Evening Star Newspaper, April 4, 1928, Page 8

F. e THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D.C. WEDNESDAY......April 4, 1028 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor The Mln::lnr Newspaper Company usiness Office European Office England. Carrier Within the City. 45¢ per month Rate by The Evening The Evenir 4 60c per month 63 per month . 8¢ per copy Cotiectior 5t each month Orders mar be sent in by mail or telephone. Mamn 3000 Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Paile and Sundar 1 rer., £0.00: 1 mo., Dauis only 151, $6.00: 1 mo. Sunday on e 0. All Other States day..1¥ of wpacial diapatches Tax Cuts Must Be Moderate. Sacretary Mellon's announcement to the Senate finance committee that i $30.000.000 should be appropriated at this session for floed control. the lmit of safe tax reduction will be $182115.000, whereas if that amount should not be appropriated for that purpose the reduction may go as far as £€201.115.000, puts & new aspect upon the question. The original recommen- dation by the administration for tax reduction was $225.000.000, named as | the limit of safety. Yet the House| passed the tax bill In a shape to pro- vide a reduction of $290,000,000. While going up on the figure of tax reduc- tion, the House has continued to pass| eppropriations at such & figure as to make that decrease in revenues, ac- cording to the administration’s figw ing, productive of & deficit instead of a surplus for the coming fiscal year With the Senate committee at work upon the bill the Secretary of the Treasury produces figures to show that conformity with the House schedule will be unsafe. Indeed, in view of these, larger expenditures on general admin- ! istrative objects, without reference to food control, the original estimate of $225.000.000 as a safe reduction point is too high. There is, of course, & strong public | how unofficial American participation THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1928 thorities discussed the reparations prob- lem—Thomas W. Lamont of J. P. Mor- gan & Co. and J. E. Sterrett, a promi- nent New York publie accountant and American member of the Dawes plan transfer committee. Both Messrs. La- mont and Sterrett emphasized that the Dawes plan has never been regarded as “a final solution of the reparations problem.” On their own part, German statesmen and economists have not concealed their expectation that the United States will eventually take part in its definitive settlement, because of allied Europe's contention that repa- rations are linked with the war loans Europe owes us Germans declared, in effect, that for them it is a case of revision or rejec- tion of the Dawes plan. They call its present provisions burdensome to the point of impossibility. Dr. Bernhard Dernburg. of unsavory American mem- ory, calls the situation Germany faces grotesque.” Herr Korhler, German finance minister when he uttered the | statement, told the Reichstag that Ger- many. with the best of will, saw no possible way of raising the sums she will be called upon to pay, beginning with next year. The United States Government has y refused to permit Europe's debts to the American treasury to be | tied in with German reparations. It is not within the range of lkelihood | that we shall recede from that position. But it was Secretary Hughes, in his/ famous American Historical Association address in New Haven at the end of | 1923, who categorically foreshadowed | resolul 1 might—as it shortly afterward did— prove the Alexandrian influence to cut | the Gordian knot of the reparations tangle. i Perhaps it is ordained that to the detached prestige of the United States | will again be assigned the role of con- | fronting & reparations crisis and ap-| plving the solvent. — . Funds for the Trees. In the course of the debate on the District appropriation bill yesterday in the Senate attention was called to the fact that the street-widening process in the downtown and business sections is Afterward Dodgson wrote it out on ninety-two sheets of paper in his own fine script, and illustrated it by his drawings, which became the basis of the famous illustrations afterward pre- pared by Sir John Tenniel for the original edition of the tale. This was the script, cherished all these many years by Mrs. Hargreaves, that was sold vesterday. The Great War brought her grievous misfortune. Two of her sons were among the victims of that strug- gie. Now she lives alone, widowed, poor and childless, The mansion in which she has resided for many years is for rent. ‘Thanks to the eagerness dis- played for this preclous bundle of less than & hundred leaves of paper, her cares are ended, but her sorrow at parting with her souvenir is not as- suaged by this good fortune. Yet it is well that this manuscript has been sold during her lifetime. 1t must eventually have gone into a col- lection, and it is right that it should go in circumstances to assure her comfort in her declining years. Little did Dodg- son think when he told that story or the Thames o his three young listeners that he was making literary history. Little did they think that they were listening to a tale that would never die, that would give joy to millions of chil- dren in after years. that would remain forever a classic of wit, would be re- printed indefinitely, would appeal to older minds as well as younger, woula be indeed despite its apparent triviality one of the world's great productions of letters. It it to be hoped that the “Alice” seript will remain in England. It be- longs there. It should be given a shrine in its own environment. Proud as Americans are to be able to obtain these great literary souvenirs, they are not disposed to take such priceless gems out of their proper setting, and Dr. Rosen- bach's generous offer to restore it to British possession should be accepted with gratitude for the tender and for the price that has been pald for it. which gives it & true valuation and as- sures “Alice” s fortune. ——e e Not only does President Coolidge in- sist that he “does not choose.” but he permits it to be made clear that ar- nearing an end with two provisions in | the bill —for the completion of the widening of Connecticut avenue -nd; for the widening of H street from Sev- | enteenth street to Pennsylvania avenue. | Senator Phipps, in charge of the bill. explained that these two items bring, nearly to a close the program of ex-| pansion of the traffic spaces at the! expense of the trees bordering the city's | @esire for further tax reduction. The ection of the House in placing the figure at $290.000,000 reflected that wish. But there should be no yielding to the demand for additional cuts in the tax schedule to the point of un- balancing the Treasury books and transforming & reasonable surplus into 8 deficit. Once incurred, a deficlt is hard to overcome. It is far better to have a margin of funds than a lack The Treasury is now engaged in re- funding the war debts, and this opera- tion has been attended with remarka- ble success during the past seven years. Every hundred million dollars cut off the debt has lessened the interest charge. Yet this debt-reduction process has been accompanied by & series of tax reductions, but for which the vol- ume of liquidation would have been greatly increased. As it is, the tax burden has been doubly lightened by large savings in interest and by ma- terial cuts in the taxes. This process of combined debt re- @uction and tax reduction can g0 on systematically if the tax cuts.are not made too deeply and too often. If, however, for the sake of political vantage in a presidential year tax re- duction is carried too far, a reaction unfavorable to the continuity of these two economies is certain to occur. If a deficit is created in consequence of large appropriations and a heavy tax eut, it will be several years before the Treasury can safely proceed with both @ebt liguidation and tax reduction. It will be far better to accept a moderate degree of tax cutting, in view of the larger appropriations assured for the next fiscal year, than to demand a re- duction of approximately $100,000,000 more, which would carry the Treasury below its safety line and would lead probably 1o a deficiency. It 15 true that Treasury estimates are apt 10 err on the side of conservatism and that occasionally the prospective revepue figures prove to be too low 1t {16 possible that in this case the Treasury has computed a smaller rev- than will actually be received Buf ‘indications are that i calcula- tions are sound. The income tax pay- ments for the first quarter are almost 1demtical with those of the first quarter lagt year. There is no sign of increase in other directions. There is, on the other hand, s positive indication of increpsed appropriations. The course of wisdom, of good business, therefore, seems 1o be in the line of the less gen- erous tax cut in order that the Treas- ury may balance its books and may eomtinue 1t liquidations of the war Gebis and s generous tax & N - | When he goes 10 Europe Lindbergh may find himself in the position of & hero who has found new worl oonguer - Revision or Rejection? Jremier Poincare’s speech at Carces- Jrne last Bundey may be destined 1. be of peramount importance, He ex- pressed France's readiness 1o hasten & reparevion settier by marketing German relivay idustrisl bonds now set sgide for reparation payments | under \he Dawes plan. In Germany M. Foincere's statements b been | promptly selmd o ).Jd“,[ the | approach of knother lnvernationsl ference on repsretions desive, which borders upon insistence §r & revision of the Dewes plen is well known Germany's meximum peyments of 2.500,000,000 gold merks begin v fall due In 1929 Many economists have raised the question as W whether she will be sble W make the necessary “uransters” 1 meet them 11 they ca not 4o 80, the solution of lhe srising situation will conjure up en scute ques uon At 1927 meeting of the apon ot The Germans the | uscript of “Alice in Wonderland” at an United | highways. | It is undoubtedly necessary that cer- | tain of the downtown thoroughfares should be made broader for the ac- commodation of the traffic, which has| greatly increased, especially in view of the custom of parking cars at the| curbs. But the cost of this widening | in terms of tree destruction is heavy,| mdmntmthuhunmewm‘ community grudgingly. It is, therefore. | to be hoped that the process is nearing an end and that mo further material, sacrifices of the trees, which have long | been Washington's “crowning glory,” will be demanded in the interest of traffic accommodation. ‘The appropriation bill as amended | by the Senate committee, and as it | will undoubtedly be passed by the Sen- ate, carries an increase of $25,000 for the care and planting of trees, bringing the sum up to $125,000, which was the original estimate of the Commis- sioners. It should remain at that fig- ure. Indeed, a larger sum is actually required for the proper care and re- | placement of the trees. In no other respect is Washington so distinctive | among American cities. Its tree-lined | streets have always been the object of the greatest admiration on the part | of all visitors The foliage has been a comfort to residents in Summer. Yet during recent years there has been in- adequate provision for the maintenance of these growths. Modern conditions | of street paving and underground con- | struction have militated against the| trees, Many hundreds of them have died for lack of nourishment. The| roots of great numbers have been cut | in the course of street works of various | kinds. Diseases have attacked thtm‘ which in their weakened state they| have been Incapable of resisting. It would not be overgenerous if Con- | gress doubled the sum allotted for tree | care and replacement. The Washing- | ton of the future should e a bowered city as in the past. There should be the most skilled treatment of the trees, with adequate nursery provision for ' their replacement and for the planting | of sturdy young growths in newly opened streets. At the very least, this | item, which merely puts the figure of | the appropriation at the point at which | the Commissioners placed it in thelr; estimates, should stand in the bill to the point of enactment S UDVULDIRBE | Nicaragua is another of those coun- | tries that find it easy to create trouble instead of discovering ways to settle it o emeeme The Original of “Alice.” ‘When an American collector yester- day paid £15400 for the original man- auction sale in London, he set a new | English record for prices for literary mater} ‘The bidding for this preclous script was spirited. Britons were com- peting sgsinst the American, both for the sake of obtaining the document snd Uy prevent its loss to the British treas ure house of literature. After he had been awarded the prize with his hign bid, Dr. A. 8. W. Rosenbach, who 1s one of the foremost of collectors, announced that he would resell it to the British nation for exactly what he had patd | for 1t British chagrin st the possible loss of this manuseript is somewhat tem- | pered by the fact that owing to Dr Jusenbach’s persistence in the bidding the original “Alice,” owner of the script, who wes compelled to part with it n | order 1o provide funds for her mainte- | nance, 18 sssureg of & comfortable in- come for the remainder of her life, “This original of the immortal story is Mrs Alice Pleasance Hargreaves, daugh- ter of Dr. 1iddell, once dean of Christ Church Coliege, Oxford, Bhe was one of three little girls whom Charles Lut- widge Dodgson, & young mathematical lecturer at Oxford, one Bummer after- noon rowed up the Thames and Lo whom he told 8 story. ‘That story was Bietee Chember of Commerce in Wesh- Inglon two distinguished Agierican su- \hie beginning of “Alice in Wonderland," snd Mye. Hprgreaves was the herolne. | employed, rangements have been made for his re- sponsible occupation in the future. The United States presidency is not a luxurious compliment, but a hard job. which calls for at least the relaxation that may be afforded by change of in- terest. et Night clubs in New York are said to have dropped the salutation to the gentle stranger, “Hello, sucker!" Stand- ards of humor are progressing beyond a point where the direct insult is re- garded as funny. ——— There is much talent in this District of Columbia which could be valuably if opportunity were available, in helping to settle the complications of communities who send statesmen to Congress. ————— It must occur to former Secretary Fall that the farmer is lable to have a hard time In politics, whatever may be the angle from which he approaches the game. - One of the difficulties in outlawing war lies in the fact that a war usually assumes the arbitrary right to become utterly fllegal. ot ‘There is not yet a sufficlent response to the demand for a $160,000 repay- ment to suggest to Harry Sinclair that maybe his luck has changed. ———— Remus was insane. He is no longer s0. What renewed contact with influ- ences that upset his mentality may cause remains to be seen. ————e The bears in the New York stock market are beginning to express a frank wonderment as to whether there is really any such thing as the “law of averages.” —o—e SHOOTING STARS. Victims of Opulence. As T go strolling down the street, 1 fear each stranger that I meet. 1 cannot tell when some one will Slip me a thousand-dollar bill, And then some more—no one can know How big, in time, the sum may grow. The question might impair my health, When folks inquire, “Whence all this wealth?” The genial stranger I avold, And hasten whnere 1 am employed, At moderate wage, a task to do, ‘Where none my footsteps will pursue ‘To hand me money of the sort Which mebbe gets you into court. A hundred-dollar check seems good, While thousanss are misunderstood. Honorable Tradition. “Whom do you regard as the greatest American citizen?” “George Washington,” answered Sen- ator Sorghum. “You may not be sure of yeur reasons for the choice, but you at Jeast know that tradition is strong enough to prevent any one from giving you an argument’ Deception. The first of April went its way. The cold wave romps with glee, And nearly every other day Beems April Fool 1o me. Jud Tunkins says, in common falr- ness, & political campaign ought to be allowed o call for at least as much | money as a prize fight Bird Kongs. I listened to the mocking-bird, Who lays some small eggs, now and then With greater confidence I've heard “The cackle of the honest hen, “We rely on the wisdom of our an- cestors,” sald HI Ho, the sage of China- town, “but too often lack the wisdom necessary to utilize 11" Wireless Sagacity. My radio! My radio! You are 5o wondrous wise! Again the truth you bid me know; “IL pays o advertise” Susplelon, “Any hootleggers in your neighbor- hood?” “I suspect there are some,” sald Uncle BUl Bottletop. “Several citizens who used to he In debt to everyhody are now bullding magnificent homes " “A lary man,” sald Uncle Eh‘;n, nes up & hesp of willing workers' _ THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Mrs. Gearshift called her husband’s attention to an item in the paper. “Did you see this story.” she asked, “about the Tennessee woman who fled from the measles all her life, only to dle of them at last?” J. Henry Gearshift took his pipe out of his mouth. Yes, but she was 90 years old when she died.” he replied. “Well-——" Mrs. Gearshift hesitated. “It seems to me that is long enough for any one to live,” continued J. Henry. ¥ but think how much worry she S herself.” “Well, what of it? Every one has to be afraid of something. You are afraid of dogs, for instance.” W] ou had kicked that bozo in the face, like 1 told you to do. he couldn't | have bitten you. But what's that got to sles?” sked you if you had seen the picce about the old lady——" “And I sald how much longer she have expected to live, any “Think of all the worry she through-—-what good did it do her?” vbe it kept her from catching them half a century before!” PE earshift was “driving at.” earshift well knew, was olds.” s ¥ his fear of Gearshift has been fleeing from colds | all his life, firm in the conviction that the best way to catch one is to have some careless wight sneeze openly upon one. It seemed to the fearful Gearshift that every man, woman and child in the District of Columbia suffered from colds, which prevalent malady was com- monly punctuated by large and abun- de -t sneezing This sneezing seemed especially pomnt- ed in the direction of one J. Henry Gearshift. It became quite a joke with his family, his friends and with him- | self. for Gearshift had as good sense | work. of humor as the next one, if not just a little bit better, and really enjoyed a Jjoke on himself. Every one has heard of those who like to tell jokes on themselves, but their number is few and far be- tween, as the saying is. For one man who relished a joke om himself, there are at least 1,000 who find no fun in it at all. Most human beings are so constituted that they get quite a “kick” out of a joke on the other fellow, but let the tables be turned, suddenly all the hilar- ity vanishes from their faces. Often enough they become indignant at the very thing they found enjoyable just the moment before. J. Henry Gearshift was one of these “dry humor” sort of fellows. of whom the Government departments are full He could tell a joke on himself in the most solemn, yet comical manner, con- vulsing his audience. y maining with impassive visage, Gearshift possessed what some thought his mental comments to himself. Here, again. most men and women show in- stantlv in their faces what they think, but Gearshift contented himself with non-committal murmurs, mostly con- sisting of “uh-huh!” that expressive combination of sounds that seems to be meaningful, yet means nothing at all or something. no one can tell which. ¥ When J. Henry went down to the office the next morning, he was more | than ever determined to shun the con- | tact of the great American sneezer. It struck Gearshift as almost un-' WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS || wouldn't be, after being bit by | | ately transferred himself to the back of | overcoat pocket for a handkerchief, but | tutile | | privacy in public, that he was a good | | ing victory. | confidence in humanity. himself re-| a wonderful gift, the ability to keep | ;b canny, the way these pests managed to seat themselves directly in front of him, or by his side, so that when they sneezed openly, without recourse to handkerchief, the germ-laden spray in- varfably showered him. Once Gearshift caught himself wish- ing that he had never heard of the germ theory. He had a good imagina- tion, and it took no particular eflort on his ‘part to see millions of stalwart ung germs impelling themselves down his bronchial tubes, kicking themselves | along with their little legs and arms. Our hero had undergone pneumonia three times, the last time a combination | of the influenza, bronchial pneumonia and pleurisy. It had been the only such case in the city, the doctor told him. Gearshift had been doubtful of the honor at the time, but, when he got up at last ne managed to take considerable pride in his threefold ailment. “The only case in the District like it,” he said. | It was scarcely to be wondered at, then, that he gazed with suspicion on those who sneezed their way downtown or applauded at theaters and concerts with whoopings in their various stages. On his way downtown, Gearshift had a choice of four seats. He looked his prospective busmates over with a care- ful, trained eye. All looked healthy, but one more so than the others. Beside him he sat. “Ker-chew!” went the man, exactly one minute after Gearshift sat down. Our careful hero stopped breathing at once, as was his custom, and immedi- the bus, beside the second healthiest- | looking individual. It was 2 minutes and 30 seconds later | that the seatmate began to fish in his | he could not find it in time. They never | do. (Private remark of J. Henry Gear- shift ) l “Ker-chew!"” went the second healthi- | est fellow, all over Gearshift. This time our hero left the vehicle altogether, and ' walked the remainder of the way to T Gearshift particularly hated to be sneezed on at luncheon, but had long ago discovered that a restaurant was one of the favorite sneezing grounds of the Great Sneezers. ‘This time, however, J. Henry Gear- shift felt he was safe. There were only a few men In the place, when he en- tered, so scattered around, in the usual effort of mankind to secure 10 feet or more from every other eater. He selected a table near a large fel- low who appeared to be in the tan of health. (Why should health always be “pink?”) He put his mug down on the porcelain with the utmost trust and “Ker-chew!” went “Ker-chew! Ten feet, thought Gearshift, is not so much when it comes to one of these tanned fellows from the great open So he grabbed his mug and re- treated to another table, not far from a man whom he knew by sight, who had never been known to sneeze. Gearshift drank his coffee in peace. He had a satisfled sense of being out- side the zone of hurtful influence. Here, at least, was freedom from cold germs. | Yonder human being was never known | to_sneeze. “Ker-chew!" bello#d the man. turn- ing his face directly in Gearshift's way. “Ker-chew! Ker-chew!” When J. Henry got home that eve- | ning his wife asked: “Well, what did | you do today?"” “I have been playing the old woman | the big fellow. | | put forward Senator Thomas J. Walsh | 86 district delegates from | dition to the New York and Wisconsin | | successes yesterday, | City Politics at Large By G. Gould Lincoln. Efforts to check the advance of Gov. Al Smith upon the Democratic presi- dentfal nomination have so far been unavalling. Out in Wisconsin, where there have been few Democrats in re- cent years, the dry faction of the party of Montana, who was born in the Bad- ger State, to compete with Smith in the contest for delegates at large. Accord- ing to the reports, however, notwith- standing the fact that two sets of “Smith delegates” were entered, divid- ing the vote, Smith was triumphant at the primary there yesterday. He is lo‘ have all 26 of Wisconsin's votes in the | Democratic national convention. Per- | haps this is not so surprising in view of the wetness of Wisconsin. * ¥ ¥ x It was significant that Senator James | A Reed of Missouri did not enter a| delegate slate in the Wisconsin contest, | but merely entered his name in the presidential preference vote. Neither Smith nor Walsh entered the prefere! tial primary, so it goes to Reed. The | preference vote is merely advisory and | not binding upon tune delegation. But it might lead the delegation to vote for | Reed as second choice at the national | convention, if Smith does not receive | the nomination. Reed, it appears, is out | to bufld up a big second choice follow ing, and is playing this game adroitly The New York governor will have | New York | State, and when the State committee | meets April 17 he will receive four | more, the delegates at large. It would have been a real surprise if the governor had not obtained the solid delegation from the Empire State. Nevertheless, the fact that the governor has New York's votes behind him will do him no harm in the coming convention. In ad- the Democrats of Maine decided to instruct all 12 of the State’s delegates for the New York| governor. Good political pickings for one day! So far there has been no real setback for the New York governor. His greatest danger in the primary fights appears to be in California, where the drys are up in arms under the lead- ership of Willlam Gibbs McAdoo and his friends. They are seeking to hand Californfa’s delegation to Senator Thomas J. Walsh. Reports from the State are conflicting, both sides claim- The primary is May 1. .o On Monday, the Democrats of Michi- | gan elected a Smith delegation to the | national convention and the preference | vote of the State was given to him over- whelmingly. Iilinois, on April 10, is expected to choose a delegation that will be overwhelmingly favorable to the nomination of the Governor of New | York. The Smith chariot, therefore rolls on apparently unchecked. If the drys and the Southern Democrats who | are opposing the nomination of Al| Smith are to make headway, they must begin soon. A band wagon movement us\;;lly has all the force of a steam roller. * x % % Whether Senator Fess of Ohio is to be elected a delegate at large or not ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J]. HASKIN. ‘The resources of our free Information Bureau are at your service. You are invited to call upon it as often as you please. It is being maintained solely to serve you. What question can we answer for you? There is no charge at all except 2 cents in stamps for return postage. Address your letter to The Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washing- ton, D. C. Q. Which can fly higher, an airplane or a seaplane?—E. K. A. Given the same power, an airplane can attain a higher aititude than a sea- plane because it is lighter than a sea- plane, and the landing gear offers less | resistance to the air than the pontoons of seaplanes; thus, the airplane is ca- pable of greater speed which governs | the altitude obtainable. | Q. What is slang?—A. A. | A. Slang is a vigorous outlaw language. It is constantly furnishing words that for the moment are in one way or an- | other expressive, often humorous. Some ! words, though heard frequently | be dead before another twelvemonth; others within a genera- | tion may be in good use. Q. Did the North American Indfans | use metal for implements before the | white man came?—P. H. M. A. The Bureau of American Eth- nology says that Indians and Eskimos were not skilled in the working of metal | previous to the coming of the whites, | although copper had come into use in | the Great Lakes region. However, the | copper implements were made by ham- mering the soft metal. Ivory and bone | were used by the Eskimos, and there | have been a few occurrences of meteoric | iron being worked to a limited degree. | The Indians used stone, bone and shell | implements extensively. Metal ing_in copper and highly developed among the Indians of | Central America and Northern South America before the arrival of the whites. Q. What mean?—A. B. A. It means “farmer’ or “husband- man.” | e | Q. What do “Baraca” and “Philathea” | mean?—A. B. A. “Baraca” and “Philathea” are the | names of two international Bible classes. | “Baraca” means “blessing” and “Phila- | “lover of truth.” There are 9.000 | of these classes in Protestant churches, rich include 32 denominations and the does the Dutch word “Boer” | B. | membership exceeds 1.000,000. | Q. How is the steamer lane protected from icebergs?—L. A. There is an international ice pa- trol maintained by the United States Coast Guard which patrols the New- foundland Coast and locates the ice- bergs on ocean routes. The location | of such fcebergs is communicated to the Hydrographic Office of the Navy De- partment, which in turn passes on the! information to the different steamship panies. All nations subscribe to this safety measure and remunerate the United States for performing this s ice. Who built the fortifications for the Battle of New Orleans’—G. S. A. The famous trench at New Orleans was originally a canal. At the to the Republican national convention, he is bound to play an important part | in that convention. His selection as| temporary chairman by the committee | on arrangements, meeting in Kansas | yesterday, assures this. He will deliver the “keynote” speech. It is of | of Tennessee,” he grinned. | | BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. | ‘Two-thirds of the “long” session of Congress has now gone by, with far more matters of moment unaccomplish- ed than achieved. Prospectively only two more months are left in which to transact unfinished business, for ad- journment by mid-June, in time for the national convention, is probable. None but optimists expect major legislative | action in that interval. Even if Con- gress enacts pending measures dealing with farm rellef, Muscle Shoals, tax re- duction, Mississippi flood ~ control and Boulder Dam, it is far from certain that President Coolidge would approve them. It happens that the White House Is opposed to practically all existing congressional proposals concerned with these issues. If the President were a candidate for re-election things might be different. But Mr. Coolidge finds himself in the unusual position of being able to do | just what he pleases and to govern his conduct strictly according to his con- victions. The result, as regards many pressing affairs of state, is likely to be stalemate. o In “Jim" Gallivan of Massachusetls the House of Representatives loses its most vociferous wet, just as the Senate, in Frank B, Willls, was bereft of its outstanding dry. The Boston Demo- at, who was in his eighth term in Con- gress, specialized in his later years in attacking the eighteenth amendment and the Volstead act. His onslaughts were always couched in accents of frony and sarcasm. As a wit Gallivan had few equals in either house, and he could turn on a stream of bitter invective when the occasion moved him to do so. The foreign service winced perceptibly under Gallivan’s tongue-lashing from the House floor last Winter, though the Congressman twisted the facts ruthless- Iy for his own purposes. Gallivan was a newspaper man after graduation from Harvard in 1888, but was in politics and public office uninterruptedly for the 33 years preceding his death. - x ok Houston doesn’t intend that the visitors who will throng it in June shall go away merely with vivid impressions of its might as the industrial metrop- olls of the Southwest. The city has an historical background that is woven into the woof of the Unlon. The task of acquainting convention guests with it has been undertaken by the Houston Historical Soclety and Art League. They purpose placing permanent markers at the site of Gen. Houston's military headquarters, the old Texan Capitol, the French, British and Belglan lega- tions once accredited to the Texan Re- public, the Eplscopal Church in which Gen. Lee worshiped, and Gall Borden’s house. Markers are also to be set up at the hall in which President Ben- jamin Harrison spoke on his visit to Houston In 1891 and where President willlam McKinley spoke in 1901, the residence of former Attorney General Gregory, the home in which Col. E. M. House was born and reared, and the sites In Houston suburbs where large bodles of Texan troops were prepared for service in the Civil, Spanish-Ameri- can and World Wars. “Houston and Ban Jacinto” are taking their place wlongside of “Boston and Bunker Hill" and “Philadelphta and Independence Hall™” o oan One by one, lawyers i the United States Menale seem o be muking way for journalists. It may be nothing but a colncldence, but It i a fact that editors have been put Into three of the vacancies filled by State governors, fol- lowing the desths of incumbents in recent times, Benator Nye of North Dukota, now in the limelight as the oll fuvestigation chalrman, was taken from his newspaper desk to succeed Senator Ladd Last Winter Senator (:munf of New Mexico was called away from his edito sanctum to Al Senator Jor seat, and during the past few days the Governor of Mich- gan has appointed Editor Arthur H Vandenberg (o succeed Senator Ferris The senatorial group of scribes grows arpace 1t already Inollided CADDRr of Kansas, Glass of Virginia, Moses of Now 3 Vermont and Copeland of New York. “Young | Bob” La Follette of Wisconsin quali- fles for the fraternity through his | editorship of La Follette's Weekly. | * x x % | It “Nick” Longworth goes to the Senate from Ohio as the tesult of the | 1928 special election for the unexpired | Willis term—as many of the Speaker's | admirers think he will—a prime favorite | for his succession on the rostrum of the House will be Representative | Robert Luce, Republican, of Massachu- setts. Luce is one of the acknowledged | parliamentary authorities of Congress, | as well as one of its outstanding | scholars. ~Harvard '82 and a former lieutenant governor of the Bay State, {he has served in the House for ll\'e‘[ term: Luce has books dealing w written standard legislative affairs— among them, “Legislative Procedure,” | “Legisiative Assemblies” and “Con- | gress: An Explanation.” He fs lawyer by profession and made a repu- tation as chairman on rules and pro- cedure of the Massachusetts constitu- tional convention 1917-1919, * ok ok ox | Alfred Pearce Dennis, vice chairman | of the United States Tariff Commis- | sion, is the victim of what he calls u | Creek tragedy—that is to say, he finds | himself incessantly and inextricably | confused with Alfred L. Pinneo Dennis, writer and educator. The two Dennlses were at Princeton at the same time, the similarity in their names giving rise to | constant mix-ups. - Alfred Pegrce be- | came a professor at Smith College, | Northampton, Mass. Soon afterward | Alfred Pinneo turned up in Northamp- ton, to court and win a local society belle. Later in life Alfred Pearce was assigned a place at London in the American foreign service. It wasnt long before Alfred Pinneo materialized as an assistant military attache to Great Britain. Then Alfred Pearce took to writing on international affairs. Alfred Pinneo followed suit. For years they've been getting each other's ma!. It's common for the one to receive in- vitations to deliver public addresses, which develop to have been intended for the other. For a while both the Dennises lived in Washington, which further complicated matters. They re- main friends. *» ‘This observer was the ear witness this week of a snappy bit of politieal repartee. One of the famous Demo- cratic hostesses of the Capital was ban- tering & well known Republican mem- ber of Congress about “Coolidge pros- | perity.” She asked him if “millions of | unemployed” mean prosperity. “Well," Representative —— replied, “you know, even when there's only a remote pros- pect of a Democratic administration, times always look ba (Copyrieht. 1928} he Washington Monument ALL pillar of renown fnvio- him it memories, ward to ita peak Men's eyes are lifted up, those who seek ‘The measure of his glory con- template Aerial summits of tllustrious fate: Stll pionacling the strong above the weal His place the inal-judging years [ On fame’s andean helghts among the great. ot sky- With time grown clearer, for the world's acclaim, As in the sunlight after gusty showers Yet whiter rises this majestic shaft, On_honor's scroll high blazoned Valley Forge's Lray By them Imperishably epitaphed, R. PQUINN, for { more than passing interest that Sen-| ator Fess has been a dyed-in-the-wool | the President issued his “I do_not| choose” statement last August. It is| also of interest that Chairman William | M. Butler of the Republican national | committee, & former Senator from | Massachusetts and the manager of | President Coolidge’s 1924 campaign. was | the man who really named Scnnmr* Fess for the job of “keynoter.” Sen- ator Fess, it is true, in recent weeks | has admitted that he believed the Presi- | dent out of the presidential race en- tirely. Chairman Butler has given it | as his opinion, too. that the people of | Massachusetts have accepted the Presi- | dent’s expressed wish not to run again as_his determination. Senator Fess is a candidate for dele- gate at large on the “Willis” ticket in Ohio. Notwithstanding that fact, he has been personally favorable to the nomination of Secretary Hoover of the Department of Commerce, if President Coolidge could not be drafted. His designation &s “keynoter” may increase his chances of election as delegate at large. His second choice, given under | the Ohio primary law, is Senator Cur- tis of Kansas. His first choice, Senator | Willis, is dead. Under the circum-| stances it does not appear that Senator Fess will have great difficulty voting for either President Coolidge, should his name come before the convention, or for Mr. Hoover. i e The Ohio campaign is to continue notwithstanding the death of Senator | Willis, along Hoover and anti-Hoover lines. It was either this or some move | to get together on the part of the Re- | publicans supporting Willis and Hoover. | ,inoqppte | It is Hoover against the field, a5 Was | friiatans to garner some of their poli- expected. Frank O. Lowden is the sec- ond choice of 34 of the Willis dele-| gates, and Senator Curtis of Kansas, | cond choice of 8 of the Willis del- | At present the campai favor ‘Mr. Hoover. The son appeal is gone. Then. standpoint of practical politics favorite | from the | Senator | strongly built organization throughout the State. The mien who have been ap- pointed to office throughout the State with the approval of Senator Willls no longer have him to look at New | alignments may be expected. For the | present, the situation see to favor Mr. Hoover, and generally it is ex-| pected he will win a majority of the delegates from Ohio. Sentiment has done queer things in political cam- patgns in the past, however. Should a | wave of sentiment run over the State | for the late Senator Willis, the cam- paign, still conducted largely in his name, might have unexpected results » oo The drys backed Senator Willls, for the most part, because he had been a great worker in the cause of prohibition for years. Doubtless efforts will be made to line up the same drys for Mr. Low- den. But Mr. Lowden falled to | answer the prohibition questionnaire | sent him by Senator Borah of Idaho. | There have been repeated rumors that | he was withholding an answer at least | until after the Illinols primary, April 10, fearing that a dry statement would hurt him in Chicago, where he is op- posed by Mayor Willlam Hale ‘Thomp- son, with a group of draft Coolldge dele- gates. He may wait, it is said. until after that primary and then send a| dry answer to Senator Borah, which would be in time for the Ohlo primary. | 1t is now going on six weeks since the Borah questionnaire was sent to him. | ! RN ‘The La Follette Progressives and the “stalwart” Republicans engaged in a | real battle yesterday In the Wisconstn primaries. The La Follette Progressives set out to elect n delegation to the Re- publican national convention pledyed to Senator George Notris of Nebraska, recognized ns the Progressive leader in the Senate since the death of the sen Senator La Follette. Among their candidates at large were both Senator La Follette, jr. and Senator Blaine. | The reports indicate that Senator La Follette tan_ ahead of all other con- tenders, with Blaine, second. The vote was far closer, however, than it has been for years -indeed, stnce the late Henator La Follette became the dow nant factor in politics 1 Wisconsin years and more ago Senator La Fol. lette 15 up for re-election again this vear. 1t he has won a viotory in the present primary. he 15 considered move han likely to win the Republican nomi- Hakion for the Senate ln the Fall, | and restoring time of the War of 1812, Gen. Andrew Jackson threw up breastworks on the near side of the bank. The other forti- fications of the city were months in building. both the British and the Americans being responsible for the construction. Q What is zero?—B. M. F. | A Zero in the centigrade scale is | draft Coolidge Republican, ever since | the point at which water congeals. In | his_normal size the Fahrenhelt scale it is the point at which the mercury stands when immersed in a mixture of snow snd common salt. Absolute zero is & point of temperature at which s body would be wholly deprived of heat. It is sup- d about —274* C, or e ballots opened that are ?—W. . C. A. Ballots are sent out to epplying for them under proper condi- tions and it is necessary that they shall be mailed in time to be received before election day, but are not opened umtil the date of the election. There are now 36 States which permit voting by mail. Q. Can a negative motion be put?— LD A. It does not conform to mentary schedule to make & negativ motion. Q. Why is fron colder than wood?— A I M A. Iron feels colder than wood be- cause metals are good conductors of heat, whereas wood 1is & poor conductor. A JD Q[‘, ‘Who was the Muse of Comedy?— A. Thalla was the Muse of Comedy and Melpomene was the Muse of Tragedy. What 1s the total pald in capi- tal stock of banks in the United States? —A. W. L A. For the fiscal year ending June 30 the paid-in capital stock of national banks amounted to $1,474,173.- 000. The pald-in capital stock of banks other that national amounted to $1,902,325,000. Q W2, It 8 perso n_were stung by bess the swellings added one-third to would he weigh more? Public Health Service says there would be no increase of weight except in the amount of formic acid injected the bee stings. This would be so e that it should be disregarded. Q. What was the appearance of the Empress Josephine?—W. W. A. Constant, the Empress’ valet de chambre, described her as a lady of middle size “exquisitely shaped and with an elasticity of motion which gave her an_aerial appearance. She had mag- nificent hair and eyebrows and dark blue e and her expression was full of sentiment and kindness.” Q. How' . students from the Philippine Islands attend school in the United States?—A. N. T. A. The Bureau of Education estim: that there are approximately 4.000 s dents from the Philippine Islands tending schools and colleges in th United States. many Q. My front lawn is shaded most of the day. What can I do to make the grass grow?—T. T. A. To produce a good lawn in shade, especially in dense shade under trees and shrubs, is a very difficult matter. The common lawn grasses are not par- ticularly shade-loving grasses, but they can be made to th: reasonably well in light shade if given proper treatment { By thorough watering and the liberal use of fertilizers the evil effect of shade can be overcome to some extent. Rough talk meadow grass (Poa trivialis) is the best shady lawn grass for the North- eastern part of the United States. The seed is now commercially available. Q. In chickens how mi W. live 'A. A freight car constructed for that purpose usually carries about 5,000 fu grown chickens or 6,000 voung chicks Country Again Wonders When Chicago Will Once more the country is wondering when Chicago will take itself in hand and clean out its gang terrorists and those responsible for them. The recent bombing of the homes of Senator De- neen and Judge Swanson and the gen- eral activities of gang®ters in politics are discusscd the press as a nat disgrace “A thorough awakening of lic sentiment appears to be about the only thing that will save the lakeside metropolis from the consequences of the buffoonery and rotten politics of Big Bl Thompson and his crew.” the Phila- delphia Record. Quoting the Chicago term “pineapple” as equivalent to “bomb,” the New Orleans Times- Picayune observes: “Senator Norris yes- terday suggested that the Marines be called from Nicaragua and sent to ge! the Chicago situation 'well in hand.’ But we suspect that Chicago's proud citizens will resist that suggestion. It is at least conceivable that a people who have tolerated gang warfare so long, bearing themselves as Spartans while their prominent gunmen and cele- brated gang leaders were curted off singly or in battalions to the tomb. may endure stolcally and uncomplainingly 8 narvest that garmers or s the Chicago Dai . “should know that quire no Federal aid within its _borders representative government as well orderly political and legal processes | Willis is no longer at the head of & h‘long run, an electorate gives itselt the sort of government and adm; tion 1t desires. * * * Reactions ar evitable. The unfit persons, who reck- lessly abuse their powe! and civic revolt that ¢ stood.” . “Assassination A Chicago Tribune concedes added definitely to the techniqu politics, and the higher-ups are being included as vietims. Chicago poltites is being Caribbeanized. Thompson said he could handle the crooks. On his own statement he is responsible. 1f he had handled them they would not be shooting candidates for and blowing up the homes of public of- Mr. Thompson has chased him- { out of town several of Ten Years Ago Today ! | Disclosed that American forces are | now occupying & sector on the Meuse | Helghts, south of Verdun. Cermans ratd listening past soon after our troops | rrive, but are driven oft. * * * Mare an’ 100,000 German troops deliy rrific attack against the Freneh a a 9-mile front, from Grivesnes to north of the Amiens-Tove road. and are met With & storm of five from French guns and desplte tepeated assaults they yatn but & small section of ground By counter-attacks the French retatn thelr hold on Grivesnes. Cermans seem bent | on making headway at any cost, French report, * * * Qermans alo deliver heavy blow at British and while Hatgs vight and conter hold fast, his left is pressed back and Crermans gatn ground near Humel and make progress toward Vaire Wood. * * * While some CGerman military writers do not admit it others | see signa of an allled counter-offensive. | * + +'Nine billlon dollars fs approxt- | mate cost to the United States of one | year of War. More than half of this has | gone for loans to allies, more than & (hird has been spent for the Army and Navy establishment. one-fifteenth for shipbutlding, fust one-sixth raised by | taxation and other ordinary sources of revenue, and jalance has come {rom sale of llbqh ds and gertificates Of lndebigdness, y . Oust Gangsters bombings. That enabled curious read- ers of Chicago news in Europe to ob- serve that the state of terror here officials fleeing for their question how much of thi Chicago can stand without infury.” “Perhaps. if the worse,” avers the De Federal Government v It can. It did so once President Cleveland s a threatened c1vi government. o ritory? We can American publ! apathe ness.” rema and the Bu view that * tve the people of Mex- d Nicarag s ar place me now how to 1y Thy 1t 18 indifferent emphasised by gencer, while holds gh of thi and stop { Sun oo I home oppor citize AT which can be printed within the o S of the “American t Manual' prepared by the mayors foundation B For Temporary Use. From the Now York Herald Triduve Political platforms, lke thase erected on the line of march of processions, are tiended only for temporary use. puz RS Jamming the Air. am the Atlanta Constitution Who would have thought five or aix Years age we woud have o (raffic COns 1o Keep radio Programs NG e ARY i ¥