Evening Star Newspaper, September 28, 1928, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C FRIDAY.....September 28, 1928 THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office: 1th ng Pennsylvamia Ave. New York Office: 110 East 42nd St Chicago Office: Tower Bullding. Suropean Office; 14 Regent 8., Londcn. Engl Rate by Carrier Within the City. Toe Evenine Star, L, 46 ver month % Elening and Sun T); -r'gn fl‘ svndayg! 5 m"m per month o Evening and Sun Ihen 5 Sundays) 65¢ per month The Sunday Star . 5c_per copy Collection made at the en of such month Orders may be sent In by mall or telephone Main 3000 Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virgi Daily and Sunday....1 yr. $10 Dails onls . 1 yr Bunday only . All Other States and Canada. 2 5r. $12.00; 1 Dagly and Sunday. 3 35 *sgo0; 1 mo. % D ity il e #5001 1 mo.l S0 lember of the Associated Press. e socred Prem i Sxelpl piies to the use for repul c:\ R Iso the iocal nt Py Fients of publication of re also reserved. patchies credited to it or not fted in this D blished herein. Duetial ditpaiches herein Senator Phipps’ Desire. There will be no concurrence what- ever on the part of the District in Sen- ator Phipps’ desire to be relieved of his signment as chairman of the Senate subcommittee on District appropria- tions, which he has expressed upon ar- rival in Washington from his Euro- pean trip. On the contrary, there is 8 most positive desire and hope in the Capital that the Senator from Colorado will continue at the head of that sub- comemittee, and Will, as he, of course, would in that position, maintain fur- ther his endeavor to obtain fiscal jus- tice for the District. It has been through Senator Phipps’ efforts that Washington’s case for fiscal equity has| been kept alive in Congress. He has thoroughly famillarized himself with its detafls, and has fully grasped the equity of the District’s eontention for appropriations upon 2 definite ratio basis, He has fought vigorously and unfalteringly for this principle. At the same time it has been due to him that a just treatment of the District's sur- plus has been provided for by Congress. Had it not been for him there would probably have been no resistance to the arbitrary domination of the House on this ouestion on the part of the Sen- ate, and it was through his active and intelligent leadership that the upper house gave a two-thirds vote in favor of the fixed ratio principle at the last session, yielding only in the final hour to prevent the complete failure of the appropriations bill. Although as the record stands these efforts for fiscal equity for the Na- tional Capital community have not succeeded. there is no reason for dis- couragement. On the contrary, Sena- tor Phipps himself notes signs of hope. He says, referring to data regarding municipal taxation here and elsewhere, crown. Acclaimed as the heart and soul of the Mexican revolution, he yet pre- ferred to make way for a man whose laurels have been achieved exclusively in the paths of education, jurisprudence and peace. Turbulent and incalculsble Mexico has ridden the storm that flared up with menacing suddenness when Obre- {gon was dispatel- ' She has brought about a change ¢’ ~)vernment with a promptness and a ¢:corum that may well stand as an example for free peo- ples everywhere. For us of America, who so long have craved the arrival of conditions conducive to economic and political stability across the Rio Grande, President-designate Gil's accession to authority is an augury of good hope. His administration will be observed in the United States with sympathetic in- terest and boundless wishes for its sue- cess. Will Smith Accept the Fee? Gov. Smith, speaking in St. Paul to the farmers of the Northwest, last night reiterated his fatth in the principle of the McNary-Haugen farm aid bill, which would assess the cost of distrib- futing surplus crops against the pro- ducers of these crops. He mentioned the “equalization fee” method of car- rving this principle into practice, but without pledging himself to that meth- od. The implication of his remarks on the farm problem is that he is secking for a better method than the equalization fee. And apparently he is still seeking. There was no concrete suggestion that he or any one else has found another method than the fee plan. Whatever the farmers think or know of the equalization fee —and there is much confusion in regard to what they do think and know of this plan—there is not the slightest doubt that many of the business men of the country regard the plan as unworkable and unconstitutional. The votes and the support of the business elements in this country are no slight matter. Gov. Smith in his speeches has not yet sald whether he would or would not accept a bill from Congress which contained the equalization fee method of carrying into effect the principle of the McNary-Haugen bill, & principle for which he has declared. He took much comfort last night from the comment of Senator Norris of Nebraska, progressive Republican, on his Omaha farm speech. The governor quoted Senator Norris at some length, and then said himself: “He (Senator Nor- ris) sees and understands that the equalization fee is but one method to make effective the principle (of the McNary-Haugen bilD).” Gov. Smith insists that he is per- fectly willing to discuss any public question and to give his stand on it. He could easily say whether or no he would accept the equalization fee, in one of his formal speeches to the country. But so far he has said only that he is seeking for a better method. Suppose no better method is to be found by Gov. Smith and his advisers. now being collected by efficiency ex- perts of the Government: “Unless I miss my guess, it will lead to some change in sentiment on the question in Congress; T belleve it will show that the citizens here are taxed as high, rel- stively, as those enjoying similar con- veniences in other comparable locali- tles.” ‘With this prospect of & change seniiment and a showing of trict’s equitable needs it would plorable for Senator Phipps, wealth of knowledge of District fiscal affairs and his ardor of belief in the righteousness of the District’s cause, leave the fight by seeking or accepting assignment to other duty on the ap- propriations committee of the Senate. The District hopes that he is enlisted in this service “for the duration of the war,” which is to say, until the fight has been won and the District’s fiscal relations with the Government are re- stored to the basis of the substantive law which still prevails, though now disregarded. The desire of the District that Sena- tor Phipps continue in this service is expressed in terms of appreciation of what he has accomplished, even though 1t nas been impossible to gain the most important object of these endeavors. In the framing of the District bills which have been enacted through the period of his chairmanship much has in de- tail been accomplished in recognition of the Capital’s requirements in a gen- erous spirit. While deeply sympathetic with his sense of fatigue in the pursuit of an elusive objective, the people of Washington still plead with him to carry on in their behalf with undimin- ished interest and determination. e A style that has smash and appeal enables Mabel Willebrandt to assert herself as a sort of campaign “colum- nist” who defies managing editors. R Mexico's New President. Mexico has given the world a pledge of its desire to supplant the rule of the bullet with the sway of the ballot. She has turned her back on the semi- militaristic terrorism which prevailed throughout the storm and stress of the Obregon-Calles administrations, and installed as provisional President a cul- tured civilian. Senor Portes Gil, who has just been selected by the Mexican Congress to take office on December 1 and to hold it until the election of a full-term President in November, 1929, is a lawyer by profession. He is translated by vote of the Congress from the Supreme Court bench in Sonora to the executive mansion at Mexico City. Previously Senor Gil was governor of the state of Tamaulipas. A man of distinguished abilities he certainly must be, for all these honors have come to him early, finding him today only at the age of thirty-seven. The significance of Senor Gil's tempo- rary succession to the presidency lies in the circumstance that it was easily within the power of Senor Calles to succeed himself. When the late Gen. Obregon fell at the hands of an as- gassin, on the eve of his own re-entry into the chief magistracy of Mexico, there was an almost violent demand that the fron hand of retribution should be invoked against the forces of revolution by the perpetuation of Senor Calles in effice. An act amending the Mexican consti- tution would have been required. But the temper of the nation was such that 4t could undoubtedly have been accom- lished. Senor Calles put awaf’ the g What then? Will he accept the equali- zation fee, or let the “principle” of the McNary-Haugen bill rest in peace? The New York World has asserted that it has no doubt that Gov. Smith will accept the fee plan if it comes to him in a bill from Con- gress. It has gone so far as to say that it will stand aside and make no attempt to block this legislation, al- it does not believe in the fee Surely the World could go no further in its efforts to win votes for Gov. Smith. But Gov. Smith and his advisers complain that his critics are wide of the point in discussing his attitude on the farm problem. He insists upon dif- ferentiating between the principle of the McNary-Haugen bill and the equal- ization fee machinery for carrying the principle into effect. It was the fee plan which led the President to declare the bill unworkable and unconstitution- al. Is Gov. Smith going to accept the equalization fee or is he not? The ‘World says he is. He certainly can speak for himself. Gov. Smith attacks the Republican administration repeatedly because it has failed to put through a farm aid bill. ‘The fact of the matter, as pointed out by Senator Curtis, is that many bills looking to farm aid have been put through Congress under Republican guidance. It is also a fact that a bill creating a Federal farm board, with a revolving fund to use in the handling of surplus crops, could have passed Congress and won the approval of the President had it not been for the per- sistent opposition of those who be- lieved that the farm issue should be kept alive for political reasons, and that includes both republicans and Democrats. e e Some of the Democratic talks, refer- ring to the manner in which Gov. Al Smith has ovar-topped his ticket in New York, sound as if Republican votes were relied on for his election to the presi- dency. Another Prohibition Outrage. Strongly reminiscent of the Jacob Hanson case last Summer, when this prominent business man of Niagara Falls was fatally shot by ununiformed Coast Guardsmen when he failed t) stop at their command ‘on a lonely country road, is the wounding yestei- day of a twenty-two-year-old girl nea~ Lorain, Ohio, by dry agents, presumably without uniforms, when her father and a party of friends, believing that & hold-up was being attempted, refused to stop their automobile. The young woman was rushed to a hospital, where it was found that the bullet had entered the back of her neck and she was saii to be in a serlous condition. The three dry agents, who fired without justification or probable cause upon an automobile containing women and chil- dren, have been suspended. Country-wide indignation was arouscd by the case of Mr. Hanson, who was shot in the head and blinded. Three months later he died from the effects of the wound. No less indignation wili probably be the result of this latest case of attempted murder. The girl, Miss Betty Heywood; her father and Charles Edwards, his wife and baby were in the Heywood car when the shooting took place. The enforcement officers are alleged to have appeared at a bridge approach and ordered the car to stop. Believing it to be a hold-up. . Mr. Edwards, who was driving, In- creased his speed. A rattle of bullets THE EVENING STAR, ‘v‘Z'ASHL\'GTO,\'. 1% &, FRIDAY, SEUET EMBER 28, 1928 followed and the girl slumped in her seat. The enforcement officers who partici- pated in both of these outrages should be treated as ordinary criminals. They have prostituted the authority whicn they were given and have dealt the cause of justice a staggering blow. Even if both the Hanson and the Heywood cars were transporting liquor, which they were not, it did not constitute the commission of a felony, which would furnish the only possible excuse for the drastic method employed by th dry agents to stop them. It has often been said that a men- tally illequipped person is more dan- gerous to society with the law behind him than against him. These two cases have assuredly proved the truth of the statement. One of the funda- mentals of a policeman's knowledge should be the proper use of the weapons which the law allows him to carry. If this simple regulation is too complicat- ed for his understanding he should never be given the shield which desig- nates him as’a guardian of society. It is high time that the prohibition enforcement agencies, both local and national, should secure a competent and uniformed personnel to carry on the work. No sane person, especially at night, will stop at the command ot men attired as civilians. It has beea done too often with fatal results to the motorist. The Government or thz State or the city can no longer afford to place itself in the position of con- doning such affairs as the shooting of Hanson and Miss Heywood, or even of making possible, by lack of uniforms and competent enforcement officers such outrages. Reform is needed and at once. rat—e Every efficlency expert knows that the untrammeled efforts of individual- fsm must sometimes be utilized. The personally conducted campaign of Mrs. ‘Willebrandt can scarcely fail to have its influence. R Many New York theater men are en- thusiastically for Gov. Al Smith. It is but natural for the stage-trained mind to hold a certain admiration for the man who knows how to hold his own before any kind of audience. —— The election in Maine was an em- phatic Republican declaration. Never- theless Democrats continue to assume that there is hope. —ees Chicago gunmen send flowers to the funeral of a pal. A lover of flowers, however sincere, may doubt the desir: bility of earning them at so much risk. — et Students of prohibition are still led to think that the political donkey has more of a kick in him than the elephant. e Every community is eager to hear the presidential candidates. In order to ac- commodate everybody the speaking should have started back in June. — vt European politicians are still inclined, in their deliberations, to transplant this country's favorite slogan, “See America First.” R Explorations by airship are expensive. The chief of a sky expedition must be a financier as well as a flyer. B ) Human nature is seldom perfect. This is one of the facts that make it difficult to secure an ideal police force. r—ors Many a voice now overtaxed will get a four-year rest after November 6. ——— st SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Relief. The Campaign Speaker comes along, With methods brisk and breezy. This world again is going strong And everything seems easy. He solves the problems in an hour Which have for years been vexing, And baffles predatory power ‘Which might have proved perplexing. |was supposed to hanker. And so, with comfort, we attend Each generous oration, Thankful to one who can extend An hour of relaxation. Fine Art of Heckling. “I was glad to observe that you were in no way annoyed by that man who heckled.” “He is what I call a good heckler,” answered Senator Sorghum. “I carry him with the campaign company.” “He is a friend?” “More. A faithful servitor. I tell him exactly what to say when he heckles, and then we put our heads together to determine how I shall reply with a stroke of smashing repartee.” Pursuit of the Mysterious. I've sought the fortune-teller’s skill. I've dabbled in astrology. And now, to get the latest thrill, I'm fooling with psychology. ‘Though theories appear to be Sometimes remote from sensible, Our greatest human joy we see In things incomprehensible. Jud Tunkins says the musical was a success except for the fact that the ice-creom freezer broke down and the plano tuner failed to show up. Bright Lights. “Are you attracted by the bright lights of the city?” “No,” answered Mr. Chuggins. “What I most enjoy is a finely illuminated fill- ing station on a country road.” " sald Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, often only a creature of your own imagination.” Sad Reality. A wood in Autumn’s bright array. A brook that sparkles on its way. A scene with outdoor Nature's call— And just a picture on the wall. “Dem dat don’t study,” said Uncle Eben, “may manage to have de biggest say. At a camp meetin' de shoutin’ is allus louder dan de singin’ o We Hope Not. Prom the New York Evening Post. A Bohemian student at Neo-bydsovo ate 101 dumplings, or “zwetchenknoe- del,” at one sitting. It is to be hoped that he doesn’t have to eat his words. ——————tp e Over the Back Fence. From the New York Sun. Add prominent victims of the whis- g;flnu campaign: John J. McGraw and §esd Mornsby, b | of Teapot Dome, power trust, fa 1t used to be that housewives had one | grand Spring “house cleaning,” but now they take it in easy stages, one in the Spring and one in the Fall just before the furnace is started. Perhaps the ladies will resent thati | | word “casy,” but we hope not, for it is meant in the best of spirit, and only | in comparison with the old-fashioned house-wrecking process that was the despair of every male person whomso- ever. Modern days, modern ways. No more is the house completely upset, so that the masculine portion of the married team is forced to seek refuge at the office from clouds of dust and furniture sitting in the most unsuspected places. All that—at least, most of it—has been changed by the advent of the vacuum cleaner, which enables a wom- an to keep a home clean with about | one-tenth the fuss of the old-time broom. Brooms still hold an honored place in the household. They come in handy in even the most modern house, doing jobs that no fancy electric contraption can possibly perform. You cannot shunt a cat off the back steps with a vacuum sweeper, Cats laugh at them. But let the business end of a good broom be applied with force to the cat’s posterior, the animal is glad to escape down the | steps as fast as he can. ok ok The Autumn housecleaning is upon | the city. Everywhere now the admirer of the | feminine portion of humanity will see ladies with their heads tied up in towels ambling in and out doors bearing huge masses of clothing to save them from the ravages of that Biblical insect, the moth, whose abiljty to select the very garment one most prizes is almost human. Moths never seem to go in for old clothes, but usually choose new ones, the more exp-nsive the better they like them. The old propaganda about their only tackling cloth on which food has been spilled is regarded with suspicion by the average housewife. She knows that these ubiquitous insects will be found on anything that is nice and woolly. Brand-new sweaters, which have not a drop of grease upon them, are especially prized by moths. So long lines of clothes will be seen waving in the crisp breeze on sunny afternoons. Overcoats, sweaters, wool dresses evening clothes, coats of all descriptions are suspended by hangers, the hangers being anchored to the clothesline by that magic instrument of womankind, the clothespin. The clothespin is as old as humanity. The Romans had them, and the Greek. too. and they looked much like the clothespins of today—the pins, not the Romans and the Greeks. When the clothespin was invented there were no patent laws, so that the inventor of this household necessity went without his reward. If this device had been put on the market today, the clever man who first thought it would be a millionaire overnight. He would sce his royalty checks waving in every breeze | that shook a clothesline. How many million miles of clothesline are stretched out in American yards every Monday? It would b2 an interest- ing computation, perhaps not so difficult to arrive at as might scem at first thought. But then no one can be sure | of what will be done with a clothesline Sometimes little Johnny uses it for a lasso, or the old man demands it to tie up the family trunk when vacation is the order of the day. Sometimes it is even used as a leash for Fido. * K Xk Now the slip covers must come off furniture. Slip covers are one of the especial hobbies of women. There are many such hobbies, but this is one of the most virulent. There is no house- wife anywhere who does not pine for a set of slip covers, as they call them, to WASHINGTON THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. slip over the overstuffed living room furniture. It is a craze among house- wives. We knew one once who even had one made for the phonograph, and put it on the first of June and left it on until September 1, so that there was | no music in that home for three months. Most men regard slip covers with suspi- cion, as merely nuisances to creep up the back of the sofa and get wrinkled. The curious thing about slip covers is that the housewife doesn't want one to sit on them, although that was the very thing they were made for. Mr. and Mrs. Jones, for instance, call upon Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Mrs. Smith has just recently become the proud pos- sessor of some very snappy slip covers, all done in linen plastered over with neat bluebirds at intervals. Mrs. Smith was very careful to insist there should be a bluebird looking out from the exact center of every seat. Thus there are three bluebirds on the seat and three more on the back. When happy Mr. Jones, who pos- sesses a very good opinion of Mrs. Smith, enters the room, the very first thing he does is to make a dive for the big sofa, and plump himself down squarely on oné of those bluebirds. Mrs. Smith smiles delightedly, but Mrs. Jones knows that she is thinking about her slip covers. Finally, the worthy hostess can stand it no longer, as she watches Jones twist around. “Don't you think you would be more comfort- able in this chair?” she asks him. “ON, no!” roars Jones heartily. “I am periectly comfortable, thank you.” Mrs. Jones gives him a look, but it passes | clear over his head. She knows that Mrs. Smith wanis to get Jones off the slip covers, but doesn’t want to ask him point blank, of course. After a few minutes have passed, Mrs. Smith tries it again. “Oh, Mr. Jones, you don't look comfortable there,” she gleefully says, giving Jones her best smile, combined with her famous up- ward look, which has always won Jones' approval, much to the disgust of his good wife. “I am sure you will be more comfortable over here,” chortles Mrs. Smith. “This is perfect,” says Jones, without budging. And there he Stays for the remainder of the evening. Such are the trials of a housewife. * ok ok K After the slip covers come off, dra- peries and curtains go back up again. There was once a time in Washing- ton when every household took down these decorative materials at the first touch of Spring, but modernity has made that a bit old-fashioned, along ! with music boxes, witch hazel and peppermint sticks. Many homes to- day refuse to budge the draperies, leaving them up all Summer long, only to be taken down, cleaned and put right back again at this time of year. Then there is the matter of the rugs. Formerly practically every home in- dulged in the pleasant practice of send- ing the rugs away to be stored for the heated spell. Now many keep the Oricntals and Wiltons down the year around, only sending them away at stated intervals for a thorough clean- ing. Despite open doors and windows, rugs and draperies and wall paper: show much less dirt in Summer than in Wwinter, when ash dust from the furnace tends to filter into everything. Nor is the basement overlooked. This repository of old boxes, newspapers. bottles, paint cans and sundries of every description comes in for a thor- ough overhauling. Looking at the place, the housewife thinks to herself that “every last thing,” as she says, can and must be thrown away; but when she starts the task of “ridding out” she feels that “maybe she had better keep that, after all;" so that when the job is completed the basement is just about as full as ever. Basements everywhere thus continue to harbor old boxes, newspapers, bottles, magazines, paint cans” and sundries of every, descrip- tion: OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, who has set every feather of the Democratic rooster to bristling with indignation will leave public life after March 1920, She will have completed roundly eight years as Assistant Attorney Gen- eral of the United States. President Harding appointed her exactly seven years ago yesterday, on September 27, 1921. Mrs. Willebrandt intends to re- enter private law practice. Her deci- sion disposes in advance of the threat made by her 1928 campaign enemies, namely, that if Hoover were to become President and appoint the G. O. P. Joan of Arc to another Federal office, the Senate would refuse to confirm her. A United States judgeship in _California is the job for which Mrs. Willebrandt Her friends declare she long ago determined to hang out her own shingle again. Be- couse of her inside experience at the Department of Justice, she has been the recipient of seductive partnership offers from metropolitan law firms. Once Mrs. Willebrandt was a political protege of Senator Hiram Johnson, but for a long time he hasn't even been a brother to her. The most-talked-about woman in the country is still a year this side of 40. * ok K K The woods are full of amateur strategists with sure-fire schemes for electing Hoover and defeating Smith, and vice versa. One of the bright ideas suggested to the Republican nominee contemplates his capture of the Irish, German and Italian votes of New York City—Al Smith's stronghold—at a swoop. The patentee of this particular brain-wave would have Hoover devote his October speech on Manhattan Island to a hell-bent-for-leather naval and merchant marine program. Such a speech, 'tis said, would serve two pur- poses. It would constitute “Herb's” red- looded reply to the secret Anglo- French naval agreement, provided he took his courage in both hands by branding it as a decp-laid plot against Germany and Italy. That would insure Hoover the vast German and Italian vote of New York. In the second place, such a blast would be a direct slap at John Bull. That would twist the Bri ish Hon's tail, tickle the New York Ir and knock Hoover’s alleged pro-English sympathies into a cocked hat! * oK kK No less Ingenious a device for paving Gov. Smith's route to the White House emanates from a resourceful Democrat. It's his notion that “Al” should “smoke Hcover out” and come right down here to Washington for the purpose. In short, this Napoleon of politics pro- poses, the governor should challenge th> Republican candidate to a joint debate at the very seat of Federal government, and insist on a face-to-face dis which Smith is now trying to hang on Hoover personally. The originator of this plan lief and all the other issues doesn’t think it would pan out. But he’s convinced that even an unaccepied challenge would redound “psychologi- cally” to Smith's benefit. ERE It isn't only the famed Royal North- west Mounted Police of Canada that “always get their man.” Along comes the Bureau of Investigation of the De- partment of Justice with the dramatic,| announcement that Bertram Dyer, a fugitive for more than 10 years, has finally been apprehended at San Fran- cisco. His capture js the climax of a chase which has persisted since Feb- ruary, 1918, when Dyer was “wanted” for cashing fraudulent Government pay checks. At the time he was employed in the fisheries division of the Depart- ment of Commerce at Springville, Utah. Living under many aliases in different parts of the country, Dyer for a while was a student at Dartmouth College and later taught chemistry and Spanish in Massachusetts public scho Several bigamous marriages also are alleged against him. Nabbed early in Septem- ber for embezzlement in Salt Lake City, Dyer is ready to plead guilty and take the medicine Uncle Sam has ready for him. There's a Hoover—J. Edgar—in charge of the Sherlock Holmes branch of the Justice Department nowadays, one of the keenest young minds in the Federal service. * K K % F. M. Russell, a former Iowa news- paper man, who is one of Secretary Jar- dine’s assistants at the Department of Agriculture, functioned as, pinch-hitter for Mr. Coolidge under amusing circum- | stances the other day. There arrived at the department by express, at the out- set of “National Grape Weck,” a crate of grapes addressed: “The President of the United States, care of the Depart- ment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.” Having duly delivered it at that address, the expressman insisted upon a corre- sponding signature in his receipt book. Obliging| and unabashed, ~Russell wrote: “Tho President of the United States, F. M. Russell.” The Iowan's nickname is “Scoop.” He admits he never scored a bigger one than the serawl that flabbergasted a certain ex- pressman. * koK X ‘Washingtonians, as well as visiting motorists, for whom life nowadays is & detouring burden, may take heart of grace from the prospect that by the end of 1929 the city is destined to be the best paved capital in the world. The extensive resurfacing operations now in progress have that end in view. Cessa-| tion of construction during the war and | Coolidge economy meantime combined | to let Washington's streets fall into a cad state of disrepair. Approximately 80 miles of asphalt streets more than 30 years old needed to have their faces lifted. Congress granted the initial ap- propriation and the money {5 now being spent. Thus far, 123 asphalt streets have been, or are being, put in first- class condition. Many have been widened and 84 provided with entirely new roadways. About 70 streets are scheduled for new pavement or resur- facing next year. One asphalt street, Vermont avenue, is 49 years old and still giving good service. ! * ok ok K Setsu Matsudaira, Japan's imperial bride, who today was married to Prince Chichibu, heir to the Mikado's throne, Teceived an affectionate congratulatory | cablegram from her former teacher and schoolmates at Friends School in Wash- ington. She was graduated there last June. Here's a tribute paid to her by Dr. Sidwell, headmaster of the school, in an address apropos Setsu's wedding: The Japanese people have been very exclusive. They have much that is “remarkable and commendable. Those of you who assoclated with Setsu_and had an opportunity to know her during the past three years abserved certain characteristics which are striking among the Jap- anese—a rescrve, a great capacity for enduring work, a persistency in com- pleting a task in a most satisfactory way, a courtesy most refreshing and manners that were charming. All of these qualities won for her the re- spect, admiration and friendship of everybody. The school's cablegram to Setsu ended up: “Please come back to see us.” (Copyright. 1928.) —ve— The Only Thing. From the Ashland (Ky.) Daily Independent. Apparently the only thing over which there is no dispute these days is tle multiplication table. ——— Rat Smelled. i greater efforts by the youthful Ameri- From the Louisville Times. Even‘ually we may discover that the embalmers’ lobby keg\\ grade crossings on the map, " PHILOSOPHIES BY GLENN FRANK A reader of this column, who had heard that I have managed to read virtually a book a day for the last 15 years despite a rather crowded schedule ! of work, writes to ask some advice on the art of reading good books. Some day I shall try to set down an analysis of the habits I have more or less unconsciously developed as I have followed a natural love of reading, but today I want to pass on the advice given by the late Lord Morley. “Knowledge is worth little,” said Mor- | ley, “until you have made it so perfectly ! your own as to be capable of reproduc- | ing it in precise and definite form. Goethe said that in the end we only | retain of our studies, after all, what we | practically employ of them. * * * No- body can be sure that he has got clear ideas on a subject unless he has tried to put them down on a piece of paper in independent words of his own. It is an excellent plan, therefore, when you | have read a good book, to sit down and write a short abstract of what you can remember of it.” This is also an excellent method of arriving at a clear judgment of the worth of the ideas in a book. I once asked James Harvey Robin- son, as I met him at a dinner party, what he had been doing lately that in- terested him. “Oh, today,” he said, “I've been trying to see whether'I could put all of George Santayana's book on ‘Skepticism and Ar.l;nal Faith’ on the back of a post card.” ‘When you do that to a book you have to strip it to the bone, and its reality or unreality stands naked before you. One other suggestion of Morley’s is | important. i “It's almost always worth while,” he sald, “to read a thing twice over to make sure that nothing has been missed | or dropped on the way or wrongly con- ceived or interpreted. And if the sub- ject be serious, it is often well to let an interval lapse. Ideas, relation, state- | ments of fact, are not to be taken by storm. We have to steep them in the | mind, in the hope of thus extracting | their inmost essence and significance. | If one lets an interval pass, and then returns to it, 1v 1s surprising how clear and ripe that has become which, when he left it, seemed crude, obscure, full of pc_x;_;;:exity." ese two suggestions make reading a little harder than swinging in a h:gn- mock, but then, as Morley said, “it will not do to deal with ideas that we find in books or elsewhere as a 'certain bird does with its eggs—leave them in the sand for the sun to hatch and chance to rear.” (Copyright, McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) B t— Urges Half Holidays To Relieve Monotony To the Editor of The Star: If President Coolidge and congress- men could look into the homes of many Government employes and see how very much they need the Saturday half holi- days I am sure it would be granted. ‘Why should a human being be re- quired to work six days out of seven, thereby compelling him to work on the seventh day also? It makes of life one monotonous grind. President Coolidge has said: “It is needed to put more effort into translat- ing art into the daily lives of the peo- ple. If we could surround ourselves with forms of beauty the evil things of life would tend to disappear.” Is not time an essential element in the effort to surround ourselves with forms of beauty? If we had Saturday holiday we would then have an oppor- tunity to brighten beautify “the corner where we al And the more attractive homes would add to the| beauty of our city. If it is important that art be trans- lated into our daily lives, is it not equally important that our drab daily thoughts be transmuted into ones of beauty and inspiration by sitting oc- casionally (had we the time) at the feet of those alchemists—the poets, the seers, the thlnkpers, the inspired of the Al earth? .ULINE WOOSTER. Tells Why Women Won’t Ride Together | To the Editor of The Star: A week or so ago I read an editorial of vours about having separate cars for women con city transportation lines. This has been tried in this country and found to be a failure. ‘The Hudson-Manhattan Railroad connecting Manhattan Island with Jer- sey City and Hoboken tried putting a special ear on rush-hour trains for women in the center of each train. I do not remember the year, but think it was about 1908 or later. I have stood on the Hudson & Man- hattan platform at Jersey City and have seen trains pull in with every other car crowded with men and women and not more than two or three women in the car set aside for them. About 99 per cent of women like to| hang around men. Hating cach other as/ women do, it's not strange that they re- fuse to ride together. The only women | I remember riding in the separate car ! were very old ones. ‘Th~ general offices of the Hudson & Manhattan Rallroad are at No. 30 Church street, New York City. I have no dount they will gladly give you fig- ures about the separate cars for women. LOUIS H. SCHNEIDER. e The Big Parade. From the St. Paul Dispatch. More_than 1.000,000 Americans spent Labor day in Canada. That is the new- style Labor day parade. e May Convince Him. From the Boston Evening Transcript. Appealss to the Indian with a vote may convince him that he is the noble red man, after all. — —r——— Last Shall Be First. From the Detroit News. ‘The new King, Zogu of Albania, says his ambition is to be first in peace as well as last in the alphabet. UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR Ten Years Ago Today Marshal Foch’s plan of campaign is now in full development, and both wings of the vast battle front are aflume between the sea and St. Quentin, Champagne and Verdun. In the great- est struggle in the world's history Foch is repeating on a gigantic scale the same tactics that proved so successful in his recent reduction of different sa- lients. * * * Today's advance brings the American forces almost in touch| with the German Kriemhilde line at| Briculles, a gain of 3 miles, bring- ing the total number of villages occu- pled to 20. Nothing stops the Ameri- cans. The appearance of the best Ger- man troops in line is a signal for even cans, fighting through seas of mud and in cold rain. * *+ Belgian forces join in the drive with British troops on a front north of Ypres, advancing more than 3 miles, the Belglans alone capturing more than 4,000 pris- oners, * * * The French under Gen. Mangin capture Fort Malmaison, one of the strongholds southeast of Laon and dominating the Chemin des Dames. Gen. Gouraud's forces advance 4 miles on the Champagne front. @ « « The Bulgarian Minister in wnhlnmn says Bulgaria is practically out of war. Great masses of Ger- man troops pass through Sofla on way to Buigaria as Germany triss to keep | A1 Smith born?—H. F. J | tion was chosen as the place and oc- ANSWERS This is a special department devoted to the handling of inquiries. You have at your disposal an extensive organiza- tion in Washington to serve you in any | capacity that relates to information. Write your question, your name and your address clearly, and inclose 2 cents in coin or stamps for reply. Send to The Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washing- ton, D. C. Q. At what hour of the day was Gov, | A. Gov. Smith says that unfortu- nately he does not know the hour of his birth. Q. How many steam railroads use motor busses to some extent?—W. G. A. A late tabulation gives 67 rail- roads using a total of 1,046 busses. Q What are golf clubs made of?— R. H. A. The golf clubs known as drivers, spoons and brassies are made of wood: putters are sometimes made of this material also. The heads of others are of malleable iron. Formerly the heads of wooden clubs were made of beech and apple, but lately these woods have been almost entirely supplanted an American wood — persimmor. The old shafts were made of a varicty of woods such as ash, lancewood and greenheart, but modern shafts are al- most exclusively of hickory. The finest are made of split hickory. This iz hickory which is split from the wood with the grain and not sawn off the plank. Q. Who are the Mosquitos of Nic- aragua?—M. M. A. They are a people of mixed In- dian and African blood. Q. Is there a difference between a disinfectant and an antiseptic’—H. V. A. A disinfectant differs from an antiseptic in that it is not supnosed to come in actual contact with a living person. Q. Which can fly faster, a mono- plane or a biplane?—R. M. G. A. Generally speaking, a monoplane is capable of greater speed than the biplane. Q. When were buffalo nickels put in circulation?—M. H. > A. The buffalo nickels made their first appearance in circulation on Feb- ruary 12, 1913, at Fort Wadsworth. N. Y., at the ceremonies inaugurating the memorial to the North American Indian. This coin marks the first ap- pearance on the five-cent plece of the head of the American Indian. and th: is why the Indian memorial celebr: casion for its introduction into circu- lation. Q. Which feathers in birds’ wings are the flight feathers?—J. S. J. A. It is believed that in the develop- ment of wings and powers of flight in birds those feathers nearest the body were the first to become serviceable, but now the most important flight feathers are those of the outer margin. Wing feathers vary in strength, shave and power of flight, according to the mode of life of the different birds. Q. What does the production of| pyrites amount to in this country?— | R.S. F. ‘A The production of pyrites in the United States in 1926 amounted to 166,559 long tons, valued at $616,668. Q. What is the vopulation of the capital of Siam?—W. C. ! A. Bangkok has a population of | 630,000. . Do_any of the cattle raisers around Butte, Mont., use open range exclusively?—J. T. K. 'A. The Bureau of Animal Industry says that there are essentially no cattle ranches in Montana operating on the old principles, using open range exclu- sively. ‘There are, however, large tracts of public domain that many ranchers make use of at certain times of the year. In the vicinity of Butte, Mont. it is the customary practice for many of the beef cattle ranchers to make use of the National Forest ranges during the Summer months, and many of these operators make use of the avail- able public domain in their vicinity during the early Spring months before turning their cattle onto the National Forest ranges. Q. Who coined the with flowers?"—A. H. slogan, “Say it . B. A. The late N. P. Lindberg of Rugby. TO QUESTIONS ' BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. | measured and Q | 5-cent air mail stamp?—H. W. of the phrase “Say it with flowers.” It is merely a slogan calling attention to the fact that flowers are an appropriate gift on all occasions. Q. How many bushels of wheat have been raised on one acre?—F. C. A. The Bureau of Crop Estimates says that the largest yleld of which it has record is 117.2 bushels. It was produced in 1895 in Island County, Wash. The acreage harvest was 18 and the yield 117.2 per acre. The fleld was the wheat weighed. Probably a bushel per acre was lost in threshing, due to the inability of the threshing machine to produce the best results in such heavy grain. Q. What song was sung at the time of the Spanish War with the same popularity as “Over There” during the World War?>—S. A. C. A. “A Hot Time in the Old Town" is the tune indelibly associated with the Spanish War, for which it served very much as “Over There" and “The wng. Long Trail” did for the World ar. . Q. Was Abraham Lincoln ever con- sidered for the vice presidential nomi- nation?—G. B. A. In 1856 his name was considered in the first Republican National Con- vention. Q. What are the four oldest cities in the United States?—T. C. A. Historical records of the United States and of the various states seem to indicate that the oldest cities in the United States are St. Augustine, Fla.; Santa Fe, N. Mex.; Jamesiown, Va., and Plymouth, Mass. St. Augustine is gen- erally believed to be the oldest city in the United States. It was settled by the Spaniards in 1565. Sante Fe was founded by the Spaniards in 1605. Jamestown, Va., was the first perma- nent English settlement in the United States. The English colonists landed there on May 13, 1607. Plymouth is the oldest “ New England town. It was reached by the Pilgrim Fathers on De- cember 21, 1620. Q. Can a fish drown in water’—8. S. A. The Bureau of Fisheries says that fish can be asphyxiated, particularly if the water contains chemicals or is heavily polluted, which would cause & lack of oxygen sufficient to make the fich suffocate. Q. Please give the birthplace of Na- poleon and the nationality of his pa- Fents.—H. N. A. Napoleon Bonaparte was born at Ajaccio, Corsica. The Bonaparte fam- ily was of Tuscan origin, but settled in Corsica in 1529. Napoleon's mother was a descendant of a good Florentine family. Q. When did Helen Wills begin to play tennis?—M. L. A. Helen Wills played her first game of tennis in the Berkeley Couniry Club in 1918 when she was just 13 yaars old. Hor father, Dr. C. A. Wills, a tennis en- “hnsiast. gave her tha first lesson. With= in a month she could trounce her father. At 15 felen won the junior-singies rrhar:la:mmhlp of her native State, Cali- ornia. ©. How many negro delegates were ther2 at the Republican national con- vention at Kansas City?—C. M. B. A. There were 27. ‘What is the picture on !t.h: new A. The new 5-cent air mail stam visiures the beacon of Sherman lfl; west of Cheyenne, Wyo. This is repul to ba the high~st bzacon in the world, approximately 9,000 foet high. Q. When did the Haymarket riot occur?—M. D. A. Th: Haymarket Square riot occurred in Chicago. May 4, 1886. The police attempted to disperse an anarchist meeting. An unidentified person threw a bomy which killed seven policemen and woundad 27. Four men were hanged as accomplices, three were im- prisoned, but pardoned later, and one committed suicide. Q. Fow many calories does an adult need cach day?—R. M. G. A. As a rule it is appropriate to as- sume that an American man or woman whe leads a quiet life at home with little exercis2 requires about 2,500 calories, If engeged in sedentary occupation 3,000 calori.s are required. A moderate amount of exercise or a laborer doing light work needs about 3,500 calories. For hard work, 4,000 calories or more N. Dak., was credited with the coining are necessary. Amazement at the revelation that a man twice sent to prison for fraud should have been placed in a position ‘0 steal a miilion dollars from a religious organization marks most of the news- paper ccuunent on the disappearance »f Clinton S. Carnes, treasurer of the Board of Home Missions of the South- ern Baptist Convention, “That an expert in finance and ac- counting, endowed with such facilities of credit, should have found it possible to perpetrate a huge robbery of the funds in his charge is ungerstandable,” observes the Charleston Evening Post, “but less so is the fact that a man with a criminal record, who had served two terms in prison on conviction of fraud, should have attained to a posi- tion of such opportunjty. Investigation of his qualification for the office in- trusted to him must have been of the most casual sort for him to have suc- ceeded in establishing himself in the complete confidence of the board.” “The average man Is astounded,” de- | clares the Greensboro Daily Record, “when he learns that the board in- stalled a man as treasurer, handling millions of dollars, within a short time after he was released from the peni- tentiary. Said average man is left speechless when he is told further that the treasurer was allowed such wide powers he was able, in a few years, to steal a million dollars by the simple expedient of signing notes with the board’s name, there being no require- ment for a_counter-signature.” The St. Louis Times also emphasi the statement that “the absent trea er did as he pleased with the money he was supposed to guard”: that he “made deposits in his own name, bor- rowed on the credit of the board. spec- ulated in realty and in business and in the stock market. No one checked him,” continues the Times, “and after the search for him began f{t was re- vi”tled he had served a term as a con- viet.” ke “Can the confirmed crook ‘come back’?" asks the Springfield Republican, as it proceeds with the statement: “The cynical Baumes law in New York is based on the theory that he cannot; at least, that the chances against it are so great that socicty is justified in keeping such offenders permanently in custody. This attitude, reflecting a large volume of police opinion, has often heen resarded as an important factor in practice. * * Carnes, according to the Atlanta Journal, kept secret files to hide his manipulation of the ac- counts, end it was the finding of these files that led to the discovery of the shortage. * * * It seems to have been a simple case of judging by appearances, which were those of eminent respecta- bility as well as competence. Carnes had his new chance: there was no hounding by the police. Under thet same name which he took with him to prison, he attained a position of high Amazement Marks Comment On Missing B aptist Treasurer tainly not to be held against his obtain- ing new employment, but might have suggested a closer supervision. Ap- parently neither his employers nor the bonding company knew his record. * * ¢ In thesc days, when thor- oughly bonded trust companies and amply secured financial institutions are equipped to handle such operations at a minimum of cost, the turning over of such vast sums to any individual, whatever his record or standing, may well be questioned.” The Columbia Record asks: “Why wasn't there a gen- eral, systematic audit of the books when that feat would have done some good?” * x % % “It has been said by many persons many timos,” according to the Birming- “that to trust a convicted criminal—that is to say, make a real ‘trusty’ of him—is to take a broad step toward making him a better man, by supplying a motive that changes his mental and dispositional attitude to- ward his kind. And, undoubtedly, that has frequently proved true. But with this man, now under indictment, it does not seem have worked out.” The News adds: “The Board of Missions de- serves credit for the promptitude and dispatch with which it has met this unexpected emergency. It is gratifying to note that voluntary contributions, even before the call for help was made, have been impressive.” “Disappearance of men with money entrusted to their care is nothing new." suggests the Ann Arbor Daily News. “It happens every now and then. But, somehow, it seems worse when a church official yields to temptation and & church organization is the victim. Men who hold responsible positions in church associations usually are regarded as not susceptible to the allurements of fraud as a means to personal gain. Perhaps they are trusted more than men sim- ilarly employed in business life. At any rate, more is expected of them. ¢ * * A million dollars would be a lot to steal from a big corporation. It is a lot more wher. purloined from a church. * * * The church has not erred, except, perhaps, in trusting the treas- urer too much. Religion cannot lose its uplifting influence because one man has cheated religion and himself.” “The Southern Baptists,” remarks the New Orleans Item, “seem peculiarly un- fortunate in their selection of men to handle their funds. One absconded two years or more ago with a large sum. Now a shortage approximating $1,- 000,000 is reported in the accounts of the treasurer. He was bonded for only $50,000. The embezzlement seriously embarrasses the board.” The Lynch- burg Advance also refers to the previous case, and suggests: “Where more than one man has to pass on all borrowings, expenditures, or the like, before they can be made, the opportunity for theft is tremendously ced.” The Charlotte News points out that benor and responsibility unchallenged. And he got away with it—for awhile The moral—cynical, perhaps—is that vou naver can tell, but that it is just as® that country from quiiting the war. * + « Four hundred and one casu- alties on list released today. to wetch out.” ‘Thet he served a term in prison,” says the Times, “ought cer- & there are 4,000,000 members in the church and that “their numerical strength, coupled with the average ma- terial prosperity which they are enjoy- ing, added to their denominational loyalty, will bring them swiftly into ac- tion to wipe out the deficl® =~