Evening Star Newspaper, February 29, 1928, Page 8

8 THE KVENING STAR, WA -—-—- - THE EVENING STAR |signs at Florida aventte and U street, With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D.C. WEDNESDAY l‘ebrunry 29, 1028 'IHIIDDOBE w. NOYES - . Editor ening Star Newspaper Company |~ Bumness Office: and Pennsx 110 14 Regent St., Lt En 11th St New York Office ama, Ave d St ropean Office on, Rate by (.'"'rlrr Within the (‘Iiv - 45¢ per mo ar 60¢ per month cony h e, Rate by Mail 1 yr. $5.00: 1 mo. o1 mo 300, 1 mo. er States and Can av.. 1y, $1200.1 Al 01 Member of the A Tha Assn | avtery, | tion, | pomt, | short HINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1928 was compelled to stop not only at Eighteenth street, but fifty yards fur- ther on, at U street. Another point at which similar tac- ties could be employed with benefit to!| motorists is the oblique intersection of R street, Massachusetts avenue and Sheridan Circle. There is absolutely no need for a signal at this point be- cause the streams of traffic do not in- tersect. They merely flow into the same harmoniously and without frie- A decided improvement at this however, would be to make the section of R street between the | circle and its convy per month | setts avenue into R street are driving | head-on into traffic which has proceed- | able in \(l\'mrr.: sachusetts avenue “one way. those who turn left from Massachu- ed around Sheridan Circle. In carrying out the policy of ridding he city of unnccessary obstructions to traffic, the director and his assistants could with benefit make a thorough SLO survey of all new stop sians erected to determine the degree of their useful- ness. Motorists of Washington have looked with favor upon the creation of fast-traflic streets, but the promiscu- ws|Ous use of stop signs has met with A Failure of Government. tted to the N: sion by a sube tes a severe indictn and court meth- This subcommit- probation, tional correction nm\' set fn*x'x, laxity and nh‘l‘ltlr‘n(‘\ detection and tral tling thing,” says the report, “is the small ninals who are caught While the statistics comprehe he records of crime | in this country are ¥ incomplete, they indicate ed with England, Wales | the American averages of are very low indeed. instance, only four- rglaries are fcllowed ive, owing | These fig- of other Amer:. other crimes. The | s the report, are so low | no longer wonders why v individuals turn to cnme.” The ibcommittee proceeds: I' “fmd appear to be about the ss :n which one could en- p;c- Robbery in Buffalo, for example, st be a particularly lucrative call- As arrests are made in only three t of the cases, the number who d 15 necessarily luckless individual who caught and convicted is misfortune to an act as he would in case of di rm, shipwreck or earthquake. ratio of convictions to crimes known to the police is likewise exceed- small in this country as com- pared with England and Wales and with Canada. On this subject the sub- ittee quotes as follows from the of the Minnesota Crime Com- esent the picture in a different must the criminal think of s efforts to deal with him? If Lar with the actual opera- inal law, he must know escape arrest altogether or he may be al- 10 a lescer offense commit m lower than tatute; and if finally a State pemal institu- ased by the board at fails, he may still a pardon. ght State jurisdic- \s country and one Federal nt codes Efforts ational Crim & commis- years bren A i e U preet by e Vrsthe 1ot 1 Ve muthordt 1 s n i o 1 congratilate wlinn ot s Vraftic wrd wnd s wre of Ve great o rea aifterent & bl peon eture e emovg) of tge e epaea el PR . o pilite sk Br lght 1 slree) and e cromstng pppethier Hatler uperly misrked o | terial highway ment | stallation at ‘that has been | resolution des | criminating | ants who did not participate in it." | ones, |is sound and commendable. | should be no false stimulation of ten- |in the form of remitted rentals. v | by ¥ wnd | ¢ enthusiasm. It would seem, there- at the erection of signals on other than boulevard and ar- should be a matter for on the part of trafic ake certain that their in- a particular point out- the benefit of smooth, free- If this is the policy inaugurated with the removal of the signs at Florida avenue and U street, then Washingtonians may confidently expect the disappearance of signs at many other points. = S Free Rentals Banned An action has just been taken by the Washington Real Estate Board to end | a practice which has grown up in thi District during recent years and has intensive officials to m weighs flowing traffic, Ibeen subject to severe criticism as a means of inducing apartment house tenancy on an uncconomical basis. The board has unanimously adopted a med to prevent owners | of apartment houses from dispensing { with rent for stated periods in order | to secure occupants. property management division of the ‘hnard declares that the plan was “be- coming an evil and increasing in prac- tice,” and that it was “misleading, di and unjust ‘This method of securing tenants in apartment houses, particularly new has been in vegue for several years. It has been charged that this procedure was adopted to promote sales of these properties on the strength of the large percentage of occupation. ‘\\h(‘t)‘er that was the motive or ‘the ! practice, it has resulted in an unequal scale of rents, has brought about much shifting of tenants, and has tended to unstabilize conditions. The question has arisen of late whether Washington is overbuilt. New apartments are being constructed con- stantly. Even at this time of compara- tive temporary depression in the real estate field there is a continuing ac- tivity in this line. It is not desirable that there should be a large surplus of accommodations, but if so there should be a corresponding lowering of rentals. This is not in evidence at present and the conclusion is a fair one | that the saturation point has not been | passed and that the new provisions are approximately keeping pace with the growth of population. The action of the Real Estate Board There aney through the offering of premiums The business of selling housing accommoda- tions should be conducted on the same basis as that of seling merchandise, and in banning this practice the Real Estate Board has moved to put that business on a sounder basis than here- tofore. b — A man recently killed himself in a theater. The wish 1 take the spotlight from the professional player frequently asserts ftself, yet it is hard to do. .o Base ball creates so much argument that it becomes one of the finest of in- door sports for the long Winter eve- | nings, . Illinois Gas Tax. ange situation has been created dectsion of the Su- Court of that State that the e tax of two cents a gallon which tive since August 1, 1927, Holding that the r, coupled with the license e burden on mo- the fourteenth Fed- ttutional amendment, which -8 equal protection to all, and the tax discriminates against mo- 18 becnuse 1t does not apply Lo users asoline 108 GLher purpos the court ruling has « ted A situation d since U advent of the preme inprece munr car. rs of Tlinojs have been pay- L more than seven hundred sand dollars & month in the five The tax hiss been o operas re- law 5 W get Whls enonmous shioudd be made 11 the Mutionial? siuation. Lhe Jist centainly CABNOL expect U Te- moneys be hay very much ws 1f w refund on the Brd It i compantes of Hinois a ot more sirer million dullars As tar s the Of & yiss Vax ase concerned JU 35 e ne- st Uise who tise the cnitey iy for [ way thists Whough Uie gas tax s stiond W 1o biolds Tor mening sy nol he Bighiway wary en i in, lonkn shout W ocut m o mnelon ian dlaeriminalory aspects cepted Wity ol Ahe ol Lhenm, e 15 no fulrer " 1 0 cullreting NI ewson il s tuxed Uy Vst used In not also e court, v b Catine power tuzed M nsisans W aglog B gas tax wnn se tax mre Lnving s double bur- den apon Ui, whast shout Ui | Washingbmion e notanists of Olher Biles who gy kas taxes, loense t Bod personsl propeiy Laxes? Fhist would teem 1o be & Liple burden, | ver el the inbierent fuliness of £ gus tax, PIOtsLs BERINAY UnJusL 1AK 1 Bave Jwen notably shsent Nlisle now fnds Maclt I e pe- ann paes A report from the | “Fhat s one of the | ndividual | cullar position of having a large fund on hand which must be refunded, not to those who paid it, but to the gasoline companies which collected it. Further- [ more, Tllinois is now without the bene- fits of a law that has been universally | accepted as a fust means of collecting revenue for road building and road maintenance. Regardless of the joy that Illinois motorists may feel at the prospect of getting gasoline at two cents | a gallon cheaper, an anomalous situa- ‘:[nll has been created which leaves i‘\lwm holding the bag. - | A Memorial to Mrs. 0'Leary's Cow. Chicago will not permit Mrs, O'Leary’s cow, which started the great fire of 1871, to fade as a tradition, but will erect a memorial to that nervous bovine whose kick upset a lantern and started a blaze that raged for twenty-six hours, was finally subdued by rainfall, devas- tated over 2,000 acres, destroyed prop- erty valued at $187.000.000 and caused the death of about three hundred per- sons. The barn itself was, of course, destroyed, and the O'Leary homestead was wrecked, but the site was marked and has long been noted as the place where the great disaster originated Now the city has purchased the prop- erty for §36,000—which is nearly $10,000 more than it is admitted to be worth— and it is planned to erect on it a monu- mental fire station. This action has been taken, not to keep alive the memory of a catastrophe, but to celebrate the spirit with which the people of Chicago recovered from the blow. The ruins were yet warm when reconstruction was started in Oc- tober, 1871, and within two years the burned area was again covered with buildings, and of a more solid type than before the fire. The conflagration, though costly, was recognied as actual- Iy a blessing, and but for the loss of life was finally welcomed. The Chicago that succeeded to the city that was ravaged by the flames was better in all respects than its predecessor. Only twenty-two years after it was the scene of a great exposition. Immense throngs of people were entertatned at the World's Fair which commemorated the tercentenary of the discovery of America. During the six months of the duration of this great show more than 27.500,000 persons passed through the gates. Chicago accommodated the visi- tors in a manner that would have been impossible but for the disaster and the ! recuperation. to other ten- | TeCuperation The motto of Chicago is “T will!* It was applied practically and to good ef- fect in the struggle of fifty-seven agn. It has been applied efTecti: other occasions. There is now an op- portunity for it to manifest determina- tion. The fire of 1871 purged the city o noissome conditions. There are tod even worse conditions within the city limits which cannot be cured by con- flagration, but by an uprising of the spirit of good citizenship. Let Chicago's “I will!” be now applied to the correc- tion of the evils from which that com- munity s now suffering. and it mas with warrant erect another memort more elaborate than that which ts abou! O’Leary’s cow. O Impudent writers speak slightingly of George Washington. It would be in- teresting to see what would happen should any of them try to take his picture off the postage stamp. S The amount of money spent by American tourists in tips 15 estimated as a very large sum. “Seeing Yurrop” is still one of the unstinted luxurles of a citizen of the U. S. A. - —.eo “Contempt of court” is a serious of- fense—one which cannot be regarded, as in olden time, as the expression of fiippant satire, e A prize fighter 15 seldom as good or as bad as his publicity man paints him. SHOOTING STARS. BY PUILANDER JOHNSON, The Book of Books. T have read that Good Book through Learned some things I never knew— Things by which we're well advised; Other things—just advertised. What's the use of prose or rhyme On frivolity or erime, When this Book, sublimely wise, Ofters, dally, a surprise? “You refuse to take orders from any political boss?* “I do,”" unswered Senator Sorghum. “I've got & little Influence of my own, and gny political boss out our way i lkely to find himself taking or from me." The Jest in Restraint, sadness tints the merry chaff In ts ncessant flow. And how they try to make us laugh Those Jokes of long ago! A Of yore, with a sarcastle gaft They made w vallant show. We emile, bt hardly dare to laugh AL Jukes of Jong ago. Jud Tunkiis says he wishes he had cought Wis car instend of walting for Lo coents change o the department store, Metancholy Musle, My radint You st the song of Jong ngo. And then some o you rehearse Uhie Lunes are getling worse snd worse! My rudio! new al Distinetl UWho I your houtlegger “H lven't any,” snswered Uncle 1910 Bottletop. L don't pretend o the no- el distinetion that permitts me o be speken to i public by woreal, tellable Dot leggger Counting the Past, The with sorow 1 recall, Uhrough all 1s yeurs of patient care 10 hind lewrned Lo play base bull 1 oantght hive been w miilionatret psst “Hard whit ceppin’ tack,” suld Unele Ehen, “Is 1s expected to smile al when b comien & flend’s way " ‘- Flar W Fut Woth e Ao the Americuns wi the Englishman of belog unable W sen B Joke There are hose Wogna who Viske B Thomipauis seilously, Tires, Fulowrany ana Sun ) Becyne ——-—-— A‘M‘“ to rise as a token of respect to Mrs. | We were privileged recently to look at some very interesting charts or graphs kept by one of Washington's bookdealers who is also a booklover, incidentally. This is not always nor necessarily the case, of course. These graphs showed the number of volumes published year by year in each of the great departments of human knowledge. They showed, above every thing else, that Solomon was right when he said, “Of the making of many books there is no end.” The comparison of the number of books of one class with ghose in an- othery and of the years ore with the other, with the rise and fall of po) interest in the classes, took second with us in relation to the supreme fact brought out, that there ar: far ton many new books put out every year for any one human being to keep up with! This does not presuppose that no ons r that many will not get a zlr.l'. kick” out of the attempt. Most of those who do, however, will confine themselves to what is vaguely termed re” and to fiction. certain works ses, notably psychology. history in the past ‘rom biog- five other cla: raphy and 's “best sellers.” one may feel that the organi- which specialize in selecting " of the new books for read- ers, which services are the result of movements about two years old, are af- fording a genuine help to their patro.s, and are aiding the general diffusion of culture. Mere reading. either of “classie” or new books (which may or may not be- some classics), does not necessarily make for culture, in the real sense of a much abused word. Perhaps a hodge-podae is better than no reading at all, nothing will take the place of an n- telligent sclection. based upon some sort of personal plan of attack. PR Reading must be personal to be its most delightful best. ‘To purchase a copy of rader Horn™ because srome friend has boosted it ing terms is one thing: but to buy 1t yourself because you are drawn to it of your own free will is distinctly better, He who reads by rote will never know the heights of real reading. He will read in a comfortable sort of way, perha and, it m be, this will suit_his personality better than other. If so, let him stick to it, may God bless him! The generality of red will find 1t necessary to mak compromise between the gre of the past and the new works which pour from lh' )rm(ing presses of the ders, however, let us consider the old books, Most mature readers have got yond the point where the prai strictures of their hig days mean thing to them, that such criticism was not good, that they have come to the pl the dignity of the individual means infinitely : We had an . Lit" teacher at collcge who hated, despised and de tested the novels of Charles Dickens, but that did not at that time, nor has it since, sway glance to that gre; We do not care one jot whether his characters are mere caricatures or no, or whether he never managed to draw an portrait, | really ) our young life ie failed miserably to ‘depict the of a human being. We are not at all convineed that the soul of a human being can be put on not but selection Vi an. that soul Secretary Kellogg's abolition-of-war note to France is one of the finest samples of plain speaking turned out by the State Department in many a day. It contains a minimum of diplo- of “meat”” Though addressed to France, the note is meant no less for the League of Natfons Its full fmport will not be Iost on Geneva. Kellogg and Briand have been exchanging views on outla of war since last June. At times inno- cent diplomatic bystanders have had the fmprecsion that the American and ! French forelgn ministers were engaged {in a_match of wits, from which nefther of them expected to achieve practicul results, Now and then the Kellogy- bed u poker game, with each of the players countering with the bluffs per- ibie under the international Hoyle It will be interesting to watch next eard the French throw on the Washington thinks Ke played trumps and will take the trick M Prestdent Coolidge read something closely approaching a lecture to the delegation of churchmen who called at the White House this week to protest am. 11 the dele tion expected to find the Commander- hief of the armed forees of the Re puhn. in penitent mood on the subject of crutsers, 1t went away disappointed Mr. Coolidge utterly refused to identity himself with the pacifist view United States hus embarked ompetitive™ bullding proj Great Britain or anybody else point. upon which the President Inid the henviest stress was that even i Uncle Sam were to butld at onee all of the rutsers the House naval com- mit Just recommended, he would atill be below the totul ¢ nage Amerien would have under any Hmitation agreement Mr. Cooltdge told the preach 1 wsked for 300,000 tons, which Idered o 1 total by the who fixed thelr requirements at upon a ngainst The t ok om now on 1t wiil be the open L for all good men (and women) to e to the ald of thele favorites for prestdeney by publicly declaring in thelr 1, T s Just been n notable “combny party” in Herbert Hoover's behalf at New York. ‘The CHoover-lor-Prestdent englicers’ na Hional commit there wnnounces thit Johin Ha nond, mindig cogineer Harty 1. Guggenhein, head of e Guggenhenn Acronnutical Foundation Prof Michael L Puptin of Columbia Unit versity n A Btone of the engls neering fiom of Hone & Webnter have farmally ina d the Hoover candidacy They hinve wlao accepted the tank of viee prestdents of the engieers’ con mittee Other officials of the organt- antion M Foster Baln, secieluny of the tean tostitute of - Mining and Metallingieal Eugineers, and Mis Lillan Gilhreth of - Monteladr, N Ao s Tobemost woman cnginecy bk Al it « Al Fanith delegation al componed, by order of men and women wnd vl wnd ey \ New York's Ho Vs o Lty Hall o Clester e ltinn e Lakble cnlture Cood appeatance Wik Wl wie o b it ! Ll B Lo e Cang o dapse dnto the diom of that ph turentgue teglonPhe iales will apply both 1o delegat al alteriaten The word hus been pusacd ot that not even Che Tanmmany delegation i Congress Trom New York Connty s 1o have a loak 1, with the slugls exception of Hepresentutive John 1 Carew, who eyl dently qualifics hecatise hie ts an A N of Columbla Undversity and an L1 1 W iz man men e el house of € con vl Carew's knowl ge of Uhe clusalon or wr his mateh n wilThe seloction of woman delegatea snd allernates s to be In the hands of Misa iliwahoths Muigury, Depoa)atlo na- [ e e 1 T x.M.J&A.:H“Afl;» make their way into the lists of | but | to you in glow- | and | ce where ! d us from an alle- | It tmgto * WA lll\(,’l()\ ()l BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. matie circumlocution and a maximum | Briand ducl has been irreverently dub- | that the | THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. paper. It takes more than paper, type and print, backed by a human intelil- genee, to make a soul. * ok K K ‘The reader who likes his Dickens will read him, notwithstanding: and he will read scores of other books by great authors of the past whom he has prom- fsed himself to read for many years. ‘There will be no person reading here mental card index which he “must read.” his own command, none othe; will be true to himself if h after a careful consideration present. taste: No individ: “must” is s, and he obeys it oday exactly who or Sometimes in- idual experiences change one for het- . in_literary tastes as in of life, ter other afTair Books today, instead of being one of the few r tions, must compete with the whole host of lure, including the movies, automobiles, the radio, and that strange child of modernity, the “part In the face of these diversions, books have held their own very well, thousands of new oncs are il n the United States annually, as shown s0 graphically on the charts mentioned. The problem of the individual reader is to keep a proper personal proportion between this steady stream and the grand repository of books which the world has agreed to call good. Since these latter works far outnum- ber the new on and th degree of worth been more clearly defined than that of most of the neweomers, no mat- ter how glowing their praise by some | contemporary critic, it would seem the part of wisdom to make their reading of prime importance. If any one believes that any person, no matter who he is, is able to put his finger on any book just issued, and § fallibly declare, “This (or this i not) a masterpiec his hook will rank (or it will not) as a classic in the future,” he would do well to look up some of the books published 50 |vears ago, and to peruse well the ad- vertisements of other volumes put out at the same time by the same pub- { lisher Here bo is and other praised ay with | lingo used of new Javishly without i rs. Some ny thou- he will see nove “blurb™ d the output Yet these 50 ed then have be trace, for lo! these m {of them. in their day, | sands of copies. They were There is a certain fasc keeping up with the howe Who would not rejoice discover a new Conrad, or to ¥ the date of publication the fir story of a new De Maupass This is the eternal jure of the books. They a al to that de | being one with progress which 1 o metimes latent, in most me While personal belief 1s that to d the time ed books is one's first duty to hims as a booklove | would say no word against the at | to keep up with the new, Literature fs a moving pageant, re- ng life as it is lived by the human » from century The Little Flowers of & | not have been ten more than produced in the | new b our mpt only with | bool old books, in ordor o | comes to leave all hook | not sigh to himself, Ifine things that I have ,l{\ ATIONS missed | tional committeewoman from New York, | and one of America’s foremost literary agents . e Mme. “Mutsuko Takahashi, trusted servitor of the Jupancse Ambassador m Washington and Mme. Matsudaira, nas just reached Tokio to make arrange- ments on thefr behalf for their d ter's approaching e to I Chic 1, helr o the thione of Java Mme. Takahashi, whose uncestors retatners to Lord Alzu, from which th Matsudatra family ofs descended, has been looking after The imperial brid clect since Setsu was 4 years old. began as her nur. id Mme. Taka- hushi, “when she was u fot in Peking and ler futhier was sccond secrets 1 in China, Some- Slaid her ns it T were her but I think 1 took ar Although Setsu s in \\!\(('l'll times 1 s | mother, of her | dre o8t | never forgets Ameriea she | mony and ments™ se manners rming the tea e studymg flower arrar . * N Jenkins raph collector, 5 eng complete set of the s s of the Conting teferted to as the were 440 40 num- ntatives of the Colontes and the which was set Fennessee tn 1783 the Declaration of all members of the | Continental Cony Collecttons of wutographs of the men who lafd the foundation of our present Cony are exceedingly v Only two wre known of. One 15 in the lle Library and the other belongs the Historfeal Soclety of Pennsylvania xty-four men elected to th press never attended its sesstons, which were held at different tmes i Philadel- phin, Baltimore. York, Trenton, Prince- ton and New York . Charle delphia ante | assembling tures of the memb | Congress, usually | Ol Congress. ‘They ber, ineluding rep ‘Thirteen Originl | State of Franklin by the ‘Territory « The 56 signers of Independence were ‘e An after-dinner speaker [ ton the other night rang o brand-new change on the stock description of far- fung Amerien 1 Iand which stiet the skl the 5l the fopes of Californta shares of Manhat N way from 0 wd 1" Cloor munuf w turer Todd, Rovhe who had the misfortune to be born on w February 20, chooses s deap year day to Wangiiate workd-wide campatgn on behalt of ehil- dren who come it the warld shimtlay Iy afieted He socks (o diee persans Who have birthdays every year, b of every four to “dedica natal davs (o Febraary 29 hables support of his profect M Todd culuting weopy of Robert Lot Steven- S0nCs Lo ranater of his birthday A1 yenrs ugo to Annde 1 Lde af st dohnsbiry, VO, Chkstons bl tday e Etevenson. was I I Samon Then nid Misy Tde win the datishiter of the United $itntes Land Commbsdones Statloned I the fland. MEs Lde, ne cording o the crentor of e Mister of Batlantiae wid “De eyl and At Hyvde, Wi batn ol of all eaon oy Drecebien Vot s Heretore out of Al netiee dented (e ation and PHOnE o W proper bintiday “ I Mascly 10 Yae | 1 Vighty Jonen, th gieat Cred the gttt of W b we w0 fine home G golfer ! .- Not a Gowd Substitute. That New Vork Hiate ohild who wake the Cioveriment (o please send him & navy would probsbly e highly dlacontented al gotllng & moere naval Prograin, S tee, N, ¥, Fax. wolter, s ‘That o . bt what's P e today who has not long ago made a | books | of his | i | for President. |Iv) | indefatigable Phila- | up | New York Pub- | to | Old Con- | I Washing- ! veferred (o 10 as (he | Politics at Large By G. Gould Lincoln. The problem of the 31 temperance nizations—and all the rest of the ~represented at the Mayflower conference here yesterday, Is to prevent the nomination of a wet for the presi- | dency by the Deme and to force | the nomination of a Republican who will “vigorously enforce the prohibition laws.” No one expects the Republicans to nominate a wet. Nor will they. But the drys want a Republican who will render more than lip service, They want a Republican who will make it a prin- cipal business of the Government, if not. the principal business, to dry up the United ates “To these ends the drys plan to force into the party platforms of both Re- | publicas 1d Democrats a plank which shall specifically declare for the rigid enforcement of the prohibition law, to compel both party conventions select candidates for the presidency satlsfactory to the drys. ¥ ok K K ‘The wets have been jubllant in recent months over the prospect of the nom- ination of Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New York as the Democratic candidate They have held up Smith a threat to the Republicans of the Eastern tes, seeking to compel them to black on their ticket a wet, or a Jeast a “damp,” in order to withstand Smith. dry sentiment of the T, 15 rall as evidenced in erday. ‘The di | no Iittle ability in the politics in the past, and they are to do so again. They do not mu take the nomination of Smith down, nor do they propose that the | Republicans shall name a candidat> who | country, i shown | here 3 tical {is not definitely committed to rigid en- | forcement of the dry laws. Not the least interesting in the wet and dry situation 15 the call for a o | ference of southern di | Petersburg, Fla., i the tion of the Anti-Saloon I tates south of the Mason line will be represented at the 2 The Southern drys arly insistent that Al Smith I not be the nominee of the Demo- | eratic national convention, nor Senator | ]lru(l of Missouri, nor Gov. Ritchie of | Maryland, for that matter. The South- | 5 are practically all Democrats. realize what the nomination of a wet would mean to their States. They would be faced with the support of a wet or a break with the Demoe Darty! These alternatives, both of which are distasteful to the Southern d [ have led tm the report that if Al Smith for her wet not be halted in the Houston convention, the Southern | fe drys may put into the field | an independent Democratic ticket, * ¥ & ndent ticket the Democratic part the South express the an - indepen ticket i at that the vo! es for Al Smith, e nominated. But and the churchmen take a different view. The threat of an inde- | pendent dry Democratic ticket, if made | with a show of strength to back it up, | | may yet gtve the party leaders pause the Housto Suppose such a ticket were placed in the as the Democrat month, under dire * Such an indep play hob with | Party leaders opinion that would not would reasons—that South were c; dry Demo . Where w Smith? The same independe ticket put up by the Democr: likely lose the governor votes in the and West It might fail to carry a single S Union, under such conditions. ‘The dr are resourceful. They may be arcused. and probably will be a cused. of seeking fo disrupt the Demo- cratic party., But th hand. will charee th of the North and Eas rupters of the party to force upon the rried by a that he f the cred in the 30 or 40 vy | the Democratic ms only reas 3 ¥ I must have a united party behind him {and that he will appeal to enough [ Repub! d tndependent voters to | e in his favor. What | 15 there that howill have a united party back of him? ¢t s any assurance in the p mixed | sttuation, it is that he will not have a unt k of him. Th Country overwhelmingly Protestant and there ts no v yet 1o belteve | that 1t 15 not st ¢ dry, politically | | at least. The opposition to the nomi- | nation of Smith, which has been grop- g in the dark in the last few months, likely to become stronger and stro as’ the Houston convention pronches Such meetings as that b here vesterday and the coming conte ence in Florida are 1t 10 inerease the morale of the dry Democrats and | to send them tnto the national conver tion ready to do battle with the wet | Gov. Bmith is out n front today, bu he has yet to be nominated | orow to vietory, t it | Phe candidates at last ave scehing | the office, it would appear, or perhaps it would e more correct to say thelr friends are eking the office for them Herbert Hoover, Seeretary of Commer filed yesterday his declaration of can- didaey 1 the Maryland primary, the first to enter the State Frank O Lowden b fMled tn North Dakota, and i b expected that his name will the only one i the Republican pein [ in that State. Mr. Hoover atready has nled o Ohlo fov. AL Smith sull de- cltes o make any overt move toward | the prestdential nomination. His coutse | has been a careful wvoldance of V- [ thing that might wppear like seeking the nomtnation How long cnn the New York governor continue e ean, ! ol coutse, main out of any State cons test for ates where the candidate nmust give consent (o have hils name placed on 10 Wil be te membered it when tles ans was nominated Ment by the Republicans tn L membier of the Supreme Cowrt of the Untted States, and tiat he made no taint et betng candidato betore B was ngnied by nattonal convention Indeed. the vention took o te s aller nominating Bim untl 1t could tevelve Wiy aceept ance. U 1 not tmpoast for i ennedidate, and fr Gov St Prrtienlar, (o st heep away from the Vi for delegites o the preconvention Ptk s Dlends, of course. are working ke beavers for B all e e But Gloy. Smith says nothing D el his the ballots for Not are by e v all (e Cathioltes o fvor o the pondnation of SO L Aoty A tecent et Gakal e the New Workt (he witieial Hewspaper of the Archdiovese of Gt oo the Brovinee of Biiets and skl Gy be the personal organ of Candi und Mundetetn, makes objection (o the nomiaton of @ Catholie o AU this (e, aveording e m tepont the New York Herakl Bribune — Theve Bow poodly nmber of Catholies who e editorial savs, would preter, at (he Present moment. okl any ventive to Blgotry. AL the same thne e oditortal Kives prate w Cov st There s @ gionn of Cathalies wedited o the ey ciise wlao who wre opposed T (e nomination of Bt hecntise he noa wel I s group the e ot Henator Thomas - Walsh o Montana A Ortholle dey I constantly mentioned 4 possible cwnpromise candidate, PO and | ng to meet the situa-| erence | and | atie | might | + | i eretore, | | any | Proatdent | | ANSWERS TO QUESTIO i DERIC I.';;ASKIN. avq'mud many peopls to this day 7 llm' he was not im- He was Lnpeached, out not "There 15 1o other ageney in the world | that can answer as Information : ington, D. €. This highly | cor organized institution has been buill up ad is under the personal dire Q. Where s Frederic J. Haskin, By keeping b 3. S. G stant touch with Federal bureau. other educational enterprises it 4 position to pass on b information of the high mit your qm rie m the ¢ ape Prince of Wales?— tive | on the coa of the the Itallan rivation s in_ stamp! Address ‘The holds the title of caliph at — oA a person said to be shorter | 40 in the evening than in the morr ehrae of the spinal eo i5h in size during the day because of the weight, or pressure that 5 upon them. In come individuals the d Yl'rlnr'- ing height between day and ni as much as one-quarte an inch. Q. What is the playing golf, correct & {or proper swing?—-W. C | A. Jim Barnes s are part of a g that no one of them |tant thing in golf. He very great importance trol. Decide upon the | cide upon the swing and the After the stroke is started nothing else but hitting the b Q. How much do refrigerator car cost?—W. E. A. The average unit price for refr} erator wars in 1926 was $2.630 | Q. What is the smallest measurable | distance?--W. E. F. A. A machine recently invented by P P. Cioffi of the Bell Telephone Labo- ratories, New York, meas Lionth of an inch. Q. how the most empt of me club to impor- case, nee betwesn In the recent fire at Fall R many_of injured were m D.R. G. | ""A." Two hundred and fifty persons | were reported injured. Of thi ‘ 200 were firemen. the color crhv‘m" used by the ptians what colors were pris- | { oners painted?—B. T. | "A. "Prisoners were painted vell Birds were blue and green, water blue. men A the men be | | Q. Who in Europe? A The King of Italy has the largest | equivalent to a s v 5 | The King and Qu fointly receive approximatel. Q. Where is the pagoda posed to be pended b Buddha?—A. A._You pro TS fteso ! Pagoda be Bu ddh. culo | | | Q What is the difference between the Great Divide and the Cc Divide?—T. F. E. A The name “Gre | erally appli try th h | compr o adopted conscript ary measure 1 G [ Q. Was President Andr: impeached. or did the effort | him fail>—R. S. J | A President Jc by the Hous tried by the § peach is simply to of misconduct In_office. Smith is to lead | Press of (‘oll(m States Sees Little llopt' of \(‘l‘(d“(‘ Cut le hope | tion toward X Express, kson, Miss, of edu- on 1ot on A large this hose I no jof [ Dlanter of well th | Judgment A thing as crop pr | sartty be 1t were o lahoma ¢ Vel iy 1 | matertal I dous | makes 1t dron stroy the o make o lary | more proftaty fers merely g that thetr own Vb teldt almost nooka News [t plant the a [ And o put O him plant 40 prevat 1y wa ton nest much o i ¥ ment iy e tion ctonal b Wi W eTan [H Wiy [N farmers wgree (o plant At food for hands ad Wemngham News abserve Who have contemplated S acteage as tast even have plan At et Bankiuptey Faiers who may supposs (At ofhers Wil tedues, but IhAL they themselves can make @ ki 10" (wough planting o lase acieags Ately eannot be il that many Wany Gt iy be At (o pay the satie sly gaime 10 (his game hevomien paputatised ionshont Aty bama there Wil be i tedin o bumper plan takes plwce arolage weald wommes, needs Planit year and thase targer tivting theast Land Atlanta Bl are with W L S Bt who Prsper i ob M be catton w s Daenvers U tettor o A were ey no L agrivutiue, Lty o A miner place i