Evening Star Newspaper, January 26, 1928, Page 8

fl-HE E\'ENING STAR |causes the intense interest of the peo- With Sunday Morning Edition. ple In all parts of the country in the A T = ~—— | proceedings at Los Angeles. For there WASHINGTON, D.C is an undeniable apprehension in the THURSDAY. .. .January 26, 1928 public mind regarding the evil effect of | the plea of mental unbalance. In many {cases it has effected gross miscarriages |of justice. If the matter were left to & vote of the people today, an overwhelm- ing majority would be cast in favor of A drastic limitation, if not the com- plete denial, of the insanity defense in capital cases. Upon the outcome of this trial may depend in effect the submis- sion of that question to public opinion. R . .Editor THEODORE W. NOYES The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Dffice 11th St and Penassivania Ave New York Office 110 Fast 42nd St Chicago Office: Tower Building European Office 14 Regent St.. London, England Rate by Carrier Within the City. The Evening Star 43¢ per month The Evening and Sunday Star {when 4 Sun. oSy Pedestrian Regulation. The revised traffic code is apparently | slated for another revision before it is finally approved by the Commissioners. Although the Commissioners passed | tavorably upon the amendments to the | ! ~ode submitted by Traffic Director Har- | |1and. final steps for promulgation have Inot been taken. and it is broadly inti- da . !mated that the revised rule for pedes- " 230 | trian control is causing delay. The Com- missioners are said t~ desire to study the change more thoroughly before it finally accepted. The podestrian regulation. since it made its first appearance in the Dis- trict. has been a white elephant on the | {hands of the Traffic Bureau and the | | Commissioners, It was designed to af-| fard a greater degree of safety for the | walkers than was possible with unregu- | lated pedestrian movement. It has been and is used successfully in many other ecities in the United Statcs, and ! the Washington regulation was an ex- periment only as far as the National Capital was concerned But it has had » stormy career hefe and has been revised several times. In the beginning fecble and half-hearted ' >florts were made to enforce it. but for | | more than a year it has passed into the | limbo of forgotten things. No arrests |have been made under it and appar- ently no one has paid the slightest at- tention to it. The Commissioners are faced now | |with the question of what to do with ! /it. There are two alternatives: It <hould either be wiped off the books or |enforeed. The latter course is prefer- ble because an unenforced regulation | s worse than useless and breeds con- | | tusion. Washington has not compiled an en- viabie record in dealing with this sub- ject. It has been handied as if it would iburn any one who touched it. There |appears to be no reason why the Na- tional Capital, in common with other however. It is for Congress to deter- cities, should not have reasonable MdPs-; mine whether it is better to establish | \T'AD Tesulation. and the shilly-shallying | the market center in the Southwest, |"DOUt the matter should be replaced by | the Northeast or in the Central section. | S\CT0 Measures, to the end that Wash- | . I | ingtonians may receive the benefit of a | e e e o oo P.¢ | reguiation that has proved its worth. = { - .o = ::dm BDdias e R IIie eonsid | Senator Curtis' Dry Platform. It does not necessarily follow that| Senator Curtis of Kansas has in his the location of the Farmers' Market Teply to Senator Borah's questions rel in any particular section will result in 8tive to his stand as a candidate for | the establishment in the same region the presidency upon the question oll of the main retail market, in replace- | Prohibition squarely met the issue thus ment of Center Market, which must Taised by his Idaho colleague and has | soon be removed to make room for Written for himsel! a platform that Government building operations. Be- commands respect for its explicit dec- tween the Farmers' Market and the laration in favor of the enforcement wholesale establishments, however Of the eighteenth amendment and the there is a distinct relationship. which | Volstead act and in opposition to any will work out in terms of locations b, amendment or move to repeal. + 630 per montn . 5o per cops each month Onders max be sent 1n by mail or telephone | Mamn 5000 Rate by Mail—Payable in A\dvance. Maryland and Virginia. Daite and Sundas ...1r. S200. 1 mo Dailr onix s Sunday only . 1vr. AN Other States and Dailr and Sunday 1 vr ! Dulr onlr 1vr Sundas only 1w | €300 1 mo’ 28e Member of the Associated Press. i The Associated b s ea | to ation of 2 The Farmers' Market Site. Yesterday the House committee on the District of Columbia voted. eleven to four, in favor of a Southwest site for the permanent Farmers' Market. A minority report will be submitted to the House in opposition to this se- lection. Thus the matter will go to the House with a divided judgment on the part of the committee. and the question must be thrashed cut there The action of the majority of the District committee follows the sugges- tion of the Commissioners. who. how- ever. did not specifically recommend any particular site. but pointed out what appeared to them to be the rea- sons In favor of a Southwest site. They esked that the question be determined upon its merits br the legislative body. Various and conflicting interests are involved in this matter of a market site. There are large property inter- ests whith look to the agdyancement of the values of their holdings by the establishment of a permanent market in their respective neighborhoods | fhere are business interests which | likewise desire a particular seletuonl for the same reason The interests of the people of the | citr are primarily to be considered, | | | cross-streets. Stop signs do some good Lif 1t is to be effective and respected. | character of the gangsters who have | THE EV. west travel, it can be seen that unneces- sary obstructions are thrown in the way of ¢rosstown traffic. As far as Thirteenth street is con- cerned, it is an important artery for only an hour in the morning and an hour in the evehing, and there is no conceivable reason for halting intersecting traffic for twenty-four hours of the day. With the exception of the boulevard and ar- terial highways, which were wisely se- lected soon after the organization of the traffic office, this same thing applies to other north-and-south streets which have been sown with stop signs. For a certain period in the morning and eve- ning they are more frequented than the there, but even then, as every motorist knows, confusion is bred on account of | the congestion. ‘Washington should have a well plan- ned system of arterial highways and boulevard streets. That was the purpose of the traffic code clause which was en- acted by Congress. Congress, however, never intended that an oversupply of signs should be received here to be scattered throughout the ecity with a minimum of safety. but a maximum of confusion and annoyance. Traflic control must be wise and reasonable r—ee Chicago Crooks Throwing Bombs. Gangmen are now throwing bombs in Chicago. not at one another, but at | the residences of former public officals | identified with the clean-up campaign | of the municipality. Early this morn- | THIS AN BY CHARLES E. Jack Spratt was playing on the floor with a catnip mouse, when all of a sudden he began to fiip his tiger- striped tall up and down. At the same moment the radio burst into & march, with which the vertical movements of the cal’s taill synchro- nized perfectly. | It was as if Jack wete leading the | orchestral | | The sight was so comical. and yet | {at the same time so human, that roars lof laughter and applause greefed | Spratt's tmpromptu assumptlon of the | role of orchestra conductor. His baton-lixe tail kept time for sev- | | eral measures, while his green eyes fook | on a half-wild expression, as if he were | nced by the music. | This was no ordinary tail-lashing he engaged in, but a correct beating of | the time with exactly the same stroke that an orchastra leader would use in | the same situation. | * K While the loud speaker continued {0 do its best and Jack went back fo his catnip mouse, we fell into a sp--ula- tion, in which we saw a whole new race of Educated Cats. Dr. Jack Spratt, the eminent sym- phony orchestra conductor. tised to appear at Symphony ! ducting an orchestra of 100 players in | | Beethoven's ever-famous “Fifth. The time had long gone by onward march of humaniiy, when there was anything novel in the appearance of a learned member of the house cat family as leader of a musical organiza- H ¥ in the ing two explo: occurred which, though fortunately doing little damage | and costing no lives, evidence a desper- ate endeavor by the criminal contin- gent to check Mayor Thompson's polic> drive against the lawbreakers. There is no likelihood that such moves on the part of the underworld of Chicago will lessen the enterprise | of the municipal government. It is Plain that Chicago feels deeply the stigma of being & lawless city. Its business interests and the great body of the population are demanding a clean-up. It is perfectly well known that the crooks and professional gun- men can be identified. The police know “who's who" in Chicago’s crimc list. 1f public opinion had its wil there | would be a forced exodus of five or| ten thousand crooks who for one rea- ! son and another have not been laid by | the heels and sent to prion or to ths gallows. | This bombing that is thus reported i may. of course, be only the work of' Spratt, the new type of * one person or a very small group, seek- | ing personal vengeance for some past prosecution. It may be of maniac in- <piration. but it certainly illustrates the for several years held Chicago in their ruthlessness, boldly deflant of shrewdly calculating their chances of | immunity and bringing into disrepute a community that should have good government, security and peace. eate o A juror is supposed to know nothing | about a case until he hears the evi- dence. But that kind of juror is liable to show the talkative tendencies usually assoclated with uninformation. B S tion. “Their popular grace, combiied with their power to look into the future and to see what was hidden from the eves and minds of human beings, made nem the greatest conductors that the world had ever seen. Since the new race of Educated Cats had appeared the world had benefited so much by their participation in all branches of scientific and artistic en- r that one could scarcely recog- mze either science or art. e ‘The great mphony Hall glowed with light, presenting a brilliant scene, due to the wonderful work of Richard Whittington. the famous feline in- ventor. whose experiments had resulted in a form of light which the great Edison freely admitted far surpassea anvthing that he had been able to achieve Brautiful women, handsome men, oc- cupied the boxes and the seats, chatting with twe peculiar hum which marks a gathering of human beings. The Zreat hall, resplendent with color and hung with heavy curtains of a peculfar texture, struck newcomers as a fair land. Due entirely to the intuition of Dr. elodic cur- tain” has revolutioped music, fairly enveloping the human system with sound. In the old days the rebound of sound waves from an orchestra was flat. but now, owing to the curtains melody struck the ear from every col cefvable angle and by a curious process perfected by the eminent conductor the waves were multiplied and built up to unvaralleled tonal beauty. | The orchestra was tuning up. The man with the big bull fiddle went um- pah, um-pah: the flutist sent his “toodle-toodle” in cascades of pearly 1‘ sounds: the violinists tuned their “As." | BACKGROUND The brrial on last Tuesday of Maj. | BY PAUL V. NING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., THURSDAY, JTANUARY 26 D THAT . TRACEWELL. There was a sudden hush. Silence fell upon that vast, brilliant audience. The players sat at attention Even the nolsy, taikative flappers in the | first box held their breath. Lightly from the wings ran Dr. Jack Spratt, his black and gray tiger stripes shining, his green eyes aglow. A perfect roar of applause chook the great hall, With the Inimitable grace of his tiibe, Dr. Spratt sprang to the little ch: direetlv behind the rostrum, mounting there, placed his white-gloved forepaws on the first page of the sym- phony. He inclined his little ears to the audi- ence, his eyves looking out at them with great interest. ‘Then his stripped tail, that wonder- ful. animated baton, began to wave riwthmicallv. The portentous opening notes of the symphony. those dull, mn_throbs of the drum, as of a hand knocking on the door of fate, { moved into the very hearts of his hear- ers. Conductor, orchestra, audience— these vanished, and all that was left was perfect musle. music which held hter and tears side by side. which fiowed into the eats to touch the soul, and which. moving on again to the Heaven which gave it birth, left beauti- | ful memories of happiness and joy. o Subfle inner meanings, always con- tained in the work of the masters, but hitherto never brought out. just as the old-time phonographs failed to bring out the bass. these were heard for the first time from the baton of Dr. Spratt His conrcerts wore not equented only by “hig e who wished to pa ime places of alt~rnate laughter and tears. mineled with electrical “l:"l'h brought God and man clos aether So the movements of the sphyphony went forward, in a transformed world 0 long as the musicians were plaving At the end the andience seemed to comn hack to earth and found itself sitting :xl\ "v)u- wonderful glow of Symphony A Cheer after cheer arose as men and for such. but to- to the musical mastery Spratt and his associates of Dr. Jack Jumping to the stage. Dr. Spratt rose | fully upon his hind legs. his white gloves held aloft in that gracefn!, heaven-locking feline gsture which had rome to be so much appreciated | throughout the world and which had low earthly bow ©1 human conductors. At the door Jack Spratt was met by a committee of human and cat friends. among which we had the felicity of being included. for Dr Spratt <tili re- qarded us as his best friend. It mad us very proud. Among others there was Dr. Pussin Boots, the eminent feline phvsictan. who was indirectiy responsible much to his regret, for the world-wide movement which banished dogs Dr. Boots, whose discoveries had ri¢ the world of children’s discases and whe therefore was regarded with reverence amounting to worship, one day chased down the sireet by a Boston | terrier The spectacle of Dr. Boots fleeing for life and climbing a tree. as cats were | forced to do in the old days, so shocked | the civilized world that all countries | passed laws making the harboring of a | dog, except for fleld purposes, a griev- ous felony. OF EVENTS COLLI the river into the canal, because they and | <, | mor hushes | women arose to their feet to pav tribute | | when they mu. the latter as soon as the decision is rendered on the question nov at issue. No action by Congress in establish- In taking this position Senator Curtic stands four-square with his past record on this question. He has always been ment of the Farmers' Market in a par- a consistent prohibitionist. As he notes | ticular place can compel the patronage in his letter to Senator Borah, he by the public of the main retail mar- demonstrated in this respect while ket eventually to be developed. If the serving as prosecuting attorney of site selected for the farmers is not Shawnee County, Kans. forty and more | convenient for general public patron- | vears ago. All of his public acts since Experts assert that by combining ship | and airpiane travel it will be possible to | | go from America to Europe in two days While the Western Hemisphere is de- | | veleping problems of its own, what can :bf the hurry? - A crime w: length is utilized for | some of the most surprising efforts to Gen. George W. Goethals was the last | wouhli build a high wall to protect the | : | canal. | aragraph of the life story of one of the | 8CEL 5 )1 b giuvens has potnted out | big men of American history. He WaS that, in the Canal Zone, it sometim~s big in more ways than as a technical rains 15 inches in 10 hours. Instead of | wasting the flood waters “on the other engineer who had built the Panama | Canal. In fact, not all the credit of | side of the mountain” or trying to dam | {hat gigantic work can be given to him. | them with a stone wall. they are now | There were engineers who preceded him | utilized by being caught in a great basin with great accomplishments in the pre- | between mountains and held as a reser- liminary work of the canal—Wallace voir supply for the locks. and Stevens—and it is o diminution | sl th that Goethals is best : S e i, Few outside his intimate assoclates 1928, Takom.a Park Grade | Crossings Menace Life | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS To the Editor of The Star: ‘The article in Tuesday's Star over the | signature of Walter Prichard, rrunrdmx‘ the elimination of the grade crossing at Chestnut street, Takoma Park, by ex- tension of Piney Branch rond over the | it and gt the answer back in a per- | Baltimore & Ohlo Rallroad tracks, Is | <onal ietter. It is a great educational a step In the right direction to get some | idea Introduced into the lives of the actlon in the Interests of the hordering | MOSt intelligent people in the world b "% | American newspaper readers. It is a communitics of Takoma Park, D. C..|part of that best purpose of a newse and Takoma Park, Md. | paper—service. There s no charge ex- Two years have almost elapsed since | cept 2 cents in stamps for reiurn post the deaths of a schonlhoy and crossing | age. Get the habit of asking questions watchman, and conditions still remain | Address your letter to The Evening the same and hecome more dangerous Information _Bureau, Frederic J |every ‘dayowlng o the increass in | Haskin, Director. Washington. D. C. raflic { e real difficulty in solution of this| @ How many boys took the Coast extension either by of Bern CGuard cadetship tests in 19277--A. N or Piney Branch road is i A In 1927 475 applicants were au- thorized 1o appear for the mental and raflroad. 15 ed the for bridge approaches s so inadequate | physical examination. Of this number 260 reported. Of the 260 who sub- in area that unless special treatment or extra outlay Is made. conditions will be | mitted 1o the examination 51 men were made worse instead of better. Refer- appointed ence to maps alone does 1ot give proper | wFwo Bla T n;g.»,.] (,ylch.- Wil conitions to be tone _°1 fi”vff,‘,',' .1,"’\',”;-”‘ ot died at this mecting polnt of Eastern | 2751 OF white? Lo Mo t | avenue: Piney Branch bad: Forrstsees,| A Moran and Mack are white men Chestnut street and ‘Takoma avenue. | ¢ Where was the original Mason and T venture to say that if a proper | and Dixon line?—C. B survey by engineers had baen made he- * A The Mason and Dixon line began forehand. the act (5-3283) of March 4 Cape Henlopen. on Fenwicks Island 20 providine for a bridge at Fern oytended west to the middle of the pen- | street. would never have been passed by | fneytar between Delavare Bay on the Coneress, west, thence northward 86 miles An example of unfiniche the ‘tangent point on the Newcastie | District of " Columbia i3 si cirele. thence due north, twice bisect- van Buren street nnderpass. onened to | {ng the circle to the parallel of 38 the public some time ago. The work | 430 263" north iatitude. stopped At Blalr road inctead of the froniopen of 1767 15 m street being continued on the other =ide Ay than the prescnt c: thereof, and being joined up with ti 5 paved streets in that wici school children use the Balti- & Ohio Railroad tracks daily a ibeing safer than Blair road. without sidewalks, with its heavy motor tr {at_school time Not until another bad accident hap- {pens will the above conditions be moved. and. fro a 8top a minute and think about this fact: ~ You can ask The Evening Star Information Bureau any question of work by the wn at the | other | Result Q hoo jdent e Cuolidge, 5. H ’ 1l Rogers gave an impersona- esident. recited “In Flander: —J. 8. war, E. H. Sothern s poem to a Brooklyn andience nounced it was the first rendition in America | before anything | Chostnut ‘street crossing | 'surcly. some one in authority on each | side of the line should order the two | Park and Planning Commissions to got { down, to work and do somethin, | turther del H. Y. DAWI - v special or Ht"ld Blow to Progress ud from the general tun g ter from what souree derived. In looking over the advertisements in : == % a recent edition of vour pape Q. When was the forward pass f acress one which I ‘would prefe d in fot ball?—E whose inclinations and resource: he forwa ¥ tracted them to other sec the paper to become acquainte Harv advertiscr was looking for a 1906 watchman on a construction ob, work from 4 in the afternocn until the morning. for $10 a week. and he ; half flun esired a colored m vards It is not infreq: 1 says that no s are_made to ‘They are To I zame of the great forward : f is s bet 14 il searon of 1 the long rward ld to P. W. Forbes the ball and wa Fom z a n the o caugh ties publicly and legitimate! ¢ for their efforts in bettering the condi- ¥ tions of the low wor g classes, ang dow especially the negro. Again we are i f formed of the almost uncivilized tions under which some people live rocreate future generations. Cal inform me how any society can e results commenstrate wit toward the betterment of unfortunate and ill-fated people; how these people can by their own exertions and direc tions arrive at even a tolerant existence accept as the only al- ternative in their fdleness—for, perhaps, not exhausting labor. but such that pro- hibits additional indulgence—a compen- sation of $10 a week? Few readers see | A There are Q When ice has formed on a body of water does it thicken by water ris- ing through the ice and freezing on top. or does the under side freeze?— %S W A. When ice has f mod on a pond BY FREDERIC. J. HASKIN. or lake to a reasonable thickness, in- crease in thickness takes place on the under side of the surface layer. Q How many miles of streets are there in Washington, D. C.2—8. B. § A There are’ 590 miles of street cut through. Of these 415 miles are improved and 175 unimproved. Q. What does it mean when the word “limited” appears after the name of a ecompany?—M. C. A. A compans limited 15 a company in which the liability of each share- holder 15 limited to the amount of his stock or shares. of to the amount fixed by a guarantee. It is generaliw re- quired that the word limited be the last word in the company’s name. though there are occasional exeeptions to this rule. tic Ocean? How long would it take?- P.D Y A. Submarines are capala of cr ing both tne and have done s repeated The average cr ng speed of a sub- marine is about 10 miles an hour. At t rate about 23 days wnould be re. quired for a submarine to t New York to L 3.578 miles, Q. How automnbile: A. The lat ahle are for automobi many paople are in a year?—M. M. F. + aceident wari In rov ities amounted 23,009 Q. What kind of wood do beavers gen- erally use?—A. D work on small or medium but have been know tree 46 inches i Q. When the letter in in- % tions, is it called Vor U?—J. C. T A. It is called the manuscript U. the National Associa- ng Owners and Managers i When will the ion of Real Estats hold National Board: 3, A. The meetings.of building owners and managers will be held in St. Louis The realtors +ill meet in iile June 18. Q. How often should border roses be pruned?—F. T. C. A. EBorder roses should have Ilittle ning. the removal of the dead wood he eut of the whole bush to ground every five to eight years g best for mos! ture of furnishing seedlings to farmers. A Johnston County farmer planted 350 iong-leaf pine seedlings, with & loss of L how that the Q. Whe originated the saving s those who help themsel Q. Are oranges an im, h Africa’—W. R. o Africa exports approxi- 00.000 cases of nr‘n:ri an- in an advertising section anything but the objects of a business eye, vet I am convinced that ‘behind all this. indis- tinct yet existent and readily discern ible, are many stories from which we | might derive causes for only humane | actions and such that would disp'ay the charitable character of our people. WILLIAM E. CARROLL. Holds U. S. Needs Ships as Defense the Fditor of 1 . Arouses A newspaper debat haracter but with strongly expressed des. has followed th k L Smith of Ilinois as & member by the United States Sen- 1 it of the taken May 1. as an.American citizen, say a | St Crities of the s few Words fn regard to the question of | 1he uURDer - "él’:;'f‘“‘ e ;\.:Q;‘:)en: | national defense and in reference to an | ¥hat thev co e loeity thi | article tn your paper January 19, 1928, | SUPPOIers, o, v by Edwin J. Meade. stating that “she, | this case hol views on both | rejecgion of F: ot 1th ‘Senate Rejection of Smith Non-Partisan Debate . mon-partisan in’can) Dem 2ge, the trade will not go there. It then have peen in harmony with that| disseminate material expected to startle known as the builder of the canal, for | Britain, is dependent upon open and will go to the most convenient estab- reccrd. He has never compromised or lishment, whether now in existence or cvaded the issue for political advan-| later to be provided by public or pri- ' tage. l vate enterprise. This letter to Senator Borah serves, ‘Whatever is done by Congress in notice to the country that the Curtis this matter should be carefully consid- candidacy for the presidential nomina- ered with reference to the best public Uon is definitely and unqualifiedly on interests, not with regard to the prop- ' the dry basis. It will doubtiess fully erty interests that may be involved meet the views of the Idaho questioner, ! But there shouid be action at this' Who has heretofore taken practically | session, and as early in the session as the same stand that Mr. Curtls now | possible. The “temporary” establish- | takes. | ment for the Parmers' Market on the If all the candidates, avowed and Mall should be of brief duration. .De- potential, for the presidential nomina- 12y through legislative maneuvering for tion were to adopt the same attitude sdvantage in the matter of the site of entire frankness on the subject, designstion will prolong this intrusion which undoubtedly will be one of the | upon the public park. Whatever the chief issues of ths coming rlmpll[n,l decision may be. it should be rendered ' there would be less confusion in the in such season that the work of site public mind. Mr. Curtis, of course | ecquisition and construction may begin | knows that the policy of political ex- @uring the present calendar vear, with pediency calls for a less straightfor- | assurance of the vacation.of the Mall ward avowal of principle. But there | within the year 1929 without fail. 15 nothing in his career that warrants | - e |any evasion of responsibility or any | Threat of & nervous breskdown for |compromise for the sake of political | Lindbergh affords another example of (advantage Whatever may be the out- | ihe extent 10 which & man with a good | ome of this exchange of notes. which | disposition. may be unintentionsily lm-f‘lum Mr. Curtis definitely in the po- | posed upon | sition of a hundred per cent prohibi- R — o | tlonist, 3§t redounds to his credit for | Hickman's Insanity Plea candor and honesty | Totay st Low Angeles begins the ! tris] of Willlam E. Hickman, confesswd siayer of I risn Parker and im- plicated in other cri by his own wknowledgmentz. On the eve of the triel & surprise move ¥ made by the Stop-Sign Profusion. aetenes—1or, of course s+ a de-| The traffic office has announced that sagsid o fagrant an offense— | SVEral protesis have been received re- Mirtue of which \ne judge assigned o | #azding the use of stop signs on Thir- tre case wer Qisplaced by another on | Wenth street, the latest artery (0 be se- 4 that he had shown prejudice | Jected by the office for decoration with the red signals st intersections. In de fending its course the traffie office cites Pourteenth street as an ilustration of the satety of the system, and points out that accld have been materially u-,i dueed No une possiiy quarrel with | sufety mewsures They are desirabie | from every standpomt. But it does up- pesr \hat the UeMc office has becone there red stop signn | snd 1 scattering them ndiserimingtely | throughout \he eity 1 the effect of the | generel slowing up and snnoyance of who travel across own And vhile stop signs work for safety there 15 & vensonumble doubl i the minas of | Washingtonisns whether they are ful- | filling their the per- centage of disobedience of their man date among mowriels s bigh and ¢ forcement 1 low 1 Ve Urathc office keeps on st s pres oates Prequently & eriminal assumes to be crazy on the assumption that the pub- ile 18 foolish cre aceused » ntere . Trwe oountry ing with kee Tne crime war of w sorious & neture that It aroused the indignation of milions of people i I the Blates It was hoped that proceeding: would be unususlly expe tious and that the punishment would be sssuredly Une severest permitted by ne iew. But as the days have gone by snd hiave grows 1 weeks and the - | ensmored with y eefense been wdvanced. s b sing there msy » a miscarriage of justicr hat one of the most dangerous youth, may wath this proceed- as | can s st this man those aeey s gein hie freedon, The thocking » e Compers mal the dnsanity Cetense vEs mare Clear 5 MssIOon, becaiise trated thet care Brwula Hice man's counsel Gemnonsirate v the satie- Saetion of the Jury ikt thelr chent was mentelly deranged at the Ve he com mited the exime for which he 3 now | ent rate there vill soon be sn almost b Leing tried, be may e committed W wn | tal lack of closstown untellered stieets InsUation for the inssne wnd Bfter Uie | As it s now, the mowrist will heve to | lepse Of & yewr miy seek examinuUon, | meke six Of sVeD SWDE 0L & Tepresnt end 3 then be 1 found o heve ve- | alive sireet, such as i between Twenty guined canity be may be freed without | fourth streel and Hhode fsland aveine charge ! wnd when 1t is resliced that for only » never in this | the public. | bad murksmanship in superstition as ————— e Making old-fashioned fiddlers popu- lar is, after all, not so easy an enter- prise as promoting new-fashioned flivvers. e A night club exhibits a “padlock” and marks it “ad . What was once feared as a “crime | wave” has become a deluge. - .+ woes -- SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON Melodious Delirium. Musie in the air! Fluttering planes up there Send 1t here below By the radio. Musie from the trunk By the yard or chunk Music from the band Or from opera grand Music at dawn's peep Music while you sleep. Music in the air Musie everywhere Useless Argument. “Are you going to have & band- wagon of your own in the next cam- paign?” “No* answered Benator Sorghum pretty clear that it expeets no formation whatever from an argument between & trombone and A ket drum " Assertion, My sense of sympathy is great My heart-—you move it You say you are a candidate; But can you prove i? Jud Tunkins says he hus heard of an spparstus thut will throw the human voice & mile. And some human valces deserve ) v Jooss,” hve thiown peper sald Hi o, the suge but without result prayers at of China- Lown There 1 well #s In military matters” effectunl Kxpression ever use profanity in Con- “No. 1 wested 11" “You can run in debt” sald Unele Ehen, “hut you gol 1o crawl out”’ v -o-—— Oh, Transparent Man, Londan Auswers Doctor —You hwd better be X tayed Putient There's no need Gel my wife she 15 always able (0 see 1ght thiough e s “The public has long since made it} in-! he it was who actually “made the dirt fiy* in accord with President Roos velt's famous order. o oxx There is & newspaper man now in washington who found peculiar inter- st sterday in turning back to the March 30, 1886, issue of the New York | Tribune and there reading his own in- terview with Count Ferdinand De Les- seps, given in Paris and cabled to America immediately following De Lesseps: inspection of the canal, which anticipated @ threatened French gove srnme! ivestigation That article gives & picture of the contrast betwee the French fatlure and the American achievement not often found It gives day the full measure of Goethals, as compared with the builder of the Suez Canal, and in its limelight Americans will realize that Goethals was a glant among men of accomplishment. ~ For where — the Frenchman guessed and paraded op- timism, Gen hals knew the facts and proceeded 1o push aside obstacles, whether the obstructions were rock and elay or mosquitoes and yellow fever or labor agitators and strikes. o on | | Tribune correspondent asked | De Lesseps in 1886 the work was begun six \Nu»‘ | The Count ago and you expeet its completion In three years (1889), may 1 say the canal 15 two-thirds finished” T cannot suy what proportion is com- pleted. It has taken a good deal of time getting ready. We are now pre pired 1o go on With e work, which | i he fnished in three years” | uestion. Wil the Temaining ex- eavation be as difficult as that alrendy fl"’" he worst part 1s already done. .. 1 the expense exceed your first | ate?" will W estin | “I not. The entire cost will ot be over £44,000000 steriing | The Suex Canal cost £20.000,000, and the Panama Canal 15 ten tmes as | dimeult as the Buez was 1t will be three times a5 much benent to the | vorld's commerce ns the Suez | After Geno Goethas had been I charge of the constiuction w few years e informed President Taft that, instead | of the ctimated cost of 400,000 000 Gneluding the $40.000.000 we patd o | France for her works and the $10.000.- 000 we patd to Panmma for the Cannl Zone wnd her wssent to our building t canil weross her territory s, 1L would be whout $870.000000 The Government Tecords show Ul I 19200 WX years | witer the commerce acioss the Iathimus | pernting, the total debit was p000. Binee then we have pald $26.000.000 o her clalm of damagen 101 out alleged wid to Panama in its revolt and establishment of inde pendence from Colombin » % that | De Lo which wan the American en work Inexply 1o a ek cans the canal 1t s recalled plan wis i Ferapped wh coon ws gineers fook over the wation of 1he chang when @ visitng Congressman proteste d| o Gen. Goethals that There: win 1o yewson for lockn stiee ships could swil vight out of the canal It the Paciiie Ocenn, the general coneeded it point Bt suggested that since the tdes on the Atlantic or Gull slde we 20 feet Lpelow the Paciie level, the vessels would e climbing the fall when they under ookt enfer from tie Pacific aide, so locks were usetul Hog for Work, Frum e Ha Blierwood Andeison says he 15 1un It i this possibiity spert from the ' smsll portion of each day 1s the north ebuorme! B sensational character of | and-south trafe heavy enough o de se crume comunitted by Hickmen, Uhat mand complete stoppege ol east and wing 1wo Virginia ufi;,nphlrr:n th gh pimself occupation, Thal fellowa & g tor work, The Do bessops plan was (o divert e Chagres RIver (o How, &5 he ex- plamed fo the correspondent, “on {he other side of the mountain,” and i He same nterview he alo explained that there would be no danger of overflow ot ever realized the personal qualities which distinguished Maj Gen. Goethals, In a book by Mr. Joseph Bucklin Bishop, who was secretary of the Panama com- mission and closely associated with Gen. Goethals for seven years, this paragraph is significant: “What was needed. in fact, for the accomplishment of the gigantic work which the United Staies Government had undertaken on the Isthmus of Pan- Ama Vas a man at the head who was both a great engineer and a great ad- ministrator. This rare combination for few engineers possess large admin- Istrative ability—was found in Col Goethals, (I shall give him, in this nar- rative, the rank which he held at that time) He had not been long on the Isthmus before he made it apparent that both as an engineer and as an ad- ministrator he stood in the first rank He revealed himself almost at once as that rare product of nature. the born leader of men. From the outset, he took his place tn a class by himself, and held it. without dispute or question, tll his task was completed. There were, among his official associates, able engineers and men oi tralned ability in other profes- slons. but he alone possessed in the su- preme degree which the case demanded the Guulities of leader and admints- trator CREEEE It has been reported in the press this week (hat after Gen: Goethals had been on the Job some months e returned to Washington to offer his resignation be- ause he was hampered by the constant nterference of the commissioners, but | that President Roosevelt requested him 1o prepure an order for the President to [ st Which would make him supreme and Independent of the commissioners 1t was stated that Secretary of War Talt and Attorney General Bonaparte | acreed that sueh an order would be il legnl, but that Roosevelt signed it never- theless on- the ground that the canal must be completed regardiess of quib- ::1:,1'“; )\!Irl'.lll'llllh"r Tatt now dentes the | ceuracy of that story, wi : g detalls, story, without specify- 1t 15 manifestly aceurate, for it was Chief Eugineer Stevens who was hampered by the commisstoners, so that | when Geno Stevens restgned, and Gen Goethals succceded him, of commissioners was w new board appointe the supremaey of ¢ stablished before he sponnibility. dismissed wnd | e Gosthaly was | uecepted the ve- 1613 generally conceded, | Whether dnthe Army or in business that while conferences and councils are wetul pending the consideration of plans, When (he objective ts - decided upon only one-man authority is ever efficient Qens Goethils, whose appoint ment brought — consternation among the happy-go-lieky masses of employes on the catal conatiuction, beeatise he wan w military man and theretore o | supposed martinet, astontshed — both | citltans wnd military cieclos by wearing [ only chviian clothes and letting {6 be | Kunown that no one would be diserimit nated AEAINSL because he was nol 1w the Anny nor favored becanse o wis EMelent work was all that mattered I fact he pitted civilinn heads of | depariments against military heads for ho divect purpose of eveating thaly | noemclency | “h e The name Goethaly el s stgaifcant | of uharacter A wnoeator named | Honorus, i 860, while ghting under | the standard of the French Duke of Burgundy, was atiuck a ternifo sword Blow Across the neck by & Baracen cnemy Ovdinarily such s blow would ! have proved fatal, but his armor was | o superior (hat 10 saved Wi from Wjury, and he was nicknamed - Bong | Countless paintings the old board | Undoubtedly | | I Philadelphin phivsician safe sea routes” for her national wel- fage. Are we not dependent upon them and, tnasmuch as we control a great share of the international trade, do we uot need protection. too? When the policemen of our city be- come too old to give their best service or are injured. do we cast them aside and leave their places vacant® Do we not have policemen to protect our homes und ourselves while we are out and about our everyday busi Then why should we hate an inade- quate national defenss? I do not mean by this that T am u ! holding an international armament race. Far from it. Rut I do uphold our worthy Government officials who are trving to keep up our modern and ade- quate national face of bitter opvosition of pacifist fanatics. We have had one experience in un- prepareduess when we had to send our untrained boys into the last great con- flict, and I do hope. and I think ms others are with me. that we wiil be ready to ably defend ourselves should such a thing happen again: and 1 hope sincerely fhat such an occasion may never arise. I feel that we need more of the new. modern fast ships and | P trained men to protect us and a‘d our merchant ships in time of peace and to be ready to defend our rights 1 of war. HAZEL A. OA v Paintings in Cellar Of Freer Gallery Te the Fditor of The St Whtle I Washington 1 have been looking at the ciy's magnificent build- mgs and viewed the art galleries, of which your city mav well be proud One afternoan’s exhibition touie was et to the delightful Freer Gallery where 1 enjoved the collection of paint- gs very much, ihdeed The only thing which farred my art spirit was when I was informed that AbbOtt Thayer's masterpteces | 1 parked I the subeellar with many worth-while canvases. so 1 d to give the collection the MCE - er 1 was cortainly amased at what 1 saw M the subeellar of th v Qallery! e hung on wite These upright scivens are and have wheels that resemble tox The sereens ok like Kind one might see s 200 to Keep tie hands of (he public fam the wild animaly i hetr cages Vhe large Phaver paitings are hung on the wall, Where they teceive but it Ho attention from artists and the puby e, whoo I appears, Kiow nothiig about exlatens Thete ave enough the Freer Clallery aubeeltar Rnlery i tself 1o 10 not s evdme not o have them where they might be enjoved by all the peaple all the e 4 RELIOT ENNEKING PR No Cure, No Hide, W \ Kioek Knees canniol be cured. aswrts Worse than ey appatently can't be (inde- blished plague @ pend | % new precedent nd the co Democratic) one which t the New York emphasizes the a case where it becomes evide ‘he Senate could change the po complexion of Congress by barring S tors for almost any reason.’ and Chu on ,Evening Puost Democratic) declates: “The Sex: a0t voted to expel him from oer p. but it has refused him, although he comes with the disputed warrant of the State ofs cortifying to his election. W or a quory could, at anv tu ls of a Senator a hold in the hands of a minor constitutional number of Se powers of that august body.” members ¢ hether this b N o ove DY seats tn the Senate natioay Do K Arkansas ocrat itile Roc ! St Smuth 18 e elecied again wi A seat? 1w nt be contended that IMinots, W their At choice, dvertently qutlty.” But what ond chotee . “If the Senate contaminated e people of 8, were movab roller thinks it A DY asockition with Cal h sts the New Yok Herald-Tribune (Republican), “why does 18 hat quietty et htm hen | auietly eaped him* D praceduie Woukt be in aceordance with law and would protect Ahady s righits would aver siug the soverely and equality of the States.” T purity wilt be fine painte W on [ ake W AlAY edifors fom I supporiing W they consider the only proper | the Senate coutd have followed [ no wearing down of the [ determination o purge tael Jodor Of Corrupt money -bags Attaching o the cleotion of tis members states the Philadelphta Evenug Mulletiy (i Qependent Republican). and the Ra letgh News and Osenver | Aeimoctace contendts The right af the St Where that vight s properly recogntast 5 the FiEhL of the savervigniy of the people 1t 5 never the tght of ane MR A GIORp OF mei oF corpaiatinns and oertatn lands B NovERer FOanee. | o defy - wnd spi wpon that sove NOW forming part of Holand Ware | creiity or (o bay 1t Wit @ e and awarded DI The Duteh ranstatbit | for W pupase he Wichita Meacon Ny kiAme Berally ik helt owi | ondependent Republicand adds - that tongue, “Goet Hals ™ The tamily name | Simith could nob have gone e e or centuries as tematned Gioothals' sienate & Dee man prononneed I Ameriea o tals AR npudent piece of business that His ek was good’ his head ever ey deserved (he tebuke (he Senate | rect has given 1Y the verdict af the Aot 10 b Pawt v Duiuith Herald dindependent Reputiis L] that conees though aled Cull” meantng I Halian Qo Neck Catlae | sank Nashy Ba «ind “condemnation of paipadle Indianap Nt ludes send to m: . Ne At the diveet primary < ™l fo be & means of g and enlangug the of e Peoite 1 Chonng: sandinne sed 10 den® evert e Tight to an elecs UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR Ten Yows dgo Tod CRUALIONS Are revied s ag to Dl fr service thousands o \\'.-}l W the st draft decase AMERIS, and to Wake posa PLON oy of those whe arc S unft Men w nner it TRV pecial medical NE N entering rice. s ton-dallar e At big s DY P at Port Newark seen as Rt ol wide Qerman plot ang cordeag Of soltiers and IVl affieers close Al WP 0 Federal property. S v e tord Rhondda, the Ruitiad food oo VT, adniity that Qerman U-doats TN pounds of food . single week. * %% g meed (he tae SNt ories of our ailies wheat. Herdert Hoover ead” and calh on A M 10 help W cnment o by 300N ¢ Mour & month. 30 per cent :1“:;:';: dutgur, S e \:tua..m Fels an Sl O e mhons todAy, Wkl Der total hans fom \‘:!‘od “I“ AN Toial s o ‘A\N?r‘; (n{‘: .|{ MM v e T bl i athies will ans 3 EREIE Tocent NI O paate e Dut I they do London suggeaty wat Prosident Wison be spokesman, for ware deviees - Viekary IMCTOA 0 ke W oihe war. Qove