners as well as battleships comes from the Louis- ville Courier-Journal, with the expla- nation: “In a heavy sea, the running board would seem a liability, turning the incline to a dangerous angle. And as the ship-to-mainland service can only be effective as a regular thi as regular as the air-mail service—it | will perhaps be necessary to remedy the method for the take-off.” UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR Ten Years Ago Today American ambulance driver says Germans fire continuously on Ameri- can ambulances at the front. * ® ¢ Naval gun crew of the U. §. tanker Campana helieved to be held prisoners on German U-boat and Washington fears for their safety, remembering Germany's threats to executs naval | crews seized on merchantmen. * * ¢ | Senate leaders of hoth parties indi- cate the La Follette “peace” resolu- |tion will be buried and its author {squelched. * * * FHoover announces sweeping scheme of regulation to con trol the wheat and flour supply of the country for the benefit of the Na- tion and its allies. Ioarders and speculators warned to unload now be prosecuted. * * * Our embargo to be unyielding as State Department Is won over to a policy of strictest order. * German wireless discovered in Campeche hills, after reports of sus- piclous ships being seen in the Gulf of Mexico. Officials convinced that much illicit trading is going on ® * ¢ McAdoo urges speed in pass- ing the soldiers’ war insurance bill to have it enacted by the time our new National Army begins its service. * * * Congress is agreeable to an- other $2,000,000,000 bond issue, but sentiment is growing in favor of making the next war bonds taxable. ottt it the Atlantic are more than ‘flying | fools” They combine with their ! Jay-Walker. i y | From the Boston Transcript. The aviator has his troubles, but he flects that “Chamberlin’s demonstra- [tion of the ease with which an air- plane can rise from an ocean liner's deck and fly ashore with mail or pas- sengers is just another incident in a series of surprises.” ‘The feat is packed with commercial possibilities,” in the opinion of the New York Sun, which directs attention to a similar achievement with the statement: long ago as October 26, 1922, a Navy airplane hopped off does not have among them the tear ¥ ay suddenly ap- pear around the corner of the next cloud. Getting Together. From' the Boston Transcript. From England comes news of an. other union between the nobility and the opulent lowar middle class. A noble lord has married the daughter of the village plumber.