Evening Star Newspaper, November 21, 1929, Page 8

P HE EVENING RTAR, W ASHINGTON D. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1929. m———_—w—“—__——__—————* ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASFINGTON, D. C THURSDAY...November 21, 1920 THEODOR® W. NOYES....Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Om 11th St and Pennsy) New York Office: 110 East 42nd Bt. ghicago Office: Lake Michigan Bulldixis. opean Office 14 Regent St., London. England. Rate by Carrier Within The Evening Star_ . . The m--.«ns and Sunday Star (when 4 Sundays) ... .. The Evening and Sunday Star (when 5 Sundays). the City. 15¢ per month 60c per month 65¢ per month Collection made at ihe Orders may be sent in by NAtional 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Datly and Su 1. $10.:00: 1 mi Daily only Sunday only All Other States and Canada. Daily and Sund $12.00; Daily only Sunday only Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the ‘use tor republication of all rews dis- Patches eredited to it or not otherwise ered- ‘ted in this paper and also the local :ews oublished herein. All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. Our Delegation at London. | Herbort Hoover has always been a good picker of men. Those he has chosen as the delegates of the United States at the London ndval conference are in all respects up to Hooverian standards. For the purposes which will bring the five sea powers of the world together in January, the American dele- gation is a mission of all the talents. Diplomacy is represented by Secre- tary of State Stimson and three of our most accomplished foreign Amb--sa- dors: Gen. Dawes from Great Tritain, Mr, Morrow from Mexico and Mr. Gib- son, a seasoned naval conference vet- eran, from Belgium. Statecraft finds sterling spokesmen in the persons of Senators Robinson of Arkansas and Reed of Pcnnsylvania. The Navy De- partment is appropriately typified by Secretary Adams. The country is reassured to know that, in addition to this group of seven of- ficial delegates, Admirals Jones and Pratt are going to London in the ca- pacity of chief naval advisers. Im- portant as are the political and inter- rational aspects of .the conference, its object, after all, is to deal with purely naval questions. The country would not be content to see such questions settled by statesmen to the exclusion of saflors. Admirals Jones and Pratt may be depended upon to steer the right course in counseling our civilian representatives at London and, within the Navy men's prerogatives, keeping things on an even keel from the stand- Sc per capy nd of each month. | ‘mail or ielepnone | progress at times seems appallingly colors he was lighting a cigare the second standard came by he was telling a story, apparently humorous, to a companicn. His headgear remained untouched, although all around him stood civilians and policemen at atten- tion and either uncovered or at the salute. When the calsson bearing the coffin went by he did, at last, pay it a tribute; he stared hard at it and opened | nis mouth. Actions like this lead to the persist- ence among citizens of other landsof an ,unllvollhle impression of Americans— an impression which only improvement {in this respect can dispel. e are bet- ter about these things than we used to be, but have a long way to go yet, and clow. RN = = The Triangle Traffic Problem. ‘When the Board of Trade undertook to question the practicability of the Government's plans for closing Thir- teenth street and to point out the effect that the great wall of new buildings will have on north and south bound auto- mobile traffic, one might have expected to hear from those in charge of the triangle project that such problems al- ready have been considered and that the solution is in safe hands. But on the contrary little has been said to allay the very real and reason- able fears voiced by the Board of Trade. One is left with the impression that the chief end in view has been the pur- chase of land and the erection of build- ings, and that such incidentals as through streets to accommodate heav: traffic have been given only secondary consideration, In view of the tangible picture pre- sented by the Board+of Trade regarding future traffic difficulties, the experts planning the triangle should either move now to show how those difficulties have been anticipated and how they will be removed, or else set to work and revise their plans, thus to avoid a mis- take before it has been made. The question of providing for through traffic is only one of the traffic prob- lems involved in the triangle scheme. Another lies in what the Government intends to do regarding the traffic that will terminate within the triangle area. There have been suggestions that a | large proportion of¥the 25,000 or so Government employes whose offices will be within the triangle will travel to and from work in their own automobiles. This brings up the question of where these cars are to be parked and what arrangements will be provided for stor- ing them, either in the open or under cover, while their owners are working indoors throughout the day. If the use of the automobile in bring- ing employes to work is to be encour- aged, parking space must be provided. point of America’s defense necessities. The spirit of parity, which is the mainspring of the conference, is exem- plified by the fact that the American and British delegations will be numer- ieally equal. Each will be seven strong. Britain will have an “Empire” delega- tion made up of two spokesmen for the British Isles and five representing, re- spectively, Canada, Australia, New Zea- land, the Irish Free State and South Africa. Preponderance of Dominion strength in the British mission is, of course, born of the circumstance that Kipling’s “leaden seas” ring not merely the United Kingdom, but that far-flung territory on which “the sun never sets.” The thorny issue of a greater cruiser ratio for Japan, and the equally difficult problem of the Singapore naval base, are matters essentlally of Dominion in- terest, and of Australian interest in particular, ‘The * surprise in the announced American conference personnel is the inclusion of Ambassador Morrow. It is an agreeable surprise. A novice In diplomacy up to three years ago, when President Coolidge sent him to Mexico, Dwight Morrow has proved himself an adept in negotiation. Undoubtedly Lon- don will provide immediate and inces- sant opportunity for all the negotiatory talent the American delegation pos- sesses. ‘There is small likelihood that the con- ference’s comprehensive program, no matter how specific the agenda or well digested in advance it may be, will be carried out without hindrance. The precedents and the probabilities are all in the other direction. Give and take will have their inevitable innings. The American people rejoice that seven shrewd citizens will be the Republic's bargainers when bargaining sets in on the Thames. It has been said that the United States was outbargained at the two preceding international conferences of note, at Paris in 1919 and at Wash- ington in 1921-22. The country will watch London, 1930, with vigilance, in the light of its forerunners. President Hoover conspicuously avoids the error of President Wilson at the peace conference by appointing two | members of the United States Senale to the naval conference. It is the Sen- ate that will have the last say on what- ever treaty London negotiates. With trusted spokesmen of both the Repub- lican and Democratic parties as co- authors of the prospective pact of naval limitation and reduction, there should be a fair guarantee that it will not en- counter the tragic fate of the treaty of Versailles on Capitol Hill nine years ago. —————————— It is stated by J. P. Morgan that he will think matters over before venturing to offer an opinion on the surprises in the stock market. One of the secrets of Morgan success is the rule of neither speaking nor acting hastily, e Hats Off and Heads Up! It is wondered just what particular combination of the patriotic, the im- pressive and the sorrowful is necessary to make a certaln type of American, and, alas, a certain type of District citizen, uncover, All along the line of march pursued yesterday by the escort attendant on the obsequies of the late Becretary of War stood men, many of them well dressed, who, though they may have been moved emotionally, remained motionless physically at the passage not only of the National Emblem, with staff decked for the occasion with crepe, but even of the caisson bearing the mortal remains of the country’s departed faithful servant. Some know no better, although this seems almost unbelievable in the face of campaigns of education and the actions | parted. Thus far there have been no dccisions on the provision of parking space. If no parking facilities are provided, the use of the automobile by employes in carrying them to and from their of- fices will be virtually eliminated. In its stead there should be provided a system of rapid transit, with facilities for handling great numbers of passen- gers in the shortest time. In this re- spect there have been discussions in the past over suggestions for subways and loops, but there has been no de- cision in the matter. tion. -The pending tariff bill amounts to a gencral revision. This course arcussd a group of Republican Pro- gressives from the West, wWho formed a coalition with the Democrats to de- feat many of the increases granted in the tariff duties on industrial products. The coalition wrested the management of the tariff bill out of the hands of ithe finance committee Republicans. In recent days a group of Republi- cans, comparatively young in length of service, now known as the “young gnard,” determ’zed to do what they cculd intercst of “limited re- vision” and to bring sbout the passage of the bill by the Senate before an adjournment was taken. They suc- ceeded in preventing the adoption of the first adjournment resolution offered and, with the aid of night sessions, the bill was advanced further in four or {five days than it had been for weeks. The “young guard” movement, how- ever, Is necessarily displeasing to the Democrats, who have been delighted with the divisions among the Senate Re- publicans. When the vote was taken on the adjournment resolution yester- day, a single Democrat, Senator Dill of ‘Wash:ington, a Progressive, was recorded as voting against adjournment. The “young guard” stood to its colors and opposed tie adjournment. it was joined by a few of the “old guard” Re- publicans and by a majority of the Progressive bloc, although several of the Progressives strayed from the fold and supported adjournment. The reso- lution was offered by a Democrat, Sen- ator Walsh of Montana. If there is to be a revision of the tariff law, the sooner it is had the better. Such & revision was considered in the nature of an emergency measure, or it would not have been included in the program of the special session of Con- gress called -by the President. The farmers who were expected to benefit by the passage of such a measure and those manufacturers who have been suffering in recent years from competi- tion abroad may be disappointed at the delay. Selfishness and politics have played their important parts in holding up final action on the bill. When Con- gress reassembles, it is suggested, there may be a better “feeling” and the bill may be speeded on its way. But every week and month bring the country nearer to a congressional election. Po- litical needs govern more and more. The tariff bill probably has many weeks of waiting ahead of it. N Evidence that the Eskimos and Amer- ican Indians are closely related is ex- pected by Dr. Hrdlicka. It is a subject of great importance to science, though probably of little moment to the Eski- mos or the Indians. As in so many matters, the persons who seem most closely concerned in a studious enter- prise are apparently least interested. o It is not likely that Harry Sinclair will allow his occupation as pharmacist in the jail to tempt him into the drug store business on a large scale. Even big chain store profits would scarcely compensate for irritating recollections. e Railroads, when they promise billions of dollars’ worth of improvements, must Who was the man that purchased Epictetus’ lamp? History is silent on_ the question. The great Stoic philosopher had two lamps in his lifetime, the first an iron one, a great luxury, which was stolen. The fate of his iron lamp determined Epictatus to go in for no more luxuries. Accordingly, he bought himself an earthenware one, so mean in appear- ance that he felt sure no one would steal it. This was the lamp which some ad- mirer bought at a large price at his death. A man scarcely can be so true to himself during his lifetime as Epictetus was without securing a sort of fame. ‘When his meager belongings were put up for sale, it is doubtful if his straw bed and ordinary clothing brought enough money to pay the auctioneer. The lamp, however, was something else. Tradition has it that the Roman whe purchased it had the idea that by studying philosophy by its rays he would become a good man like unto Epictetus. Lucian, the H. L. Mencken of his day, wrote, “The purchaser hoped that if he read philosophy by that lamp, he would acquire in dreams the wisdom of the admirable old man who once possessed it.” L Lucian was nearer to his day, and perhaps he knew what he was writing about, but one may be permitted to differ with him. It is difficult to believe that a man who paid a good round sum-—several hundred dollars in modern equivalent— for a cheap pottery lamp, at most worth a few cents—would have paid so much Just to take a chance on a little private magic of his own. Is it not more reasonable to believe that the unknown admirer of the philosopher wanted the lamp as a memento of one he admired? We like to believe that there was just one man of those ancient days who really wanted the old man’s lamp. Perhaps his name was Marcus—that will do as well as any, since no one knows. Let us call him so. ‘This Marcus was none other than the man who once asked Epictetus why he did not speak to him. Now it took courage to ask Epictetus & question. Lame of leg, but agile of tongue, the freed slave, recognized as one of the great philosophers and there- fore teachers, had a bite to his con- versation. * ok ko No one who asked Epictetus a ques- tion could be sure of what he would say in reply. ‘This good man had steadily schooled himself in frankness, so that at the height of his popularity he came pretty near to being a truly emancipated man. ‘There are few really free men in the world at any given time. Even today, when millions of men pride themselves on being totally free, they are in bonds to ancient opinions which often they do not even recognize as such, U A small group of men today make handsome “livings” by writing out their honest opinions for the delectation of THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL, the thousands of men who think like them but do not dare to open their mouths. Epictetus was such & man for his day and generation. Living under the most, absolute tyrants who ever lived, Epictetus said what he thought at all times. His mind, he said, alone was his; }I‘|‘lmel.!e in the world was nothing to L Marcus sat in the circle of his puplils, but the old man at no time paid any attention to him. In fact, he studiously oided even looking at him. Such studied avoidance was a bit too much for this Roman youth who de- sired to be a philosopher. Imagine, if you can, presenting your- self day after day in the hopes of being questioned to find that the great man never even once looked your way. Marcus must have been human. He did not like being snubbed any more than » man likes it today. Had he been ordered out of the class he could have stood it, but to be ignored was too much. Any one can understand just how he felt. So one day he popped up in meeting just as the session was ending. “I have sat at your fect, Epictetus,” he began, “and you have paid no a tention to me whatever. How come Marcus did not use exactly those words because they had not been in- lvenud, but he used the Roman equiva- lents. “Let's have it out, Epictetus,” he sald in effect. “If you don’t want me here, say so, but don't ignore me.” * % % % Epictetus minced no words. “There are some men who do mnot stir me,” he replied, “I see the makings of philosophers in many, and to them I talk. But in you I can see no such thing. Therefore I have not addressed myself to you.” Rather rough, it appears to the mod- ern reader, particularly so on the ambi- tious young man who so wanted to be a philosopher. It must be kept in mind that in those days a ghllompher was & man set apart from the crowd. Yet those who have read the “dis- courses” of Epictetus, as collected for us by another of his pupils, Arrian, know that there was nothing mean about the old ex-slave. If he spoke frankly, he must have done it with a smile, for there is no record of any one having been offended. * x ok K It was this Marcus, we like to think, who later purchased the earthenware lamp, not, as the sophisticates sneered, in order to become a philosopher, but rather to possess something which be- longed to a great and good man. We belleve that a man who had enough nerve to beard the old fellow in his den, and to accept a rebuke in good spirit, would have thought enough of him to have wanted his lamp. No doubt he was a rich man, or the son of a rich man, and so was able to bear away the prize by outbidding others who wanted the same souvenir. It must have given him real pleasure to light it, small and cheap, amid his beautiful ones, and to say to friends, ““This little l]amp belonged to Epictetus.” If he chose to study by it later, whose business was that? BY EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER. BERLIN.—The Chicago Century of expect inquiries from shippers as to whether the rates will have to be raised in order to pay for them. The triangle planners would do well now to decide upon the best method of transporting employes to and from work and after the decision to concentrate upon plans for carrying it into effzct. To some extent the choice lies between the privately owned automobile and bus and street railway lines, But all-day parking has already been eliminated in the downtown section, parking prohibi- tions are extended almost daily and it is doubtful if the Government can enter the storage garage business. If it can- not, the automobile can be counted out. - Faith in Filipinos. Comparisons are said always to be odious; sometimes they actually are odious to inhabitants of the United States and of its National Capital. A recent test to appraise the average hon- esty of Pilipinos brought out a startling fact, one that should cause concern to Washingtonlans. The editor of the Philippine Farm Journal, serene in his | conviction that his fellow-residents of Manila were essentially scrupulous, laid fifty coples of his publication on a stand in one of the city’s principal thorough- fares. Above them was a sign reading: “For sale to honest people. Drop twenty centavos in the box and take away one copy only.” By noon only nine copies remained, and the box, which was entirely un- locked and unwatched, contained the exact price of the forty-one sold coples. The history of similar. enterprises here in the District is almost entirely and sadly different. In view of the treat- ment by the public of the “honor sys- tem” news racks placed by various newspapers here for the convenlence of that public, it is scarcely to be doubted that were the experiment tried out in this “Heart of the Nation" the noon hour would see the magazines gone, the stand gone and the money box, together with its contents, if any, likewise de- SR A liquor carrier is safer to be content with & hip flask than to take a chance on a leaky trunk. It is saddening to hear of the prohibition pathos that may be traced to the baggage coach ahead. ————— et The Senate Quits. ‘The Senate is quitting on the tariff bill, so far as the special session of Congress is concerned. Despite the efforts of the Republican “young guard” to hold the Senate here for continued consideration of the bill right up to the time of the opening of the regular session ten days hence, the Senate has adopted a resolution to adjourn tomorrow. There is talk of putting the bill through speedily when the Senate resumes its sessions in December, per- haps before Christmas or early in January, But in view of past per- formances such a program seems open to doubt. The job of the Senate was to put through a tariff bill in the special session—a tariff bill designed to aid the American farmers and to give added protection to those few industries which have suffered from foreign competition in recent years. The House, and then the Senate of those all around them; but most of them do know better and no possible excuse can be made for them, The de- portment of one tall youth standing outside the Senate Office Building was ~ ‘moteworthy. At the passage of €z first finance committee in its turn, falled to make a “Nmited revision” of the I Take ———r——————— When an aviator makes a bad land- ing, he still regards it as a success, if he can keep it out of the newspapers. — e SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Earthquaking. Every now and then a shiver sets our patient nerves a-quiver, With volcanoes in the distance threat- ening harm, Or a reckless baggage smasher grow- ing, of a sudden, rasher, spills fiery fluids, causing us alarm. Then, maybe comes & rattling that sug- gests a tireless gatling That will figure in the heartless haunts of crime, And we're moved to declaration that throughout this mighty Nation There’s a little bit of earthquake all the time! You buy something in the market. The price, you hope to park it, But it either goes 'way up, or elsc 'way down! In a dream that was romantic, disap- pointment drives you frantic, Or a new detective shake-up scares the town. There’s a scientific dreamer who will measure every tremor. And bid us set it down in prose or rhyme; it from me, O brother, that some@here, somehow or other, There's a little bit of earthquake all the time! Lobby Liberality. «wThat lobbyist seemed very generous,” said Senator Sorghum. “In what way?” “He says he wants to conduct a cam- paign of education and provide a liberal fund for tuition fees and prize awards.” Jud Tunkins says a man who is al- ways looking for more power takes a chance on getting more than he can handle 50 as to prevent skidding. The Tariff Story. The tariff is a simple theme, Familiar unto man. It has spoilled many a hopeful dream - Since statesmanship began. And whatso'er may chance to be The meaning of its text, The same old notice we shall see, “Continued in our next.” Distrusting Father. “Our youngest son said something very clever today,” remarked Mr. Meekton, “What was it?” “He won't tell me. His mother has typewritten it and he says he doesn't want to take a chance on having his stuff stolen.” Progress Fair of 1933 is attracting the attention of Old World architects. But the assumption that they look up with awe at the American builders of sky- scrapers is the sheerest fllusion. In fact, Europe is suspicious of towering buildings. American constructions are mammoth in size, to be sure, but size means little to Europe. What about the quality of the product? An outspoken opponent of “Amer- ican megalomania” is Municipal Archi- tect Martin Wagner, chairman of the city planning department and head of the bullding committee of the city of Berlin. Herr Wagner has the advantage of many critics of Americanism in knowing first-hand what he is talking about. His recent visit to the United States, and in particular his discussions with Chicago architects, is still in American memory. * K K K The conclusions drawn from his trip are embodied in a little volume recently ublished, “Municipal Bullding Prob- ems in American Citles and Their In- fluence on German City Construction.” One entire chapter of this challenging, richly illustrated booklet is devoted to the coming Chicago fair. Herr Dr. ‘Wagner does not much care for the plans submitted by American architects. What he says is worth reproducing in art: “‘America leads the world in archi- tecture!’” (No misprint!) ‘America leads the world in architecture! There is not the slightest doubt of it. We do not only cheerfully admit it, but Europe doesn’t deny it.’ These are the intro- ductory words to the ‘History of Archi- tecture in America’ an article by Thomas E. Talmadge in the Chicago Daily News (June 24, 1929), entitled, ‘Creation of the Skyscraper, a Chicago Gift to the World." “Once before Chicago astounded the world at the time of the international competition in 1922 for the ‘Chicago Tribune Tower. No modern European was admitted to this task; it had to be an American, patented by the ‘Ecole des Beaux Arts’ in Paris. But even Tal- madge admits that the design of the PFinnish architect Eliel Saarinen ‘created the deepest impression and influenced the present form of the skyscraper.’ Another such international competition and America will undeniably lead the world in architecture! “I do not deny that a mass of sky- scrapers can be grouped to a very pic- turesque impression, extremely impres- sionistic when seen from an airplane. ‘But down below it's gruesome!’ in the words of a German ballad. If the world’s cities must look like that ‘dust and ashes on their heads'—as over Manhattan! * * “I will not here speak of the traffic difficulty, the economical and social breakdown of the skyscraper cities. A builder of cities must recognize that the skyscraper is an unnatural excrescence, but not an intentional economical an artistic creation by American architects. The skyscrapers have been brought into being by entirely different forces. “Chicago is planning a world fair in 1933. To an American a ‘world’ exhibi- tion means the exhibition of his world, not of the world of the other peoples on this earth. There will certainly be ‘Env ternational participation. But primarily this will be an American exhibition, and for this kind of exhibition Chicago is the best imaginable location. “Chicago is, or will be, the 100 per cent American capital. Its geographi- cal position 1s decisive. In 1910 Chi- cago had 3,000,000 inhabitants, Today it has 5,000,000. In 1950 there will be 7,500,000 inhabitants. Chicago must become a capital. And this develop- ment into the capital of the United States must further the world fair. A “A silent man,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “may often attain a repu- tation for thinking when he is only dreaming.” Housing Problem. ‘The latest news can scarcely !&fl To bring relief from gloom. We've let & prisoner out of jail, Because we'll need the room. tariff, as recommended by the Presi- dent, in the interest of the farmers really suffered from foreign competi- “Lookin’ foh trouble” sald Uncle Eben, “is & waste of time. Jes' stand come lookin' fob you.” & generous plan has been generously tackled! * * * “I, as an architect and builder of towns, am interested in the standards set for American architects for the plans of the exhibition, which wmost certainly cannot be mastered in an artistic way. Only take a look at the land separating the business section from the lake which has been divided into a ‘garden’ with enormous gravel paths and without the slightest sense of proportion, The Field Museum, & fine specimen ‘a I'Ecole des Beaux Arts,’ is lost in the vastness. And now this Field Museum is planned as the head- miles long, on land which is golng to Towering U. S. Buildings Hurt City Beauty, Expert Says be taken from Lake Michigan. What kind of standard is that for a tem- porary exhibition? All the exhibition halls with one exception are to~ be to make room % and automobile ) “But how architecturally to deal with the size of the grounds? Skyscrapers compared to which the Tribune Tower is a poor little orphan are to be the solution. A city of towers is to arise! For half a year! O costs! O helpless visitor trying to find your way through this maze of cathedrals! O exhibitor, you who wish to be seen by 100,000,000 visitors! No, this is too high, too vast, too broad! This is a frightful exaggera- tion, dwarfing the big and crippling the powerful. *PE % “America leads the world in archi- tecture, There must always be two, one to lead, the other to follow. And in case America still admits Europe to the map, there will be very few gifted people who consent to be led by the world’s ‘biggest’ When will America recognize that not the size makes the gem costly and valuable? A eople &s rich as the Americans could dulge in the real luxury of quality. It can and even must call upon the forces of its Nation (and if it wishes to, it may collect them all over the world) In order to substitute costly quality for cheap stuff. “Make your exhibition small, but real, costly, rare, leaving an eternal impres- slon setting an example! Show that the New World can descend into the well of timeless beauty. You have money enough to command all the tal- ent in the world. Collect the finest craftsmen around you to help you, but do not demand ‘the biggest in the world’; size is no standard of perfec- tion.” (Copyright, 1929.) ———— McGinnity’s Record Tribute to Iron Man From the Baltimore Sun. Probably in the old days of the agones, or whatever the Greeks called their athletic contests, young competi- tors found the shadows of old heroes lying athwart their brightest achieve- ment and wondered if ever they them- selves would have a Homer to sing of them and make them the terror of fu- ture generations. Modern sports also have their ancients, the memory of whose deeds gradually forms into tradi tion and becomes a standard of meas- urement. “Iron Man” Joe McGinnity, who died recently, was part of that tradition. It is true he did not belong to the mistiest age of base ball, that almost fabulous time when gentlemen pitched whole sea- sons through in full sets of whiskers and batsmen, it is said, knocked balls through knot holes in distant fences at the mere request of a spectator. Mec- Ginnity was of the middle ages of the game, those fin de siecle scores were declining and science was getting a toehold and Baltimore was in its major league glory. Of course, his chief claim to fame was the ability to win games, and lots of them. He had an arm that never com- pletely failed him, it seems. He could pitch double-headers and extra-inning games with the nonchalance with which modern relief pitchers do an inning or two. His record of having won 415 major league games and of having set a won-and-loss percentage of 600 speaks for itself. He might not have been ranked with the very greatest, with the unparalleled Cy Young, but he was one of the hardest workers of all time. And that reputation bulks especially large today, when managers would look upon such an fron man as McGinnity as a whole staff, Sounds Logical. From the Sioux City Journal. With prison delivery plots discovered in Sing Sing. Jollet ‘and Canon City, Colo., one is forced to the conclusion that the convicts wanted to get out. There is no other explanation for it. ———————— It’s Just Dreadful. From the New York Sun. News trom the Orent indicates that the Chinese are so Infuriated at the and the few industries which have aroun’ doin’ nuffin’ an’ trouble will piece of an exhibition more than two | Soviets that they fight each other with g enthusiasgs: i Full Penalty Urged For Airplane Hunters From the Schenectady Gasette. Daily added uses for alrplanes are be- ing found. Originally planned mainly for the transportation of persons and of rtnereh.ndlu. they have served a great many other purposes. Possibly” the latest demonstration of what can be done with ti ‘was given in Oklahoma recently. There three men were taken into custody charged with violation of the United States ;';a‘tiute designed to protect migratory rds. The men, apparently seeking nothing more than the “thrill” to securing which S0 many nowadays devote time and effort, went hunting for wild geese with an airplane. It happened that they were arrested, although farmers report many others have engaged in this so- called sport without being detected. The man who hunts or fishes and eats and gives to his friends the spoils of the chase has justification for what he does. He is getting enjoyment of the real kind which comes from being out- of-doors. Likewise. as a rule he seldom destroys more than he can make use of—prob- ably in the majority of instances his prizes are fewer than the legal allot- ment. With airplane hunting there is little if any possibility of retrieving the game. It would take hours to recover what might be shot in & few moments. And airplane hunters are hardly of the type which would spend time in this way. Imposition of the full penalty of the law is not too severe for those who de- stroy wild life for the mere thrill of killing in an unusual manner. They are even worse than the pot hunters, who admittedly slay for the sake of sell- ing their prizes in the markets. ——————— Phillips Is Lauded As Able Diplomat From the Ottawa Journal. Resignation of William Phillips as United States Minister to Canada, to be followed by his retirement from the diplomatic service of the Republic, is an international loss. It deprives the United States of one of the ablest mem- bers of its foreign service, and it re- moves from Canada a diplomatic rep- resentative who had endeared himself e l Pittsburg] Any reader can get the answer to any question by writing to our Informa- tion Bureau in Washington, D. C. This offer applies strictly to information. The bureau cannot give advice on legal, medical and financial matters. It does not attempt to settle domestic troubles, nor undertake exhaustive re- search on any subject. Write your question plainly and briefly. Give full name and address and inclose 2 cents in coln or stamps for return postage. ‘The reply is sent direct to the inquirer. Address The Evening Star Information Bureau, Prederic J. Haskin, director, ‘Washington, D, C. Q. What is a racing bell>—M. S. D. A. It was a silver bell given as a prize for a horse race. The expression now used is “racing cup,” and refers to a plece of plate offered as a prize. Q. What proportion of the lemons used in this_country is grown in Cali- fornia?—R. F. A. From 85 to 90 per cent of the lemons consumed in this country is grown in California. Twenty-five years ago, three-fourths of the lemons used in America came from Italy and Sicily. Q. Please name some of the uses of wood flour—A. L. D. A. Among the products in which wood flour is used are unbreakable dolls, inlaid linoleums, imitation marble flooring and walls and the constantly increasing number of articles made from some plastics. The wood flour industry in this country is approximately 40 years old and has an annual production estimated at 24,000 tons. Q. What is the difference between benzine and benzene?—IL,. R. A. Benzine is similar to, or identical with, gasoline or naphtha. It is & mix- ture of compounds obtained by the dis- tillation of petroleum. Benzene, also commonly called benzol, is a definite chemical substance obtained by distill- ing coal tar, Q. Where is the longest telephone cable connection?—M. E. A. The longest telephone cable con- nection at the present time is_that xtendln% from Boston to New York, , Chicago and beyond. This to the people of this country and whose | cable connection is, however, made up r‘ork d‘lld rmluc:; }t;o! pro‘rn:m understand- ng and friends! with the the United States. T Mr. Phillips upheld the highest tra- ditions of the Republic's foreign service. He was of the school of the distin- guished men who from the cradle days of the Union to the present have been sent by Washington to the court of St. James, and in his training, tempera- ment and outlook was the very antith- esis of what sometimes has been char- acterized as “shirt-sleeves” diplomacy. Able, cultured, tactful, and with a personality that charmed, Mr. Phillips was admired and respected oy all with whom he came into contact in Ottawa. As much as any outlander could, he became a Canadian. He traveled over the Dominion from the Atlantic to the Pacific, studled the country's problems and resources, tried to catch the spirit of the people so that he might the bet- ter interpret it to his own country and Government. No one could have tried harder to succeed in his task and n one could have been more successful. Canadians in general, and the citizens of Ottawa in particular, will regret Mr. Phillips’ resignation. Wherever he goes from here, and in whatever he does, they will wish him all the success and high achlevement that his talents and his character can hardly fail to win, . Tsk! Tsk! It Appears Detroit Is Sarcastic From the Detroit News. The superlative in nerve and the acme of condescension are to be found in a notice sent out by the Chicago Civic Shakespeare Soclety, which has organ- ized a company to put on Shake- :Kelreln glluy;‘ in "‘m Civic Theater, in e same building with the new Chi Civic Opera Houge. ) “A published good wish for the ven- ture,” says the announcement, “will pre- dispose the society to include your city in the tour which is designed to spread the cultural advantages of the enterprise 21‘:1 }I:eg’londh '::e"’conflnes of the city c! as ha e ambition mloo existence.” S n our knees in prayerful attitude we beseech the Chicago Civic Shake- speare Society not to leave us in outer darkness; to spread its cultural advan- tages over us; to instruct us as to who Shakespeare was and what he wrote; to vouchsafe to us a vision of the new theater, with its “rich material, includ- ing hand-hammered copper, held in im- peccable taste by the restraining hand of the designer.” Please, Chicago, out of your sea of culture, grant us one little rivulet to water our parched souls! Predispose yourself, O monopoly of re- finement, in our favor! m.{qexlxd take a running jump into the . England Gets l‘zxcited At Arming of Citizens From the Danbury Evening News. Not so long ago the United States was looked upon as holding the “gun- toting” championship. Thanks to the news from Chicago and New York, the old dime novels and the newer movies, Europeans got the impression that every red-blooded” American goes armed, even when he goes to the office, to & party or to church. We are looked upon as a free-shooting, hair-trigger people. Not without reason. Now the English have ‘“gohe gun” and the rapidity with which English- men, particularly Londoners, are arm- ing themselves with revolvers is arous- ing some excitement all over England, and press comments are unanimously against the practice. But this doesn't make any difference to the gun toters; they are going ahead just the same. Here is what the London Express had to say about it the other day: “The object of having a revolver can only be to injure other people or to kill them. The ease with which revolvers can be procured and used is a constant temptation to the criminal and the mentally deranged. They are weapons of attack and have litfle or no use either for protection or sport.” ‘This is the common argument against the possession of firearms. But there are those who maintain that, in cer- tain circumstances, it is reasonable for the peaceable and decent citizen to be armed. What of the dweller in rural districts? What of the city man who lives in the suburbs? If his home is invaded by thugs, by those bent upon harming him and his family, certainly he is at the mercy of the armed wretches who invade his premises. Should he be? Or should he be per- mitted to have firearms with which to defend his family and his property? And should the man who is com- pelled to travel on a lonely road at night, accompanied by his wife or daughter, go entirely unarmed, leaving his life and the honor of the women with him at the mercy of the first armed vagabond to be met? Like most questions, this of the car- rying of arms by decent citizens is at least debatable. r—e—a They Might Try Ours. From the New York Post. Thieves in California stole an entire bungalow the other day, and what we marvel at is the fact that they were able even to lift the mortgage. e S i Or Any Other Song. From the Toledo Blade. We dislike the fly that sings “Home, Sweet Home” in November. —————— They're Religious About TIt, From the Muncie Star. France seems to be somewhat lacking in or'l'%l‘nullty. About all they observe over re is pick-a-new-cabinet weeks. of relatively short sections, the sections terminating at repeater stations. A transatlantic submarine telephone single ]«)lléductnr cable is planned, but not yet aid. Q. When was porcelain first used for teeth?—A. H. A. The use of porcelain as a material for artificial teeth was first pre by Fauchard in 1728, but the manufacture was first actually begun by Duchateau, ;“l:unch chemist, between 1774 and Q. What is a lazy-man’s switch (elec- trical) 2—H. A. A. The Bureau of Standards says that a lazy-man switch, also called a three-way switch, is electrically a sin- gle-pole double-throw switch. Using two of them, a light can be controlled from two places, such as upstairs and downstairs in the case of hall lights. A related switch, called a four-way switch, is electrically a double-pole re- versing switch. Any number of four- way switches may be used with two three-way switches to control a light from any number of points. Q. Do wild animals kill many cattle and sheep in the West?>—D. T. A. Predatory animals kill live stock the Bohemian Alps to the North Sea, is 725 miles in length. Q. Is the word “preventative” a syno- nym for “preventive”?—T. B. C. A. It is a spurious compound and is not in gaod usage. Q. What was the first stringed in strument to be played with & bow?— T. T A. An ancient violinlike instrument with three to six strings, used in Ire- land and Wales, was the first. It was called a crowd. Q. In what part of Massachusetts is the shrine where such miraculous heal- ings are said to take place?—D, B. A. The grave of the Rey. Patrick J. Power in Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden, Mass., attracts thousands of worship- ers. It is said that the first cure at the grave of Father Power was 30 ycars ago, when a woman was cured of im- paired vision. The shrine has become so famous that it is necessary to keep it open all hours of the day and night. Q. Please name some of the best cur- rent plays—E. T. C. A. In Burns Mantle’s Best Plays of 1928-29 the place of honor for the cur- rent year is divided between “Journey's End” and “Street Scene.” Others men- tioned are “Wings over Europe,” ‘‘Holi- day,” “The Front Page, “Let Us Be Gay,” “Little Accident,”” “Machinal,” “Gypsy” and “The Kingdom of God.” Q. What are the minerals which con- tain radium?—M. T. A. The principal minerals containing the uranium and therefore radium are pitchblende, carnotite and autunite. ‘The first of these consists of the oxide of uranium, more or less pure, and it is found principally in Czechoslovakia and In the Belgian Kongo. The second is a vanadate of uranium and potas- sium. It is mined in Colorado, Utah and Australia. The third is a phos- phate of uranium and calcium and is mined in Portugal and the United States. Q. Have there been Passion Plays other than the one at Oberammer- gau?—D. J. A. The name, “Passion Play” has been given to plays representing the passion of Christ. These plays became numerous between the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries, especially in Ger- many and the Tyrol. The most im- portant survival is one that takes place every tenth year in the village of ?bfidnmmergnu in the Bavarian High- ands. Q. What are primary and accessory minerals?—P. F. A. Primary mineral is one of the original constituents of a mineral, for instance, in granite the primary min- erals are quartz, feldspar and mica. In other words, these are the constituents which determine the rock as granite. They are the diagnostic minerals. There are also varying amounts of other ma- terials which give a certain quality to the rock, but do not determine its clas- Ismcnuan. These are called accessory minerals. Q. Does a copyright nofice have to fi)paar in a certain place in a book?— A. The copyright law is specific as to the place where the copyright notice shall appear and as to the form that the copyright notice shall take. Many court decisions have been handed down ruling that if these specific requirements worth $12,000,000 yearly. QA !éow long is the River Elbe?— "A." This German river, flowing from are not followed, the copyright is in- valid. Other decisions have established that publication without proper notice is bnugefllcl.uon of the material to the public. Evidence of Prosperity Seen In Plans for ‘The $160,000,000 tax cut recently suggested by the administration is gen- erally accepted as evidence that pros- perity will continue, despite the dis- turbance in the stock market, and that business, basically sound in itself, will amply provide the needed income for Government purposes. “No better assurance of the confl- dence of President Hoover and Secre- tary of the Treasury Mellon in the essential soundness and security of business conditions in the United States could be had than their announcement,” states the Detroit News. “It is tanta- mount to their saying that the drastic crash in the stock market has little re- lation to real earnings. If not designed as an influence toward the restoration of full popular confidence, it may well be accepted as such an influence. The Eropond reduction on_earned incomes & substantial one, affecting both per- sonal and corporation incomes.” L “The immediate effect,” it is pointed out by the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, was noticeable on the market, but the more important purpose was undoubt- edly “the stimulating effect upon busi- ness generally,” and “strengthening the public confidence, which has shown some indications of weakening under the strain of the market's collapse.” ‘The Indianapolis News feels that Secretary Mellon's announcement “will prove to be a bull factor” in business “throu~h-ut the country.” Thus, “it may itsel. have a revenue-producing influence which will help to justify the Secretary’s confidence in the gen- eral business situation.” It is further pointed out that “experience has shown that larger revenues have invariably followed tax reductions. Not only Wall Street, but the country as a whole, will approve the decision.” “The immense demands thrown upon the National Treasury by the cost of American particlpation in the largest armed conflict in the history of the world,” says the Boston Transcript, “caused Federal income taxes to be raised to a point which was, of course, very abnormally high. As those de- mands came to an end, in many cases, when the troops were demobilized, and they slackened off in other cases, thanks to a steady and handsome re- duction of the national debt, thus low- ering interest charges, it was not only feasible but inevitable that Federal in- come taxes should be greatly reduced.” The Transcript emphasizes the fact that because of these circumstances the Pederal finances offer opportuni- ties for reduction that are not shared by the States. As showing progress since the war, the Santa Barbara Daily News re- marks that “the reduction will be par- ticularly welcome, as it will all but wipe out the income tax paid by the small income earner,” and tha. paper finds particular public satisfaction in the fact that “it is proposed to make the reduction applicable to the in- comes of individuals and corporations earned in 1929." * Kk % It is “most opportune” in the opinion of the Chicago Daily News, which remarks that “manifestly, the Government would not promise tax reduction if it had reason to appre- hend a recession of business involving curtailment of revenue. It has no such fear,” continues the Daily News, “because sober consideration of the banking and credit situation, the con- dition of industry, the purchasing power of the Nation and the country's foreign trade Ehmspecu warrants full confidence in the future. The busi- ness community and the investors of the couniry should emulate the Fed- eral Government by refraining from exaggerating the significance of the readjustment in values of stocks.” “The reduction will help the smaller wage earners,” in the judgment of the Jersey City Journal, “and they, in view of the fact that they contribute directly or indirectly & very large of the taxes of all kinds, are entitled to consideration.” ‘The Green Bay Press-Gazette records that “Secretary Tax Reduction that, within reason and the necessi- tles of the Government. the more you cut taxes the more the income the Government_will receive. * * * The history of the last 10 years has been ample demonstration of the correct- ness of Mr. Mellon's views. Five have the Federal taxes been cut and with each cut the amount of taxes actually paid has increased.” * ok ok X “Past performances assure us,” ac- cording to the Fort Worth Record- Telegram, “that the reduction will be wholly conservative. There will be no reduction in the volume of income revenue, from those sources, received by the Federal Government—which would indubitably be the case if the actual basis for the creation of in- comes has been disturbed by the stock market crash. As an adjunct to that gesture of faith in business substan- tiality, comes a reduction of the re- discount rate by the Federal Reserve Bank in New York City.” The Detroit Free Press concludes as to existing confidence: “All of which means that, in the opinion of Mr. Mellon, who knows as much about such matters as most men do, and is not given to rose-colored visions, the hurricanes in Wall Street are hav- ing little or no real effect upon the economic condition and outlook of the country.” Cabinet Member Hits British Dole Plan From the Providence Journal. Mr. Thomas, member of the Macdon- ald cabinet, intrusted with the unenvi- able task of relieving unemployment in the United Kingdom, announced to & group of industrialists that he is not a believer in the system of doles. His declaration must have come as a severe shock to his party colleagues, for the platform of the Laborites for years has embodied a plank that gives warm ap- proval to the dole idea. Both'the lead- ers and the rank and file of the party have subscribed year after year to a doctrine that demands “provision of work or the full maintenance of the unemployed at the expense of the state.” It is a poor doctrine, to say the least, but it has been none the less ardently defended by the members of the party now in power. Perhaps the sense of responsibility which the Laborites feel when actually in control of the govern- ment, particularly with reference to the necessity of maintaining a balanced budget, impels them to look askance upon one of their pet theories when in opposition, although Mr. Thomas ad- mits that not all of his cabinet col- leagues share his present aversion to unemployment allowances. Be that as it may, it is refreshing to hear a leader among the British Labor- ites say that “anything that makes men and women rely on other efforts than their own, anything that tends to make young men and women look to the state for assistance which they themselves l:;:ldht wt%lv"e,ll; cucgh:ed to destroy sap that independent spirit whi built up the British race.” " i ———— Not Our Set. From the Des Moines Tribune-Capital. One thing that keeps the sale of radios from slumping is the fact that one doesn't have to take a set*to the filling station every so often. —————— Extraordinary Is Right. From the Lowell Evening Leader, The consensus is that it has been an extraordinary session of Congress in more senses than one. * T e — They'd Hi-Jack *Em. From the Kalamazoo Gasette. Well, it we should reach a naval agreement we might find plenty of rum Mellon has stood, against all oppo- sition, for rflu principle of taxation P gl runners willing to take our extra ships off our at.a fair price,