Evening Star Newspaper, March 13, 1929, Page 8

| “THE EVENING STAR ! With Sunday Morning Edition. | WASHINGTON, D. C. .W!DNESDAY. «+.March 13, 1920 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor ‘The Evening Star Newspaper Company . Business Office: 11th St. and Pennssivanis Ave. New York Office: 110 East 42nd St. Chicazo Office: Lake Michigan Building. European Office; 14 Regent St.. Lond Engiand. ... Rate by Carrier Within the City. The Evening Star...........45cper month T ening and Bunday ays) .. ar .60 per month 65¢ per month Sc per copy Colection made at the end of each menth. | Orders may be sent in by mali o telephone Main 5000 Dally and Sunday.... Daily oniy Sunday only . All Other States and Canada. 1 yr.$1200: 1 m 38.00; 1 mo., 78¢ | 30.00, 1 mo., 50c mo., 50 mo., 40c Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled 1o the use for republication of all rews ais. patches credited ‘o it or not otherwise cred ied in this paper and slso the jocal new: published herein. All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved e n The Hoover 0il Policy. resident Hoover's first proclamation | of administration policy comprehends an Issue that has been much—and dis- agrecably—in the public attention for the past seven years. It deals with ofl. But it is a blast of refreshing air which | the new Chief Engineer of the Repub- lic lets Into that hitherto nauseous sit- uation. The President announces, with the full prestige of his personal authority, that “there will be complete conserva- tion of Government olls during this administration.” To assure such con- gervation, there will henceforward be no Jeases of public oil lands to private in- terests under any circumstances what- ever, unless specifically ordered by Con- gress. On wide-open Capitol Hill in fu- ture, in other words, and not in the sequestered chambers of cabinet offi- cers, the legitimacy or illegitimacy of transferring the Nation's petroliferous domains will have to be discussed and determined, if at all. The “little black bag” system of disposing of Govern- ment oil lands is over. Sic transit gloria of Teapot Dome and all allied and associated grafts and grabs! Apert from these broader and highly gratifving aspects of President Hoover's ofl-conservation program, it has im- mense practical importance. Mr. Hoo- with a thorough understanding of busi- ness methods. Blessed in one wi Buick was cursed in another, because his lack of acumen prevented him from { ingly before his eyes. It is a weakness of the human race that seldom is the mind created with outstanding charac- teristics in diversified fields. Some per- sons excel in more than one, but they are singularly fortunate. David Buick was not one of these and that is w his later life and his passing are fraught with tragedy. JOSere Mr. Cramton's Warning. Representative Louis C. Cramton of Michigan, who is taking a commenda- tory and helpful interest in park de- velopment for the National Capital and its environs, pointed out o the Board of Trade last night the danger that contfronts the city through commercial expansion and the resulting destruc- tion of Washington's naturally beauti- ful areas which should be set aside now and preserved for all time. He mentioned the fact that while Con- gress has sauthorized the expenditure of more than one hundred and sixteen million dollars for Federal buildings and improvement in the Capital, little has been done to preserve the natural beauties, and that opportunity to ac- quire park lands will not last for long Mr. Cramton must have had an ap- | preciative audience, for the Washington Board of Trade has been singing his song and sounding this same warning for many long years, When the rail- roads had seized the Mall and had se- cured the permission of Congress to hold what they wanted for their tracks and paraphernalia, it was the Board of Trade which took a leading part in ef- forts to drive them off, and it was the Board of Trade, helped by providentially placed geological conditions, that kept the new Union Station from becoming a permanent defacement to the Mall area. When Potomac Park was a marsh, and Rock Creek Park a tangled | wilderness, it was the Board of Trade which led in the movement which even- tually reclaimed the one and developed, with roadways and footpaths, the other, to form the beautiful parks that exist today. When an old century of con- gressional neglect of the Capital was fading, and a new century of hope and promise for the Capital was dawning. it was the Board of Trade which pointed out what the Nation should do for its Capital City, and which took a leading part in Tepresenting, to Congress, the wish and willingness of this politically impotent community to participate. Mr. Cramton’s interesting address seizing the riches dangling so tempt-| and a twenty-five-cdollar fine for lpcod-! ling: one day and a ten-dollar fine for |falling to keep to the right, and s> forth and so on. 1 The press report of the proceedings does not state that these were not first | offenses, 50 it may be assumed that | they were. In that case the penalty {for defective brakes, severe as it was, iwould seem to be the only one which | jother judges might be inclined con-l {sistently to inflict. The jail terms for | speeding and failing to give the right | of way would certainly ‘not, except in | aggravated cases, be imposed by other magistrates. Consistency Is assuredly | to be striven for. in trafic penalties as well as In all others, and there is no {consistency in fining & violator ten dol- | i1ars in one court for speeding and im- posing a day In jail in another. It would appear therefore that all judges should either adopt the Ewald scale or he {should make his conform to the gen- eral practices throughout the city, | Wicked bootleggers, in addition to the | hardships they have already caused, are liable to burden the patient public with the maintenance of an increased number of jalls. To this there will be | {no objection if the offenders who used to be regarded as alcoholic victims can | remain free from censure and allow ! Justice in imposing fines “to collect at the source.” ) ‘The electric Bucephalus which once | served Calvin Coolidge for exercise hes been lost sight of. The mechanical | quulne should interest the Prince of | Wales as a gellant steed who never threw his rider. B — . Solicitude is shown concerning the ' embaimer's art in preserving the fea- ' tures of Lenin. Trotsky at least ha: the privilege of showing his public how | he actually looks. — - Police Officer Burlingame finds him- self vindicated as one of the time-hon- ored victims of Cupid engaged in con- ducting & confidence game. R A rough theatrical show is often a comparative relief from some of the rough books that are published as seri-,| ous literature. { B e D —— Serious Mexican observation is be- ginning to regard a so-called revolu- tionist as a bandit in disguise. ———t———— Terrific experience would enable Noblle to write a “best seller” if he were inclined that wa; ——— et New usage has made the observations ! all | swell NESDAY, MARCH 1 THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWE Why is it so difficult to select a meal from a menu? When a man faces a list of foodstuffs, neatly printed on a fancy card, what wit he has seems to desert him. He who the moment before was in full possession of his faculties suddenly finds himself entirely at sea. ‘The words begin to swim'before his eyes, he feeis entirely groggy and gropes | for mental support. Usually he finds it in the name of som» perfectly femiliar focd. to which his eyes cling as if safcty were to be found only there, ERERE More often than not this lifebuov food, as it might be termed, is precisely the thing he does not want to order. Picture this unhappy individual, as he looks menacingly at the long list of meals, vegetables, salads, drinks, breads, desseris, ete. Out of 0 many, one might think, he would have no difficuity at all in se- lecting just what he wants. No doubt the menu builders had that helpful thought in mind. “I will put it all down here,” they must | have sald, “so that even a fool could find something he wanted.” %ok The fool, holding the card with a complete air of indifference, as if what he chose made not the slightest bit of difference to him, becomes more panicky &s the scconds fly by. Perhaps if the waiter would go away, he might be able to make a fair selec tion. But the waiter will not go away. He—or she—seems to know that to stand solemnly at attention will make the poor fool even more foolish. Sometimes it would seem that waiters were put into the world to do every thing but wait—they make the c tomers walt, true enough—and, above they make customers nervous. Shrinking persons may think. off- hand, that this nervousness is due to inexperience. Those who eat dally in restaurants and hotels, think, never feel the slightest bit nerv ous, in the face of A fancy menu and & fairy waitress. *ox ok X Let it be sa'd at once that experi ence has nothing to do with it. ~Just what factors have to do with it will appear in due time. For the present it must be admitted that old-stagers as well as the inexperienced fecl fear in the presence of a menu. Perhaps it is not so much fear as trepidation. There is an agitation, a trembling, which takes possession of the menu holder, the food list scanner. This selzure begins the moment the waitress places the card before the would-be consumer. We say would-be. for until the attack passes, that is all he can be called. When the card is on the table, the flurry begins. If one had any reason- able idea of what he wanted to eat five minutes previously, it is all scared out of_him now. He is that most curious creature, an animal cn the defensive. xox % * (now he finds his ideas torn to pieces | and thrown to the winds, Baked beans fy away in the face of chicken a Ia king: potato salad scur- | ries to cover when confronted with rav- ishing dishes with French names. In the first place, there is a plethora and mankind was never intended by |the divine destiny to face a super- abundance of anylhing Mankind was intended to earn his | bread in the sweat of his brow. Maybe I that is the reason one sweats so--at | any rate, mentally—over sclecting a meal. He shall not get off so easily! | this all he has to do, to make a lection between one food and another, | and to announce it plainly, so that | the walting cars may duly register ihe choice? Ah, he shall not get off so- easily! | So confusion descends upon him. | {Oh, if she would only go away. and ! llet a fellow make his selection in peace! | Is e R She does not go away. There she stands, the very embodi- ment of quiet effrontery. Surely she | is laughing up her sleeve. Her de- | mure attitude merely conceals a su- pieme contempt for every consumer. Then there 15 the sight of the other | tellow sufferers, trouble over the menu. See how light- [1y they point out their chowe, with hovering forefinger! One hears them saying detiy. me this, and that, and the other.’ Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up! While all the others are making thelr selections, apparcntly without fear or favor, one must speed up, in the face of | this oulet voung lady who stands there respectfully enough, but who will surely | be “thinking. “Well, for Heaven's sake, | doesn’t he know what he wants |~ 'The sad truth is that now he has no |idea in the world what he wants. P What he wants, above everything elie, is to select something—anything— lin order to be in the swim. | . Chicken and beef go rushing through | his head. but are outdistanced at once I by veal cutlet, which swims in vigor- ously. | An awful second cutlet costs more! beefl is less. Back | veal- Then the eve drops to a confused {melee of pickles, chow-chow, relish, rolls, toast, ham sandwich, cofiee, tea, cocon, rice pudding, chicken gumbo | soup, ‘ete.. ete. One is reminded, foolishly enough, of the old rhyme: “Water, water everywhere, But not a drop to drink.” ‘The minutes are passing. It was an {hour ago, at least, that the card was Bring they | thought comes: Veal Chicken is less, but | the thought goes to | Surely they are in no | Politics at Large By G. Gould Lincoln, “Recognition” of the South in the matter of Federal appointments came from the new administration yester- day. ' iv was announced that Ernest L. Johncke of New Orleans would ‘Theodore Douglas Robinson xork as A nd Patrick Jay Hurley of Tulsa, Okla., would fill the oftice of Assistant Secre- tary of War, a post which has been held by Assistant Secretary of War Rob- bins, When the President announced the appoiniment of his cabinet and in- ciuded no Southern man in it. despi the fact that four of the traditionally Democratic States of that section and all of the border States had gone for him, there was much shaking of heads. But_there are many important posts | ceeed of New net, and two of them have just gone to Southern men, including Oklahoma in the South, though it may | broperly be classed as a border State. * ¥ Building up the Republican party in * % than the problem of who shall control Southern patronage, though the two overlap. The old regime in the Repub- lican party in some of these Soutnern States has been under fire for months. Particularly has the Senate post office { subcommittee, headed by Senator Brook. { hart, which his been investigating the alleged sale of public office, been r sponsible for agitation against these s, especially in Georgia, ppi, South Carolina and Texas. nvolved in the attacks upon these | organizations is the race question, and whether there shall be white leadership of the Republican party in the SoutH, or colored. A great deal is being said on both sides of this question. There are colored political leaders who insist that | there must be no “lily white” Repub- | lican organization in the States of the | South, where the colored men and wom- en have been traditionally Republican. On the other hand, there are Repub- lican_leaders who insist that, without any desire to exclude the colored voters from participation in the conduct of party affairs, there must be white lead- ership of the party in those States. These same lcaders insist that the Democrats of the South are anxlous to see things left in status quo, believ- ing that it means a perpetuation of Democratic control in those States. | President Hoover is being pulled and hauled by both sides to this contro- versy. There is strong reason to be- lieve, however, that the President will not agree to recognize any organization that is trafficking in Government ap- pointments, and not a little will depend upon the ultimate report which is sub- mitted by Senator Brookhart and his committee on Federal patronage and its handling in the South. ook R. R. Church, colored leader from | tant Secretary of the Navy | in the Government outside of the cabi- | more | - | ha placed there: the waitress is glued to | Memphis, Tenn., who has been in Wash- the floor; the awful silence must be | ington attending the inauguration of broken at any cost. | | President Hoover, insists that the Presi- Impressively coughing, the customer | dent will take no part in building up a looks up: ! “lily white” Republican organization in The answers to questions printed here each day are specimens picked| | from the mass of inquiries handled by|uscd entirely: rul u lour great Information Bureau msain-| have not proved so safisfactory. tained in Washington. D. C. This! valuable service is for the free use of | | the public. Ask any question of fact that you may want to know and you will get an immediate reply. Write plainly, inclose 2 cents in coin or stamps for return postage, and address | The Evening Star, Information Bure: Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washing- i ton, D. C. i e | Q. Has the tax on li in England since the wa e A. The tax on spirits (liquors) in | England is 725.6d per gallon as com- pared with 145.9d before the war. Q. How should the pl | at auction bridge?—A. O. | A. According to the new rules for uor_increased P. E. layers progress i head table remain, the losers moving | to the bottom table. At all tables ex- | cepi. the head table, the losers remain. | the winners moving up. The two new the South is really more of a problem | ayrivals at each table draw cards, and | he who draws higher has choice of seats and cards and is the first dealer. The other arrival sits at his left. The two who remained at the table draw cards and the higher is the partner of the dealer. | Q. What color was Wild Bill Hickok's ir?2—C. S. A. The physical appearance of this gunman is described as follows: “He wore a broad-brimmed sombrero hat. jand a profusion of light brown hair | hanging down his shoulders. A nearer i view betrayed the fact that he aiso | wore a carefully cultivated mustache of { & still lighter shad Q. Why is the article of food com- posed of two slices of bread with a filling between them called a “sand- which"?—E. F. A. The sandwich owes its origin to Lord Sandwich of England. He in- vented the particular combination of food that now bears his name. He lived in the seventeenth century. Q. Did George Washington know anything about travel by air>—R. D. A. When the aeronaut Blanchard made the first balloon ascension in America at Philadelphia on January 9. 11793, President Washington went to the field early to witness the inflation of the balloon and to give the aviator a passport. Q. How long have jewels been used in watch movements?—R. J. L. A. The use of the jewel bearings for watch pivots was introduced by Nicholas | Fahr about the middle of the eighteenth | century. Five was the first number |used. This was adopted almost imme- | the adscripticii. 1 coloni, ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HAS diately by the Swiss watchmakers. Formerly diamonds\and sapphires were bies such later, which Was serfdom a practice of ancient e and Rome?—P. B. X. A. Forms of serfdom existed in ancient Greece and Rome. paRicularly in latter empire. ‘The cohdition of the coloni was developed as ths re- sult. of historic necessity by the wowk- ing of economic and social agencies i the first centuries of the Roman Empire and was gade the subject of regular legislation in the fourth and fifth cen- turles. In the enactments of Justinian two classes of coloni are distinguished. representing a more complete state of serfdom. and the free with property of their ewn Serfdom became the prevailing condi- | tion for the lower orders during the Gr | Middle Ages in Europe. progressive auction, the winners at the | — ‘What Gibson's fir:t ?—N. B. His first name is Edward. Q. is Hoot name A Q. When was Oliver Wendell Holmes | appointed to the Supreme Court | bench?—E. R. M. | A, He was appointed associate jus- Itice” of the United States Supreme Court by President Roosevelt, Decem- | ber 4, 1902, ! Q. How large was the Perris Wheel at the Chicago Fair?—F. G. D. A. The Ferris Wheel at the Colum- bian Exposition had a diameter of 250 | feet, and swung on axles which rested on towers 135 feet high. The total | weight was 2300 tons. There were |36 carriages with a seating capacity of | 40 passengers each. Q. How many men are in the Navy now?—J. B. A The personnel of the United | States Navy at the present time is | 84,000, The Navy has taken in its full | quota. Q. How may water spots be removed | from furniture?>—C. E. D. | A Rub with a moist cloth on which a few drops of household ammonia have been placed. Polish with a soft cloth. | A gentle rubbing with a damp cloth | dipped in powdered pumice stone wlil | also remove such a spot. Q. Which is the ndria, Va.?—B. B. A. The Ramsay house, occupicd in | washington's day by his friend and dis- tant relative, William Ramsay, is the oldest. Q. How much’db—microphoms cost? -—P. B. A. The prices vary. Some can be bought for $75 each., while the con- | denser microphone costs $400. oldest house In Alex- la g ‘Comment on Hoover’s Address Emphasizes Modesty and Force ver aims to stop not only llicit exploi- | L\ ¢ gelivered to a sympathetic audience. tation of Government petroleum de- |y ioor audience that has long main- the South. This colored leader said, | with other things: “Gimme a ham sandwich and a cup “Under Mr. Hoover the Hepubllcan“ shortly before he knew he of coffee,” he says, with vast relief. ed beans and potato salad, at a White House breakfast more im- | Whereas | posits, but to arrest, in so far as official portant than after-dinner speeches. wan powers permit, the reckless and cumu- lative exhaustion of the Nation's oil resources. tained that proper development of the Capital of the United States rests with Congress, and that while the local com- munity should bear a just proportion of These are by no means & bottomless | iy pyrgen, its lack of & volce or the well. They are so far {rom being end- | gopest part in the counsels of the less that m:n.y geological authorities Nation should be partially offset by a foresee the time when the United ,nqing guarantee from Congress that States, despite the “gushers” of OKI&- | s pyrden will niever be disproportion- homa, Texas and California, will be heavily dependent on foreign oil sup- plies. The profligate use of petroleum by-products by the American automo- tive world is mainly responsible for that prospect. The immediate ecffect of President Hoover's manifesto will be the stoppage of approximately six thousand permits to drill for oll in public lands. About that number of permits hitherto has been issued annually. Usually, if oil is located, a Government lease ensues. ‘That system is now to be abolished. “Uncle Sam’s oll for Uncle Sam” is the | Hoover policy. At present about one- tenth of all the oil produced in the | United States is withdrawn from Gov- | ernment owned and controlled lands. It is a characteristic engineering ges- ture, this maiden major move of the | Hooverian era. It is practical idealism. It is practical because it aims at con- Eerving the commeditywhich is ¢éoming to be the main motive power of our mod- ern existence. Nowadays, while there is ofl, there is hope. It is idealistic, because President Hoover signals to all whom it may concern that, during ths next four vears at least, one of the people’s most priceless national possessions will be maintained exclusively in trust for them, to have and to hold. .- Long since Elthu Root appeared to butgrow local politics and be in training Bs a figure in world politics. ——————— Revolution in Mexico proceeds large- ly on the theory that history repeats dtself. P — An Automobile Pioneer Passes On. The death of David Buick, founder of the automobile company bearing his hame, at the age of seventy-two, penni- Jess, forlorn and practically unfriended, {proves again that mere inventive genius + | does not surely find the road to wealth. One of the pioneers of the automobile ndustry and bearer of the name that is written in metal on the radiators of more than two million cars, David Buick's demise was as tragic as was the Jatter part of his life. Unehle to afford even a telephone and holding the posi- tion of “inférmation man” in a trade school solely through his inventive knowledge, Buick, whose fingers were always brushed aside just as they touched gold, passed on to a better world. In 1903 he was a member of & pros- perous plumbing supply company in De- troit, but his abiding interest was con- centrated in the application of gaso- line motors to carriages as a means of power. Determined to work out his theories for the manufacture of the “horseless carriage,” Buick sold his in- terests in the plumbing factory and be- gan active experiments in a barn in the Tear of his home. As soon as his con- traption was completed he advertised for new capital and triumphantly se- cared it when he drove his car a dis- tance of sixty miles, from Detroit to Flint. This should have marked the be- ginning of & steady upward climb for the man whose genius created one of ihe first automobiles, but dissension in t1he new company soon forced its founder to realize that with a mind in- tent solely on machinery he was unable 10 accept business cares as well, and from that time on, when he left the company in 1909, he steadily retro- graded to the point where death over-} took him. It seems a pity that David Buick could not haye become affiliated in the ~ early davs with some person whe,could * sxave sypplemgnted his A aind ate or unjust. Mr. Cramton is best known in Washington for his espousal of the so-called lump-sum theory of appropriation—a theory that removes these safeguards and guarantees given by Congress when it adopted, at the beginning of the era of Capital develop- ment, the fitty-fifty and later the sixty- forty plan of apportioning expenses be- tween the Federal Government and the local community. Continued fallure on the part of Con- gress to recognize this lawful and just system has retarded park development in the past and will stand in the way of such future development. Parks and park lands have to be paid for. Their advocacy is meaningless, unless, coupled with such advocacy, there is a rational plan for financing their acquisition. When our friends in Congress correct the present unsystematic and unsatis- factory system of financing Capital de- velopment, such measures as Mr. Cram- ton's far-seeing park bill will receive the Capital's enthusiastic indorsement and support.. And the danger of letting parks and parkways go by the board until too late will be materially lessened. ol wateingne = s iadon A Righteous Verdict. Acquiital of Capt. Guy Burlingame by a special police trial board meets with general public approval. He was charged with conduct unbecoming an officer. That charge was brought in circumstances which compelled a formal hearing. It was supported by testimony that was without verification. Against the accusation and the highly question- able evidence advanced was ranged a record of exceptional competence in police duty on the part of the accused officer. The verdict of the board was as- sured before the conclusion of the hear- ing, so complete was the failure to show guilt on the part of an officer of such highly established standing. 1t is unfortunate that this case should have arisen, but having been brought forth it was necessary that it should be exhaustively investigated. What- ever the motive behind the accusation, the Commissioners had no other course but to proceed with a formal trial. It is highly gratifying that this inquiry has developed nothing that is in any degree suggestive of malfeasance on the part of members of the District police force. Capt. Burlingame's acquittal stands as a sharp rebuke to those who have sought, for their own vengeful purposes, to destroy an officer whose services to the District community have been s0 valuable, ——— ‘When Jack Dempsey promotes a fight | he implies confidence in his personal ability to knock out any referee who gives a wrong decision. ———t Consistency of Justice. Magisirate Ewald has again been as- signed to Traffic Court in New York Cily snd the duys of gloom for the mo- torist are begun. Magistrate Ewald ap- parently does not care much for those unhappy drivers who violale the traffic regulations and his appearance on the bench strikes terror into their souls be- cause from past experience they have found that, like the losing poker player who gets hoarseness in the throat from saying “Thal's good,” the judge is court- ing the same affiiction by repeating, “A day in jail.” So all the gladness dis- heart when he hears the ominous words “Magistrate Ewald is on the bench.” Take yesterday, for instance: Three days and a twenty-five-dollar fine for adefggtive brakes: 1 appears from even the petty violator’s | 0,995 81 the Tombs ———— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. A Little Way Back. A lay of the life that s merry resounds From the highway where cars speed along; ! A lay which in quick pulsing rhythm abounds, ‘While hearts beat so gayly and strong. And yet, as in quest of new pleasure we roam, And of bliss by Contentment bestowed, A picture we draw, in our minds, of a home Just a little way back from the road. Effulgently sparkle the lamps far away, And loud is the motor man's hol Yet, lacking the beauty of new dawning, day And the sweetness of bird song at morn. A vision of loveliness gently commands ‘The hope of & blissful abode, Where the blossoms and birds rule the cool, shady lands, Just a little way back from the road. Good Resolutions. “Do you think we should hold elec- tions s0 often?” “Assuredly,” declared Senator Sor- ghum. “We need good resolutions. Every now and then the Fourth of March becomes a glorified New Year day.” Jud Tunkins says he has never lost a friend. The friend he thought he lost was no friend in the first place. Fast Going. “Why did you refuse to marry our friend, the aviator?” “You may possibly keep track of a husband,” sald Miss Cayenne, “when he has to stay in the vicinity of the home town. But what chance have you when he’s liable in & few hours to turn up in St. Louis or San Francisco?” “Men easily reform their intentions,” sald Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “but not 0 easily their conduct.” Slang in Oficialdom. Of variations speech is tull. Our slang we draw upon. First, some policeman is a “bull” And then he is a “con.” “When a friend goes fishin',” said Uncle Eben, “you wonder whether he's gineter git a fish or whether a fish is gineter git his reputation foh truth an’ veracity.” MICROTORIAL ‘Where Is Bucephalus? The Dogs and the Cats and Rebecca, the Coon, From the White House have all had to range, And we find that with them we must mixs all too soon That Electrical Equine so strange. Bucephalus possibly still lingers near, ‘Where electric lamps brighten the ways. That he's loose in the wire grass maybe we'll hear, In kilowatt pastures to graze, Speed at Daytona Beach. When the motor car wizards went by on a spin, They scared us until we were breath- less, Not counting the peril, they set out to win A fame that's assuredly deathless. A streak and a fluttering shadow goes past, A marvelous thrill bestowing. Yet, what's the advantage of going so fast THAY Do one Ea Sl SYDere [Jouc Uy i, the United States. Back in 1915, . that some one bet 'n M T .wojag! o 2o T e WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC ‘There is not a little chin-wagging ‘and eyebrow-ralsing over the demotion of Judge E. C. Finney from the First Assistant Secretaryship of the Interior Department to the solicitorship in Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur's bailiwick. He is the oldest ranking official in the depart- ment, with a record of practically 35 years' continuous service. Since 1909 Finney has had secretarial title and status there. Politiclans are gossiping because the announcement of his transfer was almost simultaneous with President Hoover's suthorized statement intimating that “directing heads” of Government departments who had given “honest and zealous service” were not going to be disturbed. The impression created by the White House manifesto was that the only men separated from the Federal pay roll would be those who craved to get on a fatter pay roll in private life. * x * Exactly what happened to Finney has yet to be disclosed —except that Secre- tary Wilbur sent for him suddenly and told him his successor had been select- ed. His friends understand that steps were taken to prevent Finney's suffer- ing in a financial way because of rele- gation to lower rank, but some of them feel he has been unfairly treated. Their resentment is not softened by the fact that he is displaced by a lame duck— former Gov. “Joe" Dixon of Montana. It may be that President Hoover wants to rid the Interior Department of all reminders of Teapot Dome. Finney functioned, at Fall’s orders, In the oil lease transactions, but emerged with a personally spotless bill of health. Vice President Curtis, National Chairman Work, Senator Capper and other influ- ential Republicans are sald to have pleaded in vain for Finney's retention as Assistant Secretary. Hg is the foremost authority in the country on public lands. * o ok ok Lawyers say that Representative Hat- ton W. Sumners, Democrat, of Texas. made before the Supreme Court this week one of the finest pleas the bench has listened to in many a day. He ap- peared as the ranking minority member of the House judiclary committee to ar- gue against the legality of the “pocket veto"—the system by which the Presi- dent can procrastinate an act of Con- gress Into non-existence. ‘The court was deeply interested in Sumners' de- ltvery, amid a typical Southern drawl, of a series of uncommonly well mar- shaled facts and arguments., Sumners is entering u&n'l his ninth term in the House from big Dallas district, * X ok X If there weren't bad blood between them, Gifford Pinchot would be a logical choice for the chairmanship of Presi- dent Hoover's impending law enforce- ment board of inquiry. The former Governor of Pennsylvania captured the Keystone State in 1922 on a straight- out law entorcement platform, defying and defeating the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh bosses on the allied and sociated issues of prohibition and ele tion frauds. Pinchot, who is about to embark on an adventurous voyage to the South Seas in an old-fashioned schooner, was a member of the Food Ad- ministration during the war, but Hoover and he didn't hit it off and since then have never ranked as friends. The President, moreover, would hardly be likely to offer a big job to so inveterate a foe of “Uncle Andy” Mellon as the pestiferous Pinchot. * ok kK Representative-elect Oscar De Priest, Republican, of Illinois. the colored mem- ber of the incoming Congress. may find himself invited to “stand aside” when Speaker Longworth administers the oath to new members in April. At least, suggestions to that effect are now float- ing about Capitol Hill. They relate to certain indictments pending against Mr. De Priest in Chicago which preceded his succession o the late Martin B Madden's congressional seat. Mr. De Priest came to Washington just before the recent adjournment. He exercised the privilege of visiting the Senate and House floors and on Inauguration day, in the Senate chamber, he stood among the governors and distinguished visitors clustered behind the Senate section. The Chicago Negro is an imposing fig- ure, with prematurely grayish hair which accentuates his swarthy com- plexion. * koK K In Col. Henry L. Stimson, President Hoover will have at his right hand one of his Belgian relief co-workers, The Incoming Secretary of State was not in the field with Hoover in Europe, but served in an even more effective capac- early days of e Belean ol WILLIAM WILE when it was still under the fire of criticism, Hoover sought additional sup- port at home. At his request President party will go along encouraging all its | ix | paper observers most about President | | Hoover's inaugural address is the hu- | members. A party that will send six colored men to the Legislature in Illi- nois will hardly declare colored men in to Mississippi to be ineligible either belong to it or to occupy such positions in its managements as their ability may secure for them." And right there Mr. Church put his finger on the factor which has been influential many times in the past in Wilson appointed an American co- | the recognition of colored leadership of .t p operating committee, of which Stimson was for many months an active member. £ kik % It will accord with the fitness of things in the Hoover administration— which is expected to star Latin Ameri- can good will in our foreign policy— that the next dean of the Washington diplomatic corps will be a South Ameri- can. He is Dr. Hernan Velarde, Am- bassador of Peru. As soon as Sir Esme Howard, the British Ambassador, re- tires, which he expects to do some time this year, he will be succeeded as doyen by Dr. Velarde. The Peruvian envoy has been accredited to Washington | since March, 1924—just three weeks |less than his’ British colleague. W ok Senator Gerald P. Nye, Republican- Progressive, of North Dakota, has re- | cetved & novel suggestion for a new law. | thinks there is not sufficient popular re- | gar ' for the dignity of our Presidents— especially for their Christian names. “Can't you have Congress pass a lag she writes the young editor-statesman from the wheat belt, “making it a prison offense for people to call the President by a disrespectful nickname? It was always a mortification to me to see our dear Mr. Coolidge called ‘Cal,’ and now I see they're already beginning to speak of ‘Herb” I hope my suggestion ap- peals to you.” Senator Nye says it doesn’t. He thinks nicknames are worth their weight in coal to politicians and statesmen. (Copyright, 1929.) ] Experiments Are Made On Food for Children BY E. E. FREE, PH. D, The popular idea that mother's milk is the best food on which to raise a baby receives notable scientific support from statistics collected in Joliet, Ill., by Miss Carolyn Hoefer and Dr. Mattie C. Hardy of the Elizabeth McCormick Memorial Fund of Chicago and reported | to the American Medical Association. Facts were obtained concerning the health and mentality of 383 school chil- dren, some of whom had been raised on mother’s milk, others on cow's milk or | other artificial = foods. In average physical and mental developmént the children raised on mother's milk were notably the best. Those raised on cow's milk were next. Children raised on unsweetened evaporated milk averaged still worse than those raised on cow's milk, The artificlally fed children were slower to talk and walk, the investi- gators report, than were those who grew up on mother's milk. They were more susceptible measles, whooping cough childhood diseases. Not even one of the artificially fed | children was found to be exceptionally intelligent, as measured by the standard intelligence tests. These benefits of mother's milk seem to be lost, however, if that food is continued for too long. Children whose weaning had been de- layed for more than nine months after birth were found to have the poorest mental average of all the groups studied, and to decrease individually in mental ability in proportion to the length of time that weaning had been postponed. o But Cash Abuse Hurta, From the Little Rock Arkansas Democrat Umpires eager for early Spring prac- tice at being hated might try daily workouts at racing their cars through the red-light s 3 to and other We've Seen His From the Akron Beacon Journal. 1f his wife takes in washing and he knows how things should be run in Washington, he belongs to the “intelli- gent minority.” O Regular Is Right. From the Louisville Times. The man who leads a regular life is the fellow who sends you the notic of life Insurance premiums being due. e He Must Be Gullible. From the Oakiand Tribune. The Governor of Florida, out to stop ambling. may have pelieved the rumor & fi the recent fight | It comes from a patriotic old lady who | the Republican party in Southern States. With thousands of colored voters par- licipating in the elections in Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, New York and other States outside of the South, there has been a great reluctance on the part of national Republican leaders to offend the colored politicians of the South. But whatever has been the effect of this argument in the past, there is no doubt that the old Republican organizations in some of the Southern States are under fire as they have not ! been for years. e There are a number of factors which are pointing to new political alignments in the South. The most important is the great industrial development in that region and the urge toward the Re- | publican doctrine of protection which | has been given many of the outstanding | men of the section. It is common talk in many Southern cities that leaders | in their business and industrial circles | strongly sympathize with the Republi- | can party when it comes to national affairs and that they only need a “chance” to send them scurrying into the Democratic party. Some of them already vote Republican nationally and contribute to the party campaign funds, although they continue to vote Demo- cratic in State elections. The recent presidential election gave many of these Democrats with Repub- lican leanings an opening, as they saw { it, to vote the Republican ticket. Man; | of them may continue to vote the R publican ticket. Much will depend upon the treatment which the South receives at the hands of the present Re- publican administration. If it gets what it considers a square deal, and there is no step taken which would rouse its fears, there is strong likelihood that not a few of the Democrats in the South who voted for Mr. Hoover will vote the Republican ticket again in 1932, partic- ularly ifs Mr. Hoover happens to be re- nominated for the presidency. * K K K ‘There is a fight coming in Virginia long before 1932 which may have an important bearing on th;_ political sit- uation in that State. he Republic- ans are hopeful of being able, in com- bination with the Democrats who sup- ported Mr, Hoover last November, of electing a Republican governor. Ef- forts already are being made toward a coalition of these forces. Should the Old Dominion elect a Republican gov- ernor, then, indeed, would there be real evidence that the traditionally Demo- cratic solid South was crumbling. EE When the Kansas Legislature ad- journs the end of this week, it is e: pected that Gov. Clyde Reed will final- Iy announce his selection for the Senate vacancy caused by the retirement of Charles Curtls to become Vice Presi- dent of the United States. There has been a lot of stew over this matter, because of the various factions in the Republican party in Kansas and be- cause of the large number of candidates for the appointment. Under the law the governor may appoint to fill the Senate vacancy until the next regular election, which comes in November, 1930. Those who have recently been in Kansas insist that the choice for Senator lies between former Gov. Henry Allen and Alfred Landon of Independ- ence, Republican State chairman. Gov. Reed was secretary to Henry Allen when the latter was Governor of Kansas. Alfred Landon is a great per- sonal friend of Gov. Reeds, too. Mr. Allen was director of publicity for the Republican national committce during the last campaign. In the preconven- tion campaign he was a SLrong sup- porter of the nomination of President Hoover, KKK President Hoover's appeal to the States to co-operate in the enforcement of the laws enacted under the elght- eenth amendment by adopting State enforcement laws will have to wait, in all probability, for another Lwo years, so0 far as Maryland is concerned. An effort to put through a State enforce- ment law has failed in the State Legis- lature, which is to adjourn soon aund will 1oL reconvene for Lwo years. Mary- land’s new Senator, Phillips Lee Golds- borough, former governor, announced his adherence to the eighteenth amend- ment in the recent campaign. But Baltimore City still dominates in Mary- land and Baltimore City is wet in sen- timent, although the countles generally spéaking are dry. Up in New York have had & in their rpe o sree What seems to have impressed news- mility and reverence with which he coupled a confident and businesslike approach to the great task ahead. | Critics who are unfavorable find the i President less frank in his statement about law enforcement than was the | candidate. The address is marked, says the Kansas City Journal-Post, “by solem- nity and humility in facing grave re- sponsibilities; eagerness for co-opera- tion of the people in performance of gigantic tasks; concern for the peace, the prosperity, the happiness, the health and the general well-being of all sorts d conditions of men, and earnest de- votion to law observance as well as law enforcement.” duty, humbly and earnestly, is appre- ciated by such papers as the Worcester Telegram, the Asheville Times, the Akron _Beacon-Journal, the Topeka Daily Capital, the Bangor Commercial and the Raleigh News and Observer. | “The address begins with a conse- | cration and ends with a prayer.” ob- serves the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. “At & time when many and potent in- fluences are being exercised to bring faith and righteousness into contempt. the Chief Executive of the Nation, the head and leader of the American peo- ple. declare his allegiance and =~ his trust in the solemn moment of his inauguration.” o EEE “Altogether an inspiring” document. adequately comprehensive, adequately brief and adequately lucid.” is the ai praisal by the Louisville Times, while the Cleveland Plain Dealer calls it “idealistic. in the main non-contro- | versial, phrased in sinceritv and beautv.” The Muncie Star points out | that “he pledges himself and those as- sociated with him in the administra- tion to work in the interest of all the people and not as the reoresentative of the party in power.” The Huntington Advertiser advises that “well-meaning citizens will bear in mind his words and remember that government does not exist for political parties. but rather that nolitical parties exist for govern- ment.” “A manv-sided man for one thing.” remarks the Butte Daily Post, “emi- nently oractical. highly trained techni- callv. hard-headed in his efficiencv— #1] these things. ves. And more. For there is an idealistic side to this engi- neer-President that we like to contem- nlate.” The Madison Wisconsin State Journal feels that a reading of the mes- sage ¢ “sufficient to convince every one hic nlans give promise of statesman- shin ™ “The highest polnt and most admi- rable in the address.” in the opinien of the Atlanta Jonurnal. “wes that at which Mr. Hoover daclarad for & mnolicy of Tibaral en-workine in international af- falr and soecifically for aur adherence ta the Permanent Cenrt of Interna- tiona! Justice” The Des Moines Trib- une-Capital vlews his administration as ope which “marts a turn in the road for tha United States and we mav readily believe for the world.” * ok kK bnilder’ at his hest ond oreatest.’ pre- dicts tha Omaha World-Herald, ‘s Lundsr his vieorons leadsrshin, the United States ceain tokes un the role of pence-hulldine that it 1aid down { when the hand of Woodrow Wilson was ralsied * The Indianapolis News adds its tribute, “The address will greatly strengthen the already strone confl- dence in him, and will jmoress nat only this country. but the world. with the soundness. liberality. progressiveness and hroad outlook of the new American President.” Tts reading and study,” declares the effort to put through a State dry en- forcement law. The wets in the com- mittee considering the dry bills voted to fix the penalties against those deal- ing in beverages having more than a 6 per cent alcoholic content, instead of one-half of 1 per cent, the limit set in the Volstesd act. T Wisconsin Is one of those States which will have greater representation in the next Republican national conven- tion than it had in the Kansas City convention. In the recent presidential election, the Badger State cast its elec- toral vote for the Republican nominee. Four years earlier it gave its vote to the late Senator Robert M. La Follette, against former President Coolidge, and by that action lost three delegates at large, which under the rules of the Re- publican national convention are ac- corded to any State which casts its electoral vote for the Republican nomi- nee. Wisconsin will have scven dele- gates at_large in the next convention. Just as mfigl New York, Texas and wi His self-dedication to | it is encouraging and reassuring to hear | wriha world s likelv to sae ‘the . ! principles to legalistic forms great Utica Observer-Dispatch, “is a refresh- ment to those who still have pride, and hope, and confidence in the highest sense of the term ‘Americanism.’” The directness of the appeal to the people is attested by the Kalamazoo Gazette and Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. “Sym- pathetic and intelligent approach to | every problem” is seen by the Memphis Commercial Appeal: “a fearless, force- ful manner” by the Manchester Leader; a message which is “intimate with the needs and thoughts of the people,” by the Charlotte News, and it is “impres- sive” to the Williamsport Sun. “Men without political prejudice listened or read with the growing con- viction that ‘Hoover means business,’" says the Ann Arbor Daily News, and others which see businesslike qualities are the Oklahoma. City *Times. Sioux Falls Argus-Leader,"Roanoke Times and Milwaukee Journal. x Kk k% ‘The Fort Worth = Record-Telegram finds that the President’s utterances are the more efective for the reason that permanent history is made through the fact that “shorthand, telegraphy, radio broadcasting, photography and amplifi- cation of the human voice by electricity all played a part in the proceeding. Of the new President’s relations h business, the Chicago Daily News states: “He emphasizes the present deliberate and wise differentiation between oublic utilities and ordinary corporations. Where the law recognizes or confers monopoly, he says, strict but just regu- lation of service and rates is essential; | where the law provides for competition, | attempts at domination and control, in« compatible with equality of opportunity, will be resisted effectively. Mr. Hoover believes in wide co-operation with private enterprise. but he expects that enterprise to be mindful of its responsi- bilities, to avoid wrongdoing and to combat existing abuses within its own spiere.” Critical analysis comes from the New York Evening Post: “In all the big issues of government save prohibition, President Hoover justifies the faith we had in him. On that question he seems |to us to adopt a course that will again seek to sink this ‘irrepressible iscue’ be- neath some other label and thus con- tinue the costly confusion over it. He makes of himself an enforcer of the law and a champion of it. We had hoped that he would make himself ap en- forcer. but also a statesman looking for real consideration of the mighty prob- ‘l('m back of the law.” Of his state- | ment in the speech of acceptance favor= ing a dry investigation, the Post states, comparing with it the proposal for'in- vestigation of Federal jurisprudence “Many wets who supported Mr. Hcover’ candidacy will not see in this announce- ment a fulfillment of the promise made in the speech of acceptance.” * ko % The Hartford Times charges th: we are to apply the t “if tandards of straight- forwardness and cerity, it must be remarked that in one respect Mr. Hoo- ver has, to use a slang phrase, ‘gotten away with murder.’ With a vast show of solemn earnestn vs the Times, “he depicts as ‘the sorest necessity of the times’ repair of the edifice of law and order. The decrepitude and ca. amitous situation of that structure were as evident and nolorious all through the late campaign and even in the era of Mr. Daugherty, with his little green-blinded house. as it is to- day, and yet the gentleman from Palo Alto gave it scarcely the recognition of I a dozen casual words. It illustrates the difference between a candidate and a President.” That Mr. Hoover appears as a strong dry is affirmed by the Springfield Re- publican. the New York Sun, the Phila- delphia Evening Bulletin. the Savannah Press and the Lexington Leader. “After years of virtual silence, the Government is in the open.” proclaims the St. Louis Times, -while the Anniston Star avers that “much will depend on the type of men whom he selects to investigate the evils that he deplores.” *E R “It will be interesting to follow the application of business methods and suggests the Piltsburgh Post-Gazette, while the New Orleans Times-Picayune comments: “Reform of criminal procedure is a gi gantic task. In adding it to the others that he takes over, Mr. Hoover displays a courage that, as we hope, is not born of inexperience and enthusiasm, but is instead the product of thorough study and matured conviction.” On the Hoover stand for law enforce~ ment the Portland Oregon Journal says: “Disregard for some Iaw destroys re- spect for 2ll law js a principle that Mr. Hoover lays down which all must ree spect. It is a conclusion over which there can be no debate.” The Pasadena Star-News holds that on that point he “should have the earnest, sincere as- sistence of the American people,” and the Mashville Banner also bespeaks gen. eral support for the President “in the ahead of e