Evening Star Newspaper, March 17, 1928, Page 6

6 FHE - EVENING -8 < With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY March 17, 1928 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor| The Evening Ntar News Business DM titn st New York Office Chicago Ofice: Towe: Furopean Office: 14 Recent St.. London, Encland paper Company . Rate b Carrier Within the The Evens a l per month ermorth i3¢ per month v 3¢ per cony e At tha end of mach manth Oders may be sent i hy mail ar telephone Nam 3000 Rate hy Mail. Maryland Deitv and Sunday aiir onlr ancar ante Advance. and Virginia 1yt S0 1 Ter €306 1 mal All Other States and Canada. Priyan S0 1w S <800, 1 ma Sundar S4o0. 1 mos Ioeal news puhlication Civil Service for the District. In the course of its inquiry into Dis- his father in 1919, speedi i trict affairs the Gibson subcommitiee | his accession by bringing about the in- | Plain to or lecture his partner on what of the House District committee has | dependence of Afghanistan. An ensuing | N¢ should or should not have done and taken up the question of placing-the | treaty with the British specifically con- | It ® §00d many cases it is not the lec- emploves of the District government under the civil service rules. At hearing on the subject. held vesterday, the matter was discussed and the im- | new fnternational liberty that Ameer A% Important as to be a non-gloating | plication was made that the Commis- | Amanullah has been joy-riding through | Vinner. Equability of temperament, at sioners now have the power to secure | the capit the advantages of the civil servi tem for the selection of the personnel, but have neglected to applv to the Civi Servicé Commission for certifications of /(11 which statesmen must reckon, and | Supposediy friendly gathering. eligibles. For many years efforts have been made to secure for the District govern- ment the protection of the civil servic ‘ system for its workers. They have not ziled. In the first place, there has stood in the way the inequitable appor- ticnment of offices law, under which all selections for positions under that sys- tem must be allocated to the States in | District of a serious public nuisance. proportion to population. Without specific exemption from this provision of the substantive civil service law, which the District has been unable to secure, it would be deprived of all but the smallest fraction of the positions in quires all degree-conferring institutions ' ;. arja. the municipal organization for its own ' here to obtain licenses from the Board | residents. What the Disfrict needs. and should ' #nd to the evil of bogus institutions Rave. is the benefit of a merit system learning of appointments to municipal offices Rraduation and degrees, without real | town, however, will be smail enough to without any reference whatever to the | instruction and training. and thus give | hegrudge Baltimore her own. private | | A sovereignty in foreign affairs. € 55 means to “tell the world” that Afghan- | Most désirable attribute of the player | London. | | | ‘of Afghanistan In mony with which French, Germans and British récelved Amanullah, and with which ‘Red Russia s about to welcome him, is the politico-strategic tmportance Central Asia. For decades’ the country has been the classic ‘buffer state” of that vast:continent. Throughout . thid-Victorian times, when Britain's premiers and foreign ministers were giants of the Melbourne. Palmerston, Disracli, Gladstone and Salisbury types. Afghanistan chronically threatened to become a casus belli be tween the Russian bear and the British lion. Tt is bounded on the north by Russian Transcaspia and Bokhara and on the south by British-Indian Balu- chistan. London's ostentatious courtesies to Amanuliah have a special significance. for 1t is & major concern of Great Brit- ain to cultivate the good will of the despotic ruler whose mountainous do- main abuts the border of restless India Afghanistan in Crarist d. was an in- cessant object of Russian diplomatic intrigue, with an eve always to an as- sault on British India. Sovietism is con- THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €. SATURDAY, MARCH 17. 1928. in the_eyes of the law from actual par- ticipation in the ‘murder. ' She is an accessory both before and after the -fact, even if -she did not fire the shots, which her first confession admitted. * Both the girl and her lover have long been lawbreakers, and there appears to be no.reasonable ground for clem- ency. It would seem that they began |In crime in small way, gradually working up to the grand climax of an atrocious murder. Canada is just as strict as is her mother country, Eng- and. in exacting the full penaity for crime, and unless startling new evi- dence is brought to light regarding this sordid - affair, both participants will probably pay for their deed on the newly erected scaffold in Valleyfield next week. Life for a Card. { The old story about ne. man who [ held thirteen trumps in a bridge game but took only one ‘trick because his partner shot him for trumping his ace has just had its counterpart in De- troit, where & woman, becoming riled st sidered no less a menace to the “:m.."" partner’s dumb playing, pulled out peror of India’s” authority. to under. pistol and killed her. The woman mine which bolshevist propaganda i: Who did the shooting has just been | notoriously and incessantly at work. | $entenced to life imprisonment. Afghanistan. then virtually under| FPersons of excitable temperament British suzerainty, maintained neu- | Should steer clear of sports and nmeo.l trality in the World War, despite its re- | OF At least they should leave their guns ligious afliation with Moslem Turkey. | At home wher indulging in a little But Amanullah, who succeeded to the | friendly competition. No greater pest throne following the assassination . of | eXists than the persan in a bridge game signalized | Who proceeds after each hand to ex- complete | firer who has cause for shooting, but | the lecturee. ‘To be a non-complaining loser is just ferred upon Afghanistan It is to celebrate and accentuate this least in outer manifestations, is the s of Europe. He obvious istan is now very much on the map of | Of 8ames. Profanity, card throwing or Asia, a political and territorial force [ 8h0OUNE .certainly has no place in a Bridge is credited with precipitating ! many a friendly quarrel and many a | club controversy. Inasmuch as it is | purely a doubles affair—that is, two peo- 3 e | ple are dependent each upon the other's For the Public 1_’““""?“" | skill—its ‘very structure Is calculated to Progress was made vesterday by the | . .o Giciension. It 5 & fascinating Senate District committee toward the | oo “hovecer and @ game of con- R |rentrnnnn for both sexes. But the next time your partner falls to return your particularly the statesmen whose head- quarters is at No. 10 Downing street. ) A favorable report was ardered on the [ i be 5 good sport.about it and re- bill to abolish “diploma mills” in the | popper the woman in Detroit who will District and this measure will therefore.( (o e rest of her life in a peni- s00n be laid before the Senate with tentiary because she resented & mis- recommendation for passage. It Ye-|li ol o moment of unjustifiable ——— Baltimore had rough weather during | the week. Fame is envied even in mat- certificates of ters of rather slight distinction. No of Education. - It is designed to put an | that grant -practical Modern hurry has taken much of the beauty out of one of mankind's age- old activities, that of letter writing. In the old days a letter was looked upon as something distinctly worth putting time and labor on, but today most persons regard a communication as something to be written as quickly as possible. % “I take pen and ink in hand,” ran one of the favorite beginnings of the form letter; and although this has !'been laughed at, it did express some- thing fine and intrinsically beautiful. Today the disposition is to take.the telephone in hand, if anything, and get the matter over with as soon as possible. ‘These thoughts were called to mind by the sight of a seal done in blue wax on the back of a' letter. Here was something in the fine, lelsurely manner of the old style. The Imprint of the signet ring w clear and distinct. It brought up a picture of a well ordered desk. of a writer who belleved In the courtesies of .communications: it recalled in a pleasant manner the heritage of the signet. Julius Caesar sealed his communica- tlons s0. The signet ring played a large part in sacred and romantic his- tory. making a dbuble appeal as a instrument and & personal adornment. Thousands of persons wear them today who never use them to seal let- ters. and this largely because such sealing 1s, forsooth, too much trouble! | v ¥ Yet there is nothing more enjoyable in the average daily life than cor- | respondence. Letter writing puts the whole world on an absolute equality. Here is one place. if one may call it #0. where true democracy prevails. A man or woman who can really ex- press what he wants to say in a letter is the equal in every epistolary way of any other man or woman who can do as well. On the fair field of a piece of paper Intelligence goes forth to wage war, or to make merry, or to be sincerely grave, or to achieve any one of the | thousand ends which braifs can call heir own. Rank and money fade away in letter writing, and nothing remains but one | human being talking to another. We were forcibly reminded of this the other day, when shown a letter written by the secretary of a celebrity of the mu- sical world “Mr. So and So wishes me to express his thanks for." mueh exerted himself to the extent of writing those few words with his own hand! How much more sincerely they would have sounded. and how much more would they have been treasured by the L -‘:“nge rn:elved’ them! < t cause of this personal eleme ‘*hat the world has cherished a ln:-‘: for the written letter. This is why the collected letters of famous writers always have sold well, why the letters of great men have been “best sellers Even missives written with their pos- sible publication in view still contain enough of this genuine etc., ete. How much | better i Mr. So and 56 himself had | apportionment of offices restriction, | prima facie warrant for the practice with first preference given to residents | of the professions here and elsewhere. | huma; v s ta “put them over." Any on!n I‘:Il‘t-l:::: the letters of the late Walter: Hines e o Page Is more of the District.. In his statement before the subcommittee vesterday Civil Serv Numerous instances have been brought | In reviving old songs an especial ap- 0 Jight of fake schools established here, | peal might be made to Senator Borah or less consclous of thy fact that the writer perhaps had s iee Commissioner Wales expressed the under the present lax laws, to which Beiief than the plan of apportionment | “students” are admitted, in personal by States should not be followed in ap- ! attendance or through correspondence. piying the eivil service svstem to the | In many of these cases there have been District government, and that fof no actual faculties of instructors, no municipal positions residents. of the | tests of qualifications, no real education District should have firsy chance. He in the most elementary sense. Their | favored covering in all present employes | “graduates.” bearing certificates, diplo- | and making the law applicable to those | mas and degrees, have been eligible for who might be emaploved in the future. | profecsional work. While they could ‘That is the only basis upon which the i pretty good idea that they would be | published. Yet this detracts in no way from them. . by bringing out “Take Back Your Gold.” s *r e The old-fashioned art of correspond- ence was beautiful because it was taken serlousiy, and real work and time put | upon As in gardening. there fs undertaking to meet “inevitable foes. nothing that will take the p'hu nrr:hm - and work. One cannot sit down and So much money has been scattered “dash off” anything but a poor letter abroad through the land that many citi | ReAl letters are written slowly, ea B — Demands for island independence show the courage that is willing to for- sake a powerful friend for the sake of THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. fully. By this one would not mean that they are written at a snail’s pace. Some persons write their best rapidly. Others do better by making careful out- lines of what they want to say. It is all a matter of temperament. Some write best hy just plunging in. They | make their own outline as they go along, or rather the subject naturally flows Into the right channels as the writer writes. Such & person has a right to lay claim to being a natural ‘writer, “ There Is another sort of writer, either of letters or in other forms, who must | work more carefully, building up his thought in advance, then adhering scrupulously to his plan. He, too, will achieve much if he sticks to his own | way of wnting. What might seem like | haste to him, as he contemplates the | other's method, in reality is not haste i at all, trom the viewpoint of the other, | but s simply the normal method. Just as there are no two persons exactly | allke in appearance, so there will be no two who have exactly the same | methods when it comes to writing. | Women no doubt make the best let- | ter writers, as a general rule. We | refer here to rank and file of corre- spondents, whose letters will never he | published. Women are not obsessed with | vague ideas of dignity, which pervade | the ‘minds of most men after they {reach a certain age. Women harbor | no, theoretical notions as to whether a subject is “worthy” or not. Their |'only criterion 1s whether something in- terests them. If so, then it is worth | writing about. 8o they string out a | letter page after page, rambling around | from one subject to another, yet with | the ‘whole closely knit together by the binding tie of their own personal in- | terest. | The result of this is that the reader, whether man or woman, catches some- thing of this spirit, and succumbs to the lJure of the letter that is written because the writer was interested. The Arst rule of letter writing, it would seem, is that the writer must be ac- tually and genuinely interested in what he s writing about. oo ‘The second reason why women write he best modern letters, and why they t are responsible for the fact that the ! art of letter writing is not a lost art, Is that they are keener to appreciate | and quicker to express their likes and | dislikes than men. Of ten men who say. “That s a | dandy article, I must write the author and tell him so.” not one will ever do it. Of ten women who say the same thing, at least two will sit down immediately and write, while probably | two more will write within the week. Men, being dreamers, mean well, but | too often fall to do as well as they 1:’1‘")“‘ v:nmen. bolnx" intensely prac- | tical creatures. normally do wh: ide%l;mlne to do. 4 o us women, besides doing daily | their work (which is, as mskbgenl'm';l | never done), find time to keep alive {in the land the beautiful business of | letter writing. And by “the business of letter writing” one does not mean busi- ness letters, of course. Such letters, | lle 2 necessity, l:ob‘(:':lfln are un- an rish 1 strict business conciscness. 1t _\'r;:A :\h:‘l: | £ver recelved a typical “business letter” {'You will understand. The real letters of which we speak are the Ieisurely, unhurried, happy letters written by ..lh:;euvzm like lw use good paper, who a seal v feel that there “la. sometning e necessarily crude Sity to be scrambled through wit somehow or other. How hn: has 1}: | been since you smelled the pleasant | aroma of wax. or sealed a letter with your own initials? - A not gain admittance to the bar or to! _eivil service system can be equitably! +is not being bruised, by a flying twenty- | the medical societies they could impose | applied to the District. 2 upon clients and patients and could AL present Insistent pressure s | . set up as instructors. | byought to bear uponihie Commissloners | "oy, frayq of these diploma mills is ;z‘; ;‘:m"";:’jar:’; ‘:j‘“r:“'mpl;’::“’:;i not 50 much. upon the public as upon Congress and othiers rl;h political in-| Ynn» who enroll as students. Advantage fluence. There is' no system of ex- |t !2ken of lnorance regarding educa- aminations under the law. If the pres. | 1OP4! Tequirements on the part of those | sure is strong enough the favored ones to whom exploiting circulars are sent | may be appointed regardiess of wher l nd who are atiracted by the prospect | they reside, and regardiess of merit, | °f "P¢edy and easy means of acquiring The Commissioners should ‘ have the ) teCiPical education. Pprotection of the civil service from this| 10 Passage of this bill is recom- | wrgency of influential place seekers, 1t Mended by all who have mcmzmpdX whould have the advantage of the sys-| {D® extent of the evil. There has besn ! tem of appointments which insures | *OM® difference of opinion regarding | eompetence as well as local residence he method of supervision, but the con- | “'on the part of the municipal workers, |5ensus 18 that the Board of Fducation | A law granting them these measures 8 best qualified to determine the quali- | of protection and assuring the District | fications of achools and of a high standard of personnel ef. DProposing to conduct courses of nstrics eiency would be welcomed by the com- | Yon. 1In that form the bill is now | munit | recommended to the Benate for passage, | — Next week the Senate committee will | ive probably final consideration to the | pending bill 1o regulate the practice of @ren of wealth” who decided 1o seex | Medicine In the District, designed to | the simple life immediately after their prevent the. operations of thore whoy marriage because they were bored with profess to be qualified to engage in the | @ances and parties, seem pmw,m,]m-ung arts without training, knowl- | Proud of the fact that they made thelir | edge or qualification. This measure is way from Norfolk to Tampa at a cost | OW being perfacted and it, too, ahuuld{ of aiout thirty-five dollars, chiefly be- | Be DUl Upon its passage at an early | etuse they were successful in hooking | G818, These two measures, if enacied | rides from kind-oearted motorists into law, will rid the District of hazmful | Economy is & laudable habit; but there | frauds 8 nothing particuiarly laudable in & w young couple well able to pay for what ' ey want sdopling the role of bum mfll beggar. Wise molorists wiil refuse o give them lifis because of the general suspicion of the character of thnse who | travel in this menner, and it certainly v { eannol add 1 thelr self-esteem to be | Thicats 1o blow up the Ban Prancisco | arubbed when they beg for a ride, | mint are stiributed to eranks. A genuine | “Hitch-Hiking.” . Mz, and Mrs. Pred R. Johnson. “chil- The family spirit which characterizes & ro~called “hop-ofi” might perhaps be abandoned and replaced by serious cere- | monies including prayers for a safe ree | | turn, | .- institutions | Some personages I have held in a re- , The monkey was made fun of zens are regarding themiselves as lucky | " dollar gold plece. - 'HOO 2 et Income tax collectors say the. publie is | showing more intelligence in making | returns. This impression may be due o the fact that the average citizen has given up in despair and hired an ex- pert accountant. ver’s Entry | diana Republican presidential prefer- ence primaries to battle with Senator Watson for the State's delegates is watched with keen interest by the coun- try at large as a test of strength com- parable in some respects to the one go- ing on tn Ohlo. Contending that Mr. Hoover's action I8 In deflance “of long-established po- litical tradition that favorite e SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Safety Valve. I'm writing to my Congressman a word | or two to say. Investigations fill myself and family with dismay mary preference campaigns,” the In- dianapolis News (independent) .hinks “the invasion will be a stimulus to the Watson Republicans to use their strength, which otherwise would not have beén required in the primary.” The Terre Haute Star (independent Republican) says, “it {s unfortunate that a factional contest has heen precipitated by those who are hiding behind the ntle of Secretary Hoover. If he understands the situation.” econtinues the Star, “he must realize that Hoosier Republicans looking -for @ new deal will not imagine that they are attaining that end by flocking to the lead of for- mer Gov. Goodrich or Postmaster Gen- eral New in a fight on those who are trving to lead the party out of the dis- order into which it has fallen.” In support of the candidacy of Mr. Hoover Is the statement of the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel (Republican) that “the already considerable strength amussed In his favor In this State is certain to crystallize and increase sub- stantially during the two months that lie between now andd primary day. We feel well justified” adds the Newx«Sen- tinel, “in predicting that Indiana's dele- gates will go to Kansas City instructed for Herbart Hoover. PR “Most of the potential Dawes and Lowden strength.” declares the South Bend ‘Tribunc «independent Republi- cany, “may be expected to be thrown behind Senator Watson .in the primary’ spect so deep aice Are now discussed In such a way that 1 can hardly sleep. I wish he'd introduce a résolution Reopening debate on evolution That was a pretty toplc. Oratory filled | the air. But the monkey didn't care. There wasn't any scandal and there wasn't any graft number grew indignant others only laughed. And anyhow, I wish the Constitution Demanded more debate on evolution. A and the Informality. “Statesmen are less formal in attire than they used o be." “That's true,” answered Senator Sor- ghum. “I've noticed all the hats thut have been thrown Into the ring, and 1| don’t see & single silk stovepipe among | them," Poetry, Not Truth, Herbert Hoover's entry into the In-, sons’ | States should be held inviolate in pri- | “High-picing” has, unfortunately, be- eome populer eriminals. It has superseded 1o a large exrnt the old method of riding the yo0s, wnd W 1» a brave and Yoolnardy L e indeed. who will take a chsnce o0 giving a Lft 1 any of this k. Btreet ears, pusses end yrains ply bgtween sll «eities of Lie country, snd the fares ure roswmable. 1t is not, therefore, an cdi- 1ying spectacle w see young piople vol- utarily putting themaeivey in the clas of Ane Booes of the rosd - » ao—— 150 means has been found of penliz- 10y recsjens atiabion, A man y the ey fea not nothing Europe Kowtows i B yor the tow teen mer enulleh, Amiecy Eerhn wnd Lon- b bt Bovier Tt W outatrip, I Capitalistie pleturesgue g uiocral Hrvapuiah, w1 pet fusine enpitel wt Kanul corteined b Jtiert, veserved for the vor Wt ptentates Tuere 1 & reeson 10 nenner i of the Ameey 2 [z v st me o by LB g Pron tne L ®f plgheni He e A Pe ‘ Bonie recerene Hi: A mejeaty M Mosouv, where esend heresit The hon hes pata w wil) possibie which wn hie ae m ] a0 W Vi spaiee 1O popu for-Ererning 1 ) erefore of ke pomp BnG cere siiom of his oA €16 miles with both tremps snd | Gulge i prel | the murder and robbery of a tsxlcab i | when [ TTr T JreClE whet they mssert s e Uue story ot the Kuropt | ¢, KOO 4id bs paramour have treveled thiough | sersnmiity | many Bletes and In Canads i pi cronk is usually 4 . ron usually too businesslike to in ! The early robin hops along ninary, Wterary relaxation. ! “op 0 ia) propbecy’s hogun SRS |That bird may have Apollo’s song, No Grounds for Clemency. | But he 15 no George Washington, Bre 4 - Wil T T | Jud Tunkina says you ean Wik o of Mount Vernon, N. ¥ from the scaf- |Much that folks are Hable to hand you fold in Canadu for "her participation | £Ome more hecause they get to think- with her lover, George McDonsld, in |'é You kind of enjoy them. Distance, “How [ar can you go on a gallon of 7 “IL beems 1o depend,” answered Mr, | Chuaing, “on whether the next nitiug tation is uphill or down.” | driver real sl lerge whom they had hired in Mont- for & wip to New York. The with nother man who is stll at are alieged o have shot the Ariver of their vehicle on a lonely road and Vaken his car wnd money They eorapad detection until a year later they srected in Butte, | Mot on k forgery charge. They were retuined for wrisl and are | wed on March 23, | Paimer's lawyers catm that she | of the murder, wlthough | admitting that she was in the [ 7" They are mak- ¥ Mchonsld 10 Clocking. Heard the frogs out by the apring, Heard a mockin' bird at last AL & goln' 1o sky & thing Cept that April's comin' fast, were 0 Cann e b cntenced 1 has to maove so fast dodgin’ deae automobiles,” sald Uncle Eben, "dat 1 het it de cop war to notce me I could @it arrested foh violatin' de speed laws.' . -ve Those Decoy Ads, Viam the €1 ‘The o nnocent tree 1 tonk place vy oflot woget #fiair, 50 that clemency con be cnded Lo the womun. S far Mes Donald hes steadfustly refused 1o save ik e partner In crime by changing il vhich implicates her HMeonald 15 sald 10 have vecord W m confidence man, mnd It Enauior trouble with thes Want Money?” ads s that rread them you {elther hiave (o w something o get i, .- Do You when you ks always discover you nry for A or mor! long he Ses America by Air, Vinm the Vrana ot 1t is difficult I Prediction 15 mude that we shall uil | of Vheir shady profescion il ‘" M Wing 1he 1ohby b Palimes Mo wdmie Ty i et e vde of 1000 miles af the diiver with Ly b Ieke & day offl and eee Oomen, (en Gicassoclate hereell Americe Bist, [} / campaign. But the men who are active In support of My, Hoover In Indlana do not lack politieal wisdom, and the fact that they Induced him to enter the primary may be an indication it he Is anything but a lamb being led to the slaughter.” (ndependent) offers the commen | well planned and determined effort to prevent the people of Indiane from freely expressi their ssntiments in regard to who shall be the Republican cholce for President was (rustrated when Herbert Hoover's name was en- Lered in the Hlate's primaries, Thou- wunds of admirers of Hoover will wel- come the opportunity to vote for him " “There is nothing in the whole politi- cul situation,” declar Ohlo State Journal (Republican ought 1o be struck at harder than party harmony in Indiana, as it has devel- oped under Senator Watson's lewder- ship. Decent. men and women In dlnn now haye a decent Republican, standing for decent things, to vate for, and we hope they smash the Watson muchine tnto fnnocuous desuetude ™ Mr. Hoover's A viewed by the Lou! dependent), “brings & ole ce ption,” while the Boston "Transcript (independent) wel- comes his entrance refveshing breeze on a sultry day,’ cune Herald (Independent) belle “It anti-Hoover developments were fined (o the ‘favorite-son’ gestures In Ohlo and Indiana, the nomination of the Secretary of Commerce at Kansas Olty would now he sssured." “As everybody knows," atates the De- froit News (independent), “"Mr, Wal- s never boen regarded as & lead- Agure I the Republican paity. 8o, of course, no one had any iden of mak- Ing Henator Wataon a sevlous eandidate Uhe apprehension thus was created that by the use of Benator Watson the political thimble-riggera were % The Elkhart Truth Into Indiéna Primary Stirs Wide Interest keep the pea in their pocket until they | could use Indiana’'s 33 votes for their own purpose. By permitting his name | to be entered in the Indiana primaries, Mr. Hoover has given the Republicans | an opportunity which they can s*ize and | use. They can prevent Indiana’s votes in the convention going to Lowden or | being ompllnved in a midnight dicker in | | some hotel LR “He (Hoover) is ready to contest the | ground in a typical farm State. He is | ready to meet the misrepresentations that have been made as to his record |and attitude toward the farming in- :lfrul.fi This showing of political cour- age will not _be lost on the country,” | advises the Kansas City Times (Inde- | pendent), and the Cleveland Plain | Dealer (independent Democratic) says |thlt ‘only when he invades an ene- | my’s country, like Ohlo or Indiana. will Hoover's real mettle be put to the test.” | _“Concededly, Mr. Hoover enters th= | observes the Bellingham Herald (inde- | pendent Democratic), “in the light of th it rule situation. but his friends advised him to make the race. lest his abstention give the appearance of his fearing a contest with Watson, who i3 violently anti-Hoover, and also give th~ appearance that he singling out Senator Willls In Ohlo as his only | ‘favorite son' opponent.” | If he carries Ohlo and Indiana he wlll secure a big boost,” in the opinion of the Raleigh News and Observer (Democratic), which remarks that “there is a growing contempt for ‘the | tavorite " son’ “method of controlting | State delegations so that politicians may manipulate conventions.” The St Joseph News-Press (independent) con- cludes that “by striking out boldly, even in the favorite-son States, My Hoover has challenged that strategy a3 'he had to challenge it sconer or Iater, If he did not wish to let the | party managers put the nomination in |ty UNITED STATE IN WORLD WAR Ten Years Ago Today. A strong force of Germans raids the extreme right of American lines in the Toul sector this morning, following & terrific artillery bombardment. Only » few succeed In entering the American position. Number of casualties not glven out, * - Amerlcan troops have been subjected to an extraovdi- nartly heavy artillery fire for the past 24 hours, More than 240 shells, which make craters 20 feet and 30 feet in diameter, fell in one aection of the line New German troops have entered the line opposite the American troops and they peep curlously at our men. + * « Amerloans and French are still holding former enemy trenches In the sector eust of Luneville, deaplte offorta of Gier- mans (o drive them out with artiller * ¢ % Nineteen Amer! 0 rated with French war yml:'y onses for gals n t:t.lhulnl east of Luneville, . oretar or American debarkation ports m"x'-r‘m: and 15 now ingpectin, supply depots, Vislta gigantio Ice plant capabls of MPDIVING enough tce dally (o keep frozen 11,000.000 pounds of meat in a rtmur warehouse one-Afth of a wile ong ) A Safe Ber, Fran the Indianapitin siar Roth parties in Indiana will doubt- less adopt strong planks condemning the corn boves B4 THE LIBRARY TABLE ! By the Booklover ! | The origin of the Primrose League, a large Conservative organization of Great Britain, is interestingly told by Andre Maurols in his recent biography | of the great Conservative Prime Min- ister, Lord Beaconsfield, “Disraeli; a; Picture of the Victorian Age.” Queen | Victoria admired and was devoted to | Lord Beaconsfield, but never willingly accepled his great Liberal rival, Glad- | stone, when election changes brought | the latter into power. Disraeli secured for her the title of Empress of Indi she made him an earl. Disraell agreed with her when he could, and when he could not agree he flattered. He was often a guest at Windsor and Osborne, ! and she visited him at Hughenden. Be- | cause of his gout the Queen asked him to be seated in her presence, and once at Balmoral she came to see him in his | sick-room. The two corresponded fre- not merely as Queen and Prime but also as friends; he ad- dressed her as “Madam and Most Be- letters to_him “Yours affectionately, | Victoria, R. L” She often sent him' fruit and flowers from Windsor—snow- | drops, violets, gardenias and primroses. L The elections of 1880 were a duel be- tween the two great rivals, Disraell and Gladstone. “The Conservatives were wiped out” and Gladstone became Prime Minister. Disraell's farewell audience with the Queen was “a sad | affair. ‘The Queen presented her old | friend with her statuette in bronze and | a plaster-cast of her pony. Beacons- field kissed the Queen’s hand; she made him promise to write often and to come and see her. She would have liked to give him some enduring token of her | gratitude, to make him at least a| duke, but he considered that in the face | h friendship continued, however, and soon | when he was dining at Windsor the | Queen exclaimed, “T feel so happy that I think what has happened is only a horrid dream!” Sometimes, “despite | the Constitution.” she consulted him | about national affairs. Disraeli, an old | man, survived his defeat only about a ! vear. During his last illness his room was always filled with violets and prim- | roses from the Queen and on his coffin | were placed two wreaths from her, one of primroses, bearing jhe Inscription “His favorite flower.” |The following| year, on the anniversary of his death. April 19, eaconsfield buttonholes” of | primroses were made up by the London florists and worn in large numbers by | those faithful to his memory. A Con- | servative league was founded in his honor and called the Primrose League. Members of the league every vear on | his birthday decorate the statue of Dis- raell in Parliament Square with his | favorite flower. | * ek | The late Czarina of Russia has. since her tragic death at the hands of the bolshevists, become one of the pathetic group of monarchs of history who paid i the penalty of too much autocracy in | periods when the ‘“common people” | were demanding their share of the good } things of life, Many books and maga- | zine articles are being written about the Empress Alexandra, who is gen- ANSWERS TO QUESTION 14 BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. ‘Take advantage of this free service. It you are one of the thousands who have patronized the bureau, write us again. If you have mnever used the service, begin now. for your henefit. Be sure to send your name and address with your question and inclose 2 cents or a stamp for re- stage. l!“t:‘: lpl;’lo'l::\ltbn Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washington, D. C. Q. Please give religion of Maj. Ed- ward Bowes, famous “Father’ of the apitol Theater Family in New York | C: City. Is he a real major in the Army? ~F. B, A. T Capitol Theater says Maj. Edward Bowes was born in San Francisco, Calif., of Irish parents, and is a Cathollc by religion. He is a major and staff specialist in the Offi- cers' Reserve Corps of the United States Army. attached to the Adju- tant General's Office in Washington, D. C. Q. Where did farmin; paper originate?—E. R. A. Paper farming had its inception in the sugar and pineapple fields of Hawail. In the United States this method has been successfully carried g under asphalt N. on by the Department of Agriculture at the Arlington Test Farms. under the direction of Dr. L. H. Flint, who in- augurated the system at his home in Virginia. Q. When were used?—H. W. A. The Greeks are supposed to have been the first to use monograms. They are found on old Greek coins and rings. ‘The Romans, however, made the more personal application to family names. Q. How old was the contemporary composer Korngold when his first operetta was produced?—T. A. R. A. Korngold was a child prodigy. His operetta was produeed when the composer was 11. monograms first Q. Where did the breed of poultry 1t Is maintained | Address The Evening known as Rhode Island Red originate: —A. G R. A. It originated in the toun of Littld Compton, R. I. Q. Where was Daniel Chegl French. the seulptor, born? -L. T A. He was born in Exster, N. H.) April 20, 1850. " | @ How many States service retirement syst, employes?—P, D, A. Six States sefts, Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsvivania tion providing for ths re: | allowance of Q. How old is Tom Hernsy, winrer, —W. W, ! A. Tom Heeney was born in New Zealand May 19, 1399 | @ Where is the deepest world? -A. O. B A. The deepest well the world has heen sunk in Orange County, Cali- fornia, where a depth of more tfan 8000 feet, or 250 feet mors than the previous record. has bee At 7,000 feet the temperats to be above 212 degrees point of the battery graphic machines used depth surveys. and the came thoroughly moiten the only weil ever drilled by power to a depth of m n, 6.000 feet. Drilling was in progress contif- uously for over two years inch bit was used 1 house transformers and a “peed motor, ‘The shaf from the vertical up t5 2 deviation of 560 feet at a depth of 5985 feet, and then drifted back till at 8,000 feet the *ilt was only 28 degrees. have publie em: for State Maine, Mazsachu-| 7ork. New| that | well in *he Q. When was the final destruction of Jerusalem M A Jern but the ancient eity Jerusalem was finally destroyed in its siege and captire by Titus {n 70 Al Modern was planned 60 veatls Jater littie is known of its histor, hefars tne time of Constantine the Great BACKGROUND OF EVENT BY PAUL What constitutes a state? —Men. high-minded men With powers as far above dull’ brutes endued In forest. brake or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambl rude— These constitute a state: Am} sovereign law, that state's collected will. Smit by her sacred frovn. The fiend. Dissension, like sinks. ‘There appears a radical difference of opinion as to a State between that of the President of the United States and the president of the Senate and Speaker of the House, of Porto Rico. There is also a difference of opinion between a vapor erally considered to have had more to | the certain Western States of conti- | State under a considerable handicap,” | do with bringing on the Russian revo- | nental United States: for instance, cer- | lution than the Czar himself. She was the daughter of Princess Alice of Hesse and granddaughter of Queen ! Victoria. “The Tragic Bride,” by V. Poliakoff. shows the Czarina as fate- ridden. Tl luck attended her from the start. When she married Nicholas II, his father, Czar Alexander III, had just died. and it was murmured about among the people that a wedding so soon after a funeral would be unlucky. | At the coronation many persons among | the huge. unmanageable crowds were killed and the terrified young Czar was | held responsible. Girls only were born | to the couple,’ when an ir to the | throne was intensely desired, and when the heir was finally born he was a victim of a disease’ which kept him anemic and weak. The domestic hap- | piness of the royal family caused them to isolate themselves, and this brought | about misunderstandings and resent- ments. t was unfortunate for Russia that Alexandra_had bred so amazin, true to type. We discover in her ti primness. the obstinacy, the aloofness from the world and the attachment to the family ideal with which the biog- raphers of (her grandmother) Queen Victoria have made us familiar. Above all, in the Empress Alexandra was ths same unquenchable love for her mate.” ook ¥ Charming pictures. full of at- mosphere, tempting to take them from their binding for framing. are thoss by William P. Spratling in “Old Planta- tion Houses in Louisiana." by Natalie Scott. There are over 40 page plates and many smaller cuts, all giving, not merely representations of houses and their settings, but also an intangible fmpression of the charm of life in that partly French section of the Old South. | The text describes about 60 old Louisi- Ana nomes, some tumbling into ruins, some still In a state of good preser tion, and some remodeled in a way to be more satisfactory to the real estate operator than to the artist. . x The standardization of American lif ridiculed by Sinclair Lewis in “Babbitt commented upon at length by Cha and Mary Beard in the chapter “The Machine Age” of “The Rise of Ameri- can Civilizatios and mentioned by many other writers, either approvingly or disapprovingly, is the subject of “The Great American Band - Wagon,’ h Mers. The process by which we have become a “band-wagon” Nation Is fllustrated by Mr. Merz by giving the history of six generations of one Ameri- can family. John Smith, 1st, ssttled fn Connecticut. In 1791 the John Smith of the next generation felt ‘the migr g urge and moved to Ohlo. John Smith, 3rd, found Ohio Alling up too rapidly and trekked with his tamily to Towa. ~ John Smith, 4th, led by the lure of gold. folned the' rush _for California, John Smith, Sth. not sufficlently adven- | . turous or perhaps too sensible, did ufli‘ Ko after gold, but remained in lowa, fought in the Unlon Army, grew pros- perous when his farm lands increased In value and finallly sought California for his old age. John Smith, 6th, re. versed the westward ploneering of his ancestors and came back East to spend his money. He and his restless fumily rush about doing all the usual things— American Summer resorts, Europe, mo- toring, golf, lodge meetings, the movles, | adio. “The Great American Band- Wagon™ was chosen by the Literary Guild as the February book for its members, e Prizes continue (o be offered for novels and short storles, fn spite of (he scorn expressed by some leading authors for this method of reducing lteraiure to vules 1ald down by publishers. Kath- | avine Holland Brown of Quiney, 1L, has | recelved for her novel “The Father" the $10.000 prize offered by the Woman's He Companion and the John Day Co The similar price offered for the | best novel by & man was not awarded Becuine no novel was submitted which Was vonsidered to fulfll the conditions The judges neluded Dorothy Canfeld, James Braneh Oabell, Qertrude Lane, editor of the Womy Home Compan- fon, and Richard J. Walsh, president of the John Day Co. — - - ¢ An Open Field. From (he Mlami Daily News We are beginning to belleve that a vepublic really 18 & place where every- body has the vight to run for Prasident .- | o It Snappy! Fiom the Fark Wavne NewsSontine! ranseontinental telaphone vates are own, hut they are still high enough W ounsel teraenesy of style, tain Californians are demanding that the “charter” of. Arizona be forfeited, V. COLLINS. main, constituting more than 69 pe cent of the arca_cof the State. ard waived all control ®ver her riversy in favor of the Federal Governmemt, 8 condition precedent to admission as Etate. while now she undertafes withdraw that wajvure and set up claim to the public lands and a t to fax 2 certain water power corporation| $6.000,000 annually. forever: for thie use of_-the power of the proposed Boulder| Dam io the Colorado River. vz Might not that remnsldeuuofi§' d| .even to Utah, which would constitutional prohibition of | now that she is a State? amy. * % ¥ % The House passed the Bouldef.Dagn bill vesterday, and the Senate cammit- tee having it in hand agreed %o jeport it out today, with a reccmmenda‘ion that it do_pass the Senat>. But what will Arizona do about that? | Porto Rico and the District of Colum- | tion and that Wyoming desires voluntarily The dam is within the State of Arizona o relinquish her honor of statehood|and the Federal Government can con- and to revert to the condition of a ' iro] rivers only for navigation. territory. This latter allegation s ve- " It fs now argued that the Territorr hemently denounced by the Wyoming | of Arizona had no constitutional right members of Congress. Neveriheless,' t, convey its control of rivers o the whether Arizona should be forced t0 | Federal Government. for the Federal take her stand along with Porto RICO sct agmitting the Territory into sta and the District of Columbia. o | ood p 8 15 Yeqaieél whether Wyoming should be VOWNtAN- pegeral Constitution, that Iy demoted. so that as a territory. like States.” {on an Arizona cons! Congress. which bia, she would again feed directly at the trough of Federal support, the qus returns, “What constitutes The | DY | for the status of | fletd: In; state?” 0w xE The politicians of Porto Rico are dis- | satisfied bacause the island is not “ingependent” of the United States They send a joint letter and legislative resolution to the President. protesting { that Porto Rico was the “only Spanish- | Amcrican country whose voice has not ! been heard at Havana during the Pan- American Conference, for it was not | vepresented there." ‘The answer of President Coolidge was the only reply that could be made to such a contention: “Nq State or Terri- {tory of the Union was represented as such at Havana. but the representation of the United States at Havana repre- sents Porto Rico as truly it repre- sents any part of the territory of the | United States.” R The appeal of Porto Rieo betrays utter misconception of the status of the States and Terrttories of the Unioa Thefr conception is only as broad as the hyphen. The fact that all Porto Ricans jare now full citizens of the greatest { republic that ever existed. and the most | powerful Nation in the world. and that+ jevery Porto Rican has all the protection guaranteed that cur Consiitution and laws give to the most powerful and - fluential citizens of this country, not impressed them yet. They th {they would be “frea” only when the! lttle island could abandon the con- | nection with the United States and | could sneer at the Monroe Doctrine and | indulge in office-seeking revolu | each election—like the countries of Central America happy they would be' Why didn't they ac under Spanish rule? No grievance is cited in their appeal a “free state, not a subjeeted colony.” They simply want anarchy without restraint and to revert o the conditions. as described by a leading Porto Rican native, tn 1897, in which their peverty and utter ignoranc were depletea. This deseri Wi dorsed as accurate by receiving a | awarded by the Economie Socte | Friends of ths Countiy. Referring to conditions when we took over the island | In 1898, 1t sard, in part “Only tha laborer, the son of our one of the mast unfortunate be- ings in the world, with a pale face, bare feet, lean body, ragged clothing and feverish look, walss indifterently, with the shudows of ignorance tn his eyes, dreaming of the cocknghts, the shufMe of the cards or the prize i the provin- clal lottery. No, It is not possible that the tropieal zone produces such orgaric anaemia: this lethargy of body and soul s the oftspring ot moral and physical vices that drag down the spirit and lead our peasants to such a state of socta degradation.” Latin How hieve their ideals e President Coolidge shows wonder patience - pointing out what Porio Rico's connection as & Tervitary of the United States brings i, i conumesve Lamounting o millions of dollars more fov (e the United Aporis to continental Lates (han we pay anv foreisn countty, cluding Cuba, for the same Amount ol Imports. whether of sugat tobacen or othar products Their prod- wots have the benefit of our tart pro faetion, Just as do our continental m- | dustries LR for one Territory which wants to be Cindependent. How about the “revolution” in Far West, which (hreatens o \‘\‘}“\\(‘ Arlzona of tts chartel as & State of the Unton and reduce 1t to the “ahject” | condition even of the Distriot of Coe lumbla, Alaska and Parto Rieo? A surprising article appears in the | last tssue of the North Amervican Re- view, disolosing that Representative Jo- seph Clatv of Loy Angeles, Calit. s about to introduce I Congreas a joint resolution declaring the adimtssion ¢ the Tervitory of Avisona into (ull siates hood shall be now revaked because Avisona has obtained goods under false pretenses, I order o gain il states hood, having voluntarity wanved alt elalm o ewnership fn the publie do.! S0 much our \ lands and contr ! eral ‘Gbvernment State changed its constitution res ing that concession to the Federal ernment. Had it the violate relinquishing the benefit arising out of th agreement? There is no prn procedure n such nia—that is, Los 4 Arizona is no longer hood. For Los A power corporation, Dam for wat water and Federal Co ousts Governi either for it nicipality or The dam w and 185 feet hig of water; be 530 fe 000,000 acre - foet ould ever feel an its watery be imagh as se under Ari to sur rivers and pub! to the Government as a bribe fe hood. with a State population two- thirds that of the city of Washi was null and void, but_she i§ elaiming atehood as irrevocable. Cal argues that “she and have it too." rgain which gained a statehood by fraud, the statehood is null and vaid So the Territory-S-ate-independent night of Porto Rico is avershadowed by Far Western squabble amou Watch them! The next skt e House. right soon can't ea that i District of C Territory the pop of Arjsona, thre that of Wyoming, ten times the of Idaho and nearly half of the Iation of Forto Rico. If education, 4 : wealth be considered— o ) The i the Distrtet of Columbta excess of that of all the above Territories that without read saries of expusitory aricles Theodore W. Noves it Is fncomp: sible why we have “taxation representation other Ter:itor “revolt” what beoame thy super-loval District?—a “subjected ol ony! ~ .. Marvin Makes Protest, irman Mis Matter, Farill Commission C quoted i Cosn A press despateh i The day “March 16 was publiah the following hea Contigan ped by Tanf Chiel - Chait it Mat vin Declares. Former Commission \Mewn bor Was lncompetent.” This subicad g, 10 the effeot that I deviared thy former commission membe: WOKmPe: tent. is not basal an anyihing that ap Pears i the article and t WO wat ranted by anythuig contamed in o comment Bsued to the pie Al N members of the comumtssion W served With My Costigan recogiized his adiii . willngly attest o hic mdgs oo vegret the Recessity of ecalltng atind (Wl o this maccurate and unwais ranted nhoadline and peldpgeiiulin re- quest. dn fustice T My OOggan 4 ¢ O mesell, fthat yon publish ol reetien THOMAS O MARVIN Chattman, U & Tand Conug on