Evening Star Newspaper, November 14, 1927, Page 8

THE EVENING STA With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, . C. MONDAY. ... November 14, 1927 ———————— THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor e e e The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office: St A Pennsylvania Ave. New Fork (:»'::?.e; 10" Fast s3nd St caga Office: Tower 3 spesn "Ofce: 14 Rexent St.. Loudon, England. R European Office: e Evening Star with the Sunday morn- :"mmnn is delivered b lers within the city ‘at 60 cents per mo diaont s ‘Der month: Sun¢ .20 e “relen':u:“‘\‘.' Orders may be sent by mail or Elfl.nhnnn Main 5000 Collection made by carrier at end of ach month. Rate by Mail—T _V'I'Ahle Ini :“\dunce. All Other States and Canada. lv and Sunday.1 vr.$1200:1 mo. $1.00 ity By a1 v Sason: 1 mos e junday onlv $5¢ Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is oxciusively entitled o the ‘s for republication of &1l ois- ted fo It ‘or mnt athep vaper and also the o Dublished herein. . All richts of publication O perral dianatehes herein are also resarved. e cred- Eighteen Aces. A notable gathering of aviators oe- curs in Washington today. Flyers who have made aeronautic history during the past few months are here assembled to attend the cermonies of the presentation tonight to one of the most famous of all flyers, Charles A. Lindbergh, of the Hubbard Gold Medal, awarded to him by the Na- tional Geographic Society for his great feat of last May. In addition to Col. Lindbergh are Comdr. Richard E. Byrd and his associates on the second transatlantic flight of the season, Bert Acosta, Lieut. Bernt Balchen and Lieut. George O. Noville; Clarence D. Chamberlin and Charles A. Levine, who made the third flight from Amer- fea to Europe and established the world's long-distance record; Lieut. Lester J. Maitland and Lieut. Ernest Hegenberger, first flyers from Califor- nia to Hawaii; Ernest L. Smith and E. B. Bronte, civilian California to Ha- wail flvers; A. C. Goebel, winner of the Dole Hawaiian flight; Paul Schutter and Martin Jensen, second in the Dole flight; William S. Brock and Edward F. Schlee, who flew half way round the world, and, finally, Ruth Elder and her pilot, George Haldeman, who were balked by an accident in their effort to cross the Atlantic and were rescued at sea. This is a remarkable array of aero- nautic talent. These eighteen flyers, pilots and passengers, all Americans, have written within the past half year & chapter of skill and endurance and accomplishment that has been read by the world with a thrill without parallel or precedent. They have dared greatly and they have accomplished greatly. They have demonstrated the possi- bility of crossing the seas safely and swiftly. Others have tried and have failed, and have paid for their failure in some cases with their lives. But these ‘eighteen -have proved the feasi- bility of flight over long distances and stormy seas, and it is not too much to say that as a result of their efforts and achievements aviation is estab- lished as a practical means of transit between the nations of the earth, re- gardless of obstacles. Tribute should be paid on this occa- sion to those who tried and feil into the sea. Some were Americans and some were of other nationalities. Their spirit was as high as that of those who accomplished their flights in safety. Their skill was perhaps as great. But it is nevertheless a matter of great pride to the American people that these eighteen, sixteen of whom T ‘reached their goals, who thus glorl- ously triumphed over the most deadly of hazards, were Americans, and it is fitting that they should be now as- sembled and recognized and lauded _while one of them receives the highest mark of appraisal. This one young man, Lindbergh, is ungrudgingly given by all his asso- ciates in the 1927 series of overseas flights unstinted praise and admira- tion. There is in this fraternity of fiyers no jealousy. United by the com- . mon bond of pioneering spirit, they recognize the merits of one another end rejoice in any success that may be scored. The Nation has fully expressed itself regarding Lindbergh, not only for his great flight in May, but for his virtuai ambassadorship in France and Eng- Jand and Belgium; where he bore him- melf modestly and capably under the most trying circumstances. It has appreciated his services to aviation, _his unselfish devotion to a cause with- { out thought of reward, his remark- able performance in a recent flying tour of the country for the advauce- “ment of interest in aeronautics. And it is meet that he should r e the Hubbard Medal in the presence of the others who have contributed to this year's flying record. —me The numerous gatherings whose ob- Ject is to prevent war ought to de- . welop at least one organization with @ practical plan. JREE—"— ‘The husband of an aviatrix is one of those heroes who keep the home fires ence and added a thrill to the new prosaic business of operating a motor car. Next will come the great bridge which will span the Hudson between New York and New Jersey, and pro- vide additional facilities for the great volume of traffic between the two com- monwealths. Over the river on a mar- velous bridge and under the river in tubes; that is the way that progressive communities meet the ever-increasing and ever-continuing transportation problem of the present and future. It is truly an astounding age, and, view- ing its engincering marvels, the Amer- ican should take added pride in the fact that he is a citizen of these United States. ) Pittsburgh’s Disaster. Today’s news from Pittsburgh telis of a shocking disaster, the extent of which is not vet known. A huge nat- ural gas storage tank with a capacity of 5,000,000 cubic feet exploded, caus- ing widespread wreckage, inflicting in- juries upon a great and as vet un- counted number of people and, it is feared, taking many lives. The tank was located in a closely built section of the city, and its disruption occurred at an hour when many were exposed to the force of the blast and the flying debris. Fortunately, a companion tank nearby did not explode at the same time, else the disaster would have been much greater. It may never he known just what caused this explosion. There may have been an excess of pressure or some latent weakness in the structure; or there may have been some acci- dental spark within the great en- velope. The demolition is reported to be complete, and the chances of ascer- taining the precise cause are slight. Yet it is vitally important to learn it, if that is possible, in order that pre- cautions may be taken against a repe- tition of such a catastrophe. Gas storage tanks are located in every city. Most of them are supplied from plants in which the. illuminant is distilled. The pressure can be close- Iy regulated. Whether the natural gas storage tanks such as that which exploded in Pittsburgh can be thus controlled does not at present appear, but the fact that this disaster was caused by the disruption of a tank of that character may suggest that the pressure control is not so certain as in the case of the manufactured product. In any case, the dwellers in every American city arc concerned to know the cause of this Pittsburgh accident, for the failure of the storage contain. er there naturally suggests the possi- bility of similar mishaps elsewhere. These 1anks are usually located on the outskirts or in the thinly settled sections of cities, though that in Pitts- burgh was in a closely populated region, where its explosion was certain to cause a maximum of damage. The Finding of Mrs. Forbush. Great relief is felt at the finding in the woods near Claremont, N. H., of Mrs. Anne Forbush, who has been missing since October 19, when she disappeared from view in a theater In this city. A sufferer from an affliction that had previously caused- her to wander from home, she was believed to have set out once more upon ons of her strange moves, and the search for her was sustained in the belief that she would be found alive, how- ever far from the place of her last ap- pearance. Intensive scouring of the region about Washington resulted in no clues to her whereabouts. Then came word that a strange woman had been seen in New Hampshire, and the hunt for her was transferred to that region. Finally, after some days of pursuit, with frequent disappoint- ments, she was found in a shack in the woods. Now, reunited to her hus- band, who has led the search in per- son, indefatigably following every trace, she is to be placed in a sani- tarium, where it is hoped she will re- cover her health and be cured of her unfortunate tendency to roam. Throughout this trying experience the keenest sympathy has been felt for Rev. Forbush, and he has received the practical, unstinted co-operation of everybody in his search. The case was a strange one. There was no rea- son In the family circumstances for the wife's departure, It was simply an instance of an aberration for which no specific cause can be assigned. It would appear that Mrs. Forbush went to New Hampshire because of an earlier acquaintance with that region. She had traveled by train and afoot. Evidently there was nothing in her manner to arouse question, and yet the spectacle of an unattended wom- an roaming about the country could not fail to be noted and reported. The widespread announcement of her dis- appearance caused many reports to be made that led to fruitless searches, and much time was lost in these un- productive hunts. But finally the is- sue was a happy one. With profound gratitude for this outcome of the case, all will wait for the early restoration to health of this wife and mother whose wanderings have been the sub- Ject of Nation-wide concern. ———————— Musicians raise objections to ‘“The Star Spangled Banner” as a national ‘burning. . —ree Under the River. Although the new Holland Tunnel has been opened to the public less than forty-eizht hours, the population of a large city has already seen Amer- . dca’s mew engineering triumph. From *‘Saturday night at midnight to Sun- day night at the same hour it is estl- mated that more than two hundred thousand people, in fifty thousand ‘utomobiles, passed under the Hudson River in the great tubes that connect the States of New York and New Jer- ®ey. The revenue for the first twenty- four hours was estimated to be about twenty-five thousand dollars, far above the figure for congested operation tentatively set by tunnel officials, Built at a cost of forty-eight million dollars, the tunnel is expected to wipe itself clear of debt within ten years, but if anything like the traffic of yes- terday continues a much shorter anthem. Its high notes are hard to sing. The average Manhattan citizen would commend “Sidewalks of New York” as easier and more immediately to the point. s Dignity of the Law. A flagrant example of abuse of power has just occurred in a New York court. Haled before traffic court himself in answer to a summons for parking overtime, a magistrate of an- other court was pressed into service because of congested conditions. The accused judge sat on the bench and arbitrarily dealt out unusually severe sentences. When it came to passing judgment on four hapless offenders against the parking regulations the magistrate promptly sentenced them to jail terms without the alternative of a fine. He then arose and swept out of court with all the dignity that he could muster. A few minutes later period will elapse before the met in- ‘come begins to roll in. Ferry boats @were practically deserted yesterday as * jmotorists jammed the tiled roadways w penetrate the soil under the of dem folks who borrows money da; iver. It was & novel exparl that ¢they had been apared the doubt. mmw‘hfl"‘&—-‘ reporters informed the chief mag- istrate of what had occurred, and he recalled the cases immediately. A THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, V. ®, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1927. THIS AND THAT the first in overtime ful distinction of beln, history to go to jail for parking. It is very possible that before this farce the judge who stood accused of a parking violation would have been able to hush the matter up and noth- ing more would have been said about it. Even citizens have been known, at times, to be able to wriggle out of a minor difficulty of this kind. But if that is the magistrate’s idea of jus- tice—a five-day jail term for illegal parking—then it is likely that he may be in for an embarrassing experience when he comes to trial charged with a similar offense. Such a distorted conception of jus- tice has no place on the American bench. 1If all other methods fail to bring about a change of idea, it might be a wise thing for this magistrate to get a taste of his own medicine when his case comes to trial. If he were sen- tenced to a couple of days in jail it might have the desired effect. The dignity of the law must be upheld, and when the canons of good taste and decorum and authority are offend- ed drastic action should be meted out to the violator. ——.—— Utah courts convict a man for hav- ing wine in his possession, although he proved it had been obtained for his ailing wife and on an authentic pre- scription, It was not so long ago that the same courts allowed a man to have as many wives as he wanted, with a stock of drinkables for every one of them. ——— It was Winfield S. Hancock who raised a laugh when he referred to the tariff as a local issue. His opinlon commanded respect when it was per- ceived that the industries of each par- ticular section governed its tariff views. At present the tariff demon- strates its status as an international rather than a local proposition. — vt Poverty, chastity and obedience are the three things to which nuns take vows. Many acts, as an example of which may be taken that of the Ber- nardsville, N. J.. sister Tescuing sixty- cight of her little charges from an inferno of flames, might lead one to think that bravery was also on the list. ————vate—. There is nothing Lindbergh could not | have had for the asking. The Wash- ington Monument and some other ob- jects of historic interest are still here, only because they were not requested by the intrepid airman’'s enthusiastic admirers. R A Parisian fashion expert comes to America and finds many things to think about. Paris, if it is to retain costume supremacy, must study the styles of United States metropolitan life. e A juror_ who knows how he is going to vote in advance of testimony should be very careful about an ostentation of wealth. ————rate The next House of Delegates of Virginia will have four woman mem- bers. Nancy Langhorne Astor started something. ————————— “Father of Thirty-five Children a Pauper” is the headline.over a brief news story frcm Bridgeport. No story was needed. e e — A Chinese battle usually impresses itselt as a contention for the looting privilege. The most earnest advocates of peace find difficulty in learning not to fight among themselves. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Exterior. ‘The motor car goes speeding by, A thing of beauteous pride. And yet, it often bids us sigh And wonder what's inside. 1s it a hootleg bandit bad, ‘Who wends a wicked way, Or only some light-hearted lad Out for a holiday? So, when we see a glad array Of garments new and fine, And make-ups fashioned to display A handsome facial line, Though the exterior view is good, It cannot be denied, How very often have we stood And wondered who's inside! Matter of Course. “Why don’t you announce that your hat is in the ring?” “It is not necessary to do so,” an- swered Senator Sorghum. “With a man who has been in politics as long as I have, the fact may be taken for granted.” Long Quest. Once, in his early, hopeful youth, A man resolved to tell the truth. The years wore on. “It's hard,” said he, “To learn just what the truth may Jud Tunkins says we're never wholly satisfied. After the Thanksgiving tur. key, the wishbone still remains. Obligations. “Are you going to have turkey for your Thanksgiving dinner?” “No,” answered Farmer Corntossel. too expensive.” 'But you have two or three turkeys of your own.” “It cost so much to raise 'em that they are mortguged to the feed store. We'd hate to have the holiday repast interrupted by a foreclosure.” Modern Speed. “A man has to work fast these days."” “Yes,” agreed Mr. Baffin; “‘especially it he wants to get in a full afternoon of goit.” “1 “The affection which points out the error of a friend,” sald Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “is brave, indeed, since it risks creating a bitter enemy.” Melancholy Days. The Autumn leaves are falling fast. Our sorrows can't be hid. They meet ‘he chilly rain at last And make the flivver skid. BY CHARLES E. F street, perennially fascinating thoroughfare, offers the spectator per- haps every sort of human type the world knows. In an hour's time spent there, one may watch a “big parade” unequaled for variety, running the gamut of hu- manity. Here all day long Washing- ton streams past. There are two high tides in the pe- destrian traffic, at the lunch hour and late in the afternoon, but these only accent the ordinary state of affairs. Those interested in watching people y the most rom his observations. To be going somewhere, or to have an errand to do, is to become part of the crowd. A member of a crowd cannot see the crowd. He finds himself in the pre- dicament of the famous gentleman » could not see the forest for the trees, On F street, however, it is a case of not being able to see the people for the crowd. One going there to look at in- dividuals must save himself, first of al! from the mob mind. This presupposes a prior intent, a calm_determination to enter into the crowd, vet refrain from taking on its mental states, chi=f of which is hurry. * %k Kk ho!” smiles the knowing “I have seen any number of young gentlemen on F street. v hurry not, neither do they run, et Solomon in all his glo was not arrayed like one of them These young gentlemen are spec- tators, sure enough. but exclusively of the feminine. The true spectator of the I street pageant is interested in human beings, not according to sex, but as to typ s An old gentleman shuffling along on a cane that creaks every time it touches the pavement is a great deal more interesting to such a spectator than any number of fair young things. After all, silk stockings are becoming an old story. This man with the cane, on the other leg, is interesting, because he ought to be at home. Here is a man divinely intended to spend his time with books, who yet, nevertheless, in- sists on_walking F street! His efforts are painful in the ex- treme. He hitches himself along in a manner suggesting both difficulty and misery. His state seems worse, in some respects, than that of the voung man hegging alms at the edge of the pavement. “Don’t pass me by,” monotonously repeats the latter, and 100 men and women pass on. Probably more men give alms than women. Perhaps most passersby have a feeling of mingled shame and resentment when they pass a street beggar. They wish the man elsewhere, and themselves, too. The old gentleman hobbling along on his cane should have been at home reading, communing with the great minds« of the ages. He had an opportunity to be a philosopher and he chose rather to he a pedestrian! Amid peace and security he might have read Emerson. but he preferred to “mix around,” jeopardize his life at every corner, creak his way amid the crush of humanity. Hush! He loved life. excuse needed he? So this, then, is life. J° street teems with it. ‘These are not just old men and “Oh, reader. ch WASHINGTON OBSE ‘What more | . TRACEWELL. young men, old women and young wonflen, gay boys and Solemn’ boys, Joafers and hustlers. There is more life here than in a jungle. They are specimens of life "as manifest in human beings. Take this large and flamboyant gen- tleman in a light gray suit, strutting along over there by the curb. He is a type of the egotist, a who thinks pretty well of himself, and. cu- riously enough, he is right about it. He is a success, as the world esteems ss. Humbieness plays no part in He may listen respectfully when that virtue is preached, but some strange alchemy of the mind he does not feel that it applies to him in_ any way. His is rather the breezy personality of the “go-getter,” as the jargon of succ his life. ness man of a He exudes self- as_walkin The more sedate person is repelled at_the sight of him, he is so pleased with himself, so confident, so sur- charged with' self-respect. One won- ders if a_sudden uppercut to the jaw would jolt him any? Probably not. He exists because he is not easily Jolted. * ok kK No description of F street would be true without mention of the elder- Iy shopping lady, the mother whose children have grown up and gone away to homes of their own. See her there in her neat black fur and matronly hat, the roses faded from her cheeks, but living in her heart. She is interested in_life, that is why she is here. She had made a list of what she intends to buy, and now she hurries along in search of it. In the stores she is known to the clerks as a shrewd, discriminating purchaser. They greet her with a smile, because it is a pleasure to wait upon her. The infinite variety of costume strikes the beholder. Surely, no two people on the street wear exactly the same thinz. No_like suits are seen on the men, and, certainly, no two women ave in similar dresses. Women supply the color note, especially the young girls, vet the total effect of it all is one of drabness, when one considers the effect that might be secured if a board of artists were in_contrdl of the thoroughfare No color scheme has been worked out for I street, in costume, any more than 2 municipality has instituted a plan for uniform business buildings. The famous sky-line of New York, re- garded from the viewpoint of angs must look decidedly jagged. So the pageant of F street strikes the sensitive beholder as lacking in color, despite the infinite care that has put upon dress by most of the Even the women wear less coats over their brighter fous animals ed. A leopard not lend the note desi " street. is out of place on Is life, then, tawdry, when viewed dispassionately? Are all our fine when seen en masse, merged into one uniform shade of gray or prown, as colors whirled together resolve into a neutral shade? The answer is. Life was not made to be viewed, but to be lived. Leave vour post on the corner, where the geant looks suspiciously in vour direction. and plunge into the current of the sidewalk. Now the street he- comes colorful, alive, interesting! Life moves, and one must move with it. RVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. How much longer Republicans like Hoover, Dawes and Hughes, to name only those out in front, can keep their hats out of the 1928 presidential ring is now the question monoppliz- ing politicians’ attention. Each one of these three outstanding possibil- ities feels bound, by either official or personal ties, to hold back pending some unmistakable sign of Calvin Coolidge's intentions. The President and his immediate friends may con- sider that he has already spoken with decisive and definite clearness. But it is a wide-open secret that the whole political world, as a matter of fact, is still guessing and wondering what Mr. Coolidge really does mean and intend. Recent entertainment of “Big Bill” Thompson and his Chicago hoost- ers at the White House breakfast table caused many eyebrows to he raised in query as to the political significance of the gesture. There've been hints that the President would satisfy the country's curiosity when he speaks before the Union League at Philadelphia on November. 17. ‘White House intimations do not en- courage such a belief. From that quarter advices are forthcoming that the nearest Mr. Coolidge will get to 1928 will be a panegyric on the virtues of William Penn. The Union League is one of the rock-ribbed citadels of Republicanism. Its high priests un- doubtedly are expecting a strong dose of party medicine from the chief phy- sician of the G. O. P. on Wednesday next. * ok ok ok Al Smith’s tremendous personal vic- tory in the New York State elections on November 8 is, if possible, of even more significance to the Republican party than to the governor himself or to the Democrats—that is to say, Smith's demonstrated_stranglehold on popular sentiment in New Yoi% forces Republican strategists to consider seriously whether an Easterner like Hughes, with a strong chance of car- rying the Empire State, or a Western- er, like Hoover, Dawes, Lowden or Curtis, who might win the election without New York, is the logical an- swer to the Smith menace. Between now and the time the G. O. P. conven- tion meets, there'll he a multiplicity of counsels on this delicate point. At present the Republicans are a house divided against itself on the Smith is- Sue. One thing can he set down as fairly certain, even at this relatively early ‘stage of the game—that is, that when the zero hour comes, and | the party captains get together and make up the convention's mind for it, itswill be the Al Smith portent | which’ll sway their judgment. * ok ok ok No appolntment to the vacant gov- | ernor-generalship ot the Philippines is | probable until Congress is in session. | The President is quoted as desirous »f submitting the name of Gen, Wood successor to the Senate, securing | prompt _confirmation, and then dis. | patching the new man to Manila without delay. Senors Quezon and Os- mena, who are in Washington, are be- lieved to have expressed a lively pref. | erence for the sel n of a civilian rather than a military man, It M Coolidge_sympathizes with that sug- gestion, Henry L. Stimson, who made peace in Nicaragua, Is accounted in Washington the most likely choice. The appointment of a clvilian gover- nor-general, while leaving the admin- istration of the Philippines in the War Department, might he deemed by the Fresident a happy-medium disposal of the project to transfer the adminstration to a civilian branch of the Federal Government, The Navy Department has just insued & telling bit of advertisemen of itself as “an instrument of peace. It lists 12 different branches of peace- time activity, to which the depart- ment and the fleet are sleeplessly de- voting themselves. They are: Protec- tion, missions of mercy, medicine, co- operation, errands of diplomacy, ship- building, communications, aeronau- tics, engineering, navigation, explora- “A hoss is a friend,” sald Uncle Eben, “but if you meets him at de five-dollar fine on each man was levied and and they departed thankful racetrack you's liable to find him one tion and education. Edward N, Hurley's merchant ma- rine plan is viewed on Capitol Hill as the opening gun in a renewed and L) jong-drawn-out struggle for a ship aubsidy in one form or another. The Hurley project is so interpreted by important members of Congress, eveh though its author specifically opposes a Government subsidy on the ground that it destroys Initiative and breeds inefficlency. Some authorities see in the revival of a biz merchant marine program the earmarks of a big Navy program to he launched and advo- cated as a supplementary enterprise. There's recently been published by the United States Shipping Board a convincing chart showing the steady decline of American shipping in foreign trade during the past 100 years. The chart discloses that .in 1830 89.9 per cent of American foreign trade was carried in American ships. During the years immediately preceding the World War the amount had fallen to 8.7 per cent. War-time shipbuilding raised the total in 1920 to 42.7 per cent, but the gross tonnage has fallen steadily during the past seven years, and in 1926 was only 32.2 per cent. * ¥ South America’ is coming t relief of “Uncle Sam in connecting with his embarrassing supply of gold. Argentina in the last two months has received close to $40,000,000 of gold from the United States, and Brazil is getting an jnitial instaliment of $11,000,000 in a movement that will aggregate $36,000,000. The first Brazil- ian shipment is already on the ocean, consisting of 220 kegs of $20 gold pieces. Altogether Brazil will import 67 tons of Yankee gold in 1,800,000 $20 pieces. The coin is to he used to bring Brazil back to the gold stand- ard currency basis. The consignment now rolling down to Rio is being con- veyed under heavy guard and insured for the full amount. The insurance rate is so high—even though the south Atlantic i3 no longer infested with submarines—that the policies covering the $11,000,000 shipment were distributed among a large number of American and foreign companies, each taking a small slice of the risk. Both American and European economists have !om: predicted that the United States’ glut of gold would some day :im u xln:}/‘etfia:i:(llf danger. Nobod reamed at relief we Y from South America, 1 Tt come * ok ok There's a Washington society wom- an who prides herselt anui(m‘-‘l;;nmg strictly up to the minute in the realm of books, and dines out on the fact that history and international polities are her literary specialties. An escort was overheard saying to her at the theater the other night, “How are you getting on with Ludwig’s Napoleon'?" She replied, “Oh, swimmingly; isn't it delightful?” Whereupon her gallant inquired, “Have you come to the part where he divorces Josephine?” The fair one rejoined, excitedly, “Oh, no, but don't tell me, don’t tell me! (Copyright, 1027.) UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR Ten Years Ago Today Pershing's troops avenge recent German raid by ambushing a large German patrol in No Man's Land. The enemy were n completely by surprise and bolted, carrying with them those who had been hit by the unerring marksmanship of the Ameri. cans. * * * Best available estimates indicate that the first five classes, into which all draft registrants are to be divided, will contain more than two million men, subject for duty before any man in any other class will be called, * * ¢ Allied officials propose a big campaign against German air- dromes in Belgium as a_ means of stop- ping the air attacks on London. * * * Progident to block railroad strike; ealls brotherhood chiefs to at- tend White House conference on No- vember 22, Insists on loyalty first and says it is “inconceivable” that patriotic men should w think of tying up railroads. ® *' ¢ Only one vessel of more than 1,600 tons sunk by U-boats in the past week, according to British Admiralty’s officlal report. Lowest of any wn’llu a5, Rumanian Minister Denies Press Report To the Editor of The Star: Several Rumanian newspapers have published a report that the American Minister in Bucharest, . William 8. Culbertson, had called and left cards on Mr. M. Manoilesco, former under secretary of state for finance, at the prison where the latter is being de- tained for complicity in a plan for the restoration of former Crown Prince Carol to the throne. This report has, apparently, been reproduced by the press abroad, both in Kurope and in Ameri The American press has already de- nied this preposterous and absurd ru- mor, but in order to remove any mis- ‘ion as to the true facts of the case from the mind of the public, espe- cially in this country, T have been re- quested by my government to give a formal denial to the above report, which was based on a purely fictitious ter, Mr, ked me behalf » Rumanian foreign min Nicholis Titulesco, has also ¢ to state in his own persona that Mr. W. 8. Culbertson enjoys unanimous sympathies among the Rumanian people and that his merits and high qualifications are greatly ap- preciated in political, university and social circles. The foreign minister also expresses, the hope of the Ru- manian government that Mr. Culbert- son's mission in Rumania may be of very long duration so that he may continue to develop the already exist- ing ties of friendship between Amer- ica and my country. T should greatly appreciate it if yvou could find space for this letter in the next issue of your valuable paper. GEORGE CRETZIANO, Rumanian Minist Barbara Fritchie Story True, Says Her Relative To the Editor of The Star: November 3 issue of The Star you published an article entitled “Barbara Fritchie Story Ra- futed,” in which it was stated that John Clagett Proctor, at a meeting of the Association of Oldest Inhabitants, read a paper on “the three authenti- cally recorded reasons why Dame Fritchie could not have waved the American flag that memorable Sep- tember 10, 1862.” The occasional at: tempts to discredit the flag-wavinz ineident I usually read, and consicn to the waste basket, because from more than “three authentically re- corded” sources 1 have learned that she did wave her flag to the Confed erates as they stood in front of “er house on the morning of Septes 10, 1862, waiting for A. P. Hill's sion to come into Patrick street by way of the Mill alley, but Mr. Proctor has made several statements so abso- lutely untrue that I feel a correction should be made. Will you kindly give this correction the same publicity you gave the article refuting the Barbara Fritchie sto Mr. Proctor evidently was not thor- oughly informed regarding facts. He declared that the story of Barbara Fritchie had already been disproved thoroughly. On what does he base this assertion? Three reasons are cited vhy the famous woman of Frederick could not have waved her flag.” The first reason given is, “Barbara at that time was bedridden, and had been so for quite awhile.”” I know that is not because she was re- markably active for her vears, and during the time the Confederates ware encamped near Frederick she was able to go to the home of her niece, Mrs. Hanshew, accompanied by a com- After celebrating her 96th December 3, she took cold and pneumonia developed, resulting in her death December 18 after a iew * illness. The second reason, “It was not light when Jackson left Frederick, as evi- dericed by a note left at the door of Rev. Dr. Ross, Presbyterian minister of the time.” The note, dated Septem- ber 10, 1862, 5:15 a.m., is quoted. If Mr. Proctor were an early risar h would know it is daylight at 5:15 a.m. in September, but the Confedcrates were not leaving Frederick when the note was written. Jackson's corps was encamped at Worman's mill, miles north of town. After breaking camp they marched into Frederick, and as the flag-waving incident was wit nessed by a woman on her way to her daily work it was probably about 7 a.m. Mr. Proctor's “third reason that brands the incident as a myth is that Jackson's army did not march by Barbara's home, but selected another route. There are persons still living who will testify that this is not true, but the most reliable evidence comes from Mr. James L. Parsons of Washington, . C. In a letter written to the Baltimore Sun, dated November 12, 1913, renly- ing to an article published in the Sun, signed by Gordon McCabe, in which the statement was made that there was no such brigade as the Third Brigade, Jackson's Corps, at the time of the occupation of Frederiek by Lee's army, Mr. Parsons says: “There was such a brigade as the Third Brigade, also known as Tolli- ver's brigade, composed of the 47th and 48th Alabama regiments, the 23d and 37th Virginia regiments. I was a member of the 23d Virginia. This brigade, with Jackson's corps, march- ed through Frederick on the morning of September 10, from a_camp about 215 miles north of Frederick, down Market street to the Hagerstown pike. Tolliver's brigade marched from the camp in the lead. Upon reaching Frederick. A. P. Hill's division was ordered to take the lead, and Tolli- ver's brigade halted on Market and Patrick streets a sufficient time to permit A. . Hill to march through the Mill alley, which intersected the Hagerstown pike beyond Barbara Fritchie’s residence. This was not a short cut, as the distance from the Market and Patrick street route only amounted to a few hundred yards. Tae use of the said alley was for the purpose of transferring Hill's division from rear to front. I distinctly and clearly remember stopping at the creck and hearing considerable talk and reference to a Yankee woman having waved a Yankee flag at this particnlar house, which is known to bhave been occupied by Barbara Frit- chie.” (Signed) James L. Parsons. Washington, D. C., November 12, 1913. Mr. Parsons also wrote a personal letter to the late Mrs. Samuel Graf- ton Duvall, in which he gives a more detailed account of the incident. This is sufficient evidence that Mr. Proc- tor's “three authentically recorded” reasons are not authentic.” The Con- 1 v, except A. P. Hill's di- pass the home of Barbara Fritchie. She was not bedridden, for she did on flag. - According to capt. H. Kyd Douglus is ible for the stalement which sioned the writin this letter—a ' statement absolutely false and without foundation—that the loyalty of Barbara Fritchie was not above suspiclon, as her re aved a flag the rebel tread,” it would not have been the Union flag. No one who knew Mrs, Kritchie ~could have charged her with disloyalty to her country and its flag. In her estimation, they who were not loyal to the Union were base trai- tors, and she did not hesitate to express her opinion of them. I am very sure none of her relatives ever assured any one that v _sympathies were with the “rebels.” The quotation from Mr. Whittier, which Mr. Pro orrectly given, shows ver that Mr. Whittier had “a mass of ev dence,” as Mr. Pickard, his biogra- pher statpd, to prove that the poem was founded on fact. It may interest you to know that the late Dr. Russell H. Conwell told me Dr. Oliver Wen: dell Holmes gave Mr. Whittier the description of the “green-walled hills” and fertile valleys of Maryland, which formed the setting for the posm. B ANSWERS TO Q. Is it true that as many people are Killed in accidents in the home as in automobile accidents?—N. B. A. During September the death toll of ‘home accidents in the United States averaged 51 per day and that of automobile accidents 78 per day. This proportion will be shown by the totals for the year, ding to the estimates of the National Safety Council, Q. Which is known as the country's largest department sto S A. The largest department siore in the United States and in the world is Marshall Field & Co. of Chicago. The total area of the floor space of the store building in Chicage is 1,717,583 Square feet, Q. Is a whale a fish?—A. G. 8, A. Although' it is shaped like a fish, and lives in the sea under the same general conditions as fishes, it is a warm-blooded mammal. which comes to the surface of the water in order to_ breathe air. It apparently is a descendant, in modified form, of some ! type of land animal of ages early in| the earth’s histol Q. What countries are the chief sources of the World's wool supply? o A. Arvanged in their order of im- portance they are: Australia, South America, United States, New Zealand, Great Britain, South Africa. Q. Ts smallpox more prevalent in India than in the United States?— —L. S. A. In the year 1926 smallpox caused | about 55,000 deaths in India. In the | United States during that year, the were 33,343 cases, while deaths at- tributed to smallpox numbered 362. Q. TIs Billie Dove, the movie star, married?—W. T. A. Billie Dove is married to Irvin Willat. Her maiden name was Lililan Bohny. Q. Please give a short account of the life of Emerson Hough.—A. M. B. A Emerson Hough was born in 1857 and died in 1923. He was born in Newton, Iowa, the son of Joseph Boud and Elizabeth H. Hough. His early vears were spent among the frontier towns of the West. His father, a Virginia schoolmaster of Quaker descent, took charge of his early education. At the age of 19 he was sent to the University of Towa, where he was graduated with the de- aree of A. B. For a time he took up the practice of law, but the profession did not appeal to him, and the next 15 years were spent in roaming about the West. His travels led him through many of the most outof-the-way places, and enabled him to_gather much of his material for his later hooks on travel, romance and ad- venture. Q. Who were the outstanding Amer- l::ull heroes of the World War?— A.R. P, A. Sergt. Samuel Woodfill of Indi- ana has been acclaimed by Gen. Persh- ing as the leading hero of the Amer- ican Expeditionary Forces. The second on the list is Sergt. Alvin York, who captured 132 of the enemy, and the third on the list is Maj. Charles S. Whittelsey and his famous “Lost Bat- talion, Capt. Edward V. Ricken- backer was the leading American ace. Q When was the Jacobean period? a C. 1 ATt extended from 1603 to 1688. It may be divided into three phases: From 1603, when James T ascended the throne, to 1649, when his son, Charles QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. 1660 is the Commonwealth, or Crom- wellian period, and from 1660 to 1688, known as the “Restoration,” or “Caro- lean period.” Q. D{)Ps cooking kill vitamina?— A. The injury dons t processes of cooking varies with the different vitamins. Vitaming A and B are not as readily affected as vita- min . Vitamins D and E also have a high degree of stability. The more the air can be excluded during cook- ing the less will be the destruction of the vitamins. Q. Did Babe Ruth lead in three-base hits this year?—W. P. A. He Jed in home runs, and Lou Gehrig led in three-base hits. Q. Has the State of California placed any statues in Statuary Hall in vitamins by, | the Capitol at Washington?>—B. V, A. California is not represented in Statuary Hall. Q. What is the original of the:well and tree design =o often seen in silver platters?. V. S, A.,This is a device intended to catch the Eravy and juices from the meat the g can bhe served read ) wanted. he well and tree formn that which is best adapted to the purpose. The design has no athor significance. rigin is unknewn. Q. Why are some of the streets of Boston so erooked A A. The newer sections of the city are handsomely laid out and well paved. The old section of Boston is known for its crooked streets and lack of definite plan. Tradition savs that the old streets of this city follow the cow paths made by Elder Brew ster’s cows. Q. Did the Seminole Tndians fizht the settlers when the sugar planta- tons were put in the Everglades’— B. W. A. The superintendent of the Semi- nole Agency in Florida says that there has been no conflict whatever. While it is true that the Seminoles are seat- 100 square miles of terri- they retreat before the advance lization, keeping out of the way of the agriculturist. The United States Government holds 26,000 acres of land in trust for these Indians. and the State of Florida has set aside a tract of 200,000 acres for them. They are now beginning to drift onto their own lands. There has been no trou- ble whatever since the close of the Seminole wars 75 years ago. Q. What caused the pottery and ary of ancient cities has resulted from various circumstances. In many cases the city has merely decayed from age and collapsed. Destruction by war has been a frequent cause. Natural events, such as earthquakes and storms, etc., have also played an important part. e Government statistics bring out the fact that the uneducated man has only one chance in 800 to attain dis- tinction. There is no reason why any one should live under such a handicap in these days of free schools and free information. This paper supports in Washington, D. C., the largest free information burcau in_czistence. It any question yow may ask. Avail wourself of its facilities for your self~ improvement. Inclose @ 2-cent stamp for return postage. Address The Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic 1. Haskin, director, Washing’ T, was beheaied by Cromwell; 1649 to Feeling over what is regarded al- most universally as a plain case of money flouting the Nation's judicial system has. not abated since the first outburst of indignation in the press at the disclosure that the Sinclair- Fall jury had been under organized surveillance by private detectives. Demands for punishment of the guilty are accompanied by expressions of hope for what the Morgantown New Dominion calls an awakening of *“‘the American public to a sense of the limits to which predatory wealth and official traitors might possibly go to escape the consequences of criminal acts. “Defrauding the Government through corruption of public officers is less heinous and less of a menace to our institutions than enfeebling the Gov- ernment through the corruption of Justice,” declares the Newark Evening News. “The courts are our last bul- wark; let them be undermined and we are at the mercy of the underworld. Reviewing the whole case, the Apple ton Post-Crescent observes that "ui to date nobody is behind the bars’ that “Sinclair's and Doheny’s millions have successfully defied, intimidated and evaded justice,” and this Wiscon- son paper asks “whether their money is a greater power than that of the Government. ou convict a million dollars inal court?"” queries the Ashe. Times, quoting from Senator is, and the Tiiaes contends that Sinclair “‘has already been condemned in the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States as a corrupter of public officials and a looter of pub- lic property.” The Wichita Beacon is twith the arrogance and dis- dain shown by Harry Sinclair and his friends toward the courts and towars the Government of the United Sta and it brands the attitude as “the disdain of men drunk with the power that comes with wealth, intoxicated with the delusion of their own om- nipotence and independence of the laws that govern their fellows.” The latest phase is described by the Beacon as one which “has done more to bring the country to a sense of out- raged decency than any event which has happened in years.” ok ok ok “It were an amazingly feeble Gov- ernment if it should find itself unable even to try men charged with fraud and corruption by the highest court on the continent,” says the Oklahoma City Oklahoman. The Fort Wayne News-Sentinel holds that the existing state of affairs “is enough to bring the blush of shame to the cheek of any American who takes pride in this Na- tion’s institutions of justice; but it should provide an incentive to leaders of the bench and bar to look for meas- ures which will tend more surely to minimize the likelihood of a repetition of this kind of thing in the future. “It must he pressed to the last re- source of desperate res While Mrs. Quantrell and others at different times and places waved the Union flag in the face of the Con- federates (and vice versa), they attract- ed only passing attention. The fear- less “little old lady,” with her silk flag in her hand, threatened by some of the rougher men, but protected the “higher officer,” who gabantl came to her rescue, Is the real hero- ine of Whittier's poem. Among the thousands of visitors who have regi tered at the reconstru home of Barbara_Fritchie, recently opened to the public, there have been many putherners, several of whom wete | tives,of “Stonewall” Jackson: also a relative of A. P. Hill, and a descend. ant of Jubal Early, all of whom were much interested in the little silk flag and other articles displayed. In fact, a Southern gentleman called my attention to the article in The Star, which had aroused his indignation. ] ELEANOR ». ABBOTT, ce of Barbara Fritchie, ton, D. €. Charges of Oil Jury Scandal Arouse Indignation of Press the peaple's case.” asserts the New York World. To the Portland Oregon Journal “there is something ugly and horrid about the thought of the Sin- clairs in the big affalrs of America ‘Whatever they touch they stain and corrupt. They think dirty gold buy honor. They lack respect fag the integrity of office or of courts. They would destroy the Government if the: could. Anarchists, bolsheviki, I. W. W. and thugs are high-minded citizens in_comparison. The Springfield Republican feels that “the infamy which In the public mind is now associated with the names of Fail and Sinclair might seem a punishment in itself.” That paper, however, offers the further comment that “a man who, according to the substance of the deciston of the Su- preme Court, did not hesitate to buy a cabinet officer or, as has later ap- peared, to employ detectives to spy upon a jury in the National Capital, is perhaps impervious to any form of punishment short of that which the law metes out to convicted criminal: “It would be well if private def tives operating in any city were re- quired to file with the police a confi- dential report of every commission . they accept,” advises the Richmond N_e\\'! Leader, while the Rochester Times-Union advocates pressing the charges to the limit, “including action lx:l'i“"‘nSt the agency and all responsi e agency would stoop, under any circumstances, to such practices.” nceding that “shadowing is a le- mate as well as an improper meth- od of galning knowledge,” the Lincoln ate Journal expresses the view that when the system is used as a means of getting in position to tamper with a Jury, it becomes a great public danger. The people who indulge in it for such a purpose cannot expect mercy from the court.” The Topeka Daily Capital agrees that “the private detective agency fosters some grave evils and needs’ strict regulation by law.” “Did any of the attorneys know of this disgraceful g-ocedure?” asks the Raleigh News ai™f Observer, with the further comment ttleton and Hoo- ver volunteer they had no knowledge of it. Very well. Then their plain course is to withdraw from the case and denounce the conduct of their clients. The ethics of the legal pro- fession, just and noble, need to he observed in these notable cases. If Slfll‘ua;/ of ancient cities to be buried? , will procure for you the answer to ¥ A, The burial of pottery and statu- § ' the lawyers appearing for Sinclair and # Fall are content to do nothing, the Bar Association should act if it hopes to retain the confidence of the peopie. “It would be beside the trut cludes the Pasadena Star-News, assert or to believe that wholesale general throu United States as affecting juries or as affecting public officials. But there is 00 much, as things are. The cha i d2 too often, and the evidence is Strong ti the charges are well founded —.— Showing the Way. From the San Antonio Evening News. McAdoo insists that he is now an ex- politician. Would thal ' oM B t others might e Smoother Going. From the Altoona Mirror. If all the pedestrians in the United States were laid end to end, reckless drivers would have an easier job. Both the Dark. From the Rochester Times-Union. Two classes that don't know just what the farmer wants are Congress- men and farmers. Easiest on the Eyes. ‘rom the Los Angeles Times. Scientists. claim. that green Is the most soothing color for the nerves. Especially long, green. ! [ L