Evening Star Newspaper, March 14, 1928, Page 8

WTHE EVENING STAR With Sunday Moening Kdition. WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY. ... March 14, 1928 THEODORE W. NOY! . Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company usiness UM v 11th St. and Pennavivania A Wew York Ofce: : England. FERIE, crer Within i Sunday Star Evening_and 60c per mcnth the City. Se per month r 65¢ per month Star. . -5¢ per copy Collection made at the end of each month Orders may be sent in by mail or telephone. Main 5000, Rate by Mail—Payable Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Dally and Suaday....1 yr. $5.00: 4« mo. Daily only .. . .1l1yr $e00i i me Sunday only .. 1 ¥el $R00; 1 m All dther States and Canada. | Pally and Sunday.1yr.$ Daily onis 1yrl Sunday only [1l.1yvr. $100; Lmo, Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitlad 40 the use for republication of all news dis iches credited 10 1t or not otherwise cred- ted in this papar and also the local news published herein_ All rights of publication ©f special dispatches herein are also reserved. Unsound Objections. The objections raised by opponents | ©f the Jones-Dyer constitutional amenc- | ment are full of inaccuracies and in- consisiencies and cannot endure close analysis. An antagonist who opposes the amendment on the ground that Wash- ington has now the best municipal government of all American cities, ‘which should not be overthrown, either 1n the national or the local interest, and who scoffs at the thought that the Na- tion should transfer its control over the District to Washington residents, white and colored, transient, semitransient or Permanent, simply sets up and then tears down a man of straw of his own construction. His attack does not touch our amendment at all. His argument, like the flowers that bloom in the Spring. has nothing to do with the case. For our amendment empowering Con- gress to grant national representation does not touch in any respect the mu- nicipal local government, and does not transfer an atom of power or control over the District from the Nation to District residents or anybody else. The effect of the amendment is to add a mew power to Congrass and not to sub- tract a particle from any which Con- gress now possesses. The District is not striving to wrest anything from Con- gress or to reduce its power. The Dis- trict would magnify and increase the powers of Congress, for what it seeks 1s representation in that Congress, what 1t seeks is to become a part of the Na- tion politically, its present status being that of political alien. ‘Then, there is the man who opposes our amendment on the ground that it proposes statehood for the District. This attack is the most discoyraging of all, because it ignores completely the infinite pains that the framers of the amendment have taken to avold the District statehood would absolutely de- stroy. ‘There are two ways of doing away wision of our amendment which gives to Congress in its discretion the power to limit the District’s representation in | the Senate to one. | Not a new State, but 2 new political status is to be created or evoived. Our amendment, instead of destroying the miles square provision, s -m-‘ mental to it, empowering Congress to ex , in view of the changes | more than a century, the political | status of the Distriet. The | Blectoral College representation ls | A new American voling con is created, controlled exch by in that Congress and in the Elec- | ; mot & mew State, not an | sest of government, already ere- | sted and made unique by the Constitu- | and present-day retention by the great representative Republic of an unrepre. sented seat of government, a totally un- its very heart, - | tion scandal under Democratic develop- eally outside of the United States. The States uniting under the Consti- tution had the power, which they exer- ¢clsed, of creating this unique, unrepre- sented, Capital-containing, Natlon-con- trolled District. Two-thirds of Congress snd three-fourths of the Btates have similar power toay, which they ought 0 exercise, and which we appesl W them w exercise, W give W the half milllon Americans in this unigue politi- cal District an equally unique political tus b 4 o Political prognostication shows an in- clination w turn the old tespot upside @Gown and ty 1 well fortunes by the arege - The Naval Bill Yesterday discussion of the naval bill began on the floor of the House De- bate now ensues upon the 16-ship, $274,000,000 bullding program reported out by the neval affairs committee—the sadly emaciated remains of the 7i- ship, $740,000,000 plan submitted by Becretary Wilbur, with President Cool- Mdge's sancuon, earlier in the year "Phe arganized opponents of prepared- ness, who operste under the high- og 814 self-conferred title of thedgan, the Congressional Record, that Mr. | “1jke some o' de longest words hed de | Couscl Lo e Froventon of Biand had forgotien Al sbous tals lete shoptest Mesnin's/! | gas : prospective. ;lar a gilt-edged proposition. War, have issued a significant order to their cohorts throughout the country. “Now is not the time for the friends of peace to cease their efforts” runs a council wanifesto rejoicing in the collapse of the 71-ship program. “They must not content themselves with any- thing short of the complete abandon- ment of this unfortunate program.” Here is a direct and ominous chal- lenge to the friends of national de- fense, for it comes from the quarter which can unquestionably claim the lion's share of doubtful credit for having torpedoed the administration's naval program. By distorting the facts and figures of that program, by circu- lating utterly false versions of its pur- pose and by raising equally baseless fears of its effect, professional anti- preparedness propagandists bullt a backfire in the States, so intensively | and cunningly kindled that timid souls jon Capitol Hill ran helter-skelter from what they believed to be a devastating flame. What it was, in fact, vas a smoke screen, fused from the polson which well organized and well financed minorities are accustomed to | let down on psychological occasions at Washington while complacent majori- | ties slecp at the switch. Representative A. Piatt Andrew, Re- publican, of Massachusetts, who for- mally brought the naval bill to the floor of the House, declares that if by the waving of a magic wand every one of the sixteen ships provided for could be built overnight, the United States wouwid still be left with a Navy “sec- ondary to that of Great Britain.” Is that the kind of a Navy the Amer- ican people want? Is it the kind the Washington treaty gave them when it allotted them parity at sea with the British? If a “secondary” Navy is what the American people do not want, the hour has now come for them to make their desires known at Washing- ton. ) The Broken Dam. While the reports this morning indi- cated 231 known dead in the southern California disaster, it is quite certain that several hundred more people have lost their lives in the fiood that swept the San Francisquito Canyon upon the breaking of the great dam early yes- terday. It may be some time before the total number of casualties will be determined, for many scores of bodies are buried in the sfit which now covers the floor of the canyon to a depth in places of thirty feet, and an extensive ter. It is not a safe plan to write letters without keeping coples of them, or at least memoranda of their nature. But this is apparently what Mr. Brand did three years ago. Not everybody throws away letters recelved. Some men, es- pecially those in public life, are prone to keep filles of their correspondence. One never knows when they will be use- ful. And conversely one never knows when a letter written perhaps in a mo- ment of ardor may come back in boom- erang fashion to deliver a knockout blow. It is, of course, highly delectable to the Democratic eard to hear the Repub- licans hammer each other in public re- garding the merits of their favored ones. It is especially so at present with Ohio the arena of a bitter factional pre- primary fight between a favorite son and an outsider. But if Mr. Hoover's opponents are not more tactful and sound in their assaults upon him than those who are assailing him in the Ohio contest_he will emerge from this round of the Republican pre-convention con- tests strengthened instead of weakened as a candidate, e A Costly Yawn. ‘The news of the world has its comic as well as its serious side. The digni- fied Assoclated Press correspondent at Berlin' has seen fit to send out to a waiting constituency as merry a tale as has hummed across the wires in many a day. At a country wedding the bride was seized with an uncontrollable de- sire to yawn, which she did with such vigor that she dislocated her jaw. Hurrying to a surgeon she got her Jaws unlocked, and ran rapidly back to the church, only to find that her yawn had cost her a bridegroom. He, evi- dently in a huff, had left a note saying he could not possibly marry a girl who yawned on her wedding day. The world will sympathize with the gentleman in the case. Who, indeed would want to marry a girl who felt sc about it, and right out in public, too? This is much too much! And therc were s0o many ways in which the young lady might have concealed her yawniny proclivities. She might have yawned into her handkerchief, and thus made out that she was weeping. She might have—well, she might have stifled it. Having one’s sweetheart yawn in one's very face just as she is about to marry one—well, now, that is undoubtedly carrying it a bit far, just a bit too far. excavation must be made before they are recovered. The monetary damage is estimated at from ten to thirty mil- lion dollars. An area sixty-five miles in length is affected. Several thriving communities have been obliterated. The first explanation given of the cause of the collapse of the dam was that an earthquake had occurred to loosen its foundation. But none of the seismographs has recorded such a shock. There is no evidence whatever of a slip in the crust, and the conclu- sion is now that the dam “went out” because of seepage which undermined the foundations and the wing walls. One woman is quoted in the dispatches as stating that the instability of the dam has for some time been the sub- Ject of talk among those living near it. Heavy rainfalls have occurred and leaks have been observed. In addition there is the suggestion that the construction was not of sound character. Obe of the officlals inspecting the scene of the wreck crumbled in his hand a fragment of concrete. A semiofficial statement regarding the disaster says that it was due to undermining seepage or to an external force. The latter alternative is an im- plication of the possibility that the dam was destroyed by an explosion in the course of the “water war” that has been raging for some time past between the ranchers of that general region and the authorities of the city of Los Angeles. Yet it is hardly to be con- ceived that the militant ranchers would 20 30 far in their contest as to destroy a dam and with it hundreds of lives, endangering even themselves. Far more likely is it that the break occurred through natural causes, possibly in con- sequence of unstable construction. This was a modern dam, buflt in ac- cordance with the most approved engineering methods, its foundations reaching d:-ep, its materials supposedly of the best. That it should have yleld- ed to seepage and pressure is calculated to cause a feeling of uneasiness In re- spect to the stabllity of other structures of this kind elsewhere, present and ————e An unemployment problem begins to | solve itself as it is realized that a man out of work cannot hold out indefinitely S — Democratic Diversions. Yesterday was a Democratic field day Congress. On the Senate side a com- | mittee was hearing statements by em- inent Republican chieftains regarding olly fiscal matters. On the House side, in open session, Ohio Republicans were tilting at one another over the merits of the, at present, leading contender for the Republican nomination for President. The ofl campaign contribu- ment, reminiscent of the lively times of four years ago when “Teapot Dome" was on all lips throughout the coun- {try. gave promise of rich eampaign ma- terial for the coming Summer. The debate in the House respecting the merits and demerits of Mr. Hoover #5 & Republican standard beprer was ‘nuts” for Democratic hearers, and doubtless visions of & repetition in the Buckeye State of the surprising per- formance of 1916, when the electoral vote of that commonwealth gave Wond- Lrow Wilson a re-election, became vivid o Democratic eyes | There was one aspect of yesterda; | discussion in the House that evoked a ;ntm-p-runn sense of humor. Pollow- | Ing & powerful assault upon Mr, Hoover | by Representative Brand of Ohio, main- Iy on the score of his unfriendliness to- ward the farmers, Representative Bur- | ton, who has heretofore declared him- | self for the Californian's nomination for | President, produced s letter written a little over three years ago by Mr. Brand to Mr. Hoover in which he warmiy | urged him for the post of Mecretary of | Agriculture because of his helpful attf. tude toward the farmers, It would seem from the report of that him up. But if the lady in the cas2 must yawn, let her do it carefully, easily, not to such an extent as to dis- locate her jaw. Such yawning (if some men are to be taken as authorities) should be reserved for later years, when such a dislocation might seem a boon sent from Heaven. ———— Many persons find soclety news tire- some. It is at least more agreeable to learn who is to sit at the head of a | hospitable board than to foliow abun- dant details concerning the next occu- pant of the electric chair. The over- world should have fullest opportunity to offset the depressing influence of the underworld. ————— Envious political rivals might succeed in embarrassing Senator Borah by holding him to a detail of his honest faith and calling for his support of prohibition laws regardless of the com- plications involved. —_— e ‘Trotsky gives so much time to travel that Russia may easily be in doubt whether to regard him as a statesman or a Boy (Seout. R ‘The latest figures in statesmanship are men who do not feel absolutely cer- tain as to whether they “choose” or not. ———— Carrying the mail appeals to Col. Lindbergh, not possibly as a means of wealth, but maybe as an excuse to go on flying. In restricting ammunition shipments it is not always easy to decide whether a country has a war on hand or only an insurrection. ——— e Portralt sculpture of King Tut in- dicates a very agreeable subject, and at the same time a discreetly compli- mentary artist. R SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON, His Reward. ‘There must be heroes for the task Of philanthropic trying— Men who but slight reward will ask And never pause for sighing. A man had served his country well, With loftiest endeavor, In hope its history would tell A glorious tale forever. ‘We vowed one ought to find his lot ‘Above all others rated, But this is really what he got— He got investigated. “Is your hat in the ring “Maybe,” answered Senator Borghum, “The present checking system is so confusing there’s no telling where your hat may turn up.” “Our anclent philosophers,” HI Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “ many truths, but In most cases had the misfortune to make them sound uninteresting.” Greatest of Weather Prophets. Ere long we'll find true vernal times In the awakening scene, When “Never mind the chimes With “Wearin' of the green.” A ray of sun now shines on high; ‘Through it & snowflake dances. Until” 8t. Patrick’s dsy come by You've got to take your chances, Retribution, “You ought to hear my litle girl sing and recite!” “I have done a great deal of amateur work In my day. Maybe it would serve me right.” weather!” Uneertain Effects, When wealth attains enormous sums, With much uncertainty It comes. Bometimes It helps us 1o be gay; Bometimes 1U's only in the w debate in that ususlly trustworthy or. “It sounds to me” sald Uncle Bben, e s e Men throughout the world will back | Par! l One mercantile firm will print osten- tatiously upon its wagons the locations of its branch stores. A rival, as if to answer the boast. carrles the following legend in even larger letters: “No Branch Stores.” Acting upon this suggestion, indi- viduals might placard themselves with their deficlencies, and thus save them- selves from annoylng and boresome remarks. If men thus admitted their lacks and shortcomings, the pleasure of pointing them out would be denied to those who believe in the necessity for this con- stant checking up on others. Suppose Sam Montrose, who re- gards his friends evety day with eagle eyes, chanced to meet Henry Gear- shift wearing the following sign around his neck: “I Do Not Like to Get My Hair Cut." This would take the starch out of Montrose once and for all. It would politely inform Sam that Gearshift was well aware of the fact that he needed a haircut, but could not bring himself to the point of entering a barber shop. If this were not quite enough, Henry could have his sign printed in smaller type, so as to make it say the follow- ing: “Yes, I have no hair cut. I know it quite as well as you do. I, too, al- though you may not helieve it, recog- nize the Importance of the well Igroomc-d head, and often lament my ack. “On the other hand, I hate to enter a shop on account of the boy with the whisk broom. I can stand the barber blowing on the back of my neck, and the pull of the clippers, but I'll be blamed if I can put up with the bus boy, or whatever they call him. “He is the blamed nuisance who in- sists on brushing off your clean coat, on yanking your coat collar half way down your back, and then expecting a dime for these totally unnecessary services, so called. Maybe I would get my halr cut every week if it were not for him.” * ok ok % J. Titherington Tumpkin, whose in- creasing girth is the joks of his friends, might easily wear, in place of his belt buckle, a neat sign with the following engraved upon it: “No Reduction Here.” “Let me have men around me who are fat, as Caesar said. “It believe In good food and plenty of it. “Especially does the wearer believe in bread. Bread has been called the staff f life, and so far in my journey through life I have not found anything else good enough to lean on. "mmch is a quivering reed In com- “Carrots will not sustain you more than 15 minutes by the clock. “If one wanted to lve on lettuce, he would be forced to consume 35 bushels at every meal in order to derive enough heat elements to sustain life. “I forgot how many sticks of celery would be required to keep a human be- ing going throughout the day, but my memory tells me that the weekly con- sumption, on that basis, would fresco the Washington Monument from top to bottom six times. “Or. to put it In another way, if one were to live on celery alone, he would have to consume enough sticks thereof to reach from here to Baltimore every day. “Bread, on the other hand, especially when combined with potatoes and cake, ples and good beefsteak, requires no such long-distance eating, but suffices to easily and happily the bill and THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL, and countrymen, I calmly inform you, ‘No Reduction Here’ Fat but happy is my motto.” * oK K K J. John Jones, an estimable citizen, who minds his own business and is a credit to the city, might wear s sign admitting with pride “Slightly Eccentric.” Jones would thus get the jump on all | his friends, who speak knowingly be- hind his back, as if in excuse for hap- penings and attitudes which need no excuse, after all. Jones might point out, with infinite truth, that eccentricity, after all, is othing but difference from the herd; that normality, while admittedly a fine thing, runs the terrible risk of being tiresome, unhappy and unprofitable. The curious mental twist by which every person alive measures every other person by his own bump of self-esteem is the only real reason why any one Is ever labeled placidly by others. If all.of us could see ourselves as others see us, most of us would die of laughter at the comical sight which we present, and this applies most of all, mind you, to the conceited person who moves around with his chest stuck out and an exalted opinion of himself over nothing. J. John Jones, whose deviations from the normal are not very large after all, would find himself among those least meriting an opportunity to smile at him- self, for his leanings away from the pular upright are all in the way of indness and forgiveness. Therefore, instead of allowing his friends to make him conceal, in their exalted presence, the things which harm no one or thing, he ought to wear proudly, as a badge of honor, a white and gold sign, “Slightly Eccentric.” * K K % The honest man, whom fate and con- ditions have not allowed the benefit of much orthodox schooling, might openly wear a sign on his hal “No Education.” ‘Why not? Some of the greatest scoundrels in the world have been highly educated men. Perhaps there is nothing more snakelike, nothing more inhuman, than the Intellectual man whose men- tality is on the side of pure reason, without admixture of moral sentiment. | " The astounding villains of the cen- | turies have been these coldly ruthless types. The devil, it must be remem- bered, always has been credited with plenty of brains. The moral sense, without which a { man cannot be a man, is the saving grace of humanity. It implies de- | cency, love, respect, veneration, honor, kindness, good humor and all the other qualities of heart and mind which make for uprightness and happiness in this curlous world. A man may be “educated” in every sense of that word and still retain all these fine qualities; in fact, the proper sort of education, one may believe, will invariably cherish and Increase their scope and power, ‘The happy part of it, however, is that so many years spent in educational institutions ~ will - not of themselves bring into being the moral sense, nor will the lack of such training in itself harm or in any way atrophy these best qualities of mind and heart. These are “extra qualities” which come with the man or woman, and no one possessing them in any form or any amount—for all of us are human be- ings and cannot be perfect in any- | thing—ought to be ashamed of him- self because he cannot exhibit a sheep- skin. Let him make the most of the very thing he has secretly been afraid the human eater. “Therefore, friends, Washingtonians, “Oil's Not Well on the Potomac” must now be running “Able's Irish Rose” close for longevity honors as the banner show of the century. The five-year-old petroliferous drama has never played to more crowded houses than it drew yesterday. The all-star cast which found Mellon, Butler and Hays bestriding the boards during the same performance attracted more than a standing-room- only audience.. As many were in line outside clamoring for admission as suc- ceeded in wedging in. Senator Walsh of Montana was in his element as relent- less cross-examiner. Washington has seldom witnessed a tenser scene than when Mellon was weathering the in- quisitorial storm. Probably the “great- est Secretary of the Treasury since Al- exander Hamilton” never survived a more grueling experience than his 13- hours’ siege with “the keenest legal mind in Congress.” Alongside the some- what perturbed chancellor of the ex- chequer sat his political protege and personal legal adviser—Senator David the figure of father and son—the younger man intently ready to spring to the elder's defense in a tight corner. But Mellon emerged from the ordeal without Reed's intervention. D In point of eminence, spectators rivaled the actors in the ol drama on the Hill. Alice Roosevelt Longworth, unfailing attendant on the Capitol's biggest dnu:r, was there, overlooking no point in the forensics. “Joe" Tumul- ty, Woodrow Wilson's faithful Heuten- ant, seemed to be following proceedings in pensive contemplation of the slings nndp:rrnwn another administration suf- fered. Former Gov. Henry J. Allen of Kansas sat in the bald-headed row, where he belon,n. ‘Thomas P. Gore, former Senator from Oklahoma, heard what was going on, even if he could not see it. Women, many the wives of Congressmen, were fascinated listen- ers-in, reacting eagerly to the electricity with which the atmosphere was al- ways highly charged. Titters were the rule when the big men on the grill suc- cumbed to lapses of memory. “Uncle Andy” Mellon caused a mild gale of laughter when he sald he took the $50,000 Sinclair-Hays package of bonds home instead of keeping them at the Treasury, because “I had mislaid the combination to my office safe.” o ow o Mrs, Willlam E. Borah Is undoubtedly the most democratic Senate lady in the land. Not long ago a new tenant, a woman, moved into the apartment house, on Wyoming avenue, where the Borahs maintain thelr modest menage. Bhe hadn't been there many days be- fore she thought she detected a strange odor In the drinking water, so she de- cided to consult other occupants of the buflding. On the floor below lived Mrs. Borah and the newcomer went to Interview her, though never the twain had met. A reassuring conversation having ensued, Mrs. Borah chirped up and sald: “You know, there's a silly rule In Washington that Senators’ wives must be called on first. I'm go- ing to consider this a call from youl" ko Now that the yarn can’t possibly Im- ede the continued ascent of his .ip- lomatic star, here's what's sald to the banner “Alec Moore story” of the many attributed to the new Ambassadny to Peru while he was stationed al Ma- drid. The Pittsburgh publisher was at- tending & royal polo mateh, in which King Alfonso was the bright particular star, Belween chukker halves, ll’m Yankee envoy, hobnobbing with Al- fonso, exclalmed, “Your majosty, if vou'll go to Amerion and play In a serles of polo games, I'll personally guarantee you a clean milllon dollars as your share of the gate repelpts!” The King of Bpain, a fond crony of Moore's, rejoin- od, quick as a flash, "Sorry, Mr, Am- bassador, but I've already been offered two million In the movies!" One wm innumerable matte) which Houss and Genate ia over ~e In Alken Reed of Pennsylvania. They cut | to acknowledge, just as the firm with no branch stores does. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. midsession deadlock 1s the 8-4 inquiry. ‘The House approved the President’s proposal for an investigation of the Provincetown submarine disaster by a | speclal committee of experts and civil- ians. The Senate rejected the White House suggestion and called for a con- gressional investigation. So the contro- versy is suspended in midair until the two branches can agree. Many authori- ties think the recent naval board in- quiry probed the S-4 tragedy te the satisfaction of the country at’ large. It is now nearly three months since the submarine went to her doom, and in- terest in the whole affair has widely subsided. Friends of the administration believe it is likely to be revived, if at {all, purely as a political proposition. | 8-4's loss had one lasting effect: It | caused the striking out of the proposal for 32 new submarines in the naval program, since emasculated all along | the line. | * ok ok ow | When the magnificent Clark collec- |ton was thrown open for private view | at the Corcoran Gallery of Art the other | day, a lone man was among the hand- | ful of connoisseurs. He was Ulric Bell, | hewspaper man and Washington cor- respondent of Col. “Marse Henry" | Watterson’s Loulsville Courler-Journal, | Thereupon it was revealed that Bell's | non-journalistic incarnation is that of A painter and sculptor. Virtually all the time that leaves him disengaged | from the pursuit of the nimble item finds him working at home with his brush or his modeling tools. Inci- dentally Bell is a cultured authority in the realm of the arts, Though he's | been Washington fewer than six years, the young Kentuckian has al- ready been honored with one of his fraternity’s blue ribbons—the presi- dency of the National Press Club. He was in office when the corner stone of the club's palatial new home was lald two years ago. R First honors for modesty in Washing- ton's public men go by common cons sent to John Garibaldl Sargent, Attor- ney General of the United States. Over at the White House, where the perma- nent staff has opportunity to study the eccentricities of genius, “Garl” Sar- gent long ago was voted the most self- effacing personage who has the run ef the executive establishment. No cabl- net officer Intrudes himself less fre- quently upon the President, though none Is approximately as close to Mr. Coolidge as the old family lawyer from Ludlow, who knew “Cal” when the Plymouth farmer boy was knee-high to & grasshopper, Once upon a time Sar- gent arrived at the White House offices on official business, unobtrusively, as always, The President was told the Attorney Cleneral was walting to see him. “Is he clamoring, as usual, to get In? ked Mr. Coolldge, with a quizzl- n. (Conyeieht. 1028} v Some Speed! From the Kansas City Star “Speed, har?” replied the gaunt Mis- souriah. “Lemme tell you: OIld Gabe CGowner dled the other day. He was tollably well fixed, and the will was read at the house right away after the funeral, I was dr!vlna my Ford back from town and passed the graveyard Just as the mourners were coming out, Well, sir, I beat the whole bunch back from the cemetery. That's how fast this ' d can travel” - o Has Rules of His Owr From tha Cleveland Nows, Kissing a whito-haired lady by re- quest might seem permisalble to most of us, but Col, Lindbergh certainly Hvea up to his own rules, ) . | Auto Coupons Next, From the New York Hevald Fiibine Already oustomers have bogun to ask for nlum coupons Wity the auto- - little harmless | Politics at Large By G. Gould Lincoln. New Hampshire, the first of the presi- dential primary Statcs, ran true to ex- pected form yesterday. All reports indi- cate that the State will send a solid Hoover delegation to the Republican national convention in Kansas City and a solid Smith delegation to the Demo- cratic convention in Houston. This means 11 votes in the Republican con- vention for Mr. Hoover and 8 in the Democratic convention for Gov. Smith of New York. Particularly did the New Hampshire primary fix more firmly in the saddle Senator George Moses as the Republican leader of the State. Senator Moses, one of the original Hoover-for-President- in-1928 boosters, has urged, however, that the New Hampshire delegation go “uninstructed” though favorable to the Secretary of Commerce. In this he was joined by Gov. Spaulding. All the dele- gate candidates, except one who ran as |a delegate pledged to President Coolidge, |and another who sought to be elected as a delegate pledged to Mr. Hoover, sought election on the terms laid down by Senator Moses. Gov. Spaulding, like Scnator Moses, is a strong Hoover ad- herent, and both will be delegates at large. * ok Kok ‘The result in New Hampshire yester- day 1is belleved to forecast in large de- gree what will happen throughout New England. Mr. Hoover is very popular in that section of the country and will be the choice of the delegates from those States, although they may go to the national convention uninstructed. New England is loyal as ever to President Coolidge, and, if he could be drafted, would support the President solidly. But many New Englanders long ago reached | the conclusion that President Coolidge’s wish not to run for President this year must be respected. L ‘The Lowden managers are making much of an argument to the effect that Frank O. Lowden of Illinois, former governor, can carry every State which any other Republican candidate might be expected to carry. They Insist that Mr. Hoover, for example, will find it difficult, if not impossible, to carry some of the corn and wheat belt States be- cause of his opposition to the McNary- Haugen bill. President Coolidge, who has opposed the McNary-Haugen bill ever since it was first offered as a cure of the farmers' ills back in 1923 and 1924, carried all of those States in 1924, and by large majorities. Up to date, the Lowden and Hoover campaigns for the Republican presi- dential nomination have failed to meet in open conflict in any of the primary States. It has been rumored that the Lowden forces would enter the Mary- land primary, in which Mr. Hoover al- ready has flled. But while there have been conferences of Lowden leaders re- garding this matter, there has been no decision, according to Clarence F. Buck, State Senator in Illinois and Lowden manager. Mr. Buck has sug- gested that, anyway, Lowden may chal- lenge Mr. Hoover's supremacy in the West Virginia primary. The Lowden people were urged to go into the Michi- gan primary against Mr. Hoover, but backed away from that contest. They are leaving Senator Willis to block Hoover in Ohlo and Senator Watson the same task in Indiana. ok ok % ‘The anti-Hoover forces, which .in- clude the Lowdenites, the supporters of Vice President Dawes and Senstors Curtis of Kansas and Watson of In- diana, put up Representative Charles Brand of Ohio in the House to make a slashing attack upon the Secretary of Commerce. More particularly was Mr. Brand's attack to be directed at Mr, Hoover’s alleged hostility to the farmer. What Mr. Brand re: did was to give the House the it laugh it had in years. Ridicule is a terrible blow to any political cause or candi- date. The anti-Hooverites apparently bad overlooked the resourceful Mr. Theodore Burton, also of Ohio, and a Hoover leader in that State. And Mr. Burton is never to be overlooked in de- bate—at least not a second time. After the House had heard Mr. Hoover casti- gated by Mr. Brand as the farmer's worst enemy for the last 10 years or more, Mr. Burton took the floor and read into the record two letters written by no less a person than Mr. Brand himself to Mr. Hoover in January, 1925, urging that Mr. Hoover become Secre- tary of Agriculture, on the ground that he had excellent ideas farm aid. The House howled, and the best Mr. Brand could do was to ask the date of the letters. As Representative Dickinson of Iowa, ardent supporter of the McNary-Haugen bill and of Mr. Lowden, had been one of the most in- sistent that Mr. Brand should have full opportunity to castigate Mr. Hoover in the House, the blow fell not alone upon Mr. Brand and Senator Willls, upon Mr. Dickinson and Mr. Lowden. Mr. Burton, whose tones are always most kindly when he is most cutting, suggested to the House that perhaps, political reasons had been instrumental in bringing about Mr. Brand's opposition to Mr. Hoover. “I do not ask for an appeal from Charles drunk to Charles sober or from Charles sober to Charles drunk,” sald Mr. Burton, “because I understand that he is on the water n all the while, and such an appeal would be inappro- priate; but I do appeal to him to know whether he was right in January, 1925, or in March, 1928 And the House rocked with laughter again. * Kok Mr. Brand accused Mr. Hoover of using the officers and employes of the Department of Commerce to advance his campaign in Ohio and elsewhere, and charged that this was no more than using the Federal Treasury for his cam- paign purposes, since these officers and officials are pald by the Government. Mr, Burton produced an order from Hoover directing that officers and em- ployes of the department refrain from such activity, and then called attention to the fact that scores of Federal post- masters, marshals and other appointees of Senator Willis are actively campaign- ing for the Senator in Ohlo. They too, are paid out of the Federal Treasury The Willis forces are apt to be careful how they challenge Mr. Burton in de- bate hereafter. * What s the Republican national or- ganization going to do about the $160.- 000 contribution of Harry F. Sinclair, lesseo of the Teapot Dome oil fleld, to the Republican campaign of 19207 Sen- ator Borah of Idaho has suggested to Chatrman Willlam M. Butler of the national committee that the party should “purge” itself by returning the money to Mr. Sinclair, arguing that the contribution was “tainted with corrup- tion” in the light of recent discoveries by the Senate public lands committee. While the contribution was not used to finance the election campalgn of Presi- dent Coolldge and was not handled by Ohalrman Willlam M. Butler, in some quarters it s suggested that President Joolidge, as titular head of the party, could well write to the national coni~ mittee urging that the money be re- turned to Mr. Sinclair. * | DN Senator ‘Thomas J. Walsh, chiot prosecutor of the Teapot Dome investi- ation. continues still more in the lime: lght because of the recent develop ments of the use made by Will H, Hays of Sinclair bonds to pay off the 1930 Republican campalgn deflelt, Senator Walsh's candidacy for the Democratic rruldanunl nomination s m-umt real headway in the West, according to re- porta vecelved here. This s especially rue, it 1s sald, in Californta. The drys in the West hitherto have had no can- didate upon whom (o center in their oppoaition to the nomination of Gov Smith of New York. If Gov. Smith loses the COalifornia delbgation to the national convention in Houston, it may lose him the nn‘mlunl.m. e ow The other Senator Walsh, “Dave," of Massachusetts, 18 having diMoulty find- 8 » Benubiioen e gome ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. ‘This is a department devoted solely to the of queries. This mwr puts at your disposal the serv- s of an extensive organization in ‘Washington to serve you in pacity that relates This service is free. use of it deprives you which you are entitled. Your obliga- tion is nnl{ 2 cents in stamps inclosed “vith your inquiry for direct reply. Ad- dress The Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C. Q. Are valuable pearls ever found in edible oysters?—P, E. A. The Bureau of Fisheries says that edible oysters never produce valuable pearls, because their shells have but limited iridescence. Stories of rls that would have been valuable if they had not been uFolled by cooking are not based upon fact. Q. Is ecclesiastical lace made in a particular pattern?—N. P. T. A. Church laces are usually the fin- est examples of lace-making which artists can design and fingers execute. Much of the finest lace has been made by nuns in convents. Venetian points are considered the most beautiful and elaborate laces known, made entirely with the needle. Q. When was the first public show- ing of a motion picture?>—J. A. H. . A. The first moving plcture shown commercially was that of a serpentine dancer produced in Koster & Beal's %usllg”flhll in New York City, April Q. In what kind of climate will English walnut flourish?—R. M. C. A. The specles originated in South- western Asia and has been under im- portant cultivation in the United States since 1890. It is successful only n the far Western States, mainly in California, Oregon and southwestern Washington. principal center is around Los Angeles in southern Cali- fornia. Planting is constantly being increased in central California, north- western and contiguous ter- ritory north of Portland. It should be grown under 2,000 feet of altitude. The climate requirements are moderate but uniform temperatures, considerable molsture, and freedom from radical drops in temperature. Q. Are Tintoretto's large pictures in good condition?—N. N. A. Nearly all’ of the artist’s large paintings have blackened. Q. Why is “Indla ink” so called?— L. A. “India ink” is called by that name because it was originally black pigment composed of a mixture of lamp black or burnt cork with gelatin and water, scented with Borneo camphor and musk, made in India, China and Japan. It was sold in sticks. Q. Is there a rohibits the issuance of a check for than $1?—A. U. A. There is a Federal law stating that “no person shall make, issue, cir- culate, or pay out any note, check, memorandum, token, or other obliga- tion for a less sum than $1, intenred to circulate as money or to be received or used In lieu of lawful money of the the C Notwithstanding generally expressed admiration for Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montans, & large of th8 press view his candi- dacy for the Democratic presidential nomination as anything except & of the strategy of the forces led by Willlam G. McAdoo seeking to prevent the nomination of Al Smith. Among the newspapers which do see the possibility of a serious swing to the Montana Senator, the Utica Observer- Dispatch (independent) holds that if he makes a good showing in the Cali- fornia primaries and some of the other Western States, “his record as an op- ponent of political wrrfiptlun. as well as his stand for prohibition enforce- ment, may well make a strong appeal to the convention and to voters.” The Charleston Evening Post (independent Democratic) adds, “He has appeal to the imagination as well as recommen- dation to the confidence of the public, and he would make a formidable, and might be a triumphant, candidate against a Republican of the conven- tional type.” “It probably means doom and de- feat for Mr. Smith,” says the Shreve- port Journal (Democratic), and the | Savannah Press (Democratic) finds “approval in many quarters.” The | Adrian Telegram (independent), deny- ing that Walsh is “so great a man as Smith,” sees prospects of “a grand fight at Houston, with the lines of battle completely rearranged.” The Grand | Rapids Press (Independent) feels that “the Montana Senator easily will hold the most enviable position among the gz‘sm‘.\;ho will furnish opposition to “In addition to the Senator's sin- cerity as a dry, and to his great pres- tige and personal force,” according to the Baltimore Sun (independent Demo- cratic), “he really Is exactly such a man as the honest and conscientious men among ‘the drys cherish. He is at heart a grim. consclence-driven Puri- tan.” The bellef that “he may furnish Gov. Smith with some interesting op- gllllon" is expressed by the Flint ily Journal (independent), which appraises him as “a statesman of con- demagogue.” He appears to the Providence Journal (independent) to “invite the support of those who believe that the one great issue of the cam- Daign is, or ought to be, the preserva. tion of prohibition along existing ling EREE ‘To the Richmond News-Leader (inde- pendent Democratic) it appears that “some of those who will support him are not concerned about electing a Democratic President; they seek only to beat Al Smith, at any price.” The New York Tim independent) also avers that it is “a candidacy which is obviously intended not to succeed ex- copt in the sense that it may help to head off another man.” “He Is admittedly a statesman of real caliber,” says the Oklahoma City OKla- haman (independent), “and would un- questionably reflect real honor on the high office to which he is now aspiring. But the political shrewdness underlying the Walsh crusade does not le in the recognition of real statesmanship and competency " The Springtield Union (Republican) believes that McAdoo “hopes that the Walsh candidacy may serve to divert enough votes from Smith to preclude the possibility of the nomi- natlon going to the New York gove ernor.” “Walsh appearing as Walsh has a right to ask any honor the party can bestow,” declares the Milwaukee Jour- nal (independent). “But Walsh as head of MeAdoo contingent is a wholly different matter.” The Kansas City Journal-Post (Independent) recog- ing senatorial election. Oince Willlam M. Butler announced weeks ago he would not be a candidate agalnst Sen- ator Walsh, no Republican champion has been found ready to enter the lists. The Republicans of the Bay State seem to afficted with Walshophobia Some of them have tentatively tried the water, but have not found it to thelr liking. There may be a move- went in the State later to “draft" v Butler (o make the race. It I8 possi- ble that no deotsion will be veached About the Republican candidwey until after the national copvention W June. The Massachusells senntorial primaries do o suptp Wl o oaud Federal law which | Py | sitaa United States and every 50 _of- fending shall be fined mm than $500 or imprisonéd not more than six months, or both, at the discretion of the court.” Many individuals, and & the Government, make checks for amount less than 81, but they are rot Intended to circulate, but are only in- tended to pay the amount of the check to the person the check is made pay- able to. A check is not lawful money and consequently cannot be as lawful money. A checx is a personal eredit instrument used in place of money. Q. How much humidity should there be in the rooms of a house?—P. F. A. A considerable amount of work has been done in establishing the ¢or- rect humidity for dwellings. This has resulted in the establishment of a so- :alled “comfort zone,” which has a maxi- mum temperature of 70 degrees Pahren~ heit and a minimum humidity of 30 per cent; a minimum temperature of 55 to 60 degrees F. and a um humidity of 55 per cent. Thisis the range which has been established as being most agreeable to people living in temperate climates. Of considerable importance in comfort is the main- tenance of air movement. Almost any degree of temperature or humidity be- comes unbearable in absolutely still air, while, on the other hand, ranges of temperature and humidity which are not in the comfort zone may be made quite bearable where sufficlent air motion is provided. - QN go the shells of eggs admit air?— “A." They are porous and permit evap- | oration of moisture and gases and ad- | mit oxygen which is necessary for the development of life in the chick. Q. Why do the winds blow extra hard in March?—R. H. A. The blowing of the wind is owing to the presence of more air at one place than at others. This causes a push from the places of more air to- ward those of less, and the greater this difference in quantity of air the the accumulation of air; in March the difference in temperature between the | | difference in atmospheric pressure be- tween these is then |and the resulting winds | These winds &re not mainly North | South, as the pressure is, West to East. This is effect of the rotation of the 3 way fully understood, but not capable of brief explanation. Q. What does the quotation “A gift | doth bsl!nfiv.hz eyes of the wise” mean? hrase of the sentiment “It is easy to obtain what if one distributes gifts A. A might be, one wants Jjudiciously.* Q. What is the largest painting Il’ the world>—L. W. E. A. Robusti's painting called “Para- dise” is the largest. Walsh Boom Seen as McAdoo Strategy to Keep Out Smith nizes “a McAdoo scheme,” but that “the one Democrat who could make the best showing in the coming campaign is Walsh of Montana.” Yet the Rock Island Argus (in t) “he only a tion and plays into the haads of Mr. McAdco.” The Hartford Times (independent ~Demoeratic) concludes be" s’ matiager ‘tan_ Fardly Belpthe manager can Montana Senator.” . “The hand in it of the former Secre~ |tary of the Treasury is very evident, and as a clenched fist, appears to threaten Gov. Smith and Senator Reed with equal belligerence,” observes the | Detroit News (independent), while the | South Bend Tribune (independent Re- publican) looks upon the move as prob- ’::h:{‘ Intendhe(d vl'g weaken Al Smt'xlfil g riticizing Mr. Walsh's “apparent ingness to be used as a chestnut tong.” the Tulsa World (independent) | that “if nominated, it is doubtful if he | could ca & single State in the | Union.” The Waterloo Tribune (inde- g:ndent Progressive) looks upon the 'nator as “simply being used to boost the cause of factionalism.” *x % ox | . “His many friends and admirers,” in the opinion of the Lynchburg News (Democratic), “will resent the effort to | make it appear that his candidacy s | not meant seriously, but that he is be~ ing used as a weapon with which to fight some one else, even if certain cif- cumstances have given it that unf & nate appearance.” The Chnlotwm News (Democratic) argues that * Walsh candidacy does not cl‘i but only muddles matters,” and - | Worcester Telegram (independent) d | At least, as far as the | prohibition. | boom for Mr. Walsh will mean more less confusion remains to be seen.” .. “Admittedly, he is well qualified to 8é" | this Nation’s chief magistrate,” statds | the Birmingham News (Democratic) | but that paper agrees that “the | that Mr. McAdoo is the protagonist now advancing the Walsh cause clouds | the Walsh candidacy with suspi and 1t concludes: “There is little Houston. It is not in the cards that | shall be. It may not even be in | minds of his supporters that he shalt | be. What is in their minds seems to as translucent as the noonday sun.™ = | “Another deadlock in the Del { national convention” is considered | the Buffalo Evening News (Republf ) | as likely to develop. and the Newatk | Evening News (independent) raises ¥ further point: “Senator Walsh is handi- capped by the fact that he is a drw * * * Prohibition prevents consider- ation of the T:‘m L::‘uu I;e!on the country and Inders e selection candidates for their fitness to namé ter the Nation's business.” i Assuming that the purpose of m Adoo followers is “to defeat Al or Senator Reed or Gov. Ritchie or any other wet.” the Aberdeen Daily World (Republican) concludes that “it would ngpe-r to be a furlorn hope,” because “Smith is far out in front." UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR Ten Yews dge Todey American troops, by & quick advanece east of Luneville, sel German trenches and hold them against counter attacks, Heavy fire of American artil- lery had forced the anemy to abandon ground and the captured trenches have been consolidated with ours, * * * This, though a small forward move- ment, marks the first permanent ad- vance by the American Expeditionary Forces in France and it enables the. Americans and French 1o operate fram higher ground than heretafore. CQers mans make feeble attempts to retake the position, but each time are repuised, ¢ % % Pershing’s casualty list ves celved today contains 10 names, * % % Plot to blow up Hog Island Shipyards bared through the discovery of 245 pounds of dynamite found hidden away i the plant. * * * War Trade Board chai that Qermany is delibs evately maki WAr upon s \\uw nelghbars and g to starve t :\' and 8 0 ovder i M J clom ™ siderable ability, honest. no poseur or | ability that Mr. Walsh will be named El. -