Evening Star Newspaper, December 23, 1927, Page 8

8 = THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 0., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23. 192 e THE. VIS SPAR. WASEINGTON. DO, FREDAY. DRCEUMBSR o MR ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY......December 23, 1027 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor ‘The Evening Star Newspaper Company 11th St. and Pennsyl: New York Office: 110 Es Chicagg Office” Tower European Office: 14 t Enciar The Evening Star with the Sundav marn Ing edition ta delivered by carrers within he ity At 80 cents per month: daily only. 45 conts per month: Nundavs «nly. 20 cenis r month, Orders may he sent by mail or elephone Main 5000, Coietion s made by carrier at end of each manth. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Dailv and Sunday....]1 vr. Daily oniv Suadav onl All Other States and Canada. Daiy » dav. ] vr. $1200: 1 mo. Daily onir . 1 vrI 48001 ma. sundav onlv. Tvrl $400°1 mol Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press 18 exclusively entitled 10 the nse for renublication of Ratcbes credited to it or not ot ited in this pa Let There Be No Delay! As a consequence of the farflung publicity given to the Los Angeles | atrocity the murderer of little Marion | Parker has been captured in flight. After several days of search he w taken in Oregon while trying to | escape, having teen trailed in that, direction through his use of one of | the bills received by him from the father of the slain child. His cap- ture is hailed by millions of people 8¢ the incorporation called “‘universi 'hnnd of death, and that perhaps those Wwho were revived were too weak, too stunned or too sick to make their recovery known to those on the sur- face the sea. Reports vary as to the length of time it will take to raise the subma- vine from its ocean bed. With the weather favorable to salvaging opera- tions, it has been estimated that a week will suffice. However, if there continues to be no sign of life, a week wonld be too long, bhecause no food could reach the men to along those who might have revived. Air should be pumped in until the last vestige of hope has =one. Thix will be done and no ef. fort will be spared. It pititul nurse been ix a at Christmas time, S — Closing Diploma Mills. The bill introduced by Representa tive Gibson of Vermont to regulate of degrec-granting institutions of learning in the I ict should be catalogued as legislation of major importance to Washington. The bill has been approved hy the Board of Trade and the Chamber of Commerce, 1t is aimed at ridding the Capital of a mushroom growth of so. ies,” which have capi- | talized for commercial purposes the desire of those who, though unable to meet legitimate educational require. ments, believe themselves bhenefited by diplomas which carry “degree: some of them conferring titles only to be classed as ludicrous. An investiga. tion by The Star some time ago ex- posed the existence of many of these imiversi and the shaliow dation upon which they are built, Sub- foun- throughout the countr as giving Promise of swift ice in punish. | ment for one of the most abominable erimes ever committed Immediately after being taken Hick- man confessed to participation in the kidnaping of the little girl, but claimed | that he had had no part in her murder. | He averred that a partner, whom he | identifies only vaguely and of whom there is no present trace, actually [0t only cheapens the meaning of edu- |ly protracted, as in the case of the did the killing. This is regarded with the utmost doubt by the police of Los Angeles, but a search is nevertheless being made for such another man and for a woman also mentioned as sharing in the conmspiracy. It is of little moment, as regards the | fate of the fugitive who has just been | caught, whether or not he had an ac- | complice in the crime. Under the law of California any person who partics| ipates in a crime in which life is taken is guilty of murder, the penalty for which is death by hanging. Ac- | sequent investigation by the United States attorney's office has indicated | fraudulent intent on the part of the founders of some of the institutions, Who have done a land office business not only in the granting of degrees, but in the incorporatlon, under the laws of the District, of so-called uni-. versities which operate in other States. The existence of such diploma mills cation, but lessens the dignity and sig nificance of bona-fide degrees, Mr. Gibson's bill proposes that the licensing power for institutions of learning be placed in the hands of the Board of Education. The proposal is based on the fact that It will not in- volve the Federal Government in fur- ther regulatory measures, that it makes use of an existing agency and that the legitimate universities in Washington operating under charter from Congress will not be affected one way or the other. Objection to giving tragedy that has come to the N-‘!(ion' cording to the exculpatory confession | this licensing power to the Board of already made, Hickman, though he | Education Is based on the contention Pprofesses to have been shocked by the | that its jurisdiction in Washington, killing of the child, went through with 1 now limited to the public school sys- the ransom collection. That phcn{"“‘- should not be extended, nor is him in the accessory class and renders | the board constituted to pass upon the him subject to the extreme sentence of death. It is a striking commentary upon the present state of judicial procedure | in this country that a general appre- | hension is felt lest this fiend in human | form may escape the penalty which he justly deserves and which, for the | sake of society’s protection, should be | ewittly imposed and executed. Fear 13 felt that the plea of insanity may be made, to lessen the penalty, per- haps to secure acquittal. Before the | man was caught mention was made of a background of mental unbalance in his case. ‘While there have been abominable | erimes heretofore in which the in- sanity plea has been invoked to spare the life, and even‘to obtain the free- | dom, of the criminals—one has very | recently occurred in Cincinnati—this ©case presents such an aspect of horror | that if the plea of mental irresponsi- | bility is entertained there will surely be a widespread and violent revulsion of feeling against this defense, with ' a peremptory demand for the amend ; ment of the laws in the States to pre- | went such miscarriages of justice. Unmistakably the trend toward | greater mercy In the punishment of | erime has carried to a dangerous ex- treme. The repeated presentation of | testimony by allenists—they are now | atyled peychiatrists—in behalf of per. | wons accured of atrocities has brought | the country to a realization of the | danger that the law against murder | i being nullified. | This apprehension may be unwar rented in the present case. The| Pprocesses of justice may be swift and | certain, with no consideration given to the plea of irmesponsibiity, It assured. | 1y ehould be, else the feeling will pre. | vail throughout the couniry that the | time has come to halt by universal | law emendment the tendency toward | eondonement of crime on psychologl- | cal grounds. | ———— Mexico, like the rest of the world, | would evidently prefer 10 pause and | talik sviation instesd of politics. | feet of water off Provincetown, Mass | | i high hopes were held out that in some miraeulous manner the men could bhe brought the wurface b thelr oxygen supply gave out. W £nd wing delsyed operstions @ heioi ellemnpt wes mede in! the cramped torpedn compartment of The host fresh nir from Aiver Lot his Dfe in this work, snd too late was 9 Aiscovered thst it wes poesible oxygen 1o \he entombed men means of the sounding valve letore the sir was finally pumped in the last feebie taps from 1he fnside of ihe hull hed been heard thome working 6t the mene are sure that 1he Ife giving few Wo lote 10wk the " While the Nuvy Depsrtment vrdered coswation of ® 81 the mcene of the tragedy ouvinced thet there in To the layr perbape with the dificulties atter of I ey seen 100 early 10 give e have reached vie or moie of the e 0 e wen storm 1o sustain Iife by pumping the surface. One almost by oy but Grygen wam houre 1% u hisn non operatione work wre no life whoard 1o npon hiar it rescue work e eha up ey figure that (he oxygen o 0 tinie 10 bold off the wlowly gripping batiles “w””i more prizes, salied yo father was,” standards for schools of higher learn. ing. Whether the Board of Education is given this licensing power, or whether a body comparable to the New York Board of Regents is created for the purpose, does not make a great deal of difference. The important thing is to end the existing condition by re- quiring that universities or schools which grant degrees demand of their graduates a reasonable amount of preparation. To illustrate the ridicu- lous situation today, it may be recalled that a few Star reporters, studiously complying with the law, some time ago incorporated themselves asa “unl. versity” and proceeded at once to grant the degree of doctor of astron. omy 1o one of the messenger hoys in the news department. Immediately thereafter the university came to an end. but the doctor of astronomy, who now rushes hither and yon with “copy,” is legally entitled, under the laws of the District, to his degree and his title. This one case furnishes suf- ficient argument in favor of the pas. #age of the Gibson bill at this session of Congress. ——————— Justice Hoehling's Resignation. Keen disappointment is felt through. out the District at the resignation of Aswociate Justice Adolph A. Hoehling, Jr.. who has arked to be relleved from his ofcial duties at the end of the present month in order that he may resume the practice of law. During his seven years of mervice on bench Justice Hochling has proved himself eminently qualified for that responsibile post, having participated In numerous trials of importance and demonstrated marked ability as jurist. He has been an element of stiength on the District bench and his replace. ment by & man of equal competence and eapacity will he difficult. How- ever, thers will he a sympathetic understanding of Justice Hoehling's action, ‘he compensation of o Jurist 18 inadequate, and 1t Ix not 4 matier of wonder that one who is still in the | prime of 1ife should wish e s - —— | Until Hope Is Gone. | An entire Nation sorrows ae the gallant Navy officers snd men at the | scene of the submarine K4 wsinking| reluctantly sbandon hope for the res cue alive of the men who were caught | in the under-water tomb. When life wae discovered on the submarine after whie had sunk in more than s hundred to devote himself to the more lucrative practice of his professton. Justice Hoehling il retire from the bench with the high esteem and the best wishes of Washington and with its gratitude for the valunble service which he hus rendered. The decorations .- Talian government il not bestows than the w0 mlgnificant thority o black shirt” bt P with .- Preserve 0ld Ironsid for soclation Tin Washington remuine the of alresdy peaple who the fund the U, B frigate Con 1o ke 0 Christmis dons They purchissing a picture of tie gnllint old ®hip which stands hefore the ntrbuted 1o Ol Lronsides 1o preserve stion Hon 1o Vil caise nodo wn by Amerl can people as & symbol of s early | naval prowess and glory. Coples of o Lusinting of the frigate Lnve been pared under e divectio Depaitment Navy tor Up 16 dan WUt $474.000 hus been recelved | ing $200,000 g e and placed o wsale [twenty five conts aplece leay Al Xt ely yet of (e vided before cont restori on s et of hils icuns e w willlon coples of the palnting. Werh s bt by a #hare of Uie repoduetions, b be glven ngton can do baying perbips as Chalstmss presents and venii No better “Christings card 14 b bestowed upon a filend i | thie represe tatinn of the wlip it in the words of one historian “won maos the | more miles, trained more Navy officers and men, received less injury and sus- tained fewer losses than any other ship in the world.” Every school child is familiar with the name of “Old Ironsides” and has read the story of her services to the American republic. In yesterday's Star was printed an essay by a young Washingtonian who was awarded a prize for his contribution entitled “Why Will the Preservation of the U. 8. S. Constitution Promote Pa- triotism 2" Readers of that composition should feel the thrill of pride in young [ America as well as for the old frigate that typifies the splendid spirit of the early days of republic making and maintenance. It may not he styled the duty of the present generation to furnish the | funds necessary to preserve the Con- stitution. But it is a privilege which all should ch h. ————— | Make the Park Tenure Brief! Decision having been reached, with {the approval of all authorities, to lo- cate the farmers’ market temporarily on the north side of the Mall between Seventh and Ninth streets, it will now be necessary (o secure from Congress an appropriation for the erection of |the temporary sheds in that space pending the establishment of the mar- ket in a permanent site to be hereafter provided. The Commissioners have in- dicated their preference for a site in the Southwest section in close rela- tionship to rafl and water transporta- tion. It is expected that the temporary occupancy of the Mall will continue for two or three years, and that mean- | while the whole market problem wil! be solved by a definite enactment with appropriations for permanent con struetion. It cannot be too strongly urzed that |the permanent establishment be pro- | vided for speedily so that the tenancy of the farmers’ market in the Mall will | ba definitely limited to briet tenure. For there is always a fear that a “temporary” use of a park space to meet an emergency may be indefinite- | shacks and concrete buildings erected in the Mall and Potomac Park during the war and the hotels built on newly | acquired Government reservations be- tween the Capitol and the Union Sta. tion, all of which are still standing. This apprehension is justified in the | present case by the fact that the site | chosen in the Mall for this tempor: construction is not in line of any now contemplated public building opera- tion. There is no project in hand or in view that will, as in the case of the Internal Revenue Building, wnichl ousts the farmers’ market from its present site, require an early cleac- ance of the Mall space that is to be | given up to sheds and shelters for the | vending of food supplies. It is, of course, understood that there is every disposition at present %0 | make specific provision for a per- manent establishment elsewhere than in the Mall for this institution, and it is hoped that it will be manifested by early action. The bill to provide the funds for the temporary construction may be utilized as the vehicle for as- suring the selection of a permanent i!l(. within a year. Such a provision, | coupled with the authorization for & Mall site to meet the emergency,| would be a welcome guarantee against procrastinatiof. rammene “War bonnets” have been liberally presented by the Indians, but so far as President Coolidge is concerned, they do not mean a thing. —— e e, A crime wave calls on the psycho- analysts to provide a method of es- | tablishing the moron championship. s SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON, Christmas Eve. On Christmas eve whers shall we find The moment gay That bids us leave that hour behind Of work-a-day? Just yonder is a chimney glow, Where sparks so bright Rise like swift thoughts of long ago Into the night. So, for a little while, let's dream, Alone at last, About the Futu And of the Past— hopeful gleam Nor join the throng In song or ahout, | ‘Mongst dancing elves, Instend, we'll shut the whole world | ont, And Be Ou Unreliable Recipiency. “Would you use money in an elec | tion No," answered Senator Sorghum ‘I whouldn't hegrudge the money. But you can’t trust the people who would | he willing to take it.” selves, Living Christmas Trees. Christmus Tree, you are my friend I do not wish to wee you end Robbed of your decorations gay And 10 the waste plle hauled away. Goud ood Chrlstmes Tree, 1 hope you'll be Bl growing, where we all may seo A forest vise, from year to year, Commemorating honest cheer Jud Tunkine says a mince ple 1 e the specch of an orator who puts in a Bittle of everything in an appenl to old e taste Archeology. ou linve o wonderful mint patch * Help yourself,” answered Uncle 11l Bottletop, I makes me think of the Alscoveries in an anclent tomb, beautl ful hut useless sald 11 “wenrlen a ness to un He who tells his sorrows,’ Mo, the sage of Ching friend and reveals hils w enemy.” own e (o Type, We hear about divorces swift And triul murciages that Jin The nuptial burdens ol uway And yet the nelghbors gladly say Tt Jamew and Jennie will be wed And only ask (hat life shall shed, Mid galotien that often cloy [ old fuwhioned love and Juy el wald Uncla Khen wodat mehbe you 18 siela plain “Mp kool Ty 1wl b8 W’ of a comtort 1o yoh folks dan g THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. The pipe furnishes the best and most picturesque form of tobacao con sumption, utterly surpassing either cigar or cigarette, in the opinfon of the pipe enthusiast. To support his belief, he points to the fact that pipe smoking allows one to use an implement in which nothing but the tobacco itself is burned. The cigarette requires the burning of its paper, the cigar the firing of the outer wrapper, which may or may not be a thing of joy. The pipe alone offers the smoker a cleanly utensil in which whatever virtue good tobacco has comes into its own. Whether it has any virtue or not must be left to the collective judg- ment of mankind.. As to the matter of picturesqueness, the pipe smoker feels that the geo geous bands upon ciga and even initlals upon cigarettes, cannot in any sense equal the esthegic value of a good pipe. Cigarette and cigar holders, at the best, are rank imitations, utilitarian devices that spoil the best part of either cigar or cigarctte—the natural taste of the tobacco in the mouth. In this feature, and in this one only, he holds, are cigarettes and cigars to be commended. They allow the sweet taste of the tobacco to be felt on the tongue, whereas the pipe does not permit this, its tobacco being stowed away safely some 5 or 6 inches from the smoker's mouth. “hewing, now happily gone out of general style, permitted the consumer to get the maximum of tobacco taste out of the weed. One will find a man, now and then, who still takes his ‘chaw” for this purpose. * % % o The trouble with the average pipe one meets in the mouth of mankind is that it is not clean, Cleanliness is & great viriue pipes. pe s really kept it will have no particula able odor. If a good tobacco is smoked—and there are many such on the market, both at reasonable and unreasonable prices—no “vile tobacco smell” will ba left in a home. Scenting up of “lace curtains” used to be the standard crime charged against the smoker and his pipe. Good housewives insisted that the family pipe be smoked in the woodshed. There is, of course, something to be <aid for outdoor smoking In any ot its forms. The man who mostly smokes in the open air may smoke a stronger tobacco with less chance of injurious effect. The sedentary desk worker ma well _choose a milder tobacco, ever thing else being equal. The trouble is that most pipe smokers prefer to smoke indoors. There is= something about a pipe that particularly fits it for indoor smoking. The cigarette and cigar invariably leave a rank after odor. a veritahle stink. to phrase it frank! Nothing is more offensive, even to a smoker, than a *“dead" ecigar butt, whila a cigarette in the same state is almost as bad, A clean pipe, on the other hand, in n rly objection- even when the tobacco i allowed to| go out, has very MHttle smell to it. Tobacco smoke, if coming from a clean pipe, does not leave an ohjec: tionable scent in the air, but only a pleasant odor, possessing none of the acridity of cigar or cigarett It any one reading here. particu- larly a womun, doubts this, let him or her request the so-called “head of the ha to clean his pipe regularly. From an extensive observation of pipe smokers, we feel called upon to declare in all candor that the aver- nge smoker is as afraid to clean his pipe as little Johnny is to wash his cars Hence the land is filled with pipes that smell to high heaven, when with a little forethought and determination the pipe smokers of the Nation might casily demonstrate the violethke qual- ities of their favorite smoke. Some smokers seem to feel quite righteous 1f they clean their pipes once a week or every two weeks. Many go for a month or-more without applying the touch of cleaner. Cold reasoning. combined with a bit of observation, will demonstrate that | every pipe ought to be cleaned thor- |oughly at least twice a week, if not every other day. This may seem like overdoing it to him who has not bothered much with cleaning as a fine art, but a little ex- ience, we are convinced, will show the wisdom of the procedure. * K K K The properly cleaned pipe may be maintained in an odor-free state at all times, at once a joy to the smoker and to his spouse. Pipe cleaning wires covered with cotton are cheap, and several, not just one, should be used at each cleaning. Perhaps this is where many smokers err, even those who are sold on the sity for more cleanliness than the age smoker gives the pipe. Never less than tw nd often three four cleaners, or even more, are necy at every cleaning. The | wooden part of the stem should be | first cleaned. then the stem itself, and | lastly the inner tube, if the pipe has one. . | This ultra eare f& necessary in order | to remove from the implement the last trace of tobacco products result- ing from combustion. On vhen this i done does th pipe merit the position which we give it. that of superior, in many respects, to_either cigar or cigarette. Enthusiastic smokers of the cigar or its brother, the cigarette, may well “Why, the very quality which you claim for the pipe is possessed in greater abundance by the other two, Either is all fresh tobacco burning away: neither has an extraneous de. vice to gather and store up dead to- or This much can be granted, with one ion, that the after odor of a cigarette, left in a house, ix unpleas- ant, even to the smoker. and the after odor of a cigar is likewise unpleasant, especially to those who do not smoke. The claim we put forth for the pipe i= that, kept properly clean, the after { odor is distinctly aromatic and pleas- ant. A help to such cleanliness is to knock the tobacco out upon finishing the pipeful. This should be followed by the application of a twisted piece of paper, a_modified “splll.” such as was formerly used to light pipe or (cigar, to the interior of the bowl This will take up moat if not aill of the oil of tobacco distilled during the «moking process and tend to keep the bowl clean at all times. It is the dirty pipe that has brought pipa smoking into disrepute in some quarters. A clean pipe is another thing entirely, WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Christmas is the season of the year which causes many vernment offi- cers and members of Congress to wish the National Capital were more centraliy located. As it I, only those whose homes are along the Atlantic seaboard or within a night's railroad journey of the District of Columbia make a habit of spending the holiday recess in native haunts. Vice Presi- dent Dawes, a Chicagoan, is one of the few who go #o far afield to light their Christmas trees. In the good old days of passes, statesmen thought nothing of crossing the continent at holiday time, but with such per: quisites abolished and congressional mileage unavailable for joyrides, only the plutocrats of Federal life [ can afford the luxury of trips back home, Ten members of the Senate are on a Christmas mission of sor- row—the delegation appointed attend the funeral of the lata Senator Andrieus A. Jones of New Mexico, at Las Vegas. L B Rernard M, Baruch of New York, who was chalrman of the War dustries Board, has just delivered hix wemi-annual address on industrial preparedness at the Army War Col lege in Washington. The questions fired ut Baruch after his set speech always give him an opportunity to tell a favorite story. When some oMcer puts a poser on A subject no nkin to that which he's discussing, Baruch says: “That reminds me of {he old lady who went into a bird store 1o usk what she ought to give her slek canary. ed It female worms,' the storekeeper replied. ‘How can 1 tell the difference between male and femala worms? she rejolned. ‘Madame, this s & bird stor the merchant. ‘You'll have to go to a worm store to find that out.’ " oo Cltizens of Washingto natlonal representation for the vote: less District of Columbia refoice in the nccension to their ranks of Mix. Charles 1. McNury, wife of the senior Senator from Oregon. Mra. MeNary's interest in the de-Americanized plight of Washington springs partially from the fact that she ix w native duughter of the District. She was born here, when her father, Capt. Morton, was in the War Department and a men 1 ataff of Licut, Ger on A. Miles. Mrs. MeNary, a p ular figure in congressionnl life, hus volunteered for uctive service in the campalgn to “Americanize the Wash ngtontun” and when hearings bexin on Capitol 1ill whe will be on the firlng line. Interested in CEU ] Etiquatte fs pun at the White House, but o cog wans slipped at the 1 diplomatic re ception, with a consequent moment of embarrassinent for a certaln forelgn embissy official. He happens to be one of the oldest in Washington, in point af wervice, having heen stationed heve wince 1915, Few members of the dip tie corps ave better known in inkton than he and his wife ar: Yet, un they pissed down the veceiy 10 e (o shuke hands with the Preal dent - Mis, Coolldge, the oMcinl Announcer usly introduced them nn e Al of Avgentina and Benora Pueyriedon! The couple in entton hall from & countey ahout L000 milew from Buenos Alves, 1t i not of record whether the faux pas wan corvected, or not. IR Vincent Mawsey, the Canadian Min Istor to the United Htates, would scvap tha havknoyed “hands across the sea’” wlogan of Hitsl-American triendship and substitute for 10 minds acvoss the e Doming oy uprang his igention at u rvecent dinner of the nghaly speaking Unton in New Yo Ho saddi "I dn hard to know whit A acrows the wes' meann 1t 1 w alliunces, or tangihle ks of any kind, et us beware of It Mateyial honda may tend o divide, Bpivitual tew can only unite I oot 1o watd it e Indispens e e vequinite of A Lanting o " on of (s International mind s s hencetorwaid ol Woiosh the sem' * Mously obnerved s o In.| When hearings on Interior Depart- ment appropriations are in progress before Senator Warren' committes some fireworks are expected. A mem. |ber of the subcommittee on Interior Department funds is Senator Tasker L. Oddie, Republican, of Nevada. One of Oddie’s pet aversions is Dr. Hubert Work, Secretary of the Interior, whose irrigation, reclamation and mining policiex {n the past have incurred the enthusiastic disapproval of the Neva- dan. Secretary Work, as usual, will go before the committee to defend his budget. Oddie will have a chance to heckla him. They’re betting on Capi- (ol Hill that there'll ba a certain live. liness when Greek meets Greek. L B Women's influence {s constantly on the increase in Washington, both within and outside the “soclal fobby." The woman accounted as potent n factor in molding Capital opinion as any member of her sex is neither in politics nor is she a soclety hostess She is Miss Janet Richards, who holds | forth from week to week on foreigr and domestic affairs before a huge “class” of women recruited from the highest circles of official life, Wives and daughters of Supreme Court ju: tices, senators, representatives, cab- inet members and other Federal per- nre Miss Richards' taithful pupils, They go home londed with the news and views with which she in- spires them, and assiduously pass m on to less wellinformed male mbers of thelr houscholds. Miss ards tours Europe annually, hob- nobs with poets, politicians and proph- ets, and comes home with frst-hand informatlon on the undercurrents of Old World affalrs. v Hlibrium® is being suggested as t and snuppy slogun for the itie party 1928 Somehody has dug it up from Jefferson’s writ- ingx, where it s used frequently to denote the {dea that popular govern. ment should hold the scales of justice impartially as between all classes. The Republicans used something of the sort in 1 they plastered hoardings of the country with: v more wiggling and wobhhling— vote for Harding and Coolidge." (Covyright 1 UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR Ten Years Ago Today. French military expsrt belleves German headquarters staff will at. tempt simultaneous offensives in sev- eral places, notably in the divection of Nuncy, Calals, Verdun and Rheims, Naya Germany can withdraw 600,000 wen from Its enstern front and estl wates present Gevmman strength in West oot LANDOOD men. ¢ ¢ e miral Flake has a plan German fleet and naval bases. e belioves the nllies can accomplish such w feat with alrcraft and bomba With a minimum expenditure of money, tine and human life, & & ¢ Hecret service agencles will round up splen and enemy ugents which make possible Intercommunication between them and the central powers. & ¢ Germany. Austeia Hungury, Hulgavia, wrkey und Russie meot at Hyest: Litovak, Russia, allk peave, Ralaor anys he plans to attend later and call vulers of Burope to a peace meoting. * ¢ ¢ London foregoes Yuletlde teasts. Few Chw many soldiors and smaller orowds e i the etu * % ¢ Ltallanm ui prepnied for unprecedented efforts b the Aunteians to hreak into the plaine to cdcaps spending the Winter i the Aps. Tha Italian troops ave thors whiy rearganteed und veequipped wd ae tall ot conildence i o -ome A Good Rule, From the Chattanos Havialon af a ehill i in admt W anit e b vead s should be seen to deat [ iHistoric Precedent for “I Do Not Choose.” To the Editor of The Star: In an article in the Saturday Eve. ning Post of December 5, 1927, Samuel G. Blythe, writing ‘about President Coolidge's statement at Rapid Cit 3. Dak., wherein he “spilled the bean: by announcing in good old English “I do not choose to run,” gives Mr. Cool- idge the credit of adding the phrase “I do not choose” “to our national linguistic scheme,” ete., “not having previously contributed to the vernacu- lar after the manner of his predeces. sors as President.” Having just finished reading an old book entitled “Recollections and Pri- vate Memoirs of Washington,” by G. W. Parke Custis of Arlington, printed by William H. Moore of this city in 1859, 1 recalled the use of the phrase “I do not choose to” by our greatest of all Americans. Gen. George Wash- ington. On pnge 85 appears, under the title ““The Revolutionary Lettes letter from Gen. Washington to “John Parke Custix, esq., New Kent County, Va.," from which T quote as follows: amp Near White Plains, “1778. “Dear Custis: T thank you for your cordial and affectionate congratula- tions upon our late success at Mon- mouth and the arrival of the French fleet at the Hook. The first, I think, might have heen a glorious day if matters had hegun well in the morn- ing, but as the court-martfal, which has been sitting upward of a month for the trial of Gen. Lee, is not yet over, I do not chooke to say anything further on the subject further than that there evidently appeared a cap- ital blunder or something else some- where. The truth, it is to be hoped, will come out after so long an investi- gation of it,” etc., ete. Our first and present President both of English stock, appear merely to have made use of an ordinary ex- pression common in all parts of the country, but raised quite out of thh | ordinary by newspaper writers just as was the word 7 when Mr. Roosevelt brought this common word into prominence hy his use of it. Some think that Mr. Coolidge sim- ply needs a little urging to make him chaose to run. which reminds me of what my father used to say,+'De- liver me from one of these no-occasion kind of fellows! It was the custom In Virginia always to invite a caller to “light and have a bite" at meal- times. The reply was often “Thank vou, but T have no ocecasion.” Then the host would urge and the no.occa- sion party would relent and clean up the table. Suppose Mr. Coolidge rhould relent. | What then? In conclusion let me recommend the above-named lJittle book to_all who | are interested in the real Washing- ton, for it will surely counteract an: thing with which the present-day gar- | bage mongers are endeavering to cor- | rupt the minds of the present genera- tion and destioy their high ideals, GEO. H. EVANS. e e 40-Year Work Age 1 Limit Plan Assailed | To the Editor of The Star: | Regarding the minimum work age | limit of 40 years, which s debarring | thousands of workers from getting | work: i Isn't it (00 bad that the good things | in life which were intended for our | welfare should so often have a “fly in the ointment™” attached to them? For | instance, take the workmen's compen- | sation law, made to protect one if | he become injured while working, but which law “now indirectly works | against a man if he happens to be 40 vears old or over when applying for work. How is this? | As the law becomes stronger, em. | ployers for their own protection are | now making it impossible for a man | or woman to secure work, unless they are youngsters. . (I know the game, | having been an industrial physician, | Also a personnel director). For phys- | ical reasons only. This 1s a medical problem, but as | physicians have to eat to live and | have families to support. also bills to | pay like other human beings, how can | they afford to keep working people well fcr nothing, so that they may always be physically fit at all ages> Sicknesa is becoming such a finan. cial disaster to thousands and thou- sands of peopla of moderate means that it now takes years for them to recover themselves, if ever. 1 know T am revolutionary in my ideas, but there really is only one so. lution to this serfous problem: State medicine. Inmates of insane hospitals, inmates of feebla-minded schools, have vearly phyaical examinations, which is the secret of their long lives, thess peo ple often outliving their immediate relatives. If the States can give these unfortu- nates such splendid frea medical at. tention. why not give this same free medical care to normal people who really cannot afford the actual rising cost of sclentific examinations? | A newspaper writer warns us that A “serious industrinl and soclological crisis is threatened when a whole Na. tion can be junked on account of their age. The whole worll has gone erazy over the fdea that “vouth must be served alone,” but concentration on vouth alone is a serious mistake, for It will surely sweep the world toward A cataclysm, as every man no longer young desires to live long and doex not care to be sick and thrown on the dump hean ALICE 8 CUTI M ————— Urges Sanitation As Government Duty To the Editor of The Star: A il has been introduced in Con. 8 to provide for a department of education. This {s well, but could not this new department cover sanita-’ tlon as well> The two interests of health and learning closely allied and could well be combined under one secretary in the cabinet. It has heen | suggosted that hoth be covered wnder | the general title of “Department of | D. ublic. Welfare,” but 1t would sound | more business-like to call it the “De- | pavtment of Health and Education™ | If, as likely, the mrowing needs of the people In those lines should xo warrant. a separite department w be provided for each tn time. as was done in the case of Commerce and Labor, which at firat came under one | portfollo. | The time ts cortalnly ripe for the | coordination of these very Important | Interests under cabinet supervision. 1t I8 possible that changes ave needed in the school and college courses in order (0 enable students hetter to copa with the — vapidly changing — conditions hrought about by sclontile discoveries And the tastes of the people. So many | new fdeas are placed hefore vouny }ufllpl. that some regard must be had or the time necessary to digest them Al 1t has boen suggested that alee. bra should ot be forced upon tha Werage student, especially givla, who seldom have any need for it And 1C seema that steps must he taken to differentinte between (he greatly differing capacities of fndt Vidual students who should not e od 1o Keap pace with the dull and diferent or b offered the same course of studles with the averase lumn- These wnd many other b s of education. and the tmmense Importance of public health, espo ollly the cave of childven and the maintenance of sanitation and the de teotlon of aymptoms of grave disvases like cancer hetwre 1t 1x oo late 1o wave A prempt and thovough Leatment by Congiess, ‘The thine s Nt WHen Unels dam must pay more wEntion 1 the welfare of plas and SHiChena than to the lives of human Beings and especially of the coming weneration LINDEAY & PERKINA | lege graduates. only | pines. | Democratic) asserts fman witt chol Approval of the country il that itat (D BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. Please give me some information concerning the Christmas pantomimes given in English theaters.—A. C. O. A. You probably refer to the harle- quinades given at Drury Lane and Covent Garden Theaters at Christmas time. The institution dates from the end of the seventeenth century and hed its highest point under Gar- . The performance usually opens with the representation of some fairy tale. the characters of which change to the harlequin, columbine and clown of the pantomime which follows. Q. What fs the life of cartridges?— . W, P, A. The minimum kept in a dry, cool place would be from 10 to 12 years. Sometimes they kedp as long as from 30 to 40 years, depending on how the primer holds up, as the primer sometimes deteriorates. Q. What color is gold when found?— life of cartridges A. The Geological Survey says that the color of goid-hearing ore, the color of the actual vein when disclosed by blasting, the color of the gold-bearing deporit of placer mines, the color of gold-heafing ore prior to the time of going to the smeiter differ according to the ore. Different ores have differ- ent colors, this depending upon the as- soclated rock. For instance. it the ore is filled with quartz. it will have a white appearance. Raw nugget gold is yellow. The particles of gold left in the pan or sluice box used in placer or hydraulic mines are yellow. Gold nuggets contain many other minerals. Q. Did Jefferson Davis write a book about the Confederacy?—H. J. F. A. Jefferson Davis. President of the Confederate States, wrote “The His: tory of the Confedera Q. Can rifles be used in hunting deer and bear?—R. N. A. Most of the States permit the use of a rifle in hunting deer and bear. New Jersey is u notahle exception. as one m Q. 1= eaten?— use a shotzun in that State. the flesh A of ever skunk t is eaten to some ex- the Indians and fur trappers of the North. market. . How many of the criminals in lhg country were born and reared in the slum districts of New York?— H. C. 8. A. No statistics have heen compiled relative to the number of criminals or prisoners who have been born and reared in the slum districts of New York City. The following statistics, however, have heen ¢ompiled relative to the education of eriminall 000 criminals were examined by the super- intendent of New York State reforma- | tories and only 4 per_cent were col- 7_per cent had finished high school, 23 per cent fin- ished grammar school. #4 per cent had attended onlv primary schools or none. Therefore, it may be generally said that many more crimes are commit- ted by the poor that land them in prison than by the rich. Q. What kind of rice is paddy”— E. G. S A. Paddy is unhusked rice, whether growing or gathered whom was the music for " written? text?—P. & A. The music is by Bizet. is by Meflhac and Halevy Merimee's novel Q. How far did John Levi throw a foot ball?’—W. E. W A. In 19 John Levi threw a foot ball £3 vards in the presence of news. paper men in San Antonio, Tex. Q. When was ‘the Great Latin War® —W. A 8. A. This war between Rome and Latium occurred 340-338 B.C, and ended in the subjugation of the latter. Q. What is the size of the Chicago loop distriet>—D. 1. K. A prises approximately one square mile. Q. How is Dean Inge's name pro- nounced”—D. R. M. A. It*would rhyme with sing. The text . founded on Q. Please name some writers who have been in prison.—V. R. A. Among them are St. Paul, Henry David Thoreau. John Bunvan, Oscar Wilde and Sir Walter Raleigh. Q. How {s a wrecked submarine | ralsed?—T. E. L. A. Rriefly, by the means of chains attached to pontoons. It usually takes davs to get the chains in place, | aince it is necessary to tunnel under the boat and drive the chains through Wwith water pressure hose. Steel pon- 1t has no value on the | Who wrote the | The loop arew of Chicago com. | toons ahout 40 feet long. 20 fest wide, welghing about 40 tons apisce, ace sunk alongside the vessel. The chaina are fastened to thém by means of deep-sea divers. Air lines attached tn the pontoons exhaust the water with. in them, and their consequent bury. ancy raises the vessel. About 10 pon. toons are used. The whole operation is a dificult and tedious one. Q. What {s neatsfoot oil? Ho it obtained? Why so called—J A. Neatsfoot ofl is the pale yeii fixed oil made by boiling the faet ang shin bone of cattle. It consists almoe wholly of olein and is used as a fine lubricant and as a leather dressi Neat are cattle of the ox kind as ¢ tinguished from horses, sheep and goats. Q. What was t piracy?—A. G. 8. A. In British history it was 2 con spiracy under the lead of Arthur Th s. | tiewood. which aimed to assaxsina's Castlereagh and other ministers. The | Cato Street Con. 18 ! plot was discovered February 23 at the rendezvous, Cato street, Edgeware road, London. It is called the Thistlewood Conspirac: Q. Why were no two-and-a-hal’.dsl. lar gold pleces coined for ni t years?—D. L. A. No quarter eagles (2350 gzniq pleces) were coined between the yesra 1918 and 1925 because th was no special demand for such coins and the United States mints had a sufficient stock on hand to meet what demands there were. Q. Name some of the by-products of the packing Industry.—M. 6. A. A list of the principal by-pro. ducts of the packing Industry in. cludes all kinds of leathe artificial | teeth, beef extract, buttons, candies canned edible products form wasted, combs, crochet needies, dice | drum snares. fertilizer. gelatin, xiue giveerin, hair for brushes. handles for knives, handles for razors [ir for upholstering. hairpins, imitation |stag horn, inedible grea: laundry | svaps, musical strings, napkin rings neatsfoot oil, nursing rings, oleom zarine, pancreatin, pepsin, perfume, | vipestems, remnet, stock feeds, | renal—worth mo than * $4.6 a pound; tennis strings, thyroid tablets, tollet soaps, umbrella handies, wool. Q. How many colors are recognized in Pomeranians?’—A. A. B. A. The following colors are admis- sible under the Pomeranlan standard ‘White, black. blue or gray, brown, sable, shaded sable, red, orange, fawn, and particolors. The whites m be free of lemon or any other and the other colors- must be from white. In -particolor dogs t colors should be evenly distributed on the body in patches. . Q. Where is Ice Tickle, Labrador® -1. M. D. A. The word, tickle, iz used in Labrador to denote a harbor or bay {=0 that Ice Harbor and Ice Tick. jare undoubtedly the same place. Ice Harbor is 52 F N.8° 18 W. It |is situated in the northwest point of Labrador, on Hudson Bay. is meant by ?—L. A. A. The term is applied to countrv | near the coast as far inland as tke rivers ars affected by the tides. Q. What language is the word | “specie” from?—O0. K. | A. Tt is derived from the ablative case of the Latin word “species”™ meaning sort or kind. It is the name given to metallic coins issued by the | Government as curren money. | Q. Were rubies. diamonds and_sap- | phires known to the ancient Egyvp- | tians?—G. 8. § | A, They were unknown unless sdme |of the undeciphered hieroglvphs refer !to them. No examples have been | tound in existence. Q. How does the speed of the deer | compare with that of a race horse’— BET.M A. Ernest Thompson Seton. the noted naturalist. ranks the deer sac- jond to the race horse in speed. | This is a special department de- | vated solely to the handiing of u-ris This paper puts at gour dis services of an extendNte orponr in Washington Lo serve you in any capacity th relates to informatiow. This service is free. Failure to make use of it deprives wou of bdew which yow are entitled. Your o) tion is only 2 cemts inclosed wour inguiry for divect reply. Add. | The Evening Star Information Burcgx | Frederic_J. Haskin, director. Wesh- |ington, D. €. tidewater the Civilian Rule for Filipinos Seen in Stimson Appointment ment on the appoint- governor Favorghle o ment of Henty L. Stimson general of the Philippines e the view that the Nation is fortunate in finding available a civilian of Mr. Stimson's caliber to undertake such a | | ta Some-ot those who disapprove the selection, however, think the civil- fan 8 lable to outdo the soldier. the late Gen. Wood. fn executing repress: ive policies. With an attack on “benevolent as- similation.” tha Raleigh News and Ob- server (Democratic) reviews Mr. Stim- on's work in Nicaragua and savs Mr. Stimson qualified himselt to be- come governor genmeral of the Philip- Gen. Wood was & hantfisted militavist and set back the American Plan of Keeping tha promise of selt. | government to the Filipinos. \iv . also an able executive, will carey out the Wood poliey.” Th Richmond News Leader dndependent “He may well be the sort of civilian that outsoldiers the milit In the sternness of his rule o oA delt | ho may outwood Wood. * A del cate situation may be aggravated by | the strongarm methods that Stimson v apt to apply.* Yet the Dayton Daily News (independ ent Democratic) feels (hat "It is a heartening event when American clitt conm of auch ability and reputation as Mr. Stmaon show willingness to serve n such capacitios” The San Fea cisca Rulletin (Republicam (hat “the fact that he 18 not an Army ake him more popular in the 1slands than 10 he were™ and that he Knows fnternational palities, Phi Ipine aftaivs and his awn wind " oeow e “Pact diplomacy, tolerance and tair ness Wil be requited.” according to the Charleston Daily Ml iindependent epublican), “IE success fs o be feved. Mr, Stimson's vecort, publio And private, gives promis that he pos- acanss Nechasary qualiivations (or the work to be done The Racine ) nal News (Republican) thinks the @ Cwill command the immediate The Nush. Wanner (indeperdent) believes Che WHL AtteIpE T interest cap N the further develnpment of the ERlinpines and o o satexuant it IRAL TE AN CarEy on to the advantage of the islands and o being about wreater and thix evuntey a compatibitity between them The Fort Worth Recont Telegvam QTR LI) declares that “with sueh AN adiinistration as he witl give, every poanible argument Wil be in favor of LI nat The tha St enih i tha selaction of & man “avew edly 1 svmpathy with the Woad ol Ky who s o l§n the cardial suppert il Akt 1 the developmant of the Al vesanvees of the archipelage. ™ IR LY fpesaibla in soen by Joseph News Pvess (independ nhasizes | cbserves | o | of the rative political leaders who & the fight against Wood. “A Quasiindorsement of Gen | Wood's policies™ is noted by the Janes | ville Gazette (independent Republian! while the South Bend Tridune (nde pendent Republican) commends ths se- | lection of “a civilian executive of the highest type. vet in full sympaidy with the Wood policies,” and Houston Chronicle (Democratic! cords “the jov with which the ® pines are hailing his anpointment, With the comment that “he is known [to want more active participation | the Filipinos in their own governs {1al affairs.” The Seattle Duily | (independent Repudlican) savs. Will have an intelligent. capable snd | sympathetic governor general” as the Buffalo Evening News (Republican) explaing, “his work will de, not eaty | 10 Keep the Filipinoe in order. dbut to coax them to like belng kepe in order. | The desirubility of maintaming friend. | Iv relations with the nathves is em | phastzed By such papers as the | Kunsas City Journal (Republican), | Rochester Times Union (independent) and Newark Evening News (inde- pendenth [ The Waterloo Tridune (independ | Progiessive), contending that { Stimson A4 notable service i | vagua.” savs, “Such & man is i the Philippines.” The Provi Journal (ndependent) alse be that his service in Nikaragus | Werm approval, not only trem JMinisteation but alse from the WY I general The Loulsville Courierdourn dependent) states His wiss I Nicaragua and his suceess in {inta effect the administiation's {nlan 0 the Central American « fmarked him early as the Pres {prodable choke. v s g Check the desire af selt gove land Keeping the natives con Leall tor abilities i which Gen Was woefully Beking. And the new RUvernor general will wet be siven the leeway that was allowed hin in Nicarugua. - Ho muse count on dide WAy amd fair play. It iy edly 4 s fram sconamie developiment to evpiv tation. ¢ ¢ s 1g will he A WIS sk 10 RN in check (his N dovelnunent as welt as Filintnos' opposition to it The avantages of having a cividan HOVOIIOr geneml B discussed by WY papers, tcluding the Churies o0 Rvening ot (ndependen: Demo. | cratiel the Lexington Leader \Repub. Ueand and Dotrait News ndependent)y The Schenectady (Gasette dndepenieny DIMOCITREIC) eXpects 1o see v g changing for the hetter.” The Cinolm. MALL Thies Star (Republivan) sussesty Ihat Me Stimson Wil baikt Scegly A0 the findations lald by Gen W DUt I & difterent style W politeal Architecture, | W e t m————