Evening Star Newspaper, September 21, 1927, Page 8

T HE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON D. €., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 1927 8 . THE EVENING BTAR, WASHINGTON D O W S s & e {THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY .September 21, 1927 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor The Evening Star Ne: Business Offi and_Pennsylvania 110 East 4 11th St New York Office: Chicavn Office: Tower Bui Puropean Oflice: 14 Regent St.. London. England The Evening Star with the Sunday morn ng edition is delivered by carriers within the city at GO cents per month: duily onis Sandays only. 20 con er month. Orders may he sent hy mail ¢ elephione Main 5000. Collection is made b carrier at end »f each month 45 cents per month Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Emv and Sunday. .. .1 vr. $8.00: 1 mo. aily only undas onl 1YES600: 1 me 00 1 mo. All Other States and Canada. 00: 1 mo . $1.00 00: 1 ma $4.00: 1 mo.. 3B Member of the Associated Press. ciated Pre. 1eively entit to the use fo: of all news Pat hea credited 10 1t o Not otherwise cie ted in this paper and also the local new published herein. Al righte of publicatim of special dispatches herein are also freserved. No Extra Session. President Coolidge’s announcement | that he sees no occasion for issuing a | call for a session of Congress in ad- | vance of the regular meeting in De cember has been foreshadowed. In | fact, the demand for an extra session | has been lessening steadily since the | first suggestion of such a meeting | was made coincident with the Missis sippi floods. Had the impulsive juds-| ment of those who deeply sympathized | with the sufferers from the disaster | prevailed Congress would have been | brought together by August 1, or pos-| sibly September 1, to deal with the emergency. By the earlier of those dates, however, the emergency as re- spects the mneed of immediate relief had passed. Provision had been made, as ample as would have becn possible even with Congress in session, for| | | President hi plete control with a margin which he indicated he would reguire. Never theless, in view of the fact that his refusal to organize the government would leave Ireland in a state of un: certainty and perhaps lead to serious demoralization, it may be expected that he will proceed to form the min- istry and carry on for the present, especially as all of the parties are short of funds and cannot afford an- other campaign. If De Valera should, by a chance change in the alignment of the small- er groups in the Dail, himself gain a margin of votes it is doubtful whether he would undertake to organ- ize the government. For to do So would be seriously embarrassing in view of the fact that he only recently to enter the Dall, taking the oath of fealty to Great Britain, which he had previously abjured. It may be questioned whether he could hold the government together for any lenzth of time, especially with an al- liament. Cos: consented most evenly divided arave is in (he better position in this respect. The sol seem to lie in the merger of the pendent groups with the two major parties =o that lines may be exactly 1t would seem parties and nitest parlia- on of this problem would nde- drawn between them. that the evils of small blocs which have been in other countries in S0 m which | mentary government has run to the dispersement of political forces would warn Ireland against this course. e ratta Mr. Morrow's Selection. Appointment by President Coolidge of Dwizht W. Morrow of New Jeraey as Ambassador to Mexico has stirred comment on the score that the ap- pointee is & member of the Morgan firm, which heads the banki E cate holding the Mexican loan. was made by the sell. He and Mr. Mor- were classmates college and in close touch ever since Two years ago the President named Mr. Morrow as chair- selection, it appears row at have been their graduation. entered the ring. His high character and his good record of past perform- ances combined to make him prob- ably the most promising contender Philadelphia could afford. It is evi- dent that something more shocking than the machine methods of primary and election management is necessary to effect a revolution. —ate. Memorial Bridge Underpass. An arrangement has been approved by which trafic congestion at the Potomac Park approach to the Memo- rial Bridge will be averted. The Com mission of Fine Arts has reluctantly consented to the construction of a tunnel beneath the bridge on the east bank of the park to give an uninter- rupted flow of traffic alongside the river shore, while traffic across the bridge will similarly proceed without impediment. While this will not be as | satistactory from an esthetic point ‘of view as the maintenance of hoth road ways at the same grade, it will un doubtedly be advantageous, especially {on occasions of heavy of the | briage. | m | Bridge and its approaches | periences of Armistice day in 1921, on the occasion of the dedication of the tomb of the Unknown Soldier at lington, have been borne in mind The congestion the Highway Bridge and the Key Bridge on that day tremendous. Thousands of vehicles were crowded into narrow lanes. By miracles of patience and good management no serious mishaps occurred, but the conditions clearly taught that in providing the contem- plated direct route to Arlington there must be consideration for the need of handling a vast volume of traffic with- out interference, 1t is probable that on such an ocea- |sion as a great assemblage of people |on the Virginia side of the river, | causing two strong tides of travel, | z0ing and coming. there will be com- | paratively little traffic flow in trans- | verse direction. But whatever traffic oc use, on was | the designing of the Memorial| the ex- Ar-| late Rudolph Kauffmann, was an referred to it in terms of affect reason it is reprinted here: SOME The tangled skeins wil And we will grasp the ca And leave the somber The sun is slow and rest Yet fears draw round E'en while we To bittern taste, To feel the loved one And yet, when “‘reason’s" The temptation to collect seeds of | one’s own growing hesets the amateur | gardener at this time of the vear. | Perhaps no harm will result if he | merely collects them—and throws | them away. If he fondly cherishes them, how- ever, and goes to the extreme of plant- ing them next Spring, much dissatis- faction i likely to he his portion. Surely the ripg seed pods of the hibiscus are tempting, as they hang blackish-brown in these indolent days of September. What a pleasure it ig, to the home gardener to allow the round, bullet- like seed to flow Into the hand from | their various compartments! The tiny seed of the 100, are intensely interesting. As one | contemplates them, his interest in the garden revives, | aweet that hurts us sore; We learn to love, and, loving, learn | seed w apdragons, | ‘A Reprinted Poem. The following poem appeared on the editorial page of The Star when the death of 8arah Fracker Kauffmann, mother of the nounced. Mr. Kauffmann often fonate admiration, and for that D Some day, some day ‘twill all come right, 1l all unwind plors bright threads behind. is sweet, us when it sets; And rorrow comes with winged feet And joy but heralds new regrete. draughts will tura « loss the more. " light grows pale, There shines through darkness atill a ray Of faith untaught which cannot f: And leads us onward to some da; PHILANDER JOHNSON. THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. It may come at 8 years of age, or 10, or 20. or 30, but whenever it ar rives, It is person who appreciates beauty. Evervthing else being equal. that results from this ought to be supremely good. So bne tells himself, asx ha proudly gathers the ripened product. “atural justice, or some such prin- o from one's first garden is good. * Kk Kk Alas for natural justice, then! The ori soil. grew passing, anything @ have been able to accomplish since in_the horticultural line. So we looked forward (o the second Spring, when the seed of the old stock was to be planted. a crop of beauties, in some respects, sur- an event in the life of any | garden | le, ought to see to it that the seed | Politics at Large By G. Gould Lincoln. ew York has it the whole of n x- Wil- ov. Al Smith of in_ his power to change political picture in the twinkling an eYe. The New York Governor ¢ accomplish this by followinz the ample set hy his old opponent, liam Gibbs formally stated that he is not and will not he a candidate for the Demo- cratic nomination for President. 1928 national election won, if for no other reason than because of the strite hetween the Smith and anti-Smith fac- tions of the party, between the Cath- olic and Protestant and the wet and dry wings of the party. Rut tik Smith out of the race for the pr dentfal nomination. alonz with Me- | Adoo, and the whole scene shifts. Harmony may prevail in Democratic ranks. to think about. Furthermore, Presi- dent Coolidge has, according to thos aound him, eliminated himself from the presidential race next year; has thrown the gates wide for a contest among the Republicans for the nomi nation. And it is not hevond the possibilities that the free-for-all race | of the Repubiicans may bring bitier | ness and some split in the G. O. P. * x % % Gov. SRmith, eo far, has not moved himself from consideration for the presidentinl nomination, though he and his friends have declared time candidate for any office. He may not follow in the footsteps of President Coolidge and William Gibbs McAdoo ith an “I do not choose” statement here will he plenty of his followers teady to point out that he would he foollsh to take such a position when be hos the nomination within his grasp. On the other hand, there are | thousands of Democrats in the West and South who will say that the nomi- nation is worth nothing to him it he gets it and that he ecan spare his | par hitter strife by wa the nomination aside, for the good of the party. The Middle West is against the nominatlon of Gov. Smith, and if This xeems to be a vear of political abnegations. Jirst, President Cool- idze set the fashion. Mr. McAcoo did not have so much to deny himself, hut he came along with a statement that he believed the Democratic patty would hest he served by his with cAdoo, who has recently | The Republicans have counted the | That would he something else | re- | and again that the wovernor is not a | A = he is nominated will vote against kim | inal seed, planted in fresh | i the general election. X Q. How much hay will an elephant eat in a day?-—A. H. H. A. The National Zoological Park says that a large elephant will con sume from 100 to 125 pounds of hay per day. Besides this bran mash i also given. Q. will vou please give me some | information about the Swedish Angel. a nurse in Russia during the Great War?—F. E. W. A. The Swedish Legation says that the name of the “Swedish Angel nurse in Russia during the World War, fs Miss Elsa Brandstrom. Sbe i« a daughter of the late Swedish Minister to Russia Gen. Brandstrom. after the war she bonght a castle in Ger- many. where (ierman war ovphais are educated under her supervision. Q. Will you please tell me the largest attendaned at the World's Fair in Chicago’—W. W. M. A The lavrgest attendance at the World's Fair at Chicago ocenrred on Chicago Day, October 9, 18%4, when 716.881 persons were admitted. | Q. can airplane Ay upside | down?—P. L. | A. The Army Air Corps says | airplanes can fly upside down for sev. eral miles, the exact number depend- ing upon the make of the plane. Ver: | few airplanes can fiv in this posi | without losing altitude. The av enabled to determine the is plane by means of a “tt indicatol an Q. How does the size of Druid Hill | Park compare with that of Schenley Park?—H. F. A. Druid Hill Park of Baltime Md.. includes 574 acres, while Schen- lev Park of Pittsburgh, Pa., has cniy 382 acres, Q. What can bhe used to put the leurl back in feathers that have losi their fluffin M. M. J. A. In order to curl feathsrs that have lost their fluffiness, take a knite with a comparatively blunt edge ana ‘¢ the feather betw: the knile and the fingers. drawing it throni. | This will take some timo, hut we be. lieve you will find it satisfactory. Q. Was the Detroit Morning Post the first newspaper published in Die- troit?— M. H. A. The Detroit Morning Post came that | | of ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC ). HASKIN. 1 109,060 for brown hair and 108,000 for I black hair, Q. Please tell me when Lsperanto was suggested as the universal lan- | guage, and al« the same Information rvegarding Volapuk?—F. J. & A. Volupuk was devised by Johann rtin_Schiever, A @erman priest, in . Fsperanto was devised by Dr. . L. Zamenhoft in' 1837, Interest in the universal langnagag declined dur- ing the war period, but ¥ heen re. vivad since Esperanto Is by increas fingly studied. ng Q. Why are the Germans called vareheads SM. A. This originated as an faving term. and is probabls the square shape of the Teutonic skull, ten accentuited by close-cropped ir, Q. Please tell me when the last & inch Ford automobile was made? A. The last G0nch tread cwidth) Ford was made in 1914, Q. Why is a the poppy assos with the World Wart—. E. G A. The red poppy has always heen associated with the battlefieids of ¥ rope, particslarly of Flanders temporary \:'fiw: mention the p | ston’ of poppies which grew up after {the battles of Ramillies, Malplaguer, | Fontenoy and Waterloo. ~Lord Maca {1ay alludes to this fact In chapter 20 his History of England tho a feount of William 11l's defeat in tha | battle of Landen in 1693, Q. When and where ard liner tha Mauretania, buiit A. The steamship Mauretania Iaunched in October, 1907, and structed b Hunter & W | Richar weastle, En | Q. When did dia?—J. L. ¢ . Stephens sars that al. Surope suffered from mar ations of the plague before and 1& the Middle Ages, it was not nun- {til the nineteenth century that tha | plague appeared in India. old ae & tha Cun. L was < cone n, plague first visit In rol of Ruminia ‘nt» A Q. How far will & storm travel in a day?=I. T A If it is a general storm kind that brings rain or snow known Carol Caraiman. | there may be in such a course it | should not be permitted to interfers |in any degree with the east-west flow | to and from Arlington. Only by means |of a subway or tunnel can this be several hours. it is practically ce | tain to go several hundred miles t | the cast or southeast by the next duv. ! This is hecause that fa.the divection of the general air movement, as deter- * oK ok K | The time came. in the way time has But succumb not to this lure! {of coming around. and the seed was Beware the siren call which says.|planted. It sprouted, and the plants “Now that you have grown your own |grew. seed, save it for ne: t They did not grow very well, how- man of the committee of inquiry into the Government's aviation program following the filing of the Mitchell charges! The recommendations of that drawnl from the race for presidential guccor of the flood victims, and techni nomination. cal studies had been instituted with & view to the correction and pl‘x‘-‘ manent cure of the conditions making | into existence 25 years aftar the De. roit Gazette, which was the first paper | In Detroit and published in 1817, of these papers are now out of ex ence. N Should Smith as well as McAdoo for inundation in the future. There was, in fact, nothing that Congress could do. It could not legislate on the | general subject of flood control, for nothing was ready in the way of specific projects upon which legisla tion could have been based. Indeed, it will not be until about the first of January that a report can be made upon which a large engineering work can be projected. Meanwhile, through an exceptionally efficient handling of the relief work under the direction of Secretary Hoover, suffering has. been reduced to a minimum, all but a small percentage of the flood victims have been restored to their homes and have ‘been furnished with means to carry on in their various works of main- tenance. It may, indeed, be believed that this service has been more ef- fectively rendered with Congress not in session, for it has been free from interference. It has been suggested that the real motive for the proposal of an extra session was the desire to clear away ‘if possible certain political issues be- fore the beginning of the regular ses- sion, notably the Vare-Smith election cases in the Senate. There was no as- surance that even with the addition of several weeks, perhaps two months, to the term of Congress any greater speed would have been shown in handling these controverted matters. It has, in fact, been evident that the holding of an extra session would only protract the debates. As the case is, Congress will meet at the regular time, the Senate can proceed at once to the consideration of the Vare-Smith cases while the House s starting the appropriation end tax-reduction bills, and with proper expedition the decks will have been cleared in the upper house for action on the real work of the session by the time those measures are ready for consideration in that chamber. In all likelihood abstention from an ex- tra session will not delay the final adjournment by so much as a fort night. ———e— The greatest asset a candidate can ‘have is an “overwhelming demand.” In order to secure this, a candidate must convey the impression of per- sonal indifference. This requires some adroitness. ————————— A comparatively few of those who would like to see the Dempsey-Tunney fight can obtain ringside seats. But! the eyes of the world will be upon them by means of print and the cars| by means of radio. v More people are killed by automo- | biles than by aviation, which state- ment brings to attentibn the fact that | there are innumerably more malor‘ cars than fiying machines. ten o Ireland Near a Deadlock. Ireland’s second parliamentary elec- tion has resulted in a division of the Dail into several groups, the two largest of which are those led by C grave and De Valera. The former, ac- cording to the latest returns, which comprise all the remaining districts, will have a definite strength of 61 and De Valera's party, the Fianna Fail, will have 57. Affillated with Cosgrave will be 12 Independents and 6 Farmer members, makin of 79, while De Valera will be sup- ported by 13 Laborites, two National guers and one communist, a total of 73, or, on the strength of this aligi ment, a government majorit of six votes. Should this combination con tinue Cosgrave will be slightly better oft than in the previous Dail, where, at. the close of the session, he escaped a vote of no confidence by a tie, which was broken by the c a deciding vote by the presiding offi- cer, in favor of the ministry. Cos- grave thereupon called for a new election, with the result just stated At the outset of the campaign Cos- grave announced that he would not ‘organize the government unles: wera given a substantial majori over ali parties. While he has dra eonsiderably from the independent groups that were friendly and co.op- aerative with him in the former Dail, "hg has not attained the point of com- any, expectati | committee have been a government vote | asting of | accepted by Con- gress and are now being carried into effeet. As to the qualifications of the ap- pointee to the Mexican post there is; no question. He is by virtue of his banking connections familiar with the situation In Mexico. If acquaintance with the conditions, and especially those of a financial nature, which are | to a large extent involved in the fs- sues now pending between the two countries, counts at all, Mr. Morrow will make an ideal Ambassador at Mexico City, and of his confirmation, despite the question that has been raised on the score of Bis business Affiliations, there should be no doubt. The United States is protesting | against confiscatory legislation and constitutional exactions against Amer- le 1 interests in Mexico. It has sought to adjust the differences by diplomacy and has thus far failed to do so, though the crisis due to actions at Mexico City hae been postponed. Am | bassador Sheffleld could not effect a settiement. It is to be assumed that there will be no change of policy on the part of the United States in the appointment of a new representative. It is difficult, therefore, to see why the business connections of Mr. Morrow should militate against his efficiency at the Mexican capital. On the con- trary, it may be possible that his inti- mate knowledge of Mexican affairs will serve to carry through the Ameri- can contention. For political purposes the appoint. ment may be opposed on the alleged ground that the selection of a banker is inappropriate and inadvisable. It will be unfortunate if through parti- san or factional antagonism toward the administration so highly qualified an appointee should fail of confirma- tion. — et Enough interest is already being manifested in next year's national political conventions to indicate that ringside seats will be in active de- mand. ——ee Mr. McAdoo says he will not be & candidate for nomination. This stat ment is regarded by some of his ad- mirers merely as a personal opinion. ———ee— There is no hope of establishing a system by which prohibition agents will rely on moral suasion instead of deliberately arming themselves. ——— Machine Wins in Philadelphia. The morning’s reports, covering | about one-half of the election divisiol of Philadelphia, indicated the nomina- tion of Harry A. Mackey, Republican organization candidate, for mayor of that city. He had on that reckoning a twofor-one lead over J. Hampton Moore, former Representative in Con- gress and former mayor, who recently entered the fight against what he de- nounced as “gang rul This lead, though sufficient, it maintained at the present rate, to give Mackey the nomi- | nation by more than 100,000, does not confirm the claims of the organization leaders before the primary. They ex- pressed the belief that Mackey would win by more than 300,000. If Mr. Moore has cut the majority to one- third of that figure he will have scored a moral victory, though he loses the nomination and the consequent elec: tion. Evidently the scandals over the Vare primaries and election last year have not broken the organization lines in | respect to leadership and workers. The entire machinery of the Philadelphia party appears to have been held intact and Mr. Moore went into the fight with a heavy handicap in consequence. But his polling of a sufficient vote to cut the lead of the machine candidate, | 1926 campaign, from an expected In a State so overwhelmingly Re. so likewise difficult enterp: . It is almost hope. 'Inn. Probably ‘Sr who was the Vare manager In the 300,000 to a prospective 100,000 shows that a great number of the Republican voters of Philadelphia are disposed to register their repudiation of Vareism. publican as Pennsylvania and a city wnder the dominion of | that party as Philadelphia, a revolt against the organization is a most Moore had slight, it y of success when he think he's de life of de party.” |assured. The underpass itself need not be in- artistic or a blemish to the monumen- |tal structure which spans the river. It will not ba necessary to carry it to a great length. The approaches to the lines of the viaduct may be open and attractively walled and banked. There are already two such under- *| passes on the main line of travel into Ei Potomac Park as the roadway passes under the Highway and Rail- road Bridges. The route beneath the Memorial Bridge can be made much more agreeable in appearance than these. e When Mayor Walker returns to New York he may find it hard to over- come the impression on his constitu- ents by European photographs of his high silk hat and frock coat. They wake him look as if he desired to be alled “Mr. Walker” instead of “Jimmy."” »aoes It is unfortunate that psycho- analyists can not be called in before instead of after offenses are com- mitted. Many morbid symptoms are culpably neglected. R A tariff war is in reality little differ- ent from & good, stiff poker game. It has its element of humane desirability in using money instead of guns. —aeee Germany is making wonderful strides in the manufacture of motion pictures. America retains supremacy in supplying remunerative spectators. —————— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Imaginative Power. It's fine an anarchist to be And pass the livelong day In grabbing anything you see In peremptory way. You take 'most anything on which Your hopes may have design; And any time you would be rich You say with glee, “That's Mine!” The cold and cruel hand of Fate Must bid the game to stop, ‘The anarchist 18 going great Till some one calls a cop. Taking His Publicity. “You don’t appear to care how much your opponents criticize you.” “No,” answered Senator Sorghum. “Every time a man abises me it calls public attention to the fact that he is afraid of me.” The Answer. | The aviator climbs the clouds With ardor undismayed. | To “Safety first,” voiced by crowd, He answers, “Who's afraid?” | | the Recipe. want to make some home brew,” said the customer. “What'll I need?” “A couple of five-galion jars and a shotgun.” Jud Tunkins says the man who keeps “butting in” must not be sur- | prised if eventually he becomes “the | goat.” { Boosting. The boosting words on which we look The reader oft resents; We pay $2 for a book That's not worth 30 cents, . Title and Quality. “Would you be willing to marry a title?” “Yes,” answered Miss Cayenne. “But whenever 1 have had a chance there has been a man I disliked who went with it.” “School children,” said Uncle Eben, “are told to obey teachers who mani- fest indifference to the teachings of their ancestors.” Inconsistence. I blame the pugilistic game; Its morals don’t seem right In any sense, but just the same 1'd like to see the fight, “A gunman,” said Uncle Eben, “is gittin’ too much encouragement to as good as any. Look at i won't they?" Yes, they are seed, and they will grow—but they will not grow V. well, at least no way near so well i fresh seed raised by growers, This {8 our experience, anyway, and “be able others to act similarly. to induce own home-grown seed one year, after which we swore we would never do it again. So far we have not given in to the temptation. f R as we see it, i that such seed has not been packed with fertility, The average home gardener, “aold” theoretically on fertilization, in practice shrinks from properly ferti- flowers. The result is that although he may have wonderful flowers, their progeny are weak in the knees. They are seeds, all right, and there are plenty of them, but somehow Na- ture has not been enabled to pack into their being the “pep” and vigor which distinguished their parents. Not only does this lamentable lack come about because the ground did not contain enough plant food ele- ments, but also because the parent plants were, in most cases, too closely planted. Even had the ground been intensely fertile, each plant would have faced much the same problem, of extracting a living from too small a portion of God's earth. * ko % Thus it is seen what our home flow- ers are up against in transmitiing to their seed the qualities of size and color which delighted us in the par- ents. Our first—and deciding—experience with home-grown seed occurred sev- eral years ago, with a batch of aster and zinnfa seed in which we took a proprietary interest. These seeds were the product of our first garden of a lifetime. The first garden! while | lizing his crops, whether vegetables or | They are |ever, and were mu seed, aren't they, and they will grow. | diseases, from th professional | reversion to type, probably emulating we intend to profit by it. and hope to | ‘We made the mistake of using our | to make the following resolve: ! | | | | | fresh seed each Spring from a repu- | tionally stuck, with such good resuits |that we are anxious to prevent any ‘The trouble with home-grown seed, | given to various | rellows™ to plain wilt. The resulting flowers were not like their parents. either in size or color. Some of them showed an unwanted ome parent. ugly and cranky old grand- LR The result of this experiment led us | That hereafter we would purchase | table seedsman, To this resolve we have uncondi- other amateur from treading our pre- vious path of error. The point is that the professiohal seedsman, realizing the necessity for adequate fertilization, grows flowers primarily for their seed. The home gardener grows things for their products, either vegetables or flowers, as the case may be, but the professional grower looks = farther ahead, to the seed. He packs his seed, therefore, with all that fertilizers, plus sunshine, plus water, will put into them, the com- bination being helped along by ade. quate and constant cultivation. * Kk % The best seedemen, too, put up for #ale only seed which measures up to a certain germination test—that is, each batch of seed is tested for proper growth, and such batches as do not “come through” are discarded. The home grower has neither the desire nor the equipment for such tests, hence he fondly grows his seed. in the hope that it is O. K., when all the time it may be very poor. When one thinks of the slight cost of seed, compared with the physical and hettc value of the product re- sulting from its growth, there would seem little reason for the average amateup gardener taking such chances with his garden. Resist, therefore, the urge to collect seed from one’s own garden, unless o know that you have complied | with all the factors outlined, and even then are willing to gamble on your next season’s garden. Most American newspapers dis- missed lightly the proposal of Panama’s delegate to the League of Nations that the question of sov- ereignty over the Canal Zone be sub- mitted to the World Court. Even before the President of Panama made it clear that the delegate was not acting in this instance on instructions from his government, it was rather generally taken for granted in this country that such an idea would not | be pressed by Panama and that the | League would not give it serious | consideration. “The World Court would not nor | could it, by the nature of its con- stitution,” according to the Charleston Evening Post, ke any question under adjudication which was not pre- sented to its judgment by all parties to the controversy. It is entirely cer- | even admit the question of sov- ereignty over the Canal Zone to be discussed in its presence.” The Man- chester Union emphasizes the fact that “the Panama Canal is one of our most vital interests,” and holds that “our negotiations with Panama are purely reglonal in their character and therefore outside the interests of the League.” “As arranged in the treaty, so we are going to continue administering the canal, incidentally doing Panama a great deal of good, avers Lansing State Journal, and the Reno Evening Gazette suggests that “if the faction in Panama that wants to run the zone and police it, incidentally col- lecting taxes therefrom, does not like the agreement, its quarrel is not with the United States, but with their ac- credited and fully empowered prede- cessors who signed it in all good faith.” * Kk * The Grand Rapids Press is con- vinced that “neither Great Britain nor any other nation would trust the en- forcement of canal neutrality to feeble Panama;” that “they, along with our- selves, have a stake in the proper management and protection of this vital waterway.” The Louisville Times puts it this way: *“Panama owns the canal just as much as Egypt owns Suez. n neither case can authority be handed over to the smaller nation. The trusteeship of the United States and of Great Britain in either Instance is for the benefit of the whole world, and too great a re- sponsibility to be trifled with.” “Panama has picked a pillow fight with the United States,” remarks the St. Paul Dispatch, which dismisses the issue as one which “would seem a purely academic question.” The Bir- tain that the United States will not| Panama’s Appeal to League Affecting Canal Criticized | | stone,’ this eminent Panaman evidently | belleves that there is much virtue in mingham News views th delegate, Dr. Morales, a 3 gaging in his ‘daily dozen’ intellectual calisthenic exercises when he attempts to raise this issue at Geneva, adds; “Like Shakespeare’'s '‘Touch- and | gent course.” ‘If.” But Dr. Morales gravely errs in case he imagines any one will take seriously his ratiocinations. When one man or one nation says to another, ‘This is yours to have and to hold in perpetuity as if you possessed sover- eignty over what I now cede to you,’ the ‘as If' is stripped completely of all conditional implications.” * % % % he League of Nations hardly will risk a rap on the knuckles by med: dling with the question,” declares the Seattle Daily Times, and the St. Joseph News Press holds that ‘*on soher second thought, Panama prob- ably will reconsider, or repudiate, this apparent effort to kill the goose that lays the golden egg ' The Providence Bulletin, taking up the pending treaty dealing with de- fense of the zone, which Panama has fafled to ratify, says: “It may take a long time for the negotiations to be concluded, but it will take a much longer time for a utl‘ement to be reached if Panama continues to ap- proach Washington by the longest possible route. Direct conversations will produce better resuits.” A possible misunderstanding of the Panama position, however, is sug- gested by the Fort Worth Star-Tele- gram, which explains: “Of course, the United States will not submit to giving up actual sovereignty of the Canal Zone. But no such thing is involved in Panama’s position that technical sovereignty still rests in that country. Panama’s point is that complete sov- ereignty was not alienated under the treaty that gave the United States control of the strip along the canal. This residue of sovereignty claimed by Panama could never be exercised to the detriment of the United States. It might, howe he exercised to the benefit of the United States. Under its claim, Panama_ would hold, in the eventuality of the United States giving up sovereignty over the canal, that full ‘sovereignty would then revert to Panama.” * ok ko “Under the covenant of the League of Nations,” in the opinion of the Christian Science Monitor, “Panama has a perfect right to ask of that or- ganization a definitlon of the degree of sovereignty possessed by the United States in the Canal Zone. On the other hand, the United States, not being a member of the League, has an equal right to ignore its pro- nouncement. Finally, the controlling forces in the League, being vested with discretion in the matter and having entire power to avold taking up a discussion the resultd of which can only he academic, and which may be hurtful to its prestige, will prob- ably adopt that prudent and Intelli- (h!i “important South Suggesting eliminate himself from the Democratic | contest for the presidential nomina tion and the party set forth on a real quest for harmony, the demand for the | renomination of - President Coolidge | may set in with renewed vigor on the part of the Republicans. Notwith- standing the ingzistence in quarte close to the President that he is per- manently out of the presidential pic- ture in 1928. there are thousands of Republicans away from the Capital City who are hoping that he will Q. Just what is a typhoon?—F. K. A. A typhoon is a violent whirlwind similar o0 A hurricane. These storms |are called “typhoons” when they occur in the China Seas, Q. What is the approximate number of hairs on the average human scalp? —E. W. 8. A. Wilson calculates that there are 120000 hairs upon the head of 1u adult. As a rule the finer the hairs nominated. They feel it would sol a lot of problems for them and :ssu a continuence of Republican coftrol | of the National Governmen'. 2. Sunshine Adid more for the corn farmers of Indiana, Ohio and I'inois in the last 10 days thun Congress | conld do in a year. The blazing sun added a million dollars a day to the | vaiue of the corn crop in Ohio, it was estimated, and even more in Indiana and Iliinois. The late season and lack | of hot weather had threatened a serious | failure for many of the farmers. Crops will be saved and harvested now which had appeared hopeless 10 days or two weeks ago. This may be | just another piece of Republican luck. The farmers in the corn belt have been a problem for the Republicans, and if they can be pleased, so muc the Detter. P Louis Ludlow, for a quarter cen- tury & newspaper man in Washington and at present correspondent *or the Columbus Ohio Dispatch and many other newspapers, is reported to be slated by ‘“Tom” Taggart, Democratic boss in Indiana, for nomination to Congress to represent the Indianapolis district. Louis Ludlow has a host of friends in his native State and district and the predictions are that it he he nominated he will make a strong . Taggart also has settled on ns Woollen, Indianapolis banker, | to be the choice of Indiana for the | presidential nomination. Taggart had | a candidate for the nominat'on in| 1924 who might have been nomi: ated and probably would have heen he rot declined before the nomin: nad | on | { could come his way, the late Senator | punky | Ralston. Not a few of the Democrats | jgze would “go far in Indiana would Woollen nominated for governor. They believe they have an excellent chance to win the State election next year, because of the scandals in the Repub. lican State administration. But AMr. Woollen so far has declined to con- sider the gubernatorial nomination. He might easily have the gubarna- torial nomination and the delegation to the Democratic National Conven- | tion, too, if he would consent, it is said. He could be nominated for governor, and be the choice of the delegation without going into the | presidential primary if no one else | filed for the Democratic nomination | for President in Indiana. Ralston had the delegation three years ago with- out going into the primary, though his supporters were careful to be on hand to file for him up to the last minute in case any other Demoerat entered the primary. ¥ x San Francisco was the hest bet. for the Republican national convention up to the time President Coolidge issued his statement from the Black Hills taking himself out of the race. Mem- bers of the Republican national com- mittee admit that much work had been done for San Francisco and that it was being favorably considered. It may get the conyention yet. But with Secretary Hoover, Californian, a prob- able candidate for the nomination, there, may be opposition from other quarters to the convention’s going to San Francisco. It looks now more like Detroit or Kansas City, it Is said, though Chicago has many boosters. Illinois probably will have one or two favorite sons in the race, however, and the Republican situation in the State is rather mixed, to say the least. Party leaders may wish to avoid Chicago on that account. \ * K K % Out in' the State of Washington there is 2 movement on foot to send an uninstructed delegation to the Re- publican national convention. The State has been favorable to the re- nomination of President Coolidge and | many Republicans wish the delega- tion to he in a position to swing to him it his name should even yet come before the convention. Secretary Hoover has a strong following, how- ever, and if the delegation is instructed it likely will be for him, though Vice President Dawes is also a favorite there. —eeeeee like to see Mr. American countries may bring ques- tions of controversy with us to the Ithaca Journal-News “It we are to avoid unpleasant- ness in the future, might it not be well for us to satisfy our Southern neighbors now what our policy really is and the relation of these neighbors to that policy?"” The New York World observes: “The present issue with Panama may turn out to be no issue. 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[ WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC Dwight Whitney Morrow's appoint- ment as Ambassador to Mexico is the politico-diplomatic sensation of the season. That it means a confirna- tion fight in the Senate in December is a foregone conclusion. Republican insurgents and Democratic foes of the administraticn will see to that. Al ready there's talk on Capitol Hill tha: Morrow will be subjected to a barage of opposition calculated to reduce the confirmation drive against Charles Beecher Warren to the dimensions of a mere remonstrance. The Ambassa- Wall Street connec- tion his Morgan partnership—will be the subject attack. The Senate air will be thick with allusions to “dollar diplomacy,” to “capltalistic xploitation,” to ‘“Morganization of Mexico” and to other thing The circumstance that Mr. Morrow is re- nouncing his affiliations with big busi- ness will hardly give pause to sten- torian Senators bent upon establishing the unholy alliance between the Cool- idge administration and the “inter- est. L Calvin Coolidge is certainly fond of surrounding himself with Ambherst men. The President and Morrow wers graduated from Ambherst together in 1895. Morrow is the man who pre- dicted that a certain sorrel-topped, Vermonter named Calvin Cool- rther” than any of year's “graduates. Among the Amherstians whom their most distinguished fellow -alumnus has placed in seats of the mighty during the past four years are Harlan F. tone, associate justice of the United States Supreme Court; Edward T. Clark, the President's personal secre- F. Stuart Crawford, a member of the White House executive staff, and the Rev. Dr. Jason Noble Pierce, the Coolidge family (Congregational) pastor. Of course, the “Col. House' of the administration—Frank W. Stearns of Boston—is an Ambherst man. class of 78. * ok ok ok Authorities like Senator Borah see signs of good. not harm, in the Mor- ¢ mission to Mexico. They believe it inauzurates an era of moderation. not exploitation. in our relations with that country. Not so long ago, crii- fes of the Coolidge-Kellogg policy detecied what they considered an ai- tempt {0 “Cubanize” Mexico, Le. to place her foreign affair: tually under American _control. Despite his high finance affiliations, Morrow is viewed, in friendly quarters. as the prophet of a new deal with Mexico— that | & deal designea to do full justice to her rights. As to the United States’ rights, there'll be no compromise. President Coolidge has said that the sole question at issue is the confisca- tion of American property. On that he stands pat. and Morrow will stand with him. The banker-lawyer, now become diplomat, is understood to have bid a permanent farewell to business life and dedicated himself to public service. The Senate foreign relations committee signals that it will require chapter-and-verse evi- dence on that score. ERE of and Suggestions “Hughes UNITFD STATES WORLD WAR Ten Years Azo Today a German money nsed by the 1. W. W. to aid draft resisters in Oklahoma. Arms and ammunition w bought to supply Workers’ Union. * ¢ Sec tary Lansing mak public, without comment, the text of a message sent by Von Bernstorff to Berlin last Janu- ary asking permission and authority to use $50,000 to influence Congress to prevent a declaration of war. Con- gressmen indignant and demand full- * ¢ ¢ Textof Aus- peace proposals received in Amster- dam today. Austria wants peace with freedom of the seas, disarmament and * * * Maj. Gen. Bliss succeeds Maj. Gen. Hugh L. Scott as chief of staff, the latter having reached the age of retirement. * * ¢ ‘War Industries Board confers with big steel executives in price-fixing Several ob- stacles in the way of a flat price. war work to eost o WILLIAM WILE. | Hoover” Republican ticket in 198 have something of a counterpart in the newest Democratic combination. A “Smith and Reed” ticket is said to be in process of arrangement. and, strange as it sounds, with Semmtor im’s” knowledge and consent. The Reed second-place notion strikes most observers as abaut as improbablz as the i that Hoover would consent to play second fiddle to a Hughes presidential nomination. The Demo- cratic combination that strikes Wash Ington politicians as far more feasible and likely Is a Smith and Merddith ticket—East and West; Catholic and Protestant; wet and dry; town and country, | | R X x Controversy over the right of Repre- sentative-elect James M. Hazlett of the first Pennsylvania district to hold both that job and the recordership of deeds in Philadelphia has led to some Interesting revelations. There are cases on record in both the House | and Senate wherein members have re- | fused congressional pay. Gov. AlvanT. Fuller of Massachusetts—surviver of | the Sacco-Vanzettl revolution—sat in the Sixty-fifth and Sixty-sixth Con- RIess but declined to accept salary. He let it pile up and at the end of his term collected it and handed the entire sum over to Massachusetts charities. Senator Borah of Idaho has never accepted pay at the rate of th new $10,000 congressional wage, insis ing that he was last elected as a $7.500 Senator. Representative H. St. George Tucker of the tenth Virginia | district refused to accept the $2 | salary boost until he had gone before his constituents as a $10,000 beaut:. They re-elected him and he now en joys the higher emolument. A Tucker ancestor once took the same attitude during a ninteenth century Congress * X k% One of the stcllar honors of the ‘Methodln Church has just been con- | ferred upon Roy A. Haynes, now pres | dent of the Economy Fire Insur: | Co. of Washington. and former F eral Prohibition Commissioner. the West Ohio conference of Meth odism last weok, Maj. Hayvnes was chosen one of 10 lay delegates to the next Quadrennial General Conferenc of the church, to be held in Kan {City, Mo.. during the entire month cf M 1 Haynes received nearly all of the votes cast, being second on the | elected i Senator Frank B. Willis Aof Ohio was a prominent figure at the West Ohio meeting. His prohibition cohorts are sure to be in the thick of the fight to capture the Ohio Re publican delegation for Willis in ti G. O. P. 1928 convention. * ok ok K Philip Pitt Campbell, former Repre sentative from Kansas and now one of the adornments of the Washington bar, has for years occupied a \Vir- ginfa_colonial mansfon on the Poto mac Heights directly overlooking the { Capital. Whenever he shows friends over the place, and they admire it he recalls that it's one of the causes why his one-time faithful Kansas con stituency relegated him to private life, During his last campaign the opposi tion had an annoying habit of send ing a band to Cammpbell's mectings and having it play “Carry Me Back to Ole Virginny.” The man who, as chairman of the House committee on rules, once wieldedsalmost Czar-Reed power, likes to point te the glittering dome of the Capitol at Washingion plainly visible from his lawn. “Mrs. Campbell.” he explained, “used to watch the light that alw. burns during the night sessions of Congress. to assure herself I was away from home evening on official business!” * o ok x Senator Edward I. lwards, Demo- crat of New Jersey, is sure enoush the watchdog of the wets in Congress. He keeps a weather eye peeled on each and every opportunity of taking a crack at what he calls prohibition fanaticism or enforcement excess. Let a dry agent or a policeman take life or injure limb in the course of keep- ing a community on the water wagon and forth comes “Teddy” Edwards, where’er he be, with a devastating statement. It seldom fails to hit the nafl squarely on the head. Edwards may not know it, but he's taken a leaf out of Wayne B. Wheeler's note. book. As a statement-issuer, the late dry generalissimo was the noblest mimeographer of them all. i At