Evening Star Newspaper, March 2, 1928, Page 8

————— . W !THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D.C. FRIDAY. 'THEODORE W. NOYES. Editor 1The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Ol 11th St and Pennsylvania Ave. New York Ofice. 110 3204 St. Chicazo Office: Tower Bunld: pean Office: 14 Regent St Eocland. don, Rate hy Carrier W The Ev tar i 3 \ Sunday Star ithin the City. E 45¢ per mouth 80c per month mne and Sunday Star 5 Sundays) 63¢ per month ¢ Se per copy. 1 each month iOniers. or telephone, +Main 5000, £6.00; 3 mo., Dasty Daily X001 10, 10051 1o Member of the Associated Press. T enuitied ‘al news vieation | Increase the Lump Sum. se has passed the District al year 1929, retaining contribution of $9.000,000 Government. Thus the 1924 adopted as a tem- he Fed contri- ump sum in lieu of the ision that this contribution a proportionate basi: to regard this sum as inelastic rhitrary. The Federal contrib ion of §9.000.000 for 1925, when $29.- 003883 was spent, remains the same in a bill calling for the expenditure in 9 of $39.781.535. The District's share in maintaining and developing the National Capital has increased more than $10,000,000. The Federal share has not increased one penny. ‘The District’s proportion of sixty per per cent, as agreed upon in 1922 and continued in 1923 and 1924, rose to ixty-six per cent in 1925, when the lump sum was inaugurated, and now is geventy-eight per cent under the pending appropriation bill. Is this fair? 1s it equitable? Is it just? If the House believed. in 1924. that $9,000,000 rep- resented a fair contribution by the Federal Government, then by what manner of reasoning does it conclude that this amount should remain sta- tionary, that it represents a fair con- tribution today? Eventually Congress must return to the fived ratio basis of appropriating for the District or find, after careful able substitute. But in while it continues the sum from year to year, the smount of the lump sum should be in- creased cs the expenses of the District and the burden upon the local tax- pavers are increased. If in 1922 it was found eguitable for the Federal Gov- emment to contribute forty per cent 0 Capital expense, it is just as equita- ble to believe that in 1929 the Federal Government’s lump sum should ap- proximate a forty per cent contribution as fixed in 1822 Moreover and in addition, it is onl. fair to expect that the national con- tribution should be increased specifi- eally in proportion to national or semi- national projects and ijems in the Dis- trict bill. The law provides that in ap- propriating for expenditures under ju- risdiction of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission the Nation shall contribute its definite proportion toward this distinctly national project. <The definite proportion is sixty per cent for the local community, forty per for the Federal Government.. But g the National Capital Park 2 Commission projects in the D t bill, whence it derives its Federal appropriation from a fraction of the $9.000,000 lump sum, the letter of the law as well as the patriotic #pirit of its wording is violated. So it ...March 2, 1928 THE EVEN ING_STAR, WASHINGTO D. €., FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1928. by Representative Cramton of Michi- gan, who has been regarded as one of the dryest of the drys, a spokesman for the prohibitionists. Mr. Cramton holds that Mr. Hoover's statements fa- voring prohibition are entirely satis- factory from the point of view of the friends of national prohibition. Mr. Cramton’s opinion is that of many other drys, It is, perhaps, impossible to expect dry Democratic politicians to see in Mr. Hoover any particular virtue, or any virtue at all. The Tammany Democrat, Mr. Black, characterized Mr. Hoover as an inter- | nationalist and a “Britisher” and pic- tured the House of Representatives qarbed in knee breeches and silk stock- ings should Mr. Hoover enter the White House as President. The late Walter Hines Page, Ambassador to Great Brit- ain and a personal friend of the late | President Woodrow Wilson, who saw much of Mr. Hoover in London during the World War, took a different view from that of Mr. Black. Perhaps Mr. Page. himself a Democrat and serving under appointment of a Democratic President, was better qualified to speak of the Americanism of Mr. Hoover than is the Congressman from New York Mr. Page recommended Mr. Hoover in | the highest terms to his chief, Presi- dent Wilson, and spoke of him as a thoroughgoing American. Mr. Black pos- ¢ visualizes Mr. Hoover as the op- ponent in November of Tammany's idol. Gov. Alfred E. Smith. e —e——— | ! The Time for Action. It is well agreed that this Nation <hould build a memorial boulevard from Washington, the city that Washington the man founded, to his home and the beautiful spot of earth that holds the ash>s of “The Father of His Country,” at Mount Vernon. This is the one out- | standing practical proposal for fitting | celebration of the bicentennial of Wash- ington’s birth in 1932, which has been considered by the commission, headed by President Coolidge, of which Senator Fess is active chairman. The President has recommended it to Congress and the Commission of Fine Arts has ap- proved the river-side route. which has been tentatively staked out by the Burean of Public Roads of the Depart- ment of Agriculture. Congress, through its leaders and the personal intention of a majority of members to vote for it, intends to au- thorize t memorial boulevard, not only as a fitting memorial to Washing- ton, but to meet the rapidly increasing needs of patriotic pilgrims to that premier shrine of the Nation. It is certain that there is no other 15-mile stretch of highway over which so many people from every part of the country traval as the route between Washington and Mount Vernon, which is bordered with places of historic interest more numerous than anywhere else in this country. But Congress has for long been procrastinating regarding the Mount Vernon boulevard. In order that it may be completed for the record-breaking tide of tourist traffi= from all over the world that is 20ing to come to pay reverence at Wash- ington's tomb during the bicentennial year, 1932, the present session of Con- gress must authorize that a start be made. There are important fills that the Army and Federal highway en- gineers say must be made this year in order that time may be allowed for | them properly to settle before the actual grading and road surfacing is done. The Senate committee on the Library considered this matter today. Senator Fess is chairman both of the Library committee and the Bicentennial Com- mission, so he has well in mind what should be done. The House committee on roads has as yet held no meeting to consider the recommendations made by the Bureau of Public Roads in response to directions that a survey be made by the Federal highway engineers. i A poli of the committee has indicated that the vote would be almost | unartmous for favorable action on the | Swanson-Moore bill to authorize the | memorial houlevard. | Let us have action. It is a profect i 1 | | | has been with the accumulated surplus | %ortny of the best sentiment of a grate- of local tax revenues, which was raised | ful people, an economic necessity for on the understanding that it would be | the convenlence of patriotic pilgrims. wmatrhed dollar for dollar by the Fed-| It would be a beautiful avenue of ap- er2) Government, but which has been | proach to the National Capital from 4 without any corre-| the South, fitting in with the Arlington g contribution of any kind or | Memorial Bridge project. The House © from the National Treasury | and Senate will act when the com- s 1t been in the appropria- | mittees make it possible through report- from local taxes entirely, of money | ing the bill back to House and Benate Now Is the time for action. RRSSS ident in perfect agreement cabinet is naturally alert to w com mpie connection | between Potomac Rock Creek | = 17 such national or semi-na-| A P ftems are v be carried in the| with hi then increase the Fed- | avold any suspicion that, by word, ges- n %0 that they shall re-|ture or the Ut of an eyebrow, he is finie share of Federal | encouraging his Becretarfes o concen- 1 the Jump sum. If this | trate on any particular candidate, then divorce these na-| semni-national from appropriavion bill and appro- To Regulate Drugless Healing. Congress 1s again tackling the subject for them separately and propor- | og fng the practice of drug But 4o not saddle the cost| healing in the District of Columbla. As and semi-national projects|p; have been expected, a vast + wholly upon local tax! nount of eontroversy has started over them among the extent of the proposed regulation The medical profession favors the Cope- Jand bill as written, while the drugless henlers are opposing 1t unless some of stringent provisions are modified “The whole subject 15 one which presup- There is much to be said on both sides But this must not deter Congress from acting. Buringent ares are needed o clear up the condition that exists in the Na- 1 oital today Congress must steer of en- nyltng delates over the relattve value of orthodox medical practice and drug- Jews healing In Lhe cure of discase, Thit as teAbing Yo do with the sttuation In Disteler, which permits any man of o wdvertise and hang oul oelatming Bimself a doctor of L and the other thing, with no no trsining und no stan 1 s bty 1o treat the ey Here I the Distiiet a wan st demonstrate s certain skill betore baing Beensed 10 operate a steam Bt here o the Distriet any duy & “Larsinsny | pan, skilitul or dgnorant, can treat the wsb of New York | uaman body, the noet delicats of sl MHoer's | machines, without sny superviston or 0 question as o his responstbiity cd “feming youth Here W the Distyict we have & stricl It iy wny chmnce M| Jaw reyuliting e practice of medicine, gt M Moover [ witeh fnyolves the presciibing of drigs i Ve path of | 0L beie dn the iUt oy Tom, Dick 1 ) apen s ofice nnd it w0l ws hie does yee the bnite or . —eeo projects esented of the | upon the Senate b right | pryers Tyistrict re this wrong PR who hsd more poses controversy. t 10 4o » man gure of ome an mess clear Honver and the Democrats Jra's sre beging ca Sty e i v ke of Herbent 3 presidenttal |y they m dary ently | b o 1A nnt n sert Hovewiwr Hemver ark I the Houw Pilimsn ot Arean cretary of Commerce 1ar " rtnation, e ' s an uman Vhet bis proibition 1 Foren ot ary enough 800 | engine i respise 1o the any et e b ieprer wok Lappens W e wone fur everyinay ne on yerely nd can | e mr i Wi prescribe diigs druge, he usen Tilimen's sirictures Gpon or owere Bnisercd in o lne Mo e Lot s the X-ray and various other electrical devices without restraint. ‘What we need here in Washington is a law which will set up standards for the practice of drugless healing com- parable to the standards to be met by those who practice healing with drugs. It a citizen chooses to go to a chiro- practor, an iridologist or a naturopath instead of to a regular medical prac- titioner, there should be no law to deny him this right. But the citizen should be protected. He should know that when he visits this chiropractor, this iridologist or this naturopath the man in whose hands he places his health is sufficiently trained in the knowledge of his arts to mect the grave responsibili- ties imposed. In acting upon this legislation Con- gress must not try too hard to please cither the medical profession or the practitioners of drugless healing. They are on opposite sides of the fence. Con- gress should remember first of all that regulation is needed to protect the public and should legislate on that ground alone, regardless of the protec- tion it afferds to members of the oppos- ing camy e The Marines in Nicaragua. At a public dinner in Washington | last night a United States Senator re- | ferred to the military operations in Nicaragua as “Mr. Coolidge’s private little war. It is, of course, nothing of the sort. It is neither the “private war” of the President nor the public war of the United States. In the sense in which war is commonly understood, it is not war at all. To keep the Nica- raguan record straight, it is essential to bear those fundamental facts in mind. ‘The regrettable loss of gallant Marine lives in the most recent clash with the Sandinistas makes it timely, lest we forget, to re-state the case for existing American “intervention” in Niearagua. United States forces now in that coun- try are there by request of its govern- ment and of both political factions of the people. Their presence is desired in order that Nicaragua may proceed, in domestic peace and tranquillity. to hold a “free and fair” presidential elec- tion this year. ‘The Marines, in other words, are on police duty. They are not waging war. Their assigned and accepted task calls for suppression of any elements deemed a danger to law and order in Nicaragua. “General” Sandino, no matter how | patriotic he and his followers may con- | sider their motives to be, is under the | ban of the constitutional authorities who are held responsible for the main- tenance of that law and order. As Xhl“ Sandinistas are regarded by the Nk‘a-i raguan government a menace to the country's stability, the American police | force, which was requisitioned to estab- lish it, is now actively engaged in bring- ing it about. ‘That is the long and the short of the American “campaign” in Nicaragua. Their countrymen, remembering the Marines’ prowess on many a sangul- nary fleld, are confident that the Devil Dogs, in due course, will “have well in hand” the latest “situation” intrusted | to them. They are faced by an unmis- takably brave and resourceful foe—a circumstance which heightens their dif- ficulties, but, when these are sur-; mounted, will also redound to the| Marines’ credit. I e —— It is generally admitted that Musso- lini has some practical ideas about go ernment. Other nations hesitate to borrow, as it requires a Mussolini to put them through. B — A number of eager citizens are try- ing to insist that the word “injunction” ought to be mentioned with more ac- cent on the “junk.” Ot It becomes irritating for New York, supposed to be the center of reckless extravagance, to keep dangling its little | old nickel carfare in the face of the universe. 0 B SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Goodness and Badness. Oh, when he was a little boy, He made 1t understood His notion of a life of joy Was trying to be good. And he was the angelic kid Of all the neighborhood, Although the only thing he did Was trying to be good. “There was another youngster there, Who made his family sad. It ed that his especial care Was trying to be bad. But when there cams From many a fighting lad, The good kid was protected by The one that folks called bad. Salesmanship. “The most popular person before the | world today is the airman.’ “True,” answered wator Sorghum, Yet there sn't a single aviator who ms to have a lking for politics. What's the good of popularity 1f you can’t use it in your busines Brief Intermission. A canny hero must know how To mauke his fame grow greater; And sensing when to tuke a bow And murmur, “Hee you later.” Jud Tunkins says @ quarrel with & friend 15 dmpossible Quarrels take place only between open foes or enemies in i gulse Bright Company. “Going 10 Parts this y “No,” snswered Miss Ci most tuteresting people s an this side while the dull wetting divorces ahrosd " cnne, “The remaining ones nre “Histony,” 4 1t Ho, sage of Chinatown, “shows many tragle exame- ples of Jeaders who hoped 1o ubolish war by snnibilating enemes.” Big Combine. I il the farmers could consent AL our commercial ways to lsugh, One ear of corn would represent, A deast two dollars wnd s half “When you ut Unele Eben, “he yoh own bouble frtend.” laugh trouble,” natd w good Bport an’ plek ‘wted o' that of a e n Wise Above Mab, Al « Foomi the | Col Linavergn has the advantuee of mort of us When he Ures of mundane Uitngs he vises mhove Lhe ol o Canstition ! THIS AN BY CHARLES E. TRACEW Three years ago this column called the attention of readers to a new maga- zine named the Golden Book which had just appeared on the newsstands. In our review, which was carried here a few days after Christmas, 1924, the. venture was praised as_constituting a real idea in magazine publishing. The latest March number (volume 7, number 39) recently made ils ap- pearance, pointing to that many months of successful life, during which this publication has adequately fulfilled its mission as a magazine “of fiction and true stories that will live. Practically everything that it carries has been printed before: it simply prints the tried and true storles which reade in the past have called good. Thes clude the work of writers of all nations, and of all ag “Thus the whole flowery field of litera- ture, with accent upon fiction, is open to the editors of the Golden Book: and | that they make good use of their op- portunity any one may see by picking up the latest issue. ‘The wonder of this magazine is that no one ever thought of doing it before. 1f one has not read a story, it makes Lo difference whether it is old or whether it is hot off the press, whether it first appeared a hundred years ago in a foreign tongue- It 15 a good story just the same! Perhaps there is no person who reads who has not, at some time or other, 1 mented the fact that magazines are so cphemeral in character. One comes across a really striking short story. thing that stirs the mind and heart, and one would willingly treasure it, but finds it a hard practical problem. * kK Kk The Golden Book winnows the crowd- | ed fields of books and magazines for the average reader, presenting to him each month something which he had missed in the past, or which, if he h: read, he may read again with pleasure. The “copyright title page” carried in each number acknowledges the source of the stories. One may be as recent as 1926, another 50 years old. It makes no difference. A really good story is worth printing again—and worth read- ing again. The test of the pudding is in the eating: the test of a magazine is in the | reading. A perusal of the March issue will show any one that the Golden Book has fully lived up to the high stand- | ard set with its first number. It comes as near as any magazine in the world to bridging that difficult between the weekly and monthly m azines and books. Here is the big lit erary hiatus, as one may zine is a sort of wordy pure which good stories and articles wa a transition to the heaven of books The Golden Book takes ‘em from both ends and allows them to_meet on the fair field of its pages. In this late issue, for instance, the reader find good gambling story by the Russian, Alexander Pusnkin: one of our own| Wilbur Daniel Steele’s stor some | reminiscences of Theophile Gautler; uy d» Maupassant’s “The mond lace” (often called the most fa- s short story in the world); a short play by the famous Richard Brinsley Sheridan; a poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne: a slice of Alexander Dumas’ “The Queen’s Necklace.” These are but some of the high spots in a thoroughly good number of one of the most enjoyable magazines to be found on the newsstands today. Take Steele’s “The Man Who Saw Through Heaven.” Here s a most disturbing writer, on. who catches facts by the tail and flirts them in_your face whether you like it or not. Ultra-conservative people will get a large pain from read- ing this one; those who delight in call- ing themselves progressives will hail it From any viewpoint it | and one that will keep ! | Of Pan- Emphatic differences of opinion as to| the Government’s policy in Latin Amer- ica are reflected in_ discussions of re- sults of the Pan-American Congress appearing in the American press since the Havana meeting adjourned. Yet there is a widespread judgment that a better understanding and better feeling has been created, and most observers credit Charles Evans Hughes with a splendid statesmanship, which prevent ed the conference from turning into tutile forensie conflict | Crit'»s of the Government hold. in the language of the Louisville Courier Journal (ndependent), that “the fail- | ure of the United es to meet the | main issue, intervention, and to demon- | strate a spirit of true co-operation makes the Havana meeting little less of a flasco than the recent dlmrnmnmnli conference.” 1 Representing the point of view which places Mr. Huglh upon the helghts fl[‘ diplomacy, the v York Evening Post (independent) says 'he United State: had a narrow escape at Havana. ‘There | 15 no use pretending anything else. Had | it not been for Hughes and Fletcher, | we might have scen our poliey in the ! New World eircumseribed by rules and declarations that would be most un- fortunate and embarrassing. ‘The les- son for the future should be plain. We must have a definite poliey of cultiva- tion of the gr powers o the south of us. They stood by us at Havana | Had they not done so, we must have been The common sense of our future diplomatic poliey 1s plain. We must not nd the best men of our diplomatic service to the minor courts of Europe. We must send our Morrows and oul New World countrie: l etchers to the ok “Despite such differences as the Havana conference left unsettled, and | such anxieties us 1t left un 15 no doubt that it has de clearer understunding among all member republics, and especially tween our own and those most res ful of some of our nets,” de the Atlanta Journal — (Democratie), which adds, “Even if they think no bet- ter of us now than before the discus- son began, the fact that they have ! spoken thelr minds freely to us and to the world 15 w gain for the forces of good Wil Tudeed, one of the signif- cant and refreshing aspects of the con- ference was s unrestrafied manner and unbridied publieity. In- such an wtmosphere of trankness and lght tuth has s way und tath is the begining of Dicndship.” miluly the ‘Topeka Dally Capital Geepublican) holds that “whal the con- ference necomplizhed was o frank facing of realitien st of all, wnd this alone cntitled 10 to be regarded, as Wl the delegates seemed o vegard ), as the st suceenstul Pan-Amerioan Congress Bt 1t dradted, continues that paper, Spumerous resolitons dooking to & wider co-operation of the 21 stules con cerned, and w procedure for perfecting plana of concillation and arbitration of which ex-Hecretury Highes atated Ut I promises more for progress o this tmportant feld than wny ton here tofore taken I thiss hembsphere Quoting from a Mexlean newspaper whieh b atated (hat the congiss wan W complete fatlure, more futile than Wn predecensors” the Pithurgh Post Guzette Otepublican) expresaes the ellef that “n suecess from e atiaid Polnt of the newspaper 1o 1 (o probably would have bheen w combliin on of Latin Alerican countiies aguinst e colossus of the north ™ and con LT S was a Ulaph tor the United Htates when any sieh tendency wan completely hwarted " Phe Van denn Htar - News Ctepubilcany also an serts that this country “comes out of the conferonce trlimphant and sullled * The Hehenectady Qazette dndependent Democratic) atates it Ui s gratifying and very convincing I | three different d {to thin | Honth Amerien wa D THAT two jumps ahcad of even the most knowing reader. After you have read this, go to a bookstore and buy a copy of Stecle's latest novel, “Meat.” which has_just made its appearance. “The brutal frahkness of this novel may shock you.” hopefully warn the pub- lishers.” Well, not after readin he Man Who Looked Through Heaven.” P foreword, Henry Wy- that Pushkin’; interesting of Importance, V. In the Persons sham Lanier, cditor, “The Queen of Spad would prob- ably ve to be included in comprehensive list of ‘World tories” ™ It is pointed out that the story does not. ¢ . however, in two recent anthologics. We do not wonder at this. The story does not strike us as so whopping great, although it is a fine tale, holding that same sustair interest felt in most of th At writer. de Maupiss fan “atmosphere” in a s story s something unique, a sinister, cold sort of thing, utlerly un-American, and well for Americans to read about for that very reason. There s a cool plausibility about most Ru that is gripping. In this sinister story (which will ap- peal more to men who like to gambl than to those who do not) the picture of Hermann, the voung officer of en neers, who wrests from the Countess Anna_Fedotovna her precious secret, is done I a br aking ma ner. ‘The old luy knows three which, if called one after another, on will infaliibly win. m” has been the with the gambling in- blood ha Ty Such a dre stinet in the the building "of the } sire to_beat chance scems literally a part of the brain st tures ments. One will see ars in the morni erishly poring over “dope sheets,” firm in their belief that if th stc to it they bination which will infallibly win. The scone in which the officer frichtens the magic secret out old woman (and thereby seares her to death, literally) s done in the best Russian manner, with all the ability of the master story teller. If vou like Russian _sto and who docs not. now and then?—you will lke “The Queen of Spades ok x cond installment of “A Land tery,” by D. de Pereyra, pur- the narrative of trip Mon- * ‘The s of Mys ports to be his is a pre s the editor interest Here f tale to swallo not the slightest doubt into the most astounding ax ter snakes of terrible storms, queer plants, ats, and at last the a member of the ancient Ir But the author admits that have been a dream. or visi part: he is not sure: and the reader. On the v makes a gorgeous tale teliment (in the February showed a drawing of the g animal you can find out at the tional Zoological Park-—and if it weren't for him, we wouldn't believe a word in this “Land of Mystery.” All in all, the Golden Book is a satis- fying magazine to have around the house. Readers who may class them- selves as_cither “high brow” or “low brow” will find common meeting ground in these pages, united in admiration of a good . In a much-bewritten world there is nothing more satisfying than a good short story: and it is be- cause the Golden Book is full of the ected from all ages and all language it is the good book it is there is ght of tribe. this may on his her s however, it » first in- number) vampire ne t Press Lauds Achievements American Congress when a score of nations thus get to- gether and almost spontaneously ex- press themselves for the will to peace * x ognized by the «Democraticy, better spirit” is re Youngstown Vindicat and the Brooklyn Daily Eagle dnde- pendent) offers the comment: “Our positive policy has created il will at has been translated into a measure of good will, the conference was inde success from our point of view " Th spirit alio 18 lauded by the Deseret News ndependent) ‘ulsa World_(independent), while th Detroft Free Press (independent, recog nizing the force of Mr. Hughes' adds Il that would h little use if the words of Mr. Hughes had not been words of truth, backed by national record for honorable, fair dealing, restraint and probity, which is open for all the world to s llnu the Richmond News-Leader 4in- | sndent Democratic) the United Stat contends that s do not deserve the victory they won, and they would not have won It if Latin America had been interested or united. The policy is seltish and opportunistic Jirmingham News (Democraticy Why doesn’t Mr. Hughes advocate that this policy of ‘temporary interposi- tlon,” that he espouses, be di untry agatnst powerful Russia, or , with {ts armed miliions, as well agatnst weak Nicaragua, or weaker Haith, or revolution-torn Mexico? * * ¢ Lt it about tme also for Mr. Hug o Home suce of hifs in the American ate Department to enforce against me powerful nation ke Brita or Japan this policy of ‘temporary nterpo sitlon?* ** The Portland Oregor pendenty concludes that “although the resolution against aggressio on part of the Unlted States tn Central and tabled, 1t must be nembered that s fatlure appear fthe floor was not due to any chang of attitude on t art of the Latin American delegates T Journal nde- UNITED STATI IN WORLD WAR Ten Years Ago Today. Another German trenches made al Chemin-des-Dames, fighting the cnemy number of prisoners, of whom were wonnde e npantes of German shock Goops came up behind W heavy barrage which they had il down along (e Ameriean et ik Amerfean wnd Freneh antillery effec tvely counter shelled the cnemy during the attack & 1 i Ly m s i enpactty of the Americans Bays thelr zeal often outwelghs then capueity. Espectally prataeworthy, b auys, nre the great supply works bullt by the (£ v AR ted that e ofticers and men on Teave | ed o report o the fiont Also reported that ordinary passenger acivice hetween Cologne and Herlin haa been constder ably reduced Heavy Mg heard o Holtand . I wre ncreasing on the Beitlsh front, with hoth stdes engaking o nlght ralds (o tuke s o S e e Allen mwalt dapans puarantees 1 Sihoria United states nob commttted, stnee Japan has not as yet made any dbrect proposal o (his conntry Allies fear Tt Japanese vaston iy drive Bsslans nte Qer Wy s wems rald on Amertean 90 tonight In the ector. Atter sharp retired, leaving a on Farly Bieds Busy. i the ARt Constinitin The sparions have aples ont getting & lne on those buyhig gaiden secds, fan storics | ancient, | can figure out a com- | of the | ' { plishing this great feat. one n I country’s | reted by | the | Defends Plane Exhibit. Sarah Wilson Stratton Takes Ts sue With E. A. Summers, To the Editor of The Star: Will you kindly permit me to reply, through the columns of your paper, to the comment made by Eugene A. Sum- mers relative to the gift to the Smith- sonian Institution of the monoplane, the Spirit of St. Lous? I desire, first of all, to allay his fear of disgrace to Col. Lindbergh's plane when it shall finally rest within the pro- tection of the Smithsonian Institution. “Down there in that little metal garage back of the old Museum Bullding” (to quote Mr. Summers' phrasing) “there are wheltered and on exhibition the world’s most famous aircraft, to which wilt be added the Spirit of St. Louis.” These have been readily and with v confidence delivered by the United States Army, Navy and famous civilian fiyers to the custody of the Smith- sontan’s competent staff. They are fit- ting companions, pioneers as they are of history-making flights, for the Spirit of St. Louis. The cternai glorles of their accomplishments live in the labeled pho- tographs and trophics exhibited all about them. In a similar way shall the pictured | story of Col. Lindbergh's many and varied flights be portrayed. ar from being a “slorage house.” it is open to the public every day from 9 am. until 4:30 p.m., and dally attracts many visitors. It is a building already hallowed before Col. Lindbergh's plane arnves, and it is because of the famed exhibits therein that it has been so ap- propriately chosen by Col. Lindbergh himself for the final disposition and ex= hibition of his trusty “pal Summers evidently has never been the atrcraft building nor does he realize it 1S in reality an airplane hangar, for he calls it a “garage.” Erected during the late war for ex- periments inconnection with the Lib- erty engine which, as every one knows, was a vital feature in our winning of the war, it was later acquired for an sirerafl exhibit by the Smithsonian In- sitution, which has always identified it- elf with the promotion of acronautics. Rather than criticize the Smithsonian Institution for the allotment of this building for the exhibition of aero- nantics, praise should be given their | foresight in_securing_some place for |such an exhibit. If this had not been I done, where now would be such famous reraft as the T-2, the NC-4, the | Douglas world cruiser Chicago, the Army | racing plane of 1925 which in that year {won both the Pulitzer and Schneider | races, the Pan-American flyer San “rancisco, and others of similar merit? Does Mr. Summers realize that the |san Francisco is the only remaining !one of five which made the momentous Pan-American flight of last year? Those which were kept in service have been ed and forever lost to posterity. Of the many racing planes buill to jid American international honor | ally all of them which were kept | { engincer made this trip. This newspaper puts at your disposal a corps of trained researchers in Wash- ington who will answer questions for you. They have access to the Govern- ment departments, the libraries, mu- | ms, galleries and public bulldings | and to the numerous assoclation which maintain headquarters fn the | Nation's Capital. If they can be of assistance to you, write your question | plainly and send with a 2-cent stamp ! to The Evening Star Information | Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washington, D. C. Q. Why is Lent sald to be 40 days | when the time s actually 47 ~A. J. B. \ A. In_this period of fasting and prayer Sundays are not counted, as they are feast days Q. When was the first mile-2 train run?—T. K A. The first mile-a-minute run made in the United States was in 1848 on the Boston & Maine Raflroad. The engi- neer'’s name Pemberton. Mr. Minot, the and the Represent- atives of the leading Boston pape were invited to accompany them and they, with a few other guests, were in possession of the only car that mad; the run. superintendent, tern_that appears on china dishes?— M. C. ATt was orizinally the design of a man named John Rose, a well known English potter Later the name was changed from the Rose pattern to the Indian tree pattern. Q. If a train is approaching a dr: bridge on the Passaic River and a boat wants to go through the drav one has the right of way?—D. J. the Passaic is governed of the War Department. tion reads as follows: “The draw any bridge used solely for United Stat mail, passenger and express trains need not be opened for a vessel reaching said draw less than five minutes before the schedule arrival of any such train until such train passes. unless the bridge tender has notice that the train is de- layed more than five minutes.” regulations of Q. How did cannel coal get name?—R. J. J. A. Cannel coal burns with a bright. candle-like flame, and it is probable that the name is a corruption of candle coal. This coal is found in Kentuck Ohio and Indiana, and some that it is a product of an accumul; of animal as well as plant remains The same kind of coal is found in Scot- land, where it is called parrot coal Q. What is an i R.S. J. A. The investment trust is an agency by which the combined funds of nu- merous participants are invested in a s vestment trust?— in service are gone. We all the wonderful flight of | Licut. Maughan, who flew from dawn | ! to dusk across the continent. How many | {know that because additional space wu“ not then avatlable the plane accom- | r since . could not be accepted for the i collection and has B er Thus, it is only because of the so fcalled “little metal garage” that we have today rescued by the Smithsonian | Institution these heroes of yesterday Col. Lindbergh himself prefers the quiet and sincere comradeship of his fellow fiyers to lavish and demonstrative entertainment. In a like manner the Spirit of St. Louts would. if it could choose the society of these pio- reraft. One who criticizes without offering a solution is not constructive. If one wishes to suggest the securing | of a more imposing building for the | shelter of the Spirit of St. Louis, let that | | suggestion include that a structure be | built tor the entire collection. And Iv‘l‘ suggestion be accompanied by gr.unme[ to the members of the Smithsonian In- | itution tfor what has been accom- plished with limited means. | I propose to Mr. Summers and to | the citizens of the United States that we assist the Smithsonfan Institution. which is dependgnt upon private en- dowments, to ercet a building sufficient | | for the exhibition of not only the pres- | tent collection and that famous airplane | which it will be its great pleasure and | honor to soon welcome, but of any fu- | ture record-making planes it may have | the privilege of accepting To this end I hereby pledge myself to | | the gift of $100 SARAH WILSON STRATTON. .- | Abolition of Farmers’ Taxes Seen as Rel As election approaches, politicians are consumed with anxiety for the welfare | of the real dirt farmer. condition demands prompt For 10 long y have resultlessl: unsolved problem Gucers to persist in person; able production So far no solutfon has occurred to| our solons which has met the approval | )t the powers that be Varfous proposals have been vainly preached from politteal platforms and | promulgated by the press. Prominent | among these are bonusing. price-fiNing, Government stora; of unsalable sur- | plus, co-operative marketing, One very stmple. tf small, measure of immediate relief 1 have never seen dis- [ cussed, iz, the remission of all taxes on linds used for agricultural purposes, pecupled. owned and worked by bons | {ide farmers | Some may sh § Constitution ot slon “uneons! commend Low Here we st thunder! a fact of proots how could wonder worn't thet it's ol hoots? | Surely the power that fmposes heavter | and heavier taves for wh lusurtes as | muttiplied erutsers, needless but for the folltes and fears of politictans, must be cqually potent to temtt taxes’ that en | dan the Natton's supply of datly bread In all elttes we diserimina in that form of taxatton, called Heensing, be- fween butehers and bakers and candle- ek - while son occupations are totally exempt 11 this practice be constitutional 1t cly must be more | urgently permissible o remit taxes | when such rembston tends to make 1t posatble for the farmer to continue his Imperatively necessary business of fur nishing fowd, fatling Which no. govern- ment can st FPOWARD 1 | His desperate of | s House and Senate | wrestled with the still ! of persuading pro- ¢ unprofit- United States call such ve- * To such 1 the und tional I's line *on the Constitution, by i | Fer t Ef't 1t's which there's bushels | | we tiample ow't so, 1| rs under our | | | | WICK. | Rock and Too Rocky, From the New O SO Frederioh Whyte says *(he gov crnment of Lt t ton i to vk While fhere are some crities of Botishy fule e Asie who kst the goveriment s “too tocky o be fom? "o Now Up to Hotwed Tond. . i One of the selentists says 1t would have been fmposatble for the horned fond taken from the corner stone of o exan courthouse atler 31 years (o be alive. Now let us hear from the harnedd twad "oy A Pertinent Query, W e Boston Mkt Another question at Washington & Whether ths party e power wonld be helped By god tay cut more now oo BeAl yemid diversity of sec les with the object of attaining safetv of principal through distribution of risk. In i's generally accepted sense the investment trust avoids all control, bilities, resulting from _investment Moreover, the portfolio of holdings is | ged that favorabl sought on invested cap- ital at the same time that a continuing supervision of the securities aims at voidance of losses and realization of investment profits. Q. What building mate: for the Parthenon?—H. D A It was built of Pentelic marble taken from the great quarries just out- e of Athens. The same quArries have furnished the building mate greater part of modern At Q. What perc atmosphere i accounted for gen?—R. D. B A. Various fi was used d he ge of the we by res have been given for the amount of oxygen by weight in the atmosphere. The figure generally given in text books on physics is 23 per cent, the average results of several de- terminations in Hempel's Gas Analysis, 3.15; Sir Willlam Ramsay, in_the bul- letin of the United States Geological urvey No. 330, gives 23.024: A. Leduc gives the figure as 23 Q. When was the nel made?—V. G. B A. The fust railroad rst railroad tunnel is the A. The opening of drawbridges uwr‘ his regula- | . or directive responsi- | ANSWERS TO QUE BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Woodhead Tunnel, which was begun in the Spring of 1839. The first train passed through Dec=mber 2, 1845, This 5 over what was known as the Man- via; 2 t the London & Northeastern Railway. Q. When did the so-called land rush in Oklahoma occur?—C. W. V. A. The lands of Oklahoma were de- clared open to settlement, at and after the hour of noon on the 22d of April, 1889. It 15 reported that upward of 50,000 persons entered the Territory and that between 6,000 and 7,000 were con- veyed from Arkan: n Boston is m: was hammered by hand by Drowne in 1742. The gras thrown to the ground in the A 173 as the result One leg was broke by Dro s son. t! fire of 1761 with but little dan a n fell in March, 1829, on wersary of the Vinal | eoins and pape Q. Who designed the Indian tree pat- | 1893, . At this by E. E. Badger & Sons and 1 In the follos was regilded ! Q What were tr on old writing pape A. The 56° south; that is, and December 10 of Q. What part did Washington take the Constitutional Convention?—A. “Making the Constitution™ savs: “Washington, the most influe: wealthiest animou: | trem | @ What game of cards 1 to cheat at?—G. Q. What country first granted inter- tional copyrights?>—B. T. . Prussia was first to take ac regard to international copyrights, pass- ing an act in 1536 which gave prores- tion of the Prussian statute to the writers of all countries which would re- ciprecate. . Does a man's brain get any heavier if he cultivates it>—G. E. T. A. Whether a person’s brain becomes after intellectual development is a disputed question. Smith Ely an authority on the subject, says: “Weight of brain. however, has no direct relationship with intelligence, id b are known to have weighed just as much as those of the ablest men. Intellectual capacity con- sists in the great muitiplicity of nerve cell connections. While it is true that a number of celebrated men of recog- nized brain power have had larger there are many more of equal v whose brain weights have not Q. Have women ever served on juries before the present century?—N. K. . ¥ service for women dates back Babyion times, 2200 BC. Cen- urtes ago English law provided for woman juries in specific cases. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Within four mon land Democratic no Il be in the field, but at this writing excitement and enth are cuous by their absence. ington, where politics is the breath of life, s apathetic. Perhaps it'll be pos- sible to whoop things up after M. 13. when New Hampshire holds U | prim |on April chotce ction of convention gt its value ities. icorge H. Moses te into line for Hoover meree chief’s band wagon will be o a running start. North Dakota e convention delegate: 2 Michigan declares & for President. With Senator James Couzens and Henry Ford. bothy out for Hoover, the Wolverine delega- tion should be well wi s § The adyent of Spring m country i tact t prestdential . Popular distnterested edly due, i large degree, fssue (hat sharply divides the ditticult now to . pable of generating red- anship, The Repu Demoerats are each split on prohibition. The G been @ rip-shorting bone 30 ye en and won fAght about 1t o 3 of Nations and World Court would Bave to be re-vamped o usw e by | matn force, OIl and corruption were | £ red-hot tsstes i 1924, but st the Democrats nowhetre. With every hout that passes, the certatnty men, ot matters, Wil be over which the parties witl veally and wage thetr wartare this time Smith, of course, Wil be a platform in himself, it he emerges from the Houston | hostilities as the Democratic standard- beater. No matier what manner of Aty principles Smith were asked to expouse, the campatgn for aud agatnst him would center, to the exeluston of all else, on the man Smithites lust fov ) battle on that “lssue .o of contention en won't Ambassados by the dope *woeow observer recen Washington flon of prob discussion, 100 was that it is & " ls A and women ves to this effect N dplomat asked s atout what he will permit & . v prom the Washington politiclans of atl hues are fmensely interested e the mase-up of (he Tamuany delegation whivh wiil Tepresent. New York Clty's 1 eongres- stonal distiicts at Houston All the falents, wll the ereeds and all the e ate comprised 1 Noeon Vention spokestien wete ever chasen with so scrupulons car The purpose I8 to pave the way for Smith as v as posatbl Southerners, Or exanple have been put on the delegation - Charles Dana (iteson, who was a Lang hotne of Virgiita: Notan 1 Davs, former Undersecretary of State, who hatls from Tennessee, George Cardon | Mattle, & North Carolintan, and v Ot Attorney Joab H Hanton, a native Teaan A Protestant Epbeopal cletgys man, Rev. Ralph Jenvts Watker, tevioe of Bt S WL S on the ton alow Avthur 3 Bl prominent Methodist atd Masan Sona fons \‘n\wl-u\\l wiid Wasier, tamimany iten both, Were left ot the Mantuatian Wi » delogate state e of the wentay | WiksueVare Henator's fHiends think Ris omiston b | (98 s W Al Al oy Sl has devkded G l‘n\l.w s @ Vetire (10 o fan S talestian. whose vt gressional e explics o 12, PR Wallage R Fatiinglon. governay Hawall, whe b waking fis semi anaual ftoar Say forelgner m yo WL would like vers cuny ineed Dndeed d you v are oo fhan uw o Of your Hguar faws we ate @ belfeve that protubiton s beawm N phagtessive beneftt to v ! Ry mt Awet lean 1 belteve they are b convinegd of s Advantases e proht vasngly The Wat [ whieh 18 te-om senatorial elee ois of 1926 the has w ldean o “aiies hands enper Nes By same all ot can be Nsounted e