Evening Star Newspaper, November 15, 1929, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR With Sanday Mernisig Eatfion. WASHINGTON, D. G FRIDAY......November 15, 1020 THEODOR® W. NOYES. ... Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company usiness Office ind Pennsylvania Ave. : 110 t 42nd St B g Re egeot 8. Londan: the City: 45c.per month 80c per month 65¢ per month e Su; Star . .5¢ A NAtional 5000. U e Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday....1 yr., $10. Daily only .......0001 yr. Sunday only All Other States and Canada. Daily and Sunday.. .. $12.00: 1 mo., $1.00 Daily only +e01 ¥r. $8.00: 1 mo.. 13: Sunday only .. 1 yr., $5.00: 1 mo.; uropean . 85¢ oc Member of the Associated Press. =~ s Atlec s!nllbh(‘stlml of all re 8- I not otherwise cred- ited in this pa 1o the local 1ews | published herein. publication All rights special dispatches herein are lso reserved. = More Policemen Recommended. Willlam Phelps Eno, noted authority on trafic, has recommended to the Scnate subcommittee, which is studying local conditions, an increase in the police force in the National Capital of five hundred men. While Mr. Eno's report to the subcommittee showed that the grand average of seven cities, com- parable in size to Washington, is one policeman to every 462 inhabitants, whereas in the District there is one policeman to every 412 inhabitants, he strongly urged that on account of the numerous special duties to which pa- trolmen are assigned here and because of the very considerable number of miles that must be patrolled the average for Washington should be one guardian of the law for every 300 in- habitants. Unquestionable merit attaches to Mr. ‘Eno's suggestion. Washington's present force is in the neighborhood of 1,300 men, and with court appearances, de- tails at the White House, public build- ings, embassies, legations and functions of various kinds, this humber has been for years admittedly inadequate. With 1,800 men on the rolis, as proposed by Mr. Eno, Washington would be proper- 1y policed. Especially in the daily handling of the heavy traffic would more patrolmen be valuable. A recent statistical count in New York City showed that the greatest speed of vehicles reached, except under extraordinary circumstances, was four- teen miles an hour in going from one point to another. Despite the wide streets in the National Capital it is doubtful if any better time is made here in the morning or afternoon rush hours. The reasons for this in Wash- ington are twofold—first, the lackadalsi- cal manner in which many motorists operate their cars in getting started after a “go” signal and the absolut> disregard on the part of the pedestrians of either trafic officers or the auto- matic lights. g It is obvious that in respect to pedes- trians this sibuation could be remedied by a few policemen stationed at inter- , sections. In Washington's recent feeble attempt at pedestrian eon‘trol. which incidentally is a part of the traffic code shied at by every official from the Com- missioners down, only four men could be spared to conduct the experiment. These four made valiant efforts to teach pedestrians how to walk on busy streets, but it would take many times four men properly to carry out the regula- tions contained in the traffic code. Even if the pedestrian regulation was still looked upon by the authorities as & red-headed stepchild, when an addition was made to the force, a few more details at crossings to handle as best they could those who insisted that lights or policeman’s signals meant nothing in their lives would materially improve the situation. Some pedestrians undoubtedly ‘would heed the blue-coated guardians of their safety anhd would be econtent to wait for the propitious moment to breast | the traffic stream. ‘Whether the number of new police- ment needed is 500 or 200 is & question that must be decided by the Commis- sioners, the department, and Congress, but certainly there can be no contro- versy over the fact that a substantial addition to Washington's police force should be made. The city owes Mr. Eno a vote of thanks for bringing this matter so effectively before the legisla- tors on Capitol Hill. T Many persons discuss the stock mar- ket who know little about it. Many more equally ill informed bc-k their opinions with real money. —_————— College and Life. Dr. Cloyd H. Marvin, president of «George Washington University, ex- pregsed forcefully vne important phase of fae philosophy of education in his talk to the mothers of freshman girls yesterday. He clarified a subject upon which there have been many fallacies in popular thinking. The university presi- dent explained that three reasons are advanced by parents for sending their boys and girls to college. ‘The first is thoroughly human, fre- quently advanced, and entirely falla- i clous. It is, in effect, that the father and mother, battered, weary and heart- sick over the endless struggles of life, ‘wish their offspring to have #n easier exjstence on a higher social level. They ‘7tgard the price they pay for ihe educa- ton of treir sons and daughters as a _ Jegacy of comfortable Icisure and . Ubgartia. » The sccond regards college as a sort Vln' glorified kindergarten where youth xf‘proucled during its formative years contact with the grosser and O hdrder aspects of life. Parents of this --4ype seek to shield their children from pSasality. Their effort probably is a8 —futile as trying to'teach swimming by classroom lectures. It is also as un- deslirable. ‘The third considers college 8s & place of preparation for more struggle, for harder and more efficient work, for greater service to the world. Personal " individual, 1t carés only for and security of the whole. It has fo concetn whatsoever that sny boy should go through life with less hardship and sacrifice than his father. Enroliment at George Washington, or any other college, autémiatically is an enlistment in the setvicé of soclety, how- ever vaguely this may appear to the individual, There is no doubt that this point often is lost sight of entirely. It 1§ dif- flcult to realizé the truth that the pur- pose of higher edueation is not to give additional privilegés, but to impese ad- ditional responsibilities and t6 render the boy or girl eapable of bearing those responsibilities. | ot the B When Bloe Meets Bloc. It 18 ohe thing to lead the Senate to water, and another thing to make it drink. ‘This has been proved many times in the past, but never more learly than yesterday when an adjourn- ment resolution was submitted by Sen- ator Simmons and, although it has been clear for a long time that deep in their hearts more t#hn & majority favored a recess before the opening of the regular session, the motion was defeated by a substantial vote. Twenty-four hours earlier the ways had been greased for prompt passage of the adjournment resolution. But almost in the twinkling of an eye the situation changed and a majority of the Senators, sternly Spar- tan, determined to remain in Washing- ton and continue with the tariff bill. Indeed, a standing order was adopted to have the Senate hold night sessions in addition to sitting all day long. The night session order, however, was pro- posed in pique, and supported by some of the Senators who heartily wished that the adjournment had been voted. “The principal difficulty, so far a. the adjournment resolution was coneerned, arose from the fact that a group of regular Republicans kicked over the traces. They have watched the Repub- lican Progressive group, which is de- manding that the Senate remain in ses- sion to deal with the tariff, although some of its members are privately not avérse to a vacation. And this group of regular Republicans, some of them the “younger” members of the Senate, de- termined that if a recess is to be taken, the Progressives and Demoerats, who In coalition have determined the course of the tariff bill in the Senate up®to date, thust bear the responsibility for adjourn- ment, along with the regular Repub- licans. . If the upshot of this tutmoil in the Senate over adjournment turns out to be final action on the tariff bill, so much the better. The country would welcome the passage of the bill by the Benate ahd its reference to the con- férence committee of the two houses before the regular session of Congress begins in December. ‘There are many chances, however, that the Senate will get over its fit of ill temper, which prevented in large measure the adoption of the adjourn- ment resolution yesterday. The various groups may lay aside their efforts to make political capital out of an ad- journment at this time without final action on the tariff bill. Senatct Cope- land of New York, Democrat, who be- lieves that the Senate should adjourn in order to safeguard the bealth of its members, who have been in Washing- ton far months now, immediately offéred a new adjourhinent resolution after the defeat of that presented by Senator Simmons. The “coalition,” which has func- tioned smoothly in the disposition of amendients to the tariff blll, has split finally, however, over the question of adjournment. The Progressive Repub- licans from the West apparently do not wish to have it said of them that they “guit” on the tarift bil, which was originally promised to the farmers as an additional measure of relief. ‘The Democrats, on the other hand, are not 50 concerned over the passage of & Re- publican tariff bill. They are per- fectly willing, apparently, to see the agony proloriged. It is an {ll wind, however, that blows nobody good, and if the maneuvering in the Senate brings about action on the bill in the présent special session, good will hdve been ac- complished. A Rockefeller purchase of Standard| Ol on a large scale is nothing surpris- ing. In selecting Standard Oll as a buy a Rockefeller puts his monhey into something he knows all about. e The Cause and Cure of Cancer. From time to time announcement is made of some step of progress toward the solution -of the cancer mystery, which remains now as one of the most obstinate and dangerous afflictions to which humanity is subject, beyond the reach of positive curative measures. ‘Yet, summed up, these advances amount to but little in the way of actual accom- plishment. The causation of eancer and its cofrective have remained un- solved. ‘The latest accomplishment to e an- nounced has been effected in the New York Homeopathic Medical College and Flower Hospital, where Dr. C. E. Tha- raldsen, professor of anatomy, has been working for some time in elaboration of a theory of Theodor Boveri, a Belgian sclentist, that cancer is produced by a disruption of the chromosome mech- anism. The chromosomes are a series of stringlike bodies appearing in the cells of every living being. Each carries the hereditary units or genes. It has been calculated that in the human the chromosomes of the germ cell can be united in any one of seventeen million ways. Boveri's theory is that cancer re- sults from some hereditary defect in the structure of the centrotome, or cen- tral body, which draws the chromosomes together in the new cell. Dr. Tharald- sen found that he could produce centro- somes from various parts of a cell. He then began his experiments in first the creation of centrosomes and then in their derangement, to cause eccentrici- ties in the new cell, which become hereditary in subsequent reproductions. ‘The bare outline of these experiments reads like a detective story. The scien- tist pursued the criminal by the syn- thetic method, building up the crime in theory, in order to arrive at a solu- tion. He found that by administering a shock to the forming cell, or centro- ambition may be satisfied at the same time. The student may attain to a higher and more desirable economic po- sition and to @ happier life. But these ends are incidental. some—by X-rays, ultra-violet rays, by touch with a fine glass needle point, by cold, heat or contact with a chemical— he could’ make new 6ells possessing a wide range of pecullarities, cells that Colleges, are institutions established |were in fact abnormal, pirate eells, by society for its own welfare, Society'eriminal cells, 5o to speak, cells that -cares little for the ease and decurity multjplied without regard for any law of reproduction. Having reached this poiit, ‘The announcément just made regard- ing these experiments, which, it is spe- cifically stated, are still indeterminate and inéonclusive, gives ground for the hope that the corrective has been found, that thé long-sought cure for cahcer may have been, or is about to be, actually discovered, for Dr. Tharald- sen has, by a long series of eliminatory expériments, hit upon a certain min- eral which has the power to check the growth of the cancer cells without in- juring normal tissue. This work, how- evér, the 1 statement says, is stul only in an early laboratory stage and holds no immediate promise of benefit- ing humati patients. If the secret of the wild cell forma- tion—which eancer researchers Hhave generally come to regard as the cause of this dread disease—has been discov- ered, a Jong step has been made toward ultimate discovery of a corrective. If that corrective has been identified, even though not yet definitely or assaredly, there is ground for hope. ‘There re- mains the vitally important and highly dangerous work of experimentation upon human tissue. It is the history of med- ical research that at such a juncture people offer themselves for tests for the sake of possible cure for thémselves or for the sake of the possible allevia- tion of human ills. Again, it is the his- tory of sclence that when the cause of » diseasé and the method of its begin- ning and development @are discoveted the corréctive is found. That this will be the coursé in the présent instance ; is the fervent ptayer of the human race. ‘- Darkness Before Dawn. While it 1s freely conceded that | ‘Washington is governed in an eco- nomical manner, which, of course, Is quite satisfactory to the taxpayers, there are-some econofies that are like- ly to do more harm than good. Notable among these is the tendency of the Electrical Department of the District Government to turn off street lights be- fore daybreak. For the past few morn- ings Washington, between approximate- ly the hour of five-thirty and six- thirty o'clock, has presented ideal setting for the burglar of highwayman and a breeding place for traffic acel- dents due to the prevalenice of unlighted parked cars at the curb. 1t may be well argued, of eourse, that burglars would be inclined to operate at @&n earlier hour than just be- fore the break of dawn and that auto- moblile tfaffi¢ 1§ not heavy at that time of day, but nevertheless there can be no sécurity in darkness for even a short period in a city as important as Wash- ington. It would appear that this mat- ter would bear investigation. America is the richest country in the world—so rich that its people feel from time to time that they can afford to gamble heavily. The plain citizens who follow old Ben Franklin's maxims on thrift go their afeustomed ways and continue to have rather the better of the argument. s AS a personal wet and a political dry Cole Blease carries water in one hand and “hard licker” in .the other. He provides an interesting example of ambidextrous statesmanship. ——————— ‘The stock ticker will soon register in close accord with the matket. It is regretted that some o the margined accounis cannot catch up as éasily. —————————— Prolonged diplomatic discussions are hopeful. So long as people can be kept interested in an argument there is no immediate danger of violence. o A tax reduction is an indication of basie prosperity of the kind that assists ihrift, with no temptation to speculate. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Rollin’ Along. Rollin’ along toward tomorrow, The world travels on thréugh the night; Rollin’ away from the Sorfow Of the day that has drifted from sight. Rollin’ along through the gleaming Of stars that shine steady and strong To light us to pathways of dreaming— And so we keep rollin’ along. Rollin’ along t the May day, Rollin’ through Summer so fair— Passing full many a play day And many & moment of care. Autumn and Winter may send us, In greeting, & sigh or a song. ‘We accept what the seasons extend us, And so we keep rollin' along. Gradual Diminution. “When you first came to Washington you said you knew all about the tariff.” y confidence was long since shak- said Senator Sorghum. “Speeches are supposed to tell you something, but if you listen to enough of them, you finally decide that your accurate in- formation is growing less and less.” Jud Tunkins says he has heard that history repeats itself, but his daugh- ter's schoolbooks don't show anything like the airplane or radio news that 1s going around. Shifting Opinions. As wisdom I set out to seek, 1 heard & politiclan speak- And what he says does nmot appear The same as what he said last year. Diet Supervision. “You must be careful about what you eat,” said the physician. “My wife told me that' this morning,” sald the worried man. “SBhe reminds me that the market money ean’t pos- sibly go ’'round unless I limit my ex- pensive tastes.” “We pray to & joss,” sald Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “not so much in reverence as in the hope that he may have some mysterious and far-reaching political influence.” “Playing the Market.” He played the market till he found Anxiety kept hovering 'round. He said, “If that’s what you call ‘play,” I'd rather work ffom day to day.” “A hoss race” sald Uncle Eben, “makes a winner take credit for bein’ smart. Den he perceeds to use his THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL, “It is the ncflo: g‘f h:n l;nln:ht‘:ucm person to reproacl rs for own misfortunes; of one entering upon in- struction, to reproach himself, and of one perfectly instructed, to reproach meither others nor himself.” 'This sentence from the Enchiridion, or Manual, of Epictetus, is ome of those utterances in which the ancient writers delighted. ' From Plllunne to Grelve and back again there was a balance of thought, | gated a placing of one idea over against another, with a resulting swing ot rhythm delightful to eye and ear. _The great Stoic philosopher put one more element into the above sentence than any of the great Hebrew writers ‘would e used. No doubt the writef of the isdom of Jesus of Sirach.” commonly called Ecclesiasticus, would have been content with the first two ideas, that a man usually blames either others or himself for anything whicn goes contrary to his wishes. With that surprising modern attituae which pervades the entire Stoic philoso- phy, which was a practical system of ethics for a practical world, Epictetus ut forward the third element, that he man who is “perfectly nstructed™ would blame neither others por him- self. He meant, of course, perfectly in- structed in the principles of his own philosophy, the key idea of which was that there are certain things which be- long to & man, and certaln which do not, and that the human mind (he called it “will") should reject those ‘which do ot. m‘rhe uce’:ulnmn‘\t b(e){ tho'ze =‘ood ings which properly o1 a man wns':he main_objective of the Stoic philosophy. Today the idea of a “Stojc” s one who calmly meets physical pain, but that s only part of the original idea. 1t was to be ex- pected that the most spectacular of those ideas would be singled out for remembrance through' the ages. The Epicureans did not fare so well; all that the average person knows today of the doctrines of that sect, cordially detested by Epictetus, is a distorted saying, “Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die.” * k * % One does not have to be a Stoic to appreciate the quality of the sentence which heads this column today. Some- how it gives one a thrill to think that after 2,000 years this bit of wisdom can come down into print and that it squares very well with the latest dis- cover’ : in psychology. Nor does one have to be a psychol- ogist either to sense the divine com- mon sei in ft. It will be found that all the great writings of the ages, whether in the sacted or secular litera- ture, are suffused with what thay be termed a glorious common sense. “It is the action of an uninstructed person to réproach othérs for his own misfortunes; of one entering upon in- struction, to reproach himself; and of one perfectly instructed, to reproach neither others nor himself.” One has but to look around him in any home or office to see perfect rep- resentatives of these three types of hu- man_beings. Every office knows the growler who is forever placing the blame for his lack of progress on his superior officers. ¥ If one keeps his ears open in public vehicles in the morning he will hear some man or woman “telling the world™ just how abused he or she is when it ‘comes to the matter of promotion. 2 1t must be borne in mind that “ah uninstructed person” refers, in this modern day, to one who is working out his own salvation in the economic and soclal phases of modern life. The “in- struction” referred to is just sueh in- struction as & man picks up for him- self as he goes along. Most of us today :rve no kindly Epictetus to reprove us we do_wrong, either to ourselves or others. Perhaps at no time in the his- tory of the world has a man been so alone with himself as in the tweritieth century. The age-old interferences with human beings have been miti- in a great many ways, with the result that it is up to every one to! get along as best he may. * ok k% ‘The person who has not succeeded in instructing himself in the everyday ychology of this everyday sort of iving is found on all sides blaming others for his own misfortunes, Talk with him takes the place of tion. It is, indeed, his action. As Epis tetus declares, “It is the action of an uninstructed person to reproach others for his own misfortune.” The next step in this chain of ever- increasing reasonableness comes when a man has enough sense to reproach himself when things go wrong. There has been a great how-de-do made in certain quarters against this, on the ground that worry is useless, or even worse than useless, since if a thin, feared hng&ens. the worry was wasted, and if it 's not happen, it was worse than wasted, even. The truth.of the matter is that when a sensible man perceives that an evil which has comé to him has arrived largely through his own fault, he rushes forward to accept the blame out of ex- cess of fairness in his nature. Such worry as comes is a portion of his honesty with himself, and he will niever reproach himself for it, because it is a part of ming\u»tmy-me. * ok Rk % ‘The an who is “perfectly instructed” —that is, who has worked out for him- self a philosophy of living—will try his best to reproach nelther others nor himself for his own misfortunes. , ‘This is as close as we can get to the theoretical ideal of ictetus. It must be remembered that Stoicism was a re- volt, a mental revolution against things- as-they-were in the world more than 2,000 years ago. The preacher of this philosophy doubtless was more versed in the han- dling of it, in the application of it to his own life, than any reader of later ages can ibly be. All that we can say today, therefore, seems to be that a man who has learned a bit of how to conduct him- self in the modern world—which is an entirely different sort of world from that known by Epictetus—will know in- stinetively how far he can go in re- proaehing either others or himself. He will come increasingly fearer, as he grows older, to blaming no one—not even himself. Long ago he gave up trying to put the blame on others. Even when he knows that they deserve it, he realizes that the placement is useless. Putting the blame elsewhere, except under certain well known conditions, simply gets no results, and so the wise man refraing from aking at all, leaving the whole matter up to time and chance. Always the temptation will come fo reproach himself. Yet the same gentle- ness which he applies to others may be used in his own case, with similarly good results. He will come in the end to an ap-' proximation, at the least, of the wis- dom of the wise man Epictetus, the perfectly instructed one, who reproached neither othefs nor himself. WASHINGTON .OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. To this observer has just come a re- puted bit of unrecorded history narrat- ing how an unextended dinner invita- tion cost a great American re-election to the presidency. When Grover Cleve- land was a candidate to succeed himself in 1888, his Secretary of the Treasury anc campaign manager, “Dan” Man- ning, told him that success was impos- sible with Charles A. Dana and the New York Sun arrayed against the ad- ministration. Manning proposed to Cleveland that the olive branch be of- fered to Dana in the form of an invita- tion to dine at the White House and nd the ensuing night there. The ident assented. Manning went to New York, saw Dana, told him of Cleve- land's desire to bury the hatchet, and asked the editor if he would accept the President’s hospitality in Washington. R Dana volced his readiness to meet Cleveland and canvass the situation which had so bitterly estranged them. Manning then assured the master of the Bun that the bid from the White House would come along in due course. The Secretary of the Treasury came back to Washington overjoyed by the success of his diplomatic mission, and re’yfled to Cleveland in correspondingly high fettle. Days, a week, 10 days, a fortnight went by, but Danna heard no more from the President. It dawned upon him, or at least he so persuaded himself, that Cleveland had reneged and that Dana hed been tricked into a truce. Without further ado, the Sun_thereupon bl out in a scathing editorial about the Cleveland administration. It was a sig- nal that the Sun’s rays would continue to blister it. And so it did. New York was the pivotal State. Had the Demo- crats carried it CleveJand would have been re-elected. But in 1888 there was a Republican majority of 12,000, instead f & Democragic majority of 1,200 as in Tast o as itical observe turned just enough votes to carry the Empire State into the Repub- lican electoral column, * kX % For about a week now President Hoover has had on his desk the general staff’s report on possible economies in the United States Army. Its nature, of course, remains an official secret. The fact-finding survey was ordered by the Commander-in-Chief last Summer. At the time, it sent cold chills down the spines of many military leaders, W] had vislons of wholesale cuts in the nt. There Was per- turbation, especially in the Cavalry and the Coast Guard Artillery. While await- ing the President’s action on whatever recommendations the general stafl has made, both the soldiers and the sallors are taking heart of grace from Hoover’s g ul ces on national defense in ‘Armistice day speech. They de- clare it has d!flr\lhly" %umud L;ns!?'hh charge under pac 0pes e first Quaker ent is & peace-at- * ok ok ok any-price man. Here's a true story. A high official of the Interior Department answered personally the door-bell ring at his rtment one evening this week. S outside, as he half opened the door, he saw & woman, rather rakishly attired, because night was _misty and damp, with a big bundle of flowers in herhm‘lrm. {-Ie did not reeoznl;e her, and, tl it wag & person who oc- caslol turns_up 'in the apartment wers, he said, “Nothing, to- and clnoe:.:h:h:oor in her (l&ei posies on d':gcma. On return: dinner table, and when fri wife asked who'd rung the beu.m)'u selling night,” ‘The caller dum) dawned on him that it might not have been a peddler after all. He telephoned half a dozen suspects, and finally lo- cated one of family. e all u{nxbrw‘mthe—cnm of cut field flowers from her place on the Rockville pitke. Next day a five-pound box of candy - .len.t 1;- penance. &hwfim‘;fi Jobn V. A. MacMurray, whom he will suceéed, as our foremost authority on Chinese affairs. One of Johnson's ac- complishments 1is that he speaks Chinese—a talent in itself that deserves the Congressional Medal of Honor_ for linguistic valor, Native of the Dis- trict of Columbia, but calling Oklahome his home State, Johnson has completed his twenty-second consecutive year in the United States Foreign Service. He passed his examinations as a student interpreter in China in 1907. After that he served successively as consul gcnenl or vice consul general at Muk- en, Harbin, Hankow, Shanghai, Chung- king and Changsha. For the past 11 years Mr. Jg bhas been in the Btate Department. He became chiet of the Far Eastern division in 1925 and an Assistant Secretary of State m 1927. Johnson is a bachelor. His official host at Nanking may be his sister, Elizabeth, who was with him in China before. * kKX Representative Charles G. Edwards, Democrat, of Georgia, who wants to bring the Army and Navy foot ball teams back to the gridiron by act of Congress, says there’s far more involved than ‘mere renewal of the pigskin classic. “The word has gone out to the world,” says Mr. Edwards, “that the officers or officlals of our two great services are at such loggerheads that they can’t even agree to play games together. That is an unfortunate and a discreditable state of affairs. It should be remedied.” The Georgia Congress- man, who was once a foot-baller him- self, wanted his bill (H. R. 5059) re- ferred to the House committee on the judiciary, but it went to military affairs Representative Britten of Illinois, chai man of the naval affairs committee, believes the bill will be passed by the House it it is reported out. * ok kK Is lobbying expense deductible in a tax return? A case coming up from Alabama, through the District Court and the Board of Tax Appeals, is now under consideration in the Department of Justice on the question whether an appeal shall be taken from a decision of the Board of Tax Appeals to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. ‘The issue involved in this case whether a taxpayer may claim deduc- tion in his return of an amount paid, as so-called lobbying expenses, to prevent the pass: of certain legislation which affected business. The Board of Tax Appeals decided that the expense was deductible. (Copyright, 1920.) o Urges More Power ) Be Given to Judges From the San Bernardino Daily Sun. According to the National Economic League, the most important step to be taken in the administration of justice is to give more power to judges in in- structing juries. This would help, no doubt, to pro- cure better verdicts. Often a jury is confused by the testimony of the law and needs more assistance than it gets. Many a layman, though, would sug- gest as a matter of greater importance that the judge take firmer control of the trial itself, to suppress petty legal squabbles bet: lawyers and insure the full afd orderly presentation of testimony. If necessary, there. should be legislation allowing our judges great- er latitude along the lines familiar in British courts of justice. It is sald by some legal authorities, however, that American judges at pres- ent have a great deal more power of this sort than they use. — g, How to Solve Mysteries. Prom the Toronto Dally Star. One explanation given for the popu- larity of detective stories in the United a:%hmt it 1:4 nnl‘y in fction that can read of a capital crime Nature. Knows Best. Prom the Rochester Times-Union. Nature does it better. When wild 100 at, hey don's sat, until $Ehn Snough %o ateh someching, | Would Credit Wilson in Armistice Honors To the Editor of The Star: The greater part of November 10 j and 11 was spent by me reading in the newspapers and listening to the radio (Iaceo'.gll;h o tu:rmhflu ds . ‘M’y g grea 8y. Te- action to it all is one of doubt. As an ex-Marine I can truthfully say twh;!Annmseeuy 11 years ago to me a of an efficient and valorous force, but in addition by the magnificent and in- spiring leadership ‘of our commander- | in-chief, Woodrow Wilson. I am far from being a Democrat and therefore cannot be accused of being in- spired by partisan motives, but I chal- lenge any onc to cite me one instance | in history of a war having been suc- | cessfully by a nation where the | command chief of that victorious natioh was so systematically and bru- tally relegated to the background as was ‘Woodrow Wilson. Those celebrating Armistice day should recall that its coming on the 11th day of November and not months later can be directly attribiited to Wilson's powerful and compelling notes directed to the German people. It was these notes, in great part, that hastened the demoralization amon the German civillan population an helped to bring about & comlrlete capitulation by the German military authorities. The world knows Woodrow Wilson as a ‘great exponent of universal peace, but the American, people owe him a debt of everlasting’ gratitude for lead- ing it to victory in the greatest war of history. Despite the above, I looked in vain those two days for some sineere vocal or physical expression, or a ges- ture in the form of a noble experiment in what might have been termed ‘‘non- artisan patriotism” in commemorating he courage and idealism of Woodrow ‘Wilson. Instead, I found that the only cere- mony in _honor of one who belonr to history, but who should be selfishly claimed by real true Americans, was that conducted by his loyal friends in Washington at ~ Bethlehem Chapel, Mount St. Alban. JOHN KENDALL. o s Stops of Street Cars Called Inconsistent To the Editor of The Btar: I hope you will open your columns to expressions of opinion on this subject which seems vital to all car patrons. One of the most inconsistent things is | the transfer system of our street rail- ways, especially at Ninth and F streets. For example, the cars on F street loll“ in an easterly direction come to a ful stop on reaching Ninth street, but the passengers must be carried on to Eighth street before being allowed to alight, then they are compelled to walk back to Ninth street to take a car going in efther direction orr Ninth street. The cars on F street going in a westerly direction stop at the northeast corner of H street and Vermont avenue, requir- ing the passengers for the Veterans’ Bureau to walk across Vermont avenue, oftentimes through rain, slush and snow to reach the Veterans' Bureau. Ver- mont avenue is very broad at this point and the autompbile traffic is extremely heavy. It would eliminate ‘much dan- ger crossing the street if the cars could stop at the northwest corner. I have seen aged and crippled women limp across Vermont avenue to nt'v;h the bureau when the cars could discharge passengers at the northwest corner, which is right at the H street entrance of the bureau. I hope the local press will agitate these conditions until a demand for their elimination canfot be ignored. E. A. WEDLAKE. g Loune Gotham Voter Was Denied Secrecy From the Manchester, N. H., Leader. That lone voter in a New York elee- tion district without doubt was a person of some distinction. Very rarely does a single voter have four election offi- cials and one policeman to attend on his pleasure throughout a whole day. The ordinary voter deems himself lucky in an election as exciting as the New York election was this year it h!b.cln p!él.eorlll‘lhhh clvie d\l‘;z.e:l'l‘d mayhap exer spleen on - didates he votes against, if he does not have to be herded in & long line for an hour or two. . Recently the lone voter asserted his independente by strolling early in the day to the polling place and, after looking around a moment to see who was there, walked away without He found the four election and the policeman on hand, but the newspaper reporters and photographers had not arrived. He made arrange- ments to correct that situation before returning by notifying the newspapers of the time he would make his next appearance to vote. ‘hus he obtained his brief celeb- rity. But there were disadvantages, t0o. He enjoyed the theoretical right of every citizen, that of the secrecy of the ballot. None of the election offi- cials or such spectators as were on hand knew how he voted when he voted, but the vell was lifted when the vote was counted and the returns filed, an election like that in New York secrecy is often a real asset to a voter— that is, to one of the timid type who wants to be on the winning side. But th:; chap had to stand or fall by the re 3 Canadian Brewers Hit Home Beverages From the Toronto Dally Star. The plea made recently by the brewers of Canada before the tariff board Io{h l‘r tedol:’czl:n in mmr;c:: duty on their product appears bee‘r,; supported with the' Temarkable statement that in Ontario nearly 200,- 000 persons make home brew and that many of them are sel the bee is| illegally in competition with the bev- ert sold by the government. Had & 'statement of the same tenor been made by prohibitionists during the recent election campaign it would have been denounced as a gross exaggeration. The brewers state that 130,000 per- sons have taken the nearest collector of customs of their intention to make home brew—which is all the law requires of them. And the trade estimates that 80,000 persons in Canada, of whom about 60,000 are in this province, are making home brew without bothering to notify the federal authorities, If these figures be taken as correct, it would mean that one in every three homes is brewing its own beer, although for two and a half years the government has been selling liquor of all sorts to all-comers at reasonable prices. It is very doubtful that home brew- ing is carried on to the extent the brewers intimate. The number of no- tices mentioned probably includes all of those sent in over a period of years, many of them by persons who made one experiment and went no further. But if the figures were reduced by one- half, home brewing operations would still be left on a scale that would pro- duce millions of dollars of beer yearly to be added to the huge total consump- &d admitted by the liquor control During_the 1926 election cam Premier Ferguson intimated m.{"g; government-control system was d. It meant the end of the | name also trouble to notify | the to put an end to home brewm:omxf the brewers are to be believed, the sys- tem has utterly failed to have that effect. The province today has 413,000 .residents who are supplied with liquor gefl'nl'.l and, it appears, well on to 00,000 home brewers, or together a number equal to two-thirds of the number of votes cast in the provincial election. O O, Quiet in Cemetery! From ;}: m;‘u Herald. Qu! cemeteries, campaigns do Dot socomplish m ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Take advantage of this free service. are one of the thousands who P the bureau, write us . If you have never used the ..rmumn now. It is maintained for it. Be sure to send your and with your question inclose 2 cents in coin or stamps return postage. Address The Eve- Star Information Bureau, Fred- Haskin, director, Washingtcn, have “Mary and Bob” the air>—W. M. B. A. and Bob have been heard on the ever since the True Story hour was inaugurated, the first week in January, 1928. Q. Is the bridge across the Mississippi River at Vicksburg nearly enough com- pleted for trains to pass over?—S8. E. G, A. The Mississippi River Bridge at that point is not completed. But it is expected that this bridge will be open to trafic shortly after the first the year. However, the new $500,000 highway bridge across the Yagoo Riv- er on United States Highway No. 61, 13 miles north of Vicksburg, was formally opened to traffic on July 26. Q. When was the first Hispano-Suiza fl;b%.lll:tf—fll':‘:, B. 1 » . The ano-Suiza factory was started in 1903 and produced rc,axs in the early part of 1906. Q. How much silver does one put on eard tables when serving a four-course luncheon?—M. W. A, Bince card tables are relatively small, it is advisable to place on the table only such silver as will be needed for the individual course. Q. Does the elephant's foot have a heel?—W. A. K. A. The Biological Survey says that the elephant’s foot is all toes and a gl'd. The part corresponding to a heel up the leg. Q. Was Davy Crockett ever & mem- ber of Congress?-—J. M. M. A. David Crockett served in the ‘Twentieth, Twenty-first and Twenty- third Congresses. Q. How many buildings were de- stroyed in the Chicago fire?—V. D. A. During -this fire 17,450 buildings were destroyed, causing 200 deaths and rendering more than 70,000 homeless. Property to the value of $190,000,000 was desf . Q. Who first wrote hymns especially | J. for children?—D. K. A. Isaac Watts is said to have been the first writer of children’s hymns. Q. Why do some grains have more | P’ unds _to ve?—L. A. A. For many years grains were meas- ured in bushel containers, or peck containers. However, in different States the exact size of these con- tainers varied, and they frequently varied within the same State. Conse- uently, the Department of Agriculture found 1t necessary to. set some stand- ard amount to the grain. In com g & standard measurement it was found that some grains took up more space than others. This necessitated -an- other form of measurement in order to insure accuracy. The answer to this '“.l: :. ;ulble olf l::‘nt‘l? Now all States les giv] e nds to the bushel of the various lll,‘wlinl- ‘Where does frost come from?— the bushel than others A% E A. Frost may be described as frozen lower at the spot where the frost oceurs. The temperature & few feet above the surface of the earth, on still clear mornings, often is several degrees higher than it is at the surface. Hence, frost may occur on the grass and in low places when the meal’al.lul; on one's porch, for instance, is ctly above the freezing point. Q. Why were the steppe regions called steppes?—V. H. - A. They are so called from the Russian word “step” or “stepl,” mean- ing waste or heath. Q. Were the spires on any American churches designed by Sir Christopi=s Wren?—L. M. A. There is comparatively no evi- dence to prove that there are. Certainly he did not visit this country. Sir Christopher Wren was born in 1630 and died in 1733. Between the years 1670 and 1711 he designed 53 London churches. There are comparatively few churches in this country that were built prior to 1723. Among the early churches or meeting houses, erected in the manner of Sir Christopher Wren, are Christ Church, Philadelphia (AD. 1727); St. Philip, Charleston (A.D. 1733); St. Paul, New York (A.D. 1767), and St. Michael, Charleston (A.D. 1752), of which the probable architect was Gibbs, the designer of the Radcliffe Library, Oxford. Q. When was the first town elock made in this country?—L. R. R. A. The first tower clock in the United States, which was for the gen- eral benefit of the townspeople, Was the one, according to N. Hudson Moore, in the church at IpswicH, Mass. The new meeting house was built in 1699 nsal din 1704 the clock and dial were added, Q. How many soda fountains are there in the United States?—P. E. G. A. “The Soda Fountain” estimates that there are 91,241 soda fountaifs in the United States. Of these, 33,150 are rated at $3,000 and up, doing 75 per cent of the annual volume of busi- ness amounting to about & billion dollars. Q. What part of the cost of the Union Station in Washington was borne by the Federal Government?—M. 8. A. The Union Station cost $20,000,~ 000. The Federal Government fur- nished $3,000,000. Q. Why are English walnuts so called when they really originated in Persia?— B. A, The Persian walnuts brought to England were small and inferior to the nut that was developed in England. The resent size and flavor are the result of cultivation in England, hence the name. . Is the expression “of that ilk" correct?>—R. T. D. A. It depends upon how the expres- sion is used. is a Scotch word, meaning “same.” One could say “Fair- fax of that ilk,” meaning “Fairfax of Fairfax” if the estate bore the same name. “Of that ilk” does not mean of that sort, kind or class. Q. Is the Soviet Government inter- ested in fostering athletics?—N. C. T. A. Athletic contests in Russia’ are restricted to athletes who also work. "The Red Sport International held a meet in Moscow last year in which wog;r-lthleus of 20 nations partici- pated. . Is it possible for natives -of the lar regions to have snow-blindness?— water vapor. When frost forms, the temperature is 32 degrees Fahrenheit or "A.’ Natives of the polar regions are not immune. 2 Poor G. O. P. Organization Blamed for The large plurality achieved by Mayor Walker of New York is explained in various ways, though rity opin- jon places the blame squarely upon the Republican organisation for its failure to provide an issue. i B was not a campaign of parties, but of iculars and personalities,” declares fi?mw York Sun (independ- ent), offering the verdict: “The voters of the city preferred the devil the; knew to the devil they didn’t. With l.fi his faults, they took Walker and they were wise. He could be a great mayor it he would.” The Sun further: “Don’t the blicans of the city of New York ever weary of the walloping? Must always have a can ‘who has no issue or, didate as in the unpleas- ant incident just , & candidate ‘who has nothing honest to offer in issue or attractive in presentation?” * X ko “The election at.once led to demands for a better Repubilcan leadership.” records the New York Times (independ- ent), and that paper conclude: ‘Who is going to undertake this long and ar- duous labor? The very fact that there seems to be nobody in sight to set about it, and that the organization leaders so much berated seem to be safely in- trenched in power, is doubtless what makes the situation look hopeless to so many Republicans. They grumble and complain bitterly, but only a few of them are willing to do the necessary fighting. “New York emphatically does not want La Guardia and Koenig's broken- down Republican organization,” in_the opinion of the New York Evening Post (independent), which adds that “a ma- jority wants neither Walker, La Guardia nor Thomas, but does want a chance to protest st both Democratic and Republican machines,” and ' the Post offers the explanation: 'An autopsy should go into the bipartisan under- standings that really sucked the life ofit of Republicanism in the city. It should go into the present decadence and im- potence of its leadership. ~Mr. La Guardia cannot aspire to ship. Despite the fortitude and abi ity of his fight, he has clearly been re- jected, not only by the city, but by his *) “The New York Republican: p: praised by the Buffalo Evening News (Republican), “made the mistake, as | commonly do in the big city, of g to win more by imitation than by opposition. That usually is fatal to success, as it logically would be. Evi- dently a_great many people voted for ‘Norman Thomas, not because they had been converted to Socialism, but be- cause his candidacy represented the | most pronounced dissent from present methods of government. The Repub-} lican candidate for district attorney de- served to fare better, but Tammany also had nominated a man who gave citizens little cause for oppoclnf him. The most heartening evidence of a re- form uprising was the election of George U. Harvey as borough president of Queens. From the Middle West comes an opinion which assays the election much as New York saw it. The Des Moines Tribune-Capital (independent Repub- lican) say: “Neither Walker nor La Guardia debated a single issue of im- portance. Walker assailed his oppo: nents as mudslingers, and that was The ing, ) municipalities, had a broad import Walker Victory \inues the Union, “there seems to be no reason why he should not continue his wise-cracking for the next four years, in the “serene confidence that he is what two-thirds of the enrolled elec- torate of the city desire add expeet of & mayor, “As or the government of e _city, early c or ‘Walker pledged hlmsel‘lmpl:“aka ¥1ls advice and leadership from John F. grand sachem of Tammany dnd of the Tiger's dropping of the hat, and Curry, symbol temgonrl!y affected high Sachem Curry undoubte will see to it that New York City is well - erned, according to the prized '.udit’:;s *F.party politics reai % 'y politics really had little to do with Walker’s victory,” asserts the Wheeling Intelligencer ~ (Republican). "He owes his all to old reliable Tam- many, which has exacted enough graft in the present administration to elect a rag doll to the mayoralty.” Walker was elected, according to the Great Falls Tribune (Democratic), “not be- cause he deserved re-election, but be- cause La Guardia could not command | the united support of his own party, (and was incapable of conducting the sort of campaign that would attract independent voters.” ‘The Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch (independent Demo= cratic) holds that “if Mayor James J. Walker had been opposed by stronger candidates, his sweeping plurality would be much more significant than it is.” ‘The weakness of La Guardia is attested also by the Savannah Morning News 4D?mocratlc{. ‘The Milwaukee Journal (independent) gives the verdict, “The loud speaker failed to displace the comedian.” The Atlanta Journal (Democratic) sees more in the result than meets most, ey “Mayor Walker’s majority,” it declares, “was so marked a gain over his party’s showing in the metropolitan district last November that it stands out as an_extraordinary omen. More- over, the Democratic ticket won in 11 other cities in New York State, most of which are known as Republican strong- holds—Ithaca, for instance, which has been such for 15 successive years—and also in Springfield, Mass.; Bridgeport, Conn., and Indianapolis, -, S o4 , Whether in Stat in or which the far-seeing student of na- tional politics will not overlook. The conclusion seems well warranted that the country is soberly reassessing party records and party values, and the more these are weighed the more will it ap- pear that Democracy is found not wanting.” e Gov. Gardner Wants Strike Facts Known From the Atianta Constitution. Gov. Max O. Gardner of North Caro- lina has appealed to the industrial lead- ers of the State to get together and agree upon a thoroughly rational and Just policy of éo-ordinating the interests of employers and their employes. In view of the recent disturbances in the textile labor fields of the State, Gov. Gardner urges that the true conditions be investigated and made known to all concerned. Whenever inequities exist vhey should be voluntarily corrected, for instance as between mill owners and their operatives. He knows personally about the extent of his debating. La Gus denounced Walker as a fancy dresser who falled to solve the Roth- stein murder case. Thomas brought out The two old-party candidates tried to rouse the mob. The Soclalist candidate appealed to the intelligence of the voters. Thomas had no very radical program, the more extreme parties had their nominees and denounced him as a conservative, and he got the votes of mny "hfi would not encourage radical- at all.” “If Jimmile ular £ ti-nolse 'With. and officially that actual conditions in the mill areas of the State have been grossly magnified and misrepresented to the country, and led to invasions by communistic fanatics not bent upon im- the workers in enmities and riotous conflicts with lawful authorities. The governor asks for a full, impar- tial and honest revelation of the policy f the labor employers and of the actual dlgon.s pre&amnl among the work- ers. He wants a just and status e:;gll"l‘lmed he’lvcen thzm‘T-tcx:?cr: essary peace and prosperit ! both, as well as the gbod order 54 oe ———— Virtue vs. Publicity. From the Grand Rapids Press. Virtue 1s its own PG —I’I'Ilfl.butvlce