Evening Star Newspaper, February 6, 1928, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition, MONDAY. February 6, 1928 THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office: 1th St and Penne York Ofice: 1 Chicago Office: T European Office: | Rate by Carrier Wit Ihe Evening Star. The Evening an the City. 43¢ per month 60¢ per month 63¢ per month | L Sey e tion made at fhe end of each month mav be seat i by mail or telephone. 000, 1yr. S000 yrlsson 1mo. 1mo on SNO0: I mal o The S1O0: 1 mo. Member of the Associated Press. utied vaper e Al Outlawing the Submarine. The headlines accorded to Secretar Kelloge's advocacy of a multilateral treaty abolishing the submarine as an instrument of war were, when ana! is given to the proposal. a trifie over- emphasized. Reading them. and even the text of the story which they pre- ceded. one was justified in the conclu- sion that here was a brand-new enter- Pprise, promulgated by the United States through the medium of the slightly amended resolution of Representative Frothingham of Massachusetts, and in- | tended to lead & world unconscious of the atrociousness of the submarine from the darkness into the light. Examination into the facts of the case Teveals a materially different picture. The first post-war advocate of outlaw- ing the submarine was Great Britain at the time of the five-power disarmament conference in 1921-22. Mr. Hughes, then Secretary of State, speaking for the | Government of the United States, ap- proved of such a course in principle. The representatives of France, Italy and Japan were not favorably inclined and the project was abandoned. The cur- Tent American reopening of the question should at the outset be recognized as no more than such. And, while the de- sirability of the proposed step from the angle of the United States needs no elaboration, it should be understood that | cranberries to the goose may, on occa- sion, be applesauce to the gander. Briefly and non-technically the facts | in the case are somewhat as follows: Granted at the outset that the subma- | rine is a dangerous craft in time of peace and one difficult of employment under international law in time of war, 1t still remains the most effective naval ‘weapon available to a lesser sea power. The superior battle fleet is inevitably destined either to defeat or to render inactive the inferior fleet. The sea lanes then become availahle solely to the pos- sessor of the superior fleet. And against the undisturbed use of those lanes by Buch a power and against that power's battle flect the submarine becomes the one effective threat, Great Britain and the United States are destined to be the great battle fleet powers of the world. We may, with truth and enthusiasg, assert our entire to join with the balance of the worid in outlawing what will always be & most dangerous weapon to those Sests. But that candor upon which in- ternational amity can alone be founded should preclude us from suggesting, even by implication, that other nations to ‘whom the submarine is the one effective maritime threst are, in politely declin- | ing to acquiesce In our strategy, guilty of stupid adherence to a horrible and essentially illegitimate weapon. All this is, of course, familiar fact to Becretary Kellogg, the naval authorities and the naval committees of Congress. What is apparently not s obvious to all concerned is that, pending the tme when war itself shall be effectively out- lawed through the compromising of those international obstacles which to- day stand in the way, it is hopeless to try to outlaw potential instruments of strocity which are the components of the major strocity of modern civiliza- tion. And that is war. ——— e 5 Immigration problems will disappear when economic thought has made one pert of the world as good o live iIn as other. And that time may not be as distant as it now seems, o Pashion,” 8 mysterious authority, has @ecreed long hatr for woman. The lady who prefers w0 bob is quite lkely #rise, az she has done before, and in- quire, “Who is Pashion, snyhow?” e Fiddles, Harps and Bagpipes. It seems that & nowed Boot, Sir Alex- | 8nder Mackenzie, has recently decisred that the vld-fasnioned fiddle, and not the bagpipes, 1s the nationsl Justrument of Bootland. Many of his feliow-coun- rymen haye beeome much aroused over this pronuneisment, claiming tast hiy stelement 18 an esssult on firmly en- eblished Uadition Some *years ago snother self-eonsttiuted authority de- clared that up W the sixteenth century the nerp wes the national instrumen of Bootisnd, se iU wes of Irelnnd, aud hie dicturn wes slv loudly, and wilh wuch Justie, stlarken Ax & matter of far beve “a ustionsl dnstrument’ fhey ueielly teve seversl favor wna 3 ae Lrue of Caledonia end Hinerni o of other lands, The sy, of ancieg origin BLG grest prestige Ingly populsr Wroughout bl e Low isnds sna Wghlsnds of faglend, Biwiitea by quite Qistinck fpaes, Uhough Ut e ark wnd Miadle Ages. Vob iy, even probubly, Barpere v ilness whsl & COMMROL Bt neme Lk Wdsy i medieye Lhen pigers. Weverhelea, ppers viere n vary. few oountries was ezcecn there were more Vi sels of pipes of dutes olaer thun Uiet, | Vs many encient refercices, bt I thie, There wae & period of overlap eie berdly compaiable The piges 1 Vil essentielly miiasy tnaeie, wh £ the herp web BInos BiwuyE el Q e s v el :l O wie b Ins adyanogd that e Loy to | trol over the plane. legends and the rendition of songs of love, inspiration or patriotism. ‘The fact seems to be that the violin, the harp and the bagpipes all long ex- isted side by side. The harp has gone out, largely because of the difficulty of its mastery, and, with the improve- ments in and enlargement of the in- strument, the labor involved in packing it around. Pipes and fiddle can be casily transported frem place to place. While the bagplpes obtained perhaps their greatest popularity in Scotland, it [is an instrument beloved generaily by hill-dwellers in the present by the | Bretons, Sicilians, and in the past even ! by the Englishmen of swampy Lincoln- shire. The harp was on the old banner of Ireland. but the Irish loved. and still 1 love, the pipes, though the intricacy of ! the operation of their pattern makes | go0d performers less numerous. None- tholess, many a Hibernian would just Ens soon listen, or dance, to a fiddle or | an accordion. providged it played (he | right airs in the right way. Not one of “|the instruments mentioned was invent- |ed in cither Scotland or Ireland, and | discussions as to the identities of their ‘national instruments™ are futile. fEe e The Great Falls Road. The movement just begun by the citi- | 7ens of northern Virginia to secure the !establishment of a public highway to | Great Falls will have the hearty support of Washingtonians and the indorse- ment of all travelers who come to Wash- ington on motor tour. At present there is only a single line of approach by road on the Virginia side of the Falls. ‘That is a private way, a toll road, which, | despite the fact that every user must | pay twenty-five cents for the privilege | of passage, is kept inr poor condition. It is a very ordinary stretch of road for ten of the cleven miles, and the last mile is so inadequate that in rainy weather it is virtually impassable. A bill for the inclusion of the road in the State system of highways has been pre- pared for introduction in the Legisla- ture. The Virginia Park Commission has made a plea for the improvement of this avenue of approach to the Falls, and from all parts of the area affected by this condition petitions for the enact- ment of this legislation have gone to Richmond. ‘This road was constructed more than a century ago. The old Leesburg pike was once tha scene of heavy travel Stage coaches made their way from ‘Georgetown over it. Some years ago a private company took over the Great Falls spur with the idea of maintaining it, but the tolls collected have not suf- ficed to keep it in proper condition. There is no ground for criticism of the toll company, which, indeed, has per- formed a public service in keeping the road open and in fair degree of repair, save for a short stretch, at a loss. The members of the company are now will- ing, indeed anxious, to have the road turned over to the State highway sys- tem. In these circumstances it would seem to be the duty of the State to in- clude this stretch of highway in the now rapidly developing system of modern roads in the Old Dominion, and afford an adequate approach to the scenic at- traction which Virginia shares with Maryland and the National Government. s —— A Flying Stunt. Gene Shank, described as the flying St. Paul law student, has- distinguished himself by establishing a .world record in making 515 loops:in an airplane in 258 minutes, or approximately two loops in each minute. This exceeds the record of the “Flying Parson,” who in France made 315 loops in one flight. This is undoubtedly an extraordinary performance. But what does it accom- pliish? What does it prove? Of what utility could it possibly be? 2 In war service there is some advan- tage in capacity to make quick turns and loops and dives. Indeed the ability of a military aviator engaged in combat or pursuit is largely measured by his con- He must loop and swing and maneuver with speed and recision. But the man who can make one loop or a dozen is as competent for this service as one who can make two a minute and keep up the performance for more than four hours, The race for records in the alr has undoubtedly applied severe tests to both planes and men, and has perhaps, throuzh the development of faults of machines and their correction, subse- quently alded in the advancement of | the fiying art. But going up to establish | ® looping record is nothing more than ;llunt fiying, which is now under the (ban as 8 needless, fruitless form of | sport. — ‘Thanks to radio, a refinement of com- merce 15 possibie which links a Beetho- | ven symphony with the gentle melody 16t & coftee percolator and a Chopin | nocturne with the comfort of & mat- | | tress. Art, after all, is the great democ- | ratizing influence. { Kt | ~ oo Lindbergh keeps fiying in spite of the |fears expressed for his safety. He has the best of all insurance, He knows | how 0 iy, e — | goes deeper and encounters st | greater resistance | | . wono Aiming at Venus, Ever since Jules Verne wrote hin classic mdventure story of & giyage 1 the moon, which tld of the firlng of w projectile from the carth o that eatellite carrying m perty of men, there have been serlous endenvors on the par of venturesome people t earry ot in practice the French novelist's fictionsl Liypothiesis, Yebl nobody has ever really yed 0 ke et Journey, Uough w youd denl of money has been spent B experiments and preparabory opers AL the last moment commol bias dntervened W chivck the en- From Miam), Fls, however, B ComEs & slory which bears marks of wathentieity snd which tells of the pregmiations of awe Hobert Condit of thst city, descged ms wclentict wnd ien e Frerprize whiCh I sure despects Ny meane of b systemn G poIREwd 1ag Voetic contiole Mk plane, 3t is repuoried An oll drill goes deep, An ofl probe | EVE start about the fourth of March. One of the units of the machine, styled the central explosive chamber, and described as a complex an@ forbidding plece of apparatus, is comgfyted, and, the dis- patch says, hundreds of people are daily traveling to the Condit laboratory to see it. So far there is no suggestion of the formation of a stock company, and this fact raises credence in the good faith of the daring inventor, who, it would seem, proposes to risk no other life than his own in his adventure. Discussion of the Condit enterprise has already raised the question of how | the professor will return if he should jsucceed in reaching Venus. His re- joinder to this query is another one. | “Why cross bridges?” he asks. “I am I not there yet, and I may not want to return if T do make it.” Which is a philosophical posture worthy of respect for its candor. Of course, scientists are skeptical. They are figuring on such matters as the friction of the at- mosphere, which in the case of meteors is known to be sufficient to fuse the metallic elements of which they are composed, andethey cite the possibility | of an abrupt return to the carth of a molten mass in which the charred re- mains of the intrepid voyager may be found, assuming that the apparatus gets far enough from the surface. It is not becoming to chide the ardor of these pioneers of transportation. The history of invention is replete with instances of daring that have demon- strated the possibility of overcoming what had at the time been recognized as natural laws. Much of the ad- vance in mechanical matters has been achleved through seemingly desperate and hopeless deflance of established rules and apparently fixed limitations. Yet planetary flights are still'reasonably to be regarded as at least hazardous. s — Fewer Fish in Lake Erie. Alarm is expressed by fishermen and marine scientists concerning the evident depletion of the fish life in Lake Erie, once one of the most heavily stocked fresh-water lakes in this country. Ex- perts from both this country and Can- ada are meeting today at Cleveland to lay plans for a scientific investiga- tion which it is hoped will reveal the cause. It Is possible that there have been physical and chemical variations in the waters of the lake due to pollu- tfon. If this is the case the problem of correction will be difficult of solution. It, on the other hand, excessive com- mercial fishing has depleted the marine life in the lake, nieasures may be adopt- ed to restrict the catches or to regulate the methods employed to prevent exces- sive hauls and the destruction of roe- bearing fish. Erle, the last of the chain of lakes above Niagara, is a receptacle for all of the drainage of & wide area. With the growth of popwiation in the watershed of the lake system it is quite possible that there has been such a pollution of the waters as to affect marine life. The lake is shallow, its average depth being much less than those of Huron, Michigan and Superfor. That fact may perhaps account for the depletion in some measure, coupled with the pollu- tion of the waters. A fish patrol by both governments to prevent the use of improper methods would require an extensive organiza- tion, but it would be possible to main- tain an effective supervision. Certainly it is to be- hoped that the cause of this depletion will be determined and corrected. T Paris wants to eliminate the “gigolos” —dancing dandiés who accept dinners and tips from middle-aged ladies. The gigolo will be hard.to get rid of 50 long as susceptible middle-aged ladies are so numerous. e N After mention of varlous sums, the former Secretary Albert Fall, intent his ranch, looks like a man who folnd & way to beat the farm relief problem single-handed. \ e No fear is betrayed by Al Smith that W. G. McAdoo will succeed in substi- tuting “Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes” for “The 8idewalks of New York.” THIS AND BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Why evergreens go wrong s a sub- Ject which may well be considered by every home gwner who takes an inter- est In the exterior appearance of his house and grounds. Probably few houscholders but have bewailed the loss of some prized ever- green. dead before its time In a most inexpiicable fashion. Yet there are many very good rea- sons why evergreens go wrong, and per- haps nowhere will the average amateur planter find them better summed up than in TLeonard H. Johnson's book, “Foundation Planting,¥ recently re- viewed in this column. In the chapter devoted to coniferous evergreen plantings this author gives eight reasons “Why Evergreens Die,” many of which will never have oc- curred to the man who has not made evergreens his business. “The writer has had considerable ex- | perience through talking with home owners who have spent considerable monew for evergreens that in a so after planting had died out was due to one or more of the follow- Espectally - in and retinosporas are killed by injuri rived from dogs, causing the lower branches to turn black. Placing wire sereens about them will keep the dogs away from the branches.. (Note—-Ye and spoil the appearance of the ever- greens. ‘This seems to be a cause that is difficult to combat.) “2 Summer Drought.—Perhaps the | owner has gone away for a month or so on vacation and left the newly planted stock to the care of the elements and they received no water to speak of. It is quite important to keep plants moist, especially the first year after planting. | (Note—-This is a point most persons ! overiook, and then wonder why their evergreens die.) Instead of applying a hose for a few minutes several times a week it would be better to give them a thorough soaking probably once or twice a weeck. Better still, make three deep holes with a crowbar around each plant, pour water down these holes until they will take no more, then cover | tops of holes lightly with soil. One or two such applications will carry them through safely. EE “3. Deep Planting—A lady in the suburbs of Philadelphia had the writer examine a planting of evergreens that had been set out the previous season; about 70 per cent of them were dead. Upon examination it was found that the earth about the roots as reccived from the nurserymen had either been taken off or the balls so badly handled that the dirt was out of contact with the roots. These plants were also placed | at least 4 to 6 inches deeper than the had stood in the nursery. After re- placements had been ‘made (and prop- erly planted) only 2 out of 33 plants | dled, which is a reasonable percentage | of loss to expect. “4. Drying Out in Winter Due to Dry- ing Winds.—This applies especlally to certain varietles of evergreens that seem more or less sensitive to drying winds, the hemlock being particularly liable to be injured. Such plants should be | placed in a sheltered location. All| evergreens should be protected from the winds during the first’ year after transplanting to insure best results. “5. Root system.deprived of too many fibrous roots when received from the nursery: consequently, the tops do not get encugh molsture to supply that which 1s lost by the plant through tran- spiration. “6. Insufficient Drainage.—If no at-i The “Fuller for President” boom which blossomed forth in Massachu- setts two weeks ago has been nlp&x-d by an early frost. Washington Fuller headquarters announced one day faded from view the next. The Bay State governor has refused to take serlously the proposal that he stand as a favorite- son candidate and thereby facilitate the selection of anti-Hoover delegates un- der a Fuller slogan. Gov. Fuller, ac- cording to reports brought back to the Capital by- both Hoover and Dawes scouts, is Teceptive to the idea of being the running mate with either. He has strong vice presidential aspirations along with Senator Moses of New Hampshire. But contrary to the out- spoken adherence of Moscs to the Hoover standard, Fuller Intends to pre- serve neutrality. Fuller is slated to head the Bay State delegation, most of whom, from the present outlook, will g0 to the convention unpledged. PR Emil Ludwig, the German author, whose biographies of Napoleon and the —oe o Trotsky has moved so frequentlv that in order to keep his public i /ested he may have to undertake a travelogue. - ‘The Senate searching party is hav- ing its difficulties in locating the politi- cal wanderers In Penn's woods. B ) SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOUNSON, Accumulated Wealth. { He saved hisx money day by day. His thrift would never fail. *And now they say, “Prepare io pay | A fine or go to jall | We're t01d we must economize i And shun adventures frail. Unless you're wise, your fortune's size May put you into jail. And as we hear the law's loud call While rude bystanders rail, A fortune small—or none at gll— Beems better far than jail, Harmony, our constituents are singing “The Gang's All Here!" " “L hope” bald Benator < Borghum, “they will stay on the key hetter an {voters than they do as singers.” Weather Frophecy. | The blizzara came. The blizard went | A sigh we cannot smother. [ In this our tite of discontent, | Were sure o have wnother, | Jud Tunkins says & man 15 known by the company he gels 1id of, Fraeticing. “Why don't you take hold and try To run the whole country?” |1 mmy some e satd Farmer Comtossel, “us woon wa 1 ean show 1 Duve mude w success of rannin' (s liL- te old four-hundred wcre farm.” | CMuch wealth” sald 11 Ho, "I often (of more beneft o e sleward than to niergus long etore the sixtecnth cen- | ciemist, o maRg & projectile Wwip, not! e owner.” There wre s exislence Us BT by e moson, W U Uie plenet Venus Me he, 3 ke slated, devised & machine resembles w | erary wnd heraldic, for une U duibd | socke), and i which he lupes W propel | mselt 1t e etearic stresmn that wil) | W ping, neveytheless the two ctiuments | carry htm in e drection of the puurl( i S wilch becan mnke Wis goal | Cheating, A man who (hinks 1t smart o cheat Is often & misguided elf [ Who i3the course of time must meet Bomehody smarier Ui Himsell “emge Washinglon couldi’t tell Lie,” st Unele Ehen, “which shows W Kalser are in the current “best soller” Iists, is now paying his first visit to America, and for the past weck has been feted by Washington soclety. He | has quickly earned the reputation for | witty retort, of which the following ex- | amples are cited. When Ludwig was presented 1o Secretary of State Kellogg the Secretary murmured the conven- tional responses and added, “T have yead many blographies of Napoleon, but I must confess I have not y l\,llfl an opportunity of reading yours. To which the German replled, “And I, my dear sir, have read none of (I,?P Hves of Napoleon and so 1 wrote one.” Vice President Dawes to Ludwlg, “I am meeting so many Germuns this Winter 1 feel almost German myself” Ludwig o Gen. Dawes, "And why not, since the German people feel always Da LR B Though lacking the administration tag,-the bill filed in the House 10 days ago by Representative Meorin of Penn- sylvania, chairman of the military af- fairs committee which has debated and tnvestigated Muscle Bhoals for many resslon of Congress, s reported o em- hody the administration plan for a final vettlement of the 10-year-old Muscle Bhoals controversy, ‘The Morin bill au- thorizes the Secretary of Agriculture 1o operate experimental nitrate and fer- tilizer plants nt Muscle Shoals and else- where also, if he deems best. It author- Jzen the Secretary of War to lease the power facilities at Muscle Bhoals for a Term of 10 1o 20 yenrs: or, If no satis- fuctory lease he forthcoming, to of ate the power plants and sell the power Income recelved from the power will provide funds for the fertilizer and ni- trate opertlons and farm experimenta- tion. Al Muscle Hhoals factions eon- cede wt leant one merit to the Morin [ bill that 1t ds concrete and specific susceptible of brief statement and easy comprehenston, and does not entall fur- ther demand on the Treasury for ad- ditfonnl milllons for Musele Bhoals | Becretary Jurdine 1 eredited with fram- Hine the plan of settlement embodied 1n | the Mortn bl but. concluded not to profect the Coolldge administration too consplenously o the controversy by | Dierg 1t hnselt W Congres, Cupital s CE fety I betug fnstricted i A new game very popular in England and Cunadn, bt almost wholly un known i the United Btates badminton under the tutelage of an ardent de- votes of thils sprightly Indoor pastine Connder MeCormick-Goodhart, commer - clal secretury of the British emba nton I played by (wo, thy Pernons, with small-nized i and a shuttlecock, whieh s volleyed by and forth on & 44-foot ¢ L acrons & H-foot-high et ‘Phe aluttelcock Is of cork wnd feathers ‘The scorlng s ws In volley bl Mr MeCormiek Goodhart Ban sel up u badminton court and equip- ment i e one-time stable of his ve- cently wequived town house, Healden thnt, he hiva been prevatled apon (o serve writes | Mr. Johnson. “In most cases the cause | | forget to NG M WASHINGTON, D. 0. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6 19°8.’ THAT tention is pald to the condition of the subsoil at time of planting it will resuit in dead plants in time. Very few ever- greens like ‘wet feet! They must have good drainage to Insure succe “7. Plants may become infested by diseaso or damaged by Inscets. They should be glven an Inspection several times a year, and if found to be in- fected attempt to learn the nature of the trouble and a remedy as soon as possible. “8. Location Not Sultable.—1If planted in a location not suitable for the type or variety of plant in question, sooner or later the effect on the plants will become quite apparent.” In other words, if your evergreens g0 wrong, it {5 not due to some myste- rious something, but s entirely the re- sult of cause and effect. Spring 1s not so far away. ‘Thousands of persons will buy ever- greens this year, the best times for planting most of them being very early Spring or carly Autumn, Hundreds of ambiuous houscholders Il pay out their good money—then water the plants during the hot months, Red spider will attack some—and the carcless owner will wonder, but not go to the trouble to investigate, Hence there is real benefit to be gained by ony one, here and now, in studying the list of causes given above. Mr. Johnson rightly places dogs as N His expedient of placing a sereen around evergre is a make- shift, at best, as it spoils the appearance of the plant. Old-fashioned house- keepers declare that pepper, sprinkled on the ground, is effective. Some persons have an idea that an evergreen does not demand much water. Just the opposite would seem to be the truth. The present writer has rescued several small contfers from an untimely demise by the simple expedient of wa- tering them excessively with the gar- den hose, using what is called a Tose spray instead of the regular nozzle. The plan of sinking a series of deep holes, either with a crowbar or broom- stick, about a foot and a half from the trunk of the conifer, and filling them with water until they will hold no more, is advocated widely by nur- serles, and is worth trying by every one who feels that his plants are not doing as well as they might. Mr. Johnson emphasizes that the earth which usually comes around the roots should be left intact. It generally is tied up in a burlap bag. which should not be removed, but should be planted “as is” in the earth. The bag will rot away soon enough, and furnish some fertilizer. Mr. Johnson makes it clear that even with perfect care one cannot expect 100 per cent success. Two .out of 33 plants is a reasonable percentage of loss to_expect, he states. Though newly planted evergreens must have plenty of water, contrary to popular opinion, they must not stand in water. This Is a difficult point, but it must be solved for evergreens as well as for most plants. Our author points to the need for in- vestigation, reading, real effort, both mental and physical, if our plantings of evergreens are to be satisfactory. Diseases and Insects are subjects moot and difficult, but fhey are well worth the study. Location is another matter that commonly receives too little atten- tion from the amateur. It is foolish, every one will agree, to plant a shrub that needs sun in the shade, or v again. The title of the late Henry T. Finck’s gardening book perhaps is a sermon all by itself, “Gardening With Brains,” he called it. -WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS bachelor secretary was far too gallant o refuse the feminine appeal when Miss Meigs besought his assistance to teach her girls the new game, * ok ok x “The best: portrait of the general he ever had!” This is the unanimous ver- dict of .the friends of Vice President Dawes of the ofl painting which tempo- rarily hangs in his rooms in the Senate Office Building. It is the work of C. Arnold Slade, an American portrait painter better known abroad than in his cwn land. setts birth and has a studio at Truro, on Cape Cod. He studied in Paris under Jean Paul Laurens and has painted many European notables, He captain in the Engineer Corps over seas during the war—a fact which in- sured his cordial reception by Dawes. The proposal of a portrait was modest- ly tendered by the painter, accepted and undertaken without any promise of purchase. But the Vice President has agreed with the opinion of his friends, a substantial check and commission to paint Mrs. Dawes, * ok ok Though the " “great industrial and power opportunities of South Dékefa are still rocking in the eradle of oppor- tunity,” according to a current bulletin of that State’s department of agricul- ture, nevertheless the value of South Dakota products in 1927 was half a billion_dollars. Translated into terms of farms and families, South Dakota farms showed an average production of $6.315 cach, and, divided among fami- the State produced $3.670 for each tly, or $734 for ench man, woman and child in the State, ate pro- s of corn in 20 million pigs A campaign has been launched for 10 willlon” acres of alfalfa and 10 milllon dairy cows In the next 10 years. ‘This 15 the kind of talk seldom heard in the halls of Congress during discussion of farm rellef measures, CRE Mr. Coolidge's champlonship vecord I the matter of White e breuk- fusts 15 likely to stand for many y to come. Always prodigal with ages and buckwheat cakes, the President this Winter has undertaken the glgan- te task of breakfasting the entive Con- gress, 435 members of the House and 06 Benntors. He 15 playing no favorites barring no member on aecount of creed, complgxion or conduct, and s going through the lat in alphabetical order in batches of 13 at & altting - 13 ciune there are 14 plates ut Uhe wnd he veerves one for himself. ‘There were three breakfnst parties last week mdicating his intention to muke rapid progress. but so far he fs still near the top of the nlphabet (Camiient 10K ) UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR - — Toduy carrying 2470 torpedoed wid Nineteen hundied latgded b Irish Tegrs 2600 are wients from Years Apo ‘en Blenmship L United States oo, sk off Trish connt and Lwelve aurvivors Washington aps Inclnded detae { the country and iy the first 1 eanying toops (o Franee Lo be sk, CThirteen alled transports have been sunk atnee the beginndug of the WAr S S wenty enemy aliplaties Which endeavored (0 crosa the Amert can dinea taday were violently shelled by wnt-nirevtt batterien and diiven off St Artllerymen are sy alon o whole sector = * ¢ Members o Allted Bupreme Conncll ave full of con- Adence an (o the western front aid as- sert the Germuns can't brenk through hey bellove (e Ameriean Avny, when whoed I forve, Wil decide the way © O he Overman bl giving the Prestdent blanket authorlty o oo ardinate and eonsolidate all Governe an badminton stiuctor wnd cosgh at ne q'u, politice was dilteient in dem e Y (8 " unetion with Miss Marion Melgs, harge of ath- Tetlo wotjvitien ai the "¥." T British MENE WOUVIeR A8 @ WHE CeTEeey I tradueed 1 Bonate today Senators angered and amssed wt its far-veaching powers, will fght 1b, versa, but this is done time and time | The artist i8 of Massachu-/ pronounced the picture fine, and sent | High Tribute Paid To Miss K. M. Estey To the Editor of The Star: From the year 1904, when the Po- tomac School was founded, until the day of her death in Florence, Italy, on ‘Tuesday, January 31, 1928, Miss Kate M. Estey has been its stanch and faithful friend. She was one of its first teachers, then assistant principal and in 1910" became principal, a position which she held until she resigned in 1920 because of fatling health. After her reslgnation she kept her connection with the school as one of the trustees, teaching Latin for the last three years. Miss Estey was a woman of rare qualities of judgment, fairness, patience and understanding. She was gifted with power to make her ideals take life and form. Undaunted by difficulties, she sought quietly and ~ persistently and found a way through or around them. From the beginning she had the help and co-operation of those who had the interests of the school at heart, but in a 'y real sense the Potomac School was her creation, Inspired and fostered by her upright, high-minded nature and her love of simplicity and beauty. As a teacher she knew the absorbing interest and joy of quickening young minds, watching them unfold and ex- pand, and she had the great art of making her tearhing, whether in the Indergarten or and Latin, an uncons character. ' Her own strong moral fiber could not help heing a part of all that she did. Neither her natural reserve nor her modesty could hide the clear light within, EMILY C. LEARNED. Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Potomac School. -t Moving Picture Held Unjust to Capital To the Fditor of The Star: ‘The photoplay “Man. Woman and Sin,” just shown in Washington, does the Nation's Capital a great injustice. The scene of John Gilbert and Gladys Brockwell riding on the tailboard of a decrepit old wagon loaded with house furniture, with the majestic dome of the United States Capitol in the back- grour.’, is far-fetched. The scenes taken in an alley, wherein white and colored children intermingle in play, is more imaginary than true, as is also the lunchroom scene, where white and col- ored patrons alike are rubbing elbows at the lunch counter, and the scene in the cheap night club. These scenes are misleading, untrue to life in the Capital City and impart a distorted idea of con- ditions here. I doubt that these scenes were “shot” in Washington. D. C. I also doubt that the old, dilapidated house which is sup- posed to be haunted exists in this city. If it did, it would be placarded with a condemnation sign in short order and would be razed because of its structural and insanitary condition. It is indeed unfortunate that a mov- ing picture which will give millions of people a false im~ression of their Na- tional Capital should have been re- leased 1 its present (r’;m s Would Have the Plaza Cleared Immediately To the Editor of The Star: Your editorial in Friday evening’s pa- per in regard to the Plaza pleased me. as T would like to live to sce the space between the Union Station and the Capitol finished as soon as possible. Those who are responsible for the delay | In this improvement should bow their heads in shame. I have had visitors from distant points speak of it as a disgrace to the whole Nation. Only recently a wooden fence was built in the space on Delaware avenue between C and D streets. I don't know who 1s responsible for this, but it shows have_no interest in Washington, th capitdl of their own country—very patri- otic, I think CHARLES WINGENBACH. .- ctivity of Farmers From the Arkansas Democrat (Littls Rock) “There are unquestionably at the present time many thousands of farm people in Arkansas who would welcome | an opportunity to leave their farms and g0 into towns and cities to take places in industries, but there are not enough places in industry for them,” Dr. John C. Futrall, president of the University of Arkansas, declared in the opening address of the three-day co-operative marketing school being held at the Hotel Marion. Just as unquestionably there have been many thousands who have been anxious to leave the farms since the period of deflation immediately follow- ing the war, As Dr. J. A. Dickey of the department of sociology and rural cconomics of the university so often has pointed out, our farmer, instead of being the lazy fellow some love to ple- ture him, has been too energetic in the production of farm products, which means that he has produced more thatr he can sell Just so long as the farmer cannot make a living on the farm he will not stay there, ~rmen Change in U. S. Tactics Among Latiny Is Seen From the San Francisco Bullstin Lloyd George makes the rather astonishing statement that the United I8 capturing South America’ rom European, especially British, ompetitors, have long been led to that South America was one reglon where our salesmanship failed by rea- son of the very tensity of sales pres- ure, which makes it so sucgessful at home. Latin buyers, we were informed,” {could only be sold by casy-going, lets- ¥ methods, which Americans could not or would not understand. Appatently —our salesmen have changed thelr tuctics or bustness men south of the equator have adopted our manners and methods of trade. Whatever the truth, It 1s good news. South Ameriea {5 a rvieh market his country 15 the logleal source from which its supplies should be drawn, SRS, 3 Curtis-Reed Me Is Strongly Oposed From e Buftale Fyenios News Strong apposttion has developed to (the Curtls-Teeed bt which the Farm Journal describes us for Prusstantzing our countiy achools * 1t would apply to ety schools as well. In Appearance (s h & UL 1t seems o huve possibilities for Mo The tendency of goiarnment bureans Iy alwiys o seck greaor powers. There 5 10 reason o believe that a burean domitnted by the pedagogle type of mind would be diiterent in this reapect fiom any others. ‘The buveau might Hreatly eneronch on the aitals of the atules I the direction: of - educationat matlers. I this connecton 1t s fevesting to note that the bill would I eftect, pose fines by withholding Federal uld from states which vefused to viekt o (he demands of the buvesu ehtots regarding sohool policies. The legislation pught possibly opevate o deatvoy home vule with vespett to thy ahiools. This s & question o conalder W veviewlng the pending bill belleve re A Uscheme . Puts Blame on Ruth, From the St Louds Post Bispatoh, A Hitte table 2000 years old has been dectphiered by @ Valo lnguit, who cnmplatig it et langunge has boen ntterly forgotten all this tme We Dl Habe Ruth - He was the [ellow Who made us forget the Hittitea what can be done by some people who | Blamed for Trouble ‘There {5 no other agency in the world that can answer as many legitimate | questions as our free Information Bureau in Washington, D. C. This | highly organized institution has been built and Is under the personal direc- ton of Frederic J. Haskin. By ke ing in constant touch with Federal bureaus and other educatfonal enter- prises it §5 In a position to pass on to you awthoritative information of the { highest order. Submit, your queries to | the staff of experts whose services are put at your free disposal. There is no | charge “except 2 cents in stamps for | return postage. Address The Evening | Star Information Burcau, Frederic J. .| Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C. Q. Who direets the New York Sym- | phony Orchestra and who the Boston | Symphony and who the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestras?—A., §.- | A.Fritz Reiner is directing the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra dur- g the absence of Leopold Stokows ritz Busch is directing the New Yo Symphong, Serge Loussevitzky the Bos- | ton Symphony. iny F Q. Which has the most power, a 10~ horsepower stedm engine, gasoline engine or electric motor?—E. . A. The Bureau of Standards sa that power the same, no matter what kind of a machine is used to produce it If the steam engine, gasoline engine and clectric motor are correctly rate they will be equally powerful. Q. How much did the territory of | Alaska cost the United States an acre | When purchased from Russia?~N. T. A. Secretary Seward purchased from Russia a territory comprising 590,000 | square miles for $7.200,000, about $12,- 1000 & square mile or a little less than 2 Jcents an acre. | Q What amount of fresh apples is | required t8 make about 15 pounds of dried apples?’—A. R. | A. One hundred pounds of fresh | apples are required to make 12 to 15 pounds of dried ones. Q. Please give Dan Patch’s record.— C. M. A. Dan Patch was a brown horse by Joe Patchen, Zelica by Wilkesberry, foaled in 1896 and bred by Dan A. Messner, jr, Oxford. Ind. He gained a windshield record of 1:55';, at the time accepted as championship mark for a pacing stallion. His record of 1.55 also to- windshield was rejected. He was raced by his breeder, then by E. M. Sturgis of New York, who later sold him to M. W. Savage of Minne- apolis for $45,000, in whose possession he made the record: Q. Are United States {bulit with false keels?—J. G. A. The Navy Department says that United States submarines are not equipped with false keels, but they are equipped with safety doors—that is, doors which are so constructed that they are capable of closing instantly. Q. How far back is George Wash- ington’s ancestry traced?>—H. G. J. The ancestry of George Washing- ton is traced as far back as Elizabeth ! Gough of Northampton, England, and awrence Washington, who was the first grantee of Sulgrave Manor, who died in 1584. Q. 1Is flax-harvested by machinery or by hand?>—C. A. The psual method of harvesting | fiber flax in European countries is by ANSWERS TO QUE BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. submarines | TIONS hand pulling, and this method has also been used in certain sections of the United 8tates where laborers could be hired at reasonable rates. Marked im- provements in the efficiency of flax- pulling mac e been made in recent, years, and th g work of hand pu ded by machine pulling. Church re- ald from the Soviet government?— A. The state gives no aid to the Orthodox h, Wien was the first park set in thik country for recreation pure 3?—P. A. P. . The earliest form of a publie pre- serve devoted to outdoor recreation in territory of present United a city par, Boston Common, acquired in 1634. The n example of public action of this kind covered & field related to that at present usually reservation to the peopl “fishing and fowling,"” v an ordinance of the Massachuset Colony iu 1641, of “great ponds, ater su s of 10 acres or more. The first State park of larger size, set apart primarily for recreation, was one which 1s now a famous national park, Yosem- jite. Congress ceded the valley and {2 mile-wide border around it to Cail- fornia, as a State park, in 1865. It turned to Federal control. g / Q. Do railroads empl guard their passengers a | and pickpockets?—J. H, W. A. The Rock Island Magazine says | that practicaliy every railroad of any | consequence maintains a special service, | or police department, for the purpose of proteciing its properties and its pa- | tron¢ ag: thefts. and the traveling | public against the operations of pick- pocks confidence men, gamblers and | other species of crooks. The larger i trunk lines employ from 100 to 300 men in this department at an approxi- mate cost of from $300,000 to $500,000 | per year. - detectives 0 inst thieves ! ¥ ne mountain peaks | h snow upon them the year around, while others of the same heignt and latitude do not?—E. L. V. | A. There are two main reasons for this: Temperature is not the same, for [lhe same height, all around the nnhm along a given parallel of latitude, temperate regions, for instance, the | eastern portion of a continent is colder {than the western: precipitation varies | greatly along a parallel of latitude, The | duration of snow on a mountain peak obviously varies with the average tem. | perature and the amount of snowfall, ! These vary along a parallel of latie hence some mountain peaks may | be snow-covered throughout the year, while others of the same height and latitude are not. Q 1Is there any mollusk largs nough and strong enough to hold and rown a man?—C. M. A. The Smithsonian Institution says that the Tridacma, a mollusk, has large shell which weighs several hune dred pounds, and is usually found in shallow water. A person may acci- dentally fall into this powerful shell and be held until he drowns. 3 the common abalone, which weighs only about a pound or so and at- | taches itself to rocks can hold on to a person’s finger or a section of the | hand until high tide causes drown. This sometimes happens to ! divers diving for these shelis . | Havana has impressed the press of the | United States as a gratifying demon- A new spirit of real co-operation in the Western Hemisphere. While doubt is expressed as to the results in terms of definite international political action, the unprecedented good-will that has marked most of the discussions is re- {garded In itself as making the meeting a success. “One by one.” the Binghamton Press points out, “minor vexing issues are thrashed out and disposed of. ~Progress is being made slowly. Even if nothing more were done, the conference has proved to be worth while. It is pro- moting & better understanding that must lead eventually to better rela- tions.” The Kalamazoo Gazette re- marks that “cynical critics who predict- | ed that the parley would be nothing more than a hypocritical talkfest, and others who felt certain that it would cause far more injury than benefit 1o our country's standing in Latin Amer- ica, must be surprised indeed by the | progress already achieved.” i “It has been well observed.” says| the Atlanta Journal. “that if the cur- rent conference should do nothing more | than bring leading men of other l.al(mI republics of this hemisphere to Cuba. | {much would have been done fer clear | understanding and good will, especially toward the United States. For in Cuba, our near neighbor and friend. may be seen a radiant example of independence | Land freedom, as well as of vn\s;l'rlty‘ and .progress. * * * Al this has come to pass in the shadow of the | American aegis, under the sway of the | Monroe Doctrine, and with the con- | {tinued best wishes as well as with the earlier aid of the Government and peo- ple of the United States.” “The Latin and the with histortcal background far from | identical, vet nurtured in the two Americas by the same conception of | popular rule, share a common bond.” | declares the Indianapolts News. proceedings at Havana, although they | finally may prove disappointing i many | ways, have revealed that truth™ | EEERE { The St. Louls Thues, belleving that| | “the smoother situation may be credit- | led to the masterly diplomacy of | | Hughes.” sums up Its conceptions of | | the situation® “Central America still} retaing a feeling of grievance over the | Nicaraguan position ~ But this s matn- | tained within bounds by the fact that | It is & matter of official record and | ! Auglo-Saxon. [ 4 | admission that our Mariues intervened | I Nicaragua at the request of the | duty accepted authorities.” i “Ihere seems to be a good deal of | evidence,” suggests the Rochester Time: Unton, “to show that the larger Wish o see the expansion of thelr com [ merce With this country, and wish © | avall themselves of American capital for thetr own tnternal development *e e Thelr 1 Mitle evidence (hat | Amgerican polley 18 unifying Latin Anerican sentiment agamat us 101t s to be opposed, It must be on othe grounds ' The Pasadena Star-News ob [ serves “marked friendimess toward the United States and confidence 18 almy and methods i its velations with 1ty sfster republies.” I ds ngt (o be denfed.” t the udgment of the Now York Eventng Post “that f the conference does end upon the note of friendiiness on which 1 [ started, 1t will have been Tighly succesa- | 1l (o the potnt of view of the United ates After all, Hs tmpertanee o) Tty country i b its effectiveness as a gesture of friendship® — The Fling FJonrnal offers the comment 10 was evitable that politieal watters should | oecupy thett time at e After they | beonie better acquainted. however, | nothing was more natural than that| they full (0 discussing trade velations and other prosate watters o which they have & common titerest Kinphasiatng (he poine tha, s been the kreal bugbear of Latn Ameriean polilios” the Manehester Unton s that s majoikiy of the | delegatos of (he lrger states 1 (he v feronce are heg g (o feoounise that l--nu..u aestions must be excluded A\t VATIONY T TIAL OFEanEEAtIon 8 o be | wamained " i The N)I‘n Dally News, refevilng to fenlousy | ton Dail “The | fi R ST X R Parley Seen as Basis of New South American Co-Operation The Pan-American Conferepce at|the proposal for a‘customs union, with a freer trade policy, concludes: “To make the United States a self-contained stration that there exists the basis for, empire, economically, it needs | sion of only so much tropical territory as will supply its rubber, coffee, cocos and spices. A customs unign with trop- ical America would, tn i#ts practical | workings. have that effect, and without jone hint of conquest or imperialism. | Some day it doubtless will come. and | then the ‘Pan-American Union' wili be substantial fact.” “Suspicion. distrust and apprehension |among some of the Latin American delegations at Havand." says the Chi- cago Daily News, “seem to have given Way to & spirit of confidence. mutualism and con " That feels that tunity to pr \any ie notton and iron out seenwngly irrecon- cilable differences of opinion.™ “It is & wise po ays the Charles- Mail, looks far ahead and pays more attention to the serious probilen petty of the present. is statesmanship of the when, perhaps as history, this col rather than oppe men wha, when they dreamed dreams and saw visions, dreamed of r Visioned enduring verities. S OPHI BY GLENN FRANK S N ——— A ngm is stirring in ancient Egy As Qe traveler enters the Station » of Cairo he sees a symbol of S new spirit caught by the sculp- or's art Ancient FRypt represented by « . staring ahead tn > Modern Fxvpt is represented by female figure . beside the Sphing, pleading hins from streteht ¥INg to rov old silence and Deseribing more Literally, Sphinx st r Exvpt. the ot Exvpt ds the world around: evervwhere, the United States not ex- cepred, the eager spiit of the present to rouse the apathetic imstitus the female nx must ever must ever Kiery government s a Sphing, The spirit of statesmanship muss ever stive to Keep 1t alert Every factory ts w Sphinx The spirtt of crafismanship must ever strive to Keep it alert All institutions begin to die the day thev ate created. Kvery s(l‘Y AN idea or an tmpulse takes away from the fane tndividual to e Mrge stLution means more oaus HOR Mote campromise, mare striving o fnd the lowast common denoming- wroof A wedley interests and wishes ANV INSHIULON 15 & Wenace to cours age And oreativeness A hnely prophet hout famity or fartune (o ok atter. holding ne office, needing 1o votes, can follow the gleam OF truth and vight. can Kse his hite W ‘m\rm 1o save it A large Institation has J buldings and budgets 1o \::::«I!“n‘ Wmemberhip of many minds fo coneilis wle A prectine o hok after NO - DSUILOR 8 ever courageous OF CIeative save as 1t is made to be oA mastertul leadenship, so the ends toss struggle of the spirit of wan is to A and follow w leaderstip that can Keep the sphintike istitutions of WAl alive and alert Hiple souls. simple enough 0 think Wwheu they realise of All arganisations, Wise souls gird them - witesh to rouse the Sphins, | AW HERL ABET te MoClure Nowagad LTS - t s tendency e anarehist