Evening Star Newspaper, September 9, 1929, Page 8

- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO! D. C, ¥ MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1929, : 8 unbettled until later. Estimiates at the A Fair Basis for THE EVENING ' STAR [sudden checking of its momentuin, and . 3 S—— o < Edttion. | finally, when stripped of motors and |cios of the last fiscal yesr were that TI{IS AND T}lA'l Q X H ~—_Wih Sumday Morning B mnn.' falling in complete wreckage | the deficit would amount to $95,000,000, Clr Fm le ANSWERS TO IIESTION& . WASHINGTON, D. C. |in the midst of a terrific explosion of | exclusive of the $42,000,000 ::l-ma ‘: St et m £ + the gasoline, which strewed debris over a | rallway companies as additional pay Star; . = ot tome wldan::n The whole tragedy was evi- | the transportation of mails between BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. The héaring by mt:o Public Utilities e R on readers send estions ed salaries THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor | dently enacted within a few seconds.|1925 and 1020, This prospeet brought nmnn o ahe spplication tor i T D Sustions denea Ko e e The hope is that the victims were|(rom the White House the Statement| Thé queerest bookseller we evér ran SAriog | Mena n street rallways ! guore s Ty CAEE LS eepent The Evening Star Newspaper Company | fot tortured by the fiames which 60 [that the “President has become con- | Mo was the irate old gentigman who han decade | 11 thé District of Columbia is nearing | space is limited and not ‘accom- | faculty. In this Towa e ¢ Mr. Business Offce: nearly consumed thelr bodies that |vinced that the rapidly mounting postal | picfh b W : The women. wore stock- |® close. SHll swirling in the figurative | modate a fraction of such requests. The Rockefeller s Hate by Carrier Within the City. T and Sunday Stsr 8) .60c per 3 .65¢ per. Sc t the e t in by mail or tel -5c per of ench momn'. have been acting under orders, It is, of month month copy ., .48¢ per month recognition is practically impossible. Now that the plane has been found attention is to be given to the question of whether proper judgment was exer- [ cised 1n s ispatch from Albuouerque in the face of adverse weather condi- tions. Criticism of the pilot is to be suspended for the present. He may course, the public expectation that regularly scheduled air flights, in the deficit must be reduced” and the postal establishment must be operated as & “self-sustaining business organization.” ‘This statement has been interpreted as foreshadowing a thorough re-examina- tion of the entire postal poliey of the United States. Congress ultimately would have to de- cide upon the proper steps to change existing policy. Among -those most 1ikely to be studied might be mentioned, Just how a dealer in books expects to sell them without permitting pros- pects to look them over must remain & mystery. A book is not a ton of coal, to be shuttled into the basement wichout in- spection. Nor is a book, either or bad, a product to be brought in wrapped in paper, sight unseen. - A book is an intimate thing, the hands, but it is more than that: A book fs only an article when it re- mains unread; it is not a book un combined product of human mind and | So lonore til | with him every thm—nd‘fl::y ‘we:e daring.) The book stalls seemed so deserted feel it & duty to inspect them. Boer 'ythe of the ocean breeze, filled with the indescrib- able fragrance of salt, spoke up appeal ingly far books. Most sailors are great jers. We once knew a jolly tar who read some author through every trip. he had gone around the world to the tune of Victor Hugo, Charles Dickens, H Balzac. He took & fresh A trip meant et yoyage. not only new lands in actuality, but new explored maelstrom of valuation and its en- tanglements, in accounting systems and their inharmonies, in depreciation ac- eounts and their variations, neither the commission nor the representatives. of the rail lines appear to be in & calm framé of mind to consider the situa- dnnuumum-mmanom,wlthl due consideration and deliberation, of { | the équities involved in what may be found to be the plain and simple pro- questions should be accompanied by the writer's name and address coin or stamps for reply. questioa to tion Buresu, director, fluq ‘dancer, . Eleanora Ambrose Maurice, widow and partner ried uel Washington, D. C. Juestion only. and 2 cents Send your The Evening Star Informs- Prederic J. Haskin, did the widow of Maurice, marry?—P. G. of Maurice (Mouvet), mar- Katz, president of the the | struction, - ree the whole student body. ralses 8 large percen H f‘mp or the t:,l:lml no itk Tl i Q. What county in Pennsylvania of the mnsh- States?— A. The Pennsylvania area represented by Chester County is today vrodudl’ 85 per cent of the American crop of mushroos ms. Q Why was Ypsilanti so named?— Ma course of established passenger services, | first, an attempt to bring about economy | the mind of the reader shakes hands visions ofethe law. Publix Theaters, 'A. Ypsilanti, Mich., was named in paily ants 135241006 1 Mo 8¢ | will be undertaken in all conditions, | through reorganizing the Post Office De- | With that of the writer. Jands in dreams. = He the ho- | " 11 o few words the law sets them e Text g | DT Of Demetriut _ Ypsilantt, the it PO 3 o 40| hort of actually destructive storms rag- | partment, striving at greater efficiency, | | T8 Iniclectusl greeting s whet| Fpns Of \ot SRTCe of mind we ap. |before us: s TRy, emban: Jumping | o Al Olh!‘flr States and Canada. 1 yr.. $12.00: 1 mo. “13r, $8.00: 1 .1 yr, $5.00; 1 mo. iday only . Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively cntitiea to the patches credited to it or not atherwise cr ited in this paper and also the use for republication of all news ols + $,00 | starting point. But far more important mo., 50c | than reliability of starting is the factor - | question of weather conditions is re- local news | garded lightly by the conductors of es- ing In the immediate vicinity of the of safety. It is not to be assumed that this lower costs and the elimination of poli- tics from its operations; second, the im- position of suitable charges for handling governmental and congressional mail, and, third, the abolition of subsidies or their payment out of Treasury, in- stead of postal, funds. only thing that does make a book a book, The book on the shelf may be satisfying to the eye, it may have a pleasing decorative quality, it may har- monige with the wall paper, but un- less some one around has read it, it s something less than a genuine book. It may be put down as an axiom, hed the deserted stalls of the old ller. Like the ogre e was, he was completely inside his den, lurking for customers to drive away. Knowing nothing of his habits, we were biissfully unllw:‘u of anything except books and salt air, There were a few old magazines. These we examined carelessly, wishi ‘“The charge made by any such pub- e utility for any facility or service fur- nished or rendered, or to be furnished or rendered, shall be reasonable, just and nondiscriminatory.” 3 e protection of whose in- terests the Public Utilities Commission A. Jumping beans are the fruits of certain plants of the genus Sebastiana. ‘They become infested with the larvae of certain small moths, which, by their sudden motion, cause the seeds to roll {and jump about as if animated. Q. Where is the oldest museum in America?—D. R. Q. How many hours was Lindbergh in the dark when he made his solo flight to Paris?>—G, B. D. A. Lindbergh did not have more than four or five hours of darkness during his flight from New York to Paris, al- though a stretch of more than 33 hours elapsed. Lindbergh left New York published herein. All rights of publication of therefore, that the personal gqualities It is Charls shortly before 8 o'clock Friday morning, BBecial dispatcnes herein are also reserved. | tablished passenger services. While they | As regards postal reorganization, Post- ‘s book must be inapected before the | to prolong the pleasure of meeting old ( Was created and upon which d (A It is in Charleston, 8. C. B freioadiionas - maintain the most dependable services | master General Dickinson recommended = oo the walk. Slowly we |only could it be brought into e: Q. Are people who live in ‘.‘Jmm he ?:.’i?&"mf.',‘e ?fihtifi"fi Farmers Demand Protection. A dozen big farm organizations have called upon the Senate to increase duties above those carried in either possible, they are supposedly guided by meteorological conditions. Flights are known to be canceled or delayed when adverse factors . re reported in the path of the planes. The flying public, with- forty years ago a decentralization of the department, with & view to more effec- tive supervision, and succeeding admin- istrations have recommended the ap- pointment of an official, to be known irchaser cares to become its reader. E—‘L;. means that he must take the volume in hand, give it the critical “once over,” subject it to close in- wnon. Publishers have a satisfying habit of making their covers, paper, type, friends on turned to the books. These comprised such volumes as one expects to see on street stalls. There were mn?’ old things that people never , else they would never have beén there. There was one semi-philosophical work, however, which we had heard or_exercise any functions, That this newly constituted commis- slon can be led to believe by the rail line advocates that, the law was enact- ed to provide maintenance and support for railway corporations, regardless of the rights of the public, is almost un- which _has Sea. It separates Easf Germany. population, only 12 per cent represents ks the Pomorze German or Polish?—S, G. A. Pomorze is that part of Poland an outlet upon the Baltic tern Prussia from Out of 800,000 of the total darkness does not set in until after 9 o'clock (using Boston and New York daylight saving time) and the light comes again at a very early hour in the morning. ) six complete hours of darkness in-that ‘There are not more than the House or the Senate finance com- etc, fit the book content. Yet one the German element, while Poles ccm- | latitude at that time of the year. Lind- out whose patronage there can be no| g the director of posts, who, a man of J of; we have forgotten its mame and ble, since the law further pro- atitude af year. imittee tariff bills. Quite naturally these 2 e cannot know this until he takes the| ' vides that * - | pose 88 cent. Pomorze, or Polish | bergh escaped two hours of that. He development of aerial passenger service, | thorough business training and experi- author, they make no difference at|vides that “every ““’“:;g““mgh,l’omm , was of Poland from |did not again encounter the darkness farm organizations are asking for still must be guaranteed as high a percent- book actually in hand for a few moments. this late date. Picking up the book, we part | the beginning of the eleventh century until he reached France Saturday night - enced in postal affairs, would be a per- refully, as is our | facility or service is hibited and is higher duties on commodities which the | oo "or cocurity a5 on the rails or on the manent adviser to the Postmaster Gen- ° i gg:,?{dng*;’“fi;’xf;; A reak the back. | hereby declared unlawful.” A broad | until 1772, except for & period betweer nndh&mbnbly not more than an hour farmers produce. sea. Weather warnings must be as h fit to looking ove book s a | bone of the volume or to bend the construction of the meaning of this|1308 and 1454. After the World War | of final flying was without the “Farmers,” say these organizations eral. Congress has never seen ‘The mere looking over a | Particularly do we detest the invariable | language would indicate that any rate | the country was given to Poland. day's light. strictly observed in the new service as satisfying process to & book purchaser. in their letter made public to day, adopt such a recommendation. it of mariy careless persons of mak- | Of fare which is asked for merely on a — m— mere promised. & readjustment of the | the 01dest of transportation meahs. | "y Civi Service Reform League has | N PP L0 S " TR0t | i left-humonail marks on-the first | pien for maintenance and support of | 5, Wit pader . B e e | Biks been i Cxinioneet . W tarift act #hich would assure them the s TR pointed out that the “grossest source of | it whet their appetite for the book in | dozen pages. e e ot Ty 1o | atlon At A b LG A The Tom Thumb Bible ts aaid to| A Last Spring the Richmond Light e 3 3 t n ‘book: o book x » smal 3 Was ted in ts jebrated the an- Eesceticy market to the full ‘extedt of Our Working Army. waste of the taxpayers' money lies jn | hand, but it keeps them in the booky [} Pk G0l fabit, however, proving [ ness thereof to the public. may not be | 2,106 S"RITC ) 13o7ns JROUC 10 | Tarariey lies celebenes e 1A 0 Selr ayility to supply it and to bring closer equality with other in- dustrial groups.” The farm group apparently believes in protection, and high protection. It demands the domestic market to the ex- clusion of foreign competition. Such & demand on the part of some manu- facturers has caused a roar of disap- In the current news is an item worthy the attention of those who are inclined to look upon the United States Army as a purely military and, there- fore, more or less useless institution, A battalion of Army engineers has just been dispatched to Nicaragua, for the purpose of surveying the route of the | proposed new American canal through the present system of appointing post- masters,” and suggests that if the merit system were substituted for the spolls system, trained men could conduct the work of post offices, especially in the larger cities, with smaller forces and a larger saving to the Government. Every Postmaster General in the last generation has recommended that the So the old bookseller who flew into a rage because his books were handled proved an interesting exception to the rule. His shop was on the boardwalk at a seaside resort. Probably it is there yet, although one hesitates to make such a promise. Surely a man so inconsiderate could not long endure in_business. He was white-haired, white-mus- tached, and spoke with a decided Ger- especially rough on title A title pn‘;eecoulcyht to ze f‘lh'.ll’: unmarred. ‘We would not have blamed the oldi fellow in the Jeast if we had been thumbnailing his books. But we had been very careful not to. No one could have held them more carefully. This did not serve us in the least, though. for just at we had made up our mind the book, out he came | to purchase set up, or fixed, or ordered by this body regulating charges for corporate serv- ice furnished or rendered, unless the commission is sure that such rate is reasonable and just to the general pul The lication by the company for incry rates is based on the repre- sentation that the increasing use of the automobile is reducing the number of street car patrons and cutting down the revenue of the rail lines, and an in- inch is no is known a inches by 1 Q Will a frult tree grow from a seed ?—M. N. A.u-mnu—umm-mfi‘ it will bear fruit, all condi- g favorable. eventuall tions bel are and one-half inch thick. It nger obtainable. A tiny Bible which is obtainable &t the present time s the Mite Bible and is 13 4 inches. ¢ However, the been observed in A A J turesque military organization. Q. What city is the center of the flower bulb industry?>—R. C. A. Haarlem, in the Netherlands, is the center of the bulb industry. Q. How long has Educational week the United States?— A. The Bureau of Education says that December 5-11, 1920, was the first Ve | 3 e in his , thunder in chances are greatly the fruit proval from the Democratic critics of | tpa¢ country, A total personnel of | L0t Office Department be given credit :“,:,’:.lc",',“;}:,",:,d-‘;:,u:','fd ',‘,,',f,‘,‘,“‘{‘;".’bf,';:"’,‘; fl‘m o crease in cash fare (amounting t0 25 | regembling that of -!fl‘em;lrent tree Educational week to be nationally ob- the Republican tariff bill. It remains| oo yhree hundred officers and men | [OF, Mail carried free for departments |y g% "ri i o0 do with his attitude. t that book down _jper cent) and in the token rate is|gyaetly, |served. Dr. Claxton was the founder to be seen if the demand of the f8IM- |y be engaged in that arduous task, | "4 members of Congress. In “‘:‘a‘; il stand It oste might beeatieh | | [WRYSWMEOIBIL e sou e o Eilar vk e OGRIEIES o Sih | QU WINER Bas @ S witae N pprasith of | O 2 TOTeEBERE f the Demo- 4 ' | value of this free service was esti ad a location, in sight of the| *“I lown, v 4 —R. N. H btain de book ers will bring a blast from the amid tropical eonditions, for the better ln was Bathed I the brtsk‘ And, suiting the action to the word, he nor for the progressive trend in modeg| wings, the x:g:rh:r‘ ':u"e;:le:xulnt‘ zl' | desqcrlbtg: rtl;‘ney one ercx wl guide o crats. It may do so from those Demo- cratic Senators who represent big in- dmstrial States. But the great majority of the Democrats in the Senate to nave folded the farmers to bosom. attack the farmers’ demands. claim their 1t will be difficult for them to But if they side with these demands of tne farmer they go completely and wholly over to the theory of the protective tariff. Some of the Democrats may ‘wonder where that will leave them, par- ticularly in view of their evident, de- sire to make the tariff an issue i coming campaign. n the The farm groups have had the part of the next three years. Congress appropriated $150,000 for the expenses of this American expeditionary force of peace, The annual budget of the republic's land forces ranges around $400,000,000. That' figure strikes the imagination at first blush as a high one, considering that the United States' military estab- lishment, including 6,400 Philippine Scouts, accounts for a full strength of only 134,000 officers and men. But when, as Army leaders point out, it is realized that some $130,000,000, or roundly one-third of the Army's funds, is allocated to non-military purposes, at about $8,000,000. ‘The subsidy involved in paying for transportation of ocean mail has in- creased from sbout $7.800,000 in 1928 to $23,000,000 in 1930. Appropriations for the contract air mail amounted to $13,300,000 for 1930. As long as these subsidies continue, and it is probable that they will continue, the only good to be accomplished by transferring the payments from the Post Office to the Treasury would be 4 bookkeeping credit in favor of the former. The taxpayers would foot the bill either way. An upward revision of postal rates is not to be considered as the only or the ocean. salt breeze, which must have been pretty hard on the backs of the books. Moisture does the average book no good. It is responsible for warped covers and pages which incline to bend out of th.ir due shape. After one had sampled the orange beverages along the boardwalk, looked in at the various stands seliing almost everything one could think of, eaten salt-water taffies, and gone into the plers, the sight of a bookstall was a vast relief, as it sat there on the edge of the flow of humanity, offering its books in neat rows on easily accessible shelves. Perhaps it was this feature which fooled us. Those books fairly held out their arms to the passersby, but most of the happiness seekers had seized the book from our bewildered “Don’t you want ® sell your books | we ventured, feeling very badly used. “That’s none of your business!” shouted, grinding his strong fellow teeth. | “I thought you were a bookseller, not :-, boflkhurdert' ‘We couldn't resist say- g it. “Dot is none of your business, I say!” he belched, threatening us with per- sonal violence. By this time the humor had gone i out of the situation. We found we had no desire to buy & book, thank you. Buying books ought to be :“Slnnm | duty, not a quarrelsome fisticuffs. | We left the old fellow glowering in | the door of his den, nn’lously guarding of transportation, and it seems ver: clear that the Public Utilities Commis- slon is prohibited from imposing this unreasonable and unjust additional burden upon the car rider to make up the losses sustained through enlarging automobile use. No more than this view might be needed to deny the ap- plication, for the purpose thereof ap- pears to be not to prescribe a rate, but to fix a penalty—to lay upon the backs of the faithful patrons of the rail lines the burden of making up losses due to eircumstances for which they are not responsible and over which ieither they, nor the commission, have any control. This leads to the suggestion that a substantial basis for rates of fare just and reasonable should be sought to sup- lant the representations of the rail ines and their advocates. Such a fair, A. The c 12 feet, while an eagle's is about 9 feet. | T. N. Q. At what age should a cease | tion, 4523 L street, Washington, ‘A.’ The American Forestry As]s)odé- boy to call his parents Papa and Mamma, | has published a booklet called “Forest and adopt and Mother?—B. B, A. There a boy is old enough to feel self-con- sclous about it, he is old enough. Some men continue to use the informal In these days most children terms. are taught when they are infs necessarily enjoy considerable of expression and terms latitude preference home, at least. Q. What city that was ancient Troy?—H. the more formal Father is no set time. Whenever to say Father and Mother ts, but family personal | controls their use in the is the Turkish name grr the Turkish Trees This book tells how to recognize the trees and where to see them. It is ob- tainable for a small sum from the asso- ciation. " Blau gas”—C. A. B. of the District of Columbia.” Q. Why is it easier to fiy from America to Europe than it is to fiy from Europe to America?—E. T. A. The prevailing winds are from West to East, and are, therefore, an aid in flying from America to Europe and a | handicap when returning. Q. What is the chief advantage of A. Blau gas was invented by & Ger- temerity to demand that the Housej, best way to avold or Teduce a deficit. | their thoughts elsewhere. They pre-|his books from possible customers. | just and reasonable foundation—as fair | A. Hissarlik is the modern bill rate on sugar be restored in tne appropriation assumes its real di. e ferred tafly, orange juice and the pros- | Did he love them so well that he would | to the rall lines as to the public —is S;o": u‘:: !:l‘l‘fl:?'fim' which stood :u‘; b:;:e;?h;“l;y n::l;t b:lmm ?.\:mm: Senate. The finance committee reduced this duty to a point about halfway mension, viewed purely as national de- | fense expenditure. | The Army is intrusted with the ad- No town in Russia is called “Trotsky- grad” in recognition of the influence pects of bathing. Down below on the women and beach hundreds of men, not sell them? We have often dered. found in the average purchasing power of the dollar. The public, through the commission, might willing to con- Q. What cheapest of all metals?—A. is the commonest and 8. T. | manufacturing of this kind of gas. The s is obtained by spraying gas oil into ighly heated retorts. The main ad- between the present law and the rate cede to the rail lines such a rate of fare ) i ministration of the Panama Canal |asserted by the early’ political partner A. Iron occurs most ntly N | Gantage of this gas in carrying it is the proposed by the House. The fulmina- | ; 2 ol E TION as will give to the rallways the same | . b oo iohs crust and is marketed at | a0 it simplifies the matter of tions of the Democrats against the in- | 2°0¢ It has charge, through its Corps | of Lenin. The typewriter may yet have WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS N L actadoltar aw e pEpe | (e Towetty priok | compensating for the loss of welght. creased duties on sugar have been loud and vociferous. The duty on hides, provided by the House and Senate committee long, both bills, s favored by the farmers, but they do not eare for the compensatory duties, &0 called, on boots, shoes, harness and leather goods. In other words, they wish to have hides taken from the free list, but they do not wish to have e the of Engineers, of the country’s rivers and | harbors, an immense job in itself. It | conducts the Mississippi River Commis- sion, a permanent establishment wholly | unrelated to present flood control af- fairs. It has recently been called upon to establish a California Debris Com- mission. It is the costs of all these diver- sified civilian duties which make heavy inroads on the Army's $400,000,000 budget, mistakenly thought by so many its day. —————— After the League of Nations has been thoroughly discussed, it always retains its status as one of the world's most interesting topics of conversation. —e——————— Mussolini has an interesting family. His hope for the future will relate to problems of heredity. President Hoover's thrust at big Navy propaganda by shipbuilding interests will ken pre-war memories all over Europe, especially in Germany and France. Incitement of public opinion in the interest of what were called “armor-plate patriots” used to be a rec- ognized feature of international polities. Five or six years before the war the BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. has taken time out of politics to rear a family of six children. Her husband, John T. Pratt, is & lawyer and banker. * ok ox ¥ Maj. William D. Connor, commandant of the Army War College in Washing- ton, is about to return from a semi- official trip of inspection to Great Brit- many uses to which they are required to put it. To give less, under changed conditions y, might be unreason- able and unjust to the rail lines; to ex- act more is equally unfair and unjustly ‘burdensome to the public. But nothing in connéction with su¢h arrangement ever be construed to interfere with the power of Congress at any time to require or enforce compliance with (hed;flms of the charters of all such roads. It is generally understood that the .Q. Who make a portrait of George Washing- ton?—L. D. A. Charles Wilson Peale made the Altogether he made 14 like- nesses of Washington, the earliest of | P e 2, 48 a rgin col . :ne in existence of those painted be- fore the Revolution. L g Q. 1s John o' Groat's House still standing?—P. N. A. The earliest. was the first painter to It is the only Q. Who invented the smallest car in America?—N. A. v. 5 rtin of the Martin Air- A. James Ma! plane Factory at Garden City, JIsland, o n |'smaller than the British “Baby Austin. uniform | rpe coupe models of this car have a | wheel base equipped with a four-cylinder. air-cooled motor and such usual attachments as electric starter, speedometer, ammeter. o is the inventor of a car even of 60 inches. The car is te. It weighs only 600 pounds and Mr. Martin plans to have it shipped in same treatment given to boots, shoes leadi: i g ain, France and Germany. He elected | average purch: W f the doll dants of the Groat “ e rm of German small-arms 4 'age purchasing power of the dollar descendan Wi and harness, which they must pur-|CitiZens to be devoted wholly to “sol- manufacturers was exposed by the to Dut in a Summer leave of absenee |today, compared With the 5-cent-fare | family still live in the vicinity, but a |8 weatherproof packing case .'.-“"; chase. This is by no means strange. diering. A new commandment may be effec- | goeial Democrats as having entered into Studying the staff systems of the British, | days, is about 6215 cents, or five-eighths | small green knoll marked with the| hinged door W P “| ‘There is, happily, the best. of reasons|tive in political affairs: “Thou Shalt|an arrangement with French news-)French and German armies as they|of a dollar. The present 8-cent cash | foundation lines is all that remains of garage. . Nor are .ne workers in shoeshops in- clined to favor higher prices for the sugar and other food products, which may follow increases in duties on those for assuming that President Hoover's call upon the general staff for a sur- vey of the Army's expenditures con- Not Propagand.” ————t e Speculators borrow money. Wise papers to work up and keep up a Franco-German war scare. The Kruj and the other great Rhenish industrial- ists were constantly under fire from have been reorganized in the light of World War experience. At Berlin Gen. Connor assumed for the time being the guise of a representative of the United | States Army, for the purpose fare gives 121 rides for a dollar, in- 1215 is exactly five-eighths of 20. The token rate of 6 for 40 cents gives the car patron 15 rides for a dollar, in- the house stead of 20, under the 5-cent rate; and | part of the sixteenth century. Q. Of what denomination School of Religion in Iowa built probably in the latter is the | wood?—H. 8. R. Does ice have a grain the same as A. This is a debatable question and to which | would depend on whether the block of ice were a crystal or a group of crystais. ialist Liberal quarters for main- of repay- commodities. e e oy Ditrary _ economies | money men content themselves With | {itin armament. propaganda designed | Y18 the Visit to this country last vear of | siead of 24 under the old rate of six | Jonn D. Rockefeller contributed>— lce were & Srvsial of R SROUP L (O The Democratic leadership in the ;:'m'rt ;r; economy’s sake. Mr. Hoover | lending it. to influence the Wilhelmstrasse and the | 1aJ: g;&;gw;y';;h*ffl of th; Gel- | tickets for & quarter; and fifteen-twen- | A. T. N. of $60000 by John D.|ice and the block makes a clean break, Benate has sought a union with the |28 1Ot the remotest intention of starv- Relchstag. For ears the alliance be-| T SCHersl Maff,| The German mill | ty-fourths 18 also five-elghths of a dol- | A, The 8 ft of 360000 b1 Jon | 1L Wil do, ths i because the cleavage group of Republican Progressives to ing the military branch in any useful SHOOTING STARS. tween the Russian imperial government magnificent reception. Our fessional lar. The railways, therefore, are get- the average value of the dollar will follow tration of the University of Towa School | FIEL J00%, Mice crystals. which would the line of least resistance direction. His expressed purpose is and the French press, for the purpose | .o diory s wast with interest the sccounts | frag, on for three years contains force a limitation of the tariff revision of enabling Russia to borrow money in from all patrons, whether the rider pays | of Religion for tl | 14 that ice has no grain. merely to insure th: llar of = . Et they expect Gen. Connor will bring re- | cash or buys tokens, roviso that the Protestants, Roman |indicate to the farm and related schedules. It . . A I i My BY PRILANDER JOHNSON. Paris, was a notorious factor in Euro. | oo 3unePthe pick “and span, though Lt L St will be interesting to know just how | during those days. He is evidently de- with the old rate of 5 cents, reduces ' far the Democrats propose to go with worth of demonstrated Army need. The Nickel Nursing. termined that history shall not repeat | ARS "m‘;""g""""";‘“m‘m r{,‘{"‘x:'lfl"’ the purchasing power of the car rider's the farm group in their demands for higher duties. Debate on the tariff bill in the Senate, long postponed, is expected to begin today. No one can say with definiteness just how long this debate will continue. The last previous tarift bill to pass the Senate, the Fordney- McCumger bill, was reported to that body April 11, 1922, and passed the Senate August 19, 1922. the Benate four months and a Tt took another month to get the out of conference and finally en: It was before week. bill acted into law. If the history of the present tariff law is a criterion, the new bill does not stand a show of becoming a law until long after the regular sion of the Congress begins in cember. ses- De- ‘That is a condition which the Democrats seem to desire, since it wili cayry the' tariff more completely into the congressional campaign, although they continue to insist that there will expenditure shall produce a dollar's need established, the Commander-in- Chief may be expected to be as ardent an advocate of providing the where- withal as any other man. No one who knows the Army from the inside believes that extravagance and waste stalk through it. On the con- trary, as a visit to almost any post in the country, including elite posts at Washington'’s own door, will prove, Spartan economy and simple living are the invariable and conspicuous rule. Here and there, no doubt, are subordi- nate establishments which are more decorative than utilitarian, and per- haps more political than anything else. But it is always within the prerogative of Congress to lop off such superflui- ties. . At Washington Barracks next month the Army Relief, an interservice asso- ciation, will hold its annual carnival for the purpose of raising money to sustain the widows and orphans of officers and men. It will probably sur- prise, if it does not shock, many citi- A nickel nurser once I met ‘Who sald with conscious pride, “The dear old home you must forget, For I shall subdivide. “I'll have your land discreetly zoned And, in your favorite spot, Where once an acre you have owned, T'll let you buy a lot!" A lesson in finance I learn As billions make a bluff— The nickel nurser, in his turn, May only prove “small stuff.” ‘And as he sails away in quest, Of new financial fame, The nickel nurser gets the best Of each stock ticker game. Unto commissions you must bow In every gain or loss, And when “Friend Kitty” says “me-ow” You've got to come across! ‘When Mighty Money has its fund ‘With many a deal so slick, The nickel nurser is the one ‘Who gets the real kick! pean politics. Mr. Hoover lived abroad itself in the United States. * kK X “Bill” Borah beat the President to it, & full 48 hours, in the exposure of the Shearer Navy propagan affair. He brought it to the Senate’s attention at noon on Wednesday, Sep‘ember 4. The White House blast wasn't given out un- til late on Priday afternoon, September 6. For some unexplained reason the supervigilant members of the press gallery didn't attribute to Borah's state- ment the importance which the matter, in the light of Mr. Hoover's action, is now assuming. There was a brief col- loquy on the Senate floor between Borah and Senator Hale of Maine, chairman of the naval irs committee. The Idahoan had a resolution ready to offer. | in; calling for an investigation of the Shearer case, but announced he would defer its introduction until Hale's col mittee had made its report. The ne chairman forthwith declared he would “call the committee together” and ‘“be very glad to look into the subject.” The President apparently decided that the prompt and pitiless publicity of White House action is more expeditious on these occasions than a Senate inquiry. * ok K K slender, army establishment the Ger- bzvthe 100,000 officers and men, who serve under a 12-year voluntary enlistment gs‘ltzm, the m‘ ‘;rr:z whnnm:;d y many e perhaps the mtm itary fighting unit in the world Y. * ok ok ok Walker Willebrandt was Assistant At- torney General, she affected an ultra- severe le of hairdressing, marked by the brushing of her semi-raven tresses straight back from the forehead and knotted in the rear. Since Portia be- came a private citizen she has sported a Prench twist, falling over the brow in a soft wave. Friends and admirers say the effect is pleasing and improv- g. Tempora l‘nu':n‘mr‘, ete. Herbert Hoover has a_double, and a senatorial one, at that—Senator Daniel O. Hast , Republican, of Delaware. The President is taller and the Senator wears spectacles, but facially, and es- {m:hlly as to the shape of their heads, here's a distinct resemblance. At & recent Washington base ball game Mr. Hastings hugely enjoyed being mistaken for Mr. Hoover. (Copyright, 1929.) Prohibited society item: When Mabel | tion of A 10-cent cash fare, in comparison dollar to 50 cents and gives to the street | railways 12'; cents more thereof- 20| of a ticket rate of 6 for 25 cents, re- duces the value of the ‘car rider’s dollar approximately to 51': cents—an 11- cent unjust and unreasonable confisca- its & purch power in favor of a public utility corporation, which merely carries him somewhere and renders to him a service much less important than many others vitally es- sential to life in the living. As neither the rail lines nor the commission will give him any return whatsoever for this additional money taken from him in cash or through tokens, there may be some good dnd sufficient reason for looking upon the exactions as a penalty upon the car rider for loyally support: ing the rail lines day in and day out and resisting all efforts of the siren of the automobile to lure him from his al- ce to travel by rail. en we consider how widespread is plication of the common law of averages in the affairs of mankind there m""""m" * & * The post-war tension is 1t{to be lightened, and a new economic system developed. uunnsualélue:lm " is only a matter ces will come stabilization and much de-|q¢ eopgieflure but, at least, the most | appears to be no valid reason wi should not apply in this l.nlhm:e.hy ‘With the application of this work- able method of fixing street car farzs Reparations Conference Work Applaudgl_!) American _opinion applauds _almost | universally the work of conference promise acceptance on the Young n fi urgement for withd allied troops from German soil are re- as great contributions to the re- bilitation of Europe mnd to the peace of the world. “For the "l’ul’oplen'll able to plan_rehabilitation on a Jogical basis. * * marks a Snowden, British chancellor of the ex- chequer, for the other allies finally gave in to the great majority of his propo- sals. It marks a new era for as it provides for the withdral of allied from and rations | e com- lan of e e, at The Hague. first time since the war.” to the Houston Chronicle, * The settlement definite victory for Philip Germany, that country within eight How far its ramifi- new commercial y American Press “History was wflue; ;hm the na- tions made a revision e reparations states the Cincinnati Times- Star. + * Snowden’s insistence marks a turn in Britain’s attitude towasd the debt settlements, following in the wake of the war. Its attitude hitherto has been that of a generous creditor, less irisistent than its former war partners on a due share of German reparations. To judge from the comment of the London press, it feels that under the American formula of ‘ability to pay’ it has been not treated so well by the United States in the debt settlements as the continental debtors of our country have been and resents the theory of the continental states that Britain is so0 rich that its just claims could be ignored or, at least, discounted. Para- doxically enough, Balfour, the so-called ‘Tory, formulated the policy of generous dealing, while Snowden, the Soclalist Labor leader, enunciates the policy of give and take.” “The reception accorded Philip Snow- be no filibuster in the Senate to delay action on the bill. It may be peinted out, however, that the Republicans have, in the past, won more campaigns over the tariff issue than they have lost. e ®There's no more picturesque or belov- ed figure in the Republican national committee w-wow in Wi ton than Pat Sullivan, national committee- man from Wyoming for lo, these many years! Pat has been the friend of Re- publican Presidents, and their trusted advi on Western politics, I'rrom the | den on his return from The Hague,"as observed by the Richmond News Leader, s primarily a tribute to his daring. ¢ * * He played his cards with a |cunning that equaled his courage, and if the Socialists mock him for following the program of the plutocrats he has only to show them the tricks. he. took zens to know that in this five-billion- dollar country of ours it is necessary to have recourse to private bounty to pro- vide a few tens of thousands of dollars for women and children left dependent by our soldiers who pass on in the sired _standardization, and _another | troublesome problem which the last war left has been settled.” . probtem along the hthy‘- s of human, progress ap) 0] 3 “More important, even, J . CHEYNEY. |qnanciel accord effected at The Hague, in the judgment of the Chicago Daily News, “is the agreement with regard to the evacuation of the Rhineland. Ger- Slightly Confused. “Didn't I tell you to keep out of this controversy?” exclaimed the wise friend. “T tried to do %0, answered Senator Sorghum. “I am confused by the A Practical Way to Help Backward Mountaineers L e e Boy Displays Bravery To the Editor of The Star ‘Unamerican- Aviation ‘ess involves sacrifice workada; - days of McKinley to Hoover. his ob- editorial N 0) many, after protest and opposition to ¥ Taent: o peNor things I might say and don't.” server has just asked the tall, gaunt together with _the| With Another’s Tootl Bills for forelgn soldiers * * * Old Disrasli himself, remeni- of life. No air achievement, however S PR, s T e ot dhen ? Gnd Ol oEat the "situation | 8 septomber 1, wisely offered the | bering his own achievements af thr in ces ia mountain com- munities, deals with strange things, indeed. 'One feels like izing From the Portland, (Oreson) Daily Journal. Two little boys walked into a den- tist's office. One said to the dentist, “I want a tooth took out and I don't want no gas, y the little lad, the dentist replied: “That's a brave little boy. Which tooth is t?” And the brave little boy said to his younger brother, “Show him your tooth, Albert.” Lots of folks are brave like that. Congress of Berlin, would. not have. ashamed of what Snowden has done.” “Mr. Snowden went to The Hage e the n,” ‘says the e ta Chlclgo ly Tril 3 ‘an brought it home, as British diploma'~ generally do. He showed no lack adroitness. He received a merited o- tion from his fellow subjects. * -~ His victory is in the tradition whicu animates all British governments of whatever part; indeed, it should.” “The work conference is betny ‘hailed as the greatest possible achi-ve- ment of it ¥ quotes the Chattanooga U comment: “It may be such. It should certainly go a long way toward stabiliz- ing the world and putting an endto post-war bickering. But whether it. Aristide Bria: brilliant, can compensate for the loss of a friend. allies $11,662,000 as a sort of donation toward future maintenance of the armies of occupation, thus removing the last obstacle to a unanimous report. s ¢ ¢ On the who’le, m:hm;é:c.?( fairly satisfactory from the view of the liberal and progressive ele- ments.” “The occupation by the allies of German territory for a decade after the conclusion of peace,” declares the Springfield Republican, “has been an international misfortune, and probably not even the French will regret the re- turn to normal conditions. * * * How- ever pacific the purposes of the Ger- man government mmbe. it can hardly be said that Europe is on a peace foot- ing until the armies of occupation have been withdrawn.” The ‘World- Herald remarks that “the uselessness of this military occupation, so far as con- cerns the effect it could have in en- forcing any kind of reparations agree- ment, has lonrg been apparent.” ngements represent at best an un- stable compromise among conflicting ,” the Cleveland News concludes | t “the removal of | from the Rhineland will be unmistakable recog- nition of the fact that, while Europe can continue to harbor indefinitely any number of fanciful notions regardi new Germany, anxious to regain restige, she cannot retain all of them. t is finally admitted that nothing is to be won, economically or politically, or | questioning does not even in the form of greater military | plan. But " Jud Tunkins says & man who robs a | country how on earth it ever happened that anybody named Pat Sullivan be- chicken coop gets to be dangérous be- came and remained a good Republican. cause he thinks he is some kind of a | «yyen 111 tell you,” said Pat in his Bigh financher. delightful brogue, “it's like this: About the time I came to America, es G. | ! talk. The prompt e Blaine was in the hey-day of his popu- | President Hoover and oth:r;o i larity. I heard him say that it was hasis. lrlntemt a very st thing that the United | forty yeam I have had special i States was filled with Irishmen who |in similar situations somewhat far 7\' [wm'ked overtime twisting the lion's tail, | from Washington, and know nn:tg& ly but,” as soon as possible. joined the | the need of action, but also m:“a wrh‘ Democratic party and yelied for tariff | of the proper ., As your o toh laws which'd enable John Bull to keep | states, ‘it is not a matter of rLCR on dumping the products of Manchester, but of “tact, skill an Ll Birmingham, Leeds and Sheffield into | Pa! tarting and in con g ‘The Pope is now welcomed as one who can go to see the motion pictures. % % The privileges of a private citizen are The New Mexican Air Tragedy. |not ostentatiously :ume, but they Pinding of the wreck of the Trans-|are to be valued. continental Airport plane, City of San - Francisco, with its pitiful cargo of " eight dead bodies, does not fully solve Cutting the Postal Defleit. . the mystery of its fate. No survivor | This administration will make a “of the disaster remains to tell what |serious attempt to reduce the postal happened in the comparatively brief | deficit. But there are other ways of fMght from Albuquerque. It is indi- | guing about.it than by increasing first- cated, however, that the pilot met or' class mail rates. Postmaster General sensed the approach of a violent storm | Brown has denied published reports I-shortly after taking off and altered his| that an increase in such rates was to course in order to evade it. Just what | be recommended to Congress. Such a .happened will never be positively | recommendation would not only be known. The plane, the conditions of | highly. unpopular, but it probably could “the wreck indicate, was flying low when | be counted upon to start & battle in leny Sports and Rentals. The Ringling Brothers take A stand and ask to know Why realtors, on the make, Should interrupt the show. In Traffic. is for two or three small families to informally move into such a wmmunlz and just let the light of truth and good shine through them. Example affects such mountain folks more than Years ago sister The Worcester Telegram, while foint- ing out that under the Young plan, “Germany knows the tbial of Net’ Bl and her a reparations burdens are somewhat ased,” raises the query: The Daves plan was dopled in 1924. ‘What guarantee is there that'the Yoting plan will not be cast aside for some- “Nothing,” said Mr. Chuggins. “The * kK K A be the to do most of the talking.” Ruth Pratt, newly elected national com- | Special caution should be exercised in used as are above the mere routine a la feet from the ground. These trees were | to make the Post Office Department a thought that makes many persons good Rl:rwb“un committeewomen elected | say some along this line from et i i wept' _her opponen is to;commend, for emphasis, the pro-| = Something p Let people who driven at high speed. This suggests| Posial deficits, and the ml I can’t forget the ancient thrill oo BB S RN T (o Ing Daod, Bowess il et o SaTee I e o Wi Audits have shown a deficit in all but| yaoks funny to me, now. for. herself. 1 Oot L egiaintor hn':'“" that plan Wil ot be ca “What did your wife say when you o7 the k of tion. this oo'um.rfi duty-free! I decided to bding fecl A% right to the lntf 'hl\l o e occasion was one of those valued incl- | The cynosure of all eyes at E&m- rpose of & school, but the i e L’mfim";‘ of & P wm'omln from New 1{:: :‘3 % the selection and appointment of teach- “Wisdom of our ancestors,” said Hi comint 3 the erash occurred. It seemed to have | Congress that would detract attention honors fres] upon her, for it was only | be d | nothing about it. Bm 2 short time, took notice and v, as the essor of Mrs. Charles H. | experience and observation in on the upsloping side of a mountain, | Self-sustaining and efficient business or- and mors. gemos: tited. oo mfi: going to use it any more. 8 t, Mrs, = Schindler of Albany, into the discard by | posed program. Too much stress is al- move out into trel | therefor, have been a matter of con- iyl gt engdi Ao dpaiiy 2 Swan her'sex to'haid that Tank on Manhat. emphasis in that direction. | expe: fourteen of the ninety-two fiscal years PR, ‘ “When & rooster crows in de early drove past the traffic cop? be a Repubiiean and a protectionist.” Your editorial is hay Tasl aach dents in life when Henrietta permits me |G. O. P. conclave is Representative base of operations. seat in the ers in such a work, Only such should Vatruck some large trees, about seventy | from the administration’s chief goal— Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “discloses | at the end of last week that the State [of conventional school work. I coul TR 3 n‘:g we're e Sabin, resigned. Representative Pratt s, but refrain here. The thing now o 5 it toward which the machine was being | ganization. Expansion of Pants. g iy the vote of 223 to 33. The former “al- | ready being placed, however, on the psy- | such mountain communities, where liv- or did not realize his danger, did . |troversy for more than a eentury. | he change in golfing costume still B technical use of com- perhaps know the altitude at whlch! o W Wi g 4132 1 e _ghrough the trees, snapping off trunks |since 1837. And the relatively few sur- a and politician mmnll lAl.‘ellod to explain her success in ,, Mrs. tt once said, “I little t the tions. , losing its own parts in | pluses would probably be curtailed if | mornin’} sald Uncle Eben, “he sends ""She is 8 mu'm“;:m“mpnmm&_ career of catastrophe, throw- proper Weight were given to the obliga- ' out an invitation to de next Sundsy can: has made the after .- with. the mm@&nmmm.mm dinner.” » i L