Evening Star Newspaper, October 5, 1929, Page 6

THE EVENING éTAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1929. mills,” fake tnstitutions of learning, will | thelr skepticism a8 to his ability to THIS AND THAT THE EVENING STAR byt eyt e e | [THE LiBRARY TABLE ‘With Sunda; ition. not lessen the real educational value of Suodsy M = —— |the work that i being done at the Capl- | knew how hard these were to obtain WASHINGTON, D. C. |tal. Rather will it énhance it. It will ‘with the best of hooks, nor barbless ones, "ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS” | . Also increase the worth of the work that SATURDAY......October 5, 1929 Shielitc s the st o€ W et .Editor | have rooted ‘here and that will here- after come to this fleld. . If the Capital were to advertise its THEODORF W. NOYES.. increasing its “school ettendance” out- side of the public school system, it would have a atrong array of facts tending to demonstrate that it is pre. th | eminently the American city for the ey 000 D07 month training of youth, + $0e par month ks ot A larger, Traffic Force. Deeision to make permanent the assign- ment of fitteen additional motor eyele policemen to the Traffic Bureay, to some extent centralising enforcement of the traffic laws, is & wise move. Last June "|the fitteen officers were taken from their precincts and placed under the direction of the Trafic Bureau in & concentrated drive to enforce the traffic laws, brought on by a rising tide of fa- talities. Daily arrests increased. Pub- Mleity helped to warn incautious motor- ists and accidents were reduced. The Star at that time commented on the ineffectiveness of sporadic law enforce- Peace, Not Alliances. ment and urged that the campaign be If there was one all-overshadowing | continued. The permanent detail of note in Mr. MacDonald's first utterance | fifteen more policemen to the Traffic in Washington last evening, it is to be [ Bureau should serve to make this pos- found in the emphasis he lald on the | sible. purely impersonal character of his ap-| With a relatively large force of proaching “conversations” with Mr. | mounted officers available the Traffic Hoover. Bureau should be able to patrol the “There is no idea of alllances,” the | streets effectively, watching out for such prime minister said, “none whatever, | offenses as speeding and failure to ob- America is blessed beyond words in oc- | serve traffic signals. In addition, the cupying such a special position that she | traffic officials, noting laxity in the does not require to consider anything in | observance of any one regulation, may the nature of an alliance. Alliances be- mb::mr rwlzn;:“‘n::fl" o:n mfi:: to the old order of diplomaey.” 2 2 e, m;:r. MacDonald did not eepnunt ;flm- the police decided. to look into .the self with negativing misconceptions of | habits of motorists regarding the street- his purpose in coming to Washington, | CAT 1oading spaces that are marked by He defined it specifically. “What we | White lines. A number of drivers were want, and I believe what the American | brought into court charged with run- people have shown that you want,” the | NDE through these spaces, although “ Sd. | they were vacant at the time. Traffic m’f‘“ continued, *is just understand- | 5 " gecisions left no doubts in the Thus at a blow, and as an opening | ™inds of motorists that the loading blow, the distinguished visitor has dc. | SPaces are sacred, and "’;;"l ""’":;' (2 molished the fears of persons in various | 00V pedestrians are :fl"‘" ) parts of the world, including this coun- | Uh€Y are to be avoided. There: are other instances of viola- try, that John Bull and Uncle Sam are about to go into & heinous huddle for | U003 explained by carelessness and ignorance of motorists and by failure of their own aggrandizement and for the |, = police to enforce the regulations. eventual domination of the rest 0,‘ man- | \ o days of entrated enforcement kind. Mr. MacDonald could have done ||, i1v sumce to call the gxistence of nothing so useful as to smash this forgotten regulations to tHe attention theory .t the outset of his Washington | o¢ “arivers and to remind them that mission. they are still on the books. ©Of hardly less import than the prime i o &t sent G Member of the Associated Press. ,The Associated Prems i exclusively entitien to the ute for republication of ell {ews dis- ited to it or nol rwis B minister’s clear enunciation of his ob- Jects in America is his disclosure that his discussions with the President are not going to be beclouded by what the British leader calls “detalls.” They are going to expend their energy, on the contrary, on “the large and wide, the high and decp, problems of interna- tional peace.” They are going to pool their ingenuity in a herculsan effort to intensify the peace mind, instead of the war mind, among their respective peo- And yet, idealist, dreamer, pacifist though he is, Ramsay MacDonald is determined to utilize the practical ma- ehinery for peace which the world has just set up, the Kellogg pact. Ac- claiming America’s “world service” in sponsoring it, the prime minister per- tinently asks, “Why should we now not go on?” By ‘“going on,” he mani- festly means to proceed with those tangible, visible and physical measures plainly incumbent upon the fifty-odd nations which have joined in proclaim- ing the new law of the world. Just what these responsibilities are, when and how they are to be shouldered— these are bound to provide the major food for thought when premier and President settle down to business. Thus the keynote for the fateful pro- ceedings about to take their course on the Potomac and the Rapidan has been clearly struck. Like the shots that were fired on another British-American oceasion, it will echo around the world. It brings these discussions between the British Empire and the United States promptly into proper perspective. It Cash Your Checks! A standing rule in business is to cash all checks promptly upon receipt. There are good reasons for this rule, One is that a check may be invalidated by the death of the maker or the bankruptcy |of the company issuing it. Even the immediate banking of a check does not always insure payment, for the bank with which it is deposited for collection may later come back for reimbursement when the check turns out to be invalid. But in the great majority of cases, in practically all cases, a bank check is good If there are funds behind it. A dispatch from -Colorado Springs, Just printed, tells of a check that was honored the other day after thirty-three years. There was no trouble about the funds, for the check was for one cent. The marvel of the case is that the com- pany drawing it was etill in existence when the check went through. The check represented “a dividend on one share of stock in & gold mining com- pany, declared May 15, 1896. Gold mining companies have a way of passing out of existence, like ofl companies and other concerns that are engaged in extracting wealth from the earth. Not many Colorado gold com- panies have survived for a third of a century. If all of the mines that have been opened and promoted in that period were still going and paying divi- dends it would be easier to sell gold mine ‘stock than it is today. Despite the experience of the holder of the one-cent thirty-three-year-old dividend stock it is still & good sound indicates that the question of which of | Fule Of business to cash your checks them shall have 30,000 or 40,000 tons | PFOmPLIY- . Ei e bt s YRR author, Trotsky must admire e alilee T iatialon ivose) the U. 8. A. a8 a government conducted in sight and hearing of all mankind, A the fact that peace, and nothing but | ‘TS bY potential or practical mags peace, here is under consideration. i - —————————— TR L PR Private Allen of the police force is| Humanity is fearless. For every air- sapparently enjoying himself. The title | Plane that crashes, there. is another to “Private” again attains distinction | take its place. 3 Private John Allen of ‘Mississippi was & figure to be reckoned with in national Camping With Santa Claus. affairs. With luck like that enjoyed 50 far by TS Bert McConnell, who recently walked, Entertainment of MacDonald will be practically naked and unarmed, into handsome, although 1t Wil lack an old- | jne Canadian wilderness, determined to time touch of American epicureanism | speng several weeks, alone and unaided, owing to the fact that reedbirds and |in the manner of s cave man, one champagne are no longer available. would be tempted to hurry out and play T the stock market. Within a few hours The City of Schools. of the disappearance of his guide-com- A Board of Trade survey, just com- | Panion, last link with cfvilization, this pleted, discloses that about $30,000,000 | Nervy magazine editor found an en- is annually spent in Washington on |tire cached moose skin, put up out of education other than that provided by | the way by some In“an hunter. He the public schools. Purther, that ap- ; had previously bullt & small shelter proximately $70,000,000 is invested in | With the sharp ax he permitted himself, educational enterprises at the Capital |50 that by his first nightfall, provided other than the public schools and,the {he was able to kindle a fire, which he institutions conducted by the United |indubitably was, he found himself fair- Btates. ly protected, although net suffering These figures, obtained after a care- | from indigestion. ful study of the field, indicate the truth | His experiment is a fascinating one of the often repeated statement that |and, to many‘will seem unique. How- ‘Washington has become an educational | ever, in 1913 a woodsman-sailor named center. For many years this develop- | Knowles went into an entirely unin- ment has been progressing. Schools | habited region in Maine with even less have been opened here for special lines | than Cooper and emerged successfully of instruction, drawing students from |some weeks later. Cooper at least had all parts of the country. The higher |B. V. D’s and an ax; Knowles had educational institutions have grown |nothing. Knowles had at first to use through the attendance upon them of |inner cedar bark for clothing and foot- young people from all the States. The |gear until he had caught a small bear exceptional advantages of the Capital [in a pit. When he came out he was s & center of instruction have become | fully, if not modishly, clothed; carried recognizsed by educators. & serviceable archery outfit and a cred- No other American city possesses the | itable stone ax 1laboriously fashioned. educational ‘facilities that are offered |He had lost twenty pounds and de- here by the Government's own estab- | clared that his greatest single hardship lishments and activities. The greatest | was the lack of salt. Ovooper is trying collections offer opportunities for study | handicap of the lingerie. . and research that cannot be equaled | Knowles found nothing; he had to elsewhere. Washington, indeed. is in [ make, or concoct, or kill, or catch his itself a great school. that has caused the rapid extension of | least he said Enactment at the of s law to Dere of the prevent. either, No' luck save general good fortune was enjoyed by this ploneer of sixteen seasons since, certainly nothing in any way compaiable to that which smiled on Cooper when he spled a whole moose hide his very first ufternoon off. Not only that, but inside the moose skin was a deer hide, & strip of sinew, a deer’s horns, & mqose’s shin-bone and—would you believe {t?—an aboriginal sewing kit. A pipe and tobacco seem to have been lacking, but what a start! Cooper, in his early reports that have been brought out by a forest ranger who is looking out to see he does not perish, frankly | timi asked himself if it were fair to utilize of these treasures in view of his avowéd intention of coming through alone and unaided. Fearing pneumonia, he answered affirmatively. Doubtless there will be a pretty sore red brother somewhere In that vicinity before snow files, but those sitting by warm radi- BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. “Why not fiy?" asked the magasine article, “'Cause I'm afraid!” It is the easiest question in the world to_answer if one is honest. If not, there are gll sorts of subter- fuges. One can be” out of the mood did not for it, or have more pressing engage- ments, or one can talk big. One can speak enthusiastically of aircraft, airmen, airways. One can de- clare heatedly, as 80 many do, “Oh, it through the must be won l‘r"l:‘ 130 miles an hour! d agree with, and often enough it nve;fl v:r ;Mkn & reputation for in- 'gnh n'ut&ak works nmfgg' on the order of the '8, Who, when accosted mvm with th query, “Are you the manager?” replies blandly, "wnn. ca'n 1 42 for you?” H ‘It is fashionable to speak well of aviation. Overnight it has been boosted atges will be unanimous in their advice | into the position of one of our modern of “Go ahead and take them!” All who | have lingered in Canadian wilds until around October 1, especially in & tent, will be plugging for him to complete his stunt. If his good fortune of the first afterncon continues he will prob- ably run across & number of other use- ful and pleasing objects within the next few days, and should emerge, finally, several pounds heavier and strumming = ukulele. ————— A Ready-Witted Rescuer. Readiness of wit, quickness of thought, speed of invention in emergencies have saved many lives, People who think quickly in sudden crises can do much good for their fellow beings. Such & person is a cab driven in Brookiyn 'who was instrumental in saving the lives of at least thirty occupants of a fiat building the other night. He was in a restaurant across the street, get- ting a late lunch, when he chanced to see smoke pouring from the apartment. He ran over and found the halls filled with fumes. Rushing back to the res- taurant, he grasped a handful of tooth- picks from a bowl and then, hastening back to the burning apartment, he ran through the halls and started all the bells ringing, plugging them with the toothpicks 50 that they kept sounding the alarm. All of the occupants got out of the building in safety in conse- qQuence of this ineessant sound. Psychologists would perhaps be able to trace the reaction of this quick- thinking cab driver causing him to adopt the toothpick method for setting up a general alarm in the burning apartment. It may bg that as he ran out of the restaurant he saw the bowl of toothpicks on the counter and by & fortunate reflex of the mind when he found the apartment to be on fire he concelved the idea instantly of using these slivers of wood. Perhaps a mental pleture of this bowl of toothpicks flashed before him at the moment of discover- ing the fire.. In just this way do many of these instantaneous thoughts evolve, from memory and from mental pictures. A person falls overboard from a dock. A bystander has a reflex vision of & piece of rope or a pole that he has previ- ously seen lying near at hand and runs and gets this' means of extending aid to the unfortunate. If the rescuer is a swimmer he will instinctively leap over~ board himself to help the other. There is no reasoning about that. It requires no mental picture to induce such an action. In the case of the Brooklyn cab driver it must not be forgotten that in addi- tion to thinking quickly of the tooth- picks as & means of setting up a con- tinuous alarm he had to go through the smoke-filled halls to push the but- tons and set them, thereby endanger- ing his own life. He had the instinct of the rescuer as well as instant mem- ory and invention. —_——————— It is conceded by all expert opinion that arguments about social precedence at a dinner party never helped much toward solving diplomatic problems. —— e Having acquired so much power, Mus- solini is naturally confronted with the problem of dividing around a little of the surplus. —— et In order to have a flexible tariff it is, in the opinion of some Senators, neces- sary to recognize an inflexible authority. ——et—————— SHOOTING STARS. The old mule, with politeness scant, Said, “I'm glad I'm not an el-e-phant. The elephant said, while keeping cool, “I'd think it awful to be a mule!” And then a camel romped along With a water tank that was big and strong. Y He exclaimed with prohibition gl “I'm the fellr you both would like to be!” . Cynical Statesman. “Would you be willing to ‘see the corner saloon come back?” “Certainly not,” answered Senator Borghum. “A night club may be as in- fluential as & corner saloon, and more entertaining.” Jud Tunkins says he keeps out of politics because he's & tenor. Nobody “Not at all. I do their offices. Iam & make use of the mails.” laly Hardship and Happiness. Though frosty winds begin to blow, 1'1 still be happy while T shovel snow And wait awhile for the birds to You've got to have Winter or have Spring.. He who dares say a word against it is regarded as attempting to impede the wheels of progress, ‘The result is that no one dares. Any one who is afraid to fly, and is honest, can say uch, however, not u‘;l:nc':{.u:.damh':ncme-kbo; afrald to, and are no ashamed who knows it. * % %% We are afraid that time will have to get rid of several generations before the remaining men and women will ac- cept flying as the natural thing to do. And even then we are wonder: what can, be ‘done with the inheri instincts of the race. Millions of people now living are too old to fly wil ould fly without it itisa question whether the earth-bound in- Dermit Aviation o teke.the pises pres Aaviaf e '3 d dicted for it by its enfl'lullua. e We sincerely hope that no aviation “‘expert,” real or otherwise, will be net- tled by these, our remarks. If the; have truth in them, they will prevaii, and if not, no. ok ok % ‘There are thousands of middle-aged and elderly persons, of course, who go up in airpianes. Every once in a while there appears & news story of some man or woman 97 years old who takes a first air ride and enjoys it immensely. The great bulk of their fellows, whether they admit it or keep silent, as :! t&elr privilege, are happy to stick to arth. As long as they admire the aviators, ind praise them freely, they feel that eir privilege is to nur down below. ‘They are mn.ul:t l:) let George do it. * ‘Those who do not go up to the clouds in ships feel that the process must re- semble a cold bath—the difficult part of it comes in the plunge. ‘' _Once in, one enjoys it or not, accord- ing to his innate disposition. who go aloft are willing to admit that equanimity—and surely it—and - Very few | once. onl jon | study o!.:he sorely tried, many think President not ";:;:“l Apfil 14, night o ; incis! persecuted, of U e, Jond whleh. would have, been u loa woul ve L?neoln'l had not John Wilkes Booth into Ford's Theater on the 2 are also tudies, clear por- other ive the ~ United | §) BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. t, devoted You have organiza- many d | traits, well documented, of the men who | ton, There is something sure, u{:lm, tact of tire with earth. ‘This world of ours seems so solid, so huge, that experience and reading can- not shake our faith in it. now that it has opened up at divers times, swallowing up towns and populations. It has rumbled and cresked, covered itself with ice, it has into convulsions and 00thed ed in the light of the sun, caressed by the fields of air. This Wourhome. _ o o ‘The race of man is old, too; just how old not even H. G. Wells knows exactly. Mankind is surely in its early forties Dby this time. Certain shoots in the form of young men do unexpected and brave things. Sometimes wars prod- populations to emulate heroes. These examples are the exceptions which prove the rule. The generality of mankind is an old slippered gentle- man, seeking his ease by his fire, con- to read & book and smoke a pipe. h {he Hllr llledl Irg . He reame of taking to himself wings, but he had not around to it, and now he was too old. *x k% ‘To say that flying is a natural ex- perience, like "m'fif or walking, is to miss the mark. fe is rooted in water and earth. The alr enters into the scheme of things as blanketing material for these two. wmlltgm thgmegtl;le air. His e there lue e same re- markable persistence and fortitude which have made the white race able to exist in the tropics. Infinity is what knocks the props out 1':'37: under the“gnut airplane. Our earth we W, more or le but who knows what is out there? 0 In taking to the air we face an Unknown vaster than our little earthly unknowns; & limitless Something which even hope gives no prospect of fathom- ing. Maybe our fear is not cowardice, but divine common sense. ‘To brave avistors, enthusiasts, the r-minded” at large, we take off our earthly hat. but when any one asks us “Why not fly?” we pipe up at ‘Because we are af! to; that’s “Put Your Cards on the Table,” PFacts disclosed in connection with the Shearer activities have opened up the whole question of lobbying, and Ameri- can opinion strongly inclines to ition that all such efforts should be plain view of the public. Certain evils are Yolnud out, particularly the effect on legislators. Much is said in vor of proposed licensing measures which have been advocated in recent years. “The situation in our National Capital should have immediate and searcl consideratiol Journal, referring to “typical instances of the intensified and hidden efforts that are made in many quarters to influence activities of Congress.’’ The Journal continues: “That they are pernicious is obvious. How per- nicious they are and to what extent they have gone only a complete investi- gation can reveal. * s It s evi- dent that %olunoml lobbyists, driven from Wash! days, again are swarming like locusts in the apital. They again have become a plague. “It is getting so that nothing goes through Congress any more without the aid of a lobby,” contends the Worcester Evening Gazette. “Good measures and bad, it appears, miust have lobbies to work them h, and somebody must. pay the lobbyists. This is an evil—a serfous evil. No effective method of dealing with it has yet been discovered. But if we are going to deal with it, the gton in Woodrow Wilson's| pressing step to learn just how these lobbyists work, what methods they use, how they produce their effects upon Congressmen. It is particularly desir- able to get this information in the case of the -fi ing lobby.” “The interests which profit from Gov- ernment action,” contends the Portland Oregon Journal, “are always there in force when the Government is consider- ing action. With all those interests swarming on Congress and spend- ing huge sums of money to attain their objectives, isn’t it important that the public watch: closely those who take their stand in the public interest? Isn't rtant that the public know 'hl‘xt some time ago,” recalls the Co- lumbus Ohio State Journal, “saw the advisability of a law covering the activi- ties of lobbyists in connection with the sessions of the General Assembly. That law has been in effect for several years and has served its purpose well. Ohilo has reason, therefore, to believe that a similar law would be beneficial as well ll'gnctkrsl in Washington. - No lobby with legitimate interests to serve wiil object to such lation, while a law of that’ kind will tend to discou vicious and self-seeking lobbyists. Con- gress has the power to take such a step, and the nt situation supplies the omomm for making up the defi- clency.” m‘:‘xge eonvlcuoq m'm lpoe'-lf.h nx{ s comfortable le” is the Kansas Cl;mm 'lt.h'om ther comment. sented in the ‘tur” o= irage | jure him in his em, Says Nation to Lobbyists Sioux City Tribune advises: ‘“There is an important distinction between lobby government and representative govern- the ment, as designed by the founders of this Nation. The voting citizens have disciplinary power which would soon make an end of lobby government, but they are rather slow about using it.” ‘The Richmond Times-Dispatch sug- control the ns of Senators, but we do know that as Chief 'hing | Magistrate of the Nation he ca * declares the Milwaukee| in . g thunderous ton he minds of his server holds that r. Ho 3 use a big stick on the lobbyists.” “A _flood light upon the whole field would do no harm,” according to the Oakland Tribune. “But if it cast at this moment in an effort to dis- tract attention from the present inves- tigations of the Shearer charges, an opportunity for definite action in a issue may be lost. It is no S angbd metbeis ae Ny m ls are pointed out b; the Tulsa World: “The old breexy}t spouting, back-slapping lobbyist has iven way to an organised lobby, with . e :?‘:u e;:celnhrn !orc‘:‘, Ppublicity nfitn 3 corporatio; :: lots of flunkeys who help :utht:f:;: lpe;.klng ot’ the I.s::"! in some of the enterprises, the Charl Evening Post states: “If small bullelit&ln was conducted in the hit-or-miss fash- ion that big business is, percentage of pteies would be many times wthe l'nnI'Y“'l;:l l:’h ngvl. It may be et '.gro t is so wide in million of 50 here and thers o racrels perceptible. But more like trained secre! or chief clerk‘yor :gme man of a shop who has not lost all of Pproportion—perhaps because not Jug- a,u:g colossal sums of money—attends of th: mm‘lfhmetgm“"e o their foolish capers.” R ———— Criticism of Juror- Is Denied by Shelby To the ulnur of The Several 280, in was m B. fl:‘b?- a me?n‘bg: of the grand jury which so bitterly as- salled me, and it was disclosed thlz't.):e In 1950 to comes oy Folce force uc 3 or:eur and djaclpune.mmmm A bsequently one newspa; - stood to have stated that 't:rhuc::g:{t consisted of beating a taxicab driver and as Mr. Hubbs is now a taxicab driver this statement may possibly in- ploy: t. to state that the conduct 'r';::nedxw'm not consist of beating a taxicab ; Furthermore, I have not cflflcl&dfl"xle;rn or any other member of the grand Jury, as I believe that they should not be Judged until all the facts are known. HELB W. 8. 8 Y, Assistant Superintendent, Metropol- itan Police For N {tan, Police Force, District of Co ————— The Annual Hook-Up. Prom the Dayton Daily News. The average length of Summ - S B o, S to observe the holmny':. e — Matrimony and Mortgage. the Little Rock Arkansas Democrat. the old when & list of worldly goods with w] the groom endowed the bride didn't start out with a car and 19 notes due on it? ——te The Cost of Education. ere is scarcely Pr college to Ao ents, and “give lfl”fl hurts” llD:htA theme. e Chance for More “Gravy.” From the Akron Beacon Journal. ‘The States may yet shorten the terms i Fong enough o pardsa ‘hls Hiende i Pro]; da. . e i is to be| thwarted Andrew Johnson in his Q. Who is the Delegate to Congress from the Territory of Hawaii?—V, P. A. The te is Victor 8. lohs Huston. is the son of the late Admiral Edwin Samuel Huston, cone | Rear U. 8. N, and Caroline Poor Kahikiola ten Mr, atrynr. who says of him: diary of Gideon Welles is an invaluable record of the Civil War and of the Re- construction, not only of its author's opportunity = to observe the men and the events of which he wrote, his ability to describe them vividly and clearly, but because he was ‘a man of Integrity,’ was possessed of ‘an accu- rate memory’ and was ‘s very and very fair judge of men.’” Willlam H. Seward, whose life was attempted as part of the plot which had as its main object the assassination of Lin- coln, was Becretary of State for both Lincoln and Johnson. “As early as 1856, Seward was harboring presiden- disappointed, “he became the most trusted and the most acceptable of all the President's (Lincoln's) advisers"” and during the Reconstruction Period “played a brave part, daring to num- ber himself among that pitiful minorit, remaining true to Lincoln’s hopes.” third member cf Johnson's cabinet wha did him good service was Henry Stan- bery of Ohio, who was appointed Attor- Iney General by Johnson and afterward resigned in order to become the Presi- dent’s counsel in the impeachment trial. He left a sick-bed to come to the Capitol and close the defense of Johnson, * ok ok o* Among the counsel of Andrew John- son in the impeachment trial was Wil- liam M. Evarts, “the most sophisticated lawyer,” “the acknowledged leader of the New York bar” “It is & face of the greatest interest to study—such a one as might have been encountered in the Roman Senate. There is no genial warmth there, but every line be- tokens the high-bred tleman, the man of intellectual and moral power, confident, poise sufficlent.” ~ Mr. Stryker lists on roll of honor the seven Republican Senators who voted for Johnson's acquittal, inst the majority of their party, and the imj ‘hment _‘“conspiracy. He recalls from English history the seven bishops who refused to read from their pulpits King James' Declaration of In- dulgence and says: “Fessenden of Maine, Fowler of Tennessee, Hender- son of ri, Trumbull of Illinois, Van Winkle of West Vi Grimes of Iowa and Ross of Kansas— seven Senators who dared to defy the con- gressional tyranny of 1868 are well de- serving of a place of honor al the seven English bishops.” Henderson, in response to a telegram from an lmgomnt St. Louls man urg- ing that hé vote for conviction, re. v o impa: ice T to law and evidence, l’!‘:; I m“fi”u?’"tz do it like an honest man.” * k% * Mr. Stryker's portraits of the - cals” in the Senate and House uf?gdpl- resentatives during the Reconstruction Period are not euphemistic, and Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War in both Lincoln's and Johnson's cabinets, is seen as & spy of the radicals in the cabinet and the persistent enemy of Johnson and his pacific Reconstruction policy. “Gideon Welles pronounced Stanton as ‘more violent than vigorous . e :mredv ht&-nflm . . . Tude, ar- rogant and dominee toward those in subordinate" wcmom"fr they will sub- mit to his rudeness, but . . . a syco- phant and dissembler in deportment with those whom he fears” Mr. Stryker himself sums up the character of Charles Sumner: “A narrow, bigof opinionated, smug, complacent, muddle- headed man! . . . unlike the lying hypocrites with whom he consorted, his retensions to virtue were sincere. He lieved that he was not as other men. His fellow impeachers deserve to be de- spised. Sumner should have pity; he was & mental case—a needing treatment. But his dementia was dangerous to the Republic.” Mr. Stryker gives an extended sketch of the Civil War record of Gen. Benjamin F. Butler before his congressional record becomes a part of the history of An- drew Johnson. He appears as one of the most implacable enemies of Johnson and the defeated South. Of his mili- tary career, Mr. Stryker says: “Wher- ever Butler was in command ugly ru- mors came of jobs and frauds” and “as T. He “The study of Butler's face reveals the insolence and the coarseness of the man. The heavy jowls, the bony forehead, the drooping eyelids and moustache, the rotund, clumsy figure— it is not difficult to associate baseness with the possessor of such features. It is the very model of the shyster law- yer.” 1In discussing Thaddeus Stevens, relentless proponent of military rule for the States which had seceded, Mr. Bt T:ows freely from Gideon Welles' “Dlary.” “Thad Stevens has to- day made a blackguard and djsrepu- table speech in the House + This wretched old mhl‘n displayed . falsehood, scandal-loving and defama- tion that have characterized his long life. The radical managers and leaders were cognizant of his speech, and had 5menlly encouraged it, but I shall be isappointed if they do not wish the vain man had been silent before many months. Such disgraceful exhibitions can do the author and his associates no i . nor those whom he assails endur- ng harm. The people may not in the first excitement and under the disci- line of party be enabled to judge of he conspirators correctly who are striv- ing to divide the Union, not by seces- sion. but by exclusion. It is clearly & conspiracy thol:;h‘no‘t u‘vnwed:’ ‘Woman’s power as purchaser seems almost startling to women themselves and perhaps to ‘men who pay the bills and even more so to the men who Christine Biveau "of Stagéards B ureau o gu 1928 women spent for family needs $52,000,000,000 in this country, or a billion dollars a week. Income tax re- turns for 1026 show that 41 per cent of total taxes were paid by women. Women also form large percentages of the sf of many prominent * k ok % ‘The ehagur head! in Mentally Fit,” by :o':fl suggestive and h° Jastrow, are Psyche of ‘You Are a Good Mixer, acter by Appearance.” EEE R . Maristan Chapman, author of “The » is announced to Huston. “The | officer, having been tetired in commander. shrewd | tial aspirations,” but, though these were | the n egomaniac | o cel naval wood [ 1926 as Brick He also is Q. ‘When was the South Station in Boston completed?—C. E. A. A. It was completed in 1899. tionality of Warner Q. What is the Oland. screen star?- . 4. Warner Oland was born at Umea, Sweden Q. How are. coconuts propagated?— G. W. R. A. Coconuts are proruwd differ- ently from almost any form of fruit or nuts. The coconut, as it forms in the outer hull, s buried in the ground, and embryo gains ent first e “: the m! ':huk' “dth:. )::’l: growth plant advances the w) Ihongy and als feeds. the youne plamns an young plant. ! After a certain of devel besn reached small roots re: out into the ground, sufficiently strong enough to feed the nourishment to the plant from the earth the original coconut has en- tirely disintegrated. % :vhen were night schools started? A. Free public even: first established in Loulsville, Ky., in 1834, and in 1839 they were authorized by law in the State of Ohio. The first evening high school was established in Cincinnati in 1856. ~ Q. What cathedral has the loftiest choir in the worlg?—R. L. A. The choir of Beauvais Cathedral is the loftiest. Q. How is the word “sachem” pro- neunced?—S8. A. A. The “a” is long, as in “say.” and “ch” has the sound given in “chair.” Q. How many pecple attend the band concerts at the Capitol in Washington curulngem Summer, and which band has largest audiences?—P. A. Y. A. It has been estimated that about 10,000 le attend the concerts at the Capitol [t would be impossible to say which band attracts the greatest crowds. ‘The concerts at the Capitol attract more people than those given elsewhere.. Q. How far did the Graf Zeppelin schools were gu;lmmmtumnduamwf— "A. The Graf Zeppelin traveled tween 25,000 and 26,000 miles on recent worla flight. Q. What is the dinerence between an arc lamp and an incandescent lamp?— ‘A. In an arc lamp the light is pro- duced by a voltaic arc formed between two or more carbon electrodes, In an incandescent lsmp the light is pro- duced by the elecuric of & strip or filament of refractory sub- stances, generally carbon. Q. How large was Noah's Ark?— A. In the International Standard Bi- ble Encyclopedia the ark is described as being three stories high, 300 cubits long, 50 cubits broad and su cubits high. Ac- cording to Petrie’s estimate of tne eubit (at toat period), these measurements represent 562'; feet long, 93l fee. broad and 56, feet deep. Calcuiations show that sucn a structure would con- Jain about 3,500,000 cubic feet of space. Q. Where is Corondo, Calif.2~1I. F. A. A. It is & fashionable suourb oI Shu Diego. It has a 12-mile beach., Q. Who is credited with the develop- ment of the small electric generator?— M. C. McE. A. Starting with the year 1878, when the first incandescent lamp was pat- ented by Edison, the development of the small electric ator became id. be- s ent has | pution, . Nikol patented the alt uribution. Q. What is tne size of the ideal | schoolroom?—B, O. T. A. The Public Health Service says that the ideal room is 32 feet long ana 23 feet wide, to provide comfortable room for about 30 children. A width of more than 23 feet is not desirable, because the row of seats farthest from the windows will not receive proper illumination. ¢ Q. Were any of the flyers during the war equipped with parachute?—W. D. N. A. ‘The Germans used them to 8 lim- ited extent in the last months of the war. Q. What is the full name of King A. 'fi’;" = u‘l George Frederick name | Ernest Albert Windsor. Q. At what femperature do wood and oak catch fire?>—E. 8. Q. Does the Vice President get a ll;rl_;r ;Aury than a cabinet member?— A. Their salaries are the same—$15,- 000 per annum. BACKGROUND OF EVENTS BY PAUL V. COLLINS. Never before have the supreme repre- sentatives of Great Britain and the United States met in personal ence upon American soil, such as the resent meeting of Prime Minister J. MacDonald and President Hoover in intimate and informal con- wntw‘m the environment of the lent’s camp. mumn#‘u as simple as the sig- ice e meeting is far-reaching. Removed from the public, amid the forest and the rippling of falling waters, the problems fundamental to the peace of the two test nations in the wotld —and fore the peace of the world— are being discussed two men, face to face, whose conclusions and whose sincerity and good will are of paramount importance. * k% % ‘The arrival of Prime Minister Mac- Donald has been celebrated with appro- ite pomp and ceremony in both New ork -and the Nation's Capital, and there will be a 50 long as his visit continues. But neither the it leader of the Labor party of Great ritain nor the Quaker President of the Cnited States attaches overimportance functions. They desire ‘This of descril in advance by Ambassador Dawes in a he made recently at a dinner of the Pilgrim Society in Lon- don. He explained the desire of both nations to come to an ent uj a parity of naval strength as measured the “Hoover yardstick,” and he em- the fact that whatever agree- ment should be reached, it must be so simple and clear that the average per- son who makes no pretense of compre- hending naval technicalities could un- derstand it. It must not be expressed in elaborate and complicated naval for- mulas, which would only confuse the ° man and leave public sentiment na a8 to what “naval reduction” really ified. If naval reduction or adjustment to a basis of equality be- tween Great Britain and the States is to affect public sentiment and confidence in security and continued peace, then the public must be con- \vinced that'it is to be no repetition of the result of the 1921 disarmament ent of the Washington Peace Conference—actual destruction of new muuh{r :vy the “n”fdm!“mu‘g mainly the tearing up of blueprin! other nations. Nor will the people be happy in the face of another failure to get together like that of the more re- cent Geneva conference. * % k% At the limitation of armaments con- ference in Washington in 1921 a naval agreement was signed by Great Britain, France, Japan and the United States under which 70 capital ships (exceed- ing 10,000 tons each) were scrapped. Of those 70 ships there were 32 scrapped by the United St ones by any means—and 22 by the British and 16 by Japan. None was scrapped by France or Italy, since their navies were not out of the ratio agreed upon. A limit was put upon aircraft carriers, but none on cruisers, destroyers or sub- | marines. It is this last classification— cruisers, which now comes up for special con- ‘lldenuon. * k k% The United States, of refused to accept this offer. It no doubt has some signifi- cance that fore governments mat agreements limi that class of com- bat vessels in which ‘were superior, but refused limitation in the class in which they were superior.” This re of the-obvious insin- POl | ys the necessity of destroyers and submarines—-| aon; Ambassador jh Gibson said, “The President feels that w T e e opens to us an unpi nted . tunity for advancing the cause of dis- armament.” A few days later our Ambassador, Mr. Gibson, enuncl:wa . x}e'e:om basis p‘n‘:-! easuring naval power for of '. It was in substance an ac- ceptance of & basis pro] ‘whereby warships id be ral cording to several factors affecting their combat strength, age, gun caliber, ton- nage, speed, etc., and not merely the This posal was ).mmfdhwly ac- cepted 'vtl?h eordhmr'»'ly fthe British and Japanese. It ‘already been ap- proved by the French. But the muiti- plied bases of thus rating a ship ad to the actual complications of compari- mnmdupcmmewnymau?umnl even sincere experts. The “will to peace” becomes a still greater factor in adjusting such differences when blind ‘mathematics of tonnage ceases to be the {only consideration. . * k ok % e Admiral Hillary A. Jones of the Uni States Navy states the situation from the American standpoint, as follows: “We keep ‘1:; ml::’d ‘::wnny; the defense of our coun! an enormous_com- mercial interests, spread over all the seven seas. There is & minimum below which we cannot afford to go, because our geographical position imposes upon on opera- tions in far-distant waters.” It is pointed out that whereas Great Britain bases her claim for a large navy upon her needs of defense of her terri- tory all over the world, from the Eng- lish Island to_ India, Australis and Africa, s0 the United States must de- fend our possessions in the Pacific Ocean, as well as uj continent and the United | gr temptation of the world of greater than that of Great Brif or any other nation; its defense calls for proportionate strength and vigilance. LR in 1921 to States—each 5, with Ji Japan wants & alm&t increase own proportion, and proposes of 10-10-7 in place of 10-10-6. the increase would not be great, its demand indicates the growing ly 1 and must keep open seas to the supplies of the world. * ok x Great hopes are hi upon the “will to o ::nnmeqmwmm present erence between Minister adopted Kellogg agreement had against, any lm“n‘nlon wh" [ war agiinst another nation; it lenlhs: The Kellogg pact outlaws wars except in self-defense, * ok ox % At the 1921 disarmament conference in Wi it was agreed to hold e of all kinds