Evening Star Newspaper, September 23, 1927, Page 8

8 gt THE EVE ‘fl‘[“fl EVENING STAR lrlngside, he was saved by a slight tech !:n heavy handicap on the enforcement With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C nical error by the challenger, who turned to the wrong corner after de livering the prostrating blow, and so gave the fa’len man a little more time jofficers, whose efforts, except in rare | cases. can be nothing less than futile. | When Congress reconvenes the con- dition which makes necessary the use FRIDAY......September 23. 1927 |in which to regain his breath and|of bicycle ‘policemen to enforce traffic THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor| The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office 11th St and_ Pennaylvania New York Office: 110" East 4 Chicago Office: T Buil European Office: 14 Regent St England The Evenine Star with the Sundar morn | ing edition 1s delivered by carricrs within the city at 60 cents per month 43 cents per month r month_ O Piephone Main carrier at end ouly. | Fents Rate by Mail—Payanle in Advance. Maryland ard Virgini aile and Sunday. ... v 28.00: 1 mo.. 7 All Other States and (anac Pailr and Sundas.1yr. S12.00: 1 mo Daily onix_ 1oL 1 el $X0001 mo Sundax only.. Il 1yr. $100:1mo Member of the Associated Press. The 4 . 1 the a. sio0 | ihes e In thre naner s PUblihest harain of spectal die . e Bus Confusion. So rapidly have the interstate bus | lines increased in Washinston that a | union bus terminal, foreseen some time ago as a future need, has become | a pressing necessity. Twenty-six bus | systems, operating from ten separate “terminals” which are terminals in name only, now clutter up the public streets, for the use of which they pay no taxes. The Public Utilities Com- mission, an agency which has its hands full. is the only centralized in- formation bureau regarding the time of departure and destination of the busses, and the bus patrons suffer fur- ther fram the inconvenience and con- fusion resulting from the lack of ade- guate waiting rooms and other facili- ties with which travelers should be provided. The present terminal on Little Ninth street, used by the ma- jority of the bus lines, would be no credit to a small city. For the Capital City of Washington it is altogether in- adequate and inappropriate. Other terminals, with the exception of the W., B. & A. station at Twelfth street and New York avenue, used by one bus system, consist merely of fred| parking space on the public streets near hotels. A municipally owned and operated bus terminal for Washington is not considered feasible, even were it pos- sible. Ownership and operation of a bus terminal is peculiarly a matter for private enterprise. Eventually a group of investors may decids to build and operate a bus terminal in Wash- ington, for the soundness of such an investment has been demonstrated elsewhere. But the situation in Wash- ington is already acute. Some action is needed to hasten the construction of such a terminal. The whole question of regulation and control of interstate bus traffic is muddled, and until' Congress enacts clarifying legislation the local authori- ties may find their hands tied. In ad- dition, the public is always to be con- ‘sidered. A large portion of the sub urban population now depends upon the bus as a means of transportation. Denying the busses stop-over priv- lleges on the public streets might be cutting off a nose to spite a face. But if private enterprise continues to hold back in the matter of constructing a bus terminal, some pressure must be brought to force the bus operators to solve a problem of their own bring- ing. In other cities bus operators bave combined in the building and op- eration of union terminals. Their ac- tion, in some instances, has been has- tened by city authorities, who denied them the use of street space for free and unlimited parking. Forced to build = terminal or go out of business, they bave found ways to choose the former slternative and increase their business at the same time. Bus lines are no longer experiments. They have won a place for themselves which will continue to grow in impor- tance with the growth'of the communi- ties they serve. But as public utilities they cannot escape the responsibilities to the public now borne by the estab- lished rallways and street car lines. If no one chooses to build a terminal for them, they must do it themselves. The Public Utilitles Commission should find ways of bringing this about, and the sooner they are found the better for ‘Washington and the bus-riding public. B ] Ordinarily a man should be permit- ted to attend to his own business. But what a man says about his own political prospects makes very little difference in the activities of the cam- Ppaign managers. The King Still Reigns. Approximately 150,000 people gath- ered in an arena in Chicago last night to see the “battle of the century,” be- tween Messrs, Demosey and Tunney. Most of them waited for several hours, bored by the sgenes of assemblage and by the meaningless preliminary bouts botween minor satellites of the fistic planets. They had paid large prices for their seats. Some of them were eight hundred feet away from the ring. Many of them, warned by re- peated admonitions, were equipped with fleld glasses. Some of them car ried their lunches. They were clad in cold-resisting garments and were, if wise, prepared to withstand rain. | The climax pleased some of the mul- | titude and disappointed others. There were those who hoped to see the re. silient Dempsey “come back” and re gain his long-borne title, lost at Phila- delphia a year ago. There were others | who hoped to see Tunney keep his crown, gained on that occasion from the mysteriously wabbly Dempsey. Most of them wanted to see a knock- out. Few were so conservative as to prefer a declsion on points. Tunney won the match. It was on points, not by virtue of a decisive blow. He was himself within a second of being flattened to a finish by the mighty Dempsey’s fist, taking nine counts and struggling to his feet just in time to avoid the tenth. For a few seconds it looked as though the often-repeated prediction of “Dempsey | strensth. It was a thing for Tunne; 3ut there is no dispute, it would seem, {over the decision finally rendered. For, | foflinz to win the fizht in the seventh. closs | Dempsey faltered in the succeeding {rounds and showed that he had { reached his climax in that one punch that all but regained the title for him Durinz the last thr distinctly out-s d hy hix opponent, s [and the ruling in favor of Tunney | communit was accepted as just Under the laws of most of the States today there can be no unlimited fights. A round limit is set. which requires that unless a knockout is scored within | that period the decision must be on ‘points” In two major encounters recontly the rulings have been so based—in that in which Tunney won from Dempsey and in that of last night, which resuited in Tun ney's retention of the tite. It is doubtful whether the limit will be lifted. The attending public seems to be perfectly willing to see these matches even though they are so re stricted. 1t pays millions for the privi- lege. lLast night's engagement dn‘\\'; a “gate” worth $2,500,000, the greatest | in history. It may be mentioned in this con- nection that the United States is| rvicher by $250,000 through this fight | in the form of taxes on the admission tickets. The State of Illinois gains $225.000. The owners of the stadium get $100,000. The winner of the bout gets something over $1,000,000. 'l‘ho‘ loser gets $430,000, The promoter of | the entertainment will probably nel; about $250,000 after all expenses are | paid. The only ones who lost on the affair are over-confident speculators | in tickets and those who guessed wrong in the placing of their bets. Not body will ever know the turnover on that score. And now come the questions: When will the next opportunity be offered the public to turn out its cash by the millions, and who will be the attrac- tions in the ring on that occasion? —e——s Indiana Starts Housecleaning. After three hours of deliberation by the ju: Mayor John L. Duvall of Indianapolis was yesterday found guilty of bartering offices for the sake of election, in violation of the corrupt practices act of the State of Indiana. The jury prescribed the penalty, which would seem to be moderate in view of the gravity of the offense. The mayor is sentenced to. spend | thirty days in jail and to pay a fine of $1,000, and is barred from holding any public office for four years from the date of the commission of his crime. Actually, he is rendered ineligible for only a little more than two years from the present time. If'the sentence stands against appeals the effect will be that the two years that have elapsed, during a portion of which. he held the office of mayor, will be ex- cused. The first reaction to this verdict and sentence is that the punishment is too light for so grave an offense. It is, however, save as to the term of imprisonment, which might have been as much as a year, the maximum al- lowed by the law. The evidence given disclosed a shocking state of corrup- tion. The charge which the jury sus- tained was that the mayor promised a certain person who wielded a large political influence and controlled a heavy vote the privilege of naming two members of the board of works and the city engineer in return for his support, and also that he accepted a large sum from him in furtherance of this agreement. This was a plain bar- ter in public offices. Although the penalty might have been more severe, in keeping with the magnitude of the offense, this convic- tion is to be welcomed as a move to- ward cleaner politics and more honest municipal administration. Indiana is at present conspicuously in the public eye in this regard. High officials have been accused of corruption and double dealing. Other prosecutions are in progress. The voters of the State are fully acquainted with the. venality of officials. They have an opportunity in coming elections to visit effective pun- ishments upon individuals and politi- cal organizations that have engaged in these corrupt practices. Whether they will take that chance is a ques- tion. The pollution of the public con- science has gone deeply, and there may, unfortunately, be no corrective reaction. But the conviction of the mayor of the State’s capital should en- courage those who hope to sce In- diana cieansed of its political foulness. —— et Mussolini 1n Ttaly appears to be the man the ex-kaiser thought he was go- ing to be in Germany. R Bicycle Traffic Policemen. In an endeavor to make the safety campaign of the Police Department on traffic violators more effective Maj. Hesse has detailed a squad of bicycle policemen to the work. Ten men, mounted on wheels, have been assigned to the task and will co-oper- ate with the motor e and traffic squads in arresting violators of the regulations. Maj. Hesse's campaign is desirable from every standpoint and the larger the number of traffic policemen the better will be the results. However, the calling in of bicycle men to en- traffic rules stresses the fact that the local department is inade- quately equipped with both motor eycles and automobiles. Washington is one of the few cities in the country and certainly the single remaining community of its size that uses bicycle policemen to do the work that can only be done effectively by | motorized apparatus. The days have long since gone by In the National Capital when the spectacle of a puffing bicyclist chasing a speeding motorist was an every-day affair, but from Maj, Hesse's order it appears that in the interests of a safety crusade it is necessary to turn thegalendar back to ten years ago, Bicycles are in no way fitted to be the means of transportation for traffic force by & knockout in the seventh” had been verified. But, according to the enforcement policemen. They are as out of date as the automobile unequip- o rounds he was| rules should be vigorously demon- atrated. Motor eycles and small cars are used in practically every large [ city. and for the National Capital to { be inadequately provided for in this respect reflects seriously on the judg- | ment of the legislators. Washington idues not have the banditry that pre- | vails in many other sections to con- tend with, but its tramic problem is las acute as that of any comparable . and this fact should make it apparent that modern methods to fight it are just as nccessary here as where D Road Markings. | An investigation has been started by {the Merchants and Manufacturers’ | Association to determine the strategic points in and near the city for the marking of highways for the benefit of At a recent meeting it was { brought out that roads leading into Washington were, except in a very few cases, poorly marked, and it was decided that this condition should be | remedied at once. To residents of a city it may seem comparatively unimportant that ade- quate markings should be installed to guide those who travel by automobile, but, to the motorist it is a matter of great importance, In fact, the motor- ist may become either a booster or a knocker for a city, according to the ease with which he can negotiate its entrances and exits. i It is not enough to install in a hap- hazard manner a few signs here and there to direct the traveler on his way. It is necessary to work out an orderly and easily comprehensible system of sure a safe and reason ably clear course into and out of the | city. It is to be hoped, therefore, that the Merchants and Manufacturers' cam- paign for better marking will bear fruit. Washington, the National Cap- ital, should be the model in road mark- ings for every other city in the coun- try. Ifs character demands it. Not only should the main arteries be ade- quately equipped with artistic sign posts, but for those who intend only to pass through the city to points South or North, a special routing should be devised which will keep them clear of the congested traffic in the downtown district. This system has reached probably its highest point of development in some of the cities lying along the Bos- ton Post Road, the much-traveled highway between New York and Bos- ton. At these towns the motorist is routed by means of understandable ‘markings around the business section and is enabled to be on his way quickly instead of being caught in the traffic maelstrom that comprises the business district. ‘Washington has as many tourists as any other city in the country. This great pilgrimage vear by year should find clearly marked roads to the beauty. spots of the Capital, and no time should be lost in carrying out a sys- tematic program to bring about the desired end. e There are no more prizs fights. Box- ing matches are permitted which com- pel the performers to work fast if the public is to see a genuine knockout. e Mr. Dempsey's eyes were partially D. C. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1927 THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. “He must have been through a lot,” tisnt"—uwill be a thing of the past. The said one woman. “Pshaw!'> said the other. “He has never known what it means to go hungry, or to be without a place to sleep. 4 Does _experience, physieal suffering” Does a lack of the barest comforts of life entitle one to set himself up as “having been through a lot”? And has the man who can put up no claim to such deprivation lost his title to an understanding heart and mind? * k * ¥ would put the matter however, require Plain truth differently. Old age is not gray hairs, said the son of Sirach; nor is experience merely the group of events that occur in the life of tramps. While the hard knocks of the world may help in the proper understanding of life, they are not essential if one have the eves that sees, the mind that understands and the heart that loves. Such a trio of requirements is more necessary than any amount of crude occurences in actual life. The pos- sessor of them, whether he be writer, cl mechanic, sailor, or what not, will live life more intensely and with keener realization, as he goes along. * ok oK K Still waters run deep, says the say- ing: it applies particularly to the men- tal life. One would not attempt to minimize the chalice of suffering, but this much may be said: Understanding is neces- sary, in any event, and if the under- standing comes from keener inner vision, then it may suffice. Lack of bed and board are mere sur- face indications. In the case of Booker T. Washington, as set forth in his memorable “Up From Slavery,” they meant a great deal. It is probable that the hardships to which Theodore Roosevelt submitted himself did not mean as much. He al- ready had the understanding heart, which knew about life by instinct. ¥ L Some persons have an instinct for understanding. They have minds that understand, off-hand; they have hearts that love instantly. To such a person, the first day of school, as seen in passing, is much more than a jovial group of children bursting forth from a more or less nondescript brick building. He—or she—sees the little kinder- gartener who cried, for no particular reason. He sees the older boys and girls, discussing an interesting bit of grade school gossip—that there are 65 children in the kindergarten, and the principal doesn’t know what to do with them. He understands the children who ‘“‘do not get along,” for one reason or another, He sees the teacher trying her best to understand more troublesome charges, and too.often failing. He sees the so-called “intelligence tests” putting up their inadequate bluff at being scientific. He feels sure that within 10 years the more or less ridiculous 1. Q.—"intelligence quo- WASHINGTON OBSERYATIONS | what very name is poor psychology. * K k¥ Feeding is something for monkeys— has it to do with depths of understanding? Let the monks eat incessantly. The one who understands is above good and evil alimentation. He goes on to the inner substance of things. He tries to get at the facts. He wants to understand why human beings act as they do, to paraphrase the title of the book, Such an understanding is more to him than a good dinner. It he goes to a fashionable lunch- eon place, the people around him en- gage his attention more than the food upon his plate. Why does the girl whose hair, skin and ey are a symphony of tones ruin the effect by the use of a lipstick? Why does she, who is a sister to the sunshine and fresh air, find it necessary to put rouge upon her cheeks? Here s a man bred to the purple, who has never known an ill moment in his life, except what his own mind and heart have built up for him, yet who writes with keen understanding. E b Here is a hobo, who, if the .ex- perience contention were true, ought to wring the hearts of mankind with what he might tell, yet who turns out only so much tawdry stuff when he is induced by some anxious publicist to take pen in hand. “Look into your heart and write,” remains the best admonition to those who pine for self-expression In print. Plunge into a sea of adventures, it you will, but you will come out of it little the wiser, if you do not ‘ake with you the harboring heart. The lady who has written the most palpitating adventures of desert life has never been any farthei south than London. The heart that lays up for iteelf stores of mental acorns will feed plen- tifully when Winter comes, * * % “Rufus Rastus Johnson what you gonna do when comes round?"” This irrelevant question will never be asked of him who has a mental and spiritual larder filled with the good things gathered from the in- exhaustible forests of the human mind and spirit. To live a surface life is well enough, Thousands do it, and enjoy them- selves thoroughly. (Also, they spend much of their time standing in long lines, waiting for plac to open ro that they may get in to see something mediocre, when all the time they might walk around the corner and see something good.) There is a better way to live, how- ever, which consists of trying to think, trying to understand, trying to appreciate. One may get very little credit for it, but still it is eminently worth while trying. And, in trying, one will un- derstand that life does not depend upon a meal or the lack of a meal, or upon a place to sleep or the lack of one. Brown, de rent BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Annapolis and the United States Naval Academy will be hosts, for a week, beginning October 8, to a Japa- nese training squadron consisting of the cruisers Iwate and Asama. About 2,000 officers and men, including 190 midshipmen, comprise the personnel of the squadron, which already has visited Honolulu, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Panama, New Orleans, Ha- vana, Boston and New York. The commander of the training squadron is Admiral Nagano, well known to American Navy men as a former Japanese naval attache in Washing- ton. It will be the first time that Nippon’s admirals-to-be have ever closed. He could still see clearly enough to count his share of the gate receipt. R SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Capitalization, Let dogs delight To bark and bite, As surely as can be; ‘We leave them there And do not care. The exhibition’s free. ‘When Jack and Gene Come on the scene The congregation hollers; For this display In mild array Cost several million dollars! Cautious Hostilities. “Why don't you'throw your hat into the ring?” “I'm not using an ordinary hat now,” answered Senator Sorghum. “1 went out West and got myself & war bonnet, which I have packed away in moth balls.” Publicity Laugh. ‘We grinned at Henry Ford's machine, It chugged along with pace serene, And showed us in a little while The profits gathered from a smile, The David-Goliath Match. “David siew Goliath," “It was an interesting -fight. It might have amounted to more it it could have had a manager like Mr. Rickard.” Jud Tunkins says a prize fight looks to him like a heap of prize for a small amount of fight. Intelligent Child. “Do you love your studies?” “Yes," said the intelligent child. ‘More than play?” “Yes. When you are studying there is no danger of being hit by an auto- mobile.” Dancing Attendance. “Would you dance attendance on royalty?” Yes,” answered Miss Cayenne. “When the Prince of Wales invites you to dance, wouldn't you be foolish to refuse?”" . “He who lives by treachery,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “hav- ing sacrificed all friends, must eventu- | ally betray even himsels Wavering Morale. And will you fight with fists, my lad? You shouldn’t, Though you might be so very bad, 1 couldn’t. Yet, when the combat they rehearse And show a million-dollar purse— ‘Who wouldn't? H r ain’ nuffin’ free no mo’,” said Uncle Eben. iven when you pines dropped anchor in Annapolis, which happens to be the alma mater of sev- eral distinguished Japanese naval of- ficers, Secretary Wilbur and Am- bassador Matsudaira will entertain a detachment of the squadron’s officers when they visit Washington on Oc- tober 10 and 11. . * Kk % Judge Stephen B. Davis, former so- licitor of the Department of Com- merce, is to be drafted for special service with the American delegation at the impending International Radio- telegraph Conference in Washington. Davis, before the Federal Radlo Com- mission was created, was Secretary Hoover’s right-hand man on all mat. ters connected with broadcasting. He resigned from Government service to join the newly-organized joint com- mittee on public utilities in New York, of which George B. Cortelyou is chairman, * %k President Coolidge's appointment of Dwight W. Morrow as Ambassador to Mexico continues to agitate the po- litico-diplomatic waters. New “angles” crop up from day to day. One of the latest is that his ambassadorship—and anticipated success in ironing out our difficulties with Calles—is to be a step- ping-stone to a cabinet post. Another suggestion is that Mr. Morrow’s re- puted inclinations in the direction of relations with Russia may pave the way to peace between Washington and Moscow. Morrow does not rank “recognitionist,” but he is be- lieved to hold some views approxim: ing those of Senator Borah. Borah's position is that the United States should abandon its boycott of Soviet Russia and enter into negotiation with her for those rights and claims which this Government set up. Borah thinks we're more likely to “get somewhere” by that method than by stubborn re- fusal of dealings until our demands are met. * ok K K The Seventh Day Adventists are the newest crusaders to take the fleld against the frills and foibles of mod- ern feminine styles. From its head- quarters in Washington their minis. terial assoclation has just issued a manifesto on the alluring subject, It “tabooes dashing colors, rakish hats, earrings, provocative footwear, bobbed hair, brightly colored handkerchiefs, laces dangling from sleeves, sleeveless dresses and skirts that go no more than 10 or 12 inches above the floor.” The admonition is addressed to the Seventh Day Adventist “lady Bible workers” throughout the United States. It was prepared by Miss Rose Boose, a worker in the Southeastern California Confer- ence of the denomination. Unless at- tired on proper lines, Miss Boose sug- gests that Adventist Bible workers can neither “meet the approval of Heaven nor of those to whom they carry the story of the Gospel.” * ok x * Support of President Coolidge and Chief Justice Taft has been given to a committee of American lawyers who are supervising the establishment of a law department In the great new Hebrew University in Palestine, Mil- ton Strasburger, former Municipal Court judge in Washington, D. ¢'., has just been appointed a member of the advigory council ®f the committee, which comprises distinguished mem- bers of the American bar. Mr. Cool- idge says: “The project is, of course, precisely in line with the great ambi- tion of Jewish leaders throughout the world, to restore Palestine as a center of progress and a pivot on which the cultural relations of the KEast and West may turn. The movement has foh a little good news, you Is s'posed to go to a foriune teller n‘1 pay for most coherent of the reports from the ped with a selfstarter. They Impose L% . gz my best wishes.” Mr. Taft expresses “the earnest hope that such a school of law may be established and may, through its graduates, contribute to American | the peace of the world and the spread of equity and justice.” * % Xk X “Use the Air Mall and Save Inter- est!” may soon become the slogan of the Lindbergh division of the United States Post Office. During the month of August the Illinois Merchants’ Trust Co. of Chicago transmitted to New York 23 air mail letters, contain- ing drafts, securities and currency to- taling a value of $32,000,000. Twelve letters reached New York before 9 a.m. the day following dispatch from Chicago. Interest aggregating $1,700 was saved by “clearing” the transac- tions in question a day sooner than would have been possible if the Chi- cago bank had used the ordinary mails. The Kansas City Clearing House Association reports interest savings averaging $7,000 a month, due to money transactions by air. LI A Oscar Keck, a young German round-the-world walker, hasn't so very much on a Washington comrade of the hoof—Louis Varnum Woulfe, a member of Secretary Jardine's staff at the Department of Agriculture. Woulfe has just finished one of his annual trips on the “Half-Sole Lim- ited.” His route lay between Wash. ington and Charleston, W. Va. Woulfe averages between 30 and 35 miles a day. In his spare mo- ments he climbs mountains athwart his path. On his recent hike he scaled Mount Sewell, 3.180 feet, clambering up 775 of them in an hour. “The se- cret of long-distance hiking,” says Woulfe, “is rubber heels and an easy gait.” LA Several coy aspirants to the Repub- lican presider 1 nomination are hav- ing dinned in their ears these .days a celebrated aphorism coined by Will H. Hays. It reads: “In politics, things don’'t happen. They are brought about.” (Copyright. 1927.) —o— Hot Spells Are Seen Coming for October To the Editor of The Star: According to the weather laws, the coming season will begin with a fine Indian Summer, with unusually hot spells between October § and 18, Octo- ber § and 6 and October 15, 16 and 17 will have no destructive world storms and would be fine for long-distance aviation. The repelling force of the big plan- ets Jupiter and Uranus will be forc- ing the earth to move in toward the sun’s repelling force until October 18, when the repelling force of the little planet Mercury. approaching from east of the sun, will move the earth away from the sun a little and will drive us out into cold changes of Fall weather scattered through the re- mainder of Ogtober. D. A. N. GROVER. UNITED STATES IN WORLD WA Ten Years Azo Today Rainbow Division” reviewed by Secretary Baker at Camp Mills. He ees 27,000 reorganized and hardened ational Guardsmen in final training sinkings lowest CRO 00 tons in a week. rightfulness” began. Three thousand two hundred Platts- burg men carry out French idea of trench warfare with pick and shovel. ¢ * * Tardy draftees are ordered to report, and warned that the penaities of desertion face those failing to re- spond. * * ¢ Presiden! plea ends Pacific Coast iron work strike and 30,000 men agree to return to work on his promise of satisfactory con- ditions. * * * Secretary McAdoo announces distribution of two billion dollars' worth of war savings cer- v to make for every one to help win war through thrift. * * cretary Lansing discloses that deadly ‘germs and bombs were lanted by the Germans in the Ru- manian legation swhen they left it in hands: Ocean Flyers Lauded Association Urges Government to Promote Future Air Travel. To the Editor of The Sta The American Flyers' Association exceedingly regrets the loss of so many of the world's most capable fiyers during the past few months of ocean travel. Howe we do feel that these men and women have sacri- ficed their lives in the promotion of alr travel, and that these pilots must be included as real pioncers in the fleld of ocean travel. It is regretted that statements have appeared in newspapers quoting indl- viduals and groups to the effect that these pilots were only stunting on these trips and that they played no part in the advancement of oversea flying. No two expeditions have started on ocean flights with the same equipment. In fact, no two planes of the same construction have figured in the ocean flights. The fact that one, two or three machines have been suc- cessful in the crossing is not conclu- sive that such a venture is feasible from a commercial standpoint. Not until 100 or even 1,000 trips have been made will the public accept it as reasonably safe. Each additional flight, whether successful or not, will and does contribute, contribute, to- e re- tarded aviation because of the failure of their flights is both ungrateful and unfair, To say that they have only stunted in their attempt would indi- cate that the speaker did not have a sincere interest in the development of aviation. Some statements have been printed have attempted their flights with the sole idea of securing pub- licity. I would much rather say that the persons who attempt to belittle the motive of these air pioneers were the real publicity seekers, only instead of risking their lives to secure it they would attempt to capitalize on the exploits of those who have made the supreme sacrifice in the promotion of air travel. I believe that it is unwise for any individual or group to advocate the barring of future flights. It would have been just as sensible for the European nations to refuse to allow any of her brave navigators to sail for America after Iricson, Columbus et al. had proved it could be done, because of the loss of life on subse- quent expeditions. It is because of those early sacrifices, this stream of expeditions, that resulted in the found- ing of our Nation. Like similar organizations through- out the world, we believe that steps should be taken to insure ocean pilots of a maximum amount of protection on their trips. While it is possible that the seaplane will prove to be the logical vehicle for ocean flying, or that the multi-motored machine is much better than the single-motored plane, still, no ban should be made|g, that would prevent our aviators and the aviators of other nations from attempting to prove these claims. ‘We anticipate governmental control over ocean flights, but believe that this control should be productive in- stead of prohibitive. Planes should be equipped with radio and compelled to flash their positions at given inter- vals, It should be necessary for an experienced navigator to accompany each flight. At the same time, how- ever, we do not believe that the Gov- ernment should take any steps toward the barring of ocean trips; rather, it would be better to encourage them. The United States can ill afford to initiate any move to bar these flights ime. Of the seven eastward gs of the Atlantic Ocean five of them have been American expedi- tions. The four planes that have crossed from America to Hawaii have all been driven by American pilots, and the United States Army has sent three planes around the world, the only ones to accomplish this to this date. It would indeed smack of ex- treme selfishness for this country at this time to lead a movement that would prevent aviators from other nationr from equaling or bettering the records set by the American flyers. In summing up the stand of our organization, I might say that the A. F. A, deplores the newspaper pub- licity given to those who attempt to belittle the feats of the flyers who are missing in action in their attempt to promote their hobby. It would repu- diate any statement that would ques- tion the motive that prompted these flights. It would brand as unfair any statement that would list their ex- ploit as a stunt and unproductive to the promotion of flying. They must be rated, as they justly deserve, as real ploneers of oceanic travel. ‘When an individual or group would attempt to secure newspaper space through statements contrary to exist- ing facts regarding these flyers and flights, when claims are made that the men and women who sacrificed their lives have hurt rather than helped aviation, when it is sald that the pilots who are missing were just stunt flyers and not pioneers—the A. F. A, insists that the only real pub- licity seekers are those who, without the risk of their own lives, would at- tempt to break into print at the ex- pense of those who have died for the promotion of air travel. These are the ones that do hurt aviation. THOMAS C. McKEE, Acting President, the American Flyers' Asshciation. American Legion Boys Show French Real U. S. From the New York Evening Post. | There was no mortuary veil over | the parade of the American Legion in Paris recently, nor did any pennant of militarism snap above it. How could we, who knew them. have expected such trappings from them? They are our own boys, and they were but their natural selves— grave, when they had to be: sad, when their hearts were touched; al- ways sober and solid underneath: but when on show, funny, whimsical, | youthful, laughing and utterly be- gulling. Of cou the French loved the | spectacle. A race so quick to know sincerity and react to humor could not help adoring this bizarre bit of the real America displaved in their | reets. To us the march of t! Elks, the convention of the Shriners, the picnics and clam chow- ders of Kiwanis or Lion are so fa- miliar that it did not occur to us how utterly foreign it all might look in French eyes. The Legion boys put on a Rotary parade, just as if the Place of the Star were Main street. Their war days told them how dearly the French like American eccentreity. ‘They exaggerated their Americanism as Gen, Dawes did in Paris with bis unbuttoned blouse and his underhung pipe. They put on a show that was n.ore American than Broadway, It was clearly *good medicine." After the first awed pause, the cor- respondents sav. France stood along the sidelines and rocked with laughter and applause. There were friendliness and comradeghip instead of a more stilted if more solemn relationship. The boys who gave their lives in the war have not been forgotten by their comrades in Paris. The spiritual side of the reunion has had its great moments In the military cemeteries and by the grave of the Unknown Soldier, Yet we rejoice that our boys have made their great impression through life rather than death. We are glad that, like Lindbergh, they “made their own stuff,” were their own gay, lov- able selves. Thus have they won thelr way back into the heart of France. d’l‘hus can they be our best ambassa- ors. o A Definition. From the Flint Daily Journal. A New York justice rules a man may he inoffensively drunk. Prolably that's when he's good and drunk. fect that the pilots of these | (), ANSWERS TO BY FREDERIC Q. What has become of Mary Fuller, the movie actress, who was well known in the early ture?—H. M. F. A. Miss Fuller suffered a severe breakdown several years ago and has since been living in retirement near Washington, D. C. | days of the motion pie- * Q. How much insurance is carried | by the people of the United sute-.n-i G. W. A. The total of insurancs in force in the United States in some 270 com- QUESTIONS J. HASKIN. cause the gas used to inflate them is lighter than air, Q. What is the of Moroceo?—W, A. It is estimate £00,000. which is about 2 per cent of the total popu- lation. ewish population s Q. What is the language of Switzer- land?—M. E. H. 8. A. Switzerland has three main lan- guages—French, spoken in the can. tons of Fribourg, Vaud, Valais, Neu. panies as of December 31, 1926, chatel and Geneva; Italian, in the amounted to $82.500,000,000 and the |Ticino, and German in the remaining net gain in insurance in force |cantons. amounted to $8,600,000,000. The amount of new business written dur- ing that year was $18,169,000,000. The total amount lapsed is not available, but the total termination rate, includ- ing death claims, etc., can be figured from the net gain in insurance in force. Q. How can polished’—E. J. C. A. Petrified wood Is polished with buffing wheels of felt charged with tin | oxide. It is not possible, however, to | give such material a satisfactory | polish until it has been cut and ground. This requires elaborate lapi- dary equipment of cutting saws, grind- ing laps, suitable abrasives and buf- fing wheels. It will probably be far cheaper to have such work done by competent lapidaries than to attempt to assemble the proper equipment. wood be | Q. What is a sea-cucumber?—D. A. The trepang, or sea-cucumber, is a commercial product consisting ef the dried bodies of various species of echinoderms of the family Holothuror- dae. The name is also applied to the living animal. The English names are the sea-cucumber and cotton spiner. There are 16 principal varieties and 47 commercial grades in the Philippines. In color they range from white to black. Some are smooth, while others are covered with prick] ‘When prop- erly cured, they look like. a. bologna sausage and should be dry enough to “rattle like walnuts in a bag.” | Q. Kindly name a chemical that will | copperize iron.—W. B. A. The Bureau of Standards says that if iron is dipped into a dilute solu- tion of copper sulphate, copper acetate or other common copper solution, a deposit of copper forms on the iron. This is flocculent and spongy if the iron is left in the solution for a period of several minutes. Ordinary “cop- perized” iron or steel wire is made by a momentary dip of the wire in a dilute copper solution, after which the wire is drawn through a die of the same diameter as the wire. Q‘tho was King Kanute?—H, 'A. Kanute was King of England, Denmark and Norway. He.lived from about 994 to 1035, Q. Why are the airships Norge, Los Angeles and the Shenandoah called lighter-than-air airships and are they really lighter than air?—W, J. L. A. The term lighter-than-air craft is applied to dirigibles, balloons, etc., be- Q. When is the harvest moon? L. P, A. The harvest moon is the full moon occurring nearest the date of the autumnal equinox (September 22). It is so called because it comes at the completing of the harvest. At this time the moon often rises at about the same time for several nights. Q. Is Clematis virginiana sometimes called traveler's-joy?—M. G. A. The plant known as traveler's joy s Clematis vitalba. It only species native of Great B where it is common in the south, but becomes rarer toward the north and is scarcely found in Scotland. Abor~ 20 species are indigenous to Nor.u America and of these Clematis vir giniana, or virgin'sbower, is ve:y | widely distributed. Q._Can you tell me about John Lee, the Englishman who was called “the man who could not be hung”?—\. B. A. John Lee, the Babbacombe mur- derer, murdered Miss Keyse on (he 12th of November, 1884. He was to be executed at 8 o'clock February 23, 1885, at Exeter Gaol. At the flrst attempt to hang Lee the drop in the scaffold would not work. The pris- oner was removed to the prison and the official tried to remedy the defet. A second and a third attempt were made to hang him, but each time the apparatus would not work. The sheriff then ordered the execution stopped pending communication wirn the home secretary. It was found later that rain on the preceding day< had caused the planks of the drop to swell. At the time there was much public interest in this case, many ignorant and superstitious persons claiming that there hdd been an inter- vention by supernatural powers. John Lee was subsequently reprieved and imprisoned. Government statistics bring out the Jact that the uneducated man has only one chance in 800 to attain distinc- tion. There is no reason why any one should live under such @ handicap in these days of free schools and free information. This paper supports in Washington, D. C., the largest. free information bureau in ezistence. It will procure for you the answer to any question yow may ask. Avail yaurself of its facilitics for your self- improvement. Inclose a 2-cent stamp for return postage. Address The Eve- ning Star Information Bureau, Fred- r';ic J. Haskin, director, Washington, e Press Deplores Possibility Of Tariff War With France Almost unanimously the American press deplores the possibility of a tariff war between the United States and France. It is recognized, how- ever, that the situation which has grown up will be exceedingly difficult to setile amicably, The executive branch of the French government has a free hand to administer a bargaining tariff, but congressional action would b; required here for any material change. The St. Paul Pioneer Press feels that ‘“‘the only course left may be for President Coolidge to use his power to retaliate with higher tariff rates against nations which discriminate against this country.” The New York Evening Post suggests that “we al- ways have up our sleeve the tourist embargo, hard to enforce but abso- lutely devastating.” On_the subject of retaliatory duties the Reno Evening Gazette observes that “the President would doubtless be reluctant to exercise them against such an old friend as France, but, if necessary, he could, and_the folly of the French officlals could be brought home to them.” But the Gazette be- lieves ‘“no such step will have to be taken.” The Grand Rapids Press ad- vises that “we can take a summary PHILOSOPHIES RY GLENN FRANK 1 have spoken often in this column of the menace of routine and monot- ony in our factories and of the fur- ther dangers of the standardizing of our commodities going on to the stand- ardizing of our characters. It is a fact that is as true as it is old that the monotonous repetition of a specialized movement has a deaden- ing effect upon the creative spirit of a workman. The man who makes one-forty-sec- ond of a watch is likely to become one- forty-second of a watchmaker. Standardized machine production does not malke o creative craftsman- ship. But there is another side story of routine. Eivery worker is not a suppressed ar tist champing at the bit to create: the brutal truth is that’there is a vast amount of mediocrity in the human breed: there are multip'ied thousands of workmen who would not be creative craftsmen even if their work were | done under Utopian conditions. | . Standurdized machine production | has given these mediocre workmen | their first chance to make a better liv- | ing than the ancient artist-craftsman | ever made. | The .mediocre workmen of the ma- chine age have a ear and a cottage: in a handicraft world they would be liv- ing in a hovel and walking. | And even the craftsman blessed with creative urge has this to his advan- tage—the further development of standardized mass production will give him, in greater and greater abundance, (wo inestimable boons; leisure and | means. The creative craftsman Is happiest when his bread-and-butter job is, at | one and the same time, a means of self-expression and a means of self- support; but. If he fs doomed to live | in a world of standardized mass pro- duction, it is gratifying to know that | he can look forward te leisure and | means for the satisfaction of his cri ative spirit. But what about the effect of stand- ardization and routine upon our civ lization in general? Here. again, there is a side to the picture we sometimes overiook. A certain amount of standardization | is necessary to the effective living of | our lives. If we did not standardize | and reduce (o routine such processes | as ‘shaving, dressing and eating. we should have to spend most of our time in the bathroom and dining room. 1 1 to this | know mer who do most of the creative planning for their business or profes- ; sional day while shaving and dressing. These processes have e 50 nearly automatic that their minds are free for bigger things, May not the processes of producing | the necessities of life be so standard ized and autematic that the major en evgies of ‘a Q«mh can ‘be freed for bigger things? i . s rieht, 1097.) - - Ao 2 | must | ward.” | Baltimore Sun, importance of foreign markets | great indeed. that the American-high tariff before very much longer will be sub. | jected, to changes at the ‘special re. quest of its friends. the manufactur. ers, in order that thi e helpful. commercial txeatles wit fl‘l” nations."™ * ™ Ko action or we can take a friendly and appeasing course.” merit in the plea made to Secretary Kellogg by foreign trade interests that “‘peaceful congditions in trade are ab- solutely essential.” * x %% “It is reassuring,” remarks the New York Times, “to learn from Washing- ton that our Government has no in- tention of going headlong into tariff reprisals against France. * * * Of all wars, tariff wars are apt to prove themselves to be the most foolish and destructive.” losses. loses and nobody wins.” The Lync burg News predicts for such a wan “losses to business and depression over the whole country.” “The French ultimate consumer, as well as the American produce; will suffer from the present mistaken policy,” says tha Providence Journal. “If tke type of commodities on which the extraordinary duties have been imposed were highly competitive ith French goods, the French policy wol'd have something to justify it. B such is not the case.” As to ¢he French positio the ‘Waterico Tribune explains: ce makes a tariff deal with Germany by which the minimum tax is put on cer tain goods. We want that minimum tariff, but we have fo minimum tariff to trade with.” The New York Sun feels that “it would be absurd for the State Department to argue about rec- iprocity in the absence of a chanze of mind and legislation on the subject By Congress.” The Buffalo Evening News emphasizes the requirement of a two-thirds vote of the Senate for approval of a treaty, and adds: “A change in customs duties would re- quire also the sanctlon of the Housa of Representat since revenue laws must originate in that body.” * ok X % Because of the nature of the Am can tariff, the Fort Worth ‘Star-Tele- gram says: “The matter is not one for bargaining at all. The United States merely asks equality with other nations in the application of tha French tariff. The United States al- ready has accorded KFrance equality with others in the application of the American tariff.” But the Ri 1 News-Leader suspects that may reason that America will not will- ingly change the basis of the debt settlement, but that if it comes to a choice between scaling down France's debt or changing the tariff Congress will be willing to reduce the obliga tion in order to save the Fre ch mar ket.” The Schenectady Gazette sees combined with the feeling about American tariff rates complaint “against having our agents’ prvinz into the business affairs of v-= industri and declares that A tina has joined Furopeans in t protest. “The situation would not have de veloped ‘f we had had a ‘mos nations treaty with F the Newark Evening Syracuse Herald contends t logically concede to other tions like France the right to follow ol ample. The Springfie'd R | our | publican finds significance in n‘ “battalions. of industy nianufacturers prepared to the last ditch against rev Many papers. including Dayton Daily Asheville Times, Ann Arbe News and Salt Lake Deseret Ne suggest the reopening of the question as a party issue in a try, with the French complication a factor. On the othér hand, the Detroit News believes “we can provide for reciprocity on a basis just to both sides, to be negotiated ~with those countries with whom it would be mu. tually advantageous” The Chicago Daily News is convinced that “the to n producers has become very hat “there is reason te think, Americal benefit by et amoge | Fo B The Press sees The Tulsa World de- scribes such conflict as “‘warfare that reaches in its effects into the average American home, just as did the battle The Duluth Herald declares that “in both kinds of war everybody ¢