Evening Star Newspaper, July 30, 1928, Page 8

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The Associated Press is exclusively entitlrd to the use for republication of all , ews dis- rches credited to it or nat otherwise cred- in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of publication of svecial dispatches herein are Also reserved = The Texas Primary. Thomas B. Love, veteran Democratic feader. running as an anti-Smith can- didate for lieutenant governor of Texas, polled upward of 160,000 votes in Sat- urday’s primary. He ran 80,000 to 100,000 votes behind Miller, the present leutenant governor seeking renomina- tion. But three other candidates for the office rolled up enough votes, ac- cording to the returns so far received, to make & run-off necessary, probably with Love in a straightout contest with Miller. The vote for Love, who was Demo- cratic national committeeman in 1924 and who is strongly “dry,” must be regarded as a measure in part of the anti-Smith feeling in the Lone Star State. It was Love who declared that 1t the Moody plank, declaring for pro- hibition, was adopted by the last Dem- ocratic national convention, and the «veveaJuly 30, 1028 rise higher and increase in sise and capacity and the lateral transport fa- cilities fall to keep up with the demand. It takes only a few months to bulld a structure that will house 5,000 people and it takes several years to bulld a | subway that will do its share of carry- ing this addition to the load from a given point. Surface lines are no longer relied upon as capable of handling a material fraction of the traffic. Ele- vated lines are now operating at ca- pacity, and, according to the present | policies, will not be increased in num- !ber. | Thus while some New Yorkers react {with pride to the announcement of “the tallest building.” soon to be erect- | | ed. others look upon it with some appre- hension. Already the discomforts of met- !mp«hun life and business are severe | enough without adding to them through | {the greater concentration incident to [the erection of record-breaking sky- serapers. e IR - | Austro-German “‘Anschluss.” Furopean news dispatches are much concerned with a political development jon the Continent regarding which the world is destined to hear more. It re- THE EVEN in the United States Department of Agriculture 18 doing yeoman service for the tiller of the earth. So, for that matter, are the chemists of the State departments of agriculture and the Iaboratories of the great State universi- ties. The ideal condition will be reached when every farm is a laboratory directed by a man capable of original research. - e More Worlds to Conquer. According to information which only lacks a statement from Mr. Tunney to make it wholly reliable, the world's heavyweight champion will retire from the ring and (1) get married, (2) an-§ nounce his marriage, (3) walk around Europe with Thornton Wilder, possibly discussing the Bridge of San Luis Rey; (4) take up banking as a business career or (5) study philosophy at the Sorbonne, Heldelberg or King's College, London. Such alternatives are being advanced by the wholesale now from Mr. Tunney's friends and associates, but when Mr. Tunney releases his an- ticipated statement he will probably | make the reason for his retirement from the ring perfectly plain, and, in so far as it is the public's business to |lates to the “Anschluss” movement, or the project for incorporation of Austria | within the German Reich. It is pan-| Germanism of unfragrant pre-war odor in & new guise. Prior to 1914 it was the Prussian know, tell the world what he is going to do. For Mr. Tunney has a mind of his own, as well as two fists. From the first he seems to have regarded the boxing business as a means toward an end, and junkers and military imperialists of | one could never quite believe that the both empires who were bent upon|end was the mere retention of the bringing Germany and the dual mon- | champlonship he had gained. He has rehy into a Central European union | looked upon boxing as a good way to | which should dominate and domineer | get enough money to do what he wants | Europe. Today it is the pacifist So-|to do. And now, in the prime of life, | ! cialists in power at Berlin and the | he has the money. I {Roman Catholic clericals, who rule | Tunney plans to quit the ring wh-n; Jat Vienna, that are driving for | his popularity is at its height. He never “Anschluss.” | appealed particularly to the real prize- It fell to the lot of Herr Paul Loebe, | fight crowd, for the crowd could not | Socialist president of the German | visualize him as a blood-thirsty “killer” | Reichstag, to breathe fresh life into noOr fit him into the role of hero for the {the long - smoldering incorporation | songs and legends of the prize ring. | scheme. | But in his fight last week he won the | | Addressing last week's great | Germanic saengerfest in the ancient | applause not only of those who Lke | §upsu1 of the Hapsburgs, Herr Loebe | their fights to be red and dripping, buti | exclaimed: “The union between Austria | of those who admire skill and genuine | i 1 { i i and Germany is coming about natu- | sportsmanship. He showed that he was NG STAR;. WASHINGTON, D. C, THIS AND THAT ¥ BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. We are beginning to suspect that plant life has a wider tolerance than many gardeners give it credit for pos- sessing. Many flowers will do well in situa- tions where the books declare they will be a rank failure. Others can stand drought, although all the garden writers swear they capnot. Others will come through flourish- ing, though watered often, much to the amazement, we suppose, of those who so solemnly aver that such plants must not get too much molsture. We are led to believe that petunias, for instance, actually bloom better in the shade than they do in the sun. although their ancestors come from a | sunny land. Window boxes on the north side of the house have done better this season than those facing the glare of the sun all day long. We know several boxes on the north side in which Rosy Morn petunias have flourished, whereas those in southern-exposed situations have appeared bedrabbled. There are so many factors involved in the apparently simple task of grow- ing home flowers that it is often diffi- cult to be positive in such matters as these. In the case of the petunias it is true that boxes on the south, getting more sun, need more water; and it is probably equally true that they get no more than is commonly given boxes on the north. ‘The result is that the dirt becomes dried out. Window boxes can stand almost any amount of water during really hot weather such as Washington has had during the past month. Boxes should have been drilled with several | inch-wide holes at the bottom, to draw off the surplus moisture. Given this outlet, no amount of water seemingly | can be too great. | It is amazing how much liquid a| flower box can stand. Probably more home gardeners err in this regard than in any other. It takes forethought, | of course, superimposed on genuine | interest—the latter must precede the | former, because every one knows how easy it is to “forget to water the box.” During hot weather a window box should be saturated at least every other evening, until the water begins to drip | from the holes. A quart milk botfl!i makes a most practical watering pot, | since it may be poked into the foilage | without spilling the contents all over | the place. About this time of the:year even I will look better if painted or stalned green. Unless these plants (the large ruffled) are staked, they will lop over, as the expression has it, a process gen- erally liked, since many persons plant vines in window boxes for this express u . Perhaps the best box is one n which some of the plants are al- lowed to lop, and others are staked up. Commonly the El-nu in the middle of the box are staked, and those at each end allowed to trail. Certainly nothing is prettier than a flourishing window box crammed with such plants, It must be remembered that such a condition demands a lot of plant food, and plenty of water to make that nour- ishment available. If these conditions are met, a good window box will result. ‘The petunia is little susceptible, in our experience, to diseases or insects. We cannot recall having to spray them, although our window box Is on the north, where it receives at the most not more than two hours of sunshine a day, if that much. It is found that most flowers in such situations suffer more from “bugs” than the same plants in sunnier situations. Most forms of insect life are lovers of shade. For this reason more insect-eaten leaves will be found in shady places: but the petunia seems to be very much of an excep- tion to the rule. It grows and blooms better in the shade than in the sun, if anything; it is the flower for every one, everywhere. If we had to pick the most “sure-fire” plant of all for the average home garden, we believe that we would give the petunia the preference. It has some faults, no doubt about that, chief among which is the way it lies down during and after a rain. In a few hours it rights itself, however, so that this is not very much of a flaw, after all. perfect plant, any more than there is a perfect neighbor. Perfection is, after all, a dublous quality. The faults and failures of flowers are what endear them, since human beings themselves are filled with the same inescapable qualities. Flowers that never faded, never slept, never wilted are only paint- ed blossoms. One may purchase a very | neat sprig—made of cloth—of Japanese | cherry blossoms to place in a vase. The ladies put all sorts of imitation flowers on their coats and dresses. These are, at their best, merely pretty—they fool no one and take the place of nothing. The real thing, being genuine, must partake of the infallibility which besets | this moving world. There is a stern necessity about it which should move MONDAY, JULY 30, 1 Perhaps there is no such thing as a 998. Safety of Stop Sign Enforcement Doubted To the Editor of The Star: In your Wednesday issue you carried a front-page story to the effect that approximately three out of four auto- mobile drivers failed to observe the boulevard stop signs. When so large a proportion as 75 per cent of motorists disregard a so-called safety regulation it behooves the responsible officials to determine the reason therefor. Except in the remote suburban dis- tricts, no street should be set aside for fast driving unless the cross traffic (mo- tor and pedestrian) is protected by sig- nal lights. Has it ever occurred to the traffic experts that the great majority of drivers drop into low gear and a speed of about 3 to 6 miles per hour as a measure of safety? Rhode Island avenue at First street may be cited as an _example. There is considerable diers’ Home on Sunday nights, but the boulevard artists coming home from Baltimore never stop to realize that the cross traffic should in all fairness have some rights. If on approaching slowly in second gear the north or south bound motorist observes that there is a chance for him to cross in safety, it is but log- ical that he should do so. If there should happen to be a lull in the boule- vard traffic, which is practically con- tinuous, why should the driver come to a complete stop, then shift to low and then to second gear and run the risk of being hit by the Baltimore machine which in the meantime has appcared at a high rate of speed, and which but a moment before was a block or more away? The matter should be handled as Virginia handles the matte~ of rail- ! road grade crossings. That State recog- nizes the safey of a speed so low as to be a practical stop and the danger of a complete stop. Another fault is the right-of-way rule. The erroneous form in which the rule is so often stated is but a reflec- tion of the natural tendency of the human mind to state a proposition in its most logical aspect. The vehicle on the right has the right of way under the regulations. but the rule should be qualified by the statement that vehicles are approximately equally dis- tant from the point of intersection and are proceeding at approximately the same rate of speed. The official right-of-way rule and the boulevard system give too much license to the speed artists and the careless drivers. Several weeks ago R. L. Taylor, the motor dealer, was killed in a motor accident in Cleveland Park. Had the vehicle proceeding north not come to ! a complete stop at the stop sign. and trafic on First street to and from Sol- | the | ‘This is a dej t devoted solely to the dling of queries. This paper puts at your dis] the services of an e';tenllw oru;‘n ition lnl:v:;h.; ington to serve you in any capacity relates to information. This service is free. Failure to make use of it deprives you of benefits to which you are en- titled. Your obligation is only 2 cents in coin or stamps inclosed with your inquiry for direct reply. Address The Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic_J. Haskin, director, Washing- ton, D. C. | Q. Where does Marguerite Clark l)vr! now that she has retired from the stage and moving pictures?—N. H. A. She Is now Mrs. Harry Williams | and lives with her husband on the | esiate, White Rose, in the village of Patterson, La. Q. Has the Virgin Isl of Commerce?—G. W. | A. There are two American Cham- bers of Commerce in the Virgin Islands, | at St. Croix and St. Thomas. | Q. How many people live at Niagara | Falls, N. Y.>—S. F. L. A. Niagara Falls, N. Y, in 1925 had an estimated population of 57,033. Q. Should children eat more food or less during hot weather?—E. S. A. Authorities say that during the hot season it is usually wise to reduce the amount of food given. Even the | older little ones who are taking a more | | or less mixed diet should be carefully | guarded against the dangers of over- feeding. Q. In what States is hitch-hiking prohibited?>—F. D. M. A. Minnesota so far is :he only State which prohibits hitch-hiking. | Q. What Is the greatest example of | stream erosion known?—R. M. A. Th> Grand Canyon of the Colo- | | zado is the most noteworthy. | Q. Which are the wealthiest State: in the Union?>—W. H. B. A. New York, Pennsylvania and| Illinois have the most wealth in the Union due to their manufacturing and industrial interests. They rank first in population as well because they give | opportunities to the greatest number | of people for earning a livelihood. Q. Were wigs worn by the Egvp- tians?—D, R. s A. Men and women wore wigs. As| a people, Egyptians were expert wig makers. | n};\ds a Chamber | 1 4 i { | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY PREDERIC J. HASKIN. A. In 1907 an occasion was offered Building. Later three similar schools followed. Mme. Montessorl maintained her connection with these schools un- til 1911, when she devoted her time to the extension of her methods to older children. Q. Was Samuel Johnson especially erudite when young?—W. R. A. Johnson sald of himself that at 18, the year before he entered Oxford, he knew almost as much as at 53. % ;ln' much should a jockey weigh? A. A jockey usually weighs between 95 and 125 pound: Q. How many tons of coal would there be in a vein 5 feet thick, an acre in extent>—W. H. P. A. About 9.000 tons. In mining. from 5.000 to 8.500 tons would be taken out. the variation depending upon the system of mining. Q. In what States were land grants given to the soldiers of the War of 1812?—G. H. S. A. The General Land Office says that warrants issued under the act of May 6, 1812, were located in the States of Arkansas, Illinois and Missouri. It has alphabetical indices. There were approximately 2,000,000 acres of land surveyed in each of these three States for the satisfaction of such warrants. Many warrants were issued under other acts for service in the War of 1812, which were located in v: districts. This office has no alphabetical index of the names of warrantees under the fiillgr acts for service in the War of Q. What does the average student spend in college annually?—P. K. A. The total expenses of a colleg~ | student vary from $365 to $1,000 a year. ‘The average expense, exclusive of cloth- ing and travel, is $577.05. Q. What is meant by an accredited hospital?>—E. I T. A. An accredited hospital ix one that comes up to certain standards consid- iered necessary for effective results by some organizations such as the Ameri- can Medical Association. the State Board of Health. or the State Board of | Nursing Examiners. every thinking person to forgive. If |had the vehicl | there is no rose without its thorn. 15 | peen taking ,};,;:.‘{’:;f“‘;‘{ | “black spot” and insect enemies, hoW | ¢nead permitted on boulevards, the ' popular and, everything taken into con- | can there be a human being without | fatality might not have occurred. T sideration, the best flowers for the pur- ( various n!a‘d ,sungr{ faults, mr]" serious, | yehicle proceeding north would have | pose. some petty? Yet commonly we go = 1 i Titar 6a: (7 shgechlis thAb TS | oo o ety & few secon | the most flourishing window boxes wm‘ begin to look rather sickly. We refer | to boxes planted to petunias, the most | not only a scholar in the ring, but a entleman as well. And now, with no | more worlds to conquer with his two | gloved hands, he is looking around for | other things to do. i m..:“:::mm:“?‘::;::‘mc:;[nny. gradually and peacefully. No pol crime apd nominating the devil” His itician in either country can "re\'ers announcement that he would not sup- | the logical process of history.” Herr rt Smith soon after the con. | Loebe declared that Germans, no less | e - | than Italians or Jugoslavians, could not | @ To what race do Filipinos be- Q. When was the Montessori system ' long?—A. D. given the first practical test?—A. K. K.| A. They are Malays. sooner if it had not been for the time vention had closed. Immediately the regular Democratic organization turned fts guns on Love and tried im every way to get his name off the ticket and to bring about his defeat in the pri- mary. How far the supporters of Love in the primary will turn away from Smith and support Hoover, the Republican nominee, in the presidential election next November remains to be seen. In some of the communities in Texas,; Dallas among them, the anti-Smith sentiment is so strong that many life- vember is still three months in the future. Just at present many dry Dem- ocrats are threatening to bolt the Dem- ocratic ticket and many wet Republi- eans are speaking well of Smith and the cause he represents. No one can say with complete assurance that these will in the end remain bolters. leanings and affiliations are in the South and strong in the ahnmdwmnd In many cases they are inherited generations of Democratic and forbears. The run made by Love Saturday, however, gives a definite indication of the strong dry and anti-Smith feeling | |be denied “the right of self-determi- | nation.” | At Cologne, about the same time, a | vast Germanic congress of turnvereine, | or gvmnastic societies, was plunged into a paroxysm of enthusiasm by | speakers voicing the same militant sen- | timents. In both Germany and Aus- [ tria the press took up the theme with | fervor. The cables convey the impres- ision that a new and passionate wave | of pan-Germanism is sweeping across Mitteleuropa from the Danube to the Baltic. Austria is the merest phantom of its | Hapsburgian original. The World War { cut its area from 216,000 to some 32,000 | square miles. Its population of 6,000,000~ iodd is less than that of Greater New York. Yet, become part of an expand- | led German state, Austria would in-| crease the size of the Reich to 240,000 square miles and its population to nearly 75,000,000 souls. Germany once again would outstrip France in area, even without Alsace and Lorraine, while the Reich would be within 5,000,000 or 6,000,000 souls of doubling the Prench population. PFrenchmen, Czechoslova- kians, Rumanians and Jugosiavians have no reason to contemplate such a prospect with equanimity. The Versailles peace conference, | | i i { 1 in ‘“":e;' sopmiteaesd "‘::; fi“::;wnm the specter of Austro-German | sonsosgn y will carry these States “Anschluss” was raised, frowned upon | m.' e m"m‘l s Apieshustifmepin my[n. but current events indicate that it | 4 in the politics of the & l;hubymmumbeenhnlmed,Aul- | tro-German trade marches shoulder to ! however, the Smith ticket would fare . 0" Wiy raeial fraternity. Ger- indeed, in most if not these | in . et | many is the largest importer of Aus- trian goods and the second largest {exporter to Austria. At the present Gov. Dan Moody's renomination ap- There will be sneers. But for the most part the world will congratulate Mr. Tunney and sympathize with him. He is in the happy and unusual posi- tion of knowing what he wants to do and having the wherewithal to do it | with. Who could fail to wish him well? e———— The American farmer has, at least, succeeded in asserting himself as an economic force in deflance of the comic | traditions to the effect that he wore his | pants in his boots and devoted most of | his time to sitting on a rail fence and | chewing a straw. The successful farmer | is a soil scientist and an industrial or- ganizer. Even the Rep. Elephant and the Dem. Donkey have certain points of agree- ment. None sufficient, however, in war- ranting any expectation that politics will follow the example of finance and undertake to effect a merger. e — Expectations that Uncle Sam may find a way to finance the entire world in processes of reconstruction call to attention hopes of some multi-collateral arrangement. e | 1t needed only the definite discovery | that there is only open sea at the North Pole to clinch the sad conclusion that all these charming Santa Claus stories are entirely mythical. RS R SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Better Understanding. o the convention, although he did not present & minority report from the res- olutions committee. It was freely pre- dicted during the convention that if Moody weakened on the dry question e wouid have difficulty in being renom- In Texas the prominence once held by eattle rustlers is now overwheimed by the political hustlers. R The Tallest Building. Announcement has been made that within a year the tallest building in the world will be erected in New York City in the region of the Gtand Cen- tral Station. Its extreme height will be 808 feet, overtopping the present record holder, the Woolworth Building, by fifteen feet eleven inches. Its sixty- seven stories will contain, owing to its broader base, about twice as much floor space as the other structure This immense pile is possible under the present zoning laws of New York, which permit virtually indefinitely tall erections, provided they are designed upon the “step-back” plan, with suc- cessive recessions. The only actual limitation is that of the financial re- turn. It has been found that in some of the very high office buildings the eost of construction and operation is 80 great a5 1o require a scale of rentals at which tenants are not readily to be found. A heavy share of the expense of maintenance goes for elevator serv- foe. which must be frequent and speedy. In some of the never taller bulldings 1t is necessary 1o operate the elevators on a relay basis There s, however, another considera- tion to check the upward tendency in Bullding construction. The transporta- #on of the tenants of one of these enormous bulldings adds serlously to the trafic problem of the city. Con- eentration of several thousand persons within four towering walls means the discharge at closing time of & greater Joad than can be carried by all the available transit facilities on, under or whove the surface. The public author- fties, however, cannot prohibit such eoncentration, nor can they proscribe their locations New York, in fact, is faced with & very grave question as the bulldings time Germany and Austria are co-or- dinating their laws. They recently pro- mulgated a uniform = criminal code. | None merits tales of wicked glee Austrian industry and finance are es-| wpiop might to scorn compel us. tablishing interlocking connections with | whije we g0 shouting down the line PSR Gardosn Seiieping. Of methods pure or tainted, ‘Anschluss” would directly and im-| ppe campaign serves a purpose fine; mensely magnify the political power| we All Become Acquainted! of the Social Democrats and Catholic clericals n Germany. That may turn Aum::u::h: ::::l ::‘:d"':‘"m‘ out to be the rock on which the new Pas-Geminic will o to sh, |A man abjured claims compliment. His managers demand it. - No one is quite so black or white Chis t be wil 3 - icago might be willing, in all gen As he in speech ispainted. | erosity, to spare Mr. Dawes the imme- { diate responsibility for cleaning out ‘;"l'itf'“Al'l‘"”‘ us going right— | local crime, while leaving him free to , Let's All Get Acquainted! | supervise the ultimate workings of his | plan for German reparations. I ‘There should be no argument about | campaign baby-kissing. A sensible | mother does not want her baby kissed by any stranger, however eminent. Ao S e No candidate 50 good can be As his admirers tell us. i Disagreements. “Is our friend a consistent prohibi- | tionist?” | “No doubt about it,” said Senator ! Sorghum. “His vote Is invariably dry.” “Then he never drinks what might disagree with him?” “I shouldn't exactly say that. But he unquestionably disagrees with what he drinks.” Eternal Dissatisfaction. Let’s talk about the weather, As seasons drift along; And lift the shout together, “Whatever Is, Is Wrong!" Experiences of some of the later Polar | explorers make Dr. Cook appear com- | paratively lucky. . { et i | The Chemist and the Farmer. | The Institute of Chemistry of the | American Chemical Soclety, in session | this month at Northwestern University, . ‘; will devote special attention to the farm Jud Tunkins says life is worth living | problem. because most friendships are real and Leaders of the institute are quoted as | most enmities are only imaginary. |saying that the farmer's troubles are | essentially chemieal rather than politi- | Compromise, lcal, and that they eventuslly will be| “Did you dance with the Prince of | exorcised with test tubes rather than| Wales?” | “Yes,” answered Miss Cayenne, “He ballots, ( asked me to ride with him. 1 com- | Industry already has learned its lesson Eln this subject, but Agriculture some- times has been a recalcitrant pupil. Natural Law, nevertheless, is a school- master not to be trified with, The | profits of the farm of the future prob- {ably will be found largely in the prod- ucts that now go to waste, There is !llvllv‘ likelihood that the actual margin l‘bnwrm the cost of producing the prin- cipal farm products and the price they bring, the farmer's profit, will become greater, It is apt to become smaller. No legislation will be able permanently to alter it. Agriculture, of course, progresses in this matter of turning waste into dollars, but, owing 1o its loose organization and the independence of its practitioners, this progress has not heen so rapld as that which has been forced on industry for its own salvation, Right here is found an answer to part of the “farm problem.” Certainly it is not the only answer. But it is & better answer than any political expedient ean provide The Bureau of Ohemlstry and Solls promised. To dance seemed safer.” Self-Promotion. “Father,” sald the small boy, “what is a prize Nght promoter?” “I don’t think I can make you un- derstand exactly what I mean, Rollo, I should call him a ticket speculator who has taken charge of the whole show.” “Leadership,” sald Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “is the quality which causes a man to take all kinds of chances and is still able tg persuade the crowd to bet on him as a sure thing.” Joy of Contest. If everything went breezy And Fortune made no slips, Life would be all s0 easy— ‘There'd be no Champlonships. “Anybody dat gits me into an air- pinne,” sald Uncle Eben, “has gob o show me dat he kin keep goin’ right on Heavenward, wif no intervenin' bumps.” b Tf the sickly branches are cut off, thus giving the plants the equivalent of a pruning, new growth will start at once, and in & few weeks the box will look as pretty as ever. Finely ground steamed bone meal is good to use at this time, say two handfuls to a box feet long. One does not have to be ‘The fertilizers which come in tablet form we have found to be ex- cellent. Used about once & week, say half a tablet to a plant, these tablets | help to keep a box in uniform bloom until frost. ‘The uniformity of growth of a box of petunias, once they have begun their true blossoming. Is marvelous. after day the box presents exactly the same appearance. If the flowers were painted there they could be no fresher | or more plentiful. Those that fade are replaced by others that open up, so that, casual inspection each day might make one think that they were the same blossoms. The most satisfactory varieties of petunias, according to our experience, are the “ruffied monsters,” or giants of California, as they are sometimes called. Besides having exquisite and exceed- ingly large blossoms, these plants grow bigger and better in every way, and are not so likely to call a halt in the Wl Gown window, bos. spociuy ell grown X 8§ ens often reach a height of 5 feet, if they are staked up with slender reeds, which WASHINGTON BY FREDERIC Herbert Hoover's maiden speech as Republican presidential nominee—at San Prancisco on July 27—has been carefully studied by the politicians, even though it was nothing but a lecom- ing utterance. It's agreed that Hoover did himself proud. r least, the speech reads that way. It was tactful and witty, especially in its allusions to James Rolph, jr., “the public institution,” who is in his seventeenth successive year as mayor at the Golden Gate. The speech also adroitly fixed Hoover's status as an honest-to-goodness Californian by dis- closlnt a fact not generally known— that it was the business of the Panama- Pacific Exposition in San Francisco which sent the eer abroad in 1014 on a mission w led to an enduring connection with public service. That was one in the eye for “Jim" Reed and his “Englishman” twaddle. One of the things Hoover has to acquire, according to his political coaches, is a more ag- gravated sense of humor. They are en- couraged by one little passage in the | San Francisco speech—Hoover's re- minder that he was still waiting for the silver medal his exposition service en- titled him to! ik * ‘The greatest carnage ever wrou?m among American fish, far outstripping anything President Coolidge has ever done, is just reported from the Far East. A couple of months ago the Japanese ministry of agriculture and forestry sent an official to the United States to bring | over 100,000 small fish of various specles for experimental purposes in the Japanese fishery industry. The fish were presented in return for 15,000 young trout taken out of Nipponese streams and sent to the United States for breeding experiments last year. When the Japanese official who was chaperoning his 100,000 finny young charges across the Pacific reached Yokohama, he came down the gang- plank with the sad news that every one of the fish had died en route. They were stored in seven large tanks and regularly supplied with fresh water, but as the ship approached the East they found the climate too much for them and succumbed. * K KR Apparently the Democrats are going to make a concerted bid for the labor | vote. At rate, Chairman Raskob | has designated one of the most popu- ' lar leaders in the labor movement, Maj. | George L, Berry of Tennessee, as chalir- | man of a 1928 Democratic labor com- mittee, whose purpose is to drum up trade-union support for Smith and Robson. Maj. Berry, a former vice commander of the American Legion, Is president of the International Press- men's and Assistants’ Union of North America, which has its “locals” in practically every newspaper office and printing shop in the land. The Ten- nesseean is an organization Democrat, who means to be nominated for Vice President some day. He rolled up a considerable vote at Madison Square Giarden in 1924 and was favorably con- sidered at Houston in June until the Joe Robinson band wagon swung into motion. ok kN To show that the of miracles is not past, the very latest thing under the political sun i3 that Josephus Dan- fels may be asked to lead Al Smith's fight In dry and Protestant North Car- olina. The suggestion springs from the situation caused by Senator Sim- mons' resignation from the national committee, Danlels and Simmons have been on opposite aldes of the organization fence in the Tar Heel country, so the selection of the World War Secretary of the Navy to take command in North Oarolina would be a natural one, Danlels 15 not ex- Day | | we know ought to be perfect. We were | told to be perfect, even as our Father | in_Heaven 15 perfect, but it is a most | difficult command. Since perfection is hardly possible in | flowers we must be content with tie | ones we have, and of these the petunia | deserves the popularity it enjoys. Pro- | gressing from the old-time magenta | blooms, the petunia of today has a wide | color range and fills in at any place in the home grounds where unfailling color |is wanted. We would like to see the experiment tried of growing the glants | of which we have spoken against a | fence, so that they might be tied up to it. In such an event they would form | a perfect screen, literally such, mucn | better than the four-o'clock, or mar- vels of Peru, which are supposed to do | well in such a planting. Such a method | of growing them would hold them up- right and would not permit ‘hem to | sink to the ground during a rainstorm. After all, what the home owner wants is surety of bloom and plenty of blos- soms. He can forego novelty and rarity for those better qualities—better. that is. for the home grounds. The rare plant has its place, but that place is scarcely the average dooryard, whether front or back. He who sticks to-the plain, everyday flowers that generations have loved will receive his reward in beauty and hardiness and will come to realize that these qualities, although common, are very fine, OBSERVATIONS WILLIAM WILE. | uberantly enthusiastic over Smith, but. as a good party Indian, the Raleigh | editor is going loyally along. He thinks | that if the country keeps Congress dry, | it wouldn't make any difference how | wet the White House might be. To! | that end Daniels is advising his fellow Southerners not to worry about Smith, but concentrate their energies on send- | ing prohibitionists to the House and Senate. | .0 we Nan Britton, author of “The Presi- dent’s Daughter,” that widely deplored but extensively read narrative, has donned war paint in refutation of the allegation in another book entitled “The Answer To ‘The President's Daughter and Other Defamations of A Great American.'” The last named volume made its appearapce on the eve of the Republican national convention. Shop windows in the immediate vicinity of the Kansas City hotels and convention hall were filled with it. It didn't at- tract much attention. Nan Britton, in a letter now being sent broadcast throughout the country, suggests there | Barthe, whose name Is attached to the “Answer” book. She alleges inquirers | are_informed that Dr. DeBarthe “dicd | immediately upon the completion of the manuscript” and that the publish- ers in Marion “are reported to be out | of business.” LR Representative Meyer Jacobstein, Dem- | ocrat, of the Rochester, N. Y., district, gives a graphic insight into the daily routine of a Congressman's duties in his annual report to his constituents. Jacobstein originated the system of ren- dering regular accounts of congressional stewardship at Washington, To the men and women who sent him there he says: “Almost every phase of human life is revealed in the appeals which the dally mail brings to my office, Separated families seek help from the rigid requirements of the immi- gration law, travelers wish their passports expedited or the ‘courtesy of the port' when returning, apph- cants for itlons seek advice and recommendation, dissatisfled enlisted men seek discharge from the Army or Navy, and many former service men come with difficult cases to be adjusted, which often requires weeks and even months of time and close sympathetie attention, In addition, countless requests are received for in- formation or material which can only be secured through co-operation with the Government departments.” R Vice President Dawes ought to go down to Mississippi and take the stump for a Democrat—Senator Hubert D, Stephens, who is now in a primary con- test for renomination. Stephens’ chief claim to fame is that he doesn't. make speeches in the Senate, but mannges to be uncommonly effective notwith- standing—or because of —that fact, The Senator's rival for the Mississippi nomi- nation is Representative Thomas Web- ber Wilson, & “boy orator” of vaunted spelibinding abilities, now in his sec- ond term in the House. Stephens made his most important Senate speech last Spring during the Mississippi flood con- trol debate. It was six words long. He sald, “T will yield for a vote" The Senator was in charge of the bill in the upper house, and his eloquent outburst was followed hy the passage of the measure without a dissenting vote. A few days before that episode Senator Stephens and President Coolidge dlis- cussed finod control at the White House was described hy an eyewitness as a contest in laconies. (Copyrisht. | | | 1938 consumed in getting under way from a complete stop. Under the circum- stances it was fortunate that the north- | bound vehicle was not hit amidships. The boulevard without lights has legitimate function in the traffic tem, but it should not be located th city proper. Rhode Island avenue | Georgia avenue and Pennsylvania avs- {nus southeast. especially at Seventh | street, where there is a moving picturs | theater and three public schools, ar | particularly dangerous to cross traffis and pedestrians, particularly in the evening. and until signal lights a | installed, at least at convenient inte: i&“cflmu. if a full installation is not | deemed * practicable. the stop signs { should be removed and the rule of re: | sonable care and common sense appl | at each intersection. H. C. GAUSS. Public Bathing Beach Is Urged for Capital To the Editor of The Star: I have noticed in the papers this Summer so many accounts of acciden We have had some very warm weather, for the young people to seek the water where they can keep cool, and at the same time enjoy themselves. I wish the papers would have more to say In regard to the lack of bathing facilities | in our city. It does seem that a mat- ter which means so much to so many | who are compelled to spend the Sum- mers here should be kept before the public. The small pools which have been recommended for our city would not answer the purpose, even if they were all constructed, What our city really needs and what the people want is a largz pool or beach where they can have real recreation. It was a great mis- fortune for the city when the money was appropriated by Congress that Congress did not specify where the pool should be, giving the dimensions, etc., S0 that no disagreement could arise about the idea that Congress really had in view when the money was ap- | propriated. | Why does not the National Capital of | the greatest country on earth have a | beach where thousands can go and be | benefited by indulging in the finest | recreation of all sports? Other cities | have erected fine concrete pools, why | not ours? Garden City, Kans., for in- stance, has a pool 345 feet in length and 210 feet in width, with a depth | ranging from 18 inches to 9 feet. and Altoona, Pa., has a pool of cement 185 feet wide by 625 feet long, that accom- | modates 3.000 persons, with free bath- house facilities. ‘The Tidal Basin bathing beach was | is no such person as Dr. Joseph De- | more real pleasure to more people than | | anything the city ever had. It should | never have been destroyed. I | whoever our next President is that he | will favor a bathing beach that will do | justice to our beautiful city We should not think alone of the | pleasure it would afford to so many | who are not able to go to distant Sum- i mer resorts, but of the great number | of lives that would be spared if we had a beach where they could swim {and at the same time be protected by lifeguards as they were in the Tidal Basin bathing beach. In the seven years it existed there was not a single person drowned. One boy died from heart trouble. JOHN P. WAGER. s ‘; Attacks the Prophc;'y | Of Liquor Advocates To the Editor of Tha Star: The liquorites prophesied that under prohibition the hotel business of | the United States would be set back 50 years in its standards of comforts | and service and that the development of ::ilu‘dhnlel business would be stopped e In 1026, the last year for which fig- ures are available, there were 840 prom- | inent hotels built in the country, rep- resenting an investment of about $400.- 000.000. It is estimated that an addi- tlonal $300,000,000 was spent in equip- ment and furnishings. Beyond that, the luxurious equipments {and accommodations characterizing present hostelries were never known un- il after the advent of prohibition. . The reason for these improvements is not hard to find. Literally millions of peo- l)lr who could not travel in pre-prohibi- fon days for lack of means now afford the hotels a very considerable total of patronage. This is brought about by | | | | part of the equipment of practically every family in the United States. CHARLES P. NELSON. PR s ay Dry Farmers and Democracy. From the Dallas Journal. It remains to be seen what effect the Smith appeal for agrioultural votes will | have in the dry farming area. - .- Another Name. From the Miami Daily News and Metropolia, Suicides In alrplanes at sea are noth- ing new, only they usually are referred o as transatlantic flights. ied : 1 drownings in the District of Columbia. | and, of course, it is perfectly natural | P the automobile, which has become & | While here and there among Re- publicans or independents the Asheville meeting of “dry” Democrats to organize Southern opposition to Gov. Smith is treated as a serious party defection, the press generally fails to take such a view. In fact, most of the Southern Demo- cratic papers are quite emphatic in their declarations that the gathering was not representative of any real lead- ership in the party. Nevertheless, the Springfield Republi- can (independent) feels that “these men have dedicated themselves to | liberty of judgment and liberty of ac- tion, and, so doing. have reanimated the political life of the South.” “Benefits disproportionate to the immediate issues may come in later years.” the Republi- can believes, “if this spirit of liberty and qlsw %of_eu wings its way through the Giving indorsement to the theory that uestion is squarely in “But the debate should be conducted by individuals or groups acting in a dis- tinct political capacity, and it should be | addressed to citizens as citizens.” * X k% “The Asheville movement,” according to the New York Herald Tribune (Re- publican), “is more than a simple Te- | pudiation of a single nominee. It is an | experiment to determine whether nor-| mal individual or group action in poli- tics can be restored in part in the South.” The San Bernardino Sun (Re- publican), assuming that most Republi- cans do not e t Hoover to into the Solid South explains that “predic- tions are based on tradition,” and adds that “perhaps, after all, the South is a bat! d in_ the election.” The Lansing State irnal (independent) advises, however: “If citizens cannot find expression of their views in one way, they are free to seek it in any lawful way they can. But, on the other hand, the breaking of party ties is not with- out penalty.” ‘The vigorous statements issued by the Asheville conference are criticized by the Cleveland Plain Dealer (independent Democratic) with the comment: “It must, indeed, have been very warm at Asheville, ‘The rhetoricians probably feel a lot better now that all this is out of their systems. But these advocates of temperance forget o practice tem- perance in their speech.” The Newark Evening News (independent), admitting | the existence of liquor evils, states: “To | | | o | discuss the best way to remedy these | Ievils is a patriotic duty. It is not a | | simple problem: if it were. it would have | been solved before this. It calls for the best thinking that can be given to it by wets and drys alike. Progress w | be more rapid if the amenities of re: | soned discussion are observed, and per- fervid wisecracking and abuse are | deleted.” i ok ox ok | | Denial that “a single outstanding Southern Democratic leader” attended | the conference is made by the Hunt-{ ington Advertiser (Democratic), which | sees no “serious threat to the solidarity | of Southern Democracy,” and the Rock Island Argus (independent) con- cludes that “apparently the convention | was not re | file of Southern Democracy.” and the Greensboro Dally Record (independent) | contends that the leaders of the move- ment, having aligned themselves with | the Anti-Saloon League, “in effect are Republicans,” and that paper “does not \Ml jeve the time has come when Re- | | publicans are authorized to act as | spokesmen for Democrats of the South- | ern States.” | | Similar judgments as to align- ! ment with ‘the Republican party are | expressed by the Roanoke Times (inde- pendent Democratic) and Charleston | Evening Post (Independent Democratic), {while the New York Times (independ- ent) observes: “In the same breath | with which they. Democrats, pledge an organization to help elect a Republican | as President, they assign as one of thelr reasons that the Democratic | nominee picked a ‘faithless’ man as | national chairman. Why is he ‘faith. less'? Because, forsooth, reversing the process of the Ashvellle revolters, he changed from the mrwr( of Republi- cans to the support of Democrats.” * k% % Denial that the ition taken by | Gov. Smith on prohibition is “repudia- of the Democratic platform™ by the Norfolk | | i | i | | (Independent Democratic). Orleans Item (Demoeratic) ¥ “Gov. Smith will be held up to the in- nocent-minded as having hoofs. horns | and a forked tail. The fact is that he is & high-grade, able. broadminded gentleman—one of the cleanest-cut men nominated for the presidency by either party in many & day." . Asheville Meeting As Grave Democratic Defection | now 71 German divisions | P Inf Times | Swiss ne Not Viewed ‘The -attitude of the Asheville con- ferees is assailed by the Richmond News Leader (independent Democratic) with the statement that the charge of plat- form repudiation and the attack on Chairman Raskob “are put forward in the hope of enabling the gentiémen to do the one thing they cannot do. And that is to be Democratic and anti- Democratic at the same time.” The New Orleans Times-Picayune (inde- pendant Democratic) predicts that “as the Summer wanes, the malcontents, singly and by battalions, will troop back to their party colors, and the November count will reveal the division upon normal lines.” The Charlotte News (Democratic) protests against “blindly falling over into the hands of, and unit- ing outright with. a party that has nothing in common with our past, our present or our future.” * k% x “There is great work to be done for the republic, only Demoeratic prin- clples can_do it." avers the Atianta Journal ( . and the Phila- shifts of party loyalty.” says the Sun.|that in the bone in the ing the fact that the prohibition issu does not mark a distinct line of pari: | cleavage. we doubt very much that an sreat number of Southern Democra! are .%n; u:.:enp ;n :}l‘ullr other belief ol e sake o eir opinions.” o The Birmingham News (Democratic says: “Democrats of the Souther: States are turning over in their mind something like this: Carter Glass o Bishop Cannon? Furnifold M. Sim- mons or Bis! Mouzon? Cordell Huli or Bishop Dul ? Hoke Smith or S or—wi name of tha' -Smith | | i and mobilize to :hle’rv Democratic Senators and Representa- The position that the movement fo 4 bolt in the South is worthy of serious consideration is taken by the Chicagn Tribune (Republican). the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Republican) the Providence Journal (independent’ and the St. Joseph News-Press (inde- pendent). The Chattanooga News (in- dependent Democratic) suggests the ex- istence of a “great body of Southern Democrats feeling exactly as does W. G. M. Thomas, who holds that Gov. Smith. :w LIL( n‘;u;‘fi:mr -umna. has released the ank an of t rty of obl to vote for hims L - UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR Ten Years dgo Today. ntative of the rank and | ;) won :&p':‘rmuy :u.l‘l"hld it. '} were made northeast of to the eastward of ,.onmr: in the Marn« salient, of which 10 belong the North ern army of Crown Prince Rupprech! of Bavaria. " Five of these 10 have al- ready been used twice in attacks, * ¢ * Through a bar: as deadly as any the Germans have laid down on any sector for months, the American soldiers pushed their line ahead a little more Ay, and lon#ht it forms the apex the long front between the Marne llllid the v':‘ue. The distance pro- Somewhat less than two miles, ut the operation Is - lant one on account of the countering of the enemy. * The Americans withstood two heavy attacks during the night, and at daylight began their operations, which now leaves them well to the north of Sergy. No artillery was used, but the machine-gun fire was murderous. * * * French high com- missioner says the American t; have proven themselves equal best French troops. ceau says the Americans are too too reckless 'l‘h“t.h'tr l’uno. ;.' S A tes that a high neu- tral officlal just arrived at Basel from Berlin declares that, in spite of all Ger- man precautions to hide the defeat on the west front, the truth has penetrated among the masses and they ave greatly . They feel that the war is lost whenever Fach chooses his hour to strike, and they want the government to make peace before it is (oo late. Ger- man losses during the last two offen- sives are said to be 330,000.