Evening Star Newspaper, November 20, 1929, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR _ With Sunday Morning Edition. WASFINGTON, D. C. ‘WEDNESDAY . November 20, 1929 THEODOR® W. NOYES. .. .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper C-:uny 116 8. N30 Fensyivants A New York Office: 110 East 47nd 8t Lake Michigan Building. ;14 Regent St.. London. Rate by Carrier Within the City. e Evenine Star,. .. 5¢ per month Even'ng and Sunda; (when & Sundays) The Evening and unds: NAtional 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Dally and Sund: 1 yr.$10.00: 1 me Daily orls 1 yr.l $8.00: 1 me Sunday only .1 5. $400: 1 mo. 40c All Other States and Canada. Y Datly and Sun. Daily only . Sunday only Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all rews dis- patches credited to it or not otherwise cred- ited in this paper and also the local |ews oublished herein. All rights of publiation of special dispatches herein are also reserved. Breaking the Vicious Circle. The first of the series of the Presi- dent’s conferences on the Nation's busi- ness, held yesterday, resulted in @ssur- ances by representatives of the great railway systems of the country that there will be no slackening of construc- tion works in consequence of the recent slump in the stock market and no re- duction in employinent. On the con- trary, there will be & heavier rather than a lighter program of improvement projects, a program invéiving the ex- penditure of no less than a billion dol- lars. This is one of the strongest possible guarantees of continued industrixl pros- perity. It is not an artificial stimula- tion, for the works involved in the pro- gram are all necded and their execu- tion eventually is essential to the proper maintenance and expansion of the trapsportation system of the country. Yesterday's conference assured that there would be no postponement of operations. This is in the most practical manner & carrying out of the principle “business as usual,” despite the shock of the col- lapse of the speculative market. It is a positive proof that there has been no loss of actual values in the recent slump, no destruction of tangible wealth. Some billions of dollars in paper prof- its have been swept away. A good many people have found their savings, un- wisely “invested” in stocks on a margin epochal place in American academic annals. ‘Was not some uncommonly sane and sagacious psychology exhibited by the trustees of the University of Chicago when they reached out and drafted from the Yale campus an intellectual representative of “flaming ‘youth"? President Hutchins was born on the threshold of the twentieth century. He had not seen the light of day even in Ahe y nineties.” He is a product, man and boy, of our own allegedly ir- responsible age of money, motors and movies, of collegiate “Jazz,” and all that goes with it. He knows the problems of present-hour college life not as a pedantic and puritanical observer, but as an actual participant in it. Those problems are mot of yesteryear, but of the vivid days and months in which undergraduates of this Anno Domini have their hectic being. Is it not possible that Robert May- nard Hutchins, the ink on whose A. B. and LL. B, degrees at Yale is hardly dry, will bring to modern university administration a point of view born from a close-up contact with its op- portunities as well as its vicissitudes, which may be destined to give “college life” a new trend? To judge by cur- rent presentations on the movie screen, our so-called higher institutions of learning are degenerating into glorified communities for the perpetuation of | pranks and petting, with the “co-ed” | note strongly stressed in syncopation. President Hutchins, tall, boyish and good looking, is still young enough to star in one of those exaggerated films of campus existence himse!f. Holly- wood is not likely to tempt him from the Midway, but his first-hand ac- quaintance with the sort of thing that | has come to be regarded as typical of “college lif=" should at least stand him in splendid stead in the place he now adorns. Somcwhere between the mid- Victorian “grind” standards and the “jazz” habits of 1929 lies the happy medium. If the boy president of the University of Chicago discovers it, he should make for himself, even on widely different lines, a name as famous as Dwight of Yale or Ellot of Harvard. - Mussolini's One Fault. Aside from the man’s sublime con- ceit—a virtue rather than a fault in those who must rule—the outstanding point of interest in Premier Mussolini's article for The Sunday Star lies in his naive satisfaction over the discovery that government comes nearest perfec- tion when it is vested in what he calls “a benevolent central authority.” Pre- mier Mussolini lays proper stress on the fact that this central authority must be “benevolent” and leaves no basis, transferred to other hands. To them this has meant a loss, to others it has represented a gai gain occurring at a gaming table. But up to the point of the cessation of the sensational decline there was no slack- ening of business, no lessening of pro- duction, no diminution of the buying power of the country. ‘The danger at (his crisis was that a feeling of poverty would develop and spread, starting from those who had suffered in the speculative market and marked by curtailment of purchases for the less essential commodities, the lux- uries. A diminution of buying in any line on a considerable scale incvitably affects trade in general, cuts off em- ployment as production is reduced, sets up a condition of real privation on the part of those who do aot indulge in luxuries, but are, in their idlencss, un- able even to obtain the necessities. Thus is established the vicious circle | of the market slump, the sense of in- security, the feelfng of poverty, the checking of business, the closing of mills, the panic. President Hoover's move to prevent the spread of this spirit of insecurity, to break this vicious circle, is a prac- tical one. Yesterday's conference of the Chief Executive and the ratlroad heads assures that one of the greatest of the country’s industries, that of transporta- tion, will not lessen activity. There will be other conferences. Indeed, a second has already been held, that of the Fed- eral Reserve Board and its advisory council, with the President, resulting in an assurance being given to the country that business and banking conditions are sound and that the rediscount rates will not rise, but will be reduced. This guarantees greater ease of money-find- ing for the operations that are to be | undertaken by the transportation cor- | porations, without any slackéning of security The immediate purpose of these con- ferences 1s to dispel pessimism. That procedure has begun. The country has reacted positively to the presidencial proclamation of sound economic con- citions, which was based upon an inti- mate and complete knowiedge. The railroad compeanies have done their part. Other industries will doubtless do theirs. It is up to the people to carry on to the limit of their buying power, 1o maintain the standaid of living thac they have gained during the years of “good times." ) The later arrivals in Senate member- ship will adjust some of the compara- tively recent efficicney to the work of shadow of doubt in the minds of his readers that the central authority in n—the loss and | Italy has carried benevolence to the | #MODE persons who have grown prudent correct extreme. “One prime essential is benevolence,” writes Mussolini. “The man in power cannot be other than rightwilled in ruling, treating all with impartial fair- ness and administering all for the com- mon good. He cannot be swerved by family aspirations, by the acquisition of wealth or by personal and particular whims. He must govern keeping before him the central motive of the greatest good for the greatest number.” With these qualifications in mind, Italy's premier proceeds to point out what has been done in Italy, in Tur- key, Spain and Hungary by dictators who apparently fill the bill. ‘There is only one trouble with Pre- mier Mussolini’s argument. There is only one weakness in what otherwise is a perfect case for dictatorial govern- ment. He leaves us in doubt as to what happens when, for the time be- ing, there is no qualified dictator. He cannot answer the question of what Italy will do without Mussolini, nor what Turkey will do without Mustapha Kemal. As a general proposition, Mussolini's theory of the benefits ob- taining under centralized and dynamic leadership is sound. As far as theory goes, 1t undoubtedly has democracy crowded off the map and beaten a mile. Mussolini is not the first man, here or abroad, who has championed the glories of autocracy over democracy. Although definite proof remains to be written by future historians, it is probable that, while a Mussolinian au- tocracy may be best in the short rum, democracy is safer in the long run. Some Waterloo lies in wait around the corner for every dictator and after him —what? If Mussolini could add im- mortality to his list of requisites for successful dictators, there would be little doubt as to his having solved the riddle of good government. Until then, future events are awaited with interest. B One of the mysteries of the McPher- son casé is that an occurrence involving so many witnesses could so long remain a mystery. King Foot Ball. Once again the foot ball season is winding to @ close With amesing nu- merical evidence of its stranglehold on .| Yet, recall to every faction, =¥ EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1929. > , captain and signal-ealler vying with one another from season’s opening to season’s last whistle in what profes- sional base ball knows as “master- minding.” As a character-bullder and teacher of the virtues of teamwork, foot ball is without peer. Few academic faculties compare with it in that respect. To date college foot ball has con- spicuously held its own against the once i threatened menace of professionalism. “Red” Grange's venture into the arena of high-salaried gridiron warrfors has been far from the brilllant financial success predicted for it. That is well. Foot ball is king of amateur sports in America. It will only be dethroned when 1t becomes a subsidized monarch. S The Budget. ‘The Bureau of the Budget, having completed its annual appraisal of the District’s estimates, has wrapped them in a thick shroud of secrecy and stored will be sent to Congress and exposed to the light of day. Until then noth- ing will be definitely known regarding the nature and the amount of items approved by the bureau. There are in- timations, however, that the approxi- mate total of $48,460,868 requested by the Commissioners has been granted by the Budget Bureau. If this be true it will mark a victory (for the District and those who have |contended that money raised by tc.a- tion should be spent, instead of being Idiverted into a surplus that is al >ady too large. It will mean that the ¢ !i- mates from the department heads in the municipal government have been allowed to st.nd without a great denl of trimming and revising on the part of the budgat officials. And it evident- ly means that the Budget Bureau has departed from the general policy of holding next year's estimated expendi- {tures below, or to a figure closely ap- proximating, the total of the previous year's appropriations. Such a policy, applied to this growing municipality, was illogical and confyging. It has cre- ated a situation where the city is pic- tured on the one hand as debt free and possessing & comfortable surplus in the Treasury, but on the other hand is lag- ging bchind in meeting just obligations to tax-paying citizens by failure to pro- vide them with essential improvements for which they have alrcady been as- sessed. The annual budgets should be com- puted on the basis of revenue avail: bili ‘When revenue exceeds the needs of the city, the revenue should be re- duced by reducing taxation. Allowing it to accumulate as an unspent surplus in the Treasury is unwise and unjust. ——— After a rise in'the stock markét there is naturally a selling demonstration and willing to accept a comparatively small profit instead of holding on for something phenomenal. The man who owns his stock outright is the one who can depend on basic prosperity to make him eventually a sure winner. —— The railway business is no longer re- ferred to in fear as “the octopus.” The appellation may stand, but it has been shown that even an octopus may be domesticated and employed in useful service. ————— Enormous advertising revenues are now produced by radio. The fact does not help at all in meeting the pay roll of the hard-working Federal Radio Commission, oo Old topics retain their interest. Thanks to the evolution theory, the quest of the ‘missing link” remains one of the most fascinating, though elusive, pursuits of science. B —— Washington, bigger than ever before, obviously needs the largest budget in its history. Immense enterprises caunot be financed on a small scale. e The X-ray picture appeals to Lind- bergh as one form of photography not likely to get into print. -o———— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Benefit of Conversation. Let's stop and talk things over As the Autumn moves along! Life can't be all in clover Or an endless Sunmer song. When a mystery arises In an unexpected way, Bringing various surprises, Let’s pause and have our say. | Man, of course, was made for action. | Into slumber do not sink; Man was also made to think. So when pleasure proves a rover And the world seems going wrong, Let us stop and talk things over As the Autumn moves along. The Unseen Audience. “Do you enjoy talking over the radio?" | “Not so much,” answered Senator | | Sorghum, “as having my auditors where popularity. Last Saturday, the Asso- clated Press has tabulated, more than 600,000 fans attended the thirteen lead- ing games of the day, including contests I can see 'em °nd adjust my oratory {to their taste. The microphone never | | permits me to know whether they are| going to sleep or not.’ | them away until December, when they | Pa: "THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. ‘Those readers who wish to get a comprehensive view of the real place of the “new biography” in our current lit- erature are recommended to' the No- vember issue of Current History, where- in they will find an article by James Truslow Adams, the historian, entitled “New Modes in Biography.” Mr. Adams’ th-nh is that most of them, no matter what their pretensions to portraying the “real man” and the “true man,” derive from superiority and inferiority complexes on the part of writers, and are read by the bulk of readers from corresponding viewpoints. ‘Those most delightful people, readers who have honored thi column with steady perusal, will realize at once that we have, at several times during the st year, attempted to point out much the same thing. As far as we got in the process was to rather hint that universal education had bred up a great group of readers who were easily satisfled, who wanted to read, but had no real critical standards. It can be imagined that Mr. Adams goes a great deal further in the matter. All the biographies published Jast year, he claims, form but one biography, “a sinele work reflecting the mass mind of 192 He points to writers who have swal- lowed a bit of psychology, endocrinology and other sciences, and, as a result, have gOt on amazing superiority comple: ‘swelled head.” Many of the remaining hundreds of “new biographies.” he indicates, are pro- duced by writers who are catering to the newly lit-rate, whose standards are none too high, and who are suffering from infer‘oritv comole: and are thus willing to belittle great men and women of the past. * ok ok K ‘This is but the barest outline of Mr. Adams' article: it must be read in its entirety, as no doubt it will be by those intercsted in the amazing phenomenon known as the “new biog- raphy.” New Modes in Biography,” we pre- dict, will be widely qupted by those interested in books. And who today is not interested? One may point out the low-brow tendencles of universal edu- cation, without vitiating the good ef- fects that flow therefrom. Despite the huge sales of half-baked types of biography, many of the very people who buy and read them are not fooled. Thev would b2 first to admit the justice of Mr. Adams' charges, and the first to applaud his keen thrusts. f such movements as the ‘new biography” actually are, and will not down until they have gone through their little evolution, whatever i€ is, or how long'it may take. It is curlously interesting that the really most successful “blography” of them all is & slim pamphlet of half a dozen pages, bound in boards, which scll’l.fhlur s]x. e sales are rapidly mounting to the half-million mi '; YWe have l% on fnm authority that this rather amaz- g indication of the American mind was intended to sell for 25 cents, which would have been & normal -price. “What!"” exclaimed an expert in such matters. “If you put that on the mar- ket at two bits a copy, nobody will buy it. I tell you what to do. Put it out at a dollar a copy, and you will see. And the publishers, succumbing to this good advice, have been “seeing” ever since. The “biography” under dicussion purports to be the after-dinner speech of an old gentleman who was a “specialist” in building a certain type of antiquated aml‘ll lwu‘se. * In the maze of the new biographies, therefore, it would seem that the careful reader must move with circumspection, if he wants to get the most for his reading dollar. Perhaps as good a way as any is to frain from reading a biography until i€ is at least two or three years old. Let them try it out on the “dof &nd if the aforementioned literary bow- Wwow buys it to any great extent, that fact will show something. Survival must mean somcthing. The fact that & book is here today that was here 5 years ago, or 10 years ago, or 100 years ago, or 1,000 or 2,000 years ago, does muean a great deal, when one of the hundreds and thou- sands and hundrids of thousands of volumes which have fallen by the read- 1ni wayside. t is an mhrenln procession those ambitious books which came from the esses, in all the glory of Sre binding, peful of becoming “best sellers,” eac) dnd every one of them. Some did, had thelr hour of glory and perished from the carth. Others did, had their hour, and still, through all the following centuries, held on to literary immortality. Others had no hour at all, or even & minute, but faded quickly after an in- itial edition of 1,000, or maybe 2,000 coples, or at the most some 3,000. The ruthless sorting out of the ages left us the classics, those priceless utterances of mankind which the world does not let die, *x ok x ‘The same process is going on today. Publishers have the art of publicity down to a nicety, so that many a book mak<s a great splash, which yesterday would have made none at all. But the same old ruthless hand of Time is get- ting in its deadly work with them, too. The mills of popularity today not only grind exceeding fine, but they grind swiftly. A book put out in a $5 edition now will appear in a dollar or. 75-cent format next year, and after that you may have to hunt for a copy. So the discriminating, who are not much concerned with the mirage of “keeping up to date,” wait patiently to see what time will do. It 13 now time to read Ludwig's “Ni poleon,” and Sandberg's “Lincol Charnwood’s “Lincoln” may be ap- proached. The biographies of In- diana’s Beveridge remain true tried. Strachey charms, if he does not_edify. Maurois sticks out his torgue at life and letters, and wonders if medi- cine will continue to play any part in the biography of the future. The candid reader will enjoy all this as it is going on. All acting is not confined to the stage, nor yet to the “movies.” The larger life around us includes. as in & jeweled frame, the life and work of literary men, who interpret life for us as we go along. ‘Writers make minds of men visible on paper, but we do not necessarily have to believé that they have said all, a_or that what they have said is entirely ue. In regard to the “new biographies,” many find it pleasing to accept them with the proverbial grain of salt. There &re too many of them to be read, in the first place, so we will read only a few. And we will be sure that they are good before we read even them. Just how we are going to know is another mat- ter, but we rather suspect that such articles as those of Mr. Adams will help us mightily. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Probably Herbert Hoover is ready to admit that “Jim” Good had about as much to do with the actual landing of the Californian in the White House as any other one man had. In the Winter of 1927-28, when the Hoover presidential boom got officially going, it was recog: nized that some practical Republican hands wecre requirad if the “Hoover movement” wes ever to crystallize from a mere ambition into a political reality. Dr. Hubert Work was on the J nd so were shrewd mechanics like Bascom Slemp, George Lockwood and John T. Adams, to say nothing of George Moses. Suddenly Good was brought into the picture. He was charged with the job of making the West safe for Hoover. The Iowan received carte blanche to that end. The result was an irresistible trend toward the Secretary of Commerce in the very heart of the countiry sup- posed to be mortgaged to Lowden. At the Kansas City convention, “Jim” Good was here, there and everywhere. The history of that lovefeast will give him major credit for Hoover's first-ballot victory, assured, as it was, long before the end of the roll call was reached. As quiet, but as effective, a worker as mod- e-n politics has ever known passes from the embattled scene in the late Secre- tary of War. Visiting in Wa: incognito, Lady Lind:ay, wife of the new British Ambassador-designate to the United States, happened to be on her native American heath last week when news came that her distinguished husband, Sir Ronald Lindsay, had been appointed to succced Sir Esme How- ard. It is not known whether Lady Lindsay will return to Great Britain between now and the date of Sir Ronald’s accessiop to the embassy in March, 1930, or fiwait him here. Pos- sibly, as the chatelaine-to-be of his Britannic majesty’s capacious and mag- nificent new embassy on Massachusetts avenue, Lady Lindsay mey be intrusted with the miss'on of superintending the furnishing of the home over which she soon will preside in so eminent a ca- pec.ty. The accomplished daughter of Colgate Hoyt of New York, Lady Lind- say will be the first—if not the only— American wife of a British Ambassa- dor ever stationed in Washington. She Il);‘(::n\e Sir Ronald’s second wife in * Kk * ok k% Senator “Jim” Watson of Indiana was motoring back to Washingion not in shington more or less | Planning Commission, the body charged by the Federal Government wich the duty of creating the “Washin~ton Beau- tiful.” The ccmmission mects every other month. Nichols is an unfailing attendant. He brings to bezr upon its probleras the talents of the arist, dreamer and city planner, along with the common sense and piactical judg- ment of the “realtor.” Nichols for years has been Kansas City's most constructive “developer.” His famous country club district, on the outskirts of town, is as fine an example of scientific and sys- tematic clty creation and city beauti- fication as the United States affords. Washington is fortunate to command Nichols' interest and enthusiasm. He is a Kansan by birth, Harvard by edu- cation (Phi Beta Kappa) and author of standard works on city build.ng. ok x % Nevada is once again on the Boulder Dam_firing line in Washington, de- manding iis place in the sun of that monumentel project. At the recent first conference in the Department of the Interior Secretary Wilbur a; nounced that his final decision regard- ing the division of Boulder Dam power would be given at a second conference in December. Seventy-five per cent of the hydroelectric energy of this 600,- 000-horsepower enterprise was allocated to Los les and South Califcrnia cities and 25 per cent to private power companies in that area. ~ Arizona and Nevada (wherein the project is located) were allowed a “withdrawal” provision for 18 per cent cach under restricted conditions. Nevada protested this allo- cation. Its grounds are that the Boul- der Dam site represents her greatest natural resource and that it is the State’s only chance to develop power at a price that can be utilized in the de- velopment of Nevada's mineral re- sources. For all those reasons she of- fered a_higher price for the power than Was bid from any other quarter. The two-fisted Governor of Nevada, Fred Balzar, is in Washington to lead the State's’ fight for a square deal on Boulder Dam, * ok ok X the toughest interviewing pmpmmolnln ‘Washington? Undoubt- cdly its n#me is Alice Longworth. The Speaker's wife is al®o unquestionably the most inaccessible person in the Capital for newspaper and magazine purposes. Her friends in the writing craft are innumerable, but they only see her on non-publication occasions What's and | Politics at Large By G. Gould Lincoln. 3Senator Walter Edge of New Jersey is about to step out of the Sen- ate to bechme American Ambassador to France political situation .in his State becomes involved. Former Sena- tor “Joe” Frelinghuysen is the “villain” in the plece, according to the Republi- | can organization leaders., Several nice schemes ad been concocted by the organization leaders, looking to the se- lection of a successor to Senator Edge in the Senate. In none of these schemes, however, did Mr. Prelinghuy- sen figure. Nothing daunted by this treatment. however, the former Senator and golfing companion of the late President Harding made plans of his own. His plans mostly consisted of cor- ralling votes, and he has built ‘himself up a tidy ohrganization of his own, ac- cording to reports. Purthermore, he is said to be liberal when it comes to ex- pense accolints. y R ‘The x‘l‘mfl plan, attributed to Sen- ator Kean, who was elected to the Sen- ate last vear after defeating Freling- huysen in ‘he primaries for the Repub. lican nomjhation, was to have Dav PBaird, one:of the younger Republican leaders, buf already a power, appointed by the govirnor to fill the Edge va- cancy untilthe election next November. At the el@tion a Senator must be chosen for ghe remainder of the Edge term, whiclg expires March 4, 1931, and also an elc*lnn will take place for the long term (g Six years immediately fol- lowing. It %as proposed that Stokes, & veteran Rejpublican leader, be elected for the shof term and that Baird then be elected #br the long term. But this did not pfase Stokes' friends, who thought 1t A cavaller way in which to treat Mr. Plokes. So the plan was shifted. Stokes was to be appointed immediateis to serve until the Novem: ber electlcls and also was to be can- didate for dlection for the short term, and David Baird was to_be the candi- date for the long term. But Mr. ka:; Kkicked over the apple cart. He decide not to go int% any such deal. * K KK 1In recent,days it has developed that Frelinghuysén has stolen a march on his opponens and is now in a position which makes him a real contender for the nomination for the long term at the primary next June. The organiza- tion leaders are reported to be in (4 funk and ready to turn to anybody who can defeat Frelinghuysen. They { do not think that either Stokes or Baird I may be able to swing it. So they have been turning to Franklin Fort, at pres- ent a member of the House and secre- tary of the Republican national com-~ mittee. Mr. Fort in addition is close to the Hoover administration. He was early in the fight to nominate Mr. Hoo- | ver for President and was active in the | preconvention campaign and at the Kansas City convention. He has the prestige of being & close friend of fhe President. Furthermore he is widely known throughout the State and had lanned to run for governor. If the E&pub.lcln leaders insist, however, it is understood he is prepared to jump into the race for the Senate, provided he can have the backing of the various factions and the organization in the ef- fort to defeat Frelinghuysen. * o X Mr. Fort, in addition to being an able member of the House with & winning personality, hails from North Jersey, which will help him in a contest with Frelinghuysen, and further he is rated a dry, and Frelinghuysen adhered to the dry side of the prohibition question when he was running for re-election against former Senator Edwards,’ who, as governor, had promised to make Jer- sey “as wet as the Atlantic.” Edwards was elected. So Fort, with the backing of the organization, may also be_ex- | pected to split the dry vote with Fre- linghuysen in the primary. He also is considered likely to get a large share of the woman voters. It has ben generally expected that David Baird would be appointed to the Senate to fill the vacancy upon the resignation of Senator Edge. There is nothing, of course, to prevent the ap- pointment of Mr. Fort to the Scnate if th> governor and the organization lead- ers should decide to put all their eggs in the Port basket. Then Mr. Fort could run also for the long term in the primary and in the election next year. Mr. Frelinghuysen is reputed to havz made millions of dollars since he left the Senate. He was wealthy before that, however. He is also reported to b> ambitious and to wish to return to Washington. In some quarters it has been suggested that he might well be given an appointment under the Fed- eral Government and thus taken out of the senatorial picturz. It has even been suggested he might fit into the cabinet as Secretary of War to fill the vacancy made by the death of Secretary | Good. But this 1 not considered likely. B The Democrats believe that they may have a fighting chance to win the sena- torial election in Jersey next year, not- withstanding the overwhelming victory of the Republicans there last year. It's an “off year,” with no presidential elec- tion to help a Republican senatorial candida‘e. Edwards defeated Freling- huysen in such a year, 1922, it is re- called. A Democrat who is‘prominently mentioned as the party’s probable can- didate for the Sepate next year is Alex- | ander Simpson, a friend of “Boss” Hague of Jersey City. It was Simpson who was prosccutor in the Hall-Mills murder case several years ago. He gained a lot of notorlety at the time that case was tried and is said to be a clever cnmpnlxl:er.‘ | | | * With the campaign for the election of more than a third of the members of the Senate coming on next year, ‘he Republicans are in a ruction over the leadership of Senator George H. Moses of New Hampshire, who was appointed to head the Repubiican senatorial com- mittee by Senator Watson, the Repub- lican leader of the Senate. The rumblings of discontent were brought | to a head a few days ago when Senator Metcalf of Rhode Island sent a letter to members of the senatorial campaign committee, including Senator Moses, urging the commiltce to adopt & reso- lution_declaring the committee would | keep its hands off the Rhode Island campaign. Coming from a New Eng- i lander, this was more of a “sockdol- | | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Have we had the pleasure of serving you through our Washington Informa~ tion Bureau? Can't we be of some help to you in your problems? Our business is to furnish you with authoritative in- formation, and we invite you to ask us any question of fact in which you are interested. Send your inquiry to The Evening Star Information Bureau, Prederic J. Haskin, director, Washing- ton, D. C. Inclose 2 cents in coin or stamps for return postage. Are there any male Siamese twins now living?>—H. N. A. The only male twins bound to- gether of whose existence we know are Lucio and Simplicio Godino, Filipinos, 21 years of age, now in the United States. Q. How large is thé Junkers mono- plane, G-38?—G. O, 8. A. The wings of this glant new 2,200~ horsepower land plane measure 150 feet from tip to tip. The height of the plane is more than 16 feet and it is about 75 feet in length. It is equipped with two central Junkers motors of 700 horse- power each and two outer ones of 400 horsepower each. Q. What is the usual tip for a taxi driver?—E. T. A. Taxi drivers are usually tipped 10 cents for a 50-cent drive, 15 cents for a drive costing between 50 cents and a dollar, 20 or 25 cents up to $2 and 10 per cent of the total bill for long waits or long distances. Q. How many miles of shore line has Florida?—P. 8. A. Florida has more than 2,000 miles of coast line. Q. What is meant when it is sald that a text is “ad usum delphini™ W. A, A. It means “for the use of the dauphin.” Louls XIV of France had editions of the ancient classics prepared for the use of the dauphin, which were strictly expurgated. Hence the phrase has come to be used in that sense. Q. Have the colliers been sold which hl\g been moored in Gatun Lake?— L. R. A. The Panama Rallroad collier Ulysses which, with the Achilles, a sister ship, has been moored in Gatun Lake for several years, has been sold to ithe American Tankers Corporation of Boston. The other, and two barges, are still available in case of need to p;'nmct the supply of coal to the Canal plants. Q. What is the origin of the name of the town of Albert Les, Minn.2— . H. R. A. It derived its name from Col. Lea, whose first name was Albert. Q. Do chipmunks climb to the tops of trees?—N. D. A. The Blological Survey says that chipmunks do not climb to the tops of trees as do squirrels, but they do climb up 10 or 15 feet. Q. What is the smallest change in clectr'l'c ;urrenl which can be recorded? AN éhm’f in eurrent as small as 10,000,000,000th of an ampere has been indicated on a micronometer. Q. What is the difference between a continent and a large island?—F. A. A. he distinction between a con- tinent and an island is primarily size. A continent, however, also differs from an island in its structure, which is that of a large basin bordered by & moun- tain chain. Hoover’s Food President Hoover’'s Armistice day sug- gestion that all food ships should be placed iIn the class with hospital ships and enjoy freedom of the seas in time of war is almost universally praised for its humanitarian purpose, but is gener- ally valued for its academic rather than its practical ificance. “From time immemorial,” it is point- ed out by the Omaha World-Herald, “nations at war have insisted on the right to starve the enemy into submis- sion. Mr. Hoover is proposing an en- tirely new standard for international law, but one that will meet the ap- proval of enlightened peoples. For war is the most absurd activity of men. It s the costliest, least decisive method of settling international disputes. * * Mr. Hoover's address clearly revealed the aspirations of the American people.” “The nations in position to establish blockades,” in the opinion of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, “will be re- luctant to surrender that weapon, even In the limited degree suggested by the American President. Yet the reasons he cites in favor of making food ships free of all war-time interference are sound and persuasive and gradually may break down the resistance to his idea.” The Salina Journal speaks in harmony with his plea: “The misery in war is not only at the front, but back of the lines of besieged and hardly pressed na. tions often has appeared that grim, gaunt and terrible specter, starvation, working its inroads on those who are not only in no manner responsible, but are powerless to help themselves.” *x k% “The President seizes the opportunity to start currents of world thought,” says the Spokane Spokesman-Review, control of war and a higher regard for the rights of non-belligerents, X‘tflls sig- nificant that cordial approval comes from Germany, that the British seem to have an open mind, that French offi- cial comment 13 lacking and that a dis- cordant note comes from Italy.” The Memphis Commercial-Appeal offers the warning: “Realistic in his general atti- tude, the President here engages in a flight of idealism. When the war drums throb, belligerents are strangely indif- to poisoning wells and bombing hos- pitals and defenseless cities. War is hell and always will be hell.” “It will be a difficult matter to con- fine war to the combatants and the actual makers and transporters of mu- .| “that may bring about a more humane | ferent to starving their foes, as they are | Q. What is meant by the expression, “I ask this announcement to stand for the day,” when a member is reported absent when a roll call is taken in Con- gress?>—S, L. G. A. The announcement is often made so that, as other roll calls are held on that day on other questions, it will not be necessary to state again the reason given for the member's absence and fallure to vote. Q. Has Poland a Tomb of an Un- known Soldier?—P. T. A. In Warsaw is such a tomb. bears the inscription, “Here Lies a dier of Poland Killed for His Count, Q. What was the first character impersonated by a woman on the Eng- lish stage?—B. H. § A. It is sald that an dctress ap- peared for the first time as Desdemcna in “Othello.” Q. What are limes used for?—H. D. A. The lime is chiefly valued as a source of citric acid and for lime juice, which is extensively used on shipboard as an anti-scorbutic. It is also used to make limeade, a pleasant beverage. Q. Was Dr. Stresemann of Germany considered an economist of importance? ®, O T. A. He was considered a leading economist, & man of great organizing genius and a statesman of great ability. Q. Does Europe use outdoor adver- tising to the extent that it is used in America?—E. E. P. A. Observers say that Europe out- strips America in many forms of ad- vertising. Poster boards abound, and many clever and ingenious ways of tracting the eye are used which are new to Americans. Q. Please define warp and woof.— C. R. A. In weaving, the warp refers to the threads exlending lengthwise in the loom, which are crossed by the woof, the thread carried by the shuttle. Q. Is it true that in the early days of steam railroads the cars were drawn through the cities by horses?—N. M. B. A. In New York City, Baltimore and Philadelphia such was the mode. In the outskirts the engines were taken off, strong horses attached and cars pulled slowly through the cities. Probably this method was followed in other centers of population. Q. Are there more male or more fc- mi!e x!chl.ldren born in this country? A. In 1925 there were born 966,073 males and 911,907 females. The rate at present throughout the United States 104 males to 100 females. Q. To what uses is kapok put? S. T.T. Y It A. New uses are developing con- stantly. It is now used ularly for reservers, toys, light blankets, surgical dressings, linings of aviators’ coats and the in: ion of refrigerators. Q. What is the average temperature in Lapland?—W. B. i A. Much of Lapland is above the Arctic Circle and the climate is severe. At Kiruna, above the circle, the average annual temperature is 34.7 degrees Fahrenheit, and the average Summer temperature is 54 degrees Fahrenheit. Q. What is enary action?—A.C. R, A. The word “plenary” means full and in a legal sense means complete so for as authority is concerned. A plenary action is one in which all parties con- certned have full power or authority to act. Ship _Proposal Called Subject for Debate and manner, great also in the disarm- ing sincerity cf a man who made it— 8 sincerity which goes before it like a pillar of firc" “He docs not go into details as to how the mi population could be in- duced to give satisfactory guarantees that the civilian population would have priority rights to such food,” suggests | the Kansas City Journal-Post, while the Manchester Union argues: “Even if a law were made to let food cs pass frecly, have not nations usually disre- garded such laws in time of war? Is an economic boycott never to be used to discipiine an aggressor nation? If food is to be free on the seas, how about nations that get their supplies by land? Yet, notwithstanding these objections, | there is a strong demand today that | war shall not be allowed to demoralize ! the world's commerce.” * K K X “The idea invites sympathetic study.” says the Chicago Daily News, though it fears that “freedom for food ships to | supply belligerent nations might pro- |long futile resistance, instead of limit- ing the duration of war.” The In- dianapolis Star points to the difficulties involved, with the statement: “The | suggestion may mot be impracticable, but it is much less simple than it sounds. Modern war has become so largely a contest between men, women |and children of contending nations | that it might be difficult to limit its ef- | fects to the fighting lines. Further- more, no nation depending on naval power for an assured fcod supply is likely to sacrifice an adequate fleet until | international agreements have survived the test of experience.” Quoting the President’s statement that he “does not expect his proposal to be adopted immediately,” Evening News observes th | traordinary suggestion * * | world thinking,” and thi | fallen_on barren groun ning News is convinced that he “h: ‘sll’uck a strong blow at war. { Hoover’s Food Ship Idea Meets Varied Criticism | From the New York Sun. A European reaction to President | Hoover’s "suggestion that food ships be inviolate in war is as varied as might be expected. Few critics dismiss it as jabruptly as Lord Sydenham, with his | long ago from a nearby place Maryland with a political crony. Some | 5 or 30 miles out of the Capital, “Jim,” | ho was piloting his own car, saw a ager” even than had it come from one of the Western Senators, whom Sen- | ator Moses had designated, along with | other members of the “coalition,” as | lesizlation. it may be found expedient | i not only o sk for overtime service, but | I €VEry major section of the country. | 3 nitions, even by agreement on paper.” | Comment of “absurd and sentimental.” Jud Tunkins says he got some bene- .- arity” snever | i even to require each legisiator, as he| ~CAPAcity” is now the rule whene | in the opinion of the Grand gs | The London Daily Telegraph, while Press, but adds that “Mr. Habies | POInting out that (he idea is opposed (o launches an enterprise enlisting the | the Philosuphy of war, adds that it de Recent’r the representative of a n tional magagine came to town with in- structions to offer “Princess Alice” her own terms for an interview article on | | fit out of his bad gucss on t rket com:s on duty, to punch a time clock, |9nd Whercver a gridiron classic is & he marke =4 " | played. Into Soldier Field at Chicago, A New Fling for Youth. Youth will have its fiing, it is said. A brand-new iype of fling was inaugu- rated in the Middle West yesterday, when Dr. Robert Maynard Hutchins, ased thirty yeais, was incucted into the presigency of the University of inicago. There have doubtless been col- leze presidents in the past as young as, or cven younger than, Dr. Hutchins. But it is not recalled that one of his years was cver called to the leadership of an institution as important as the university on the Midway, which owes its original and muniiiccnt endowment to the millicns of John D. Rockefeller. | g H:s inauguration constitutes a racord and a new triumph for youth, One hundred and tweive heads of Amcrican colleges and universities at- tended the ceremonies incidental to the “boy president’s” accession to his new post. They, and most of the three hundred Chicago professors, who com- prise his faculty, “seemed old enough to be his father,” the dispatches tell us. One of them, indeed, was—Dr. Willlam James Hutchins, president of Berea College, Kentucky, who is “Beb” Hutch- ins' father and was present:o partici- packed for the annual clash between Notre Dame and Southern California, by far the largest crowd that ever watched a foot ball game in the United States. Yale Bowl on the same after- noon stheltered 78,000, as the Bulldog took the Tig:r into camp. At Pitts- burgh, the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Tech drew & monster gate of 60,000. Correspondingly impressive fig- ures were recorded at other mes. Gencrally, attendance was limited only |by the seating and -standing room of the stadium in question. Sometimes modern foot ball is derided Well, it is a healthy craze. |1t brings ito the open for what is usually an invigorating Autumn after- noon throngs of people who might otherwise hug firesides or laze away the wane of the day in some less inpiring pestime. { being this stimulus to an out-of-doors | respite. It is a magnificent exhibition of physical and moral courage by Amer- ican youth in the pink of condition. The game long ceased to be merely a struggle of brawn. Mads highly “sefen- tifi<.” it is nowadays estentially a com- | on November 16, 123,000 spectators were | | Foot ball hes ils value apart from | It's going to make him a hard-working, | i useful citizen for some time to come. Eloquence of the Future. The future will our hopes enhance— And we may all be happier when The farmer has at last his chance To talk as much as other men. The Back-Seat Drive. | ing wheels in your automobile?” “It's an invention of my own,” said | Mr. Chuggins. “With one steering wheel fore and another aft, when Mrs. Chug- gins wants to drive from the back seat {1 can let go of the control and let her | mansge matters strictly her own way.” | pe “Refrain from boasting much of your said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatow: pression that you fear you're unde | rusptcton.” Obstructed Economy. More frugal I would be, indeed, And not buy what I do not need The butcher won't agree to that, But always weighs in bone and fat! r “I was sorry,” sald Uncle Eben i) teke notice dat de life of de party v a gemman who attragted attention by Fete in rn event dsstined {5 take an petition in brains, as well, with coach, usin’ gin foh PerfumesA” “What's the idea of having two steer- | “You may cause the im-| party of fellow motorists in apparent distress, which turned out to be noth- int but uncertainty as to their di- reciton. “Which way to Washington? the driver inquired. “Just follow me, ejaculated the Senator as he stepped on his own gas. Two or three minutes im" turned to his companion ed, “Are those feliows coming along?” Quoth the other, “Yes, Jim, | for once your leadership is recognized!” * 1 * % n o Carl Williams of Oklahoma, who ;bl’)caks for both cotton and wheat on | the Federal Farm Board, is having a hard time accustoming himself to being a cliff dweller in one of Washington's most mammoth apartment hou “I've been used all my life,” he says, “to liv- a place with gress and trees and able patches all around it, where I could go out and mow the lawn or pick sweel peas or eat an onion any time I pleased. It isn't so easy to get usad to a flat. I never before real- jzed how hegver-sent are the wide open spaces.” Williams is proud of his plo- | neering stock, which began trekking West frem Indiana and covered Kan- sas and Texas before it pitched its tent in Oklahoma. He declares that the | Farm Board job appeals to him because lit's “pioneer ‘stufl” and calls every day [for something that hasn't ewer been tried before. i » % Nowhere in the broad expanse of the Republic breathes there an American citizen prouder of his National Capital than J. C. Nichols of Kansas City, Mo. He has just concluded one of his fre quent visits to Washington as a mem- ber of the National Capital Park and any subject under the sun. He soon discovered he was on a bootless mission. The only Interview Mrs. Longworth gives is four words long. It runs, “I never give interviews.” (Copyright. 1920.) —ave—a Biggest Submarine Held Parley Threat From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The launching of the great French | submarine, Le Surcouf, as the world otherwise is preparing for the London conference on naval limitations, may be expected_to center attention on the reasons France and Italy desire under- surface boats to remain legal when the principal maritime powers are secking to abolish them. The submarine, of course, is the great threat against c merce in war time, A few submersibl effectively manned and daringly led, will make a small navy the equal of a huge one. Le Surcouf, bristling with torpedo | tubes and guns, with a hydroplane con- .| cealed within it, capable of diving 100 | feet deeper than any boat now in com- mission, and able to carry enough fuel erful argument in itself. Now that it approaches completion, the French nat- urally will be against giving up any ad- vantage which it gives. - Do the Lambs Ask It? From the Savansfh Morning News. The live stocl estion is “How much can the bulls béar?” to go half around the world, is a pow- | “sons of wild jackasses.” e Senator Metcalf is up for re-election himself next year. His reguest very obviously is that Senator Moses stay | out of the State during this campaign. | His attitude has been attributed in some | quarters to a personal feud with Sena- tor Moses. In 1928 Senator Metcalf was chairman of the senatorial cam- palgn committee, at the same time that | Senator Moses was a leader of the Re- publican national campaign in the East- ern States. When all the ballots had b2en counted, it was found that Rhode Island had elected a Republican Sena- tor, Hebert, but at the same time had cast its electoral vote for Al Smith, | the Democratic nominee for President. It happens that former Gov. Smith of | New York, in his book, “Up to Now," | mentions Senator Moses by name as a | spreader of anti-Catholic propu:uml:\i in the presidential campaign of 1928. How much this characterization of Senator Moses by Mr. Smith may im. | pair his usefulness as a campaign leader in States like Rhode Island and Massa- chusetts, both of which went for Smith and both of which must elect Senators next year, remains to be seen. It is no secret that some of the regu- lar Republicans from the Western States have been exercised over the bit- terness of feeling in their States be- cause of the epithets hurled at Repub- lican esslves by some of the East- ern Republican leaders, since the tariff mind as well as the heart.” The Little Rock Arkansas Democrat statés: “One of the powerful influences for arma- ment races between nations, he said, is the fear that sea-borne supplies will be interrupted. It is significant that he did not ‘propose’ the plan, but merely ‘suggested’ it.” The Fargo Forum calls the President’s position “astounding for the commander-in-chief of a great Army and Navy to take,” since “block- ade of & country, as a means to forcing defeat from. within, always has been considered a strategic and necessary thing. * * * Mr. Hcover believes an in- ternational law permitting food ships to sail the seas under the same protec- tion afforded hospital ships will lessen the dangers of war. Certainly it would limit war, and that is important.” Wi “Only a man born with a passion for peace in his breast, only one who has seen world war at close hand and striven to mitigate its dist es almost within sound of its guns,” asserts the Cincinnati Times-Star, *“could have thought and spoken as Herbert Hoover did in his Armistice day speech. It isa great address, great alike in substance attacks upon them can only make votes for them. Senator Norris, who comes up for re-election next year, is likely to handle his own campaign for re- nomination and re-election. without sceking any aid of the Republican sena- 1 fight has been on. They are far more exercised, as & matter of fact, than the Norrises, the. Borahs and the lettes for example, who figure that such torial -cam . The situation, as it has developsd up to date, is giving the | D La Fol- Democrghs a whalé of & lot of satisfac- is & place where the park ben: be upholstered. i tion. ) iserves careful consideration. England made Germany tighten its belt in the Great War but was itself often hungry. From Germany comes a chorus of ap- proval. The Vossische Zeitung goes so completely overboard as to attribut. Mr. Hoover's words on this subjec weight and value of a promise, though the President was careful label his suggestion as an “idea” put forward for “the consideration of the worid” and not as “a governmental proposition to any nation.” e There was, and is, no promise about it | | ) I It would be absurd to think that the only great power, except Russia _completely capable of feeding itself in | war time for an indefinite period would throw away that advantage until such a sacrifice was amply compensated by concessions in other respects from powers less fortunate and more milita- ristic. From Paris the suggestion comes that {If food ships had been immune in the !late war Germany would have won it. not only because German civilians and | soldiers alike would have been fed, but | because Germany, able to buy food in America and have it safely transported. would never have provoked the United States into declaring war. This and other complications natu- rally rise to confront President Hoover's idealistic proposal. Europe has a new subject for debate. ————. AL And Policemen Are Barred. Tiom the Davenport Demoerat and Leader. The tramp's idea of Utopia or He: ver\ ‘hes vui 3