Evening Star Newspaper, September 6, 1927, Page 8

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A ©f epeclal dispatches herein are also reserved _— Anarchists in America. | Shortly after a bomb had exploded | in the Brooklyn courthouse yesterday, doing little damage. a police raid re- sulted in the arrest of six men and the seizure in twd places of a quantity of materials which, it is believed, were the “makings” of infernal machines. In addition. there were taken coples of anarchistic literature and maps of New York and Washington, with cer- taln public buildings marked. The men taken were all Latin Americans. Among the papers seized were letters indicating that two of the men ar- rested had just completed a Nation- wide tour in the interest of anarchistic propaganda. 1t is quite possible that these men participated in the Brooklyn bombing and it is also believed that they may have been implicated in the recent ex- plosions in the New York subways which coincided with the pre-execu- tion Sacco and Vanzetti agitations in that city. None of the ‘“literature” taken in the raids, however, connected them with the demonstrations in be- half of the condemned communists of Boston. 1t is positively known that there are in this country certain people who are engaged in criminal activity aimed at the stability of the state. Whether shey are working' as individuals or in small groups or in relation to a large arganization, the fact remains that they are bent upon destruction in & eampaign of terrorism for political purposes. These men who have just been arrested in New York disclaim him, prohibition was no great social experiment. In his mind the license to drink, as old as the world was old, had been the experiment. The result, in his mind, was the necessity for prohibition. ‘Wheeler demonstrated the power of the baHot; and his use of this power was skilled and always successful. For the last ten years of his life he lived in Washington, and his most picturesque battles were waged on Capftol Hill. But the real prepara- tiog for his campaigns, the levying of his forces, the marshaling of his re- serves, lay not in Washington, but thioughout the country. His appeals were directed to the voters: his de- mands were exacted upon their repre- sentatives. The “doubtful” Congress man in Washington feared Wheeler— not the man Wheeler, but the power he held over the voters. To buck Wheeler was to buck a constituency that Wheeler's hand had organized. Few of them cared to buck Wheeler. The death of Wheeler, under cir- cumstances which should enlist the sympathies of friend and foe alike, has ended a career which indelibly stamped itself upon the times. It is fdle to talk of who will succeed Wheeler. There will he, of course, inother general counsel for the Anti- Saloon League. But Wayne B, Wheel- er is dead. ——t——— Hughes and the 1928 Race. The arrival of former Secretary Hughes from his European vacation yesterday has not resulted in any ma- terial addition to political information regarding the next presidential cam- paign. Shortly after he landed he was interviewed by a group of political re- porters in his office, and in response to their opening questions he said that while not very familiar with the situation he was “still of the opinion that Mr. Coolidge will be renominated and re-elected,” and he added, “and I am for that.” In further response to queries he indicated that there was nothing in President Coolidge's “I do not choose” statement to preclude his nomination by the Republican conven- tion. Then came the important ques- tion. He was asked, “In the event that you should reach the conclusion that Mr. Coolidge is definitely out, would that change your attitude as expressed in the statement made pub- lic in May?” Mr. Hughes replied, ““As I see it, no such conclusion would be justified, and under the circumstances I see no reason why any one should add to or enlarge upon what I have already said.” And that is that. Mr. Hughes be- lieves that the President is still avail- able, despite his ‘“choosing” not to run in 1928. He believes that the President will be renominated as the result of a universal party demand any radical designs, but contend that they are toymakers and experimenters 4n sclence, thus seeking to explain | their possession of dangerous mate- wlals. It is not to be expected that they would avow their murderous radi- ealism. 4 The fact that none ‘of the recent ex- plosions in New York and other cities | ©ost lives does not lessen the danger ‘which is evident from these ‘manifes- tations of criminal hostility to the es- tablished order. The Wall Street ex- plosion of some years ago, which Killed many people, is not to be for- gotten. It has never been solved. At any time another such outrage may be committed. A systematic round-up of radicals has been urged since the Sacco-Van- getti agitations began for the purpose of deporting those who are alien ‘and ‘holding under some form of restraint those who have citizenship status. Such a housecleaning is certainly to be desired, in view of the plain fact that this country is at present infested with anarchists who are both openly and secretly working to undermine the foundations of government. Unfor- tunately there is lacking in this coun- try a system of registration enabling the police to identify dangerous char- acters, but in view of the flagrancy of utterance and action on the part of many of those who are thus engaged in propaganda and crime against the state it should not be difficult to make & large clearance of these plotters and destroyers, with the result of a declded gain toward public safety. —_———————— The public loves comedy. The bright few silver dime which John D. Rocke- feller is represented as bestowing as @ gratuity is magnified by a spirit of thoughtless fun into more prominence than the splendid philanthropies that bear the Rockefeller name. —— An extra sesslon will enable Wash- ington, D. C., to prove a worthy suc- esssor to Rapid City, 8. Dak, as a news center. e Wayne B. Wheeler. As a senior in the class of 1894 at Oberlin College, Ohio, the prahibition movement, fostered by the then re- cently organized Anti-Saloon League, attracted Wayne B. Wheeler, and for thirty years he devoted his time and 1 his energy to the creation of what he ealled “a sober, prosperous, intelligent America,” awainst a “tippling, thriftless land.” He saw the cause of prohibition grow from an idealistic dream of a few “reformers” to a reality guaranteed by eonstitutional amendment. The leading part that he took in this movement is testified by the fact that in life he became the personification of the cause, while his tragic death leaves that cause almost leaderless. So strongly had he stamp- @4 his personality upon the movement that those who would attack the theory of prohibition picked him, in- stead, for their target. To the enemies of prohibition Wayne B. Wheeler was the arch foe. To the friends of pro- Abition Wayne B. Wheeler was the ever-watchful guardian, a Napoleon who had yet to meet his Waterloo. ‘Wheeler's fight for prohibition was waged without compromise. “We are at war,” he once wrote. “A fight to the finish, with no quarter asked or given, is on.” And it was his unwill- ingness to give the other side a chance that made for him his most bitter enemies. He felt that the other that he serve another term. He de- clines to commit himself further than he has already done on the score of his own availability in the event that Mr. Coolidge should peremptorily and not in Vermontese decline to allow consideration of his name. His own statement in May was that he regard- ed himself as too old for the presi- dency. At that time there was no rea- son to look for any demurrer on the part of the President to the sugges- tion of another term. The intervening circumstances have not altered the fact of Mr. Hughes' age: Nothing can do that. He will be very nearly sixty-seven in March, 1929, when the next President, whoever he may be, will take the oath of office. Other opinions may be had on the score of the relationship of years and . the presidency, and certainly there is nothing in the expressions of Mr. Hughes given in response to yester- day’'s questions to discourage those who are hoping to add his name to the list of potential Republican candi- dates to be considered by the conven- tion of that party next June. Moving the Town. Columbus, Ky., has given up its battled with the Mississippl. Inun- dated in the last great flood and forced to fight every minute before that to keep the angry waters from over- whelming it, Columbus has decided that discretion is the better part of valor and is moving its forty dwell- ings to a high bluff a half mile above the river. This small Kentucky village fis taking the action that many per- sons believe should have been taken long before by threatened towns and cities. It is far simpler to move than to stay to be flooded again. Re- building must take place in any event 'wHE REVENING STAR, WASHINGTOX, V. ©. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER b, 19°7. THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. graph in one of the wings of Callizo’s plane. This instrument when taken from the plane on landing showed only fourteen thousand feet altitude, and the cat was out of the bag. At the Aero!Club investigation it was proved that Callizo had faked the first record and the second; that he had doctored the barograph before leaving the ground to show the high cefling: that he had blown steam on it to render the invisible ink visible as soon as he got out of sight of the ground; that just before landing he took some drug, which made hip deathly pale, as if he had been in high altitudes, and that he purposely crashed his plane so that the record would seem more realistic. So by the uncovering of this faker America will get the record. Either Lieut. Macready, with more than thirty-eight thousand feet, or Lieut. Carleton C. Champion, jr., of the Navy will be given the coveted title, one of the four major records of aviation. Even before Callizo was shown up there was some feeling of wonderment in America that France was able to produce such a man and such a ma- chine, the ‘cnmhim\tlun of which was sufficient to set such an extraordinary height in airplane flying. Lieut. Mac- ready, when he was still in the Army, tried repeatedly with special planes and special equipment to shatter the record that had been made in an ordi- nary Bleriot ship with no particular preparation. Lieut. Champion, holder of the world altitude record for seaplanes, and with a better motor and better equipment than Macready could pro- cure at the time of his attempts, fell short of Callizo's alleged mark, al- though in the rarefied atmosphere of the upper reaches his motor pounded itself to pieces, his plane caught fire, and he barely escaped with his life. Was it not a cause for wonderment then tbat the bhest that America could produce, even with the powerful air-codled, five-hundred-and-fifty-horse- power motor, was not enough to break a record that had been made in an ordinary plane and ordinary equip- ment? Callizo is very definitely through, and it is well that he is. Aviation can- not harbor such men in its ranks. The men of the sky must be brave and they must, above all, be sportsmen. There is no room, even in the limit- less blue, for shirkers and fakers. France is to be congratulated for its prompt investigation and expulsion of a man who has disgraced his name, his country and the gloriously develop- ing art of flying. —e—— The regular vacation season ended with Labor day. There is in the pres- ent industrial system an abundance of lelsure available to almost every- body. The close of vacation marks the comfortable transfer of nfuch golf back to the links in the neighborhood of home. —_— a———— A member of Congress who has to ponder long and laboriously on some question relating to expenditure in the home town may be found perfectly willing to undertake a settlement off- hand of all the.problems involved in the so-called Darwinian theory. ———— It may be doubted whether Mr. Her- bert Hoover can be persuaded just now to regard his personal political pros- pects, brilliant though they appear, as comparing in importance with the work of taming, once and for all, the lower Mississippi. ——— The extent of England’s rubber in- terests does not encourage any dis- .| constituti “legality.” quieting suspicions of possible gum- shoe work in navy relationships. b 4 e Russia has never been able to hold people calling themselves bolsheviks down to an exact definition of their beliefs. B It is now generally demanded that aviation be taken seriously, especially by fearless young aviators. ———.——— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Increasing Leniency. A hoss thief was a fearful chap— They soon removed him from the map. Then came the bicycle whose theft To milder punishment was left. Next he who hooked a motor car Too frequently sped safe, afar, ‘We only hoped, with feelings grim, A guilty conscience troubled him. and rebuilding would appear to be far more worth while if it were a permanent measure. There must be some fascination, however, to river folk in their loca- tion near the swirling waters. They are loath to leave to build in safer places. And that is one reason that floods, which occur almost periodi- cally, take such a heavy toll. Per- haps Columbus has led the way and other villages will follow. It is a sensible experiment at lea ———— A man like Mayor Walker of New York must be something of a surprise to Mussolini. Mr. Walker frankly en- joys himself on a holiday. Mussolini refuses to admit that there is such a thing as a holiday. An Aviator Disgraced. Jean Callizo has been convicted and disgraced. The French Aero Club has stripped him of pretense and honor and shown him to the world as a faker and llar. Holder of the world altitude record for airplanes, Callizo has had his record summarily taken from him, he has been denied a license to fly again in France, and the Legion of Honor committee has been request- ed to withdraw the award of that order. This most pathetic figure that avia- tion has so far revealed was uncov- ered in the following manner: Callizo two years ago returned from a flight to announce that he had established the altitude record of more than forty thousand feet. Monday he went up again to set the mark still higher. When he reached the ground his baro- graph this time showed something over forty-six thousand feet. #ide deserved no chance. Felling or disarming his foe, he never waited for him to rise again before the fight ‘was resumed, but stamped upon and P.Ilpdnh.fl him then and there, | To But before this flight Bleriot engi- neers, doubtful whether their machine could reach the forty-thousand-foot celling, had installed a secret baro- On yonder sky our gaze we set To view the boldest robber yet. “What can we do,” we ask in pain, “With one who steals an aeroplane?” E Well Deserving. “Some members of Congress do not work hard enough to earn their sal- aries.” “No man deserves a more gener- ous compensation,” answered Senator Sorghum, “than a member of Congress who knows when it is time to keep quiet and not get in the way.” Thanks for the Delicatessen. The fisherman attains his wish. ‘With pleasure keen he dines on fish. He paid his money like a man, And got them from the sardine can. Jud Tunkins says it would be easier to grow old gracefully if it was as easy to forget how to dance as it is to learn. Guiding Mentality. “Do you take your wife into your confidence about your business af- fairs?” e tried to,” answered Farmer Corntossel. “I always discover that than I do.” “The mnew civilization is progress- ing,” sald Hi Ho, the sage of China- town. “Many who write their prayers on paper and throw them to a joss now mark them ‘R. 8. V. P’ " In the Barber Shop. The woman climbs into the chair, And bids the barber bob her hair. The man pays all he can afford, And seeks to have his hair restored. “If you tells all you knows,” said Uncle Eben, “you won't need much time. If you tells all you thinks you know, you got years of taljgahead.” she already knows more about ‘em | The Three Modern Graces stood discussing the latest neighborhood scandal. Beauty wore a green dress, Charm a blue one, Goodness a pink gown. Beauty, Charm and Goodness — what a trio! The sunlight, filtering through the leaves of the Norway maples, cast delicious lights and shadows upon their bobbed heads. Beauty is dark, Charm intermediate —a very light brown—and Goodness a pure blonde. Their names seemed to expgess the leading quality of each lady, not to the -exclusion of any other quality, howeve e Dark Beauty, for instance, whose sharply cut face is like a_cameo, pos- sesses both charm and goodness; Charm has beauty as well as good- ness; Goodness has beauty as well as charm. Yet each of the Three Graces—mod- ern edition—may be summed up in her name, which tells her chief char- acteristle. A ooking at them, the observer might be forgiven for dreaming of anclent days, then getting his ythology all mixed up. M aiong of the world's first beauty contest might well flit through his head. He might “confuse the real Three Graces with the three god- desses who fought it out for the golden apple, and the honor of being first called ‘‘Miss Greece. N rfowed from the sanity of today, whaowed Gild story that is of the judgment of Paris, called Alexander, who gave the apple to Venus! “The thing came about in this wise: Discord, not being invited to the mar- riage of Peleus and Thetis, threw a golden apple into the midst of the assembly. “Let the beauty take me,” was en- graved on the golden bauble. Juno, Minerva and Venus claimed it. Jove, Juno's crafty husband, being unwilling to decide, ordered Paris to do so, hence the competing beauties gathered together upon Mount Ida, where Paris made his decision. These old legends are absurd, truly, but they do contain a great deal of human nature! Juno promised Paris a kingdom if he would award her the prize. Minerva sald: ‘“Paris, I'll make you the wisest man in the world if you will accord me the honor.” Venus offered him the fairest wom- an in the world for his wife. ‘Well, you know who got the prize! PR Consider Beauty. “Is this the face that launched a thousand ships, And fired the topmost towers of 1- jum? Frankly, it is not. The lady who owns this face has better things to do than launching ships. Modern girls prefer to fire the oven for biscuits for supper, rather than devote their energles to the towers, topmost or otherwdse, of Troy. Anyway, what do they do in Troy, any more, except make collars? Beauty has a face, which, once seen, is never forgotten. Such eyes, and st‘h a smile! She should be a movie actress.” No, indeed, she shouldn’t. She has a much better job. EE Here is Charm! ‘ This girl has a peculiar grace of carriage .and movement, a subtle something which distinguishes her from others, Her voice Is clear and high pitched, yet soft with the sweetness which is the glory of women'’s voices. Once any one falls under its sway, he (or she) finds himself listening for it as he would for the music of a good orchestra. She is, in essence, a combination of artistic and physical gifts, one react- ing on the other, even in the way she holds her head. She has imagination and a sense of humor, and such a gift for friendli- ness that discriminating persons who see her ask for nothing better in this world than to be her friend. She has a way of looking up at one, from heneath slightly lowered lashes, so that one feels that to be a_ real friend of Charm would be to achieve distinction. * Kk ¥ X And here is Goodness. Thank goodness, as the ladies say! She is gentleness personified. Her paths are ways of peacefulness. She gathers the lambs of others to her bosom, and loves them the same as if they were her own. She is that rarest of persons, one who never quarrels, There is no re- tort upon her lip. Those who fret and fume shall not understand her, but it makes no difference. What they may call a lack of sparkle is seen by those who know Gioodness to be merely the soft reflec- tion of an inner spirit which deals only in happiness. This is the one and only genuine light that never shone on land or sea, for it shines from heart to heart. This is the mild beam of human sweetness, which is the heritage of women who possess the little-girl look. Her bright hair so reflects her sunny disposition that the world can- not wonder any longer why ‘gentle- men prefer blondes.” Seeing her, the world knows! So let the golden apple be bestowed upon her, not by Paris, but—by Jove! BACKGROUND OF EVENTS BY PAUL V. COLLINS. Gen. Primo de Rivera, dictator of Spain, submitted yesterday to the King. a new constitution and a decree for convoking a National Assembly to meet in the first or second week of October. Nominally, the new Assem- bly will compile and adopt the new Y fon, but in fact there will be no great deliberation over that form to be submitted by the dictator. The entire personnel of the Assem- bly will be selected by the government, for the election is a mere formality, there being no possibility of Qlectlnfi any but the hand-pieked “‘candidate. There will be 100 delegates from the Jearned and liberal professions. There will be no opposition parties, for Prime Minister Primo de Rivera con- fesses with the modesty characteristic of a dictator. that “the benefits de- rived from the present administration are so clear and self-evident that the government feels, in duty bound, to defend them energetically, without Gompunction or consideration of us all “rights of man” which the Ax;rgrl'u-.suxofis are so alert to preserve are thrownopenly into the dlwnnk and only the rights of the throne an of the dictator behind the throne re: malh it is announced that the As- sembly, which will soon be in opera- Hon, will “permit the development of sound politics,” being the’ combina- tion of “all voices excepting those which have been forever stilled”— oxecuted. Those stilled volces were those of ‘contumacious politicians, who, on account of lack of efficency, negligence of their duties and cor- ruption in office, had been a disgrace to Spain for many years.” So assert the dictator and his followers. The adoption of any sort of consti- tution in ‘S’mln is assumed to be an improvement over the military dle- tatorship, which has been arbitrary and above law. Until last May the whole of Spain has been under a de- clared state of siege since the coup d’etat September 15, 1923, by which De Rivera assumed power. It is merely the recognition “in principle” of a constitutional form of govern- ment, but the power to make or change the constitution at will re- mains in the hands of the dictator. The military members of the cabinet have been replaced by civilians, which, however, leaves the control of the cabinet as well as the army wholly in the hands of Gen. Primo de Rivera. His hands are strengthened by the change, even while the pre- tense is maintained of restoring the guarantees to the people. Yet while, under the military di- rectorate, all ministers reached the King only through “military chan- nels”—the prime minister—now each civillan minister may submit decrees for the royal signature directly to his majesty. * ok ok ok ‘When De Rivera assumed power, he announced that all the former cabinet was to be tried—perhaps executed— and particular vengeance was threat- ened against the foreign minister, Senor Alba, because of his treaties with the United States, France and Great Britain. The outgoing prime minister, Marquis de Alhucemas, throwing discretion to the winds, dared De Rivera to bring him to trial im- mediately. Not one of the threatened trials has taken place. De Rivera promised early general elections, when the voters, unfettered by partisan con- nections, might express their unham- pered will. No such elections have yet taken place. The basis of criticism of the Alhuce- mas treaties was that they exceeded the 20 per cent rebate of duties stipu- lated by the basic law, yet De Rivera not only suspended the basic law, but also made treaties with Italy which contained greater rebates than those in the Alhucemas treaties. EE * De Rivera ruled through a military directory, consisting of nine generals and one admiral, but none of them dared take any steps without the sanc- tion of the dictator. The first act of the directory was to abolish the 9,254 municipal corpora- tions and order the taxpayers to elect new municipal authorities. Thera- upon, a discharged clerk, accused of inattention to his duties in the minis- try of public works, was elected mayor of Madrid, and in Barcelona a pro- fessor of Greek was made mayor. These were promptly removed, and since then all mayors (alcaldes) have been appointed by the directorate, without consulting the will of the people. At the same time, a military officer s assigned as spy or inspector in every town, to keep watch and see that all orders from the central gov- ernment were carried out. For many years the Spaniards had been fighting a bloody defense of their control over Morocco. Gen. de Rivera decided to undertake to bring that war to a successful issue by assuming personal command in the field against Abd-el-Krim. He was making fair headway, when the Moroccans made the blunder of attacking French out- posts, thereby bringing French co- operation with Spain, which finally resulted in defeat of Abd-el-Krim's forces. In 1925, two desperate ‘conspiracies undertook to assassinate the King and all of the De Rivera government, and evidence at the trials showed that the conspfrators were men of high politi- cal standing, indicating that the un- rest was serious. When the military directorate was succeeded by civilian ministers, the King thanked the generals and army for their faithful performance, and warned them to keep out of politics thereafter. The generals had accom- plished no great reforms, but they had improved highways and railroads and encouraged the improvement of municipalities. It was discovered then that during the directorate 300, 000 Spaniards had migrated to Amer- ica to escape military duty. * ok X ¥ The key to De Rivera's policy now is to oust international control of Tan- gier and to take over that country as part of Spain’s protectorate in Africa. He says: “If we do not succeed in this, it will be a question whether, secing| that the honor of our arms has now| been brilliantly vindicated, it is worth! our while to continue expending trcas- ure to maintain an international Tan- gier, a focus of intrigue and a base for the rearmament of the tribes. Those who do not see the problem in that light are blind, and will weep for their error, for it will not be long be- fore Tangier gives rise to grave inter- national difficulties.” It Spain withdraws from Tangier, 2 will change the status quo of the Me iterranean, and leave it open for im- portant moves by Mussolini, as well as by France and England. Ten years ago, when Gen.'de Rivera was Gov- ernor of Cadiz, he made a speech built around his proposal to trade Ceuta, an African village and potential fortress equal to Gibraltar. in exchange for Gibraltar; “Ceuta for Gibraltar, and to hell with the rest of the Spanish protectorate!” De Rivera was court- martialed for that speech. Although the British admiralty has never indicated willingness to make such a trade, there is no sign that De Rivera has changed his views, now that he has power to carry out his suggestion, provided it met with British approval. Spain has withdrawn from the League of Nations. * k %k ok Theoretically, the Spanish mon- archy is a co-sovereignty, exercised jointly by the King and the nation. Now that the King, under the new constitution, is to select all members of the Cortes (the Congress) the power will be more absolutely in his “hands than before. There will be no divided party, no free speech, no free press and no “opposition” to be tolerated. The King becomes an absolute monarch, by and through the aid of the dictator who will ex- ercise that absolutism. Holding rank even above so far as concerns the military, Capt.-Gen. or “Marshal” Weyler—he of Cuban bitter memory—and he is an avowed and jealous enemy of the dictator. By reason of his rank, Capt. Gen. Weyler retains active duty as long as he lives, Last Spring, Weyler was implicated in the conspiracy against the government and was heavily fined, but he was of too ex- alted rank to be confined in prison, so, ever since, he has been kept under survefllance. While Gen. de Rivera is only 55 years of age, he is reported as aging rapidly under his stress of power. He collaborates loyally with King Alfonso, aged 40, and, with the increased arbitrary power, it is as- sumed that he expects to continue to rule. (Copyright. 1027, by Paul V. Collins.) De Rivera, is Precaution. The Loulsville Times, For a day or two before his fight with Tunney it is likely that Jack Dempsey, remembering the last time, will make his own coffee. ) Choosy. The Baltimore Evening Sun. Judging by a recent memorable ut- terance, we suppose there is nothing to do but place My. Coolidge among the choosy people. F W N PHILOSOPHIES BY GLENN FRANK Several years ago, Christopher Mor-' ley wrote a beguiling yarn with the be g;llllnz title of “Where the Blue Be- gins.” It is the story of the spiritual ad- ventures of Gissing, a dog Morley in- vested with human perplexities, as man has invested God with human personality and passions. Gissing's dog-soul was harassed by the inscrutable issues of life and des- tiny, and, like most of us, he was driven by a hunger for “a horizon Lh&t would stay blue when he reached "But Gissing’s greatest hunt was for od. With his dog-nose, as sensitive as a poet's spirit, Gissing tirelessly sought to scent the footsteps of God through the mire and maze of human affairs, in cathedral and counting-house, on land and sea—toward some horizon that would prove immortally blue. This evening I glanced through this engaging volume, and found my eye caught by the run of Gissing's refle tions about God. They were all under- lined from a first reading several years ago. They strike me as offering a tonic draught for the religious controver- sialists of our time—there is so little artificial bickering and so much of au- thentic spiritual hunger in them. I do not know a better statement of the real religlous problem of our time than this statement about Gisisng: “The very solitude that he craved and revelled in was, by a sublime par- adox, haunted by a mysterious loneli- n He felt sometimes as though his heart had been broken off from some great whole, to which it yearned to be reunited. It felt like a bone that had been buried, which God would some day dig up Or, again, thi: “People who have had an arm or leg amputated, Gissing refle they can still feel pains in the absent member. Well, there's an analogy in that. Modern skepticism has ampu- tated ‘God from the heart; but there is still a twinge where the arteries were sown up.” “The God I imagine,” said Gissing, In a phrase that is singularly perti- nent to our generation, “is something more than a formula on Sunday and an oath during the week. “This deity,” Gissing said again, as he pondered on the God worshipped by his fellow dogs who had become mere formalists, “this deity is too plainly an extension of their own desires.” And, then, this religious-afgument- obsessed time will do well to follow Gissing to the exquisite ending of his spiritual adventure. After all his wan- derings and wonderings, Gissing found God back “among the familiar dificult minuatiae of home.” (Copyright. 1927.) Anacostia’s Position on One-Man Car Service To the Editor of The Star: As chairman of the transportation committee of the Anacostia Citizens’ Association I request a small space in your waluable paper that I may ex- plain our association’s attitude on the one-man car problem. There has been some caustie com- ment on our demand for the improved type of one-man cars, and I would like to put our position in the right light before the people of Washington. The facts are briefly these: Any one who has ridden on the old type of one-man cars knows what a joke and terror they are, especially in cold weather, when there is little or no ventilation, as the alr cannot circu- late with the rear door continually closed. Aside from the unspeakable odors, there is always a jam at the one en- trance -and exit at the front end be- tween those trying to get on and off at the same time when the car is crowded, which is always the case on our line. Women are pushed and shoved, hats are knocked off, clothes are spattered with coal dust from hods, cans and burlap bags swung not over but against their heads and bodies. . To get some relief from these condi- tions our committee called on officials ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. Are triple-header base ball games ever played?-—J. C. A. Triple-headers are contrary to the rules of base ball. Q. Who was the first physician to perform an operation for appendi- citis?—V. E. MeN. A. The year 1838 was distinguished by the first operation for disease of the appendix as such. The first de- cisive step in the direction of modern methods was taken by a London phy- sician named Handock. The first oper- ation on the appendix performed in the United States was done by R. J. Hall of New York, on May 8, 1886. Q. What does fertile land in Hol- land sell for?—D. B. A. Land of average fertility sells for from $450 to $500 an acre. The population of the Netherlands is over 460 to the square mile. Q. What is “dry ice”?—A. C. A. 'Phis is the name given to frozen carbon dioxide. It has the remark- able temperature of 112 degrees below zero. Q. Why does an ostrich spread its wings when running?—G. D. A? It is generally believed that the spread wings used as sails increase its speed. Q. May a money order be issued for $250°—F. M. A. The maximum amount for which a single momey order may be issued is $100. When a larger sum is to be sent, additional orders must be ob- tained. -Any number of orders may be drawn on any money order office on any one day. Q. In what production does Chalia- pin appear covered with luminous paint?>—S. H. A. You probably refer to Boito's “Mefistofele,” in which Chaliapin ap- pears with the upper half of his body nude and covered with luminous paint. Q. What is the proportion of edible material in a flank steak?—W. M. A. Edible material constitutes 94.5 per cent of the cut. Q. Of the students who take a jour- nalistic course, how many make a pro- ftession of it?—E. P. A. The School of Journalism of Co- lumbla University made a study of its May 5, 1926, for murder in the first degree. Q. What part of the lar is used for paint?’—R. A. Six and a half cents of each building dollar is so used. Q. When will the guard at the tomb ot President Harding be removed?— R. C. H. A. It will be removed upon the completion of the new and permanent tomb now under construction. This will be about Decoration day next year. Q. Has Iceland always been a kingdom? A. Iceland was an independent re- public from 930 to 1263, when it joined with Norway. The two came under Danish rule in 1381. When Norway separated from Denmark in 1814, Ice- land remained under Denmark. In 1918 Denmark acknowledged Iceland as a soverelgn state, united with Den: mark only in that the Danish King, Christian X, was also to be King of Iceland. Its permanent neutrality was guaranteed. Provisionally until 1940 Denmark has charge of its foreign af- fairs, and a joint committee of six re- views bills of importance to both states. Q. Where is Chicago’s White Way? —L. J. K. A. 1t is generally admitted to be State street. between Lake and Van Buren streets. Magnificent lghting standards, each carrying two orna- mental bulbs, give an illumination claimed to make State street the light- est in the world. Q. Where can I see Nelly Custis® .wedding gown?—G. T. A. The wedding gown to which you refer is on exhibition in the Relic House at Mount Vernon. , the noted vio- building dol- G. Q. Ts Eugene linist, marfed?— A. He was marrled in July to An- nette Dincin, one of his pupils, of Brooklyn, N. Y. The bridegroom is 69; the bride, 25 Q. What is the Commission on In- terracial Co-operation?—S. M. A. It is an organization of white and colored people in the South, at- tempting to adjust racial differences through conference and co-operation hetween influential white and colored graduates with the following result: Out of 434 living graduates questions were answered by 201, mepresenting 67.7 per cent of the whole. Out of 291, 52 per cent are engaged in edi- torial or news side of periodical publi- cations, while 2.6 per cent are full- time teachers of journalism. Nearly 19 per cent are in callings, such as ad- vertising, publicity, printing and pub- lishing to which newspaper experience is a natural introduction. About 73 per cent have followed more or less closely along lines toward which their training was directed. For the rest, 6.8 per cent were women who on ac- count of marriage have retired from professional occupation. Four and four-tenths per cent are students carrying on advanced work. Thirteen per cent are in non-journalistic occu- pations and 2.4 per cent are reported as unemployed. P e Q. How many colored men have been electrocuted in Massachusetts? A. The warden of the State Prison at Boston, Mass., says that only one colored man has been electrocuted in that State. ‘His name was Richard Stewart and he was electrocuted on Perhaps Couzens Was Joking Pay of Senators About Small Some observers are inclined to be- lieve that Senator Couzens of Michigan was Jjoking when he told reporters on his birthday anniversary that he considered Senators overpaid. Those who take his words seriously insist that members of Congress must be classified, because some are overpaid while the Government gets the serv- of the Washington Railway & Electric Co. with the request that we be given the two-man cars. We were politely informed that such a thing was im- possible, but that we might get relief by applying to the Pulic Utilities Commission, with a request that the car company be ordered to install the new type of car on our line, such as ave on the Wisconsin avenue line; that this car has a rear exit and is otherwise sanitary and comfortable.| So of the two evils we decided to try for the less. Well, we started some- thing, anyway, and the end is not yet in_sight. ‘We wish to make it plain that we are bitterly opposed to any type of one-man cars, and now since the com- mission has refused to allow any more one-man cars to operate, we de- mand that all types of these cars be wiped out of our city. There would be no loss to the car company, as all they would have to do would be to put conductors on the same cars. Now the Anacostia line is to be re- routed .so_its cars will run to Elev- enth and Monroe streets northwest by way of Ninth and E streets to Elev- enth street northwest. This will call for more cars, 50 we see no way but to have a mixed line, some one and some two men cars, which would be a nuisance, indeed. We have a few two-men cars on our line now and I have seen passengers left by waiting to get on at the front end and then hefore they could fight through traffic mtlho rear end the car would pull out. Now we appeal to the Public Util- ities Commission and to the influence of your great paper to help the people of Washington to get rid, once and for always, of the nuisance of the one- man car. If we have to pay a higher carfare, let us at least get our money’'s worth. CHARLES S. HARRIS. “Cotton” Shepherd, the Eastern Branch Rescuer To the Editor of The Star: Reading an article published in your paper some time ago regarding the rescue of a Mrs. Torre by James Shepherd, known to the boys along the Eastern Branch as Cotton Shep- herd, reminds me of the rescuing of a boy’'s life by the same Cotton Shep- herd a few years back. We were walking along the branch at what was then known as Buttmans Beach, close by the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge. We arrived there in time to hear a boy shout for help. Deserted by his comrades, the boy was trying hard to keep afloat. Shepherd tried to get his shoes off, but the strings were in a fast knot. I managed to cut one shoe off with my pocket knife. Just then a shout went up that the boy had gone under. Then, with all his clothes on except one shoe that I had cut off, Shepherd plunged in and swam to the boy, who by this time had been under twice. He caught the boy by the hair; then, after an awfully hard struggle with the boy, he grabbed him by the pants leg, and the boy had to be fought off while swimming 200 feet with him. Having witnessed this feat and knowing of three others who, at the risk of his own life, have been saved from the FEastern Branch by Cotton Shepherd, I take it upon myself to write you, for Cotton was a very mod- est lad and did not like to talk about these things. I think the people of Washington should know about.the rescues and of the life guard along the Eastern Branch. The reason I am writing this is be- cause I think this young man has done these great deeds, and he should be mentioned among the other heroes of our city. LUSBY, ices of others at absurdly small ex- pense. Quoting Mr. Couszens’ remark that “there isn’t enough work to keep a Senator busy” and ‘“we are all over- paid,” the Dayton Daily News com- ments: “If that is all the Senator said, this was his silly moment. As Mr. Couzens isn’t given to foolishness, the chances are that his sentence con- tained a wink which can't very well be printed. For while a good many of the Senators are overpaid, it isn't because ‘there isn't enough work to keep a ‘Senator busy.’ If that were 8o, why is the work of the Senate so slowly and belatedly done? * ¢ * A reform in the dating of congres- slonal sessions is very much needed. That would end the excessive time- killing incident to a system which keeps a few Congressmen from going to work till 13 months after election and 9 months after pay starts.” “Possibly Senator Couzens is speak- ing in humor,” agrees the Portsmouth Sun, which finds that “the general opinion has been that the work was heavy and that the Senators were light.” More specifically, the Chatta- nooga News offers the view that “there are a few Senators and a few Repre- sentatives who perform very arduous labors,” but that paper adds: ‘They are usually men who would be able to earn their officlal salaries and more in other lines of employment. They are exceptions, however. A majority in both houses is made up of those who, in professional or business life, would be doing very well if they earned one- half what they are annually taking feom the public Treasury. And they would have to put in considerably closer time.” * x k * “A mafority of Senators and Repre- sentatives,” according to the Columbia Record, “are obviously drawing more money than they could possibly draw in any given industry or private voca- tion. On the other hand, the congres- slonal salary, then or now—it has been twice boosted in a decade—was a mere pittance for such a Representative as the late Thomas B. Reed, the late Charles F. Crisp or the late Champ Clark. The salary is far too small for the ability of the late Henry Cabot Lodge or the late Roger Q. Mills. We disagree with Senator Couzens’ theory about congressional vacations being too long. In the first place, a Senator with the ability of James A. Reed of Missour! has planty of useful work to do during his vacation, if the seasonal laps between sessions may be called vacations.” “Many of his colleagues in the Senate,” says the Willlamsport, Sun, “will disagree on the first score (that they are overpaid), as not all of them are possessors of millions made by fortunate investments in the automo- bile industry. Nor do all of them take their jobs so lightly as does the Michi- gan legislator. Some of them find 365 days per year entirely too short a time for all the duties which are in- cluded within the scope of their con- ception of senatorial responsibilities, such as prying into every phase of National Government or internatfonal affairs in quest of subjects for criti- cism or denunciation.” “Well, if the Senator's conscience is uneasy,” remarks the St. Joseph News-Press, “there’s nothing to pre- vert his following the excellent e: ample of Senator Borah of Idaho, who, for the last two years, has turned back $2,500 per annum into the Na- tional Treasury, on the ground that he was elected to a $7,600 job and is not entitled to the $10,000 which Congress some time ago voted to its members. The Michigan Senator, of cours leaders. It has been in existence for 10 years. Its headquarters are at 409 Palmer Building, Atlanta, Ga. Q. How many reglstered nurses are there in the United States?— T. L. A. Altogether there are 327,045 reg- istered nurses in the United States, or about 28 to ev 10,000 persons. These figures, however, do not repre- sent the total number of nurses in practice. The total number of unreg- istered nurses has not been ascer- tained. 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 yow assurance before you proceed. Our ‘Washington Burcau 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 question and get the right answer. :nclose 2 cents in stamps to cover the return postage. Address The Evening Star Information Bu- reau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, ‘Washington, D. C. obscure bit of log-rolling. But here again the Michigan Senator could fol- low the example of the Idaho Senator, who kept the arrangement a secret between himself and the Treasury.” * K K K As to vacations being too long, the New York Sun declares: “It certainly would not be through mere politeness that not only Senator Couzens’ cone stituents, but those of most of his col- leagues, would say, ‘Not at all’ if they had an opportunity to express an opinion on the question. * * * But, apart from such considerations, it should not be forgotten that at the present time even the bittesest enemies of the Senate must admit that it is now the one ‘upper chamber’ in the world that is worthy of the name, that has powers and uses them. For that reason alone it would seem that its members were worthy of their hire, no matter what anybody may say to the contrary.” A similar view comes from the South Bend Tribune, with the state- ment that “the United States Senate is the most important legislative body In a Nation which has more diversified problems than any country on earth. Its members carry responsibilities which would bring great financial compensation if they were borne in industrial or professional positions. The tendency to view a senatorial seat as a haven of rest for a wealthy man or as a reward for faithful political service is increasing, and there is little probability of its being checked until United States Senators themselves re- 1lize the importance of their positions.” Somehow we find it difficult to ac- cept Senator Couzens’ views in whole or in part,” states the Springfield Union, which, in the course of its dis- cussion, suggests, “If, as he declares, there isn't sufficient work for a Sena- tor to keep him warmed up, then it naturally follows that the sessions are long enough, if not too long.” The Union also gets the impression that possibly the Senator's views “are in- fluenced by the fact that he regards railroading as ‘the most fascinating business of them all,’ and would like to get into it.” Memories of Irving House. Letter to the New York Herald-Tribune. Your short editorial on August 25, concerning the Washington Irving house, on the corner of Irving place and Seventeenth street, recalls the fact that I was born in the house two doors away from it, a small, brick, three-story house, exactly like it, being between the two and on its door plate the name E. Irving. My memory of Mr. Irving is that in the '60s he oc- cupled the house with his little old- fashioned wife and daughter Mary or “Mamie,” as we called her, their protector being a red setter called Patsy. My father took my mother to our house, then 71, as a bride, and the three houses were the only ones on the block, and I have heard iy father say many times that Washington Irving used to sit on the little iron balcony on Irving place and look clear down to the East River, which shows the scarcity of houses at that time and demolishes the theory that “Irving never lived there.” No one contends that he owned the house; but that he lived there, with a relative, and next door to another one, there is no doubt. He lived at some time on that corner, but for how long or at what date I am unable to say positively. With- out doubt, the street from Fourteenth to Twentieth, called Irving place, was so named to honor the author, soldier, diplomatist and patriot, whose memory and worth are fittingly marked by the memorial at Sunnyside, Irvington- on-Hudson, by Daniel Chester French recently unveiled. b ———— might fear that such an act on h part would be misunderstood by his constituents—that they would jump to the con*ofl that it covered some Yearning Vs. Earning. From the Des Moines Register. Most 'of us have a greater yearnis capacity than earning ditto. _."