Evening Star Newspaper, April 11, 1929, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR| With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D, C. THURSDAY......April 11, THEODORF W. NOYE! The L Evening Star N - Company 2ol S and Pensisivania Ave. Englanc Carrier Within 3 STy e oar month " 60c per month .65¢ per month "Collection made ol Orders may be sent In by mail or telephone Main 5000, Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Vllr v and Sunds y only . 3$6.00; 1 mo.. day only $4.00; 1 mols All Other States and Canada. fly and Sunday..l yr.$12.00; 1 mo., $1.00 ily only - lay only yr.. $8.00: 1 yr, $5.00; Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled e use for republication of ell news dis- in this paper and also the news ahed herein All Tights of piblication of jal dispatches herein are also reserved. 1 mo., 86¢ 0.0 50¢ 40c i 1 mo. 80C A Happy Ending. While some may have regretted the raising of the question of social preced- ence in the case of the Vice Presi- dent's sister, the outcome of the affair is such as to cause general rejoicing and to lead to mutual congratulations on the part of all the parties to this affair. First of all, the Vice President and his sister, his official hostess, arc to be fellcitated upcn getting their rightful station definitely established. Next Secretary Stimson is to be com- plimented upon the effective manner in which he passed the issue on to the diplomatic corps as the only court of satistactory ruling. Finally, the diplo- matie corps, headed by Sir Esme How- ard, the British Ambassador, is to be thanked for according to Mrs. Gann at all official and ceremonious diplo- matic entertainments “the precedence due the wife of the Vice President of the United States.” And this grati- tude is not lessened in any degree by the fact that the action of the diplo- matic corps is provisional, “until we can obtain some definite ruling from & constituted American authority.” In the latter handling of this affair there has been only courtesy and con- sideration. Perhaps there was some swkwardness in the first stage. If so, that has been corrected by the punc- tilious regard that has since been shown for the sensibilities of the par- ticipants. ‘The incident is closed— probably definitely closed, inasmuch as there is no “constituted American suthority” that can render & more specific decision, and no probability that one will be established—on the correct basis of efficient and equitable diplo- macy, namely, the recognition of the status quo in the establishment of a modus vivendi. The status quo, namely that the wife or official hostess of the Vice President ranked next to the wife or hostess of the President, has pre- vailed since the days of President Mc- Kinley, who 5o ruled regarding the wife of Vice President Hobart. The only difference lay in the fact that the offl- cial hostess in this case was not wife but sister. When the case was dis- tinctly stated, in its correct terms, the diplomatie corps, which, as Secretary Stimson truly says, is the only “con- stituted authority” for ruling upon, social precedence in this country, did not hesitate to decide that there is no essential difference. Rarely has a case arisen in diplomacy that has been settled with so general » satisfaction over the result. Every- body concerned seems to have done the right thing. —e————— Wall Street regards gambling as a vice. The theory that vice may be ted by making it expensive has | Béen tested out a number of times| without conclusive results. e The Leviathan Goes Wet. The dry fiag has been hauled down | on the Leviathan and the other ships ! of the United States Lines, Inc., which have recently passed from Government | to private American ownership. The reason given by the mew owners for permitting the sale of liquor aboard these vessels after they have left Amer- | fcan waters is that it is necessary in order to compete with the ships of for- eign lines in the transatlantic passen- ger service. Now the new policy works out, and whether there will be a marked increase in the number of passengers on the Leviathan, the flagship of the fieet, and the other vessels remains to be seen. In the past the Shipping Board, which operated the United States Lines through the Fleet Corpora- 'tion, received many letters congratu- 1ating it upon the fact that the ships ‘The management of the Leviathan, however, which in personnel is much the same as was the management under Government ownership, has apparently determined that restriction of the sale of liquor on these vessels was a disad- vantage in the strenuous competition _ which exists for passenger traffic across the Atlantic, There will be no open bar on the Levisthan and the other ships of the United States Lines, Inc,, a8 the new company operating these vessels is named. This doubtless is out of regard for the slogan which has grown up in this country, “The saloon 1s gone forever!” It is a slogan to which most of the wets agree, especially those who run for office where there is a certain amount of dry sentiment ex- Isting. Liquor aboard the Leviathan, ac- cording to announcement, is to be served presumably in the cabins of fllei or in some other “manner | that will be strictly controlled and not objectionable in any way.” In defense of the newly announced policy of the United States Lines, Inc. 1t is pointed out that all other Amer- can lines which touch foreign ports, ex- | cept the Dollar Line, sell liquor to their mitted, there has been a lot of boot- legging by stewards. “There are plenty of Americans who will argue that prohibition should fol- United States. These ships, they will point out, are under the protection of the American fiag and the United States and for that reason, if for no other, should respect the Constitution and the laws of the land. Admittedly it is only a subterfuge which makes it possible for these ships to clear from American ports in a po- sition, after they get outside the limit, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, nothing particularly serious in case except the significance of in- clination. to grasp fraudulent means to better themselves. There was a man 1920 | low the fiag and that on American ships rescued at the time the policeman | fiying the American flag the prohibitory | claimed credit. There was a bomb in Editor | 1aw should apply just as it does in the the mall, but it was a harmless bomb and was never. intended to reach its destination. These two cases teach a strong lesson. Glory and promotion are hard to win through trickery. — The Increased Assessment. ‘With more than fifty-one million dol- lars’ worth of new construction recorded in the District in the last calendar year, Tax Assessor Richards' estimate i onsl mont | to sell liquors, A certain amount of |of a rise of between forty and fifty mil- liquor is permitted to be carried for!lion dollars in the total realty assess- “medicinal purposes” on ships leaving this country. It is theze medicinal sup- plies which will be sold to the passen- gers as the ships travel eastward. On the homeward voyage they may carry as much liquor as they believe the pas- 3¢ | sengers will want to consume, The Dawes Ambassadorship. President Hoover's latest innovation, the selection of Charles Gates Dawes to be American Ambassador to Great Britain, is notable in one distinguished respect, apart from the envoy-desig- nate's identity. It solves the problem of what to do with former Vice Presi- dents. Also it breaks new ground in the direction of preserving a late ocecu- pant of that exhalted post from unde- served oblivion. As Uncle Sam's representative at the Court of St. James, Gen. Dawes is likely to be a far more conspicuous figure than conditions permit the presiding officer of the United States Senate to be. The opportunity for national—and, of course, international—service will be immeasurably wider. The man with the underslung pipe | hesitation the proffer of our blue ribbon diplomatic mission. All who know Gen. Dawes will understand his readiness to undertake it. The London embassy appeals to him because never in its long existence has it provided so mo- mentous an opportunity for construc- tive achievement. It offers a field for & man who can do things. Dawes mensures up to that description. No American of his stature is less content with & decorative job than the virile Tlinoisan. Four years of Senate rostrum ennui can only have whetted his zest for activity in public affairs. Londen is Gen. Dawes’ chance. It is his chance because Anglo-American relations, nominally cordial and un- doubtedly friendly in essence, are in fact undergoing & certain strain which is in danger of becoming chronic. The inability of the two governments to reconcile divergent views on details of \naval strength is the fly in the oint- ment. ‘The common sense which is‘also the common heritage of British and Ameri- can statesmanship has thus far pre- vented naval differences from reaching the acrimonious stage, at least so far as officlal contacts are concerned. But 1t is known of all men, on both sides of the Atlantic, that the situation is saturated with bitterness and mutual suspicion. As far as the American pub- lic is aware, no bold, broad-gauge at- tempt is being made to quench these inflammable imponderables. Gen. Dawes has given public expres- sion to his views on this paramount issue in Anglo-American relations. They are set forth in the news columns of today's Evening Star. As in almost everything our future London Ambas- sador says, they are arresting and to the point. He sets forth that, having agreed at the Washington conference on “the principle of equality,” it is “un- thinkable” that the British and Ameri- can governments should burden their respective peoples with the cost of re- newed competition in naval building. In another direction Gen. Dawes points a warning finger. He strongly indicates that “experts” are primarily to blame for the failure of the two countries in the realm of naval agree- ment. The Ambassador-to-be mani- festly feels that it is a fleld for states- men, rather than admirals. The citi- zens of the United States contemplate with satisfaction and hope the assign- ment of the chief architect of the Dawes plan to the task of removing the gunpowder from the Anglo-American situation. i If he helps to do that, he will deserve | a tablet in Westminster Abbey and an enduring place in the hearts and his- tory of his own people. —————————— New York comtinues to hold Mayor Jimmie Walker in esteem as & man who is interested in his job and at the same time is not inclined to take himself too serfously. ———t———————— Questions of social precedence must be settled, even though they have nothing apparent to interest the tax- payer. ————————— A very old man, Hindenburg should be expected to put some younger states- man in training to carry on the German republic, —————te— « Promotion by Fraud. Strange are the paths from normalcy taken by the human mind. Strange are the reasonings of. otherwise normal persons when they are thwarted in reaching an objective by ordinary means. Take, for instance, the case of the policeman in New York who re- cently reported to his superiors that he had saved a man from drowning and was awarded & valor medal for his feat. This man wanted promotion and Tecognition. Some of his comrades, however, were suspicious of his swim- ming prowess and shortly thereafter he was subjected to a plunge in a pool to prove his ability. The result of this test ‘was dismissal from the force. He could not swim s stroke. Or take the case of the aspiring janitor in the New York post office, who was tired of his drab work and wanted something bet- ter. He, as the result of strange rea- soning, conceived the idea of manufac- turing & bomb for the Governor of New York, and visualized himself a hero by its discovery in the malls. “He wanted ment for the next fiscal year represents & normal increase which should be re- garded as indicative of healthy growth. So long as a higher total assessment can be accounted for largely through new construction, plus the resulting in- crease in land values, there is no par- ticular cause for worry on the part of the taxpayers. Mr. Richards points to the extensive construction on Connecti~ cuf, avenue north of the “Million Dol- lar Bridge,” where there has been great activity in apartment house building; to the outlying sections in Northeast and Northwest Washington, which have been expanding steadily through creation of new residential communities, and to the improvements and increased value of land in the downtown business area. Washington's increasing realty assess- ment has been phenomenal and unique among the citles of the United States. It was less than ten years ago that the assessment, representing two-third's valuation, was under half a billion dol- lars. In 1923, by reason of the adoption of the full valuation ‘basis, the assess- ment rose to more than seven hundred million dollars, and reached & billion is understood to have accepted without | one hundred and forty million dollars | Just wi for the current fiscal year. Increased assessment means more tax revenue and, therefore, & greater con- tribution from the City of Washington toward Capital building and mainte- nance. Each year rising values and new butldings will bring the total assessment higher, Those who believe that the Federal contribution to Capital maintenance should be based to some extent on the assessed valuation of Federal realty holdings, must also realize that annual reassessments should be taken on Gov- ernment, as well as private real estate, and that such reassessments would nor- mally show a year-to-year increase, (R U ‘The person who designed a bomb for Franklin Roosevelt was entirely out of accord with his time. No one thinks of throwing anything at Franklin Roosevelt, except bouquets. —_— e ‘Washington, D. C., will have not only one, but several airports. Aviators as well as chauffeurs are asserting peremp- tory demands for parking space. o e Beauty contests continue to afford hope for the woman who complained that she had nothing to wear. ———— Ol conservation has not yet asserted any repressive influence on the move- ment for larger and more beautiful filling stations. SIS SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Social Precedence. T love my little dairy lunch, Where I can bid my cares go hence, And calmly munch without & hunch Concerning social precedence? Perhaps I have to stand in line Among the patrons who appear. ‘Though not so fine, that place is mine I grab, though Dukes and Earls draw near. I know the chef will have a heart And democratic rules apply, ‘Which will not start toward me the part ‘Of the smoked fish that has the eye. And so, T am content to stay Aloof from all the salad bunch, And, day by day, serenely stray Forth to my favorite dairy lunch. - Evolution. “Do you believe in the theory of evo- lution?” “Of course, I do,” answered Senator Sorghum. “How many times have you and I seen a small district attorney evolve and enlarge into a regular judge!” Jud Tunkins says a man who thinks only of himself is liable to be caught thinking of nothing much worth while. Course of Events. Enthusiasms very fine ‘Will annually cool. ‘The February valentine ‘Winds up in April Fool. The Final Motor Ride. “Why did you shed such copious tears at the funeral?” “I was thinking,” answered Mr. Chug- gins, “of the dear woman who was still. & passenger, but no longer able to drive from the back seat.” “Buperstition is ever powerful,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown. “We believe most easily what we cannot un- derstand.” Actor Triumphant. They say Bill Shakespeare wrote the plays Which serve to dazzle and amaze. There is no use of further row— Bill got the spotlight, anyhow. “We listens respectful on Sunday,” said Uncle Eben, “an’ goes de rest of de week on our own sinful way, which makes de odds agin’' de preacher 'bout six to one.” R Don’t Cross Bridges. From the Fort Worth Record-Telegram. becomes entirely careful, wise and honest what will we do with that per- centage now busy , lawyers, policemen and firemen? Or Have a Few Berries. Prom the Ann Arbor Daily News. promotion. He will get demotion or dis- missal, if nothing more serious. Each of these men would have posed 2s & hero to obtain better positions. Some will say that it is purely a human trait to seek to attain glory. The point is this, however: that if either of them year, some be longer. They'll Learn in Time. D. C, THURSDAY, - THIS AND THAT Ten _different nrlonl have thought well enough of following roem to send us a copy of the same, for each and every orz of which we are indebt- ed, for a good piece of poetry is always ‘welcome. 1t is called “Your Dog,” and wds writ- ten by Elizabeth P. Morse of Chimney Rock, N. C., but beyond that we cannot say, since none of our 10 copies gave any clue as to the magazine from which it was taken. ¥ It is & good bit of poetry, not only be- ‘cause deftly handled, but also because it is fair to both dog and cat. Miss Morse evidently likes both. We leave the reader to judge: : YOUR DOG. I ask you, Master, just as dog to man (Explain it fn our language, if you cen), Why Tabby, there, should have nine liyes to live, When I, your dog, have only one to give? A cat! Bhe's always greedy for her cream, And nfiu: for nothing but to doze and am; 8o smug and satisfled, she maddens (She k.nows) I hate her, sitting on nee. You uk\xx,lht me, Master, everything I oW, Your friend is my friend—and your foe, me! your can, How close man' Once, &he‘n you lost your bearings in e fog, whov;ul?:'xmwnndywuyour log' Did Tabby feel your danger, scent your And leave your cosy hearth to brin; you back? Y A one-man dog lives to his ‘When we came limping hcme, what did she do? alked up long enough to yawn, “That you?” Oh, yes, a cat may have nine lives to ve, But tell me, has she even one to give? ‘That stormy night you found me, picked me up— A friendless, starving, vagrant little pup— And brought me home, and named me, it was sweet To lay my one life wholly at your feet! It isn't that I'm jealous of the cat. 8he m:g {:ne nine, or ninety lives, at a But just to see her sitting on your knee, Gosh, 'Mulur. let me run her up that ree| * % ok % This is a good poem, we submit, be- cause it shows every reader the proper attitude for every one to take in respect to_the two best known domestic pets. It is plain to be seen that the writer, while preferring the dog, had some sort of admiration for the cat, and even made her canine hero admit a sort of sneaking fondness for Tabby. This attitude is one which every one may ponder, especlally those persons Wwho declare emphatically that they “hate cats.” Only the other day a gentleman came into our office to narrate the purchase of a pair of white mice for his boy. Knowing our interest in all animals, he thought we would be interested in white mice, too. Somehow or other we are indifferent to white mice. We have nothing against other people liking white mice, but per- sonally are able to get along very nicely without them. Thousands of persons, we realize, feel precisely the same way about cats. Hundreds feel much the same way about dogs. % ddldn't you buy Jimmy & dog?” ed. my foe. Can Tabby tell, or does she think she | { BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. YA catl” h “Why, I killed three cats * K ok ok Miss Morse's arguments in favor of the dog will be admitted by all friends of animals. It is a,reciuly because Pido has one big life to give that he is so popular with a tribe of two-legged ani- mals the members of which are more bent on getting than giving. It is precisely because the .domestic cat is so human in this respect that many persons dislike her. Tom gives very little, and accepts eve ing. But he does it with such a favor that he wins the universal regard of those who are able to see him calmly, without prejutiice. ' A cat is.a sort of ambulating test of o tleraa; last week.” APRIL 11, 1929.° Oil Lease Policy Of Hoover Praised To the Editor of The Star: A Nation which has honored Presi- dent Roosevelt, Secretary of Agriculture Wallace and Gov. Pinchot for ‘their ploitation will in years to come equally n. honor President Hoover for his cou- rageous action in drastically refusing oil and gas prospecting permits upon the public lands. During the years 1923-1924, as an ad- judicating clerk at the General Land Office, it was my duty to make a graphic plat or map of land applied for in every single application, preparatory to send- ing the case to the United tes Geo- logul Survey, who were to report whether or not the land described con- :Ined':ny knogn oll or other mineral maximum amount of land covered by a permit was 2,660 acres, or four “sections.” Although the regula- tions required the land to be fairly com- gfl or contiguous, it was the practice one’s instinctive or built-up prejudices. In either case they are equally preju- dices. Our proposition to the above quoted gentleman was that he could not have a cat in his home 30 days without becoming interested in it. And most human beings tend to like what they become interested in. Would Tabby leave her cozy home? Indeed, she would not! Her very habit of staying by the fireside is what sets her apart. She is as she is; that is her great charm. For thousands of her friends she is literally what the imagi- native French call her, “The tiger in he house.” Her friends see Tabby as simply a little tiger which no doubt would eat them if she were just a bit larger. Why not? Tabby never fawned for a morsel of food in her life. She comes as & friend of man, too, in her way, and is willing to live with him in his house by the side of the road, but she refuses to learn “tricks,” or to do what the dog does, place her “one life wholly at your feet.” LR As long as men admire independence, liberty, freedom, call it what you will, they must and will admit, even though gr,\;dnuw. that the house cat places life at the feet of no one except the inscrutable God who e her. She is & pure automaton of instincts, steadfastly minding her own business, and hoping that other creatures will mind theirs. If her ways and means do not in sll cases meet the approval of humanity, she is willing to pay the penalty, as she so often does, but she will never lick any one’s boots to gain ipproval. ‘abby stalks down the alleys of today as calmly as she once did through the majestic columns of the Egyptian tem- ples, and you can take her or leave ner just as she is. Crafty? Of course! BSneaking? Certainly! But no more crafty than hundreds of thousands of human beings, and no more sneaking than millions of men; and only crafty and Sneaking in order to get its dinner. The graceful, interesting cat is a symbol, & sure sign of mankind's char- ity, for the ¢at neither flatters him nor u{vn him, except in the matter of mice. Yet no dog ever had kinder words said of him than these, taken from | the April number of Our Dumb Friends, the tribute of a family to a cat. “He was both intelligent and kind; he had all the unselfishness of & dog, and noble and generous manners. In | the six years that we had him—we found him crying in a snowstorm, evi- dently having been dropped out of & motor—he made us very happy, and his going was a deep grief. He couldn't ta’k—but it isn't for what they said | that one misses one’s friends. And | human being could have been Kkinder nor more courteous than this - small, ;:heeirul and comforting member of our amily.” BACKGROUND OF EVENTS BY PAUL V. COLLINS. How refreshing it would be to elim- inate all preconceived notions of spe- cial privilege and get back to the fun- damentals! Like the gift “of seeing oursels as ithers see us, it would frae mony a blunder free us.” * kK K For instance, there is the plea of the attorneys for the thousands of aliens who live in Canada and work daily in [ the United States. The aliens avoid all obligations, all taxes and all duties as citizens of the United States; they could not be drafted in our Army or Navy in case of war. They are in com- petition with American wage earners, taking the jobs away from our heads of American familles. To a certain ex- tent, they keep wages down because they add to the supply of laborers, with- out increasing the demand from enter- prise. They do mot buy their family supplies in the land which pays them their wages, hence they do not add to the incomes of our farmers or other producers. But they have believed that they had found a way of side-stepping our na- striction of immigration and protective tariffs. They claimed they were not immigrating, for they slept in Canada, nightly; Cenada was their home— ! homes of Greeks, Russians, Germans, Spaniards and various other nationali- ties who could not enter the United States because the quotas of their re- spective countries were exhausted. Un- der our restrictive laws, we already had all of their nationality we wanted at resent. Yet, from Canada they would ock across the ferries, and work for wages daily, year after year. The re- strictive laws were thus mocked. EE R 8o the Department of Labor issued General Order No. 68, a ruling to stop this abuse and save jobs in America for Americans. But the keen lawyers, rep- | resenting the daily visitors, argued tha these men were exempt because the laws provide exemption to travelers who visited the United States “for busi- ness or pleasure,” and not with the intention of remaining immigrants. They would dodge the intent and spirit of immigration restraint. The Court of Appeals upheld this quibble, but at last the matter has ruled .upon by. the, Federal Su- preme Court, which finds that “busi- ness” does not mean working for wages. ‘Again come the astute lawyers with the argument that citizens of Canada have a right to enter the United States without restrictions, because in 1794 a Jay treaty was made entitling the citizens of Canada and those from the United States to cross the border at will and without restrictions, The Supreme Court appears better blers supposed, for gfi that we had been at war with Great Britain since’1794, and war nullifies certain treaty provisions of good will. After the War of 1812, while the gunce of the border was permitted by default of restriction, that did not renew any treaty rights; the Jay treaty * K kK The immigration commissioner, Mr. Hull, of m"}separtment of Labor, is authority x!m- the e;aum‘t.theu%:rmg ber of daily workers Ing o the law ‘was not less than 20,000, Can: This does not in- Mlonal protective laws, both as to re- the tinued without leading to the very abuses of unfair alien competition with American interests, if the visa rules are rigidly enforced. ‘This exposure, through the courts, of the stretching of the non-quota status of Canadians and Mexicans so that it covered European arrivals in the neigh- boring territory, will tend to arouse congressional interest in the matter of class. ‘The American Federation of Labor indicates that it is as much interested ers in farmer relief and protection on competitive crops. The “crop” for the wage earner is his wages, and his shibboleth is “America first, for Ameri- cans!” * K X X While upholding “America first!” as & good slogan, there is another, invented by President Lincoln, to the effect that this is “a Government of the people, by the people.” The people’s will is expressed through their Representatives and Senators in Congress. But what is answer when the Supreme Court discovers that a citizen under indict- ment for conspifacy with a acabinet | official defies the Senate and refuses| to_answer questions? His excuse is that he was so advised by counsel—advised to hold in con- tempt the highest law-making body of | the Government. The private citizen, thus misled by his counsel, goes to jail, like & pickpocket or highwayman, and the proletariat breathes relief that, for | once, equality before the law is demon. strated. But is {t? What about the learned counsel who conspired with his client to contemn the 'uw and defy his Gov- ernment? Is the shrewd counsel exempt from conspiracy in contempt of court and contempt of the same Government as that for which his client " suffers? Does the law exempt lawyers from the punishment of crimes for which their duped elient must suf- | fer? Who would affirm such a elaim, | in case the crime were murder or| robbery? i * k%% There has been shown great indig- | nation among law-abiding citizens at | the conspiracy of certain lawyers in | New York who band together with the avowed purpose of aidis abetting violations of the prohibition laws— | notably the Jones law with its increased | penalties. The measure of an adequate penally for any law is that it must be | drastic enough to prevent profitable | fails in that degree of efficiency is in- adequate. Yet ‘hthe conspiring la lough sworn to uphold it. ‘Who is the greater criminal—clientt or counsel? * % % % “Laws, as we read in ancient sages, Have been like cobwebs in all ages; Cobwebs for little flies are spread, Laws for little folks are made; But if the la of renown Betray their clients, then disown When caught in:search of graft or rlun er. It's not the ll"‘yfi"l l:“n‘l. by thunder!” | including all neighbors in the quota | phvsieists in protection and relief as are the farm- | quake -lifted us and the world into realms of higher ideallsm than any other man of | Eve: violation of the law; any penalty that | him. “checkerboard” the land, so in many cases a graphic drawing of the land mnud . nster, mm%fic“ '4"?3:’.'{ lous monster, an - ing into three and four townshi) ‘The obvious e ul ind draining from large of adjacent land not covered by the permit. Thus, it will be seen that the thousands of acres, unapplied for, were l:edmmy affected, in a wasteful man- T, ‘The regulations required that work be commenced within six months from re- ceipt of the permits. Thousands of permittees would do nothing, and, as the time limit was nearing, would apply for a further six-month extension of time. Handling hundreds of such requests, I reached the conclusion, retained, that a great majority of these permits were obtained for ve purposes rather than with & bona fide intention to 3 Reasons given for extensions were that roads were impassable,. machinery could not be hauled, capital was slow in being at- tracted, geologists were difficult to ob- tain, ete., ete. Yet at the same time, in the same localities, a relatively small proportion of bona fide permittees had no difficulty transporting their machinery, attracting capital and g wells,of the speci- fied depths within the required time. For these permittees, I have . always had considerable admiration, and it is gratifying to learn that such diligent. permitiees will not be adversely affected by the recent order. ‘The acid test of “bona fides” in these permits is whether or not the permit- tee has made a dlligent effort to ex- plore the land. What happens when this acid test is applied? answer is found in the report of Secretary Wil- bur that 1,233 permits have been can- celed within a recent week. Also, 1,250 | permittees have been required to show | cause why their permits should not be canceled. A large proportion of these permits will undoubtedly be can- In these statistics is found the most eloquent answer to the protestations of three governors and other objectors to the Hoover order. HERBERT W. GEDIMAN, P ] Device Is Expected To Predict Quakes BY E. E. FREE, PH. D, ‘That it may be possible to predict an earthquake shock some hour’; in ad- vance by the behavior of & magnetic tmtr:xmemm‘vh’sch is merely a refine- ment on amiliar pocket compass of the Boy Scouts is the expectation of spreading the uests for such engineer, M. Albert Nodon, expressed recently before the Academy of Sci- ences in Paris. Some years ago M. Nodon invented this delicate instru- ment, a type of magnetometer, capable of measuring the intensity of the earth’s magnetic forces as well as their direction. One of these instruments has been in daily use, he academy, by Senor Boustos Navarrete mmmmmotspmlble 6, 18| 300 feet; sea) still | zont of the distinguished French electrical | figure ANSWERS ~ ' QUESTIONS~ BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Wi in 8ol ‘The airplanes are as 1 planes, 15,% to 25,000 feet: bombing ale‘t"'m feet; observation plm-,' attack planes, meet. Q. When were the first United States coins made?—D. J. W. States coin was A. The first United made in 1793. Q. How are Dutch windmills made?— A. The typical Dutch windmill is composed of four long salls at right angles to each other, fixed on an axis inclining about 10 degrees to the hori- tal and moufited on an_inclosed Modifica- attached at right angles to the sail axle. ‘Transverse bars or rods are to the whip at intervals throughout its the sails- are B'rith?—P. A. W. A. It is a Jewish fraternal organiza- tion founded in New York in 1843 for material, The term then came into gen. eral use for describing anything tha was Inferior or adulterated. Q. Is land or river otter a valuable fur?—C. M. B. A. Land or river otter is used to make fur coats. It is ome of the most durable of our native furs. It ranks as one of the finer furs. Its value de- pends on the skin. Q. What is Sir Harry Lauder’s fam- ily name?—U. L. D. A. The family name is MacLennan. Q. How were. the carly combs made? —B. B. . A. The first combs found—those ¢ ‘the | made of ivory and amber—as made by ancient peoples of Rome, Greece leveloped the plan for the Canberra, Australia?—E. R. . The architect who laid out the ground plans for the capital city was Walter Burley Griffin. amape wood is a wood of tropical Amer- ica. It is found in the West Indies, Mexico, Central America and Venezuela. A common name for it is “roble,” which is Spanish for “cak.” However, it is not an oak and bears only a superficial re- semblance to it. Its color, weight and the inculcation of “charity, benevolence disregard Q. How many miles of the proposed A needed strengthening of Senate oratory and the addition of a militant to the ranks of the Republican majority is forecast by the press in comments on the appointment of former Gov. Henry J. Allen of Kansas as Sen- ator to succeed Vice President Curtis. “We predict that he will be early known as a prominent and highly dis- | tinguished member of the Senate,” says the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, while the San Antonio Express, ranking him as “outspoken and fearless.” is con- will question his fit- of Santiago, Chile, a locality which suffers from 1 t Senor Navarrete {:pum,mmt an e e shock is inva ly preceded a peculiar dance of the recording needle of the mag- netometer. The premonitory oscilla- tions of this needle increase progres- sively in intensity until fin their greatest violence coincides with an earth shock, recorded on the seismographs of the same observatory. Although Nodon did not discuss before the academy the theoretical basis of these etic preparing an also set up magnetic effects which M. Nodon's instrument detects. By watching these magnetic effects from hour to hour and noting the time when the peculiar earthquake oscilla- tions begin, it may prove possil Nodon and Senor Navarrete believe, to Issue useful warnings of coming shocks. Commends Preservation of Woodrow Wilson Home ! From thé Columbia Record. The saving of the Woodrow Wilson home and its conversion into a Wood- | row Wilson memorial museum, in which | will be stored World War relics, and by the building of fireproof additions and ‘memorial on the near acre lot will be a source of unending in- spiration to the people of this especially and of the Nation. To the children of South Carolina it will al- most be a fairyland, in which they will be lifted to the highest ideals. For say what we may and differ with; ‘Woodrow Wilson in soms of his policies and acts, it cannot be denied that he is time, Who can tell the results of this ideal- ism upon the minds of youth? How it will cause them to long for and attempt the highest things in Tife? How it will tempt them to strive to:c!.rut things? Determine as they may, 00l teachers subjected to the daily drain of energy cannot always lift their pupils to the mountain tops of vision and effort. But here at. the. home of Woodrow Y that will rest their souls and point their pupils to the heights to which any American boy may hope to attain. If the son of a parson, poor in this world's goods, moving from place to place, can become a world figure, to whom the oppressed people everywhere pay tribute, each boy—or girl—who sees this home and learns the stories connected with it must be stirred as nothing else will stir Air Rides Now Common. From the Akron Beacon Journal A Chicago airways line has cut its fare schedule by one-third. It's getting 50 there's hothing aristocratic about an airplane ride at all. Nothing for Loafers. Prom the Toledo Blade. & In favoring & reduction of taxes on unearned incomes Mellon has requent earthquakes. has found, M. Nodon | size, earthquak of senatorial "2 taunch dry’ and Hoover administraf Mr. Allen’s own paper, the Wichita Beacon, taking note of the fact that no State | Senator him “to contribute to the gayety of the Nation” and refers to him as “hard- boiled, intrigued by no manner of illu- sion, & first-class fighter, with & fair t, he political hypoerisy and corruption every- where, and helped fltumgopl 10 & keen- e wWn responsi- bility in the Governmen! The Ex- rlrun believes that the Senate “needs enry J. Allen, needs his alert mind, his sober judgment, his dynamic energy, his high sense of honor.” The Omaha World-Herald pays & tribute to him with the statement, “He has charm, Henry Allen has, and wit and brilllancy and eloquence, not to mention a sizable backbone.” ‘The Dayton Daily News it “he is a good Kansas type; on the east side of the cl galns & robust and mil- itant recruit, who will not sit among the A the Atlanta Constitu- no reference cn the job. Taking ’Enr for Worse. '~ | From the Savannah Press. lnflwmuon'nwaptm- rebel 1 “Nay, a lame %o the worker Who loafs | by strength are similar. It is used for in- terior finish, for building purposes, ox yokes, piling and boat building. Henry Allen Expected to Prove Militant Figure in the Senate or to adjacent territory. * * * Once the treaty is drawn, vigorous spokesmen needed in the Senate. It will be to America’s good fortune if oppor- tunity to lead a fight to ratify a sea- with Canada falls to Henry “It is enough to say of hi cludes the New York Times, is an upright, courageous, energetic man, and, on the whole, singularly reason- able for a former S yWer progres- sive. WIll the Senate deaden him or m he enliven it? A sort of Byzan- 108p] velops a Senator subdued to the ele- ment he works in. If Mr. Curtis re- sisted it as Senator, some observers al- ready detect in him as Vice President a certain rigidity.” Philosopher’s Wife ' Is Ably Defended i | Prom the 8t. Paul Pioneer Press. ‘The Classical Association, at #s an- nual meeting in Chicago ‘week, heard with satisfaction an able de- {2: of Xanthippe, w"hoeem name has me_ syncnymous s wife. Payson Sibley Wilde, m scholar from Harvard, felt that there was something to say on her behalf after 1,460 years. Socrates, her hushand, who never wrote a line about her or anything else, for that matter, is credit- ed with admitting that she had many domestic virtues. Indeed, it is more than surmised that Socrates’ wife, whose patience was sorely tried with her husband’s failure to provide at times for the needs of the family, was made the butt of Athenian gossips. To be a proper helpmate to an odd hus- band she must needs be made as pe- culiar in her way, and wits were ex- ercised to match the couple with ex- tremes of tem| ent. But if Xanthippe was moved to vio- lence by her husband’s absent-minded regard of his household affairs, she is not the only t man’s wife who has “lost all patience.” Rosseau's Therese was tient of her philoso] to mundane necessif and yet escapes the brand that reached xmu-ugpe. Jane Carlyle found her “Seer of Chel- sea” trying at times, but the crabbed sage and not the wife was held blame- Perhaps had Xanthij lived in this day and age she would not have worn herself to an edge trying to get Soc- rates to bring home a pay envelope. Two ways out would await her cholce: to get a job and earn the living herself or to get a divorce. As those were not open to her she has had to suffer under the reputation given her by her hus- band’s enemies. It may be too late to defend her, but it is not too late to x}m« the trials she sustained and pity “Drinking Dry” Frank On Prohibition Vote Co ite, _Not m always unusual Blease “of South Carolina. In admitted—he ] E 4 f ! 3 g g ? i g z