Evening Star Newspaper, February 9, 1928, Page 8

B8 fTHE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. : WASHINGTON, D.C. AHURSDAY... February 9, 1828 et e THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor ity The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office 11th St_and Pennayivanta Ave. New York Qffice: 110 East s Chicago Office: Tower Butlding. t Zuropean Offive: 14 Regent St.. London. England Rate by Carrier Within the City. Evening Star . 43¢ per month Evening and e per month 63¢ per month e Sunday Star S . 3¢ per copy Collection made at the end of each month mas be sent in by mail or telephone Orders Main 8000, Rate h{ Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. ::l: and Sunday. 1vr, S0 00,1 me only 130860051 m, Sunday only . 1 yrl $65.00° 1w All Other States and Canada. Daily and Sunday..1 vr. $12 Daily only Sunday only e | Bde | Jyel $1000 1 mos Member of the The Associated Press sociated Press. entitiea Prepare Now for 1936. | Since the failure of the Geneva con- | ference there have been repeated asser- tions that this breakdown will mark the | last effort to agree on limiting arma- ments; that having had a taste of what | 3§t meant at Washington in 1922, the na- | tions of the world are straining at the Jeash to anticipate the expiration of the Washington treaty in 1936, in order 10 begin competitive building again. Re- plying vesterday in the House of Com- mons to a reiterated charge by Ram- say Macdonald that failure at Geneva was due to lack of preparation by the foreign office, Sir Austen Chamberiain made this statement: His majesty’s government regrets. as I believe the Government of the United States regrets, the failure of our honest limitation ot naval armament which was begun at Washington. I do not think, and co not believe any other government thinks, we should be well sdvised to take up that subject again at the present moment. But I hope we who were there represented, and other vernments nterested. but mnot par- ts in that conference. may learn from that failure and when the time eomes to review the Washington con- wention may profit by the lessons of the past, so that we may succeed then where last year we failed. Sir Ags:m speaks with authority, snd he probably expresses the senti- ment of the people of Great Britain. It 8 the sentiment that should prevail everywhere. The failure at Genecva—a failure to be criticized justly on the ground that it was due to technicali- ties—cannot be allowed to build up a attitude as regards the future extension of the Washington trealy | the time for that extension ar- Our naval program, the second in the history of the country. unfortunately, contributed to such . But In large measure ihis ue to misunderstanding. Had the { 4 sels; secondly, moderately to enlarge the Navy. It anticipates nothing as re- gards the probable fate of the Wash- ington treaty when its provisions ex- But what is the real lesson learned ¢ Geneva, which Sir Austen hopes will Serve W make more successful future at- “tempts to limi} armament? It is a les- son that has nothing to do with six or eight inch guns, eight thousand or ten thousand ton cruisers. The leason is| that fallure to hgree, as demonstrated | 8t Geneva, is a dangerous thing indeed. It 15 almost as dangerous as the com- | petition in naval bullding which led o the conference. Better no conference at | all than one which fails. All of the| mice words in the world take on a hol- Jow sound when they attempt to explain sway fallure. Bir Austen is correct in his belief that the time is not ripe for | snother attempt. But there are some | 8004, long years before 1336 Prepara- tions for that date might weii begin mow, with the thought uppermost in all minds that, regardless of everything else, there must not be another Geney fatlure. ——————— Many comparatively trivial issues bave been introduced into public dis- cussion. The fossilized scheme of “day- Yght-saving” may claim its place in ti srgument along with bootlegging and viclent domestic incompatibilities, The Mystery of Anastasia. 1s Anastasia Tchaikovsky, who has Sust reached this country from Europe, sctually the youngest daughter of the Mte Czar of Russia, Nicholas 117 For months the nas been the enigma of Burope. Though it wae supposed tha’ all the members of the Czar's family were slain by the bolsheviks at Ekate- | #inburg in 1918, this young woman sev- | ersl years sgo appesred in RBerlin, a o4 wreck of humanity, with hody wasted and mind dieordered. Bhe wos adjudged insane when she sttempued | ouicide snd for & period was cared for 0 en aeylum. When she recovered her hesith the wid & story which startled the world. It wae W thie effect. Hhe was in the celier ot Exaterinburg when the red soldiers, acung under ordec. from thelr commenders, entered und Bred upon the imperisl family. She wee shot. srose screaming and was Beaten down savagely with rifie butis The murder sjusd, believing her dead Pplaced her with the bodier of her | parents, slsters and brother in s oopse | of wonds vy swaiL burning A youny Ped soldler named Tehalkoveky vew Lhat | She wae Jving, Teoogulzed her mnd | Wocretly ok her o bie cabin Placing Bar with Jis mother snd sivter in w st ne drove awey wilh Lier, eud for @nree months made his wey westward Bne recovered from her wounds, was Merrieq ) her Tescuer s5d e & child by him, & son, now esld U be i oa eniterium. Bhe supporied herselt, her Bushand wnd her baby by pawning vie Py oue the Jewels sie hiud sewn in hes elothing before going v Uie death cel- Bar. Het hucownd dled wnd che wan- @ered about untl she pppesred oL Beriin Ansstacie, ee she Je known has been h “recognived” snd repudisted. She Lngeoied and e viewed by | respects more hazardous air journey | the patronymic was originally acquired soores of people, supposedly with knowl- edge of the appearance of the members of the Crar's family. Some have said that she is in truth the daughter of the Czar. Others have denied her claim. The former have pointed out that she has told intimate details of the life at the royal palaces in Russia, which could be known only to members of the fam- fly. The latter have declared that she has learned a story cleverly. But in all this discussion regarding her identity this young woman has at no time ex- pressed any desire for re-establishment, but has asked merely to be allowed to live in peace, has in fact manifestcd only the most feeble interest in life. She is now here as the guest of a wcullh_\'l American woman, who believes her to be in fact the daughter of the Cuar and who wishes to give her rest and peace and to restore her fully to health History has had many instances of imp@sonations of notable people. The “lost Dauphin.” son of Louis XVI ot France, was for many years appearing in various places, long after his sup- posed death at the Temple in Paris. Crown Princ2 Rudolph of Austria, sup- posed to have died in a suicide pact with his sweetheart in a suburb of Vienna, likewisc was ‘recognized” after years. There is no possibility of positive proof in the case of Anastasia Her own story is the sole evidence and in her repeated telling of it she has never varied in the least. She is in any | cese a remarkable young woman, for whom the keenest sympathy will be felt. ————— Two Great French Flyers. While American eyes have been fixed upon the flights around Central and South America and through thie West Indies of the “Lone Eagle.” who a few months ago startled and thrilled the world by his solo flight across the At- ; lantic, two French aviators have beea | winging their way northward in con- | tinuation of a much longer and in some { Yesterday they arrived in Washington. fiying here from Montgomery. Ala., | without stop, and they were received | with acclaim, greeted by the Ambas- sador from their country and accorded honors due to their extraordinery achievement. i Dieuconne Costes and Joscph Lebrix | took off from Le Bourget Field, Paris, on the 10th of last October, flying first 1o St. Louis, Senegal, a 2.700-mile hoo On the 14th they set out for South America, making the first non-stop flight across the South Atlantic, a dis- tance of 2,000 miles. They landed at Natal, Brazil, on the 16th of October and the next day flew 1400 miles to | Rio de Janeiro. Though this was thelr specific objective, they then decided an an air tour of South America, visiting every republic, and they have since | made landings at Buenos Aires, Monte- video, Asuncion, Santiago, La Paz, Lima, | Guayaquil. Colon, Caracas, Barranquil- la, Guatemala and Mexico City. At New Orleans, their first North American stop. they computed that they had flown 35115 kilometers in 202 flving hours. In all that time the only in- jury received was a slight damage to their propeller at Natal The plane in which Costes and Le- brix are flying is called the Nungesser - Coli, in honor of the two Frenchmer who cssayed the westward flight to America over the North Atlantic last Spring and were lost. It had scen sc- vere service before the present Ameri- | can fiight was undertaken. In this| plane Costes and Lebrix have, it is computed, flown more than 63,000 mulcs, or almost three times the cir- cumference of the earth. Washington is proud to be host today | to these gallant Frenchmen who. with- | out much ado, have demonstrated their capacity for long-sustained flights over dangerous teas and rough lands. It is appropriate that they should make this city a stopping point not merely as on= of the capitals of the Western Hemi- sphere, but as the offictal home of Lind- bergh. They have been trail blazers as he has been. They have flown over uncharted courses. They have proved new possibilities for airplane commun:- cation and have greatly aroused th» interest of people of South and Central America in aviation. Whether they will essay to fly their plane back to France, thus completing the circuit, is | not determined. but if they do they will have the sincere prayers of the Ame:- | ican people for their success. e ate One blizzard per Winter would seem a fair enough allotment. The average has never remained so low. February and March will continue to remain un- | der suspicion. OO 4 A Nail-Driving Champion Once in a while a name and achievement fit perfectly. Personal irade names that suit the occupations of thelr wearcrs are not uncommon, as & result of the fact that in many cases | from the trade of the forbear. which has descended, with the name itself, 1 | the immediate generation. But now and then there 1s a conjunction of some e~ castonal performance with the name that is strikingly apposite, This is lhe; case with Miss Hildegarde Schiwingham- | mer of Albany, Minn., who has jus’ won the annual nail-driving contest at the annusl fleld and track meet at the Uni- versity of Minnesota Behool of Agric ul-{ ture. I this competition Miss Echwing- hammer — more power 1o her good right arm!'—drove ten nails in 44 2-5 seconds. Doubtiess Miss Bchwinghsmmer would have displsyed &5 keen an eye and as true & stroke if she had been named Johnson or Fobineon. Bhe would prob- ably not claim &ny credit for her ce complishiment on 1he score of ancestral capacity. It may be that tn el her genealogy there 1s not s single profes- slonel wielder of the hammer, though presumably somewhere back I the | fumily there hiss been o doughty manip- ulator of the maul or the mallet. It} would be extraordinary i there were oL some hsmimer swingers i her line ot descent Of more importance than the mere meter of her name 15 the tact of her wx. I this schievement of winning & nedl anving champtonshlp What be- comes uf the old saylng that no women cen ever drive & nall scourulely? I 16 & slunder on the sex Many n brulsed male will sdmit as much, Whao vill oW mver 1hat women wre constitution- elly incapsble of setting wnd hismmer- g home 8 spike WIBouL eaustng dis- | well known to everybody. THE EVENING S§TAR. WASHI! It may not avail her anything in point of professional work. But it shows that some American girls, at least, are intent upon other things than jazsz and “good times.” The chances are that Miss Schwinghammer is headed for a suc- cessful carcer. The qualities that are demanded in straight nail driving are those that make for achievement in other lines. Miss Schwinghammer ought to be able to change her name when- ever she feels so inclined, for such an accomplished young woman should not lack for suito: S The Gambling Evil. In pursuance of a new policy de- signed to suppress gambling in the Dis- trict of Columbia, a special squad of police has been organized, with ordcrs to raid establishments where public | “gaming tables” have been sct up and | to take offenders to court. Yesterday two raids were made and six men werc arrested as principals, and fifty-three witnesses were taken into custody. Other raids, it is promised, will he made in relentless pursuit of the!| gambling fraternity in an effort to clean up the city. The results of these police moves will be watched with in- terest. Herctofore only a few of cases taken to court have resulted 1 conviction and penalties. As a rule (he cases have been postponed and delayed | so long that convictions have been rare | Witnesses have passed beyond the ju- risdiction and the proof of guilt, when finally adduced, has been inad-quate Yet there has been no question of th2 fact that these defendants have been | engaged in maintaining games of | chance of various kinds. taking lare sums from people eager to make money without working for it. Some of the places where public zambling has been conducted have been | aided several times. Shortly after | each raid these establishments have been reopened. sometimes in the guise | of innocent business, behind whicn poolrooms have bsen run. They are There is nu rcal camouflage of their character, and how they are able to persist is a mys- 1 tery. The poolroom at which bets on horse | races are taken is a menace to the community Worse even than the pool- room 18 the handbook, by means of which bets are taken at a distance from | the establishment ftself. The handbook workers, who are actually commission agents for the poolroom, go from of- fice to office and building to building peddling their “odds,” collecting in the | aggregate many thousands of dollars | daily and paying out only a fraction of their takings to occasional winners Many a family is deprived of sustaining funds in cons>quence of this pernicious practice. It may be impossible to eradicate th2 gambling habit, but it is surely possible to impose such penalties upon the pro- fessional exploiters of it that they will abate their activities. With co-opera- tion between courts and police, with prompt trials, with convictions upan presentation of proof and with the im- position of maximum penalties, this | business of taking money out of the | pockets of the wage earncrs of Wash- ington should he very greatly lessenee | v e “Old-time oratory” is not in great de- mand at present; yet the statesman who i would pause to quote a bit of Shake-| speare amid the epithets might afford | wholrsome relief. ————eattms. Nobody really approves of capital punishment. ter means ot retarding the moron im- pulse to crime. -t One of the arduous tasks of a candi- date is the autographing of photographs to be distributed among loyal admirers. —— et After so much homicide excitement, a bribery case begins to look like a com- paratively innocent matter, - SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Our Candidate. He's ever gcod and wise and kind. He loves his fellowman, It would be very hard to find A higher moral plan Than his, who journeys on his way Lite's deeper truths to state. Who 1is our hero? Need we say He 15 our candidate! Think of the virtues we admire He has them, every one Think of the vices we desire To banish. These he’ll shun. Bo, with a halo o'er his brow, He walks among the great. ‘He may prove mortal—but just now He s our candidate! Delicate Ground. “1 hope you will be able to show those college men that you are famillar with the classics.” “I have my doubts,” answered Sena- tor Borghum. “Those mythological per- sons were terrible Jiberal in their ideas They seemn o have had no respect for dry laws and to be almost entirely in favor of companionate marringes.” Important Cheer. Hong hirds cease thelr music fine When the Winter skles are gr Whistle down the rallway line Hings of sunthine far away. Jud Tunkins says mere pretense of knowledge leads 1o grave danger of having responsibility forced on an un- prepared person Paint of Luminosity, “What is the object In makipg n gas statton so brifltantly conspleuous?” “Is n signal of hope,” answered Mr Chuggine, It holds out encouragemen does for a storm-tossed mariner.” “He who covets power,” sald Hi Mo, e sage of Chinmtown, “Ands that the surest way 1o atiain It s 1o know when 1o ohey " The Heroine. ‘Ihe herolne of yester year Was gentle and subdued Che often paused 1o shed a lear When all the world proved rude, In melancholy once she sat With & consumptive cough ‘Tudny shie gels hersolf a gat And bumps the villain off A lowter atd Uncle Ehen. “has o sster 1o thumh or 1o materinis? |10 15 somewnst retresiing tn And this | P Uculag chamiplonship ging 1o e girl make 80 many apologles and explan tons that he would have found regulai wulk easler,” ) | those be so regarded who have Nobody has found a bet- i3 for the fivverist same un & lghthouse || n. THUKSDAY. FLBRUARY 9, 1928, THIS AND THAT H:}M RLES _E_T—RIL_W—E:’:. Clcero's essay “On Dutles” consti- | become liable o these so numerous and, tutes one of the famous writings of ancient times. The modern reader finds it slightly dull, yet he who bé- leves In the moral nature of man will discover much good in it. Written for a wayward son, this stately production is divided into three books, the first treating of the right, the second of expediency, or utility, and the third of alleged or seeming discrepancies between the expedient and the right. There are far too many sentences in it—a modern editor would slash it to a fourth of its present length, if, in- teed, he would print it at all. Yet in it Cicero displays himseif a man of such great humanity and decency that quotations from it are as virile today as_when written. Consider what this old Roman says in regard to selling a house. He stands firmly on the proposition that when a thing is wrong it ought not to he done. He makes no compromisc. Listen to Marcus Tulllus: “A good man sells a house on ac- count of some defects, of which he himself is aware and others ignorant. “Perhaps it is unhealthy and is sup posed to be healthy—it is not generally known that snakes make their appear- ance in all the bedrooms—it is built of bad materials, and is in a ruinous | condition: but nobody knows this ex- cept the owner. “1 ask, If the seller should have failed to tell these things to the buyel and should thus have sold his hous for a higher price than he could have reasonebly expected, whather he would have acted unjustly or unfairiy? * ok ® “Yes, he would,' says Antipater, ‘for what is mcant by not putting into the right way one who has lost his way public execration), if it does not mn- clude the case in which a buyer is per- mitted to rush blindly on, and through his mistake to fall into a heavy loss by fraudulent means? It is even worse than not showing the right way: it is knowingly leadingz enother into the wronz way.' “Diogenes, on the other hand, says ‘Did he who did not even advise you to buy force you to buv? He adverticed for sale what he did not like: you bought what you did like. Certainly, if those who advertise a good and well built house are not regarded swin- dlers, even though it is neither g nor properly built, much less should nothing in praise of their house. For in a case in which the buyer can ex- ercise his own judgment. what frand can there be on the part of the seller? And if all that is said is not to be guar- anteed. do you think that what is not said ought to be guaranteed” What could be more foolish than for the seller to tell the defects of the article that he is selling? Nay. what so absurd as for an auctioneer, by the owner's di- rection, to proclaim. “I am selling an unhealthy house?” " “Thus, then. in certain doubtful cases the right is defended on the one side: on the other, expediency is urged on the ground that it is not only right to do what seems expedient, but even wrong not to do it. This is the discrepancy which seems often to exist between the expedient and the right. But I must state my decision in thess cases. for 1 introduced them. not to raise the in- auiry concerning them, but to give them solution. “It seems to me. then, that this seller ticed concealment with the buyer. In truth. reticence with regard to any mat- ter whatever does not constitute ccn- cealment; but concealment consists in willingly hiding from others for your own advantage something that you know “Who doss not sce what sort of an act such concealment is. and what sort of & man he muet be who practices {t? Certainly this is not the conduct of an open. frank. honest, good man, but rather of a wily. dark, crafiy. deceltful fll-meaning. cunning man. an old rogue, a swindler Is it not inexpedient to (which at Athens exposed a man to ! said | of the house ought not to have prac- | to many more, bad names?" *oH ok K Cicero then tells how Pythius “put one over” on Caius Canius, & Roman knight, the “‘sucker” of the deal. Evi- dently there was no ‘“code of ethics” u:;’nnz realtors in those days. Cicero says: serve censure, what Is to be thought of those who employ absolute falsehood? “Catus Canlus, a Roman knight, a man not without wit and of respectable literary culture, having gone to Syra- cnse for rest, as he used to say, no' for business, wanted to buy a small estate, to which he could fnvite his friends and where he could take his own_ pleasure without intruders. “When his wish had become general- ly known, a certain Pythius, who was doing a banker’s business at Syracus, told him that he had a country-seat, not, indeed, for sale, but which Canius was at liberty to use as his own if he wished to do so: and at the same time he invited the man to supper at the country-seat for the next day. “He having accepted the invitation, Pythius, who, as being a banker, was {popular among all classes, called the i fishermen tog:ther, asked them to fish | the next day in front of his villa and told them what he wanted them to do. | “Canius came to supper at the right time; a magnifizent entertzinment was prepared by Pythius; a multitude of little boats was in sight: every fisher- | man ught what he had taken:; the | fish were laid down at the feet of Pythius, | "“Then Canius says, ‘Prithee. what does this mean? So many fish here? So many boats?" “And he answered, ‘What wonder? All the fish for the Syracuse market are here; they come here to bz in fresh water., The fishermen cannot dispense | | with this villa.' “Cantus, inflamed with longing. beas | Pythwus to sell_the place. He hesi- | tates at first. To cul th2 story short. ! Canius overpersuades him. The greedy and rich man buys the villa for as high a price as Pythius chooses to ask, (and buys the furniture, too. He gives security: he finishes the busin | “Canius the next day invites his | friends. He comes early. he sees not | | | a thole-pin. He asks his next neighbor | vhether it is a fishermen’s holiday, as | he secs none of them. { “‘Not as far as I know,' was the re- | | ply_ 'No fishermen are in the habit | | ot fishing here. I therefore yesterday | i could not think what had occurred to | jbring them.' i | “Canius was enraged. But what was | Ihe to do? My colleague and friend, | | Aquillius, had not then published his | forms of legal procedure in the case of | criminal fraud, as to which, when he | was asked for a definition of eriminal | traud. he replied, ‘When one thing is | pretended, another done.’ | expected from a man skilled in de- | fining. Pythius. then, and all who do ione thing while they pretend another. | are treacherous, wicked. villatnous. If | | the definition of Aquilllus is correct, | | pretenss and _concealment _should b | entirely done away with. Thus a good | |man_ will neither pretend nor conceal | | anvthing for the sake of buying or, ‘sfllllng on better terms.” | | Here. some 2000 years ago. was a | business ethics which men are shooting at today—and often missing. Reason, Cleero ~ sald, flat-footedly. demands that nothing be done ensnaringl “But if those who keep silence de- | PHILOSOPHIES BY GLENN FRANK PFrom the guttural nt of the ape- man to the lyric 1llt of the prim. donna, humanity has !oufhl to perfect the art of expressing itself. There lies before me, as I write, a full-page advertisement of a corre- spondence course that promises to teach b shful minds and halting tongues the art of facile and forceful expression. The artist can have no end of fun with the crude cunning of these adver- ements and the childish credulity of their customers. Reading some of these advertisements, one might think that 12 simple lessons in technique would turn the tongue-tied peasant into a triumphant Pericles, holding the popu- lace in the hollow of his hand. But these advertiscments not only appeal to an almost universal hunger for the showy prestige of the popular speech maker, but deal with a very ;fvrnnme human need—the need for ef- ective expression. b “It {s by expression that we live.” Otcar Wilde is speaking in his “De " written from the bleak shadows of a baneful imprisonment: “On the other sid¥ of the prison wall there are some poor, black, smoot-be- smirched trees that are ju't breaking out into buds of almost shrill green. 1 know quite well what they are going through. They are finding expression.” “All men_stand in need of expres. ston,” sald Ralph Waldo Emerson. love, in art, in politics, in labor, games, we study to utter our secret. ‘The man is only half himself. the other half is his expression.” A good style is something needed by lthe executiv- no less than by the essay- st. “That is the best style.” said Her- bert Spencer, “which conveys the Lhoufht of the speaker to the mind of the listener with the least friction on the part of the speake: There is no magic fo.mula for ac- quiring this art of expression upon which_the fortune alike of the travel- ing salesman and of the poet depends. The best advice, hammered out of the experience of the centuries, boils down to_three points: First, one must think clearly before he car write or speak clearly. “For my part,” said Thomas Huxley. “1 venture to doubt the wisdom of attempting to mold one’s style by any other process than that of striving after the clear and forcible expression of definite con- ceptions in which the Glassian precept, ‘First_catch your definite conceptior is probably the most difficult to obey.' Second, clarity and force of speech or pen come only as the fruit of end- less practice. The ancient poet. Hor- ace, gives good counsel here: * * * Believe e, you must run| your pen Not once or twice, but o'e" and o'er again, Through what you've written, if you would entice The man who reads you once, to read | you twice." ANSWERS TO BY FREDERIC QUESTION J. HASKIN, Frederic J. Haskin is employed by Co.. Durham, N. C. This raflrosd is this paper to handle inquiries of our |1 readers, and you are invited to call upon him as freely and as often as matte: of fact and the authority will be quoted you. There is no charge for this service. Ask what you want, sign |your name and address and inciose 2 | cents in stamps for return postage. Ad- | dress the Evening Star Informati reau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C. Q. Who holds the record for mara- thon racing in consecutive hours of | running?—M. T. A. Charles C. Pyle says that there is | no really exact record of the holder of the marathon In consecutive hours of running. There have been about six | | people claiming the record for six days bsen disputed. | Q. What is meant by the phrase “un- | I permit Gold Star Mothers to make a | trip to France?—J. L. ond marriage since. than it 1s at the North Pole?—R. J. E fact that the South Pole is belleved to lie in the middle of a large continent and also at a higher elevation than the North Geographical Pole. This would account for a lower temperature. Q. Are thers more deaths from acci- dents in America than there are in Eng- land?—T. L. A. The death rate here from acci< dents is more than twice as large. The extensive use of the automobile in this | country accounts to a great extent for the difference. the home economics department of the University of Chicago show that fried foods move just as rapidly through the stomach as boiled foods, and cause no blocking of the has bren claime Q. Who are the world's greatest thinkers, according to modern histori- ans?>—T. W. D. A. Dr. Derwin as the world's 10 greatest | thinkers. | | s _consisting of | N. Q What is a choru seven volees called?—C. A. It may be called a septet. Q_What is the shortest railroad in | the United States? —M. P. i A. The shortest railroad reported to ‘ 1874. ard gastric secretions, as E 6-100 of a mile long. Q. How old is the Eads Bridge at R. G. you please. Ask anything that is a|8t. Louis?—J. A 1t was opened to traffic in July, Q. How much lemon should be added to the water to give hair a lemon on Bu- | rinse?--V. B. A One lemon will do, but best re- {snits are secured by adding the juice | of two lemons to a washbowl of water, about four quarts. How many drops ate there in a Q. standard gallon?—C. B. L. A. The size of a drop is not stand- It varies with the different iquids; therefore it is not possible to say definitely how many drops it takes with 34 hours of sleep, but it has always to fill a standard gallon. ©. Who first performed the onutside oop? 1Is it the same as the Immelman married widow” in the bill introduced to | turn?—P. J. T. A. On May 24. 1927, Lieut. James A, . | Doolittle a. McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio, A. It means a woman who has been | performed the first successful outside widowed and who has not made a sec- loop. The outside loop is not the sama maneuver as tha Immelman turn. the Immelman turn the aviator staris Q. Why is it colder at the South Pole a regular loop. When e reaches the top of the loop instead of completing A. This has been explained by the It. he pivots the plane on itz longitudie In nal axis until the plane is right side up. Q. How is the name Haugen proe nounced in speaking of the McNarye Haugen bill?>—E. C A It Howgen, Q. How long did it take Nellie Bly to make her famous trip around the world?>—E. M. B. Q. She accomplished it in 72 days 6 hours 11 minutes. is pronounced as if spelled accented on the first syllable. Q. How many pennies need a person Q. Are fried foods less digestible take as payment of a bill?>—R. J. than bofled foods?—N. 8. A. Pennies are legal tender only for A. Experiments just completed in 25 cents. Therefore. a persons cannnl be compelled to take more than thif number in payment of any debt. Q. What is the origin of ‘he pression “skeleton in the close! A. Ths precise origin of the phrass is not known. It is supposed to hav originated with a college professor who cretly conducted invostigations in Will Durant named Con- | anatomy, and for this purpose keeping a fucius. Plato, Aristotle, Thomas Aqui- skeleton concealed, since public opinion nas, Copernicius, Francis Bacon, Isaac at that time was opposed to any deses Newton, Voltaire, Inmanuel Kant and ! cration of a dead bodr. Q. How far should a good crystal receive?—B. G. A. The Loomis Radio College says that the average distance range of a crystal receiving set is about 25 miles. While under certain circumstances of “freak reception” crystals may have been heard of as bringing in signais for long distances, no one would thing | Third, habitual and wide reading in | th> Interstate Commerce Commission | of expecting this under normal operate |7 “This is perfectly clear, as mizht be | one’s native tongue enriches and dis- | is that of the Durham Union Station ing conditions. ciplines one’s speech ard writing as nothing else can. 1Conyright McClure Newspaper Svndicate.) UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR Ten Years Ago Today Lord Reading reaches this country on third war mission as British high i BACKGROUND BY PAUL V. | “This is Senator Sorghum, is it not?™ | {was the courteous inquiry made of & pompous statesman. on the steps of the Capitol. “I have often heard our mutual | friend. Mr. Philander Johnson of The | | Star, speak of you, Senator. From some nothing under falss pretense, nothing | commissioner and special ambassador |things Mr. Johnson has mentioned. I | deceitfully | “Yet i5 it not ensnaring to spread | nets, even if you do not start and | hunt your vietims?” he asks. “For beasts themselves often fall into nets | | without beinz pursued. Is It not thus that you advertise a houss—put up a notice of sale as a net. sell the houss (on account of fts defects, and some 1um\'nry person runs into the net? | “There should b~ an end of chicanery | and of that cunning which means. in- ¢ | deed. to pass for prudence, but js an | warn them of approach of patrols oppo- | quickly | site the American sector. for prudence | tener” prevented one of our patrols amendment of the Army bill. by which | entirely different thing and at widest distance from it has its proper place in the cholce be- | the to the United States, bringing a notable | assume that you are a leader of ‘the | weapons. and 33 by gas. group of leaders in British wear activi- tles who will act in an advisory ca- pacity. * * * President confers with Lansing. House and Hoover at: the White House and rumor links confer- ence with a reply to Count Hertling. ¢ v ¢ Today's official statement b, the German general staff says some Americans have been taken prisoner near St. Mihiel. * ¢ ¢ The Germans are using dogs in their front lines to A dog “lis from executing a daring raid recently. | anti-militarists in Congress: you believe | !In ;-muoml non-preparedness, do you | not?" | “Oh. to & degree. sir—to a moderate degree. But it would not be fair to my I friend. Representative—formerly Senator —Burton, for me to arrogate to myself the leadership of non-preparedness— {mnnlnly not from the standpoint of t making it easy for the enemy to make | short work of us and so end the war Accomplished, while Have you not seen the report Burton's opposition to the Mr. it has been actually proposed to prolong tween good and evil. while cunning— [+ * * German press exults over the our active defenss through the use of if whatever is fmmoral is evil—prefers | evil things to good.” Character is emphasized as the factor in the personality of Hugh Jennings. base ball player and manager, who died at Scranton after a long career in the national tport. He is credited by the establ for the hing a high standard to other players. His achievements at Detrolt are viewed as phenomenal. “Great he was in the national gam-, a supreme player, a splendid directof a peerless inspiration for those whos: fortunes he had in hand.” testifies the Detroit News. “But this greatness, after all, depended fn large part on something deeper and more fundamental in the man--in short, on character. * * * He was a sportsman par excellence, bred and reared In a difficult school which iremed only to crystallize innate concep e adorned a game which s distinetiy the poorer for his passing. He ndorned the American scene. which loses & vital pressuce with his departure.” upon the major league, the inspiring xample of his loyuity and enthusiasm,’ wdhg to the Trenton Evening Times, “have left an indelible tmpres- slon upon professional sport, that this picturesque figure will be mirssed {8 inadequate. The Jennings type 18 all too rare In every walk. of Iife.” The Bcranton Times tenders the tribute: “He withstood the temptationn which buffet men who engage In that pastime n clean game, fought vallantly for vie- tory, and by his spirit and example he helped to elevate bass ball and make It the king of aports fn America. Hueh Jennings' name will live as long as base ball endures b The base bhall world,” remarks the Detroft Free Press, the death of Hugh A. Jennings and honor his memory. ‘Hughte' Jennings wan one of the great players of his Ume-—he was, perhaps, the most com- petent of all shortstops. For years he tood tn the lead nmong managers, and M connection Detroft owes him for he made the local team @ thiee-time pennant winner after 20 years of faflure to reach the top, and throughout 14 seasons he saw to it that the men from the Oity of the Blralts were an organtzation to be reck- oned with seriously by the very best of ponients. Besides that, Mr. Jennings to ) assoclales and o the world that 1t s an asset for a ball player or & team manager to he a cnltured gentleman and a man of ex emplary hahite and refinement “He was n clean, hard, sucoenatul Oehter. and his antics on the coaching Hues, some of which were used as sy nids to hls players, made Dim famous throughout the base ball world," suys the Worcester “Telegram, while (he Akron Beacon Journal feels that the tans mourn his passing because “he was & player after thelr own hearts.” and also becaune N was “not only an ace of hase ball" but no scundal “ever touched bis name.” (:-.mmnnllnq on_Jennings' experience at Balumore, the Ofncinnatl Tines-8tar avers that “there were more b [ hrains on the old Orfole team than ever were gathered helore or have heen gath ered slnce within one leam, ¢ ¢ ‘The players of the old Oriolea ™ contin- ew tha er won not only thiee pen hnnty altimors under Manlon, but i Jennings Lauded for Helping Place Base Ball en Hiéh Plane 1 CRE 1ons of honesty. of loyalty and of honor | “The Influence of Hughey Jennings | To say | He lived a clean life, played | “does well to mourn | | two Iater in Brooklyn, and then as indi- ; vidual managers won 16 pennants in the | ! two big leagues. Not the least factor in | making the Orioles the greatest of ball | team& was Hughey Jennings. He had | to first on a rebound. He had a brain | s'tuation. Clean liver and clear thinker | Hughey Jennings helped to make the |game that made him." | "When a man sets ont for a legiti-| | mate gonl and reaches it declares tha | "l'nlr(lu Blade, “his life 18 & success. | Statesmen make no greater impression | jon the public mind than do great ball | players who possess manhood. Hughey | {Jennings unquestionably was one of | | the autstanding men of the popular «port.” The Manchester Unlon states | “The stars of a season or (wo are nu merous; the brief-tenure sensations of [the diamond can be reckoned by the ! [ =core; but the men who take a high | place and hold it constantly for years are by no means frequently encounter- fed Jennings certainly was of these | oleee | “He belongs In the same book with {Jenny Lind, with Steve Brodie, with Babe Ruth and the long roll of jaunty | Neures who have achieved meteoric L and short-cut fame in our superlative- | seeking clvilization,” says the Grand | Rapids Press, while the Regina, Sask., Leader, offers the tribute: “Jennings was aboat the ‘pspplest’ manager ever unloosed on n ball park. And, greatest of all hix qualifications and attributes he was honest. He ‘plaved the game’ bhoth on and off the field. His death represents the severing of a link with » freneration of great base ball history ™ ‘The Willlamsport 8un_points out that “It wan Jennings who first brought the neleree of hing base runners to ¢ noint where the man outside the base line performed an fmportant part i the winnine or losing of a ball game " “The droll witty fellow of profession- nl hase ball” concludes the Providence Bulletin, “has given place to a mor ful athlete, n man of consple- | uons excellence In some branch of the game. * ¢ ¢ Now that the game has entered the ranks of blg businers, this 15 & natural tendency, There are ten: of thonsands who regret it hev Nt quite define what the chenge ts ‘They know that 1t has come Hurhey Jennings souatting in the coachers' hoy wildlv pluoking up &rass and tossing | 1t It the air, or shonting his famous ‘K-vah! heat epltomizes the game (hat Is prasing.” vate o Hits La Follette®s Drive Against “Third Term™ W e Eticn Olmesver Dispat iy 1t 4s provosed by Henator La Follette that the Benate declave 1t to be the voune of (hat hody that the precedent entablished by Washington and other Prexidants - retiviig from the prest- dential ofMee after thelr second term has hecome a “part of our vepublican system of government, and that any departure from this time-honorsd ous- tom would be unwise, unpatiiotie and franght with pertl to our free lnatitus tons The resolution need not be eriticlaed s merely a political gesture, means nothing and accomnlishes nothing s Senats might express Haelf (o the terme of the resolution, but ane sinking of the Tuscania. Papers claim | America's fighting force in Prance is|most outrageous. and even | comparatively small. * * * Frenchof-'weapon of man's inhumanity to rhan. | ficers say American gunners excel the | which | best records made by the French gun- countless | ners, who have been using the 75s for | a long time Ukraine makes separate peace with Central Powers, af- ferting 28.000.000 of her subjects, and releases vast stores of food for Ger- many. SRR Invasion of Personal Liberties Is Assailed There is an old Latin proverb to the public not only with having assisted .n an arm that seemed to send the ba!l | 1, ine Editor of The Star game, but also, through his own char- | that worked both on and off the field. | b Acter, with having heen nn example | And he had the courage to meet any | ook ‘mith them. O el oo recognized as true in its abstract. but frequently overlooked when it comes to concrete Instances. Take the matter of rules, regulations, laws. Recogni- tion of the necessity for them has been of slow growth. They have been pro- mulgated only as organized society has realized that it had the right to con- trol certain conditions. The time has been when the individual conducted himself fust about as he pleased The Highlander could get away with a raid which brought him horses, sheep and | enttle. and soclety had nothing to sav about it. If he saw a woman who took his faney she became willv-nilly a member of his household. There was {those deadly gas masks? That is the barbarous., (because of tear gas) makes thousands weep. “I used to count on Senator Burton's | consistent atd in ending wars through | rapid annihilation of the combatants. But since he has been promoted out of | the Senate Into the House ne forgets | his early training in pacifism. He would | forbid gas mcsks, and so open the way to unopposed attacks upon our defense- ‘lf\'- soldiers and prolong war. He may think that that will so scare our Army that they will thank their mothers that OF . COLLINS. EVENTS “Not blinded by the gas masks. sir, We must be frank.” “No—speaking with accuracy, Sen- ator. how many were blinded by gas’* “In the war we had a total of 813 cases of blinding, of which 779 wers caused by gunshot wounds or other None by gaf masks, which Mr. Burton ‘views w alarm.’ In all the war. we had 70.753 cases of gas casualties, and 187.588 other casualties. Of the gas casualties, 1.421 died: that was less than 2 per cent. Of the other casualties, 46.519 died of their wounds—24 per cent. As a gas casualty put the victim out of the fighting, just as certainly as gunshots did, the same effect on the war was victim h 12 chances ‘to- survive ‘(‘: 1 for z:e wounded by other weapons. But 1 must not be quoted, for I am talking frankly and I never knew a journalis§ :g‘ b;g‘i‘ lneonfldenge, If T were talk. cally you m! ldu}.‘ e vy ght get a different “How about the effect of on ¢ lungs?> Does it bring on lubge:‘cu!(sis “No—not gas masks. Gas migt some cases. though I can't cite a c Remember. it is not gas that Mr Bure ton is attacking: it is the masks wlich protect from gas. On page 103 of the Surgeon General's Report for 1920, there is found the following paragraph: One hundred and scventy-thres cases of tuberculosis occurred during 1918 among the 7 2 men who had been gassed in action. Of this number, 78 had been gassed by gas. kind mot they didn't raise their boys to be masked SPecified: 3 by chiorine, 85 by Isolders. Gas masks are what make 3nd v_phosgene war terrible; they look like the devil and ©35°S of tuberculosis they prevent the normal action of gas. If we can only suppress the masks war may yet bs outlawed.” “But, Senator Sorghum, what per cent of the casualties are caused by the masks which you describe as so tatal’” | "Did 1 say ‘fatal’” Gas masks fatal? | Only as compared with quinifie. Wiay— I now 1 must not be quoted prematurely. for it is not for publication—I'll tell |you in advance, to be released at 4 | o'clock today—that 1 am going to add to | the Burton fight & Ini!ul amendment | to the amendment, making quinine and |all other means of neutralizing influ- | enza tabu. ‘That is cruel—quinine. Also | ambulances! Why. do you &now, sir. | that ambulances have gone into the gassed was 2.45 of occurrence for tube: enlisted men serving in Europe and he found. that of those, 332 or 34 having been gassed cal treatment This is confident!al very front line of battle and carried oft ' apang tha Since osis amona e in 191 was 3.50. and in 1919, 4.30. per 1.'\‘1‘ S would seem to be apparent that tuber- culosis did not occur any more fre. Among the soidiers who had "?d than among those who nad A surgeon of the Veterans' Burea: made a study of 1,036 l:‘t\!!rnllu‘;: compensation fiied with the bure, quent! been h for ‘.é::x{\dunflluy K4 not inhaled enough gas to mulr::lr oad Cas dlr(('m tuderenlo more casa entire Am: per cent, attributed 30 per cent reulosts 1can_ troops in no law to punish him or to prevent a |our brave boys by the thousands® Sta- Prance per = n recurrence of the outrage ustics Show — Bl il ‘1‘2:‘:« :Y;.'}‘x\ there w beat her: he could kil her “How abowt C. C.. Senator? DONTthere were 75 por cent pins ot 1 was not organized and it did not ob- | more soldiers suffer from € C. than amang m" !;"\“\:" m" OTe. P Lova, . E 3 than fect. Sorlety made no attemnt to in- terfere with a man’s personal liberty in those davs It s different now. Soclety has or- mantzed and has ruled ont of order manv things which were formerly a lowed Personal b vaded In manv particulars A man mav not even beat his dog or his horse to sav nothing of his wife and children It has gone so far that he mav not even drive his automobile whils drunk | without incurring heavy venalties ‘The old Latin proverb was right Times change and peopls change with them Personal lhartv has eone into the discard CALER 8 MILLER [ ————— other Senate might find ftsell nrging the nomination to a third term of some Abraham Lincoln, whose continuance in ofMce would be & most necessary and destrable thing In the gvent of a tre- mendous orists fn national affaies Thera 13 no constitutional oblection to a third term, or to anv number of terms, and 1t s wisdom to leave the matter just at that point No danger has ever arlsen from thal quarter, and none may be expected The La Follette resoiytion s entirely courteons and thmely. No one at pres- ent ts seeking a third nomination. My Coolldge has stated tn the most eme nhatle manner that he does not intend o necept even & second nomination for when he was nominated and elected Vice Prestdent he surely was not noml- nated and elected President — He bo- came Prestdent by the death of the President and served w portlon of the tern to which Harding was elected What La Follette I dolng I8 o show how far his fellows fn the Henate ap. wrove or Indorae the very palpable ef. fort of the New York Republican lead- ers (o euohve the delegation from this Hiate Into tp\;«mt opposition to My 1 v Moryls, Hillea and Wadaworth Mr. Coolidge may nowhere e I8 this La Follet! vesolu« how emply are the ton will show Morvin-Hilles profeastons. ) Showa the Years. From e Toranta Daily star Bometimes an auto dosan't ook W age, but generally It Jooka twice Ik ¢ has been n- | | from elther gas masks or quinine” “Yes that is another of those bar- barous weapons of war. But 1 would place quinine at the head ™ “That is where it rings most, Sena- | tor—in the head." “Certainly, and statistics show that out of our total force in France i 1918 there were 1,009,688 hospital admisstons, due to Influenza. Of course, that in- cluded all the malingerers who craved quinine We lost the services, through mAuenza, amounting to 14,994,812 days Army’) not less than $318,992 (o take care of our ‘flu’ patients who were addicted o influensa amount to* We NAve GIOWn more aceustomed ? “Statistios are my forte, sir. That's A guod military term my fort, as it were. During the World War. we sut- fered SANIA cmaualttes Eodon't reter 10 Ua atateamen, by saying ‘we suffered.” but to the armies t the fleld OF (his v deaths, not more than 200 were due to chemical warfare; all the vest to gun- ShOE wounds or other weapans Bt Ihink of that 200 who died of gaat | ¢ Never mind the other 34048 Twe hune dred men died of gast i VOl ean of gas masks, don't you, Henmtor? It 1s gas masks that Mr Burton wants to outlaw. The enemy sends over the gas. we don the deadly @3 masks Outlaw the masks and heve will be o more gas ' “1 o't fust follow your logle. siv but 1t sounds consiatent with same 1 have followed tn my long experionce as A statesman, s Ul not iy o analyse Ty it on My Burion Y “Well, although less than 200 died ot " EASOF gAS masks what about the thousands who aurvived but nded?™ —— o among the cassed politically now. but sientific i facts about chemical warfare Was Ay ¥ oRAS B warfare ton's exposure of the “d We have abolished saber not abalish gas w vietims of the A B F 'llllu.\l. 1 beliove ous. In fact ~but | must not be quoted ) Misstle casualties were a trif, i this not & man was ever Killed by a | 74883 -ar 34 per o E gt mask " of them TATE died on “How do gas casualties compare with | vent those caused by other weapons, to whieh | 8¢ the gun missiles as the gas attacks soldtors count chemical w humane methad of Stpning the snemy ! askad the Senat Withaut warning nstard gas seneral 1 am not speaking “You seem to be evading the tssue for say- Senator £ SO 1 1 may bs pardoned W2 were b Ally not started this discussion Y Think of the vast amount of quinine “You are right. voung man Few that represented! Quinine must be fcers even carried swords while chy abolished! Down with it! It can be g in dattle or over the top downed efther i felly or capsules. there were 12 wounded by sabers It took an average persounel of two . whom 3§ died That was 38 per whole divisions, all through 1918, to fatalities: if the men had o man the beds of out jutluenza wards, | Shields there would not have deen o3 and 1t cost (aside from the “pay of the | Der cent fatalities. but only 1 7 v 0, Just | As In the case of gas cas cas w Compared | casual WIth that, what do Burton's gas masks | ber They are almast funocus ¢ 17 ver cer sks are gas shields s Rmounted o T0 A2 toof all our disadlad of them dted That shaws 12 times as How far bas chemical warfare ad. anced sines the armistice* What new R0 have baen introduced all We Nhandiing “None at fmathods of have improved m, and ANS the most total, there were 34,249 who died on the [ Bu? there are 1o new gases feld of batile. That weans 133 per| “The whale weapan s new. comoared cent of the wounded Of this 3.9 [ With other weanans, i 1 not > way STt fs older (han meverally faad It was used N the ..:""'“’;. “harlestan foour OV War 1y wa. Wlawed BV SVery DAtON B the werid tthe flist BaAce conference at The tagte. excedt BY the United States Qermany siensd the outlawing stiputa fon: Admival NMahan, TonTeseNing Anterica. was the anly ane to deoline to QN the aereement They t n of Yires Apeil 32 mg“&:m‘.'..'. deluged the fleld with “Then 1t s verfectty ol a ided the interylewar "!h-‘l“‘rlr lt\: A wenld ABISH the gas mask he Ausa it prevents the enemv from AnAnE The war as autekiv an possitle were | How verv savaushy arual in the mask ' AV 108 e Paul ¥, Coltias )