Evening Star Newspaper, January 20, 1928, Page 8

STAR (on the platform very well. Of course, much expense would be involved in es- tablishing the field and in solving the smoke problem, either through electri- fication of all trains entering the sta- tion, or some other methed. The pres- ent facilities at the Union Station, as viewed on a map, represent {wo areas of .ailroad tracks, one running up to the concourse of the Union Station, about 627 feet wide and 500 feet long. and the other at the Eckington yards, of somewhat the same general dimen- slons. These two are connected by & THE EVENING With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D.C. FRIDAY.......January 20, 1828 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor ——— The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office 11th St and Pennavivania Av New York Office: 110 Fast 42n. Chicaso Ofce: Tower Building. European Office: 14 Regent St., London, England, - n the City. . 45¢ per month The Evening and d. (when 4 Sumdays). The Evening and Sund twhen 3 Sundays).. 8o per month The Sundar Star. .50 per cony jon made At {he end’at each monih sent in by mail or teiephone. .60c per month Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virgin Daily an, Daily only Sunday only . All Other St anada. nnd: ates and C: 1yr. $17.00 Member of the The Associated Py o the use for republica - oo credited 10 1t or n 1 this paper and also the local news shad herein All rights of publicatic diapatehas herein are also rese o 1 A Step Forward. With the introduction by Representa- tive Treadway of Massachusetts of a compulsory insurance law for motorists similar in principle to that of his ow State, residents of the District are look- ing forward to the time when they will have the manifold benefits of this de- sirable legislation. The movement 101‘ some kind of financial responsibility for | everr person who drives a8 motor car| has spread to all parts of the country | The Legislatures of v-two Statos | have considered the question, and va-| rious measures to assure responsibility | sre now in effect. It remained for Massachusetts, however, to take the b by the horns and enact a law that com- | petent sauthorities characterize as the| greatest piece of motor legislation ever put on the statute books. It is substan- tially this law that Mr. Treadway would | have adopted for the District. Compulsory insurance is not a hard- ship. Boiled down, it merely says to| the motorist, “You are about to receive s license to operate a potentially dan-| gerous vehicle. Before you are given this license, however, the Government | and the people demand that you shan“ be able to meet damages for your own| careless acts. This security which you furnish is likewise your security of good driving to every other motorist, because 1f you are habitually careless you will be able to drive no more. You are not an | isolated case. Every one else who drives ® car must likewise furnish proof of financial liability. Therefore, under this | law you not only protect yourself, but| protect others as well.” Compulsory insurance Wwas never meant to be a safety measure, merely a financial one. But by its very nature it| becomes an effective check on reckless- | pess and carelessness. The incompetent and recalcitrant driver, under the law, s no longer hit in the region of his| pocketbook, but is struck in a far more | vulnerable place, his privilege to drive sn sutomobile. There is no escape for the habitually reckiess under the com- pulsory insurance law. Leniency of the courts, police or authotities will do him | no good. He is irrevocably barred from the streets for the benefit of humanity. It is earnestly to be hoped that the | House District committee will act with the greatest dispatch upon Representa- | tive Treadway's bill, so that Washington may have enacted at this session a com- pulsory insurance law. It is legislation that will have no opposition, except from selfish and prejudiced interests, and its beneficial effect upon the local traffic situation will be incalculable. Public spirit and public welfare should siways triumph, and residents of Wash- ington can do no better service for their eity than to line up solidly in eupport of this measure. —eat— | long, narrow lane of railroad right of way, rendering the consiruction of a continuous platform over the two vards impossible at the present time |7 Mr. New's suggestion as appifed to | activities other than the air mail fits {to the lack of natural ground landing | facilities and the hazard surrounding those available because of fog. New York has a problem in obtaining an adequate airport. Washington's only | problem is to obtain congressional au- ° | thorization and assistance in bringing about immediate realization of plans to develop the area between Gravelly !and Hunter Points. In the future aircraft will be so de- | veloped as to land in narrow spaces |and take off from the same crowded areas through perfection of arresting gear, catapults. anti-stall devices, heli- copter characteristics and very slow landing speed. It may not be neces- sary fifty years from now to have a field 3,000 feet square to operate from, and perhaps the Union Station landing field proposal could serve all needs. But Washington cannot wait for an- other generation to grow up before it receives encouragement to take to the air. What Will Illinois Do Now? The doors of the Senate have been closed and double-locked against Frank L. Smith of Ilinois. As an appointee of the governor to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator McKinley and as the elected representative of the people of his State, he has been de- nied admittance and thrown into outer darkness. Is he through? Or will he change his raiment and in new guise present himself once more at the por tals so far closed against him? Three better in New York than here, owing THE EVENING STAR, W the already heavily laden ship was probably the cause of her tragic fallure, Experiments are being conducted to solve the ice-on-the-wings problem, but so far without success. Electrical devices to heat the edges of the wings, thus melting the ice as fast as it forms, and mechanical devices to sweep the wings clear and to shake off the ice through vibration have been tried, but results have not war- ranted permanent installations. Inasmuch as freezing of water oc- curs on airplanes only at rare inter- vals, the majority of pilots prefer to (delay a flight or to land when this | happens rather than to carry mechan- lical gadgets in their ships which might be used only once in a long time. | But for such a flight as Mrs. Gray- son attempted, or, as & matter of fact, any long-distance expedition, a device to prevent the formation of fce would seem to be a vital necessity. The time | will arrive soon in aviation when an | airplane will cease to be a puppet of | the weather, and it would appear that stimulation given to sclentists for the solving of the ice problem might has- ten the day when the airplane rides | supreme in the sky, regardless of at- | mospheric conditions. | | | | The golf world will be augmented by several thousand seagoing golfers each year. The United States Naval Acad- emy, determined to add not only to the | social graces of its graduates, but to their health as well, has just established golf as a compulsory sport. Midship- men will be given lessons by a well known professional, and when they leave the academy with the single gold | stripe of an ensign on their arm, it is| i!xx\rru‘d that they will be eligible to | | compete for gold cups on the golf | | course, | This i & laudable undertaking that is | being embarked upon by the academy. | | Not that naval officers are as a whole | |any worse golfers than any other com- | parable class of men and need instruc- | tion, but that knowledge of the use of | the mashie and niblick is a decided addi- tion to any man’'s social and physical |capacities. Of course, embarrassing situations may arise when an admiral \whn has not had the advantages nf| jgolf as taught at the academy plays | | against a young ensign who because of | courses are open to him and to his|y, to 0 shoots in the low eighties, {riend Gov. Small. He may resign now from an office, which the Senate de- clares he does not hold and remove himself from the scene. He may con- tinue to hold his credentials as a Sen- ator from Illinois until the expiration of the term for which he was elected, although these credentials have been declared worthless by the Senate. Or Gov. Small may call & special election and Smith may present himself once more &s a candidate, asking the people who elected him once to elect him again as a vindication of his right to represent them. But may Smith, if vietorious, thus exculpate himself? L. Smith, on & moral issue, is forever disbarred from membership? ‘The Senate has decided that it may pass upon the credentials of a Senator administered the oath of office. It has set a precedent in throwing out an applicant to the Senate. It has es- tablished in its eyes the right to go into a State and look into that State’s choice of a representative before such a choice becomes officially before the Senate. It remains to be seen whether the Senate, turning thumbs down on a candidate whose actions have disquall- fied him once, will keep them down forevermore, regardless of his subse- quent behavior. The action on Mr. Smith indicates pretty plainly the fate of Mr. Vare But it by no means closes the issue or ends the fight. It only puts the next move up to Illinois. ————— Another Victim. Another motorist has joined the rap- idly growing fraternity of those who, despite repeated warnings, fafl to give Has the Senate ordained that Frank| before, as well as after, he has been| Life imprisonment is recommended in- way for a fire apparatus. Today this stead of capital punishment. The 0b- | recruit lies in the hospital seriously in- Jection to life imprisonment lies in the | jured, after a collision between his au- eontinued possibility of attack on the | tomobile and a fire engine. perves of a sympathetic public. the fraternity at death’s door, and, | considering the circumstances, it is for- | tunate indeed that there are any living A Station Landing Field. Some Join | Postmaster General New's sugges- members of this unique organization. tion, dropped almost as the concluding sentence of a speech before the Bulld-| ing Managers and Owners' Association in New York Tuesday night, that the *great expanse of tracks immediately eontiguous 10 the depot at Washington would efford space” for a platform air- plane landing field is interesting but + the same time it should be under- s0d that such an airplane base would be used exclusively for mail planes Restricted 1o the air mall planes alone, it would eontribute vitally 1 the Post Office Depertment’s year-round eampaign ¥ speed up the malls 1t would save many the transfer of meil matter from plane t train and versa. Mr. New has no other interest st heart al present than giving the best service possible ¥ users of the mail But v eonsider a platform field over the tracks at the Union Blation us & municipal airport or e w base for Antereity Aransport pRasEnger-caIrying planes would sppear v he out of the guestion i the Lght of present facii- ties svailenie end limied space afforded ny the ratlroad yard Washington now is on the threshold of aouiring & model municipal mirport, an srea sbove snd beyond the quiremen's of the Depert ! Com- Terce for the very best g it « @ve This sirport i W wcoommodate ) municipel werisl of Washingun the for countiess private owners of siiplates wil park i rented harger space, receive mechanicsl sery Sre and use the field ss u laking-off place for weriwl Jaunte. Further, it will be the base for fulure intercity tieneport Yines and it is 1deally located from tie standpoint of sately end prox smity 1 the center of busi With the present aireraft equipment #0 hend 3t i dmpossible W concelve & pletorn measuring sy bunored fee square u the meximum sfording ta cilitles for wuch activity. The Gravelly Point site mensures 3 000 feel syuare But sx & mesns of speeding up the Is, 1f Washington ever does becoms & Vil point on sn ey meil system ax the re- r the actiy) e b who ir shipe - It 15 difficult o fathom the state of mind of a person who deliberately vio- lates the regulation which specifies that motorists, upon hearing the siren of a fire engine, must pull up to the curb and stop. It seems as 1f it is such & simple and nece y pliance would be wholeheartedly given Fire engines do not travel at a partic- ularly fast pace. They merely look to be going fast as they travel with sirens | shrieking. They are given the right of way because they are unwicldly ve- hicles unable 10 be maneuvered with the ease of a small car and because their mission s to save property and e that com- n; For this resson there can be no con- ceivable extenuation for those who fail 0 ohey the regulation which 18 common 10 all cities and which 1s rarely violated except in the National Capital. Wash- inglon residents have paid & heavy toll for their rond-hoggizhness with fire en- wines With two fresh the last ten days, 18 it not sbout time for reformation ‘.. Income tax bianks will call for more than a knoviedge of reading and writ- ing. ‘The system of popular edication demsnds the wbility to write & good hand, ss well ax 10 et down the facts n the matter. Penmanship gocs hand n hisnd with stetesmanship An Airp Clarcnce plane Nemenis Chisnibwerlin's with Jee Sormation on U experience and the probability thel it was wlr hszard et forced down Frences Grayson's amphibian Mis ) attentlon b the need of some Tabric or fuld or method that will prevent the freezng of waler on & plane W fight More than seveA hundres pounds of ce formed on Chamberii plane within twenty minutes, and 1 wdaitionsl welght made dnevitanle specdy tenmination of Woremain o e mir for mixty nours. Mrs. Grayson started it fron, New York to Harhor Grace, Newfound A, in Winiter weatler, mid it 16 plan tims within | wings of his plane I wn stbempled endurance Might | this ship| with the lose of the entite crew draws “ Nis mbitious | The admiral probably will not take vefy | |kindly to a beating, and it would be- hoove the youngster deliberately to |hook a few balls into the woods to |avoid dissension. And, of course, there is & danger of golf talk taking precedence in the class- | | room and at mess. It would not be par | tcularly conducive to good class work in | |learning the intricacies of navigation if | |d)srus<mn arose as 1o methods to cure | slice off the tee, and it is & well | known fact that after a particularly good round a rabid goifer will not eat | a mouthful, but will sit up and regale | all listeners with a minute description | of each shot. The naval authorities, however, have probably taken all this into consideration before adopting the slogan, “Thousands of officers, but not a single duffer!” and the experiment | will doubtless work to the advantage | of all. ——————— History will not record Calvin Cool~ idge as a silent man. He will be re- | membered as one who expressed him- | self briefly, positively and with a stu-| | dious contemplation of current affairs, S T A pyromaniac is one of those play- | boys who regard the civic system as de- signed for their personal amusement. He should, like many other psychopathic specimens, be treated kindly, but firmly. —— s eee It might be a discouragement to the | psychopathic killer to let him know that his portrait will not be printed and that no effort will be made to make him the center of a picturesque parade. ——oee An execution is horrible. The inno- cent bystander is compelled to suffer along with the criminal. In this re- spect, justice is manifestly unfair, ————————— | One poor firebug can terrorize a town. | Elaborate systems in public affairs have often been defeated by some demonstra- | tion of the erratic ego. R S S B ‘When President Coolidge says he has nothing to say he is now regarded as doing some of his important tHinking Lt a SHOOTING STARS. { | BY PHILANDER JOHNSON, Seriousness, It s & duty, to the end, To cherish well a trusted friend, But when you find & foe who neeks To scatter anger, as he speaks, While growing half delirious, You must not take him serlous, 80 friend or foewhich will you be The cholce remalns with you quite free— An enemy is unrestrained | In talk of matters not explained. | Hiz utterance tmperious — You must not take him serious, Cautlon, “I understand you are going to throw your hat into the ring.” “I am proceeding with caution,” an- swered Senator Borghum. “Hats cost quite a lot of money these days' Jud Tunkins says you've got to laugh | 8t some jokes for fear of sceming to critfeize their fnancisl backer, Reformation, Had a very Jazzy thrill The alavm clock brought a bilt Cabberays Ul half past three Now the simple e for met No “1 understand the police.” “Hone whatever,” wnswered M. Chuggins. “When s officer stops me, my only motlo s, ‘Mave 1L your own way ' | ouble | you hisd Louble with | “Ha who questions the might of money” sald Hi Ho, (he sage of China- 15 fortunate if he can go his way 2| from & powertul friend who stll smiles.” 1 | town, Byncopated Variation Hadin! My Hadiot MG e many & song, Though syncopstions often show You've got the tune sll wrong | | A New Year resolution,” sald Unole | cessive term as “chairman of the minor- THIS AN BY CHARLES F. Music is too much with us: late and soon we lay waste our powers of ap- preciation, This is the penalty one pays for listening to more music than the human system can stand. ‘This is why the thoughtful will look with doubt at the policy, just adopted by station WRC, of broadcasting almost continuously from 6:45 a.m. to 11 p.n. One wonders if the broadcasting sta- tions are not going to cut off their musical nose to spite their financial face, as it were. It is true that most persons do not have the opportunity to listen continu- ously to radio for 15 hours, but it also is more or less true that few can resist the temptation to turn on the set when they have the opportunity. Musiclans everywhere, it seems, are doing much the same thing, by plying the dear public with the Muse at ho- tels, restaurants, in concert halls and many other places. ‘The resuit is that the American peo- ple are becoming saturated with music. The music lover is becoming captious, hard to please. because he hears too much music hour by hour, day by day. * ok k¥ No less a scientist than Dr. Charles Mayo recently told the Civic Concert Association, in convention, that music | in overdoses causes ‘temperament’ among the opera stars, according to the Associated Pres “Temperament in an opera singer,” Dr. Mayo asserted, “is merely the re- action from the stimulus of too much music, and the person suffering from the outbreak of temperament should be treated as gently as a person suffering from any other overdose of stimulant.” The AP further continued: “Dr. Mayo said music has a marked effect upon the emotions of men and animals | of the higher orders and explained that was why persons cannot teach or study music for more than six years con- tinuously without feeling its effect upon the nerv *‘Music,” the doctor said, chiefly the nerves of the arms and legs because they have their center in the base of the brain, where the auditory nerves are placed. That is why jazz music “tickles™ the feet.'" * % * & Sometimes those who have children | resent criticism of the way they are | bringing up their little ones from those | who have none, but it is quite true| that an honest old maid often sees!| things very clearly and is able to put | her finger exactly on the cause of trouble. | In a similar way, a doctor often is| able to look over the other professions | and see what is good in them and what is bad In them. We have several in-| structive volumes from a physician who | looked at literature and books and life. | Now Dr. Mavo explains the “wh f “temperament” among the “star: points out, by inference at least, the | danger of ‘hearing too much music by ordinary folk. For if those born with musical gifts. who have been trained to their art and | profession, suffer from too much of a | ood thing. how much more must most | of us undergo as the result of the same | excess? ‘affects | o ox % Common experfence with the phono- | graph should have pointed America to ! the truth. Was there ever a family that | got a phonograph that finally didn't| Joe Robinson's vote of confidence at | the hands of his Democratic colleagues | in the Senate is no idie compliment. The Arkansan is serving his third suc- ‘ ity conference”—his official title—and | long ago conquered not only the deep | respect but the sincere affection of his confreres. On a famous occasion in thé House of Commons it was remarked | that “the business of an opposition is to oppose” The sturdy Little Rock statesman religiously pursues that pol- | icy in the Senate. As Heflin of Alabama now knows, Robinson opposes not only the Republican majority in the Senate, but mutiny in the Democratic minority. Robinson’s fiery temperament is a use- ful weapon in An opposition leader’s ar- senal. In his case it Is accompanied by conservative judgment in an emergency and by a ready eloquence, Robinson A voungster as statesmen go—being only 55—has been continuously in pub- lic life since he was 22. He was in the House of Representatives for five terms, and was Governor of Arkansas when elected to the United States Senate 15 years ago. Y It's an open secret on Capitol Hill that Senator Robinson's castigation of Heflin is something many Senators have | Jonged for. but which none of the rest of them ever saw fit to administer. Be- fore the close of the Sixty-ninth Con- gress last March, circumstantial reports were in circulation that the Democratic caucus had Heflin under serfous con- stderation. The Alabaman’s Democratic colleagues, 5o the stories ran, were ir- ritated by his time-consuming ha- rangues about Mexico. These were inter- fering with the conduct of fmportant Senate business, and minority leaders were sald to be debating ways and means of bringing about & cessation of the Heflin flood. What, If anything, was ever done in that direction never be- | came known But when Senator Robin- son opened up hix guns on in this week. those who heard the uproar re- | called the Incident alleged to have taken place at the time the Alabaman was in eruption & year ago. owow s Opponents of the nomination of Al Smith may not be aware that as long Ago as 1872 men _calling themselves ofMelally “stralght Democrats™ put up & presidential ticket headed by a Roman Catholic. 1e was Charles O'Connor, & bar and personal counsel of Samuel J Tilden The regular Democratic ton- Al convention in 1872, at Baltimore, had previously nominated by the Liberal Re- publican convention at_Cineinnati. A minority group of the Baltimore dele- unton dectined to support the Greeley tieket and platform. and subsequently held & “stralght Democratic” conv at Loulwille. There O'Connor was named ns standard-bearer. Before that O'Connor had been nominated tdent by the “Labor Reform ton at Colimbus. O'Connor s Summer home on Nantucket Ialand is now oc- oerat” - Breckinridge Long of Missour! CR 1t “Cal” Coolidge Hiked foot ball ax mich wn “Teddy” Roosevelt did, the Whilte Hotse might produce n big stic and order West Point and Annage bury thelr griditon differences. A par telpant I peace negotlations which ended w almilar upture between the service schools abou! told this observer what happened ‘The academies conldn’t agree an to where he next year's game should be played “The tesull was & declsfon not Lo play at t the Army and Navy | In conneq the same nort of hue [ wnd ery went up that the present break Preafdent Roone tary and naval o House He wald Lo them, politely but Iy, tiat he Jiked foot ball and that he winted the Army-Navy game (o be played an sl 10 wisn't Tong be West Polict and Annapolin appointed emispiiten, who met 8t w hotel i Phila- delphis, made facen at one another for a while out the com mande | Eben, " hout dis time o' year ain’ doin’ much, excep’ o call attention to de fact tuch pighss owd Wnd sud Laks o siggred Misely Uil e ingiustation on det yob heert wea in de pigby place, | mental things. | the upper house distinguished member of the New York | Indorsed for President Horace Greeley, | cupled by a present-day “stralght Dem- | i 26 yenrs ngo hws ! JANUARY 20, 1928 D THAT . TRACEWELL. grow tired of it? 1In some cases this oc- curred in a few months, in others it took several years, but In practically all cases it occurred. ‘The fault was not with the machin nor with the records, but lay almost e tirely in the inability of the average human being to restrain himself when it came to something he enjoyed. ‘The new record was “played to death,” as the phrase had it; in a similar, larger way, the very phonograph itself was “played to death,” so that the family ended, by tacit and mutual agreement, by placing a vase upon the lid. ‘Too much music! 2y Music is a spice, not a solid food. Reading. better than any of the other common habits of mankind, better stands repetition, because there is al- ways something new to read. ‘The tendency of musiclans and musi- cal organizations is to play the tried and tested numbers, and there is even & cult which declares that the average auditor prefers “something he knows.” Probably this is true, on exactly the same basis as that of the child ich likes be Cin- derella,” Little Bears,” “Red Riding Hood,” and so on. Music is an elemental thing. Its solid basis is rhythm. The “beat” synchronizes with the heart beat of mankind. The crude measure of the African tomtom, only slightly refined in our modern fox trot numbers, is the cradle song of hu- manity, * ok ok ok We have taken ourselves away, in many cases forcibly wrested ourselves away, from savagery. We no longer are able to stand large doses of ele- ‘They pall upon us; they put our nerves on edge; they make us want to shriek out. Our music is “high pressure” like lour salesmanship, like our very living habits. We are taking our musie in too many and too powerful doses, aided by the | liberal dispensations of melody which Why, one can- | not turn a dial on a little box without | permeate the very air getting Beethoven out of it—or Irving Berlin! EEE Recall the old days, when, if one wanted to hear music, he had to put on his best bib and tucker and solemn- 1y go to the concert hall. Or a small group of amateurs, with maybe a professional or two upon occa- | sion, got together in the drawing room or parlor, and played and sang as best they could Or the boys, visiting Sweet Adeline, stood around and sang sweetly—more or less—as that delectable young lady plaved the piano. Musie. in those days, was not an hourly thing. nor even a weekly thing. but something that came at enough intervals to have the spice of novelty. And praise as you will the “good old things.” novelty is the spice of lifc The men of Athens, who did nothing but speak of some new thing, were more or less right. Music, by overdoing it, 1s in danger of its life. Tt is surfeiting the Nation, surfeiting the individual, clogging the very air of heaven, Oh, for an African drum, and a big stick. so that we might beat upon it m;dlv. whenever we hear our neighbor's radio. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WII outs"—mimeographed or printed “re- leases™ of statements by interests with aves to grind—are being deluged now with the most de luxe “hand-outs™ that ever happened. They emanate from the “Joint Committee of Nati Utility Assoclations,” and are the last word in lovéliness. The material con- sists of day-by-day verbatim reports of the “power trust” hearings before the interstate_commerce committee of the Senate. Its done up in the form of impressive legal documents and bound together in statutory red tape, with an index ‘n' everything. The hearings are very much of a senatorial affair. So far, the chief spokesman of utility groups have been former members of Lenroot, Republican, of Wisconsin, and Thomas, Democrat of Colorado. *r e In dedicating the luxurious new WRC studlos of the National Broadcasting Co. in Washington this week, M. H. Ayles- worth. president of that far-flung or- ganization, declared that its Capital microplone occupies a unique place in the radlo world. have dedicated IL” he sald, “to the statesmanship, art and culture of the Nati as they are crystallized here at the heart of the Re- public.” The brilltant v nate asserts, on the basis of experience, | that the radio audierce will not ‘Stand for” long speeches. as a rule fore has some doubts as to how many people would tune in if Senator Dill's scheme 1o pat a microphone on every Senator's desk were ever carried out. e Turkey's plans to maintaln no fewer lishments In Washington revive a que: tion that bobs up periodically, namel why countries like the Netherlands, for | example, are not wccorded ambassa- Jortal rank by the United States Tur less Important than it used to be, owing to the World War. yet its superior diplo- matie status Is unimpaired. With vast colonial possesstons und wealth, H land has long been an internati factor. She was one of the countr invited by the United States to par- nal | tetpate in the Washington Conference on Far Eastern Affairs six years ago. The Dutch have always restuted our kiving Belglum an ambussadorial pres- tige withheld from them Poland. it 1 sald. wlso aspires to “first-cluss” dip- lomatie relations with the States. (Convright 109 ) UNITED STATE IN WORLD WAR Ten Years Ago Today War cabinet bill ready to be fntro- duced in the Senate would give control to councll of three, subject to review by the President. Cabinet members to | be lett out and new counetl to be su- | perior to every one but the President * Government decides to adopt & more vigld policy in handling the enemy ulien spy and agent situation in | the United St More aliens will he | mterned. * Mg peace stiike begins in Auwstria One hundred thow - sand quit work noand uews Viena, compelling munitions tuctories to o Public mectings denounce evlin - for trying to foree (the Awstrians o eon Hnue the war St Prusilan min Inter of war says he I akeptical of Ameriea’s plans and wsserts CGermany In already the vietor but the allies do not recognize the fact * * ¢ Fouteen Qerman planes fall in combats on the Weatern front RS- Outelassed, From the New Yark Herahd Teitwae Unfortunately for the rising genera Hon 1 s conviets, not s hoys, who Ket shorter term for good hehay lor [ Keeping Havmony in Party, W ihe Topeks Caital AL the opentng of a presidential year the Demociats are as hopeful as ever “annlnl‘l.n;mummguw'pn ate tha 16 never happened hefore that they had (o glve & nationgl convention to Weana 10 hoen s I the pariny Soviet Peace Scheme Held Most Christian "o the ¥ditor of The Star: Years ago monarchs were proud assume the title “Most Christian King. Needless to say, their actions continually belied that description, for, breathing out fire and slaughter, their very bishops blessed their armies’ banners with bell, book and candle and anthems grandly roaring for blood. All thought of prac- ticing sweet reasonableness and peace was deemed pusillanimous, and church and state alike cast aside ds unworthy the role of peacemakers. ‘Today, whatever may be our opinion of the existing government of Russia, whatever may be assigned as their motive, there can be no doubt that their late proposal for world disarma- ment is the most Christian proposal any government ever made. Whether in pretense or in truth, it comes as a challenge, not only to all professions of religion, but even as a challenge to the good sense of the man in the street, called upon to pay endless im- posts lo support & system that holds the world in terror, and offers no countervailing benefit, only speedier death and heavier taxes! Nor does this Russian suggestion savor of the chimerical. Britain and America have for a cen- tury and more proved the efficacy of the Russian proposal. Listen! On April 28, 1818, President Monroe announced to the world the signing of the Rush-Bagot arrangement by which was accomplished the total dis- armament of the artificial line that States. How successful this disarma- ment has proved the merest child can inform any purblind politician who can't and won't see it. It smacks somew! of ludicrous satire that, with shores separated by 3,000 miles of sea, defense demands monstrous navies, while touching frontiers are safe under total disarmament. Preparation for war. Monroe declared, il will.” Then why not accept Rus- sia’s challenge at its face value and demand world disarmament? EDWARD BERWICK. Defends Phenomenon Of “Water Witching” To the Editor of The Star A gentieman who read a letter of mine on my experience with a “water witch” was kind enough to send me a United States Government bulletin en- titled “The Divining Rod: a History of Water Witching.” The authorities cited in this bulletin advance various theories to account for the strange power exhibited by the dowser or “wa: ter witch.” Some—the older author- ANSWERS TO Find out whatever you want to know. There is no room far ignorance in this busy world. ‘The person who loses out | is the one who guesses. The person | who gets on is always the one who acts | upon reliable information. This paper employs Frederic J. Haskin to conduct an information bureau in Washington for the free use of the public. There is no charge except two cents in stamps QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN. Jects it was found that the subject bee came unconselous at altitudes between 52,000 and 53000 feet, and regained consciousness al about 47000 or 48000 feet, with ption’ of the rat, which retal titude of ab, titude the ani Q. Does Irrigatic i separated Britain’s possessions in Amer- | ica from the territory of the United | is a “constant stimulus to suspicion and | for return postage. Write to him today for any facts you desire. Address The Washington Star Information Bureau, | Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washing- | ton, D. C. Q. What submarines were upon exhi- | bition at the Sesquicentennial’—J. L. B A. Five different submarines were | there at various times, each remaining two weeks. They were the 8-22, S-12, 8-23, 8-10 and 8-20. Q. Is all light light?>—R. F. A. The Bureau of Standards says| |that both light and heat are electro-| magnetic vibrations which carry energ | as does any system of waves. Light | now made by many to include invisible | | waves called ultra-violet and infra.red. | Strictly, light meant luminous vibra- tions, or visible waves. Radiant heat is simply the energy aspect of any elec- tromagnetic waves. As such in a loose |sense some would agree with the two | phrases you quoted. In the strict sense | light must be visible, but all light con- | tains vibrant energy which may be iden- tified as heat. e Q. What has become of the artist @ year Coles Phillips?—A. M. | one of A. After a long illness, Coles Phillips died during the past Summer. Q. Is water gas better than natural ol gas?—J. M. A. The Bureau of Standards savs that water gas, usually enriched with oil, is the principal gas manufactured |in’ the United States for city supply. ¢ Most natural gas has a higher heating value and is, therefore, more valuabie | although it does not command as high a price as water gas, because the supply is usually so great. Oil gas is a term | used to designate a number of gases manufactured from oil. The differences the Uni between these various gases depend | 743936. col upon the relative proportions of the 584675 | several constituents which make up the | B mixtures. | Arerica Q. Who was the first white man to| see the mountains of Glacier Park’— |D. E. | A A youth of 17, | Indians as “Rising Wolf,” was the first | white man to see these mountains. of sugar cane " A been demonstrated that ¥ . Q. How fa the Gulf of Mexicq v T. P. D. les from the GuM. e membership of the Tndusirial Workers of the has a membersnip of aboug | W | _A T World 35,000, and all heat| Q. Pleass tell what the wed rsaries are, from one to te: n sl Q. How man are there in tr | | fence_around —W. E. T. A There ! colleges 15+d 1n an K gnverning military { American ities—base it on the principle of “sym- | yag commissioned by the Hudson Bay pathy” or “attraction and repulsion” others on the principle of electro-mag- to establish trade relations with long | st | Co. netism: others refer it to -u'aunu-;m Binckiseibunivey. tion, unconscious muscular action.| Q. Will hot water freeze in a shorter clairvoyance. etc. Some enthusiasts of ' time than cold water>—J. R. G. water witching regard Moses' “smiting | A. There is no difference between of the rock” (Numbers xx:9-11) as & | the freezing point of water that has significant reference to the divining been heated and that which has not rod. Belief in the divining rod seems | been heated if the water is pure. In to go back to the remotest antiquity. |the case of tap water, which is nearly Two circumstances in connection | pyre but contains dissolved air, hegting with this Government bulletin about | the water may drive out some of the | the divining rod struck me as remark- ' air. This has no considerable effect on | able. First, the amazing extent of | the freezing point. but may make a ! the bibliography on_ the subject: be-| difference in the character of the ice | | tween 500 and 600 titles are listed in | produced. Hot-water pipes are reported | | the bulletin. Second. the no less amaz- | {5 burst from freezing more often than | | ing_incredulity of the compiler of this | cold-water pipes. This is not because bulletin, who' refers to “water witch-|of a difference of freezing point of the | ing” as a “superstitution” and & “ | water, but is probably because the | lusion.” "But in view of the fact that | water in cold-water pipes contains dis- | the phenomenon of “water WHChing” |solved air, which separates on freezing | | has been observed many times—I my- and forms slushy ice; while when water | | self have witnessed #t—it is folly t0|in a hot-water pipe freeses. it is more | | term 8 superstition” or & “delusion.” | apt to become under-cooled and then I grant that superstitious fancies have | freese rather suddenly, forming com- v‘gmlnhup ;onumml tfi! r!h";\o'm' ‘0": | pact jce free from hubbles, which is ut the phenomenon itsel . | more' break % There can be no delusion or doubt | S8 0: DEuglE v pie | about that. I have seen the forked Q Was Poor Richard's Almanack | stick bend and curve until it crackled translated into French during Frank- | in & dowser's hand. That is the fact | lin's lifetime?—C: V. I am not so ready to say what this A. It was transiated three times, and phenomenon betokens or denotes, or went through many editors. It was | what causes it. recommended by priests and bishops | Incredulity coneerning the opera- for common use in their parishes and |lhm1 D[hlh'iuhh“ng rod r‘{‘ ‘pmhb-?l_v dioceses. | due to the circumstances that the in- ——— | credulous person has never actually| Q. For whom was Pittsburgh named? ! witnessed a genuine dowser in action. McG. Many writers and compllers are mere A It was named in honor of | theorists. They weave thelr fine-spun | British prime minister, the elder W | theories “through their ha ‘,M;‘filx liam Pitt. opinion of “water witching” is that it = . |15 not diabalic or allied to witchcratt,| Q. What Is the maximum aititude at | but that it is a gift bestowed by Prov- b e - T. . | From tests conducted in the bell idence on certain indiyiduals to en-| - 8 | able them to find what is so necessary JaT 0N cats. guinea pigs. rats and birds. Ty > 3 to life as water. Animals find water It has been determined that life can through instinct. Let us not attempt Xist at an altitude of 53.000 feet. In | to explain everything. Let us give our- all experiments with the various sub- | named’—C. D. A. It is a printing establishment in Oxford. England. in whi sity has the preponde: It was founded part from the copyright of Claren tory of the Rebellion Q. What does Genesee mean’—G. D. A. It is an Indian word meaning casant val Q How T.M E A. Cc according to finish scribed as Ex ney, P or No. 2. according to the evenness which the sect freedom of the prod: 2 prope other stains, and the number o graded according o ng influer h the pro don’s “His- is combd ey graded’— with importance. usually of st the exception of Sahama.. Itaceihuail So- Q Is a Pilipino who is gradusted West Point el to & commis- Amy’-S § te Pilipino cadets are eligible for n Philippine Scouts fro; sio! A con Coming of Dem Heartily Wel | wonder is. or should be. always with us ! Let us not tread upon any forbidden sground CHARLES HOOPER. | ; s meea | Ohio River Traffic Increase Questioned ing afr mag- | He there- | I To the Fiitor of The Ster In a recent issue of The Star, 1 saw where some one asked the question about traffic on the Ohio River, and where an engineer officer stated that there was more traffic on the river now than there was in the old boat days Whatever may be the political sig ! nificance, if any. of the chaice of Houston, Tex. as the Democratic na- tional convention city -opimions differ ! widely on that paintthe South whol heartedly -welcomes the opportumity f which 1t has waited more tha: a cen “F Texas. to grand old | than two elaborate diplomatic estab- | the argument runs, iy considerably | United | F ons Will the engineer officer please state | 1y Houston, hats off high'™ is the where the boats are? And jJust What | greting of the Birmingham News they carry? | “It 18 & good thing for That river is locked from one end pa to the other and I belleve that anv (in has come to pass It three locks could hold all the Boats tne country-for each and every lthat ply from Loutsville to PIts- rion of it that this ha burgh. 1 don't know just what he geous action has been means by the old days, but T do know = It means.” savs the H there are no boats there now of any icle (Democraticl, “th stae. party conv: 1 can easily remember when at least South for tim elght boats ran to New Orleans and War. It means that about five boats ran (o Memphis. There ton s comung to I1s none there now. In the Pomerov ' the first time in trade was a bunch of boats, some stern- - undoubtedly, that t | Wheelers and some side-wheelers. There & new voice in party aftars | 15 none now desives are to be consulted A In the old days the levee at Cineln- port of any and every policy 3 | natt was full of frelght from the river | didate not taken for yranted * to the top of the hill You see none The South should grasp that oppo now, none of any kind tunity by demanding adherence to J Now the towboats for instance: A fersonian palictes™ fow years ago you could see many of | It is about the biggest tb | them and they were big ones. The city has done, single-! | ones that are now on that river are not alo declares the Furt big enough to pull the hat oft your |ord-Telegraph (Den ! head. Belteve me. the old ones sure | further tribute “Atia | did push some tow | Texas gives you & O The tows were all the way from 38 [and a million cowboy ye | to 60 barges The Harry Brown often with enough dignified hande left Pittsburgh with 60 barges and that make the applause unanimous Was about 15 acres of coal The Kansas City Journal (Repud Some of the bigger towboats were Hean says. "It is romance which at- IR Willlams, W, W. Oneil, Alice | tends the journeying of Democrats of Nrown, Josh Cook. J W Waltan, Iron | the ‘:‘“N‘l to the Southland for theie Duke. Tron Age, Tom Dodsworth, Fred | Predential - naminating — comvent Wilkon and a 1ot mare than that Al Well it has alwady been catied o this bunch sure did push some coal | PArtY’s turning tow T‘\' .-.l‘ll\!’ E.l\‘ Perliaps e trame that goes up and | South long has striven and lang has down the viver bank in trucks is \\h-; X umu l-:;msu:{: . Mgt one thing is sure, e not les I motor trucks. T could name boats | DI delayed from now until tomorrow that 1 have | seen on the Ohfo River n the genutne | boat days » . Refoleing that the party s to have s convention i the that gave birth, the Attanta Journal (Demora proclaims: CA - rave pleasure and rised privitege 10 Wil be for Qe {And all her neghton o som with e Lone Star State W wmaking the e Gon fOr ent June 26 s vich o | {tality and e weloome s sineere hat the delogutes T every quarter will AV 108 gl for s to be here " The Roancke Times (independent Demo Cratie) adds that “Texas can be depend e upn o do the thing W & big way The ‘Teite Haute Star independent | Republican) thinks - the salid Sowth | cortainly i entitled 0 consideratin from the Democratle party. and the | compliment of a convention 1o be held | . e ow $1L2A L ROSS United States Soldlers’ Home, " - » D. €. Firemen Went To Baltimore in T0s T the Kt ot The Star I have read the very excellent ae- COURES of the recent fives appearing in your paper, (i which you speak of the debt pald by the Haltimore Fire De- Klllllwnl for atmilar service endered Y the Washington depastment in (0l In about 18T or 1R Halllmore was Visled by & big fie (hat staried & WodWarking shop on Clay street and deatroved nearly four squares elided | there 1s long overdie.© and the Brond I Bavatoga, Howard. Liberty and Lev- fdence Journal dindependents hopes {hat WKL Mreets Jnplig & Bk 0 MUl | (he weather gods Wit be “as kindly s | Beriy. Where several Boises were butied | (hoy cani™ On the latter paint the Co. | AL (AL tine the Washinglon depart- [ linbla Record has a vision of - osaling | Mt Tushed & e company (0 Hheit | breeses fram the Ul Which make Al WK Wi carried By the Haltimare | Houston SUuniners quite as pleasant s | & Ol I AT or 38 minates, Which was | any other place th the countey. and tar wreat speed for thise davs Feoaler than sune lovalities hundieds of | These Ao porsnal tevatlections. (o | wiles her Narth* The Ohariotte | I waa lving W Baltimore at that time, ' Obhserver | JOUNS o g TRt —— | asked 1 | tendeaey | ognumise candidate ndent Demacratio), s Eselection of & S DIRAION AL he kel ey ocratic Hosts comed by South ' N And Nis wet sup. TN DLy Rec- DOmOCratio) 8 sure t the first dattde of e Charlestony Bve. ning P frwsents ) place. Nouston Do regarded as | Wealty ne Culathene as o sl wi expe ite any there. 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