Evening Star Newspaper, November 7, 1929, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Eaition. WASHINGTON, D. C THURSDAY....November 7, 1820 THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company 11th St. ml:fl“fi dflr"-:‘.- Ave. oyt e W R 47 qure Wik e 0., r . 60c per month per menth Rate Mafl—] ble in Ad by Mal am- vance. Marylan El y and Sunday. n only ~. lay only Member of the Assoclated Press. The Assoclated Prems I cxclusivaly entitied o the use for republication of all rewa d dlg- tches credited to ft or not otherwise cied- lteTed Her g Al Heis af Bpiica-ion oul erein. riehts " special dispatch~- herein are also Teserved. Policemen and Firemen's Pay. In Tuesday's election the people of New York City voted feur to one to in- crease the pay of their firemen and policemen, the raise in pay being $500 a year and lifting the maximum salary of privates on the forces from $2,500 a year to $3,000. New York has always pald its fire- men end policemen more generously than any other city in the United States. But the inerease just voted by the electorate is interesting here be- cause it widens still further the gap that exists between the maximum pay for police and firemen in Washington and the maximum pay for their com- rades in arms in New York City. ‘Washington's policemen and firemen now receive a maximum salary of $2,100 in the grade of private. That scale is the lowest on a list of 65 cities. The majority of these cities, according to a survey made last month, start thelr privates in the two forces around $2,000, the maximum in nearly every case being approximately $2,500. Privates on ‘Washington's forces are started out at 8 minimum of $1,800 with the expec- tation of reaching th: maximum grade of $2,100. New York's new scale will give the veteran policeman and fire- man a maximum of $3,000. This ‘increase in salary will cost the people of New York more than $5,000,- 000 a year. But that it was considered & justifiable expenditure of public funds is indicated by the fact that all four of New York's candidates for mayor ap- proved the increase in their campaign speeches, and the peopls, voting on the question, “Shall the minimum wage of first-grade patrolmen and of first-grade firemen of this city be three thousand dollars per annum?’ answered it affirm- atively by a four-to-one majority. A bill to increase the scale of pay for firemen and policemen in Washington died in the last regular session of Con- gress. The Commissioners should ask the new Congress to take action that will readjyst salaries of our uniformed forces. The maximum pay of privates should be raised to at least $2,500. And there are discrepancies between the pay of police officials in Washington and in other cities that should be remedied. Higher pay will attract a better grade of men to our forcss as well as reward- Ing veterans whose faithful and efficient service entitles them to an increase in salary. The next session of Congress must devote study to this question. A decision on its merits will bring higher pay. r——————— Coalition in Virginia was in line with & tendency among people in various parts of the world to forget old differ- which raised the rate on pig iron placed used in the manufacture of steel, on the free list, although there wers many plaints from producers of manganese in this country that it meant ruin for them. What the coalition Sen- ators are trying to undefstand is how the Senate finance committee can square thess two actions, one on pig iron and the other on manganess, There has grown up & suspicion in their minds that the great steel corporations, which produce pig fron for their own use, but which purchase mangenese in consider- able quantities, are to be the real bene- ficizries from this kind of tariff adjus ment. Yet these steel corporations are reputed to be earning huge returns on their investments. It was noticeable that in the vote on ths amendment to cut the duty on pig iron four Republican Senators who have not been allied with the coalition sup- ported the amendment. They were Sackett of Kentucky, Steiwer of Oregon, Waterman of Colorado and Thomas of Idaho. - ————— A National Landmark to Go. In the gourse of the purchase and condemnation of property within the area designated for the District'’s new municipal center, flanked by Pennsyl- vania, Indiana and Louisiana avenues and Third and Sixth streets, the titles to some historic Jandmarks are pass- ing to public ownership. The ‘latest of these acquisitions is the National Hotel property, perhaps th> most striking of all the occupants of the area in point (of historical background. ‘The original building standing on the site was erected considerably more than |@ century ago. Roger C. Weightman, meyor of Washingten, had in it his residence and place of business. For a jshort period the offices of the mayor {and register of Washington were located there. In 1826 Charles Gadsby estab- lished a hotel on the premises, erecting | the structure that forms the eentral portion of the present building. There have been many reconstructions, one within a few years following a fire which partially destroyed the building. Thus a hotel has been conducted on that site continuously for more than a century. In that hotel have resided some of the most famous men in American his- tory. It was the home of Henry Cl during the greater part of his congres- slonal career. Important conferences were held there, caucuses and meetings at which party policies were adopted and presidential candidates were can- vassed and even selected. Indeed, the old hotel that will pass from view in about two years—certain leases running that length of time insure its continu- ance until October, 1931—was for more than a third of & century a veritable political center. After the Civil War, fashion moved somewhat westward, and the National Hotel lost its character es the most favored place of public entertainment for members of Congress and political visitors. It still retained, however, its old character for a good many years as the regular abode of many national legislaters and members of the “lobby” who then flourished at the Capital. A complete history of the National Hotel would be almost a history of ‘Washington and by reflex a history of the United States during an important period of the national development. Now the old tavern, ‘as it was once ‘called affectionately, is to go. It has housed several million people in the century of its existence, and although it passes to make way for a monu- an occasion of regret to Washingtonians who cherish landmarks and souvenirs of the Capital’s past. ———ee— Stories of thrilling adventure are no longer left to the fiction writers. Every newspaper contains at®least one such story with an airplane wreck or an automobile crash as the event which ences and get together. Like many other plans for coalition, the effort served only to emphasize the old lines of cleavage. — et Pig Iron. Pig iron bore the brunt of the eoali- tion attack on the Senate finance com- mittee tariff bill in the Senate yesterday. By a vote of 48 to 30 the Senate not only declined to agree to the $1.50 duty ' per ton proposed by the committee, but reduced the rate to seventy-five cents, the old rate under the Fordney-Mc- Cumber tariff law which was increased by President Coolidge under the flex- ible provision of the law by 50 per cent, or to $1.123;. This last rate was re- tained by the House when it passed the pending tariff bill, and it was this rate which the Senate finance committee has sought to ralse to $1.50. ‘The action of the Senate yesterday did not pass without bitter criticism on the part of Senator Reed of Pennsyl- vania, who dsclared that coalition leaders “have made up their minds to knock out every industrial increase in the tariff blllL” The debate brought statements to the effect that the total production of pig iron in the United States is about 35,000,000 tons. Most of it goes into the manufacture of steel. Of the total production, it appears, enly about 1,500,000 tons, made on the Atlantic seaboard, needs the protection urged by the Senate finance commit- tee. The inerease in the duty on pig iron, coalition Senators asserted, might well affect the price to the consumer, and eventually the man who purchases steel and the man who must live in the dwellings into which steel goes. ‘To the minds of the coalition Sena- tors, the preposal to increase the duty on pig iron merely spelled an effort to raise an industrial tariff duty to make 4t possible ‘for the producers of 2 small part of the pig iron in the United States to continue, but which also would re- sult eventually in increased prices on the total output and increased prices to the ultimate ccnsumer, among whom are the farmers. The Senate finance committee might have retained the House duty on pig iron. But it determined to go further, under the leadership in this instance of Senator Reed of Pennsylvania. Yet Senator Reed now complains because a majority of the Senate attacks the action of the committee in a sessicn of Congress called by the Prisident to aid particularly the farmer and those industries which have suffered in recent years from foreign eompstitien. The Senate finance eommittee—and the House—have had little conception of what was meant by the President wihen calls for fortitude. ———— Declines in the stock market may retard plans for tax reduction—a fact calculated to make the man with the market basket wish the impetuous speculator would be more carefut with his meney, . Description by Senator Brookhart of beverag:s at & dinner sounds as if some of the guests dived under the tablecloth and took chances om bringing up a bottle of horseradizh. N Mercy Killings. A jury in France has declared to be “not gulity” a young man who was ac- cused of murder for the slaying of his mother in mercy, in the extremity of her unalleviable suffering from an in- curable disease. The verdict was re- ceived with cheers by the public, ase sembled in the courtroom to observe a case ‘that has greatly stirred French sentiment and puzzled jurists. Yet this is not the first verdict of this character returned by a French fury. Several similar cases have occurred in recent years, with the same results. ‘Thus though the law does not condone the “mercy slaying,” as it has come to be called in that country, the practice of the ccurts, through popular verdicts, does so extenuate if not declare to be rightecus the taking of human life for the sake of ending the torments of hopeless disease, This question has been raised in America, though not in the form of actual cases of “mercy” killing. It has been rather a moot questicn, brought up by physicians or by those who urge that physicians should have the right, should be indeed required, to admin- ister lethal drugs to sufferers whose affiictions are mortal and whose suf- ferings are beyond alleviation. No sup- port, however, has been given to this view. Thus far the public sentiment and the cpinion of jurists have been adverse to any such concession to mercy. In these days of advance in therapeu- tic and surgical science and practice, medical men will not admit defeat until the breath has actually left the bedy, until the heart has ceased to beat, and death has occurred. Thers are “hope- less” cases, in which the changes of recovery are almost too slender to be computed, cases in which the organs of the b:dy ere in an irreparable con- dition of deterioration, frresistibly pro- gressing. Still the doctors Aight, in the hope that by seme unscon chemistry of nature a change may come, givirg ground for recovery. It is this persistent holllrg cn to hope that saves lives. ] patizntl's he recommended a “limited tariff revi- The same Scnate finance committee sufferings are terible, in: izing to all about. It seems cruel to Dermit life-to continue in such circum- mental improvement its going will be! , and agon- | siender though it may be, that recov- ery may be effected, and none is justi- fled, in the eye of the law or of so- clety, in denying that chance and in the name of mercy administer the stroke of grace that ends the pain. ‘The patient’s own will is not con- sidered as justificati-n for lethal action to end suffering. Many, many cases have occurred in which the dying have pleaded for death. But their prayers must be answered by a higher power than man. A different view is taken in France, it would scem from this latest in- | stance. But not to the point of effect- ;ln: a charge in the law. Even in that country the cases of mercy killings are to be adjudged upon their merits. ————— The Schools for Cripples. The District has taken a commend- i able step forward in making its scheol | system available to crippled children and in offering them therapeutic treat- ment while they attend. The forty- seven children enrolled yesterday with the opening of the two special classes for cripples in the Weightman and Ma- | gruder Schools had all previously ate tended classes in other schools. But, as the experiment progresses, it is to be hoped and believed that the new classes will serve the purpose of providing pri- mary educational opportunities for chil- dren who, otherwise, would have lacked them altogether. The enroliments will increase as the community offers to all | its physically handicapped children the same opportunity for education that it i provides the normal child. There is no finer type cf community service. The wonder is that it was not attempted long ago. Much of the credit for the establish- ment of these special classes is due to the Kiwanis Club, whose specialty has been the care of crippled children. In its study of conditions here In the Cap- stal, the Kiwanis Club found that the crippled child has faced net only the handicap of his infirmities, but has had to carry the additional burden of fight- ing his own way up in schools that are conducted for the normal child. In ad- dition, the club discovered that there are crippled children who cannot at- tend school at all because, up to this time, the District has not made any special provision for their care. The Kiwanis Club demonstrated that it is more than a mere luncheon club for hungry business men when it undertook an active and positive propaganda for the establishment of just such classcs were opened yesterday. The victory is theirs, although the community shares the fruits. It is surprising to note that whan the classes were opened yesterday they lacked the special equipment that should have been ordered and delivered in plenty of time. The cots, for in- stance, were witheut linen and th= spe- cial Jamps were not in place. Why has | thers been this delay? The decision to open the schools was made months ago. All of the school furniture was bought and installed. But there were no sheets and no lamps. Possibly there is a shortage in medical lamps, but the ab- sence of sheets must be put down as another instgnce of tangled red-tape that passes understanding. e So many comfortable positions have be easily doubted whether he will con- sent to relinquish private interests to enter politics. ] A gcod banquet is regarded as more piquant if it has a dash of politics on the side. S 1t may be true that Jimmy"Walker is light-hearted. But New York, likes its officials that way. v SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. A Public Sadly Wise. There's a phrase which will daze The good friend who the life of the party would be, He'll recite, all polite, A small thing of his own filled with pathos or glee— But it merely brings out a unanimous roar; “We have heard it before! We lu\'el heard it before! In a song, rather long, He may seek, In good exemplify art. In a speech he may reach For some esrnest response from the brain or the heart— But the audience cruelly stops him once more; g “We have heard it before! heard it beforel” faith, to | We have Surcharged Consciousness. “Why don’t you reveal all the secrets that are urging you to speak?” “If 1 were to try to tell 'em all,” answered Senator Sorghum, “I'd con- sume s0 much time that peeple would think ‘1 was breaking out imto some kind c¢f a filibuster with no reason for it.” i Jud Tunkins says the stock market | looks o him like yesterday's hoss race, when everybody he knows lcst all at once, Lost Motion. “I must be late to work today,” By phone they heard Bill Slimmins say— “I've got to travel rather far Because a copper marked my car. “And after several hours go by, I'll hunt that car and bravely try To see that elsewhere it is parked For fear again it will be marked.” Same Old Market, “Do you think the market will re- cover?” “There is nothing the matter with the market,” said Mr. Dustin Stax. “The trouble is that people who play it get some sort of intermittent fever.” “He who remains forgotten,” said | Hi Ho, the szge of Chinatown, “may at sufficient to recall his name.” Tyranny of the Front Yard. | And still the weary mortal gricves Q'er coriows herz below. | You cut the grass and rake the leaves And then you shovel snow. “Taln’ no ure sirgin’ des good old bhymns,” said Uncle Eben, “if you's gineter fohgit de respect due de words dat goes wif 'em.” ’ stances. Youhmu-muuehm.' been provided for Al Smith that it may | IDt0 ! tall’ interested in getting least rejoice that he has done n> harm ' The last rose of Summer, under such weather as 1929 shows, really becomes the last rose of Autumn. Perhaps no roses are so appreciated @5 the last blooms, and the same holds true of the last bioscoms of other garden nds. Chrysanthemums and dahlias, twin queens of the Fall, occupy a large part in the affections of flower-lovmhpzople. partly becauss they come so late and 80 50 s00N. ©One expects flowers in Sprine and Summer. Those are the appointed sea- sons, when Nature brings forth the blooms of tulips, peonies, iris, gladiolus, loveliest of them all. And always roses. From April on there ara gorgeous flowers on the rose- bushes. We speak, of course, of ordinary home-grown flowers in the out-of-doors. The modern florist makes his own seasons. ‘We who labor in the backyard, how- ever, must be content to take the flow- ers as they come. Here sunshine and rain, heat and dryness, the passage of time, mean everything. In the backyard the mildew and the insect pests and the various parasites come to give a human touch to each little inclosed Paradise, for it seems that most things which mankind touches are faulty. W Perhaps this is why garden lovers come to have an almost sentimental at- tachment to the roses. Faulty like unto mankind, neverthe- less they do the best they can, which is about all that any one can do, whether man or flower, plant or b-st. As is the nature of the L ute, so will its life be, and no on= shall arise to cry “Shame, shame,” for the fault may be_elsewhere. Roses which come in November, blooming when all but the dahlias and chrysanthemums have quit, are doubly prized. ‘They bring floral gladness to all who see them. - Census collectors, moving primly on their appointed rounds, see them in dooryards, and stop to admire before they press the electric bell. Postmen, laden with quite fresh news of the -home folks, look long before they put letters in slots. Canvassers, salesmen of everything under the sun, are torn between a de- sire to speak of roses and. to boost what they are attempting to sell. Such is the magic of a November rose! Among these late beauties Radiance and Red Radiance stand out, not only for beauty of blossom, but als> for fine- ness of flower texture, Fresh and fragrant they stand, their green leaves succulent on long stems. The lush growth of these sister reses must always remain the admiration of rosarians. Their parentage is known, but just hew the children managed to get their extraordinary “pep” and vigor is still something of a mystery. Sometimes you will hear some one speak of the “miserable short stems” of the Radiance. They have never seen this rose, well grown, in November, for surely no one can call a 3-foot stem either short or miserable, As a matter of fact, one cannot help wondering why any rosebush wants to put forth a stem a yard long. It seems wasteful, until one stops to realize that the Radiancs twins do everything that they do in a buoyant manner. If the Radiance sisters could sing, you would see them stepping forth to do | THE BVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1929, lob BVENNG SeaR WAy o D e e e e ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. close harmony in the fashion of certain earthly sisters well known on the vaude- ville stege. * Kok ok ‘The home gardener, unlike the florist, does nmot turn Winter into Summer, therefore Autumn means somethini his cutdoor life. Not onmly are ti sireet decorations/in the shape of mel- lowing leaves, there are these last {zhoms of snapdragons, petunias, agera- um Faithful to the last, these have taken advantege of the unusually warm weath- er, the strength of what may be called Indian Summer as well as not, since there is no set or definite time for this annual phenomenon. We believe that many persons are mistaken in thinking that “Indian Summer” comes only after a cold spell called “Squaw Winter.” As far as we have been able to learn, the term “Indlan Summer” is a rather loose :r;e!; n?d meln!s tn‘lm(ust anything in the of a stretch of warm weathe: OC':,'?‘b‘Jr m; N‘ovember, g e _petunias, snapdragons and age- ratum know nothing uhou't Indian Sufi- Jt the same” and by thel a4 Jong o aid lengt their individual Il!fiz Hves. s Closed packed in by a fence rafl, where vines shelter them from the earliest North winds, the ageratum con~ tinues to send forth its woolly blue blossoms, sophisticated burrs of beauty. Widely known to the garden amateur, nrntum always attracts the atteation of those who know it not, and thus yearly extends its reign. It is impessible to put it in a low vase on a table without visitors com- menting on it. “What is this?” they ask, in ell sincerity. Something about 1t has stirred something in their nature. The ageratum is a clean-looking flower, an indispensable bloom among cut flow- ers. No back vard garden-can claim completeness without a few plants of it, at least. And it will be admired at no time more than in November, when even the sturdy z'nnias have fallen by the wayside. E ik ‘The snapdragon, too, favorite of chil- dren because it “snaps,” but friend of their eiders because it is beautiful, goes right ahead blooming in late October and November. Blooms are not large, it is true, nor are they many, but the fact that they are there at all is immensely pleasing when one considers the garden as a whole, Petunias, stanch friends of the amateur, still bloom in sheltered nooks. The white climbing varioty scems like a spectral morning glory, but the morn- ing glories are gone, leaving in their wake a withered, brown mass of foliage. ‘The grass plants must not be forgot- ten. They, too, have benefited from the advanced season. Thoss who heeded the advice to sow eeed in Sep- tember or even in October are now profiting from their activity. The well timed rains, combined with the unusually warm days of early No- vember, gave grass plantlets a fine lease on life.” With ordinary horticuitural luck, they will bé ready to “go” at the first touch of next Spring. These good plants, aiways the or- dinary, everyday friends of the amateur, are never more so than at present, when Nature stands ready to come with her biting winds, followed by sleet, hail and snow. Of one thing the home gardener may be sure, his petunias will be there blooming until the last. Federal Educational BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE, Guleufl; but firmly, Uncle Sam's ac- tivities the field of education have been converted from administrative purely research functions. The change has taken place at the Depart- ment of the Interior, under the direc- tion of Secretary Ray Lyman Wilbur, during the past few weeks while public attention has been diverted to more spectacular things like the Hoover-Mac- donald negotiations and the tariff squabble in the Senate. The outward manifestation of the accomplished re- form is the abolition of the “Bureau of Education” and its designation for the future as the “Office of Education.” The latter calls for six divisions to take the place of the ten which comprised ths bureau. The change was made upon the rec- ommendation of Dr. Willlam John Cooper, commissioner of education, who was formerly State superintendent of public instruction in California. Two reasons are assigned for the new ar- ment. The first is the fact that the legislation which created this branch of Government styled it the Office of Education. The second is a feeling that “office” more accurately indicates the nature of its work than does “bu- reau.” The latter term is held to be pro?efly associated with administration, while the former better fits an agency whose purpose is research. In serving the purpose for which it was established, it is held, the Office of Education is a research and not an administrative agency. It should, as far as possible, divest itself of its administrative func- tions and give itself increasingly to the compilation of information and to stul of the problems in education. ‘The Amcrican school world, as far as it is repressnted by the powerful Na- tional Education Association, has never fully recovered from the body blow siruck at the idea of a new executive Department of Education by Secretary Wilbur. Speaking in Washington last May, and evidently with the full au- thority of the Hoover administration, Dr. Wilbur declared flat-footedly that “a Department of Education, similar to other departments of the Govern- mont, is not required. An adequate po- sition for education within a depart- ment, end with sufficient financial sup- port for its res=arch, survey and other work, is all that is need=d.” Wilbur has not receded from this attitude, despite the drumfire of criticism and persua- sion to which he has been subjected | by the pro-department group. He is vi- e Federal Government’s participaiion in edues tion on what he calls “a proper basis. e believes that its place is as a fact. finding agency, as a compiler of infors | mation, and as an adviser upon edu- cation. He holds that its work as an administrative agency is purely inei-| that its purpose should be definitely established and stuck to, and that the Federal Government’s connection with education should be utterly non-politi- cal. This can only be achieved, in Wil- bur’s opinion, if the policy of the Office of Education is a continuing one and doss mot change with administrations. The Secretary of the Interior considers it vital that the men and women who conduct the office should bs eut of poli- ties and have the freedom to speak their minds without considsring whether or not _their utterances will be popular, ‘The National Education fation, which is the spearhead of the drive for establishment of & Department of Ed- ucation, is evidently of opinion that its project is on the march and some day will come about through a process o evolution. The association’s Novrmber" Journal, commenting on the creation o!l the “Office’ of education, says: 4 “Since the Buffalo meeting in 1860 the National Education Assoclation has urged over and over again that the Federal Government give education Jarger and worthier place among its a tivities at Washington. Resolutions have ury national system of statis- ties, a bureau of education, a depart- ment of education, increased support for the bureau vear aftsy year, funds !rm- specific projects of large national { importance, Gradually the office has been built un to its present state of effielency, but it eannot yet begin to provide the data needed to guids edu- cational policy in America, If the fu- ture of thirty millien youth means any- thing, it ought to stand as a challenge to the entire Nation to provide for ed- ucation the light and leadership that it 1 dental. In particular Dr, Wilbur thinks |. Agencies C_hanged From Administrative to Research Class has given generously to agriculture and commerce. The National Education As- sociation stands for a Department of Education which will bring together in one unified and efficient T e varied educational activities of the' - eral Goverriment. This licy 18 the verdict of 70 years of study. Every day makes the need clearer. Every day brings the goal nearer. Every improve- ment in the Office of Education is a step toward the ultimate objective. What it has done is a prophecy of much greater things to be acc--uplished.” (Copyright. 1:20.) —_— et ————— Art Comes to U. S. By Conquest of Gold From the St. Paul Pioneer Press. American money spent with lavish hand has brought many of the best of the Old World masters in painting to the United States in the last 15 years. Several Furopean nations have estab- lished by law a prohibited export ml to prevent the treasured canvases slipping across the water when the dol- lar beckons. In spite of that the art galleries, private and public, of the United States, eontinue to add to their exhibits the masterpieces of the artists of the past. pictures represent millions cf dollers invested. The favorite in American purchases is Raphael if prices paid for his pie- tures are a criterion. Andrew Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury, paid $1,000,000 for a Madonna paints by Raphael in 1508. J. P. Morgan, sr., paid half a million for the “Madonna di San Antonio” and Raphael's “Small Madonna” wes bought by Joseph E. ‘Widener of Philadelphia for $700,000. A quarter of a million is about the average price paid for paintings by other great artists. Europe’s resentment should be soft- ened at the American method of ac- uiring these art treasures if siders its own previous system. poleon literally looted Italy after he eonquered it and sent its paintings and sculpture to embellish the French cap- ital. " The British aecquired most of their paintings by purchase, as Amer- icans now are doing, except that th-{ h~d the luck and business sense to do i when prices were much lower. Pictures which once were the lawful spoils of war and found a new home after every conquest have not ceased their jour- neyings. Now when they travel they };-wl%eh\nd them a magnificcnt tribute gold. it con- Na- — P Arizona Delays Work On Boulder Dam Froject From the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. The Interior Department at Wash- gl!?; - Illoltls Japanese Beetle Damage Exaggerated To the Editor of The Star: My attention has been called to your article of November 3, headed “Gera- :Il;lr%le'{‘ohon' Spells Waterloo to Beetle There are just two points in this article which need correction. You say that the single grub which was found in a Petworth garden, the first of its kind found in Washington, was prob- 2bly brought in on an automobile frem cetle-infested area in New Jersey. Isn't it far more likely that this was brought in from the beetle-infested area of Baltimore, and if you can find one beetle in the city of Washington, isn't it fair to presume that in 'lnrfe area there were a great many which were not found? You also state, “It can be controlled effectively by treating the soil of ‘n- fested area so that crops are not greatly damaged, but this s an e: ve proc- ess.” In regard to this, I do not think any one in the infested areas is treat- ing the soll for erug:, At the hearing before the Federal Plant Board, in Washington, on Thurs- day, October 31, testimony was given by Mr. Collins of Burlington County, N. J., an operator of over 1,800 acres of orchard and vineyard lands, that the ordinary fruit sprays, which every well regulated orchard receives, whether in or out of the Japanese beetle district, were thoroughly satisfactory as a pre- ventive of beetle injury, that sound fruit was never injured and that his loss even on the peach crop, which had to do without one spraying, did not' amount to 1 per cent. If orchardists in general can get a record of this kind, I think they would consider it a good rec- ord, even outside of the Japanese beetle areas. Those of us who are in the Japanese beetle area regret very much that most of the information which has been given out in Washing'cn has besen to exaggerate the damage which this little est does. It is true that i% does some njury to garden crops, but no more than the potato bug does. It is also true that it does some injury in gardens, but no more damege than the rose chafer, but despite this, the informa. tion given out, especially through Dr. Howard, would lead one to belleve that wherever the beetle is found, the coun- try is devastated, and to controvert this the records of the Burlington County Frult Association of Burlington County, N. J., where the beetle first was found in this country, have shown during the past 10 years Increasing crops and.increas- ing revenues. For the years 1927, 1928 and 1929 this revenue has been the highest in the history of the associa- tion, end this is in the heart of the beetle district. . H. HUMPHREYS, President, Eastern Nurserymen's Asso= clatien. ] Coolidge and Smith Suggested for Parley To the Editor of The Star: It plans for the United States’ par- ticipation in disarmament, including navel parity and freedom of the seas, are discussed between President Hoover and Ambassador Dawes this week at the White House, may not the President and Am or go over a list of names to complete the personnel of the Ameri- c-n”delanuon to London in January nexi s The belief is the President will dis- cuss with the Ambassador the appoint- ment of the remaining members of the delegation and that two members should be and will be ctvilians. Then why not ex- President Calvin Coolidge and ex-Gov. Alfred E. Smith? Both are 100 per cent American—Americans “to the manner born.” Natlonally known for their statesmanship, honesty, love of peace, nationally and internationally. Elihu Reot and Charles Evans Hughes are indorsers in the highest terms of ex-Gov. Smith, while in the late national enm)‘)-lm;nl 15,000,000-plus voters a ved of . Personally, I believe the whole Nation would approve of the appointments of these two con- scientious and eminent civillans ' as | delegates from the United States to the coming London corference. W. E. RYAN. R Old-Time Incident In Boy Life Recalled To the Editor of The Star: In 1868 there was an old ram- shackle market in the square between K and L and Seventh and Eighth streets north ‘That year, or the pul down and a grassed park took its place. It was common practice of the neighborhood to carpets beaten. There also was & pub- in a brick church on the of Massachusetts avenue west of Ninth street. The boys from this school, at recess and sundry times, collected the raveled carpet yamn to m;kel::’lh with. thle‘rt‘; one rneal.lml school was yam, n another boy ehnlrnnd l;l right to the Bov getting the worst of It pcked. up 3 e worst of icked up a ybrek and hurled it at S\e other, hitting him on the back of the head laying him out. Becoming frightened at this, he ran, leaving his shoes at school, and wandered streets and alleys until the proper time to return home. Every policeman seen far or near was one after him to his terrified mind. Query—Was the brick-hit boy killed, as the other thought? 1If not badly in- jured, is he alive today? GEORGE H. CLAPP. “Beer by the Glass!” Becomes Ontario Cry From the Buffalo Evening News. The overwhelming victory of the Conservatives of Ontario, standing for continuance of the liquor traffie, may lead to an enlargement of the pro- vincial control act. A press dispatch to the News has it that Premier Fer- guson “is expected to make beer more easily available and so reduce its price.” ‘The wets of Ontario have been press- ing, during the two years that have passed since the government stores were established, for the sale of beer by the glass hotels and taverns, for the “humanizing” of the drink trafic as they express it. As affairs are now or- dered, public drinking is not counte- nanced. A person may indulge his ap- fi:me for liquor or beer only at home or a hotel room. And, of course, he has msnu;h ?byb‘lh"e;:ttle. i r per, supporting a pro- posal for the sale of beer by tge glass in British Columbia, said that it would have eir ington informally announces that all actual work on the Colorado River project, colloquially known as the “Boulder Dam.” will be delayed until all legal difficulties are settled. Arizona 18 on the warpath. ‘She has broken off all negotiations with California and Nevada as to an amicable division of water and water power, and her at- torney general has been instructed to “take the legal steps necessary to pro- tect the State's interest.” This means a denunciation of the congressional legislation on the subject as unconstitu- tional and a 1 of the issue before the United States Supreme Court. It would mean, if the Interior Department t|took a different course from that in- i dicated, that an injunction against the work would be sought. There are many problems still un- settled about this vast Colorado River rlnn, not the least of which concerns he rights of Mexico. Irrigation for a considerable section of that country de- pends on do River water. It is well to have all these problems settled before engineers get en the job. But that the Supreme Court will take meas- ures to lessen delays is quite likely, and its conelusions will not be questioned in America, though they may lead to some diplcmatic protests from Mexico. e O 4= e Shh! Why Suggest It? From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Foot ball is going on as usual, indi- cating that the players have not formed a union and struck for higl encourage temperance by discouraging the consumption of spirits. The province of Quebec should be able to speak with authority on this question, for it has had extensive experience with the plan. In any event, there is nothing to pre- vent the Ferguson government of On- tario from extending the liquor act to Fermlt the sale of beer by the glass if t is so disposed. The Conservatives will have 90 seats in the new legisla- ture as against 21 for all other parties. The Liberals, the opposition, will have only 12 seats, and their leader is not a mufunz but merely a “moderate dry.” B — Leaders From Orient Here for Instruction From the Des Mdines Tridune-Capital. Columbia University's list of distin- guished graduates of foreign birth shows to what an extent our educational insti= tutions have beein drawing-students from all over the world. And it is significant that amc the 47 such alumni China leads with 16. | Most of the list come from new coun- tries: Australia, Chile, Colombia, Japan, | Manchuria, the Phili} 3 The Chinese include Sun Fo, minister of communications in the Chinese cabi- net; Chiang Mon Lin, minister of edu- cation; Herman Chan En Liu, president of Shanghat College; Samuel 8 Yung, consul general in New York. It is befter to have | there in the Spring for p:gple Marie these influences | ing to another in the Orient than to have naval bases ' terprets the there. No one can have any doubt *‘wi about that. tation BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. This is 8 special department devoted solely to the dnuaot ueries. This paper puts at your d the services of an extensive organization in Wash- ington to serve you in any capacity that nfl'?u to information. This serviee is free. Failure to make use of it deprives you of benefits to which you are en- titled. Your obligation is only 2 cents in coin or stamps inclosed with your inquiry for direct reply. Address The Evening Star Information Bureau, rrederDrlec J. Haskin, director, Washing- ton, D. Q. How many restaurants are there in the United States?—G. F. 8. A. A recent survey indicated that the total number of restaurants in the country is probably 90,000; 43,600 are commercially rated. g, gow long has chess been played? A. The precise origin of chess is legendary, but it is known to have ex- isted at an exceedingly early period in Hindustan. The Sanskrit name for it was Chaturanga. The rd was much the same as use today, but it was played with four Jnople, two being rtners. From Hindustan it s rsia and thence to Arabia. The Arabs introduced it into Spain about the eighth century and from there prob- ably to France. 2 . Why is the division between the States bordering the Ohio River on the north bank of the river instead of in midstream?—Z. O. A. According to an old Colonial treaty, Virginia had jurisdiction to the northern bank of the Ohio River. When the States of Kentucky and West Vir- ginia were formed this boundary line SUIT held' good, ‘and does to the present ime, Q. Hcw long has Mexico been in- habited by a civilized psople?—F. E. W. A. Recent excavations in Mexico and other parts of Central America have led sclentists to belleve that possibly there were extant in that part of the world clvilizations older than those of China and similar nations. At Cuicuilco, Mex- ico, excavations revealed a temple and some skeletons which indicate that ft was probably constructed nearly 8,000 years ago. Q. What is the difference between a hare and a rabbit>—M. L. F. A. The word rabbit was used in Eu- rops to distinguish small, burrowing species that differ from the larger hare which made only forms (technical name for nests or places in the grass to down) when in grass and other cover, but do not burrow. In the United States the word rebbit has been ap- plied to all animals of this group, and the word hare is scarcely in commen use. Q. Who is to give the money for the free dental clinics for school children in New York City?—F. W. A. These clinics will be financed and established by Murry Guggenheim and function under the Murry and Leonie G\lz%enhelm Foundation. It is estimat- ed that they will cost about four mil- lien dollars, Q. What is the legend of the Flying Dutchman?—R. L. D. A. The Flying Dutchman was a Duteh sea captain named Van Straasten, who was condemned to sail the high seas in a spectral ship. Th sight of this ship was regarded as a bad omen by sailors. Similar legends are current in Germany and England. lly it is re) read to |, head pe of ously took winds while trying to turn the and swore blas that the captain was delayed E d “psefi Good Hope that he would beat aroun him until judgment day. Q. Why_does thunder turn milk ‘mg’—-l;'é G 's_people 3 r & good many year: thought that thunder caused milk to turn sour. This t! is no longer held today. It is true that the condi- tions of atmosphere, before, during and after a thunderstorm, are very conducive to the growth of bacteria in milk, but this is an atmospheric condition, and the milk would sour re- gardless of whether or not in thundered. Q. In what city is the suwn num- ber of nmu vveri.ofll and liter- ature g:b ed?—A. L. M. . the United States, Nashville, Tenn., leads. Q. In 'bllce?llc- hms the body of Chrl!'ncvhel lumbus been buried?— A. Columbus was first burisd in the Carthusian Monastery of Santa Maria de las Cuevas at’ Seville in 1506. The body was removed in 1542 and interred Cathedral of Santa Domingo. In 1795 it was transferred to the Cathedral of Havana, Cuba. In 1808 it was transferred in, this time to the Cathedral of Seville. Q. What is the story “Dieu et mon droit?"—R. A. The motto, whose t,” was the tion s “God and my rigl battle cry of Richard I, in 1198, inst the French. It was revived and put the royal fam- of the motto . P. H. lish transla- into the coat-of-arms of ily in 1340 by Edward IIL Q. When branding was practiced as a form of punishment in the Army, wlvtrpnn, of the body was branded? A. For many years when branding was used in the Army as a punishment for deserticn, the letter D was marked on the left side of a deserter two inches below the armpit. It was not, properly speaking, branded on his side, but marked with ink, gunpowder or some other substance which would leave a S S S B ] withou e skin at the part. This practice has been abolished. . Q. What is the difference between the terms “potential” and “electromotive force”?—W. A. B. A. Potential is a characteristic. of a point in an electric fleld or circuit, indicated by the work necessary to'bring lie | & unit charge to it from infinity. analogous to level in mechanics. ‘Elec- tromotive force is the force which oy reason of differences in_potential pro- duces electric current. It is analogous to the pressure in a water pipe due o difference in level. Q. In States which have no définite speed limit, how fast are people sup- posed to drive?—C. H. A. They are to drive safety. The Michigan law reads “No person =hall drive a motor vehicle upon a highway at a greater speed than will permit him to bring it to a stop within the assured clear distance ahead.” Q. What is a quadriga?—E. N. N. A. This is & name applied in Roman days to a car or chariot with four horses driven abreast. Q. What kind of rubber trces aré most vaiuable?—J. C. R. JA. The Hevea trees which grow in glulfl are the most valuable of the with reasonable Warm Tribute for Mme. Curie Goes With freshing contrast between the} ‘The ref modesty of*Mme. Curie with the un- dying fame she has achieved as the co- discoverer of radium has stirred Amer- ica. The of $50,000 for the gram of radium which is to assist in the ad- vancement of her work is accompanied by a warm tribute to her standing as a sclentist, and President Hoover’s part in the presentation is viewed as sym- bolic of the welcome extended by the P inadequately focused beforehand on scientific research and its import,” the Atlanta Journal, “surely that lack was supplied spontaneously when Mme. Curie arrived upon our shores almost coincidentally with the celebra- tion of Thomas Edison's anniversary of achievement. There would always be in America a cordial welcome for the remarkable woman who was the co- diseoverer of radium, with her husband; for even if radium were less precious a boon to mankind, a very human ad- miration always must be accorded one whose gifts enabled her to discover in her husband a workable laboratory partner. Perhaps President Sykes, in conferring upon her the honorary de- gree of doctor of science from St. Lawrence University, had in mind the rare quality of her accomplishment when he spoke of her as ‘Marie Sklo- dowska Curle, self-effacing and devoted selentist, teacher and author, inter- nationally known and loved, exemplar of the art of living while directing, to beneficent ends, powerful forces of na- ture, single and persistent in purpose, triumphant in research, hastening the march of civilization by the discovery of radium, inspired and inspiring ideal- ist, practical dreamer.’ ” * * k% % ‘With emphasis upon her high place among world characters, the Milwaukee Journal recalls the circumstances of her departure frem Europe in the words: “Three celebrities left Cher- bourg the other day on the Ile de France. Vast crowds gathered to do honor to two of them. The third slipped timidly and unnoticed aboard the great liner. The two who were so wildly applauded were M. and Mme. Maurice Chevalier, movie actors en route to Hollywood. The third was Mme. Marie Curle, the world's most famous woman sclentist, who came to this country to receive a gift of ra- dium, the wonder element which she and her husband jointly discovered. The Chevaliers are actors of some dis- tinction. They are reaping the harvest of their ephemeral greatness while they may. The Curies of the world would be the last to dge them their fame or the public its choice. For the Curies are of all time. They shrink from public applause. They live for and by their work. As years go by and their discoveries add fur- ther to human progress, their modest fame goes on and on, till even death but adds to their glory. A thousand years from now, men will cherish the memory of Mme. Curie and all the Chevaliers will be forgotten.” “In marked contrast with the recent visit to the White House of the British prime minister, Ramsay Macdonald,” according to the Leuisville Couricr- Journal, “wes the nation's reception of an unobtrusive, soft-voiced little woman, whom the world pro- claimed one of the greatest living sel- . Marle wska Curie was iven no ovation. The visit to the hite House was simplicity itself, in keeping with the simplicity and mod- esty of the r of radium. And yet the dis visitor was as much an evangel of international peace and good will as the British prime minister. The scientist knows no nationalism; the politician js trammeled by it. The scientist labors not for his own country, but for the world; the ublic. o “If the interest of the Nation was’ American Gift = ] %mm !!o'regml n:ld uh;onwry of arsaw. e great minimg engineer, also a great humanitarian, was ad- dressing the woman codiscoverer of radium, one devoted for years to the use of discovery for the relief of human suffering. * ¢ * There has been much of broad significance in the varied events of Mme. Curie's visit to America. Her personality is -g in- e word aad copeciaty of e ‘worl and es] United States.” o “The example of her life of sclf- effacement and devotion to a great work is valuable to humanity.” de- clares the San Bernardino Sun; with a tribute to her modesty, sincerity and Server tiies. n_ praising. ths weri of , in prai e_work o her institution in Poland: “The con- struction of this hospital was u mag- nificent tribute by the city of her birth and the Polish people, in which the American are glad to have even this ity of modest par- ticipation. dent Hoover lected sentiment in his conclusion that “‘the whole: of this oceasion Where we pay tribute to a great scien- tist is again a recognition of the fundamental importance of scientific research and a mark of public ap- preciation of those who have given their lives to human service tiirough its profession.’ ” “She married a Prench scientist, Pierre Curie, in 1896, recalls the Salt e wi )y a trucl in Paris—she has carried on alone, at much physical peril and not with- Broken’ her dowh nd. permansois At an anently af- i nimpaired, aha the s Tignttaly 3 is ully recognized as one of the most dis- tinguished of her generation. * * ¢ She has been twice designated by _he {;olx;u Pr!fln s:umue—m 1903 &nd in — A e ored vhe civilized world.” kit g Explaining the American gift, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette says: ‘“The Mme. Curie ma- intention is to give terial with which to delve further into the mysteries of the element she helped to this country and her native Poland.” Tribute to Burton Cites Long Record From the Buffalo Evening News. Weight of years and lingering illness have closed the career of T:el‘odpre E. | Burton, United States Senator. from Ohio. He was one of the ablest men of his generation, and perhaps the most remarkable feature of his career was that its greatest distinctions were won :e‘&ra Tea an age when most men “a)‘:'r. BQW served for 16 years in the the time of President chairman of the Inland Waterways Commission and a member of the Na- tional Monetary Commission. As a of the executive committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. he spent much abroad after ex- of in the te. nearly old he returned to the House of tatives, where he served for six years or more, re- turning to the Senate last year as suc- cessor to the late Senator Willis. As chairman of the most progressive statesman has no such | on vie! t. The scientist’s greatest joz is to give to humanity; politician bound to a proeedure on national “One practical sclentist was ractical sclentist,” Jmklyn Daily our President made the prest speech handed over en- to at 15,600 cubic fleet—a Iimit subsequently en- Was among peace. Hy 0se considered for the. Republican Bomination in 1920,