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" THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGT C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 192 THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Merning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. BATURDAY....November 2. 1929 THEODORE W. NOYES ' The Evening Star Ne pet Compa 11th 8t and Pennsylvania Ave New York Office: 110 East 42nd 3 n Building. ! Ghicago of Lake M; oL€an e London. ice: 14 Eny Rate by Carrier Within the City. Ry B & (W) ne Star ; Al Susday Star fln .“,‘5‘! e i #8¢ per mon:h i ‘©raers thay T¢ seot in by mail or telephons 'fl"”ll'?m. ‘Wnd ‘Sundas’ ter Indays).. iy Star made At the Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. nd Vl,r:’lnl 5 . sio00. | mo. All Other States o 197, aily oply junday enls Menihet of the Associated Press. \ Associated Pregs ic cxclusivaly entiyed 10,508 usq Lo repuniication of if news dis- atches cradited to it or not otherwise c1d- dted in this paper and also the lachl new: Dublished herein. All riehts of publica*ion af | Apecinl” dispatch»- herein are also reserved | and Canada. { 1200 1 mo.. $1,00 | % 200, | m-. 5,000 1 Mo’ ! Political Capital. The geramble to obtajr political ad- vantage out of the erash in the stock | ‘ market was bound to come sooner or | “Jatér.- Senator Robinson of Arkansas. Denioeratit leader of the Senate, started the Ball rolling. with a statément issued Hrougl the Deémoeratic national com- smittee, in -which he charged that -neither the, President, Secretary Mellon | nor any’ other official of the adminis- tration. took adequate steps to prevent “the collapse. HMis line of reasoning ar- parently ls that thesé officials of the | Government. are responsible for the | erash, Senator Robinson may have forgotten that the Congress so far has mot vet enacted a law prohibiting the manu- facture. sale and transportation of stocks and bonds. The American peo- J‘ple are permitted to go into the stock “market and buy or 4l 10 their hearts’ Content, and if they are caught in a ‘speculative jam, as they were recenily, and foge millions and billlons of dollars, . that is still the Yookout of the Ametican ‘people. The stocks which “they pur- chased were good stocks in. the main, put out by corporations which have demonstrated thejr abflity to earn ‘mbney. Business conditions have been and are #o0d in this country, ‘not- withstanding the upset of the stock . market. ; There was 1o 1aw back in'war times to prevent speculation in land values in Tawa, for example. The farmers bought and sold land in those days at prices which proved to be &8 fatal A8 those Which have been paid for stocks on the New York exchange. When it had be- ‘tome evident that the lang could not produce and make a return on thej Pprices paid for it, the crash in land| #peculation came. x Fhe - present administration was no more to blame for the stock gambling i New York than ‘wes the Wilson.ad- ministration’ t6 blame for the land .specitlation in Jowa and other farm -8tates during the World War, and per- haps. not as much so, for the Govern- ment: In those ‘days was urging the Tarmer 4nd the cattleman to produce to the ufmost of ‘théir ability, which natu- rally gave the prices of:land a boost. . Scarcely was the ink dry on the state- fment issued by Senator Robinson of Arkansas before Senator Robinson of Indiana, Républican; urose in the Sen- ate and.declared that President- Hoover, Secretary Mellon and former President Coolidge were in no way responsible for the stock specufation which résuited in the crash of the market; but that John J. Raskob, chairman of the Democratic fational - committee, was the arch vil- Jain. - He asserted - that Raskob had ¥écommended the purchase of stock to the people, and that Raskob's own Mieteoric rise to & high place in the finnnci‘d wotld had led others to seck 20 emulate Him. Senator Harrison of Mississippi and Benator Barkley of Kentucky came to the defense of the national chairman of their party and sought to heap the blame for the stock market disturbance back on Hoover, Coolidge and Mellon. They accused the Indiana Senafor of #eeking to make politica! capital through his charge that Raskob had encouragrd speculation in the stock market. The Matement issued by Senator Robinson of Arkansas may not have been intended to “make political eapital” but if so, why was it put out through the Demo- erafic’ riational committee? ~ It looks very much as though the Democrats in their éfforts to place the blame on Re- publican officials of the Government had overlooked the counter attack which .was suré to come upon the chairman ®f their national organiza- tlon. 5 The effort fo saddie the blame for the stock market crash on a political party seems both idle ‘and beyond the mark. Speculation in stocks carried to the “nth” power was the cause 6f the dis- aster. “The business condition of the eountry is sound. Both President Hoo- ver and’ Mr. Raskob will attést that fact. If the people of America will use their money for sound investment pur- Poses only, such crashes as that of the last ten days will not recur. e A poem popular some years ago had for theme the soliloquy of a self-esteem- ing actor. Its final couplet was, “There were only two who read lines true—and #he other one was Booth.” Advices from New' Haven would ifdicate that the idea i5 equally applicable to foot ball. s o Pvt. Allen’s Trial. In denying Pvt. Allen a special trial ‘board -the Commissioners have taken the most difficult course. It would have béen much safer, as far as they are concerned, And certainly it would have been far easier to ehift the responsibility for judging Allen’s conduct to the shoulders of some other body than the regularly constituted Police Trial Board. A certain section of public opinion is firmly convinced that members of the Police Department are incapable of trying Pvt. Allen. The merits of :the ‘chse have nothing to do with this con- vittion nor is the basis for it important. 1t exists, and cannot be escaped. But after careful consideration of Al6n’s 'refuest and a weighing of the consequences of refusing it, the Com- misgigners, have tpken, the Action that, After all, 18 highly important fu the tangled chain of circumstances that brought it about. To have done other- wiss, the Commissfoners would grant the contentions of Pvt. Allen and of i Capt. Doyle that the Polics Department is prejudiced and that there exists 4/ personal anithosity against (hese two | of fair and judicious consideraticn of | which they are charged. | Such an admission would nave boen unjustified and unfortunate. Th"‘ Police Department, like Doyle and Alien. | iis presumed to be innocent It will permonthles on trial, with Doyle and Allen, | test, 60¢ per momth | when the Trial Board begins its pro- | against it. |ceedings. The public is as capable of | pRrt of the police as it i3 capaole of of the Macdonald government is wrap- i | Allen. i There Has airéady been too mueh | and the coilateral issues, . Police Courtesy. Carrying out the perennial eustom of chiefe of the Metropolitan Police De- | partment, Maj. Pratt has just issued the regular warning to his men to observe .he rules of courtesy i the discharge 61 theit duties. In a general order sent throughout thé department the major and superinténdent streseed the fact that eourtesy and helpfulness to the public are éssential attributes of the efficient policéman, and that the treat- ment aAccorded visitors to the city by the uniformed men is of the utmost im- portance if the National Capital is to retain its reputation as one of the sight- seeing centers of the world. It is a matter of extreme gratification to Washingtonians that the warning at this time probably is needed less than | at any previous time in the history nl" the city. Improvement in the manners of policemen first became marked under the regime of Maj. Hesse, who empha- sized continually the need of courteous treatment by his men. And this im-| provement has gone steadily ahead | under Maj. Pratt. 3 Of course, some of the “old guard” still remain to give an unfortunate rep. utation not only to the department but | to the city. The type of patrolman who will stop & motorist for an un- | witfing and trivial violation of the reg- ulations #nd threaten to “burn him up” if the offense éver eccurs again is not wanted on the rolls of the local force. He is the officious kind who destroys the feeling of amity that should exist bétween the department and the | pullis, i Any person who has driven an auto- mobile in other cities will testify that the treatment accorded him by police- men when he was uncertain of traffic maneuvers had a4 great bearing on the sutcess of his trip. With Washington's conception of the left-hand turn it be- comes Apparent that patience and cour- tesy of the highest degree must be ex- ercised if the visitor, 18 to “go AW and come another day.” ‘While the great majority of members | of the local department can file Maj. | Pratt's bulletin under the list of already accomplished assignments, the minority should take heed. Washington is. be- coming too much of :a world center to tolerate blackguardism ‘on the part of its minions of the law. ————— s ¢ “The Meanest Man.” Every once in a while a candidate foi the unsavory classification of = the “world’s meanest man” crops up. The latest is the swindler who passed 4 baa check on & local biind man, under guise of helping the institution of which the ‘Washingtonian is manager. 1t is difficult for the average person 0 understand the mentality of any one who would tdke so sneaking an advan- tage of another human being. There is & tendency on the- part of most human beings to feel very downcast, blize and miserable at times. But such A case may well make the so-called “man on the street” feel a little bit better about himself. : Few people escape, but almost all of them ean congratulate themselves that they have no aspirations to join the ranks of the dcwnright scoundrels and sneaks. N Another police padlocking perform- Ance, this time in the eellifoom of the | fifth precinct. William Wilbur Hand | bids fair to enter that hall of fame of | which the lamented Dorsey Fultz is such an {llustrious member. — et Mr. Macdonald's First Test. Prime Minister Macdonald was not back in London many hours yesterday, on his return from the United States, before he was confronted with a warn- ing that the Labor gavernment must immediately face an acid test of its parliamentary strength, Ironically enough, the test will come over the very question which toppled the first Macdonald cabinet from power five years ago. Relations with Soviet Russia spelled its doom then. Those self-same relations form the basis of the vote of censure which Labor’s political foes will Attempt to put through the House of Commons next Tuesday. The Conservatives, led by former | Prime Minister Baldwin and former | Foreign Secretary Sir Austen Chamber- {1ain, will move a resolution condemning the Macdonald government for pro- Ppoking to re-recognizé Russia. prac- tically on unconditional terms. Foreign Secretary Arthur Henderson ! signed an agreement in September, | providing for immediate resumption of | Anglo-British relations, including ex- change of ambassadors, subject to the approval of Parliament. The Con- | sérvatives, mindful of Britain's disil- lusioning experiences with Moscow in 1924, opposst ambassadorial relations with the Soviet until all outstanding questions, chiefly Russia’s debt to the British treasury and Communist prop- aganda, are settled. Mr. Macdonald would discuss these questions after, not before, diplomatic relations are re-estab- lished, His attitude is preeisely that of Senator Borah, respecting American recognition of Russia. It Labor had only Mr, Baldwin's Conservatives to deal with, it might be undone by Tuesday's vote, but it ap- pears that the Macdonaldites expect to have * the support of enough Lioyd George Liberals to nose through with a majority. “The little Welshman'" | i 1 | ness with Moscow, largely out of con- sideration for British industry's hunger for Russian trade. His Britannic majesty's governments do not fall because of adverse votes in Parliament uriless the prime minister of the day chooses to consider them votes +...Editor | officers that precludes the- possibility | of lack of confidence. If Mr. Macdonald, theréfore, shotild be defented next week ,‘:h« allegéd breaches of dlscipline with by a Conservative-Liberal coalition he ~ould still take the position of yielding |used to the feel of the wheel and finds | tions and all that they stand for in de THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Garden tasks ara pleasant partly be- cause they are familiar. In the same way that a motorist gets | ‘The “thoughtful person.” it would seem, is one who worships at the mod- | ern shrine of intelligence, And =0 comes |to have a natural shame for the emo- to the opposition's demands on the | contsnt in the touch, so the gardener hyman life. ground that the cabinet had not sought a technieal vote of trust. Labor, in { other words, would survive the Russian even though the vote went We in America will watch the Com- 36 0er COBY | sereeiving “raiiroading facties” n the | mons debate not only because the fate | C ently declined relations with the Soviets | projudgment of the elements in this ' for the precise reason that the arnhh] Conservatives oppose them. Successive Presidents and Secretaries of State in Washington have, resisted all efforts— American as well as Russian efforts—to bring about resumption’ of relations until the Soviet government is pre- pared to recognize the validity of inter- national debts and to abandon subver- sive propaganda on foreign soil, Oreat Britain took Moscow on trust, #t the instigation of the previous Mae- donald government. only to find. in short order, that that trust had been misplaced. Events in the Far East have strengthened rather than dimin- ished British fears of Communist ac- tivitiés. These have already detached Mongolia from China and are respon- sible for China's present controversy with Russfa. And Britain does not contemplate with equanimity that Af- ghanistan and India may be the next fields of red conquest. U = A W PEED Turkey Prices. Virginia's turkey harvest will be fif- teen per cent larger this year than last, eral-State agricultural statistician at Richmond. About fifty-one per cent of the “crop,” as it is called, will be ready for Thanksgiving and about forty per cent will be marketable by Christmas, Houwsekéepers in the District of Co- lumbia will wonder if this will bring down the price of turkeys. Every year they hope that the price will be a little lawer, but with almost equal certainty the price seems to be just a bit higher, if anything. “Supply and demand” seems to have no more mysterious opération than in relation to this popular commodity. | Even the workings of the stock market, | ever & puzzle to all éxcept the financial- | minded, are no greater mystery than this. Those who love the taste of succu- lent gobbler, yet d6 not feel able to pay the prices demanded, keep on hop-l ing that each season will see the lower- ing of rates. It must never be forgotten that there is an ever-increasing ‘demand for turkey, as wage earners make better | wages, and as families aim to better | their social standing. Pérhaps in a land where no one thinks anything of purchasing a new | automobile every year the people at| large are well able to pay top-noteh | prices for tne favorite Thanksgiving orovender. i A Toronto man sues a brewery for two “gtand” because, through the find- ing of & piece of rubber in a bottle of beer purchased therefrom, he has< com- pletely lost his former pleasurs in that beverage. No such finicky stomachs on the south side of the border! Twenty articles or devices are listed by scientists the successful invention of | which would promptly and unfallingly | net their inventors a million dollars. An unloseable wrist watch for school- boys would probably yield its designer ten times that sum. PO S — Of the 15,115,000 bags of coffee ex- ported from one country slone in 1927 more than half came to the United States. And of that half about a third came on the table mouse-colored and semi-solid .at the bottom of the cup. ——sme—————— Pritzi Scheff’s reappearance in “Mile. Modiste” to those with more than & sprinkling of gray hairs makes the past two décades seem like a couple of months. s o o SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. John Chinaman. Poor John Chinaman! Has a heap to brar! Masn't seemed to get along 8ince last he cut his hair, Doesn't care for foot ball Or any modern grme. He starta a revolution For the héroés wanting fame, Poor John Chinaman! Resembles more or less A pack of firecrackers ‘When hé's out in evening dress. He will keep trying To rule thet land of his Instead of coming over here To run the laundry biz! Different. “That man wouldn't touch a cent that didn’t belong to him.” “1 know,” repliéd Mr. Dustin Stax. “But how about giving him a chanee at $10,0002” Acknowledgment. “You will admit that you owe a great deal to your wife.” I should say s0,” réplied Mr. Cumrox. “1 wouldn't be invited to any of her receptions or musicales it I wasn't | married to her.” Getting a Supply. “What did you do bout dat man who was standin’ on de curbstone callin® you names?” asked Mrs. Miami Brown, “I th'owed a lump 0’ coal at 'im,” replied Mr. Erastus Pinkley. “What did he do?" “He stayed right dar, hopin’ I'd make it & bucketful.” Repetition. “Mistory repcats itself,” ready-made philosopher. “S0 does the weather,” replied Mr. Lebrow, “but nobody knows what kind said the thus has early opportunity to wield his balance of power strength in the Hous¢ of Commons. He can make or bréak Labor at {he outset of its new career in ing Street. The Liberal group s nted agreeable to imme- diste resumption of diplomatic busie is coming next.” Melancholy Contrast. Creation's proudest work we In man, philosophy ai 8. And yet, At times, man seems to be A piayground for all sorts of gerrhs. according to announeément by a Fed- | The seasonal tasks become happy | ones because he has done them so often, { Digging, mulching, _transplanting ars tha ever new chapters of an old story. | "The ordinary talk of gardeners is {trite, stale. It is “old stuff” of the ! worst variety, but on no other plane ould it be such happy conversation. ! Pernaps you have bten bored at the Italk of two home owners, as you rode discerning the weight of evidenee that | ped up with it, but beeause it will throw | homs In street car or bus in front of | Will be introduced against Doyle and |light on Russia's present-day foreign | | policy. The United States has consist- | hem. They went over and over the same | ground. gave the age-old adsice Abont | this flower and that one, talked the same old talk about fertilizers. | It you were an amateur gardener | yoursslf, however, you were entertained {by their conversation, for gardening i3 |on=~ of ths few occupations where “old stuff” is perpetually new stuff, ¥ g us try so hard—and so women, to be “peppy” the one wish of men. Somechow the word “modern” hi taken on such connotations of great- ness that we all have placed undue | stock in the fleeting moment, which | must give way instantly to a_new mo- {ment, and so on for time infinite. i In the iast analysis, there i8 no such {thing as this jwe pride ourselves, but we g0 right iahead talking and priding ourselves on | |it as if it were the only quality in the world worth while. The happy thing about gardenin that it makes a man forget this for the new, th~ popular, the “smart.” and puts him once again In touch with the ancient days, wherein the work of the hands and the thoughts of the heart are everlasiing, deprnding not upon popular favor for their place but rather upon such inherent traits and characteristics, as seem a very part of them. Gardening & the greatest solace in the world to the man or woman kept i perpetually unrestful by the incessant bombarding from ‘“go-getters.” high pressure salesman, and the thousands | and thousands of young persons who somehow have got the idea that only health and youth count. i ‘The work of the garden is much the same today As it was fhousands of years ago. For all of the lore of “scién- is it is, in its way, the basic acts of gar- | dening remain exactly the same through the centuries. Science splits the seed forty ways to 8unday, and labels each part, but when the splitting and the marking are over not one of them can tell the why or the how of the seed. The seed remains just as much of a mystery as ever. And the various gar- den operations and results still move the mind and heart of man to wonder and such reverence as he stills keeps with him, Only recently we were reading & new book, written by one of America’s keen- est young educators. Whatever one may or may not think of the book itself, no one can help admiring the mind of the writer, One puts that book down with some- thing akin to awe that one man 40 years old could know so much. There is searcely a point of his opponents whieh he has not thought of and ai swered well, A phrase which is favorite of his is “thoughtful persons. ! | i becomes familiar with trowel and spade. | odernity” upon which | alr | tific agriculture,” as helpful and fine as | One can tell, from the very smart | chatter of the writer, that so far his |life has been healthy, happy and free | from disease or death. Some day, when | the one or the other of thess calami- | ties comes to him, he will wonder at | his present book and how one so in- | telligent, and particularly so “scie- | tific,” could have been so sure a everything. * x The helpful thing about garden work | ! is that it keeps alive the spirit of won- | der in man, and shows him ihat -the | | unknown forces which sway the uni-| verse are not to be summed np in al little book written by the hands or | brain of man. ' ‘The garden tells iis old. old story to any one who chooses to go there, pro- vided he make his pilgrimage often enough and in the frame of mind and | heart which will permit him to sink | something of the ego of man in the universal processes. Mere is seedtime, and planting, and harvest, and here is the annual death | of those things which grow, and are happy and beautiful in their time, but yet must meet the universal fate. In the garden, where there is neither writing nor reading. nor even arith- metic, the false pride of intelligence falls away, and the gardener finds him-, self face to face with the world as it is, not as he would like it to be or thinks it ought to be. Yet the garden is no cure-all for the | woes of the disposition or the faults of | character which weigh down humanity the same today as in the old days. Sciplo, old savage, as hs plowed his Jand kept looking across the sea and muttering, “Carthage must fall!” He cared nothing for the thousands of helpless and innocent who would be a part of that fall. The land which he cultivated had no softening influence on his mind, or heart,. of soul, or so much of these qualities as he possessed. Neither will | garden work today give & man anything | but what he has to begin with. So let no_one expect miracles. Indeed, gardening probably merely | intensifies such traits as a man has. That is why it is not for every one. The cruel and mean tempered will scowl over their trowels much as they would | do at the club when some brother arose and proposed for membership some one | they did not like. | * ko It would therefore seem proper to | belleve that gardening makes its best | appeal to those men and women who | are of such innate kindly dispositions that they can bring to their work the | quaiities which mix best with sunshine, green leaves and colorful flowers. | Such people always are attracted to gardening. Selfish, self-centered per- | sons, who always are thinking about | themselves, who want to astound others | with their learning or achievements, | seldom take up gardening as a hobby. | They are too “busy.” At this point we can hear some | | reader pop up and declare, “Why, the | | meanest man I ever knew raised the | finest tomatoes in our community!” | Probably so, probably so. We recall | that once in this coluin when we | hazarded the the statement that only | gentlemen smoked pipes, an ac- | quaintance immediately called our at- tention to the janitor, but we have | ht the janitor was quite | | éman. and so we stuck to our . statement, and we will now. fentle Wins Popular President Hoover's statement that ap- pointments must be based on merit, in rejecting the demands of the Florida Republican organization, while naming A district attorney for that State, is widely commended by members of both political parties. Some critics of the | opposition party, however, raise the ‘\‘msuon whether he has maintained this policy in other States, particularly in Pennsylvanta. “Were such a course followed in all| appointments to office, high and low,” | thinks the San Antonio Express (indi pendent Democratic), “the blight of pat- | ronage would disappear, and the stand- | of public service be elevated. Of lying principle is old and universally accepted; but applica- tion of the doctrine to the practical | business of government is another m: ter.” The E; Jeflerson’s remark to Baron von Hum- boldt in 1807, which Abram 8. Hewitt | paraphrased into the familiar sayl; 2 public office is a public trust,’” and adds: “So considered, no office rightly may be used to reward a faithful cam- paign servant or (o strengthen the| Ppolitical position of either individual or | party. When an office is so used, or when appointments are based on grounds other than merit alone, the people’s interests—which should be con: sidered first—almost invariably suffe “This action on the part of the Pres- ident.” in the opinion of the Newark Evening News (independent), “‘need not | be construed as unwillingness to co- | operate in the strengthening of the Republican party in Florida. He de- clared he wanted to co-operate with the organization ‘if the organization presents candidates who measure up to my requirements of public service. * * The success of the Republican party in the South, and other States, for that matter, ‘rests upon good government, not on patronage.' The words of Mr. Hoover cannot fail to leave an impress that will deepen if the Florida patron- ogram is made to apply gen- “Our patronage system,” declares the Santa Barbara Daily News (Democrat ic), “is hopelessly bad. Even at best, it ties public office too close to party ma- chinery and leaves too much power to the party leaders. It permits other con- siderations than good government to have too high a place in the filling of official posts. President Hoover has done well to let the politicians and the country know that he does not propose to permit State political bosses to run vernment. machinery.” It happens that President Hoover not. only assu holds the fort.” says the Elmira Star- Gazette (independent), with the ex- planation that “of course, Mr. Hoover could take no other stand;” that “it is one generally assumed by those who patronage,” but the Star-Gazette pays the further tribute that “he has done it before, and he has not been shaken from his position.” The Telegram (independent) is impelled to conclude from the incident that “Mr. Hoover is thus a better President than some of his supporters wished for.” “It is difficult at this distan: cording to the Providence Jour dependent), “to appraise the qualifica- tions of the six rejected candidates, as compared with those of Mr. Hughes, the President’s final choice. But of the President’s ultimate responsibility in sych matters there can be no doubt; can there be any hesitation in con- demning the attitude said to have been ganization' in favor of its unrestricted privilege of choosing appointees. Ol Btates, . suggests the Philadelphia Eve- !lllnl . Bulleti n (independent Republic- lly conceive of their organ- patronage-dispensing, spoils- distributing agencies. ~That has been the traditional llti::::: {:‘( "Rh.epug‘l,{l:.‘:; organization politician e X As a rule, m?fmm no attempt to in- ve | sign Hoover’s Florida Selection - | and not so to appoint a district attorney xpress recalls “President |in Florida on a like basis’ ‘A | right to demand parity with their fel- that stand, but he | hold in their hands the disposition of | ‘Worcester | adopted by the Florida Republican or- | S me line politicians in those | Commendation citizens was not welcomed. The State bosses cared only about the contrel of the Federal patronage allotted to the State, and the po which the own- ership of delegations to national con- ventions gave them. * * * Many have given Iip service to the doctriné that public office must be administered by its incumbent as an opportunity of pub- lic service. But the President means it, A fact of which Southérn spoils mon- T8 now have ample evidence.” Some Dem ic critics of the Presi- dent charge inconsistency on his part, drawing a parallel between Florida and some other Statds. The Charleston Evening Post (independent Demo- cratie) says on this point: |1t be competent to appoint a Federal | judge in Pennsylvania and another in Kansas to office for political reasons, ‘We should say the Florida Republicans would have good grounds for their protest and a low partisans of other commonwealths.” Similarly the Baltimore Sun (independ- ent Democratic). declares that “if unfit appointments are to be made elsewhere simply because political leaders will not submit proper candidates, pious reflec- tions on the viciousness of this practice will not cut much ice.” Commendation of Mr. Hoover for his stand in_Florida is given by the Phila delphia Record (indepsndent Dsmocrat- ie). which holds that “he has taken quite different ground in a similar | case,” and continues: “He shows no sign ‘lnl applying his admirable doctrines to a Federal appointment in Pennsylvania (the Watson case), which ix in contro- versy.” The Chattanocga Times (inde- pendent Democratic) remarks: “This policy will be hard on some of the poli- ticians, but it ought to result in better Administration of the affairs of ths Government. And yet, too much ought not to be expected of it. Even the best-lald plans of Presidents ‘gang aft a-gley.’ “It is a thrilling message that comes | from the White House,” commends the | Birmingham News (Democratic), as it | voices the thought that “within his | own party Mr. Hoover will make ene- -’mle.!, but they will be enemies who will make the President loved by the coun- try at large.” The Columbus Ohio “his attitude may be disappointing to {certain of the faithful, but it will be | highly gratifying to the rank and file | of the citizenry.” The Topeka Daily | Capital (Republican) advises that “there 1s a moral in it for political man- | agers everywhere." | “Party leaders, if they are patriotic, can get the greatest satisfaction out of seeing that the party gives the best possible public service,” according to the \lel‘i!b\lrl Patriot (independent Demo- | eratic), and the New Bedford Standard (Republican), suggesting that, “in the ame circumstances, many Presidents woul ave avolded saying anything at Al ronvinced that the President’ tatement “will be universally com | mended.” “It will give the party a standing and | respectability it has not enjoyed hereto- fore and make it a constructive factor in the political life of the South,” says the Charleston. Daily Mail (independ- ent Republican), and the Pasadena Star-News (Republican) takes the broad ition, “Properly backed by the pub- ic—by men and women of all parties who believe in giving public office to clean, fit persons—Mr. Hoover should be able to go far toward breaking down "::egnlllk:ll spolls system in the United o “It 18 one of the most important and altogether cemmendable. statements [ from the White House since h 4" is the conclusion of the South Bend Tribune (independent Re- publican). o | ‘to England as soon as her mother is {in New York, and Alayne, no longer | |and Pheasant are happy together, with | ‘Why should ! State Journal (Republican) states that | THE LIBRARY TABLE By the Booklover The Canadian Whiteoak family, cre- Iated by Mazo de la Roche in her Al lantic Monthly prize_novel, “Jalna. {Tivals in its reality Thackeray's New- !romes and Galsworthy's Forsytes. We lare all giad to meet them again in Miss Ia_Roche's sequel, “Whitcoaks of Jalna." Opening the pages, we anx- lonsly count over the members of the family, to be sure that no one has died or severed connection with the family In the interlude between the two books. 7g prodigious meals, scolding her par- ot. Boney: demanding immediate kisses from different members of the family, and keeping them all in suspense over the ultimate disposition of her property. | Her eldest con, Uncle Nicholas, finds his gout a trifie more troublesome and eats his rhecgs souffles and drinks his native port deprecatingly. His Yorkshire ter- rier, Nip, sieeps on his bed and warms his old back at night. The younger son, Uncle Ernest, still slender and elegant at 74, keeps his bedroom in meticulous order and indulges in melancholy thoughts about his mother’s undoubt- edly approaching death. His Persian cat, Sasha, has shocked his sensibilities by having a kitten in her old age. Her daughter, Aunt Augusta, Lady Buckley, who has come over to Jalna from her widow's comfortable home in England to care for her mother in her last years, i8 as much irritated as ever be- cause that malicious mother persists in calling her “Lady Bunkley” or “Lady Bilgeley.” pretending to forget. She has considerable satisfaction in presid- ing over the Jalna household, though whenever she is offended over anything she meditates upon her speedy return dead. Old Adeline Whiteoak, once Adeline Court of Ireland, and her three living children form the oldest and the older generations at Jaln: ‘Then there are all the grandchildren, children of old Adeline’s son, Philip, and his two wives, all three long since dead. Nicholas, divorced; Erncst, never married, and Augusta, married late, have contributed no offspring to the Whiteoak clan. Renny. eldest son of Philip and his first wife, is master of Jalna and guardian and means of support for all his half brothers and sisters. He hopes he has| stifled his love for Alayne, his brother | Eden’s separated wife, but is not sure| of it, and when he sees Alayne again he knows that he must again muster all | his powers of self-control. Meg, the other child of Philip Whiteoak's first! marriage, having married her old lover, | Maurice Vaughan, after 20 years of | estrangement, has achieved a baby and | become a very sentimental mother. She has not lost her love for little extra meals at all hours, and her figure grows daily more rotund. Of Philip White- oak’s second marriage, Eden, the poet, is the eldest child. In “Jaina” his love of beauty and his poetic gift appeared #s his only desirable characteristics. He has not changed. But he has de- veloped tuberculosis during his outlawry loving him, but loving Renny, returns to Jalna to nurse him back to health— and further adventures with women Plers is as good a farm manager for Renny as ever, as sulky and truculent, | as jealous of his young wife, Pheasant, daughter of Maurice Vaughan, Piers their baby, young Maurice, or “Mooey,” though Plers sometimes gives way to! suspiclon of Pheasant when gloomy | memories of her former affair with| Eden assail him. Finch, long, lanky, blond boy of 20, unable to his| examinations, loving music above all! things, is persecuted by all the family, | except pernaps Renny, who, though se- ! vere, is just, as far as he can compre- | hend Finch's character. Finch becomes the central figure of “Whiteoaks of Jalna.” Finally there is Wakefield, delicate 12-year-old boy, with a weak heart, which he uses eraftily on occa- sions when any of ‘the family are too| much for him. He is Renny's especial charge and favorite. * x %o ‘The chapter of “Whiteoaks of Ja! i which describes the family earthquake ! | following the reading of old Adeline’s | !will 18 a masterpiece. All the tremen- | dous energy, badly restrained; the jes ousies and the clannishness of the ‘Whiteoaks are brought into action. Every one of the family is stunned, then” outraged, by the disposal the grandmother has made of her property, which she had announced lonf since was to be left intact to one heir only. The heir is the most completely stunned of all. When the storm breaks he would give his whole newly acquired fortune | if he could escape from its fury. In {the hallway, where Renny is in private | conversation with the old lawyer, young Wakefleld tries three times to ask, “Who * * * Who * * * Who?" but each time Renny grips the back of his neck. In the sitting room the calm is assembled. Nicholas bites hard on his pipe in a cor- ner and strokes Nip with a trembling hand. Ernest incessantly rubs the nails of | one hand on the palm of the other, then taps his teeth with his nails. Augusta’s | eyes are full of tears. Finch crouches| miserably on an ottoman. Meg is furi- ous and teary by turns. Pilers looks in jne direction with blazing eyes. When Renny enters the passions of all break the slight restraint, which has been put upon them. The Whiteoaks are not a restrained, a reserved, a suppressed family. In the quarrel which follows it 18 not only the will of old Adeline which is involved, but all the family griev- ances for yvears back—the fact that Renny has been supporting them all (it is Plers, not Renny, who mentions this), Augusta's sacrifice in coming from Eng- 1and to Jalna, Plers’ secrét marriage to Pheasant, Meg's delay in marrying Mau- rice. Then dinner is announced, and they all eat vigorously the thick slices of ~roast beef, Yorkshire pudding, browned potatoes and steamed black- berry pudding served to them by Renny. “To a.family of weaker fibre such a scene as the one just passed in the sitting room might have ended all ap- petite for dinner, It was not so with the family at Jaina. The extravagant and wasteful energy of their emotions now required fresh fuel. They ate swiftly and with relish, only in an ! unusual silence. for they were still of |pressed by that empty chair between Nicholas and Ernest.” * % K Rabert Fros title for his collection | of poems, “West-Running Brook,” is | an_allusion to the custom of Vermont | brooks in the region in which Mr. Frost | lives of running east. The brook of the | title poem broke this rule and runs west, a sign of originality which makes | it worthy of celebration. Most of the ! poems are on subjects suggested by the | New England countryside. e of the best 18 “The Last Mowing,” whose theme is a deserted. “far-away meadow" which will never again be mowed, but will be given over henceforth to wild flowers, and after the lapse of time to | trees. Fh ek Exploits in aviation follow one another so rapidly that any one distinguished adventure soon becomes out of date. A recent handsome and expensive book | takes the form of a memorial volum recording the Polar flights of Amund- sen—-Air Pioneering in the Arctic. The Two Polar Flights of Amundsen and Ellsworth,” published by the National Americana Society. In the text is Ells- worth's account of the flight from Spita- and final escape from the packed ice. This section is called “An Epic of the Polar Alr Lanes.” There are two ac- counts of the crossing of the Polar Sea by the Norge—one by Ellsworth, orig- inally written for the Natural History azine, and the other the “Official Narrative of the 1926 Expedition as Written for the New York Times by Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Ells- worth.” The book is beautifully llus- We Still fon’t Get It From the Detroit New: A New Jersey man joked with doc- tors Wha Were, about io amputate his ve, e chack with ¢ ToUe 8 trated. * x ok X “John Wilkes Booth. Fact and Fie- Imm of Lincoln's Assassination,” D’yi T sauass which ‘operated. In the wi without in any way ) orator and after-dinner s | many people lose sight of the fact that { don, bergen toward the Pole and the dangers | ™ ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC ). HASKIN. Stop a minute and think about this fact: You can ask our Information Bu- .z“q;uukm of fact t in & personal letter. A greal into the lives of the most intelligenc world—American news- It is a part of that st purpose ©f a Mewspaper—service. There is .0 charge, except 2 cents 1 coin or stamps for return postage. Get the habit of asking questions. Address your letter_to The Evening Star In- formatlon Bureau, Frederic J. Hask: director, Washington, D. C. Q. How is the arrangemert made for the local announcement when Aa nationally broadcast program is going on?>—M. R. T. A. In every station receivirg a net- work program there is an announcer standing by to make his station at- nouncemert when he receives a Cue from the studio where the program originates. In the case of one.broaa- casting company the cue is nsually a few notes on a musical gong. When these are sounded, all stations on the network are dropped for 15 seconds. In this interval each station makes its local announcement. Q. Are more diamonds imported into this country cut or in the rough?— | P. D, C. A. In 1928 the imports of rough uncut diamonds amounted to ‘291302 carats, valued at $11,935,191; diamonas cut but unset amount to 440,437 carats, valued At $42,398,162. Q. Was Chauncey M. Depew an out- standing business man?—B. M. A. He was so well known as an aker that i he was a prominert lawyer, bank di- rector and rallway executive. He served two terms in the United States Senate | and attended evex? Republican Nu- tional Convention from 1888 to 192a. Ir 1924 he was a delegate, but liiness prevented his attes ce. . Hows far from Cairo is the Assuan Dam?—T. F. A. 1t is located 590 miles above Caire. Q. For what exploits is Sergt. York famous?—F. R. M. A. Sergt. Alvin C. York is consia- ered by the Department of War to have accomplished the greatest single exploit of the war. He killed 24 Gei- mans in & machine n rest, unassist- ed, with & single rifie. At one time he captured, with 5 comrades, 132 Gei- Q. When did Robson and Crare ap- pear together?—A. W. H. _ A. In 1877 Stuart Robson and Wil- liam H. Crane appeared together at the Park Theater in New York. This connection was severed in 1889. Q. What salary does Ramsay Mac- donald_receive a8 prime minister of Great Britain?—C. F. T. A. The prime minister of Great Brit- ain has no salary as such and merely draws emoluments of whatever office: he may happen to hold. At the close of the seventeenth century the lord treasurer was regarded as_ the most jmportant - governme:t official anu therefore the leading ministér has gen- erally held office as first lord of the treasury. At present the prime min- ister as first lord of the treasury re- ceives a salary of £5,000 a year. Q. What was used for filaments in the first electric lights?—C. P. H. and get the | Tt 18 | educationsl idea introducea A. When Mr. Edison first startéd making , electric light bulbs bamboo fibers were used to make the fllaments. However, bamboo has not been used the manufacture of light bulbs for about 40 years. * Q. What is meant by collective nat- uralization?—~W. C. A. Coilective naturalization is ot- | complished when the Government by | treaty or cessior: acquirés the whole or | part of the territory of another nation and takes to itself the inhabitantc thereof. The power of collective nat- uralization was not expressly covered by the Constitution, but necessa:ily | exists as & matter of political rnecesuty. | Q. Please give the origin and meah- !ing of the word “kodak."—J. W. ¢ | 'A. The Eastman Kodak .Co. sags | that the origin of the word has rimn | practically the entire gamut of human curiosity. The kodak was invented by George Eastman i 1888, and the name was coined by the inventor himself for a trade mark. The inventor wanteu |a word easily spelled and readily pre- | nounceable on native or foreig:: tongue. | The inventor insisted that the name | begin_with as that letter seemea o him to be a striking one. Philolog- |ically, the word “kodak™ is meaningiess. Q. What was the occupation of John Alden of Mayflower fame?—C. 8. H. A. He was & coODer. Q. Are the mos | the United States tries?—M. Q. A. Taxes totaling $9,074,000,000 were collected by the Federal. State ana local departments ir the United States during the fiscal year ending in 1927, | The amount was said to be the grea‘esc total of taxes collected in any one country in any whole year i the world s history up to that time. However, the relative tax burden, per capita of pop= ulation, measured in proportion to na< | tional income, is considerably higher i mary (oreian countries, notably Great Britain and Germany, than in thv | United States. pe O . What"is the height of Lookout luoqunuln. and is the mountain time bered?—M. B. B. ;Ae. The approximate height of Look- out Mountain is 2,200 feet. It is or less timbered. Q. What is considered the greatest defensive project undertaken by & na- tion?—P. C. A. The Chinese ‘v-u‘ {m:,e 1.2:&:;33: long, is the mos igantic ded work in the world. 'Phe wall is 35 feet high, 21 feet thick and is faced with anite blocks, with towers at frequent intervals. Q. Is a rainbow & half the earth is round?—E. L. - A. The Naval Observatory says the shape of the rainbow is due to condi- tions connected with the refraction and reflection of light by the raindrops and | has nothing to do with the sp! form of the earth. Q. Who first advised artificial diges- tion to prevent old age?—8. O. A. Prof. Elie Metchnikoff, of Russian birth but a world-wide student, ad- vanced the theory in 1904 that many of the ailments of man, and especially the decadence of old age, were due to intestinal putrefaction which might be | combated “with lactic ferments and xes collected 1n t or in foreign coun= :lrcle because “Lost Legion” of Victoria Cross | bacteria. : s Holders; Decorations Cast From Cannon of Crimea LONDON.—When _ the Prince of Wales decided to give a dinner to all holders of “the Victoria . Cross. (the highest award of the fighting services) in the royal gallery of the Houses of Parliament on November 9, it was re- vealed that out of 467 now living the whereéabouts of fully 100 were unknown. The British Legion, whose duty it was to transmit the prince’s invitation, made gallant efforts to get into touch with this lost legion and was able, with the great assistance given by British newspapers, to reduce the number of missing to about 30. It might reasonably be expected that the admiralty, war office and air force would have in their possession complete, up-to-date records of the names, ad- dresses, occupations and condition of the holders of the highest decoration | this country can bestow. No Complete Records Kept. No such records, however, exist. In the army list, it is true, a list of mili- ‘tary V. C.'s is printed. All officers who have left the service are directed to re- port, in writing, twice & year to the undersecretary of war. ‘A typically bu- reaucratic note adds that any ex-officer | who fails to report within three months will be assumed to be dead and his name removed from the list. The only information _regarding ther ranks” who hold the highly cov- eted decoration is in the hands of the various regimental paymasters, whose duty it is pay the pension of $50 a year which goes with the cross (except to_officers who get nothlnr». It is doubtful—indeed, aimost impos- sible—that all who have the right will be at the prinee’s reunion dinner, but & large assembly is promised, 200 men at this time having accepted the invi- tation. Many Live in Distress. Arrangements have been made to meet every V. C. on his arrival in Lon- Raiiroad, omnibus and tramway companies have announced that free traveling facilities will be available. The Union Jack Club and Toe H. have offered sleening accommodation to those who desire it, while the public has sent generous donations of money and clothes for needy heroes. It has béen revealed that many hold: ers of the Victoria Cross live under con ditions of real distress. But although faced with hardships, the men have not complained. One, who is now a post- man, was four years searching for regu- lar employment. moving from town to wn, But, with that same courage which earned him distinction, he man- Aged to get through in the end, and is, to use his own expression, “not doing 80 badly now.” At the dinner rich and poor will meet on common ground. Among those pres- ent will be: A viscount, stockbrokers, a bus driver, A policeman, a doorkeeper and a warehouseman. One holder is not British. He 18 & wealthy Danish business man of Copenhagen, who came to England in 1917 to join the British Army, and had been serving only a short time when he won the V. C Youngest a Newfoundlander. ‘The youngest man at the dinner will be a Newfoundlander who is journeyin in this country for the occasion. H was less than 17 years old when he was awarded the cross. For the second time the shyest V. C. has been drawn from hiding. The pre- vious occasion was when he came obscurity to disclose a fraud. had impersonated him with such audac- ity and success that the impostor w itend the King's garden party and it was only when he been buried with military honors that the real hold r of the decoration e himself known. Since the decoration was instituted by Queen Victoria in 1856, the holders have numbered 1157, of whom 627 ined it during the Great War. All ese awards were for conspicuous A man Om | measures and wi to choose the man who most deserved the honor. i i Unknown Séldier ly once has the cross be:n |1n cther circumstances. Tha zn when | the nation dedicaied a Victol |ta the Unknown Soldier 6f the United States, which; by the King's command, | was laid on the war memorial at Wash- ln*;un November 11, 1921. he cross is cast from the bronse of cannon captured from the Russi dur- | ing the Crimean War, and has slways | been made by one firm of jewele When an award has been ga: , & lump of the metal is sent from the | war office, where the cannon are kep}, to be used for the decoration. g Bar Added Only Twice. Every medal js cast separately, bronze being too hard to be o W is a small Maltese cross, on which is chased the royal crown, surmounted | a lion. Underneath are the words * | Valour.” The name of the recipient and the date of the act of antry are n- scribed on the back. brooch a maroon-colored ribbon cdmpletes tie decoration. There are only two cases on record | of & bar being added to the Victoria | Cross—the equivalent of its hav been won a second time. Both | double V. C.'s were gained by medical | men. One earned the cross during t: South African War, and the bar | ' 1014; while the other obtained the doubls cecoration within & year, It died of ‘wounds before the second a ation could be conferred. -ooo— :Ami-Trust Legislation . Revision Again Asked Prom the Chicago Daily News. In his address before the Ame: Bar Association at the annual mee of that body in Memphis, At General Mitchell, as chief law officer 6f |the Hoover administration, declared imn the law-enforcement policy of his | department, and t| of the PFederal | Government as a whole, admitted o& | exceptions, ‘The significance of t| word: tless was appreciated by the | lawye ho heard them. In the report of a very able commit- tee of the American Bar Association the | Federal anti-trust act was pronounced antiquated and detrimental. The re- rt called for radical revision of aw in the light of late economic 33 velopments—cartels, co-operatives, meg- gers, chain stores, superpower and like. It proposed that an agency established to direct and advise men of affairs who may be planning combing- tions in aid, not in restraint, of trade. |, Mr. Mitchell may or may not sympa- | thize with that suggestion. In Memphis address he hinted, indecd, At | a change by Congress of the philosophy | of business control. But, he point | remarked, administration I'bound to enforce the laws as tl | stood. He added that, save in rare | stances, the Department of Just: wou'd decline to pass on the legality plans for business mergers and coml | nations, since too often in the past | advice has been misinterpreted and m! applied. The position taken by the Attor General is, of course, sound. But t} | opponents of existing' archaic and am- biguous anti-trust laws will continge their agitation for modification of these | ill present bills to Con- gress with that object in view. will expect the President to deal fwarded | v f S | the important question in his f;% bravery in face of the enemy, though sometimes, when many men shared in & meritorious action, & vote was taken | Jjustifying his crime. Mr. Wilson gives as the first cause, of course, a disordered mind. Other causes were the harsh tmtmlen! :'( the s'c:x‘m;;y Nolnhern genérals, newspaper tales of cruelty to- 5 ward South prisoners in Bhe ‘excna Fioners, and the Joas of Negro ! by Lineoln. coming annual message and thus - dicate: his own. ideas. in the premwhgn. The matter is vital. It is ripe for w! That Might Help. Prom the Bay City Daily Times. i to that war started is a little tnurvenug'. ————— ¢ A Senate committee h considerable_knowledgs about” 146E and effective treatmens. i What Ri ht Investigate Again. and is now wondering what to do with jt. ot i ussia and China need From the Des Moines Tribune-Capis H Yes, So It Appears.

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