Evening Star Newspaper, November 18, 1929, Page 8

4 THE EVENING STAR|by dmamite bombs. e never forgot e UM Bundny Movning Edilon, WASFINGTON, D. C MONDAY. ... .November 18, 1920 THEODOR® W. NOYES. . ..Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Compan; Business Office. i nneyivania Kve. 110 East 4ind St. ke Michigan Building. egent St. London, 11 and wew Pork S gGhicaso Office: uropean OfMce: Rate by Carrier Within the City. The Evenine Star_ .. . 15¢ per month The Evening and Sunday 80 per month (when & Sundays) ... The Evening and Sunday’ Star (when 5 Sundays). 65¢ per month Star . c per capy n made at the end of each month. Orders may be sent in by mall or telephone NAtional 5000. Rale by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. : 1 mo. . $10.00: 15r, $6.00; 1 mi 13, 3400 1 mo. 40¢ | Member of the Associated Press. ‘The Associated Press is exclusively entitled 1o the use for republication of all rews dis- tches credited to it or not otherwise cred- n this pepes and also the local 1 ews . All rights of publication of tches herein are also reserved. ol special d “Business as Usual.” As the magnitude of President Hoo- ver's plan to co-ordinate business, agri- culture, labor and the agencies of the Federal Government in the interest of stabilization of business and employ- ment is revealed, the wisdom and effi- eacy of the plan grow upon the public. Probably no Chief Executive whom the | people could have selected would have been better equipped than Mr. Hoover 10 handle the task which he has set himself, which is to change the fio of large amounts of American capital from speculative investment on the stock market to investment in produc- tive industry, including manufacturing, agriculture snd transportation. Mr. Hoover, before hecoming President, was for eight years head of the Department of Commerce, In close touch with the | business of the country. He has had extensive experience In big con- structive and business projects, and as an organizer his ability has long been | recognized, 1f he can succeed in di- verting much of the capital which has found its way in recent months into the stock market trading to productive industry he will have accomplished s great deal for the stability of the eco- nomi: condition of the country. The President is going sbout this | Jeb fn an orderly manaes with & plan | already well thought out. He has scheduled meetings with various groups here in Washington this week. Re proposes to sit himself with these groups in this effort to stimulate busi- ness and to dispel the pessimism ‘which has arisen in some quarters be- cause of the recent debacle in the stoce that, his “M. P.” meant membership in Parliament for a Liverpool as well as a Galway constituency. A gifted writer—editor, biographer, romanticist and inexhaustible com- mentator on current events—O'Connor leaves behind him the ¥ichest heritage a publicist can bequeath. Millions of members of the English-speaking and English-reading race, in the United States as well as everywhere in the PBritish Empire, will remember the pas- sionate sentiment that ooz>d out of al- most every line he wrote, as it was exuded with nearly every word he ut- tered. His graceful psn produced that inestimable quality of readability, as distinguished from mere literature. “Tay-Pay” once expressed the hope that he might live to b: a hundred. The world would have rejoicedfhad his wish been granted, in a centenarian through whose veins there coursed, without alloy and in rare degree, the milk of human kindness. A great Irish- man, a great gentleman, a great citizen of the world, joins the Great Majority. ——o—— Co-operative Bus Control. 'This week will find the Public Utili- ties Commission of Washington jour- neying to Richmond, there to sit with the State Corporation Commission of Virginia in consideration of an applicas tion from a bus company to operate between the national and the State capitals. The step marks & new de- parture on the part of the local com- mission, and the results should be im- portant and beneficial. Paved highways and the rising popu- larity of bus transportation have wiped out, to all intents and purposes, the city’s boundary lines, Every year finds an increasing number of interstaie busses that make Washington a ter- minal, Provided the busses have ob- tained the necessary authorization from the neighboring States to operate in those States, our Jlocal commission naturally hesitates to forbid their enter- ing the Capital. Here the busses add to the congestion on busy ecity streets. ! Their routes through the city must be ‘determined with regard not only to con- | venience of the passengers, but to traf- fic problems, It is conceivable that the city could be overwhelmed by & heavy tide of State busses and the local com- mission left virtually helpless in deal- ing with the problem. The purpose of the Public Utilities Commission’s trip to Richmond is to co-ordinate its supervisory powers with those of the Virgini® body; to hear ihe petitioner's arguments as they will be presented to Virginia's commission and to give the Virginia commission its view of the strength or weakness of those arguments as they affect Washington. It is doubtful, for instance, if the Vir- ginia commission would grant the per- mission sought in the face of irremova. ble opposition from the Washington market. His first meeting will be with raflroad heads, dealing with the great transportation systems of the country. ‘The reilroads have earned more and have done more business during the present year than ever before. They may be in shape to institute new con- struction work on a vast scale, whicn in turn will give labor employment ana provide for large purchases of ma- terials needed for development, After Mr. Hoover has conferred with the railroad heads he will meet with Jeaders in manufacturing, distribution and public uilities, He has a third conference schdluled with representa- tives of the great farm industry of the country, and a fourth is in- prospect at which he will meet with representa- tives of labor, The huge resources of this country, properly mobilized, should be able to ameet any crisis, At present business in this country is good and so is em- ployment, There has been fear that stock market gambling on future earn- ings, resulting in the crash that was bound to come on the market sooner or later, might lower the morale of American business, however, and cause the fearful and the timid to draw into their shells, geduce production and thereby reduce employment. Under the President’s guidance, and with a concerted plan, such reduction of busineéss morale will be avoided and it will be another case of “business as usual,” with American Industry and labor moving steadily forward. o Public sentiment is now expected to dorget the specylators and co-operate with the Government in putting affairs in the hands of regular business. “Tay-Pay” Departs. Few of his cotemporaries throughout his busy life would at first mention bave known who Thomas Power O'Con~ nor was. But if “Tay-Pay” O'Connor were named, hardly a man, woman or ehild anywhere in John Bull's islands would have failed to recognize him as the beloved veteran of politics and letters, who passed away in London early this morniry, with eighty-one venerated years tPals credit. “Father of the House of Commons,” becal be had sat there uninter- Tuptedfy since 1880—a span of, roundly, bhalf a century—O'Connor Jived and Ianored through the waning decades of the Victorian era and.survived the Geargian period for an almost equally long time. Son of the Emerald Islc eand bearing one of its most revered names, “Tay-Pay” embraced journalism and politics before attaining his major- ity. They were his first and last loves #nd he adorned hoth professions, To rech be hypught the warm-hearted en- ousiasm ofne Irisoman, alwzvs cuuied wila « passiouste zeal for Hein's cause, O'Connor, it goes without saying, was # consistent Home Ruler and fought the good fight tenaciously on the hust~ ings and from 'his seat in Parllament during the days when Gladstone and Parnell were the giants of the fray. *“Tay Pay” frequently visited the United States on missionary campalgns for “free Ireland.” But there was a con- servatism of statement and a reasoned appeal to his crusadings, which con- spicuously distinguished him from many of the vociferous twisters of the lion’s tail who periodically used American soil as their stamping grounds. Had O'Con- nor's counsel always prevailed, the strong probability is that much, if not all, of the blood and tears of the “Irish terror,” culminating in Sinn Fein, might have been averted. A Gael to the core, “Tay Pay” never seemed to forget that Erin yet was part of the United King- dom, MNnked to it by ties which could end should be severed or loosened only W constitutional methods, rathedthan commission, and likewise the view of the ‘Washington commission will depend to ® large extent upon the attitude of the Virginia body. Thé ‘cominissions and the bus companies will benefit. by dis- cussing the various proposals with the knowledge that only one action Wwill be necessary on each proposal, = . It is believed that the co-operative action begun with Virginia’s commission will extend to Maryland's utility bodies. ‘The step is indicative of the new Pub- le Utllity Commission’s energy and in- itlative. Its aggressive and intelligent interest in the bus’situation as it ap- plies to ifiterstate control should be fol~ lowed by definite action relating to the establishment In Washington of the much-desired central bus terminal. [RE———— “After All, I Kind of Like Him!” A curious manifestation of human be- havior is the frequent conflict between disapproval and instinctive liking. Per- haps psychologists can explain it, but it is & perennial puzzle {o'ordinary peo- ple. An example of this fresh in mind is the appearance before a senatorial investigating committee of a certam avowed lobbylst and the impression made theréon by him and, through pub- lication of the committee proceedings, on the American people. Only & day or two ago one of his dis- tinguished inquisitors, following his dis- missal for the day, walked over to his chair, shook hands with him and de- , “After all, I kind of like him!” This often happens when & man is pal- pably sincere; pretends to be nothing more nor less than he actually is, even though his conduct be, from some standpoints, blameworthy. This ability to inspire favor is not, however, dependent on tbat quality alone. It is almost indefinable. Some actors have it, some athleies, some clergymen, some prisoners and some lob- byists, while others lack it utterly. It appears to be widely dissociated from conduct or standards of conduct. A corollary story, illustrative of the con- trary, is that of the ancient farmer who testified willingly to tl.e facts that his defunct wife had been an efficient and faithful helpmeet, mother and house- keeper for forty-two years, but added, in & burst of confidence, “Do you know, somehow I never liked her!” In the event of a war, & continuance of the ancient custom of shooting up food ships would make the burdens of old fricnd Texpayer harder ihe world over by making the family market bas- ket a problem of increasing difficulty, ——at—— Mexico's “Election.” Mexico held a presidential election yesterday that may be regarded c- cessful fn thei it yislded 2 definite vesuli which will probebly not be chal- lenged in terms of revolution. Butb it was not 50 successful as & full, free and unchecked expression of the public will in the matter of the chief exec- utive. ; Pascual Ortiz Rublo, candidate of the Nationsl Revolutionary party, received, it would seem, an overwhelming majority of the votes cast at the polls. Jose Vaseoncelos, the nominee of the Anti- Government, Anti-Re-electionist party, concedes his rival’s victory, but through his campaign representatives declares that it has been obtained by force and curtailment of the franchise. 8till there is no indication that he and his partisans will challenge this verdict with arms. Under the Mexican law the first nine voters to appear at a polling booth constitute themselves the election board for that. precinet. This extraordinary provision makes* possible flagrant parti- san control. By virtue of a little or- ganization an election can be absolutely dominated. It is definitely charged that this was the case in the national election yesterday in Mexico. From one point of view the election was successful in that less than a score of persons lost their lives in the eourse of the day, with only fifty wounded. A much larger casualty list had been feared, But"“provisions” had been made to keep the disorders to a minimum. Troops and policemen were kept ac- tively on duty throughout the day and rioting was quickly suppressed and con- fined to small outbreaks. It is not defi- nitely so stated. but it Is easily to be imagined that the greater part of the trouble arose at the polling places in consequence of the enterprise of the administration party adherents in “or- ganizing” the early-bird precinct boards. One report from Mexico City descrip- tive of the election situation says that “the average Mexican citizen displayed his usual Jack of interest in the elec- tion, taking it for granted that some one would be the victor regardless of his desires, and anxious only to keep out of trouble by staying away from the polls.” While that is a commend- able posture from the viewpoint of personal security, it does not make for truly representative government, If this is a correct description of the atti- tude of the average Mexican citizen that country is still far froln being a republic in the true sense of the word. e T Frequent assertion that only aircraft would matter in any possible war of the future does not prevent & close study of the relative efficiency of ships. Imagination, through force of habit, still calculates theoretical battles on the old famillar terms. & R - Speaking in London on disarmament, Ambassador Dawes said that public opinion will eventually control all, The remark is a reminder of Uncle Joe Can- “the wisdom of the plain people.” - s Japan desires a larger proportionate | strength for her navy, There is always | more or less remote chance of upset- | ting what seems a clear understanding |50 long as the arithmetic holds out. e ——— A college professor not long since ad- vised young men to assume a calm, supercilious manner. The college foot ball players positively refuse to view life in that way, stpgey— = France in financing her affairs man- ages to hold out enough ready cash for such expensive toys as the great- est of submarines and & mammoth air- plane. P S Many » college boy might. take more time for atudy if his father understood the classics as well as- he does foot ball. . ——— A glance at the Stock Exchange re- ports will enable each gentleman who finances are basically safe to say, “I told you s0.” —_— v Every man is inclined to develop more or less of & hobby, and if there 4s any- thing Secretary Mellon enjoys discuss- ing 1t is tax reduction, [ L, Wall Street staged a great ‘“bull fight,” with the bulls having the worst of it. A little “bear-baiting” is now in order, by way of reviving ancient sport. Pt . An élection has its moments of ex- hilaration, but when Mayor Jimmy Walker wants real excliement he goes to see a foot ball game. Sifietiir We oSSR SR SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The New Musie. More stalwart measures supersede ‘The rhythms that we used to heed, And mighty tones arise today ‘To chase old melodies away. We turn with an attentive ear, ‘The motor’s steady pulse to hear, And listen to the calling proud Of lusty horns so large and loud. No solo soft salutes the soul. The chorus is beyond control. ‘While cries indignant fill the place, ‘The traffic officer sings bass. So let’s be thankful to the man ‘Who seeks a reminiscent plan. And to some corner, far away, Calls old-time fiddlers in to play. Devotion to the Home. “Is your wife in politics?” “Very much,” answered Senator Sorghum. “But she does not allow poli- tics to interfere with the home. She says she’'s going to silence her con- sclence and go on voting for me, even if she doesn’t think much of my actual qualifications.” Jud Tunkins says he knows it's dan- gerous to play the stock market; but how's he going to get even if he doesn't? Concentrated Knowledge. ‘Men go to schools in hope they may, Some day, have wisdom to display. A great dictator comes along And says, “All save myself are wrong!” Humoring the Ege. “Do vou ever consult & fortune teller?” “Occesionally,” answered Miss Cay- enne. “I gel tired of trylng to do my own guesswork about the future. And anyhow it's pleasant occasionally to sit; into & conversation where I am the one absorbing topic of interest.” “We cennot slways be brave,” sald N Mo, the sgge of Chinstown, “Men fear wast they 60 nol unaersiand, and in this lfe we ere permitted to under- stand very little.” Lenger and Longer. “The wintry chill seems stronger, As on our ways we walk. The days are growing longer. So is the tariff talk. “De fact dat you hasn’t broke no law nor spoke no scandal,” sald Uncle Eben, “gin’ no comfort when de atmosphere of yoh neighborhood jes’ natchelly gits filled up wif stray bullets.” Johneon and the Dinner. €rom the Indlanapolis Star. Senator Hi Johnson doubtless appre- clated the publicity much more than he would have enjoyed the dinner, Cannon Loses Own District. Prom the Saginaw Dafly News. Still, Bishop Cannon did very well. His home district gave his candidate for governor 61 votes, while thgiother can- didate got only 479, non's abiding and well justified faith in’ assured the world that the country's! Snatches of conversation, heard as one passes along the sidewalk, often are interesting enough to make the pedes- trian wish he could hear more. “And that was when he got mad” one of two men was saying. “He said, ‘I _don't like your looks——'" What was it which made the un- known “mad”? What did he look like, himself? How did the other look, that the very sight of him offended his op- ponent? Did it end In a fight? And if so, which one won? These are unanswerable questions, as are those aroused by similar bits of conversation heard as the result of in- voluntary eavesdropping, as it might be called. ‘What stands out in the above sam- ple is the age-old, perennial statement, “1 don't like your looks.” Sometimes it seems as life itself hinges largely on “looks” Try as man has to get away from his earthly heritages, he usually comes back to it in the end. The “looks” or appearance of a hu- man being often usurps all other con- siderations. Our preoccupation with dress points to the supreme importance the race places on “looks.” Handsome people, everything else be- ing equal—which, thank God, it not al- wny:qis!—htve a tremendous advantage in the ordinary affairs of life. ‘The truth seems to be that well made, fair-featured men and women have been dealt with kindly by Mother Na- ture, and that their ability to get along in the world is not due entirely to their “looks,” but is part and parcel of their inherent abilities. \Every one knows that stage celebri- ties, especially among women, not only are intelligent but most often are beau- tiful, too, There may be some instances of the “beautiful but dumb” type, but| the greatest number are both smart (a good cclloquhllvn, we believe) and good | to look at. * ok kX Every one is partial to the prettyi child. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, in his meditations, spoke of the joy of be- holding pretty children. Even Epic- tetus, whose discourses are the very essence of stern stolcism, asked who there was who did not delight to creep and prattle with innocent children. It has often been mnoticed by keen observers that naturally favored chil- dren are inclined to be the best na- tured. Perhaps even as little things they are more at ease in a world which sometimes seems to put such stress on appearances. Ugly children often go out of their way to attract attention. Thev seem to resent their unattractiveness and want to malke nf for it, not by -with- drawing themselves, but by pushing themselves forward. | Tt must never be forgotien that this question, which one may hear discussed | in the streets today, nevertheless is as | old as the hills. The ancient world, by which we mean principally the Roman and Greek, fully realized the value of appearance. It was against the strutting of the dandies of Rome and Athens that the Cynic philosophers first preached not only by word of mouth, but by showing disdain for fine clothes. ‘The word “Cynic” did not mean what it means today. Such a man was mere- ly & strolling preacher of the Stoic | sect, or way of thought. The “appear- | ! |ances” which he valued were of the | mind or spirit. So he found it expedient to live in & Herbert Hoover coming to the relief of Wall Street is s spectacle for the gods. Throughout his latter-day ca- reer in the United States and up to the time of his election to the presi- dency, Mr. Hoover did not rank as a friend of “high finance.” There was in nvention days, when 's boosters were more than willing to have it understood, es- peclally in the their candidate was favored with the hattan Island. When the presidential campaign funds inquiry was under way early in 1928 young Lewis Strauss— Hoover's, time private secretary and now a partner in Ki l, Co.—testified _flat-footedly that the present incumbent of the White House was persons non grata all along the New York gold coast. Strauss made it plain that wherever else Hoover campaign funds were being derived, “Wall " was abowt the last place they’d come from. Times change. The residential candidate whom the money gs two years considered least desirable from their standpoint is now enthusiastic hostility of lower Man- | posil Loeb & | han taeir sheet-anchor. P 1f Owen D. Young is to be the cap- tain of the Hoover economic life-sav- ing crew, or is assigned a consp! place in it, the country will be graphi- cally reminded of the Democrat talked about more and more as his y's white hope for 1982, That will in- creasingly become the case if reconstruction should continue to be the paramount issue during the mnext two years. Young will do well to change his metropolitan addresses if he seriously cherishes national political ambitions. The Democrats might not think it strategic to nominate for Presi- dent an up-State New York farmer ‘whose offices a t 120 Broadway and residence on k' avenue. Young's official “home” and_voting address is Vanhornesville, N, Y., where he was born 55 years ago and where he now works a model farm on ancestral acres. * ok K K High—very high—in the Hoover ad- ministration, so_this observer is vera- clously informed, is a statesman who boasts of having a manservant with psychic powers. The dignitary in ques- tion dines out almost nightly. His man knows not enly where he is to go each evening (which the statesman confesses he himself isn't always sure about), but knows whether a particular dinver is to be dry or wet. If it is arid, Mr, ——— invariably finds awaiting him on his vestibule table, just hefore he dons hat and coat, two lusclous eocktails, brewed and provided hy the thoughtful fellow, who knows his master’s thirst. No questions are cver asked or cxplanations volunteered. If the cocktails aren't there, the statesman automatically understands that he is headed for a festivity where there will be some. * K Xk X The year 1930 will not be very old before Mexico will enjoy the distinction of hsving her accomplished Ambasss- oor, Senor Don Manuel Tellez, bee come dean of the diplomatic corps, The resent dean. Sir Esme Howard, the Brit- 1, after eompu'tl'nhllx € th she Onived 3 g six years States, He will be succeeded as dean by Dr. Hernan Velarde, Ambassador of who was accredited just three weeks after Sir Esme, in March, 1924. But Dr. Velarde himself contemplates early retirement, whereupon Senor Tel- lez, who became Mexican Ambassador here in February, 1926, will inherit the dean’s rank. It goes by seniority, like committee plums in Congress. Senor Tellez's experience in Washington di- plomacy is older than his ambassador- ship, because he was attached to the Mexican embassy for & long time be- fore, He has seen Mexican-American relations grow from bad to worse and then tp best, where they are today. * k% k Mrs. Marion Wade Doyle, who won .the recent fight in the Board of Edu- cation sgainst the so-called “dirty- neck” ruling against diplomas for “characterless” graduates, was once & New England schoolmar'm, like Grace Coolidge, A native of Massa- cliffe College in 1914, anlnml ; in Mh 'Ffithnwl o, pproj tely enough, specialty m&a in a romance for her, becguse' th dis- | in great po icuous | capital by charge OVEMBER 18, THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. tub, as Diogenes is reported to have done, and to attract the “attention of his audlence by goingground with a lantern searching for hopest man in_daylight. % Lack of care for physical appearance was @ part of their @rofession, yet Epictetus warned his students to avoid posing in this matter, “Let your dress be rough, but cle he told a young man who professed a desire to “go on the road.” *x % ® The good man Epictetus even de- fended the great Socrates from a charge of slovenliness. He may have been a trifie careless in his dress, he said, but he must have been clean and sweet, because pupils loved to sit next to him, and he attracted many of the over- dressed young men of Athens, gay in their robes of finest cloth, young men who would not have tolerated him had he been dirty. The earligst Christians put no little stress on the unreliability of “looks” as | PO a testimonial to God; the accent was put on spiritual things, as more pleas- ing to Him and more fitting for His worshipers. Yet it cannot be supposed that these men and women, who were driven to live long years in the catacombs of Rome, were without knowledge of hy- glene, The fact of their survival under such conditions showed that they prac- ticed the old Hebraic ideals of cleanli- ness, and took due regard for the words of Paul that the body is the temple of the God within one. Asceticism of the so-called Dark Ages involved various phases of the age-old battle for and agaimt “looks.” What greater extreme could be imagined than between the monks and nuns in somber garb and the be-ribboned and laced courtiers of the various courts of Christendom? * k x % Today the religious aspects of the! question are not so dominant. But hu- man beings, still carry in their hearts their own preferences in such matters. | One man with infinite wealth will live modestly, dress quietly, while an office boy buys himself & fiivver and sporis flashy clothes. Efforts to make “1ooks” be the all-in- all often fail miserably, not because the “campaign” has not been waged according to the most modern stand- ards, but, because down in human minds and hearts still lie these age-old convic- tions, A man who is indifferent in his soul | fiber «if it may be Plll that way) to the niceties of dress will most that can be expected of him is that his contacts with the world will show him the value of neatness and cleanliness. To expect such a man to keep his suits pressed right up to the minute is the same as to ask a dandified man to appear on the street in a suit 5 years old. He will not. . Even the man who intellectually ad- mits the value of “looks” in this world will find himself disregarding them en- tirely if the major bias of his disposi- | tion is that way. ‘We have considered "looks” from the two main physical standpoints of facial appearance and clothing, There are other aspects of the matter, but these belong largely to questions of taste. don't like your looks,” some one says, and that settles it. “There is no dis- puting in matters of taste,” is another century-old idea. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. soon after taking her A. B. she took a | husband, Dr. Henry Grattan Doyle, who was teaching Romance languages at Harvard. Mrs. Doyle taught for three years in the Cambridge, Mass., mhc schools, She has been on the rd of Education for iwo years, serving as chafrman - of charge of bufldings and mmda. to the punitive system contemplated by the ‘“dirty-neck” ruling, Mrs. Deyle's tion 1s that character bu ought to be tackled “affirmatively and not negatively.” In other words, she be- lieves in inculcating in flaming youth a passion for soap and water, rather than Ping it afterward for not hav- m ing 5 R Japan has another grievance against the United States in addition to s de- sire to have 70 per cent as many 10,000~ ton cruisers as Uncle Sam. Tokio become increasingly restive over our failure to appoint an Ambassador there, ly the past year the em- bassy in Japan has been conducted by s charge d'affaires, Edwin L. Neville. He is popular and capable. lacks ambassadorial rank. proud power like Japan doesn't like having other t represented at her Q'affaires. It isn't exactly an affront to her dignity, but sometimes governments show their dis- pleasure with other governments by let- ungnuf-flonumemh-ybemn indefinitely by & charge d’affaires. Ar- gentina for a time has been re] resented in Was| nate diplomat of Tank, dent Hoover is understood to have of- fered the Tokio mission to several dis- tinguished non-career men. Japan wants a “big American” at Tokio. * k% % ‘This is the Helena, Mont.#Independ- ent’s “Who's ” note on Mabel ‘Walker Willebrandt’s successor in the Department of Justice: “Speaking of a man who has gone from bad to worse, look at Youngquist of Minnesota, the new Assistant Attorney General of the United States in charge of prohibition prosecutions. He¥started practicing law in Thief River Falls, then moved to and is now in Washington.” (Copyrisht, 1920.) Future Will Demand Vocational Courses ‘From the Omaha World-Herald. ' Dean Hicks of the University of Ne- braska. s distressed about the popular- ity of vocational specialties over cul- tural generalitics in the college curricu- lum. But he sces a ray of light. thinks the people of the State will soon realize that it isn’t the best thing to start in college with the sole idea of Jearning thi that will land = good job o the end of four yesrs, 1f he esn see thet, Desn betrer vidon taan we have. never reform. The | U. S. Railways Retire 5,140-Mile-Long Train Prom the Rock Island Argus. A railroad train 5,140 miles long could be made of the equipment retired from service by the class 1 raillways of the United States in the last seven years, while the new locomotives, freight cars and passenger train cars installed in service by these roads in the same r!lbd would make a train 7,342 miles in length. These calculations are made from figures of equipment retiremen and Installations l?filflh‘ in “Raih Facts No. 7,” the final 1929 edition of the annual rallway year book issued by the Western raiiways’ committee on public relations. Included in this 7,342-mile train of new equipment would be 237 miles of locomotives, 6,851 miles of freight cars and 254 miles of nger train cars. ‘This train would reach, in straight lines, from New York to Jacksonville, Fla., then to Los Angeles, to Seattle, to New Orleans and back to Boston. When the first _engine reached Boston, after cov- ering the above route, the last car would be just leaving New York, and at an average speed of 30 miles an hour, it wo‘uld take 10 days to pass a given nt. That this new equipment installed 13 much larger and more powerful than the old and obsolete equipment retired is shown by the fact that from 1921 to 1928 the power of the average loco- motive in service was increased almost 20 per cent, while the carrying eapacity of the average freight car was raised al 8 per cent. Besides the foregoing, the year book contalns sections on the railway plant, service, rates, earnings, employes and on. the increases in efficiency and economy of railway operation that have been made in recent years. It is af- firmed that the greatest railroad achievement in the' last two decades has been the increase made in safety of operation. Since 1907, ‘worst vear on record for railway accidents, remarkable improvements in safety have been made. The number of passengers killed declined from §10 in 1907 to 91 in 1928, 1In 1907 the railways carried 1,433,000 passengers for each one that :onoi killed; in 1223 they carried 8,679,- rucnnrl for each one that wi killed. v It is noted, however, that grade- crossing accidents have shown a marked increase in spite of the elimination of many crossings, a fact due partially to the increasing number of automobiles in use, but also to the fact that “public authorities, which should be endeavoring to reduce the number of accidents, are building new highway grade crossings each year.” e Bank-League | Union Held Unwise From the New York World, The organizing committee of the Bank for International Settlements has been urged from many quarters to link the bank with the League of Natioms. | Such & unlon may seem logical, pat ot the present time it wouic not be ex- edient. The Hoover admirisiration as manifested no little nostility toward some features of the Yo blan, and it appears to be especially il of he proposed International Bank, which function under this plan. ' It has already initiated negotiations with Ger- many for the payment of the American uota of reparations directly to the nited States without the intervention of the bank. ‘To link the Bank of International Settlements with the ‘would he administration anotber ing its aloofness, and it would alsa stir up opposition both to the bank and the Young plan among the irreconcilables in Congress., The organizing committee, therefore, has wisely decided to establish the bank without any League afiliations, ana tc nt in the hands cof the central banks of the participating countries, with such unoffcial partici- pation by the United States as was | contemplated under the Young plan. At the same time, however, the com- mittee has not locked the door against an eventual change in the bank’s man- agement, It has-provided that, with the unanimous approval of LLe govern- ments concerned, the administration of | World ity be derived from an intcrnational source. Such fiexibility in the basic statutes of the bank is desirable, It —that depends on developments in coming years, but the arrangement is & wise solution of a delicate problem. e —— Williams Tells How U. S. Will Aid Farmer From the Atlanta Journal ‘The Georgia visit of Carl Williams, the representative of the cotton growers on the Federal F is avowedly for a threefold ‘To ascertain purpose what benefit the farmers of the State have ed from the recent 16-cent loan plan; to “sound the sentiment” of thn“hnnm hwu;fl "O;h:hinmmbnlrd‘: general program, an dy the worl of the Georgia Co-operative Association, nd devise means of enhancing its oper- ations. ' There is a further served, we believe, by this visit, h o > wr;’l‘:uut ln:::d'““"’- ‘We subm! o for every agricul cited in every county of But it had eummendlbg major ailments first of all, and it has turned particular attention upon the cotton situation. Naturally, the hoard asks for the He | 80 far as possible it will watch all loans even to the last small diver- sion to private growers, and seek to harmonize the entire operation. Chiefly, the board asks the farmers to slign thsmsslves with an assoclation 11 people will do, either in Lhe nesr fu= :.u‘;eg:mthernn&u{.e‘.mucuumm; ww{ mu & guess. guess is that instead of Muum& on emphasizing the vocational sie the col curriculum they will de- mand bigger and better vocational courses and departments. ‘The old college with its emphasis upon the Latin and Greek classics and nathematics existed chiefly for the sons of the' well-to-do. It was the place where one acquired either scholarship or that savoir faire which a gentleman needed to inherited th, Its doors were closed to youth of limited means except where one showed evidence of a scholarly bent. There was a place for him under the patronage of en- dowed or f ‘Today the col doors are wide SR vertites. " Anybody ean hope o got 3 can ® college education and llmm?:n a0 with a little r';k flm\tflwd p’::z verance can & ‘The consequence is & r interest in higher education mfi"‘m existed before. That interest manifests itself & compelling demand that the college just itself in & practical way, While let it deach something it is % which the” student make use of after graduation. ¥ road | quiry to The Evening ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN. ; What do you need to know? Is there some point ‘about your business or per- sonal life that puzzles you? 1Is there something you want to know without delay? Submit your question to Fred- eric J. Haskin, director of the Wash- ington Information Bureau. He is em- hel . Address your in- DlcTed S oe e Star Information Frederic Haskin, director, ‘Washi , D. and inclose 2 cents in coin or stamps for return postage. Q. How often does & champlon have to defend his title>—D. D. A. According to the boxing rules, & champion must defend his title once each six months, provided a suitable challenger can be found. Q. WAt is the name of the new bridge at Newport News?—S. A. The bridge crossing River at Newport News is known James River Bridge . What is the name of the wicker b-&nt carried by a fisherman for fish? —R. ON. A 1t is a fish-creel. Q. In what school was carrying the ball introduced into foot ball?—C. B. A. The introduction of the carrying feature into foot ball is attributed™upon 2 memorial tablet at Rugby to & school- boy named wfi’rlx“::n yvebg Ellis, who in the closing minute of a drawn game the Autmu of 1823, “with = fine dis- regard for the rules of foot ball as played in his time, first took the ball in his arms and ran with it, thus originating the distinctive feature of the Rugby game.” In the 40 years that followed, many clubs sprang up throug! out England, some playing the Kick and others the carrying game, but al handicapped by a lack of uniform Tules, Q. Are there active volcanoes on the moon?—Z. McL. A. 1t 18 not known that there are active volcances on_ the moon. The surface of the moon shows a great num- ber of so-called craters. No universal agreement has as yet Deen reached to explain the existence of these craters. If they are of volcanic origin, the mc- tivity which occurred on the moon must have enormously s any- thing known on the earth. In view of the fact that there are no lava flows, and that in most cases the material around .a_crater would not fill it, the volcanic th of their origin has not been ‘unive: ly accepted. Q. Why is Jacobean furniture so ulled?:—-lh A. A. Jacobean joned in the style of the period from James I to James IT, lnelndln::’he two . B, the ' James the the bank can be shifted and its author- | Ha may mean much or it may mean hitle | J Q. Who invented the depth bomb?— |- B, 'A. .1t is not known what indjvidual invented the depth bomb. There have been many claims made. However, it is known that the bomb originated in the British Navy. Q. Are deer, elk and moose polyga- mous?—K. L. A. A. Deer, elk and moose mate yearly. The deer and elk are polygamous and the moose is monogamous. Q. Is it necessary to have a certifi- cate of some kind in order to give music lessons?—H. C. A. At present none of our States re- X. furniture is that fash- g0 requirement is being warmly advocated in some States. . Q. When did Button Gwinnett, signer of the Declaration of Independence, die?—M. G. A. He died May 27, 1777, at the age of 45, from wounds received some days” earlier in a duel with Gen. McIntosh. Q. Of what material were the sails of early Egyptian vessels made?~-H. A. . From Herodotus we learn that some were made of papyrus. Beauti- fully ornamented colored linen sails were early in use. Q. Was Henry Miller, the actor, an American?—T. N. A. He was born in London in 1860, came to Ameriga at the age of 11, and died in New York in 1926. Although practically all of his life was spent in this country, he remained & British subject. Q. How are truffies located?—C. D. A. In France truffies are located and dug out of the ground with the aid of gy e A mon! , their ' instincts and fine nose for scent being turned to account. A trained sow will sniff the pecul pervasive odor ex- haled by the ripe tuber and will gake directly for it, either laying it bere or uprooting if. Dogs are used in the same manner, especially by poachers, EQB' ;th are overhead expenses?— A. Speaking in general terms, by ove{m is mnelnnt thm:‘ items of gen- eral expense a manufacturing plant (for lnfime) which are additional to the cost of the labor and material actu- ally entering into the -production of the plant. For example, under overhead it is_usual to group sala: office expenses, L eling expenses of salesmen, interest, surance, legal expenses, care of plant; depreciation also frequently is included under such head. Q. Who was in command of the Bel- gian troops who met the first attack of the Germans?—V. C. : 131 n.nemn Jacques 'l:‘ colonel of the’ Igian Regiment, stationed at Liege, and it was his command that met the shock of the first blow of the Ger- man advance, He slowed the Ger- man invasion so that Gen. time to pregare Liege for the remark- able resistance that it offered. Q. What sre meant by “5-to-8” ywns?—B, S. A. This designation is given to the formal afternoon or informal evening gown—that is, the type of frock that would usually be worn between 5 o'clock and 8 o'clock. Q. What is the meaning of the ex- pression, “table d’hote”?—M. L. A. It means table of the host. Be- fore inns were numerous eno commodate trayelers and wa fflfllfllnmmmhw The traveler was welcomed to wmhflh—hhhfl.o‘ h to ac- rers, all and meals doors. the Q. What is ambergris used for?— N. E L. A. Ambergris is a fatty substance essential in the manufacture of flh— and is very le. quires a certificate, although such s H T TR dish as being eggs and ambergris. Most of the eriticism of Senator Moses’ “sons of wild jackasses” speech is made tn & spirit of raillery which the critics seem to feel characterized the gibe itself, But while humor sottens much of the comment on the New mrhm mm at the Senate coalition aghinst those who take a more serious attitude. They feel that sl:.nlw: lgflm hg l:; jured the {xflfl of part heightening the already existing tension over this important X tion. “The Senator is slipping,” declares the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “The former editor, whose erudition once de- lighted and ‘daszled the Senate, is get- f‘l‘.‘l‘l”flg R thing ve & Everybody knows now that Senator ‘Brookhart would never have gone to that orgy if Mr. Moses hadn't assured him that the host was a boon com jon_of Dr. Clarence True Wilson. mn the terrible butchery of that familiar stanza from Oscar Wilde's ‘Reading Gaol’ We have forgotten the Moses version, but the assassination of the tariff bill certainly called for the correct text, which is: “ ‘For each :nmlri:: the thing he loves, Let this by al sung. Some lay it Jow with a smart bon mot— A wisecrack neatly flung. A Bingham kills it with a clerk, A Grundy with his tongue.’ “And once again Mr. Moses comes blundering into print by characterizing the independent Senat the ‘sons fesh vexations enough in without being misrepresented by the sinners, :-ints or Senators of today. ‘For vain man would be wise, thoug] man be born like a wild ass's colt,’ was the way that perturbed spirit put it.” * ok K K “Tf Gleorge Moses really used the ex- pression, ‘sons of wild jackasses,’ " avers the New in'hls droll New England way. At the Republican national convention last year Toared something bill there are | Cass, York Sun, “he was only fooling | land Moses Wakes Critics’ Wrath For “Wild Jackass™ Sp_eech calling the recalcitrants opprobrious names.” Senatorial proceedings stir the op- position of the Tulsa World, which ex- presses its views with the statement: “Assuming that there are real records of the days of Webster, e, Benton, , Sumner, Conkling, n and Allison, what would be the com; between records and those now being made up? Who is to blame—the Senators or the people? Have our pri- (marles, our industrial sup: 3 modern standards—or reduced the United States Senate from the world’s greatest deliberative body to the level of a county conven- The Oakland Tribune testifies that “the Senate has certainly fallen in the estimation of all right-thinking Americans.” that Senator Moses the next Congress,” the Dayton Daily News suggests that he “would rather make a wise-crack than win an election.” The Erie - Herald holds that he “is not a success “his bad chance of in, over the tariff bill.” The Dally Mail thinks he could not have been educated with ufly’s or he would have known that “vinegar catches no files.” EE R especial may find more sub- stantial interest in Senator Moses’ fore- cast of what will happen to the tarift bill than in exchange of lefi- he coming Al Smith with ‘hospitable hands to a bloody grave. ubl"‘.‘lgolen is full f de ite epigrams, ':o Jelfimezll the time lest he be re- in New Hampshirc as ‘smart. Hmummumm ‘bloody graves and es.’ more malice in actuated r the Naamathite in his remark to Job. Senator Moses, how- ever, should be more considerate of the Senstors w‘l.x.oh mmeb from the - open spaces with great open pores Mnllh"g:\m. At the Bell Telephone Laboratories the experts attached a new device fo & man wh& was grtndmzwhun teeth, whereupon ‘there was & through the mfl&:{lum like an elevated train.’ Ko contraption away from the ?flpll'l'.hnhk lest the Capitol tumble down!" le they would like to boll Moses in ofl," wvers the Akron Beacon Journal, e 000 individusl cotton farmers sgafust|D: 10,000 buyets of cotton?” That question by Mr. Williams stands as ful argument for co-operation. Droved a untorm good fukh and 8 2 uniform m desire to serve. In return if reasonably, we think, for a fair tunity to serve. Golf, Earth, Strength. From the San Francisco Chronicle. golfer's language, too. limony Speculation. From the Muncie Morring Btar. en Opportunity. From the Haverhill Evening Gazette. ‘The of foodstuffs at present is said 1o be highest in the his of the Nation. Now if we encounter an unsatisfactory meal we shall blame the ¥ %k Xk % ‘The technique of the Senato is crit- icized by Kansas Journal-Post with, the statement: “Simeon Fess was moré descriptive and at the same time more dignified in then. pseudo- Republicans, When a few Senators break off from their party mejority and form a coalition with the traditional rfl! enemy, they deserve that appel- tion. No wonder Senator Moses views the situation with alarm, as chairman of the Republican senatorial committee. it he dots, mot help matters any by handed com] l!l::gh." orth he had to administer this no 7 er the lntymt case than [day it ceases being the noun mentioned by _Senator ‘wild’ or carts’ some day. better to leave us unmodified. ‘tame’ adjective was gencrally accepted as a matter of the lines of least re- sistance, Bub we are not so sure about the sdjectival switch. Once we get the, notion that being ‘wild’ possesses kick ‘potentialities, there is no telling where we nouns will carry our modifying at- tribute. We may even jump from the positive to the superlative.” . She’s Old-Fashioned. Prom the Detroit News. A West Virginia girl sverted s w. tearing & from Ler skirt reck One Up for the Boy. Prom the Oakiand Tribune.