Evening Star Newspaper, April 20, 1928, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR Wit Sunday Morning Bdition. WASHINGTON, D.C. FRIDAY..........April 20, 1028 THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1928 l less would have resumed his career as|Cornell and Brown. Later other insti- a criminal. tutions of learning are expected to par- It is a trite commonplace that many | ticipate until there may become an in- men capable of deing big things in life | tellectual “Big Four” or “Big Ten.” waste their talents in criminal pursuits. | One can visualize the proud boastings Birger was probably one of these. Had |of the undergraduate, home for the he applied to some legitimate business | holidays, who explains that his “school” the industry, intelligence and skill that he demonstrated in his career of law- may not have been such hot stuff in chasing the pigskin, but that it cleaned The L"“‘-‘.s:" Nemper Company |, ness he would have made good. He [up all opponents at physics, chemistry simess 3 111h St. and Pennsyivania Ave, Office: 110 East 42nd Chicago Office: Tower Building. Ruropean Office: 14 Regent St Londen. England. Carrier Within the City. 43¢ per month Rate by The Evening Star Anxe Evening and Sunday (when 4 Sundays!.... The Even d n Sar 4 0c per month 65+ per month 3¢ per cony ach zonth mav be sent or telbphone. 200 o in by ma Main § Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. 3000, 1 33.00: 1 me. se oc Associated Press. a8 15 exclusiveis entitled on of all news dis t othe: s The French Elections. ear of political grace witnesses election in France, as well as he quadrennial poll for and ends ench court g the out the vote. They have apparel decided that the better the day the better the deed The Pomcare National Union, con- . roughly, of the old Conservative *BI National” and the large majo! of radicals, is confident of victory by a considerable figure. At the moment its hold on the chamber is precarious. To y. & party strength of ed and seventy-two is actually nacessary. On a motion affecting finan- licy. made to embarrass the Poin- ment as recently as Peb- he opposition rolled up a vote but brought about the cabi- Rnet’s deba The incide hangs on by a mercurial margin. the impe! lections are decisive, one way or the other, the task of forming next French government will be nplified. But if the new chamber re- tains its present factional and fractious complexion, with no single party or group absolutely dominant, chaos and erisis are in prospect. Internationally, French elections are uncommonly important. The Poincare t showed that M. Poincare government, if perpetuated in power, | will adhere to the policy of rapproche- ment with Germany under the Locarno treaties and the League of Nations. ! Domostic finance and world peace are the outstanding issues in the campaign sbout to close. The Poincare regime goes to the country on its record of sta- bilizfhg the franc and establishing a system of direct taxation which did not at once sit comfortably on the chest of a nation fundamentally opposed to im- posts which go straight to its individual pocketbooks. For the year 1928, the forty million inhabitants of Prance will | the market and shaking public confi-| Ipay into the treasury a total of about | dence in the continuation of prosperous forty-cight billion paper francs, not ln-] icluding_ municipal and department | ing deflation of values and a rapid fall| taxes. M. Poincare is asking national sup- port, too, for his policy of non-ratifica- tion of France's war-debt settlements with the United States and Great Brit- sin. This is the feature of the French elections which appeals more directly to the people of this country. The Poin- care government has taken no steps Guring its two years of office to bring sbout appresal of the llellm’x-l!em:cerl funding agreement or of a correspond- ing pact with the British. Neither agree- ment has been submitted to the French Chamber of Deputies for action. There sppears little possibility that such a step will be taken in the near future. Prance, under Poincare, tenaciously sdieres to the theory that allied WAT|economic conditions. It 8, however, Gebts and German reparations must be linked together in some scheme of set- tlement. Uncle Sam has definitely turned thumbs down on any transac- tion of that calfber. . ———— The good old St. Bernard dog with a cask of cordial no Jonger comes to the escue snow-bound traveler. An 2. plane can be depended on to bring him to safety. of th e When Lindbergh goes to Europe he will hope to get by through tipping a head walter and evading the reception committee ———— present Bremen finds D r one of the most baming | parts of its equipment P . AT o Birger's Fatal Philosophy. ries Birger, gang leader and gun- ler, bootlegger, and, fini 1 his death yefterday on Benton for the He died game, but the charge for A short time execution he made a state- revealed his philosophy of wked, shameful philosophy whi his death eayer, wei the gallows at erime of murder without confessing executed w n no good but I'il liked w live and be 1 made it in ways vembling and boot kind of business wl I've done u Jot of things a I've commit- %o I guess things ong_ against nvieled of 1w the law broke it all up. wre ever tise Jaw Birger arer of earlier time « chronic offender. ‘There was no lkeit hoon could 1 Prs ! his ever being corrected of & normal el avement Just quoted show se repented nothing except i final checking of his caree 1f ever the Jive the } wer u Clea of the folly of Uying W persistent violators of U snces of soclely 3 18 Lhis case o Buger. H young man ebout thirty yesrs of age. He was no & moron mentally slack. He elmply morslly wiong, incursbly o Joug prison term would probebly not was & or Fave changed bis neture and upon re- “l')w Judges will be three professors from M dease from such imprisonment ne doubt- the neutral universities of Princeton, of in-lews thap st [ was of the type of the outlaw He wos & e only wes A chose the wrong path, chose it delib~ | erately, and has pald the penalty, & | penalty which should be inevitable in |all cases such as his, with no temper- |ing of justice with mistaken mercy, and | with thought primarfly for the security |and peace of the community. s b | Wall Street. | An indication of the unprecedented | volume of trading on the New York | Stock Exchange is afforded by the an- | nouncement that on Thursday a “seat” in that body was sold at a new record price of $395,000, an increase of $20,000 over the preceding quotation. There |are 1,100 seats on the exchange, and at {the rate of the new saic they have at present a market value of $434,500,000, Thursday's seat price advance having added $22,000,000 to the former value. | The reason for this extraordinary ad- | vance in the price for the privilege of trading directly on the floor of the ex- change is to be found in the record- ~ | breaking activity of the stock market. | During this current year of 1928, from | January 1 to the close of business on Thursday, the stock sales of all kinds | totaled 241,856,939, an increase of more than eighty millions over the same period of & year ago. This increase of cighty million is alone greater than the total volume of trading during the me period four years ago, when only 79,780,564 shares changed hands. Four- million-share days have occurred fre- | quently during the past few weeks, | while three-million-share days are now | commonplace. The commissions on | this great volume of trading make the | brokerage business & highly profitable one, and the advantage of immediate | floor membership is such as to cause & spirited competition for seats. | the present rate of increase the | volume of business on the New York Exchange would In five years become overwhelming. It is not, however, ex- pected that it will continue at this pace. | In fact, there is a limit to the amount | of action that can be had on “'change” | within the restricted hours of trading, |five in number. This great increase | has been due to transactions in larger units. Ten-thousand-share lots are not uncommon in the trading in active stocks. But the higher the number of shares handled the greater the volume of cash or credit required, and although |there is at present an abundance of | money, this acceleration of business | cannot possibly go on without check. | Indeed certain checks are being inter- | posed by the banks, which from time to | time increase their interest rates on call loans as & means of curtailing the {outflow of borrowed money or, rather, | extension of credits. As a matter of | fact, the market-rate values dealt in !daily on the exchange exceed greatly | the actual amount of cash available. ‘That there is some danger in this ex- {tension of credits for what is in the | main speculative market activity is | recognized. Some untoward happening. | suddenly checking the upward trend of conditions, might precipitate a shock- !in price averages. There is, of course, a ocertain percentage of strictly invest- ment buying in the market today, high as it is. but obviously the major part of the transactions is speculative in character. The average yield in divi- dends of the stocks listed on the New | York Exchange is, it has been stated | recently, only about two per cent, which | does not constitute & good investment market on the whole, though there may be some specialties which still offer | attractions to the investor through the prospect of higher earnings leading to {extra dividends or to stock increases, commonly called “melons.” Wall Street has been heretofore istyled & faithful barometer of national | subject 1o derangements. The higher { the pressure to some minds the greater the risk of continued trust in uninter- rupted financial punshine. | —— O A confession in the Hall-Mills case is met with skepticism. Too many confes- | sions have proved to be only stratagems. —— oo Having studied the career of Mussolini, the King of Italy might be tempted to start life anew as a radical. ——————— Fiercely, Harvard: Hold Em, Yale! Disqualification of a stellar performer on the very eve of a classical contest, !such as befell Bruce Caldwell last Au- tumn, throwing thousands of yearning Yalensians into the depths of & despair later discovered to have been ground- jess, can probably never be an unfortu- 1ate feature of the newest proposed feld of intercollegiate competition—namely, the scholastic. Such, long the dream | of those who insist that American col- |leges overstress athletics, 18 to become a reality under the terms of a generous fund bestowed on Harvard University by Mrs, Willlam Lowell Putnam of Bos- ton, a sister of the president of the in- stitution, ‘he fact that names of students of competing teams will not be mads known untll two days before such con: teste, sich & step having been decided upon in order to prevent “cramming,” will automaticslly prevent the student body from being * thrown from the heights of jubllant certainty into the siough of despond. ‘They will not know Just which hero W root for and to bet on. In fact, it is doubtful if there will be such strict eligibility rules ws sur- round—and often betog—ihe gridiron, the diamond or the aquatic situations, | “Tramp athletes” are “tramp students” ui now anathema; purity of the campus at heart, espe- cially as strictly amateur standards will [ ot be set Yale and Harvard will inaugurate these contests on April 30, when ten seat of | learning will meet in & thres-hour Wt- | Each member of the win- ning eam will recelve not only & medal | “we tries to reform everybod Foot re- celve nothing—1f they do at & few, it lo wcked under their pillows or delivered r ¢ | picked students from each e | erature vest ! of most hooks, colleges | but ball $500 worth t players st t | in some similarly unostentatious way, not likely o be | considered a menace by those with the or the harmony of science and revealed religion. All jesting aside, the plan seems an excellent one, and should go far toward quieting down those who claim that an American university is a stadium surrounded by fraternity houses. No less honor to him who bears the reputation of his alma mater be- hind his horn-rimmed spectacles than /to him who bears it on his sinewy 'shoulders! ——————————— A Valuable Contribution. An interesting feature of the flight of the Bremen from Dublin to Greenly Island is the successful method used by the aviators to prevent the formation of ice on the wings of the plane. Al- though they fought flerce snowstorms and impenetrable fog, and were handi- capped by the erratic behavior of their compass, the paraffin oil solution that they smeared over the plane before leaving Ireland was effective in doing away with what they expected would be one of their chief hazards—ice forma- tion on the plane from the freezing north winds. Regardless of the other valuable scientific data gathered by the three fiyers on their epochal trip over the ocean wastes, the fact that they successfully did away with the ice haz- ard is a striking contribution to man’s knowledge of the air. All sorts of devices have been tried to eliminate ice formation on planes. Mechanical scrapers, fashioned after the autcmobile windshield wipers, and various solutfons concocted for this pur- pose have met with small success. The ingenious use, however, of paraffin ofl by the two Germans and their Irish colleague seems to have solved the problem for all time, because no ship has ever been put through a more strenuous test than was the Bremen on its east-to-west flight. It has been a popularly-held theory that the formation of ice on the planes, THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. “Pride goeth before a fall.” J. Henry Gearshift had heard that before, but never had he known exactly how literal it was in its working out. Many of the old sayings, containing the practical wisdom of the race, had danced before his eyes, as they have before countless millions of his fellow human beings, without doing what is known in modern parlance as “regls- tering.” ‘That morning, however, Gearshift was to learn that “pride goeth before a fall” in more ways than one. It is more than just a few words one after the other. It means something! * ok K K After Gearshift had picked himself up and brushed himself off, he grinned to himself, and admitted that the old saying did, indeed, mean a great d It was pot exactly pride that assailed the modest Gearshift that morning, but rather a combination of elation of spirits, a perfect shave, clean linen and a beautiful morning. There is a combination for you. If there is any [mug\ng of factors that will set a man up right for the day, it is the above, providing, of course, that the combination means something. Sometimes it may, but again it may not. Like a beautiful strain of music, the harmony has to find a peculiar lodg- ment in the heart, or it slips into one the newest model motor car goes in its ad. e e Gearshift was not one of these chaps bath, or his morning change of linen. He had got beyond the point where such things were novelties to him. Yet privately he never got over the feeling of comfort and well-being which they gave him. As for the perfect shave, every shaver knows that thi is something that comes once or ce in a lifetime, or maybe every year, but certaigly not oftener. No matter how good the razor or blade, how fine the soap, every shave is not the perfect shave by a long shot. Connoisseurs know that these come only on rare mornings, perhaps super- induced by that grand feeling which alone makes life worth while—elation of spirits. Elation of spirits 1s a quality which deserves a book all by itself. In fact, a philosopher wrote one. He called it the “elan vital,” but Gearshift pre- ferred nothing more startling than ela- with a consequent increase in weight and loss of lifting power because of the distortion of the fine curves in the wings, has been responsible for the loss of some of the brave fiyers who at- tempted to conquer the Atlantic. It is a gratifying fact, therefore, that this bugaboo of Winter flying has been defi- nitely eliminated, and entire credit should go to the three skiliful and courageous aviators who had the cour- age of their convictions in experiment- ing when it was a question of life and death. = et A subscription to reimburse Harry Sinclair for campaign money finds little popular support, owing to a prevalent impression that Sinclair has already been lucky enough. ——— st Turf followers may wonder why Harry Sinclair should be accused of using real money when he was assumed to be in a position to distribute reliable horse race tips. - - Flyers see ocean-landing stations in mirage. The vision is prophetic. It will not be long before landing planes are present in practical earnest. Gty One of the hardest jobs on earth Is | that of being President of Germany; and Hindenburg does not consider him- self too old for it. R The D. A. R. was once regarded largely as a social organization. It is now taken very seriously as a public influence. e War in China is sufficiently persistent to warrant the impression that the country is entirely free from any taint of pacificism. | Wets and drys agree on law enforce- | ment; which fact represents discourage- | ment to bell hops in & convention city. et SHOOTING STARS. | BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. { Prima Denna. She may not be & prize, 1 Or anything That seems surpassing wise— But she can sing. She may not be so fair ‘That she will bring | A smile to banish care— j But She Can Sing | Who asks that wit's display May have its fling, ‘When all the world must say That SHE CAN SING! | Acknowledging the Corn. “Is our friend & dark horse?” “No," answered Senator Sorghum, “He has gone over heart and hand to bootl€k interests. He is what I should call & ‘white mule.’ Anfual Announcement. I am a prophet bold and ga; ‘Whose word the world must hail, Each Bpring I venture forth to say ‘The frult crop’s going to fall. | Alas, this life would be a joke, ‘Fo pathos closely linked; 1t ¥ the truth each April spoke, All frult would be extinct. i P Jud Tunkins says an idle man is up against & tough proposition. ‘There "\ln'l anything in the world so dieult | to do well as nothing. Inaudible. “What did that trafMc cop say to you?" “I don't know,” answered Mr, Chug- gins. “1 was so busy saying ‘yes, that I couldn’t hear him." “A friend,” sald Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “is more often the man | who needs you than the man you need.” | e Brevity. The after-dinner speech ia not 1dke that of years ago. ‘The “honored guest” may think a lot, But simply say, “Hello!” said | Uncle Eben, “and in our kind-hearted- ness neglects ourselves,” o -e— In-Laws in Bad. From the New York Herald Trihune. people sulfer more at the hands tGope of outiawn a tion of spirits It is & sort of bubbling of the blood in the veins, a specles of dilation of the brain cells, an aggrandizement of the imagination, which assails human beings from time to time, sometimes caused by indulgence in warfare, love, or maybe just reading a book, but often enough coming from no particular * x o x It makes not the slightest bit of difference, however, as J. Henry Gear- shift found out that morning he felt as peppy as brigadier general campaign. Or maybe a major general feels the stress of the campaign more. This would be an interesting question to put up to one's service friends: Who BY FREDERIC Norman Thomas of Marion, Ohlo, nominee of the Socialist party for Pres- ident of the United States, doesn't really expect to move into the White House on March 4, 1929. A million votes is the high-water mark so far scored by a Socialist for President, and that record was achieved by the party's long-time idol, Eugene V. Debs. When Debs first ran, in 1900, the Socialists rolled up fewer than 100,000 votes. Heading the ticket again in 1904, he received over 400,000. In 1908 there was a slightly heavier Socialist vote for President, and in 1912 Debs' total was 897,000. In the 1916 election the party's fortunes slumped to 585,000 votes, but when Debs ran against Harding and Cox in 1920 he mounted to his peak of 920,000. As the Sociallsts indorsed La Follette in 1924 it s impossible to estimate what portion of ular vote of 4,822,856 can be allocated to them. New York, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Ohio and California are or- dinarily the principal Soclalist strong- holds. Soclalism isn't Communism. Sresidential Nominee Thomas, Princeton man and Union Theological Seminary graduate, 1s violently anti-Communist. LR | Representative Nicholas J. Sinnott Republican, of Oregon, whom President Coolidge has just appointed to the United States Court of Claims, s a| long, lanky son of the State that has sent him to Congress for the past eight | terms. He is famed in the annals of | his alma mater, the University of Notre | Dame, from which he was graduated | in the class of 1 Long before the “Four Horsemen" “Fighting Irish” fame, -Sinnott was not only & foot ball star of Notre Dame, but the | holder of its all-around athletie cham- | plonship. He carrles a gold medal which attests his prowess on the dia- mond, on the track, in the swimming pool, In the boxing arena and on the gridiron Sinnott e promise 36 years ago of becoming a congressional orator, for he was class valedictorfan at Notre Dame in '92. As chalrman of the House public lands committee, the Oregonian has been a potent factor in contemporary legislation on Capitol Hill. His colleagues in the House re- joice at a promotion in public service which will keep the other “Nick" a resi- dent of Washington. xx Representative Melvin J. Maas, Re- publican, of Minnesota, who wants Congress to turn the searchlight of in- vestigation on the pacifist lobby against national defense, 15 a fighting veteran of the World War. He enlisted In the Marine Corps immediately upon the outbreak of hostilities and served in the aviation branch overseas for 10 months, He is now a captain in the Marine Corps Reserve. This Is Maas' first term in the House, of which he is & “baby" member, being still under 30. He ix an Insurance man by pro- fession, | * o n Benator Steck, Democrat, of Jowa recently had a controversy on the floor of the upper house with a Southern member who has never learned to pro- nounce the name of the Corn Belt com- monwealth, Steck’s lowa colleague and pet aversion, Benator Hrookhart, once discovered that even the cultured Freneh have thelr troubles trying to master the pronunciation of lowa. Brookhart was calling st the French forelgn office two thres years ago in the course of giving Burope the once- over. He never cartles car identified himself, when secretary asked him to do s0, by scribbling his name and address on & serap of paper. Presently he was ushered into the for- elgn mintster's presence and cordially greeted as “Benator Brookhart of Jo- vah” The French, it appears, pro- nounce “Io” and “Jo" the same way, and “wa" s “vah" At leust, that's what happened to the Hawkeye State the di rookhart turned up on the Qual d'Orsay. R One of the farthest out-in-front can- didates for the presidential nomination on & certaln ticket evidently needs a press agent. At last week's convention of the League of American Pen Women, sald eandidate's zrmrlmu pouse took her place democratically among the hol pollol at luncheon, Instead of accepting an invitation to the table d'honneur, A wOomAan noross from her at table, want) 10 impress & guest she'd brought to U ear and out of the other faster than | who go around boasting about his daily | cause that the recipient can pin down. | When he came down his front steps | in tne midst of af WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS ‘ghting Bob's” pop- | &, | Hoover man. 11t’s not surprising to find political prog- | feels the most like & dier general or a ma meral? Or does a colonel rank ‘em both in this respect? Gearshift stepped down his steps nylf. ‘What topped it all was the morn- ing itself. Here was sunshine, air like wine, blue skies, white clouds, greening grass and hedges. A standard landscape, the cynical may sneer, but Gearshift knew better. J. Henry shifted his character weekly. One day he was an optimist, the next a cynie. Mostly his character depended upon his physical being. If he had a head- ache, he was inclined to view life with suspicion. If feeling “full of pep,” he blossomed into a full-fledged optimist. Most people similarly vacillate, but are not so honest with themselves—or their acquaintances—in putting their finger upon the cause. They prefer to think they are moody, or creatures of mystery. And, of course, it does not hurt anything for them to think that way. ok koW Gearshift had walked across that side- walk, down that curb, across that street and up that curb every morning for the past five years. Of all the miscalculations he might make in a day, missing one of those curbs was the last one he ever would have taken into consideration. If his Good Spirit had said to him, “Henry, you are going to slip up toda Beware! Beware something or other! If his Good Spirit had so sald, and had winked, Gearshift might have conjured up a thousand mishaps. He might have thought of the wrong |thing said at the wrong time to some |one, or he might have pictured himself imaklnu a fool out of himself in more ways than one, in both of whieh actions | he was marvelously adept. |~ He might have done these things, but | he did not, because there was no Good | Spirit around that morning. It was probable. too, that if there had been, Gearshift would have paid not the slightest bit of attention, because he was in the mood of the dog that has just escaped from the back yard. He felt frisky. Now it may be lald down as an axiom | of masculine conduct that when a man | feels frisky he had better watch his step. This was exactly what J. Henry Gear- shift did not do Therefore, alas! | When J. Henry, brief-case in hand, | put foot upon the far curb, somehow his | foot missed fire and landed in the tri- angle constituted by tne curd, the street and an imaginary line connecting the | two. | “Perhaps Gearshift stepped on the | | imaginary line. Thereupon he proceeded to make as | graceful a fall as is given to most men to_make. | Very easily he stretched out his full length on the ground, half of him on | the curb and the rematnder of him in the aforementioned triangle. He held onto his brief case, however. In such circumstances, one picks him- self up with amazing rity. “Ha, ha, did you see me take that tumble?” he asked a friend, noncha- lantly. “Did you hurt yourself>" “Oh, no, not at all,” answered Gear- shift, rubbing his knee, and wiping some | dust off his face. gfnml. a briga- | WILLIAM WILE. | tuncheon, whispered: “That lady oppo- | site in dark blue is Mrs. —." It fell ;nu. “Isn't her husband running for some sort of office?” was the Iaconic re- | Joinder, | * k% % ! Everybody in politics, Republican and Democratic alike, is waiting to see how the Pennsylvania G. O. P. cat is going to | jump at Kansas City. That is to say, curiosity concerns the intentions of “Uncle Andy” Mellon. If little straws are indications of how the Keystone | wind s blowing, perhaps wiseacres will | |divine something significant in the jstumping of Ladiana by Gov. John S. Pisher on Herbert Hoover's behalf. | Fisher is one of the Republican big guns | that'll be barking in the Hoosler land | between now and primary day on May . The governor was & member of the | Mellon-Reed-Fisher-Pepper combination | that fought the Vare arganization ln‘ 1926. He Is supposed to “go along"”| with the Mellon machine pretty reli- glously. To a man up a tree it would therefore look as if the Treasury chief feels kindly toward Hoover. Senator- elect (“Senator-eject” is what a Capitol Hill wit calls him) Vare is accounted a | e * Counting of unhatched chickens be- ing Washington's favorite indoor sport, nosticators naming the members of the | next cabinet. Men and women who see Al Smith in the White House after March 4, 1929, are particularly resource- ful in that direction. They know, for Instance, that John W. Davis is to be | “President Smith's” Secretary of State | and that Owen D, Young is to be Secre- | tary of the Treasury in the same admin- istration. They've also picked Smith's | ambassador to the court of 8t. James. He's to be Davis' law partner, Frank L. Polk, former undersecretary of state. It would take the full length of this col umn to catalogue the persons who are going to be in “President Hoover's” of- fictal household. k. Heads of all the wise men in the State Department are going to be put together during the next few months to decide how Dr. C. C. Wu, foreign minister of the Nanking National Chinese govern- ment, is to be recelved when he comes to Washington in July, The United States has no diplomatic relations with Nationalist China. We continue to do business only with the so-called Central Chinese government at Peking, of which our accomplished American - educated friend, Dr. Alfred Sze, has been the Minister here since March, 1931, One solution may be for Dr. Sge to act as Intermediary in presenting Dr. Wu to Secretary Kellogg. Another way out of the dilemma might be for Mr. Kellogg to see Dr. Wu “privately and infor- mally,” but not “officially.” Uncle Ham has a bill for damages against Nationalist China, due to Injury to American life and property, (Copyright, 1628.) UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR Ten Years Ago Today. Ameriean forces repulse blg German attack. The biggest force yet used for An offensive against the Americans is hurled against our positions on a one- mile front northwest of Toul, after a terrific bombardment of gas and high- explosive shells. he enemy penetrate front-line trenches and take village of Selcheprey, but after furious hand-to- hand hiting, still raging at nightfall, the Americans recaptured the village and most of the ground lost In the early fighting. * * * The enemy unlties are belleved to be the heaviest reported under thelr CGerman y are paraded, half-starved, about Cerma 1{ for the rmu to see. .. It is estimated that 300,000 Germans have been killed, and about 150,000 wounded, in the past month's offensive * ¢ * Marshal Foch ia satisfied with present status and regards the German :fl: A8 & fallure despite galn in ter« aptors. “Fought the Good Fight” Writer Cil;l—Code- of Jackson and Lincoln Toward Union. To the Editor of The Star: To the Hebrews Paul writes his coloth ful relation of the mighty wrestlings and victories of the fighters who throughout the ages have “fought the fight,” and gives a conclusive, stirring, personal message to the war- riors of today “that they without us should not be made perfect. Wherefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and the sin that doth so ecasily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.'—Hebrews, xii.1. Previously he had entreated the Corinthians to “know no man after the flesh.” With these divine admonitions ring- ing in our ears, let us sweep away the mists of time, space, matter, and let us read today a sign of the times in the unveiling at the Capitol in Washington of the statue of Andrew Jackson, with its acceptance for the Nation by Presi- dent Coolidge (coming, as it does, in a week vibrant with the immortal achievements of Abraham Lincoln). May we not .ay that this ceremonial is another link in the chain, welded from the gold of the Union, which binds Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jack- son? To spiritual perception it is so, for there is no death. In the eternal, dazzling light of the Union, in which human weaknesses fade away, we find these two children of the wilderness standing side by side, with the big brother whispering a com- passionate benediction—"With malice to- ward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in.” Turning to precedent footsteps, we hear a mighty reverberation of Andrew ‘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 two cents in stamps for re- turn postage. Address your letter to The Evening Star Information Bureau, {"redgflcc‘h Haskin, director, Washing- on, 3 Q. What nationality is_Broceo, the six-day bicycle racer?—A. P. A. Maurice Brocco i3 a Frenchman. Q. Who was the first woman to be electrocuted in Ohio?—C. R. A. The warden of the Ohio Peniten- tiary says that never in the history of the State of Ohio has a woman been electrocuted. the most difficult>—V. M. G. A. Opinions differ. One musician says that “Campanella,” arranged by Franz Liszt, and his “Hungarian Rhap- sodies” are certainly among the ex- tremely difficult ones. Q. Who first used the phrase: “The Lord's Supper”?—E. X. A. This is the name given by St. Paul to the commemorative ordinance Instituted by Christ on the evening preceding His crucifixion. Q. Is the wife of Count Keyserling related to the famous Bismarck?—W. N. A. The wife of Count Keyserling is I :nknddaughler of the famous Bis- | marc | Q. Are the playgrounds now seen in Q. What plano selection is considered ' ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. occupations. The leading occupations for women, according to this report, ar Domestic and personal service, 2,186, manufacturing and mechanical, 30,341; clerical, 1.426,116; agriculture, forestry and animal husbandry, 1,084« 128; professional, 1,016,488. The lead- | Ing occupations for men are: Manuface turing and mechanical, 10,188,183; ag- riculture, forestry and animal husband~ 7. :,nlgbbueao: clerical, 1700.425; domes ersonal service, 1,217,96 e fessional, 1,127,39 e O. Should trees be s : o bouid) prayed while in A. Trees should not be sprayed while in bloom. Such spraying not only kills bees, but interferes with the proper pole lnation of the blossoms. Q. A friend claims there is a differ~ enze in value in the sum of one billion in dxgvprenz countries. Is that true? A. The word billion 15 differently in- terpreted in different countries. Ia America_and France a billion is ons thousanc million, while in England and | Germany it s million million Q. What part of the United States had more volunteers than its quota :n the draft for the war’—8. H. V. A. Hawail had the only troops tnal were so much over 100 per cent taaf it was not necessary to draw men in {the first draft. These troops volun- | teered to a percentage of 182. | Q. What disease causes the most deaths among children?—J. M. C. A. Diphtheria still ranks first as a | cause of death among young children. | However, the death rate as a result of Jackson's thundering tones sounded at | Belgium recently established?>—C. E. S. | this disease has been considerably r a famed nullification banquet—"Our Federal Union, it must be preserved!” | A. In Belgium before the war a chil- dren’s playground was unknown. They | duced, due to the use of prevent | treatment. In one locality it was Andrew Jackson faced once more the| were introduced by the American Red | duced from 384 per cent per 100.0f old problem of mutiny. With his genius | Cross as a testimony of friendship of | in 1921 to zero mp'nzs -ndwlezs. ir?g for quick action, the Chief of Staff of the Army, Gen. Winfield Scott, was sent to South Carolina, and shortly after President Jacksom stepped out be- fore the country, “set the bugle to his lips and sounded “Assembly.’” Let me quote from Gerald W. Johnston's drew Jackson, An Epic in Homespu: “His medfum was a proclamation to the people of his native South Carolina. It stands today the unmistakable master- piece of all Jackson's state papers. Ed- ward Livingston worked it over, gave it form and polish® but Edward Living- ston no more wrote it than Chapman wrote the “Iliad’ It was Jackson through and through—Jackson defend- ing his country; therefore, Jackson at his highest and best * * *" Hear Daniel Webster in the Senate 20 years later in his magnificent address on “The Constitution and the Union” (March 7, 1850): “I hear,” says Mr. Webster, “that there is to be a conven- | tion held at Nashville. I am bound to believe that if worthy gentlemen meet at Nashville in convention their objects will be to adopt counsels conciliatory * * * to inculcate principles of brotherly love and attachment to the Constitution of th: country as it now is.” (Then comes the allusion to the indignation of “a stern old English- man” over the Treaty of Amiens, at the terms of which this Englishman de- clared, if he could know them, King Willlam would rise from his grave to denounce them.) And Mr. Webster continues: *“Let me commend this say- ing of Mr. Wyndham, in all its emphasis and all its force, to any persons who shall meet at Nashville for the over- throw of the Union of *his country over the bones of Andrew Jacksol Cer- tainly,” concluded Mr. Webster, “if they meet for any purpose hostile to the Union, they have been singularly in: propriate in their selection of a place. And so a final picture comes to mind of Lincoln and Jackson. United in their devotion to the Union of the States, they were unified in their death- less love of the Holy Bible, upon whose Imperishable truths America is founded. It is Abraham Lincoln who calls to the scoffers who scoff at this spiritual defi- nition @f Americanism pure and unde- filed. Says President Lincoln: “I am profitably engaged in reading the Bible. * ¢+ In regard to the great Book I have only to say that it is the best Book which God has given to man." To which we hear the echoing amen of Andrew Jackson, “It is the 'Book upon which our Republic rests.” KITTY CHEATHAM. ———————————— Criticizes Conduct Of Young V To the Fditor of The Star: The annual Spring cleaning of the good old-time housekeeper is in order in the hotels and boarding houses of Washington. It follows as a natural sequence the Spring inrush of tourists to the Capital. It is not the dignified D. A. R’'s who make the vacuum cleaner imperative at this season, nor is it the frivolous but mature north- ward-winging migrants from Florida. Young America, swarming from all over our land to spend its Easter vacation doing the “patriotic stunts” at the Fed- eral Clty, is responsible for this after- math of scrubbing and mopping Washington, always attractive, is looking its best at this time of flowering magnollas and cherry trees. We are proud of it. We are equally proud of our equally attractive Young America. But we question whether Washington and Young America are being Intro- duced In quite the right way. The railroads and the Washington hotel keepers are in partnership, we under- stand, to* bring the boys and girls of our high schools to Washington for their Easter holidays. Terms are rea- sonable and the going is good. They come f jolly “bunches” and have a jolly time. Most of them deserve all the fun that Washington can give them, and, incidentally, most of them acquire a smattering knowledge of the central Government of their country and its environs, parks and public buildings, which is for their budding intelli- gence and patriotism Not all of them, however, deserve the rivilege that is being granted them. ‘he less infelligent and more unruly would be just as content and just as much benefited in a howling wilder- ness where mei' could howl without molesting peace-loving and law-abiding citigens. Under the present system they howl atéall hours, reaching a climax at 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning. When & long-suffering, sober-minded hotel resident reports the howls to the hotel night clerk and the night clerk reports them to the teacher supposed to be In charge, the howls continue unabated And howls are not the worst. They aro oceasionally accompanied by a smashing of glass (electric bulbs or bottles, perchance) In the ocourt below, while semi-clad Young America of both sexes sit jauntily on windewsills hob- nobbing with comrades in the ¢ (across, above or below), just as though night were s more appropriate time than day for such civilitles Surely there is something wrong with (his pres ystem. Where does the fault le? he hotel keeper should pro- tect his guests from an invasion of young Mohawks, but he 15 powerless when those In charge of these young Mohawks are too young or too irrespon- slble or too much like Mohawks them- selves to command respect or enforce discipline A certificate privilege exiats today in many schools, by which the puplls of the schcols may enter certain colleges withiout examinations, provided the '1 duntes of the schools to be certified have maintained in the colleges a good record, Some such certificate should certainly be demanded for an Easter week In Washington. QERALDINE BROOKS. v - Overfed. s News, 18 to have another chance to tell the whole truth when he gela back from Europe In fact, the Eider uunwllouudoluuu'uu\u\hh wholp Ue . itors American children for their little Bel- gian friends. Q. How is the flavor of food influ- enced by a rising temperature?—M. G. | A. Flavor is the first thing to dis- | appear when the temperature of foods | rises. It suffers also if the air gets too dry or too moist. Q. Is the Corcoran School of Art ;x; vAluLh!nnun, D. C, a free school?— A. Under the terms of the gift of the late William Wilson Corcd'il’un. the founder of the gallery and the school, there is no charge for tuition. Each student is required to pay an annual | entrance fee of $10, which cannot be refunded under any circumstances. Students may enter the school at any | time during the school seasc.. Q. Do fish have ears?—W. 8. -. Fish do not actually have ea |8ans and can usually hear noises under | water. | Q How onut be | Q. How ean a_coconu! | in its husk?—V. N, L A. A coconut in its shell may be kept Q. Is there any way to cl or- ‘dln;r% linen to nm-cnmmnm? A. There is no method that will ac- | con.plish this. <. When were the first tural colleges established?”—S. B. et \. The first agricultural colleges were |establshed by Federal act in 1862. | Q What States lead in the produc- tion of = tton, wheat and corn?—W. W. A. In 1927 Texas was the leading cot- ton producing State, with a volume of 4.280,000 bales. Kanses led in wheat !pred. tion with 111,283,000 bushels. Iowa led in corn preduction with 399, 566,00) bushels. Q. Did the United States Navy sink the submarine Deutschland’—G. M. Z. A. The submarine Deutschland was not sunk by the United States. After Germany, but was surrendered to F-ance after the armistice and sunk {by gua-fire during target practice by |the Fren:h navy cn June 18, 1921, Q. He . many occupations are there in the United States, and how many people engage in the leading ones’—R. L. A. The Burea. of the Census lists 578 | howe -1, they have sensitive sound or- | its trip to this country it returned te | | in another from 51 per cent per 100,000 in 1921 to 2.6 per cent in 1926. | . Q. What is meant by a “Jepthah [VO' —W. A. | A. A Jepthah Vow is one which is to be kept regardless of consequences, and |is commonly supposed to be derived from the Bible story of Jepthah, tr leader of a band of brigands, who, be- | fore going into battle against the Am- | monites, vowed that if successful he | would sacrifice whatever was the first | thing to cross the threshold of his own | door when he returned triumphant. His | daughter was the first one to advance to | meet him. It is recorded that he sacri- | ficed her according to his vow. | Q Who was the first motion picture actor?—C. I D. | A. Pred Ott has been so called since | he appeared in the first picture Mr | Edison took when he was experiment- ing in 1886. Q. What does the word mercerize mean?—C. G. A. Mercerizing is a treatment for | cotton goods or fibers that produces a silky luster. It was mamed for John Mercer, an English calico printer, who | introduced the process. . Q. In which direction does the Rock of Gibraltar face?>—M. B. A. m‘mcfh‘o‘f Gibraltar _stands north and south, its highest point or head being at the southern end. Q. What was the origin of the ex- mfim, “Let her go, Gallaher?"—T. A. Various explanations are advanced as to the origin of this phrase. One gen- erally credited is that a Texas sheriff namade Gallagher was & man, and, having adjusted the n , the cheerful criminal told him to “Let her | 8o, Gallagher!” Q. Whose account of the Lord's Sup- per is the earliest?—M. M. A. St. Paul's account is the earliest record of the institution of the Lord's Supper by at least two or three years. John D. Davis says in “A mcm“w of as early as A.D. 57, just 27 years after the supper was instituted.” Q. When was Libby Prison taken to ?—W. G. K. A. In 1888-9 the building constituting Libby Prison was taken apart and car- ried to Chicago, where it was recon- structed. In September, 1889, it was | opened as Libby Prison War Museum | but the enterprise proved a failure. 'Friends of Worl d Court Reply ' To Senator Borah’s Statement Friends of the World Court are far ent) agrees with those who hold that from agreeing to Senator Borah's view | “as matters stand, the President could that the obstacles to American adher- | only ask those nations to accept terms ence to the court are insuperable, yet | which they have already rejected after discussion in the press of Senator Gil- | careful study. Unless the Senate s lett's resolution proposing further efforts | ready to take a more reasonable view to bring about an agreement discloses | of the World Court issue, it can hardly & quite general feeling that nothing is | expect the Chief Executive to reopen likely to be accomplished at this time | negotistions.” Of Senator Borah's state- unless the Senate changes its mind | ment, the Gazette says: “He is one of and gives the President some new basis | the leading opponents of our adherence for negotiation. [l» the world tribunal, and it may be “It is by no means clear,” in the | possible that the wish is father to the opinion of the Philadelphia Record | thought he expresses. Yet, even the «ndependent Democratic), “that | most active advocates of American en- through passage of the Gillett resolu- | try into the Court must concede tha tion the suspended project would be ‘set constructively under way again.’ That declaration would advise the Pres ident to resume negotiations in whick he could state nothing with certitude, and in which his Iack of authority would be patent to every government he might approach. The Senate has refused to modify, or even explain, an obstructive reservation which cannot be reconciled with the terms of the Court’s constitution and its accepted procedure. For the Senate, there- fore, to recommend further mrle!! would be neither heipful nor honest, unless it first gave definite assurance that it would ratify this country’s ad- herence to the Court on the equitable terms that could easily be negotiated.” Nevertheless, the Houston Chronicle (Democratic) believes “a little diplo- macy. a little inclination to clear up a debated point might remove all dif- ate's reservations. When we look at the work the Court is doing, and realtre how much our adherence would mean to its prestige” continues the Texas paper, “surely we should want to hasten that adherence, if it is at all compat- ible with our interests Quoting Senator Borah's statement that “the World Court ts closed to the United States” the New York Times (ndependent) replies: “The truth is that this door, and every other leading nto the room of co-operation with the countries of the world, would open to the United States at & touch. Each yeAr's events urge us more strongly, on the ground of self-interest, 1If we do not care to put it higher, to join forces with all who are working for recovery and for peace. Finance and trade, stability and order. friendship and fair dealing unite in the argument for & change in our forelgn policy. If no doors n)E!I\!I\l outward existed for the United States, they would have to be invented. But there they swing lnviting us. It s edther stupldity or hypoerisy (o assert that they are ‘closed’ ™ CEEREa “If the World Comrt s not an insti- tution worthy of American adherence,” declares the Worcester Telegram ins dependent), “all the words which such men as Elthu Root, Charles Evans Hughes, Warren Q. Harding, Herbert Hoover and Calvin Coolidge have spoken 0 support of the Court are meaning- less. The praise of the Court i the Republican and Democratic national rluuun of 1934 are also weaningless, f the Court is something to which the United States ought not to adhere. But nobody in either . except the ir- recancllables, sa Court is something which United States should shun 1t is -lm&_\' that there is a snag - I%m Nate's reservation on ory opinion ficulties—even on the basis of the Sen- | | there is a large grain of truth he says." | Another daily which sees mothing to ate is the Fargo Forum |Repub- lican). “The President can do noth- |ng.” says the Forum. “If there is to | be any move on the part of this Go | ernment, he says, it is up 10 _the Se Ate. * ¢ ¢ This is true. The Se | aie made the reservations after lo and thorough argument and dy, and they stand as the best judgment of ¢ body. So far as one can deten | thers has been no change in timer { If that is the case, efforts to revive the Vorld Court issue will not get very | The Senate will not | cantends the Colorado Spr Gazette- | Telegraph (Republican). “1f any tion is to be taken. therefore, it must originate with the signatory states. Th» jdemand that the Senate request the President to reopen the subject is with- {out foundation. * * * There N | means of adjustment, lacking Europe: willingness to accept American dem: that the Court be made what | tends to be. & court of justice: a least that, so far as the United Stats |is concerned. its political functions b made non-operative ™ | N W | “If the United States Sena ever had A sincere desire for ad: by this country to the Workd C {in the judgment of the Lynchb: (Demoeratic), “ihis country w e & member of the World Court had such desire now. the produbd are that within a few United States would be a | the United States is 1ot & 1 | that there is preciou 0 11t will be & member unt | radical change i the composits | the Senate, is & certainty | With & critical view of however, the Indianap Star pendent Republican) states: O 1o reservation alone prevents this co: try from accepting & place on the bunal which leading statesinen of b MAJOr parties have lang upheld as means of substitut faternational la for foree. The o lons of the trr oncilables are based, not on the Cour ftself, but on the assumption that | American membership would pave (he Way for back-door entry te the | League | “Anybody who knows anvthing about patriotiun,” satirically cov - the Eagle (hdepend ent), “Enows that the Worlt Court & {8 trap set by the League of Nations, and | speciatly ned (0 ensaare the | United States. We have this on the | autharity of some of the best minds in | United States Senate. who seem ta Mave convineed the administration that the Court is samething awful that ought be en_Abaut, Al least until are over. more. he oppas