Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1927, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY ...December 9, 1927 @HEODORE W. NOYES. . ..Editor ‘Whe Bivening Star Newspaper “ompany “ustness Office: H q Pennaylvanta Ave 23R e A icago Office, Tower Ruiliinz Buro; fice: 14 Regent St.. London. pean Omce. iand. st $he Evening Star with the Sunday mom edition is dclivered by carricrs wiihin he Sty at 60 cents per month: daily only, 45 cwnts per month. Sundays only. 20 ceats Tonth. . Orders may be sent by mail or lophone Main 5000, Colicetion is made by carRerat end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. fly and Sunday. ..1vr £0.00:1mo. Fmv only. ... J1vr $80001 mo unday only . 1. $300° 1 mo Al Other States and Canada. s vr. $12.00: 1 mo.. $1.00 E:H" Sy Sundar 3 vr SR 001 mo: Tose || oniy.". 1 Tyr] $400°1mo av Member of the ociated Pres: The Assoriated Pross is exclusivaly ent 40 the use for republication cf all news d tches credited fo it or not ottierwise cred- RSl this vaver and alto the local pptlished hereln | Ail #pecial dispatches herein of publi A Commendable Concession. After having declined to conform to the suggestions of the Commission of Fine Arts In the design of its new building at the corner of Fourteenth and E streets, to insure a suitable harmony with the Government con- structions that are soon to arisc on the other side of Pennsylvania ave- nue, the United Cigar Stores Co. h decided to amend its plans for the structure and will submit a new pro- posal, more in keeping with the con- ditions that are to be developed. This is a commendable spirit of co-opera- tion and there is ground for congrat- ulating the corporation upon its ac- tlon. There Is, unfortunately, no law under which such private construc- tions in Washington can be regulated, save as to maximum height and uses. No minimum height limit has been established, to assure a consistent skyline. There is no architectural standard. As stated the other day in these columns, a bill designed to effect such supervision and regulation was introduced before the last Congress, but failed of passage. It is likely that another bill, framed perhaps somewhat differently, will be offered &t the present session, and in the light of the episode of the Fourteenth and} E streets building it is certain to com- mand consideration and possibly be pushed to passage. The elaborate plans of the Govern- ment to erect a great group of Fed- eral housings in the Mall-Avenue tri- angle, on a scale and in a style com- mensurate with not only the needs of the service, but the character of the socked his predecessor in the jaw and got sixty days in the pen for it; he says: “If anybody Is going to sell liquor in this town it is going to be a white man.” Needless to say, he was slurring allens, not American negroes. Different sorts of communities need, or at least tolerate, different sorts of mayors. Jimmy Walker would never do in Charleston; eflicient and success- ful mayors of other great municipal- ities would be complete flops in New York; Chicago's chief executive could not get by anywhere else in this coun- try, or probably in the world. It will be interesting to see which of the two newcomers will become the more pleas antly remembered—the clam or the Dblowfish. oot The Potomac Gorge Park. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, who, in addi- tion to his other duties, is the execu- tive officer of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, sug- gests in his annual report to Presi- dent Coolidge the most expeditious as well as the most practical method for carrying out the long-delayed project of developing the FPotomac gorge as the chief extension of the Capital's park system. He points out that this might be made the Fedcral Government’s contribution to the so- called regional development of the American Capital and that Maryland and Virginia be left to carry out thelr own tasks in park and planning work without expectation of further gov- crnmental participation. If adopted, this method would be the happy solu- tion of a problem which is beginning to assume threatening proportions. When the park and planning com mission was created the thought in the minds of proponents of this leg- islation was expressed in the wording of the act. This thought was that park and planning work in and around the Capital should be appropriated for on the basis of one cent a year for every inhabitant of the United States, seeming thus to assure recognition of the plan as a distinctly Federal proj- ect and providing an annual maxi- mum appropriation of, say, $1,800,000 from the Federal Treasury. Instead of this sum, however, the commission has received an annual appropriation of about $600,000, and the money has been made available in the District of Columbia appropriation bills, a large proportion of it representing District revenues. The commission, therefore, has found its hands tied, not only in THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, F‘RTDAY. DECEMBER 9, 1927. to zoom through uncharted skies. ‘While it is encouraging for the public to belleve that airplanes are so simple to operate that flying is a matter of a few hours’ training, nevertheless there will be considerable skepticism regarding the competence of a ten- hour fiyer. Of course, if Chamberlin means that the ten-hour period is just enough for a solo flight, and not the complete course in flying which he intends to glve, that is another thing altogether. But, considering that the streets and roads of the country are swarming with motorists who have not learned to drive properly in ten the general public is not going to be par- ticularly pleased at the prospect of flocks of airplanes overhead piloted by tenhour flyer years, A Remarkable Verdict. A somewhat surprising verdict has been rendered by the jury in a homi- cide case in New Jersey. A man and & woman were on trial for the killing of the latter’s husband. The evidence was somewhat circumstantial and was not particularly strong. The defense was a denial, coupled with the claim that the killing had been done by two unidentified Testimony given by a witness, whose credibility was challenged, to the effect that the man defendant had confessed the kill- ing. When the case went to the jury the public expectation was that ac- quittal would result, or that the jury would disagree hopelessly. In accord- ance with a custom, not a law, of the jurisdiction, the jury was under a time limit of twenty-four hours within which to reach a verdict. Just a little less than that period a verdict w given of “voluntary manslaughter, under which the defendants may be imprisoned for ten years each. This was evidently a compromise verdict. Under the law of the State voluntary manslaughter is the killing of a person by another person upon a sudden transport of passion or heat of blood, upon reasonable provocation and without malice. It would natural- Iy seem that such a verdict would apply only in case the killing was ad- mitted, and when the defense was based on a plea of justification. Denial on the part of the defendants of any participation in the tragedy, however, marked the case throughout. The jury, therefore, in reaching this un- usual verdict, had to conclude first that the killing was done by the ac- men. a8 the business of securing on an economic basis available park sites in the District, but in spending the money outside of the District. Legally entitled so to spend this money, the commission has been morally pre- vented from doing so. In the mean- time, the Maryland State Legislature has co-operated in the regional devel- opment project by its own appropria- tion and by authorizing revenue-rais- eity, call for co-operation on the part of private property owners to assUre|. .y ang prince Georges. Virginia, & harmony of effect in the develoD- |} geyer, has made no funds avail: ment of the Capital's principal street, | 110 mpg situation today is that the which flanks the site for this assem- [0 c o7 BRI L o Planning blage of Federal structures. One of|commiggion cannot acquire land the purposes of the Government In| . on,mically in the District and can- concentrating its future constructions |, g, outside of the District; the - "’: S i “:“'e:;";::::“;i‘e' Maryland commission is going ahead i Amenue Trom S5 d with its work in Maryland, and in to long neglect incident to the uncer- | ,pyingion County little or nothing is tainty of the policy of public building | oy gccomplished. Some of the de- emplacements, If there is no €o-0D- |,y 4y Virginia has been attributed to eration on the part of private OWners, |, expectation that if the State waits ::’;“ e gained. e |long enoush, Uncle Sam will do it g g v con-| " purk development of the Potomac sideration will be given to the public| o o from the District line to Great requirements by the corporation €on-|pang i3 even now threatened by a N Of |11 uch delay already in buying up land the forces making for the Ideal Wash- | .\, 1,1 giges of the river. Commer- ington, which should be the desire of |0 "yo S 00 T EUE pected to ing taxes in the counties of Montgom- everybody—merchant, citizen and Gov- ernment official. The Value of Sleep. During “Health weck” at Barnard College the students are competing by classes in the fine art of sleep. The girls are going to bed early, sleeping as late as possible and keeping track of their “time.” This is a healthful contest from every standpoint. Sleep is very much abused throughout America, as much so in the colleges as elsewhere. The words of the wise Franklin are looked upon askance, es- pecially the admonition concerning “early to bed.” Many young persons are led to believe, by the vigor of their youth, that sleep is something whicn is needed only by children and older persons. There could hardly be a greater mistake. While it is undoubt- edly true that not every one needs the time-honored “eight hours,” it is un- questionable that lack of sleep tends to pull down the physical and mental reserve, to deplete the bank account of health, to put the sleep shrinker into a position where a sudden de- mand upon his vitality may cause werious trouble. Though a contest to determine “the sleeplest class” is only a gesture, it may do a great deal of good, not only in the specific institu- tion, but to thousands who read of it, and thus are led to the consideration of the problem in relation to the in- dividual case. —————————— Admirers of Lindbergh are begin- ning to hope that in risking his life he will heed the advice of experlenced gamblers and not press his luck. Modes in Mayors. What are the proper qualifications for an American mayor, anyhow In one issue of The Star dispatches from two different towns in the Bay Btate tell of the success at the polls of two men whose methods, and doubt- less whose characteristics, are as far apart as the ends of the earth. Holyoke's next chief executive is “the silent candidate,” who did not want to run, who spent not a cent in running, and who during the entire ocampalgn made only three statements and those oral ones. He had criticized constructively in the press the wa; municipal affairs were being managed, and the prompt answer from promi- nent citizens was “All right, you do it. Newburyport will rejoice in quite a different sort of mayor, who has been nicknamed the city’s “Bad Boy,” and who runs a gasoline station. His cam- paign was full of fireworks, and since his election has been announced—he carried every ward but one—he has talked freely and blithely about what hold off indefinitely. ‘Therefore, as Col. Grant suggests, let the Federal Government immediately begin devel opment of the upper Potomac for park purposes with the understand- ing that Maryland and Virginia will proceed with their part of the work independently. The carrying out of this plan would be a fitting and ap- propriate expression of the Federal Government’s interest. The park up the Potomac would in a manner unite Maryland and Virginia. Each could plan, with the co-operation and assist- ance of the nationally known experts on the park and planning commis- sion, its own system of parks and highways bullt and centering upon the park of the upper Potomac. In his report Col. Grant also em- phasizes the uneconomic manner in which the Natlonal Capital Park and Planning Commission is proceeding with its acquisition of park lands in the District. Unable to purchase land now, while it is cheap, because of limited funds, the commission faces the prospect of being unable to pur- chase the same land a few years hence because the price will be pro- hibitive. A bond issue is again put for- ward as a solution of this difficulty, with the thought that it would be more economical to secure all the money now and at one time that, at the present rate of appropriation, will be- come available in a number of years. The fundamental principle is sound. But the District has already recorded its unqualified opposition to any bond issue or Treasury advance that does not take Into consideration, at the same time, a fair and fixed ratio be- tween the District and the Federal Government in assuming the burden. Such fair and fixed ratio has already been discarded in funds so far made available for the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. ———r———————— Instead of only twelve, the jury in- cludes twenty-four men, counting the private detectives. e Ten-Hour Flyers. Clarence Chamberlin, holder of the world distance record for alrplanes, and now the proprietor of a large aircraft factory, says that the Ameri- can youth is so adept at things me- chanical that ten hours is sufficient instruction to allow him to fly “solo.” Chamberlin has just completed super- vision of the flying trainimg of more than one hundred students and will do some class work as a part of his general aviation activities. The New York-to-Germany flyer is conceded to be one of the finest pilots in the United States, but the average person will probably belleve that he he intends to do to this fireman and to that cop. His campaign and pre-cam- palgn activities are reminiscent of a eircus bill poster. This village cut.up is somewhat optimistic when he makes cused pair, and second that they had been actuated by suddem passion and heat of blood, that they had provoca- tion and that they slew without malice. In other words, the jurors had to create a situation quite apart from the evidence as given. If they did not believe the defense of general denial, they could with more logic have as- sumed that the Rilling was deliberate and with malice, that it was thus a case of first-degree murder, the pun- ishment of which is death. These compromise verdicts are the plague of the administration of the criminal law in this country today. A wide range of findings and penaltics is afforded by the statutes and the practices of the courts. Jurles are not held to hard and fast limits, but may bring in verdicts of almost any degree of gullt. In consequence there are many evident miscarriages of jus- tice. Whether this has occurred in the latest New Jersey case remains perhaps for determination. The ver- dict will naturally be appealed and the case will be retried in the higher courts. If the defense of denial is valid assuredly a voluntary man- slaughter verdict s a gross injustice. It it was not valid there has been equal injustice to the public in the condonement by this verdict of a crime that demands the maximum definition and penalty. 2 e After saying he does not “choose” President Coolidge is perfectly willing to allow anxious inquirers seeking shades of meaning to use their own books of synonyms. e Under some of the new ideas of wedlock, a couple is supposed to bhe happily married so long as they con- tinue to exchange post cards. PE— The fact that New York will not be chosen as a convention city deprives next year's campaign of some of its most exciting possibilities. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Disregarded. Santa is a dear old soul, Yet he stands alone, ‘With togs beyond the style’'s control And whiskers all his own. While we enjoy his gentle sway And greet him with applause, What person would consent today To look like Santa Claus? The worldly mode is still correct, ‘While Sant seems merely quaint. The fashions wild we can't neglect, To imitate a saint. Oratorical Brevity. “A man in your position must be careful not to say too much.” “Of course,” answered Senator Sor- ghum. “The ideal position for a statesman is one so exalted that the longest speech he 1s personally obliged to make is howdydo! ” Making No Secret of the Matter. The wicked love the darkness deep— Yet when they rob a tray With jewels laden, now they keep In the full light of day. Jud Tunkins says a prohibition agent ate a slice of real mince pie and instead of discharging the cook raised her wages. Dutiful Childhood. “I shall hang up my stockings on Christmas eve,” said the small girl. ‘Then you believe in Santa Claus?” “No. But it amuses father and mother.” “Ten'holidays taken by the hands,” sald Hl Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “may not mean one day of rest for the heart.” Marital Understanding. The ceremony of today Includes a change, the time to suit. He does not ask her to obey. He just requests her not to shoot. the startling claim that ten hours’ instruction is enough for the average youngster before he starts out alone “De only way to have friends,” said Uncle Eben, “is by bein’ one.” { Looking out north windows was a popular indoor sport in Washington last Sunday. Thousands of persons who ordinarily pay no particular attention to the pageant of the weather were lured by the elements to personal inspection of the great outdoors. To be on the inside, looking out was not that the greatest boon which life could confer upon one that day? as the way the average Wash an felt as he ro shrouded in sleet and 1z n. com bined with a few hailstones for good meastre. It had begun the evening ! a steady cold rain which combined particies. He had heard it beatin upon the roof, had snu led deeper under the covers, had tho it with a iteful heart that he would not to get up tomorrow until he anted to This applied, of course, to the rank and file of Government and business worke: for whom Sun is of wo ip, rest or automgbiling, cording to the individuak temper ment. re, * ok K % As he peered out the window, from the upper sashes of which depended large the houscholder that morning gave a thought to the hun dreds of men whose work and duty called them forth into exposure. Faithful milkmen only a few hour before had slipped and slid their w to doorsteps, depositing thereon, from their galvanized b arious bot tles of milk am. In the night he had heard them go by, and had thought, as he listened: “Gosh, who would want to be a milk man on a night like this? If T were that fellow 1 would take an examina tion for postn A Today, as he looked out at the in- clement weather, he began to see that there were compensations. There are always compensations. Here within, warm, he was fighting while there without, arrayed in an old sweater and heavy shoes, the honest milkman was troubled with no such complaint. Surely, thought the observer, all those whose duty forces them out into such sleet are large and hardy men who are well able to wrestle with the wind and the water. They are brave fellows, whose joy is to breast the gale, and to master it. He thought of telephone linesmen, trappers walking through the foresis of the North, men on the bridges of a thousand ships in a hundred seas, of all_thosé everywhere faithful to the call of their job. These men are not soft city dwellers, who look with doubtful eyes at a little sleet, but stern, tough fello inured to time and chance. Th strength, endurance, robustress, stur- diness, stoutness, vigor, toughness. They come and go as they please, and laugh in the growl of the storm. They toss their stout arms aloft to whatever calls are made upon their brawn. They wear thick woolens they know how to cope with the ele- ments. Our invisible hat goes off to them. Here, in the warm room, with the It will not surprise certain keen ob- servers at Washington if the next withdrawal from the Republican pres idential race is that of Frank O. Low- den. Selection of Kansas City as the convention city is considered the de- | velopment that will bring about the | Illinoisan's retirement. Those who look for Lowden’s abdication reason that it in Missouri that the Goldstein $2,500 delegate-bribe episode occurred on the eve of the 1920 G. O. P. convention. The former Illinois governor has never ceased to plead that he personally had no knowledge of the affair. But its nauseous odors blighted the cause which was the in- tended beneficiary. Such things stick in American politics. Some think the sending of the Republican conclave to Missouri was a deep-dyed piece of | anti-Lowden strategy, which is now about to fructify in his retirement. The immediate result would have to be a showing of Charles G. Dawes’ colors. With Lowden out the Vice President will have nowhere else to %o, on the basis of his public state- ments to date. * Kk kX Kansas City, on the face of thing: is about as neutral terr s the Republicans could pick for convention purposes. It's in the heart of the corn belt, which likes Daw It's in the southwestern Mi: sippi - Valley, which has made a hero of Hoover. It's part and parcel of the disaffected farm country, of which Lowden is the chief prophet. It's across the Mis- souri River from Kansas, which is for Curtis. And Missouri has no favorite son. The long and bitter battle in the national committee over the conven- tion city seemed to many members prophetic of the struggle which'll be waged for the presidential nomination in the “Gateway to the Southwest’” next June. * K Kk Roy 0. West of Chicago, of the Republican National tee, is one of the scholars in politics. The only piece of jewelry visible on him while he spent the whole of De- cember 7 calling the roll of States was the Phi Beta Kappa key dangling from his watch-chain. Though an Illi- noisan, West went to_college in Indi- ana and was graduated from De Pauw in 1890. He was a member of the first Phi Beta Kappa chapter ever es- tablished on Hoosier soil—Alpha. Last June West had the rare privilege of helping to initiate his own daughter, Helen Louise, into Alpha chapter on her own graduation from De Pauw, fifth in a class of 33). West grew up in politics with the late Fred Upham, heloved treasurer of the Republican national committee. * ok kX Senators-elect Smith of Tlinois and Vare of Pennsylvania may be kept ooling their heels outside of the Sen- ate throughout the entire session. In the case of Smith, the “Jim” Reed special investigation committee will look into his credentials at its sweet pleasure—which means any time be- tween now and the crack of doom In the case of Vare, “Cousin Dave’ Reed of Pennsylvania brought about the inclusion of a phrase that “Cousin Jim” is to function “within 60 days, if practicable.”” The slush-fund sleuth from Missourl will be the judge of the “practicability”” of early procedure. Since March 4, 1927, when they techn ly became membe of ti Senate, Messrs. Smith and Vare have enjoyed all the perquisites of the fin- est club in the world. They've drawn salary, used luxurious suites of offices. have been allowed clerk hire, and availed themselves of all the other rights of full-fledged solons. Now that the “gold-dust twins” have been de- nied an opportunity to qualify by tak- ing the oath of office, the question arises s to whether they may hence- forward exercise these privileges. * ok ok X Mrs. Cordell Hull, wife of the Repre- itative from Tennessee and former chairman of the Democratic national committee, was asked the other night at dinner whom her party is going to nominate for President in 1028, “The Democratic party in 1928,” Mrs. Hull replied, “is not going to nominate a man for the presidency. It's going to elect one.” * kR % In the press galleries of Congress this week several distinguished statesmen-scribes have taken their to find his | in radiator red hot, it is pleasant to look i WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. i !'school for THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. through the glass at the bitter cold. It is not so cold outdoors looks from here, The on the back porch, registering 28 de- grees, tells one as much. But how cold it appea Yonder roseush, which not a week go basked ber ringlile n, today subr from W Jack Fros Kk dreds of which he has the real leaves, Wihe later, he thermometer Lining es of ic fitfed to each still fresh and green. he garden over th i Lie to break off a stem, be dozen leaves, and then to pull them 1y, leaviug a perfect pattern in as if by unmelted by thing melts one into will ¢ shaped Wig v leaf , each tin it but ew secon however; the whol away drop by drop. How fortunate that the hushes are’of more solid they hold t storm, that h real rose- stuff, that iite the in this them. Wint t t es not often ki * ¥ X * The Icicles are perhaps the most interosting phenomena of the storm They are more than ‘“tagering ice formations, produced freezing of suceessive drops trick from the point of attachment,” as the diction- ary say! This is where the dictfor down. An icicle, on such is the sign of Wint f fate, pointing out is not Spring that seems ry falls ive ele- g down ng silver- e youthful are del har tinted beards structures. How young in the land is the ever- present garage! The garage is a mere infant-in- arms, when compared to the vener- able stable, the time-honored equine shelter, now disappearing along with the creatules it shelter: Stables, through man horse, took on some semblance of archifectural beauty, whereas the average garage is merely a station- box, set in the back yard in concrete, for the reception of the family vehicle. One may respect a garage, but who can love it? *x k X *x a good day, philosopher, to otherw love for the thinks the to stay in This 1s window-sill the house. It there is any reason for going out, well and good, but if no duty this is a day vinely made to order on which to enjoy the comfort of home. One turns from the cold pane, with pect of mingled water and ice, slect which resembles rain, rain which has half a mind to chans itself into pellets of hail—one turns from all this to the contemplation of warmth, and dryness, and the hap- piness which these qualities bring to mankind This was, after all, what a_house was built for—to protect one on such a day as thi So, house, do your stuff, reporters for their own g them were Josephus Daniels of North Carolina, editor of the Raleish News and Observer: Henry J. Allen of Kansas, editor of the Wichita Daily Beacon, and Gil- bert M. Hitche editor of the Omaha World-Herald. A member of the Senate who occasionally strolls into the press gallery is Arthur Cap- | per of Kansas, owner of a whole string of dail nd e ator Carter Glass of Virgini, titled o wander into “Jim” Preston’s | realm at any time, too, in his incar- editor of the Lynchburg House of Representativ. has a considerable hevy of jou members, among them thony of Kansas and Clyde Kelly of Pennsylvania. places as pape Amg as The publican, of Pennsylv; who break: all records by being investigated be- fore he's had a chance to warm hi: at, will be tried by a House com- ber. Representative Garrett, Demo- cratic minority leader, said he pi out “committee on elections to investigate the gent n declared not to be from Penn: a, because No. 2 is minus a Key “Rarely, indeed,” the Tennesseean told the Tlouse, “do we discover an important committee of this body without a Pennsylvanian on it.”” The committee Il X-ray Mr. Beck's residential qualifications Is headed by Representa- tive Vincent of Michigan, Republican. It consists of seven Republicans and three Democr: Vincent is a prose- cuting attorney by profession. * Kk ok By far the most impressive figure in the opening hours of the new Sen- rockett, nd reading clerk. or and than a lot of 'em. He Towa, having_ been lington by Senator Allison more than 25 years ago. Once upon a time he was an actor, Crock- ett’s sonorous voice and fine into tion infuse a note of the dramati into even so dreary proceedings as roll calls and reading of the President’s message. His presentation of the Norris resolutions _indicting _Smith and Vare was a particularly effective piece of declamation. (Copyright, 19 UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR Ten Years Ago Today tilks better s from to W 7.y Tt is disclosed that more than 1,000 candidates for aviation rankings have been sent overseas. ; after inspection trip to plants and fly- ing flelds, states that another 60 days will see men and materials being turned out * * “Gradu ation exerc large bayonet Americans near front are d by several gene staffs, The men, t itish instructors, give a demon: tion of energy, speed and accuracy | which American, now r dy to go over the top. German railways are congested by movement of troops and artillery from ! eastern to western front to strike new blow at British. Hindenburg joins Ludendorff in directing operations at Cambrai. * * ¢ Cologne Gazette declares President Wilson talks non- sense, but admits he has the American people hitched to his war wagon. Edi- tor says we fear Germany and only oppose autocracy when it threate=s our trade. . S Reciprocity. From the San Antonio Evening News. Hill County ranchmen complain that aerial hunters mistake sheep for deer. Well, at a certain distance a plane might resemblo a bird. - Political Persistency. From the Cleveland News. But what we can't see Is the use of it | wiy enameled hun- | one of | the | SPirt | the schoolboys and PHILOSOPHIES BY GLENN FRANK The god of the modern man is or- ganization. We are cltizens of an overorganized | civilization working In the dark. Wo need great leaders. We are content to breed great exec- atives. The American exaltation of the ex- cutive robs American civilization of |muchh great leadership that it might ave. Wo have a hebit ef prophets into o : We would insist run for office and that made secretary of a re turning our t. Francis vonarola be orm organiza Ve consistent under official duties. It is very hard for a President of o United States to be a political ader. is very hard for a bishop to be a ial leader v bury our leadership {in [ dent to be an education It is very hard for the great and prosperous newspaper or ine to be a great leader of pub- {lic thought. "The reason for this is obvious: The | executive of any great organization is |too busy to think and tvo entangled in institutional interests to be cou- ous. | Now and then great exceutives rat- tle the chains of their jobs and rise above the limitations in their daily duties, but they do it at a price. When we are a little older, as a clvilization, we shall learn that admin- istration is the “housework” of our Institutions, not the supreme task of teadership. it is, we draft our potential lead ership into executive tasks and chain 1t to desk duties. The result is that the leadership of our minds and our spirits too often falls into the hands of erratics we have not thought well enough of to elect to executive offices. The greatest educational leaders are { mot college presidents, The greatest spiritual leaders are not _bishops. The greatest political leaders are not officeholders. ;wo things we need to do: irst, we need to stop killing great leaders by chaining them to defkgjobm Snio?d.dwe [need to learn to respect great leadership without the regali of office. ® o e (Copsright, McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) Child Training Urged As One Way to Peace To the Editor of The Star: A resolution calling for treaties to outlaw war, as Introduced by Senator Capper last week, was picked up and exploited considerably by the news- papers, 5 Senator Capper's resolution is un- doubtedly worthy of some comment. It may prove to be one of many forces “the combined efforts of which will further the peace of the world. But can treaties outlaw war? On oc. casion treaties have been ‘“mere seraps of paper,” and rather than out- law war let us outlaw the causes of war. One of the first of these is mis- understanding often based on preju- dices formed in early youth. One force is at work and making a sincere attempt not only to prevent misunderstanding but to promote a better understanding between the United States of America and the Eritish Commonwealth of Nations. The Brooks - Bright Foundation, which makes its appeal to schoolboys and schoolgirls of these two nations before their minds become tainted with the prejudices of their elders, is apparently a force for the promotion of better international understanding. Thelr method is simple, direct and frank. Prizes are offered annually to schoolgirls ~ for v submitted on some topic of international interest. Study, re- h and interest in international s promote in the youth of today g generation, a better unde: standing of the relitions of the United States with other nations. WRIGHT FISHER. —— Cancer Cases Treated At Freedmen’s Hospital To the Editor of The Star: Tn reading the daily article entitled “The New Idea of Cancer,” appearing in your useful and educational paper I noticed that Freedmen's Hospital left out of the list where cancer s may be diagnosed and treated, Considering the large colored popula- tion here, I think it would be well to state, that Freedmen’s Hospital con- ducts a surgleal clinic daily except Sundays and Rolidays from 9 am. to 11 am. and a special surgical clinic on Mondays and Fridays from 11 a.m. to 12. At these clinics cancer cases may be diagnosed and special treat- ment arranged for. You will do our people much service by making these facts public. CHARLES A. ALLEN. P e the best es Church Property Tax May Set Precedent From the St. Paul Dispatch A decision of the Minnesota Su- preme Court declaring taxable a house and lot owned by the Congregational Church in St. Louis Park apparently will greatly restrict tax exemptions allowed on property owned by churches and educational institutions. The State constitution provides that “burying grounds, public scheolhouses, public hospitals, academies, colleges, universities, and all seminaries of learning, all churches, church prop- erty and houses of worship, institu- tions of purely public charity and public property used exclusively for any public purpose shall be exempt from taxation.” ‘The property in St. Louis Park had been used as a parsonage until 1920, The attempt to collect taxes dates from that time, when the church leased the property to a private ten- ant. In holding that this real estate, which was tax-exempt while used as a parscnage, is taxable when leased, the Supreme Court has made an im- portant interpretation of the term “church property” as used in the State constitution. Used, not ownership, becomes the criterion of taxability under the terms of this ruling. The constitutional pro- vision, the Supreme Court says, “has reference to the use of the property and its relation to the purposes and ivities of the church organization.” The decision specifically declares that the constitution does not exempt real property used by the church only as source of income. Moreover, the decision restricts the exemptions allowed educational insti- tutions to “property reasonably neces- sary for and primarily used and de- voted to the proper purpose of the in- stitution,” This means property lo- cated so as to be suitable for the insti- tution’s purposes, either at present or in _the near future. The decision may be expected to lead to re-examination of church and educational property hitherto tax- exempt in Minnesota. Its ultimate effect will be disclosed only by such an examination. But it may be expected to place much property on the tax rolls and to have an Influence on church and educational institutions” investments in the future if their property is not exempted from tax- ation in their charters, as in the case of Hamline University in St. Paul. e e Highway Side-Stepping Easy. From the Boston Herald. trying to get another statement from President Coolidge, unless it's more definite than the jast one. London is talking of side crease trousers. The vogue will be greater when men take to walking sidewise. hard for a college presi- | Q. When did Norma Talmadge marry Joseph Schenck?—R. B. N. A. Their marriage took place New York, October, 1917. Q. About how many references are found in the New York Times Index? —A. T. K. A. It contain: in more than 100.000 ferences vei giving a _daily synepsls of news reports—national, international, business and financial, drama, art, literary ar- , book reviews and obituaries. How much gasoline is consumed the United States annually?— E. K. In 1926 the domestic demand for soline reached 261,813,000 barrels. Q. What breed of chicken has the best flavor when cooked?—R. W. A. 1t is not possible to say definite- Iv what breed of chicken has the best flavor when cooked, as this depends o | entirely on how the chicken has been 1s been fed and the nees in which it is to the division of breeds are known Plymouth Rock, Wyandotte and bred, how it general clrcums raised. According breeds, the meat principally as the Rhode Tsland _Red, Jersey Black Giant. Q. What is the real setting of “The Gold Bug”?—T. L. D. A. Authorities generally agree that the action of the story occurs on Sul- livans Island. Here Poe remained an entire year. Q. How should “Cavallerla Rusti- 1" be pronounced” 7 A. It is pronounced reé-ah Roos-tih-kah-nah.” Q. What is the meaning of “Spu- mador,” the name of Prince Arthur's steed in “Faerie Queene" ?— Bz A. This is a Spanish word meaning ‘“the foames Q. What do the degrees M. C. E. and M. M. E. stand for?—J. T. A. M. C. E., master of civil engi- neering; M. M. E., master of mining engineering. Q. How many monuments are there in Waghington?—F. D. A. The number of the more im- portant monuments in the District of Columbia is about 50. Of these 17 are erected to military men. Q—What kind of a bath tub was used by President Lincoln in the White House?—J. S. O'H. A. The tub was a copper one. Q. Where is the Indian chief. Os- ceolo huried?—R. T. A. He lies buried at Fort Moultrie. Q. Are the Mississipp! floods re- sponsible for this year’s smaller cotton crop?—W. E. C. A. The Mississippi floods, together with acreage reduction and boll-weevil damage, are mainly responsible for the fact that this year's cotton crop is nearly one-third smaller than that of last year. Q. Is advertising taught in Euro- pean school: . J. A. London University and some high schools in Germany have for some time given lectures on adver- tising. Dr. Erwin Parieth of Austria has been studying the methods of schools in the United States prepara- tory to opening the Austrian Adver- tising Institute, which will have courses in the art and technique of advertising, history of advertising, the psychology of sale and methods of printing. Q. What percentage of the sick in Washington is in the hospitals?— P. D. A. Hospital cases include about one- tenth of the city's sick. Q. Under whom did Maud Powell, the violinist, study?—N. A. E. A. Miss Powell studied with Wil- liam Lewis four years, and then went abroad, a girl of 12, to study first with Schradieck and then with Dancla in Paris. Afterward Joachim heard her play in London and offered to take her into his classes without obliging her to go through any further preliminary studies. She returned to New York in 1884 and made her debut with the New York Philharmonic in the Bruch G minor Concerto. Miss Powell died in 1920, Q. What is dry ice’—F. R. C. A. The Bureau of Standards says that dry fce is solid compressed car- bon dioxide snow whose temperature is —114° F, It is considered a su- perior, though more expensive, re- frigerant than water ice, since it melts to a gas directly. Q. Has the United States as many Few American observers credit the Russian Soviet government with sin- cerity in jts complete disarmament gesture at Geneva, though some think the proposal to abolish all armed forces ultimately will have an effect on the thought of the world. “It is so beautiful a program that it is preposterous,” declares the Bir- mingham News. “It is o magnificent u gesture that it is incredibly funny. Here, at the very moment when east- ern Europe looks like nothing so much as a crater about to explode and shake the world, comes M. Litvinoff dream- ing about earth stripped of its guns and swords and cartridges; like a half-witted fellow reading the writing in the grass—yet speaking the speech of the Nazarene (if the Nazarine could be heard above the clamor of material bargaining), announcing a reign of peace in the world. ‘He is a dreamer—Ilet him pass!’ " Quoting statements that “the Litvi- noff proposal is utopian,” the St. Joseph News-Press holds that “it is more than that; it is foolish, for, of course, every nation must maintain enough of a military establishment for adequate policing. However,” con- tinues that paper, “if by contrast it make ridiculous the hairsplitting of the experts, it will not be entirely barren of results.” Also calling the proposal ridiculous, the Ann Arbor Times-News insists that “civilization must progress first to a stage which will remove hatred, natfonalistic or personal, from the human soul.” * K ok % The move of the Russians appeals to the Charleston Evening Post as a jest, and the Post foresees the sequel when “the confe get down to a real discussion of what may be done in the way of reducing arma- ments. And then, perhaps,” continues that paper, “the Russians will swing to the opposite side of the arc and announce their purpose to arm as treely and as heavily as they may wish to. ssia, innate liar and masque- rader, is making one of her grotesque gestures,” says the St. Louis Times, with the comment that “as a matter of fact, it is probale that, aside from a navy, Russia is better able to fight than any of her neighbors.” The Har- risburg Telegraph remarks that “as propagandists Moscow beats the world, but when that is sald all is said.” The Flint Daily Journal observes: “The humor of the situation—and even the insult which adds itself to injury—lies in the fact that this swashbuckling nation can clank into the assembly of the powers gathered in the ‘preparatory disarmament con- ference’ and actually propose disarm- ament without the least fear that it will be accepted.” “Their proposal,” says the Dayton Daily News, “advertises that Soviet 4 [ e e e e e e e ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. ships out of commission as there ap ships fn commission’—R. B. H. A. The United Btates fleet at t present time s in commission 3 ships of all classes, and more than ay equal number oit of commission Most of the latter, with the exceptiog of a large number of destroye thaf may later be used for replicerionty will not, tn all probability, be puf again Into active commission oxcept in the case of war. Q. How many ch there in this country?— A. There are probably chiropodists in the United S day. There are ahout 1,500 wh. arq members of the National Assaciation, which is composed of various Stapq societies. A number of States in 1y Union do not have chiropody laws ang for that reason there is no r tion. Therefore, the figure an estimate, but it is believed close to the actual number. Q. Was Patrick Henry Catholic?—F. P. W. A. He was a member of the C} of England. tras ) 1 to ba a R Q. What is communism?—F, A. Communism is a type of ist doctrine which, on the has the Marxian Communist Manife sires the socialist aim by me. dictatorship of the prolet The Communists believe, like the Socialists, in collective ownership of the meany of production and that the revolutio, ary working classes must seize power and set up a dictatorship of proletariat in preparation for cialist state. Q. How many people does th Theater,” New York, seat’—F. A. It seats 6,186 persons. the so. Q. When did the first railroad re; the Missouri River?—A. M A. The first railroad to reach the Missouri River was the Hannilal & St. Joseph, which reached it in Q. What amount of cotton goods is produced in this country?—2l. ¢, A. Over eight billion quare yards of cotton goods are manufactured ands used in this country annually. Q. When is the main building of the Department of Agriculture to be com. pleted”>—R. D. A. The two wings were built severg years ago, leaving a space betwey them for a large building which woup connect them. This is soon to { erected, the first contracts bein awarded this month. This unit wi]] be the first to be built, but t| g&ram for the Department of Acricy ture calls for the provision of add tional space, so that when completes, the department’s offices will be s housed in one of the largest office structures in the world. Q. How is the surname of Maria * Jeritza pronounced?—K. T. A. The proper pronunciation Yer'-itsah. Q. Ts Henry Bacon, who designed, ths Lincoln Memorial, living?—D. R. " A. This well known architect died February 16, 1924 Q. Why didn't George Washington and Patrick Henry sign the Declara- tion of Independence’—A. G. V. A. George Washington was with the Army and Patrick Henry was serving as Governor of Virginia at the time of the signing of the Dec- laration of Independence. They were not members . of the body which adopted the Declaration. This ac- counts for their not signing the docu- ment. Q. What was meant by a bidding » prayer?’—A. F. H. A. It was a form of exhortation, al- ways followed by the Lord’s Prayer, en- Jjoined by the fifty-fifth canon of the Anglican Church in 1603, to be used before all sermons and homilies. It was a prayer for the church, the sover- eign, various classes of people, and a thanksgiving for the faithful departed. In changed forms, it still survives in modern church services. Government statistics bring out fact that the uneducated man has only 1 chance in 800 to attain distinction There is no reason why any one shouldy live under such @& handicap in these days of free schools and free informae tion. This paper supports in Washing- ton, D. C., the largest free information bureau in_existence. It will procurc for you the answer to any question you may ask. Avail youself of its facilities for your self-improvement. In- ¥ close a 2-cent stamp for return post- age. Address The Evening Star In- formation Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washington, D. C. 1s Purpose of Russian Gesture Discussed by American Press Russla is now at Geneva, from which hitherto it has been barred. That was what Russia meant its proposal should | do.” The Seattle Daily Times agrees that “the Soviets are insincere In their proposal to abolish the means of making war”; that “they purposely made their plan so radical that other nations could not consider it.” The South Bend Tribune also believes that the Soviet leaders do not want dis- armament” and that “if their pro posal had been accepted they would have been the first to renege.” To the Wichita. Beacon “It sounds like a cynk:gl gesture” but ‘may be sin- cere.” The Oakland Tribune believes it was “timed shrewdly to confusc the other powers,” & * ok ko ewing the action in a more favor able light, the Topeka Daily Capital- admits that “possibly the Russians had nothing more in mind than to piay to the popular sentiment wh exists throughout Europe for a eral throwing down of arms; su sentiment is a reality, though ns not an organized force.” The ook lyn Dally Eagle is convinced that * provoking“comment and discussion has ‘probably accomplished the on! immediate purpose which the Ru had in mind,” but it observes that ‘\)\;)el;l!d seem that the Geneva meetin: a new 12 'S Pl wr;:- m.mry."ch':pter in Russia’s post Zmphasis upon two points made b ghe Russians is placed by the De: Moines Register with the statement First there is the reference to wi' gullt investigations and war guilt d* bate. The searches are made, th Russians remark bitingly, not to ¢ cover causes but to find There is a vast deal of truth in th 5 The other point is the cate gorical assertion on behalf of a vas nation that the finevitable effect Of military forces, with their piling up of armaments, is not to insure against war but to make war inevitable. Tha! has been said before, but never more clearly and never, so far as recollec tion goes, with such absolute abser of qualification in an official arst ment by a great power. Even though made by three-quarters.ostracised Rus- sla, il:‘att [tatement is not going to be o . ‘en;%momy nds of this and coming .'The proposal ought to make the other nations reauzegth:t‘unl"e‘ss some- thing to promote peace is done at_Ge- ne h:m;i wmil;e shamed by Rug ® opinion of the Jackso Citizen Patriot. The Richmond News- Leader views the proposal as ‘not.| sedrlnul In the sense that the Soviet: advocate expected the adoption of his Proposal, but intended to be a call # © enemies of strife everywhere, paf ticularly to those millions of Eur® peans _whu are canpon fodder for pol ticians’ ‘war,’ - S ’