Evening Star Newspaper, December 28, 1927, Page 8

R | The prevalence of lawbreaking here, due perhaps to invasion of this terri- tory by professionals from elsewhere, has in recent months greatly aroused the community. The laws at oresent are inadequate. Punishments are not sufficiently severe to make Washington a place of terror to the evildoer, a place to be avoided as too dangerous for op- crations. The recodification of the District crminal laws should not require a pro- | tracted study. New York has sct an example in the so-called Baumes laws. | which have operated with very few ex- ceptions to the end of corrective justice in lessening crime in that jurisdiction carrier at ‘end of each month | While there may be some differences of l—Pay: | opinion regarding certain features of s h:{llryl:nd -i:.’l'h{flré'i'ma‘.d"""' that code, the underlyiny principle of Paily and_Sunday. .. { severe penelties for repeated offenses By | would, if applied here, mect general | commendation and approval. SRR pas AL Other States — g‘:;f({“nn\v‘““ The Judicial Vacancy. e Washington hopes and expeets that Member of the Associated Press. | in the sclection of a successor to Asso- 1o The e A e Ao | ciate Justice Hochling, whose resigna- Paiches aredited to it or mot ot | tion from the District Supreme Court lishad herein. A1l miehts of nuh | s effect at the end of the month. EDNCL e NIch einarealsresen ™t | the Attorney General in his recom- | mendation and the President in his ag- A Notable Educational Gift. | pomtment will be guided by the princi- The gift of one million dollars to an | pleg that have generally obtained in the educational institution is a notable con- | organization of this branch of the tribution to the cause of public tnstruc- ry. The court discharges botn tion. Such a gift. made for the pur- | Federal and local functions. It is the pose of endowing a school of govern- | highest trial court of the District. and ment, has special significance. But |at the same time serves as a Circult that significance is increased when the | Court for the United States of this gift is made to an institution estab- | jyrisdiction. The bench is composed of lished in the District of Columbia. the | six justices. three of whom at present. seat of Government of the United | weluding Justice Hoehling, are local States, and it is a matter of great pride | men, named from the District bar, to the people of Washington that| while the other three have been ap- George Washington University should | pointed from outside of Washington now have been made the beneficiary of | This even divison of personnel con- THE EVENING STA With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON,D. C. . ‘WEDNESDAY . December 28, 1927 THEODORE W. NOYES. The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office Chieagn Office: Ta European Office 14, Bes th: § r month. Onders ‘may he elenhone Main 5000. Collection is ma only’ » o such a munificent action, which marks a record of liberality in educational | gifts here. ! ‘The Supreme Council of Scottish Rite | Masons of the Southern jurisdiction pre- sents this large sum to George Wash- ington University as a memorial to the | first President, in effect to replace the endowment which he personally made for the purpose of maintaining a na- | tional institution of education in all| branches of polite literature, in arts | and sciences, and “in acquiring knowl- edge in the principles of politics and government.” It is fitting that this | fund be bestowed upon the institution | which bears the name of George Wash- | ington and which, as set forth in the | resolutions of the Supreme Council. | meets the requirements in its resource: and its intellectual forces to provide suitable courses for the training of the youth of the land. George Washington University has developed to its present high standing among the educational institutions of the country with only a small endow- ment. It has a remarkably large stu- dent body, numbering more than 5,000, and to an exceptional degree it| meets its costs of maintenance out of tuition fees. It is more nearly self-sus- taining than any other large institution of learning in the United States. It bhas, however, been checked in its growth somewhat by the lack of liberal | financial foundation. This present gift, the greatest in the history of educa- tion in the District, will not only in very material measure supply this de- ficiency, but will serve as an inspira- tion and an example to others, individ- uals and organizations, to add to the fiscal establishment, without which a great school cannot grow and meet its {ull requirements. Credit is to be given to President Marvin of George Washington in large degree for the selection of that uni- versity as the beneficiary of this liberal gift. He has held his position at the head of the institution for less than four months, and in that time has demonstrated a high degree of sdministrative ability and, as this pres- ent good fortune proves, of creative ca- pacity in the obtaining of financial aid for the establishment over which he has been chosen to preside. George Washington's ideal of a school | Jocated at the Capital of the Nation | for the proper guidance of the young Americans in the principles underly- ing the republic is by this generous gift about to be realized. It will exercise an important influence in the main- tenance of sound foundations of citi- genship. e —————— forms to the logic of the situation. Apart, however,-from a mere mathe- matical consideration, there is urgent reason for maintaining the ratio of parity in the fact that a peculiar proce- dure prevails in the District courts dif- ferent from that obtaining clsewhere and it is desirable that the members of the bench should as far as possible be familiar with that procedure. This fa- miliarity comes from actual participa- tion in the work of the court as mem- bers of the bar. ‘There is no lack of eminently capable members of the local bar, who are qual- ified for this position and responsibil- itr. Several names have been: pro- posed, with strong indorsements, for consideration. It is, however, desirable that the District's nomination for the vacant judgeship should be made in terms that admit of no question of the preference of the bar and of the com- munity generally. A division of senti- ment on this question might be harm- fu’ to the cause of equal District rep- resentation on the bench. The local bar, the recommendations of which in this connection have heretofore had great weight, and from the ranks of which the appointee, if a local man, must come, should concentrate upon one name, to the end that there may be no reason for the administration to look beyond the boundaries of the Dis- trict for an appointment. ‘While in the past some of the strong- est and most valuable members of the local bench have been appointed from the States, the District has always with justice claimed the right of equal repre- sentation in the court that sits in judg- ment upon its own affairs, that applies its laws and that discharges the duty of guardian of its welfare. When a vacancy-occurs through the resignation or death of one of those who have been named from outside, it does not ask that it be filled with a local man. It does, however, ask now, as in the past, that a vacancy in the local personnel of the court be filled from the same source as that from which the retiring justice came. —————————— Buy Tags Now! Beginning tomorrow morning only three days remain for more than fifteen thousand motorists to obtain their 1928 | tags, and it appears very much as if several thousand of these drivers will join automatically the pedestrian cate- gory for a short time after the New Year. The Commissioners have an- nounced that extension of the time limit for buying tags is & thing of the past, and that no automobile may be 80 many complicated questions will come up that members of Congress may operated on 1927 licenses after Janu- ary 1. There is no reason to believe that a5 well resign themselves 0 the 14€a | opere wil) be any modification of the | of having little time for crossword puz- | Commiseioners’ edict. When the New les and kindred forms of Literary €n- | year arrives motorists will have had tertainment | more than a month (o buy tags and a R S, S | full month to attach them to their cars. In too many deplorable cases, the | pyoorggination benefits nobody, but bop-off is an ill-calculated demonstra- tion which has no comesback. ———atee Stiffer Penalties Needed. Chatrman Capper of the Benate Dis- trict committee has requested the dis- trict attorney to prepare a bill for con- sideration in Congress providing more stringent penalties for the erime of kid- naping in Washington. This sugges- tion is inspired by the shocking case that has just occurred in California Under the District code the penalty for kiénaping in this jurisdiction a child of less than sixteen years of age s im- prisonment for not more than twenty | years, while the maximum punishment for the sbduction of an older person is seven years' imprnsonment. ‘There i, furthermgre, some vagueness in the statute which makes it possible that the penalty shall not spply if the per- 800 abducted i not teken out of the District 6f 11 there is not proof of in- tent to do &0 Benator ‘Capper belicves that much more severe punishments should be imposed for this crime and for atlempte or threals U Kidnap, sug gesting life imprisonment as the pen- alty which he believes would serve as & deterrent. As the case in California shows, kid- peping may be eccompanied by mus- de;. In slmost every insiance where | teast of all does it benefit the procras- tinator in the matter of securing new | heepses. | ¥rom now on there will be a long line lo! fmpatient motorists at the District Bullding waiting 0 buy 1928 markers, The clerks in the License Bureau will be | burdened with heavy work, and the | situation is aot likely to be conducive {10 plensantries, So any motorist who ‘d’fll not want to be “left out in the | eold” would be wise 1o forego other pur- | suits end concentrate on buying his tag and getting it affixed 1o his car | Lindbergh insists on flying. Modesty | prevents him from realizing that he is & world asset, o valuable 1o be trifled | with. | e { A Courageous Woman The average person has no warning of death or the loxs of any of the five | senses, laste, hearing, sight, feeling or | speech. Especially. the man or woman | 10 the prime of life. Consider then the | cate of Miss Carol Hovius, poct and honor graduste of the University of | Wiscontin, Mirss Hovius s young and pretty, being only twenty years of age £he has Jurt been Informed by eminent | medica) wuthiorities that within e year | | she will be totally bind. Bo here is an | case, Miss Hovius immediately set out on a world tour. She wants to see everything and do everything possible before blindness overtakes her. She is now in continental Europe enjoying the wonders of the Old World and she is going ahead to store up knowledge for the dark days to come. This brave giri has literary talent and will strive to become an authoress when she can no longer sce. It takes courage of a high order to stand up and face life under such circumstances, and it is certain, theretore, that, blind or not, a person of her character will Win success in whatever she chooses to undertake. — e — “Back-Seat" Permits. James Rooney of Newark, N. J, is unabls to read and consequently must believe what his friends tell James, in some way or other, got hold of an ancient automobile and was not at all concerned about getting an op- erator’s permit because he did not know that he had to have one. His friends, however, were quick to put him right on the matter and gave him an in- tensive examination on traffic. three dollars they then sold him a “back-scat” driver's license, signed by “Uworry Em, Commissioner of By- ways.” James, glad that he was all square with the law, drove for a year on his precious permit. Everything was serene until a policeman stopped him for a traffic violation, and, rude man that he was, refused to honor Jimmie's license. This little story demonstrates the ridiculous condition of the motor laws of the various States. When a man who can neither read nor write is able to buy an automobile, take it out on the streets, and menace the lives of thou- sands of people daily, it is assuredly time to call a halt. Of course, the police had nothing to do with this case until the man was arrested for a traffic violation, but the fact that he was per- mitted to buy a car and could escape registration shows that something is vitally wrong with motor regulations The man in this case is unquestionably too ignorant to operate an automobile, and if there is no present means of check-up for persons of his type im- portance is 'added to the cause of na tion-wide compulsory insurance. because by that law nothing of the kind could happen ————— The “Murders of the Rue Morgue” made 3 monkey the criminal. Zoolo- gists report the monkey as a compara- tively mild beast. Poe was an idealist in conceiving some erimes too horrible | for human perpetration. —— e Some of tt - figures more or less ac- tive in political relations are accused of using unauthentic manuscripts in an effort to produce best sellers. e Occasionally there is an offender so impudently egotistical that he ap- parently thinks himself the entire crime wave. et Persons who wished to have the for- mer Kaiser executed would have pun- ished a poor politiclan and sacrificed a first-rate realtor. - vom Customs differ and prejudices must fade. . The question, “What are a few bullfights among friends?’ is easily disposed of. S Many Germans boast of their pros perity. Speculators who now hold mil- lions of dollars’ worth of paper “marks” are justified in being mildly inquisitive. ———— e A bullfight features the toreador; al- though students of the sport insist that the “bull” is the essential consideration. —o—s An Egyptian mummy often finds his press agent too late to be of any great service in his practical political affairs. RS e A great deal of “Christmas cheer” depended on the beauty of a label and vanished soon after the inspection. ——atee Splendid aviators meet with disaster because they refuse to save their cour- age for an emergency. o SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON, Broadcasting. When I'm receiving fine advice On what 1s practical and nice, Sweet is the song that comes to me From that big station, “ADV.” Beethoven, Liszt and Wagner bhold New beauties, any night, unfold. They never knew that some fine day A part in commerce they might play. 1 listen with respectful care For hints of what to sing or wear, Eternal genlus seems to be Linked to that station, “ADV." Qualification. “How did you come to go into poli- “1 felt qualified to do s0." answered Senator Sorghum. “I heard that s statesman was a politician out of a job. And I was at least out of a job."” Holiday Melojusnous. Bang & Christmas carol small And said, “What charm it has!" It made no difference at all. ‘The help were dancin’ jazz, 4 nkins says there 18 & new aria- tocracy. Only the person with a silver | hip flask 1s supposed to put on airs, Abolished Amenities. ‘he Lratfic cop says he wapts you to stop,” said the lady in the car. Al right.” answered Mr. Chuggins, “He knows his business.’” “But you should pause and speak politely " “What for? 1t would merely irritate & child i stolen there 15 & threst 10 in- | €xUsordinary case of @ person knowing. | him by delaying travel” flict death upon the viclim i ransom 3 not forthcoming. ‘There should be no Qifferentistion beiween the purpose | with reasonsble certainty, that he will | | lote one of her most precious faculties wilhin & definite Uime, facing a problem | "“Men eastly make new lnwe,” said Hy Ho, the suge of Chinatown, “but find and the fact, It is unsete o rely upon | that few are called upon o solve—in { the same old difficulties in compelling the weakening of devernynation &nd in- | 1act, & proviem that sl would shrink | obedience.” tention. As this Los Angeles slrocily prov s, the kidneper is Jnnately cruel and wili g0 W any lengths o provect himself from the cousequences of his initisl crune This suggestion of Benklor Capper i in line with the proposs) thst has been made 1o revise the entire criminal code o1 the District 1o impose more Grastic ensities for crume in this jurisdiction. | trom attempting W solve | Human reactions o such tragedies | 88 thite can never be toretold in advance, Bome lose all interest In lite, some go desperately trom doctor o doctor, and | othiers, ke Mise Hovius, sccept with | cheerful resignation what Fate has in luuln for them wnd go about to make the best of wmt’? lowing the finsl Ve has 1o give. Fol- termination of her No Fashion Dictator. 1 aeked old Sants Claus to bring A suit of elothes—the proper thing And whispered, "Santa, have a care, Nothing at all ke what you wear" "We hopes foh de best,” sald Uncle Eben, "but whut w selfish pusson cons siders de best ain't mebbs w'\(-lmmn‘ foh,” ot e EVENING STAR him. | For | WASHINGTON, D. O, THIS AND THAT Why do people who know a whole lot about one thing think they know every- thing about everything else? There have been some very promi- nent examples of this trait in the United States, but we are not concerned with them, but rather with the men and women one meets every day. Nothing is more common than the fellow who is an expert at the law. for instance, who fondly imagines that be- cause he does fairly well at his spe- cialty he is also a radio expert. It sounds absurd, does it not, when so stated? Yet the fact remains that many a capable legal light zomehow feels that such knowledge gives him a cort of divine information upon every other subject under the sun. We know a keen lawyer who knows absolutely nothing about radio whatso- ever, yet who firmly believes that he s an expert judge of tone quality, as put forth by the more recent sets, as well as of every other radio factor. He honestly believes that through some mysterious gift of God and Nature he is able to tell uncrringly all there is to be told about the respective merits jof the various reeeiving sets, although { the plain fact is that he does not know a UX 199 tube from a UX 201-A tube, nor has he the slightest intimation as to which is the condenser and which | the transformer in the set he owns. ever, the unwary listener naturally would suppose that he is no less a per- son than Maj. Armstrong himself, or Dr. Lee De Forest, at the least. * oK K % Here is a scientist, very capable in his line, who knows next to nothing about gardening, yet who does not hesi- tate a second to advise real gardeners how to grow their crops. He will expatiate, with the most solemn air, upon the respective merits of rose varieties which he could not tell one from the other: To listen to him explain the difference between the vari- ous types of hedging material would be comical if it were not serious. He knows more than Burbank ever thought of knowing, if one may judge from what he says and the way he says it. Perhaps the manner of delivery of these oracles has more to do with 1t than the actual content of their speeches. After all, one hears a good deal of rot, and no one pays much atention to half he hears. anyway. but the monster familiarity which these chaps display is something that cannot be overlooked. | Any one who has ever delved into ! any particular brand of genuine knowl- edge knows how far it is to the bottom of it, and finally comes to have a hum- ble respect for all knowledge ds de- veloped by mankind. What the world knows is not much, in the face of all that might be known, but it is pretty good for creatures that still must resort to wlan fichting to settle arguments. What we know is very litle. compared with the vast deeps of knowledge which every man feels exist. There is so much | to know, and so little time to learn it in, yet the torch is passed from hand to hand, through the cepturies, and men who are capable of progression do progress. and build upon what others have built. The little circle of personal knowl- edge, however, is not very large, nor can it take in a great deal: the candid man, therefore, will hesitate before donning the mant'e of cmniscience. * % % x The pose of omniscience is a peculiar ne. Just why s0 many men assume it is Washington's mount in population to the eminence of 545,000, and of the thirteenth city of the country, brings to light a statistical fact unrecorded ov the census. That circums:ance i« that the Nation's Capital has the largest community of churc!igoers. on the per capita basis, of any city Jf {t5 size in the eastern half of the Union. Those figures were produced before a committec of Congress, earlier this year. in the course of hearings on the bil! intro- duced by Representative Lankford Democrat, of Georgia, providing for a more rigid system of Sunday-closing laws in the District of Columbia. Op- ponents of bluer regulations for observ- ance of the Sabbath successfully in- voked the statistics to show that, ever with Sunday base ball, theaters and movies, attendance at divine worship in Washington is far in excess of that in other big cities. LI Mark L. Requa ‘of San Francisco. mining engineer and California Repub- lican leader, is in Washington in con- nection with a project long close to his heart. It concerns a Federal system of supervising . the Nation's resources in raw materials, especially minerals. Re- qua feels the country must develop 2 new conception of the importance of minerals, as they affect national safetv and prosperity. A year or two ago Requa wrote a book entitled “The Rela- tion of Government to Industry.” It was based on the theory that the Amer- fean people are squandering vital indus- trial riches at a ruinous rate. Proftigacy in the use of oll was rnmcuhrly as- salled. A committee of nine, recently organized under the auspices of Dr. Hubert Work, Secretary of the Interfor, is shortly to report on the whole subject of the mineral supply. Requa advocates rrnmnv. action {n some direction, follow- ng such an investigation. In his book he recommended a Federal minerals commission. Requa is an intimate friend of Herbert Hoover, In 1924 he was Coolidge primary and election campaign manager for California. “- e “Irate Hoosler” ‘writes to this ob- server, and laments: “Being an In- dianian yourself, how come that your recent paragraph tabulating Hoosiers in high places at Washington omitted these three: Willlam R. Wood, chair- man of the Republican congressional campalgn committee; J. Bennett Gor- don. who produces powerful pieces [wrlodlnllly published by the Repub- ict T. Buchanan, the accomplished pub- licity director of the Demoeratic na- tiona) committee?"” e Wonders never cease, Detroit s un- Bmunle to Tammany as a site for the emocratic national convention in 1928 because of its proximity to wet Canada Word has just reached Washington that QGeorge W, Olvany, Tammany leader, has turned thumbs down on the motor metropolis for the same reason that De- troit lost out for the Republican con- vention —namely, that indsor, On- tario, In too easily accessible for dele- gates who are expected to nominate Al Hmith for President. The tp appears to have gone out that all national - mittee men and women favorable Smith shell vote against Detroit whes the committee meets in Washington on January 12 The expectation, according 1o New York advices, in that' votes from dry Btatea of the South and Weat, plus votes of pro-Smith deley from all over the country, than suf- ficient to sink Detrolt’s convention hopes. CRCR Representative Franklin W. Fort of New Jersey has Just sent word to Re- publican Ieaders In that State that un- oss they take the lead In & sweeping reform movement he will vun for gov- ernor In 1038, Fort calls for “an ex- posure, and the future avoldance, of the scandalous handling of bank and build- Ing loan charters, and the rehabilitation of the falr name of Jersey justice.” The statesman from East Orange declares that the wish to be Gavernor of New Jersey, as his father was bofore him, is hief personal ambition of my Jife but he feels it his duty to com. plete his present term in the House, A To hear him discuss the meticr how- | an national committee, and Richard | BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. something of a mystery. It is based solidly on human nature, but huma:u nature is, as every one knows, so var! ous that no sure finding can be mads Nothing succeeds like success, runs the old saying. Success gzummen a cer- tain kenning., as the Scotch say. an amount of “know how,” in the collo- quial. ‘To know something is to set one's self up as knowing a bit more than the average upon that particular matter. Then, when one becomes established as an authority, it follows that authority must act in an authorative manner. It is an axiom among expericnced men that very few nersons if bluntly asked a question, will admit that they do_not know. Usually they will do and say every thing and anything to save themselves from a plain admission of their igno- rance. ‘They “beat around the bush,” they “hedge”; they divert the conversation to something else. Perhaps they are right, after all, from the . practical standpoint of living a life. Why should one say, “I den't know.” and allow some really ignorant person to fasten the stigma of lack of knowl- edge upon one who knows a few things, at least? In this, as in all the a!fairs of life. it scems necessary to consider both the source and the problem at hand, and to | compromise with the factors of straight- forwardness and intellectual honesty to the best of one's ability. When women <o this, they are said to act intuitively. Too often when men effect this compror:ise, they are called hypocrites. * ok ok % Not only do men tend to make them- selves ridiculous by this pretension to all knowledge, but they seriously hold u;cln\(ulvts back in the true enjoyment of life. To live life in order to get the nost out of it—well, that is something of an order. is it not? Who would set himself up to answer it? Surely not | the present writer; but he, as well as the next one, has a few ideas on how to hive. One necessity, he is convinced, is to have a humorous grasp of the situation in which one finds one's self, whatever or wherever it may be. This connotes many side issues, such as the ke realization of the strange. the peculia: the unusual, the very humor in ever: thing. Such & man will never take himself or any one else too seriously, vet at the same time will be all the better able to grasp the seriousness of any situaiton or_person. This will seem a paradox only to those who -are unable to disassociate | clean fun from vulgar “kidding” of | others. Laughter lies close to tears, as | every one knows; the man who laughs | most will laugh least at others. ‘The question will be, then: How can the man who thinks he knows everything about everything else, simply because he does know a bit about something. relish the absurdity of his | own situation? Think of the joy he is missing! Our friend who doesn't know a storage bat- tery tube from a dry cell tube is totally blocked off from an appreciation of himself in the role of radio mentor! The keen scientist who fancies him- self a gardener is deprived of the hearty laughter which would be his if he could stand off and hear himself talk. | It's a funny old world, mates, and the funniest fellow in it is and ought to be —one’s self. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. though his affiliations have been ex- clusively those of insurance and bank- ing. Representative Fort is one of the foremost authorities in Congress on | agricultural problems. He is a Prince- ton man and still on the sunny side of 50. e Any number of pretty sentiments, as befitted such an occasion, were uttered at yesterday's picturesque presentation of 58 “doll ambassadors” Japanese schoolchlidren to the schoolchildren of America. Bishop McDowell termed it “a rare symbolism which come to mean that a little child shall lead the two countries in the direction of per- petual friendship.” Japan's accom- plished envoy, Ambassador Tsuneo Mat- sudaira, rejoiced that he now has “58 assistant ambassadors, which should enable him to take a long vacation.” Dr. Tigert. United States commissioner of education, observed that the “do. Are unique in two re- spects—they can neither be recalled nor commit diplomatic indiscretions. James J. Davis, Secretary of Labor, whose small daughter gracefully accepted the dolls in the name of American children, declared that statesmen might well pat- tern after the object lesson these mute ambassadors are giving devise ways and means of reaching “the hearts and souls of peoples.” L) It's a long time since Washington has been the scene of so monumental an aggregation of brains as are assembled here for the closing days of the year. The occasion is the annual session of the 16 learned societies which comprise the “American Council” of those bodies. As indicated by their various titles, the societies are concerned with philosophy. arts, sclences, antiquaries, Oriental af- fairs, archeology, modern languages. history, agriculture, marketing. account- ing. advertising, labor. statistics and education. Papers are being read by eminent authorities in all these fields The hol-polloi gets its chance at free- tor-all round tables. (Convright. 19270 UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR Ten Years Ago Today * American liner's guns sink U-boat in encounter off English coast. One of the two shots fhied 1s 4 direct hit, the explosion sending asbris from the U-boat high intothealr. * = * Camp epidemics are lald to lack of Winter clothing, commandiog officers tell Sen- ate military committee. Shortag: ot guns and bayoncis is greatly retarding the training of the men. * * ¢ Pro- hibition of the sale ot Intoxteants of any description to members of the A E. F. s under discussion by Cien. Perah- ing and the French authorities. * * * McAdoo takes charge of the vatiroads and calls on all executives [ prompt and united effort. * ¢ * rmer Hun- garian premior asserta that the allies will collapse before the United States can give effective ald. * * * An American seaman ronohing Boston says four German destroyers were recently ptured by a group of 13 American de- yers. * * ¢ One milllon easual- ties have been suffered by the German armies along the front oceupled by the French duting 1017, * ¢ = One thou- sand four hundred guns, thousands of machine guya and 1082 aireraflt have been taken from the enemy. - .- Failed to Dress for Part, From the New York Sun The depressing thing about the Remus verdict s that none of the jurors bothered (o dvess for the part, with 50 many department store Santa Olauses at hand vae o The Season's ( From the Buston Hevald There are two Kinds of gratitude: ‘V;m ||m “"l:l“’m higthe mark. d.l;‘ he giver o mined, vatitude, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 28, 1927. Politics at Large 0 By G. Gould Lincoln. This is the of season for straw votes. The e are to be given op- tunities of expressing their choice lirst for nominees of the two major pa ties for President, and then for Presi- dent. The great difficulty which faces any collector of straw votes lies in the fact that only a very small minority of the men and women who vote in pri- maries and elections can be reached by a straw vote. However, straws have shown clearly how the wind was blow- ing. and they may again. The Patl finder has undertaken a poll in all the States and the territorial possessions on choice for President, With about 150,- 000 straw ballots returned, it is found | that President Coolidge received more { first-choice votes than Hoover and Low- den combined, or the total sum of the three leading Democratic candidates, Smith, Reed and Meredith. When it comes to second choice which in view of President Coolidge's expresged wish not to run for President seems _inevitable to many Republicans Mr. Hoover takes a distinct lead over Mr. Lowden, although on first choice Lowden led by less than 1.000 votes. The presumption is that many of those who supported President Coolidge for first choiee turned to the Secretary of Commerce if the President is out of the | picture. IR ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC ). HASKIN. Q. How tall is Victor McLaglen?— L A C. . "A. He is 6 feet 3 and weighs 218 pounds. It is sald that he was the shortest of five brothers. Q. Are common law marriages recog- nized in England?--A. G. L. ~ A. According to the Russell Sage Foundation, they have been prohibited by statute for 150 years. Q. Who founded the Chaucer So- | clety? What is its purpose?—C. A. B. A. It was founded in 1867 in London, by F. J. Furnivall, for the purpose of Xfu:m,mv,lm{k Ch?;xdcman research and opening a knowledge of the great s | works to the public. e Q. When was now-Bound,” poem by Whittier, published?—8. B. A. It was published in 18686. Q. How many men did it take to make the elephant stockade for the pic- ture “Chang”?—G. M. E. A. In making their elephant drive, which resulted in the capture of about 100 of the herd. numbering more than 300, Cooper and Schoedsack employed Borough of Manhattgn, says: “with constmet regard to the ion of & 110-story building in New Yorg City, while the plans and specifications fof this building have been approved by this bureau, a permit for the construe- tion has not. yet been issued. The con- #truction is t0 be at premises 327-245 West y-first strest 326- 346 West Forty-second strest. ' Q. Can two sounds of equal be heard twice as far ms mh::‘t;::; Can 1,000 men shouting be heard 1,000 times as far as one mam’—J C. H. A. The Bureau of Standards says that it is possible that there may be other factors than loudness which de- ) termine the “carryi quality” of g | sound. A sound of hi itch may be al e mmeorlmm&ly than one of lower pitch by sGrrounding sub- stances such as earth or walls of bujld- | ings. It does not follow that a crowd of 1000 men shouting can be heard 1,000 times as far as a single man_ The law of inverse squares would indicate about 32 times. but this law will not ! vaenu because the sound does not | spread freely in three dimensions. being 700 men. most of whom were occupied | limited at least by the earth to a hemi- in the building of the elephant kraal, | spherical distribution. And absorprion or wooden inclosure, which served as a | Plays such a large part tha: the actual trap, distance will be much less than 32 +:mes that at which a single man could be the Of the three foremost eandidates for | the presidency on the Democratic side, | Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New York re- | ceived more votes in the poll than the combined total received by Senator | Reed of Missouri and former Secretary of Agriculture Meredith of Iowa. Gov. A. Vic Donahey of Ohio was fourth on the list of Democratic candidates, but a poor fourth, and he was followed by McAdoo and Senator Walsh of Mon- tana. Senator Borah of Idaho was fourth on the Republican list, though much behind Lowden and Hoover, ard other Republican presidential possibili- ties ran in the following order: Dawes, Hughes, Curtis, Norris. Johnson. Lonz- worth, Johnson, Willis, Capper and Butler—Nicholas Murray Butler, outstanding Republican wet and presi- dent of Columbia University. wla e Tonight the Woodrow Wilson Club | of Kentucky is to hold its annual ban quet in Louisville. Gen. Henry T. Al- len. a native of Kentucky, is to be an honor guest, and it is not unlikely that | the occasion will be taken to boom him for the Democratic nomination for President. Kentucky opponents of the nomination of Gov. Smith of New York. | and some of those who are to the nomination of Senator Reed of { Missouri, are active in putting forward | the suggestion that Kentucky send an | were not an | N | and a grayish translucent chalcedony. Q. How tall were the old walnut | trees of the Middle West?—S. L. C. A. Walnut trees over 150 feet high | . o u?lcor;::nn in the forest primeval in the in of the Ohi i Wabash Rivers. ki Q, Where is the Gity of Palaces’— "A.” Calcutta is so known. Q. What is the color of Biltie Dove's eyes?—S. E. 50!:‘ fini!um" hub?ml eyes that in | e lig! appear blue or gray. Her | America, Many t hair is rich brown. |cluding a stome bearing x.—.sc::".:; Q. What kind of pheasants are raised | ¥hi¢h have never been decipnered. most in this country?— | "“'e"mm@. et explariig ; | ta nterior. A. More pheasants are raised by man s than any other kind of game bird, and | probably nine-tenths or more of the | times?—A. G. N. total number of pheasants raised in | _A- The primitive wav of this country are ringnecks. In the | ¥a$ to pound it by hand sione Northwestern States, where pheasan: | OF 8 wooden mortar with a pestle until stocking operations have been very suc- | the husk and cuticle cracksd and rub- cessful. the Chinese ringneck has been | bed off and could be winnowed out, used almost exclusively. This variety | nd this same principle is sull used tn has been distributed in large numbers | Oriental countries, though the power is also by the New York State game farms. Q. What kind of stone is chalced- onyx?—D. F. M. A It s a variety of agate consisting | f alternate layers of a white opaque | heard. Q. About how much meat is kept cold storage’—M_ E. o “A‘on‘ practically any one d: | are a million pounds of mea: torag: here ' 2 cold Q Why is Moundsville, W. named’—V. E. C. e A. Moundsville owes extensively D. Q How was rice milled { i | | %, Allen delegation to the Democratic na- | tional convention. * x x % Miss Bina M. West. Republican na- tional committee woman for Michigan, has circularized the members of all Re- publican committees in Michigan in favor of the nomination of Herbert Hoover for President. in view of the re- cent stat'ment of President Coolidge to the members of the Republican na- tional com.nittee, declaring that he had eliminated himself from consideration. | Miss West inclosed copies of the Presi- dent's statement to the national com- | mittee. She said in regard to Mr. Hoover: “Do you not think that Mr. Hoover's | vast experience #n public affairs. his | well known capacity for hard work. his | interest in the development of water- | ways and particularly the 'St. Law- | rence-to-the-ocean project,” in which | every Michigan citizen is interested: his knowledge of world problems by | personal contact and as Secretary of Commerce, and particularly his part in developing the policies of the Cool- idge administration, make him the logi- cal candidate to carry out the program | inaugurated by Mr. Coolidge?"” | »x v | The recent definite announcement taking Senator Reed of Missouri out of the race for the Senate next year has | started the wheels moving in the “Show | me" State. It has been assumed that Senator Reed and his followers would | bring out a senatorial idate in op- position to Charles M. Hay, dry Dem- ocratic leader in the State, who has an- nounced his candidacy for the Senate. Hay managed the anti-Reed fight in 1920. The name of James A. Collet of Salisbury, Mo., a follower of Reed and a lawyer, is mentioned in_Missouri as the possible choice of the Reed faction for the senatorial nomination. There has been talk. also, of Col. Bennett C. Clark of St. Louis, son of the late er Champ Clark, but as Clark hails from the same section ol "the State as Senator Harry Hawes, it is believed that Collet may be the choice | for geographical reasons if for no, other. There has been no Senator | from rural Missouri since Senator Stone | died in 1918. Collett resides in the! north central part of the State. Others | whose names are mentioned as possible Democratic senatorial nominees are for- mer Senator Xenophon P. Wilfley of | St Louis and Romulus E. Culver of 8t. | Joseph. e Pennsylvania politics, which have been unsettled because of the attack in | the Senate on Senator-elect Vare and | the uncertainty of Secretary Mellon's | attitude toward candidates for the Re- | ublican nomination for President since | he withdrawal of both President Cool- idge and Charles Evans Hughes of New York, former Secretary of State. are likely to take shape in the near future. Senator David A. Reed, who comes up | for re-election next year, is expected to | make formal announcement regarding his candidacy to succeed himsell within A short time. He is going to Pittsburgh the end of this week, and it is under- stood he is likely to AN announce- ment then Senator Reed has support- ed vigorously the right of Mr. Vare to b2 seated in the Senate. Mr. Vare heads the Republican organization in Phila- dl‘l[;hl.l. and his attitude toward sen: torial candidates will be of tim- portance. If Mr. Vare is finally dented A seat in the Senate, as appears likely now, he may seek vindication at the hands of the voters of Pennsylvania, 'nlnl into the primaries for the nom- nation for the seat he is now seeking at the hands of the Senate This would put Reed and Vare both in the primary race, though for different seats. Sena- tor Reed has the Mellon support, and the nomination of both Reed and Vare would appear to be inevitable. Formet Qov. Pinchot may get into the race for the Senate, and other Republicans have been mentioned as possible candidates for the Senate, melualra Representa- uvr'(‘-lydn Kelly of the Pittsburgh dis- trict, LR Republican National Committeeman the Senate to run against Senator Bd- ward 1. Edwards next vear. A group of influential Republicans, seeking har- mony and also the nomination af Mr Kean, 18 to meet at Sea View Qolt Club near Atlantic City, it is veported 1t has been rumored, however, that Senator Edward C. 8tokes for the senatorial nomination. CRERENY Senator Gerald P Nye of North Da- kota, Republican Progressive, believes that Senator Ourtis of Kansas, the Re- publican leader of the Senate, way prove the big surprise of the Republican national convention, taking the presls dential nomination next June. In New York, where he went to deliver two ad- dreases, he declared that he waa for the nomination of Senator Norria of Ne- braska, but that he believed Senato Ourtis would be the compromise candi« date of the Republican leaders after the ourly balloting. He sald that Senator Curtis was without palitioat handica) and would be aooeptable to the m..l'. licans of the Northwest. The farm situs atlon N the Northwest, h‘ A | way located?—A. | situated on the coast of Antrim. north- | Col. | to the mass of organic utterances that | ¥ guoted wow. There Hamilton F Kean of New Jersey mav | Do the selection of the Republicans for | Edge 1s inclined to the nomination of | = Q. Just where is the Giant's Cause- | W. R. W o 8 A. This group of basaltic columns is ern Ireland, west of Bengore Head. about 11 miles northeast of Coleraine. Q. How may cracks in laundry be repaired?a L Ne s A. Cracks in slate, soapstone or ce- | ment laundry tubs are made watertight with a mixture of litharge and glycerin %clt‘w;:uyhfhamm mc:mmm ce- nt. e rge glycerin are mixed and stirred to form a smosth bheavy paste free from lumps. The crack should be cleaned out to remove | all grease and dirt. and the paste should be worked ‘nto the c-ack with a case knife. A pasi: of Porliany cement and water, or of the white of sn egg and fresh lump lime. has teen used success- fully for this purpos: 1 Q. How many manufacturing estab- | lishments are located in ‘Washingten D. C.? What is the value of the output of the factories?>—S. A P. A. There are 595 manufacturing establishments. The total value of the yearly output at $68,826.570. T 7 ! factories is estimated | at ;unstm Q. Please give some official opinion | a5 o whether this 8 a Christian Na-| tion.—A. A. C. A In!hecueofthcchmnrmet Holy Trinity versus the United States, ' argued in the Supreme Court. January 7. 1892, the decision was down praver. the laws of Sabbath . | — —ith the closing of courts, legislatures| Frederic J. Hastin is ewnloyed and similar public ascemblies on that | Py this paper fo Aewdie inguirws of day" the number of churches. mission- | 0" reuders. and you ere inrited %o call aries. philanthropists. these and iupon Rim as freely end as of'en @8 other matters which might be noticed, | Yo% . Ask ything thet it @ add a volume of unofficial declarations | Matfer of fact awd the awthoriy \eill =0 charge this is a Christian Nation.” {for this service. dsk whet vos west. sign your wawme and ediress wnd Q Is a building 110 stories high ] 1 for rets beine constructed in New York Gity?— postage. Address The Evemns Soor B Information B J Has- A The supertntendnt of beiltingh | hen, Chrcser e aiseric 4. Bes Oklahoma’s Latest Trouble Is Seen As “Growing Pair formidable. ner any wa Oklahoma's near Civil War. in which I excitement. if all the governor called out troops to block An impeachment session of the - lature, is viewed by the a continuation of troub! necessarily serious i enced by the new its birth. ‘Oklabhoma hopes to muddle through. ™ says the Chicago Daily News. “and set. e the differences between the legisla- | tive majority and the executive, as well l“rgrn rh\:‘: )u:m‘e nmm serious dis- ul e the ce dignity of | the point where 0 | the State Wonks have Deen | State has Gnppeend o spoken, but tempers have rot been com- | nidiculous. A | very | snooer pletely lost ™ The El Paso Herald ob- | would seem to be Ris quich resignar serves that “an attempt at impeach- Then if he wants vindication ' 2@ ment moans little in the Nfe of an | go before Ris voters a8 & candiiate for Okinhoma governar.” and that “it has | re-sloctian » Viewing the mecire o been made tn the case of AlmMOst every | “the gtrong arm of the mubitary executive sirce the State was admitted” | trol and two forees of State Gov The Herald recalls that “Qov. JAck ) ment At WaF with cach . ather - Walton actually was tmpeached ‘and | Columbus ORto State Journal de thrown out of office. but not until he. | “That is an experience (hat {00, had ealled out the National Guard | lasting harm to the good name of the o keep legislators from mesting.” | State, particulary as this /1 sowd ot s a v ate.” | experienc TN 2 | the Meridian Star. E,, is va‘;';“ in ."n::‘“:-‘,:nsfi b o vears of age. She has not outgrown “The m;w& as the two-gun era of development. Qive | ducted. have a tendenc young OKlahoma time. She will learn.* AR mnstit | The Star romarks that “in older States e | these things are settled without re- | a\m;u :\r‘mlmn‘ c!l:l war | Roel ansas Democrat ades that | " “Perhaps 1t might be contended that ‘:::;kuonmm :r‘:mw Decause 1t 1s & ‘young' State—having | good name of ORMnoma .« e as experi. nmonwealth since o gz ik needed to achieve soctal progress | they shouid be bdeneath the & natives of the . the Nashville Banner sugxe however: “Nevertheless De has re: | been admitted to the Union in 1908 \ | and because of the heterogeneity of | | Pobulation, which is typical of m, The Wichita Beaacon atfers ates, b 18 naturally unsettled o | BN s oy Swwi “For either Legislaturs or tfi"m“m TetING Cittes, epAN 10 ASIETt sUPremMAcY over the courts ts | MARlew natural resowrves certainly out of arder. 8o far. Qov Wunu o agrivul Jahnston seems to have the Hght of i G e Sor: Caia o civi? says the Detroit News and the New | HOR a8 exdressed i sehook ’ York Times coutends that “the courts | A7d calleges The warring poit | have spoken, aud. while the struggle | HODS Afe very ape 1) D cwninwh d between the legislative arm on the one | N0 “clements which seist side and the executive and fudiclal on \ Dretty largely for what there {he other may be prolonget Tesort wil | bolities : | probably be to other courts™ i As :\‘:«“n' "‘“‘““.'“‘ Stare *f"‘"”,‘,' { “-e e body vene i . A eourt o 4 The Oklahoma Oity Times st the w"'\""\..',",“,”‘,,': T o m\:";\'l :‘t: l':};um 1\\1‘\:’- l'!\' SHUALION | ganal question Mivelved i e of the wo of the State rtan et An orderly \‘\Ibd\l\““\\‘ the m‘n\ m‘,“&. A, “\'mfl fatrs,” I the opinton of the Times, | : b v Nistory ot the Means vastly mare to the State than | the“triumph of ‘any palitioal fuetio. | may st the | and that is realised by { dmfi“l Ak AL L\ R Lo‘\mnnw m.‘ N has revenled nothing 1o indioal bankruptey o mn\\l'&un cmku:i . State under the prosent vegime. Array of fmpeachment oharges i not o Mve AT e ~