Evening Star Newspaper, January 4, 1928, Page 8

8 THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D.C. WEDNESDAY. . . .January 4, 1028 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave, New York Office: 110 East 42nd St. Chicago_Oftice: Tow uilding. European Office rll(lfi"u‘nl St., London, England. Rate by Carrier Within the City. The Evening Star .. 45¢ per month The Evening and ‘Sunday Sta (when 4 Sundave). ......50cpermonth The Frening and Sunday Star (when 5§ Sundays) The Surday Star ... 00000 Collection made ‘at’ the end ¢ cach Onders may be sent in by mail cr telephons Main 5000. Rate h{ Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. 157, $0.00: 1mo. 157 $6.00: 1 mo., 005 1 mo.l 5o §1 00: 1 mo’, 00: 1 mo.. Member of the Associated Pres The Associated Press is exclusivelv er titlnd 10 the use for republication of all news dis. patches crediged 10 it or not otherwise crod. ited in this paper and also tha 1 published herein. Al richta of nuhl Of special dispatches herein are also reserved Smith's Silence Unbroken. Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New York has used 35000 words to tell the Legislature his position on State issues as he sees them. Confident pre- diction that the governor, today the most prominently mentioned Democrat for the presidential nomination, would declare himself on important national issues, is not borne out by the text of his message. His silence is still com- plete on such subjects as the tariff, im- m!-ration, the McNary-Haugen farm aid plan, the foreign relations of the United States, ‘The governor does speak of prohibi- tion and law enforcement, but what he says has added nothing new to his own expressed views on that subject. He declares for law enforcement while the eighteenth amendment and the Volstead act remain unchanged, but is clearly antagonistic to the prohibitory law. He makes a proposal that the State constitution be so changed that in the future proposals for amendments to the Constitution of the United States be submitted to a referendum of the people of New York before the State Legislature votes to ratify them. ‘The governor's message to the Leg- islature had been widely heralded as a coming campaign document, to be used in connection with his candidacy for the presidential nomination. Those who hoped for such pronouncements will be disappointed. The silence of Gov. Smith on national issues is still unbroken. There is nothing in the message to indicate that the governor is a candidate. It leaves him in the same position as hitherto. He has de- 1.:d that he is a candidate for any of- fice. Indeed, he describes his message to the Legislature as his eighth and “last” annual message as governor, in- dicating that he will not be again a candidate for governor. This might be interpreted as meaning that he fis bent on entering the national fleld of politics, but this would be merely an interpretation of those who desire him to become a presidential candidate. To date Gov. Smith has maintained an attitude of non-candidacy for the presidential nomination. He has done mothing to give impetus to the drive to name him as the Democratic standard bearer for 1928. The widespread cam- paign for Smith delegates to the Dem- ocratic national committee has received no personal sanction from the gov- ernor. His friends and admirers have acted upon their own initiative. How long such a situation can con- tinue remains to be seen. It appears that within a short time the governor must either become a candidate or de- clare himself out of the race. He may not make any public declaration on the matter, however, and if he does not his name will surely be brought before the national convention. It will be re- called that in 1920 the Republican party nominated Charles Evans Hughes, then a member.of the Supreme Court of the United States. Mr. Hughes had taken no part in the preconvention campaign. The nomination came to him without any declaration from him even that he would accept it. Perhaps Gov. Bmith may be able to maintain silence to the end, as did Mr, Hughes. On the other hand, if his name is entered in one or more of the presi- dential preferential primaries in the Btates which hold such primaries and he takes no steps to prevent the sub- mission of his name o the voters, it ‘will be regarded as tacit agreement he will be a candidate. Dinner invitations are important in public affairs. A presidential possibil- ity 1s known not only by what he says, but by when and where he eats. Chinese philosophers have regarded ‘wealth as indestructible and war as in- evitable, He who loots must expect to be looted in turn, ——— -t Thirteenth Street Parking. Members of Congress are interesting themselves in the protest of business leaders in the hesrt of the shonping und theater district that after they had been assessed %0 pay for the widening of Thirtecnth street, to make it the e wide Usffic street In the business center, the District Commissioners, without sny hearing or notice, by regu- Istion prohibited angle parking and thus cut the parking soace Lo about one-third. More than fifty business houses and seven theaters huve complained thut they have suffered @ senious loss in petronsge Uacesble directly 1o this paraliel-parking regulation. Gen, An- on Blephan, president of the Mer- chants snd Manufecturers’ Assoclstion, hse taken the matter up with the Di- wrict Commizssioners and been Wold that this 1 & first step towsrd the pro- hibition of wll parking in Lhe business district, The new perking regulation on ‘Thir- teenthi strect has been & cause of vex- aton snd serious inconvenlence 1 the shopping and theatergo'ng public snd o others with offices in bulldings eon- venlent L that street It has forced further congestion on Twelfth etreet and nelghboring side streets 1 would seem thut before such @ Grustic change was made, wifecting oo Bisny persons and causing serivus husl- oy by, hisliioish iy ekl kv been given and an opportunity afforded those interested to protect their rights. Nét only because of the immediate loss suffered by so many business men who helped to pay for the widening of Thirteenth street, but because the Dis- trict Commissioners have said that it is a first step toward eliminating all parking, the business concerns, who pay heavy taxes, should be given a fair hear- ing. They are as vitally interested as any one clse in keeping the traffic lines open, but they feel that they should not be forced to pay for widening streets for bus lines that do not contribute anything like the same amount into the District treasury. Members of Congress, particularly on the appropriations committee, have promised to inquire into the matter, but it is one that should be settled by the District Commissioners, fairly to all interests involved, without recourse to Congress. Congress should not be bothered with such municipal matters. The business men should not be de- prived of benefits from the street on which they have located, which they have built up and brought into impor- tance and for the widening of which they themselves have paid. Surely the greatest good for the larg- est number would be better served through the Commissioners granting & public hearing on whether there should be angle parking or parallel parking on Thirteenth street. No one could be de- pended upon for better opinion on how traffic in the business section could be facilitated than the abutting merchants. r——— Maledictions on Movies. A distinguished Brooklyn, N. Y., pas- tor views the motion picture with alarm. He declares that it is “a school of crime” and points out the fact that Hickman, the youthful kidnaper and murderer of a young girl, was in the habit of viewing movies frequently. These declarations were made in the course of a debate on the question “Should There Be Federal Supervision of Motion Pictures?” In the course of the debate te clergyman further con- tended that the flickering films were “a menace fo the morals of children and to the furtherance of world peace.” 'To say that a young criminal habitu- ally patronized the picture houses and that, therefore, these are a school of crime, is putting two and two together and obtaining a result far greater than four. “Post hoc, ergo propter hoc” is the phrase used in logic for this fallacy— meaning that because one thing hap- pe.s after another it happens because of that other. Every sort of person goes to the movies and for a great va- riety of reasons, but principally to be entertained and, to a certain extent, instructed. For every youngster that the films has made worse there are thou- sands whom it has made better—better informed and obeying better impulses. The ancient cry raised against the dime and nickel novel, almost entirely by those who had never read any, was of a similar sort, whereas in those liter- ary masterpieces virtue always tri- umphed and evil got its just desserts. It may be that here and there a young man or young woman, a boy or a girl, has been overimpressed with the gun play and other evil aspects of a film and has been tempted to go and do likewise. It is thought, however, that with the steady improvement in the rictures these cases are becoming rarer and rarer. On the other hand, when the harm that is done is weighed in the balance against the good that is done, comparisons are impossible. There are lots of trashy pictures, but each yeas sees them fewer and sees the good ones better and better. When this clergyman declares that movies are a menace to the furtherance of world peace he is talking through his hat. World peace is based on mutual understanding. In the news reels especially, and many feature and his- torical films, the young person, perhaps disinclined to read and usually unable to travel, sees human beings, like him- self, doing all sorts of interesting, use- ful and inspiring things in every im- aginable geographic setting. He knows & great deal more of this world and what 1s going on in it than did his grandfather who took the “grand tour,” To declare that the motion pictures fur:ish a school for crime is about as sensible as asserting the same thing of literature, ———————————— “Tell it to the Marines!” is an old saying. These hard-fighting lads are attentive listeners and when the time comes have something to tell in reply. ———r—t— Accidents to Passengers. A suit of law is pending in the Dis- trict courts in which a passenger on a railway train sues the transportation company for damages which resulted from his slipping on a banana peel while re-entering a car which he had left for & few minutes at a station. The company rejoins that it 18 not respon- sible for the fall, as the passenger, hav- ing both hands full of packages, was not Jooking where he was going or pay- ing heed to what he was doing. How- ever this case may turn out, it is rem- iniscent of & series of damage claims some years ago in and around New York in which & woman who acquired some notoriety figured conspicuously. Bhe became known, indeed, as “Banana Peel Mary.” Tt was not until a number of cases had been settled out of court in her behalf that it was discovered that she made a practice of dropping her own banana peel and slipping on it for the purpose of posing as & victim of corporation negligence, She was tried and convicted of practicing fraud Tt 18 not suggested that the plaintiff n this present case 18 in the category of "Banana Peel Mary.” In the New York and New Jersey cases the courts held, or ab least the clalms agents of the rapid transit companies admitted, that the presence of & slippery sub- stanice on the floor of the car was cause for recovery, assuming that it was not placed there by a clalmant. The question of how far & common carrier is responsible for the safety of 1ts passengers has alweys been difficult of wnewer. In the cese of a collision the lability 15 admitted. Passengers who walk up and down the aisles and are thrown by the lurching of the train have recovered damages. As a hroad proposition the currier 18 charged with the sufety of its patrons while they are within the confines of s approuchies Bub the courts have aleo held tiat pus sengers musl exercise & reasonable de- gree of care W protect themaelves, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1928, THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. places a slippery substance on the floor of a coach, street car or railway car s the one who s responsible for any accl- dent that may result. But it is next to impossible to identify such a person. It is presumably the duty of the train crew to remove such dangerous sub- stances. In the case of a street car in which motorman and conductor have fixed stations which they cannot leave, a frult rind may be dropped on the floor without detection and may cause an accident for which the company cannot logically be held accountable. Every case must be determined on its own merits. The passenger is supposed to “mind his step.” The company is supposed to give reasonable protection to the passenger. In case of accident and suit, it remains for the court and the jury to decide where the liability lies and to what extent, if any, the suf- ferer has been at fault through con- tributory negligence. s Presumptuous Criticism. Representative Fiorello H. La Guardia, according to his own admission, has often been a harsh critic of the Navy. The recent disaster to the submarine 8-4 off Provincetown caused the Repre- sentative to appoint himself an investi- gation committee of one and, presum- ably to add vividness to a proposed speech on the floor of the House re- garding the submarine situation, he took a thirty-six-hour ride in an under- sea boat. His first act on returning to land was significant. He tore up the speech that he had written about sub- marines and methods to rescue men imprisoned on them. Representative La Guardia's example might well be followed by others who presume to criticize the Navy without knowing in the least what they are talking about. The tragedy to the S-4 was a shocking blow to the Nation and, because of its inability to rescue the six men known to be alive, the Navy rescue squad came in for a good deal of panning. There may have been rescue methods not used that might have been used and there may have been differences in judgment as to the proper methods, but it is certain that the cream of the service as far as rescue work is concerned was on the job immediately after the sinking, and was in & better position to size up the situation than any other man or group of men. Everything was done that in the judgment of those on the scene could be done, and most of the flery criticism of the Navy Department might well never have been uttered. ——at———— ‘The man who wrote the songs of a nation was once regarded as a power. The man who does the flying for a nation is now regarded as the leading influence. N Scientific minds are inclined to wel- come archeological discovery asa means of carrying on human controversy with- out introducing irritating questions of current taxation. - The discussion of “favorite sons” has become conspicuous. Feminine in- fluence has become so strong that the mention of & favorite daughter may be expected at any moment. ——r—t——— A criminal's greed for notorlety is a queer example of publicity-seeking; salesmanship with absolutely nothing to sell. —————— Henry Ford made his bold adventures into literature. He is required to ad- mit that the automobile salesman is m re powerful than the book agent. ———r Eminent statesmen who are looking for a campaign issue are rather brave in attempting to ignore the wet-dry controversy. ———— et ‘There are now two distinct types of motor owners. One boasts of how much he paiddor his car and the other of how little. ——————————— For an eminent and obliging figure in public life, a New Year true hap- piness can hardly begin until the ordeal of public handshaking is over. pessfsauat e S Disturbances inevitably break out— owing largely to the fact that Lind- bergh cannot be everywhere at once, B A presidential boom which develops before February must take its chances with the annual season of frost. o SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON, Banishment. There is a goddess whom you fear, ‘Though of & lovely type. Her one decree is most severe; “Thou shalt not smoke a pipe.” Bhe makes herself exceeding clear. I pause an eye to wipe; “Hand me a cigarette, my dear— But do not light your pipe.” Up In the attic, far from here, 0ld boys, in wisdom ripe, From books expand a generous cheer, With them I'll smoke my pipe. Genlal Generalities. “You have uttered many words of wisdom.” es,” answered Senator Sorghum. “But words of wisdom are not always appreciated. Unless you've got somes thing practical to suggest, people are liable to think you got your remarks out of a referenc lume," New Procedure. The judge who added up the score Remarked, “Perhaps we'll be more wise When we adjudicate no more, But merely psychosnalyze,” Jud Tunkins says a man who forgets an injury is admirable tn character, but he needs more insurance, Control, “Henrleltn talks in her slecp,” sald Mr. Meekton. “A misfortune!” “Not st all. Henrietta insists on have ing the last word. It's an sccomplishe ment." Worth While. Almost n year we'll have Lo walt As patient as can be, Endeavoring 1o decorate Another Ohristinns tree “You can't believe mo' dan halt you henr,” said Uncle , “And at dat AU, (s Wskaop Who WQH) B NS Why should difference mean en- mity? Not every person has attained to the perfection of the wise nan Who said, “I may not agree with what you say, but I will fight to the death for your r'ght to say it” In the daily life which most of us lead there is nothing more common th‘lx:’ exactly the opposite attitude of mind. ‘To agree with another means that he is a frlend; to disagree with his opinions, that he an enemy. Hostility is one of the prevailing traits of humanity. Opposition in thought involves a state of mental war- fare which often enough leads to phy- sical combat. At the least, such difference causes 11 feeling, estrangement, and, worst of all, an utter incapacity to discover the good points in others. * kK K ‘The longer one lives the more he is convinced that the ability to find good points in others is one of the cardinal virtues of everyday living. Life is more often reduced to plain washing the face and going to bed than it appears in the guise of grand moments, palpitating crises, or nervous exaltations. We go to bed every night (or most of us do), and we get up every morn- ing. We eat breakfast, lunch and dinner. We ride around town, we visit a friend or two, we go to the theater. We sit solemnly in front of a desk, we engage in heated arguments, we lan little things. These are some of he everyday actions of everyday men. And in the carrying out of these actions and in the thinking of the various thoughts that accompany them, there is nothing quite so important as the open mind. . ‘To have an open mind means that one is able to check resentment at its inception, that he is willing to over- look an insult, if need be, or that he is desirous of being just and fair, in order that he may make sure of find- i:g the good in others, and not be mi: by the bad that is apparent to al ‘This abilit; * ok ok X to see the good points is assailed from a thoulgnd {"r}m.. every day. Humility is not an Ameri- can_virtue. We resent too often and too well, We more readily blame than praise Many a man has shamefacedly ad- mitted to himself, in silent communion with his own heart, that he held back the word of encouragement because it might interfere with his own plans. 0 be able to discover good points in others presupposes, first, the recogni- tion of the necessity, and second, a willingness to speak of them when ex- pedient and right. i Only by holding firmly to these points, not in theory, but in actual practice, is it possible for most of us to steer clear of the evil of enmity re- sulting from mere difference of habits of mind and action. L] ‘This tendency in men perhaps shows as well as any other our kinship with the animals, There is nothing that an animal re- sents more than difference. The different species are enemies; those of the same species resent sick- ness or lameness in their own kind. QGreat forests full of wild creatures show these traits in abundance. Rab- bits go their way, wolves theirs, foxes their own. Bears do not associate with lons, nor tigers with leopards. Only a great emergency, such as a forest fire, will drive the four-legged things to meet in anything approach- ing a state of friendliness. Children of the human family, per- haps the closest to primal instincts, detect with unerring eye the slightest deviation from the normal or average in_their elders and companions. If a person have the dandruff, the child says, “You have dust in your hair.” If one eye is squinted, the child sees it at the first glance. A little boy, passing a dwarf, said: “Big fellow, little fellow, like me." These are the elemental, animal-like glances which take in and which re- sent differences, simply because they spell something outside the usual, therefore mean something strange, therefore bespeak the unknown. And the unknown, how the world fears it! * K Kk * Men of good will, who are willing to do more than casually accept the dic- tum that they are made in the image of God, will do some work to merit the designation. They want to earn their right to be a glorious image. Surely no better path offers than the difficult one of attempting to see the good points in others, and at the same time shrink- ing from the feeling that because the other fellow is different he is an enemy. ‘There are, of course, various degrees of enmity: but nothing is surer than that a little degree, once it gets a hold, may grow into a larger degree, and so on into the largest. Nations and individuals have been 80 occupied with noting and mgintain- ing differences that they havé failed to realize that in giving in to this trait they slip back insensibly to animality. ‘The brutes resent differences because they know no better; the tremendous seriousness of their existente makes such action necessary. Men, however, needs must eschew these personal differences, these petty noticings of varfations, if they are to come into their birthright. ‘This applies most of all in the daily life. The grand moments are few and far between for most of us, but we live 24 hours a day every day, and for as many days as possible. In this great, moving mass of living each one will meet differences which stand out, which positively hurl them- selves at one's head, but he is wise in his own interest, as well as for others, if he firmly puts the brake upon in- dignation, upon resentment, upon suspi- cion, upon touchiness. Often enough the “other fellow" means nothing at all by what he says or does, S0 your resentment, your in- dignation, your hurt feelings, are largely wasted. And wasted emotions are hurtful, as any psychologist will tell you. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. New developments in Nicaragua, just a fortnight before the opening of the pan-American conference at Havana, are admittedly embarrassing to the United States. The swiftness with which th: administration ir moving to put “General” Sandino out of busi- ness is an expression of Washington's ardent desire to close the disconcerting incident pronto. It is precisely the suspicion of Uncle Sam's motives in Latin Americs such as our interven- tion in Nicaragua has aroused that President Coolidge hopes to allay at Havana. His speech there will be af tuned to that end. So will such re- marks as may be addressed to the con- ference by ~Charles Evans Hughes, chalrman of the American delegation. The expectation in Washington is that Mr. Hughes will be chosen to preside over the Havana meeting. While Sec- retary of State, he concentrated largely upon pan-American relations, and won great prestige in dealing with them. L Secretary Kellogg, in formulating his “renunciation of war” counter-proj 1 to Prance, had the advantage of face- to-face conference with all of our prin- cipal Ambassadors to European coun- tries. During the Winter no fewer than five of them have been in the United States and in practically incessant con- tact with the State Department. Mr. Ferrick, from Paris, has been at home for several rionths. Mr. Houghton, from London, now & guest at the White House, 18 _winding up & visit of six weeks in New York State. Dr. Schur- man, from Berlin, has just salled back to Germany. Mr. Fletcher, from Rome, came to Washington early in Decem- ber, to become & member of the Ameri- can_delegation to the pan-American conference. Mr. Hammond, from Madrid, recently arrived for a period of annual leave, These foreign service homing pigeons are all in touch with the undercurrents and crosscurrents of European politics. It 1s fair to assume that Secretary Kellogg's epoch-making invitation to the world to join in the abandonment of War as “an instrument of policy” was the result, to & consid- erable extent, of a meeting of Uncle Sam’s diplomatic best min L At the New Year breakfast party to the diplomatic corps in the Pan-Ameri- can Palace a story went the rounds sbout the first person to whom Presi- dent Coolidge confided his intentions to go to Cuba this month. When Pres- ident Machado was in Washington last Bpring there was & White House din- ner in his honor. Mr. Coolidge's table mate was Senora de Ferrara, the ac- complished wife of the Ciban Ambas- s.dor, According to the story, Senora de Ferrara sald to the President: “Mr. President, T am such a novice in diplomacy that I hesitate to ask you & question I'm very anxious to know " Mr. Qoolldge replied: “Try Whereupon Senora de Ferrara, tal her courage in both hands, re- nlnui “‘Are you and Mrs. Ooolidge go- to Havana next January?' Quoth the President: "Yes, L Senator Cleorge H. Moses, Repub- lican, of New Hampshire, who 18 in charge of the Hoover boom In New England, has just called upon the Roosevelt Club of Boston to nail the Becretary of Commerce's colors to it masthead. The cluby mbership ex- ter s all through New England. This 18 the letter Moses sent “Bob" Wash- burn, president of the organisation: ‘The Roosevelt Olub seems to me 1o be missing out on a very great opportunity, - Why do you not lay before your members a proposal to indorse Hoover for Pmu\n-n ? You have been llnm‘”hnr Coolldge, and Hoover seems to be Doolidge's right- ful helr. Why do you not acknowl- edge that Hoover has the straw~ berry mark on hia left arm and is entitled to the residuary estate snd :o this "."'%;"‘ " ruounlll‘;m of n- orsel your well known oi- Fanieation? Mr. Washburn has replied that the Roosevelt. Olub will acl on #Hen Moses' suggestion and indorse as ublican —convention delegates hose ndidates pledged (o vote for Hoover "as long as his nomination is ossible » B B B Inoa glass cane 1 the manuseript division of the Library of Congress there reposes & traglo and wonderful rmnfi Of _Japanese herolam — which only |, icans at this hour. It 1s a photograph- ic reproduction of a letter found in the pocket of Lieut. Sakuma, who went to his doom in a submarine during Japa- nese naval maneuvers in 1910, along Vith fourteen of his men, the entire crew. The letter was written while the lieutenant faced certain death, a couple of hours after the boat sank. The sub- marine went under at 10 am. and at 12:40 pm. Sakuma reported that he and his comrades knew their fate was sealed. After describing in complete detall the cause of the disaster, Sakuma wrote: We now sacrifice our lives for the sake of our country, but my fear is that the disaster will affect the future development of submarines. It is, therefore, my hope that noth- ing will daunt your determination to study the submarine until it is & perfect machine, absolutely re- liable. We can then die wfihout regret. LY Supporters of Al Smith, consclous that religious prejudice is the highest hurdle he’ll have to take before gain- ing the Democratic presidential nom- ination—to say nothing of election— are going to make coplous use of a ser- mon just preached by the governor's pastor in New York City. He is Mgr. John P. Chidwick of St. Agnes' Church, who spoke last Sunday from the pulpit of St. Patrick's Cathedral. “*% Roman Catholic,” sald Mgr. Chid- wick, "who swears to safeguard, pro- tect and properly administer the af- fairs of a community, State or Nation, is bound by his oath, no matter what interest, party or friend may try to swerve him from it. The oath to ful- fill the ofMce comes first and before all other considerations.” Mgr. Chid- wick was chaplain of the battleship Maine when she was sunk at Havana in 1898. LI The Alexandria Gazette, published Just across the Potomac from Washing- ton, is the oldest daily newspaper in the United States. On January 2 it calebm(‘rd 144 years of continuous exist- ence. The Gazette was started shortly after the surrender of Lord Cornwalliy at Yorktown. Its editor proudly boasts that it is “older than the Constitution, older than the presidency, older than the United States Supreme Court, and jun for of the Declaration of Independ- ence only by about eight yvears, It was in its frisky ‘teens when the first spade of earth was turned for the foundation of the Capitol at Washington. The wiseacres of that day predicted that the new Federal city would not thrive be- cuuse It was too close to the growing town of Alexandria. George Washing- ton was one of the Giazette's first mg- soribers. The bound volumes of the paper carry the name of Henry Olay Al)ll ll(l’n l:ll‘?{llln of many coples, indicat- ng that they were the ones regu delivered to the Kentuckian.” ot (Covyright, 1038) UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR Ten Years Ago Today Pershing's overseas forves continue thelr tratning despite a foot or more of smow. ¢ ¢ ¢ President Wilson, ad- dressing Congress tn Joint sesslon, de- fine's Government's position in assum- ing control of ratlvoads and recom- mends legislation to finance the car vlers and protect stockholders dur- Ing war perlod. ¢ * ¢ Admine Istration bl designed to ety out his recommendations s immediately introduced and asks $500.000,000 ap- propriation to help equip lines to meet war demands. * * ¢ Natlon's mu\u @180 to be taken over along lines similar to rallroada. * * ¢ MoAdoo asks additional appropriation of eight hundred millions “for United Statea Bhipping Board to spesd up conatruo- ton. ¢ ¢ ¢ Railioad brotherhoods pledge their ald to abtain maximum eMolency In operating roads under Gov- rnment eantiol, leaving wage gueation 0 MoAdoo's hands. ¢ ¢ dimival Fletoher recalled from war sone. Dental In e that his retivement v die to 10an OF ANEVIORIL ATINY (ransport An- Ullon With 67 lves * v Two gens orala quit supply bureau and 1t s ex- iwa that fi M '* w Politics at Large By G. Gould Lincoln, A demand for tariff revision down- ward comes out of the progressive West, just when the Democrats are seeking eagerly for a campaign issue. Senator McMaster of South Dakota, Republican, has before the Senate a resolution declaring that “the United States Senate favors an immediate low- ering of the tariff schedules, and tariff | legislation embodying lowered schedules should be considered and enacted dur- ing the present session of Congress.” Senator McMaster hails from a sec- tion of the country that has clamored long for some measure of farm relief, some measure that would place the farmer on a purchasing equality with the industrialist. More particularly it has demanded the enactment into law of the McNary-Haugen farm aid plan, with its equalization fee principle. There have been threats that if the farmers were not accorded full protec tlon, such as that given the manufac- turers of the country by the tariff, a movement would be started from the West to lower tariff schedules, so that the farmer might buy in a_cheaper market the supplies which he must have. * K K K The Senate cannot under the Con- stitution initiate tariff or revenue rais- ing laws. They must first have con- sideration of the House. So Mr. Mc- Master provides in his resolution for transmission of the proposed Senatc action to the House. It will be recalled, however, that it was a group of West- ern Republicans, under the leadership of the late Senator Dolliver of Iows, during the Taft administration that leveled an attack on the Payne-Aldrich tariff act, an attack which eventually contributed no little to the division in Republican ranks in 1912 and to the Republican rout which followed. Democrats are not slow now to see the advantage of pressing the passage of the McMaster resolution. Indeed. some of them are preparing now to support the resolution, which probably will come before the Senate in a day or two. Other progressive Republican Senators are going along with Senator McMaster, also, unless it becomes very evident that legislation to aid the farm- er is to be enacted into law. They are bent not so much on tearing down the protection now afforded the manufac- turers and industrialists of America as they are bent upon giving the farmer some similar protection. If the farmer is to be denied that protection, then the progressive Republicans are prepared to go the limit in bringing the products which the farmer must buy into a greater measure of equality of cost with the price which the farmer obtains for his own products. Senator Nye of North Dakota, one of the most active of the members of the upper house in the de- mand for farm ald, takes this view of the tariff situation. * x % % ‘The prospective number of “favorite sons” for the Republican presidential nomination is on the increase. Senator “Jim” Watson of Indiana, it is now re- ported, will file in the State presidential primary. This has been expected in some political circles. It is said that his purpose is to hold the Republican organization together in the Hoosler State, to take the delegation into the Republican national convention in a compact body, usable in the political trading that is expected in the con- vention. Senator Watson has given no indication so far that he will file in other primary States for the delegates Out in Indiana his purpose in filing has been taken to mean that he will hold the delegation for Lowden or for Vice President Dawes and deliver the votes of Indiana to one or both of those candidates at the proper time. Sen- ator Watson has been a strong sup- orter of the McNary-Haugen farm aid ill, which is regarded as the chief issue in the candidacy of Mr. Lowden for the presidential nomination, and incidentally as the chief issue upon which Vice President Dawes may lay claim to preference of the national convention if his frlend Mr. Lowden cannot make the grade. Senator Wat- son in his own political battle for re- election in 1926 was aided in Indiana by strong friends of Vice President Dawes, and there is much support for the nomination of Dawes in that State. ook One of the latest “favorite son™ pro- posals for the Republican presidential nomination is that for Gov. Arthur C. Sorlie, the Republican Governor of North Dakota. How serious such a pro- posal is has not yet developed, but it is reported that the governor has not turned a cold shoulder to the plan to send a delegation to the national con- vention instructed for him. Gov. Sorlic has been elected governor with Non- Partisan League support in North Da- kota, and has not little political | strength North Dakota has been re- garded as “Lowden territory,” although Senator Nye has expressed a prefer- ence for Senator George Norris of Ne- braska as more clearly expressing the progressive ideas of the West. LI Senator Frederick Hale of Maine, during the Christmas recess, made for mal announcement of his candidacy for re-election to the Senate next No- vember. He has been twice elected Sen- ator, an office which was flled for many years prior to his election by his father. At present Senator Hale is chairman of the important naval af- fairs committee of the Senate, and is & member of the committees on appro- priations and rules, two of the most powerful committees of the Senate. He has been a strong supporter of the de- velopment of an adequate Navy, and will ‘;lu\- a large part tn the fight for up- uilding the Navy (o treaty proportions in the present session of Congress. Sen- ator Hale will have opposition for the Republican nomination for Senator. Gov. Ralph O. Brewster has also an- nounced his candidacy for the nomina« ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ‘BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. 8top a minute and think about this | fact. You can ask The Evening Star Information Bureau any question of fact and get the answer back in a per- | sonal letter. It is a great educational idea Introduced into the lves of the most intelligent people In the world— | American_newspaper readers. It is a part of that best purpose of a news paper—service. There I3 no charge ex. cept 2 cents in stamps for return post age. Get the habit of asking qu tlons, Address your letter to Th Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic_J. Haskin, director, Washing- ton, D. C. Q. What is the derivation of the | word alphabet?—R. A. 1t is derived from alpha and beta, first and second letters of the Greek alphabet. Q. How did the name “South Sea” come to be applied to the Pacific Ocean?—M. E A. The name was given to the Pa- | ific by its discoverer, Balboa A the Isthmus of Panama, where he it, Tuns nearly east and west, cific forms its southern shore: 3 to the Spaniards on tne isthmus it was the South Sea. Until the nineteenth century this was t b7 sometimes empioyed ! ner for the South Pacif frequently used. Q. Who introduced the custom of using the express nouncing t! C. B. B. A. The expression, fo by court office ing the opening of cous duced into England b together with other and forms. In the U English translation, employed by most court nouncing the opening of court. 1t is still opening of court Q. How near comj Mystery of Edwin Dr ens died?—L. 8. T. A. This novel w pleted in 12 monthly about 6 were written when & Q. Is Edna St. Vincent Millay mar- ried?—E. A. N ‘A. Her marriage to Eugen Jan Bo sevain took place in 1923. i the heat of an Q. How intense acetylene torch?— A The Bureau of Standards says that the oxyacetylene flame is capable of producing a temperature in the | neighborhood of 6,000° F. Q. When was the first radio installed on an American battleship?—S. A. A. According to the Navy Depart- ment the first experimental radio models installed on American battle- ships were attached in 1899 to the cld U. 8. 8. New York and to the U. S. 8. | Porter. 1 To settle an argument. did Ruth | Elder actually pilot her airplane on |to h | far be of Finnish descent, have for cen- turies u: dogs in many domestic| activities, and the breed bearing their| name is the one reputed to have been) most intimately associated with thei; life. Such dogs were used chiefly in) the herding of reindeer and as draf:) Samoyedes are particularly ¥ dogs in various polar expeditions. Q. Was Benito Juarez of Mexico Indian?—M. B. A. Benito Juarez, & former Pres!. dent, of Mexico, who was ¥ e fo many reforms both civil and #as the child of Indian Ermu ho died when he was 4 years old. His edu cation was undertaken by a charitabl hant of Oajaca, of which he later became governor. Q. What was known as “spe Jack” in Civil War days?—A. 8. N. A. The common field , which one of the mainstays of the Southern| people, was 50 called. Gen. Lee is sal :dali’.d it “the Confe Q. When was the term ticket off leave t used?>—C. N. A e term was first applied to the license of liberty granted to convictd in Van Diemans Land as a part ¢ the reform in prison methods in 1840, Q. What is a tramp?—D. L. A. He is the American best fr wandering aimlessly, begging and re-| g work, kindling fires and camp. Q. Who first used the ard hrLsurhng silver in ti O. L. A. The standard 0925 was firs adopted in 1851 by Charles Lewis Tif. v, founder of the jewelry firm which bears his name. resent stand. couairy?- Q. Can a tree 40 feet tall be trans. planted? Can a tree 3 feet in diamete: be moved?—C. C. A. It is poss 40 feet tall if t is p | and prepared with enough soil. Department of Agriculture says that tree as large as 3 feet in d can be transplanted. Q. Has a negro ever been graduated Iérm‘} }\;les\'. Point or Annapolis? . Young is the only been graduated from United States Military Academy. The Naval Academy has never had a negro graduate. QU W was the silver dollar coined”. S. A. The coinage of the United Stau silver dollar was co: in 1793 her attempt to cross the ocean?—R. L. A. Miss Elder sa t George Haldeman took turns piloting | their airplane the American Girl across | the Atlantic Ocea: | Q. What were the boundaries old Roman Empire?—J. J. B A. Thatcher and Schwill, in “ in the Middle Ages” century the Roman em from the Atlantic in Euphrates in Sahara in th Main, and Rhine on also (modern Engla to this territory. of the Christian era the empire had not been greal larged.” . What is the or known as the Samoyed: A. It is possible t the sprang from the s original sou as the Chow Chow, namely from dogs | of the northland. The early habitat of the Samoyede was Astatic Russia. | particularly Siberia, the breed name | being derived from a semi-nomadic | tribe, the Samoyedes. Records indicate that these people, who are thought to L d ~ed n of the dog LRa | S ede | e hat she and|" of :helf | o 1. &AM Q. What is the life of the Diesel en: ne’—G. O. E. A. The Bureau of Engiseering. D partment of the Navy, says that Iife of a Diesel engine, except for ihe minor wearing parts, all of which ar made renewable in modern ity buily ines. is practically ind ite. ha newing of parts, such as worn lin gs. valves, bearings, etc., is depend. ent very largely on the methods kS | cperation and upkeep followed substitute for the pig. lion?—W. C. Vermilionette is such & substitute. made by precipitating ecsin or lar dve upon a white dase, as bar-) sulphate. or on s mixture of this| crange lead. What is a phooka?—T. N. folk-lore, the phooka is apparition in the form ¢f & ha usually frequenting a bog. Q. How much portland cement made in the United States?—C. M. A. In 1926 the portiand gement mi of this country produced. 164.057. barrels or 656.228,000 sacks of cement. Txis was more than the output of all the rest of the world combined. m National “Soft-Heartedness” Blamed in Remus Acquittz Faults of the jury system and the! whole modern attitude toward law en- forcement are analyzed by the press in | its discussion of the Remus verdict ac- quitting on the ground of insanity the former bootleg king who shot his wife to death. i Wqtis € 11, wetrd plot.” regon Journal 1 ofe! | create the adequate that made bootles: The whole country stupefied in con: laughs at* disobed! cares little adout publ time American steeped 1o & fren: The sanctity of the home for the jury undoubtedly woman and Dodge ‘The Ci that the munity as a de! S “As & matter of fact, not local but natic As & people is & maw sm Amer plenty of it 1 cross-sections af the eomw they represent less th: ability for straight th road to wealth. | in the plot. It is e and civic ideals, | nce to purity and old and n 1S pa “horrbd! tion. ‘This presages a bitter struggle. but with the odds in favor of Senator Hale, who stands well with the Repub- lican organization of the State. Gov. Brewster was an opponent of the nom- ination and election of Senator Gould, the junfor Senator from Maine. He went so far as to support the Demo- cratio nominee for the Senate agatnst Qould, which has not endeared him to many of the Republicans of the State. In the past Gov. Hrewster has had the ald of the Ku Klux Klan, it has been reported from Maine, but whether the Klan will support him against Senator Hale 13 another matter, e Miles Poindexter, American Ambas- sador to Peru, soon will get aotively into the Nght for nomination o the Senate, according to his friends. He has already announced his candidacy and 18 expected (0 resign his present post early this year and return to Washington State to take personal charge of his campaign. The Repub. lieans hope to win cat In the Sen- ate from the Democrats in the Was ington election Senator DIL, Deme- orat, beat Mr. Potndexter for the place six yoars ago. Senator DI ts & good ruluwl{nrr and m’m\-r He will take a 1ot of beating before he 15 diaplaced ‘The Republicans, however, are count- INE Upon the fact that this s & presi- dential year, and that the State wsual Iy goen atrongly Republican in natioanal campaigng, Senator DL s one of (hose Democrats who have opposed vigoroualy the nomination of Qov. Al smith ol Ne wYork as the Damooratio candidate far President, believing, 1t s said, that the dmith noamination would be harme. ful 10 Demooratio prospects tn Wash- ington have beenn mentioned n - connection Wwith the senatorial nomination Washington, besides My, Paindexter, s Judge Konneth Melntosh and - Staie Honator Myers. Representative Sum mers, Republican, was at ane tine ex peoted to enter the vace far (he Benate, 1t his declared he will not be » van- l ' aidl\“. W WO» 1ol — | for peviuey ness of convicth it 4 some harrible result - A national asp perpetrat Ohto™ s Beacon, w h ¢ only for Cinenna the United States. cludes that “when s are able (o escape the consay cool, ealenlated murder thing drastically missy quacy of court proved: ‘The Nashville Banner descridbes the case as “a shame (o our courts and blow at our jury sy Mt obwery i that the defendant with deliberation and 1y as 1t was planned ™ oo tion that an insane y cell, can bev duct a dimew’ to the Qreat Falls Impress many of us nal )m\‘\\\m\' o i the State of Ohio, to the ¢ Tstened to it and to the jury tended to take it sertously Remus aeguitted® Why was every | NOWSPAPEE cortespondent at the sl | weeks before the end. able to advise his paper conddentially that Remus wouldt be acquitted® When we have ANSWETS Lo these ques Prodably Know how sinist ha { i Amerioan eriminal histo written | “n the lght of several recent ver- dlota” savs the New Ywrk Svenng World, “the prasvation of the fwy systemy will dependt on same il needed veforms making possitle (he the Two Republicans whose names | eliminatton of the moran and ihe se | ha sgaried o Teotion of A Jury both tntelligent and sound.The action of the Reos fury | I petittoning the conrt (o dismis pro Coeltings Agalist ohe of 1he Withawses o the dotense who hiad been i oted Wa The Wi sy A the (i 15 Appating e lndlanapolis News bolicves “there 1» only e thing foft f this awasing | B B e 18 watoy ic the laws, | Why was | 4 = of the jury lumbus Ohio State Journal The critics, per? 2 £ n that the attorneys for Loed d Leopold waived their right of trial and that the escape of thosel nals from the death pevalty 1 severe comment. probably| h ed from the travesty It was said at that time that} Loeb and Leopold could not have been| saved from the extreme punishment if] ®!a jury had heard the case. just as it/ is said now that Remus could not have| §ot off so lightly if his fate bad been) in the hands of the judgw It does not seem that it is the jury system under h Remus was tried that merits the) ure but the 12 jurors who appar ¥ permitted their emotions to ¢ ide their judgment.” of the instruetion of for the viohation of ws of his country. Man nesses testifiad for the & t two former emplo tes Qovernment 1y the fits of insantiy whichy taged fn court, which Roked o @ pure histrionies* s N Herald “looked N to the membders of For, of courde, it i3 unthinkadk At these people who sat an that ju nk hly of wite-kRilling, thoug them, inclading onve of were among those who flock o the Mall to judliate with this ma who Killed Dis wife and thed got & cer| ocence from the jury e SO s s Says Error Was Made In Press Club History t 't The Siar: + the sake Of ANCUTSRY Permui) ake & cwrrection N the ary of press clubs tn this ey, VoCulltns i The Star whered hat from 1867, when the fing WA organisnd, the oity e ueh & olud untd 191 or 18 WD OCCURYINE TWO TOOR & the affive of the then New Yokl ted Pross an the fourth thoor o Curvaran Buikiing, wow (he Wi Wwion Hotel was Qrgwn arvus d Rastad several vears vemember the first dtuner) ghven by t clud about tha thne of] he vear ai the Coehran Hotel Fow senihand K ostrecis pardhwest, wow e Fanklin - Square el whieh Preminent aficlals of the attendad. amang them Fowell, head of Qe Wha very much against \-clifi won for & PIOturesQue wil tim of the Civil War, s seat, \bling with v saxing, “Q this 1 & great coanty Pa and (he silence Bevouning ombnous, b staried agam saving. “Centhomen, ! SR EIRRL COUIIEY. A A aga: WheI sanie teparier velled, “Xom san hat b and Powell, Werty oves G anagal 0 tegein RIS seat and conclude s sposoly savig: “Ive Al VAL ALY A geac o . oh. Ne wae Afwer a v