Evening Star Newspaper, October 23, 1927, Page 46

gm: EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. SUNDAY. tales of herolsm and tragedy at sea. Attempts to fix the blame after ac- Island has taken its place among the | the call came, His last words were a spirited “I want to see this through,” as though it were another battle. As cidents and catastrophes, the blame | he stumbled and feli the grandson of based on the carelessness or negli- necessary and proper procedure. But his old commander-in-chief of all the . .October 23, 1087 | gence of responsible persons, is a |Union armies caught him in his arms. Four colonels carried him to the am- A —————————— THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor|it is traditional that such attempts |bulance. He never recovered con- are almost always futile. The element sciousness, and his spirit passed amid The Evening Star Newspaper Company | of deliberate misjudgment is removed | rolling hills, green pastures and Au- ll\' km ;s"?:nll Ave. el S The Evening Star with the Sunday mom. Ing mition Te deifvered. by carriers’ Within ih Sty ai 60 conte'per monith: Bindave on B L . 20 te el Mall—Payable in Advance. . Enryl-ml and ‘eh“ll’lll- ally and Sunday. };fi Sunday only. s Vo All Other States and Canada. Eflly and 8 indar” ony Member of the Associated Press. ) entil Erep iy sxclsigls enied T o it or pot otherwi ‘ered- Tieg I 2 e, & = Bt 'specta) dlspatches % ‘of Sublicatior ot o J oraln are alio reverved. A Proposed Bonfire. While it may be that the least said the better concerning the anti-British campaign of Mayor Willlam Hale Thompson of Chicago, the situation in Chicago today affords a most interest- ing sidelight on one phase of Ameri- can municipal polities. It has been sald of His Honor the Mayor that he is not exactly sure in his own mind of who King George of England Is, or what, if anything, the King has done. But Mayor Thompson never- theless chose King George as his chief target for attack during his mayoral- ity campalign, and bullding a platform of “100 per cent Americanism” he ‘rode to victory. Now he is trying to get rid of Chicago's superintendent of achools, Dr, McAndrew, and Dr. Mc Andrew, highly regarded by the coun- try's foremost educators, is on trial before a Board of Education which is acting in the role of prosecutor, judge and jury. One charge against Dr. MecAndrew is insubordination, but that s buried and lost sight of under the ‘more picturesque and appealing charge at the outset. There remains only the chance that something which should have been done was not done, that some precaution laid down in pre- ventive regulations was disregarded, that by past actions he who was re- sponsible had demonstrated his incom- petence. And all of these are hard to prove, and no such proof is infallible. Had the City of Rome been making a fraction of a knot less speed; had the S-51 been making a fraction of a knot more headway; had the City of Rome veered her course ever so slightly, or had the S-51 changed hers a point, the two ships would have passed in the night with plenty of room to spare. But somehow the strings of fate were tied. Both ships kept their rendezvous—and how is man to judge who was to blame? ——— Washington as Center of Culture. Leading educational, art, clvic, music and literary organizations and institutions in the Natlonal Capital are sponsoring a cultural season for Washington through a course of ten bi-weekly improvement meetings. These are arranged by the Community Institute of Washington under the management of the Community Center Department of the Public Schools of the District, with the co-operation of the Washington Society of Fine Arts and the Public Library. A series of lectures and art events has heen scheduled which covers subjects of vital and general interest to all those who are striving for self-improvement. In the early days of this Capital City it was known the world over for the cultural salon gatherings that made this city a mecca for the great- tumn-tinted trees. Who will say that he is not now undeserving of the title “Happy Warrior"? Careless Hunters, Hunters persist in being careless. The other day a man somewhere shot another in the night as the latter sat on a log, smoking a cigarette. The fire, the hunter declared, he mistook for a wildcat's eye. One-eyed bob- cats, howe are not common. Two 17-year-old boys at Rochester were walking along on opposite sides of a hedge when a pheasant went up. One boy fired, killing the other in- stantly. If the other lad had fired, probably he, too, might have com- mitted involuntary manslaughter. A local taxicab driver, hunting hawks in nearby Virginia, rested the muzzle of his gun on his right foot, whereupon the weapon was fired, tak- ing off four toes. These accidents scem 8o needless that at first blush there is wonder that they should have occurred, until it is remembered that similar ones happened last year and the year be- fore, and the year before that, and that in all probability such unpremedi- tated shootings will continue to occur 50 long as men are-careless, Every gunner knows that he should carry his gun with the muszzle down, but self-preservation ought to cau- tion him against placing the muzzle squarely against his own foot. Every hunter knows that he should not fire point-blank into a hedge, just as he knows that most wildcats have two eyes. As long as human beings, however, are humédn beings—and there seems st litterateurs and artists of those days. Recently in & speech in Pitts- burgh President Coolidge sald that “culture should be easily available to the peop! So, as part of their func. tion to extend the use of public school buildings to the public the Community Center Department is fostering this ‘of spreading pro-British propaganda in the public schools, one form of this alleged propaganda belng the use of the famous history, of which Wash- ingtonians have heard before, by Prof. Pavid Saville Muzzey of Columbia University. But now the campaign has found 8 wider mark, It is discovered, to the horror of Mayor Thompson and his intellectual associates, that the public libraries of Chicago are cram- med full of books which an innocent American child, digging into research ‘with that avidity for which Chicago children are so famed, may find, and Teading have his mind tainted with the thought that all Americans are ~ ‘mot such Hly-white saints as one might believe, and furthermore that all for- ‘eign nations are not made up of des- pots, tyrants and villainous schemers weeking to set their claws upon the 'golden heart of America. So the ‘mayor has appointed U. J. (Sport) Herrmann, theater owner, yachtsman @nd trustee of the Chicago Publio Li- brary, to rid that institution of all “pro-British volumes,” and Mr. Herr- mann, scorning the assistance of his- ‘torians, launches on his task with en- thusiasm, vowing to read all suspected ‘books himself and burn impure vol- Mmes in a public ceremony on the lake front. . 'There is a small industrial city in the valley of the Ohio which has won the name “Little Chicago” because of 1ts many unsolved murders. Chicago's underworld, its gang warfare, its “beer skings” and its wide-open gambling hells have attained for it a distinction + among American cities that is unique and far from enviable. And now Chi- cago goes further afleld and seizes upon intolerance as a new form of en- deavor. It is a particularly cowardly and stupld kind of intolerance, far more dangerous in ite possibilities than all the armies and all the navies which the abused King of England could muster for assault against our sacred shores; far more poisonous and insidious than all the books in the world that dare describe the England of 1776 as anything but a nation of fron-shod despots. . Poor Chicago! Should there even- tuate from this mess a bonfire of books, what sad contrast there will be between its licking flames and that burning torch of liberty held aloft by the embattled forefathers of this coun- try a century and a half ago! ————————— ‘While legislation is being sought for farm relief the farmer continues 1o look to the manufacturers of new attempt to give the people of this city, including those brought here by the beck and call of the Federal Govern- ment from all parts of the country, where they do not enjoy such advan- tages, intellectual setting-up programs of outstanding worth. The interest and support, moral and financial, which leading organizations and citizens of the Capital City are giving to this Institute, which has the great civic and art leaffer and city builder, Frederic A. Defano, as chair- man, is a guarantee to the people that an extraordinary opportunity is offered them to enjoy ten evenings that will improve their whole after lives. The outstanding purpose is to estab- lish Washington firmly as an ever- growing center of intellectual thought and culture. . The leading civic bodies such as the ‘Washington Board of Trade, the Chamber of Commerce, the Federation of Citizens’ Assoclations and many others have expressed their hearty in- dorsement of the project and of the program arranged for this first season, which opens November 3, in the Cen- tral Community Center, Thirteenth and Clifton streets northwest. Intellectual organizations, including the Twentieth Century Club and the American Association of University | ‘Women, are taking a definite part in aiding the promotion of thip cultural project. ‘The Washington Society Arts and the Public Library have from the very inception of the idea been co-operating with the Community Cen- ter Department in the organization of this Institute. Now hundreds of individuals, devot- ed to literature and music, art and the drama, philosophy and history, have become “guarantors,” financing the undertaking. ‘Washington is truly a city of cul- tural atmosphere and tendencies. There little doubt that capacity a attend to greet the na- tionally speakers and artists. In this they will aid in promoting an even broader and all-embracing program for succeeding years. ————t——————— Gene Tunney says he is “married 1o his profession.”! No wife would envy the kind of 'devotion Gene be- stows on his punching bag. of the Fine In some political circles the bandit is the grub that makes the revolu to be a long likelihood for that—prob- ably they will continue to make these rather drastic mistakes. Per- haps a printed statement of caution, given to each hunter with his license, might tend to make hunters as a class a bit more careful, Good for Her! Every now and then some one does something that brings to the lips of the average person the exclamation, “Good for her!” or “Good for him!" ‘Mrs. Harry M. Gerhard, Chicago mother, is the latest person to fall within this category. Looking over robbery suspects at the police station, this “mild-mannered young woman," as the Associated Press dispatch de- scribed her, identified her man by knocking him out for the count of ten. “That's the man!"” she said, after her left uppercut to the thug's jaw, fol right smash to the same “He's the one who choked me, tore rings from my fingers and tried to shoot my six-year-old son yester- day." No doubt the police officlals pres. ent, while officially frowning upon the Chicago mother's rather unusual “identification,” secretly got a great “kick” out of the method. Probably if more crooks were han- dled in such a manner there would be fewer crooks. Certainly there is still left in the human breast a feeling that, even it the old law of|, 4 “an eye for an eye” is no longer in good standing, there is still much to be said for personal chastisement properly administered. % Enough English Channel swimmers meet defeat to show that the achieve. ment is not as easy. as it seemed. Ger- trude Ederle is still entitled to a large | 4 measure of fame and a good vaudeville salary. & —————— et In addition to other duties pertain- ing to oll, the geologists are supposed to assist the authorities in digging for facts. ,It now appears that some his- torians may be elaborately untruthful without being correspondingly inter- esting. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Realization. I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls, Where ushers were polite. 1 heard the distant carriage calls Resounding through the night. tionary butterfly. Sixty-Four Years After. Ceremonies held here a few days I dreamt I looked on fairyland From a luxurious seat; And all the world was Simply Grand With elegance complete. implements for any genuine progress |ago in connection with the dedication { 1 went upon my joyous way, ‘on the line of “farming made easy.” g e e The Hand of Fate. . A judge and a jury have written “finis” and another tragedy of the sea is written and ended. A trial in a Boston Federal Court has resulted in | tanic struggle accepted an invitation | th ,acquittal for Capt. John H. -Diehl, *who commanded the steamer City of of the memorial to Gen. Meade, out- standing hero of the battle of Gettys- burg, were saddened by the occur- rence of what has been described as “the latest casualty of the battle.”” An eighty-two-year-old veteran of that ti- to deliver a brief talk on his recollec- tions of those terrible three days. Be- Where pictures were on View. Two bits were all I had to pay To make my dream come true. Beneficent Influence. “What are your views concerning tariff?” a wonderful institution,” an- swered BSenator Sorghum. ‘‘When Rome when it rammed the U. 8. sub- | fore he had finished he was stricken | other toplcs become irritating it al- marine S51 off Block Island in the [ with apoplexy and died the same night | way! sserts itself as a relief to the Fall of 1925, and the presiding judge [in the hospital of the Washington | mind concurred in the verdict of the jury and added that the cause of the ac- cident was defective lights on the sub- marine. Capt. Diehl was indicted on two counts, one alleging failure to stand by for a reasonable length of time after the accident and the other Soldiers’ Home. Veteran Spayd, for that was his name, was but eighteen when he stood sentry duty the night before the battle and next day fought under Meade. The struggle took place in his own native State, Pennsylvania. In his old Publicity. The foot ball hero is a prize. In strife he must engage. Cheer leaders wise monopolize ‘The center of the stage. Jud Tunkins says a forced smile of misconduct and negligence in oper- | blue Civil War forage cap he Wore & | nag no more real meaning than a ating his vessel. The jury cleared | squirrel tail when ho stepped before | f4)ge.tace on Halloween. him of both these charges. Thirty-three brave lives were lost the microphone and started the little speech on which he had worked fever- when the S-51 went down. And as is |ishly for weeks. That showed that wusual in such cases there were charges | he had been a member of the famous | test.” and counter charges of who was right | Keystone State brigade known s the Beauty Prize, “Y won the prize in a beauty con- EVERYDAY RELIGION BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, D. D, LL. D., Bishop of Washington “Power Through Repose.” Text: “In_guietness and in con- fidence shall be your strength.” Quietness is not merely freedom from noise. It is freedom from un- necessary show, display, anxlety and excitement. Shakespearo speaks of “a peace above all earthly dignities, a still and quiet conscience.” While the appeal for quietness, which issues in repose, is hardly a popular one in our generation, nevertheless nothing is more urgently important in the pres- ent hour than this very thing. That it is indispensable to national perma- nence and that it s immediately re- lated to all social, industrial and po- litical security is clearly evident. We of America do not excel in this par- ticular. A nofsy, showy and ostenta- tious social habit is too common among us. Qur children are being brought up in an atmosphere today that is so full of excitement, so full of movement, so lacking in anything like repose, that it is little wonder that we find the tend- encies on the part o§ our youth, at times, to axtremz and ‘excesses, Every hour of the Gay must be occu- pled, and, indeed, every hour of the night. There is no time for reflection, no time for the consideration of the deeper things of life. Even in the studles of the classroom there is a marked tendency to overcrowding and a lack of sufficient training in those fundamental things of knowledge that alone make for ripeness of mind and efficiency of service, It would be in- finitely profitable if somehow a period could be provided in each day's work in the classroom wherein the students would be required to sit in silence, un- occupled, free from all dy, simply and solely for the purpese of thinking more seriously upon that in which they are engaged. It might be that under such discipline and introspec- tion, especially where the mind was directed and trained by a competent leader, such a perlod would prove more satisfying and ultimately more profitable than any other period of the day. What applies to the youth obviously applies to those of mature years. It is perfectly safe to say that no man or woman comes to any large degree of efficient service in life whose habits are n: and boisterous. The great concerns in which we engage from time to time are made effective because we come to them with a quiet- ness and repose that alone renders u capable of dealing with them. In tI great emergencies of life we inevi- tably turn to these people who have thess gifts of which we speak. The noisy propagandist or the overzealous purveyor of entertainment and amuse- ment has no place when th arises. The “beacon lights of histor: are ever and always those outstanding men and women who, towering far above their lesser fellows, are able when the storm breaks to control, to direct and to lead. g The supremest example of repose recorded in the annals of human his. tory s that of Jesus, Himself. Out cf a ministry that consumed but three brief years we read that He gave large portions of His time to the quiet and peace afforded Him in desert and wayside places. He came to the great crisis in His lifo equipped and reinforced, ready to meet any issue, because he had spent long periods in the silences. Standing before his ac- cusers, we read that “He answered them not a word.” On another occa- sion He said to His disciples, *‘I ha meat to eat that ye know not of While it is not humanty possible for us to reach to the height of His sub- lime example, nevertheless we may come to a greater fullness and rich. ness of life through well defined and Pracllcea habits of reflection. The re- igion that sustains us in the hurly- burly of life grows out of periods of quiet and repose. We aregso accus. tomed to hear that nn»repeagd phrase, ‘“‘Step lively!” that somehow we seem to be unresponsive to that still more important admonition, “Think deep- Iy!" There is a strength that comes to us not through excess of action so much as through contemplation, qulet and repose. Whether it be the quiet of the deep woods, or the silence of some vast cathedral with its uplifted arches, or the place of retreat within the sanctiary of our home, wherever and whatever the place may be, it is indispensable to one and all of us that we have and use such a place, and that we make of it a sanctuary where in quiet communing we may come face to face with the deeper realities of life and gather strength wherewith to meet its sterner issues. A fine ad- monition to every one of us must be, “Be still and know that I am God.” It is literally true, “In quietness a in confidence shal ECONOMY AND TAX REDUCTION BY FREDERIC ). HASKIN. The campalgn launched by the business interests of the country for a reduction in the Federal corpora. tion tax, the repeal of the Federal estate x and the abolition of the Wi cise taxes on particular busi- n has struck a snag in the form of the opposition of President Cool- dge. sl: business wants to save $350.- 000,000 to $400,000,000 by lopping such an amount off its annual tax bill, and has set in motion the forces that are expected to bring Congress around to_its way of thinking. President Coolidge is willing that there should be tax reduction, and that the corporations of the country should be primarily the beneficlaries of the reduction, However, the Pres- ident has let it be known in mno uncertain terms that in his judgment big business would be engaged in a more laudable undertaking it it were making a drive to insure economy in Government expenditures. There can be no tax reduction without rigid economy in the management of public affairs, and there is little likelihood of economy if Congress at the approaching session is to be sub- jected to unprecedented pressure from selfish interest, as now seems to be in prospect, Various lining up tcurt organizations are mnow this drive on Congress ¢ Coolidge is understood to be apprehensive as to the result of that sort of thing. Undue tax reduction and extraordinary appro- priations for various purposes are the ends sought, and if public opinion is not aroused to combat them, or hold them within bounds, the Government financial machine that has been func- tioning semoothly and with a high de- gree of efficlency may be seriously The! President is said.to be espe- cially concerned lest through tax re; duction the Government's revenues be materially reduced just at the time when it is inevitable that Government expenditures will be greatly increased. is no surer approach to the solution of this difficult problem than by the reduction of rates to a moderat ““While tax reductions are always acceptable to taxpayers, yet revenues must be sufficient to support the Government on a reasonable basfs. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1927, the Federal Government not only paid expenses, including the sinking fund of more than $333,000,000 for the retirement of the national debt, but there was a huge surplus of more than $635,000,000, Analysis of the pertinent facts indicates that the reduction of the corporate income tax to 10 per cent, with the repeal of the Federal estate tax and the abolition of the war excise taxes on particular businesses, could all be ac- complished without interfering with the normal fiscal operations of the Government.” Should Absorb the Surplus. Tax reduction now should proceed to a point that will substantially ab- | 3&Y. sorb any potential Treasury surplus, it is argued by the business interests. Surpluses large as those realized in recent years mean that more money is being taken from the tax- payer than is needed to meet the current expenses of the Government and, while the pecullar uncertainties of the recent past may be held to have justified a wide margin of safety in estimat no such Jjustification now exists. A large surplus is too much of a temptation to Congress, according to the proponents tax reduction, “while on the other hand a very po- tential restraining influence either on the Legislature or the administration is the knowledge that there is mno surplus and that heavy expenditures will mean either an increase in taxa. |'n8 tion or an actual deficit to be covered by the issuing of additional Govern- ment obligations. A sound fiscal pol- icy demands that tax rates be so re- |2 duced that there are no unnecessary amounts collected by the Government, the taxpayers being consistently al- Flood control for the Mississippi Val- |jowed to absorb potential surpluses.” ley, more cruisers for the Navy, the five-year -aircraft bullding - program, increased pensfons and the soldiers’ adjusted compensation will necessitate outlays of the public money at the coming session of Congress and the President does not want the tax re- duction movement to gain too much headway before it is definitely~known just what those outlays will aggregate. What Business Interests Want. ‘What the, business interests in the shown by the specific submitted by the United States Chamber of Commerce for the approval of its 1,600 member organizations, is that there be im- mediate reduction and repeals in Fed- eral taxes amounting to $400,000,000 in the first full year after the changes are made, that the rate of corporate income tax applicable to net income of 1927 shall be not more than 10 per cent, and that Congress provide full opportunity for the joint congres- sional tax committee to perfect pro- posals for revision of Federal tax laws and their administration. Pointing out that during the last fis. cal year the corporation income tax yielded revenue in excess of $1,800,00¢ 000, or 32 per cent of the total taxe while in addition State and Jocal juris- dictions are also levying heavy toll on corporations, the taxation committee of the Chamber of Commerce says that not only has there been general discrimination against corporation: in that all other tax rates have been reduced or eliminated since the war period, but there is a particular als- crimination against corporations as compared with individuals and part- nerships, even though the latter may be engaged in the same' type of busi- ness and competing with corporations. “Quité apart from any discrimina- tions against corporations as com pared to taxes levied on other sources, says the committee, ‘‘there is a strong argument for the reduction of the cor- poration income ta: on the grounds of business and industrial development and the general welfare of the coun- try. The characteristic American method of doing business is by means of corporate organization. In manu- facturing of all kinds, finance, trans- portation, communication—in fact, in practically every kind of business ac- tivity—it is the corporations which are “What good will it do you?” asked and who was wrong; a tremendous | “Bucktalls.” Men, and boys, who wore | Miss Cayenne, after a critical glance. uproar to find the guilty party and |that adornment considered themselves | “You can’t wear your bathing suit beap upon him the blame which in|just a little better soldiers than the |all Winter.” ‘Whether they some manner would assuage the grief|ordinary volunteers. '} and horror over what seemed to be | were right or not is doubtful, but it such @ grave, unnecessary loss of|did them no harm. life. Capt. Diehl and his seamanship were thoroughly investigated by the |tion of his speech and the ensuing United States Steamboat Inspection |passing were sorrowful. Later the At first thought the tragic interrup- “A wise man,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “knows not only when to stop talking, but when not to be- gn” Limitation. doing not only the great bulk of busi ness, but are also the ploneers in d veloping new activities, increasing ef- ficlency and Muclni costs to the con- sumer, Any undue burdens placed on the corporations either by taxation or otherwise are obstructing the develop- ment of one of the most important in- struments of economic progress which have been developed. “Probably mo one thing does as much to simplify the Federal tax situ- ation as a reduction in rates, Moder- ate rates which reduce the hardship Service and his master’s license was | thought occurs that it was a happy | The Night Club offers new delight, withdrawn for two years. He was in. | death, not only for him but for old- With an incessant chime. dicted and now he has been tried and | time comrades who were at both|1f I could stay awake all night acquitted, There will be no resent- | places with him, in 1863 and in 1927. ment over his acquittal, for the heat | Spayd was dressed as when he went of passion kindled by the shock of | to glorious the accident has cooled and the story | his personal -’wmmmummmoam mlflhrxcnmm:nuo!mrxwlun tention war, He was living over part in one of the decisive | “never manages to get so much at- I'd have a lovely timel “A workin’ man,” said Uncle Eben, foh hisself as de nlk!n'fma.g_" A3 which might otherwise ensue no longer make necessayy elaborate provisions for the relief of a taxpayer who finds himself in some unusual situation. Taxpayers and Government officials both approach the matter in a manner most _conduclve to speedy agreement. Simplification of the income tax i generally ;eilmad as_one of the most of Thus the issue appears joined be- tween two radically different policies. Business interests would wipe out the Treasury surplus and reduce reve- nues, and rely on that to check any congressional or administrative ex- travagances. President Coolidge would not re- duce taxes until Congress has prac- ticed the rigid economy that will jus- tify and make safe a reduction in revenues. Congress Committees To Start Fiscal Work BY HARDEN COLFAX. With the joint congressional com- mittee on internal revenue taxation and a subcommittee on the ways and means committee scheduled to begin sessions Monday, rumblings of the approaching session of Congress soon will develop into a definite roar. The taxpayer well may view these preparations with mixed emotions, for while several of the committees meeting in advance of Congress will consider receipts of public funds, others will consider expenditures. Tax reduction and simplification and customs revision will not occupy the spotlight without some degree of com- petition from the outgo twins, appro- priations and authorizations, It is the income situation that will get the jump on expenditures in the hearings, however, The joint con- gresslonal committee s slated to begin consideration of a report on simplifica- tion of the revenue laws Monday, fol- lowing work by its advisory experts during the -long recess. T the report will be submitted to the ways and means committee, which is sched- uled to meet October 31 for 10 days of public hearings on tax rates administative provisions. * ok ok ok The House appropriations will begin its labors November 15, the chairman already having given fair notice that he will resist in expenditures excepting for causes whose merits are demonstrated conclusively, ‘The flood control committee of the House has been called, for November | sideral 7, to determine & new policy of pro- tecting lands menaced by water and start work on a bill to authorize ex- penditures to make & new policy el ective It is not expected that the joint committee on internal revenue taxa- tion will be able to complete all of its work in time to submit a full report to the ways and means committee by October 81, but worried rs may find some consolation in the fact crisis | ar, Capital Sidelights The Nimrods in House and Senate are flocking back to their offices here 80 as to be ready for the duck hunt- ing season which is as good along the reaches of the Potomac and Patuxent rivers as anywhere in the whole United States. There are many enthusiastic hunters in Congress; per- haps one of the most enthusiastic is Sénator Hale of Maine, who starts in early on woodcock in Maine, then has a few weeks of it here and later down to North and South Caro- Practically all of the ‘‘outdoor men” in either house of Congress, those who are remarkable for their ruddy complexion and clear eye, kee; themselves fit for the legislative grind by devotion to such outdoor sport as hunting, fishing and golf. These legislative huntsmen are en- thusiastic about the duck hunting from Washington as a take-off. Here are practically all kinds of wild duck ~—mallard, black, red-head, canvas- back, etc.—along all the tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay.area. Also there is good partridge hunt. ing. Up North they call them *‘quall and the best authorities say the real name s “hobwhit The ducks are hunted both from blinds d skiffs pushed into the salt and fresh water marshes. T also wild geese in these same water stretches, but they prove much harder to get be- cause they are more difficult to ap- proach. In recent years, since the migratory bird treaty with Canada and the act of Congress to enforce it have been in effect, the congressional hunters report that there has been a very marked increase in the number of wild duck of all specles found in the Chesapeake Bay waters, The princi- pal effects of this treaty to i a bag limit and to absolutely pro- hibit Spring shooting. ‘When hunting from blinds the Sena. tors use both live and wooden decoys. They quit their warm apartments in the orisp early morning, bundled up in fleece-lined hunting Jjackets, be- legginged, and prepared for a long, cold, inactive wait. The partridge are hunted with set- nd | same time as the partridge hunting. ter and pointer dogs Those who motor these days into the outlands of ‘Washington almost invariably encoun- ter men and dogs who are not actually on the hunt, but enjoying the prelimi- naries of working out the dog so they will be at thelr best when the ap- proaching season opens. Rebbit hunting comes about the They are hunted with rabbit hounds, beagles and other dogs—but this is not counted quite so sportsmanly as duck, geese and partridge hunting. In Maryland and Virginia, close to Washington, woodcock are sometimes to be found. The so-called ducking shores, where the wild duck are known to come in to feed, are in great demand, either for outright purchase or lease by clubs : THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, OCTOBER 23, 1927—PART 2. —e GOVERNOR RITCHIE RAISES s POLITICAL SIDE OF D. C. VOTE BY BEN McKELWAY. Every now and then some good cit!- zen suddenly becomes doubly im- pressed, first, with the injustice of government without representation under which the people uf- the Dis- trict live; secondly, with the simplicity with which this condition might be remedied; and thinking the matter over carefully he proposes that some- thing be done about it, The last pro- posal of the sort has come in the form of a letter from a resident of Chicago, Eugene E. Prussing, in which he sug- gests to Gov. Ritchie of Maryland that the quickest and most sensible way of relieving this state of affairs would be to have Congress enact a law providing that residents of the District shall be residents and voters of the State of Maryland. Then an enabling act by the Maryland Legis- lature and—presto! the right to vote is given to the citizens of the District and the problem is solved. Such re- current’ proposals are at once encour- aging and discouraging to those who for many long years have advocated that citizens of the United States resi- dent in the District be accorded the full privileges to which they by right are entitled. They are encouraging in r indication that the status of ‘Washingtonians is becoming a sub- Ject for thought on the part of their fellow citizens who live outside the District. They are discouraging in that such proposals are made, com- mented upon for a day or so as inter- esting, and then dropped and nothing comes of them. But Mr. Prussing’s roposal is not interesting as Gov. itchie’s reply. The governor pointed out, d_very correctly, that such a plan could not be considered until it had been given full publicity, the pub- leity naturally to result in discussion which would give full opportunity for an adequate parade of all the pros and cons involved. Gov. Ritchie in- cidentally mentioned that the popul tion of Washington, “with its Repub- lican majority,” would destroy Mary- land’s Democratic majority if the plan were adopted. In other words, chang- ing the status of Washingtonians by enfranchising them is a matter first to be considered under the head of po- litical expediency. And political expe- dlency from the point of view of the majority party is a legitimate point of view, It is, of course, unfortunate for Washingtonians that the question of political expediency must come first, and after that has been disposed of, the fundamental issue—which is the right of Washingtonians to full citizenship—may be taken up. * koK oW As for Mr. Prussing’s plan, it can hardly be called a plan, but rather a hastily drawn sketch of the completed project. The preparation of a plan which would lead to a condition pic- tured by Mr. Prussing would require more time and more thought than Mr, and groups of eager hunters, One of the younger members of the Senate, M. M. Neely’' of West Vir- ginia, was born in a log house, which was just one room more pretentious than a log cabin. His father might easily have been the hero in real life of Barrie's “The Doctor of the Old School.” This Dr. Alfred Neely was a cripple from birth and devoted his entire life without thought of finan. cial reward to the services of afflicted people in several wild counties of West Virginia. Senator Neely's ma- ternal grandfather served in the Civil ‘War, was captured at the Second Bat- tle of Bull Run—just a short distance from W ;:lncmn——una died in Ander- s0! The Senator’s youth was spent as the only boy on a 150-acre farm wh he did all the drudgery of “chores” that nobody but a boy on a big farm is ever called upon to do. He is to- strong advocate of good roads, because he has an abiding memory of the real anguish he suffered in jour- neying during the four-month Win- ter term over a road that did no ieem to have any bottom. *x s 014 Congressional Records are fm- teresting reading these warm Summer days and give surprising information. For example, a speech made by Daniel Webster in 1838 on the cur- rency discloses that hides were money in the State of “Frankland!” “Where's that?” some one asks. It is not a generally known histort- cal fact that from 1774 to 1784 the the Tennesseeans, becom- with their government, organized a state gove ent under the name of “Frankland,” which was maintained for some years. It was fterwards disbanded, and territorial Tennessee was again annexed North Carolina. ‘Webater called attention to a Frank: land act setting the salai commonwealith as follo ernor, 1,000 deer aki justice, 500 deer skin secretary, treasurer, county clerk, 300 bea clerk of the House of Commons, 200 raccoon skins; members of the as- sembly, per day, three raccoon skins; Jjustice fee for signing a warrant, one muskrat skin, and to the constable for serving a warrant, one mink skin, —————————— committee on customs procedure and personnel will come suggestions for changes in the administrative sections of the tariff law which would affect revenues at the ports as well ing highly important to the of the customs service, * ¥k k¥ For instance, the Treasury Depart- mpfcr:el Prussing has been able to devote to it, nor is it altogether certain that the ends to be gained thereby would pro satisfactory. Mr, Prussing has sug. gested what has been suggested be- fore. His proposal—in one form or another—has always offared itself as the other alternative toward which Washingtonians might bend their forts should they fail utterly to ac. complish what has seemed the most logical and practical step, namely, the adoption of a constitutional nd- ment conferring upon Congress the power to grant the people of the Dis trict the right "of representation in Congress and in the electoral college, and in addition the privilege to sue and be sued in the Federal courts. The step which Mr. Prussing recommends is not the first of its kind ever proposed, for more than a cen- tury ago, when the citizens of Georgetown and Alexandria had be- come fully aware that ‘hey had voted away their only chance ever to vote again by reason of their residence within the geographical limits of the original District of Columbia, they This and That By Charles E. Tracewell. love for cats is put to the test e household pet develops a case of fleas. The family that buckles to and rids both the cat and the home of the un- wanted insects, or whatever fleas are, has Ihro"d its right to be called “cat ler."” Of course, there is a certain amount of self-defense in the procedure, so that our statement perhaps should be amended in this wise: That the house- ‘whet 0 | holder who obliterates the fleas, and at the same time retains his affection for the cat, is the real friend of cats. One gets some idea of the plagues of Egypt when a home is infested with fleas, The average housewife is low about admitting that her home ‘has fleas,” but surely there is no dis- grace in it. Fleas are a part of life, as every | good cat knows; And every dog, too, for that matter. And as almost every owner of dog or cat knows. Some particularly tough persons escape be- ing Dbit, but ordinarily the human members suffer as much as the four- ones. The flea that bites people, dogs and cats is one and the same flea, accord- ing to our best information. In the United States it is not the so-called “human fle Europe, but what is called the true “dog-and-cat flea.” The popular idea that fleas will not leave a dog or cat is very much exag- gerated, Fleas will hop for blocks to jump upon some ns—and every one knows how love to ment requires that certain adminis-| hop) trative provisions of the tariff act be revised to conform to modern condi- tions, court decisions and other fac- tors influencing change. Some of these provisions are ancient and cannot be enforced. Congress usually devotes its time in debating tariff bills to questions of rates of duty and then rushes through the highly important administrative sections with little conndn!nuonifluklnx most of them bodily from prior acts. The drn‘zhm;k ';n;lllon."\}g ‘which 99 per cent of the duty on an importation shall be refunded if it is re-exported after having been proc- essed or manufactured in this coun- try, costs around $16,000 a year of funds deposited in the Treasury and is the subject of wide controversy. Cus- toms officials desire that this be tig] ened as to close loophol the section may be used of getting rid of unsalable merch dise. EE The country of origin marking pro- vision, whereby every article import- ed must bear the name of the country g whence it comes originally unless to so mark it would injure the merchan- dige, will be discussed. Greater discre- tion is desired by the Treasury to avoid absurdities. It is B:vhbh also that the suggestion will be made that the penalty for failure to mark shot be reduced below the present figure of 10 per cent of the regular duty. Importers probably will have con- ble to say about these and the other similar subjects which are on the Treasury’'s program. The same sul ttee probabl will consider—and in its first hear. ings—pleas for revision of the salary and classification schedules of the customs service. ‘What the full ways and means com- mittee will determine as to the ex- tent, both as to money and direction, that tax reduction should take re- mains to be determined. Definite es- that its members appear confident timat suggestions will be submitted which, | ps i opted, will simplify to some du—r.odo l;t least a fcw of the intricities O ot of the hearigs beginning Mon basis ot".hmu; ulculptgn and ll:: figures of Budget Bureau as anticipated expenditures. - . (Couyright, 10272 * ¥ % % Mark Twain, in his “Tom Sawyer Abroad,” has some of his brilliant persifiage about the hopping prowess of the flea that ought to be read by every dog or cat owner. It would give him a new respect for the flea. des, “Tom Sawyer Abroad” is a better story in some re- spects than either “Tom Sawy or “Huckleberry Finn,” in our opinion. . A flea, after all, is a clean-appearing critter, although, no doubt, its pores are encumbered with all sorts of germs and filth in actuality; in fact, we have read that various horrible diseases are spread by them. To the household engaged in the| annual flea hunt, however, the agile flea has aspects of interest, if one can “ | forget his “bites” long enough to con- sider the troublemonge: In the first place, he is exceedingly hard to catch, which fact ought to spire respect’ for him among an at! letic people. An attempt to nip him between an were demanding restitutlon of their rights in much the same manner that Mr. Prussing suggests—by the act of retroceding to Maryland and Vir- ginia those parts of the District in which they lived. The citizens ef Georgetown demanded such retro- cession and found some support in Congress, but it was mnot strong enough, Years later, ir. 1846, the citi zens of Alexandria held a mass meet ing which resulted in the adoption cf 2 resolution “That our citizens, for a long series of years, have been placed in a state of political degradation, and virtually beyond the pale of the Con- stitution, In having withheld from them the passage of needful and wholesome laws and in being denled the rights and privileges enjoyed by our fellow citizens of the republic.” And it was further resolved, “That we cherish the highest hopes, and have the utmost confldence, that the Congress of the United States will break the political shackles whick so long have boun and again clevate us to th d privileges of free fi\e'n‘_by granting retrocession with re ef. In the same year these citizens of Alexandria and with them those who lived in what is now a large t of Arlington County were agaln elevated to the status of voting citizens by a congressional act of retrocession to Vlrfln!l. Since that time it has been wug- gested that as a large number of resi- dents of the District of Columbia stiil maintain their voting or legal resi- dences in other States, citizens of States who came here in the Govern- ment service or on other missions might automatically by law retain their legal residenes in the States from which they came, and their chil- dren, although born in the District, attain such residence, with its voting privilege, upon coming of age. And, in addition, those District residents having no State residence alsewhere, might vote in Maryland, thus return- ing to the original status of Maryland- ers living in this section of the Dis- trict and who voted for a Congress in which they w:n‘not represented. * % Mr. Brussing's suggestion, however, and others which are similar in prin- ciple, if adopted would necessarily re- sult not only in new problems of tax- ation and confusing allegiance for residents of the District, but would perhaps mean the dissclution of the municipal government departments. Certainly it would result in a loss to Washington of its individuality as a community, and there is a pride in Washington as a community which is not to be easily surrendered. Such has been the thought of the advocates of a constitutional amendment, the other alternative, which would give Congress the power to grant to the District the rights of a State—not a sovereign State, but a State owing al- legiance to the National Legislature. This alternative has had the support of all Washingtonians, whether or not their yltimate aim is local repre- sentation, voteless Delegates in Con- gress, or any other arrangement by which they might express their wishes as _citizens. It is only since 1870 that the Dis- trict has been able to meet, by the size of its population, the require- ments of a State seeking admission to the Union. But those requirements have long since been met and disposed of. From now on the point men- tioned by Gov. Ritchie, that of politi- cal expediency, may be expected to assums increasing importance. The complexion of the District of Colum- bia may today be Republican, but to- morrow it may become Democratic. It changes with the supremacy of parties, As the potentialities of the power now lying dormant in the im- potent hands of Washingtonians be- comes more.and more apparent, there may come a time when a political party will realize the expedienicy of using it. Fifty Years Ago in The Star ‘With the Fifty-fifth Congress in extra session in the Autumn of 1877 the hope that District and yomething detinite Congress. would be done t establishing on an equi- table basis the relations between the Federal Government and the District ‘of Columbia. To that end a citizens’ movement was started looking to the correct statement of the issues to Congress. In The Star of October 20, 1877, is the following editorial set- ting forth the situation: “Everybody admits the urgent neces- sity for united action by our citizens to secure from Congress legislation imperatively needed in behalf of our District, but the trouble is that ‘what everybody’'s business is nobody’s ess.” A ‘many, in fact, are ke of the general listlessness displayed and the disposition on the other hand by some to raise a mad-dog cry of interested motives against any citizens of public spirit enough to attempt to rescue the community from the Slough of Despond. Impelled, how- ever, by the urgent nature of the émergency, quite a number of our citizens interested in the prosperity of the District have entered upon the thankless task indicated. After co: sultation, they appointed a committs with instruction to send out the fol- lowing invitation, addressed to a con- siderable number of prominent citi- zens of the District who, it was thought, would be willing to give ;?uvo co-operation for the object in view.” After reciting the memorjal, The Star continues: “The ;;mur- ht‘a this lnvnni:on '!;:avu beert so hearty ising the active co-operation ukamt there is en- couragement to believe that a real working organization of zealo en- ergetic men can be effected in the shape of a citizens’ committee of 100 or mor But one declination has been received, and that comes from Mr. Columbus Alexander, who thinks he smells some ‘ring jobs’ in the movement. While he thinks there is much in the memorial that is very just and commendable, he thinks the clause in reference to the improve- ment ‘of the Potomac River ‘may be construed to involve a job which may result in Incurring a further debt to the District and increased taxation.’ “This objection from Mr. Alexander illustrates the difficulty—we might extended thumb and forefinger more | paje lkely than not sees him nimbly leap away, ook ¥ It is lucky for mankind that the flea is easlly drowned, and that cer- tain chemical compounds, known as insecticides, possess the power to put him out of business. % In personally catching fleas, one seizes the offender between the afore- mentloned thumb and finger, and dips Upon the s, 1a etk entangied heip upon the en ) lessly in the fluid. X 3 In convoytu;wum ku:: the tumbler #t s necessary a very secure grip upon him, as he‘will hop away at _the least relaxation of vigilance. In washing the dog or cat, it is best to begin with a lather of flea bringing forward any lic good that will not be straightway denounced by some clique or some suspicious individual as having some wrong motive at the bottom. Al in the world the clause in regard to the Potomac River improvement contem- plated was to induce Congress to make such appropriation for the im- mwmut of river and harbor of the tional Capital as it makes e year for the rivers and harbors over the country. There was not. & of a shadow of a foundation that there was any soap at the neck, and chase the fleas |, toward the tail, whence the advanc- ing tide of lather sweeps them away ~~maybe, In spraying the house, particular attention should be given Tugs, lly if most of the bites are re- ived by the human inhabitants on the legs. < siline :rmuuwlgnuo-mmmrmm tomac. ‘household, Q.b;i’r ugcm;m pression, are given here in an g- flea. h“ne: a w%’ : ditad os L laa e o