Evening Star Newspaper, September 19, 1928, Page 8

.. » .THE EVENING STAR " With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY .September 19, 1928 THEODORE W. NOYES. The Evening Star Newsnaner Company Business Office: Chicago Office: Tower Ruflding. European Office. 14 Resent St.. Landon. England Rate by Carrier Within the City. e Evenins Star.. ... ¢ Evening and Sunday Star (when 4 Sundays) The Evening and Sunday Star 5 Sundays) ........ 60c pér month 65¢ per month Star ... per copy Collection made at the ehd of sach month Orders may be sent in by mail or telephone Main 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. | Marsland and Virginia.. ! 1 yr.$1000. 1 'mo.. 85¢ | b £8.00: 1 mo.. S0¢ | $400; 1 mo.. 40c | aily and Sunday. aily only . junday only .. Al Other States and Canada. | N 1 1. mo, Biilz orit Sunday. 4 3% Miaon: § o Mk | junday only’ $3.00; 1 mo. 50c Member of lphe \m‘ hll.ed rreql The Associated Press is exclusively the use for republication of all news ¢i redited to it or not otherwise cred- also the news s of pnblication of are also reserved. S Gov. Smith at Omaha. With unmistakable force, Gov. Smith inaugurated his campaign in the West last night at Omaha. Con- | fining himself to the single topic of farm relief, he struck a heavy blow in his effort to win the States that are normally Republican, but that have of late shown tendencies toward progres- sivism and are now restless on the score of the failure of successive Re- publican administrations . to effect a measure of ssistance to the ailing ag- ricultural interests. The most striking feature of the Omaha speech, which, while deliv- ered without manuseript, was evi- dently carefully prepared, is that al- though in it Gov. Smith indorsed the | McNary-Haugen bill, which represents | the maximum of the farmers’ demands | for relief, he did not specifically ap- | prove the equalization fee, which con- stitutes the major feature of that meas- ure. Implication was afforded that it 18 not his purpose hereafter to advo- cate that particular feature. It may be that he put it aside when he said. “f do not limit myself to the exact mechanics and msthod embodied in that bill.” Assuming thp direct aggressive, Gov. Smith in his speech assailed the Re- publican record as one of vague prom- ises and lack of .performances. He quoted texts from platforms and speeches, particularly those of Mr. Hoo- wver, to stress hi§ claim that the farm- ers have nothing to hope from Repub- lican success in this present campaign, in the light of the past seven and a half years of Republican administra- tion and legislation. In his treatment of this matter Gov. Smith displays a confident grasp of the general su of farm require- ments. He has Started promisingly in his effort to win the West. That he must win that region, in some v. dd- erable part, is evident from any study of the political map. The fact that he chose to make his first tour through the agricultural area, that he selected Omaha, the largest city of a State that has been consistently unstable in its partisan leaning of rc-ont years, and that he confined his init'al utterance to the single subject of farm relief pmmynwmmtheunmumum chances of election lie in the ocapture of votes west of the Mississippi. Presumably now the Republican eampaigners will seek to offset the un- denisbly marked impression which the Democratic candidate has made on the occasion of his initial address. For Just as he must win the ‘West, so they must hold it in line. Mr. Hoover him- self, who had supposedly met the issue satisfactorily to the farmers in his speech of acceptance and his home- coming talk in lowa, may be expected o Teturn to the trans-Mississippi field and to the subject before the campaign eloses. ——raee One advantage of radio :penjnng is the fact that a heckler is ‘usually too far from the microphone to register. ———ratee A Long Trail of Devastation, With the tropical hurricane which five days ago struck Porto Rico, with terrific fury and then swinging toward the mainland scoured a portion of east- ern Florida, destructively passing north- ward along the Atlantic seaboard, the toll of death and devastation is being recounted in some measure of detail. | This exceptional storm, originating somewhere in the Atlantic outside of the line of the Lesser Antilles, seemed to follow the islands that stretch out in & huge bow from the salient of Porto Rico and the Virgin group toward the coast of South America. It is not known just how destructive it was in the more southerly islands, save that it hit Guadeloupe with crushing force. ‘There it wreaked especially heavy dam- age, slaying, as reports now stand, some 660 people. In the Virgin Islands there . was severe devastation, no specific re- ports having come yet regarding the casualties and losses. Porto Rico's sufferings have not yet been fully told. The count of known dead at present reaches 314, with 1,000 estimated aitogether. Perhaps the | total will never be accurately known, for 1t is reported that numerous vic- tims have been buried by the survivors withcut reports to the authorities. A particularly sad aftermath of the storm takes the form of suicides from despair, several having been revealed. Although the area of devastation in Florida is less than that of two”years ago owing to the fact that the storm, efter hitting the coast, swung north- ward and did not cross the peninsula 2s in 1926, very grave damage has been inflicted. The worst fury was wreaked in the thickly populated region of the southern East Coast, centering at the Palm Beaches. The storm reached in- 1and, however, sufficiently to take a terrible toll in the region of Lake Okeechobee, where, it is now reported, 328 are dead, with a total of over 400 altogether in the State. The property damages throughout the gone of the storm will mount high. - Porto Rico has suffered to the extent of at least $100,000,000. The present estimate of the losses in Florida is $25,000,000. No computation has been made of the losses in the lesser islands ©f the Virgin group and Guadeloupe. Zhe course of this storm is unususl. confidence and tearing away all for- harmonize.” 3¢ per month | | But as in all such cases time brings | | forgetfulness and a renewed “jacking lordmrfl.v these hurricanes either !ewing across Florida into the Gulf of Mezxico or pess northwerd with their centers well inland. This one, it would seem, rebounded as it were from the mainland after scouring southeastern Fiorida and passed up the coast with the center out at sea. It is now mov- ing northepstward, the seaboard States gotting the fringss,” without serious damege thus far. While no soecific eall has come from Florida for financial ald, it is probable that assistance wiill be necessary. In 1926, when a wid> arca of the State was devastated, funds and supplies were poured forth in abundanc: and relief was immediate and effective. Should there now be a necessity for a similar succor it will be forthcoming. Meanwhile, the funds for Porto Rico, where the need is desperately acute, are being subscribed in generous vol- ume. Washington's quota of this fund | s placed at $40.000, It should be | =peedily subscribed. Rl O A Courtesy Bulletin Needed. With one policeman convicted by the court of reckless driving after he had failed to browbeat a citizen in‘o admitting the blame for a traffic acei- dent, and another to be haled before the trial board for discourtesy to a | woman driver following the dismissal of charges against her in court, it would appear that, regardless of the present agitation as to conditions in Washing- ton's Police Department, the time was ripe for Maj. Hesse to issue another | courtesy warning to his men. From time to time over a long period | of years it has been necessary for the head of the department to remind po- licemen that the eficient performance of a duty depends in no way upon their ability to intimidate, especially in traf- fic cases, the generelly law-abiding citi- | zen. These often repeated warnings have in & large measure served their | purpose, and immediately after the is- suance of such a bulletin, and for a period thereafter, improvement is noted. up” becomes necessary. In dealing with ‘violators of the minor traffic regulations there is no need for violence or & display of temper on the | part of the arresting officer. The citi- zen who drives an automobile can easily | be identified and apprehended if he fafls to appear in court for trial. The business man or the business woman who runs past a stop sign and is halt- ed by a policeman for doing so is a Noroughly tractable person. and noj hnversation or no action is necessary ‘n the part of the policéman other than to hand the offender a ticket or escort him to the precinct station. The policeman who, instead of fol- lowing this simple and courteous pro- cedure, sticks' out his chest until the buttons on his coat are almost ready 1o burst, and, transfixing the motorist with a stony glare, bellows out, “Well, I caught you. didn't I? What do you think you're doing. anyway, running past that sign?> Are you learning how to drive, or what? Here, take this ticket to the precinct station!” stamps him- self as grossly lacking in a proper con- H ception of his duties. There are many more irritating and obnoxious motorists than policemen, but even when encountering one of these “I'll have you fired” drivers the good policeman will waste no conversa- tion on him, but will speedily dispatca him to the station house. leewlse,l ‘there are any number of motorists who, especially at intersections, will clog traf- fic and break regulations because of sheer stupidity. I is netther necessary nor desirable’ in these cases, however, for the arresting officer to assert his | mental superiority over the dumb driver | before he gives him a ticket. Of course, it a motorist flagrantly violates one of the major regulations, such as leaving the scene of & collision without making his identity known, no sympathy will be given him by the pub- lic if the policeman who arrests him after a hard chase indulges in a bit of rough talk, or perhaps subdues him with a.night stick in a physical en- counter, but the public has no respect for. the, type of. policeman who bullies an automobile driver in making an ar- rest for s, burped-out tail light. A courtesy bulletin from the head of the. Police Department is therefore de- cidedly in order. - e A new feature in political affairs arises when candidates are expected to sus- pend oratorical demonstration in order to answer cold-blooded questionnaires. —— vt The Two Broadcasters. From now on it is not so much a question of what they say as how they say it. More than one vote is going to depend on the voters' preference in the matter of radio delivery and recep- tion. All of the acceptance speeches have been delivered and the radio cam- paign is on in earnest. The more of it the merrier. There should be a law, or something, to make every candidate say everything over the radio. Monday night Mr. Hoover made his first real campaign speech over the radio and last night Gov. Smith fired his opening gun. Today there must be a lot of pro and .con argument going the rounds econcerning their relative ability as broadcasters. Mr. Hoover has shown that he is not afraid of a micro- phone. His words come in smoothly and his sentences are nicely rounded. He is a good reader, and good reading is pleasing over the radio. Familiar with Mr. Hoover's delivery over the radio, the “ladies and gentlemen of the unseen audience” must have received something of a shock Iast night when Gov. Smith opened up. In the first place, it was apparent from the start| that the governor's acceptance speech was no criterion. In Albany the gov- ernor was simply reading a pleasant paper. .Last night in Omaha he was campaigning as he has always cam- paigned. In one respect Mr. Smith won over Mr. Hoover, hands down. It was much more fun listening to Mr. Smith than to Mr, Hoover. It was lots of fun for everybody when Gov. Smith paused in his speech to find a reference he wanted to read from the Republican platform of 1920. One could almost watch him turning over thie pages, and when he mumbled / THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. D. mality. His radio sudience can see, as well as hear him, as he talks. He made another direct hit when he azked that the applause be cut short because it Ate up valuable radio time and sounded like static, anyhow. One Almost ex- pected him to add that it was, in addi- tion, “bolony.” When he referred to Mr. Hoover as the “present Republican candidate for governor.” his real audi- ence and his radio audience started to ‘augih at him. A second later, when his stage whisper came booming through i the receiver, “What did I say, anyhow— did T call him candidate for Vice Pres- ident. or what? This is the first time I've ever run for President. I've got to get used to it,” his audiences laughed with him. ‘The radio eritic will have little fault to find with Mr. Hoover's delivery. If anything. it is too perfect. One imme- diately visualizes the candidate stand- ing before the microphone intently reading a speech and carefully noting the punctuation marks. If Mr. Hoover is utilizing the radio merely to broad- cast his views and relay information, he does it well. If he tries to draw his radio audience close to him, there is room for improvement. He should learn to pause now and then and sty some- thing very human but very unstates- manlike, as, for instance, “I wish they'd turn off those damn lights. They hurt my eyes” Such a remark would be tremendously popular. As a smooth broadcaster, Gov. Smith is, in the vernacular, a washout. sometimes pauses so long between his voleanic utterances that the nervous listener feels the urge to twist the dials to test the set. He runs some of his words together in such a manner that they become almest unintelligible. But he makes up for this deficiency by his ability to come into the parlor and sit down and talk to the folks. Mr. Hoover doe& not do that. The radio listener who wished to get a concise report on the condition of the weather, for instance, would ask Mr, Hoover to give it. Those who want some fun with their weather report would elamor for Gov. Smith. ——— b The city dweller is interested in farm relief to the extent at least of wishing the farmer could produce cheaply enough to reduce the price of a poached egg and a head of lettuce in a res- taurant. A seat on the New York Stock Ex- change. permitting a “roker to collect small but steady rake-offs, is now so valuable as to make the Wall Street “kitty” look more influential than the Tammeny tiger. ——v—s Light waves are scientifically em- ployed to enable motion pictures to talk. Suggestion for orchestral number, “What are the wild waves saying?” e — ‘The mishaps of the Italia will afford Mussolini opportunity to show how a dictator, with hands absolutely untied, can conduct an investigation. - If Lindbergh insists on trick flying he will come to be regarded not as a model for the youth of the aviation ‘world, but as a dangerous example. ——atee “Evil communications corrupt good manners"—as some very promising young policemen may be called on to testify. B crowd even the popular radio announcer temporarily out of microphone atten- tion. o A “whispering campaign” is little to be feared so long as all the loud speak- ers remain in such excellent working order. —-—o— Flowers for a bootleg chief’s funeral show a delicate sentiment, despite the fact that the chief cared but little for flowers during his life. —————— Tobacconists advertise a five-cent cigar. Luxuries of life threaten to be- come cheaper than car fare. e Pugilism may set a good example to poiitics. Everybody is expected to shake hands after a prize fight, SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON, Solicitudes. A friend once gently said to me, “Why hurry? Life gives so little cause, you see, To worry! My reasoning further I'd explain. But I must haste to catch a train!” So, I joined mine to his refrain, . “Why worry?” The troubles which to me had brought A flarry, He solved by just a passing thought, “Don’t worry.” And yet, the world that goes ahead Wotild to confusion soon be led, If all men dozed along and said, “Don’t worry.” Winning an Audience. “How did you know your audience was with you?" “By the applause,” answered Senator Sorghum. “Some of the men we had hired to promote enthusiasm forgot they were merely on the pay roll and applauded with complete spontaneity.” Averaging Up. My Radio! My Radio! An average you keep. The static wakes me up, although The talk puts me to sleep. Jud Tunkins says a man who wants to talk all the time is not as interesting as one who lays off once in & while to do some thinking. Impertinent Query. “Is this horse thoroughly kind, gentle and easy to ride?” “Who are you buyin’ dis hoss for?" asked the dealer. “De Prince of Wales?” “The wisdom of our ancestors.” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “would be more helpful if there were enough modern wisdom to appreciate it.” When Publicity Fades. No more of Old King Tut I hear. ‘The loss T feel is quite severe, Even a mummy grows less gay ‘When his press agent fades away.. “Page 242, here it 18" everybody laughed. He was borrowing a page from Roxy as well as from the Repub- lican platform, for he has learned the secret of taking his audience into his “We is gittin’ so refined,” said Uncle Eben, “dat mebbe one o’ dese days when a crowd cheers a plitical sneaker, it will learn to jine in wif band and He ! ‘The campaign orator threatens lo‘ Pretty soon the time will be here when garden preparations for the Win- ter must be made, No one knows yet just exactly when that time will be. The chances are that it will be during the first two weeks of October. Getting the garden ready for its long rest involves a consideration, not only |of the home grounds as a whole. but { especially each detail, since in this art iand sport the specific poinis are more | important than the mass. Especially does this hold true of the | rosebushes. The more one gardens the {more he is likely to feel that the rose- | bushes are the most important things in_the yard. This I8 true for’ two reasons, first, | because rosebushes cost real money, and, second, because they take such a long time to get going. It is with I rosébushes &s with anything else, the more you pay for them, everything else | being ‘equal, the better they are. Of course, there are many exceptions. | We have two Thousand Beauty climb- {ers. which cost the large sum of 10 cents, and not apicce, either, since the second one was a scion of the former. These bushes did remarkably well; it was difficult to see how they j could have been better had they cost $1 each. As a general thing, however, rose stock is not different from any other— the more it costs the better it will be. We have tried all sorts of priced rose- bushes, notably those at 35 and 65 cents, and can honestly say that they have not come up to dollar bushes. The heavy rains of August, combined { with increased vegetation in the back vard of all sorts, led to a severe out- cropping of black spot on all bushes alike. As this is perhaps the severest disease which: aficts the queen of flowers, its growth has been watched with misgiving. Intensive soraying. both with am- !moniacal copper carbonate and nickel | solutions, has not seemed to do much good. We advise every home gardener to give his rosebushes the “once ovsr"” at this time, and if they are found to be suffering from black spot on the leaves. to dust them immediately with one of ithe sulphur preparations sold for this {purpose. We have tried the sprays, and they do not seem to control it. Maybe sulphur does, - 1 EREE Those who contemplate saving seed from their own gardens will find this as d a time to collect them as anv ometimes pods allowed to ripen and spill their sseds cause considerable nui- sance in the Spring, ‘when the young plants come up everywhere. It is a good thing to save such szed as one desiras and to pick and throw away the ra- maining sced po | with the seeds, as they have a very nal- |ural but thoughtless habit of scattering hem ail over the house. It is no f: to find flower sceds in the soup, or be- tween the sheets, or on the bathroom floor. Any mother who has “picked un” after the little ones will recognize .he truth of this siatement. At this time of the year great fluffy masses of cobwebby substance may be noticed on young trees. A close inspec- tion shows them to be filled with worms, which, if not destroyed. will infest a whole neighborhood. Such growths should be ruthiessly exterminated. Bulbs, such as the gladiolus, may be taken up at this time, although it is customary to wait until the leaves wither down, which usually is later. There ic no reason why gladiolus corms may not be dug up at this time, if the leave, hage begun to turn and it has been at les 40 days since blooming. The harvesting of the gladiolus bulbs is one of the most interesting of Iall garden tasks. A good spade is all -one needs. Pushed down to the depth of the blade, the implement brings the corms to the surface, including the bulblets. Most people will not care to Ibother with these, except in a few cases, WASHINGTON BY FREDERIC Herbert Hoover's first real campaign speech—at Newark on September 17— dealt with exactly the kind of “politics” he likes best. When he talks economics. business, labor, wa waste, standard- {zation, ~xport (rad:, immigration, tariff and such like, Hoover speaks his own }language. Even his political foes admit that the Californian is uncommonly persuasive when he harps on those chords. They are essentially the Re- publican nominee’s own “stuff,” and, in the lingo of the dav, he ‘“struis” it effectively. Hoover is practically re- citing his own record at Washington during the past seven and a half yeays when he narrates the accomplishments of the Harding and Coolidge adminis- trations in the economic field. There's hardly a ple in that realm in which the Secretary of Commerce did not have a finger. As the engineer-econ- omist of the cabinei. it was matura) for the White House to turn to Hoover on recurring occasions. - He . was the head of the Government's trouble de- partment. In cataloguing at Newark G. O. P. achievements since 1920, the candidate, at the risk of immodesty. might easily have substituted the first rsonal pronoun for the party to which Ree assigned the elephant’s share of the credit. * k% % Newton D. Baker’s belated acceptance of the Distinguished Service Medal, 10 years after the armistice, calls aten- tion to the fact that there's still an- other Distinguished Service Medal which has been awaiting & claimant at Washington. It's the decoration awarded by the Navy to Rear Admiral Willam 8. Sims, war-time commander-in-ch ef of American forces in European waters. Admiral Sims declined the honor on the ground that he did not care to wear a trophy that was also being bestowed upon naval officers for “gailanfry” in losing their ships in action with the enemy. No medal was actually struck off and engraved with Sims’ name, 7 it hasn't been necessary to lay it away in cold storage pending acceptance. The famous old sea dog was simply put on a list of officers designated for the D. 8 M. As soon as-he heard about it, | 8ime wigwagged a_determined “N thank you,” to the Danlelsian powers- that-were. * ok ok ok ‘Washington whispering campaigners are putting a brand-new Al Smith story in circulation. It's to the effect that the Pope is already’in the District of Columbia, and secretly established in a well known monastery on the outskirts iof the Capital. His Holiness is not to | emerge from hiding until Smith is in | the White House. The yarn sounds it 1t might have drifted up from Al | bama. | * ok %% Almost_every day brings news of an- other split in the political affiliations of the big corporations and their mag- nates. The latest separation is in the film industry. The brothers Schenck - Joseph and Nicholas—the financial h of the Metro-Gioldwyn-Mayer movie combination, have just taken op- ite sides for the 1928 campaign. icholas, who succeeded Marcus Loew as head of the vast picture organiza- tion bearing its late president's name, is a self-styled Tammany man, and sig- nalized his leanings the other day by turning in a $25,000 contributicn to the Smith cause. Joseph Schenck a little while before invested a similar amount in the Republican campaign, identifying himself as “a Hoover Republicen,” Per- haps the gentlemen of th: movies are laying both ends agaiust the middle. hen Mayor “Jimmie" Walker was in Hollywood last Spring and ran into Hoover sentiment all through the plec- ture colony, he publicly warned the in- dustry that it might some day 1ue its folly in becoming too palpably partisan. ds. Children should not be allowed to play | * €. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 19, 19%8." THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. but if cne is may be save articularly interested they * % ok % Peony foliage should not be cut off at the earth until it dies a natural | death. To destroy it now is to ruin the chance of the plant to bloom in the | Spring. After all, there is no more | beautiful flower than the peony.. Even the old “ofiicial” sort grown in grand- mothgr's garden is still a gorgeous thing. This is the season of the dahlia; it 1s a glorious flower. It is question- able, however, whether the dahlia be- ins to compare with the peony for sheer beauty. There is something abour the dahlia that reminds one of the zinnia, while a great peony recalls a r10se, and between the zinnia and the rose there is no comparison. It is inter- esting to note that the zinnia was named after Dr. Zinn, a German sci- entist, and the dahlia after Dr. Dahl, a Norwegian. Aceratum plants, even petunizs. may be dug up at the first touch of really cold weather and taken into the house, in pots which crowd the roots rether than give them too much space. Grow- ing plants indoors in modern homes is not a3 easy as it was in the old days, when even the homes of the well-to-do had cold rooms. Modern heating dries the air and perhaps it is more a ques- tion of molst air than the room tem- perature. Devices to keep the air moist ought to help in flower growing during Winter in the average home which boasts no conservatory other than a pot or flower box in a window. When vines of all sorts, including the omniprescnt morning-glory, begin to wither, they might as well be re- moved. We have heard that some communities are making the removai of climbing reses compulsory, since they are said to harbor various spores which infest commercial crops. Perhaps this ban might be. extended with benefit to all communities, especially in regard to the common honeysuckles and other climbing vines which are rampant growers, and especially such a restric- tion might go well in cities where small grounds thfow vines of gll types close to dwellings. Luxuriant vine growths, while pleasing in some ways, are in- sanitary. Most owners seem to work up_a positive affection for them and find them as difficult to trim as junior's first curls. * K K % Hibiscus and all other shrubby plants may be allowed to take care of them- selves. This appiles especially to the altheas and the better known shrubs, such as the spireas and all the types of evergreens found in foundation plant- ings around the average home. The hibiscus canes may be left all Winter and cui off next March. Other shrubs are not to be pruned until after bloom- ng. Reseeding of bare spots in the grass may be done advantageously at this time. September is held by some ex- perts to be the ideal time of the year to sow grass sced. Usually in this cli- mate it i3 November or even December before a. serious frost threatens the ne grass. An even easier and better way to fill in bare spots, if they are n ¢ too large, is to get some good sod and tamp it in. The general clean-up of the home grounds is in ordér from now on, es- pecially when falling leaves from the troes tend to clutter up a place. While drifts of leaves may be picturesque. they are untidy, and we believe that the salvation of the average small city or suburban place is néatness. Just as the rooms of a small house always look more disordered, in disorder, than those of a mansion when in a similar state, 50 the untidiness of a small yard, all of which greets the eye of the heholder at once, is far greater than that of an estate, where there is so much to see that even untidiness is lost in the gen- eral effect. Above all, plan for next year at.this time. Many garden mis- takes may be noted at this time which will be overlooked next Spring. OBSERVATIONS WILLIAM WILE. If “Charley” Curtis becomes Vice President on March 4, 1929, it's said to | be in the cards that George Higgins Moses of New Hampshire will succeed him as Republican leader in the Senate. It would be a natural promotion for the New Englander, who is now presi- dent pro tempore of the upper house. Now and then the wise-cracking states- man-editor-diplomat is mentioned as Hoover's prospective Secretary of State. ‘That Moses will be prominent in the netx administration, provided the Re- publican light doesn't go out, is a fair certainty. He may need to b2, with an eye to 1932, when he comes up for re. electfon in his own State. New Ham shire has just turned down the Repub- lican whom Moses backed for the guber- natorial nomination, and there be those Who say he himself may face the skids four years hence. Congress’ and the country would be the losers, if he should ' be retired. * oK ok K to Vermont, surveying flood reconstruc- tion works, it's interesting to narrate a ago. It was the eve of the Kansas City convention. There was still a lingering doubt in many Republican§' minds as to whether “Cal” alter all, might not choose to run. A prominent New Eng- land politician made a special trip to Washington to assure himself on that score at first hand. He was received by the President. He told Mr. Coolid: that the delegation from-———wa$ his for the asking, from the first to the final ballot. The caller said he'd been instructed to lay that fact before the President and elicit an expression of his wishes. “Cal" ndered for the fraction of a half minute. He twirled his horn-rimmed glasses in one of his contemplative gestures, and then drawl- ed, “How are they gstting on with flood restoration in Vermont?” That changed the subject and ended the in- terview. * o ok ok Politicians in and out of Washington Democrats and Republicans alike, are devouring every scrap of information they can get hold of relatinz to Gov. Smith's Western trip. They believe the expedition is destined to make or break “Al" In _the region he's set out to con- quer. The candidate himself is known to lay vast store by the sort of personal impression he makes in the wide open spaces. He will pursue the same tactics the New York delegation at Houston so successfully follow 1. e, to belie all of the notions the wild and woolly countty traditionally has about “Tam- many” and the naughty East in gen- eral. The G. O. P. probably hasn't Any scouts on the Smith train, but they're effectually scattered all along its route. . * ok ok ok Japan's program in China and espe- clally in Manchuria will be put before President Coolidge and Secretary Kel- logg At the end of the month by a dis- tinguished Japanese statesman, Count Uchida. He will arrive in New York on ! September 26 from Paris, where he signed the Kellogg anti-war pact in Nippon’s name. Count Uchida, who en- joys the confidence of Baron Tanaka, the Japanese premier, to a high degree, is one of Japan's enlighteged public men. His sojourn in ‘ashington, which is to last five days, is awaited with lively interest in international quarters here. (Copyright. 1928.) SRS Or for Taking Humans. Prom the Toledo Biade. Slapping at mesan’inee and four times out of fiv y chiticize Noah for not putl screens T e Tl e for planiing next Spring. | Now that President Coolidge Is going | White House episode of three months | Politics at Large ety By G. Gould Lincoln. Gov. Smith, the Democratic nominee | for President, in his speech on the farm problem in Omaha last night, refrained from supporting the equalization fee of ! the McNary-Haugen bill, although he | declared that he favored the “princi- | ples” of that measure. Only a few | months ago in Congress the friends of | the McNary-Haugen bill referred to the | equalization fce as the heart of that | measure, and that if it were cut out the real purpose of the bill would fail. | Gov. Smith went no further than the | Democratic national platform last night. The platform declared for the principle | of applying the cost of handling a sur- plus crop to the producers of that crop. That is what the equalization fee was ‘ilntrndcd to do. So far no one—Gov. | Smith, former Gov. Frank O. Lowden of Illinois or any one else has produced a substitute for the equalization fee. | The New York governor promises to find 1 such & substitute. | P Gov. Smith turned his back on the equalization fee weeks ago in an inter- | view in New York, although Chairman Raskob of the Democratic nationai times given the impression that the Democratic nominee was not adaman- tine in his opposition to the fee plan. Gov. Smith makes the issue with the Republican party. He holds that he is for the principle back of the fee, while he insists the Republican nominee, Mr. Hoover, is against it. Some of the Republican leaders in {the West are asking what good it will do to be for a principle and to oppose the practical means of carrying that | principle into effect. * ok % The Republicans in Massachusetts have nominated B. Loring Young, for- mer Speaker of the House of Represen- | tatives of that State, a Boston lawver, {for the Senate. He will run against | Senator David I. Walsh, Democrat, re- earded by many as invincible. Senator Walsh went down to defeat in 1924, when he ran for re-election against Senator Gillett. Rfllnt out that President Coolidge was eading the Republican national ticket that year, and the momentum of his | great popularity carried over into the senatorial election that year. Senator Walsh, two vears ago, defeated William M. Butler, then Senator under appoint- ment to fill the unexpired term of the latte Senator Lodge, by about 55,000 votes. Young is a young man, although he has been prominent in State politics for some years. He is a vigorous speaker and campaigner. During the recent primary campaign he was under constant attack by Butler Ames, who ran third in the senatorial race yester- day. on the ground that he had been employed by various corporations as a lobbyist to appear before legislative committees and commissions. There is a feeling in Massachusetts that these attacks will not aid Mr. Young in his race for the Senate against Walsh, and that they have furnished the Demo- tion. ‘The third candidate for the Republi- can senatorial nomination was Eben S. Draper, who ran on a wet platform. and ran second. Draper is the son of a former governor of the State. Mr. Ames was a member of the House years lfo. bus retired from politics. The task of beating Senator Walsh apparently was not relished any too well by some of the old Republican leaders in Massa- chusetts and they made no bid for the nomination. The impression todav in Massachusetts is that Senator Walsh will be re-elected. Much will depend, however, upon the strength of the Re~ publican national ticket in the Bay State. X x x ‘The Massachusetts primary figures were giving hope to the Republicans. They showed a far greater vote cast in the Republican contests than in the Democratic. For example, returns from 1,117 precincts out of a total of 1,604 showed approximately 340.000 votes cast for the three Republican sena- torial candidates, as against 135,000 cast for the two candidates for the Democratic nomination for governor. It is quite true that .Gen. Charles H. Cole, the winning candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor, was regarded as practically certain of winning, and that his opponent, John' J. Cummings, was not regarded as strong. This probably had much to do with the small vote in the Democratic rimary. Nevertheless, the Republican eaders are using the Massachusetts figures as an added proof that the Re- publican voters are aroused this year and are going to the polls in great numbers. Coming on top of the show- ing made in Maine's election September 10, the results in Massachusetts yes- terday are given much significance. * % % ¥ Republican defections to Gov. Smith in Philadelphia are giving the leaders in the City of Brotherly Love some con- cern. However, they expect to carry Philadelphia County by a large plurality for Hoover in November. One careful will have perhaps 250,000 votes in Philadelphia, but that Hoover's vote will run to 350,000. Out in the State, except for a few wet spots, the vote will probably be overwhelmingly for | Hoover. Conservative estimates are he | will carry the State by some 400,000 | votes, notwithstanding Democratic claims. President Coolidge carried Pennsylvania four years ago by about 1 900,000 votes over Davis. La Follette, | however, had a considerable vote that year which may go in large part to Smith this yea William _S. Vare. the Republican leader of Philadelphia, is in such poor health that lesser leaders already are struggling for control of the city or- ganization. This is not tending to aid the Republican cause in the city today. | Miss Beatrice Vare, the elder daughter of Mr. Vare, is to take the stump for the Hoover-Curtis ticket, it has been announced by the Republican city com- mittee. * Kok K Now that Gov. Smith has definitely taken the stump, his managers expect him to keep the political pot on the boil until election day. He has proved himself so often a capable campaigner in New York State elections that the Democrats are basing great hopes on his efforts in the national campaign. His first speech in the farm belt of the West, at Omaha, Nebr., was well re- ceived and his au&porterx believe that he made the issue between the Repubii- | cans and the Democrats over the farm problem clear, and in a manner which will draw many disgruntled Republican farmers to the Democratic ticket. The latest report is to the effect that Smith is to swing into the South on his second campaign _trip, following his return from the West. A third trip will take him into the great States of the Middle West, including Illinois, Missouri, In- diana and Ohio in all probability. But the Democratic plans look to a whirl- wind wind-up in the States of the North and East, with Gov. Smith head- ing the last-minute drive. Nct a little depends upon the outcome of the pres- ent Smith trip into the West. If he fails to make a large dent into the Re- publican lead in any of those States his cause will be on the rocks. But Smith is a warrior—"Happy . Warrior,” his friends call him. He will make the most of the present campaign of speaking. Although Mr. Moover, the Republican nominee for President, under the present plan of campaign, is not to miake more than three, or possibly four more, important speeches at strategic points during the remainder of the campaign, the Republicans are sending a whole flock of speakers into the West to meet the arguments of Gov. Smith. Senator Charles Curtis of Kansas, known as a friend of the farmer, is traveling over the West even now, xrlklnl many times a day, declaring that his party will provide a way for the solution of the farm lem. Senator Borah of Idaho, the greatest orator whom the Republicans have, is s00n to get under way, and he too, will committee and other leaders have at| But the Democrats | cratic nominee with plenty of ammuni- | observer there estimates that Smith! —_— ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC ). HASKIN. ‘What do you need to know? Is ther: some point about your business or per- sonal life that puzzles you? Is there osmething you want to know without delay? Submit your question to Frederic J. Haskin, director of our Washington Information Bureau. He is employed to help you. Address your inquiry to The Evening Star Information _Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washing- ton, D. C., and inclose 2 cents in con or stamps for return postage. Q. How many islands are there in Casco Bay, Me.”>—A. C. A There are over 300 islands in Sasco | Bay, many of which have beccme }opu- lar Summer resorts. Q. Are deaf-mutes usually self-sup~ porting?-—H. H. A. In 1920 there were 31,230 10 years of age or over. Of these, 18,552 were {not gainfully employed. Q. How many people can the earth ! support?—N. 8. 8. s | A. Act to a noted German geographer, the earth as a whole can fsupport a population of at least five | times its present number. Europe is considered to be 80 per cent full. Africa and Australia offer the greatest possi- l;:xlll'lns in the way of increased popula- on, Q. Please cite statistics which indi- cate the growth of the United States Air Mail in the last 10 years.—V. M. A. On January 1, 1918, there were 218 miles of air mail routes with 2 station stops. On August 15, 1928, there were 11.764 miles of air mail routes with 91 station stops. Q. What State has the largest en- rollment in public kindergartens?— P.O. N. A. The latest available figures indi- cate that New York leads with an en- roliment of 96,476; Michigan is second, with 81,678, Q. What is the explanation for the feeling one has that he has found himself in the same situation before, or that he has seen the same thing before, when reason tells him it could not be true?—P. L. C. A. Dr. W. A. White, superintendent of St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Washing- ton, D. C., says that paramnesia is a common experience, and, briefly ex- plained, the reaction depends upon a little trick of the mind manifested by a momentary loss of a sense of time and space. The individual enters into an_experience or a situation, obtains a fleeting impression of this situation, then the attention is momentarily at- tracted to something else. The period of time may be almost infinitesimal. Then upon the return of the attention ,to the original situation this lapse of time is lost to the individual and the period between the two experiences seems cccasionally to expand inlo a long period, even into the remote past. Another explanation, which is baséd on more recent psychological investiga- tions, holds that one's unconscious mind sees much more than the atten- tive conscious one and that a situation, | even to its details, may be taken in | without paying direct conscious atten- at work on the situation the experierce seems to have been experienced before. Here, again, the lapse of time between the two impressions may be greatly overestimated and expanded. Q. In medieval times was there a standard method of bookkeeping and of banking?>—L. H. P. A. The methods used in Venice were regarded as standard and were copied throughcut the world of commerce. Q. Compared with the Mayflower, how large were the American chpper ships?>—R. E. A. Some of our ‘ckpper ships were 15 times the size of the Mayflower. Their gross register was from 2,000 to 3,000 tons. Q. Who was Ellen Terry's third hus- band?—E. L. A. He was James Carew. born in Goshen, Ind. His real name was Usselman. He took the name of Carew when he married and went to London to live. Por years he was Fllen Terry's leading man. Q. Where is Almain?>—G. M. A. This is an archaic name for Ger- many, derived probably from the French name for the country, “Allemagne.” Q. What is the motto of the city of London?—N. T. A. The motto of London is “Lord, di~ rect us.” Q. How many Americans were Kkilled in the World War and how many were gu;‘m;ld from France for burial?— A. The Department of War says that in the World War 36931 men were killed in action: 13.673 mén_died of wounds received in action. The total number of American deaths from all causes in the World War numbered ap- proximately 120.000. ‘There were 46.292 bodies of American soldiers re- turned from France to the United States for burial. There were 605 bodies sent from France to other Euror pean countries for burial. There were 30,718 men buried in Europe. This figure includes those buried in France, England and Belgium. The number of World War dead returned to the United States and reinterred in Arlington Cemetery upon request of relatives is about 5.250. This number does not in- clude veterans who died in this country during the war. Q. Does the Handbook for Boys used by éhr Boy Scouts have a large sale?— E. . M. A. A new edition was published in 1927 and by the end of 1927 nearly half a million copies had been sold. Q. Are knitted sports suits to be worn again this Fall?—C. E. A. Three and four piece knitted out- fits are considered very smart for Fall wear. Q. Was Walter Johnson's pitched ball ever timed?—E. H. A. A. Walter Johnson says that the only time his pitching of a base ball ‘lnon to it. Then a moment laler when the faculties of the conscious mind are was timed was in either 1913 or 1914, when it was timed as 122 feet a second. The unpleasant odor of secrecy that surrounded the alleged Anglo-French naval pact was sufficient to make the failure of this proposed aliance a wel- come disaster from the standpoint of most American commentators. Some chose to see in it an innocuous prelude to further disarmament and scout at the fears it raised. “If one were to judge by the outcries and alarms, the thing was dark and sinister throughout,” says the New York ‘Times, which, however, finds it hard to understand “how these suspicions and fears could have persisted in England after the public and official statement | which Lord Cushendun made to the council of the League of Nations at Geneva on August 30." The Times points out that Lord Cushendun, “in the most positive way, swept aside the mass of rumor and protest which has been thrown up about the so-calied mystery.” ‘The Kalamazoo Gazette feels that “it is difficult to say whether the abandon- ment of the reported ‘understanding’ should be welcomed or deplored by the outside world. What information was available regarding the agreement at the time of its announcement by Sir Austen Chamberlain,” continues that paper, “indicated that the compact was going to mark the end of the long and seemingly hopeless differences between France and Great Britain over the question of a mode of procedure for naval arms reduction. * * * We may only hope that London and Paris will yet be able to reach some common basis of negotiation which will not prove offensive to the United States.” “Some Americans who had studied the naval problem with a broad per- spective,” according to the Springfield Republican, “were not disposed to worry over the Anglo-French agreement, but rather to feel that a coming together of Great Britain and France might, in the end, he helpful to a new naval treaty, since it was the disagreement of thoss two ' powers which partially frustrated the Washington Naval Conference in 1921-1922." * ok ok % Notwithstanding these views, the Bal- timore Evening Sun holds that, “how- ever innocuous it may be, the agreement has served to raise an atmosphere of suspicion at the very moment when the Kellogg treaty was endeavoring to pro- nounce a spirit of peace and good will.” ‘The New Orleans Item also thinks that “when friends on all hands are sup- posed to be conferring for peace as against war, it is best for the world that international understandings in this field should be understood by every- body.” and that “England and France were not the only ones concerned in this secret agreement.” ‘ “Perhaps the most important thing that has brought London and Paris to a decision to scrap the agreement.” it is suggested by the Buffalo Evening News, “is the intimation that the plan is not agreeable to Washington. * * * Let it be hoped that this venture will mark the end of secret diplomacy. If the tentative engagement had to do only with disarmament, - there could be no possible reason for secrecy. The habit of concealment with regard to engage- ments of one power with another is highly dangerous. From it came the catastrophe of 1914.” The Minneapolis Tribune believes that “a blunder was committed,” and that the incidents “fos- ter the suspicion that the agreement must have been poorlv planned,” while it expresses the hope that “the result of the episode will convince the Europcan rei)ly to Ger. Smith and attack the 'Anglo-French Pact Failure Produces Much Satisfaction foreign offices that the day of old- ioned s.cret dipiomacy is about over. * ok ok % “The agreement is not in keeping with the spirit that should dominate organ- ized world society,” declares the Taronto Daily Star, with the further cor nt: “It owes its origin to suspicions and ri- valries and reliance on force. It lowers Britain in the eyes of other nations. It is regarded by the United States as a breacn of faith. But worst of all, per- haps, it commits Britain and, infereh- tially, the empire to a foreign policy that has not received the approval of Parliament, if, indeed, it has the ap- proval of the British cabinet.” * K * % “The more that the world hears anc sces of open diplomacy, the more it i attracted to the idea,” states the Mont- gomery Advertiser, which reviews th~ lorces al work in the present instance: “It is believed’ that Chamberlain's in- tentions were good, that he did not con- sider his actions aimed at any other power. Nevertheless, Italy objected an the United States Government hinted broadly that it, too, would object. Pub- lic opinion in Great Britain was dis- turbed and it compelled Baldwin to put his foot down.” Assuming that the French and British views “ran contrary to the demand of American naval experts,” the Des Moines Register suggests: “Probably that is what has caused the American Government to study and study and study the treaty, without ever indicating its approval, all this delay suggesting in- evitably that the American Government did not approve. * * * We can be reasonably sure that Kellogg didn't frown sedly at England and spend all hu‘ume in Ireland for no purpose but rest.” “American caution in commitment has been well advised.” asserts the Indian- apolis News, referring especially to “‘Great Britain’s cruiser views,” anc¢ adding: “The British have been anxious to limii the tonnage of this type of ship to 6,000 for each unit, whereas the United States has insisted on a maxi- mum of 10,000. Our position has been that, zince we had relatively few naval bases compared with Great Britain, larger craft were necessary to insure a cruising radius adequate for American national defense.” T eath of the tentative ‘compro- clons aroused and voiced in the United States, and, second, to political attacks at home upon a government which should so bungle an important diplo- matic ractter. But the most interesting British ccmment has been that, even if this naval accord has been signed, sealed and deiivered, it would not have been worth the paper it was written on. This is probably true. England would be in no mood to stand for anything tike & naval alifance with France.” UNITED STATES N WORLD WAR Ten Years Ago Today. American artillery continues to ex- cite the enthusiasm of every war ob- server. Roads whith were under Amer- ican fire while in German possession evidence the deadly accuracy of our gunners. They have been packed squarely in the middle in almost a straight line for distances as great as three-quarters of a mile. * * '+ The allied pincers are closing in on St. Quentin. To the northwest of St. Quentin the British capture Lompire and Gauche Wood and defeat crack Alpine troops sent against them. The French gain to the south and enter s;on!ucoun after an all-night battle. stand of the New York governor on prohibition. 3 * X % % Mr. Hoover has just returned to Washington from a campaign trip through northern New Jersey. There are signs that he liked his experience in Jersey, strenuous as it was. And so well did the Republican candidate impress the people of New Jersey that other excursions of the same kind may be undertaken. There is no doubt that the candidate makes a good impression traveling about the country as he did in New Jersey. He gets closer to the people aimost rubbing shoulders with him an® erocing the impression which his enemies seel cold, impersopal engineer, to give that he is a ! Three * * The Germans launched & formidable counterattack north of Moeuvres and against Havrincourt, fol- lowing a tremendous bombardment. The enemy were able to get into some of the British advanced positions, but at.a tragic loss of life, the dead piled everywhere. * * * Peace demon- strations, attended by thousands, are held today in Essen. Cologne and.many towns in Saxony. Hertling talks of an early armistice, and Hindenburg buoys up his troops and tells.them they must glh} on while waiting for ace, * More allies join in the Bul- garian drive. Serbians and Fren: capture 44 villages and 50 guns. * * * hundred and seventeen names €8 casualty list given out today. 4 |