Evening Star Newspaper, September 7, 1927, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY. .September 7, 1927 THEODORE W. NOYES. ... Editor safeguard controlled high speed on their arteries by erecting stop signs at every crossroad. Maryland would do well to look into this system, as a motorist driving east from St. Louis to Washington, for instance, will be amply protected in practically every State until Maryland is reached, when machines will dart out of side roads THE the habit of going armed. Possibly he armed himself for the occasion. That may be elucidated. It is of little moment. The fact stands that he car- ried a deadly weapon at a conference which involved only a comparatively trifling sum of money. The story of the happening is somewhat confused, but enough is clear to show that the EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. D, Of course, the hest way to insult a friend is to refuse to sign a ‘“paper” T A e T e The Evening Star Newspaper Company Bustness Office: 11th €t and Pennevivania Ave New York Office: 110 East 4°ni St. Chicagn Office: Tower = Ruildine European Office: 14 Regent St.. London, England to the consternation of the through traveler. Speed up trafic, do not hinder it! idly adopted today. Cars are better. Fifty miles an hour on the open road | with little or no other traffic is safer | today than twenty-five miles an hour under similar conditions was a few vears ago. Four-wheel brakes, balloon tires, sturdier steering control and modern regulation, coupled, of course, with intelligence of driving, is the | formula for frictionless traffic. And no State should ignore this recipe. fGipee = The President’s Cup Races. The second annual President’s Cup motor boat race, an event of inter tional importance in the speed craft world, is to be held on the Potomac River off Hains Point on the sixteenth and seventeenth of September. Presi- dent Coolidge, from whose office the W race gets its name, will view the Undesirable "Aliens. events from his yacht, the Mayflower, Secretary Davis returns to Wash-|and will present the five-thousand- ington from his vacation prepared, it |dollar gold cup to the driver of the | . 4s announced, to institute a campaign | fastest boat. “to prevent the illegal entry of aliens| Last year the first President’'s Cup _into the United States in violation of [competition was staged in Washing- ‘the immigration laws. In the course ton. More than one hundred thousand of his Summer journeyings he has in the audience which “‘Inspected several of the large immi- [thrilled as the tiny craft sped through | gration stations and has become con- [the water at fifty, sixty and seventy | winced of the need of a drastic tighten- {miles an hou ning Star with the Sunday morn ition ia delivered hy carriers within he city at 60 cents per month: daily culy. | 45 cents per month: Sundays only. 20 cents r ‘month_Orders mav he sent by mail o phone Main 5000. Collsction s made ty earrier at end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virgin aily and Sunday....1 yr. $9.00: 1 mo. ailv oniv 1 vrl $8:00° 1 mo! Sunday only." J1vr 83000 1 mo. All Other States and Canada. aily and Sunday.} vr.. $12.00: 1 mo. $1.00 only Jivel $400:1 mo Member of the Associated Press. ciated Press 1s wxclusiye by o titled for republication of all news dis- atches ted to it or not othorwise red: fted in this vaper and also the local news published herein. All richis of publication ©of special dispatches herein are also reserved. persons wer It was a gala ocea- | ing of the network of protection. This |sion which drew Nation-wide interest. - lapplies to the inflow of aliens whocan-[ In view of the importance of the {not under the laws secure admission [event and the number of spectators -ignd who, upon discovery after illicit [who enjoyed it no difficulty was ex- \entrance, must be deported, at cost to [ pected in raising the small sum of ‘the Government, ten thousand dollars to pay necessary There is, however, need of other |expenses. But there was a slip-up fmeasures to prevent the entry and the | some place and as a result the first dfpresence here of undestrable aliens, | motor boat races ever held in Wash- lmpart from any~racial barriers and |ington were virtually a present to the quota restrictions. There is need of a | city from the members of the Corin- housecleaning, to rid the country of |thian Yacht Club, who, it may inci- those from other lands who seek here |dentally be stated, are still paying the epportunity to foment sedition and to | bill. #pread the propaganda of radicalism.| This year, for the second of the an- The Secretary of Labor is a firm be- | nual races, there is now a deficit of . Mever in the necessity of checking at [ more than three thousand dollars. “the source the movement of these un- | Every effort has been made to interest welcome persons. His slogan is not | the business men of the city and more deportations, but fewer, an end | others who would normally attend to to be gained by establishing more ef- | wipe out this amount. But so far fective inspection at the points of ori- [No success has marked the efforts. . gin, before the prospective immigrant | The public of Washington, the same has departed for these shores. He be- | public which will flock to every van- lleves that such a system of examina- |tage point when the fastest boats in tion and prevention would be less ex- |the world thunder through the water, pensive than that of deporting the un- | certainly does not care to be known desirable aliens after they have landed |as a ‘“charity guest.” The amount in the United States. to be raised is so small that it is in- Even a thoroughgoing plan of pre-|conceivable that prompt response +.cedent inspection would not stop all|should not send it over the top in . the radicals from coming, or trying to | short order. come here. The intending propagan.| If every person who views the races That is the slogan that is being rap-| |can do so as well, it he harbors a for him. Papers range all the way from wills to documents involving the purchase | of expensive articles. Signing one's signature, | doesn’t “mean anything.” | One wonders why one is ¢ | to sign. It it doesn’'t m | why not just leave it o “Oh, just sign your | you?" ‘commands the b! doesn’t mean anything. *x Kk Xk X To state the plain truth, that one does not wish to sign is to insult the gentleman. Compared to this, the refusal to loan |one’s pet fountain pen is as nothing, s grave a social error as such re- fusal may b A plain statement of fact, “I never sign anything,” for instance. is met | by a flushed face and a very hurt ex- pression. “I would rather not,” another sim- ple statement of fact. without detri- ment to the acquaintance, similarly is held to be intensely inimical. Honesty, evidently, is not the best policy. Not when it comes to the aforementioned “papers” anyway. Xk If a man has something to be signed in connection with his worthless oil stocks, he comes to his nearest friend and asks him to become involved in it. Is that the way for a friend to act? drawing of the gun was unprovoked and needless. A sudden flare of anger, a swift movement of the hand, a spas- modic pressing of the trigger and four lives were taken. Here ix an especially shocking in- stance of the waste of life incident to the easy procurement of pistols. The slayer in this case had in the course of his business, which fs that of mer- chandising wearing apparel, no occa- sion whatever for a deadly weapon. Yet he evidently thought to prepare himself for attack, or for defense. He had no difficulty in getting a gun Any one can get a gun in aimost any | ty in the country, without the least difficulty and at slight cost. The pro- fessional criminal can arm himself, | and the supposedly peaceable citizen | they say. lled upon anything, nd friend. “It grievance and determines to “take the law in his own hands,” as the phrase runs. Too many guns, too easily obtained! That is the main cause of the homi- cides that make such a shameful rec- ord in America. Cut off the supply of the weapons of crime and the list of | Recause you were bamboozled, some Killings will diminish. That the | vears ago. into purchasing, at so problem the lawmakers of the States|Much a share, a "“1"“'"{ ""”"“” (el 3 i shares in a copper mine, for instance, and of the Feder [ (hint iamtviever Pl b cant. and prob. to solve, ably never will. is that any good and | {=ufficient reason why vou should in volve the signature of your innocent | friend? i There is every reason why no one should ask sign a paper for him. | Ask an enemy, perhaps—but never | a friend! | I Government have ———— In addition to laws regulating the possession of deadly weapons, there | might be one to discourage bomb- | makers, which would limit the pos. session of gaspipe to the honest gas- fitter. of course, | a friend to | * ok ok * The plain truth is that this situa- tion is one of the unpleasant dilem- mas of everyday life in which one hardly knows what to do, unless he be willing to do a thing blindly. A lengthy document in fine poked unexpectedly at one. “Here, sign this for me, will you?" asks the friend. in a_commanding tone, which says as plainly as words, “You have no alternative—sign or hurt my feel- ing: The mean part of it comes in ex- actly here: That one, upon pain of further hurting the dear friend. must not stop to minutely scrutinize the | paper. | - This, too, is an insult to friendship. Does the bozo think I would ask him to sign anything that would in- volve him in any way? The poor | sap! He must blindly put down his good name, in a signature that can | never he washed out. He must do this, plain_injunction look and listen!” He must sign instantly. of the maxim of today, you sign. WASHIN - Apparently it required the disin- tegration of the “Prohibition party” to put prohibition effectually into politics. Members of the Prohibition party are now rated as idealists who lacked practical sense. —————— Practical politicians, no doubt, find Mr. Herbert Hoover a puzzling quan- | tity, owing to his method of attending | to important public business, even to | the neglect of a profferec political | boom. | s After Labor day everybody is sup- | posed to get to work and make the | next holiday, devoted to thanksgiving. the usual unqualified success. TR When that wise and experienced statesman, Charles E. Hughes, is asked about the matter, he still in- sists on choosing Calvin Coolidge. —_—————— One way to prevent unfortunate con- troversies concerning pugilism would be to require Mr. Dempsey in his next | encounter to wear stilts, — e Switzerland used to be called the too, despite the | of the ages, “Stop, in the face Read befcre | me here, will | | | for | to lead the que: | answer at the time. dist of anarchism would doubtiess con- wouid contribute ten cents to the fund . _C. WEDNESDAY, The joke of the matter comes in when one stops to read— Suppose you do read, what can you make of it? It takes a trained lawyer to grasp every phrase in a ment. The la see to that! Insult vour friend. Insist on read ing the thing over carefully. What good does it do? Of a truth, one might as well sign ntly ept not to sign at all. 1 don't sign papers,” is the best answer, let the friends fall where they may. . A ‘man who is o touchy as all this is not a friend, and mever was, and never will be one Perhaps it is better to find this out soon than later. * Kk kK What did the late Elbert H. G advise his heirs in his will? “I earnestly request my wife and my children and descendants,” he wrote, “that they steadfast decline to sign any bonds or obligations of nd as surety for any other per- persons.” v, if such a sound business man Gary could feel that way, the rest of us ought to profit by his advice. It is true that his words apply par- tieularly to obligations in which one involves himself as a result of becom- ing surety for some one else; but they may well be applied by the average person to every sort of legal docu- ment whatsoever that one is called upon to sign, when the “paper’ is executed tor the benefit of some onc | else. * ok ok % In other words, this is being selfi ing of papers arise: the claim of omnis- 1\ge man sets up, unconsciousiy. mainly throuzh himself. We hate to admit that we are igno- rant of anything. Just how, in the course of education, this feeling that one should not con- fess Lo ignorance arose to annoy mor- tals is difficult to tell, but it probably came about as a result of mental snobbery. To study meant to know, hence to confess ignorance allowed the ignorant to poke fun at the student. ¢ few persons will say A plain, honest ex- pression of not knowing is as rare as sunshine in the night. We sidestep. hem and haw, and in other ways try ioner to believe tha we know. but somehow are not able to “I forget” is the last refuge of mental scoundrels. * ok k k When a “paper” is placed before you for your signature, if you honestly don’t want to sign it—don’t do it! Why should you? There is every should not. If you can't get out of it any other vay, say, “Why reason why you to go in conference with - 3 . He just called for me. I'll be right bac! Then forget to return. >TON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. v sort of legal docu- | o | try, sure, I'll be glad to| geal his design, camouflage his politi- | the desired result would be speedily cal views and present himself as a |attained. The money does not go to the Eimple seeker for good fortune in the |men and women who bring their ex- “#land of opportunity.” But by means |pensive and frail craft to Washington of efficient inquiry into the affiliations |at heavy cost. It is used for radioing and previous activities of these people | the results to the spectators, for in their home lands it would be pos- |freight charges on some of the boats, sible to detect many of them and to |for the purchase of minor prizes and hold them back from the lines of west- | club expenses in connection with the ‘ward travel. event. During the fiscal vear ending June [ It probably costs some of the sports- .30, last, more than 11,000 undesirable [ men who bring their craft here in the aliens were returned from the United | neighborhood of five to ten thousand “States to the ports from which they |dollars. Special gasoline is used, en- :*eame. There is no specification of the |gine replacement is frequently neces- classes into which these 11,000 and |sary, and the upkeep is tremendous. “more fell, and so no indication is af. | The public which enjoys this most ex- “forded of the causes of their deporta- |citing sport should be willing to con- “tlon. It may be hoped that most of | tribute as a whole what it costs one “$hem were sent away because they |man to participate. It is not proper Aere political enemies of the Ameri. |that a few members of the Corinthian _€an system of government, that so|Club should bear the burden. It is much of a clearance was effected, at | distinctly up to the Washington pub- least. lic to make amends for last year's Undoubtedly the Sacco-Vanzetti agi. | failure by subscribing promptly in tations and the bomb outrages of the | Sufficient amount to clear up the “Ppast few weeks will have the effect of | three-thousand-dollar deficit. bringing this matter up in Congress S 2t the coming session. It has become A Road Patrol. evident that there is a dangerous fac-| The Lanham Citizens’ Association tor here in the aliens who have failed | has indorsed a plan to provide for a o adjust to the American systemand | road patrol on that section of the =Who should be removed, if they have | Defense Highway with a view of pre- #;Bot already taken out citizenship pa- | venting accidents on the narrow D artery between Annapolis and Wash- This i a highly important question, | ington. The association’s stand is @nd it is reassuring that Secretary |laudable and should be heeded by the Davis has determined upon a cam.|county commissioners. It will un- paign of elimination, both for the |doubtedly curb some reckless driving sake of American labor and for that [on a short stretch of the road. But ©f the public security. The quota law | there is only one remedy for the has served to keep down the flood, but prevalence of accidents on the Defense it is not sufficient. It must be sup- | Highway and thet is the widening of plemented by other statutes and ef- | the road. fective enforcement. Maryland can point to this popular ——————— thoroughfare as her great mistake. Before attempting a record flight an | At least that is the characterization aviator ought to be required to demon. | by those who have driven over it. A _Strate that he is out of the amateur |road fifteen feet wide, such as the De- " eclass. fense Highway, is entirely inadequate to meet modern traffic conditions, and especially the particularly heavy travel that this road carries daily. 1t is a shame that those who wish to drive from that section of Mary- land into the District should be com- pelled to risk their lives to reach this city.” And it is virtually true that this is the case. Barely wide enough for two large cars to pass, the Defense Highway is a striking example of a gross mistake in road engineering. Maryland should hasten to correct this condition, which is arousing re- sentment on all sides. With the large number of fatal accidents since the road was opened and with minor mishaps occurring almost every day it should not take much more evidence to convince the State that remedial measures are imperative. —— e —————— No Limit in Michigan. Michigan has taken the lead in sup- port of the modern theory of trafic 4Q|a[ controlled speed does not breed fakcidents, but on the contrary re. _hfl\'on congestion and makes for J:smooth-running travel. Today Michi- “®an has abolished all speed limits on .. eountry roads and replaced the dis- : carded limits with the following reg- ulation: “No person shall drive any , Yehicle upon any highway at a speed greater than will permit him to bring it to a stop within the assured clear !, distance ahead.” That is a logical, sane and reason- ““able step and will probably be fol- lowed by other States. Nowadays with the roads teeming with all man- *_aer of automobiles it is not the speed ..that makes for accidents, but the con- " gestion. The slow-moving Sunday _ driver is the menace to traffic, not the controlled forty-mile-an-hour mo- {torist. The driver holding up a line ot ffty cars back of him on the crowded road is responsible for mis- Rapid City will soon be left to its own resources in holding the great publicity speed it has acquired. One Gun, Three Dead, One Dying. Four men met yesterday in a mid- haps because impatience gets the bet- ter of prudence and those being de- Jayed try all kinds of maneuvers to get past. If the leading motorist would be considerate enough to set his speed higher he would #t one stroke relieve the accident-breeding condition. Maryland has seen the light. Forty miles an hour is now allowed on its eountry roads and so it is with many other States. Rhode Island goes even gurther. It demands that a speed of thirty-five miles an hour be main- tained on its highways. Other Stat town office building in New York City to discuss a certain real estate trans- action. A quarrel developed and one of the four, drawing a pistol, began firing. When the affair ended three were dead and a fourth man, struck | by the body of one of the slain as it hurtled out of a ninth-story Window, was dying. The slayer, after escap- ing in the excitement, later surren- dered to the police and is now held on a charge of murder. This man went to the meeting pre. pared to shoot. , Perhaps he was in playground of the world. It has be- come the diplomatic workshop. .o SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Summer Day. Summer day! Summer day! Loitering along the way, Though we're waiting to behold Autumn’s purple and hér gold. Still you flaunt the weed and thorn In the garden all forlorn. Like a maid who rules the scene In the absence of the queen. Summer day! Summer day! Why not end the fickle sway We have borne in spirit meek While you played at hide and seek. See the goldenrod appear ike a scepter drawing near! Autumn soon must hold her sway. Wherefore linger, Summer day? Commendable Effort. “It might cheer up a lot of people,” remarked Senator Sorghum, “if we could pass a law requiring the weather to perform more satisfactorily.” “But you couldn’t -enforce such a law.’ “That’s the beauty of legislation. A number of laws, even though non- enforcible, are more or less soothing to the mind.” A Contradiction of Print. Each hour new tragedies bring dread. A little prayer let us say For the departed sage who said, re getting better every day.” Jud Tunkins says it is becoming permissible to ask a man if he obeys the laws; and, if so, which ones. Wildcatting. ““Any ferocious critters around your place “None,” answered Farmer Corntos- sel, “except foxes and wildcats.” Do you hunt them?” “Couldn’t catch up with them. What I refer to is real estate speckleators.” ‘A woman used to have the last word,” said Hi Ho, the sage of China- town. “Now it is the deeply rever- enced motor policeman.” Admiration. “You admire Nietzsche?” “In a way,” answered Mr. Pen- wiggle. “I don't follow his philoso- phies. But he certainly could write ‘best sellers.’ Beginning a Career. The gal who won the beauty prize In print will stand before us. And grace, when next she meets our eves, The back row of the chorus. “A monkey.” said Uncle Eben, “has a heap o' sense, but never talks. A parrot ain' got mo sense at all an’ talks all de time. Draw your own con- clusions.” . Jazz Penology. From the Altoona Mirror. ‘The police commissioner of Detroit prescribes music as a cure for crime. Certainly, Commissioner, if you can only get them to face it. AR Perennial. From the Detroit Free Press. | The fishing season lasts only al put | o long, but the lying seison goe:fon torever. The Surer Way. From the Nashville Banner. by boaty Wayne B. Wheeler wasn't destin>d | in London, left the Army a year or Everything considered, we feef that it we ever arrive at Hawaii it fill be to hear in life the kind words being heaped upon his memory, now that he's left the embattled prohibition scene. The field marshal of the Anti- Saloon League was far more accus- tomed to abuse, thrived upon attack, and never allowed it to unnerve him. - Wheeler was calmness itself | under ‘fire. Senator “Jim” Reed’s | heaviest shafts of cross-examination irony, when Wheeler was before a | Senate 1nvestigating committee a | year ago. utterly failed of their pur- | pose. The dry czar kept on smiling | and parried Reed's insinuating ques- | tions with disconcerting nonchalance. | Wheeler was not unaware of the | power he wielded in Washington. He used to like to look across Capitol | Hill, from his office at its foot, and | liscuss in terms of proprietorship the rock-ribbed majority prohibition commanded in both houses. Wheeler concentrated, virtually to the exclu- sion of every other thought, on his life object—to keep the country dry. He literally worked himself to death | in that cause. Money meant noth- | ing to him except its value for pro- | moting prohibition. He formerly drew $6.000 salary from the Anti- Saloon League. It was raised to $8,000 over his protest. He was con- tent to know that a secure niche in American history is his. * Xk k * | Republican politiciang now have two | nuts to crack—one, whether Coolidge | will consent to be drafted; the other, whether Hughes will run, if suffi- ciently urged. Until the President and his former premier themselves settle matters beyond all question one guess will be as good as another. The school of thought which believes both Coolidge and Hughes have elimi- nated themselves credits each of them with too much “integrity” to go back on their previous statements. The group which is persuaded that neither Coolidge nor Hughes will re- fuse a party summons argues that circumstances alter cases in politics, as in minor affairs. The contention of this camp is that odium would at- tach in no degree to the President or to the New York jurist-statesman if either decided, after all, to accept nomination. One thing's certain—no stone will be left unturned to induce Coolidge to unscramble the situation. Until he does, indefinite deadlock is in sight for all aspirants of the first| rank, except Lowden, who is already | in the field. * K ok % Dr. Julius Klein, whose review of the commereial “renaissance” of Eu- | rope is now attracting international | | attention, is functioning as Actinz | ! Secretary of Commerce during Hoover's absence in the Mississippi ! flood district. Klein is highly amused | by thae diversified comment his Eu-| ropean impressions have aroused. | One of the foremost American new: papers advocating free trade sees| classic vindication of its theories in | Klein's reports on Old World eco- nomic conditions. An equally ardent champion of protection comments that Klein Jeaves no doubt that the United States must not relax an ad valorem farthing of its customs tariff | system. The director of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce is permitted to joy-ride in the Secre.; tary of Commerce’s private automo. bile while serving in his stead. Klein claims it's the only perquisite he's so far discovered. * %k ¥ ¥ Another Americani citizen who's helped to put an Old World country on its feet is on his way home—Dr. Arthur C. Millspaugh, who has just completed five years of service as re- generator of the finances and_eco- nomics of ancient Persia. Dr. Mills- paugh, when engaged by the Teheran government in 1922, was a trade ad- viser and petroleum specialist in the State Department. Persia gave him a_ $15.000-a-year contract and wide official powers, together with a_resi- dence and staff. As a result of the full sway he enjoyed, Millspaugh suc- ceeded in putting Persia’s house in order and leaves there full of honors. It is understond he declined a further period of service hecause the_govern. ment was not prepared to assign him as free a hand as formerly ok K % Solhert, U. 8. A, re- Col, Oscar > two ago, he went to work for George Bastman, the camera king, at Rochester, N. Y. Solbert's first job was to rig up, from among the official war films of the Army and Navy, a composite picture summarizing Ameri- can doings ‘over there"—the reels with which American Legionnaires en route to France are being entertained aboard ship. Now Col. Solbert is de: voting himself to one of Eastman's hobbies—calendar reform. The Kodak magnate would like to see the vear increased to 13 months and the months shortened to 28 days. Solbert, one of the Adonises of the Army in his day. was recalled to service last vear to act as military aide to the Crown Prince and Princess of Sweden. He is himself of Swedish ancestr * k x *x John V. A. MacMurray, American Mirister to China, is now in Washing- ton. He has made his report to Sec- retary Kellogg and awaits the return of President-Coolidge next week, in order to acquaint the Chief Exccutive with the crazy-quilt situation at Peking and points north and south. jons that MacMurray's days China are numbered, because of disagreement with the administra- tion’s policy. should be taken with a grain of salt. One of the reasons for keeping the brilliant young matist at Peking is that his removal United States in China—traditionally a costly experience for a foreign pow er out there. Another of our capable career diplomats now home on leave is Norman Armour, until recentl counselor of the American embas: in Japan. He is slated for an im- portant promotion in the State De. partment. > * ok ¥ ok The latest convention rumor is that the Democrats will go South for theit 1928 national confusion. Miami, Fla., is sald to be making a drive to get it. It's said the Kast Coast resort is ready to guarantee delegates and visi- tors—free, gratis and for nothing- individual electric fans and unlimited supplies of palm beach clothing. In- cidentally, some Smith boosters think it might be a strategic move to take the convention to Dixie. (Copyright. 1927.) oo Our Cultural Export. From the New York Tribune. Last season the London paragraph- ers were calling Shaftesbury avenue A mere extension of Broadway, in com- pliment to the American plays flower- ing in its theaters. Crowds jammed “ls Zat So?" because the langiage was so quaint and Be Good” because it contained the Astaires, and true-born Britons cast glances toward the safe guarding-of-industries act as they watched an “invasion™ by lesser musi- cal comedies. This year the invasion is taking on a more serious tone. “Broadway” has been running away alike with British audiences and Brit- ish criticism: Mr. O'Neill continues to agitate the loftier brows, and an on- coming flood of no fewer than 15 American plays and musical comedies is Looked for the Fall. Of importa- tions from France there are only 3. The cultural balance of trade seems swinging in our favor, and New York audiences, which have sat endlessly fthrough the Russians, the ('zechs, the Hungarians, the French, the British, the Italians, the Scandinavians and jevery one else while awaiting the ar- rival of the American drama, can look up to find us culturally an exporting power. Nor is the export wholly in the baser staples of quantity production. The girland-music tonnage from our ma- chine factorles is balanced by euch items as “The Silver Cord,” from the art shops of the Theater Guild. In the meantime a visiting English actor, Mr. Fred Wright, assures us that there is a_sound reason, “for the Americans excel in teamwork, in co-ordination of effort and in working together for the good of all.” These are the qualities which innumerable tourists in the past have admired in the British theater, returning to curse our own “star tem.” And now behold! we are told ithat we can give lessons to the Brit- ish in the escape from stars. o Space, and More Space! tired, has just entered upon a divert- ing sphere of activity. When Solbert, @ war-time American military attache From the Christian Science Monitor. The “great open spaces” creasingly appeal to airmen. will in- diplo- | at this time would "lose face” for the | SEPTEMBER Politics at Large By G. Gould Lincoln. The shadow of Charles Evans Hughes has been cast over the Repub- lican presidential situation ever since President Coolidge’s announcement that he did not “choose” to run for President in 1 Mr. Hughes has just returned trom Europe. What he Says regarding the possible use of his name in connection with the nomina- tion of the Republican party nest year | will have tremendous bearing on the | pre-convention campaign, which al- ready iz underway. If he follows the | tlead"of President’ Coolidge and deliv- ers a clear-cut statement eliminating himself from consideration for the nomination, the-field will at once he narrowed. If he makes no such state- ment, or it he should say that he is in | the hands of his friends, he will con- tinue to overshadow the situation. Everywhere, in all parts of the coun the Republicans have with one th admitted that Mr. Hughes 1d be a strong candidate for the nomination. Many party leaders have insisted that he would be the candi- date. w ok ok K Before he left this country to go to Europe, Mr. Hughes issued a brief statement declaring that he was for the nomination of President Coolidge, first, last and all the time, and added, for emphasis, that he himself was too old for the presidency. If he adheres to the latter part of his statement, he will disappoint many of his friends | Long before President Coolidge made his famous 10-word announcement from the F <, some of the lead- ing Republican politicians decl that if Mr. Coolidge were to take him- | self out of the race be the choice of the party. heen nothing so far to indicate that | these politic 1ve changed th mnds " m Hughes should reiter | ite his desire to see President Coolids { nominated, that, too, might have ef: fect. Mr. Hughes is entirely satisfactory to the East and the North. He has not been involved in the controversy of the last few years over farm legis- lation, which has injured Secretary Herbert Hoover of the Department of Commerce and his chances for the nomination in the West. There is nothing against Mr. Hughes and a great deal in his favor. He has an out- standing reputation as a man of great ability and integrity. * ok kX | vear for President. Mr. Hughes' sup- porters declare that is all bosh. They ee him at 65 vears of age more vigor- | ous and better able to carry on the { work of President than other men ten < his junior. If he were elected next year, he would enter the White | House just short of 67 and his term of office would expire when he was just short of 71. He is more than a vear the junior of former Gov. Frank 0. Lowden and but little older than Vice President Dawes, who have been prominently mentioned for the nomi- nation. M Hoover, on the other and, ars old, the youngest of the “big four” whose names have accupied the headlines since Mr. Cool- idge stepped aside and threw the race open for the Republican nomination. Most of the Chief Executives of the United States have heen near the age of Mr. Hoover when they were elected to office. | ERE R With Hughes out of the race should he so determine, the contest hetween Mr. Hoover, Gov. Lowden, | Vice President Dawes. Speaker Long- worth and other Republican possibili- ties would become even more active. New York, with its delegation of 90 at the Republican national conven- tion, would be a prize indeed. Mr. Hughes, if he became a candidate, would have this delegation unques- | tionably. The chances are that Mr. Hoover would benefit more in New | York State than would any other | candidate lout of the picture. Lowden and Dawes make no particular appeal to | the East. But Mr. Hoover has in the | past nmot heen strong with the poli- |ticians, His strength has lain par- ticularly with the voters. The poli- | ticians, however, have a vast amount | to say about the delegates who attend | national conventions. It remains -to be seen whether Mr. Hoover in the last eight years has overcome the | prejudice of the politicians. | Republican politicians are like other | politicians. They want a man with | whom they can win. Mr. Hoover's availability will be considered, there- | fore, largely from that point of view. | The Republicans wish te win, and to win with a man whom they believe . * No member of the Coolidge been more active in the administration. There is reason to believe that if Mr becomes President, the ad- tion of the Federal Govern- | ment will continue along the lines which have dominated during the | Coolidge administration. * % % w Former Senator Rice W. Means of | Colorado is quoted in a New York in- | terview as predicting the nomination | of Senator Frank B. Willis of Ohio as the nominee of the Republicans it Mr. Hughes declines to be a candidate for President. Republicans have turned to Ohio many times for presidential tim- er. The late President Harding hailed from the Bucteye State, the choice of | the 1920 convention after the famous Lowden, Wood and Johnson deadlock. Senator Willis is a militant dry. He has demonstrated his strength in his | own State on several occasions. It | has been predicted that he would have | the Ohio delegation, if it should come to a strugsle for the delegation be- tween himself and Speaker Nicholas Longworth, regarded as a wringing wet. But at this writing it does not appear likely that the Republicans will turn to Senator Willis rather than to Hoover or Lowden or Dawes. Senator Means may have had in mind the ad- | Visability of the nomination of a dry { by the Republicans if the Democrats are to nominate Gov. Al Smith of New York as their standard bearer. It has [ been the custom for the Republicans to hold their Republican national con- vention prior to that of the Democrats. And until the Democrats have finally voted on the presidential nomination it will be difficult to say whether or not Gov. Smith will surely be nomi- nated. Furthermore, Hoover. Lowden or Dawes would be satisfactory to the drys. | Hoover | ministr: * Kk ok ok The crop of vice presidential possi- bilities among the Republicans is grow- ing in the New England States. Sena- tor George H. Moses of New Hampshire is the last to be discussed. Senator Moses has been mentioned as a possi- ble running mate for Hughes, Hoover, Lowden or Dawes. Massachusetts Re- publicans are talking already of Gov. Fuller, and some of the Connecticut leaders have suggested that perhaps Representative John Q. Tilson might fill the bill, particularly if Mr. Hoover of California should head the ticket. Senator Moses has been president pro tempore of the Senate, elected by that body to serve as presiding officer in the absence of the Vice President, who, under the Constitution, is the President of the Senate. He is popular, aggres- sive, a good campaigner. » ek Representative Tilson, majority lead- er of the House, has gope to the Im- perial_Valley in California to study the Boulder Dam problem. The Boulder Dam bill, which was killed in the Senate by a filibuster during the last session, is sure to come up again t the st on of Congress which be- ns next December. The dam is projected for the purpose of impound- ing the waters of the Colorado River, to bhe used for irrigation and also to prevent disastrous floods. Six or seven of the Western States are vital- Iy interested in the proposed legisla- tion, Mr. Tilson has been a great | The game lasted 51 minutes, and the | score | destroyed by fire?— d | Mr. Hughes would | There has | So far as being too old to run next | if Hughes takes himself | BY FREDERI Q. What was the quickest nine-in- ning game ever played in major league base ball?—A. A. The shortest game on record | was played in New York by National | League teams on September 28, 1919, was, New York, 6; Philadel- | phia, 1 Q. Wha the old I building is on the site of | qouis Theater, which w 1S | J. K. A. About two years ago the Ma-| sonic bodies of Chicago co-operated in | building 1 magnificent office buildins, | the greater part of which is designed tor occupancy by Masonic lodges, and | this new building, called the Masonic Temple, occupies the site of the old | Iroquois Theater. Q. What has beel the increase in use per capita of plant@tion rubber in the last 20 years?—G. &. F. A. The world production of planta tion rubber in 1305 amounted to 17 long tons and 0 long tons, 2,700 an_increase of During the period, 19 world population in- creased ly; therefore ver capita_consumption was relatively affected, showing an increase of 1,000 per cent for the period. Q. What is the L. S. A. The republic gquare miles. of Liberi. covers 48,000 of of the the Q. How does the life span elephant compare with that | hippopotamus?—F. E. A. The elephant attains an age of 130 to 200, and the life of the hippo potamus is estimated at 40 years Q. In the abscnce of pistachio flavor inz, how it be imitated” Nk A. Vanilla and almond [ tachio flavor. Q. Is the India ing American”?—J, 8, A. Since 1900 the number of In in the United Stat has increased. In_ 1900 there were 237,196; in 1910, ,683; in 1920, 336,337, giv “the vanish ns Q. How much does a cubic yard of sand and gravel weigh?—N. N. A. It varies. Sand weighs from 2,500 to 2,900 pounds per cubic yard and gravel frem 2,700 to 3,000 pounds per cubic yard. The weight of a cubic yard of sand and gravel would de- pend upon the proportion of each. Q. What is the difference between the bull bat and whipporwill?—D. 0. M. A. The Biological Survey says that bull bat is a common name for (he night hawk. The whipporwill belon; to the same family, but is found only in and around dense timber, while the night bawk is a bird of the open, ordinarily seen flying over cities. The night hawk is conspicuous in having a wide white patch on its lower wings. | while the wings of the whipporwill are much shorter and have a light buffy patch. Q. What became of the man who advocated Fletcherizing?’—J. E. V. A. Horace Fletcher died in 1919 at the age of 70. He was a food expert of food. Q. What is Alaska's best crop? A." Perhaps no crop is more gen- erally cultivated than the potato. It is important commercially. Q | to mark their jubilee year>—C. F. dian 5, 10 and 25 cent pigces will be struck. Q. Fifty vears ago how many chil- dren attended. public school?- D. A. Jobn Elmer Morgan says that | mentioned aboye the | and believed in thorough mastication | A. It is reported that new Cana-| ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS C J. HASKIN. 1in_1876 the elementary schools en- | rolled but 8,000.000 out of 13,000.000 children then of school age Q. If a clergyman holds the degree | of doctor of divinity, is this indicated in addressing to letter?—F. W. D. A. The abbreviation to address a clergsyman. This is pre fixed to his name. It is in turn followed by D. D.. if he has the degree The correct form James W. Dudley. D. D. him a business Rev. is used is Rev many War Idren did John fame have?—F. Q. How Brown of Civil H. B John Brown was i twice and had 20 children, 8 of whom A in arly childhood. His sons aided him lin all his under kings and two were Med Harper's Ferry. Owen Brown. who died in 1889, was long the only survivor of the attack. How Veterans' Bureau How many pa man: e the in them B are 51 Vete ureau hospitals in the United Statss. On | August 15, 1927, there were 25,334 pa- | tients registered in these hospitals {’hrm_ out the country. re There q B e A. The term is nsed locally to des- ignate railroads that have no connee- n with the locality in question. . What is an off-line railroad?— Q J How do the calories in bananas e with those of apples?—W, F \ enlor hev furnish on the average 460 < per pound. while apples fur. 200, Q. What we 1 100-miie gale vt in diameter A. The Bureau e pressure of 1inst a cvlinder one and one foot in heignt? of Standards says that it would be approximately 1% pounds. This is inferred from the ex- | perimental measurements of Eiffel. | Q. Do radio listeners hear a speak- er as soon_as people in his visible audience?—F. H. W. | "A. The radio listeners of a message * | being broadcast really get the mes. {sage a fraction of a sacond sooner | than the speaker can be heard by an | audience, hecause electric waves [ travel faster than sound. The differ- ence is very slight, and sometimes at- mospheric conditions may interfere, Q. How much glucose is used when it is put in fudge and similar ndies?—M. A. M. | A. It is used in the proportion of | two cups of sugar to two teaspoons of | glucose. | Q. Was the Barnum & Bailey or Ringling Brothers Circus abroad be- | fore they combined?—J. B. H. The Barnum & Bailey Circus abroad in 1889-1890 and from to 1903, Q. What relation Norris to Frank Norris?—K. N. A. Frank Norris was the eldest and Charles the youngest of a. family of six children. He also is the only one now living | was 1 Chailes G. This is a special department devote ed solely to the handling of queries. This paper puts at your disposal the of an extensive organization shington to serve yow in any Have the Canadians special coins | capacity that relates to injormagion. | This service is free. Failure to make use of it deprives you of benefits to which you are entitled., Your obliga- | oation is only 2 cents. in stamps, in- | closed with your inquiry for direct ree ply. Address The Evening Star Ine formation Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washington, D. €. American comment on the calling of a general election in Ireland, through the initiative of President Cosgrave duce a real test of strength that will be beneficial to the country. One thing assumed by the majority of obgervers is that a lining up of the government forces and the advocate: as opponents may eliminate the blocs that now exist. The prospect causes the Ch Science Monitor to declare that is a genuine possibility Irish_political life on a normal, con stitutional basis.” Holding that the result may have epochal effect,” the Chattanooga News sees an advantage there elections, in that they “can be held when issues are most acute and when public opinion can be concentrated on them."” Commenting on the incidents that preceded the calling of the election. when a vote of “no confidence” aimed at the government failed because of the absence of one De Valera sup- porter, the Providence Bulletin say “Deputy Jinks of Sligo has added new luster to tl famous name. Before the entire Irish nation, which never loses an opportunity to dramatize its politics, he has brought off a climax which has temporarily stopped the show amid hilarious applause. When the great moment needed him, there he was. Or, rather, there he wasn't.” The Bulletin suggests that “Mr. Jinks had consulted his conscience, and dis- covered that both he and his con- stituents had more confidence in the present regime than a negative vote would have indicated.” * Kk K * sees evidence of lethargy in two by- elections recently held, when 50 per cent of the voters went to the poll the San Antonio Express asserts ihat the coming election ‘“‘probably arouse the voters on the question of suvporting a party which aims to es- tablish a republic, as opposed to_the citizens who believe that the Free State can best develop its national life as a self-governing member of the British Empire.” The Schenec- tady Gazette voices hope in this coun- try for a decisive victory for the sue- cessful part while the Janesville traveler during the present recess of | Congress, journeying as far as the Philippine Islands. He made a study of conditions there and reported to the President, along with the late Gen. Wood, on his return. Some of his friends on the Pacific Coast have urged that Mr. Tilton be appointed governor general of the islands, now that Gen. Wood is dead. It is not believed, however, that Mr. Tilson's ambitions lie in that direction. * ok ok X The drys are working like beavers to prevent the nomination of Gov. Al Smith of New York by the Democrats next year. If they cannot halt him in the convention, then they will throw their full strength against him in the general election. Dr. Samuel E. Nicholson, associate superintend- ent of the Anti-Saloon League of New York, is authority for the statement that the drys in the Southern and Western States are unalterably posed to Smith’s nomination and will see he gets no delegates from thuse sections of the country. Dr. Nichol- son was one of the managers of the campaign of State Senator Kranklin W. Christman. who ran as a dry and independent Republican against for mer Senator Wadsworth of New York year and took enough votes from dsworth to swing the election to Senator Wagnexr, Democrat. and his government, indicates a pre-| vailing belief that the move will pro- | of a republic | of founding | in the European system of calling | While the St. Paul Pioneer Press| will | op- | Test of Strength in Ireland Is Believed Good for Country 1 | Gazette feels assured that under the | conditions the victory will be de- cisive. The Springfield Union sees a prospect ot “revealing the strensth of | republicanism in Ireland,” while the | St. Joseph News-Press thinks “the | people of the Free State are now }Zl\'PI! the opportunity to select the government they want in the light of | the new policy of the De Valera Re- publicans, who no longer refrain | from taking their seats in the Dail.” The Buffalo Evening News is of | the opinion that the Furopean of calling for an_election, as sented in Treland. “is more to be commended as an opinion test on po- liical debates than as a practical means of governing a state,” and | that “Ireland would do better under | fixed terms of office and a two-party | System.” The Santa Ana Register. | furthermore, suspects that “most of i the citizens of the Irish Free State | are sick of strife and eager for peace | and prosperity.” The Dayton Daily | News, commenting on the election | method, says that “the Irish system 8lves greater responsiveness and re. sponsibility in the government,” but an system, when it works greater stabilit The adds the Daily News, he method exemplified in “is toward t Ireland.” |, Of the probable ry tion ordered f, aPle (Oault ot the elec. 0 is month, vi i the Jight ot ihe recent balloting. the B yn Daily Eagle observ, ‘Though so badly beaten, the Fianus Fail polled more votes in each of the divisions than it had polled in the Drevious election. So guessing is good | ;|l.mlll l)!g immediate political future of | Ireland.” The Manchester Union em. phasizes lack of funds among the Re. ans, while the Beloit Daily News < d by reports that all the Trish parties have w: “well nigh empty."” ’ i o o * ok ok % “The manner in which the Farmer varty and the Independents have ral lied to Cosgrave's support since h: hold on office was jeopardized is indic- ative of increasing popular Support for his regime.” according to the Bal- tim Sun. The Kalamazoo Gazetie accepts as a fact “a trend of Irish sentiment toward the moderation which President Cosgrave and his party represent.” and the Newark Evening News remarks that “it looks as if Cosgrave had weathered his storm successfully. with the signal set for fairer weather for the Irish Free State.” “‘President Cosgrave has confounded | the opposition to the Dail by persuad- ing Gov. Gen. Healy to dissolve the Parliament and call a general election for September 15, declares the New Y un. The New York World thinks “De Valera's obvious chagrin over the move indicates that the President has acted shrewdly.” The yracuse Herald adds that the move ears the stamp of political sagacity,” while the Boston Transcript feels sure that “if the Irish Free State fails to make good as a self-governing coun- try, it will not be because of a want of clever politicians in Ireland. Mr. De Valera,” concludes the Transcript, “shewed cleverness in his campaigns, and cleverness in leading his support- ers to take the oath at a moment when the parliamentary strength of Mr. Cosgrave was at a low ebb, * * * This cail for a new gzeneral election jmeans that the Free State's President | nows how to strike when the iron ic e — Passing Motors Profitless. From the Christian Science Monitor. No town should boast of the num- ber of automobiles passing- through: it’s the ones that stop that bring prosperity,