Evening Star Newspaper, November 27, 1929, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR —_With Sundsy Morning Bditien. WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY . November 37, 1020 THEODORE W. NOYES. ... Editor mm::-”z per Company ity 8t and Pennsvivenis Ave ce e s S el el T . .60¢ per month ¥ 8¢ per month 3c ver copy Rl All Other States d Sundas..1e Bl only .. 5 only Member of the Associated Press. e, Associated Press is exclusiugly entitled | for republication of all news Gis- i otherwise cred- Nis paper and aiso .he local rews published herein. All rights of publication of special dispatches nerein €1s0 reserved. 1yl 1y, e —— An Inspiring Array. President Hoover has been signally successful in marshaling industry, ag- riculture, iabor and the Government ft- self tc stabilize business conditions and plan for a forward march of prosperity | in this country. As group alter grcup| have met the President at the White House and pledged their aid, Buttressed still further with the hearty response of the governors of the States to whom the President appealed for co-operation, & spirit of optimism has arisen. Those who were inclined to view the future threugh dark glasses because of the tumble in stock prices now see a silver rim to the cloud. ‘The real problem which confronted the administration was largely psycho- logical. At bottom, the country Il‘ economically sound. Temporarily & great deal of capital which should and would ordinarily have gone into produc- tive industry in the shape of better- ments of plants and extensions of ac- tivity was diverted to the stock market, where speculative buying promised quick profits. Much of this capital will be avallable for construction work, for in- dustry and agriculture. The President wisely saw the need of prompt action to dispel pessimism. Allowed to run unchecked, it might have resulted in a great curtailment of buy- ing on the part of the people and a con- traction of business enterprise generally. Such curtailment pyramids rapidly once it is started. On the other hand, op- timism, founded on actuality, rolis up like & huge snowball from small dimen- sions. Mr. Hoover acted quickly and in Ris own methodical way. He is & man of deeds rather than words. He has succeeded In inspiring industry and labor generally with optimism.and thgy have pledged him their co-operation to keep up production and empioyment. One of the greatest of the President’s achievements has been an agreement on the part of the great employers, of labor not to reduc: wages, and on the part of organized labor not to seek in~ creases, until this period of readjust- ment has passed. Another great gain is found in the assurance given the President that business is to proceed a8 usual and that employment will be kept on a high level. The administra- tion has done its full share to co-oper- ate with industry and agriculture in M this drive for a continuation of prosper- ity in this country. It has announced plans f°r a reduetion of the normal income tax rate, which will lop $160,- 000,000 off the shoulders of the tax- payers. It has announced a proposed increase of $175,000,000 for the eon- struction of public buildings through- out the country, and a budget for ocean mail carrying contracts. The last is expected to add greatly to the work of American shipyards through econ- tracts for the construction of ocean- going vessels for several of the shipping | + lines, ‘The governors of n*arly all the States | have communicated to the President their intention of going ahead with mueh constructive work within their | State boundaries. Y Buch s the impressive array of dges given. Mr. Hoover believes in | action. He has obfained the promise | of immediate and favorable action from the men who control in large part the trend of production and business throughout the country. S Clemenceau said he did not desire glory. He must have realized that gen- uine glory was his due. His uncom- promising nature would surely have resented the kind ,of “glorification” in which press agents adopt the methods of the theater. ——— “Safety first” is a motto that grows obsolete. The intrepid airman regarde an oceasional erash as all in the day's work. ] Robbers of Poor-Boxes. The man who robs the poor-box at the church door has come down through history from the Middle Ages loaded with execrations and contempt— set up as an example of the human spirit at its worst. Folks sometimes lose sight of the fact that there are innumerable variations of this detestable behavior, some of which are practiced in Washington to- day. The poor-box iteelf no longer has mueh practieal significance. Once it represented the sum total of public eharity. Today it s only a symbol of that charity. Actually the looter of this depository of small coins would be causing little inconvenience to any- body. But the world is full of more prac- tical “robbers of poor-boxes,” who take the substance behind the symbol. ‘Elwood Street, director of the Com- munity Chest, has seen fit to call public attention to one notable example of twentieth century poor-box robbing Its perpetrator solicits, either from door to door or over the telephone, the sale of tickets to a Community Chest benefit of some sort of which the of- fielals of that organization have no knowledge. The trick is worked, variations, as follows: The citizen Teceives a telephone call. The voice at the other end asks if he will pur- chase a ticket for & dance being given with some | eredentials. the organimtion in question. In most eases, it is safe to say, they will have no knowledge of the benefit for which up-to-date way of robbing the poor-box. The organised charities are the “poor- boxes” of modern society. Those who prey upon their names are the present- day prototypes of the pariahs who have come down to us in lterature and leg- end as the scurviest of creatures in human form. ‘Then there are unauthorized solicitors door to door, sometimes wearing reli- gious garb and presenting apparently authorized credentials which examina- tion often shows to be forged or ob- tained by strategy. With the Com- munity Chest machinery in operation there is seldom any excuse even for authorized agents of this sort. But it is well in any event to check on the And it is hardly exaggerated cynicism to remark that poor-box robbers are most active at this season when Chris- tendom begins to be steeped in the spirit of the Child of Bethlehem and to forget its eaution in the greatness of its heart. — et The Report on the Explosion. Findings in the District government's investigation of the Seventh street ex- plosion are being kept secret pending the coroner’s inquest, which begins December 2. Maj. Donald A. Davison, Assistant Engineer Commissioner in charge of this investigation, has de- cided that to reveal the results of his inquiry at this time might prejudice the coroner's jury and embarrass the tickets are being sold. It is just an| for various organzations who go from THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, military operations in Manchuria, Rus- sia has done two things: Pirst, she has gone to war in violation of the Kellogr treaty and of her cwn plighted word Secondly, she has given another graphic fllustration of the amount of faith which ecan be placed in a Moscow “pledge.” Great Britain has recently re- newed her faith in a Soviet “pledge”— another agreement not to conduct Com- munist propaganda. Events in Man- churia should give the Londcn Labor government food for thought. They are no less helpful here at Washington, fwhich is more or less constantly the scene of a drive on behalf of diplo- matie recognition of the present czars of Russia i S i The Casualties of Service. In the shocking death of Lieut. George T. Cuddihy, U. 8. N., who gave his life at Anacostia Naval Air Station this week while engaged in a test flight, the Navy and the country loses an un- commonly gallant sky pilot. “Old,” as airmen nowadeys go, for Lieut. Cuddihy was in his thirty-fourth year, he was one of America’s erack aviators, having flown in the Scheider Cup races in 1925 and 1926, His tragic and un- timely end is yet another proof that mere skill at the “joy stick™ is no posj- tive guarantee that any man who fies will come down alive. Lieut. Cuddihy erashed to his doom in a brand-new British Bristol Bulldog fighting plane, which was supposedly accident-preof. He was a vietim of what satlormen call & casualty of service. Such casuaities are the price an Army, & Navy or an air force must pay for the acquirement of precision in the handling of its weapons. They always have occurred, and they will continue to coroner in his attempt to present the evidence. This decision 18 wise in s0 far as it relates to the caroner’s inquest. Maj. Davison has sscured the opinion of experts in his attempt to fix the cause of this explosion, which resuited in the 1088 of six lives, and has perhaps formed his own theory on the basis of what they told him. He belleves that it is better to co-operate with the coroner to the end that these experts take the stand at the inquest and, under oath, give their own statements instzad of attempting himsel{ to summarize their findings in the form of & report and present it to the jury. The members of the jury should be able to judge, as well as Maj. Davison, of the im- portance of the testimony. But after the coroner’s jury has acted, Ma). Davison's report should be made public. The matter with which it is concerned is a vital interest to the community. Whether'or not the ecro- ner's jury finds that there was negll- gence for which some one is culpable, the publie is entitled to kncw the opin- fon of the constituted suthorities at the District Building. It can be conceived, for imstance, that the coromer's jury might overlook or misconstrue testimony that, in the eyes of experts, would tend to show that there was negligence on the part of either District officers or others that contributed to conditions causing the explosion. But'it is incon- ceivable that such facts should be with- held from the public merely because the soroner's juny fafied to develop them. One explanation has been advanced for possibly son's report. ‘That is.that the fndings might serve to embarrass the District | if there were suits for damages naming the municipality as s party. That ex-| planation does not hold water. The munieipality is a public agency. Its possible errors or shortcoming are pub- lie property. To think of hiding them ! from the publie is utterly to miscon- strue the munieipality’s responsibility to ; the publie. | Maj. Davison's task as the munici- pality’s agent to investigate the causes of this explosion ends when he submits his report to his superiors. The duty of his superiors is to make public what | { has been found regarding this tragedy, . after the coroner's jury acts, but inde- | pendently of the jury's findings. e In some measure thanks are due to | travel 2o comparatively easy that Michi- gan people can ¢ome to Alexandria to see fine Colonial homes without waiting for them to be transported to the Dear- born Museum. ——r——— It is the age of mechanism, but no one hopes to invent a stoek ticker that can be relied on to bring the desired kind of news. —_— et It might have been suspected that Russians have had troubdle enough with- out going away over into China after more, S One idea for improvement of indus- trial and agricultural conditions sug- gests more work and less oration, s oo Russia’s Anti-War “Pledge.” Opinions differ as to the extent of the “war” which is being waged on the Chinese side of the Russo-Manchurian border. But it seems undoubted that Boviet troops have committed definite acts of war and that there have been more or less sanguinary hcstilities be- | tween Russian and Chinese troops. News from that particular “war” zone always requires heavy dilution. yet a sit- uation undoubtedly exists which reeks with gunpowder and disquieting possi- bilitiea. Hardly less unquestionable Is Russia’s responsibility for this latest erisis in the eternal Manchurian cockpit. Pending reliable advices from the seat of trouble, the world’s chief interest re- verts to last Summer, when RussiA was prolific in assurance that the peace would not be broken by any action of hers in connection with the Chinese Eastern Rallway controversy. The Sovie' government had not only just adhered to the Kellcgg pact, but given a specific pledge not to resort te force when Prance and Germany made representa- tions to that end at Moscow. About the same time the combined influence of the United States, Great Britain and Japan was exercised in the same direc- tion at Nanking. Russia and China were thereupon jointly protuse in promises that the reil- way rcw would not become a casus belli Thus the “sanctions of public opinion,” the new Hoover doctrine of peace, as opposed to the League of Naticns' “sanctions of force,” achieved a prompt and categorical victory before the ink on Henry Pord for having made motor | happen. The men in Uncle Sam’s de- fensive establishment, ashore, afloat and aloft, have never shrunk from paying that price. Their unhesitating readiness to do so is exemplified in the tribute the Navy | Department has just pald to Lieut. Cuddihy’s memory. It says: He personified in the highest degree all of the best qualities of the American naval . His professional ability narked him for duties of great impor- tance; his personality made him a suc- cessful, beloved leader. Since his con- nection with naval aviation, his name has been linked with outstanding feats for the furthsrance and advancement of aviation. His piace in the Navy and in naval aviation will be difficult to fill, There are innumersble other Cud- dihys in America's air fleet, perhaps not many as conspicuously gifted in his art as he was, but certainly filled with the same intrepidity. He did not live and crash in vain, for his spirit will survive in the service he adorned. — -t Poisoned Tableware. Four hundred poisonings have caused the Chicago Health Department to issue & warning against a newly discovered menace in the shape-of silver pplish that has not been properly rinsed from tableware, Containing sodium cyanide, the cleaner, or remains of it on knives, forks and spoons, has resulted in serious iliness to patrons of clubs and restaurants end in some cases oc- cupants of private omes. ‘This warning from Chicago should be taken to heart in all parts of the country. Householders should be as serupulous in the cleaning of tableware as. should -the hotels and restatrgnts. It is easily possible that many ilinesses, the cause of which has remained un- determined, may be traced to careless- ness in the cleansing of silverware. For this reason the warning from the Windy City is indeed timely. - Horse racing used to take the blame for most of the financial shortages. At present the stock market ‘margin indi- | cates that the Influence of the financial jackass s deadlier than that of the ponies. 3 ——— et A completely satisfactory tariff scheme would have been a gladsome holidzy greeting. But there are some things that even Santa Claus eannot do. — e By arranging & South African trip for next year the Prince of Wales dispels any possible lingering doubt as to the complete recovery of King George. §HOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. On Vacation. Blcssoms, whose elation Brought a pleasant smile, Off on a vacation For a little while! Swiftly ¢hey have vanished With their colors brighta But they are not banished Wholly from our sight. Till the skies are gleaming In the month of May, They are only dreaming ‘Through a holiday. Aveiding Suspicion. “A suspicious-looking character called to see you," said the secretary. “Do you think he was a lobbyist?” asked Senator Sorghum. “No. A real lobbylst always knows how to get into action without exciting suspicion.” Jud Tunkins says he goes to a fortune teller once in a while and gives a liberal fee, he being one of those folks who, it they get any good news, expect 1o pay for it. The Rejected Clue. Once a policeman found & clue— He was inclined to shirk— He said, “I have no use for you. You'd only make me work!” Not Sure. “Is your boy Josh coming home for the holidays?” “Josh 18 one o' these rough foot ball players,” sald Farmer. Corntossel. “I'm not sbsclutely sure whether he'll. be | coming home or going to a hospital.” | | “He who forgets a favor,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “must not be surprised to find himself forgotten.” Expert Opinion. A holiday report is heard « ‘With pleasure down the line. Old Santa has sent out the word THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES The “Discourses” of "Epictetus need scare away no one who is interested in abstract morality and its application to every-day life. Let it be said that many persons are not so interested, and for them, there- fore, the words of the old Stoic philoso- pher have no message. ‘There is applies to all men alike. It has been well said that what is one man's meat is another’s poison. In nothing is this more true than in regard to books. There unfortunately has arisen today an attitud® of mind which affects to regard a generally known truth as a platitude. | A writer who meets the approval of such readers must do so by working very hard to be “clever.” Sophistication thus takes its toll, both from writers and readers, resulting in a forced smart-aleck style from the one the part of the others. *x o x Epictef a sententious man. “Sententious” is & word which is not heard so much as it once was, but it is & perfectly good one, particularly in- teresting on account of its double meaning. Ordinarily it means simply “full of, meaning.” It implies a statement or discourse terse and energetic in ex- pression, pithy, abounding in sayings or maxims. “The other meaning is difficult to put into words, but it carries =11 of the above with the added thought of something derogatory. Thus to speak of a “sententious old man" means that the person referred to is in the habit of being somewhat bor- ing in his conversation. * 'With perhaps nine out of ten persons this is what “sententious” means, whereas the truth of the word is that 1t means almost the opposite. ‘This is one of those queer state of affairs into which the English language gets itself for no particular reason, and certainly for no good purpose. * % ‘The “Discourses” of Epictetus can be {held to be sententious in the invidious sense only by those persons who do not care for the consideration of abstract moralities. ‘We have talked to any number of such men and women, and invariably they declare, “Why, what does any one want to read old stuff about good and evil for? -Doesn't every one know it already?” . ‘Those who speak this way fall utterly to distinguish between what every one knows and the personal application of the knowledge in the individual life. ‘They do not want to consider it be- cause they do not desire to apply it. Morality, in essence, is something which does not appeal to them. Perhaps a private fear that they violate too many ol" }:m precepts has something to do w it. ‘Then there crops up before their minds, too, the vision of the “reformer” 14 his high hat, with long face and sad tppearance. Putting two and two together in mis- guided fashion, they seem to believe that any one who is interested in morals as such is hopelessly behind the times. * ok kX As a matter of fact, such a philoso- l:fl’ as Epictetus is amazingly up-to- e. Such & story book retelling of his philosophy as has been suggested in this column would bring this point out. BY FREDERIC It's dollars to doughnuts that Presi- dent Hoover's private and confidential, as well as chief, cause for thanksgiving is that even l“‘n the nonce he has no Congress on his hands. It landed there six weeks after he took office last Spring, and relief came only for the brief spell between the collapse of the special ses- sion and the convening of the regular session next Monday. The whole po- litical world knows that the past seven months were not A happy time for the Californian. Hoover conspicuously re- frained from lambasting Congress, even in the inner circle of his ciosest fri-nds, but his real feelings were not difficult to imagine. The President has heard from some of his advisers that most, if not all, of his troubles in the Senate might have been atoided by the right kind of leadership there. Assurances on this score were given by G. O. P. House spokesm*n. who instanced the smooth running of the administration ‘machine in the lower branch. But the majority which Representative Tilson commands | i# one thing, and the mutineers who wear the Republican Jabel in the S*nate are another. * X mr One of the big caPtains of industry who flitted 'in_and out of the White House during the sunny-side-up busi- ness conferences is the head of a great 5 and 10 cent store organization. He told the newspaper men a story abour “the most absent-minded person I ever heard of.” It was, he said, a young saleswoman whom the 5-and-10 concern had to fire, because she couldn’t remem- ber the price of the goods. * ox % * Julius Rosenwald, Chicago philan- thropist and mail-order king, also had A merry quip for the reporters who wanted some inside stuff about what happened in the cabinet room while the President had the Nation's economic commanders around the conference table. A correspondent had Rosenwald when he thought Stock Ex- change prices would recover. “Ill a swer that,” said the man of many m! lions, “by telling you about a partner I once had. He used to predict that the World War would end ‘in two weeks.’ He kept on prophesying it so long that one day his prediction turned out to be right. s Maj. Parker W. West, deputy gover- nor of the United States Soldiers’ Home at Washington, was a young lieutenant of Cavalry at Fort D. A. Russell, near Cheyenne, when the late Senator Fran- cis E. Warren of Wyoming ran a gen- eral store out there. \Warren, according to West e signs even then of the talents 'h made “the greatest shep- herd since Abraham" so pains tak- ing & chalrman of the Senpte appro- lons committee. “I turned up at Warren's store one day,” Maj. West. “to buy an outfit for my quarters. you in debt?’ he asked. I told him I owed $600 for my uniforms and other equipment, and now wished to get some carpets and furniture. ‘Well,' sald War- il carpet or two and a couple of shelves with chintz curtains are about all you can afford, young man, and that’s all I'm going to'sell you."" % ¥in Senator Joe Robinson, Democrat. of as, the Senate minority repre- sentative on the American naval con- ferénce delegation in London, expect: to take his brace of favorite shotguns to Great Britain with him. “Joe” is the crack shot of the Senate. as fai a5 hunting is concerned. thog Sen: tor Brookhart, Republican Progressive of. Towa probably can best him on the rifle range. When Robinson wa sbroad a couple of years ago som- British friends invited him to take par! in a grouse shoot and lent him gun: for the purpose. Although the Ar- kansan had never hunted grouse before or ever shot over British preserves he two days in succession bagged the ning warm encomiums on his unerring aim. Senator Robinson regularly hunts in the Carolinas and his duck lunch- eons in the Capitol, after these exps- ditions, are coveted and celebrated. That business: will be fine! “A real Thanksgivin' turkey,” sald by such-and-such 8 charity- usually | the Kellogg pact proclamation was dry.| Uncle Eben, “is one dat has cause foh & legitimate and worthy charity. 1f he fssents he is informed that a boy wil 1t Soviet armies have actually invaded gratitude by not gittin® his head chopped American citizens in the Summ¢ e territary, bombed Chinese tcwns, ) off.” - * ok ok K Representative Emanuel Celler, Dem- | ocrat, of New York is pressing the De- ent of State for rous action in eonnection with the killing of sever ab riot: in Palestine He con- last er. ge. nothing in the world that| and an intolerance of common sense on asked | biggest booty in the whole party, wn-! E. TRACEWELL. In his talks he pictures the most modern-seeming people, men of all types, who would be as af street or Broadway today as they were centuries figures which s discourses. irious parade of pass before the reader in hi There is the bore who insists on telling to agal And there is the gay young blade who visited Epictetus out of mere curiosity. ery college and university in the nited States knows his kind. There is the ostentatious would-be philosopher who is 30 eager to be cepted as & wise man that he runs out in the snow to throw his arms lovingly around the statue of Plato! | There is the man who talks gravely of the way in which an insignificant fel- low, exalted by Caesar, talked to him “very sensibly,” when all the hearers knew that without the magic touch of Caesar the man would never have spoken to the fellow. ‘There is ¢he discorttented student and the man who seeks increased earnings by a change of citles, and he who shrinks from doing what duty com- mands. ‘These are a few of the very human, very real men the reader meets in this very old book, if he is not thrown off the track by a bit of difficulty. ~ * k% o= movement for thing very, very interesting to read the discourse of Epictetus in which he speaks of “the great peace which Caesar has given us.” The “Roman peace” was a very real thing. It must be recalled that the Roman Empire at one time was some 3,000 miles by 2,000 miles. taking in the entire Mediterranean Basin and extend- ing as far north as Britain. As Epictetus puts it, “There are no longer wars, nor battles, nor bands of robbers, nor of pirates, but & man may travel at every season and sail from East to West. *x ko We have seen the statement some- ‘where (probably in one of Bruce Bar- ton’'s books) that there is nothing about which the average modern man speaks less to others than his church, his religion, his ideas of morality. ‘Thousands of men, however, feel very deeply upon the entire subject, and are willing 0 read where they do not talk, because reading may be done in private, whereas even a little talk is more or less public. In like fashion few men today seem willing to enter into abstract considera- tions of morals in public, yet are m- fectly willing and ready to read about such things. ‘To all such we commend the “Dis- courses” of Epictetus if they knqw it not. There are so many books in the world, both old and new, that it is no disgrace for nny one person to be totally ungequainted with sone one or the other of the best of them. Absolute knowledge is impossible and its pretense is absurd. Many men and women who would love Epictetus for his downright honesty and common sense, his kindness and love, his human sympathy, have not yet been drawn to his “Discourses.” Let us paraphrase the old-fashioned “foreword” and say thet if anything | that we have written will lead but one human being to réad the “Discourses” we will not have written in va‘n. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS — WILLIAM WILE. tends that the important thing is to be sure that claims have actually been filed with the British commissioner of lands, covering eivil claims for dam- in behalf of the next of kin of the massacred Americans living in the United States. Secretary Stimson has informed Representative Celler that the | American econsul general in Jerusalem | has filed the claims in due form. The Brooklyn Representative states: “The attitude of the State Department seems im be that no diplomatic action in con- nection with these claims should be taken until information is received that | Infustice has resulted from the prose- ycution by the r.mn:u.-mmm." * x “Soclety” arrangements in Washing- {lon have' been completely thrown out {of gear by the 30 days of | mourning” ordered by President Hoo- | ver in honor of the late Secretary of | War. Ordinarily, Capital uppertendom ‘wnuld be dining (not to say wining) | merrily at this early Winter season. But functions by the score had to be called | off. One of the most Important, by the |irony of & tragic’ fate, was to have | been in honor of Mr. Good himself. The | foreign embassies and legations are particularly punctilious about observing | such social regulations as the White | House decrees. | e Not many people know that Lady Lindsay, the American-born-wife of the British _Ambassador-designate to | United States, Sir Ronald Lindsay, was a first _cousin of her husband’s first |wife. Lady Lindsay was Elizabeth | Sherman Hoyt of New York. The late | Hon. Mrs. Lindsay was Martha Cam- | eron, daughter of former Senator Don Cameron of Pennsylvania. Both wom- en were related to Gen. William Tecum- seh Sherman and Senator John Sher- man. Lady Lindsay was an American Red Cross worker in France during the ar. bl (Copyright, 1920.) Dou;l: F;rd’u Aim In Preserving History | To the Editor of The Star: | “Reading in The Star titat Henry Ford intends to buy one of Alexandria’s old Colonial houses and ship it to Dearborn leads me to wonder whether Mr. Ford's object is really the preserva- tion of historic landmarks, or only the gratification of a collection mania. |71 belleve that a building loses much | of its interest, appeal and historical | value when it is removed from the Jocality in which the events transpired. e Mount Vernon re- | moved to the banks of the River Rouge, or Jamestown Church reposing in Dear- | born, Mich.? It seems to me that the work of Mr. Rockefeller at Willlams- | burg in restoring the old town on its original foundations is far more sensi- ble in its object than carting old bulld- ings away to a place that was a wil- derness when they were already ven- erable. : Virginia is full of old estates, Colonial mansions and pre-Revolutionary struc- tures which are falling Into ruin for lack of funds to maintain them. Even here in Alexandria are houses in a ruinous condition, while nearer Wash- ington stands the Nellle Custis house, forgotten, and the prey of vandals. The + money it would cost to buy, dismantle, ship and reassemble one of these mas- sive old houses would suffice to restore and maintain three others on their original foundations. ‘There are several socleties engaged in the acquisition and preservation of Colonial antiquities. Co-operation with one of these agencles would seem to | | Can you imagin be a far better way to preserve treas-| ured landmarks than removing . them to some other part of the country. . ‘W. CRON. R “To Arms” Would Be Better. *rom the St. Louls Post-Dispatch. The Soviet’s military instruction to women probably will include lessons in | keeping the powder dry. e i S Wouldnt Be Much Worse. From the Long Beach Press-Telegram. CI}t‘n !hill relation be"b.lw'en Rumal dn;d a in peace, possibly there would be es bloodaned 1t Key would declare war against each mv. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, t home on F | .| position have been “court ! the | 1929, Politics at Large By G. Gould Lincoln. As soon as President Hoover com- pletes his message to Congress, dealing with the “state of the Union,” it is ex- pected he will turn his attention seri- |ously to the selection of a Secretary of War. The late Secrétary Good died November 18. Under the law the posi- | .| tion must be filled within thirty days from the time it becomes vacant. Al- ready a number of “possibilities” for the discussed. At the White House it is said that the Presi- dent. himself, however, has not yet made a decision in the matter. The suggestion has been made in some quar- ters that Patrick J. Hurley, the present Assistant Secretary of War, may be ad- vanced to head the department and an- other named to fill the assistant's office. Further suggestions have dealt with possible shifts in the make-up of the cabinet itself, to fill the vacancy. One of these would send Postmaster General Walter F. Brown to the War Tt- ment and substitute for Brown Walter Newton, former Representative from Minnesota, who is now one of President Hoover's secretaries. Another would shift Arthur M. Hyde, Secretary of Ag- riculture, to the post of Secretary of ‘War, leaving a vacancy in the Depart- ment of Agriculture. The theol which this latest rumor is built is that Mr. Hyde feels that the new Federal Parm Board, with Alexander Legge as tary of Agriculture out of the picture. ok K E Dr. Hubert Work, who has been out in Colorado since he gave up the chairmanship’ of the Republican na- tional committee to Claudius Huston of Tennessee, is now in Washington. Some of his friends say that Dr. Work might not be averse to accepting the office of Secretary of War if it were tendered him, on the theory that he is already tiring of the leisure whicn he sought when he relinquished the chairmanship of the Republican na- tional committee. Dr. Work has in the past been Postmaster General and Secretary of the Interior. He could have been a member of the Hoover cabinet if he had so desired, it is com- monly reported, or could have been appainted to an important diplomatic post. But Dr. Work was not willing to lcce&c further public office at the time. nce he has been in Washing- ton Dr. Work has been a guest of the President at the White House I luncheon. E I The name of former Senator James W. Wadsworth of New York has been put forward in some qui , 3 a posaible appointee t6 the job of Secretary of War. No one better quali- fled could be appointed. Senator Wadsworth was for meny years chair- man of the Senate commiittee on mih- tary affairs. He has an intimate knowledge of the Department and the Army needs. He has, further, ex- cellent” contact with Congress, for he was personally popular with the -mem- bers of both houses. He went down to defeat in New York when "he was running for We-election to the_Senate in 1926 'Idm-tul: he as & pronounced “wet, of the Republican party put an inde- pendent candidate in the fleld inst him._ Willlam J. Maler, chairman of the Repubiican State committee, suc- eeeding Machold in that job, was at the White House a day or two "on departmental matters.” He did not say, however, that he had discussea the' job of Secretary of War. Another New York Republican leader, Charles D. Hilles, the Republican nationa: committeeman, also has been a visitor at the White House :ee:nny. * % 1t is within the bounds of possibility that President Hooverh mfi select. a: important re in the business an financial 'on:l: o go into the cabinet. Henry Robinson of California, a great personal friend of the President, has been mentioned for any number of cabinet positions since Mr. Hoover be- President. Former Senator Fre- linghuysen of New Jersey at one time would have liked to be Secretafy of War. But now he has announced his intention of runnimg for the Senate next year to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Edge, now { Ambessador to Framce. * ok K R The Republican leadership of the Senate has been giving the Republican | members of that body concern for some | time. The death of Senator Prancis E. Warren of Wyoming, chairman of the committee on appropriations, garded as the most important of the committee chairmanships, may cause a different line-up in the Republican 1leldfr!hln. Much hinges on whether Senator Smoot of Utah, chairman of the finance committee, but also ranking member after Senator Warren on the appropriations committee, decides to be- come chairman of the latter commit- | tee. If he does, Senator Watson of Indiana, the present Republican leader of the Senate, would be in line for the chairmanship of the finance commit- tee. If he took that committee chair- manship he might be expected to re- linquish the Republican leadership of the Senate. He gave up the chairman- ship of the interstate commerce eom- mittee when he became Republican { leader. Should Mr. Wlumt who has been in 1ll health, now determine to accept the chairmanship of the finance committee, the Republicans might turn to Senator Charles L. McNary of Oregon for their leader. Senator MaNary’s name as a possible leader was seriously discussed before Senator Watson suc- ceeded Vice President Curtis in that office. But Senator Watson had a large backing for the leadership “at the time, which included Senator McNary himself. . k% x Recently the “young guard" move- ment among the Republicans of the Senate gave rise to the talk of a pos- sible shift now in leadership. Members of the young guard insisted that they had no intention of disturbing the Watson leadership, and that their only purpose was to see that the tariff bill was acted on as quickly as possible. The death of Senator Warren, however, with the possible changes in committee chairmanship, gives a differet com- i plexion to the situation. It is known | that many of the “young guard” be- lieve that Senator McNary would make an able leader of the Republican forces in the Senate. at a time when the | Republicans have been pretty well shot to_pleces. Senator McNary may become assistant ieader in place of Senator Jones of | Washington, if Senator Smoot does not | take the chairmanship of the appro- | priations committee. Senator Jones is in line for the appropriations committee | chairmanship after Senator Srioot, and | it Senator Jones takes it, with its arduous duties, he may give up the | place of assistant leader. Rela ik | Senator Joseph ‘T. Robinson of Ar- | cansas, Democratic lead-r of the Senate, has recently returned to Washington | after a visit to his State. Senator Rob- | inson comes up for renomination and re-election next year. It is understood that he will have no difficulty in per- | forming Eoth these feats, and that | from a Democratic point of view, the | situation in Arkansas is excellent. As |in other Southern and Southwestern States last year, there was strong feel- ing against the nomination of Alfred | E. Smith as Democratic candidate for Presid*nt. Senator Robinson was named as Smith’'s running mate. But the conditions in Arkansas have quieted down. This is true, generally speaking. in all of the Southerp States, partic- ularly since the election in Virginia, where the regular Democrats over- wheimed the anti-Smith Democrats and the Republicans who had placed Dr. William Mosely Brown in the fleld a3 their candidate against the nominee of the regular Democrats for governor, John Garland Pollard. * k% % ‘The rumor that the Senate “coalition” composed of Democrats and essive Republicans from the West may under- take to seat William B. Wilson, Democratic ncmines for the Senate in Te- | chairman, has rather shoved the Secre- | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. What do you need to kmow? 1Is there some int about your business or personal Nfe that pussles you? Is there something you want to know without delay? Submit your question to Prederic J. Haskin, director of our Washington Information Bureau. He is employed to help you. Address your inquiry to The Evening Star Informa. tion Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, di rector, Washington, D. C., and inclose 2 cents In coin or stamps for return postage.: Q. How much time do Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson, the explorers, spend in ‘vivilization?—S8. N. G. A. It is stited that the Johnsons estimate that they have it in eivi- lization about 3 of the years that married. Their next the pygmy country, where they will live for 2 years making sound pictures. Q. Is there such a position as deputy air sheriff>—N. M. . Charles O. Guy, representative of the Mason-Dixon Airlines and in charge of its port at Lima, Ohio, was recently appointed & deputy air sheriff Ty Of | of Ohio. Q. Is the sole which is & popular edible fish in England the same as the sole In thiz country?—G. 8. A. The two are not the same. Many travelers think that the sole served in nd and on the continent is su- rior to the fish of that name sold American markets. Q. Please explain the expression “read the riot act."—G. N. A. It means to warn or reprimand. As early as 1715 England had 2 statute for preventing tumultuous and riotous assemblage. The act provided that. case of 12 persons or more unlawfully assembling and disturbing the peace, an officer could make proclamation of the generdl provisions of the rjot act and call upon them to disperse. 1If they fafled to obey, they were guilty felony. Q. How long does it take to df bread?—O. W. G. . A. There has never been an sccurate experiment made for determining the length of time necessary to digest bread. Different systems naturally require dif- ferent lengths of time, and the age and composition of the bread must be taken into consideration. At one recent ex- periment & professor ate a certain amount of bread on an absolutely empty stomach. By means of certain tests and X-ray pictures it was decided that it took him about two hours to digest the bread. = Q. Did Abraham Lincoln believe in the Bible?>—C. W. T. A. The following statement made by Lincoin to & friend: “That the Almighty does make use of agencies and directly intervenes in hu- man affairs is one of the plainest state- ments of the Bible. I have 30 many evidences of His direction, so many in- stances in which I have been controlled by some uther power than by my own will, that I cannot doubt that this power comes from above—the character of the Bible is easily established, at least to my satisfaction. The Bible is the only one that claims to be God's Book. It describes a Governor omnip- otent enough to operate this great machine and declares that He made it. It states other fdcts that we cannot comprehend. What shall we do with them? Now let us treat the Bible fair- Iy. It we had a witness on the stand whose general story we knew was true, we would believe him when he asserted | facts of which we had no other evi- dence. I decided a long tirhe ago that it was less difficult {0 believe that the human | mmm‘:heflmfl‘uhmn Q. What is the Socratic method of teaching?—-G. T. . It is_the method followed by Socrates. It consisted of questions and answers. By this method he led on his interlocutors point by point, while himself professing ignorance, to develop and recognize the meaning of their own ideas. Q. How is the name of the Cuban game, rm pronouneed®—D, L. L. ‘ A. It sounds as though spelled pay- low-tah, accent on second syliable. Q. What districts in Pran, noted for their edible mm!—u‘."u"rf. A. The districts of Bourboyne, Cham. pagne and Poitou, where the soil ) produce snails of the finest flavor. 9 & plece of magnetite possess- ing polarity ltke a magnetic needle. Q. Please the orga and activities ‘of the Ame it Am - tien of Labor.—L. M. e . The American Federation of Labor is & great union composed of 107 na- tional and international unions, repre- senting 20407 local unions, divided into four departments. with 49 State branches, 831 city centrals, with 3,303,- 906 members (latest published figures). The four departmeénts are the building trades, metal trades, railway employes and union label trades. The object of the federation is by massed effort and representation to secure proper wages, prcper working hours and condition:. and proper legislation for the Ameri- ean workman. Q. Who commissioned Da Vinci to paint the famous picture, “The Last Bupper”?—C. M. D. A. After the death of Beatrice D'Este, the wife of B the be- ed Leonards da Vinei to execute this painting. It is a fresco painting ‘'on the wall of the Refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria Della Grasie in Milan. Q. Where is Robert E. Lee b — 4 uried? 'A. ' Gen. Lee is buried in the chapel of Washington and Lee Univers| Lexington, Va. P Q. Which country has the most per- fect system of registration of births, marriages and deaths?—N. T. L. ] Prlnn:: 1; l“lldmwdhlve. In that coung wholly the duty of the eivil ties, and the ‘methods are so thorough and comprehensive that {t is practically impossible for data to be neglected. b Q!. When was Joyce Kilmer born?— "A. Joyee Kilmer was born in New Brunswick, N. J., December 6, 1888. He ;vu"finzd in action in France, August lain Q. Please suggs some subjects for high school debates.—M. S. A. The following are subjects which for debatin “Farm Presidential ‘Term” ahd mary.” O. Of what nationality was Noah ‘Webster?—J. H. D. A. Noah Webster was a distinguished American lexicographer born at {‘ord.u Conn. m’é““u of his early efforts e is rega: as a pioneer among authcrities who compiled dictionaries of the English language as spoken in this country. Secretary Good’s Qualities Are Lauded by Whole Na ?:flb‘flemtflbuh w'.mm;’ ;e mt rec the passing of one greal figures of the administration. The War retary’s devotion to the Army during the war and since in its peaceful activi- tles, especially as they concerned the waterways problem, receives warm His political wisdom and his pacity in financial affairs are noted mong the traits that made him a suc- cessful public servant. Recognizing his “skill as an organ- izer and his thorough grounding in the principles of economy,” the Hartford Times feels that the administration is ‘deprived of a valuable counselor and support,” and that, as to his native State, “the regular Republicans of Iowa have suffered a loss for the present| probably irreparable.” Reviewing his he Buffalo Evenin; that “his special opportunity came dur- ing the war when he was chairman of the appropriations committee and took the leadership in much of the vital legislation relating to the Army, notably | the national defense act.” * ok % % “He developed very rapidly in his big position (as Secretary of War), and had the full confidence of the country,” says the Tulsa World, wiile th® Fargo Forum avers that “with his death there passes from the scene one of the significantly great men of the administration,” and the Asbury Park Evening Press 'feels that “his untimely death cuts short what promised to be distinguished career in the Hoover cabinet.” The Shreveport Journal's estimate is that he “was & man who commanded respect | and admiration from his fellow citi- zens.” and that “he served his.country well.” “His service in office was marked by - thurm;}hnm and aftention to the quality service given that was en- tirely unusual.” states the Columbus Ohio State Journal, and the Charlotte News feels that “death claimed a fine gentleman and public servant when it called him away." “As a member of Tongress he dis- played exceptional ability.” according to Springfield State Register. “He was very generally admired as a powerful proponent of the principle of maintaining an adequate national de- fense. His statement at the opening of the World War—'Let us not make this a rich man's war and a poor man's fight'—will live in history. As Secre- tary of War he has been a potent mem- ber of President Hoover's cabinet.” * ok k “The Nation loses & faithfyul public servant,” attests the Birmingham News, and the Scranton Times calls him “the ‘contact man’ of the cabinet” who was “highly esteemec by both Repre- sentatives and Senators. and accord- ingly was very useful to the President.” The Anniston (Ala.) Star's estimate is that “he was a man on whom the Presi- dent could rely for sound judgment in the administration of his high respon- sibilities”; that “more than that, he was an able adviser to the Chief Execu- tive in his dealings with Congress.” With recognition of Mr. Good's polit- ical skill, the Grand Rapids Press offers & . 1926, in place of Willlam S. Vare, Sena- tor-elect and Republiean, is somet more for the Senate Republicans to worry about. The Vare case is due to up as soon as the Senate meets. pretty well understood that the Senate will not agree to seat Mr. Vare, on the theory that his nomination and election were taintes the expenditure of excessive sums of money. ‘The contest of Mr. Wilson against Vare, however, has generally been considered more or less of a closed incident and that it woald be thrown out, However, if the “coalition.” which is violently News recalls | at with fraud and' the appraisal: “Aside from his qualifications, he was an expert ters of administrative economy. % ‘t‘h:se responsible for t system, capacities as the President’s pi duction and for waterways. The country him an exceedingly useful public of & high type.” The Si Democrat is “tenacity lan { the projects.” < “In several respects he was ome the really big men of the Nation,” in the opinion of the Davenport (Iows) Democrat, which adds that “his dfi actively ident! with this work ‘“‘will | sadly miss his co-operative spirit and | kindly entouragement.” * kK X The Memphis Commercial Appeal de- clares that “the lower Mtuislrnpl Val- ley has lost a friend and the influence and sympathy of an official interested in the problems of the people along the lower reaches of the Pather of Waters.” Noting that “he put Army engineers to work in the construction service of flood relief,” the Akron Beacon-Journal points out that “appointment to. the post of Secretary of War did not make a saber rattler of him.” The Utica Observer Di!rlteh says that in the Mississipp! | Valley work “his views have at all times | shown remarkable grasp of the prob- |lem.” The Baltimore Sun directs atten- | tion to the fact that “he had o a friend of the Army. but his advocacy | of apti-aireraft fortifications for every | important American city refiected a zeal | which the hardiest of generals would have concealed.” “He was a_Republican in the admin- istration of President Wilson who was outstanding for this Nation's 100 per cent effectiveness in war participation,” recalls the Fort Worth Record-Tele- gram, with the further comment: “His | selection as Secretary of War was ap- proved by the huge majority of those conversant with World War _history His untimely exit from the stage of existence will be deplored by all those who gladly applaud character and abil- ity.” The Louisville Times states that “he was the author of the great war ,measure which placed the railroads un- i der the direction of the Wilson admin- ,istration for the duration of the World War.” The cuse Herald ranks him “among the most members of the ‘minority and in his mastery |or budget intricacies in that trying period.” RN “Industry and astuteness were added to a personality that bred friendships,” in the judgment of the New York N which holds that “by naming Mr. Good As Secretary of War the President was ! able to pay a h political debt witbr;- out lowering his standards for the net.” The Lexington Leader | thing | that his forthcoming report, * had barely finished when stricken, will show his "“?,:' affairs and his fidel- ity in the discharge of his duties.” “He was & great citizen and a valu- able public servant,” testifies the Port: land (Creg.) Journal, with the state. to the attitude of | tended Republi opposed Pennsylvania Republican leaders t ward | sees the tariff, should undertake to seat Wil- the son a very different situation would arise, A X S