Evening Star Newspaper, February 5, 1928, Page 30

2 e THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. - WASHINCTON, D. C SUNDAY.......February 5, lm‘ THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FEBRUARY o 1928—PART 2. references to a product or & process, after the fashion of the musical pro- grams by groups engaged by manufac- turers and wholesalers in commodities of trade, the Madison Square Garden performance of 1924 will probably be '.rnr:onam-: W. NOYES. .. .Editor|repeated. But inasmuch as there is no assurance whatever regarding the length of the show at either Houston or Kansas City it may be doubted whether & national advertiser would wish to contract for the whole time. for efther of the two conventions, cover- ling a period of perhaps a week or a fortnight, would be likely to run close to seven figures. For radio “time” is an The Even | expensive commodity, LTS Bundars) . . 63 per month | country-wide hook-up such as would be Collection made at the end of each month. | effected in the case of the nominating ! Qders mas e sent in by mail or tclephone. | conventions | If the air is hired for the entire Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. | period of the conventions there will be e s aryland and Virginia. = jitie chance for any miscellancous radio Daily only .. Ay . huc | entertainment, and it is quite possible Sunday only . <3¢ that there would be emphatic protests {by great numbers of listeners again: 2 their exclusion from their usual radio 5e diversions. The broadcasting compar 1 | that 1s now negotiating for the conven- | tion privileges proposes the simultaneous Rairhes crediied 1o 1t o mot otherwist v | tion bulletins. Evidently the convention | published herein, Al rigbts of publication | managers are bent upon obtaining the ©f special dispatches herein are aleo reserved largest possible return from this source of revenue. Both political parties are The Real Goal. | willing to swell their receipts fof cam- | The sesquicentennial of the first|paign purposes, and if they can sell the | treaty ever negotiated between the air at a good figure they will do so. | United States and France, which takes - place Monday., will be, after all, America Loses a Trophy. signalized. Negotiations for & New| orune Wright's decision to send his | treaty of arbitration between the 0| famoys bi-plane, the first in the world | governments have been successfully !y, make a sustained free flight under | concluded, and the pact, which includes |y oun power and carrving a man, & declaration against War as an Instru-| ¢4 tne British Science Museum in Lon- ment of national policy. will be signed | gon instead of to the Smithsonian here here tomorTow is the unfortunate outcome of what The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office 11th St and Pennsylvania A New York Office: 119 East 42nd Chicago Office: Tower Buildins Ruropean Ofice: 14 Resent St London, Engtand Rate by Carrier Within the City. The Evening Star (o - 43 per mortn 6Ue per mont All Other States and Canada. Daily and Sunday..l yr. $12.00: 1 mo. Daily only .. 3 £800° 1 mo. Sunday only $4.00: 1 mo.. Member of the Associated Press. oo His bill | especially on a| | ernmental powe: ! may be viewed with perfect safety by a youngster of twenty or even eighteen | are often extremely harmful to the boy or girl of fifteen or younger. To con- demn a picture generally because it is unsuitable for the very young is unjust to the producers and to the majority of audiences. Chile, by the action described, which includes also the prohibition of films claiming to point a moral by show- ing immoral acts, is trying to do noth- ing more than is attempted by the average wise parent who keeps certain types of books, perfectly worthy in themselves, from the undeveloped, adolescent child. Youthful impressions are more vivid and more enduring than those under- | | gone in later life: many parents are not | wise at all, and it is to be hoped that the far-southern republic will be largely successful in this sincere trial of gov- TS e .o John Marshall at Havana. Mexico's grievances against certain sections of the press in the United Staters are admittedly well founded, but their inclusion in such a resolution as Mexico proposed to the Pan-American Conference in Havana last week was, | of course. a futile gesture. The proposal was in part: To recommend that it be forbidden to communicate and publish false, mislead- ing or exaggerated reports which tend ‘> prejudice the good name or the in- terests of any American country by cre- ating a false idea of its institutions or its customs or by creating for it an in- decorous reputation before the rest of the world. The Cuban Ambassador to the United States. Dr. Ferrara, replied to the resolution dramatically, recalling the freedom of the press guaranteed in the | Cuban constitution “in the belief that The new treaty is designed to funish | poc gneared from its inception to be ® sulstitute for the Root arbitration | ryiper g childish controversy. In mak- pact which expires February 27 It|ung pi final decision Mr. Wright may | mntericcks with the Bryan concliation paye qpisfied his egoism. but his action | treaty with France. under the provisions gy cayse no sympathetic response from | of vhich each signatory pledges itself all the evils of the press that may re- sult from its liberty will be cured by that very liberty.” None of the delegates from the United | States discussed the Mexican resolu- ] difficult to deny that certain films which {and critical not to declare war upon the other until s vear after conciliators have failed to reach an adjustment. The Bryan pact is effective only untl denounced by either signatory. the American people. To them it must tion But more than a century ago a appear somewhat small great American eloguently disposed of | | The controversy between the Wrights | the issue that it contained. Talleyrand, and the Smithsonian may have DgUN | a5 French Minister of Foreign Affairs. back in 1908. when the Smithsonian pag protested to the American Govern- | offered them a place in the mUSeUmM | ment against the violent attacks on The significance of the new trealy should not be lost. It evidences the .. rioing) machine which made the appreciation of France and the United | g giont ¢ Kittvhawk. N. C.. a minia- States that a way can and must be ... ronroguction of the machine, or found to lead sway from the employ- |, moge] of the machine which flew the ment of war as an instrument of intef- | e veqr gt Fort Myer. To this offer national policy. Tt covers such grouné | ype wrights never replied, evidently s it was perhaps possible to COVer i p,ying peen qissatisfied with its terms. time for the celebration of the &D- | gu¢ yt yag the reconstruction of the, It prevents the loss of 0N | 514 1angiey machine and its conse- erected | ouent fight in 1914, powered by a Cur- | between | 1is engine. that seems to have been the | iroot of the whole difficulty. After its un- Even if it s not much of | gyeoessful launching by a catapult back s forward stride, it at least m?mlm.mup&muonhhehn(-[ rather than surrenders. ground already lev plane ceased and the wreck was! stored in a loft at the Smithsonian. | But it cannot be accepted bF the pere it reposed until 1914, when it two governments involved as 20| yas “equipped with pontoons and ! adequate substitute for the “war oul- | gpersted to demonstrate that it would | sawry” project which it has. for 3!#y Some time after this demonstration brief moment be it hoped crowded y was placed in the museum. from the news. Tt falls far short of | Ay Wright charged the Smithsonian any such scope. It expresses DO MOTe | with “mutilating” the Langley model | than the more or less pessimistic hope | and with having erroneously labeled it ihat “eventually” all governments Wil 55 the first “man-carrying” plane cap- standon armed conflict in favor of the | aple of sustained flight. He demanded peaceful settiement of Ul disputes. 1% :nat before he would agree to placing his proviées no mere than that if| machine in the Smithsonian the label diplomatic negotiations fail, an arbitra- | on the Langley model should be tion formula shall be adopted, subject | changed, and in addition imposed a 1o the approval of the Senate. And it| number of other conditions upon the specifically bars from the arbitrable | Smithsonian, some of which were ap- any disputes concerning purely ly unacceptable to the authori- . But the label on the Langley was for any modcl that they chose to send, | | | calegory ‘domestic This is not what the lesson of the past or vision as to the future demands of civilization today. It is not that for which the peoples of the world are still seeking. It is not war outlawry. The outiawing of war cannot be achieved through any such formuia. It i an end which can only be attained world tedated the | | the | world to accomplish sus- t under its own power, renunciation of any type of war save that which is employed as an honest | Wrights credit for building the first punit:ve measure against a nation | Plane 1o fiy, with a man, although the which. in viciation of its pledge, resorts | machine built earlier by Prof Langley 10 war. and when, strengthened by | Was capable of flight, Mr. Wright re- | administration as economical as was France by the newspapers in the infant United States. and John Marshall, years | before his accession to that office which he made famous. and with which his name is commonly assoclated, replied: The genius of the Constitution and the opinion of the people of the United States cannot be overruled by those who administer the Government. Among those principles deemed sacred in America, * © * there is no one * * * more deeply impressed on the public mind than the liberty of the press. That this liberty is often carried to excess, that it has sometimes ted into licentiousness. is seen and lamented; but the remedy has not been discovered Perhaps it is an evil inseparable from the good with which it is allied: per- haps it is a shoot which cannot be stripped from the stalk. without wound- | ing vitally the plant from which it is| . ¢ * ¢ Without doubt this abuse of a valuable privilege is a matter of pe- cultar regret when it is extended to the | government of a foreign nation. It never is 50 extended with the approbation of the Government of the United States. i e—e— New coins are needed for street car| 1 i {fares. The loss of time involved in | | fumbling a fistful of coppers is worthy | Vol consideration in computations rehl-;’ ing to the saving of time as well as| i money. i .- | | Gratitude is due Mr. Scopes of Ten- | | nessee, who, after retiring for a period | of study, refrains from pressing evolu- | tion forward as a topic for renewed ' | controversial interest. ————— The average citizen making out his | lmeom:uxretumunk:lywlwepfi- | plexities. He may still be thankful that be does not have to confront any ofl | probers. R Without pretending to be an efficieney | expert, Gov. Al Smith is always ready | with figures to show that he made his ' consistent with service ——— — I There is still search for the ideals | that will enable a minigaum of legisla- | such & gesture, an unswerving insist- | mained unsatisfied. and after making ence upon the peaceful adjustment of any internationsl difference whatsoever | CAfTled them out by sending his plane | shall have been pianted deep in the bearts of the public The Guest of the formula under which this mey be accomplished is still under way. Monday's ceremonies at the State Department, auspiciously eloguent of a number of threats, he has finally to rest in a museum in England. Ac- | cording o the terms of his agreement | with the British museum, Mr. Wright jcan withdraw his plane whenever he desires. But he has admitted in an in- terview that he never expects o with- draw it Franoo-American Iriendship, cannot be scoepted as more than stop-gap pro-| The names of Wright and Langley are | emedings. The real goal is still ahead, | 107 all time identified as pioneers in nor must there be any deviation from | the sclence of aviation. Nothing can | | detract from the credit which they de- | serve. The names will be remembered | 4 . an- | Jong after the personalities of those who | Wlsinshessaicoi i it | bore them bave been forgotten. That or- | g ‘ml % revive methods | ville Wright, the survivor of an epoch- | of oid-fashioned war. 1m-un( trio, should do anything which s fon its face appears as quibbling over The Summer of 1928 promises o 2h unimportant division of credit will @ve radic i3 grand opportunity o) COme &s & keen disappointment 0 mil- siow thst the statesmanlike orater is | lons of his admirers. 1 ————— | The Btandard O1l has found 0 many Miss Frances Smith has st M85l ways U profit 1hat it becomes impos- schieved the @istncton of getUng | gible for even the most erudite Benator thorgughly jost Without going up in 80 v fathom all of them sirpiere | ——- ] . —— Convention Radio Service Memories of e Jeraled SHOOUDOE- nent that “Alshams gives twenty-four voues v Oscar W Underwood,” which fushed out day af%er Gy from Madisou Square Garden in 1924 are revived by the statement Just printed Lhat negotis- ' e now under way bwesn @ ,:Zf .,‘,,,,,,,,;w g ./,n,(:ny and the A Curb on Chilean Children. netonal commiees of both political The Republic of Chile seems 0 have parties for the exciusive radio privikege | used wise discrimination in 18 latest ol the Kansas City aud Houswn con- | move toward moving plewre censorship ventions. 1t stated thal uniess sume It minister of terlor has just decreed pationsl advertiser wante W lske over | u form of such censorship whereby not U entire job B bl meetings, paylg only the picuures themselves, but the proveuly an enormous prive or e | wudiences also, ure regulated privikege of the wir during the WG| Children under fifteen yeurs of age wessions, the brosdeasting company will, may see only movies of legends, hisvor 3 1 secures the conlrect, Bmit Me yewe | jcal voyages and comedies. They are sooounte of the oonventons Vi sum- | permitted W wiliess films portraying meres of the happenings. This willl netiher crimes nor love scenes. At the provebly mesu thel the ballots would | same tme foreign flms, the inportation 1oL be given in Gelsll, Bate by Blake | of which would be offensive or deleteri- a0, A0 the case of & “polied” vite Gele- | ous W Chilean nastional e, or likely w W by Gelegate Buch sl ArTangement | oftend the manners, worsle of customs would eut out the slogan from Alsbema | of forelgn countries or of religlous It owould eliminate the gavel rapploge faithe are W e sirictly beired w0 U cheering Uhe band music ano n provable hat every civilizea the huvbub It would deprive the “un- | countsy Lss this problem W face Only boets wulence” of & diverting if oua- sunally monAonous entertalnment sweeplug denuncistions of movies ae 11 some nationel wavertiser takes over | crime-breeders, together with prompt R job lur Uie saike of the Jnteriarded refutations of Upee statements, JU 1 Advocates of Becretary Hoover are strong in the belie! that a popular man may be the favorive son of numerous Brates ) A juror should not know much about he should not talk wo much i recently 1w the case It ie sUll more important that | United Htates bas heara | tion to provide against a maximum of investigation e ——— ! SHOOTING STARS. , BY PHILANDER JOHNSON Colyumism. through the paths of Memory Land, ! The day-dream journey goes: "Mid songs that sound on every hand Where bright the sunshine glows, Though long the well beloved list Of singers there revealed, There never was a “columnist” Like dear '‘Gene Field! | The chattering jaybird and the crow, | The sparrow, chirping loud, | And other birds will proudly show | Their rhythms to the crowd. | All but the mockingbirds have missed | The charm, still half concealed | There's only just one “columnist.” i That's dear ‘Gene Fleld! | "Is your hat in the ring?” “No,” answered Senator Sorghum | “What difference does & hat make? { My financial backer has thrown his | wocketbook in the ring” | Back Political Arena. Scared. | Isay that 1 am well again, Regardiess of the truth; For, every time I have a pain, The doctor pulls & tooth Jud Tunkins says one of the things that cause perplexity is the ease with which & good lawyer may fall into the hands of a bud client Suspicion. “How do you sccount for the mag- nificent treasure concealed i the wn- clent tomb?” ‘1 have & suspicion,” said the arche- ologist, “Lhat some one was trying Lo dodge his personal taxes" “A forgettul friend,” sald Hi Ho, the | sage of Chinatown, “ls & spendthrift of lite's most precious treasure.” Easy Line of Munufacture. Our eflgrts for improvement's sake We doubile Vet wll that some of us can make I Uouble ! be internationalized EVERYDAY RELIGION BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, D. D, LL. D., Bishop of Washington 2 Kings, 6.16—"Fear not: For they that be with us are more than they that be with them.” e's Reserves.” “God is on the side of the heaviest battalions.” This is the antithesis of the above passage. “Might makes right” is another way of expressing the same idea. Napoleon had a better con- ception when he maintained that the commissariat constitutes the strength of an army, or that battles are won by the forces in the rear. They con- stitute the reserves. The incident from which the above text is taken is exceedingly fascinating The prophet, who had ‘(ncum‘d the displeasure of the King, had taken refuge in the little town of Dothan. Rising early in the morning, his serv- ant, to his amazement. found that the town was literally encompassed by the hosts of the King of Syria. In alarm, he sought out his master saying, “Alas, my master! how shall we do?" 1In apprehension he felt that there was no way of escape. Without the slight- est disclosure of alarm, his master said to him, “Fear not: For they that be with us are more than they that be with them.” The fact that a critical situation was at hand did not in any degree embarrass the prophet. He gave no more evidence of concern for what seemed to be impending than he would if all about him was normal and secure. He felt the consciousness of a reserve strength given him by the as- surance that he was God's representa. tive and ambassador. It is clearly evi dent that those who are able to meet an emergency without flinching and | without fear are invariably sustained by what Matthew Arnold calls “a power not of themselves.”” Again and again we see demonstrations of this in our common, every-day experience. In the large concerns of our secular life, the men and women who are the most dominant, who govern and control in -all emergencies and all crises. are those who are gifted with a repose of mind and a freedom from concern that (afforded us was that of ministering to {man in the face of the inevitable, the lutter quiet and peace that character- refuses to be embarrassed or disturbed | by passing incidents. however strange | they may sat emergencies we people of this sort be. inevitably In life’s turn face of the clamorous cries of those who are panicky and distracted. they present a composure and a sense of assurance that easily gives them the THE LAKES-TO-SEA SHIPWAY BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Now that the message from the Canadian Parliament is called, has been read, opening the sessions of that |on the St. Lawrence route. provi body. the St. Lawrence waterway proj- Suitable agreement can be made for ect becomes a live question. The gigantic undertaking rests with Canadian lawmakers, because Ameri- can and Canadian engineers and economists have given their approval. and the United States Government through the State Department has communicated its indorsement. A great governmental project. like all | Gaul, i1s divided into three parts, the engineering. the economic and the po- |litical. While it might not be exactly | accurate to say that the last nanfed is the most important, it is true that it is the controlling factor. It is necessary for engineers to study carc- fully from all angles and in great detail the -methods and costs of con- I In the face of | the emotional distress of others, in the the | | of their own emotions. | for the place of command. Through long peri- ods of M:l(-lmgnscd discipline, through an understanding of the trend and course of events and a power to properly evaluate their influence and power, they are able to stand screne and unper- turbed when a erisfs comes. Men and women do not come to this degree of | efficlency merely because of certain | temperamental qualities; they acquire the control of others and of difficult situations through long-studied control Behind this self- control and self-discipline resides some great conviction. The word of the anclent wise man is universally true, “Greater is he that controlleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.” The supremest exemplar of this great qual- ity is Jesus Christ. No situation, how- ever critical. ever disturbed the even tenor of His way. No problem that confronted Him ever embarrassed Him. | Our age is not characterized in any large degree by composure and serenity of mind. Men call this a “hectic age.” It is highly colorful, bewilderingly col- orful. We seem to have little time to cultivate our reserve forces. The strenuous life w live affords little time for deep reflection, or for preparation issues of life- that must in- evitably come to us. It is becoming increasingly evident that if we are to meet critical situations, we must re- cover the composure and serenity of mind that spring out of a deep re- | ligious conviction. { The demand for a moral background, for a larger understanding of the spiritual universe, for a finer reliance upon the deep things of religious faith, these are supremely demanded. One | of the most precious experiences ever i one of the outstanding men of this Nation in the grave crisis that came to him in the closing days of his life. The serenity and composure of this | 1 ized him in the closing hours of his memorable life made us feel that he had stored up reserves that made him victor even in defeat. When all the applause of the world had died away. when all the honors and emoluments of life had ceased to make their appeal he was possessed of that calm and quictude of mind that constituted his great assurance. He had learned the significance of those momentous words: “Thou wiit keep him in perfect peace whos¢ mind is stayed on Thee.” | | | the | future development of a vast area in throne, as King George's message to the interior of the continent. “The shipway should be constructed | ded | ts§ Jjoint undertaking with the Dominion of Canada. | “That the development of the power resources of the St. Lawrence should be | undertaken by appropriate agencies. “That negotiations should be entered into with Canada in an endeavor to ar- |rive at an agreement upon all these | struction and for economists by their | investigations to determine the feasi-' bility and economic soundness of the project, but it remains for the poli- ticians to say. “Yes, go ahead” and to vote the money to put men and equipment to work. Political winds may blow in any direction, and ft is interesting to see whether this one will give momentum to the long-investigat and long-de- bated shipway from thé Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. The subject may be brought up in which are given for a limited period of time; it may be submitted as a the administration if it is sufficiently enthusiastic. Then will follow debates and ultimately the decision to accept or reject. There are powerful factions on both sides of the question. The Province of Ontario is eager to have the water- way an accomplished fact. whereas, in the past, the Province of Quebec has been opposed to its construction. Rumor are three in number, have been re moved. First, the province was fear- ful of power expioftation, because Que bec is famed for which has attracted millions of dollars in capital for industries located there second, 1t feared a heavy financial bur- den, and, third, it did not want that section of the St. Lawrence River which flows through the province to Quebec feared which the enterprise some distant farmer might subject it to exploitation. to onerous debts and to a loss of some of its natural advantages History of the Project. A brief review of the history of the ?mmu-d shipway linking the Great akes and the Atlantic Ocean demon- strates that there has been no undue haste in the matter and that the engl- neering and economic phases of the problem have been thoroughly studied Other routes which * would and salt water have also been proposed and investigated. One suggested route that the benefit would bring to water via the Hudson River, Lake and Oswego and. according the Army engineers, is the shorter, more costly. but | tation handicaps. replies to the speech from the throne, | t by | resolution, or it may be sent in ’:suus St | cently made a report and it is unoffi- | has it that Quebec's objections, which its cheap power. | subjects. In such negotiations the United States should recognize the proper relations of New York to the | power development in the internationai section " - In April. 1927, Secretary of State | Kellogg informed the Canadian minis- ter that the United States Government | Office funds. So. the Patent Office has | to understand that it will had adopted this commission’s recom- | mendations and was ready to enter into | 1ast few years, when, owing to increases | of 100,000 than it will for a city | in printing costs and increases in sala- | treaty negotiations. Mr Hoover's commission concentrat- | the House have just heard how the | bantam Democratic floor lcader, Jack | | cott, killed a big panther, or mountain “Lest We Forget!"—Every once in a while some member of Congress does a good turn for the rising generation by calling to their attention the record of some hero whose exploits should forever be kept green in the memory of a grateful people. Just now it is Representative Eaton of New Jersey, who focuses attention on the very im- portant part that Gen. Danlel Bray performed in making successful Wash- ington's crossing of the Delaware. He emphasizes that Gen. Bray's modest tombstone makes no mention of his distinguished military service, which he was too modest to acclaim. Gen. Bray's most spectacular ex-! ploit was in preparation for the cross- | ing of Washington's troops at McKon- keys Ferry, now Washingtons Crossing. just before the memorable battie of Trenton, Feeling that the success of his plan of all the Durham boats between the Lehigh and Coryells Perry. now Lam- bertville, Washington charged Gen Green with the duty of seeing that al such boats were secured and brought down the river. Gen. Green, knowing the valor and trustworthiness of Capt. Bray, assigned this special duty to him, with Capt. Jacob Gearheart and Capt. Thomas Jones as his associates in the enterprise So successful was this difficult and dangerous undertaking that every Dur- ham boat was secured and safely hid den below Coryells Ferry until needed. Capt. Bray served in various battles during the struggle for liberty, and in the War of 1812 he is recorded as hav- ing a company of trained men ready for service at call e 4 His _colleagues in the cicakroom of Garner, during his recent trip home, while hunting with a friend, Pete Wal- BY BEN McKELWAY. Capital Sidelights [DISTRICT NOT ALONE IN CITIES SHOWING YEARLY BUDGET GAIN Census Bureau and the expenditures would depend upon his having control | these items only in Serialonk igel o UL Whowisy s | S0y Sremsh (it voyoRtesi of the SDHHicS valuable member of the District wm-} - mittee because he takes nothing for |14 granted, is inclined to belleve that the |} District is “going mad” in its yearly |5 cxpenditures and he views with alarm | zp jnerease in population of 96420 the current budget of $40,000.000 which. | in the six vears considered has been ac- he correctly points out, is greater than ?S(fln’n‘(;igl;;yo;':l:;ll";g" m 'X‘g: "3;;’ ::l:n:‘":u“ of many States, ’“‘“"m‘wm”)ump In. experiditiizes: duing these and Iowa. He might also have | years occurred between 1924 and 1025, included the statement that costs for when they increased $5.113.394. There governmental operation, maintenance | ¥35 o sharp increase in appropriations {for any one purpose. but a generai in- and improvements in the District of | crease all along the line—s$1033.576 Columbia are exceeded by costs for more on police and fire protection, the States of |$1469.720 more on schools. nearlv a million more an public service enter- Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey. |pricel" which melnded construction of Pennsylvania, Ohio. Indiana, Iilinois, the conduit and so on through the vari- Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, 0us classifications. Missouri, North Carolina, Texas and pek il Californfa. In the remaining 29 Now. has the District been spending States, the budgets are less than the 0¥ CXorbitant amounts in any of iis | . various governmental fumctions? How | budgets for the District of Columbia. do its allotments among fs various | provided there have been no radical! functions compare with those of other changes since 1926, the last year for | Cities of comparative size? Through the which statistics are available at the CpicF ssimicin Lt gorneuy Bureau’s Census Bureau. ; - of States and cities. Starke M. Grogan. o the two tables which foliow have “Seen But as for the Senator's statement SCCUre 5 N | The first table 1 en that the District is “going mad” spend- | distribution, the meae (et {ing money, he will find many who tla;gumx:\mm for the years 1923, 1924, | agree with him. It is a condition that 1926, for operation and main- 15 not confined to the District of Co- | yvernse oxprogmarCcPAuments and the “lumbh alone, however. The 250 cities | from 300,000 to 500.000 population over of the United States with Wpul‘lkms:'h' same period and for the same pur- {in excess of 30,000 spent nearly twice “ rnis table follows as much in the fiscal year 1926 as the | | | lion, or puma. weighing more than 200 pounds. He shot it down out of a tree. It was on display for a short time ia a garage in Mr. Garner's home town, Uvalde. His son has sent it to San Antonio to have the skin cured and the head mounted, so that it can be used | for a rug. Mr. Garner has the reputation of being not only the best catch-as-catch- can debater in the House, but is also rated as one of the best fishermen in the United States. The mountain lion 48 States combined, and there is noth- |ing to indicate that the same propor- | il poriamrn: {tion will not prevail in 1927 and 1928. [iir Depariment |The high cost of running cities is Coneervat: 1alarming not only to Senator King, H: {but to many other students who are| | devoting time and much thought in | trying to find out what to do about it. Cha~ os. It is not the fact that cities are spend- Schoois . ! ing 0 much more than the States that | Becreation | causes worry. The with | Misceilageous on of health ghwaye Overation | the States might be left out altogether. | or panther, such as Mr. Garner shot, For it could be substituted the compari- | is very rare in Texas. but recent prairie fires in Mexico have denuded their | grazing grounds and sent them scurry- ing across the Rio Grande. e Government and expenditures of the {cities. In 1926 the cost of operating. | | son between expenditures of the Federal | This table folions maintaining and improving the Federal ! 4fi zon.-a; Government, together with payment nl‘fi‘vn-z'-’; Goves ‘The second table aliows the ? per capita ] denartmente ment Tribute to Patent Commissioner Rob- ertson as “very efficient” was paid on the floor of the House during debate on the Patent Office appropriations for the coming fiscal vear by Representa- tive Newton of Minnesota, who said that the Patent Office is practically self-supporting and that practicing pat- ent lawyers are criticizing a policy of keeping this agency pinched down for funds as if it were a load on the Treas- ury. The following testimony by Commis- sioner Robertson, showing that the Pat- ent Office, besides being the corner | stone of industry throughout the coun- try, has really always more than paid its own way, was made a part of the | record Y Until 10 years ago there was a sur- plus every year since the Civil War, | and the aggregate surplus of all those , years amounted to $7.082.400.50 on June 30 last. after deducting the def- | icits of the last several years. In addi- tion to that, I believe the Patent Office | Building was paid for out of Patent been a real going concern until the xceeded the cost for | Foiice Deva-tment items in cities of more thAn | itrers amie wareee | 20.000 population by only 10.4 per cent. Conservation of health | But even this comparison is less in- | pinitation | interest on debts, e: Il Y cost of oper- | ating cities. In 1917, for instance, the per capita net governmental cost pay- | ments for operation. maintenance -nd's,w, interest for 146 cities was $24.58. In |y noon - 11926 this figure had risen to $50.30—an | Kecreation | increase of more than 100 per cent in | Miscellancous less than 10 years. H i * *x * Several explanations are available. One fact to be taken into considera- jtion is that many cities have been! b These tables do not take into ac- count expenses for permanent outlays in the general departments. or for out- lays in public enterprises. such as wa- terworks, wharves, markets. etc. Such |outlays contribute much to the Dis- | trict's budget. of course. During the years from 1923 to 1926. inclusive. the . (average vearly outlay by the District for permanent improvements in ts general | departments (excluding public service: $4.646.450. The average over the i same period for the same pu cities. It is easy ' {0F 11 cities in Washington's population cost more to | §TOUP Was $66.935.182. which would a city | make a distribution among the cities of ¢ | about $6.085.105 each. In 1926 Wash- | § | the cast of | matntain. operate and i I ries, we have had a deficit, As I said, | ed on the economic phases of the ques- | the past year amounting to $245,000. | tion. Another commission which went The vear before it was $400,000.” i mwp‘t):r:d er;ufing(sdeuu’m:u lh::l} e . | com| of Unite tates y engi- | 1 neers under Maj. Gen. Edgar Jadwin. | Some interesting statistics about | The engineers reported in 1926 that the | UN¢le Sam’s clerical army have just | Great-Lakes-to-the-sea project would | been compiled by Representative Will | be a sound investment for the United | R- Wood, Republican, of Indiana. He { States and would bring relief to the | Calls attention that we now have S59.- | Middle West, laboring under transpor- | 138 employes in the Executive Civil Service, Last year 42,063 were ap- pointed. and 499 different kinds of ex- aminations were held. In the District of Columbia there are 50,800 Civil Service employes. or Just a little more than one-tenth of the whole number. Of these 35.567 | are men and 24,233 are women. ' | A joint board of Canadian and Amer- ican engineers in that same year pre- sented a plan outlining the technical rogram. The Canadian Advisory Committee, which is analogous to the United | Lawrence Commission, was not prepared to discuss the situation | | | cost. which rises as grows. In 1917 the per operation in cities of more population was $24.70. In 1 $93. But in 1917 th of ration in cities 50.000 was $17.76. a £ gfi i fa per of figure u?s hldmflsm 10 $36.56. t is interesting to compare growth of the District's population 1922 with the growth of the expendi- | tures. The census figures are from the § ting expenses 75 to 80 per cent of the it at the time Secretary Kellogg's commu- nication was received, but it has re- cially known that the committee in- | dorses the project. It has long been a matter of world | comment that two powerful nations,| with an unprotected border of more | than 3,000 miles, could dwell peacefully | and harmoniously in such close con- | tact. Forts and the usual military de- | fenses have never been considered. be- cause treaties and the normal business and social intercourse of these peoples | have rendered them unnecessary. | United States and Canada would have | | greater value in promoting better in- | | |to be crossed at the moment, there is|in this country as close to 12.000.000 | 8nd extended claws The further argument for this ship- way hss been made in the United States that “co-operative development of the St. Lawrence waterway by the ternational relations than in any strict- ly financial return to either natton.” e—eem e Electricity Production a Great American Industry | BY HARDEN COLFAX. With the Senate laying the ground- work for an inquiry into various phases link fresh | of public utility corporations, commit- | tee action on the perplexing problem of Muscle Shoals, and the House water- | third of the developed water power of | And parks began to fly around Congress last | However much the wires may appear | or 308,740, and of these only 3906 are in Washington. The Treasury Department is the largest em- ployer in Washington with 14,090, while it has a total of 51,532 upon fts pay roll all over the country. The Navy comes next with 5576 employes in Washing- ton out of a tota! of 43.425. The De- partment of Agriculture ranks third with 4.831 employes in Washington out of a total of 21,702 There were 267340 persons who took Civil Service examinations last year. o oaow Some men keep perennially young and preserve their good nature and display agility even though threescore years and ten have passed them by with kindly gentleness. One such | Willam A (better known as “Andy”) iSmull. Who has for 53 years been | handling the Congressional Record at the Capitol, representing the Govern- ment Printing Office. Young “Andy has just learnec to drive his new auto- mobile, is exceedingly deft at the wheel and a tireless motorist —_— | | | section of congressional opinion is de- manding. the engineers will have funds next July to start the study. N The United States has more than & { which has been given much sttention | Ways bloc demanding more funds for a | the world and at its present rate of in- is that connecting these great bodies of | power and navigation survey. electric | crease will equal m‘:x of all Europe | Deld aloft, to shunt off the fiving Nip- tions Oneida | 5 o | week. within three years, according to -u~| mates of the Geological Survey. This | Agency reports the instalied horsepower | | ! | 28 Some pPeTans, | Half a century ago the Smithsonian {like to play as long as the game is £0- Ingitycion was overfiowing Wwith scien- ing their way, but are perfectly willing to_quit when things go against them. Museum It was interesting to watch the de-| e velopment of this trait in Litue Nipper | Building. in his ;‘;’“}, piay with Jack Spratt. his t the entite collection. was senjor ree Years. keenly felt. In The Star of January After Nipper left the kitten stage he 29 1378 is the following on the subject: seemed to feel very much grown up. i~ | ““Ii is to be hoped that Congress will deed. Nothing would do him but 10| pe wise. as well as economical and pass make rushes at Jack. and lterally 10 without delay the Wil providing for to house the surplus. in- deed to give proper dis- walk over the older cat. Just whether Jack laid down in order | | to lure Nip on. or whether he did 1t be- | cause he was a poor fighter. was very hard to determine. Nipper tactics. undoubtedly pursued the Evidently he believed. the erection of a new buiiding of suff- clent dimensions o exhibit adequateiv the specimens in our National My That it 1S wise to establish a great edu- cational institution of this kind. which right with Napoleon, and all the other great gen- erals. that the offensive was better than the defensive. ‘The play Dbetween the two tiger. striped fellows finally got down to | | i order of the day. = e . Nipper invariably led the attack Umony the wisdom of It was comical to watch him. with his | the measure. That 1t is also economi- brown and black stripes. crouching for | cal to take this step I spite of the & spring at Jack. present hard times becomes evident The moment Spratt. he of the gray when we consider that mold. rust and black stripes. saw what was coming, | fire threaten every day o muure or down he would go on his dack. his legs w the valuable centennial dona- in their present lcality, and as per everything goes to show thai the pro ‘The Nipper attacked vigorously, whilc posed butiding will certamly de ervciad the Spratt met him with open mouth at some :em 1t s far detter to M it now when it The 8t. Lawrence route concerns that nothing to indicate a short-circutt which Ontario and Montreal There the river | industry. The American consumers con- is slow-moving and lakelike except for | stantly are demanding more from this a succession of rapids and swift water | servant of all work, which has trebled extending for 49 miles at the Interna- | its output in the comparatively brief tional border, and a number of Inter- | period since the United States entercd vening rapids and swifl curients, which | the World War make adaptation to navigation and the | Laying aside the Senate investigation development of hydroclectric POWET | and ‘the disposition of Muscle Shoals, practical. The dams necessary for the | both of which are controversial. the development of power would creale | faot fs that Congress has committed it- pools Instead of the present series of | rapids, and with supplem n‘iry locks and short canals would bicome th shipway ver since 1836 there has been inter- est In America In a shipway from the | Great Lakes to the sen. At that time Congress authorized an _examination and survey of various canal routes from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario as the first step, Numerous treaties have deter- mined and protected the rights of the two nations bordering on these watern | hydrocleetric posstbilities of the country | through the water power act, and is on | the eve of appropriating for an wten- sive study of the major streams to de- termine their potentialities for power navigation, flood control and trrigation D Behind an tnnocent clause providing for “exnmination and surveys” by the corps of Armiy engineers, appearing in the War Department appropristion bill, sell to a poliey of development of the | {and the potential water power as| Over and over they would roll. As far that proper development would bring | seemed to aim for the neck, which he the latter figure close o 80,000,000 | Proceeded to bite v N horsepower. On this basis. the present| Jack Spratt contented himself with | Installed capacity in this country is only | bunching his paws and kicking at mfi: | about 15 per cent of the possibilities. head ~After he had enough of this This gives an idea of the room for [ would spring to his feet and run. with | future expansion by hydroelectric de- [ Nibper in hot pursuit | ment. The Army engineers’ study | They jumped over chairs and daven- will afford data for compicte. rather | port, ran around tables. rocked lamps | than merely haphamrd, development |dangerously and generally had a fine Great generating plants operated by | time, as cats see it. | steam power are being butlt. and jnore Although N 't was the smaller by Will be Some of them can produce | several pounds, Jack Spratt seemed to be | electricity cheaper (han hig! st ‘Ilnlhk 10 cope with his more vigorous { hydroclectric plants. But _enormous | offensive. He aliowed the lttle cat to | quantities of water are required by | walk over him time and time wiin | large steam plants, for condensing pur- apparently no desire to stop him | poses. and those of great economy. | LR | therefore, must be located on streams [of considerable flow, or at tdewater. | —Our belief is that Jack. with the in- and accessible to low-cost fuel. so that | tuttion of his tride. knew that once he speaking generally it s admitted, that | began to give N r & dose of his own water power will continue to be cheaper. | medicine the smalier fellow would re- I [SAVINg I Tespec section of the river lying between Lake | would halt the advance of the electrical | 35,000,000 at low water, but emphasises | A3 _spectators could determine Nipper which it is desgned o preserve display “Considertng the great ends o de ac- complished, the sum asiad SCN0N. & extremely moderate & handsome | warmed and v foor, drick wal metal ol is t tol wWith coacrete o, slate or de erected It must have three es the capacity of the Smithsantan Bullding 0 accommodate { the spectmens already on hand: and when provivon for future wmorease is | made the dutiding will de of great mag- nitude. I8 & estimated that it wall cover an AtvA of two and one- lmm acres It is proposed that the butlding de erectad on the Smithwaian |grounds and the connectton of the museum Witk the institution de for the aresent matntamed “The expensive building which the instiution has erected mamdy for | TeCRpLIon Of nAtnal possesuons must river By the waterways treaty of 1909 th International Joint Commiasion was created to have Jurisdiction over all canes Involving the use, or obstruction or diversion of waters forming or cross- ing the International boundary betweer the United Btates and Cana In 1010 Congress requeste: mission to study means of improving the Bt Lawrence River to make it navi- gible for ocean-going ships. The report, made In 1922, recommended negotl- ations which would permit the Lwo gov- ernments o undertake an plan The Commibssion’s Conclusio; The United Btates BL Lawrence Com- misalon was appotnted i 1024 by Pres- ident Coolidge, with Herbert Hoover ax chmirman, t give advice on the devel- opment of & Great Lakes-Atlantic Ocean shipway Mi Hoover warized sald Uncle Kumll [ De more a man talks Eben, “de more he interrupts he'e Wyin' o Uink " the comi s conclusions as follows “The construction of the shipway from the Cireal Lakes o the sea 18 ln perative, hoth for the rellef and for the Buieau, or rnl.uuufi “s & colslderable s com- | which include five large lakes and "’lhr records of the House appropriations | | | | outified | nito knowlodge of the economically pos- 1 5ive navigation Improvement pl mmittee disclose (he intent of the en- fneers L0 use not less than $1,500 000 1n the approaching fiscal year for this spe- clal study which was authorised by Con- gress more A year ago. Unless d by enlarged appro- printions, (his study will require five pears for completion. It will cover 142 waterways of the continental United States, in all sections of the country. Not all are considered capable of de- velopment for power, but most are, and the result will be not only the firat den- Production of electricity by public luttlity plants tn 1927 tcreased nearly 8 per cenl over 1926 Only about a third was produced by water power In thousands of Kilowatt hours, the Qealogieal Survey reports a total pro- duction of 7.184.000 in December alone, of which 2 000 was by waler power and 4,460,000 by fuels As the electrical industry has grown. |1t haa succeeded at the same time in reducing the price of ita product to the consumers, Consumpiion has multi- lled slx times since 1913 the oost to he household consumer has decroased 16 per cent Statistios of the Depart- ment of Labor show that electrioily i the only commodity of general use that Is cheaper now than befare the war The majority of the families of the country Are conaumers. and 1,500,000 of the customers of electric Ight com. | panics alw are ahareholders. not count- | g the indirect vestors through hold- | s of fnaurance companies and other mutual corporations. Comiish the coun- pprehen- This Inst s not less important than the st I fact. the two are closely rolated but for the time belng It s another slory WHcther the sppropriation bill final- ly emerges from Oongress with the fgures for vivers and harbors work the same an proposed by the Fouse com- mittee and approved by th Hudget sible hydroelectrio reserves try, but also the basis of & \ [T i | his master fuse to play. not be left empty on its handy. and So 1t worked out € WOul DO doudt conwder the One day. when apparently Spratt was | country o0 poor &l prasent o purchase feeling in unusual good trim for & tus- | the dullding. The musewn will alwavs sle, N swaggered up to him with | gain by s oonnection with the st -vmflhw amounting contempt I | tuthn, It Das doen by this means ex- his vellow eyes. |panded from an fasdgnifoant degin- o You ning and at & small expense © ope of | the faremost museums i the world ane questioned Jack under the same supervision it i capadie {of almost unimited growsh “The contriduthns of Smithsontan currespandents the coliections af Chv- Spratt. S, meowing Jack launched himselt N‘ffi;\.m\“w him |".. the n\n;; o Nip down with his right fore- | arpment surveys and exploring e paw, th poceeded (o bite NIPY ear | u and the specimens odiam £ until the under cal squalled fOr Mercy | (he Smithsonian system of exchanges ”Noul:wlwm‘h' mum tvse u"x‘m WL cnstantly add W it treaswies pratts grip Was ap avertaken | Hence, ictvased o Jut al e dor and again Kiocked off B | jecesity WRANEST feet | This time Jack Spuatt punched hin | he siood an his fegs AN raitied right and left, mauled humn fore and aft, | the Xey He had enough rolled him over the tug DIE Ris leg. R | Since (hat day. playig wid ek throat and his paws and i general | Spratt has st all oharm for Little Nip- made Nipper se (hat he had metper He no lager Nstens 1o Jack's soft meows, but prefers 1o plax dy hansedd WIR A catip mouse Oh human Little Nypert g Nip finally got away fram the eons Queror and ran ko the Dack dowr. where