Evening Star Newspaper, November 13, 1929, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR i Sy Wniiing Siihe. ., Edition. WABFINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY . November 13, 1920 THEODOR® W. NOYES. . ..Editor The lv-hc Star Newspaper Company Business Oflu fean Balldse. "Tm 8t.. London, Rate by C;rrl:r ‘Within lhe City. .46 per month 80c per month le Sc. at'ihe"shid of rach m Sont 1n'bs mall of Le1epRone y mail or one | Fhttsaal o0’ Rate M Mail—Paysuble in Advance. ly a1 '-d day only Member of the Amhud ‘The Associsted Press is exclusively entitled fo the use for nnublltllinn of all rews dis- o8 e ‘oF Dot otherwise cred- ited in thh r and als the iocal 1 ews publishe d herein Al Fights of Dublication of SPecial dispatches herein are also reserved. A Progressive Step. In making tentative rules for the strict regulation of taxicabs, motor trucks and motor vans to become effec- tive on January 1, the Public Utilities ‘Commission is merely taking a progres- sive step that has already been taken by practically every other large city in the country and that should have been taken here many years ago. It has been & notorious and growing trafic evil in the National Capital that many financially insolvent taxicab operators were menacing the lives of residents with no poesibility of damages being collected by luckless victims. Many of these operators combined their financial irresponsibility with recklessness in driving. With more cabs appearing on the streets almost daily the situation has reached the acute stage and the commission has acted none too soon in making public its set of regulations which are designed to bring every op- erator of a vehicle for hire under the strict scrutiny of the utilities body. Of course one of the difficultiss in the past in promoting this desirable regulation was the fact that the com- mission was in doubt of its power to do 0. The present commission, however, ‘was not to be balked. An opinion was asked of the corporation counsel and after studying the situation he ruled that ample authority existed. Accord- ingly plans were pushed to completion. Regulations in other cities were studied and the rules now tentatively decided upon for Washington embody the best features of all. After January 1, if the regulations are adopted as they are at present written, no taxicab will be permitted on the street unless it has met with the me- chanical requirements of the commis- sion and unless it is driven by an op- erator who is mentally and morally fit and thoroughly capable of handling it in the heavy traffic of today, besilles being amply backed by his own insur- ance or by his company, which must have shown adequate financial resources. ‘The penalty for operating a cab unless driver and vehicle have met with these requirements is two ‘hundred dollars a day. There should be no controversy over ‘the adoption of these regulations except by financislly insolvent individuals or companies which should not be allowed to carry passengers for hire anyway. 'The independent operator, in taking out insurance or posting a bond or in some ‘way giving proof of his ability to re- spond to damages, is merely protecting himself, and the same thought applies to the small companies. Character tests and driving tests of operators of public vehicles are not only essential to the welfare of the public, but should put the operators themselves in a selected class of safety-promoters that carries no mean distinction. And, of course, there can be no logical argu- ment against assuring satisfactory me- chanical condition of every cab that uses the streets of the city. All in all, the proposed measure of ‘the Public Utilities Commission appears 10 be thoroughly in line with the needs of the National Capital. Some modifi- cations or additions may be found de- sirable, and if so they should be made, but January 1 should mark a new era in regulation of public vehicles in Wash~ ington. ———————— The suggestion by President Hoover that ships carrying food be immune from attack is calculated to make some of the old-time militarists whose tactics depend on starvation feel that there may as well not be any war. < Reference is often made to the speed with ‘which business can be transacted with the help of telephone and radio. ‘The speed is there, but the tariff is not getting the benefit of it. ———————— Cornell Versus Coryza. One of the most famous of recurrent “wars” is that declared on that enemy of efficiency and general nuisance, the “common cold.” So far, although cer- tain important preliminary skirmishes have been won, there has been no deci- sive general engagement. The latest drive has been inaugtrated by the au- thorities of Cornell University, who have installed elaborate equipment in what is said to be the first ultra-violet ray so- larium to be established in any Amer- ican university. It is announced that previous long- term experiments have shown that com- mon colds can be prevented to a con- siderable degree through the use of these rays, with a reduction of from 27.9 to| 40.3 per cent in the frequency of colds | in various university groups. All this holds out hope, but 4ie fact remains that, no matter how numerous such solaria might be, few ofdinary persons would be able to avail themselves of their beneficial effects. The old time- clock and the factory whistle must be rockoned with, no matter how efficacious & course of preventive or curative treat- ment might prove. All this progress is along the right line. Chiorine treatments, ultra-violet ray treatments and many other appar- ently logical aids have been and will eontinue to be tried, but weary decades, and possibly centuries, must intervene before the cold, like the house fly, shall have been completely cornquered. In the meantime mankind—especially poorer mankind—must continue to dread Win- ter, to use palliatives and to buy cheap ! miseries attendant on and following a series of colds is an almost endless one. No one doubts their dangers; no one can say for eertain that they are caused by a transmission of a germ or by similar unfavorable conditions affecting large groups of people. For some time io come the tried and tested recipe of dry feet, fresh air, exercise, moderation in all things and local treatments at the hands of competent physicians must be the principal weapons of the rank and file of those warring against this pesti- lence of civilization. A City Health Appraisal. l ‘Washington is about to undergo a thorough health examination at the hands of experts, a common enough experience these days in the lives, not only of citles, but of individuals. The examination of a city, however, differs in one important respect from the process as it applies to individuals. In the latter case the examination may merely serve ta confirm fears that the days of the individual are numbered, the only compensation being thac warning is given in time to make a will, select & plot and transact other important, if mundane, affairs. In the case of a city, however, & health ex- amination or appraisal should have only beneficial results. Weaknesses are pointed out and if the desire exists they can be remedied. There are no incurable ailments to contend with. The American P@blic Health Asso- ciation, an agency that has specialized in health surveys in cities, is coming to Washingion next month to begin an intensive study of the eity’s healtn and hospital facilities. As the asso- clation does not enter a city without the approval of the local health de- partment, the propcsed survey is not to be mistaken as a “probe” or check- up on the weaknesses of the District's own Health Department. Without Dr. Fowler's co-operation the survey would not be undertaken. As it is, the in- vestigation is concerned with far more | fundamental and important aspects ot the city's general health than lles within the purview of the Health De- partment alone. Undertaken for the ‘Washington Council of Social Agencies, the appraisal is primarily intended as a scientific soore sheet, as it were, that will reveal in what respects Washington is behind, and where the city is ahead, in providing the facilities and the un- dertakings that guard and improve the public health. Twel¥® thousand dollars for this sur- vey has been eontributed by the Com- munity Chest, a fact that throws an interesting light not only cn the genesis of the survey here, but upon a prob- lem which every human unfortunate enough to have undergbne hospital care realizes and appreciates. In setting the budgets for the various member organi- zations, the Community Chest was im- pressed, as others have been impressed, with the disproportionately large arinual budgets required for hospital mainte- nance. With the rates charged by the hospitals, the layman is unabie to un- derstand why the average hospital is al- ways on the verge of bankruptey and in n2ed of financial assistance. The high rates are usually explained on the ground that the paying patient pays not only for his own, but for some charity patient's care. This may be so, but # is wrong. The paying patient should not be forced to undertake char- ity work while he is in the hospital. Other factors undoubtedly entér. The problem is not eonfined to Washington, but is Nationwide, and a committee of experts under the chairmanship of Dr. Wilbur, Secretary of the Interior, is giving it a thorough study. The Com- munity Chest is interested in the local situation, however, and its assistance in the American Public Health Asso- clation’s work is prompted by a desire to throw light on conditions and needs In Washington's hospitals. The system of appralsal followed in other cities and probably to be adopted here consists of a thorough-going exami- nation of general health, health or wel- fare service, adequacy of hospitals and their internal administration. It is de- signed to point out the weaknesses that may exist in undernourishment of these activities, the possible lack of co-ordi- netion between kindred agencies and the flelds in public health work that are not being properly cultivated. Dr. Paul Preble of the United States Public Health Service and chairman of the health committee of the Council of Social Agencies is probably one of the best informed men in Washington on the local situation. He is the author of a voluminous document on public health needs here, compliled some years ago at the request of the Bureau of Ef- ficiency. The book is now being printed at the Government Printing Office, and will be issued about the time the Ameri- can Public Health Association under- takes its own investigation. It will un- doubtedly prove an asset and the city as a whole shquld benefit. —— A metropolitan opera prima denna goes in for broadcasting. A great singer or speaker disdains four walls and desires the whole world for an auditorium. T Throwing Up the S The pressure to bring about an ad- Jjournment of the special session of Con- gress has become too strong, apparent- ly. The effort to get the tariff bill through the Senate and to conference between the two houses of Congress be- fore the opening of the regular session of Congress, December 2, is t6 be aban- doned, if plans of some of the leaders are carried out. Adjournment talk men- tions November 22 or 23 for the get- away of Congress. If the Senate is to quit on the job, however, and let the { bill go over to the regular session, it might "just as well adjourn without further delay and permit its members to et a little longer vacation. ‘The fate of the tariff bill is still cloud- ed in mystery. If it goes over in the Senate to the opening of the regular session in December, no final vote on the measure may be had until some time in January, or even later. There is talk, to he sure, of getting the Senate out of the tariff trenches by Christmas day. But if the Senate cannot complete its work on the bill by December 1, re- maining in continuous session without an adjournment now, it does not appear probable that it will get very far with the measure in the regular session be- fore Christmas. The special session of Congress has been devoted, since the passage of the farm relief bill, to the tariff. With the opening of the regular session, the pars will be down for all in the disposition of the tariff bill. ‘There is not the slightest doubt that a large number of the members of the Senate would like to get away from Washington for a rest. This is par- ticularly true of the members of the finance comunittee, who have been in ‘Washington working on the tariff bill all Summer and Fall. There has been an almost continuous session of the Congress since last December—al- though there was a senatorial recess for two months last Summer. But the Senators are feeling ill used, and un- doubtedly there are some of them who need a vacation. Furthermore, the mileage which goes to members of Con- | is gress, to meet the cost of transporta- tion to and from a Congress, is in- volved in the taking of an adjourn- ment. While the desire for mileage is not a major factor in the desire for an adjournment, it nevertheless will be acceptable. The coalitionists in the Senate, if they agree to an adjournment of Con- gress now and give up all hope of pass- ing the. tariff bill in the special ses- sion, may gain another advantage. There is not the slightest doubt that the coalition leaders in the Sen- ate are anxious to see a similar coali- tion of Western Republicans and .Demo- crats built up in the House which will' agree to the tariff bill amend- ments adopted by the coalition in the Senate. An adjournment now gives greater opportunity to build up such a coalition in the House. It will not be long now until there his is a scramble to prove to the country that the faflure of Congress to put through a tariff ‘bill in the special ses- ston of Congress was due to the opera- tions of this or that group in the| Senate, or to the President himself. As a matter of fact, when the tariff revision was thrown wide open, and the President’s recommendation that re- vision be “limited” was cast aside, the probability of such a jam arose. Too much selfishness has been the contribut- ing factor, plus & very considerable amount of politics. The course of tariff bills, however, never does run smooth. —————— ‘The girl who rode high in an airplane in order to make a suicide jump might have been dissuaded by a good psycho- analyst. She was evidently suffering from some kind of a complex involving | . a desire to make the front page of the newspapers. e The Chinese authorities undertake to punish smugglers who carry opium to America. The American authorities are no less alert, but the narcotic traffic still asserts itself as a part of the crime wave which rises on both sides of the Pacific. e ‘Wilhelm, the former Kaiser of Ger- many, has brought a libel suit against a Berlin newspaper. That convenient devicc known as lese majeste is no longer available in settling little differ- ences with the press. ————————— Capt. Doyle is receiving the ovation due a man who even after speaking critically can show that his heart is in the right place. o It is said that oratory has disappeared among statesmen; but the eloquence a lobbyist can disclose is perfervid and superabundant. A student of stock ‘market returns is compelled to give attention to subtrac- tion as well as addition. ——————— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNEON. “WORDS, WORDS, WORDS!"—Hamlet. In politics is told Of one, & wire live, The story very old And how he ceased to thrive. The man talked day by day Until his latest breath. ‘The politicians say He talked himself to death. And others did the same, ‘Though nothing new was taught. ‘Words were the way to fame That eagerly was sought. And all the world joined in And words new faver gained. The talk aroused a din But nothing was explained. Concentrated Attention. “Do you know what's in the Consti- tution of the United States?” “Yes,” answered Senator Sorghum. “And I have tried to explain it to my constituents. But I find that some of them regard the Constitution as com- posed of the eighteenth amendment, to- gether with a few purely incidental re- marks.” Jud Tunkins says a man who never admits he can be in the wrong is fine material for a traffic cop. Autumn Leaves. These Autumn leaves have colors gay, But when the frost o'ertakes 'em, There is no joy in the display For the small boy who rakes 'em. Serlous Loss. lose anthirg, ‘didad, ecs enswered Miss Cayenne. “I lost what might have been a very good husband. A man who proposed to me the other evening had his entire for- tune wiped out next morning.” “A wish fulfilied,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “proves only the foundation for a new desire.” Wintry Waiting. Scon we'll expect the frosty date In contrast to the Summer, ‘When we for Santa Claus will wait, And also for the plumber. “De man dat bets on de wrong hoss,” said Uncle Eben, “is another of dese folks I hears braggin’ 'bout de ccurage of deir convictions.” e Smart But Not Happy. Prom the San Francisco Chronicle. ‘What's the use? You spend half of mu!‘ life getting smart and the other 1f wishing you could be as happy as the simple. - Unrest of Future Prisoners. From the Indianapolis News. Unrest is reported in the Tlinols State Prison, but it is nothing as com- pared with the unrest caused by future nrisoners now at large in Chicago. Prophets Not Without Profits. Fromethe Asheville Times. The protnm of the bear market may be without honor among the muom but they are not without ts, handkerchiefs by the dozen. The List of | kinds of legisiation. ‘This Wil not Belp | BY CHARLES A booklover gets more satisfaction !and less disappointment out of books than from any other kind of purchases. The old maxim “The buyer beware" happily has gone out of all sorts of business. &rvlce and satisfaction have ousted People no longer need hnn{ onto .n’n';lr pocketbooks as if the devil were r Thqn must remain, however, a cer- tain chance every hase. One can never be cjkte sure a new suit strike him after he has worn it for a week. Rugs, furniture, art objects for " the | home—these and a hundred others offer possibilities for later dissatisfaction, not through any fault in themselves, but owing to the fact that home and store are different. ‘Who not had the experience of buying a rug to find that somehow it did not “go” with the room furnishings? Even experienced buyers often go wrong in their selection of such an object of utility and beauty as a mod- ern lamp. In the store it looked i in the mn tg:r“ not blllntt with llmp! e. trifle too dark or th! E'm too dlflexem from the models already present. Sometimes a plece of furniture, beau- tiful in fitself, 80 surpassing that it makes the old terribly old indeed. In such a case, if one’does not have the money to’ refurnish the entire room, often it is wisest !: l:ke‘bnck the new. * ‘These common sense chjections do not often apply to the L Xklover and Perhaps it may be said that this means nothing more than that he is an expert in the selection of book: One as deeply conversant with chairs, for instance, could make no mistake in | the selection of a new one for the living room. A lamp manufacturer would have no dlmulty in choosing precisely the right one for a niche at home. While there may be some truth in this, there would seem to be aspects of | entire difference in the relation of the booklover to his books. Chief among them is the fact that the book mainly a thing of the mind.. A boct comes about as near being spiritual as any commodity in the world. It is upon th rare Ta“my that the satisfaction of the ver rests. He does not select his new book on any him a background of more or less solid knowledge of his own likes and dislikes, and if he remains true to these he can scarcely make a mistake. In the selection of his books he is not so likely to be le 1 aside from true merit l! the gaudy trifle of ornamentation. ovelty still less exerts an influence on him. He returns again and again to “the Book,” kmowing that it is very, very old and very, very good. He admires the Revised Version, and is willing to admit that the scholars who compiled it worked valiantly to give the reader a more correct rendering, of the originals, but at the same time he knows that he likes the so-called Authorized Version on account of the true majesty of rendition. In places it almost seems as if the translators of the Revised had gone out of their way to spoil certain beautiful readings which, from the standpoint of “English pure and undefiled,” have ace in the minds and lers. The glow whlch a cqrmn beautiful appropriateness gives is lost in the new. * k% % ‘The very restrictions of the bookcase make the selection of new volumes not only a pleasure in itself but one re- Herbert Hoover is always at his zenith when engaged in the statesmanship of humanitarianism. It's the kind he un- derstands the best, just as it's the sort on which his reputation is mainly based. That type of statesmanship has little patience with the doctrinaire dog- mas of stereotyped international prac- tice. The President's rropoamon to make food ships “free of any interfer- ence in times of war” takes little or no account of the mhllahnd rules of the diplomatic gn In fact, Hoover con- fessed bol in his Armistice day lgeuh uuu he is “breaking through involved legal fl juestions and age-old interpretations of right and wrong” and is putting forward “a practical step which would solve a large part of the intrinsic problem.” That's the Presi- dent's engineering habit of mind ap- plied to world affairs. In them, as in geometery, he believes that the shortest distance between any two given points is a straight line. Hoover's fe ship project is conceived on that theory. * ok x x Apparently nothtng can move the President to improve his oratorical manner. An address which even the opposition New York World acclaims as one “with a very real chance of being ranked with the great state documents of our time” was delivered L. a matter- of-fact monotone, such as Mr. Hoover might have used in-addressing a na- tional convention of paint brush manu- facturers. No matter how much of a “flop” the President is in front of a visible audience, he puts his stuff over the radio in eracking fashion. Listen- ers hearing him broadcast invariably receive the impression that he is mak- ing a stirring speech, The truth is that Hoover ror several years has quietly perfected hi Il in the mastery of a microphone style. His success on the air proves that such a style is not synonymous with the flapdoodle which frequently passes for oratory. * Ok K K Everybody at lhe Washington Audi- torfum on Armistice night noticed the unique reading-stand arrangement which President Hoover used. He used it for the first time. It is the patent of Col. “Ed” Starling, veteran of the ‘White House Secret Service squad. The Kentucky giant, who has been attached to the persons of four Presidents in succession, noticed a long time ago that Mr. Hoover was having *me difficulty in reading his addresses from a sheaf of notes held in his hand directly in front of him. So the colonel devised a metal contraption with a light attached to it, on which the President could rest his notes. sheet by sheet, and, reading directly from them, could pull down one of them when read, just as a man would tear off the daily page of a cal- endar block. The scheme requires that the President turn a little to the left when speaking instead of looking his audience squarely in the face. But that is his ordinary habit, anyhow, so the Starling stunt is O. K. It worked to perfection on Monday night. * ok Kk Preshly garlanded with the Grand Creu of the Legion of Honor, preunmd im by the French Aml Wlnhlnmn this week, Frank 3‘1]1!\[3 Kellogg has salled for BEu re- celve another distinguis] rorelm honor. It will take the form of an hon- orary degree to be offered him by one of the Old World's most famous univer- sities. Like Ramsay Macdonald, the former Amerlcln Secretary of State never he advantage of a college eduu'.lon xel nevet even attended a law school, He went straight to the bar in Minnesota from his readings in a country lawyer’s office. * o x 1t Senator George H. Moses, Repub- lican, of New Hampshire, consents to be less generous with his wisecracks, as a result of the “sons of a wild jackass” ebullition, Capitol Hill will have its customary gayety seriously curtailed. Moses' merry quips long have electri- nwetdt.h congressional atmosphere. he shares the repu of being prize wit of me smau Unlike hu fellow-humorist from the Southwess, is there, for instance, who has| is | worth. other basis if he is wise. He has behind | W WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. THIS AND THAT g, E. TRACEWELL. markably easy, owing to the fact that all books are more or less alike. If books were round as well as lqune, hexagonal as well as rectangular, might be a great deal of perturbutlun in their purchase. As things are, the booklover knows that he cannot go far wrong in form. Thus one of the great- est deceptive qualities in other objects; is not to be feared here. The bock! knows, whatever book he buys, that it will “go” with the he alre: has. Not only will it it in| O} squarely his cases, but it will look well as regards form, color and any other matter. It will square with other volumes in his collections. No matter how hectic its paper cover, or jacket, it will not look out of place on his end table, or upon the window sfil, or even the breakfast table. From a purely practical standpoint, a book is | seldom, if ever, out of place. It never requires any rearrangement of furniture or the displacement of something al- ready good to make room for something | whose utility or beauty, or both, is at the best doubtful. The extreme casc of this in the home is the acquisition, perhaps as a some art object too nm for the re- mainder of the furniture. Its inclusion makes the mgl look shabby, the chairs out-of-date, the wall paper the whole house behind the times. mr?lmk!?l;mehe“ of this upsett; moral courage to get ri of it. They do not have the money to refurnish the house ug to its standard. So they calmly permit the betrayal to continue. 1, The best solution of such a difficulty |is to place the fine piece in the attic and say more about it, for house-over satisfaction is more to be regarded than the momentary thrill of pleasure secured from the contemplation of some one beautiful thing. * ok ok ok ‘These utilitarian considerations, how- ever, give way always to the mental or spiritual side of books and book buy- ing and keeping. It has always been our belief that no one should expect too much of a book. If one gets one idea per k, he has got his money's T either of inspiration or wisdom, of elation or amusement, of worth or interest, or any of these com- bined, require a certain setting. Words are the :enu which lurround and illuminate the main jewel, which is the thought, or spirit, of the whole. ‘e have never seen a book, however poor, which did not have some “main ldel" which the entire work eclustered around. Sometimes this idea is not in the book! One has to think about what the author was trying to do. Even if he fails, the discerning can determine what he tried to do. And there you are! So books are free from the ultimate dlnppolmt which comes when an icle purchased does not “belong.” as rhe saying is. With so many commodi- ties a method of trial and rejection must be carried on, in the hope that the right thing will be found at last. The ver with his books is utter- Iy free from any such necessities. He knows his authors, he knows his sub- jects, he buys accordingly, and finds something in any case. Now and then he will make a mistake, of course. is no more perfect than any other “buyer.” Like the millinery buyer who splurges on hats of a certain color, only w flnd that the ladies will have none of 30 the home book buyer from tlme to ttme will pick out a book which is not much. But at worst it is some- thing! And this happens so seldom that he may forget it. His lwre of nmhc- tion is about 99 m one blame him for yin' when he ‘eu 50 little disappointmen Moses is not always considerate of the feelings of those at he shoots his shafts of irony and cynicism. The gifted son of Dartmouth who patented the as n‘gplltd to the political amateurs | ‘bert Hoover’s entou: In 1} in rage. 1924, when the G. O. P. outlook was 50 menacingly smeared “:ith oil, it was Moses who opined th:t the one sure salvation of the party was “the calm lnd cautious Christian character of Coolidge.” Calvin * ok ok % “Jim"” Davis, perennial Secretary of to an embassy fun “Decorations.” The chnmplon “jlner of the Nation, who belongs all known (and one or two \lnkno'n) fra- ternal organisations, is the r or Jeweled insignia presented to him by nearly every one of them. The night of the embassy party “Jim” thought he'd razz his gracious consort a bit by making believe that he was going w it adorned ,with the entire bunch of his pins and buttons. He had them rum up 50 that they stru y torso likke a_ London lora you chain of office. But when Mr>. Davis insisted they weren't realy de rigueur “Jim" consented to leave 'em at hoi * k¥ ¥ me. Mrs. Alvin T. Hert of Kentucky, vice chairman of the Repubueln national committee, is a visitor to Washington for the first time nnee lut Spring. She is fully recovered from an accident that overtook her earlier In the year. The brilliant widow of “Tobe" Hert, G. O. P. wheelhorse of yesteryear, had in- tended relinquishing her national com- mittee t, but is understtod to have retaine it—for the time being at least—at President Hoover’s urgent in- vitation. When not engaged in polities, Mrs, Hert is lvuay running the Ameri- can Creosote Co., of whose board she is in succession to her late | . Many Washington friends are scektng Illht from Sally Hert about the “frost” into which President Hoover ran at Louisville in October. Like other Louisvillians, she blames it largely on the weather, which was as wet as Kentucky itself. * ok K K Senator James E. Watson of Indiana, Republican leader of the so-called ad- ministration majority in th> Senal his_ abode at Dayton: a by .. But when the ll:,lcalhhoi lloi at Washington ai elsewhere g‘{um’fl'fld his _address, “Jim” found himself so much in demand by letter, telegraph, long-distance telephone and omuw&e that he decldefl to_decamp to & more inaccessible He is now “somewhere in o) dl" and living more or less incognito. (Copyrisht, i 1929.) British Divorce News Ban Is Hit by Jurist From the Albany Evening News. 0, England passed a law restricting nlpl in re) mg di- vorce cases cnly mes of the Tacts on w ich Judmant is given and the !l.é‘ee‘n.t.ly it was pointed out that di- vorce was tneuu«i hrnly in l‘nlllnd since that law was g: theory was set forth that lack n( pub- licity and the ability of parties in di- vorce cases to conceal their gullt tended to increase divorces. d..!ufln Merrivale in dal:l: case th: 021’; greemen this hm & long “summing up" of the case set forth much of the story. “I have done this,"” he said, “because in my judgment it is not in the public interest that social crimes of this kind should be committed and that particu- lars of the offense should not be known to the world in which the parties live. One of the deterrents to mi duct is publicity.” ‘There can be no disputing the fact thlt the fell' n! ublicity is a deterrent to miscon: mm 158 us lhmgdlnd mna beemue mef;;tr% He | tim Labor, recently received an invitation |- the | East ap) v aaoadt L Politics at Large By G. Gould Lincoln. Roscoe C. McCulloch, Ohio's newest Senator, serving under -wotntm t by Gov. Myers Y. Cooper to fill the seat made vacant by the death of the Senator Burton, will undoubtedly election to fill out the remainder c! the unexpired term next year, according to his friends. It is the senatorial term of six years to which the late Senator Frank B. Willis was elected in 1926 and which closes March 4, 1933. Senator McCulloch, who took the oath of office books ymrau is the fourth Senator from hio to be named for this particular m of cffice. the death of Senator Willis last year the then Dem- li|.(:l’l c Gover;mé of D?‘l,flch"vll:.’ g;’l‘:l:: e} inte yrus er, cre n&nllm’ Locher died. Senator Burton was elected and entered the Senate last December. His recent death made necessary an appointment by the governor. * ok kR e In all probability Senator McCulloc will huvee-omwmcn for the Republican nomination for the Senate in the pri- maries next year. Among those men- tioned as probable contestants for the nomination are Carmi Thompson, who ., of | has had senatorial aspirations for & long Representative “Jim” time; former 3 jught the gubernatorial o L B etaed n mination l-n ar and was v y Cooper in cl”me race, and Charles L Knlgm.mlrollh- Beacon Jour- nal of Akron. Mr. McCulloch is likely to have a lively time of it. He served for three terms in the House, and is a “regular” Republican. e hails from the old McKinley district. After he left the House seven or eight years ago he resumed me prlcn“ of law and aceord- ; ing to all reports, has been very sue- cessful. More recently he has been chairman of the Public Utilitles Com- ml.ss'un of the State. He is regarded as rticular friend of Gov. Cooper. The h ter, it is understood, will seek re- election next year, and there are rumors that the governor may have senatorial aspirations himself, and may seek to be nominated and elected Senator in Cooper. However, loch succeeds in being nominated and elected in the free-for-all scramble next vear, may desire to continue on in the Senate Aher usa notwithstanding the ambitions of Gov. Cooper. Gov. Cooper is an ardent dry. He has made a fortune, according to report, in the real estate business in Cincinnati and is decidedly ambitious, with an eye cocked |V toward the White Houre. * k% X ‘The Democrats have their eyel m the Ohip Senate seat, as well the Republicens. _ Burton, an ouutmdm figure in public life of the country doubtless could have heen renominated and re-elected by the Republicans. But with him out of the picture, the situa- tion, from the Democratic point of view, is decidedly different. ~Senator Burton would not have come up for re-election until 1932, which is a pres- idential year, which in Ohio makes the Senate fight almost invariably easier for the Republicans. Next year is an “off year,” and Democratic victories in Republican States come easier at such es. The names of former Gov. Donahey and former Representative Martin Davey are already mentioned as possible candidates cratic nomination. Davey ran for (ov- ernor or;n :h& Degnde éécolp:z year against Gov. Cooper. won with & lsad of 250,000. But at the same time President Hoover carried the State against Alfred E. Smith by about 750,000, which indicates a very different situation in the State with pl;ulflenthl election out of the equa- tion. * ok ok ok The Democrats have two widely | known lawyers in Ohio, both men who have held prominent public office. Either one of them might give the Re- publicans a besting in tbe senatorial race next year if he would the nomination. One is Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War during the Wilson administration, and the other is Atlee Pomerene, who in_the Senate a couple of terms. Mr. Pomerene has been one of the Government's special rosecutors in h-ul ofl reserves scan- dl]s ‘Whether the Democrats could pre- vail upon either of these gentlemen, however, to enter the race for the Sen- ate remains to be seen. ne Wa a candidate for the Senate in 1926 against the late Senator Willis, but was defeated. Mr. Baker has not sought public office atn:e 22 lel(‘the cabinet. ‘The talk of displacing Senator Sim- mons, veteran Democratic leader of North Carolina, either with a Re- publican or another Democrat, hu practically reached the vanishing po! Immediately after the election lul Nn- vember, wi North Carolina went for Hoover by some 60,000 votes and against Al Smith, there was talk of substituting | large ann in the place of Senator Simmons some Democrat who had stuck to the Demo- :;lllc nllbtllfi:lll ‘tlt;ll:tmhltm r, or :( e o ublicans smnd- ing a wfls:nn{w to nRxn stead. The stand which Svnl',m’ Slm- mons took against Al Smith caused a great deal of bitterness among the Democrats of the State. Some of the Democrats who remained * GA_. tacked him unmercifully. Some of th bitterness still remains. The fact, how- ever, that the State went for Hoover, gave some of these anti-Simmons Democrats the State, there might have been a real revolt in the Democratic party of North Carolina against Sepator Simmons. But it turned out that he had gauged public sentiment in the State better than had his enemies. Ik & ‘The recent elections in Virginia, in a congressional district in Georgia and in Kentucky have rcucllly latermined - that the South ¢oing to bs Demo- cratic for some time to come, notwith- standing the fact that four of the States of the “Solid South” went for Hoover last year. Talk of the possibility ot electing a Republican to the Senate from North Carolina has subsided. Furthermore, Senator Simmons has al ways had a large number of Republic- ans voting for him when he ran for the Senate in the past. So far as the Democrats are concerned, while there still may be many who would Hke to dislodge Senator Sim- mons, there seems to be no one capable of leading such en insurrection the slightest chance of success. Sena- tor Simmons has had the people of the State with him in so many fights in the past that it would be exceediny gy difficult for any Democrat to raise standard of revolt against him. The veteran is in better health than has been for a long time. He has been in the thick of the fight over the pend- ing tariff bill, leading the Democrats, who have made a coalition with progres- sive Republicans from the West and through this coalition have controlled the course of the tariff bill. t t * t The jig seel getting ~ the urm bul gu‘oulh he Senate at the present special nulon of Congress. Senatar Shmmons self has come forward with a Pm that the adjourn Nonmher 22 or 23. chubltclna of the parently misjudged the temper of the Republicans of the West 'lun it came to tariff revision, It looks as though they had benlvld that lhe “Grundyites” wuld be successful in writing & tariff bill, as they have been at all times in t &n. They over- looked the fact vnn West had been promised a revision which would ald the farmers of the country, not the manufacturers. They have only them- selves to blame for the jam in which the tariff bill now finds itself. When the special session of Congress met the Senate was composed of 55 Republicans, 39 Democrats and 1 Farmer-Labor Senator, and there was one vacaney from Pemuylv-n‘l‘l. “Des ite thh uem- maJori Y. h rt a"-hfl Egru bill. They have in '.h- past_been able to count on a number of Democratic for the Demo- | third ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY-FREDERIC J. HASKIN. There is no other agency in the world that can answer as many legitimate questions as our h'ee Innmn-uon Bu- reau in Washington, D, ‘This highly organized institution hu been built up and is under the personal direction of Prederic J. Haskin. By keeping in con- stant touch with Federal bureaus and other e«uumml enterprises it is in a position to pass on to you authoritative information of the highest order. Sub- mit your queries to the staff of experts ‘whose services are put at your free dll- . There is no charge except 2 cents in coin or stamps for return post- | accoun! age. Address The Evening Star Infor- mation Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, dirsctor, Washington, D. C. Q. Is Ty Cobb a left or right handed ball player?—L. M. 8. tht Ty Cobb bats left and throws Q. How many people hue ben killed by fireworks this year?—J. A. A. There is no complete compunuon Deaths from firework. in 31 cities in 1929 have numbered 16. ht com- munities, with a tion of 3,839,000, reported 738 non: works injuries. Q. What are the pr gmper hours for a bridge tea?—M. A A bridge ten is usually from 2 until 5:30 o'clock. At the conclusion of the game sandwiches, tea, salad, with %osnbly mints and candy, are served. sually guests who could not come to ahy bri are asked to come in . Q. Is it true that France has no courts except military courts?—A, H.N. A. The ordinary Judlelnl system of France consists of two classes of courts —civil and eriminal courts, similar to those in other countries, and special courts, including those dealing only with purely commercial cases. In uddi- tion there are administrative courts, dealing with cases that come through acts of the administration; also the Tribuneaux des Conflits, whose func- tion it is to decide which is the mer tribunel when an administrative Judicial court both claim or both refuse to depl with a given case. There is al*o the Juge de Paix, similar to the American ju-m:u of the peace lnfl the Court of also the Cour de Cas- sation, which is’ the highest tribunal. Q. Why is the sub subjunctive used in the axgruslon “I wish I were rich”?— The verb “wish” is :Ivlyl lol- lvwed by the mbjlmc!lvc mood, beca: expresses condition contrary lo for flc!. Q. How old are t.h! queer front of Carvel Hall, at Annupoum Md ? —A. J. M. ‘The trees on the front terrace of Carvel Hall are between 250 and 300 years old. They are ailanthus trees, the Chinese “tree of Heaven.” No one seems to know how they happened to be planted on the front terrace of cl.r vel Hall They were brought from chlnnmnumulhmomnl:dv;fily crushed and is the | factory more than 200 years in front of which thcy stand ce George street entrance of Carvel Hi Hotel. It was built in 1764 by William Paca, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence and the Governor of Maryland. What is a “Stoughton bottle”?— .| Henry VIII g:w or black bottle former! M for lwuhuml bitters. uln;nduufl mmmumnm .Mmetlm . Does wl.nd velocny affect a ther- e thermometer is not affected hy the wtnd velocity after having once attained the temperature of the wind. e discomfort usually associated with high winds is due to the mu,viu of heat wl;: rapidity from juman body s Mt.yhe winds. As no heat is fenéh a thermometer, Nld ngs are theu(ou not lfltcud by th wind velocity. Q. Exactly at the North Pole does the sun rise and set in the Summer- time?—C. T. A. At the North Pole the sun rlau entire year. months and months. Q. If one were in danger of death on the Friday before Easter, could he receive holy communion?—A. R. A. In the Roman Catholic Church while, generally speaking, it is not per- mitted_to recelve holy communion on Good Priday, those seriously ill may re- celve holy viaticum. Q. Was cnthenne Parr, the sixth wife ied before?—K. T. Catherine Parr Borough. After his death she married Lord uumer. He died shortly before her marriage to After the death of the King she made a fourth marriage. Q. Why are some 50 _much more ticklish than others?—G. S. A. It depends upon the sensitiveness of the nervous system. Susceptibility to tickling is nlm partially under the control of the will. If no restraint is exercised, sensitiveness is apt to result. Considerable resistance can be developed. invisible for about Q. Do mmy Orchestras use accor- dions?—J. A. We ne told that the use of the gl:no-key accordion_is increasing by and bounds. Practically orchestras that are using fimn on me radio are -qulwed with one of these instruments. )uni of the hotel orches- tras in New Yorl clty are similarly cutfitted, and jazs bands and restaurant orchestras in the capitals of Europe are using one or more pi -key accordions. ‘They are also employed by some steam- ship orchestras. Q. Where did the tung oll trees come from that are g in the United States?—D. G. : A. The tung ofl tree did not origi- nited States; Those that cultivation of this tree. The nuts are the oil extracted commer- ida Agricultural done maldmb]e ‘work flth this tree. Q. ;rh!:mmdlfl lu,mny Macdonald marry e living?—W. Ramsay Macdonal dlulhkl‘ of Dr Gladstone, She was A. A “Stoughton bottle” is a dark also a niece of Lord Kelvin, Mrs. Mac- donald has been dead for many years. 'Farm Board Seen as Bulwark Public opinion in America is appar- ently registering a growing interest in th. Federal Farm Board as a weapon of defense in America’s economic battle. Many comments on the successful cannahn‘vhut pool in this connection, the for stiffening the buyer’s mar- ket Wh& ‘whole -l.rn' and thus de‘l::tlnl European “Bflfl» reveal an as regards the !en!hllflel ol the bodrd. 1 Attem] mlrkeunl in the United Stat the Indianapolis News, use. If Smith had carried | is holding many respects with a program now fol- lowed in Canada. The co-operative m“glo during the 25. t the newly les then owned Notwithstanding t! formed tural agenc! not a single elevator, they succeeded in ‘hand)! 000,000 ls. In the Against Foreign Bear Raids ‘muo\u critici the mnd its - expecta ars being the board.” The Bflfll! News holds that while "much!;f‘n'thh Press “in proving that the new farm legisla- nc. but is up-bl. board has m'm wwun! uubmhlu public confidénce i its sincerity of Y8 [ pose and capacity for meeting the “It seems that .1lht now at least,” avers the Charlotte News, “the higher interest, and a mutual interest, of the cotton ers and ‘cotton manufactur- ers and of the wheat growers and, the millers is to work alon~ a ‘give-and- ted | justified in n dumping his holdings ot the more than one-half of an unusually al production. * * * On the record made is remark- ‘The obvious gx.untkan newly formed Farmers' National Grain is | Corporation act as a centralized clear- inz house. Such an enterprise in the American program i deemed m: necessary than in Canada, because of the more scattered character of wheat produfllon in this Nation.” “The s is distinctly more wheat pool, with fast, and ltuun -hn it done is beginning to appeal to '.hu finaneial opinion of the United States.” mt paper says of the general situa- e fact that President Hoover when he said his administration would put the farm on an economic equality with industry meant setting the Gov- ernment at work with men and money to stabilize farm prices ought to be enough to end debate. But there are still almost innumerable voices in the g:duslmu East shouting ‘It can't be onel' " “Even the ue\ere!t crmes of the Fed- eral Farm Board,” in the opinion of the Chicago Daily News, “will be forced to commend its bold yet sound and beneficial steps in connection with the two major problems—cotton and wheat. It has not encouraged undue reliance on Government aid, tut its decision to stabilize the prices of cotton and wheat by immediate extension of necessary financial help is in accord with th' spirit of the Jaw Which It ad~dsace l‘.-cn(nmnz that the board “is func- #%mées in a way to provide roal relief to farmers” the Long Beach Press- Telegram advises that “American farm- votes to help them out if necessary on some of the schedules. The number of Democrats who are voting wi!.h them, however, has been reduced a minimum. flrthermore. the Repub— licans from the East, unable to get what they wanted in the matter of tariff increases, have taken to hurling epithets at the progressive Republicans of the West. Probably no more foolish course could have been .dopted ‘While the rank and file of the Republicans in me We.st may mot be able to mflp u.l tricacies of the tariff un unflemlnl epithets very veu. They are likely to do some name call- ln. uuemxelv- before this fracas is G & x x Moses of New mnp pamed by Republican L3 blican te next year, contributed his share to the mctlan in the West. FHig characterization of the Senate eoamm- as “the sons of wild Jackasses” has Mgn published far and 'lde. luz tm most damaging state- 80 , _however, to Re- puhuun lnteruh which came {rom the high p the protective tarift, Joseph R. Gnmfiy resident of the Pens; Iv-nil Manufac- Meh he is Discussing both market when so doing will ‘bear’ the price, unless necessity so dic- tates. Nenher is a manufacturer justi- fled in dumping practices if he can avoid such an economically serious course. The prices of farm products are fi:’ down now. Viewing the prospect a detached position, it appears I products as those from which clothing and food are obtained should uhrtnk in market value so steadily. * *. The farm- ers who sell exeepc in necunlty at this time are compounding a form' of injus- tice and hardship.” “Considering past differences.” states the San Antonio ress, “it is not surprising tl.t the farmers have been llow in getting together. At least they will have the opportunity to see the plan in action, and that will build & confidence which will be useful in handling next year’s harvest. From the ouufl the board has advised the farmer to hold the wheat until he could get his organization goi but that has not alwaya been practi ‘The Spokane Spol lieves that a: to lhe probable develop- ments “Eurca<=n buying has been con- centrated Into so strong a ecination that a c-enter movament on this ‘sic of the Atlantic for a defensive al of Canadian, American and Argentire* producers is not improbable.” The Fort Wayne News-Sentinel points out that Europe is “practically compeiled to turn to this country,” and that “the Farm Board’s action is welcome at a time ‘when, as President Hoover says, there is a shortage in the world wheat crop.” “The big domestic and foreign buy- ers,” asserts the Sioux City Tribune, ‘4@ things about set for an important vear' squeeze qymma the well fin Farmers’ Grain Corporation stepj to the picture. This addition to the mar- keting scenery did not relieve the wheat congestion all at one stroke, but did create new hazards for ‘bear’ pressure. Domestic and foreign buyers needed the wheat and decided that they had better start supplying their needs. “Vheat moved up a little, in spite of marketing congestion and in spite of & near-panic in Wall Street. With proper facilities for storing and holding grain, and for apportioning supplies to demand in an orderly way, manipulation injurious to Eroducera will be greatly modified, It the side issues to supply and demand that cause the complications.” “If the Farm Board does no more than to enable farm psychology to & practical form of collective marks its creation will be abundantly cated, lnd probably it ou'ht to lthmvt " states the St. Louis ‘wheat and cotf ‘Worcester 'l\le[rlm voice$ the ment: told by some, h’xg'm hllh‘ h‘wa’: tton er wheat during the year, can we he sure that such a wouldn’t happen anyway? m{n m- urm‘ Auec\nmm, w he- appeared indyism" ll .dn for the Republicans < West., - llvldenhlh' ot | Fcfual e low prices received by 8 ‘were not flnyu rolluwod low_prices tors, who - be- producers and the R T T Y