Evening Star Newspaper, May 24, 1929, Page 8

"THE ' EVENING ‘With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. ¥RIDAY....,.....May 24, 1929 result of mext Thursday's pollings, Mr. THEODORE W. NOYES The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office: d Pennsylvania Av ;110 East 43nd St. n Buildina ondon. Rate by Carrier Within the City. 45¢ per month 60c per month .65 per month Siiiuesar e BC DOF GORY at'the end of cach men! Orders may be sent in by mail or telepnone Main 5000. Rate by Mafl—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Vir; Daily and Sunda. 1 yr..810.00; Daily only .. 111 yr.Ts800: 1 mo., Sunday only 171 $4.00; 1 mo. ¢ All Other States and Ca :nday..1 yr., $12.00 £8.00: 1 mo. Sunday only £5.00; 1 wo.. nada. Member of the Associated Press. The Acsociated Press is exclusively entitled to the \se for Tepublication of CIl Tews G Fatches credited (o It OF not otherwise cre fted in inis paper and also the Tocal news published herein’ All rights of publicerion of special dispatches herein are also reserved. = Republican Solidarity. The Republican House has demon- strated again its ability to get together on a protective tariff bill. By a vote of 206 to 24 the Republicans, in party conference, determined upon a rule which will bring the bill to a vote in e at three o'clock next Tuesday 1 will practically limit amend- ments to these presented by the com- mittee on ways and means. The deci- | slon in the party conference is a tribute | to the Republican leadership of the | House. Ever since the tariff bill was re- ported to that body there have been threats of insurrection and revolt. ‘When the final showdown came, how- ever, the vote to stand by the bill was overwhelming. So strong is the Repub- lican majority of the House that the recalcitrant Republicans, joining with the Democrats, will be unable to shake the solid front of the organization. During the last two weeks the party | Jeaders and members of the ways and means committee have labored effec- tively with Republican members of the House inclined to kick over the traces. | Those who had strong objections to some of the schedules were given a hearing by the ways and means com- ittee. Some of their demands were heeded, and the ways and means com- mittee yesterday submitted to the party conference a series of 91 amendments dealing with some of these contrqversial subjects. In the main, however, the bill as reported will continue before the House and will be passed. Opponents of the increases in sugar duties have failed to shake the support of the ma- Jority for those increases. The rates on building materials, including cement, bricks, shingles and lumber, have been Fetained. On the other hand, a number of con- @essions have been made to the Repre- sentatives of farm States and to some of the industries. Hides were taken from the free list, for example, and given an ad valorem duty of ten per eent, at the same time boots and shoes and leather were placed on the dutiable list. The farmers will have to make up their minds whether the duty granted them on hides is more desirable than having shoes and leather on the free list. The great majority of the Repub- lican members from the farm States, however, have acquiesced in the agree- ment on the tariff bill. The measure, ever since its report, has been violently assailed both by farming interests and industrial interests. Perhaps this is a good sign. At all events it would be an unheard-of achievement if a tariff bill was drafted that pleased every' one. After the bill has passed the House it will go to the Senate, and if past history is any criterion it will be emended in many respects. Whether the bill in the end will meet the ideas of President Hoover, who asked for a *limited” tariff revision, only time can tell. Critics of the bill insist that al- seady the duties have been changed in B0 many ceses that all talk of a “limited” revision appears idle. If he considers duties have been unduly in- creased the Chief Executive will have one weapon at his hand, if he desires 1o use it, after the bill becomes law. Under the flexible provisions of the tariff law the President, on recom- mendation of the Tariff Board, may Teduce or increase the tariff duties by ffty per cent. In Democratic quarters the tariff bill Wwill be violently castigated. But that was to be expected. Any Republican tariff measure is due for such criticism. ‘While the great majority of Democulsr 1n the House will vote against the tarift bill on its passage, if not all, many of those same Democrats will be favorable to duties designed to protect industries in their own districts. They rely upon the Republicans for this measure of pro- tection. But politics is politics. A con- gressional election is to take place next year. It would scarcely be in line for | a Democrat to vote for a Republican protective tariff measure in view of the spproaching campaign. ——o— A feminine protest against cigarettes s slightly weakened by a calculation of the number of women who, in order to make it effective, would have to quit &moking. o John Bujl's Election. If Americans during the next six days will let their minds travel back to their own experiences and emotions during the first six days of November, 1928, they will be able to visualize What is happening in Great Britain at this month end. John Bull is on the home- stretch of his general election, from which on May 30 will emerge a new House of Commans and another cabinet #Micixuy known as “his majesty's gov- ernment.” It is a close and dramatic contest. As a three-cornered affair, the oam- paign's outcome is fraught with com- | plete uncertainty. On the London Stock Exchange yesterday betting odds re- flected a belief that the incumbent Con- gervatives and Labor are running neck @nd neck, with the Liberal party nom- inally a poor third, but, in fact, ex- tremely likely to emerge as the holder of an enviable balance of power. Thz .Editor | Will, in our own vernacular, be “sitting th. 'of progress at Buckingham Palace, o | servative leader, the Labor chief would {has been offered for the solution of | | the paramount problem of unemploy- | lon an airport for the National Capital seats, and a Liberal strength of from 96 to 100 seats. If anything like such a ratio is the Lloyd George's meek and lowly Liberals pretty.” No one party will hold an ab- solute majority in the Houze of Com- mons. If the King “sends for" Mr. Baldwin and requests him to “form a government,” the Conservative premicr could only do so by coalition with one of the other parties. He would prob- ably turn to the Liberals. If they re- jectsd Mr. Baldwin's blandishments, the prime minister would report that lack whereupon the King would intrust Mr. Ramsay MacDonald with the task of composing a government. Like the Con- have to seek a majority alllance with the Liberals. “The Little Welshman,” | it he ran true to form, would be no more willing to fuse with Labor than with the Conservatives. Then would emerge Mr. Lloyd George’s i golden opportunity. The King would hardly have any alternative left but to summon the World War premier to the throne and ask him to resume the helm he held at the most critical moment in British history. That the dynamic | David would hark to the call is not to be doubted. He could govern, of course, only with the aid of a Commons major- {ity made up of a coalition with the iC(msvr\ali\‘e and Labor parties. As the Liberals are fighting the election n the one and only concrete plan that, | ment, Mr. Lloyd George's 1s could | hardly hesitate to join him in a na- tional parliamentary bloc. A coalition ruled Britain during the war. Whether it could govern satis- factorily, or for long, in peace is & horse of another color. ——— .« Airport Progress. ‘The announcement that House lead- ers are willing to see some steps taken at this session toward making a start is reassuring news to those who are anxious to see the National Capital as- sume its proper place in the develop- ment of air transportation in this conn- try. In view of the desire to restrict the business of the session, the sympathetic attitude of the House leaders toward the plea of the Airport Commission in- dicates that they are alive to the im- portance of the time element in plan- ning the air terminal. It was clearly shown in the hearings on the subject that virtually every large city in America is moving along rapidly in providing spacious and modern ac- commodations for the increasing num- ber of air transport lines. Naturally, the city which lags in providing these facilities is going to find itself in & sec- ondary position on the air lanes of the future. ‘Therefore, the members of the commission studying the problem saw the necessity for starting without de- lay on an airport here. Those in charge of the program in the House have shown a commendable spirit, a thorough grasp of the im- portance of the situation in their re- sponse to the Alrport Commission. The leading capitals of Europe have made rapid strides in establishing airports and, surely, & nation of the size and position of the United States should at least keep abreast of the ether prin- cipal countries in equipping its seat of government with similar facilities. Of course, the chance to have an air- port measure heard in the House at this time is only one step. There 15 always present the possibility of delsy while a bill is traversing its legislative jour- ney. Much depends now on whether the recommendations which come forth from the Airport Commission can be put through without much controversy. STAR"'"* a Labor total of from 241 to 245 Iunabmn on his epochal and soul- stirring trip to Paris missed injury or death by the merest fraction as his ship wobbled uncertainly as it took the air. ‘The world wishes the best of luck to jth2 crew of the Yellow Bird and the . Green Flash. It hopes that their respective destinations will be reached bodies of water in land planes has been world hopes that the year 1929 will not of that elusive and mythical person { known as Lady Luck. | e — e Planning for Pure Air. and the Public Health Service to purify land to humidify or dehumidify air prove of vaiuable assistance to the ex- | buildings should, of course, represent greatest efficlency .and comfort among the workers. Much has been learned in by properly humidifying, or adding moisture to, the heated air, and experi- humidifying the air that comes float- would be high, and, as many of the ings should be planned for the installs ing impurities from the air and properly undoubtedly come when the expenditure House and Senate chambers, in re- the Senate it is still under w: for farm relief is not so hard to explain after all. TS with a touch of irony by Senator Reed lenged. It seems reasonable to infer {hat there are ethics—and ethics. r——— Motion pictorialists draw heavy salaries, but in spme cases not enough to meet their income taxes. Even the reciplents of large revenues share the balance the household budget. something when it is dear and Sell whe: o wealth already superabundant, S loves a criminal. oot It will be easier to tell whether legis- lative action can be completed at this session after the recommendations of the commission are made known. But, without forecasting what the final outcome may be, the House leaders are entitled to the appreciation of those who a1~ working for an airport for hav- ing afforded the question a chance for consideration at this time. - Smaller currency will facllitate busi- ness. But the old slow process of clip- ping coupons from bonds will continue to consume the valuable time of finan- clal geniuses. Transatlantic Flights. Two airplanes, one French and one American, are being conditioned at 0Old Orchard, Me., by impatient crews, who are awaiting the word from New York weather forecaster to make the start on the non-stop Atlantic trall. The Yellow Bird, a large six hundred- horsepower Bernard monoplane, is to carry three Frenchmen to their native land, while the Green Flash, with two Americans aboard, is designed to make the single long hop from Old Orchard | to Rome. Both planes at the take-off, which 1t is expected will occur almost simultaneously, will be heavily loaded with fuel, and in order to throw the maximum amount of protection around them the United States Coast Guard is planning to send an amphibian ship as escort for the first two or three hundred miles of the journey, the theory being that many of the tragedies of the Atlantic have occurred within a few hours of the start, due to the unwieldi- ness of the overloaded planes. And so, the transatlantic season for airplanes opens again! Admittedly, the five men awaiting the take-off at Old Orchard are possessed of courage of the highest order. No one without this courage would risk a horrible death in the ocean wastes. But with the Atlantic already crossed by plane, what is to be proved by repeated attempts to do it again in the present stage of aviation development? A successful flight, of course, will demonstrate navigation and plloting of rare skill, but after all it is the motor of the plane that will spell success or failure. Despite all precau- | tions and despite all the skill that can be mustered there is little chance of anything but tragedy if the engine fails. ‘Transatlantic planes of the present day are overloaded almost to the break- ing point at the take-off. They are clumsy and difficult to handle. They figures now current in London’s “City"— thereto. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Executive Session. Can women keep secrets? It used to be sald That ladies were free in expression. And never a tea-party hostess was led To try an Executive Session. convey A very well managed impression; ‘works away, Elusive Boss. said the henchman. ‘From our political boss.” ditions change so fast you can't tell from one day to the next who the real boss is going to be.” about a straw hat. Market Formulas. In speculation we begin Old formulas to use. If you are fortunate, you win. If you are not, you lose. ting a divorce!” an even chance in popular estimation, dumb.” Efficlency's Impersonality. With brand-new salesmen, every day, Whom I with little pleasure see, | And who appear quite bored by me. “I promised “Rastus a fine watch,” require & long run to get into the air _ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. THIS AND THAT We wish advocates of intensive wa-| tering of rosebushes could see our two| from time to time, by the appearance ce and Red| of diseases in their pet bushes. At this particular time the one o . S vailing Tose blight is the dre:hazdlh 3 rawing of conclusions from a few |spot, which appears upon the le done and regretting the sacrifice of the | examples is always hazardous, but if we | causing them tgpteum black, then yellow, many fine fiyers who have met their | were inclined to do it we would say|and finally to drop off. death in attempts to do it again, the | Unhesitatingly that the less water roses have the better they do. without trouble of any kind. But realiz- | fine specimens of Rad! ing that the pioneering work of crossing | Radiance which never get any water| at al them. Despite the incessant raining this | th | breathed by Government workers should | Spring, the ground around these bushes | | has never been wet. | These two bushes take on aspects of | P® perts now planning the new Govern- | mystery—they are so thrifty and hardy, | 0 ment buildings for Washington. These 50 floriferous and so free from disease, and all this without any water at all. ater is a ssit; 0 i the Iatest developments in the provision | there can be na Seupt of "_p'fi":mg’;i of the surroundings that make for |sunshine, plenty of water—these enable the leaves above ground and the roots beneath to do their work. Rosebushes are no exception. They | recent years regarding the bad effects of | must have water—but how much? Evi- improper air. Tests during the Winter | d;‘m:z l:r{w one-tenth as much as most in the Interior Department have shown | pint~: 1f we may judge from the be: that some of these effects are removed | Radtance, Until about two years ago there was ; = never any disposition among rose au- ments this Summer are expected o ! thorities fo preach copious watering for | * Gincr: show equally good results from de-|the queen of flowers. 5 & stressed. Rosebushes should be planted ing into hot offices from the great out- | in'“well drained soil.” and the moisture | doors. kept in the ground through mulching | The experiments at the Interior De- | Tather than Sr"';:l’}kl:nfi"m‘ T nive Vice partment and those planned for the | amateur and would-be rose growers Summer in one of the temporary bwild- | Elaborate {instructions were given for ings are restricted to isolated spots. ?fifink th;r meb;gs and :n:s;:t,[flr;( , 5 Ty, The expense of installing proper ap-| order ‘o’ imstall dArsine ,'},‘umf off paratus for the work on a large scale | surplus mois 4 About. two seasans sgo 8 resction = 7 seemel set in. Not only did the bulldings now occupied by the Govern-| yune of professional advice change in | PITHE ment are doomed, the money would be | regard to the necessity for deep-worked | th€ disease. wasted. But the new Government build- [ beds and special earths, etc., but a propaganda was spread for much wa- tering of r tion of all the best devices for remov- | the Summer. Every time we look at our two finest modeling and rebuilding. In the House | rosebushes—the Radiance and Red Ra- g&ck t. B“lllhe‘; "'hish S'-;nd ;lnr: e diance, which never get water—and not so well drained suffer mo: the work has been completed and in ge! than those in an adjacent bed at a slightly higher level. Tt is not beyond the bounds of possi- bility that the surplus water might help convey the scourge through the system of the bush, to break through the thin week after week without drinking. i1 |leaf surfaces as a sort of eruption. - —— llfn.' chll'dl'ilfmd legrndl. No douht} any | = i i y can tell you how long a camel can Newspaper ethics were mentioned 0 without & drop of water. We have forgotten, but it makes no | cases, but perhng: We have no camels, but |procedure might Since even the experts know little about black spot, we unhesitatingly offer this as an interesting speculation. contr: g back yard, where they get all the rain haps the difference in the attitude of | that falls, we are deeply inclined to these two bodies on export debenture |l0ok upon rosebushes as the camels of the horticultural kingdoms. it has been said, can them with several dozen in-the of Pennsylvania, in connection with dmri:enc«. 2 executive session disclosures. The ethics | We have rosebushes, We imagine few of congressional secrecy are also chal- ;:‘ri’dsp;?ptl;em u“;f\x’:i\a::“ thou- WASHIN ators who voted against on of Judge Lenroot of Wis- consin, for the Dnited States Gourt of usfoms an 'atent Appeal 80 The stock market exercises a strange | wiifiout the slightest animus against miads sho uence which leads many to buy|“fe man himself. They did not even |cure and our “internation nkers' i resent his alleged “power trust” afflia; | thus advantaged. * Maj. Gen. A. A, Fries, recently re- it Many common fate and find hard to e . consin, fo: tions or reputed record as a “lobbyist.” it becomes cheap. i | Their opposition was based on the fact that Lenroot is & lame duck. They | tired chiel of the Chemical Warfare Only unlimited capital can afford to) are against the principle of giving high Federal office o a man who has been gamble in Wall Street, and unlimited | | K00, §0SE S dters of his own State. capital misses the thrill because of | Their argument is that if a public man who has been defeated for re- clection wants to return to omclal life In the discussion of crime, one point | he should seek vindication at the hands of his constituents and not accept re- is unanimously agreed upon, even by lward from the President of the United warriors in the underworld. Nobody,|States. here referred to do not think that the situstion is aliered in his case by the act that Lenroot had certain claims Hints of gas warfare imply an idea | on president Hoover. What they have of giving & public fascinated by novelty, | in mind is the service the former Sena- thin oy tor rendered the Californian’s cause at something that 1t emphatically does not,l {F, 0Tl City convention and as & want. close political adviser just previous Judge Lenroot had settled down to a profitable law practice in His friends say he wel- comed a place on the Federal bench in order to escape the vicissitudes of politics—including pestering by people | work, has the unique distinction of who wanted to use his “pull” at the | serving both the War and Navy Depart- ments. No American knows his chemi- cal onions more thoroughly. Probably private enterprise will soon draft Fries into commercial activity. * ok ok % One of the latest quips on Capitol Hill is that two of our eight Congress- duels once were women—one from the from the West—have aj thority to appoint mi Annapolis. To add corroborative detail to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative, the story has it that the gen- ‘Washington. ‘White House. * Herr Friedrich von Prittwits, urbane German Ambassador to the United States, is ambling around these days looking as if he'd returned to the pas- times of his student days at Bonn Uni- The women keep silence and calmly :’fi:“‘}g&u‘:m"e fenc ‘The Al dor's forehead is swathed in bandages, which conceal rl"lo fewer tg:l‘t‘!“‘l‘:; ltlwlalr:vll: fl’i‘l'scllp. err von witz was g his own il s automobile back from Richmond, Va., whence he had gone to look at the his- | tlewomen from ‘When they hold an Executive Seasion! | toric British pictures now on exhibition It was a_slippery day on the Robert E. Lee highway, and the ambas- sadorial car, when there. “I have some instructions for you,” | tween ghum. head. Guesses are constant 23 to just who comes nearest_being ZHerbert Hoover's Probllzls;ut&he best, bguu? residen a number of Jud Tunkins says it may be some En;m,"‘m o comfort to be in Antarctic regions, (land for him rr%r:' ttmis oouume—n;; sort of thing a Chief Executive wan! e O e e sias | to have done without letting it be too be needed and there's no use WOrrylng | ohyious that inquiries are being pursusd on the White House's behalf. The news dispatches have just carried the infor- mation that Mark L. Requa of Cali- fornia, mining engineer and Federal fuel administrator during the war, has been out West on the President's oil- pelicy affairs. tation to Western ofl-producing States to send representatives to a_consérva- tion conference at Colorado Springs in followed & series of discussions | Col. Home Anxiety. ik “Do you tell your mother your trou- | which Requa has been having with oil bles?” authorities o ‘, 1 Requa ranks as one of Mr. Hoover's Mother is most of them,” answered | confidantes par excellence. It's been Miss Cayenne, “She is very impetuous | said that he has two hobbles in life— and sensitive and Is thinking about get- [ the President and his own family. 7 o " Senator Robert B. Howell, Republican A persistently silent man,” sald | pyogressive, of Nebraska, signaled in Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “gets’'his speech in the Senate on May 22 that the administration faces some hard sledding, as to whether he is very wise OF Very | sanction of any rebate agreement with Germany. Upper House, The “Chain Store” causes me dismay, | \ih our Rhine Army occupation costs is an “entering wedge” with regard to of Pennsylvania. all our European war debts. braskan thinks, in particu raises the curtain upon what sooner or later will be & demand for parth a 7 said Uncle Eben, "if he would promise | fag o the Brired Statee dreasins. Cape o tokuseNtobReonsililshakwes ty ety | i FELMIE B IR SRR tous one, but he says he has saved up enough | the subtle role of America's “interna- |primary, he deserves a seat in the Sen- ¥ P tional bankers” in the Paris repara- |ate. The people of Pennsylvania should BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. |rid any lawn of year after year. B quently anyway. their appearance. almost & “goner.” _+ BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE * x x sk o e (Copyris President Hoover's invi- * X oK X if and when it seeks Almost all such owners are worried, | A rosebush no more than any other plant can live without leaves. These two bushes are planted within | weed, if shorn of its leaves regularly, bring with it a fresh series of tragedies (a foot of the south wall of the house,{ h resulting from the fll-advised courting | beneath an overhang about 2 feet wide, | tice of deleavin; Tlde by the projections of the second loor. In this situation only rains from the | sightl south hit them, and only then when the | by the roots. downpour is of the slanting variety. | Even rains which cut in from the| €ven more important, since its pumping Experiments now in progress under | east and west seldom do more than wet | action not only draws up the water and | direction of the Army Medical Corps|the foliage, since protecting bushes of | .. | Spirea van Houtte and privet flank will finally die at the root. weeds ultimatel; them, in a pa | sightly manner, without any of the un- ess attending digging them up The leaf system of the rosebush is nutriment from the soil, but also par- ticipates in the handling of the light | rays, from which results the green of e plant and the color of the blossoms. Without healthy leaves no rose plant will do either its best or its half-way st; it will simply struggle along, trying grow, but remaining the same height | How many rosebushes do you know | like that? Perhaps you have several in your own yard, and you say you have Examine the bushes carefully and the chances are that you will find scores of black spotted leaves. ‘This is the “dreaded black spot,” and rose growers great and small have real cause to fear it, for it not only spolls the appearance of the bushes, dwindles the number and size of the blossoms and in the ;m{‘ kills the plant. * % no luck with roses. Black spot is a fungous disease and its spores thrive and wax in gloomy, wet Spraying either with liquid or powder | tungicides 15 the only remedy known to quite the opposite was | daiE AeS Fuiny Seather. mich as has prevailed during the past month, makes it far from a sure one. The trouble is that the water washes oft the powder or spray almost as soon as it is put on, and the average gar- dener is inclined to spray all too infre- ‘The result is that before the owner is aware of it the insidious spots make Once on a leaf, it is vise pulling off infected burning them to prevent the spread of Ordinary bordeaux mixture is an old standby and there are various other oL sprays, particularly of copper and ar- ushes, especlally during | hic ™ which are used to combat the 1t seemed that most roses would take | ;‘}""11-' ;Ir"e“n":u',?;) le of finely ground sul- 7 7 "7 | care of themselves pretty well in Winter . preparing it by adding or taking away | ana Spring. in. regard to water. but molsture. 1f this is not done when the | Nature was inclined to forget them ‘in tructed the ti /1l | the Summer, so that it was necessary bulldings are constructed the time Will| oy it Should come to their aid. All this is interesting, if true, but we of large sums will be necessary, as it | are coming to doubt its authenticity, has been necessary at the Capitol in the }’,f“.‘}l"" the high rosarian names behind 1t is interesting to note that our two big bushes, which get the sun all day long and water almost never, have been | absolutely free from black spot. No | doubt the maximum of sun south side of the house) has an anti- septic action on the foliage. There may be also some obscure re- lation between available water Flower beds built higher than the surrounding ground are wrong in theory and practice in the great majority of with rose beds the worth trying. GTON OBSERVATIONS P. Morgan are using their influence to lighten Germany's burden in order that | Germany's secondas cially her huge private loans in United States—may be obligation—espe- made more se- Service, :Jooks back upon one of the most unusual careers ever achieved by an Army man. It started with planting torpedoes in New York Harbor in 1898, to protect the metropolis from Spanish gunboats, and ended with the Chemical ‘Warfare Service, which Fries organized in war-time France and peace-time America. Pries’ many jobs anti-Lenroot Senators | during a life in his country's livery in- cluded building fortifications in the Co- lumbia River, reconstructing the roads in Yellowstone Park for automobile use and planning and starting the work on Los Angeles Harbor, now America’s sec- ond largest port in tonnage. Not the least of Gen. Fries’ achievements was his flagging opposition, after the war, to forms of subversive propaganda in the United States. The professional pacifists elevated him to the rank of their pet aversion. The Chemical Warfare Serv- ice, as the result of Fries’ pioneering ‘ast and one claim the right to name members of their own sex to the service schools because the law speaks of the eligibility ut midway be- | of “citizens,” without sex discrimina- Richmond and Washington, ' tion, skidded violently. }i;lcrr x\-«anhr‘rgtwn; “From whom?” . | was dashed into the windshield and From whom?" asked Senator SOr-| [ red painful cuts and brulses to his The nine stitches were taken just in time, and he hopes within a few “I'll have to use my judgment. Con- | days no longer to be a casualty. * K K K Newton D. Baker, former Secretary of War, said in Washington not long ago that he continues, even 11 years after, to receive occasionally anonymous letters from cranks who call him a “wastrel” for spending a million dollars an hour, 24 hours a da holidays included, in 1917 and 1918. always get ‘wastrel’ letters, p'!‘ltndn‘,s"ev-{y glm- th‘! papers tell l:bout the posal of ‘surplus war stocks' a ~shoers spying out the | washington. The writers want to know why I bought so much more than we needed.” Sundays and Senate Delay in Vare Seat Action Is Rapped From the Buffalo Evening New. Pennsylvania is losing patience with the Senate for its dilatory tactics in the case of Willlam 8. Vare, whose election as United States Senator was brought the mountain States. | into question because of the large sum spent in his behalf in the primary of 1926, More than two years have passed since he should have been seated or should have been denied membership in !the body, and the case still hangs fire. The special Senate eommittee that Hn\'&'sflxlud the Pennsylvania and the | lllinols primaries reported in February, 1927, that in view of evidence of cor- Mr. Howell, who reflects a |ruption discovered in connection with pretty wide body of sentiment in the [the campaign for is convinced that the |should be debarred. No action has been concession_just offered in connection |taken on this report, largely because of | objection made by Senator David Reed Vare has been seri- ‘The Ne- ously ill, and there is some doubt that he would be able to serve if he should be declared acceptable. physical condition is not a matter uj which the Senate has only question is whether, in view of the disclosures in connection with the 1926 nomination Vare However, his D. C. FRIDAY, MAY 24 1Y National Cemetery At Culpeper Described To the Editor of The € | The National Gemetery at Culbeper, | Va., is not widely known, perhaps, as it is much smaller than those at Arling-, ton, Va, and some other places. But as Memorial day draws near, its s]eeD-L ing heroes may be Attingly remembered. | It lies beautifully, on a ‘well wooded | slope in plain view from the railroad and is carefully kept, of course. Around a mound in the center, from which floats the flag they fought for, lie the graves of officers, with, in one or two instances, a wife or child. On one side of the central wood lie the graves of the known dead, a low white stone with initials on it at the head of each. On the other side the unknown cead are buried, only a numbered stone being possible in their case. But the bronze tablet that keeps eternal watch over them tells their story, and reads as follows: “On Fame's eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread, And Glory guards with solemn round ‘The bivouac of the dead.” On another tables is engraved a verse equally beautiful: “Rest on, embalmed and Sainted dead, Dear as the blood ye gave; No_impious footsteps here shall tread ‘The herbage of your grave.” Several special monuments beautify the spot, notably one erected by the 28th Regiment, New York State Volun- teer Infantry, in memory of its dead who fell in the battle of Cedar Mountain, August 9, 1862. On one side is this inscription: “At the battle of Cedar Mountain, August 9, 1862, the regiment numbered, officers and men, 357. The! casualties in this engagement were, killed and mortally wounded 57. Wounded 81, prisoners 32. Every officer | engaged was killed, wounded or taken prisoner.” The 2nd Maine Infantry also has a monument here in memory of their comrades who fell at Cedar Mountain. In fact, most of the dead in this “God's acre” fell in that engagement, as Cedar Mountain is but a few miles from Cul- peper. ‘The cemetery was established in April, 1867, and besides the graves of the known dead it keeps the dust of 902 unknown soldiers. One or two heroes of the Spanish-American War also find rest here. All of the surrounding region is full of interest and would well repay a visit. ‘The mountain battlefield where so many brave men laid down their lives is green and peaceful. and so quiet now. It is hard to realize it was once a scene of carnage. A touch of realism was given, the fel- low-feeling that makes the whole world kin, when an old colored woman, who was born and raised in that region and has never been out of it, pointed out to us the spot between two trees “whar two soldiers fit over a 'oman,” before the battle. She and her little brother were hidden" spectators of that minor en- gagement and they have never for- gotten it. ELIZABETH Q. FOX. B Machine Breathes For Those Paralyzed BY E. E. FREE, PH. D. The height of indolence is pro- verbially the individual who is too lazy to breathe, but even he need no longer die. Philip Drinker and Dr. Charles F. McKhann of Harvard have devised breathing for him. Unlike the pul- motors and other machines which drive air more or less forcibly in and out of the lungs, the new machine pumps the chest in and out by means of changing air pressure outside, thus inducing the air to enter and.leave the lungs in an entirely normal way. . The machine was devised, Mr. Drinker and Dr. McKhann explain in a report to the American Medical Association, as an attempt to savé the .lives of persons who have the form of “sleeping sickness,” which dam- ages the nerves and paralyzes the muscles used in breathing. Sometimes nerves and muscles might recover, the Harvard experts believe, if the patient could be kept alive artificially until nature can repair the damage of the invading germ. The new machine has a metal cylinder like the machines used to sterlize towels in barber shops, but larger. The patient is put inside this cylinder and a tight-fitting rubber col- lar is adjusted around his neck. Then an electric pump alternately pumps air in and out of the cylinder. When the air is pumped out, the partial vacuum inside sucks on the patient's chest, draws it outward and thus pulls air into {the lungs. Then the air pressure in the cylinder reverses, compresses the chest and drives the breath out again. All that the paralyzed patient needs to do is to ke&r his throat open and the machine will do his breathing for him, if necessary, for days. e Celluloid Kings Fall Under Talkie Regime From the San PFrancisco Chronicle. Every change in whim and fashion brings revolutionary changes far down the line. Bobbed hair put hairpin kings on the rack. It put hair buyers in China and elsewhere out of business, | for it took away the customers who used to buy transformations and wigs and sent them to the barber instead. Short skirta gave solemn boards of di- rectors in textile mills something to lose sleep and have headaches about. It gave lots of little woolly lambs an ex- cuse to keep their overcoats. And it made silk stocking manufacturers rich. Now from Hollywood come signs that with the advent of the talkies history is Tepeating itself once more. The talkibs are putting down the high | and mighty stars and continuity experts from their seats and exalting drama- tists and actors from their present low degree. And if this be true it is no more than poetic justice. For the actors and dramatists have been poor relations, shivering in the cold, while a golden stream has poured into the box offices of the cinema palaces. Some actors, it is true, have broken into the films. And authors and dramatists, who have made reputations, have been taken to Hollywood on fabu- lous contracts. But if we are to be- lieve our pet fietionists—and who can doubt them?—the authors and drama- tists have achieved little beyond draw- ing their pay, getting elbowed out of the way in the studios and being toler- ated as the merest sort of amateurs by those who knew their movies. Now this is changing, slowly, but changing just the same. A pretty face, a facility in wearing glycerin tears, is offset by a voice that sounds like a buzz saw striking & nail in a log. The pret- ties can stay in the silent movies, of course, for old favorites are not going to be displaced all in a minute. And there are many patrons of the films who prefer the silent to the audible drama. But it is obvious that every talkie displaces a mute. And the talkie calls for the dramatist and the thespian —the lads who ean patronize the erst- while dictators and tell them that they may be very good at their own stuff, but they do not understand the great American public. Many of the stars are going in for elocution and scenarists are taking up playwriting. Some are getting by, just as some old-line actors and dramatists | qualified in the early days of the films. But this is only a skirmish. The real battle goes on behind the scenes and the prize of war is the box office where | “you pays your money and takes your | chotce,” as’ they say in the silent” but an aj ?nntus which will do any one’s | must not say in the spoken drama. —————— Yes, Who Does? From the Toronto Daily Star. In England they now have an aero- plane ‘that sells for $1,750 and goes eighty miles an hour. The price is low, ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERI Take advantage of this free service. If you are one of the thousands who ‘e patronized the bureau, write us again. If you have never used the service, begin now. It is maintained for your benefit. Be sure to send your name and address with your question, and inclose 2 cents in coin or stamps | for return postage. Address The Eve- ning Star Information Bureau, Fred- gicc.!. Haskin, director, Washington, . Q. What family is called family of the United States" . C. A. On account of their great wealth and their generous benefactions, this pleasantry _has been used in referring to the du Ponts. There are 74 individ- uals of this name in Wilmington, Del., all of whom, either by their present holdings or expectations, are million- aires. Q. What causes the day - to - day change in the weather—one cold, next warm, then perhaps cold again?— C. T. C. A. The Weather Bureau says that this is mainly due to changes in the direction of the wind, and that in turn to changes in the distribution of air over the surface of the earth. The causes operating and their effects are rather complicated, but go back mainly to circulation between the equatorial anc polar regions (caused by the heat- ing of the tropical regions and the cooling of the polar regions) as modi- fied by the effects of the daily rotation of the earth. Q. How long have photcgraphs been sent by wire>—1I. P, A In 1924 the American Telephone & Telegraph Co. gave the first public demonstration of sending photographs by wire between Cleveland and New York. Q. Did any soldiers who left the Federal Army to join the Confederacy get_their former positions back again? - R. G. R. A. We know of no instance where an officer of the Confederacy was restored to & rank previously held by him in the United States Army after the War of the Rebellion. Lieut. Gen. Joseph Wheeler and Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, both of whom were officers of high rank in the Confederate army, were commis- sioned as officers during the war with Spain, both with rank of major gen- eral. Q. Can silk be reduced to & pulp and rewoven into silk?—M. W. A. It is reported that a process has been perfected in the Imperial Re- search Institute, Osaka, Japan, where- by discarded silk may be put through a chemical process that changes it to a liquid form, then to a jelly, then to a plastic substance that can be made into threads for weaving. Q. How should the zinc covers of fruit jars be cleaned?—F. S. A. They should be washed, then dipped in a solution of soda, dried and allowed to sun for several hours. Q. Why is a horse shot when its leg is broken?—J. M. A. No attempt is made usually to cure the brokgn legs of horses because it is expensive and the value of the horse does not warrant this handling. 1f a horse is very valuable the leg can be cured by the use of slings, splints, etc., by a veterinarian. Q. What is the superstition concern- ing the planting of an apple tree in a dooryard?>—E. G. R. A. The superstition of planting an appie tree in front of a house originat- ed with the Orientals, who belleved that it would bring many mmha:::um to ithe family Hving in the C J. HASKIN. | Q. Are sheep branded in the same | way that cattle are>—M. P. P. A. Sheep are branded with paint and | not with hot irons as cattle are. The | fleece grows out so that hot-tron brand- ings would be covered up. Sheep must be branded every time they are fleeced. The branding of sheey is more com- mon in the range countries than in the farm States, as sheep are usuaily kej> under fence on farms, and there is noe much need of branding. Special branding paint should be used instead jof just any kind of tar or barn pains 80 as to reduce to a minimum the trouble of scouring the wool. Manu- facturers prefer that the brand be placed on sheep where the wool is of the least value, such as on top of the rump. Q. Why is Maine called “Way Down East"?—M. H. A. In the term “way down east" there is & peculiar usage of the word “down,” which prevails in New Eng- land and which has been used from early times. The expression refers not only to Maine, but. often to New Eng- land as & whole. There is no particu- Iar reason for this expression. It is merely & custom of considerable an- tiquity. Q. Why are some words spelled dif- ferentl; in the Old and New Testa- ments?—E. McL. A. The Old Testament was writlen in the Aramaic and oider Hebrew, the New Testament in the later Hebrew and possibly to some extent in Greek. This accounts for the difference in spelling in the translations. Q. How do the Japanese raise gold- fish so that they have protruding eyes? —E. C. H. A. The Japanese goldfish with pro- truding eyes have been developed, as all the different varieties have been, through selective breeding. Q. Please give the correct pronuncia- tion of “Staunton,” a city in Virginia— N. ‘A. “Staunton” is pronounced as if it were “Stanton.” While it is customary throughout Virginia usually to use the broad “a,” in this instance the “a” is comparatively flat. . Why do both the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars use the poppy as a symbol?>—F. L. A. There is some confusion and mis- understanding in regard to the matter. The poppy was first sold in this country for war relief before the armistice, when Mme. Guerin disposed of millions of them which had been made by Frenci orphans. The Veterans ' of Foreign ‘Wars bought the last of her stock. [n 1920 the American Legion had a na- tional poppy sale, but in 1921 had a daisy sale. The Veterans of Foreign Wars then had a poppy drive. Later the Legion used the poppy. Both organizations now sell poppies near Decoration day for raising funds for needy veterans, and it seems that this flower has found s place in the Ameri- can heart along with the red cross upon & white fleld. Q. What is a “dolly” in construction trades?—N. S. A. It is a tool with an indented head for holding the head of a rivet and ab- sorbing impact while the other head is being driven. Q. Do English people eat much fruit? —G. R. A Great Britain spends $250,000,000 for fruit annually. How mnz organizations are work- l.nxw revent blindness?>—F. T. 3 Natlonal Society for the Pre- vention of Blindness says that 400 ( agencies co-operate with the societ; Insatiate Demand of Nation . Sound Basis Solid basis for the present-day opti- mism of the average American citizen is found by the press in the glowing offi- cial account of conditions and prospects of business and industry given in the report of the committee on recent economic changes. This committee, of which President Hoover served as chair- man before he became President, made an_exhaustive study ‘of developments during the period from 1921 to 1929. “The investigators found all general conditions favorable to economic wel- fare,” records the Asheville Times. “If, in the “several years past, Americans have enjoyed material wellbeing ‘splen- did beyond all human experience,’ the committee is persuaded, nevertheless, that we have but just touched the fringe of our potentialities in this respect. There is ‘insatiable demar.d’' for commodities. When a want has been satisfied to com- g‘llcuon. another makes its appearance. ‘e have both the machinery for vast production and the capital for its ad- vertisement and distribution. Even periodic unemployment, which is often serious, considering the general high state of prosperity, the committee does not take very seriously—perhaps too lightly.” Accepting the conclusion from the existence of the unlimited demand that there is assurance of “a gontinuous ad- vance of living standards for the m: Jjority of the Nation's population,” the St. Louis Times quotes the statement that “we seem o to have touched the fringe of our possibilities,” and con- tinues: ~“All of this is cheering and should build a freshened national con- fidence in the future of industry and trade and still improved standards of living. There are no pyrotechnics in the report. It is a formal document, compiled by economists of reflection, and its influence among thinking folk necessarily will be material.” “A most encouraging prediction,” in the judgment of tl Albany Evening News, which states that “it is not mere- ly an optimistic forecast,” but is “a study of conditions made by some of the most eminent economic experts in the country.” The Albany daily, how- ever, conciudes: “We are prospering, we shall prosper more, but the economic structure can be maintained only ‘hard, persistent and intelligent effort, by mutual confidence and by the sev- eral human parts working in harmony together.” Therein is a message American business.” “If any one has any doubts about the economic solidity of the United States," says the San Francisco Chronicle, “‘we advise them to read this report. It will put out of -his head any notions about selling this country short. It contains a magic wand of power instantly to transform bears into bulls. * * problem now is to smooth out the bad spots and make all parts of the eoun- try and all_kinds of producers—the farmer as well as the plumber, the cot- ton weaver as well as the rayon polisher —sharers in a prosperity that is cer- tainly large enough for all. To keep it going this country has only to keep in balance and work in harmony. It is & prosperity that we can upset only by going foolish.” On_the point of general application, the St. Paul Ploneer Press remarks: “The optimism of this report makes pleasant reading. Some farmers, paus- ing over its glowing terms, may be puz- zled to understand their meaning for themselves and come to fear that in its generalization of past and future the committee has dipped its pen too exclusively in the industrial inkwell. Such dissidents must take consolation in the lofty and all-embracing perors tion: ‘Our situation is fortunate, momentum is remarkable. Yet the or- ganic balance of our economic structure can be maintained only by hard, per. sistent, intelligent effort; by considera- tion and sympathy; by mutual confl- dence and by a disposition in the sev- eral human parts to work in harmony together.’ 1If this means & genuine so- lution of the farm problem. perhaps all report.” for Prosperity ship” impresses the Detroit News, and that Plpl‘l‘ states: “This leadership is largely responsible for the fact that the country stands almost alone in hav- class conflicts—certainly mm in the political fleld. nished waste; it created new avenues of credit; it h: cut the time between producer and con- sumer, so that, compared with former years, we are living from hand to mouth. This phrase used to connote extravagance and poverty; today it means a more accurate gauging of sup- ly to the needs of the consumer, and genne fewer frozen assets. It means a steadier flow of raw materials to the factories, a steadier flow of goods from factories through jobbers and retailers to the consumer, and, therefore, & better and easier handling of the transporta- tion problem. It means less periodic depression and greater flexibility in our entire economic system.” The report appears to the Boston Transcript to warrant a belief that “the United States has not upen a ‘new era’” but that rather than structural change is the key to an understanding of our recent economic developments.” The Long Beach Press-Telegram com- ments on another phase: “Displace- ment of men by machines contributes to unemployment, & problem to which continuing attention must be given if hardships and uncertainty in the lives of workers are to be forestalled. One of the methods of combating this of the situation is to encourage a com- prehensive program of needed ‘public improvements. President Hoover has given much thou&-xc to this subjech nd concrete suggestions undoubtedly will be forthcoming.” ——— Seth Low’s Prophecy On Values Coming True Prom the Birmingham Press. Nineteen East Side blocks in what is now a tenement area of New York City | figure in a real estate deal of $25,000.- 000. In Chicago a row of unsightly buildings back of the famous Gold Coast area recently changed hands in another deal that ran into the millions. The New York transaction, it is under- - stood, contemplates the establishment of one of the most exclusive residential sections in the city on the site of pov- erty, squalor and degradation of other ears. years. Back in the nineties, Seth Low pre- dicted that the tenement eventually would disappear, not because of the ef- forts of reform workers, but as the re- sult of natural economic pressures. That prediction seems to e coming true. The long and the short of it is that land now occupled by tenement areas in the downtown sections of large cities is entirely too valuable to permit of such use. Good business sense demands that property earn so much per square foot. It is now recognized that there is no longer & real profit in low rentals on_ property that is of naturally high valuation because of sectional location. It makes no difference whether the repair charge on the property is low or |not. Modern business automatically charges off so much each year to depre- |ciation and recognizes no other stand- jard. Men used to get rich from rent- |ing tenements and collecting rents with- out 'making necessary Iepairs. 0. {Henry’s “Brick Dust Row” tells that story. Nowadays the practice is recog- nized not only as poor morals, but poor business. Banks have no confidence in tenement owners of that nature. Real estate boards have little respect for property owners who are so short-sight- ed as to permit non-profit-earning structures to occupy high-priced front- age. Seth Low's prophecy has come true, and hard-hoiled economic pressures are the British Wall Street—prognosticate |and the first moments of flight arelcigar store coupons to git one foh his- | {ions negotiations. The suggestion is|not have to wait ‘ & Cosservaiive Wi of fom 3 t0 213 ANt WD the Kealest Dol Bven it b et el oY ST indefinitely for an'but who wants to loaf across the sky at ! elements can subscribe to the “The demgand for leader- Wt work ' - that Messts, Owen D. Young and J. 'amswer, s & mere eighty miles per hour, 2