Evening Star Newspaper, September 7, 1928, Page 8

8 THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1928 ___'___—_———_———————_. THE EVENING STAR . With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY......September 7, 1928 P . Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave New York Office. 110 East 42nd St. Chicago Office. Tower Ruilding. European Office’ 14 Resent St.. London, England. THEODORE W. NOYES Rate by Carrier Within ‘The Evenme Star The Evening and Sunday Star (when 4 Sundays) . inday Star the City. 45c per month h 60c per month Tre Evening and Sn (uhen 5 Sundays) €5 per month The Sunday Star : 5 per copy lection made at fhe and of each month < may be sent in by mail or telephone 5000. Mary'and and Virgi ¢ pnd Sunday ...1 yr.£1000: 1 mo.. B3¢ Dail+ only 1 sr. $6.00. 1 o S0c Sunda+ only I $4.00. 1 mo.. 40c All Other States and Canada. Dailv and Sunday..1 yr.$1200. 1 mo. Daily_onlv 1vr., €8.00: 1 mo. Sunday only . 1 1. $3.00 1 mol Member of the Associated P ress 1s exclisively 1blication of all . e - parches credited to it or uot otherwise cred- fted in this paper and also the lncal iews published herein. All rizhts of puohication ef Boecial cispatches herein are also reserved = Man and His Soul. ‘The president and the past president ©of the British Association for the Ad- vancement of Science take opposite views on th> existence of the human soul. The interesting point of the dis- pgresment between Sir William Bragg | end Sir Arthur Keith is not the fact | that two eminent natural philosophers entertain conflicting opinions on a ques- | tion which cannot be settled positively in the present state of human knowl-| edge: rather, it is the difference of environment which has produced the | different lines of thought. 1 At first sight it seems paradoxical. The pathway of the material has led to | the fair haven of faith in the imma- terial. The pathway of the immaterial has led to the storm-wracked seas af‘ the material. Sir William Bragg. who affirmed his belief in the soul in his presidential address before the British Association | at Glasgow Wednesday, is a physicist. | He started his life work in a world of precise measurements, of exact quanti- ties, of concrete and tangible things. But he has seen the unfolding of mir- acle after miracle. He has seen the secure material world of his youth crumble into immateriality. In his life- time science has gone almost to the roots of matter. It has discovered the {mmaterial electron, it “has enlarged thousands of times its concepts of the vastness of creation, it has destroyed the fundamental ideas of space and time. The further Sir William Bragg has gone on the road of the material the further he has penetrated the realm of the muystical and incomprehensible. He has watched the material destroy itself —dissolve bit by bit into an infinite, mysterious depth of the spiritual. Thus he has comeito affirm his faith in the soul. Sir Arthur Keith has traveled a dif- ferent road. He is an anthropologist— perhaps the foremost physical anthro- pologist in the world. His concern has been with the origin, nature and des- tiny of one manifestation of matter— man. He started his life-work in a time of stubbornly-yielding faith, when the miracle of humanity was assumed to be divine and spiritual. It could be ex- plained in no other way but by the as- sumption of a spirit super-imposed upon the animal body. How else could one interpret the genius of philosophers and the heéroism of martyrs? Sir Arthur saw, step by step, the im- material in man dissolve into the ma- terial, He saw the spiritual qualities’ of man become explainable in terms of material reactions over countless gen- erations. He saw how the dramas of Shakespeare and the sonatas of Bee- thoven might, after all, be merely end products of organic chemistry. By this road he had come, at the last meeting of the British association, to the point of denying the existence of the soul. The intangible has led to the tangi- ble, the tangible to the _imnnglhla The fundamental difference between the opinions of Sir William Bragg and | Sir Arthur Keith is a difference of en- vironmental stimuli—the underlying cause, possibly. of all profound differ- ences in opinion. — et The oratorical delivery of Herbert Hoover is described by experts as well adapted to radie. Al Smith may have to make a special drive to come into evidence by means of screen exploita- tion which is resonant as well as pictorial. B Transit Accidents and Losses. When a person steps into a.street car or a railway car or any other form of public conveyance he does so with con- fidence in the efficiency of the trans- portation system and in the relia- bility of hoth human and mechanical factors. He nnows that there are occa- sional lapses, breaks, mistakes, blun- ders and failures, but he unconsciously figures that the percentage of security 45 all in his favor. Nevertheless, when- ever a serious failure of operation oc- curs that causes disaster there is a re- action of reluctance to trust to the sys- stem on which this has developed. This is shown in the case of the New York subways, which have recently been the scene of misfortunes. There was first an accident on the 24th of August, a train heing wrecked with a loss of seventeen lives and the injury of sev- eral score. A few days later in another one of the “tubes™ a mechanical fault caused a smoke cloud that started a | panic in which a number of people were badly huit. In the period that has elapscd since these two accidents there has been a | drop of 1036923 fares on this under- ground system. the Interborough Rapid orransit. attributed by the corporation 40 a lack of confidence on the part of the public. In the same period the Biooklyn-Manhattan Transfer. operat- ing a genetally competing system of tubes. has gamed 505,040 passengers over last year. This leaves about half of the Interhorough’s lass unaccounted for. How did these more than half a miliion people get to and from their work daily? There were not actually that many individuals, the same Per- sons, of course, riding daily. SQ]I. it is evidept that many thousands wgiked, or | members of the rum-running gangs | | “notorious.” used taxicabs or other lines of transit ‘than those of the two corporations. Yesterday's reckoning showed the first reak gain over a year ago on the Inter- borough, 104,000 more fares being regi tered than on the corresponding day in 1927, The significant fact in this connection is that on the third day following the Times Square wreck the travel on the Interborough showed a slight gain over last year. The next day, however, oc- curred the smoke scare in one of the tubes, and thereupon the travel fell off anew and continued at a deficiency for nine days. It was evidently the second mishap following so quickly upon the ! first that brought about the great slump in business. although that second one was of a minor character, costing no lives. Should a third accident occur now the just-reported gain in patron- age would probably be wiped out and a still further decrease in fares would be recorded, perhaps more protracted than the second drop of the late series. All transportation companies have had this experience, but never perhaps before on such a large scale. The loss of more than a million fares in twelve days is a heavy cut in revenues, more than $200.000. This sum is to be added to the cost of the two accidents and death and injury claims, a heavy price to pay for human and mechanical faults. i | o “Notorious” Gun Traffic. In the investigation of the boot- logging operations in Philadelphia it has been brought out that a certain dealer in firearms has been supplying | with rifles, shotguns, machine guns and | bullet-proof vests, and that this traffic in weapons and armér has been | Members of the staff of the district attorney, who is conducting | this inquiry, say that this dealer’s trade has been well known for some time. Just why the authorities in Phila- | delphia, if this traffic in deadly weapons is so “notorious,” did not act in preven- tion is a question that probably the law- abiding citizens would like to have answered. Here was a dealer in firearms who was known to be selling weapons | of an unusual type to men who were known to be engaged In nefarious | enterprises. Was it nobody’s business | to move against this trade? Was it of no concern to the police that lawbreak- ers were being armed and armored? The same situation has prevailed in Chicago, where the rival gangs have armed themselves without the least difficulty with machine guns and other weapons of a type not supposed to be employed by any but the defensive forces. The manufacturers of these guns go through the motions, it would appear, of trying at least to find out who buys them. But, as in the case of the Philadelphia vendor, names are not forthcoming, or, if given, are probably fictitious. No care is taken, it would seem, to make sure that this armament was not reaching the criminals. It is, a fair assumption that the manufac- turers do not really care who buys their guns so long as they “have the money” with which to pay for them. A large part of the resistance to the efforts to secure effective weapons restriction laws comes from the makers of firearms. Here in the District of Columbia a dependable weapons law has been sought from Congress for years and no result has been effected. At every session of Congress when a bill to this effect has been pressed for action resistance has occurred that, however camouflaged, is traceable to the influence of the manufacturers of guns. Surely the criminals themselves, the thieves, burglars, hold-up men, gangsters and rum-runners have not had the nerve to lobby against such a measure of public security. The deduc- tion is evident that the resistance comes from those most interested in keeping the market for their products wide open. . Recently there has appeared a sign of a change of attitude on the part of the arms manufacturers, who have in- | the best swimmers. inured as they must favorable reaction from the listening public. Radio has outgrown the day of the honky-tonk musical presentation, and has enlarged itself into a great and potent factor in dissemination of knowledge of the issues of the day. Al- though Washington, in point of popu- Jation, does not come within the super- power range, nevertheless it should and doubtless will receive special consid- eration in view of its location as a cen- ter of national events, political and legislative, To reduce the power of WRC. for example, to the approximate 63 watts proposed in the amendment to the | radio bill of the last Congress would | be to deprive the entire zone of direct | access to some of the most interesting | national events. Washington should | have a direct radio outlet, without im- pairment of power or lessening of its broadcasting efficiency. A Swimming Fiasco. One hundred and ninety-nine ambi- | tious swimthers started Wednesday in| the fifteen-mile marathon swim in Lake | Ontario for prizes aggregating thirty- five thousand 'dollars, and at the finish this frigid body of water was declared to be the undisputed winner. Widely ad-| vertised and witnessed by a crowd of over a hundred and fifty thousand per- sons, the event unexpectedly became not a race, but an endurance contest to de- termine which swimmer could withstand the near freczing waters the longest. One hundred and ninety-nine started, but none finished. Georges Michel, a noted natator from France, was the| last to give up. He was taken almost un- conscious from the water within two and a half miles of the goal. All the others had been forced by the frigid water to drop out® and there were many near casualties in the rescues of the benumb- ed swimmers. Considering the fact that a large per- centage of the noted water men of the world were entered in this contest, the sponsors of the event deserve censure for staging a race so severe that none could finish. When nearly two hundred of necessarily be to all ordinary water tem- peratures, give up because their lives are in danger, it is time to call a halt. Next year's swim should be either held in a warmer body of water or early enough in the year to remove the men- ace of freezing temperatures. e East Indian potentates become in-| volved In various considerations in European cities because they cannot | manage to enjoy the full opportunities of their wealth in East India. r——— The Pennsylvania Railway utilizes the airplane; and adds to the responsibilities of the terra firma porter who announces “last call for breakfast.” o Great prosperity permits the accum- mulation of large funds, some of which are administered in a way which rather tends to hinder faith in human nature. ERNe Many books by Trotzky do not avail to put him in the best-seller class. He will never rank as the “Trader Horn" of Russian politics. - Aviation has not yet established a system under which the *“Welcome Homes” are as numerous and enthusi- astic as the farewells.” e A Nobel prize may occasionally prove more valuable as a publicity prospect than as a cash asset. —_———————————— An earnest endeavor is in evidence to get rid of any “scrap of paper” hint in connection with world treaties. - SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Men and Emergencies. Once in a while the world goes wrong, And it isn't your fault nor mine. The real people keep going strong In the quest of ideals fine. There wouldri't be need of the earnest dicated to the National Crime Commis sion, which is seeking means of lessening lawlessness in this country, their willingness to co-operate in secur- ing and enforcing legislation looking to the limitation of criminal armament. But this Philadelphia disclosure shows that the change of heart is not complete or that it does not reach all the producers. Perhaps one way to cure this evil would be to require the publication of the names of all purchasers of deadly weapons, under a penalty for conceal- ment imposed upon both purchaser and vendor. Proclamation “ih the public prints of the fact that “Boo Hoo” Hoff, Philadelphia’s well known gang leader, had bought a large number of machine guns, a veritable arsenal of sawed-off shotguns and an outfit of bullet-proof vests would have made the fact of his preparedness so ‘“notorious” that the police would have been compelled to intervene. ) An athletic prize serves to determine who has the best heart in a muscular sense, as well as in a metaphorical matter of courage. e DT Washington and a Radio Outlet. In the proposed changes affecting radio broadcasting stations in the zone in which Washington is located it is to be hoped that the Capital, as the point of origin of many national events which are broadcast over a Nation-wide network of stations, will not be over- lovked in so far as favorable frequency land power assignments are concerned. As a matter of fact, it makes little dif- ference to Washington radio listenei which of the two large local stations receive the most favorable assignment, although one of them has the advan- tage of being an integral part of one of the national networks which send out desirable programs. Of greatest im- portance in any allocation plan, how- ever, is the fact that Washington is the Nation’s Capital, and that many events of interest to the entire Nation are held here, and here alone. It would not be reasonable to believe that the | Federal Radio Commission, in reassign- |in~ frequencies and power, would negate th> purpose of broadcasting in Wash- |ington so as to interfers with distribu- tion by radio of such an event as the forthcoming inauguration of a Presi- dent next March. Naturally any change in [requency men, To whom our best thanks belong For their high example, if now and then The world were not going wrong. Politics and Sport. “Do you ever bet on an election?" “No,” sald Senator Sorghum. I should permit myself to comply with the idea that the betting odds gave the other side a chance.” Only a Dream. I dreamt that through the clouds I sped; ‘Then sought a parachute, in vain. I'm glad that I fell out of bed Instead of from an aeroplane. Jud Tunkins says even scientists sometimes leave it hard to distinguish between a thirst for knowledge and idle curiosity. Nothing New. “What is your idea of prohibition?” “It's the same old proposition,” an- swered Uncle Eben. “The ultimate con- sumer hasn’t a chance to protect him- self.” A Fixed Opinion. “Do you think Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare?” “No,” answered Mr. Stormington Baines. “I couldn't think of changing all my advertising copy merely to ac- commodate a mere author.” “Let us reverence our ancestors,” sald | Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “and | seek so to conduct ourselves that we shall deserve reverence us ancestors in turn.” izing Weeds. Fond Fan till the gardener leads To hopes Experience cannot stop. Experiment shows uscful weeds More precious than a hard-carncd crop. [ And so, in pride, we lay aside The polished shovel and the hoe. With faith in Science undenied, ‘We greet the weeds—and let ‘em grow. “A tip on a e hoss,” said Uncle Eben, “wouldn’ be near so misleadin’ it a triendly hoss could talk.” r—oo—— Every Dog’s Day. From the Cleveland News. A former Anzac general is now wash- ing dishes in a Quebec hotel. Former K. P.'s will call it poetic retribution. PN o aves { | Big Problem. From the Syracise Herald. | b BY CHARL This is the time to be thinking of tulips for next Spring. It will be too late then. Those who fancy this flowe: to bloom next May. The tulip is but one of the flowers which must be put into the ground this Fall in order to reward the home gar- dener with beauty in the apropriate eason 5 Now is a good time to take general stock of gardening, especially in re- lation to what one does o not like. Here a person may al as he pleascs, without arousing the ire of those who want to do all the ticizing themselves! To take stock of the garden, and to decide what in it Is good. and what is not od is simply common sense, especially at this particular time, when per the keen edge of garden in- terest is worn rather blunt Probably most gardeners, if they are honest with themselves, will admit a distinet slackening of garden interest which is only natural, since nature he self is preparing her floral children for eir Winter sleep. th“Nt’)thmz lasts forever,” goes the old song. Even the best gardens are slow- 1y withering away by fine stages. some of them so siight that only the keen eye detects them. “They are there, however, unmistak- able to those who find these manifesta tions quite as interesting, in their way. as the luxuriant growth of July and st days. August day o Perhaps the best way of ‘handling tulips is to buy new bulbs every Octo: er. He who relies on old stock, i ordinary garden soil, will face disap- pointment at blooming time. “This holds good of the gladiolus. too. It is one thing to dig up a large supply of bulbs, or corms, more proper- s T\:r\‘rslcd in the home rows, but it s quite another thing, and much bet- ter, we believe, to oier an entirely new supply for next Sp\ing planting. Our own experience, balanced by that of other honest observers among the hows that home-grown bulbs lack the “p e bulbs secur- ed from the best grow ‘When we paid a hundred high-class bulbs garden display of “glad and 6 feet tall, with huge and tremendous flowers, that show the incomparable be these grand specimens. The next season, with the progeny of these bulbs, we had flowers so much smaller that we scarcely recognized them. Bulbs, in other words, “run out.” Intensive fertilization may save the day, and perhaps some planters are more easily satisfied—we do not know. What we do know is that we have had no such flowers as with that first grand splash. Hereafter we shall be satisfied with a couple of dozen gladioli, if neces- sary, but they must be fresh first-siz professionally grown corms. ke arge sum for a we had & belween 5 flower spikes the only sort auty of Roses may be planted this month and next with advantage. Some of the largest growers advise Fall planting in preference to Spring planting. They say it gives the bush a better chance to become established, so that by April the plant will be all ready to put forth leaves; whereas if put in the ground in Spring, some time necessarily must be lost while the roots adjust themselves to the new conditions. In another article we propose to tell the results of planting a dozen roses last Autumn. It will be sufficient at this time to state that 11 of the 12 lived and prospered. The one that died was the supposedly hardy Kaiserin THIS AND THAT E. TRACEWELL. Augusta Victoria. more than sticks in the ground. With the first they sprang to life and have done splendidly, everything taken into con- sideration. Perhaps these words may enhearten some timid one to plant rose- bushes this Fall. Surely there is no flower more desirable, despite the trou !bles one may have with the bushes. | Heavy rains of August brought about conditions which favored the ubiquitot: in many ways the worst rdest to combat of all the rose | s and plagues. Granted a noi mally warm Autumn, however, there will be plenty of time for en bushes to put forth new leaves to save the roots. * % % | | | |sonal bow to ageratum, that favorite of Mrs. Frances King and other famous gardener: Bailey says in his “The Gardener": | “Composite family. Half-hardy [nuals, used as border plants, for ribbon bedding, for mass effect, or in mixed beds of geraniums. colcuses and other plants, native of tropical America. Plants are erect and branching, 2 to 3 feet, but are often sheared back: there are dwarf compact varieties: flowers blue or white, freely produced. “Seeds germinate readily, but as the plant is commonly wanted in flower seed in boxes plafed in hotbeds or win- ’dr)w.x in March, transpianting the seed- |lings to small oxes or pots and grow- |ing the young piants on until the first of May, when they may be planted out. | Picces of young wood root very easily, land the gardener usually incre: his stock by cuttings. Plants may be taken up in the Fall and set in the house for Winter bloom: cut them back severel; ‘The curious blue burr-like flowe appe spectacular. The foliage is thick and | very green and blends well with almost any other flower. Those who wish t experiment with this flower next Spring | should remember that it makes a den: heavy bush, not at all after the manner of the r must be given plenty of room. * kK X out to be mostly white, eventuality, since they proved to be very beautiful, the plants possessing |an “upright habit of growth quite dif- ferent from the favorite Rosy Morn. These white blossoms in the border are held up, the flowers in nq case ous shades together. These white | petunias are almost climbers, attempt- |ing to crawl up altheas and lilacs. | Petunias respond well to the stimua- | lation of fertilizers, especially at this time of the year. If withered growth is cut off and plenty of fertilizer given -—although never too much—they will respond with blossoms from now on until frost. Any one of the popular tablet form of fertilizer will answer very nicely, if a good watering is given | after application. Surely there is no more satisfactory flower for the average garden than this. The petunia and the zinnia are old stand-bys, loved the more the longer one grows them. The rose and gladiolus are glorious, like exotic new friends, entrancing with changing moods, bat the petunia and zinnia are the time- tried and tested friends one thoroughly knows and understands. Forecasts of a Federal Government deficit at the end of the current fiscal year, based on a budget report, are the subject of much discussion. Specula- tion as to whether there actually will be a deficit when the books are closed is accompanied by warnings against per- mitting national expenditures to con- tinue mounting, and claims by some Democratic critics that the situation is due to what the Chattanooga Times (independent Democratic) calls “the bureau-fostering policy of the Repub- lican party.” “The area of large annual surpluses is rapidly approaching its end” the Kalamazoo Gazette (independent) de- clares. “The optimists in the Federal Legislature are being shown that a good thing cannot be expected to last for- ever. It is probable that those in charge of the Government's fiscal affairs, both in Congress and in the administrative departments at Washington, will have to exercise more care than ever in pro- viding for the expenses of running the Government.” “The increase of the estimated ex- penditure for the departments of the Government,” in the opinion of the Springfield Union (Republican), a warning that deserves to be taken note of widely. The addition of $137.109.530 to the earlier estimates is striking ¢ dence of the way in which these govern- mental agencies swallow funds. The administration has striven manfully to reduce the cost of their operation by insisting upon small economies. The time scems plainly to have come for the redemption of the hoary promise to reorganize them on a miore efficient basis.” * % * «“Economy In national expense, as is the case with economy in private life, advises the Charleston Daily Mail (in- dependent Republican), “means self- denial, a curb on the attainment of the things we wish, a very close scrutiny of expenditures. These are things which the high tide of the war pros- perity led us to believe were things of the past. and hence no longer neces- sary.” The Bellingham Herald (inde- pendent. Republican) thinks that “the incident shows the danger of digging t0o deep into one’s prospective income in order to live beyond one's means. Matters do not always turn out accord- ing to optimistic schedule in either private or governmental affairs. A wise precaution is sometimes better than a reckless dive.” “It is_to be hoped.” s dence Bulletin (indep revenue and expendit will vary from present estimates to such an extent that the budgel will eventually balance in accord with the policies of the admin- istration,” and the Philadelphi Evening Bulletin (independent — Re publican) suggests: “President Coolid dministration will extend over all but our months of the fiscal year, and vig- orous application of his well known methods of economy renders it reason- ably certain that ‘there must be 1o deficit’ will be translated into ‘there will be no deficit.” “It f5 correct to state (hal Congress helped to bring about this prospeet through consent for a broadening of the operations of various agencies and through its tax cut, but it would be hard to fix this responsibility on any party in Congress,” in the judgment of the Minneapolis Tribune (Republican). and the Elmira Star-Gazette (inde- pendent), believing that “the average wayfarer can’t see where a few millions one way or the other in the Govern- ment is going to make any pariicular difference to him,” holds that “!n the present campaign. particularly. the voter will talk about other issues. Ay The New York World (independent) maintains that “there unquestionably will be a deficit”” and in criticism of the administration the Asheville Times (independent Democratic) argues: “I% is s the Provi- endent), “that during or power which would reduce the serv- ice range of a local station broadcast- ing such an event would find an un- ‘What the English seem to be trying to do Is to make & golf ball that they can hit and the Americans can't. only fair for the country to,remember that President Coolidge, Mr. Hoover #nd the other leaders take special credié to Forecast of Federal Deficit Debated From Various Angles Republican policies for material well- being. If therefore prosperity has now for some time been spotty, if there have been millions of men out of employ- ment, beyond the normal volume of the unemployed, will the Republican chiefs assume any responsibility at all, or lay upon economic forces the whole burden of the explanation? ‘The Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch (independent Demo- cratic) states: “A deficit of nearly $100,- 000,000 is not necessarily a serious financial condition for the United States to find itself in, but it presents some- thing for the Coolidge administration and for its heir, Mr. Hoover, to ex- nlain.” This development does not mean,” as viewed by the Schenectady Gazette (independent Democratic), “that some- thing is wrong in the sense of squan- dering or misappropriation of funds, but it does indicate that we are spending more money every year, and that talk s in expenditures is political Milwaukee Journal (independ- ent) says: “In vain have the stripes come off mail bags, the lights been turned out in Washington offices at night, a half million buttons from soldiers’ uniforms been regilded and— soldiers housed in quarters described as not decent for human living. In vain all the cheese-paring economies that have occupied so much of the thought of Government employes—so much of the praise in annual budget speeches. * * » The ordinary expenses of gov- nment have gone steadily up since Mr. Coolidge became President.” “In reply to such views, the San Fran- cisco Bulletin (Republican) contends: “A deficit due not to excessive expendi- tures but to inadequate taxation is not an evil. It can be easily remedied. There have been increases in Federal expenditures, but all save a fraction of the increase was due to congressional appropriations.” The Indianapolis News (independent) also feels that “the slic- ing of expenses by less than $100,000,- 000 does not appear out of the question,” and the Brooklyn Daily Eagle tinde- pendent) hopes for “favorable develop- ments in the next few months.” UNITED STATES IN WORLD WA Ten Years Ago Today an army of ance and over e ican sectors Allied ofticials sce, tion of German U-boats in paths usually followed by American con- voys, a determination to hind 1S- port’ of American troops even siderable loss in submarine British airmen fight battle to h and bomb the Mannheim chem- works. * * * British advance on 17-mile front, and the French at the Hindenburg line capture Barisis, on the cdge of the Forest of St. Gobain, pene: trating for 5 miles on the Somme and Aisne fronts. * * * Americans kecp closely at the heels of the retreating Germans and are much wrought up at the manner in which the fleeing enemy destroy everything they cannot carry away with them. * * * Three hun- dred and ninety-one casualties in to- day's releases, with 36 killed in action and 322 wounded. Total has now passed the 30,000 mark. oo Ruth Started Something. From the Miami Daily News and Metropolis. ‘The one improvement we have note in ocean flying is that the aviators are learning to fall near ships. e As Pilots Hope. From the Indiananolis News = The more the thing is looked into the more it appears that it takes some- thing more than air to maintain an airport, These bushes were | planted in December, on the day pre- | r | ceding the first freeze of the season. !Star. know it must be planted this October | All Winter they looked like nothing |in, eitorial that would have radio sets touch of warmth, however. | This Summer we made our first per- | Of this flower Prof. | an- | when planted out, it is usual to sow the | 1 through their very lack of the| e moss or even petunia. It | cares to go to the trouble of A packet of “mixed petunias” turned | a pleasing | p.m. and most of such as can be heard | drooping, so that the total effect is | EHoal pleastuk Wil les fowers:scva thall - o s L | purpose_of softening the cffect made | nots” is it wi y by bright colors, and of tying the vari- | ',;,"“";,,flgy "u,“’:a,:g; e . - | To the Fditor of The Star: the front east of Canal du Nord, on a | | Need to Bring Out Bass Justifies Loud Speaker ‘To the Editor of The Star: Some of us who are radio enthusiasts are a little surprised at the animosity to radio loud speakers that has recent- Iy been seen in the columns of The A little while ago we enjoyed operated at a volume sufficient to be heard only within the bounds of the sperator’s house. Will some one inform | us just how we are to compel sound | waves to lose their energy as they reach lour open windows during these Sum- | months? Perhaps, like unfortu- | air-borne disease, closed all our windows | during the hot Wi Or maybe we | should all gather within a couple of | feet from our loud speakers and turn | the volume down so low we will no {longer hear any but the higher fre-! quencies. Sometimes we believe that those who do not like our loud speakers forget i that they are the best we can afford | and that we try to operate them at a volume that gives what we believe to be the best reproduction. Due to the gteat difficulty of reproducing with | equal volume both the bass notes and | the higher frequencies, it is necessary to increase the volume to a point where the low notes can be heard. Music with the higher notes somewhat over- emphasized, but with the bass audible, is certainly to be preferred to music that entirely loses the lower notes. Pro- grams leave the broadcasting antenna sich that if the announcer’s voice is reproduced by the receiver’s loud speak- er at about ordinary talking volume the music will be “right.” With most | sets and speakers a reduction of volume below this level means loss of part or all of the bass note reproduction and fullness of tone which the sets may be able to emit. We believe most radio owners try to operate their sets at this | volume. Do you blame them? To be sure, some of the very latest model sets equipped with dynamic peakers can reproduce satisfactorily all the music at a very low audibility level. But not one person in a thou- sand has such a set, and few will be | able to afford them in the near future. As to complaints that speakers are | blasting away from 7 am. to 1 am. | | they concern such few cases that they are unworthy of mention. If any one going round our residential districts and stening, as he passes, for loud speakers he will hear very few indeed after 11 are certainly not loud enough to dis- turb the sleep of a healthy person in a neighboring house. To be sure, a neighbor who is il should receive all the consideration possible, and most radio fans would willingly turn off theif In this age of so many “thou shalt most widespread and genuine entertainments of the American Nation? Radio with- out loud speakers would be worth little to most families. PHILIAS H. GIROUARD. Animal Rescue League Not a Slaughter House To the Editor of The Sta I have read with considerable inter- est and surprise the recent letters to The Star criticizing the purpose and methods of the Animal Rescue League. Prior to seeing these communications I would have supposed it inconceivable that any one should protest the activi- ties of the league. ‘The situation seems to be very sim- ple, namely, that we have with us a surplus population of dogs and cats. Granting that there is sufficient de- mand (which I do not believe exists) to take care of all the desirable speci- mens, there yet remains a large num- ber of animals which on account of age, sex or condition cannot be placed in homes and which must be humanely disposed of or left to shift and suffer by themselves. This is the actual situa- tion in Washington, and to intimate, as did a recent correspondent, that our kind-hearted citizens should absorb a surplus and unchecked population of such animals seems rather to be the expression of a puerile, albeit sincere, desire than the pyoposal of a practical solution. The league is not a “siaughter house,” as stated by this correspondent, but a clearing house. It appears that a fair proportion of animals are claimed by their owners or adopted as pets, and that the remainder are humanely dis- posed of. Indeed, pray tell us what other course is feasible? The writer has had dealings with the league both in disposing of animals and in securing pets, and possesses now two fine pets which were procured from the league. It would seem a whole lot better, instead of knocking an institu~ tion which is honestly trying to solve one of the difficult problems of modern civilized life, to give it at least our moral support. H. W. LUCE. pres . Disarmament the Only Way Surely to Stop War To the Editor of The Star: As a daily reader of The Star, may I through your valuable paper say a few words regarding the Kellogg peace treaty? 1 believe that this treaty Is sound in principle, but it doesn't go far enough, because there are so many reservations in it made by the different nations that it would be comparatively easy for any of the countries involved in it to break their pledges and start another world conflagration. I hold that the only way, the best way and the quickest way to completely and forever banish war from the earth is for all the nations of the world to adopt a policy of universal disarma- ment, and then the nations could not start a war and fight even if they would. That's the only sane and sure way to completely and forever crush war from the world—a world that has peen drenched in blood from pole to pole during its long, dark and dread- ful history. The Kellogg peace treaty is only a half-way measure, because it seems to me that if all the nations were in 1pal earnest about banishing war from the world, then they would all adopt a plan of complete universal dis- armament, and I am positive if this plan were put in to force on a world- wide scale, then war would shortly be- come as extinct as the Dodo. RICHARD HENRY LIVINGSTONE, Worcester, Mass. e | to Cause a Protracted Winter Ver The bright evening star, Venus, just above the sunset, now coming this way, will make our wintry spells next Spring | continue at intervals until the middle of April The most interesting weather event since Adam’s time is this: When the carth’s perihelion advances to the pres- ent longitude of the perihelion of Venus, the earth. like Venus, will have no in- clined axis, hence no Winter nor Sum- mer. So Venus tells the world: “As I am now, so you will be, Straighten up, and follow me.” D. A. N. GROVER. Kansas City, Mo. ——o—— New Censor Job. From the Memphis Commercial Appeal: Now that the expenditures of candi- dates are limited by law, how about a modification of the things they say | about one another? o Don’t Ask U From the Louisville Times. Another of life's many unsolved mys- | ernment officials. ANSWERS TO Take advantage® of this free service. It you are one of the thousands who have patronized the bureau, Write again. If you have never used the serv- ice, begin now. It is maintained for your benefit. Be sure to send your name and address with your question and in- close 2 cents in coin or stamps for I turn postage. Address The Evening Star Information Bureau. Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washington, D. C. Q. Is it a fact that Herbert Hoover as Secretary of Commerce issued an | order concerning the segregation of | negroes in the Bureau of the Census? F. M. | A. The Bureau of the Census says | that neither former Secretary Hoover nor the ditector of the Bureau of the Census issued such an order. Q. When will the Mardi Gras be held at Coney Island this year?—R. G. A. There will be no Mardi Gras at Coney Island this year Q. Has Liberia any white office hold- ers?—W. A. M. A. Liberia is a republic populated en- tirely by negroes. and governed by them. While a few white engineers have been employed in Liberia, they are not gov- | Q. What is dampfife?—J. C. T. A. We find no record of an English word spffled dampfife. It is possible that you have reference to the German word dampfpfeife, which means a steam whistle. Q. Is love of nature a recent develop- ment?—M. W. N. A. Reuben Halleck says: “The love for mountains and wild nature is of re- cent growth. One writer in the seven- teenth century considered the Alps as so much rubbish swept together by the broom of nature to clear the plains of Italy. A seventeenth century traveler thought the Welsh mountains better than the Alps because the former would pasture goats. Dr. John: asked, “Who can like the Highlands Q. —A.N. A. A. It means midiand. The sea was so named because it lay in the cen- ter of the world as then known. What does Mediterranean mean? N.T. Q. When was the first horse car operated in this country?—F. A. T. A. The first street railway in this country was operated in New York City, 1831-32. The car was a horse car built something like a stage coach and ran from Prince street, Bowery, to Harlem. The New York & Harlem Railroad con- tinued a horse car line until 1837. It was the only one in operation until 1852, when charters were granted for the Second. Third, Sixth and Eighth avenue lines. Boston's first horse car appeared in 1856, that of Philadelphia in 1857. How is the City of Cincinnati governed?—J. E. R. A. The government of the City of Cincinnati_may be described as of a modified Federal form. There is a four-year mayor, who appoints the di- rectors of public service and safety: a legislative council of one member from each ward, with four members elected at large and a board of education elected by the people. . What accounts for the Spanish names that are so often found in Ire- land?—C. F. E. 'A. About 1000 B.C. the Sons of Milesius of Spain invaded and con- quered Ireland. The Irish race is pop- ularly known as the Milesian race be- cause its members were largely de- scendants from Milesius. It was a Celtic tribe, as were the others that blended with it to be known as the Gauls. This accounts for the Spanish names and influences in Ireland. Q. What is meant by a custom-made garment?—A. E. S. A. This designation is given to a garment made to order to individual QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. Is it correct to say “Dr. Jones operated me?"—C. W. C. A. The sentence needs the preposi- tion “upon.” Q. How can I remove the ink poet- marks from the stamps in my stamp collection?—W. J. A. The Burcau of Standards says that canceling ink, if of good quality, cannot be removed without also re- moving the ink of the stamps. Can- # celing ink contains carbon black, which cannot be destroyed by bleaching agents. When was the Dark day in New England?—W. L. C. A. The Dark day in New England occurred on May 19, 1780. Through out that section of the country da ness continued from early morning until midnight. Was Albert Payson Terhune's mother a writer’—S. J. B. 3 A. Albert Payson Terhune is the son of Rev. Edward P. and Mary Virginia (Hawes) Terhune. His mother wrote under the name. Marion Harland. Q. Is there any civilized country where the men of today wear ear- rings?—L. A. Earrings are still worn by some fishermen on the Belgian coast. They are very rarely worn by men elsewhere, but are sometimes seen in the ears of gypsies and a few Italians and Spaniards. Q. What manager brought Paderew- ski to this country for his first Amer- ican tour?—P. E. L. A. Daniel Mayer, internationally known concert manager, brought Paderewski to this country for his first American tour in the Winter of 1891- 92. Daniel Mayer, who recently died in London at the age of 72, had man- aged more than 1500 musical artists. Among_the artists who have been un- der his management are Paviowa, Mischa Elman, Levitski, Josef Hof- mann, Kreisler, De Pachmann, Nikisch, Caruso, Carreno, Sarasate, D'Albert, Busoni and the Denishawn dancers. | | . Give me some information con- cerning the early history of sealing wax.—A. C. S. A. Common beeswax was first used as a sealing wax, being mixed with earthy materials to give it consistency. The Venetians brought the Indian sealing wax to Europe. The Indian wax was made only of shellac. colored with vermilion, or some other pigment. and this has been found superior to 4 all other materials. Q. What is the origin of the name Seville>—G. A. N. A. This Spanish city was built by the Phoenician: They named it Sephala—marshy plain—a name which ultimately was changed to Seville. Q. What is meant by gold and silver employes in the Canal Zone?—E. 8. A. Gold employes are the Americans, while silver employes are the aliens. Q. Name the Government bureaus in- terested in stopping fraudulent adver- tising—A. T. A. A. The Post Office Department. the 5 T>partment of Justice and the Federal irade Commission are all endeavoring to curb fraudulent advertising. Q. Was the surface of the Great gyfim}_d. originally as it is today?— “'A. "'he rough. limestone rocks are be- lieved to have been covered with a solid marble casing. These stones probably began to be removed about 1000 A.D. for the beautification of Cairo. Q. How long has Amelia Earhart been flying>—H. T. A. She has been flying since 1918. In 1920 she established the woman's alti- tude record. She holds the first inter- national pilot’s license issued to a wom- an. She has to her credit 500 hours | measure. WASHINGTON BY FREDERIC Analysis of the Republican national committee’s August financial state- ment discloses a number of interest- ing things. In the first place, it shows that the country isn't exactly swarming with cheerful givers. Alto- gether, only 1,539 contributors came to bat. That isn't a very heavy percent- age of the 15.000,000 or 20,000.000 men and women who are expected to vote for Hoover and Curtis in November. Of those 1,500-odd. 276 gave all but $4,500 of the $560,000 received. The over- whelming bulk of Chairman Work's “angels” (1,263) contributed less than $50 each. Most of those sums were of trifling dimensions, averaging $4 apiece. Measured by the fotal contributions in the first real month of the campaign. the G. O. P. kitty will have to be sweet- ened on a vastly more lavish scale if the national committee’s projected $3.000,000 budget is going to be raised betimes. If the checks roll in only at the August pace, the final ageregate will be nearer $1,500,000 than $3,000,009. * * ok % New York, Chicago and Pittsburgh are the sources from which most of the Republican financial blessings seem to be flowing. From those three cities the bulk of the “big boys"—$25000 con- tributors—hail. Potential wells of G. O. P. funds, the statement reveals, haven't begun to be tapped yet. For instance. the richest Republican of them all isn't listed to date—Andrew W. Mellon; nor is Henry Ford, an avowed Hooverite. Oil money is conspicuous by its ab- sence. In pre-convention days it was said that Hoover was on the blacklist of the “international bankers.” Here comes Mortimer L. Schiff, head of Kuhn, TLoeb & Co., premier international bank- ing house. with a dole of $25.000 for the Californian's cause. Dwight W. Mor- row, who's a partner of J. P. Morgan & Co. when he isn't making peace with Mexico. has given $5.000 to help elect the Republican ticket. James A. Pat- ten, one-time Chicago “wheat king. invests $10.000 in Hoover and Curtis stock. So does James Simpson. head of Marshall Field & Co.. world-renowned dry goods house. Julius Rosenwald, Chicago philanthropist and merchant prince—a warm _personal friend of Hoover—is down for $10,000, too: like- wise Edward W. Bok, peace advocate. I Upham, widow of the be- P. national treas- Upham, contribu * x % K Many people still labor under the impression that campaign funds are used to “buy votes.” That may have been the case in days gone by, but mod- ern conditions are different. The prin- cipal necessity in our times is money to pay the cost of “getting out the vofe.” Undoubtedly, a very liberal percentage of all the funds collected during the campaign will be spent by party man- agers in physically dragging slackers and backsliders to the polls on Novem- ber 6. It ought to be a great day for taxi drivers, jitney owners, bus com- panies and livery stables. One of the most popular people in the world will be the man or woman who will volun- teer to drive his or her own car elec: tion day and cajole, kidnap. bulldoze or otherwise persuade a friend or a | neighbor to visit the polling place. All of solo fying. OBSERVATIONS WILLIAM WILE. disgraceful percentage is likely to be heavily mcrens:d this time. * ¥ On the table in the reception roo: of 2300 S street, Wnshlngmlx,-n‘ the prlin- vate residence of Herbert Hoover, stands a splendid copy of Mrs. Coolidge's new- est phoiograph, inscribed May, 1928. Upon it the First Lady of the Land has written: “To Lou Henry Hoover of Cali- fornia from her friend, Grace Coolidge of Massachusetts.” That was on the eve of the Kansas City convention. It ¢ {)lll';bably ST“{E how the wind was blow- aroun e White about that time. B * k% K Washingtonians in the secret are smiling inwardly over the enterprise of the wife and daughters of a certain well known resident who believe in taking time by the forelock. The husband and father in the case has diplomatic ambi- tions. He also has a favorite candi- date for the presidency, who he thinks is going to win. Apparently he has something else—an abiding faith that he’s going to be sent as Ambassador to a particular foreign capital. At any rate, wife and daughters are now in said metropolis, learning the language of the country, in token of anticipation which all concerned are fondly hoping will be realized! ke _“Jimmy” B. Reyholds, just appointed vice treasurer of the Republican na- tional committee, is the first “Coolidge man” to be attached to the Hoover executive organization. Eight years ago Reynolds, who was a newspaper man before he degenerated into a Govern- ment official and banker, had charge of the publicity campaign designed to “sell” Calvin Coolidge to the country as a candidate for President. The sinews of war on that occasion, it was always | understood, were provided by one Frank W. Stearns. Throughout the Coolidge | regime Reynolds has been close to the | administration inner circle. He was at iKansas City in June, somewhat hope- | fully expeetant, ‘twas thought, that the |lightning. after all. would strike in irection. This is “Jimmy's” “Cal's’ | maiden experience as a gold digger. As an astute politician he has few peers and no superio * Xk X New York’s Tammany Congressmen, who are in the forefront of the fight for a world fair on Manhattan Island in 2. 1o celebrate the 200th anni- versary of George Washington's birth, are rubbing Chicago the wrong wa; Chicago wants another world fair of he own in 1933 to commemorate the cen- tennary of the ci foundation. As Al Smith has an eye peeled longingly in the direction of Illinois' electoral vote, the New York fair boosters, according to | word reaching Washington, are to be asked to soft-pedal their activities—at least until after November 6.“ it ey Charles S. Hayden, Washington Ve paper correspondent, better gknm:v‘r‘;“in the press gallery as “Buck™ Hayden, has Just been appointed Democratic pub- licity representative at national com- mittee headquarters here. Hitherto, Capital scribes in quest of Smith and Robinson ballyhoo have had to get it second-hand through ‘releases” issyed from the General Motors Building on Upper @roadway. Democratic news will over the country unique devices are | being worked out to roll up a rrmrd“ vote. Golf clubs will close their links on November 6. Women's clubs have been | requested to cancel projected programs | and urge their membership instead to | perform their suffrage duty that day. | Some Industrial concerns are thinking | of hanging up prizes, to be awarded to | the group or plant that makes the best | teries is why a moth always chooses to dine at the most conspicuous place in an article of apparel. vote-cgsting record among the working staff. ‘In 1924 barely 50 per cent of qualified g and women voted. That still come through that c Hayden, With a° coupie. of Loe’ o laborators in the local fraternity, will henceforward be a more or less direct contact. He is a Southerner and has long represented important Dixie in- terests here, including papers in Little ¥ Rock. Nashville, St. Louts, St. Joseph and Fort Worth! “Buck” knows polities backward and forward, and his friend- i;“‘“ld n(mm:,-,' . brgmv‘r correspondents should stand the Democraf stead at Washington, 7 s (Covyright. 1928.) -