Evening Star Newspaper, January 11, 1928, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D.C, ‘WEDNESDAY...January 11, 1928 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor —eeeeeeee The Evening Star Newspaper Company Rusiness Office: 11th St and Pennsyvivania Ave. New York Office: 110" East 42nd St, Chicagn Office” Tower Building European Office: 14 Regent S England. hin the City. Rate by Carrier V 45c per month The Fvening Star. . The Frenms and Sunday’ Star Twhen 4 S ) . - . 60c per month Star 65¢ per month : .. Be per cony niada a1 (he ond of each month, ax be sent in by mail or telephone! Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. .78 L A0e ates and Canada. 4 11 mo., $1.00 LSN001 1 mal” T8e 100 1mo. 38¢ sociated Press. Pr usively entitled | epu n of all news dis- 2 1t or not otherwise cred- i also the local news All_rights of publication hes herein are also reserved. All Other Daily No Time for a Quarrel. t's demand for national n Congress and the elec- supported and voiced y of organized Washing- | ton, regardless of views on ihc sep- arate and ct question of munici- | pal self-government through the grant | of a Iy local franch The two ons or proposals are not in them- tagonistic. Advecacy of the | eater privilege and power does not | entail opposition to the other. nor does ocacy of municipal self-government fugeest or eveke opposition to national representation. For the petition to Congaress for the adoption of the con- onal amendment whica s the first necessary step in the process of enfranchisement of the Capital com- munity on the basis of national rep- resentation is signed and strongly urg- ed by both friends and opponents of the plan to admit the citizens of the | District to a participation in the selec- tion of their own administrators and the management of their own local af- fa National representation as a cause espoysed by all of organized Washing- ton cannot in itself be hos to the movement for local suffrage limited to the municipality. Enlistment in the fight for the securing of the broadest ©of American rights of representation in the taxing and lawmaking body which governs the District under the Con- stitution does not prevent a division of opinion on the wholly distinc® ques- tion of local self-government, and the Citizens’ Joint Committee for National Representation cannot prevent its own members, who represent cifferent or- ganizations affiliated with the move- ment, from differing sharply on that subordinate question. 1t would be foolish for either faction, those who desire and those who do not desire local self-government, to put in jeopardy the greater cause for which both are enlisted, by the bitterness of Tesentment-breeding meddling either for or against municipal voting. These factions will not cease to fight for something which will benefit everybody and which both vitally need, in order to quarrel, without resulting benefit, over 8 minor issue in respect to which they differ. The Commissioners’ Salaries. is nothing inappropriate in the | District Commissioners’ indorsement of | the bill just referred to them from the House of Representatives proposing an increase of their salaries from $7.500 to $10,000 a year. This measure is drawn by the chairman of the District com- mittee of the House with full knowledge of the conditions. It naturally goes to the Commissioners, who are best quali- fied to report on it, and it is creditable to their candor and sense of responsi- | bility that they return it with their ap- proval, stating that in their judgment the duties of the Board of Commission- | ers of the District justify the salaries proposed. The salaries of the District Commis- | sioners have never been proportionate | © the burdens which they are required | ¥ bear and the figure now named in the Zinlman bill is the first approxima- tion % commensurate compensation. | Here is a2 community of more than half | & million people, with an annual budget of practically forty million dollars. It i rapidly growing. Its standard of municipsl living 15 high. The duties | i | | drdpped dead in his tracks. Unfortu- nately the third man, driver of the car, 8ot away unscathed, in spite of bullets sent through the rear of the vehicle and a collision with a telegraph pole, A clean sweep would have been gratifying, but two out of three is a nice average. And there will be no tedious hearings, trials, bail, appeals. and red-tape for headquarters and the district attorney’s office. The only municipal bureau with anything left to do is the morgue. That is as it should be. The only way to put the “fear of God” into the hearts of rats like these, who will shoot murderously at the drop of a hat, is to let them know that the. chances are that some- where in the vicinity are men braver, better armed, better marksmen and stimulated not by dope, but by & keen sense of duty. Washington has just had its little shooting affray on the public thoroughfares following a fewel robbery. No one was killed, or even hurt, but it was unpleasant enough, at that. Sympathy for more crime-ridden centers will go forth from this city, and congratulations to Chicago on its most recent achievement in ridding it- self of social vermin. | the first conclusion. | most brilliant ball players are. He has Hornsby, who last year was shifted from St. Louis to New York in the Na- tional League in one of the most sur- prising deals of several seasons, has been traded by the Giants to the Bos- ton Braves for a pair of comparatively mediocre players. The only explana- tion thus far given is that the trans- fer is for the good of the New York team. No one appears to have been more surprised than Hornsby himself. ‘This move is the more stertling because of an expectation that Hornsby would this season succeed to the management of the New York Giants, replacing the veteran McGraw. But it would seem that there is not room enough in the Giant team for both of these men, and 50 Hornsby moves to a comparatively weak team, carrying with him, by the way, a contract which calls for a salary of $40,000 a year for another year to come, which under the laws of base ball cannot be lessened. Probably in the course of time, perhaps soon, will come the true story of the change. That there is something under the surface is Hornsby is a bril- liant player, though temperamental, as had a lively career both as player and -oo—s i Reducing Infant Deaths. Miss Grace Abbott, chief of the Chil- | dren’s Bureau, is to make a number of | suggestions to the health committce of the Washington Council of Social Agencies on ways and means for reduc- ing the infant and maternal mortality | rate in the District of Columbia. The suggestions will be studied with interest, not only by the committee, but by the other agencies of the city allied in the work of making Washington a safer city in which a child may be born. Miss Abbott's suggestions will be drawn, no doubt, from the valuable information obtained by the Children’s Bureau in its study of infant mortality throughout the United States. Such information should be helpful in Washington. In addressing the Council of Social Agencies on Monday Miss Abbott gave statistics showing the infant mortality rate in the District for the year 1925 as compared with the rate for the coun- try as a whole. In that year the gen- eral average for both white and colored in the District was 87.8 per 1,000 births, as compared to the figure 71.1 for the United States as a whole. The mortal- ity rate among whites in the District was 673 and among colored it was 133.1, while for the whole country the white rate was 683 and the colored rate 110.8. These figures were disturb- ing, for they showed the District in a poor light for. that year as compared with the rates for the United States as a whole. The figures are not as dis- comforting as they might be, however, for since 1925, the year cited by Miss Abbott, the mortality rate among both white and colored in Washington has shown a satisfactory and steady de- cline. In 1927, the year just closed, the general average for the District dropped 1o 65.9; the rate among whites decreased to 47.5, and among colored to 107. In 1926, the figures also came below those quoted by Miss Abbott. For that year the general average in the District was 845; for the whites, 66.7, and for the colored, 123. Other figures might be pointed out to show the great progress made in teducing the infant mortality rate in the District in the last thirty years. In 1895, for instance, the in- fant mortality rate here was 297 per 1,000. Encouraging as these figures are, however, they do not represent the ir- reducible minimum in infant mortality rates toward which our agencies in the District are striving today. Miss Ab- bott’s statement that Washington should be made a demonstration center for the rest of the country, to show what can be accomplished in the reduction of in- fant mortality, is Reartily approved. Possibly the greatest need in that direc- tion today is money. The District now operates ten child hygiene stations. to which mothers may bring their children for weighing and physical examina- tion. At the same time, the mothers are advised as to their diet and gen- eral care. But limited funds prevent these stations from doing all of the work that lies within their power. Most of them are open only twice a week, one day for white mothers, one day for colored mothers. If the yearly fund of $45,000 for the maintenance of these stations were increased, the field for their work would be appreciably broad- ened, and more time could be spent in that very necessary form of education which lies in pre-natal advice. Many things contribute to lowering the infant and maternal mortality | rates of a city. Purity of water and | | of the oeal administralors are onerous an¢ in their discharge call for a high | grade of ability | No District taxpayer will begrudge his portion of the rease which 1 | now proposed or will question the pro- priety of the incumben's giving their spproval W the measure which pro- vides this well deserved increase. The | passage of the bill at this session 1s de- sirable Tor tne sake of the exceptionally 1 competent present board of District ad- | Winistrators and UMr successors when | Lhe Ume may arise W Bl vacancies, B Aviation is & practical means of pro- | moting peace. Its prominence in con- nection with thrests of war may yet be efaned | Best Two Out of Three. whole country has read, or will news story | “Thie yead, with approval the late: of Low Chiwags police officiale are desl- Ing with hold-up men, Out of a party ot desperatoes making & well planned wnd Grvermined sttempt W J0B & Uhealer owner st he entered & yeiiway station with seversl hundred | @olisrs on bis person, two bie dead, elair | Anstantly by means of the courage and pieresmansiip of & Gelective | The police were Upped off 1 the | plenned crime by the disgruntied ! sweetherrt of one of the bandits The | command of the Arta) elf i convenient bid inpocent theatrics) srigrant in putioned b Sng plece v entered 0 & gun sgelnet bun end ordered Hands Lisvantly Detective Bergt Ludrew slgun slready ' oend e d n in the slalion one Crmin with let him have pped wih seversl slugs 1o hie heart The ruthiess ferocity of these and | $iler crminels was demonststed by | Ui fact et the other robber opened 5 phioulder | regulations, provision of hygienic hous- | their goal. | ought to take u rest milk supply, enforcement of sanitary | ing, all of these play their part. Pos- sibly the most valuable of them ll!.i however, is propaganda, directed at arousing the interest of mothers in the care of themselves and of their chil- dren. At the same time adequate agencies must be set up to furnish the advice and instruction sought as a re- sult of this propaganda. And this re- quires more money than is avatlable in Washingion today. The records of the last few years are complimentary o the city’s health authorities and those self-sacrificing men and women who are constantly working to save the lves of mothers and bables, ‘They are headed in the right direction now, and | with proper support they will resch | | | | B It s often suggested that Lindbergh He does not care | 0 danice or go on motor parties. Atd he loves 10 fly. Perhiaps his present activities are the most. restful that could be selected for him. When an execution is definitely ar- ranged for, the public should be spared harrowing details, It 15 an inevitable Lhing concerning which emotional sgi- 1ation can make no difference. voves Handing Hornsby Along. s 18 the dull semson in base ball bt now snd Lhen comes ki wn- | i Uist stirs the followers of the nutlonsl geme snd stimulates thelr e races Ul wre soon o sart The other day u decided fillip was given W the local situstion by the statement that the Washington club hsd obiained the services of the cele- brated George Bisler, frst basemsn of the BL Louls tewm for many year interest | this case was death is to be deplored, | not loud enough nor the regulation giv- | | Certainly, no motorist who will fail to | As along the track you go | 1 am the Jack Ass; why am I, | As cimeMiscloses latest lore, | Not mentioned 1n the metaphor as manager. Whether he will be able to enthuse a winning spirit into the team which he now joins remains to be scen. But more interesting will be a revelation of the motives which prompted the New York club to part | with so valuable an asset for such a | dubious compensation. A Heavy Penalty. Another motorist has paid the penalty for violation of one of the fundamental rules of traffic. That the penalty in but the regulation that was ignored is of the life-and-death variety. Yester- day afternoon in response to an alarm | the fire chief's car went speeding through the street with sirens screech- | ing. The sound of the horn could be | heard for blocks. But the horn was | ing right of way to such vehicles im- pressive enough to prevent a traffic ac- cident when the fire chief’s car and a sedan came together at an intersection. Traffic students throughout the world are searching for means 0 make motoring safer. Elaborate and costly plans are devised to solve what has come to be known as the traffic prob- lem. Yet one obvious fact seems to es- | cape these experts: That is the laxity of examination for a driver's permit. heed a fire engine’s siren should drive a car. Yet for a pittance and an in- | adequate and non-conclusive test this type of motorist is loosed upon the streets to leave accident and destruc- | tion in his wake. Consider the facts in yesterday's case. The driver of the fire chief’s car has had a stainless traffic record, in the most difficult kind of driving for a period of eighteen years. The regula- tions give him right of way and he nat- urally assumes that motorists will do likewise. But his life and that of his chief were endangered and a motorist was killed because the motorist failed to heed a regulation of safety and necessity. Some time ago The Star suggested that a motor cycle or automobile de- tail of police should accompany a fire | engine answering an alarm, and that | every motorist who failed to give right | of way should be promptly arrested and his permit forfeited. The Star reiter- ates this suggestion. The time has long since passed when the public is willing | to sit idly by and see the drivers of its Fire Department, Police Department | and hospital vehicles face death because of motorists’ indifference and stupidity. ———— “How to Prolong Life” is a favorite | topic with the medico-journalist. Thc | discussion usually relates to eating, work and recreation and brings up the ancient question of “too much.” ——atee London conservatism may feel ft necessary to call in the conservationists to conduct an examination of the water | sheds leading to the Thames. R People who live In glass houses are not exposed to as much danger as those who exhibit their jewelry in a shop window. —.— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON, Locomotive. Locomotive, ‘way out there, Often you dispel a care, As you holler, swift or slow, SBomething sounding like “Hello-0-0!" '‘Course we know you're not alive. Wonder how you could contrive Buch intelligence to show, When it's time to say “Hello-0-0!" Pittsburgh calling, “How are you?" Maybe Philadelphia, too, Greeting friends with your “Hello-0-0!" Temperate. “Are you & wet or a dry?” “I claim to be strictly temperate in such matters,” answered Senator Borghum; “a person *who can take a political policy or let it alone.” Roughness. In sport athletes are going strong. The struggle may be tough. It's when debate grows loud and long The game seems really rough, Jud Tunkins says it's impossible to Jose a friend, A friend you can lose wasn't & real friend in the first place, Prejudicial caution. “Are you a psychounalyst?” “Yes, But the fact that you consnit me prejudices your case. 1 am com- pelled to assume &t the outset that you are gullty.” Reasonable Indignation. 1 cha to wander through the roo, 1 heard a mighty ballyhoo A voice arose In loud seclaim Tnquiring, “Why present Lo fame “The Cat, the Fox and others who Enlist in w burglarious crew? Why not that animal include Wha really sepresents the brood? When crude stupidity draws nigh, “Appearances is deceitful” sald Uncle Eben, ) you can't believe all you fe on the plucky detective before hie | and still & star, though not quite ss | hear. De only place foh dat sign ‘hout wil0 even turn sround. Fortunately ‘ bt wibeg, BP0 Lge BEat SUBL e, 109, prillisnt in refulgence as of yore, Now IBlop, Look sn’' Listen' 1s ot de railioad Lz 1o MasLips naws st Besus Mok | this q !'the clang of hammer, | across the street an arti THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL., ‘There is a street which runs directly ecast and west, but it doesn't know ex- actly where it is going, and for that reason it should interest most of us, who are more or less in the same boat. It is an old strcet, once entirely resi- dential, but now succumbing bit by bit to that strange, profitable discase of modernity known as business. Dur- ing its present transition period it is in some doubt whether to call itsell a residence or a business thoroughfare. The street seems very hesitant about proclaiming its status. Here is an old house, still with lace curtains at the windows, indicating that human beings live there day and night. Next door is a home of exactly the same type, but the window curtains are gone, and in their stead appear noth- ing but green blinds, while over the front door flaunts a great sign telling the, passing world that a real estate firm does business there. Along this way, for 10 blocks or more, much the same conditions exist. Old houses are being torn down, new ones put up; elderly structures, that years ago saw the flashing lights of balls and receptions. from now on will see only the executive’s green-shaded desk lamp, and, at night, a glittering row of bare electric bulbs over the big sign out front. ¥ g In certain moods the street strikes | the passer-by as pathetic. Perhaps all transition periods hold something of v. The little boy, at the age | of 6 years. is not quitc a boy. although he certainly is a baby no longer. A recent magazine advertisement showed | the picture of such a lad, and beneath | it was the interesting slogan, “He thinks he is so big—" and beneath, in italics— “But you know he isn't.” This strikes a responsive chord. i The state of boys and girls at adoles- cence is no less poignant, causing their | elders, who have been through the same thing, to use all the resources at their command to help the youngsters. The | promises are splendid, if the inimical | factors can be held in abeyance. | So it is with this street. “Ring out | the old, ring in the new.” so goes the | song; and it has been sung here with nd the rap of riveters, and the whole busy conglom- eration of sounds accompanying the | wrecking company and the builder. Still, however, the spirits of time past will not give in to the evident destiny of the street. but insist on firmly buck- ing the whole industrial and commer- cial aspects of America. and of the United States as represented by the Na- tional Capital. * % 2% Here the spectator of things in flux sces an apartment house flanked by a market and a laundry branch, whil ‘s studio holds forth a tempting view through arched gate in a vari-colored stone w: ‘There is not in this block, or in an: other along this wav. a set building line to which the houses have con- formed, but everywhere they run and out. one 20 feet from the side { walk, the next 50 feet, one 75 or more. In' Spring and Summer the pedes- | trian gets tantalizing vistas of flowers. shrubs and grass as he peers through the gate in the studio wall and looks | back at the studio building itself. Then. if this strikes him as too ultra, all he has to do is to turn on his heel, and look across the street. There are! WASHINGTON | ern busines | old s | the front wall. |on a Summer's night! | between a gr the laundry and the market—and down the block as fine residential prop- erty as one would want to own. Years ago that home must have been ideal. It was close to town, but quiet, near enough to theaters to be conven- ient, but far enough from the hurly- burly to be homelike. Look at that brickwork! Will Wash- ington—or any other city—ever see its like again? Tt is a row house, but onc places a silent bet that no one can hear through those walls. No doubt they are two feet thick. All the piano players, radios and phonographs in the world could not make an audible dent in that massive brickwork. The conniosseur<looks lov- ingly at the exterior face of the build- ing. He notes the exquisite placing of brick upon brick. There is not a deviation of an eighth of an inch in the line from bottom to top of the house. Each brick is placed exactly where it belongs. The house is mostly brick—not mortar, e Another block Jarther down shows a somewhat similar state of affairs, with variations. Here is a large office build- ing. next door to a great old home that once held a book store, but now is empty again. will be that of a realtor's office. Over there some sensible contractor has seen fit to leave the wonderful valls standing. and to introduce a mod- front door.” He is wise in his day and generation. The addi- tion of sod and shrubs will give a unique establishment. Directly across the way si body's home, wide, solid, high, of the le red brick painted a darker color. " A balcony porch affair over the second floor intrigues the sight-seer. It is built back into the building: that is. its side walls are not thrust out over It is a cozy-appearing What an ideal spot to spoon Or what a retreat for the brothers of some Greek letter frater: There the seniors could sit in council in the evening, in their shirt sleeves, and decide what to do with the delinquent freshman brother who insists on getting lower grades in his studies than the national convention of the order decided was requisite for members of such a great organization. place. P So the street goes, in one block hav- ing made up its mind as to what it <hall be, in the next hesitating between business and residence, in another hav- ing tossed up for it, evidently, with the | coin speaking for business. We mortals, who often are in doubt ourselves, can sympathize with the “growing pains” of the thoroughfare. Have we not, more than once, hesitated as to which course of action to take? Have we not, many a time and oft, been undecided between two courses of action, if it has heen in no more momentous a matter than the decision suit and a dark one? i lead Thou me on——" this is the heart-felt prayer of humanity. And when the shadows deepen on this thoroughfare at mnight, broken by the gleam of electric lights. one might take this street, which runs raight cnough, but which doesn’t ow exactly where it is going. entative of the fate of man here below. a; OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. It has been said that the greatest as- set of the Republican party is the Dem- ocratic party. ‘The cynicism is a shaft at the Democrats’ well known capaci amounting to a talent, for doing the wrong thing at the right time. In 1924, for example, they had, in the opinion of fricnd and foe alike, as fat a na- tional issue as any party in our time was ever bequeathed—established cor- ruption in the administration then ir power. They had as atiractive a can- didate as any party ever nommated | for the presidency. But they had, in addition, Madison Square Garden. It is nearly four years since that san- guinary event, yet only now have the bleeding and battered battalions seen fit even to think of “harmony” To achieve it they are here, in thelr hope- ful hosts, this week. * k% x Can the rift in the Democratic lute be mended? The answer is mainly in the keeping of one man. His name is William Gibbs McAdoo. Will McAdoo, when he addresses the Jackson day din- ner, demand that he who was slaugh- tered in 1924 now be revénged by the suicide of his Jord high executioner, Al Smith? Or will the Californian, in a | beau geste of historic magnificence, call | e the validity of “the | Smith movement,” and summon his once loyal eohorts to join it in a spirit of party duty? McAdoo of 1928 is not | McAdoo of 1924. No 500-odd votes in the next Democratic national conven- | tion are his, to have and to hold. But | the McAdoo influence is not negligible. | Those whose views he personifies, rather than those who are now his followers. indubitably have it within their power to throw forked lightning into the De: ocratic heavens. And, conversely, can line the party clouds with » they will. It will be ghty which fall from McAdoo’s lips at th Jackson feast. They may make or mar Democratic fortunes this year. R Al Smith may, or may not, have made | a strategic blunder by absenting him- | self from Washington. Opinions on that score are as diverse as billows of the sea. What 18 positive and certain s | that the Smith eandidacy utterly dom- inates the Democratic situation in the national committee, now assembled | here.s and among (he thousand and more party leaders whom Jackson day has drawn to the Potomac’s shores Whether men and women are for Smith or ugainst Smith, they know it 1s Smith yersus the field at this hour, and they | recognize, us freely, that it is a dis- | Jointed, disorganized and somewhat de- | moralized llvld.‘ i * % Hotel lobbles and clubs where Demo- crats are congregated buzz with ex- | planations and speculations as Lo the cause of Gov. BImith's boycott of the harmony Bmith supporters de- clare their 1dol's absention 1 in full ac- cord with his practices. Whenever he s run for Governor of New York, they reeall, zewlous adherents were uniform- | Iy to the fore with the lament that he | was not eager enough in the pursuit | his own ambitions. They wanted o this or to do that, wnd 1o do there and theattieally. Smith he knows s thing or two abon® politics, aud has systematically re petng stampeded Into campign of the forward-looking type, He be- leves It would have been rushing things, at this relatively early stage of the 1028 business, to come down to Washington, star in a presidential bench show, and make w speech thal might, or might not, have sat well on party chests of him to d cties oo Buith has Indicated pretty clearly | to the country, his friends st that | he dh B rece candidate four e presidential He hopes to | win it He w AL i anl takably the will of the paily in col venton asserbled wid 10 this 5w big and suthortative 1f 10 comes to Wi catly In the convention Hmtth want U Ban Franciseo 1020 forty - fou thebal 1ot pominstion. He decidedly will have no New York 1924 10410 hallot nom mation. He craves o be the partyvs | choice I the very real senso of that term, wnd under no other conditions A Bt spokesman now on the seene man of unquestionable authority tands sponsor for this epitome of the e BILh "DoYCHOIORY." M. | ington. | year { should ultimat | Governme * heao An amazing story, attributed by the thites to Republicans bent upon his mination, by hook or by crook, and 0 Democrats who oppose his nomina- tion, has gained circulation in Wash- It is to the efect that the governor is torn between the conflicting emotions of his duty to the Democratic party and his loyalty to the Roman Catholic Church. As the story runs, Smith is giving grave consideration to the question as to whether, devout Catholic that he is, he can square with his conscience to be the cause religious strife in the United States this The tale has other prongs. One is that the church would prefer not to have Smith run. Another is that t¥ governor is wondering whether, by waiting four years, tolerance might make his path to the White House less thorny than in 1928, o Sr Republicans sometimes have, becau: it is detached, a saner view of Demo- cratic affairs than Democrats them- selves. A certain G. O P. captain, him- self a presidential candidate. who holds the drafting of Calvin Coolidge to be w | distinct Kansas City possibility, is of | Al Smith's situation opinion that to that of somewhat analogous President. “Coolidg says this shrewd and { “will run if the convention insis! the third-term curse cannot then a tach to him. May not Smith be w ing for that kind of a summons hope, by the same token. to lose the curses—religious, wet and Tamman now fastened upon him by his enemies (Cowsrisht, 1 P, Precedent for Choosing. From the St Louls Post Di X At least there is an excellent Repub- an precedent if President Coolidge choose o run. After serving three years and six months of the unexpired McKinley term and upon his re-election in November, 1904, Presi- dent Roosevelt from the White House “The wise custom which limits the President to two terms regards the substance and not the form, and under no cireumstances will 1 be a candidate for or accept another nomination ™ In May, 1905, he sent to an Omaha paper this statement “You are authorized to state that 1 will not again be a candidate for the office of Prosident of the United States There are no stings to this statement. 1 mean it” In February, 1912, seven Republican | State governors appealed to Roosevelt to accept the nomination. He replied “I will accept the nomination if it ed to me and T will adhere to ston until the convention has its preference “The nomination not bemg tendered he nominated himselt through his Bull Moose organization. But President Coolidge would hardly choose to do that UNITED STAT IN WORLD WAR Ten Years Ago President opposes creation of & De partment of Munitions and & Secretary of Munitions on the ground that such W department would only intertere with the War und Navy Departiments * * ® seretary Maker calmly sticks to his Euns i the face of severe cnticism from embers of the b Lo mihitary wilahs committee, refusin o recede Trom his atement that America’s nital s Wil nevds” have been adequately met . Ordnance Buean announees ntowill butld 860,000 000 powder plant near Nashville to employ 15,000 persons. ¢+ Red Oross ot crals Toport Ut they are housting 30« [ 600 vefugees a month i France and ex v o spend 88000000 1 next pect months alding French eivilians Rerlin Tageblatt, discussing America's ability to help allies, says Germany 1 depending on her U boats (o defeat the American “mengce’ and bing about Perhaps its next state | " | held tomorrow night issued this statement | Politics at Large By G. Gould Lincoln, ‘The “favorite son” method of holding State delegations against Gov. Alfred E. Smith and his proposed nomination for President in the Democratic national convention will be tried out by his op- ponents. They kope through such tac- tics to prevent first the nomination of the New York Governor and finally to be able to unite upon another candidate who may be chosen the party standard- bearer. Georgia Democrats, some of the most faithful adherents of William Gibbs McAdoo in the Madison Square termined to offer Senator George of that State as their candidate for the presidential nomination. Coincident with the arrival of the Georgia mem- bers of the Democratic national com- mittee for the meeting of that com- mittee tomorrow, and the arrival of the State chairman, a resolution was adopt- ed by them/and by the Georgia delega- tion in Congress unanimously support- ing the nomination of Senator George. | * Kk % % There will be other favorite sons in the Democratic convention. Indiana Democrats, who fear the nomination of Gov. Smith would defeat their whole State ticket and prevent the election of any Democratic members of Con- gress there, are putting forward Evans | Woollen, prominent Indiana banker. | Ohio has former Senator Atlee Pom- erene. who is not himself unfriendly to | Smith. But there is a strong group | in Ohio which would do its utmost to ! prevent the delegation from swinging to Smith as second choice and which | hopes finally to put Gov. Donahey into | | the running. Maryland has Gov. | | Ritchie to put forward as a candidate, and Missouri, Senator James A. Kansas may put Representative Ayres in the field, with Reed as a second | choice. North Carolina is talking of Gov. McLean. Virginia will come for- ward with Gov. Byrd. Mississippi might throw Senator Pat Harrison's hat into the ring. if it does not send an un- instructed delegation. * k% x While some of the Democrats of | Southern States are predicting dire re- sults in the elections next November if Gov. Smith of New York is the party | nominee, even to the loss of one or more of the States of the “solid South.” others take a more cheerful view. They | are pointing even now to the fact that certain Republicans in Congress, among them Representative Tinkham of Massachusetts, are assailing the peo- ple of the South as nullificationists of the fifteenth amencment to the Con- stitution. Mr. Tinkham in a recent ad- | dress in New York referred to the dis- | franchisement of the negro in the South as a “national scandal without parallel | in any other civilized count is scarcely calculated, however, anv of the Southern States to the Re- publican column. Some of the South- ern Democrats insist that he would put through Congress. if he could. a bil similar to the old “force” bill spon sored years ago by the late Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, which was killed finally by a filibuster in the Sen- ate. This to swing | | _n ‘The failure of the administration to recommend to Congress legislative measures for flood prevention which Seems adequate to citizens of the States of the Mississippi 'y also has not aided th: Republican cause in those States which suffered most severely from the flood last vear. Indeed, the Democratic leaders are more and more inclined to believe that talk of a Re- publican presidential candidate break- ing into the solid South. if Smith be nominated by the Democrats, is becom- ing more and more remote. *x % x Senator-elect Frank L. Smith of Tli- nois, who was denied the right to take | the oath of office at the opening of the | present Congress and whose case was | referred to the Reed slush fund com- | mittee, has apparently closed the mat- ter so far as he is concerned by re- fusing to appear before the committee. The Reed committee is expected to re- ! port to the Senate further, declaring the Smith seat vacant. If a resolution ' to that effect should be adopted by he Senate, and there is likelthood that it would be adopted. then Ilinois would have but one member of the Senate until the State shouid elect again. or the governor appoint to fill temporarily the vacancy. The political situation in Iliinois threatens to become more clouded than ever because of the re- jection of Smith by the Senate. Gov. Small has indicated that he will stand | behind Col. Smith and that he will not appoint to fill a vacancy if one is de- |clared by the Senate. If Smith is un- disturbed in his retention of the cer- tificate of election, he may present it aga:in in 1929 when the next Congress, stll to be elected, convenes. s ox o ‘The band wagon movement for Gov Al Smith for President, m: many quarters, is likely to coi with the “water wagon.” Women's Democ! ¢ Law Enforcement League s meelng nhow ia the same hotel where the Dem tic national commitiee 1S to assemble tomorrow (o discuss national convention plans, and | where the Jackson day dinner is to be The women are | intent upon preventing the nomunation jof a recognized “wet” for President | do not desire the nomnation of Gov. Ritchie of Maryland or that of [.\‘mm(nr James A. Reed of Missourt any more than they desire the nomination of Gov. Al Smith. The women are ex- pected to play an important part in the next national campaign, particularly if a wet be nominated. Take them by and large, the women of America may be expected to line up for the cause of prohibition in far greater numbers than against prohibition. This is giving the Democrats food for thought R Hoover for President boom con- tinues. The most recent development has been his indorsement by prom- inent Republicans in Kentucky. K tucky was a Lowden stronghold in 1920 and Lowden still has a host of friends w that State. But the Hoover move- ment is strong in the Blue Grass State today. The three Republican members of the House, Mrs. Langley and Rep- resentatives Robison and Thateher, all have pronounced themselves favorable 1o the nonunation of the Secretary o Commerce. They do not believe that | the attacks leveled at the Republicanixm of Mr. Hpover can be sustained. The View i3 expressed by the Kentucky Rep- resentatives that with the President and | Mr Hughes out of the tunning, the State de on will ine up for My Hoover ‘The sentiment i the State | they say, is running strongly for n eoeow A Republican “dark horse.” Ambas | ador DWIghE Morrow, now stationed Menien, s suggested &8 @ possible prest- dential nominee. My Motrow has been a partner i the 3. P Morgan Co. i New York He is a close friend and a walued adviser of ¥ o e | Certain financial interests in York are veported to look with distavor on the nomination of My Hoover. These aume interests, it s said. might favor the nomination of Mr. Morrow, It is doubtful, however, that the Hoover | movement can be checked in New York | or that_(he financial interests, it they oppose M Hoover, will prove a real ob Macle i (he path of the Secretary of Commerce Certainly oppasition of | Wall Street to Hoover witt do him litele | Tt i the West ‘- Bivd Aetivity, Bt | 1l | Th Faely W Hrewster's announcement that te for Senator s & e Matne likes 0 take it From 1 oy he ds a vands minder that | polities caly - Nothing on Candidate, From the Waston Morakd The man who blew hot* ta warm his hands and cold to coal his soup had nothing on the candidate who 13 per: v et M SONALLY Ay ARd politically wel, Garden convention in 1924, have de- #ree disposal. | at the age of 7. and after | siton ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. There is no other agency in the world that can answer as many legitimate questions as our free information bu- reau in Washington, D. C. This highly | organized institution has been built up | and is under the personal direction of Frederic J. Haskin. By keeping in con- ‘ stant touch with Federal bureaus and other educational enterprises it is in a position to pass on to you authorita- | tive information of the highest nrdrr.l Sumbit your queries to the staff of ex- perts whose services are put at your There is no charge ex- cept 2 cents in stamps for return post- age. Address The Evening Star In- formation Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C. Q. What kind of suits do the divers wear in working on the 8-47—H. L. W, A. The Navy Department says that thes diving suits used by divers in the salvaging of the S-4 are heavy woven rubberized garments, a mixture of can- | vas and rubber. Modern diving suits are not metal. The metal helmet i3 the only part of the suit not flexible. | Q. What the four largest fresh water lakes :n the United States wi touch the soil of no other country’ A. The Geslyzical Survey says tha the largest fresn water lakes in the United States rank as follows: Lake Michigan, 22450 square miles; Lake Okecchobee, Fla. 730 square miles: Lake Pontchartrain. La. 625 square miles; Red Lakes, Minn, 441 square Q. During what year was Todd Lincoln Secretary of W S. A. He served in this capacity from 1881 to 1885. Q What is a Bougainvi A. Bougainvillea is a small climbing shrub of the four-o'clock family 1y cultivated as a hothouse plant. Q When Pocahontas was baptized d..d the clergyman wear a surplice?—W. A. In Chapman’s painting which de- picts this event Dr. Whitaker is shown clothed in a surplice. This is an anachronism. _Surplices did not coge mnto use in Virginia until about 1724 Q. Where do sea gulls sleep at night? | —E. G. K. P . ! A. The Biological Survey savs that in the majority of cases sea gulls roost on the water at night. In the Winter if the water is frozen they go out or the ice quite a distance from the shore. Q. How old was Jascha Heifetz when he first played the violin?—C. D. A. He commenced playing the vi at 3. completed the course at the Royal Music School in Vil Poland. udy with Prof. Leopold Auer in Petrograd was | a mature artist at the age of 10. Q. Can the sea otter live permanently in fresh water>—H. F. A. The National Zoological Park savs that it can lLve permanently in fresh water. Q. How dense is the population in England’—P. J. H. A. There are 701 people per square mile in England. Q. What is the circumference of a full-grown elephant's foot>—C. P. G. A. It is from 24 inches to 36 inches. | Q. How much money is spent i country for bread and other bakers products?—O. T. A. In 1925 the amount spent was $1,268,194,000. Q. What is the salary of the gov. nor_general of Canada?-—-J. C A. It is 10,000 pounds, approximate! $43.000, o e inii added. Qs o Tow e the obliquity of the Le ¢ Pre Q Who was married i Washington. Judge Todd of 1811, tropical climate. place Prospect of Power Probe Wins Press Indications that one way or another the Senate will authorize an investiga- tion of power production and control as proposed by Senator Walsh of Moniawa are pleasing to the pre a public feeling that know more about what the development of the ut which its life has come to depend Of the annouacement by spokesmen that they will inquiry, the Buffalo utility compani fight against an & injury to themselves. public distrust and o vy reguiatory measures tha adopted with respect to the railroads. Ii the investigation be restricted to r*a- sonable limits, there can be 1o possible objection to The importance of power to the Na- tion is emphasized by the Milwauke: Journal. with the statement Today living nearly everywhere is related to electric energy 24 hours of the dav Tomorrow. electric power will do the Ufe of the Nation. The umits co r even tal: S But Wall Street its hing impetus by Questioming curities—questioning rol of these who much less than a tenth that amoun The hope that “members of Congress are not prepanng A smoke screen with their agitation about & trust. to conceal actual and spect posing ol the public doma . New Yor paper, o & the sugges an inquiry aught wind up wi covery of & more or less m with proposals for dras or with the statemen r doing anvih: to be in the ¢ may serve YOS 1N frrevocably some of the mp specific nature ~Musg Dam and the lke before 1t e e The Topeka Daily Ca “not only i the Senat House the obvious attempt inquiry has st more any other question since Congress met” As 10 pe projects, the Capital savs NOW up 1o Congress, as lst ye sinnlarly up to the New York tare on & smaller scale, s not whether the Government shall g the power business. but on wha Wil furish the power for priva monopoltes to distridute 1t is & pla case of protecting the Natin velopment of power on_ property the property of the publhe “All that Senator Walsh proposes to | do.” avers the Great Falls Tritune to find out whether the fiseal DOWer companies are being managed the interests of the consume: amall fvestors, ar whether v compantes—clase corpora com posed of the big fellows —are heking o all the cream. Many business leaders | Of the COUNLEY ATe UrEING thelr repres | sentatives at Washington o withdraw oppasition 1o the Walh sesalution | Their argument i3 that continued oppo- creates the impression amons MANY (A Ihe BIE POWS companies fear mvestigation — Chavdidence will e Ter sevured by co-opery e nestigation and putting tact repart that will give the pudt standing of the problems of et ftles. showing that the Nie of & power COMPBAny Ix ol a bed of soees Perhaps all hands night be detier SAtiafed 1 Ehers ahowkd e an mvesge Hon S advises the Charkodte Otwerver Wilh fndonsen OF the demand fw REAWIE tvestigation, cond perta of outstanding charae NAIES 410 SUeD A% 0 CATTY We country over * The Lenmgton Loader | Nolds that “the Walih resalution doe NOL Tepresent & desive on the part o INose AdVOCATING s PAssAge 1o Degin A WAr AgAinst the WHles companies anee “hevh aduiably cons Commendation @ ducted. shoul uid not arou Plans for Jackson Day Dinner. 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