Evening Star Newspaper, November 9, 1928, Page 8

| and energy upon larger legislative ques- | tions that he lessened somewhat in his 8 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9. 1928, B — THE EVENING STAR ___ With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY.......November 9, 1928 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company ‘Business Office: 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. New York Office: 110 East i2nd St. Chicago Ofice: Tower Bullding. European Office. 13 Regent St.. London, England. Rate by Carrier Within the City. The Evening Star_.. 45¢ per month The Evening and Sun: r (when 4 Sundays) 60c per month The Evening and Sunday Star (when 5 Sundays). ... 65¢ per month The Sunday St ...5c per copy Collection made a d of cach month. Orders may be sent in by mail or telephone Main 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Dally and Sunday....1 yr., $10.00; 1 ax Daily only ..... 15r., $6.00; Bunday cnly All Other States and Canada. Daily and yr., $12.00; 1 mo.. §: Daily only yr.. $8.00; 1 m Sunday onl; ", $5.00: 1 mo.. Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all . ews dis- atches credited to it or not otherwise cred- fed 'in this paper and aiso the iocal ews opublished herein. All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. = The District Rejoices. ‘Washington has reason to rejoice in the result of the election on Tuesday, in that it places in the offices of Presi- dent and Vice President men who are familiar with the needs of the Capital community through their service here, and are, moreover, sympathetic with the aspirations of the District citizens. In the course of his decad® and more of residence in the Capital Mr. Hoover has, with his usual disposition to study situations, become well versed in the problems of Capital making, and has repeatedly shown his concern for the proper and equitable development of the National City. In the office to which he has just been elected he will have occasion to apply this knowledge directly in the making of appointments 1 02 Public School Association, recommended damages are caused, and, as at Lynn, lives may be lost. As in mines, where the operatives are enjoined to observe safety rules for their own sakes, but where they are constantly violated, so in factories, where inflammable materials are han- dled, the rules are broken, and appar- ently without being noticed and cor- rected until after a disaster. While it is not positively assured that the Lynn explosion ‘was due to smoking, the chances are that it was, and all the discipline possible now will not restore the lives of the people who were sacri- ficed. EEF SR Health or Education? ‘Two meetings on Wednesday served extraordinarily well to point out the root of the difficulty concerning Washing- ton’s inadequate provision of health and educational facilities for tuberculous children. Dr. William C. Fowler, Dis- trict health officer, speaking before the the creation of a sanitarium for the twenty-four-hour care of tuberculous children. Members of the Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis, speak- ing before the Board of Education, asked that the twe health schools be used as the nucleus for the establishment of the needed sanitarium. The fact that children afflicted with tuberculosis have to travel long distances to and from these health schools every day explains the failure of all but a small percentage of them to show gains in weight. At the same time Dr. Ballou, as superintendent of schools, pointed out that making the health schools into a sanitarium provid- ing adequate care for bed cases would probably be illegal, and that such a step does not come within the powers of the school officials. The condition now is this: The care of the tuberculous children of the Dis- trict is regarded as an educational prob- lem instead of as & health problem. There has been an effort to combine the solution of the two problems, which are really distinct, in the establishment and in the exercise of such executive authority as pertains to the role of ex- officio mayor. There is abundant rea- son to look for a helpful, considerate and always just handling of District questions by him. At the Capitol one of the best friends of the District passes from one role to another, by virtue of the electoral choice of Tuesday. Senator Curtis will re- linquish his voice and vote to take the gavel, but he will not yield in his in- terest in the Capital community of which he has been so long virtually a member, and in the struggles of which for legislative and fiscal equity he has always been sympathetic. In the re- cent past Senator Curtis was one of the spending & steadfast active contenders for the maintenance and, upon its unjustified abandonment, for the restoration of the principle of a fixed ratio of appropria- tions for the District. It was only when his duties as Republican floor leader | P necessitated his concentration of time of the existing health schools. But only one problem really has been solved. Under the eompulsory education laws tuberculous children must go to school. As it is unwise to place them with chil- dren in mnormal health, the health schools were created to take care of present week end will see clashes, East and West, North and South, that will make or mur many a team's reputation before the whistle blows for the last time at the end of the season. Upsets, as ever, have been the order of the day in 1928 foot ball. The Army for the moment is supreme in the East, classic home of the game. The West Pointers have taken the measure of both Harvard and Yale—no mean achievement—on successive Saturdays. ‘Tomorrow the Soldiers, in an intersec- tional game, meet a hardy foe from the Middle West, a traditional enemy—the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame. Through- out their many years of annual matches, Notre Dame has won the oftener, but, as last year, 1928 finds the future gen- erals at the top of their form and Rockne’s men below their usual stand- ard. If there is an Army-Notre Dame upset at Yankee Stadium, West Point's national championship aspirations will be wrecked. Outstanding in all present-day foot ball calculations is the ecircumstance that the older colleges and universities in the East long since ceased to have a monopoly of first-class teams. Nowadays the elevens of such institutions as Illinois and Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin, California and Missouri, Northwestern and Southern Methodist, to mention only a few of the tall-grass universities, are worthy the steel of the best foot ball talent the effete East can produce. Western teams are frequently coached by ex-Eastern gridiron stars, who, find- ing a wealth of raw material at hand, commonly convert it into organizations which more than hold their own against teams like Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Cornell, Dartmouth and Pennsylvania. No mention of Eastern foot ball prowess Riding down to work in the bus in the morning, one hears a variety of questions discussed in the seat behind. The seat behind is the one from which waft those delicious bits of conversa- tion so tantalizing because they are so fragmentary. Usually the honk of a passing motor outside, or the cough of a passenger \inside, blankets the precise words one | particularly wants to hear. Let it be stated, for the benefit of all such involuntary listeners-in, that this form of amusement is not eaves- dropping. Busses are too jiggly to permit read- ing upon them, so that if one happens to have no companion for the moment, he has nothing to do but listen. In most instances this unsought in- formation literally goes in one ear and out the other. Our belief is that it hits the window, bounces off into an ear, goes straight through the head, and out into the aisle, whence it disappears through the ventilators. On second thought, any one has a right to question that disappearance. Is it possible, even for so subtle a thifig as thought, to pass through so impene- trable a device as a ventilator? * ok ko One morning the avid listener hears the thrilling tale of how a boy was run over by an automobile and sent to the hospital, where he is now recovering. This tale takes about 2 miles to unfold. No doubt it is worth more than that, only the man to whom it is being told gets off at the 2-mile point. It seems that the yputh was coming along on his bicycle.” Riding up be- hind a public vehicle, he passed out in front of the car, wHen an automobile smashed into him. A sudden jolt of the bus (on which the passenger is riding) keeps the lis- tener from knowing exactly what hap- pened next, but he hears enough to understand that the boy was knocked head over heels. is complete, this year at least, without reference to Washington's own George- town University warriors, who may be contenders for 1928 championship ‘honors. Americans universally deplore the break in foot ball relations between ‘West Point and Annapolis. In conse- quence there will this Fall, for the sec- ond year in succession, be no Army- Navy game. Ways and means must be found for patching up the athletic differences between the service acade- mies. A gridiron disarmament con- them. The health schools do all they can to restore them to health while pro- viding them with elementary education. They teach hygiene; there are cots for the rest periods; there is proper food and there is sunlight and fresh air and some medical attention. But that is the limit to which the school authorities, dealing with the tuberculous child as an educational problem, can go. And after few hours every day in school, some of the pupils must spend almost as many hours going to and from their homes on crowded street roper attention. Until the problem of the tuberculous child is recognized and treated as a health problem, the existing unsatisfac- public mind. It is a wise arrangement tory conditions in Washington will re- | that calls for no balloting to decide the ference is the need of the hour. —_—r——————— ‘The Democratic party is expected to reorganize in a spirit of patriotism which will at least provide enough opposition to make the argument interesting. B A popular idol is limited in influence He was smeared along the concrete until his clothes were ripped to ribbons. He was skinned in so many places that it must have been intensively painful. ‘The man who operated the car which struck the boy appears to have been rendered almost frantic by the accident. The man telling the story—probably the father of the boy—seemed struck by the intensive manner in which the other followed him around, visited the hospital, and came to see him at his home. From time to time in his narrative he recurs to this action. One wishes he knew the name of the boy and where he lives. Just why it would be difficult to say—probably the urge of mankind for news. » ‘When one hears something he wants the rest. Usually complete details are lacking in these bus narratives, caught on the rebound, as it were, fragmen- tary but interesting. * kK Kk The next morning a woman is tell ing angther woman how Mrs, So-and-So fell down the cellar steps and broke her ankle. Poor Mrs. So-and-So! to his own fleld of celebrity. Even Babe Ruth could not deliver all his admirers as voters in a political contest. oo After a great election, every man who cars, and still more hours in homes figures in it frankly requests repose, where they cannot and do not receive | Which is one of the things that a republic relentlessly denies its leaders. ——— o Appointive power brings relief to the | activity in this cause, although without main. The chief aim should be to re- | selection of cabinet officials. & yielding in his allegiance or his interest. He will, as presiding officer of the Sen- | ate, have an added prestige, and to him the District will continue to look with confidence for aid and comfort in its ! efforts to secure legislative and fiscal ! equity. The gccession of these two men to highest offices after long periods of resi- dence at the Capital reassures the Dis- trict community. It will not be neces- sary to acquaint them with conditions. store these children to health. The edu- cational problem can be solved as a sec- ondary consideration. Dr. Ballou is right in his contention that the schools, as at present consti- | garden trucking. tuted, cannot attempt to create or main- g S the tain a sanitarium. But every one agrees that one is needed. It should be re- garded as an outstanding necessity. If | the better over the cheer leaders. it performed its function there would still be plenty of opportunity left for the health schools, the work of which | gesture to indicate that in political ——oo— Many sgriculturists will regret that the trucking business which Al Smith will take in hand does not relate to ——————————— In no election within memory have the mathematic forecasters had so much The “Solid South” decided on a They already know what is required to . does not in the least detract from the | OPinion it is not permanently petrified. complete the development of the Capi- s of & probl hat —————— tal. They appreciate the necessity of placing in positions of municipal re- sponsibility men who are by virtue of their long residence in Washington identified with its interests and familiar with its requirements. Thus the Dis- |asked to remember 3,000 fellow citizens | o, mih) Tnou Noble Animal! | trict has particular reason to feel that - the great decision rendered Tuesday, | tive workers by injuries and disease I | o ong the task and say, i which 1t was not permitted to par. | curred by their service in the national | "mect wp. snd o sopsnr - ticipate, was to its advantage and for its benefit, and rejoices accordingly. o 4 Pennsylvania avenue presents a per- suasive aspect that should have its { cially fitted to be the scene of a national rejoicing. Surreptitions Smoking. Inquiries into the factory explosion at Lynn, Mass, which caused the death of seventeen persons and the injury of many others, will probably bring no specific cause to light, for in such cases it is always hard to get hold of the facts after the catastrophe. It is be- .lieved, on the one hand, that the fire and explosion were due to a carelessly | discarded cigarette. Another theory is 14hat the blast was caused by a spark made by the blow of a tool against a steel tank. Still another hypothesis is {lhlt 2 match was struck in the mixing room of the factory. A fourth theory !1s that a static spark atmospheric Velectricity precipitated the blast. In view of the general carelessness of people working in places of this kind 11t is reasonable to attribute the catas- trophe to a thoughtlessly flipped cigar- ette or the ignition of a match. Despite repeated warnings emphasized by the most shocking tragedies, workmen will persist in breaking rules against smok- ing, and when smoking will throw their glowing cigarettes away without any thought for where they may fall. The fire losses in this country are tremendous. Most of those losses are due to fires started by carelessness. The percentage of unavoidable ignitions through sheer accident, such as static sparks and the like, is very small. “No smoking” signs are posted in mills, fac- tories and workshops in compliance with the terms of insurance policies which forbid smoking on insured prem- Ises. Company rules supposedly rein- force these signs with dismissal in case of detected violations. But only in the rarest cases are they applied. Surreptitious smoking is not particu- larly dangerous in itself. It is the dis- posal of the glowing ember of tobacco that does the damage. If the butt were dropped to the floor and immediately stepped upon there would be no risk. But that would leave a trace of the of- fense, discernible by an inspector or more complex every year. A Token of Remembrance. ‘The people of Washington today are who were stricken from the roles of ac- defense during the World War. This remembrance takes the form of the forget-me-not—a simple, appealing symbol. These flowers will be sold on the streets of Washington today, to as- influence in deciding the question of an [sist in the maintenance of welfare Work | op, Fish! All persons great or small * inaugural pageant. Visitors from all|done for the needy disabled service| ynite in this position; " over the country have learned to regard | men of Washington and their familles, | One great reward awaits us all— . the broad, beautiful highway as espe- |under the auspices of the District of | To rest and go a-fishin’. Columbia Department, Disabled Ameri- can Veterans. The veterans’ problem is so generally regarded as a rather vague national is- sue that an appeal of this nature is needed to bring forcefully home to the people of Washington the intimate local significance of the question. To be exact, there are today 2,736 dis- abled men in Washington, each with an average of one dependent and each drawing an average compensation of $47 a month from the Federal Govern- ment. There are 1,118 men under treat- ment in the five veterans’ hospitals within the District of Columbia. The Government goes as far as its appropriations allow in treating and training these men, but its benefits hardly can be said to extend to their families. Remember, these veterans re- turned from the great conflict with the knowledge that their pre-war earning capacity might never be restored. This condition is only too true. The Disabled American Veterans 1s an organization recognized by Congress as an agency for the relief of veterans. This organization has received the un- qualified indorsement of President SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Great Relaxation. ‘When dull grows our condition, Oh, Fish! You represent at last ‘The end of true ambition. For, when the days of strife are past, Man wants to go a-fishin’. Oh, Fish! You offer us the lure That makes worthwhile a mission. How could “Efficiency” endure If it were not for fishin'? Not Practical. “Are you a practical politician?” “Not precisely,” answered Senator Sorghum. “The machine I put together was all right in theory. But it wouldn't work.” \ Jud Tunkins says freedom of speech includes the privilege of talking one way and voting the other. Eloguence. Rewards prove often very small That speech can touch. 'Tis better not to talk at all ‘Than tlLk too much. On the Winning Side. “Are you on the winning side of the It seems that no one realized at first that she had broken anything at all. She managed to crawl upstairs on her knees and get to her bedroom. Pulling herself up to the bed, she contrived to 'f hold of the telephone and call for elp. Her husband rushed home, neighbors THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. X-rays, one gathers, show the ankle broken in two places. Mrs. So-and-So, however, still doesn't: know that anything was broken, and for some reason or other—somebody from her. Mrs. So-and-So has an ankle broken in two places—and doesn't know it! Can you beat that? R A Accidents of one kind or another are favorite vehicle conversation topics. Somebody is always telling an acquaint- ance about a bad fall, or how they caught their hand in the wringer, or got a burn on the furnace door. There are, of course, as many sub- jects as there are human beings pres- ent, with a few extra thrown in for good measure. Here will be a couple of young men seriously discussing the place of a certain author in the galaxy of the great, while over there two race- horse “fans” solemnly compare notes on how to pick a winner. Five dollars won on a lucky bet will outshadov $100 lost, and be remembered ten times as long. Human nature is wonderful. The wild young man with fantastic theories has a warm place in the hearts of all those who amuse themselves, con- sciously or unconsciously, by picking up scraps of conversation in street cars and busses. Not only has this young fellow the- ories all his own, he has queer thoughts which somehow strike one as honest, if not plausible, and as somehow fascinat- ing if not practical. Last week he was going on at a great rate about how he longed to hurl a cup of hot coffee in a man’s face in a restaurant, not because the man had sald or done anything that displeased him, but simply because the idea came into his head to do it. It seemed, from as much 2s one could gather, thai something about the fellow's appearance rubbed him the wrong way. 5 He did not set himself up to be the judge of mankind, he said, but simply did as all people do, have instinctive likes and dislikes; and this time he found something in the facial appear- ance of the man to irk him tremendous- ly. So what thought came to his mind, he went on, but to pour the cup of coffee over the man? The thought rather astonished him, he declared, because he was tempera- mentally adverse to cruelty in any form; but since it came to him he turned it over in his mind to see why it was there, and what he should do with it. Rejection, of course, was its fate. * oK Kk Another time this entertaining fel-' low conceived the idea, so he expatiated, of setting up a dictatorship to rid the wage-earning field of ugly people. People were too ugly, he said, to be permitted to exist—that is, too many of them were. If he had his way, he insisted (although evidently he didn’t believe what he was saying himself), all homely persons ought to be “fired.” Personal beauty, so he insisted, ought to be taken as the criterion. Then the working world would be rid of many distressing sights. Solid worth, he in- sisted with an-airy gesture (he and his companion sat in the seat ahead), might suffer, but the world would be better off in the long run. Of course nobody believed a word he said, not even himself. His talk was merely a sample of what one must ex- pect to hear on a public vehicl came in and doctors arrived. Recent boredom prompts him to ‘listen in WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC’ WILLIAM WILE. One of the things likely to perplex the incoming administration next March is the extent to which the official Re- publican old guard—meaning the rank and file of party workers—shall have precedence over the Hoover personal old guard. The latter, a large and loyal legion, which ramifies as far back as Belgian relief days, took unto itself much of the credit for Mr. Hoover's nomination. It is expected to demand a correspondingly generous place in the sun after the Californian is in the White House. G. O. P. stalwarts will not view such pretensions with equa- nimity. Scores of them put their shoul- ders to the Hoover wheel when his pre- convention fortunes were by no means 100 per cent prosperous. The enthusi- astic volunteers, men and women, who sprang up in Hoover's interest all over e country. were undoubted factors in his triumph at Kansas City. But the “organization boys” contend that ex- cept for their own skillful work in pri- mary campaigns and later Hoover would never have made the grade. * ok kK Herbert Hoover always had healthy respect for Gov. Smith's vote-getting capacity, so there’s reason to believe that the victor was not a little sur- prised by the wretched showing the vanquished made. The President-elect credited the governor not only with a stranglehold on his own State, but throu[ihau! the Northern Atlantic re- glon in which Smith made his last stand. It was leng before he was a candidate that Hoover voiced these views of his opponent’s strength. As the campaign progressed, of course, the G. O. P. standard bearer came to real- ize the sources of Smith's weakness, Hoover came away from Boston in Oc- tober thoroughly impressed with the “critical” character of the Massachu- setts situation, as he himself publicly described it. He now knows that Gov. Fuller was “apple-saucing” him when the Sacco-Vanzetti hero at a Bos- ton luncheon assured the nominee that “we'll be satisfied with nothing less than a 250,000 Hoover majority in Mas- sachusetts.” * K ok K ‘Washington newspaper men, who will have much to do with the next Presi- dent’s popular fame, are wondering what sort of a subject he'll turn out to be on their reportorial operating table. Opinions _ differ. a candidate Hoover adhered to the existing White House non-quotation system, though he varied it by permitting oral questions to be fired at him without notice. The Coolidge rule provides for written election?” “I am,” answered Miss Cayenne. “When a question is decided, I am on the side of the great American public that never loses.” “To be a leader of the people,” sald Coolidge, Frank T. Hines, director of the Veterans’ Bureau; the District Com- missioners and the leaders of many pa- triotic organizations. So when you are asked to give to this cause Temember that the men whom you benefit thereby are the same who were welcomed home to America ten years ago with the cheers and grate- ful tears of their own home town. ——. 1t will fall to the lot of Charles Curtis to hold the gavel over a Senate which | Charles Dawes occasionally intimated was beautiful but dumb. King Foot Ball. Foot ball, monarch of Autumn sport, has not reigned quite supreme this Fall, the hardihood to interfere with popular interest in the game. minor business of electing a new Presi- foreman. So the practice is to fiip the contraband “fag” to a distance and take a chance on it falling =afely. U 1t does, but when it does no!&: because a presidential campaign had Now that the Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “a man must know how to entertain as well as instruct.” Abiding Belief. The hopeful world goes on its way; And even on election day, Amid the general applause, Selects a brand-new Santa Claus. “Don’t complain ’bout hard Iluck,” sald Uncle Eben. “If you could be sure of winnin' every bet, dar wouldn’ be no fun in hoss racin’.” B A Long Way, Indeed. From the Hamilton Spectator. It is interesting to note that Dr. Hu Eckener requires only $14,000,000 make his dream of a regular trans- atlantic air service come true. This is an ideal investment for those who want their money to go a long way. ——— et Still “A Review of the Week.” From the Florence, Ala., Herald. The rtment of Commerce an- dent and Congress is out of ay, the gridiron comes into its own at the stage ally | of the seazon when matters eustomarily | poatdin vy reach the zenith of enthusiasm. The its complexity. nounces that simplified practices are bei adopted by restaprants. But queries sent to the President's desk in advance of his meeting with the cor- respondents. Hoover as Secretary of Commerce was a prolific producer of news. ‘x,i'a cabinet officer made the front pages the country oftener or with better “stuff.” Clothed with the great- er responsibility of the presidency, it remains to be seen whether Hoover will be as communicative as hitherto. ’ ik This writer had a hand in the first extensive publicity ever given to the next President., The time was 14 years ago this month, Hoover was at the out- set of his Belgian relief organization in London. His right-hand man was Col. l:%llnrd Hunsiker, a Pennsylvanian, 0 for many years was European rep- resentative of the Carnegies and later of the United States Steel Corporation. Hunsiker and this observer were old friends. One day the steel man called up the London Daily Mail, to whose staff the present chronicler was at- tached, and asked for an introduction of Hoover to Viscount Northcliffe. The Napoleon of Fleet street made an im- mediate appointment, and next day the American member of his editorial de- partment was presenting to him a cer- tain American mining engineer named Hoover. Northcliffe heard Hoover's comprehensive plans for Belgium and ordered “the whole Daily Mall” put at the Californian’s disposal for the pur- pose of enlisting British support. * oK K K How Hoover will “get on” with Con- gress is one of the liveliest post-elec- tion topics. An argument constantly crats is his alleged “autocratic” habit g house hash hnflosl none of used against him by the late Demo- ! dopesters going to ti of mind and the consequent certainty that the White House, under him, would be at early and incessant logger- heads with Capitol Hill. As Secretary of Commerce, Hoover had ngfly eight louse and .years of dealings with the Senate. He regularly went before their respective appropriations committees when budgets of the Commerce De- partment were under consideration. Time and again Hoover wore down op- position of members of Congress by his persuasive presentation of the depart- ment's needs. Once upon a time the Californian’s arch foe, Senator Hiram Johnson — long since a friend — sent word to Hoover that the latter’s han- dling of the Commerce Department had turned him (Johnson) from knocker into a booster. Vice President Curtis will be expected to keep Congress cor- dially minded toward the executive end of Pennsylvania avenue. EE In Washington there’s a humble tele- graph office clerk who is entitled to a hero’s medal or any other form of re- ward soulless corporations are accus- tomed to bestow upon deserving em- ployes. At midnight of election day a jubilant anti-Smith person handed in a message addressed to Gov. Smith reading like this: “Go back to the fish market where you belong.” The tele- graph clerk declined to receive it. The irate customer said he'd take it up with “headquarters.” The clerk told him to go to it, knowing that telegraph com- panies are permitted under the law to reject any message which they consider obscene or otherwise objectionable. * K ok X Kansas will, of course, have to send another Senator to the upper house to take the place of Vice President-elect Curtis. There’s no danger that he'll be anything but a Republican. Perhaps administration influence will be thrown behind former Gov. Henry J. Allen, the publicity chieftain of the Hoover and Curtis campaign. Former Representa- tive “Poly” Tincher will also be in the running. Possibly William Allen White thinks his journalistic excesses in 1928 entitle him to consideration, (Copyright, 1928.) UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR Ten Years Ago Today. The Kaiser has abdicated his throne, according to an official announcement from Berlin. The imperial chancellor announces that he will name a Social- ist as head of the cabinet, National Assembly planned that will make pro- vision for the future form of the Ger- man government. * * * Owing to the heavy barrage and machine-gun fire on the battlefront, the passage of the courier from Marshal Foch's headquar- ters to Spa has been greatly delayed and will in turn delay an answer to the allied terms for an armistice, * * * French forces cross the Belgian border and capture Hirson. Their advance on a 30-mile front exceeds 9 miles at some_ points. * * * All the armies on the British front are advancing rapidly as the British capture Maubeuge and ‘Tournal, and pass the Scheldt over a wide area. * * * American forces gain along their whole front. They clin:h control of both sides of the Meuse and take ground east of the river. Per- shing’s men think the war is virtually over, but they are eager to continue fighting. * * * The German revolt spreads on land and sea. Loyallst ves- sels attack a fleet seized by the Reds. Kiel is under fire and Cologne, Hanover, Oldenburg and other places are in re- volt. * * * One of the biggest cas- ualty lists yet given out'is re?ensed by the War Department today. Two thou- sand .and twenty-eight names are on the list, which includes 636 killed in action, 810 died from wounds and disease, 389 wounded, and 193 missing and taken prisoner. oo R g3 TR A Bleak Prospect. Prom the Charleston Evening Post. ‘What are the Nation's 286,923 political their hands to | during the long W! coughed there—the thing is being kept ! Alley Stable Probe Proposal Is Favored To the Editor of The Star: The writer was much impressed by the facts revealed in the article headed “Probe to Be Made of Alley Stables,™ which appeared in The Star of No- vember 1. It is to be hoped that the “probe” will be followed by intensive action on the part of proper authori- ties, to alleviate and obliterate the dis- | tressing condition of unfortunate horses in the District. Thinking over the fate of these faith- ful burden-bearers, the writer could not help but contrast the state of the revolting pythons housed in our Zoo. In comfortable cages they lie in a comatose condition or twist themselves about the limbs of a dead tree. At five or six week intervals they are fed live young deer or pigs: allowed to kill their terrified prey and swallow it whole. A well cared-for, useless serpent de- vouring a harmless or useful animal presents a picture to make one shudder. But what of the half-starved, bony horses hauling their burdens from early morning to late evening, day in, day out, only to be housed in a dark corner with no bedding and in a “stable” reek- ing with stench? Are they not worthy of the earnest consideration of the authorities and people of the District? In one city of the writer's knowledge, the city of Pittsburgh, the horses, al- most without exception, are great, fat, well fed and splendid-appearing beasts. Surely our Capital City can ill afford to fall short of so fine a standard! Let me thank The Star for the pub- licity given this subject of injustice to animals. and hope that its columns will be widely infiuential in bringing about the end of the inhumane treatment of the friend and servant of man. CORINNE DAVIS DUNMORE. —_—————— Says Women Back Star’s Plea for D. C. Suffrage To the Editor of The Star: There is a class of people who are fully able to sympathize with you in your propaganda to obtain suffrage in the District of Columbia, and that is the adult female population of the en- tire United States. Most of the women in this country are able to remember, to use your own phraseology, “their ig- nominious status,” when they were aware of the “humiliating fact that while the rest of the Republic was elect- ing its next ruler and lawmakers, they alone were condemned to stand by— mute, helpless and disfranchised”—when they “vowed their determination some day to see their national suffrage wrongs righted.” And by that determination they won the franchise. So may the District of Columbia. The day is past when women will bear sons for common fodder without a voice in the matter. And by that same pluck and persistence the day may come when even the humble Govern- ment worker in Washington may rise from his status as a Government “ma- chine” to be a recognized member of the great family of “equal rights.” Good luck to you in your efforts! CLARA LOUISE LESLIE. ) Scientist Discusses Infection by Germs BY E. E. FREE, PH. D. ‘The average distance from one nose to another as a measure of the healthful- {if | ness or bedrooms and offices or as an in- dication of necessary ventilation was advocated by Dr. S. F. Dudley of the Royal Naval College in a recent address before the School Medical Officers As- sociation of Great Britain. Studies of germ infections among the crews of na- val vessels and among schoolboys sleep- ing in crowded dormitories have con- vinced him, Dr. Dudley said, that the ‘most dangerous germ infections are car- ried from one person to another by germ-laden droplets of moisture coughed, sneezed or snored out of the nose and throat. When individuals work or sleep close together, these germ airplanes have only short distances to travel. More of them' reach a haven in some one else’s nose and the infection spreads. Forces ventiiation, like that on shipboard, is chiefly beneficial, Dr. Dudley believes, because it whisks away the germ-infect- ed particles before they can cover even the short distance to the nose of a sail- or in a nearby berth. As a practical remedy for_overcrowded school dormi- tories Dr. Dudley suggests the simple expedient of sleeping out of doors, where all the germs will be blown away promptly, before they can find another nose to invade. mseema Canadians Are Proud Of Oratorical Entry Canadians, while hopeful that Wil- liam Fox, jr., of London, Ontario, this country’s “entry” in the international oratorical contest which has just been held at Washington, would gain the premier honors, nevertheless will be among the first to rejoice at the win- ning of that distinction by Rene Ponthieu of France. This young Parisian, in gaining so coveted an honor, reflects great credit upon him- self, as he also further justifies the reputation France has long enjoyed as a country whose oratory takes rank with the world's best, indeed, which many feel leads the world. Yet William Fox, jr., did well in this contest. coming third in a field of eight. And the fact that the first bal- lot of the judges, a tie, gave him first place along with the representatives of France and Argentina, testifies to the real merit of his address on “Canada’s Future” and its delivery. It is to the credit of this country that it is taking so prominent a parf in these interna- tional oratorical contests. from year to year. This participation is of value not only to Canada’s representatives in these contests, but to the whole public- | {52, speaking movement among Canada's younger generation. These contests had their birth with Canada’s con- federation jubilee year in 1927, and it is to be hoped they will continue a fixture for years to come. And there is a feature of these con- tests which is perhaps even more im- portant than the oratorical skill which they kindle and develop. This is the service they render to the cause of international good will and peace. Every participant in the Washington contest just held appears to have laid stress on the importance of good will among nations. This was notably the casé in the address of the speaker from the Argentine. The earnest pleas of these young men for harmony among the nations should inspire political leaders in every country to fresh zeal in translating = such sentiments into action—The Regina, Saskatchewan, Leader. rmo—e Job at Least Lacked a Furnace. From the Nashville Banner. Job, as it happens, got his reputation without having to wrestle with a furnace that had decided to do all its smoking out the front door and none at all through the flue. et Is This Kindness? From the Des Moines Tribune-Capital. They talk about being kind to dumb animals, yet there are many who buy boneless pork chops and place Win- ter tops on the garbage cans. B The Higher Education. From the Pittsbursh Post-Gazette. The benefit of a college education comes to light through the Chicagoan who executed a foot ball tackle on a hoid-up man and turned him over to the police. Hardship of a Queen. Prom the Detroit Free Press. Being a Queen surely has its draw- backs. Marie of Rumania has had an- other birthday, and the whole world knows it, to the exact figures. ANSWER S TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J]. HASKIN. The resources of our free informa- tion bureau are at your service. You are invited to call upon it as often as you please. It is being maintained solely to serve you. What question can we answer for you? There is no charge at all except 2 cents in coin or stamps for return postage. Address your let- ter to The Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washington, D. C. Q. How many people drank alcoholic beverages before prohibition?—J. A. B. A. Estimates accepted by both wets and drys show that there were 25,000.- 000 occasional or regular drinkers of alcoholic beverages before prohibition. Q. Which of the Indian tribes in the | United States is the most primitive?— L. most primitive. Q. Are the pyramids of Egypt made entirely of stone?>—A. H. A. The pyramids of Egypt are solid structures, usually of stone. The true pyramids date from the period between the fourth and twelfth dynasties. The outer casing of the pyramids is usually composed of massive blocks of fine stone; the interior varies with the eriod. In the oldest structures the terfor is of rough hewn blocks laid with a little mortar. In later times they were formed of brick and rubble. Q. What is the difference between a professional and an amateur musician? A. The same rule applies to musi- cians that applies to other lines of en- deavor. A professional is one who uses his art as a gainful occupation, while an amateur pursues his art for love ot the art and love of work. Q. What will keep snow from stick- ing to a windshield?>—R. F. J. A. To prevent rain or snow from sticking to glass use a mixture of two ounces of glycerin and one ounce of water and a dram. of salt. Apply this to the windshield with a cheesecloth. Wipe it up and down in a vertical manner. Q. When were the North and South polar regions first explored?>—H. H. A. The Arctic regions were explored as early as 1588 by JoAn Davis, who in that year reached latitude 72 de- grees 12 minutes north. He was fol- lowed by William Barents in 1596, Henry Hudson in 1607 and_ William | book Baffin in 1616. The North Pole was reached by Peary on April 6, 1909. ‘The South polar regions were explored by Capt. James Cook in 1774. The South Pole was discovered by Roald Amundsen on December 14, 1911. Q. Was a negro the first settler in Chicago?—J. M. B. . It is true that the first settler in the territory now covered by the city of Chicago was not a white man. About the time of the Revolution Gene Baptiste Point de Saible, a colored man from San Domingo, established him- self in what is now Chicago as an Indian trader. He built a log house and later sold it to a Frenchman. Q. What is the real name of Marion Davies?>—W. C. A. Her real name is Marion Douras. Q. Is the Dismal. Swamp public land?—C. C. G. A. It is not. It is owned by private individuals and by large lumber com- panies. Q. ‘What were the most important points in the Magna Charta?—F. B. R. A. The Magna Charta’s most im- portant articles are those which pro- vide that no freeman shall be takenm, or imprisoned, or proceeded against, except by the lawful judgment of his peers or in accordance with the law of the land, and that no scutage or aid shall be im) in the kingdom (except certain feudal ducs from ten- ants of the crown), unless by the common council of the kingdom. The remaining and greater part of the charter is directed against abuses of 4 | the King’s power as feudal superior. Q. What is “blau air"?—A. R. J. A. It is a patented product manu- factured in Germany by a secret proc- ess. It was used in the Graf Zeppelin as fuel for the engine. Q. Did we use many tracer bullets in air fighting during the war?>—G. G. W. A. Every fifth bullet used in aerial combat during the World War was a tracer bullet. It showed the direction of the firing, closeness of the target | —G. and acted as an incendiary when fired into captive balloons with inflammable gas. Q. Has Virginia Dare’s grave been found?—J. B. A. History does not give definite in- formation concerning the location of Virginia Dare's grave. There have been a few conjectures, but no real facts are known. Q. How is rubber melted so as to be molded into materials?—W. W. A. The Bureau of Standards says that when rubber is melted it loses its | structure and cannot be hardened. Rubber compounds are molded by pressing them to. the desired shape and heating rather than by melting. Q. How large are the Chicago stock- yards?>—D. A. S. A. They cover about 400 acres'and are ]zd-onsldered to be the largest in the world. “Q.B How old are the Niagara Falls?— A. Niagara Falls are variously esti- A hi Gloel Utes'of Nevada are the | Laca 1Y Sacoglats o be b e 50.000 years old, which shows that the age s still a fruitful subject for study. Q. How long is veston, Tex.?—R. L. A. It is 715 miles long and 17 feet high. At its base it is 16 feet wide and at the top 5 feet in width. Q. What are limes used for?— D. M. N. . The lime is chiefly valued as & source of citric acid and for limejuice, which is extensively used on shipboard as an antiscorbutic. It is also used to make limeade, a pleasant beverage. Q. What does the slang phrase “not a Chinaman’s chance” mean?—H. J. A. A. It means a very siim chance, or no chance at all. Q How long and wide is Wall Street? A. Wall Street, New York City, is ;)b::t 30 feet wide and one-half ymue IShe sea wall at Gal- Q. What is the word that means “ex- cessively fond of foreigners.”—A. B. A. Dr. Vizetelly, lexicographer, says (h!;t the world you seek is “philoxen- ist.” from the Greek “philos,” loving, plus “xenos,” foreigners, Q. Does coal occur in veins?—C. G. A. The Geological Survey says that coal does not occur in veins, but in strata—that is, it was deposited and is now found in layers between and parallel with other layers or beds of stratified rock, just as one leaf in & occurs between and is parallel with the other leaves of the book. These layers are sometimes wrongly called “veins,” but true veins cut across strata instead of being parallel with them. Certain black hydroearbon min- erals, supcrficially resembling coal but related to the asphalts, do occur in veins that cut across the inclosing strata. The gilsonite veins of North- western Colorado are examples. Q. Why were tabloid ne printed in this country?—R. c:'g..m A. This type of newspaper was started because it was felt that there was a demand for a paper of smaller size with many pictures and lighter reading matter. The success of the New York Daily News, which was estab- lished in 1919 and achieved a circula- tion of 400,000 in the first two years, led to the publication of similar tab- loids in other cities. % WhgreP = ‘was Walter Damrosch born? A He was born in Breslau, 3 January 30, 1862. g Q. What became of the Louisiana . The act of Congress of 1890 - vented the Louisiana lottery gur:n operating in the United States. It therefore removed to Honduras, where it is still in existence. Q. Is the population of Liberia ecivi- lized?>—J. M. P. A. The population of Liberia is en- ;lglyofté:e éurlltl:an r:|ee; about. 100.; 0 wellers along coas! may be considered civilized. %;flm- ber of American negroes is estimated at 20,000. Liberia was founded in 1822, when a settlement was mm‘ t uonm; United States with the American col declared a_free and in public on July 26, 1847. tion is modeled on that of the United States. Electors must be of negre blood and owners of land. Q. vznut are the Lend-a-hand clubs? A. They are organizations for young people established in 1871 for religious, philanthropical and social purposes. The name is taken from Edward Everett Hale's story “Ten Times One Is Ten.” The clubs have a common badge, 8 Mal- tese cross with the inscription “In His Name,” but each arranges its own con- Stowaway on Graf Zepp stitution. lin € Called One of Year’s Thrills Clarence Terhune is an international figure, in the minds of the American people, as a result of his making the Jjourney across the ocean as a stowaway on the dirigible Graf Zeppelin. The contrast between his position asa caddy and the attention that he has received as a ploneer in a new but irregular oc- cupation catches the imagination of Americans. “The crowds waiting to welcome the return of the great dirigible,” says the Charleston Evening Post, “called only for Clarence. He was taken in charge by the American consul and treated to every comfort, and he has been feted and petted and will doubtless be found ve his full of money and fine clothes on his back. New York City hasn’t had a thrilling reception of a young hero for months. The Amelia Earhart affair was a flop and the Bremen celebration, while elaborately carried off, lacked much of spontaneity. Here is an opportunity that it would be a pity to miss. Grover Whalen will have to brush up his silk hat and Mayor Walker sugar-coat his tongue anew. The transatlantic pilot is outdated. The stowaway is now it.” “He gained against odds the honor of being the first stowaway of the air,” states the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “The imagination of all boys from 8 to 80 throughout the world has been fol- lowing him. He has been doing, in fact, what each of them would have liked to do, granted the nerve and ingenuity equal to his. No hero of G. A. Henty, Harry Castleman, Oliver ic, Horatio Alger or the other writers for boys sur- vives in fame under the name of Clar- ence; here again Clarence Terhune is & ploneer, * ¢ * y be an inter- national problem, but the thrill of the year is his, and he will enjoy Europe as long as diplomacy and the laws deal- ing with stowaways will permit.” “Despite his youth, Clarence is no novice in the art of stowing away,” re- cords the Waterbury Republican as it reviews his record. ““We are informed that he has crossed the Pacific in this fashion and has visited Alaska, where he spent a Winter because he had the bad judgment, to stow away on the last ship of the season. And he has hitch- hiked over the greater part of the United States. In the course of these wanderings he should have learned to adapt himself to varying conditions with ease. Perhaps as a result of his unanticipated voyage on the first otean air liner he may give up caddying, which seems to have been his staple trade in the past, and become an aero- naut. At dll events, reprehensible though it may be, we are glad he was not discovered until the Zeppelin was over the sea. Otherwise he would prob- ably have been given a parachute and dupmed overboard.” It appears strange to the Chattanooga News that “the popular hero of the dirigible’s flight to Germany was not Dr. EcPsper, but a 19-year-old caddy.” Th&: paper adds that “some g S & accounts of his reception called him “a second Lindbergh," crowds cheered him, was that “he has captivated the T man imagination.” The News finds that he “placed himself in the position of securing vaudeville offers instead of gemnt the conventional ‘30 days on he rockpile,’” and continues: “Will he spurn the offers? We doubt it. He al- ready has said that he cannot tell of his future plans ‘until he has looked through his mail’ The boy who rode it alone in the Spirit of St. Louis and the boy who merely ‘bummed his way” are both idols. Who can account for the strange twists of hero worship?” Desecribing the stowaway’s reception, the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle says: “He was the hero of the hour when the Zeppelin came to earth; he was cheered by excited crowds, kissed by pretty girls and carried about on masculine shoulders. Dr. Eckener and the others, it might have been sul had arranged that whole trip for the benefit of this lad. * * * r all, it was quite an obvious and hollow way of attracting atténtion. Granted that it took some audacity, surely it took no originality. A trained person could have arranged something much more dramatic. He would not have worried more than this boy did about the ethics of the situation; stealing a ride is not considered a heinous offense, whether it be stealing a ride on a freight train, an automobile, an ocean liner or a dirigible. But an expert would have thought up something a little more original. He would have had this boy pose as the steward, perhaps, or would have had him cling to the cabin as it took flight, or perhaps would have had him drop into it by a parachute.” It is agreed by the Dayton Dally News that “as a stowaway he emerges as an international hero,” and that paper draws the conclusion: “This treatment of the case will do neither Terhune nor the rest of the adven- turous youth of the world any good. It will be the means,” continues the News, “of putting many a freight train brakeman to the bother of throwing aspiring youths out of box cars on their heads. It advertises that the path to fame and popularity is some bizarre and senseless stunt. It raises vagrancy to the level of high romance. Non- sense!” “German newspapers are not im- pressed,” as the matter is observed by the Utica Observer-Dispatch, “by the performance of Clarence Terhune, the stowaway who smuggled 1f across the Atlantic In the Graf lin. They do not hesitate to call a ‘bluff,’ and they hint that he was em- ployed by certain American publishers to make the trip so that they could get an inside story of the perfarmance of the difigible. In the meantime it looks as though Clarence were in a way to capitalize his adventure at pretty high figures.”